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Pratt, David, teamster. Pring, Wmn., carpenter.
PRITCHARD, MRS. M. J., whose maiden name was Kirkwood, was born in Maryland, and moved to Ohio in September, 1854; she mar- ried Jas. E. Pritchard, September 26, 1853; he was born in Ohio in 1831, and was raised in Richland connty, and educated at Mans- field; he removed to Iowa City in 1854; he enlisted in the late war, first in the 28th Iowa Infant- ry, afterward in the 8thi Iowa Cavalry; he read law in the office of Governor Kirkwood, and was admitted to the bar; after his re- moval to Warren county he en- gaged in the milling and lumber business; he died March 10, 1873; her family consists of three child- ren, living: Charles K., Abraham L. and Fannie M .; lost one son and three daughters: Marion Al- ice died December 9, 1866; Wil-
liam J. died April 23, 1871; Mary M. died Jannary 26, 1875, aged twenty-two years; Lulu Belle died
Feb 21, 1875, aged nineteen years. Proudfoot, Elias. carpenter.
R APP, JACOB C., miller.
Read, Absalom, stock buyer. Reynolds Bros., hardware.
Richey, Samuel, furnituredealer.
RICHARDS, A. W., real estate agent and broker; was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1832, and was raised on a farm; he learned the trade of cabinet mak- ing and came to Warren county in 1854, and engaged in this business in Indianola; he enlisted in the 3d Iowa Infantry in May, 1861, and was discharged on December 23, 1861, on account of injuries received, and has never been able to attend to active duties since, and for years has been nnable to sit up; he married Miss Margaret A. McCownan in 1857; she was born in Rabway, New Jersey; they have eight children living: Frank A., Mary Ella, Jolın M., Stella Captola, Simpson B., Sterl- ing J., Lotta M. and Cora B; one son, Preston, was drowned in Sonth River, Angust 17, 1869, aged eight years.
Richardson, Wm. M., farmer.
Richey Bros., furniture dealers. Robinson, W. G., laborer.
SADLER, F. M., wagon-maker.
Samson, E. D., attorney. Scanland, C. W., farmer. Scanland, James W., laborer.
Schick, G., tailor.
Schleslinger & Co., clothing.
Schreiber, Chris, blacksmith.
SCHNELLBACHER, GEO. W., contractor; was born in Ross conn- ty, Ohio, in 1844, and came to Madison county in 1856, and, in 1859, although only fifteen years of age, he crossed the plains to Colorado, and endured hardships
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that seemed impossible for one so young to bear; he returned to Madison county in 1864, and in 1867 went to California, and was engaged on public works in that State, and remained there until 1875, when he returned to Iowa, and is now settled in this county, and is at present engaged in con- structing the bridges of the coun- ty; he married Miss Drusella Morgan, of St. Charles, Madison county, in 1866; she was born in West Virginia; their family con- sists of five children: Mand, Ol- iver, Quimby, Dudley and Brax- ton.
SCHOOLEY, W. H., attorney; was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1840; was raised in Salem, Ohio, and was engaged more or less in teaching until twenty-four years of age; he came to this county in 1864; he chose the law as a profession, and was admitted to the bar before Judge Maxwell, in 1869, and has practiced his profession successfully since that time, excepting two years as a journalist; he married Miss Lydia Gochnaur, in 1861; she was born in Columbiana connty, Ohio; their family consists of five children: Lillie, Minnie, Frank, Maggie and Emma; Mrs. Schooley has a pho- tograph gallery, and her skill as an artist cannot fail in being as satisfactory to herself as it is credi- table to the city.
Scott, Samuel, laborer.
SEEVERS, GEO. W., attorney; was born in . Coshocton county, Ohio, in 1843, and lived there until the removal of his parents to Mahaska county, Iowa, in 1853; he was educated at Oskaloosa, and at the State University, Ann Ar- bor, Michigan, where he took an optional course of study, and graduated in the law department; he was admitted to the bar in De- troit, Michigan, in 1864, to prac-
tice in all of the State and Feder- al Courts; he came to this county in 1868, and becaine associated with P. Gad Bryan in the prac- tice of his profession; and has been in continuons practice since that time; he married Miss Mary L. Bryan, in 1867; she was born in Illinois; their family consists of four children: Paul B., Mayo, . Robert Dale and Pgad.
Shaffer, W. H., carpenter. Shepherd, Hugh P., broker. Shepherd, M. W., tailor.
SHIEK, H .; was born in Wur- temberg, Germany, in 1822, and was raised there, and emigrated to the United States in 1847; and settled in Syracuse, New York, where he remained three years, and then moved to Ohio, in 1850, and came to this county in 1855, and settled in Indianola; he learned the trade of barber, and afterward engaged in the grocery business; he married Miss Marg- aret J. Wells, in 1851; she was born in New York; they have three children: Charles H., Wil- liam and Frank.
Segner, D. D., grocer.
SILCOTT, W. G., dealer in hard- ware, stoves, agricultural imple- ments and manufacturer of tin- ware; was born in Park county, Ind., in 1837, and was raised there until sixteen years of age; and came to this county in 1853; he enlisted in the late war in the 34th Iowa Infantry; he married Miss Sarah E. Moon, in 1859; she was born in Martinsburg, Virginia; they have five children: Emma J., Hattie L., Ella, Lillie M. and Ada. Silcott, L. E., farmer
SLONE, W. W., dealer in groceries, provisions and crockery ware; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1822, and was raised there in the mercantile business; he removed to Knox county, Illinois, in 1857; and came to this county in 1863;
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owns a farm of 120 acres; he mar- ried Miss Jane Thompson, in 1845; she was born in Clermont county, Ohio; they have six chil- dren: Deborah, Joseplı, Elizabeth, Felix, David and Alice C. Spray, Henry, grocer.
SPRAY, H. J., county clerk; was born in Dark county, Ohio, De- cember 29, 1852, and came to this county with his parents in 1854, and was raised and educated in this connty; he held the office of deputy clerk from 1871, until his election as county clerk in 1878; he married Miss Lillie Armstrong in 1879; she was born in Switzer- land county, Indiana.
Spray & Eno, grocers.
STAFFORD. JAMES, retired merchant; was born in Highland county, Ohio, December 27, 1810; he was raised a farmer, and lived in Ohio until his removal to this county in 1855; he engaged in in selling goods in Sandyville twenty years, and dealt to some ex- tent in stock; he owns 430 acres of land; he has held various township offices, and held the office of post- master eighteen years, and town- ship clerk seventeen years; in 1875 he sold out his business in Sandy- ville and moved to Indianola; he married Miss Sarah Boyd in 1854; she was born in Baltimore, Mary- land.
Stone, James H., grocer. Strauss, S., merchant. Swan, A. D., grocer. T TAYLOR, JOHN S., street com- missioner.
Taylor, Mary J. Mrs.
Tharp, Joseph, laborer.
Thompson, H. C., agricultural im- plements.
TODHUNTER, JOHN JURY,
deputy auditor; was born in High- land county, Ohio, in 1848, and came to this county with his pa- rents in 1850, and has been raised in Indianola; he learned the trade
of brick-mason, and carried the first and last brick used in con- structing the present court-house; he has given considerable atten- tion to making abstracts and real estate, and has served as deputy anditor, and clerk in the auditor's office for some years; he married Miss Mattie Serrett in 1870; she was born in Illinois; they have four : children: Albert R., Emma C., Laura E. and Ira C.
TODHUNTER, LEWIS, attorney ; was born in Fayette county, Ohio, on the 6th of April, 1817; in youth he had limited means for school education, but he made the best use possible of his opportuni- ties, but was in fact mainly self- taught; in early life he learned the carpenter's trade, and worked at it a few years; subsequently sold goods four or five years, then read law, and was admitted to the bar in Highland county, Ohio, in 1848; in 1850 he came to Iowa, and settled on the Des Moines river, in Polk county, and engag- ed in farming and selling goods; in 1854 be removed to Indianola, and since that time lias devoted himself to the legal practice and real estate, in which he has been very successful; soon after locating in Indianola he was elected prose- cuting attorney, and served two years; he was county recorder and treasurer one term, and a member of the constitutional convention, which met at Iowa City, in Janu- ary, 1857, he representing War- ren, Madison, Adair and Cass counties in that body, and has the honor of assisting in making the laws under which the people of Iowa live; in 1863 he volunteer- ed as a private, but was immedi- ately appointed assistant quarter- master, with the rank of captain; after Lee's surrender he was post quartermaster, at Richmond, Vir- ginia, serving in that capacity until
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September, 1865; he has been closely allied in every interest pertaining to the growth and in- terest of the city, and for two terms served as mayor, as well as an official in other capacities, and is one of its most useful, as well as most respected, citizens; he is widest known, however, as a tem- perance man, and earnest worker; he joined in the Washingtonian movement in 1840, and has been active since that time in the tem- perance reformation; he is a man of strong convictions, and bold and fearless in advocating them; he married Miss Elizabeth Hull, May 10, 1842; she is a native of Highland county, Ohio; their fam- ily consists of six children: Ann, now Mrs. D. Johnson, Amy J., now Mrs. S. Barnes, Jolın J., dep- uty anditor of Warren county, Hattie, and Mary E., now Mrs. Ritchey, and Chiarles D .; they have lost two.
Triplet, Geo. W., farmer. Turner, Jeptha, real estate agent. V AN EATON,J., retired farmer; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1804; he was raised a farmer, and moved to Jackson- ville, Illinois, in 1834, and in 1867 came to Indianola; he married Miss Catharine Abbott, in 1832; she was born in Ohio, in 1807; They have five children: Henry S., and Mary Loraine, Flavel H., and Isabel.
Vantassell, John, carpenter. W ATSON, MRS. JULIA.
Webb, John, carpenter. Webster, John B., farmer. Wells, Mrs. Sarah.
WHITNEY, J. H., merchant, of the firm of Thayer & Whitney; was born in Waldo county, Maine, in 1843, and lived there until 1863; he received academical education, and had three years in mercantile pursuits in Boston; he came to
this county in 1859 and engaged in his present business, and is one of Indianola's representative busi- ness men; he married Mrs. Mary Tarleton) whose maiden name was Babb) in 1872; she was born in Indiana; they have two children: Adda L. and Howard N .; Mrs. Whitney has three children by a former marriage: Fay and Don and May Tarleton.
WILLIAMSON, J. E., attorney; was born in Florence, Boone coun- ty, Kentucky, August 8, 1827; in 1832 removed with his parents to Covington, Kentucky, and lived there until liis removal to Vermil- lion, Illinois, in 1834; he remain- ed here until twenty years of age, and then commenced reading law in Bowling Green, Clay county, Indiana, and . was admitted to the bar in April, 1849; he returned to Illinois, and assisted his father in building a saw-mill; he then engaged in teaching school in. In- diana, in order to obtain money to purchase law books and come West; he purchased a horse, and putting his law library, consisting of six volumes, on one side and his wardrobe on the other side of his horse, rode on horseback 500 miles, arriving here the 6th of June, 1852, and engaged in the practice of his profession, and is the oldest practitioner at the bar in Warren county; in 1853 he: was elected prosecuting attorney; in 1858 filled the office of county superintendent of public schools, and was the first in the county; in 1859 he was elected to the low- er house of the State legislature; he married Miss Sarah L. Dra- belle, in September, 1855; she was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, and died March 18, 1878, leaving four children: Charles S.,
Virginia A., Ruth and Delana E. Willits, John P.
Wilson, M H., farmer.
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WILSON, J. L., Auditor of War- ren county, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1842, and lived there until thirteen years of age; his parents removed to this coun- ty in 1855, and settled in Bel- mont township; his father was one of the organizers of the township; the subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, until twenty years of age; he then enlisted in the 34th Iowa Infantry and served over two years; he was in the engagement at Fort Mor- gan, Alabama, and lost his right arm; he was elected auditor in 1871, and excepting an interval of one term has held the office since that time; he married Miss Mag- gie V. Davis in 1878; she was born in St. Louis; they have one child: Lee V.
Wisy, George. Wood, Mrs. E.
WORTH, A. R., boot and shoe dealer; was born in Indiana, in 1829, and raised there, and learned the trade of wool carder; and had a mercantile experience; during the war he was employed for about two years in the Quarter- master's Department; lie came to Warren county, and in 1863 en- gaged in his present business; and is the oldest merchant in his line in the city; as a merchant he lias been very successful, and is thor- oughly posted in all branches of his business; he married Miss Jane Kerr, April 17, 1857; she was born in Urbana, Ohio, and died April 1, 1363; he married for his second wife, Miss Candace Wood, in December, 1865; slie was a daughter of Rev. Enoch Wood, and was born in Tippeca- noe county, Ind .; they have one son: Frank E., aged twelve years. WORTH, GORHAM A., cashier of the First National Bank; was born in Hendricks county, Indi-
ana, and was raised there; he came to this county and engaged in the boot and shoe business; he was appointed postmaster, and held the position some years; and in 1874 was made casliier of the First National Bank; in 1866 he was united in marriage with Miss Minta J. Crossthwait, a native of Fulton county, Illinois; their family consists of one son: Craig. WYNN, R. C., son of W. H. Wynn, Professor of English Literature State Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa; was born in Butler county, Ohio, July 11, 1855; in 1865 his father came to Cedar county, this State, and brought the subject of this sketch, a lad of ten summers, with him; two years later he re- moved to Geneva, Wisconsin, where he was principal of the public school of that place for one year; then returned to Des Moines in 1868, and was deputy .State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion for two years, when he re- ceived the appointment as Pro- fessor of English Literature, which he now holds; young Wynn be- gan railroading as train boy in 1870, where he remained for three years, and then was made brake- man on a passenger train for three years; baggageman for one year; then promoted to passenger con- ductor of the Indianola Division, which he has filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to his employers, and has made many friends among the traveling pub- lic; he was married December 26, 1877, to Miss Emma F. Mitchell, of Newton, this State; she was born in Springfield, Ohio; they have one daughter: Mary Alice. OUNG & SON, butchers.
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Zł INN, E. E., of the firm of Fort- ney, Martin & Co., planing mills; was born in West Virginia,
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Preston county, in the year 1841, and was raised there, and made it his home till he came to this coun- ty, in the fall of 1864, except the time that he spent in the late war; he enlisted in Company B, 4th Virginia, in the fall of 1862, and served for eight months; he was married in this county in 1873, to
Miss Mary A. Taylor, of Wiscon- sin; they have three children: Ber- tie, Ethnell B. and an infant; Mr. Zinn was raised on a farm till about twenty-two years old; after his return from the war he learn- ed the carpenter's trade, which he has followed since.
VIRGINIA TOWNSHIP.
A DAMS, DAVID, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. New Virginia. Armstrong, Wm. C., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. St. Charles.
BEI ELCHER, ELIZABETH, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. St. Charles.
Beymer, G. W., farmer, P. O. New Virginia.
Beymer, Alvin, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. New Virginia.
Beymer, John, farmer, Sec. 21; P. Ò. New Virginia.
Bolyara, David, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. New Virginia.
Boon, R. J., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. New Virginia.
BOYLES, GILBERT, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. New Virginia; was born March 29, 1813, in Barber connty, West Virginia; he mar- ried, November 27, 1841, Joanna, daughter of John Felton, of same county; emigrated to this county in the fall of 1856; settled where he now lives; owns two hundred acres of land; was one of the first settlers; has six children: Sarah M., John W., Hudson R., Jas. B., L. A. and Chas. E., all alive and residents of this county; is a mem- ber of the M. E. Church.
Britton, Samnel, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. New Virginia.
Bryant, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 11, P. O. St. Charles.
Burmister, Albert, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. New Virginia.
CARPENTER, P. V., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. St. Charles.
Chaplain, James, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. New Virginia.
Church, Othello.
Church, Frank, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. New Virginia.
Clark, Sarah A.
Coltram, Samuel C., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. St. Charles.
Coltram, Dauiel, farmer, Sec. 8; P .. O. St. Charles.
Coltrain, J. F., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. St. Charles.
Craven, M. B., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. St. Charles.
Crawford, John S., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. St. Charles.
DEKER, BENJ., farmer; P. O. New Virginia.
Duffield, Henry, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. St. Charles.
E 'DWARDS, DAVID, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Indianola.
Eleazer, Basher, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. St. Charles.
Erwin, S. W., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. New Virginia.
Erwin, Elias, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. New Virginia.
Ewing, Sarah A., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. St. Charles.
F ALLOTT, LEE, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. St. Charles.
Felton, J. B., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. St. Charles.
FELTON, JNO., farmer and book canvasser, New Virginia; was
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born in Frederick county, Md., January 30, 1804, and removed to Preston county, West Virginia, in 1810, and was raised there; he was engaged in contracting and the stock business; he came to this county in 1854, and entered the land on which he now resides; he owns 106 acres; he has been honored by the citizens of the township with the various offices of assessor, town trustee, justice of the peace, etc .; and is the oldest resident of the township; he mar- ried Miss Margaret Wootring in Sept., 1825; she was born in Pres- tou county, West Virginia; they have ten children: Jehu, Eliza- beth, now Mrs. Sayrs, Abraham, William, John, Matilda W., now Mrs. Stork, Susan J., now Mrs. Fleming, Zacchariah, Sarah, now Mrs. Jones, and Julia A., now Mrs. Knox; four sons enlisted in the army: Jehn enlisted in the 39th Iowa Infantry; Abraham in the 91st Illinois Infantry; Wil- liam in the 10th Iowa Infantry ; John in the. 34th Iowa Infantry. Freeman, Eliza, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. St. Charles.
Fulmer, J. W.
G AMBELL, LEVI, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. New Virginia.
Gentry, J. H., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. St. Charles.
Glass, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. New Virginia.
Greenland, Robt., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. New Virginia.
Grubb, Timothy, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. St. Charles.
F TAMMOND, LEVI, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Indianola. Harsh, G. H., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. New Virginia.
Harsh, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. New Virginia.
Harsh, J. W., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. New Virginia.
Heaton, L. M., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. New Virginia.
Hilliard, B. L., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. New Virginia.
Hoagland, Jacob.
Holden, Mat, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. New Virginia.
Holden, James H., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. New Virginia.
Hylton, Nathaniel, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. New Virginia.
Hylton, Jehiel, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. New Virginia.
Hylton, John W., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. New Virginia.
I RWIN, HON. SAMUEL,* farm- er, Sec. 32; P. O. New Virginia, where he owns 320 acres of her finest soil; is very comfortably fixed, with house, barn and all the necessaries of a first-class farmer; he was born in June, 1834, in the north of the Emerald Isle; in the year 1842, his father and family came to the United States and settled in Harrison county, State of Ohio; here the boy was devel- oped into manhood; true to the. instinct of an aspiring disposition, Samuel conceived the idea that the gold fields of the golden State of California offered better induce- ments to young and true men than did the clay banks of old Ohio, and his mind was soon made up. to peril the hardships of crossing the great desert of the West; in spring of 1853 the start was made, and after leaving the Missouri River they toiled on o'er plain and mountain till five months and twenty days brought them to the place for which they started, the mines of California; two years of incessant toil and economy was sufficient to fill his desire for gold, and in 1855 he returned to this township, where he bought and began the improvement of his present home. Here he toiled on
*Since the above was put in type Mr. Irwin has passed away. He died at his home in. August, 1879.
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till the breaking out of the late war; in May, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G, Third Iowa Infantry, as a private; he was promoted to Sec- ond Sergeant, and to First Ser- geant on May 26, 1862, at Cold Water Creek, Mississippi, and again promoted, to First Lieuten- ant, April 3, 1863, by Gov. Kirk- wood, for meritorious conduct before the enemy; on the 12th day of July, 1863, he was taken prisoner at Jackson, Miss., and sent to Libby prison, where he re- mained nine months; when Grant began his campaign of the Wil- derness the rebels got scared and sent their prisoners to Macon, Ga., him with the rest, where he re- mained for two months, and was then removed to Charleston, S. C., and there again fed corn meal for two months, when they were again moved, to Columbia; from here he, with two comrades, escaped from prison, on the 26th of Octo- ber, 1864; their flight, however, was soon discovered, and they were hotly pursned and overtaken; one of his comrades was shot in the thigh and his leg broken, and he fell into the hands of the ene- any, while the brave Irishman and his other comrade redoubled their energy, and at last eluded the pur- snit; on and on they tramped, only by night, for twenty-six days, trusting only in God and the dnsky negro as friends and for food, which it seemed really at times as though it was almost as manna from heaven, so intense was their hunger; during the time they were out they traveled 240 miles, and finally, when they were within twelve miles of our lines and forces, they came to what they supposed were friends, bnt alas! how those brave hearts throbbed and ached when they realized that all their fond hopes of liberty and friends were dashed
to the ground as by one fell swoop, and they themselves were again surrounded by the coats of gray, and given orders to countermarch for Ashville, N. C., where, on ar- rival, they were placed in the jail over night and then put en route for Salisbury, N. C., and, on arri- val, placed in the penitentiary for two days, and then sent to Dan- ville, Va., where they. remained during the winter, and in the spring sent again to Libby for ex- change, and after remaining there two days, were exchanged and sent to Annapolis, Md., where he remained about one week and was then forwarded to the city of Washington for discharge, and was mustered ont on March 3, 1865, when he returned to friends and home after suffering all the tortures of the damned at the hands of the rebels for twenty long and weary months. After returning home he began to real- ize that it was not well for man to be alone, and to look about him for one who should share his for- tunes through life; in this he was successful, as in his former undertaking, and on the 28th of September, 1865, he married Miss Isabella Steel, of Winterset, Iowa; from this union they now have six children: Alexander, Mary, William, Anna, Cory and James, all living. During the war he participated in the battles of Shel- bino, Mo., Blue Mills Landing, Mo .. Shiloh, Tenn., first siege of Corinth, Miss., Metamora and Vicksburg. He has often held offices of trust, conferred by the people of the town and county of his adoption; was Assessor of the town in 1860; since the war was seven years on the Board of Super- visors of the county, and elected to the Legislature in 1874 to 1876, but declined a re-election, as the duties of his farm and private af-
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fairs were of more importance to him than the empty honors of the Legislature. Thus have we traced the ups and downs of a man who has scarce reached the meridian of life, and whose life has been full of romance and thrilling incidents, and only hope that in the future, as in the past, he may continne to be of nsefulness to the community in which he lives and an honor to the county and State where he may reside.
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