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Stoner, John, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stanley, James, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Stanley, A. S., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Strain, John, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Eddyville.
Stewart, L. L., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Steinhoff, Joseph, retired, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Sullivan, Tim, laborer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Sullivan, Con, laborer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Switzer, John II., farmer and car- penter, Sec. 9; P. O. Eddyville.
T ENNIS, OLIVER, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Cedar.
Tennis, Robert, farmer, 5Sec. 12; P. O. Cedar.
Tennis, John, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Thomas, Mahlon, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Kirkville.
Thomas, J. W., farmer, Sec 25; P. O. Kirkville.
Thomas, Morgan, clerk, Sec. 7; P. O. Muchakinock.
Tierney, Thomas F., laborer; Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
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TOTMAN, S. P., Sec. 32; P. O.
Eddyville; owns a farm of 140 aeres; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, April 9, 1830; his parents moved from there, when he was quite young, to Knox Co., where he lived until he was twenty years of age; he emigrated to this county in the fall of 1850; he married Miss Christina, daughter of Robert Oldham, Oct. 5, 1853; she is a native of Indiana; they have four sons and five daughters, Charles N., Wm. N., Mary J., Niea I., Lillie S., Nettie, Robert L., Frank and Mabel; served about ten months in the late war, in Co. C, 13 Iowa Volun- teers Infantry.
Tullis, M. G., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Tullis, W. H., farmer, See. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
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INDERWOOD, A. M., farmer, See. 20; P. O. Eddyville.
ANCE, Z. G., farmer, See. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Vance, J. E., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Vanee, widow, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
VANCE, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Eddyville; farm con- tains 150 aeres; was born in Fay- ette county, Indiana, April 8, 1819; he lived there twenty-one years, then emigrated to Burlington, Iowa, in 1840; he lived there four years and then came to this county, and located where he now resides in 1844; he married Rebecca Morgan, Nov. 20, 1842; she is a native of Kentucky. Mr. V. was first justice of the peace, re-elected after the organization of the county, and has held that office, off and on, for thirty years; have four sons and three daughters, Lydia, Oli- ver II., Mary M., Agnew E., Sam- nel L., Susan A., Fred E .; lost two sons, James A. and Henry C.
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ARD, D. W., elerk, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Walker, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Watkins, John E., miner, Sec. 11; P. O. Mnehakinoek.
Walker, Stephen, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Cedar.
WALKER, STEPHEN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Cedar; farm 80 acres; was born in Hartford, Connecticut, September 14, 1828; lived there thirteen years, and then went to Charlestown, South Carolina; lived there nine years, and then traveled until 1861, and then located in this county; he married Mrs. Eliza Knowlton in 1863, a native of Gallia county, Ohio. They have one son and one daughter, Friend E. and Alma F. He served about seventeen months in the late war, in Company G, Seventh Iowa Cav- alry.
Webb, William, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Welch, F. G., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Cedar.
Welch, Jason R., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Eddyville.
WELCH, F. G., farmer, Sce. 24; P. O. Cedar; farm 260 acres; was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in October, 1836; he lived there until 1860; he then came to this county, but did not locate here until 1866; from 1860 to 1865 he was engaged in shipping sheep from Ohio to this county; he married Miss Maggie S. Simpson, a native of the same county, Sep- tember 13, 1866; she died March 21, 1874; left two sons, Lavernge and Omar S .; he married again to Elizabeth Slemmons, September 12, 1876, a native of the same county; one danghter, Annie.
Welton, E. II., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wheeler, A. F., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Cedar.
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Whiteman, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa.
WHEELER, ALFRED, farmer, . Sec. 14; P.O. Cedar; farm 96 acres; was born in North Hampton- shire, England, in 1834; lived there nine years; his parents then emigrated to the United States, and located in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, where they lived seven years, and then moved to Dodge county, Wisconsin, where he lived until 1868, then to this county; he married Josephine M. Palmer, January 1, 1866, a native of Illinois; they have two sons and three daughters, Jennet, Eugene, Guy, Mattie, Grace; he served three years in the late war, in Company A., Thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteers Infantry; enlisted August 15, 1862; mus- tered out in June, 1865.
WHITED, CARSON, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Eddyville; farm of 130 acres; was born in the town of Wythe, Wythe county, Virginia, September 17, 1814; his parents emigrated to Fayette county, In- diana, when he was five years of age, where they lived three years, and then removed to Shelbyville, Indiana; he left there and came to this county, November 10, 1846; he married Miss Abagail Bolli- baugh, February 28, 1833, a na- tive of Raligh county, North Carolina; family, four daughters, Maria J., (now widow of John Mercer, who died in Andersonville prison during the late rebellion), Charlotte, (now Mrs. James Old- ham), Catharine, (now Mrs. John Rainsbarger,) Mahala, (now Mrs. Quitman Powell). Mr. W. lost one son, who died while in the army.
Williams, H. H., farmer. Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
WORTMAN,GEO., farmer; Sec. 6;
P. O. Muchakinock; farm con- tains 308 acres; was born in the Province of New Brunswick, August 14, 1814, he lived there until he was past twelve, his par- ents then moved to Harrison county, Ohio; he lived there about ten years; he came to this county in the spring of 1843, and located on the place where he now lives; he married Miss M. Christena Scott, a native of Ohio, February 28, 1842; she died July
24, 1849; married again to Re- becca McCaslin, a native of Vir- ginia, April 2, 1850; two dangh- ters by first marriage, Hannah, and Louisa C .; three sons and five daughters by second mar- riage, John, Sarah, Martha J., Matilda A., Emma, Mary F., David and Geo. W.
WYLIE, JAMES T., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Eddyville; was born in the town of Coventry, Chenango county, New York, November 23, 1815, he lived there until 1837, and then emigrated to Peoria, Illinois, where he lived six years, and then came to Iowa in the spring of 1843, and located in Eddyville, and worked at his trade, (blacksmithing). Mr. W. did all the stage repairing at Eddyville in those days; in 1845 he and his partner, Mr. J. W. Caldwell, entered 240 acres in this township, afterward, buying his partner's interest; his farm contains 407 acres; he married Miss Mary J. Delashmutt, No- vember 23, 1851. She was born in Tyler county, Virginia, May 12, 1831. They have one son and two daughters, Clara M., (now Mrs. Andrew Manifold,) born September 25, 1853, James B., born October 1, 1855, Eppie S., August 8, 1867.
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A DAIR, Win., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Cedar.
Akers, Anderson, farmer, Sec. 36; Fremont.
Akerman, P., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Fremont.
Allman, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Fremont.
Allman, John, laborer, P. O. Fre- mont.
Allender, M., farmer, Scc. 25; P. O. Fremont.
Alexander, Robert, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Fremont.
Aldridge, Joseph A., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Fremont.
Anderson, Wm., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Kirkville.
B ARR, IRA, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Fremont.
Baitsell, Geo. W., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Fremont.
Baitsell, Jane, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Fremont.
Beswick, A. W., farmer; P. O. Ce- dar
Bentley, Laura J., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Cedar.
Bond, C., physician, Fremont.
Boyd, Win., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Cedar.
Bridenstine, Peter, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Kirkville.
Brown, G. W., shoemaker and far- mer, Fremont.
Byram, D. C., retired, Fremont.
Byram, C. G., school teacher, Fre- mont.
BYRAM, M. W., druggist, Fre- mont; was born in Butler county, Ohio, December 1, 1837, and lived there six years; his parents then removed to Dark county, Ohio, where he lived until the spring of 1861, and then to Mc- Goupin county, Ill., and remained there until September, 1864; he then returned to Dark county, Ohio, where he remained until September, 1873, and then came
to this county; he married Mary J. MeFarland August 7, 1859, of Randolph county, Indiana; she died June 9, 1873; was married again to Mahala Oldham, of this county, June 13, 1875; she died September 22, 1875; married again April 27, 1876, to Mary I., widow of E. Roberts, her maiden name was Ferguson, a native of this connty; has two children by first marriage, Ida A. and Laura M., and one son by third marriage, Lawrence L .; has taught school, more or less, for twenty years.
ANON, SAMUEL R., of the
C firm of Canon & Gunn, mer- chants, Fremont; was born in Fa- yette county, Ohio, May 12, 1845, and lived there about twelve years; came to this county in 1857; not married.
Carnahan, Sarah, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Kirkville.
Caves, Edward, blacksmith, Fre- mont.
Cheek, James P., laborer, Fremont.
Cochran, Sanford, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. White Oak ..
Cochran, O. C., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Cedar.
Cochran, G. W., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Fremont.
Cole, Wm. W., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Kirkville.
Cole, Wm., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Cedar.
Craft, J. E., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Cedar.
Cummins, H. C. farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Fremont.
Cummins, Thos., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Kirkville.
D AVIS, ELIZABETH U., farm- er, Sec. 29; P. O. Kirkville.
Davis, Joseph, farmer. Sec. 28; P. O. Kirkville.
Davidson, John W., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Kirkville.
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Davidson, W. A., farmer. See. 24; P. O. Fremont.
Dinsmore, Win., farmer, See. 14; P. O. Fremont.
Doolittle, B. M., farmer, See. 23; P. O. Fremont.
Doan, Martha A., farming, See. 17; P. O. C'edar.
E ASTBURN, C. A., farmer, See. 22; P. O. Fremont.
Eastburn, Job II., commission mer- chant, Chicago.
Eastburn, B. W., farmer, See. 28; P. O. Fremont.
Eastburn, Sanford, farmer, See. 25; P. O. Fremont.
Ellis, Wm., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Fremont.
ENDICOTT, J. N., P. O. Cedar, general store, Cedar Chapel; born in Posey county, Indiana, in 1841; came here 1874. He enlisted in Co. B, 58th Indiana Infantry, in October, 1861, and was mustered out in August, 1865. February 6, 1866, he married Cornelia Boyle, a native of the same county ; she died January 10, 1871; left one son Alfred B .; he married again to Mary L. Kinsman, June 6, 1875; she was born in Oskaloosa township, this county, in 1854; one son and one daughter, James N. and Baby.
English, Alpha, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Kirkville.
Epperly, Joel, farmer, See. 9; P. O. Fremont.
Everson, John W., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Fremont.
F AILYER, GEORGE W., far- mer, Sec. 34; P. O. Kirkville. Fellers, John M., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Fremont.
Ferguson, John, farmer, See. 4; P. O. Concert.
Foster, N. W., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Fremont.
Foster, Caleb, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Kirkville.
Funk, Henry, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Kirkville.
G ARRIOTT, I. N., farmer, See. 1; P. O. Fremont.
GILMORE, SAMUEL, farmer, See. 29; P. O. Kirkville; was born in the town of Tevis, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1830; he lived there until 1851, and then came to this connty; his farm contains 500 acres; he married Sarah Myers, November 25, 1856, a na- tive of Morrow county, Ohio; they have two sons and two daugh- ters, named Nina, Maggie, Myers and Fred; lost one son, John.
Griffis, Noah II., farmer, See. 1; l'. O. Fremon t.
Gordon, Uriah, farmer, See. 20; P. O. Kirkville.
Graham, Jefferson, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. White Oak.
GUNN, JAMES, A., of the firm of Canon Gnnn, merchants, Fremont; was born in Lake coun- ty, Ohio, October 7, 1849; he lived there four years; parents then emigrated to Iowa, and to this county; has been engaged in bus- iness here since 1873; is post-mas- ter; he married Mrs. S. S. Heinz- man, April 20, 1873. a native of Shelby county, Indiana; they have one son, Frank L.
H ACKETT, ISAAC, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Fremont.
Halloway, Ralph E., farmer, See. 34; P. O. Kirkville.
Harter, John H., farmer, See. 29; P. O. Fremont.
Harter, Aaron, farmer, Fremont.
Harter, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 28; Fremont.
Harter, James, farmer, Fremont.
Hayes, Joel, farmer, See. 8; P. O. Cedar.
HEINZMAN, S. H., of the firm of Byram & Co., merchants; Fre- mont; he was born in Shelby connty, Indiana, August 2, 1840; he lived there until October 1st, 1861, and then came to this county ; he married Miss Amey W. Byram, November 20, 1867, a native of
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Dark county, Ohio; they have two daughters, Gertrude and Madge.
Higgason, S. J., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Cedar.
Hook, John, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Fremont.
HOOK, N.R., physician and surgeon, Fremont; he was born in Williams- burg, Greene county, Pennsylva- nia, in 1842; his parents moved to Gurnsey county, Ohio, when he was very young; they lived there eleven years, and then came to this county; he commenced the study of medicine at the age of nineteen, with Dr. S. E. Rhine- hart; he attended the college of physicians and surgeons at Keo- kuk, Iowa, and graduated in 1874; he served from 1862, to August 9th, 1865, in the late war in Co. C, 33rd Iowa Volunteers In- fantry; he married Miss Lucetta J. Kissick, June, 3, 1866, a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania; she died December 19, 1873; he was married again to Florence N. Kissick, December 23, 1874, a na- tive of Mercer county, Pennsyl- vsnia; has one son living by his first marriage, Charles W., and one son by his second marriage, Walter M .; owns a farm of 200 acres.
Howell, B. C., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Fremont.
IIonse, A. J., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Kirkville.
Howser, James, farmer, P. O. Kirk- ville.
Hughes, H. D., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Fremont.
TACKSON, W., laborer, P. O. Kirkville.
Jemison, A. A., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. O. Kirkville.
Jones, N. J., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Kirkville.
K EITH, J. C., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Fremont; he was born
in Miami county, Ohio, April 5,
1822; his parents moved to Shelby county, Indiana, when the sub -. ject of this sketch was about seven years old; he came to Davis county, Iowa, in 1858, lived there two years and then came to this county; his farm contains 306 acres; he has been married four times, first to Susan Heinz- man, a native of Kentucky, but raised in Indiana; they were mar- ried December 16th, 1847; she died August 10th, 1852; had one son, Marshall E .; he was married again to Ann Eliza Davison, No- vember 24, 1853, a native of Shelby county, Indiana; she died March 19th, 1857; had one son, Oscar; he was married again to Maggie Majors, a native of this county, December 14th, 1859; she died October 23, 1860; he was married again to Mary Can- on, a native of Pennsylvania, Oc- tober, 12th, 1861; has three sons and three daughters, Preston, Minnie, Nellie, Albert, Mabel and Gus.
Kent, Delilah, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Kirkville.
King, Wmn., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Fremont.
Kline, E. J., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Cedar.
Knicely, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Fremont.
LAC ACY, WM., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Fremont.
Lee, Isaac T., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Fremont.
Lee, John M., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Fremont.
Lee, M. B., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Fremont.
Lee, N. M., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Fremont.
Lentz, David, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Fremont.
LENTZ, GEORGE, carpenter; P. O. Fremont; born in Butler coun- ty, Ohio, January 5, 1838; lived there about seven years ; his parents
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then emigrated to Keokuk county, Iowa, about five miles from where he now lives; he moved to Fremont in 1855; is justice of the peace; he married Miss Rebecca J. Able August 12, 1861; she lived but fifteen days after marriage; she was a native of Indiana; he was married again to Sophia Pfeiffer September 15, 1861, a native of Bavaria, Germany; they have one son and three daughters, Mary E., Eda A., Arminta, and Ralph J; he was township clerk one year. and secretary of school board sev- en years; owns a farm of 90 acres, cCARROLL, ROB'T S., far- mer, Sec. 31; P. O. Kirk- ville; born in Harrison county, Ohio, December 16, 1819; he lived there until 1848, and then came to this county and located where he now lives; has a farm of 200 acres; he married Susanna English Janu- ary 5, 1843, a native of the same county; they have four sons and five daughters, Jane E., James, Addie, Sella, Etta, Frank, William, Jason, and Lewis; they have lost three daughters, named Martha A., Rachel, and Mary S.
McClain, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Fremont.
McEwen, J. E., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Fremont.
McFADDIN, WILSON, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Cedar; has a farm of 210 acres; born in Harrison coun- ty, Ohio, January 18, 1830; lived there until 1852, and then came to this county and located in Cedar township; has lived on his present farm since 1862; he married Miss A. C. Wellslager, May 29, 1856, from Richland connty, Ohio; they have two daughters, Elanora, and Emma Carrie.
McFALL, W. O., physician and surgeon, Fremont; was born in Cedar township, Mahaska county, May 23, 1851; at the age of twen- ty-one, he commenced the study
of medicine with Dr. Hoffman, of Oskaloosa, where he continued for two years and six months; he then attended the Bellvue medical college, of New York City, where he graduated March 1, 1876, and has been located in Fremont since March, 1877; he married Miss Sarah Lloyd, December 21, 1877, a native of Meigs county, Ohio. No family.
McFALL, G. B., farmer, Sec. 4 .; P. O. Concert; was born in Bartholo- mew county, Indiana, in 1823; he lived there until November, 1847, and then came to this county and located on the place he now lives; has a farm of 131 acres-he enter- ed 252 acres; he married Miss Newsom, January 16, 1845, a na- tive of the same county; they have two sons and five daughters, Lot- tie M., William ()., Mary E, Em- ma E., Clara E., Gideon B., Jr. and Jennie L .; was a member of the board of supervisors one term, has been a member of the school board twenty years, treasurer about sixteen years.
McFALL, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Fremont; was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, in 1803, he lived there until ten years of age; his parents then moved, to what is now Switzer- land county, Indiana; he lived there until 1821, and then went to Bartholomew £ county, Indiana, where he lived until 1830, and thence to Iroquoise county, Ills .; he came to this county in March, 1844, and located where he now lives; he married Miss Elizabeth Barbee, February 14, 1828; born in Ross county, Ohio, February 11, 1804; they have two sons and four daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Samuel T., Martha, Nancy, and Joseph.
McFall, David, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Fremont.
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McFall, John, Sr., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Fremont.
McFall, John, Jr., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Fremont. McFall, Samuel L., farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Fremont.
McFall, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Fremont.
MILLS, D. T., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Concert; was born in Dare Co., Kentucky, in 1821; he lived in Kentucky until the fall of 1844, and then went to Park county, Indiana, where he lived until the fall of 1852; he then came to this county, and located where he now lives; owns a farm of 140 acres; he married Emily Bing- ham, of Mercer county, Kentucky, in the fall of 1842; she died May 26, 1856; he married again to Mary Torrance in July, 1857; have two sons and four daughters by first marriage, Sophia, Win. T., Mary, Sarah, Martha and David; two sons and two daugh- ters by second marriage, Jacob, Ella, Edward and Myrtle.
Mills, W. T., farmer, P. O. Kirk- ville.
Mona, John, painter, Fremont.
Moody, Wm. I., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Fremont.
Morgan, J. N., blacksmith, Fremont. Myers, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Cedar.
N EIL, GRAHAM, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Fremont.
Newbold, G. W., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Cedar.
P ARKER, JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Fremont.
Parr, M. G., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Fremont.
Phillippe, G. L., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Fremont.
Pickens, Alexander, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Kirkville.
Pfrimmer, George W., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Cedar.
Priest, J. F., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Fremont.
Q UARTON, W. B., farmer and
stock raiser, Sec. 24; P. O. Fremont; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1821; his parents emigrated to the United States in 1829; located in Morgan county, Illinois, in 1848; he married Miss Charlotte Gill, in 1849; she is a native of England; they moved to Macoupin county, Illinois, the same year, where they lived until October, 1867, then came to this county; has a farm of 240 acres and 50 acres of timber; deals quite largely in imported cattle; has 400 head of sheep; 160 acres of his farm are devoted to meadow land; they have three sons and four daughters, Mary, Menassa, Georgia, Charlotta, Wm. B., Amy and Ezra.
R ANDALL, CHARLES D .. farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Cedar. Rhegenness, Henry, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Fremont.
Rockey, Frank, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Fremont.
Ross, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Kirkville.
Russell, Almira C., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Fremont.
Russell, G. W., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Fremont.
Russell, J. M., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Fremont.
SHALER, GEO., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Fremont.
SHAW, SOLOMON, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Fremont; was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1809, but was raised in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; came to Iowa in 1856, and located where he now resides, in 1857; owns 256 acres of land; he mar- ried Miss Susan Strome, of Cum- berland county, Pennsylvania, in 1831; she died in 1835; married again to Mary Zigler, of Cumber- land county, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 20, 1837; has two sons by first marriage, David and George;
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four sons and two daughters by second marriage: John, William,
Levi, Solomon, Elizabeth, Susan- na.
Shaw, L. E., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Kirkville.
Sheets, B. F., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Fremont.
Skidmore, J. M., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Fremont.
Slater, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Fremont.
Shultz, Christian, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Fremont.
Smith, Margaret, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Fremont.
Sparks, William, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Fremont.
Sparks, Isaac W., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Fremont.
Stephenson, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Cedar.
Stephenson, William J., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Cedar.
Storm, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Concert.
Stout, Lee, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Fremont.
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THOMPSON, F. S., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Concert.
Triplett, Mortimore, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Fremont.
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AN BUSKIRK, LINFORD, Farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Fre- mont.
Votaw, Moses, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Fremont.
Votaw, Pierce, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Cedar.
W ALTMAN, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Fremont.
Warner, John HI., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Kirkville.
White, E. H., blacksmith, P. O. Fre- mont.
Walsh, James, wagon-maker, P. O. Fremont.
Weil, Christian, undertaker, Sec. 14; P. O. Fremont.
White, J. A., merchant, Fremont.
Whitmer, John, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Fremont.
White, John Q., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Fremont.
WHITE, E. H., blacksmith; P. O.
Fremont; was born in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1826, lived there twenty-four years, and then emigrated to Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1850, and has been a resident of this township ten years. He married Miss Mary Barton, Sep- tember 19,1850, a native of Preble county, Ohio; she died August 21, 1858; he married again to Martha J. Heffner, December 15, 1870, a native of Dark county, Ohio; three daughters by first marriage, Lavica E., Nancy E. and Eliza J .; one daughter by second marriage, Della M; he en- listed in the late war in Com- pany K., Eighteenth Iowa Vol- unteers Infantry, August 6, 1862; mustered out August 9, 1865.
Williams, William, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Fremont.
Williams, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Fremont.
Wolfe, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Fremont.
Wright, J. C., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Cedar.
Wright, W. W., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Cedar.
Wright, J. P., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Cedar.
Wright, J. A., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Cedar.
V EOMAN, RICHARD, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Fremont.
Yenney, George, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Fremont.
Yenney, John, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Fremont.
Young, Abraham, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Fremont.
ARING, JOIIN, farmer, Sec. 9; Zł P. O. Concert.
Zaring, J. W., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Concert.
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WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP.
A BEL, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec- tion 32; P. O. White Oak; owns 120 acres land, valued at $30 per acre; born in Ontario, Can- ada, in 1826; came to lowa in 1855 and settled in Muscatine county; lived there about twenty-nine and a half years, and removed to Ben- ten county, and thence to this Co. in 1868; married Esther Stanley, in 1853; she was born in Colnm- bania county, Ohio, in 1829; have seven children: Ben. J. C., Sarah, Martha, Hannah M., Turner L., Mary Elizabeth and Esther El- mie; are members of Society of Friends. Republican.
ARNOLD,ISHUM, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Rose Hill; owns 236 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; born in Kentucky, in 1828; came to Iowa in 1851, and settled in White Oak; married Drussilla Simpkins, in 1853; she was born in Indiana, in 1832; they have six children: Nancy, Ellen, Sarah Jane, Joseph, Alberta and Wil- liam.
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