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McDonald, Thomas E., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
McKanna, William H., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
MCKINLEY,WM., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Alle- ghany county, Pa., in 1826; came to this county in 1851, his father having purchased the land on which he now resides; he has held the office of school director; he married Miss Mary Vankirk in 1852; she was born in Pennsyl- vania; has five children, Ada N., Mary B., Samuel W .. William E., and Charles N.
McPherson, William P., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Me Roberts, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Martin, Hugh P., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Martin, William S., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
MITCHELL, JOHN B., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Ohio in 1847; came to this county in 1848 ; his parents were among the earliest settlers of the county, and entered the land on which he now resides as soon as it came in mar- ket; he owns 120 acres; has held office of school director; he married Miss Lizzie Brærman December 1, 1869; she was born in Pennsyl- vania; has three children, Flora, Etta, and Howard.
MITCHELL, C.R., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Iowa in
1852; owns 143 acres of land; he married Miss Belle Stevenson in February, 1878.
MONTGOMERY, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Madison county, Ohio, in 1818; came to this State in 1838, and in 1841 while the Indians occupied the country, he came to what is now Mahaska county, and staked ont a claim on the Des Moines river and another on the site of where Oskaloosa now stands, April 15th, 1843; he came to the county to reside permanently, and found the. site selected on the Des Moines, occupied and entered the one se- lected where Oskaloosa now stands as soon as he was permitted to; he owns 460 acres of land; he married Mary E. Jack, in 1853; she was born in Illinois, and died in 1857. He afterward married Frances A. Jack, in 1858; she was born in Illinois; has six children, Laura F., William J., Franklin P., Kittie, John and Jessie.
Moore, Arch W., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Myers, Thomas H., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Myers, George H., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
NJARVER, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Nelson, Robert, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
NELSON, DANIEL, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1812; came to this State in 1841, settling in Jefferson county in 1853; he owns 310 acres of land; has held the office of school director; he mar- ried Margaret Carden in 1840; she was born in Hamilton county, Ohio; has six children, William, Barbary, James, John, Martha J., Sarah.
Nelson, George B., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Oskaloosa.
NICHOLSON, B. C., farmer, Sec.
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15: P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Jeffer- son county, Ohio, in September, 1838; came to this county in 1864; owns 140 acres of land; has held the office of school director; he married Rachel Ann James in 1858; she was born in Ohio; has five children, Harvey C., Leslie J., Walter S., Emma Virda.
Nordyke, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa.
O GLE, ABSALOM, farmer, Sec. 4, P. O. Oskaloosa.
Osborn, Barton, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oskaloosa.
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DIM, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Price, Henry, jeweler, Oskaloosa, residence, Sec. 19.
R EDBURN, JOSEPH B., farm- er, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa. Reeves, William J., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Reeves, Eli, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Rice, William H. H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Oskaloosa.
ROBERTS, J. L., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in North Carolina, December 7, 1814; came to this county in 1847; owns 471 acres of land ; has held the office of school director and jus- tice of the peace; he mar- ried Rebecca Coulson in 1837; she was born in Kentucky; has eight children, Jonathan, J. Wil- liam, Joseph C., Charles A., John, Amanda J., Nancy A., Ann E., lost three, Mary A., Ephraim W., Thomas A.
Rogers, Abram H., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Roberts, James D., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Oskaloosa. Rogers, James D., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Rozell, Warren, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
SHIPLEY, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in West Tennessee in 1812; came
to this county in 1850, previous to his removal to this county, he lived 16 years in Indiana; owns 91 acres of land; he married Ann Tungit in 1839; she was born in Virginia; have six children, Tal- bert, Andrew L., Archibald G., Howard, Elanor J., Caroline.
Schultz, Carl, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Schultz, Fredrick, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Sloan, Harvey, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Sopher, William K., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Sopher, William P., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Smith, Carp. M., farmer, Sec. 16; P. (). Oskaloosa.
Smith, Rezin, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Spencer, Elwood, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Spencer, John, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa.
STARLIN, JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Hamil- ton Co Ohio, Jan. 26, 1814; came to this county in 1853; owns fifty acres of land. He married Bar- bary Poe, in 1838; she was born in Ohio; has six children: Peter, Margaret, Mary, Catharine, Susan and John.
STAFFORD, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Indiana in 1823; came to this county in 1843; owns 110 acres of land; has served as a member of the school board. He married Eliza Stanley, in 1845; she was born in Ohio, and died in 1853. He married for his second wife, Amanda McChire, who was born in Pennsylvania; has three child- ren by his first marriage: John M., Eliza P., Henry B .; and two by his second marriage: James W. and Bell.e
STARLIN. M. W., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Hamil-
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ton Co., Ohio, Jan., 1822; came to this State September 7th, 1847, and has lived in the same house since that time; owns 116 acres of land. Married Eunice M. Beck, in 1849; she was born in Butler Co., Ohio; has two children: Sa- rah A., and Carlton.
Starlin, John T., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
STANLEY, JOHN, farmer, Sec.16; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in North Carolina March 29th, 1803; came to this county in 1843; owns 90 acres of land. He has been mar- ried three times: 1st, Agnes Stan- ley; 2d, Mary Chamberlain; third wife was Mary Springer, whose maiden name was Miller; has four children: Edith, Ann, Sarah, and Jesse J.
Stafford, Byron, Farmer, Sec 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Starlin, Peter W., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stewart, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stearns, Phillip, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stephenson, James M., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Summerville, William H., farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Swazey, Phillip, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
TAYLOR, R. D., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Fay- ette county, Indiana, in 1820; came to this county October 13th, 1855; owns 120 acres. He married Miss Margaret Barney, in 1847; she was born in Indiana; has five children: Florence, Sarah M., Cornelia, Da- vid A., and Isaac N .; lost two: Cordelia and William W.
Templeton, Joseph H., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Thatcher, Franklin, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Thatcher, David, farmer, sec 20; P. O. Oskaloosa.
THORNBURGH, J. F., farmer and dairyman, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloo- sa; born in Greene county, Ohio in 1850; came to this county in 1863; owns 75 acres of land, and is engaged in the manufacture of cheese, for which he has obtained an enviable reputation, finding a ready market for all he can manufacture; he married Eliza- beth Boswell in 1872; she was born in Iowa; have 2 children, Grace E., and Carlton G.
Todd, Benjamin F., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Threlkeld, Merritt, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Towns, Levi, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
ARLEY, MARTIN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. (). Oskaloosa.
Vermilyea, William, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
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ALKER, WILLIAM, M., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Warren, John H., miller, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wassom, Samuel B., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wells, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
West, Eleazer, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa.
White, David C., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
White, Eli, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
White, Thad M., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
White, T. A., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
WHITE, T. B., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Ohio, in 1845, came to this State in 1847, and to this county in 1856; owns forty-four acres of land. He has served as school director, and for twelve years as secretary of the school board. He married Miss Dora Hiatt, in 1876; she was born
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in Ohio; has one child, Wilfred W.
Williams, John C., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Williams, William E., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Williams, Charles, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wilson, Joseph D., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa.
WILLIAMS, J. C., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Grayson county, Virginia, in 1812; came
to this county in 1850; owns 80 acres of land. He has held office of township trustee and school direc- tor. He married Lydia A. Pier- son, in 1840; she was born in Lo- gan county, Ohio; has seven children, Enoch P., Cyrus T., Wil- liam P., Calvin W., Marion, John H. and Lydia B.
Wing, Charles, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Woodward, William F., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa.
NEW SHARON.
A DAMS, N. P., laborer, New Sharon.
Adams, W. P., painter, New Sharon.
Airy, L. J., laborer, New Sharon.
Allen, Phebe, widow, New Sharon. Atwood, Moses, patent medicine, New Sharon.
Awtry, G. S., Central Hotel, New Sharon.
B ATES, G. F., harness maker, New Sharon.
Banks, John, laborer, New Sharon. Baitman, J. W., laborer.
BOWDLE, J. W., carpenter and bnilder, of the firm of Bowdle Brothers, New Sharon; born in Madison county, Ohio, in 1837; came to this couuty in April, 1865; has worked at his trade twenty- one years, and was the first car- penter in the town of New Sharon. He owns, with his brother, one hundred acres of land; has served as member of the city council and town clerk. He married Miss Nancy J. Leslie, in 1868; she was born in Lawrence county, Penn- sylvania.
BOWDLE, ISAIAH, of the firm of Bowdle Brothers, carpenters and builders, New Sharon; born in Madison county, Ohio, in 1840: came to this county in 1866; owns jointly with his brother one hun- dred acres of land. He enlisted
in the 50th Ohio Infantry, in the late war, and was discharged on account of disability. He mar- ried Miss Adaline Vickers, in 1869; she was born in Washing- ton county, Ohio; has two child- ren, Gertrude and Ollie.
BOWEN, C. T., dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, books, sta- tionery and druggists' sundries, New Sharon; born in Pennsylva- nia, in 1855; came to this State in 1857, to this county in 1864, and to this town, July 10, 1877.
BURKET, W. D., grocer, New Sharon; born in Henry county, Indiana, in 1848; came to this county in 1854. He owns two hundred and twenty acres of land in Sioux county; holds the office of mayor of the city. He mar- ried Miss Jennie F. Jackson, in 1872. He enlisted in the 33d Iowa Infantry, in the late war, be- fore he was fifteen years old, and was in both the 7th and 13th army corps, and crossed the Gulf seven times while in the service. ADWALADER, AMASA, capi- talist, New Sharon.
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Car, J. W., laborer, New Sharon.
CARSON, GEORGE, dealer in drugs, books, stationery and drug- gists' sundries, New Sharon; born in Hancock county, West Virginia
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1843; came to this State in 1856, and to this county in December, 1874; is at present a member of the city council; he enlisted in the 28th Iowa Infantry in the late war, and served until dis- charged on account of disability; he married Miss L. Anderson, in 1871; she was born in Ohio, and died July 1, 1872; he afterward married Miss Sadie Wright, June 20, 1878; she was born in Ohio; has two children by first marriage, George A. and Lanrani M.
CARRELL, GEORGE W., of the firm Hueston & Carrell, New Sharon; born in Ohio, in 1845, came to this State in 1865, and to this county March 1, 1876; he married Miss S. Dutton in 1871; she was born in Illinois; has one child, Myrtle.
Champion, J. J., laborer, New Sharon.
Cobb, H. P., farmer, New Sharon.
Coffman, Mary, widow, New Sharon. Cole, Chet, New Sharon.
COLLINS, J. M., of the firm of Warrens & Collins, furniture deal- ers and undertakers, New Sharon; born in Miami county, Ohio, in 1844; came to this county in November, 1868; he enlisted in the 44th Ohio Infantry, and served seven months, and in the 12th Ohio Cavalry nearly two and one- half years; he married Jennettie Smith in 1870; she was born in Scotland; has four children, Ella May, Wm. H., Flora B. and Mag- gie.
Cook, Wm. H., shirt maker, New Sharon.
Cornell, J. R., clergyman, New Sharon.
CORK, JAMES F., attorney at law, New Sharon; born in Penn., in 1832; came to this State first in March, 1856; he afterward re- turned to Penn., and enlisted in the 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, known as "round heads," and
served two years; he then removed to Lucas county, Iowa, coming to this county in 1872; he owns 50 acres of land in Lucas county; he married Miss Catharine Isabel Eastlick, December 25, 1855; has two children, Wm. H. and Mary Agnes.
Craver, Joseph, carpenter, New Sharon.
CRAWFORD, O. P., merchant, dealer in general merchandise, New Sharon; born in 1850, re- moved to Minnesota when five years of age; came to this county in 1867; has been engaged in sell- ing goods ten years, and four years in business for himself; he mar- ried Miss Ida H. Vickers, in Nov., 1874; she was born in Iowa.
Cramer, Win., laborer, New Sharon. CRITTENDEN, Rev. O. L., re- tired clergyman, New Sharon; born in Chenango county, N. Y., in 1815; was educated at Hamil- ton, Madison county, N. Y .; licensed to preach in 1840, and ordained a few years later; he came to this State in 1863, and was for many years pastor of the Baptist Church in Pella, Marion county; he came to this county in 1874, and has been largely instru- mental in the formation of the Baptist Church in this place; he is connected with the firm of Ver- steeg & Co., millers; he married Miss Mary Lamb in 1848; she was born in Ohio, and died in December, 1874; he afterwards married Mrs. Elizabeth C. Frisbee, in June, 1876; she was born in Oneida county, N. Y .; has one daughter by first marriage, named May-the wife of J. C. Salyer. Mrs. Crittenden's maiden name was Parker; she married Byron Frisbee, who died in 1870, leaving five children.
DA AVIS, CLARKSON, attorney, New Sharon. Davis, S., laborer, New Sharon.
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Dean, W. J., druggist, New Sharon. Dixon, Mrs. C. C., widow, New Sharon.
Dean, R. T., physician, New Sharon. DODD, C. J., attorney, New Sharon; born in Morgan county, Illinois, in 1839; came to this country in 1855; his father came to this State in an early day,and built the first cabin on the ground where the city of Mt. Pleasant, in Henry county, stands; he owns 80 acres of land in this county; holds office of city solici- tor; he enlisted in the 3d Iowa In- fantry in 1862, and served in varions capacities until his muster out in 1865; he was detailed by Gen. Curtis to act in the Secret Service, and was the person to dis- cover and disclose the Gunpowder Plot to release the prisoners in the Gratiot Street Prison; he also acted as enrolling officer; he mar- ried Miss M. A. Kirkpatrick in 1861; she was born in Pike county, Illinois; has seven children, Lillian E., William T., Minnie M., Emma A., Nellie, Lula B., and Hattie E. ATON, ISAAC, blacksmith, New Sharon; born in Monroe county, Ohio, in 1835; came to this county in 1864; he married Miss Lydia A. Adams in Septem- ber, 1861; she was born in Ohio; has four children, William, Nathan, Laura, and Clara; has served as a member of the school board and of the city council.
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Emerson, D. M., merchant, New Sharon.
Eritt, R. H., clerk, New Sharon.
Evans, W. H., billiard saloon, New Sharon.
F AREMAN, G. W., cooper, New Sharon.
FAGAN, H. H., foreman in lumber yard, New Sharon; born in Ohio in 1838; removed to Iowa in 1851, and to Illinois in 1853, and to this county in 1870; he married Miss Annie Vangundy in 1870; she was born in Ohio; has five child-
ren, Charles, Minnie, Ossie, Lula, and Baby.
Ferguson, S. R., clergyman, New Sharon.
Fessler, David, retired, New Sharon. Florence, John, retired, New Sharon. Fitzgerald, Jonathan, plasterer, New
Sharon.
Fitzgerald, Leonard, plasterer, New Sharon.
Frasier, Mahala, widow, New Sharon.
G ALBRETH, DAVID, city mar- shal, New Sharon.
Gallaher, H. C., livery-man, New Sharon.
Gable, R. T., miller, New Sharon.
Gatlin, G. B., barber, New Sharon. Gilman, Arthur, gunsmith, New Sharon.
Gifford, Benj., butcher, New Sharon. GLOTFELTER, J. L., blacksmith,
New Sharon; born in Greene county, Ohio in 1837; came to this county in 1868; has worked at his trade 24 years; he enlisted in the 74th Ohio Infantry in the late war, and served three years; he married Miss Sarah J. Junkin in 1861; she was born in Greene county, Ohio; have 3 children, Hattie J., Emma E., and Sadie G. GOULD, G. B., station agent, New Sharon; born in Friendsville, Wabash county, Illinois, in 1845; came to this county in Jannary, 1872; he married Elizabeth Pen- rose in 1877; she was from Ohio. Goss, R. D., railroad carpenter, New Sharon.
GRAHAM, THOMAS, farmer, stock dealer, and merchant, New Sharon; born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1815; came to this State October 19, 1854, set- tling in Scott county, where he remained until his removal to this county, March 1st, 1876; he is connected with C. H. Kramer, under the firm name of Kramer & Graham, dealers in general merchandise; he married Miss Mary Taylor in 1836; she was
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born in the same county; have ten children, Sarah A., Mary A., Mar- tha E., Lydia J., C. Emaline, Julia R., Abbie J., Hannah C., Joseph T., and Clara; one son, John, en- listed in the 21st Iowa Infantry, and died from disease contracted in the army.
FOLAWAY, M. B., printer, New Sharon.
Hammond, J. G., clerk, New Sharon. HIATT, J. M., justice of the peace, notary public and collection agent, New Sharon; born in Henry conn- ty, Indiana, in 1839; came to this county in 1875; he enlisted in the 147th Indiana Infantry, in the late war, and was commissioned Captain of Co. D; he afterward published a newspaper, and since his removal to this county, has been engaged two years as a teacher in the high school, and resigned his position to accept the office of justice of the peace, which he now holds; he is also town clerk, and one of the trus- tees of the Asylum for Feeble- Minded Children at Glenwood; he married Miss Sarah J. Haworth, in 1860; she was born in Ohio; have six children, Flora E., J. Clinton, Metta E., Harry M., Robbie, Josie and Frank.
HIATT, JESSE, retired, farmer, New Sharon; born in 1815; came to this State in 1850, and to this county in 1854; he hauled the first load of Inmber brought to the town of New Sharon, and has seen fifteen deer in one herd on the ground now occupied by the village; he has served as a member of the city council; he married Phebe Dickey in 1842; she was born in Virginia; have two children, Jane, wife of A. Hill, and Mary E., wife of A. Rockwell.
HOEN, W. F., salesman for H. T. Wright, New Sharon; born in Prussia in 1842; came to this
country in 1849, and to this county in 1872; owns 120 acres of land; he married Nannie E. Jameson in 1866; she was born in Illinois; they have four children, Christie, Mand, Carl W., and Lewis; have lost one son, Charlie.
Hoffmire, Luther, attorney, New Sharon.
HUESTON, ROBERT, of the firm of Hneston & Carrell, dealers in stoves, hardware and house fur- nishing goods, New Sharon; born in Canada in 1834; came to this county in April, 1875; has served as a member of the city council; he married Miss Sarah E. Carkuff in August, 1859; she was born in Ohio; they have three children, Charles H., Emma and Helen; have lost one son, James.
Hughes, Charles, carpenter, New Sharon.
Hughes, Mrs. Rachel, teacher, New Sharon.
Hughes, Geo., retired, New Sharon. TRISH, STEPHEN, farmer, New Sharon.
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JOHNSON, Mrs. KATE, dress- maker, New Sharon.
Johnson, R. L., railroad hand, New Sharon.
K ALBACH, Z. TAYLOR,
firm of Kalbach & Son, lum- ber dealers, New Sharon; born in Pottsville, Pa., in 1848; came to this State in 1850, and to this county in 1851, and for years, ex- cepting perhaps Council Bluffs, their lumber yard was the farthest west of any in the State, and their trade extended as far west as Fort Dodge; he married Miss Rose Cole in 1872; she was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin.
KNOWLTON, C. F., attorney at law, New Sharon; born in Fay- ette county, Ohio, May 18, 1853; came to this county February 19, 1865; he was educated at the Iowa Wesleyan University of Mt. Pleasant, graduated June 19,
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1873, and was admitted to the bar on his twenty-first birthday.
KRAMER, C. H., of the firm of Kramer & Graham, dealers in dry goods, groceries, crockery, boots, shoes, liats, caps and clothing, New Sharon; born in Pennsylva- nia in 1842; came to this State in 1845, and to this county in April, 1875; has been engaged in selling goods eleven years; he married Mary Parker in 1861; she was born in Ohio, and died in October, 1862; he afterward married Miss Hattie N. Rhodes in 1864; she was born in Ohio; has one child, Clarence, by first marriage.
Kloose, Joseph, shoemaker, New Sharon.
Kimble, W. I., carpenter, New Sharon.
King, J. F., clerk, New Sharon.
Kirk, Wm. B., nurseryman, New Sharon.
L AWRENCE, S. B., dealer in grain, stock and agricultural implements, New Sharon; born in Warren county, Ohio, in 1832, and came to this State in 1862; owns 160 acres of land; has held office of town trustee; married Miss Kittie Benedict in 1856; she was born in Ohio.
Larson, Ole, retired, New Sharon.
Langhlin, P. P., agricultural imple- ments, New Sharon.
Lewis, S. W., insurance agent, New - Sharon.
Larson, A., carpenter, New Sharon. Long, C. S., laborer, New Sharon. Lowry, Curtis, laborer, New Sharon. LOYD, WILEY, blacksmith, New Sharon; born a slave in North . Carolina, in 1834; was sold and taken to Tennessee, where he re- mained until he came to this State, in 1864; he married Celia Fane, in 1862; she was born in North Carolina.
M ADER, JOSEPH, shoemaker, New Sharon.
McAllister, Wm. L., physician and surgeon, New Sharon.
MCCURDY, J. F., of the firm of Versteeg & Co., of the city steam mills, New Sharon; born in Dear- born county, Indiana, in 1836; came to this county in 1875; he owns one-third interest in the above mills; he is a member of the city council; he enlisted in the 59th Illinois Infantry in the late war, and served four years; he married Miss Ann Mccullough in 1869; she was born in Ohio.
Michener, Ed., carpenter, New Sha- ron.
MORRIS, D. C., physician and sur- geon, New Sharon; born in Jackson county, Indiana, in 1834; came to this State in 1856; owns 80 acres of land; has practiced medicine fourteen years; has held office of postmaster; he married Miss Mary Painter in August, 1855; she was born in Greene county, Ohio; has five children, Ogburn J., Benford L., Albert A., Mary A., and D. Russell.
Morgan, J. S., painter, New Sharon. MUNSILL, E., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. New Sharon; born in Licking county, Ohio, 1821; came to this State in 1841, and to this county in 1843; he owns 320 acres of land; he has served as school director and as member of the city coun- cil; he married Miss R. Schuyler, in 1842; she was born in Ken- tucky, and died in 1850; he after- ward married M. Phillips in 1852; she was born in New York; has seven children, Elizabeth, Mary, Ephraim, Corydon, Cary, Albert, and Charles.
Munger, S., teacher, New Sharon. Myers, S., clerk, New Sharon.
AYLOR, A. H., retired farmer,
N New Sharon; born in Jeffer- son county, New York, in 1814; came to this county in 1865; owns 80 acres of land; he married
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Rachael A. Wood, in 1835; she was born in Ohio; has four chil- dren, Albert, Mary J., Addison W., and Kinzie C.
Nichol, Mathew, laborer, New Shar- on.
Nichol, J. R., New Sharon.
Nicholson, John, shoemaker, New Sharon.
Nicholson, G. W., laborer, New Sharon.
Nicholson, M. W., laborer, New Sharon.
P ALMER, EZRA, painter, New Sharon; born in Ohio Sep- tember 7, 1822; came to this state in 1844, and in 1852 settled in Poweshiek county, and came to this county in 1873; he married Miss Rachael W. Cheeseman, in 1846; she was born in Wayne county, Indiana; has four chil- dren, Hannah J., William R., Rineer, and Sarah E.
Pardo, H. W., photographer, New Sharon.
Parks, Alfred, plasterer, New Sharon. Penland, I. N., insurance and real estate agent, New Sharon.
Phillips, W m., laborer, New Sharon. Phillips, S. B., laborer, New Sharon. Playle, W. T., laborer, New Sharon. UINN, THOMAS, R. R. hand, New Sharon.
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R ANSDELL, J. S., retired farm- er, New Sharon; born in Henry county, Kentucky, in 1826; removed to Indiana when young, and came to this county in 1861; owns 120 acres of land; he mar- ried Miss Mary C. Rash in 1853; she was born in Kentucky; he has sold wheat for $3 per bushel, and hogs at $11 per cwt. since he has been in the state.
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