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JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
July 29, 1865; her first husband, W. T. Ball, was killed by the In-
: dians in Montana Territory in August, 1862; she owns an im- proved farm of 100 acres.
JOHNSON, ASHLEY, farmer, Sec. 25, P. O. Lothrop; born in Highland county, Ohio, July 12, 1817, and lived there till eighteen years of age, and emigrated with his parents to Madison county, Indiana, and remained five years, and returned to his native home; while there he married Miss Ma- ry Hiestand, a native of the same county, March, 1842; came to Van Buren county, in 1848, and to this county, in 1854, and. has made this his home since, except eight years that he lived in Polk county; has a family of five sons and two daughters living: Reason L., James H., Emaline E. (now Mrs. J. L. Leggett), C. A., Char- lie and Belle, his son R. L., en- listed in the hundred day service, Co. D, Forty-eighth regiment, June, 1865, was mustered out in October, same year; owns a farm of 160 acres.
Johnson, John, Sec. 8; P. O. Lo- throp.
Johnson, Albert, Sec. 14; P. O. Lo- throp.
Johnson, J. H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Lothrop.
K ELLAR. H., farmer, Sec. 10, P. O. Lothrop; was born in Washington City, D. C., in the year 1816, and was taken by his parents to Ohio when young, and lived in this State until 1871; he : enlisted in the late war in 1863, and served until the close; he , came to this county, in 1871, and owns 170 acres of land; he mar- : ried Miss C. A. Miller, in 1822, she was a native of Shenandoalı . county, Virginia; their family consists of six children: John F., . Nancy E., Virginia, Henderson, Thomas and William C.
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Kellar J. F., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Lothrop.
Kelly, Robert, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Lothrop.
King, R. I., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Bevington.
L AMB, H. J., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Lothrop.
Lee, Bridget, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Bevington.
Lee, S. W., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Bevington.
LEGGETT, J. L., merchant, P. O.
Lothrop; was born in Belmont county, Ohio, August 30, 1839, went from there with hs parents to Indiana, and only remained about one year, and then to Mar- shall county, Illinois, and liv- ed there until abont seventeen years of age; then caine to War- ren county, in 1857, and made his home with his half brother, Wm. N. James, except a part of the time, when he was visiting his parents in Illinois; at the out- break of the war, he enlisted in Co. K, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, March 6, 1862, and was mustered out at East Port, Mississippi, March 6, 1865; was in the battles of Franklin, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee, and Tupello, Tennes- see; after the war he came back to this county, and married Miss Emaline E. Johnson, October 5, 1865, a native of this State; have a family of two sons and one danghter: Annie B., Bertie L., and Ikie W., postmaster at Lo- throp, was appointed September 30, 1874; owns a farm of 120 acres in Adair county, this State. Linman, John, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Bevington.
Lively, G. H., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola.
LOCKRIDGE, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Indiana; born Sept. 28, 1837, and lived with his parents till he came to this county in July, 1853;
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he was married to I. F. Simmons, a native of Iowa, May 22, 1859; they have a family of three chil- dren living: Samuel N., Aaron B. and Mary C .; one dead: Julia A .; he has held several township offices; owns a nicely improved farm of 154 acres.
Lockridge, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Lothrop.
Lockridge, David, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Lothrop.
Lockridge, M. P., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Lothrop.
LOCKRIDGE, MRS. MARY P.,
farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Spring Hill; widow of Samuel Lockridge, who was born in West Virginia, 1809, and lived there till September, 1834, when he emigrated to Henry county, Ind., and lived there four years, and then to Brown county, and lived there sixteen years; came from there to this county in 1853, in the sum- mer, and lived on the same farm since; Mrs. Lockridge .was born in 1812, and married to Mr. L. in Virginia, in 1832, Dec. 9; have a family of nine children living: William, James, Jacob, David, Lucinda (wife of Wm. Simmons), Elizabeth A. (wife of James Hart), Catharine (wife of Charles B. Davidson), Mary J. (wife of Adam Perkins), and Susanna (wife of Samuel T. Leap); Mr. Lockridge was killed by accident in a mill March 17. 1866.
Lough, J. F., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Indianola.
M cCARTEN, ANDREW, farm- er, Sec. 35; P. O. Lothrop. Mack, R. F., P. O. Lothrop.
McClain, Samuel, Sec. 14; P. O. Lothrop.
McClain, Calvin, Sec. 14; P. O. Lothrop.
McDaniel, Henry, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Lothrop.
McDonnell, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Lothrop.
McCormick, Eli, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Lothrop.
McDonnell, Peter, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Bevington.
McGuire, Thomas, Sec. 8; P. O. Lothrop.
McKIMMY, J. S., attorney-at-law,
Sec. 22; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Washington county, Ind; born May, 1831; in 1841 he came to Burlington, this State, and remained till 1849, when he emigrated to Warren county, and has been identified with its inter- ests ever since: in Oct., 1853, he went to Des Moines county and married Miss Jeanette Woodside, a native of Henry county, Ind., and resided in Indianola till 1858, and followed the carpenter trade; then moved to section 31, in Jef- ferson township, and lived there till 1866, and for the purpose of schooling his children he moved to his present home; having been elected justice of the peace in 1860, he received such a knowl- edge of the law that he naturally drifted into the practice of his profession, and is now a licensed attorney in the Supreme Court of the State, and his entire attention is given to the practice of law; he also owns a saw-mill, and for several years has been connected with the lumber business; he has a family of seven children living, whose names are, respectively, Roswell A., Mary E., Lorah E., Eugene C., Robert W., Cora A. and Lydia J .; he owns 430 acres of land.
McMackin, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Eothrop.
McManus, Ed., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Lothrop.
McMains, James, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Lothrop.
McVey, John, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Indianola.
Marks, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Bevington.
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Martins, Frederick, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Lothrop.
Merryman, Rebecca, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Lothrop.
Milroy, John, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Bevington.
MILLER, FRANCIS J., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Lothrop; born in Germany Angust 3d, 1833, and came with his parents to this country when four years old; lie first lived in Indiana, and came from there to Marion county, this State, in 1845, and lived there till he come to this county, in the spring of 1875. He was married to Catharine Kessler, a native of Germany, in 1860; he has a fam- ily of six children living: Frank J., born April 1st, 1861, Valen- tine, born Feb. 20, 1863, Mary, born June -, 1867, Barbara, born July -, 1869, Martha, born
1871, Lawrence, born -- , 1874. He owns a farm of 260 acres.
Morrissy, M., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Lothrop.
MORRIS, BENJAMIN, farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Lothrop; is a na- tive of Clark county, Kentucky; . born October 7th, 1821, and came from there to Shelby county, Ind.,
. with his parents when about four years old, and remained there till he came to this county, in Octo- ber, 1853. He was married in Shelby county, Indiana, to Miss Artie Keck, a native of West Va., Dec. 17, 1846; she was born Nov. 11, 1827; they have a family of seven children living: Daniel T., Annie, Willis G., Marion F., Allen M., Riley, and Dora, and three de- ceased: Clark, Greenlee, and Elda. Annie is now the wife of D. S. Myers; they have one son: Willis A. Mr. Morris owns a farm of 281 acres.
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Murphy, J. B., farmer, Sec. 21; P. . O. Bevington.
TTEWELL, FRANCIS, farmer, Sec 35, P. O. Indianola.
Nothum, Paul, farmer, Sac. 20; P. O. Bevington.
Nugent, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Bevington.
P ARR. JAMES S., farmer, Sec. 36, P. O. Indianola.
Perkins, H. H., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Lothrop.
Perkins, M. V., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Lothrop.
Perkins, E, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Lothrop.
Peters, Jolın, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Bevington.
Powers, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Lothrop.
UINN, PATRICK, farmer,
Q Sec. 26; P. O. Lothrop.
R EINKE, GUSTAVUS A., sa-
loon, P. O. Lothrop; is a na- tive of Prussia; born January 13, 1844, and came to this county Oc- tober 4, 1867, and up to the time he came to this county, April 28, 1875, he was foreman of bridge building on the C., R. I. & P. R. R .; he was married to Magdalena. Stroeber, a native of Bavaria, May 4, 1871; they have a family of one daughter living, Anna, born July 16, 1878; and two de- ceased, Edward C., born March 28, 1872, and died May 21, 1875, and Augustus, born November 9, 1873, and died May 11, 1875; Mr. Reinke was in the war between Prussia and Austria, in the year 1866.
ROSE, JNO. B., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Bevington; is a native of France, and was born in Bashen Alses, May 11, 1810, and lived there until 1839, when he emi- grated to the U. S., and settled first in New York, and after a short residence there came to Ohio; he followed milling and baking for about fifteen years; he
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came to Warren county in 1854; he married Miss Mary A. Mach- ler, a native of France, in 1847; she died in 1862; he has a family of eight children living: Magda- lena, Andrew, Elizabeth, Clem- ons, Leo, Josephine, Mary A., and Caroline; he owns a good farm of 168 acres.
S' AMON, PETER, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Bevington.
Sawyer, F. A., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Bevington.
SEETHER, F., born in Germany, May 3, 1832; came to America in. 1849, and came to this county in 1865; married in Colorado, to Elizabeth Churchman, a native of Ohio, in 1862; have four children : Frank E., Joseph A., Edward H., Helena.
Shehey, James, Sec. 14; P. O. Loth- rop.
Shehey, Patrick, Sec. 14; P. O. Lothrop.
Simmons, Estate, Sec. 1; P. O. Lo- throp.
Spain, Michael, farmer, Sec. 5; P. Lothro.
SPENCER, LEONARD S., farmer and stock-shipper, Sec. 3; P. O. Lothrop; born in Trumbull coun- ty, Ohio, October 17, 1828, and lived in that State until twenty- six years old; came to Warren county, Iowa, in September, 1854, where he has lived since; taught the first school in the district that he lives in, which was organized in 1854; married Miss Catherine C., daughter of John Wheeler, a native of Ohio, March 18, 1855; has a family of one son and two daughters: Charles R., Paulina A. and Anna M .; has a farm of 100 acres; was appointed postmaster in Feb., 1855, by Postmaster-general Campbell, and held the office for eighteen years at Lynn, which is now changed to Lothrop on the railroad; was elected representa-
tive in this county in 1863; Mrs. Spencer's father,. John Wheeler, was born in Somerset county, Maine, Nov. 27, 1805, and lived there till eleven years old, when he came with his parents to Wash- ington county, Ohio, and was mar- ried in that State to Miss Hannah Hutchings, a native of Maine, in 1826; have a family of five sons and one daughter: Robert, Enos, James, America, William W. and Catherine O. (now Mrs. L. S. Spencer); has a farm of 100 acres. Stephens, Peter, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Lothrop.
Sterrett, S. E. farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Lothrop.
Stewart, Robert, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola.
Stiles, J. S., farmer, 21; P. O. Bev- ington.
Stone, Geo. T., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Lotlırop.
Story, Felix, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Bevington.
Stralian, J. W., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Lothrop.
Strube, Ernest, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Lothrop.
Swarts, Ed., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Lothrop.
Swift, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Bevington.
ODD, MADISON, farmer, Sec. T 22; P. O. Jefferson, was born in Morgan county, Illinois, January 13, 1834, and lived there till twenty years of age, then with his brother, now the Rev. J. W. Todd, deceased, who died at Winterset, Iowa, June 21, 1879, came to Warren county, and set- tled in Jefferson township, in September, 1853; was married to Miss Susan E. Walker, September 6, 1856, a native of indiana; have a family of one son and four daughters, living: Anna E., Clara E., Charles E., Lucy M., and Mary L .; was justice of the peace eight
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years, and township assessor for a number of years; during the year of 1864 he was through the western territories; owns a farm of 125 acres.
TODD, WM. F., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Lothrop, was born in Tennessee, October 14, 1829, and came to Morgan county, Illinois, with his parents when only a child, and lived there till twenty-three years 4 of age, and came to this county in the spring of 1850; was mar- ried while in Illinois, to Miss Em- mariller Bryan, in the fall of 1852, a native of Illinois; have a family of three sons and one daughter, living: Mary N., Jacob F., New- ton F., and Wesley; has a farm of 200 acres; has held the office of township assessor and road super- visor.
THOMAS, MARY A., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Lothrop, widow of Sim- on Thomas, who was born in Vir- ginia, September 27, 1826, and lived there till twelve years old, and came with his parents to Ohio; it was while there that Mr. Thomas was married to her; her maiden name was Mary A. Tuck- er, a native of Virginia; they left Ohio and came to Warren county in 1855; he died September 21, 1873; have a family of one son and one danghter: George H., and Sarah E. (now Mrs. Lough); her son, Geo. H., enlisted in the late war, under Capt. Ogg, in the Third Iowa Infantry, May 1861; owns a farm of 160 acres.
Turpin, Sarah, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Bevington.
WA AKEFIELD, H. T., farmer Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola. Wallace, Wm., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Bevington.
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WALLACE, MRS. JULIA A., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Bevington; widow of J. S. Wallace, who was born in Fayette county, Indiana, in 1822, and lived there until he
came to this county, in 1848, and died Sept 30, 1873. Mrs. Wal- lace, whose maiden name was Ju- lia A. Bilby, was born in Hamil- ton county, Ohio, Sept 10, 1825, and was married to her husband in that State on October 19, 1844; she has a family of four children living, two sons and two dauglı- ters: Jane, John T., Joshua W., and Emariller. She owns a farm of 2374 acres.
Walker, J. S., farmer, Sec 27; P. O. Indianola.
Walker, T. A., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola.
WALSH, ADAM, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Lothrop; born in Kings county, Ireland, in 1818, and lived there till 30 years of age, then came to America and landed in New Orleans in the fall of 1848; and came to this county in April, 1852. He married Margaret Gill, a native of Ireland, in the sum- mer of 1859; they have a family of six sons and one daughter: Patrick, Adam, Jolın, Thomas, Mary, Darby, and George; has a farm of 335 acres; he has held the office of Township Trustee.
Ward, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Bevington.
Way; Jane, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Lothrop.
Welch, M. S., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Lothrop.
WHEELER, JAS., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Lothrop; born in Mor- gan county, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1833, and lived there till he came to this county, in 1853. He married Miss Matilda Davis, a native of Morgan county, Ohio, July 12th, 1873; she was born Sept. 18, 1848; they have a family of two sons and two daughters: Wilber, born July 24th, 1872; Mary L., born Nov. 17th, 1874; Eva M., born Dec. 18, 1876, and John W., born Sept. 19, 1878.
WILLIAMSON, R. W., farmer and
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veterinary surgeon, Sec. 20; P. O. Bevington; born in Caroline coun- ty, Maryland, August 27, 1828; when about two years of age his parents emigrated to Fayette coun- ty, Indiana, and remained six years, then to Madison county, In- diana, and from there he came to this county in October, 1857; has been twice married-first in Mad- ison county, Indiana, to Miss Eliz- abeth C. Pierce, of Kentucky, who died, leaving a family of one son and two daughters: John L. J., Susan C. (now Mrs. B. F. Carter), and Elizabeth S. (now Mrs. Hen- derson Keller; was married a sec- ond time to Sarah J. Bryan, Jan- mary 17, 1872, who was born in Greene county, Illinois, in 1830;
owns an improved farm of 120 acres, but makes his profession a specialty. Mr. Williamson's fath- er was born in Caroline county, Maryland, December 17, 1790, and died September 13, 1878; was married to Sarah Whitely, a na- tive of Maryland, who was born September 6, 1791, and died Sep- tember 20, 1866, leaving grand- children and great-grandchildren numbering 130, and three great- great-grandchildren.
Wise, W. N., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Lothrop.
Wonderlin, Mary A., farmer, Sec. ` 14; P. O. Lothrop.
Wonderlin, Anthony, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Lothrop.
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A LLEN, T. B., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Indianola.
B ADGLEY, I. E., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Indianola. Barnett, James H., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Indianola.
Bilbo, W. B., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Indianola.
Black, Wm. T., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Indianola.
BRAND, D. C., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Spring Hill; born in Erie connty, New York, June 27, 1824; and lived there till twenty-five years old; he came first to this ·county in the fall of 1848, and re- mained till the fall of 1850; then returned to his old home in New York, and was married to Miss Louisa Ranney in 1850, a native of New York; he then came back to this county in March, 1854, and since that time has lived on the same farm; has a family of eight children living; Alice (wife of Henry Brown), Sarah, George, Minnie, Warren, Mary, Carrie, Nellie; one deceased: Francis D .;
owns an improved farm of 166 acres.
BRAMHALL, E. E., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Spring Hill; born in Ohio in the year 1838, and was raised there; came from that State to this connty in February, 1851; was married in this county to Miss Isabel Cummings, of Indi- ana, in the year 1865; they have a family of two sons: Wm. E. and Perry E .; he enlisted in the late war of the rebellion, in Co. E, 4th Iowa Infantry, Jnly 17, 1861, and was monstered out at Davenport, August 8, 1865, and participated in the following engagements: Pea Ridge, Ark., siege of Vicks- burg, Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea; was at Sherman's Grand Review at Washington City, 1865; owns an improved farm of 160 acres.
Brown, Nancy, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Indianola.
Brown, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Spring Hill.
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Brown, Geo. E., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Indianola.
BURTCH, I. H., farmer, Sec. 26;
. P. O. Indianola; born in Herki- mer county, New York, in 1811, and came to Indiana when seven years old, and lived there till he came to this county in the fall of 1859; was married in Indiana in 1834, to Miss Silora Malissa Thomas, who died in 1854; she left a family of seven children now living: Elijah, Nelson, Ruth, Rebecca, John, Thomas and El- nora; was married again in 1857 to Mrs. Martha Winchell; they have two children: Minnie and Sarah; he owns a farm of 180 acres.
NAVIT, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. C
11 ; P, O. Indianola; born in Allegheny county, Penn., in 1822; where he made his home till 1853, when he emigrated to Washington county, where he lived till 1865, when he came to this county, and located on his present homestead, which consists of 160 acres; he has been twice married, first, in Pennsylvania, in 1843, to Miss Jane McElhaney, of that State, who died in 1854, and left a fam- ily of three children, of whom two are now living: Nancy A. and George A .; he was married a second time in Ohio, in 1869, to Margaret Ross, of that State; they have by this union three danghters: Eva A., Elizabeth M. and Maggie L.
Chaffin, B. F., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Indianola.
CHEW, JNO. W., farmers Scc. 17; P. O. Spring Hill; born in Virginia, in the year 1825, and came to Ohio when about nine years old, and remained till fifteen, and came to Indiana, where he married in 1845 to Miss Martha Harshman, a native of that State, and then emigrated to this connty Oct. 1854; he has a family of six
children living: William, James, Elizabeth, Thomas, John, Martha, and two deceased: Susan and Julia; owns an improved farm of ninety acres.
Coleman, J. W., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Indianola.
Connell, Jolın K., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Indianola.
Coventry, James, farmer, Sec. 15; P .. O. Indianola.
D' AVIS, T. G., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Indianola; was born in Brook county, Virginia, February 27, 1815, and was raised there till about twenty-three years of age; then entered npon the life of a steam-boatman, and was entirely unsettled as to a permanent home till he came to this county, in the spring of 1855, and located on his present homestead; he was mar- ried January 1, 1848, to Miss Nancy W., daughter of Hon. Wm. McClary, of Pennsylvania; they have three sons living: Gas. C., Win. M., and Alberta I .; he owns an improved farm of 240 acres.
DEARTH, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola; is a native of Ohio; born in the year 1831, and raised there till about twenty- two years of age, when he came to this State and settled in P.olk county, and came from there to this county in 1872; he was mar- ried in the state of Ohio, in 1861, to Miss Sarah M. Sypher, of Wood county, that state; they have by this union two sons and one dangh- ter: George M., Sylvester I., and Alice May; has held the office of township assessor for two terms; he was raised a farmer and has followed it as an occupation, and now owns a farm of 100 acres.
Demaree, Cornelins, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola.
Drabelle, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Indianola.
Dyke, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Indianola.
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F ARMER, LEONARD, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola; was born in North Carolina, July 31, 1817; his parents emigrated to Indiana, when he was quite young, where he made his home till he came to this connty, in the spring of 1850; he was married in the state of Indiana, December 15, 1842, to Miss Mary Ferguson, a native of North Carolina, born September 16, 1817; they have one son living: W. L., born in this county, Jannary 12, 1861, and two deceased, Lydia A., and John F .; his homestead consists of 210 acres.
FERGUSON, J. O., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola; is a native of North Carolina; born March 16, 1831; when he was yet quite young his parents started to Indi- ana, and while on the way his mother died, but his father, with the family continued the journey, and it was in that state where he spent the early part of his life; he came to Jefferson county, this State, in 1840, and from there to this county in the spring of 1852; he was married in this State, No- vember 13, 1856, to Miss Mary A. Green, a native of Indiana, and from a family of thirteen children they have only six living: Eldora, wife of Isaac Graham, Emma, Sylvester, Alta, Etta and John; he owns an improved farm of 143 acres.
Field, A. D., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Indianola.
FLEAGER, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Indianola; was born in Dauphin county, Penn., in 1844; when about eleven years old he emigrated to this county in the spring of 1855; was married there to Miss Susan Hypes, a native of Indiana, in December, 1866; she was born in 1847; was in the mountains du- ring the years of 1864-5 in Mon-
tana; have a family of one son and three danghters: Minnie M., William A., Annie E., Oliver W. Walter S. and Mary J. E., of whom two are deceased: Oliver W. and Walter S .; owns an im- proved farm of 84 acres.
Francis, E. E., Sec. 17; P. O. Spring- hill.
FRASER, JAS. A., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Indianola; is a native of Ohio; born in the year 1843, and was raised there; came to this county in the fall of 1865; was married in this county in 1874 to Miss Lizzie Handley, a native of. Ohio; they have one danghter: Mary Belle, born Jnne 26, 1877; enlisted in Co. B, One Hundred and Forty-third Ohio, May 2, 1864, and served till September 13, of the same year; owns an im- proved farm of 160 acres.
Fryer, Walter B., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Indianola.
G LAVIN, WM., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Spring Hill.
Gavin, John, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Spring Hill.
Gillett, C. M., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Indianola.
GLASCOCK, J., flour and saw- mill, Sec. 7; P. O. Spring Hill; born in Olio in the year 1836, and was principally raised there: eame to Illinois where he lived till he came to this county in the fall of 1866; was married in Illi- nois to Miss Anna M. Guise, a na- tive of Germany, in 1859; have a family of nine children: Rose, Fannie M., Henry, Charles, Will- iam, Sadie, Katie, Daisie, and in- fant. Mr. Glascock has followed the milling business principally since he became of age.
GRAHAM, WM., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Indianola; born in Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, in 1820, which was his home till he came to this county in Oc- tober, 1867; was raised on a farm
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and as an avocation through life has always followed farming; he was married in Pennsylvania in 1846 to Miss Susanna Jamison, of Washington county; have a fami- ly of five children living: R. J. S. J., W. C., Sarah M. and Susie J .; owns an improved farm of 177 acres. Mr. Graham was elected representative of this county in the fall of 1875, and served for four years; had also served in the legislature in the lower house in his native county in Pennsylvia. Graham, E. C., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Indianola.
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