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Graham, James C., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Indianola.
Grieves, S. L., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Spring Hill.
Grimes, Stephen, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Indianola.
Guy, Thos., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sommerset.
HA AMILTON, W. T., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Somerset.
Hansell, George, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Spring Hill.
Hansell, J. S., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Spring Hill.
Harvey, Solomon, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Indianola.
HENRY, RICHARD, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Indianola; born in Penn- sylvania, October 11, 1811, and lived there till lie came to this coun- ty in the spring of 1866; he was married to Miss Jane Culbert, a native of Pennsylvania, September 4, 1837; they have a family of six children, J. A., H., Lizzie, R. F., Jennie and William S. He owns an improved farm of one hundred and thirty acres.
HENRY, J. A., and O. H., farmers, Sec. 28, P. O., Indianola,.
HENSON, B. F., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 19; P. O. Indian- ola; was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, in the year 1823. When he was about twelve
years old, his parents emigrated to Illinois, where he was raised and received his early training. He was brought up on a farm, and each successive year has added to his experience in that line. He now owns nine hundred and sev- enty acres of land, in the country, the most of which is well im- proved, and the balance affording good pasturage for the large amount of stock that he raises. Mr. Henson is well known throughout the country, and high- ly respected by all those who are acquainted with him. He is of a genial, pleasant disposition, and always ready to favor a friend. He is one of the early settlers of the county named, settled here in September, 1853. He was mar- ried in 1844, to Miss Nancy Hutt, of Kentucky. They have three sons and two daughters; George W., Gideon, Frank, Sarah F., wife of Ira Glascock, and Mary.
Hickman, J. W., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O., Indianola.
HUTT, A. J., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Indianola; born in Illinois, Janu- ary 24, 1831, and made that his home till he came to this county in September, 1855, and located on his present homestead. He was married in Illinois, February 14, 1853, to Miss Mary J. Clink- enbeard, a native of Kentucky. They have a family of three sons and one daughter: Jolin C., Ste- ven A. D., George B. Mc., and Nancy E. Mr. H was raised on a farm, and has followed the occu- pation all his life. He now owns an improved farm of 228 acres.
JOHNSON, W., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Indianola.
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ELLY, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Indianola.
Kepler, John, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Indianola.
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L' AW, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. J 29; P. O. Indianola, was born in Washington county, Pennsylva- nia, in the year 1812, and lived there till 1835, when he came to Ohio, where he remained until he emigrated to this county, in Octo- ber, 1868; he was married, in Ohio, in 1845, to Miss Ella M. Brown, a native of that State; they have a family of four sons and two daughters: Wm. F., Em- ma L., James B., Andrew J. (Mary E. and Samuel J. are de- ceased), Thos J .; Mr. Law was raised ou a farm, and has followed the occupation during his life, and while in Ohio he made a specialty of sheep raising.
Landingham, J. S., fariner, Sec. 1; P. O. Indianola.
Lawrence, J. F., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Indianola.
LEAP, S. T., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Spring Hill; born in Illinois, in the year 1853, and came with his parents to this county, in March, 1868, and lived here till 1873, when he emigrated to California, returned to this county in Sep- tember, 1876; he was married in this county to Miss Savanna Lock- ridge, a native of this State; he owns an improved farm of eighty acres.
Lewis, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Indianola.
LINDSAY, S. B., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Indianola; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1821, and when about six years old his parents emigrated to Guernsey county, Ohio, where, in 1848, he received a local injury, which rendered him unfit for farming, and he engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed till 1856, and then emigrated to Rock Island county, Illinois, and engaged in farming, and in 1858 he came to Marion county, where he also followed farming, and came from there to
this county in the spring of 1860, and first settled in Allen township and came to his present homestead of 120 acres in 1866; in 1864 he represented this connty in the tenth general assembly, elected by a majority of about 900. In May, 1864, he enlisted in Co. A, Forty-eighth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served till the expiration of the term of the enlistment, which was one hundred days; he was married in Ohio in 1844, to Miss Maria Chidester, of that State; they have seven children living: Francis A. (wife of A. Cramer, deceased), R. J. (wife of S. A. Mc- Elroy), Wm. T., S. I. (Principal of Commercial College, Mon- mouth, Illinois), J. P., Martha H., and Charlie B.
M oCLURE, Samuel L., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Indianola. McClure, Nathaniel, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Indianola.
McCOY, C. M., of C. M. & J. D. McCoy; farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. In- dianola; born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1840, and came from there to this State and lived in Lonisa county for about one year, then came to this county, in October, 1870; he was married in this county, Ang 3, 1872, to Miss Jennie Henry, of Crawford county, Pennsylvania; they have a family of five sons: Jolin H., Joe M., Richard H., Charles R. and Free; Mr. McCoy was raised in town till abont eight years old, and since that time has been a farmer: he enlisted in the late war in Co. H, One Hundred and For- tieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, July, 1862, and served till the close of the war; was wounded twice, at the battle of Gettysburg and in front of Petersburg; he owns, with his brother, J. D. Mc- Coy, 352 acres of land.
McCOY, J. D., of the firm of C. M.
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& J. D. McCoy, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Indianola; born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1845, and came to this county in October, 1870; was married here to Miss Mary S. Mitchell, May 25, 1875; they have two sons: John C. and Keith M .; Mr. McCoy re- ceived his early training in his native State, having had the ad- vantages of a good education; he followed teaching as a profession for about five years before he came West, but since he has set- tled in this county he has given his attention to farming during the summer season and teaches in the winter; he is interested in an improved farm of 352 acres, with his brother, C. M. McCoy, which calls for most of his attention.
McCoy, John W., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Indianola.
McELROY, S. A., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Indianola; born in Ohio, near the line of Pennsylvania, June 9, 1836; when three years old his parents emigrated to Ohio, where he lived till 1850, then moved to Marion . county. this State, and lived till the fall of 1871, when he came to his present home; he was married in this county to Miss R. J. Lindsay, a native of Ohio, June 23, 1864; they have a family of one daugh- ter, Elsie May, born Oct. 6, 1868; owns an improved farm of 122 acres.
McGRANAHAN, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Indianola; born April 16, 1827, in the State of Pennsylvania, and was raised in Crawford county; came to this county in December, 1868, but previous to his settling in this connty he went to California, in 1849, and remained for two years; he went by team, and was about six months crossing the plains; he returned by way of Central America; he made his trip a suc-
cess; he was married in Pennsyl- vania, to Miss R. P. Gray, a native of that State, Jan. 31, 1855: they have four sons and three daugh- ters: George E., James, Ralph, Frank, Carrie, Maggie and Eva; he has held various township offices; owns an improved farm of 109 acres.
McIntire, J. A., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Spring Hill.
McIntire, Dyer, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Indianola.
McPherson, A. N., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Indianola.
Mc Williams, S. T., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Indianola.
Mahin, J. H., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Indianola.
MALOY, JAMES H., Sec. 22; P. O. Indianola; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20, 1839, and was raised there till the year 1869, in the month of May, when he came to this county; he was raised on a farm, but received a good education, having had all the advantages afforded by the schools of his native county, which was good compared with those of newer countries; he became a teacher at nineteen years of age, which he followed as a profession, and before he came to the West he taught about eight months out of each year, but since he located in this county he lias followed farming to some extent during the summer, and also grape rais- ing; he owns an undivided inter- est in the homestead, which con- sists of 185 acres of improved land; Mr. Maloy is a man who is practical in general husbandry as well as successful in his profession as teacher; he emigrated to this county with his father, his mother being dead for a number of years, and in 1873 his father died, leav- ing a family of three sisters and one brother; Mr. Maloy has lost two brothers, one killed in the
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battle of the Wilderness and the other died in this county in 1869; he was married in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Ang. 14, 1866, to Miss Mattie Ralston, a native of that county; they have a family of three sons and one daughter: Flora B., Thomas 'J., William J. and George R.
Martin, Amaziah, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Indianola.
Mason, J. M., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Indianola.
Millen, J. H., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Indianola.
Mitchell, J. E. & R. H., farmers, Sec. 22; P. O. Indianola.
MOORE, RICHARD, farmer, Sec.
15, P. O. Indianola; was born near Bloomington, Indiana, in the year 1825, June 11th, and was raised there and made it his home till he came to this county, in October, 1856; he was married in Lawrence county, Indiana, to Miss Elizabeth Ramsey, a native of that State, in September, 1856; they have no family; Mr. Moore was elected county supervisor, in 1873, and served one term; owns an improved farm of 400 acres; he came all the way fram Indiana to this connty with teams, was about one month on the way. and now occupies the homestead on which he first settled.
MORTON, J. C., farmer, Sec. 33, P. O. Indianola; was born in the State of Pennsylvania, August 15, 1851, and was raised there till about eighteen years of age, when he emigrated with his mother to this county, December, 1869, his father having died in Pennsylva- nia; he was raised on a farm, and has always followed it as an oc- cnpation; he has an improved farm of 160 acres.
N OBLE, WM., farmer, Sec. 15, P. O. Indianola; was born in Scotland, in the year 1827, and was raised there till twenty-one '
years of age, when he came to America, and first lived in the State of Ohio, and was married there to Miss Jane Ross, a native of that State, in 1856, then came to this State, and settled in Har- din county, and remained for abont ten years, then came to this county, in September, 1865; they have a family of four children living: Anna B., Ross A., Scott . L. and Wm. M., has held various township offices; owns an im- proved farm of 200 acres.
Nunnamaker, S., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Indianola.
Nunnamaker, M. T., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Indianola.
P ARR, R. C., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Indianola.
Perkins, Oliver, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Indianola.
Pulse, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Spring Hill.
RICE, MRS. ELIZA, farmer, Sec. 18, P. O. Spring Hill; widow of Charles Rice, deceased; who was born in Ohio, in 1826, and died April, 1866; she was married to her husband in Madi- son county, this State, in February, 1858; her maiden name was Eliza James, a native of the State of Indiana, whose parents emigrated to this State in an early day; she has a family of four children: Ma- ria, Jeanette, Wm. and Mary; owns an improved farm of 234 acres.
Ritter, C. W. farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Indianola.
Roberts, W. A., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Spring Hill.
Romine, William, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Spring Hill.
Ross, Alex. farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Indianola.
S' AWDON, FRANCIS, farmer, Sec. 18; P O. Spring Hill.
Sayers, Henry, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Spring Hill.
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Shaffer, H. J., farmer, Dec. 16; P. O. Indianola.
Sherick, G. W., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Indianola.
Shepherd, Solomon, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Indianola.
Spaulding Wilson, farmer, Sec 31; P. O. Indianola.
Steward, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Indianola.
STUDLEY, EDMOND, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Spring Hill; born in New York State in 1821, and came to this county in April, 1861; was married in New York State, to Miss M. J. Martin, a native of that State, in 1848; they have a family of four children living: Emma L., Florence H., Clarence L., Charlie H., and three deceased, Stella A., Eddie K. and Freddie; He owns an improved farm of sixty acres.
T HOMPSON, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Indianola.
Tucker, J. C., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Indianola.
Tucker, W., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Indianola.
AN PELT, D. H., farmer and V
stock raiser, Sec .. 12; P. O. Indianola; born in Ohio, October 26, 1824, and was raised there; married October 20, 1848, Martha E. Shion, a native of that State; he came to Henry county, this State, and settled on Salem Prairie in October, 1852, and remained till he came to this county, in June, 1855; he owns an improved farm of 320 acres; has held vari- ous township offices; his family consist of three sons and five daughters: Franklin M., of Des Moines; Laura E., wife of R. S. Armstrong; M. H., Mary, Maria, now Mrs. O. H. Thompson; Chas., Ella and Mattie.
VAN PELT, E., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Indianola; born in Ohio, in 1839, and came to Henry county, this State, when about fifteen years
of age, and made it his home till he came to this county, in October, 1864; he was married there, to Miss Mary L. Wilson, in 1868, a native of Iowa; they have one son and two daughters: Minnie A., Mary E. and William E .; he en- enlisted in the late war, for the State service, in the 25tlı regiment, in charge of officers' stock, in Col- onel Stone's command; owns an improved farm of 159 acres.
W HITMAN, C. C., farmer,
Sec. 32; P. O. Indianola; was born in Illinois in 1832, and made it his home till lie came to this county, in the spring of 1868. He was married in Illinois in 1867, January 24tlı, to Miss Ma - tie McGrowen, of Ohio; they have two sons: Wm. B., and Otis C. He owns an improved farm of 120 acres; he was raised on a farm and has followed it as an occupation through life.
Y TOUNG, M. E., Superintendent County Poor Farm; P. O. In- dianola; born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1836, and was raised there till he was about 19 years old, and came to this State in 1856, and to this county in the spring of 1861. He enlisted in Co. G, 40th Iowa Infantry, and served in the hospital as nurse till he was discharged, after about six months service, on account of dis- ability. He was married in Ma- rion county, this State, to Miss M. J. Paisley, a native of the same county and State, in the year 1860; they have a family of 3 sons and 2 daughters: Annie R., Wm., Eva, Milton E., and John A. Mr. Yonng has had charge of the county poor farm since Nov. 1st, 1876, and under his management it has been greatly improved, and the citizen of the county seems to be well satisfied. He owns an im- proved farm 1} miles from India- nola, of 40 acres.
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A RMSTRONG, RUSSELL, far- mer, Sec. 28; P. O. Indianola.
Arthur, Tom., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Indinola.
Ashbaugh, Benton, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Indianola.
RALES, CALEB, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Ackworth.
Ball, A. R., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Summerset.
Barnett, Levi, farmer, 8ec. 15; P. O. Ackworth.
Benham, J. W., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Summerst.
BERRY, CAPT. B. C., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 18; P. O. India- nola; born in Orange county, Va., in 1823, and was raised there till about 10 years old, when he emi- grated with his parents to Morgan county, Ills., where he remained till he came to this county, in De- cember, 1867; he was raised on a farm and chose that as an occu- pation through life. He was mar- ried in Illinois, in 1848, to Miss Isabel Van Eaton, of Hamilton county, O .; they have five child- ren: W. H., Joseph V., Mary E., Franklin C., and Martha B. He enlisted in the late war in Co. D, 114th Ills. Vols., Ang. 15, 1862, and served as Captain till Febru- ary, 1865. He owns an improved farm of 400 acres; he was elected a member of the board of super- visors in 1871, aud served three years.
Bickford, John J., P. O. Summer- set.
BLACK, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Summerset; born in Scot- land Oct. 8, 1824, and came to the United States and settled in Co- Jumbiana county, Ohio, in 1854, where he lived until he came to this county, in April, 1870. He was married in Scotland, to Miss Margaret Pilmer, of that country, April 22d, 1870; they have a fam-
ily of five children living: Mar- garet, Jeanett, John, James L., and Selena, and one deceased: Ida May. His present homestead con- sists of 126 acres. which he bought in 1859, but has only lived on it for the past eight years; he was raised on a farm but followed rail- roading for 12 years previousto his coming to this country, and since he came to America he was in the employ of the Cleveland &. Pittsburg R. R. Co. for 16 years, and since he came West has fol- lowed his present occupation.
BRAZELTON, R. C., justice of the peace, Summerset; was born in Jefferson county, East Ten- nessee, May 8, 1813, and was. fourteen years of age when his. parents moved to Vermillion county, Illinois; was all through the Black Hawk war, from the be- ginning to the end; in 1834 he went to Wilwaukee, Wisconsin, and was with a surveying party all over the state; in 1865, he came to this county, and located two miles east of Indianola, on a farm; he had all the advantages of the common schools of Illinois, and gradnated at New Market College, in Tennessee; studied law, and was admitted to the bar ;. he began in his profession in 1844, and continued for about fifteen years, until coming to this county; he has been twice married; first to Miss Nancy Lemley, of Vermil- lion connty, Illinois, who died near Indianola, in 1873, leaving a family of nine children; he again married to Margaret, widow of Samuel Snyder, February 13, 1875, a native of Pennsylvania, who has four children by former marriage; Mr. B. has been justice of the peace for four years, and school treasurer for seven years.
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Brazelton; Achilles, P. O. Summer- set.
BROWN, THOMAS W., general blacksmith, Summerset; was born in Warren county, Indiana, May 21, 1853; his parents came to this county in 1854; he learned his trade with J. A. Wilson, of Des Moines, and has been engaged in the business here for about two years; he married Miss Orpha Lanning, the adopted daughter of L. F. Wilson, Octo- ber 3, 1876; born in this State; they have no family.
Brown, Rev., pastor M. E. Church, Summerset.
Brown, Robinson, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Indianola.
Brown, B. F. farmer, Sec. 30, range 23; P. O. Summerset.
BUNDY, J. W .; P. O. Ackworth; the grandfather of John W. Bundy came from England in the year 1765, and settled in North Caro- lina, where his son, the father of the subject of this brief sketelı, was born the following year; and at the age of sixteen enlisted and served with distinction in the two last years of the Revolutionary War; after our Independence was gained he settled in North Caroli- na, where John W. Bundy was born Feb. 29, 1816; thirteen years after his father removed to Wayne county, Ind., and to Quincy, Ill., in 1833; comprehending the fu- ture prospects of this promising land, young Bundy crossed the Mississippi in 1844, to be identi- fied thereafter with this State, and located in Van Buren county, where he remained until 1852; when he went to Oskaloosa, living there until he came to this county in 1855; Mr. Bundy went into the milling business early in life, which he has followed with suc- cess; is now owner and operator of the "Ackworth Mills," which
is a fine steam grist and saw-mill combined; in personal appear- ance Mr. Bundy recalls the mem- ory of the pioneer; plain in dress, straightforward in speech, blunt and honest in manner, yet warm- hearted and sympathetic in na- tnre; he is a fair specimen of the better class of men who have made Iowa what it now is-one of the best States in the Union; on the 6th of May, 1838, Miss Sarah Delamater, of Rensselaer county, New York, became his wife; although for many years an invalid she was one of the most amiable of her sex; she died June 19, 1873; she was the mother of eight children, six of whom are living: Cythia is the wife of J. W. Barnes, now sheriff of this county, Emma, wife of E. R. Mc- Kee, a prominent citizen of In- dianola, Jane, now Mrs. Joseph Thomas, of Missouri, Effa, wife of Wm. P. Lucas, of Indianola, Geo. A. and Martin L .; Mrs. Mary Peck died May 17, 1869, and William E. April 6, 1879; he married for liis second wife, Sept. 13, 1874, Miss Sally Maloy, a most estimable lady, who has borne him one daughter: Iva.
Burgess, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Ackworth.
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HAPMAN, C. C .; P. O. Sum- merset.
Clark, Mary, farmer, Sec. 31, range 23; P. O. Summerset.
CLOUGH, MRS. SALLIE S., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Summerset; born in Meiggs county, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1829, and was married to Thomas Morris Clough July 3, 1853; he was born in the New- berry settlement, Washington county, Ohio; lie came to Iowa in 1843; first bought a claim in Jef- ferson county; he helped put up the first houses in Oskaloosa; was at Des Moines when it was merely
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a fort and occupied by soldiers; in 1846 he came to the Three River country, then unsurveyed, took a claim and made a farm, npon which he lived till his death, which occurred Wednesday, April 10, 1878, at his residence on his farm two miles east of Summer- set; he was a man of sterling moral worth; all who ever knew him are well assured that he never defrauded a person in his life; he was a warm and true friend; he took your hand with a grip, and never wounded the feelings of a friend by a sarcasm, even in the guise of a joke; no more worthy old settler has been nor shall be followed to his grave; to us he leaves a legacy of fond recollec- tions, with nothing to mar; bless- ed shall he be in our remembrance of him; he left one daughter: Sallie S., now living with her mother.
Conant, L. B., P. O. Summerset.
Coppock, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Ackworth.
Cox, Nathan T., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Indianola.
Craven, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Indianola.
Craven, Joshua, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Indianola.
Cress, David E., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Indianola.
D AVISON, W. H., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Indianola.
Devore, J. D., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Ackworth.
Dillon, Ann, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Ackworth.
Dunn, W., farmer, Sec. 28, range 23; P. O. Summerset.
E NO, D. A .. farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Indianola.
Epps, Matilda J., farmer, Sec. 32, range 23; P. O. Summerset.
Epps, Francis, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Indianola.
F OULKE, JESSE, fariner, Sec. 15; P. O. Indianola.
Fowler, Benjamin, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Indianola.
G ILLMAN, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Summerset. Gilman, M., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Summerset.
Ginder, Alex., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Ackworth.
Ginder, James, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Ackworth.
Ginder, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Ackworth.
Ginder, Jas. A., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Ackworth.
H ADLEY, J. F., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Indianola.
Hanson, Abe, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Summerset.
Hanson, J. J., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Summerset.
Haworth, Geo. S., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Ackworth.
HAMILTON, W. T., general mer- chandise; P. O. Summerset; born in Guernsey county, Ohio, April 15, 1848, and lived there till ten years old, when his parents emi- grated to this State, and located in Marion county, and came to this county in 1865, and located in Washington township, where he still owns a farm of eighty acres; he married Dec. 24, 1868, to Miss Emma McClintic, a native of Lee county, this State; they have a family of one son and two daughters: C. Pearl, Locie F. and Bernice M .; has been engaged in the mercantile business for about four years.
HAWORTH, JEREMIAH M.,
of the firm of Haworth Brothers, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Ackworth; born in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1824; his parents emigrated to Edgar county, Illinois, when he was but a child, where he lived till he came to this county, in June, 1846; he was married, in this county, in August 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Ginder, who was born in Ohio; they have four children:
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: Louisa J., Martha P., Alfred A. and Hannah N .; he, with his brother, John H., owns 684 acres of land; he lias served two terms as justice of the peace, and was elected county recorder in an early day, and served one term; he was raised on a farm, but after he was married, run a saw mill for about sixteen years.
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