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Martin, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Beacon.
Mieir, William A., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa.
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Mieir, Frank D., farmer, Sec. 21; P. Petitt, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. O. Beacon. Oskaloosa.
Mitchell, Sandy, Sec. 23; P. O. Bea- con.
Minnick, John W., Sec. 22; P. O. Beacon.
Minnick, William H., Sec. 22; P. O. Beacon.
MOREHOUSE, CHARLES, farm- er, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Onondagua county, New York, October 1, 1825, and was brought up in that State, and came to Chi- cago, and from there came to Iowa by wagon, and arrived in this city October 26, 1854; located in Black Oak township, and engaged in farming and stock raising; he moved on his present farm March 1, 1866; he owns a farm of 145 acres; has held the office of jus- tice of the peace; married Miss Charlotte Adams, from Onondagua county, New York, September 9, 1847; they have five children, Charles W., Belle K., Bennett S. A., Cora F., Anna E .; they have lost two daughters and one son.
Morgan, Richard, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Morgan, Shadrick, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Moore, John C., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O., Oskaloosa.
Morris, Zack, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Moorman, John O., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Murray, Jeremiah, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Beacon.
N TEWTON, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Newhouse, John M., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Nowles, Moses, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Beacon.
O GDEN, MARIAII, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa.
P ARCELL, RICHARD, farmer, Sec. 21; P. (). Beacon.
Parker, Richard, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa.
PETITT, SAM. R., farmer, Scc. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Bed- ford county, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1812, and was brought up there: removed to Crawford coun- ty, Ohio, in 1838. and lived there until 1864, when he came to Iowa, and located where he now lives, in April, 1865; owns a farm of one hundred and fifty-two acres, and has given much attention to rais- ing fine hogs. He married Mar- tha E. Caldwell, from Adams county, l'ennsylvania, in 1838; they have seven children, Mary A., Samuel, Sarah, Clara E., David R., Willis and Minnie M .; they have lost three sons and one daughter. Perry. Thomas F., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Beacon.
PHILLIPS, J.J., firm of Phillips & Foster, general merchants, Bea- con; born in Wales, June 26, 1841, and emigrated to America, in 1854, and went to Galia county, Ohio, and was brought up in that state. When the war broke out he enlisted in 1861 in the three-month service, and afterward enlisted in the 71st Regiment Ohio Infantry, Co. D. He was quarter-master sergeant, and was detailed as chief clerk in the Quarter-master's de- partment. He was in the battles of Columbus, Shiloh, Franklin, Nashville, and others, and was in the service four years. After the war he returned to Ohio and lived there until 1875, when he came to Beacon and engaged in business. His father died when he was young, and he began life without anything. He has held office of justice of the peace in Ohio, for seven years; also, town clerk and notary public, and was elected justice of the peace here in 1878. He married Miss Mary E. Murlin, from Ohio, March 5, 1865; they have six children, Laura, John D.,
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Josephine, Mahala, Mary C., Har- riet.
Pickrell, William, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Pilgrim, W. H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Beacon.
Pilgrim, John R., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Beacon.
PITTMAN, HARRY A., manager of the store and business of the Towa Coal Co., at Beacon; born in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1855, and is a son of George W. Pittman, one of the early settlers. He was brought up and received his education there, and graduated at the High School. Èle was engaged in keeping books for three years, and came here the present year and assumed charge of the business of the Iowa Coal Co.
Moorehouse, Charles, farmer, Sec. 5; Pomeroy, Stephen L., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Price, Joshua, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Beacon.
Price, Watkin R., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Beacon.
Prine, Henry H., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Prine, Miles K., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Prine, M. Ellis, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Prine, Daniel S., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Pugh, William, farmer, Sec. 36; P. Ò. Oskaloosa.
R EILLY, EDWARD O., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Remington, Ezekiel S., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Beacon.
Remington, Thompson, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Beacon.
Robertson, Robert, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa. .
ROGERS, A. M., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Ohio county, Virginia, November 17, 1819; when only two years of age removed with his parents to Wayne county, Ohio, and was
brought up in that State; he mar- ried Miss Martha Flanegan, from Ohio, in April, 1841; they came to Iowa by wagon, and were four weeks on the way, and arrived in Oskaloosa in May, 1855; engaged in butchering business three years, and then in grocery business six years, and came on his farm in 1865; he owns ninety acres of land; has held town and school offices; they have five children, Amanda, William F., John D., Charlie and Lonie E., and have lost two children.
Rouse, George A., Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Rouse, Mannasess, Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa.
RUBY, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Beacon; born in Virginia, March 26, 1816; he removed to Indiana at a very early age, and was raised in Ripley county; he married Miss Sarah Levi, in Jan., 1837; she was born in Ohio, and raised in Indiana; they emigrated to Wisconsin in 1842, and lived there until coming to this county in May, 1849; he engaged in farming and stock raising; they are among the early settlers, have lived here over thirty years; he has held office of justice of the peace, and other town and school offices; he owns a farm of 160 acres; they have six children, Mourton, Medora, Allene, Frank, Estella E., Banks, and have one adopted son, Charlie Ruby; they have lost three children.
RUBY, MOURTON C., agent of the Keokuk & Des Moines R. R. at Beacon, P. O. Beacon; born in Rock county, Wisconsin, March 4, 1844; when five years of age removed with his parents to Iowa, and came to this county in 1849, and he was brought up here; was in the army, enlisted in the 33d Regiment Iowa Infantry Co. E; was in battles of Helena,
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Jenkin's Ferry, Siege of Mobile, and in many others; was in ser- vice over three years; after the war was in Chicago two years, then came here; was appointed to his present position in Jannary, 1868; he holds office of mayor of the town, and is serving his fourth term; married Miss Ella Downs, from Ohio, in November, 1866; they have three children, Luella May, Clara Belle and Gny Ray- mond.
SA ALES, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Beacon.
Schultz, John, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Beacon.
Scott, Laughlin, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa.
SEEVERS, ROBERT, farmer, Sec. 24, P. O. Oskaloosa; born in St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, December 9, 1807; he was brought up in Ohio, living in Jefferson and Coshocton counties until coming to Iowa; he came by wag- on, and was three weeks on the way, and arrived here June 1, 1853, and located on the place where he now lives, and has lived here over a quarter of a century; he has given much attention to the cultivation of fruit, and has sixty to seventy varieties of ap- ples; he has held office of presi- dent of the State Agricultural So- ciety for two years, and director of the same for ten years; also president of the Mahaska County Agricultural Society for many years, and president of the Horti- cultural Society; he married Ellen Bryan, from Coshocton county, Ohio; they have three sons, George W., of Indianola, Byron V., attorneys at law, Oskaloosa, William A., merchant, Oskaloosa. Shaw, Angustus A., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Beacon.
SHAW, Mrs. HIGHTLY, Sec. 32; P. O. Beacon; born in Maryland in 1814, and was brought up and 37
lived there until she was married to Joseph Shaw, June 30, 1839; he was born in Maryland in 1818; they came to Iowa in 1840, located in Washington county until the treaty was made with the Indians; he came to this county and se- lected land and made a claim, and then went after his family and brought them here and engaged in farming; they were among the early settlers. He died Jan., 1860, leaving an estate of 360 acres. They had ten children: Sidney O., Harriet A., Columbus, Americus, Augustus A., Lawson I., Naomi C., Susan S., Esther J., and Jo- seph; they lost one son in infancy. Mrs. Shaw owns a farm of 107 acres, which is carried on by her son Joseph.
Shaw, Americus, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Beacon.
Shaw, Joel, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Shaw, Columbus, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Beacon.
Smith, David S., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Beacon.
Smith. Jacob H., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Beacon.
Stalker, Dillen, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stanton, Andrew W., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
STEVENS, JOSHUA, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, in October, 1821, and was brought up there. Married Miss Sarah Thomas, from Pennsylvania, in 1843; they lived there until coming to Iowa, lo- cating in this county, in April, 1865 ; engaged in farming and stock raising; owns a farm of 160 acres. They have five children: Hezekiah W., Abagail Matilda, James M., Almer T., Sarah B .; lost two children, Daniel and Ru- hami. Daniel was in the army; en- enlisted in the 98th Reg. Ohio Inf., and died at Nashville.
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Stout Thomas C., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stout, Simon, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
STOKER, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Mont- gomery Co., Ohio, May 18, 1811, and was brought up there, and came to Iowa in 1844, and came to Mahaska county in May, 1845, and bought a claim where he now lives, and on the 4th of July, 1846, he entered 80 acres of his farm from government; he was one of the early settlers; engaged in farming and stock raising, and now owns 244 acres land. Married to Miss Sarah F. Stannus, July 12, 1846; She was from Guernsey Co., Ohio, · and came in 1846, and was en- gaged in teaching school here. There are only a few here now that were here when they came. They have six children: Jennie, (now Mrs. Martin) J. M., Wm. J., James F., Carrie and Addie, twins.
T ANDY, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
TANDY, CALVIN, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 29; P. O. Bea- con; born in Kentucky Dec. 15th 1819; when 11 years of age he re- moved to Indiana with his parents and lived there for seven years; in 1837 he moved to Ills., and he came to Burlington, Iowa, in 1838; the following year he located in Keokuk county; lived there eight years; in Appanoose county four years, and came to this county in 1852, and engaged in farming and stock raising; he is one of the early settlers, and there are few persons now living here that have been in the State as long as he has. He married Miss Annie Webb, in July, 1842; she was born in Tennessee and brought up in Illinois, her father being one of the earliest set- tlers in Sangamon Co .; he came there before the Black Hawk war. They have nine children: Eliza-
beth J., William T., Henry, El- mira, Frances E., Mary M., Calvin S., Ambrose and Annie M. They have lost three children.
Terrell, Mathew, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Terrell, Clark M., Farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Terrell, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Thorp, Nicholas B., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oskaloosa.
THOMAS, Mrs. JANE, Sec. 17; P. O.Oskaloosa; was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, and was brought up there; she married Wm. T. Thomas May 30, 1843; he was born in Belmont county, Ohio, January 22, 1818; when five years of age was removed to Guernsey county. They came here in 1867, and engaged in farming and stock raising; he died September 12, 1869, leaving an estate of 240 acres. They had six children, Daniel L., Nancy A., Jonathan D., Robert H., Mary E., William S .; they lost one son in infancy; Jonathan enlisted and served in the army.
Thrash, John, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Beacon.
Torrence, William, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Beacon.
TREDICK, Wm. S., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Phil- adelphia, Pa., June 19, 1836, and when only three or four years of age was removed to Portsmouth, N. II., and was brought up there; removed to Michigan in 1855; lived there five years and came to Iowa in 1860 and located in this county, where he now lives, and engaged in farming; owns a farm of 100 acres; has held school offices; married Miss M. Batter- ton, from Indiana, in 1861; she died February, 1876, leaving four children, Anna May, Hattie, Charles, and Wilford; married Mrs. Marietta Moore, from Ohio,
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in February, 1877; she has two children, Edwin and Luella.
Troy, Charles R., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
V ERNON, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 11: P. O. Oskaloosa.
TELLS, HORACE M., farm- er, Sec. 31; P. O. Oska-
W loosa.
West, Charles B., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Beacon.
West, Frank M., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wharton, S., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Beacon.
Wharton, Stephen, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Beacon.
White, Dennis F., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Oskaloosa
White, Marion M., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Beacon.
Winkleman, Thomas J., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Winkleman, Frank B., Sec. 1; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Winkleman, John, Jr., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Williamson, John, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wilson, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Oskaloosa.
WILSON, MRS. E. A., Sec. 32; P.
O. Beacon; born in Mineral coun-
ty, West Va., and lived there until
she was married to Thomas Wil- son, February 22, 1839. He was born in Maryland, December 25, 1803. After they were married they started for Iowa and located in Washington county, April 1, 1839; Mrs. Wilson rode on horse- back from Burlington; they lived there until the treaty was made with the Indians, and they then left and came to this county; arrived here May 20, 1843; they were the earliest settlers in this section; he made a claim and put up his cabin; he was gone to mill at one time over three weeks, and Mrs. Wilson had no bread for her- self and children while he was gone. The first visit Mrs. Wilson made in Iowa was on Sunday; they had corn bread and corn coffee made of meal and slippery-elm. Mr. Wilson ploughed the first furrow on Six-mile prairie. They had nothing when they came to Iowa, but by hard work and good management at the time of his death he owned from 800 to 1000 acres, good land; they have seven children, and have lost five sons; Lizzie, Myra, Milo, Jennie, Mar- garet, Charlie and Thomas, living. Wolcott, Lucien M., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa.
EAST OSKALOOSA TOWNSHIP.
A NDERSON, ELIJAII, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa. ALL, RODERICK M., farmer, Sec. 33, P. O. Oskaloosa.
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BARROWMAN, W., farmer and miner, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Scotland, in 1823; came to the United States in 1848 and . to this county in 1867; owns 68 acres of land; he has a valuable coal bank on his land containing a vein of coal five feet in thick- ness, and is noted for its purity; it meets with ready sale as fast as mined; he has held the office of
school director; he married Miss Agnes Kinnon in 1846; she was born in Scotland; they have seven children, William, Agnes, Jane, Mary, James, Richard and Eliza- beth.
Baxter, Richard W., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Beaman, Alonzo, farmer, Scc. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
BILLICK, J., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Washing- ton county, Pa., in 1828; came to this county May 29, 1868; owns 280 acres of land; he married
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Miss Mary Fonner in 1850; she was born in Greene county, Pa .; they have five children, Martin L., William J., James L., Elmer E., and Mary L.
Boswell, Jason H., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
BRADBURY, D., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Fayette county, Pa., in 1846; came to this county in 1872; owns 100 acres of land; has served as treasurer of the district in which he resides; he married Miss Mary L. Conner December 31, 1877.
BROERMAN, H., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Hano- ver, Germany, in 1813; came to the United States in 1834, and for many years worked at the trade of carpenter in various parts of the middle and southern states; he came to this county in 1857; he owns 220 acres of land; married Mary H. Miller in 1842; she was born in Prussia; they have five children, Charles, Siegel, Lizzie, Lena and Sophia.
Bryson, David, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Byers, Benj. H., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Oskaloosa.
AMPBELL, WILLIAM, farm- C
er, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Pope county, Ill., in 1821; came to this county in 1843; owns 200 acres of land; has held office of township trustee and school di- rector; he married Sarah L. Dun- bar in 1847; she was born in In- diana; has five children, Charles V., Walter, Minnie, Velma, Wil- liam L.
Campbell, W. Barrett, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Casto, Thomas J., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Oskaloosa. Chick, Charles M., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Clayworth, E. H., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Clayworth, John B., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Colville, D. H., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Comstock, A. B., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa.
COMSTOCK, A. J., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in But- ler county, Ohio, in 1828; came to this county in 1844; owns 210 acres of land. In August, 1848, he enlisted in the Mexican War, and was assigned to a Tennesee regiment, and his term of service was to be ten years or during the war. He was the only man that enlisted in the war in Mahaska county. He also enlisted in the 33rd Iowa Infantry, in the late war and was commissioned captain in April, 1864; he was taken prisoner, and the following au- tumn was paroled. He married Miss A. Binns, in 1851; she was born in England; has five chil- dren, James T., Alfred, Andrew J., Victoria and Ella M.
CONNOR, J. M., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1827; came to this county in 1848; owns 120 acres of land; has held office of school director; he enlisted in the Mexican war. He married Edith Stanley in 1850; she was born in Ohio; has four children, Mary L., Emma E., Frank H., and Elmer. Coonrod, Albert M., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Coulson, David, dentist, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Cox, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Cox, Newton, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Crispin, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Critchett, Ephriam, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Crookham, Milton, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa.
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Crozier, Mathew W., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Cubbison, Hugh, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa.
D ICKEY, LORENZO, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Dickey, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
E DRIS, EDWARD, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Berks county, Pa., August 5, 1828, and was brought up there; in 1848 he removed to Ohio and lived there and in Indiana for six years; he then came to Iowa and located in Oskaloos in December, 1854, and engaged in the coopering business until 1866, then engaged in farming; owns a farm of 60 acres; has held school offices; married Miss Mary M. Imus, from Ohio, in 1855; they have four sons, Charles HI., Perry F., Edward A., and Frank M.
ELLIS, LEVI, farmer and min- er, Section 5; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in North Carolina in 1810; came to this State in 1852, and to this county in 1853; owns 70 acres, and 10 acres in Sec. 9; he has opened a valuable coal bank and as far as worked, the vein shows a thickness of 62 feet, and of unusual quality; he married Sarah Frazier in 1830; she was born in North Carolina; they have 10 children, Daniel, Mary, Angeline, Jesse, Abagail, Eliza- beth, Linza, Louisa, Sarah A., Clarkson.
Emmons, Josiah, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa.
F INLEY, JAMES W., farmer, Sec 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Finley, Thomas M., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Fitch, Benjamin, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Fleck, John W., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Forsyth, Thompson, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Furnald, Ira, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
EGNER, GEORGE, P. O. Os-
G kaloosa.
Gegner, Conrad, farmer and mer- chant, See. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa. GILCHRIST, GEO., farmer, Sec.
17; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Pennsylvania in 1826; came to this county in April, 1857; owns 73 acres of land; has held office of school director; he enlisted in the 33d Iowa Infantry and was commissioned 1st Lieutenant Co. K; he married Miss Nancy Lutz in 1851; she was born in Penn- sylvania.
Grier, David M., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Guthrie, James E., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa.
H artman, Jonathan M., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
HIarrison, William H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Heacock, Amos P., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hiatt, Wilson, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Beacon.
HILLEARY, L., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Kentucky, 1825, came to this State in 1834, and to this county in 1844; owns six hun- dred and fifty-five acres of land; has held the office of school direc- tor; he married Miss Delila Bond in 1859, she was born in this county; has five children, Clara, George, Ransom, Savilla, Verla.
HOOVER, W. N., farmer and mil- ler, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in this State in 1842, came to this county in 1847, owns one hundred and sixty acres of land; he also owns the mills known as Hoover's Mills. These mills were erected in 1871, and contain three run of stone, and do both custom and merchant work. There is in con- nection a saw mill and distillery. He married Miss M. Whitaker in
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1864; she was born in this State; has two children; Heman H. and Charlie.
Hoover, David, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hoover, James M., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hoover, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hull, Henry, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
HUNTER, Wm. A., farmer and raiser of thoroughbred stock, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Jef- ferson county, Ohio, March 20, 1815; came to this county Ju- ly 6, 1865; owns 177 acres of land; he married Miss Naney Day, November 5, 1833; she was born in Jefferson county, Ohio; has six children, John D., editor of the Hamilton Freeman, this State, Samnel S., Joseph R. C., William A, Sumner Chase, and Almira, a wife of C. R. Scott, Esq., residing at Council Bluffs. Mr. Hunter was selected and commis- sioned, by President Lincoln, a quartermaster with the rank of captain in the late war; one of his sons was commissioned a captain, and all were in the employ of the government; Mrs. Hunter acting as a matron of a hospital. After coming to this State he was for some years connected with the Oskaloosa Herald.
Hutchinson, Charles, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hyde, Thomas W., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oskaloosa.
JACKSON, WILLIAM B., farm- er, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Jamison, John R., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Jenkins, Jesse H., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Jewell, Andrew J., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
K ENWOTHY, HENRY A.,
farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oska- loosa.
Kindley, Joseph J., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Kirkpatrick, Samuel, Sr., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Beacon
Kirk, John C., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Knight, John F., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Oskaloosa.
KNOWLTON, S., farmer, Oska- loosa; born in Maine, in 1822; came to this State in 1865; owns 760 acres of land, but resides in Oskaloosa; has held the offices of school director and county supervisor, and at the present time is chairman of the board; he married Julia A. Hadley, of Clinton county, Ohio, in 1845; has ten children, Olive A., Simon, Mary, Charles, Edwin, Annie, Rosa, Ella, Minnie and Cora; lost one daughter, Emma.
Knight, Wil iam, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Ockaloosa.
Koogler, J., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
L AWSON, HAMILTON, farm- er, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa. Larrance, Jesse, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lathrop, James R., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Landes, Felix, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lemon, Henry P., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Likes, John, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lindley, Benjamin F., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Beacon.
Livingston, Oscar, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
LOUGHRIDGE, JAMES, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa; he is also connected with the Beacon Mills, in this township; he was born in Ohio, and, while young, came to this county with his parents, they being among the earliest settlers in the county, and his father is credited with building the first house in
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OSKALOOSA TOWNSHIP.
this section of the county; owns 145 acres of land; he enlisted in the 33d Iowa Infantry in the late war and served three years, and, with one exception, was in all the battles in which the regiment was engaged.
M CBURNEY, WILLIAM, farm- er, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa. MeCulley, James S., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa.
McDonald, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
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