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Sarvis, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Agricola.
Sarvis, H. A., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Agricola.
Sarvis, Samnel, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Agricola.
Sarvis, John U., farmer, Sec 9; P. O. Agricola.
Sharp, George, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Union Mills.
Sharp, G. H., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Agricola.
Shion, D. A., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Agricola.
SMITH, WM., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Mauch Chunk; born in Dauphin county, Penn., in 1818; came to this county in June, 1852; owns 167 acres of land. He has held offices of school director, township trustee, and justice of the peace; he married Nancy Brinseq, in 1845; she was born in Pennsylva- nia; has three children: Joseph, K., Samuel H., and Sarah J.
Soults, J. A., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Agricola.
Soults, Win., J., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Agricola.
Sparks, James A., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Agricola.
Sturgeon, James, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Indianapolis.
Sturgeon, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Agricola.
T TAYLOR, AMOS, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Indianapolis.
Taylor, C. V., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Agricola.
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Tunnel, Wm. H. H., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Union Mills.
V TAIL, ELISHA, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Agricola.
Vail, E. G., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Coal Creek.
VERMILLION, J. J., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek connty; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1827; came to this coun- ty in 1869; owns 160 acres of land; has held offices of justice of the peace and school director; he married Rachel R. Moore in 1855; she was born in Ohio, and died in February, 1873; he afterwards married Mrs. Eliza J. Coder in February, 1875; she was born in Pennsylvania; he has four children by the first marriage, William M., Mary E., Charles M., and Clarence B. Mrs. Vermillion was previously married to John Coder, who was born in Pennsylvania, and died in 1873, leaving three children, Har-
rison W., Harvey C., and Hiram P. Coder.
W ATTS, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Agricola.
Warrington, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Coal Creek.
Walker, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Agricola.
Wells, N., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Agricola.
Wilson, Jesse, physician, Agricola. WYMORE, A. J., farmer, Sec. 3;
P. O. Agricola; born in Indiana in 1832; came to this county in 1850; owns 190 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Nancy Sharp in 1854; she was born in Indiana; has seven children, George H., Daniel, Sarah J., Wil- liam, Charlie, Cora, and Louisa.
Wymore, Geo. H., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Agricola.
Wymore, A. M., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Agricola.
TEADON, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Agricola.
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A DKINSON, J., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
Almond, W. S., farmer, Sec. 34; P. (). Union Mills.
ALMOND, W. A., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Union Mills; born in Ken- tucky in 1846; came to this county in March, 1875; owns 40 acres of land; he married Alice Bunting in 1868; she was born in Ohio; have two children, Herman S., and Al- vie S.
Allen, Abner, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Union Mills.
Anderson, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. New Sharon.
Andre, Jonathan, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. New Sharon.
ATHERTON, ABNER, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. New Sharon; born in Ohio in 1823; came to this county first in 1857 and remained two years; he then returned to
Grundy county, Illinois, where he remained until his removal to this county in 1876; he owns 240 acres of land; he married Miss Maria Hartman in 1857; she was born in Indiana; have six children, Amos P., Mary J., Wesley A., William H., Lnella M., and L. David.
B ARNES, JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek connty.
Bass, Wm. M., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. New Sharon.
Bass, Wm. L., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. New Sharon.
BAUGHMAN, A., miller and pro- prietor of Banghman's Mills, Sec. 17; P. O. New Sharon; born in Pennsylvania in 1814; came to this county in 1853; owns 167 acres of land; previous to his re- moval to this county he lived in Ohio and Indiana; he married
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Levina Kauffman in 1842; she was born in Pennsylvania, and died in 1863; he afterward married Phil- inda Bump in 1863; she was born in Ohio; has eight children by first marriage, Elias, Elizabeth, Henry, Rebecca, John, Melissa, Abraham, and David; and two by the second marriage, Francis A., and Willis H.
Biggs, Meeker, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Union Mills.
Boyce, C. W., farmer, See. 25; P. O. Union Mills.
BOLTON, E. P., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Union Mills; born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1842; came to this county in 1866; owns 80 aeres of land; enlisted in the S5th Ohio Infantry in the late war; he mar- ried Miss Emeline MeMains in December, 1867; she was born in this county; have two children, Ernest, and Della M .; lost one son, Olla E.
BOYCE, A. T., farmer, See. 25; P. O. Union Mills; born in Wash- ington county, N. Y., in 1808; for seventeen years he was a sailor; came to this county in 1868; he married Eliza P. Tabor in 1849; she was born in New York; have three children, Charles W., Mor- gan P., and Allen A .; lost two, Frank, and Phebe J.
BROOKS, T. L., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county; born in Maryland, April 25, 1827; came to this county in 1851; owns 272 aeres of land; his door-yard is ornamented with the largest and most handsome evergreens in the county; he has held office of town- ship trustee and school director; he married Miss Catharine Mass, in 1849; she was born in Mary- land; has 7 children, William K., Charles T., Sarah D., Ann M., Alice, Frances P. and Clara.
Briggs, William, farmer, See. 21; P. O. New Sharon.
Briggs, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. New Sharon.
Bryant, David, farmer, See. 4; P. O. Forest Home.
Bushby, Johnson, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
Bushby, John, farmer, See. 28; P. O. New Sharon.
Bushby, R. E., farmer, See. 30; P. O. New Sharon.
AMPBELL, DENNIS, farmer, C Sec. 10; P. O. Union Mills. CAMPBELL, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills; born in Pennsylvania, in 1826; came to this county in 1853; owns 160 aeres of land; he married Miss Belinda Moore, in 1849; she was born in Pennsylvania, and died February 13, 1850; he afterward married Mary Mitchell, April 10, 1851; she was born in Pennsyl- vania; has 6 children, Mary Be- linda, Naney R., William J., Ella J., Nevada A. and Ruth E.
Cattell Lewis, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. New Sharon.
Caster, Panl, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
Champion, Rachel, widow, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills.
Chamberlain, R., farmer, See. 4; P. O. New Sharon.
Chew, J. S., farmer, See. 1; P. O. Sherman.
Chew, Asa, farmer, See. 16; P. O. Union Mills.
Champion, William M., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills.
Cline, Henry, farmer; See. 23; P. O. Union Mills.
D ANIELSON, D. H., farmer,
Sec. 20; P. O. New Sharon. Darland, J. B., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills.
Doze, A. C., farmer. Sec. 17; P. O. New Sharon.
Dory, Casper, farmer, See. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
DUDGEON, HUGH, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills; born in
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Knox county, Ohio, April 1, 1835; came to this county in 1867; owns 873 acres of land ; he en- listed in the 38th Iowa Infantry, in the late war; he married Miss Melissa Lepley, in 1865; she was born in Knox county, Ohio; has 2 children, Alice and Edgar.
Dutton, J. B., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. New Sharon.
E FLIN, ISAAC, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. New Sharon.
EFLIN, A. J., farmer and raiser of Poland-China swine, Sec. 29; P. O. New Sharon; born in North- umberland county, Pa., in 1839; came to this county in 1866; owns 80 acres of land; has held office of school director: he married Miss Jane A. Scott, in 1861; she was born in Fulton county, Illinois; has 6 children, Ida M., Edson A , Lewis I., Eleana, George P. and Baby.
Erickson, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. New Sharon.
EVANS, WM. E., farmer, and pro- prietor of Evans' Coal Banks, Sec. 8; P. O. New Sharon ; born in Wales, in 1822; came to this coun- try in 1849, to this State in 1856, and to this county in 1858; owns 1100 acres of land; he married Mary Jones, in 1856; she was born in Wales; has 8 children, William, Lizzie, Anna, Lilla, Nel- lie, Grace, Pannie, Evan and Riva; lost 1 daughter, Lizzie.
EVANS, WILLIAM, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 33; P. O. Union Mills; born in Virginia, in 1829; came to this county in 1860; he has taken great interest for years in raising Norman horses and mules, and the growing favor of these horses, and the improve- ment made in the stock through- ont this section, is largely attrib. uted to him; he married Miss Sarah J. Brown, in 1849; she was born in Fayette county, Pa .; has S children, Mary E., Albert L., John
W. Adam B., Isaac E., Martha A., Emily J. and George; he enlisted in the 33d Iowa Infantry, in the late war, and served 3 years, a greater portion of the time in the detective service in Indianapolis EVANS, ROBERT, farmer and miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon; born in Wales, August 25, 1848; came to this county in 1869; owns 82 acres of land, on which he has a vein of coal averaging four feet in thickness.
F AULKNER, ALLEN, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. New Sharon. FERRELL, F.W., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Union Mills; born in Ohio in 1816; came to this county in March, 1857; owns 200 acres of land; has held office of school di- rector; he married Hope Addis, in 1840; she was born in Penn .; has five children, Mary I., Eliza- beth J., Ann E., John M. and Cora.
Foster, Nicholas, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Union Mills.
Fisher, Rachel, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman. Fisher, Jacob F., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. New Sharon.
FRY, JOHN H., physician and surgeon, Sec. 27, P. O. Union Mills; born in Union county, Pennsylvania, in 1820; came to this county in 1850; owns 320 acres of land; has practiced medi- cine thirty years; has held office of supervisor; he enlisted as surgeon of the 47th Iowa Infantry, and had charge of the general hospital at Helena; he married Miss Catharine Cowle in 1845; she was born in Pennsylvania; they have twelve children, Cora J., Mary L., Anna E., Seward, J. Willis, Cassie I., Lutie S., Tim, Addison, Jesse H., Paul T., Edna. G OTT, THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Union Mills.
Gorsuch, J. C., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sherman.
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Gorsuch Wm., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sherman.
Gorsuch, E. W., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sherman.
Gorsuch, J. M., blacksmith, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman.
GORSUCH, J. R., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county ; born in Ohio, in 1831; came to this county in 1857; owns 350 acres of land; he married Miss E. McMasters in 1857; she was born in North Carolina; has seven chil- dren, Samuel, Martha, Robert, Matilda, Irene, James and Mary; lost one son, Charles.
Groves, Benjamin, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Union Mills.
Groves, J. W., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Union Mills.
Graham, James, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Union Mills.
GRAHAM, E.W., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Union Mills; born in Jeffer- son county, Indiana, in 1831; came to this county May 2, 1855; he owns 180 acres of land; has held offices of township treasurer and school director; he enlisted in the 31st Iowa Infantry in the late war, and served three years; he married Miss Margaret H. Wat- son in 1852; she was born in Indiana; has three children, Flor- ence E., Ginn and Morton Y .; one danghter, Mary L., died in March, 1874, aged eleven months.
GRAHAM, J. W., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills; born in Jeffer- son county, Iowa, in 1844; came to this county in 1846; owns 80 acres of land; he married Hannah M. Ogle in 1869; she was born in Maryland; has four children, Frank L., Wilbert, Freddie and Baby; has served as school di- rector; he enlisted in the Fortieth Iowa Infantry, and served until the close of the war.
GRAHAM, L. W., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills; born in this county, May 8, 1846; owns 80
acres of land; has held office of township clerk, assessor, and acted as president of the school board; he married Miss Esther E. Pfoutz in 1869; she was born in Mary- land; has two children, Tulla E. and Elmer E .; lost two children in infancy.
H AGEMAN, A. P., blacksmith, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills. Hardman, J. M., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
HEITSMAN, J. B., farmer, and pro- prietor of Heitsman's Coal Banks, Sec. 8; P. O. New Sharon; born in Pennsylvania, in 1845; came to this county in 1853; owns 280 acres of land; he married Miss Magdalene Fisher, March 23, 1871; she was born in Ohio; has three children, Olive, John and Flora.
Hevelin, L., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Sherman.
Hedge, A. J., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills.
Holder, J. L., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
Hope, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Sherman.
HOLT, J., dealer in general mer- chandise, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county; born in Phil- adelphia, in 1833; came to this county in 1850; owns 200 acres of land; holds office of postmas- ter; he married Miss S. E. Chew, in 1861 ; has four children, Charles, Bertha, Susan and Effie.
Hughes, Joseph, miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon.
Hull, N. S., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills.
IIunt, Abraham, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Sherman.
Hughes, Charles, miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon.
Hughes, Ed., miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon.
Hughes, Mary N., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon.
JAMES, S. C., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills; born in In-
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diana, in 1849; came to this coun- ty in 1852; owns 40 acres of land; he married Eliza Wilson in 1875; she was born in Ohio; has two children, Zella and Baby.
James, John IL., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills.
James, Barney, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills.
Anderson, James, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Union Mills.
James, Luke, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Union Mills.
Jones, Edward, miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon.
Jones, B., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Sherman.
K INDIG, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. New Sharon.
Kisor, M. L., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Union Mills.
Kisor, David, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
Kisor, C. M., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills.
Kisor, James, miner, Sec. 18; P. O. New Sharon.
KISOR, R., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills; born in Knox conn- ty, Ohio, in 1819, and came to this county in 1856; owns 40 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss Mary Buckingham, in 1842; she was born in Greene county, Pa .; have five children, Cary M., Me- lissa C., William S., Mary E., and Nancy V.
Kindig, W. H., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. New Sharon.
KLINKER, J. J., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills; was born in Germany, 1807; came to the United States in 1818, and to tuis county in 1844, being one of the first settlers in the county; he owns 360 acres of land; has held the offices of supervisor and school director; he married Miss Margaret McCabe, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio; have seven children, Henry, Catharine,
Joseph, Wesley, Emma, Theodore, and Sylvester.
Klinker, Henry, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Union Mills.
Klinker, T., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills.
Klinker, Wesley, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills.
Kneudson, Gunder, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Union Mills.
Kopp, J. F., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. New Sharon.
L ATCHEM, JAMES S., farm- er, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county; born in Cam- den county, N. J., in 1826, and came to this State in 1856; owns 152 acres of land; he married Miss Elizabeth Porch, 1852; she was born in New Jersey, and died October 17, 1866; he afterward married Mrs. Isabell Watkins, May 3, 1868; has three children, Belle, Maggie E. and Nellie E .; Mrs. Latchem was previously married to John E. Watkins, in 1856; he was born in Ohio, and died July 8, 1865; left two chil- dren, Ida I. and Laura A.
Larson, Lars, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. New Sharon.
Larson, Marsilius, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. New Sharon.
Latcham, Thos, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman.
Lamond, John, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sherman.
Litzenburg, F. V., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Sherman.
Lockwood, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills.
Lockard, John, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills.
M cMAINS, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Union Mills; born in Owen county, Ky., January 18, 1815; in 1825 he removed to In- diana, where he remained until 1836, when he came to Cedar county, Iowa, where he remained eight years; he then returned to Indiana, remaining three years,
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and came to this county in 1847; he settled on the land he now owns, and has lived there ever since that time; he owns 676 acres of land; has held offices of town- ship trustee and school director; married Jane Goddard in 1837; she was born in Kentucky, and died in 1858; he afterward mar- ried Rachel Chidester, Jan. 1, 1861; she was born in New York; has eight children, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary E., Isaiah, William, Oliver, Ida and Erastus; one son, Robert, enlisted in the Sth Iowa Infantry, and was killed at Cor- inth.
Marsh, W. P., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
Marsh, J. M., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
McKain, Wm., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
McGriff, John, farmer, Sec. 4; New Sharon.
MILLER, V. B., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Union Mills; born in High- land county, Ohio, in 1836; came to this county in October, 1872; has held office of school director; he married Miss Sarah Larkin, in 1860; she was born in Ohio; has three children, Jolin, Charles and Frank; owns 157 acres of land.
Miller, Philip, farmer, P. O. Union Mills.
Mitchel, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Union Mills.
Mincer, T. F., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Union Mills.
Moffat, Robert, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills.
TAYLOR, ALBERT, farmer, See. 10; P. O. New Sharon. O GBORN, J. E., farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills; born in Wayne county, Ind., in 1828; came to this county in June, 1855; owns 90 acres of land; has held the offices of justice of the peace and school director; he married Miss
Martha Lane in 1849; she was born in Butler county, Ohio; they have nine children, Wilbern, Horace H., Frank, Katie L., Ar- thur, Mollie, Alice, Ollie, and Fred.
Ogborn, W. II., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
Olson, Erick, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. New Sharon.
Orrell, Harry, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills.
PFOUTZ, PETER, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Union Mills; born in Maryland in 1815; lived three years in Ohio, and came to this county in 1856; owns 170 acres of land; he married Sarah A. Penner in 1845; she was born in Mary- land; they have three children, George W., Esther E., and Tawell G.
Pilgrim, Wm., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Union Mills.
Porter, John, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
Q UAINTANCE, E. O., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. New Sharon.
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EED, A. B., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills.
Rogers, Daniel T., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. New Sharon.
Rowley, Reuben, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills.
Rockwell, A., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. New Sharon.
S CHECHTER, J., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
Schechter, A., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. New Sharon.
Sheeley, Beverly, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. New Sharon.
Smith, L. M., farmer, sec. 23; P. O. Union Mills.
Smith. G. W., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
SMITH, HUGH, farmer and propri- etor of Smith's coal banks, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon; born in Scot- land in 1822; came to the United States in 1851, and lived six years in Maryland, and then removed to
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Jackson county, Wisconsin, com- ing to this county in 1864; owns 72 acres of land; he has held offices of township trustee and school director; he married Miss Margaret Moffatt in 1848; she was born in Scotland; they have twelve children, Jeanett, Mary, Isabell, John, Margaret, Robert, William, Hugh, James, Lizzie, Albert, and Flora.
Strom, K., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. New Sharon.
Stout, John, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
ments and live stock; Sec. 19; P. THOMPSON, T. S., farmer and dealer in agricultural imple- O. New Sharon; born in Trum- bull county, Ohio, in 1839; came to this county in 1864; owns 170 acres of land; has held the office of township trustee; he married Miss Sarah Sheldon in 1863; she was born in the same place; have two children, Lucius and LeRoy. Thatcher, N. W., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. New Sharon.
Tilford. Robert, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Sherman.
Trager. Wm. F., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. New Sharon.
TPTON, WALKER, farmer,Sec. U
32; P. O. New Sharon.
Upton David, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
V ANCE, H. B, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Union Mills.
Vail, Abraham, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. New Sharon.
W ATKINS, T. L., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Sherman.
Wendahl, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. New Sharon.
Wheeler., C. T, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills.
WESTON, GEO., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Union Mills; born in Ohio, in 1854; came to this county in 1865; his father, Thomas Weston, was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1794, and came to this county in 1865; he married Susan Thom- as, in 1830; she was born in Vir- ginia; has four children: Mary E., George, Kossuth, and Salina A .; has lost seven children.
Whiteman, Elijah, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. New Sharon.
Widows, Wm., farmer Sec. 15; P.O. Union Mills.
Wilkinson, John P., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sherman.
Widows, John, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
Woolket, Lyman, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. New Sharon.
Wymore, Thompson, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Sherman.
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A PPEL, P., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Peoria; born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1827; came to this county in 1861; owns 125 acres of land; has held the office of school director; he married Miss Eliza J. Ash, in 1864; she was born in Ohio; has two children by former marriage, Charles E., Phebe J., and one daughter, Fsances A., by second marriage.
Appel, Philip, farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Peoria.
Ashton, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Peoria.
B ALDWIN,SYLVESTER, far- mer, Sec. 12; P. O. Gran- ville; born in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1841; came to this county with his parents in 1846; owns 180 acres of land. He enlisted in the 33d Iowa Infantry in the late war, served three years, and was in all the engagements in which his regiment participated; he married Miss H. J. Turner, in 1866; she
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was born in Maryland; he has four children: Gelene, Imogene, Ernest and Nellie M.
BALDWIN, THOMPSON, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Granville; born in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1816; came to this county Oct. 28, 1846; owns 400 acres of land; he mar- ried Miss Sophronia Phelps, in 1837; she was born in Union Co., Ohio; has three children living: Sylvester, Maria (now wife of O. Ifull, Esq., of Smith county, Kan.) and Marley; lost five: Rosaltha, Imogene, Edna, Caroline, and Han- nah J.
Bartlett, Jerry, teamster, Peoria.
Baldwin, Marley, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Granville.
Baker John, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Peoria.
Berry, J. H., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Granville.
BERRY, WM., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Granville; born in Virginia, in 1814; came to this county in 1848; previous to his removal to this county he lived in Ohio; he is one of the oldest settlers; his nearest postoffice when he came, was Os- kaloosa; he has held the offices of township trustee and school di- director; he owns 280 acres of land; married Miss Nancy John- son; she was born in Ohio; has three children: John HI., Laurin B., and Charlie G.
Billings, J. L., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Granville.
Boyd, J. C., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Peoria.
Boyd, William J., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Peoria.
Bonzager, Evart, farmer, Sec 30; P. O. Pella-
Buckman, G. W., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Peoria.
Byers, G. M., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Peoria.
CARTER, W. D., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Peoria.
CAMPBELL, J, N. H., farmer, Sec.
35; P. O. Peoria; born in Brown county, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1816; came to this county in 1857; owns 203 acres of land; has held the office of school director, and served as president of the board ; he was also a Representative from this county in the Tenth General Assembly; he married Miss Maria McClure, February, 1840; she was born in Illinois; has one child liv- ing, Chester C .; lost eleven; one son, Marion, was drowned in Skunk river, July 24, 1878. We copy the following notice from the New Sharon Star : "Captain Marion Campbell was born near Washing- ton, Ill., March 15th, 1841, and came to this county with his pa- rents while young; he enlisted in Co. H, 8th Iowa Infantry, in the late war, and was afterwards com- missioned Capt. Co. F, and seved his country four and a half years with distinction. At the close of the war he married and settled in Mississippi; he was elected to the lower house af the State legisla- ture, and served two years with such efficiency that his constitu- ency elected him Senator. Not- withstanding his life was many times threatened, and he had re- ceived many warnings to quit the country, he, like the brave man that he was, stood steadfast at his post, and ever dared to do his duty. He was carried down to death's door with yellow fever; his wife and children sickened and died; he was stripped of all his prop- erty, conducted to the depot, and ordered to leave. It was then he turned his face northward, leaving that for which he had toiled, and that which was dearer still, the graves of his wife and little ones." CAMPBELL, JAMES P., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Peoria; born in Tennessee, in 1829; came to this county in 1851; owns 200 acres of land; he married Miss Harriet
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