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Haworth, George D., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Ackworth.
Haworth, Jonn M., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Ackworth.
Haworth, G. D., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Ackworth.
Haworth Bros., farmers, Sec. 23; P. O. Ackworth.
Haworth, Dillon, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Ackworth.
Haworth, Moorman, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Ackworth.
Haworth, Calvin, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Ackworth.
Hemphill, S. C., farmer, Sec 31, range 23; P. O. Sommerset.
Hiatt, Amos, fariner, Sec. 15; P. O. Ackworth.
Hickman, Charles, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Indianola.
HINSHAW, BENJ., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Indianola; born in Stokes county, North Carolina, Novem- ber 25, 1809, and when about eight years of age his parents moved to Randolph county, where he was raised up to the year 1830, when he emigrated, with his pa- rents, to Indiana, where he made his home till he came to this county in 1853; he was married in . Morgan county, Indiana, in 1831, to Miss Nancy Carter, of that State; they have a family of six children living; John, Eliza. beth (wife of Isaac Maxwell,) Joshua, William (now in the prac- tice of medicine, in Des Moines), Ruth (teaching in Penn College, at Oskaloosa, this State,) and Anna. They have four deceased: James, Rebecca, Lydia and Sallie; Mr.
Hinshaw was raised a farmer, and that has been his occupation through life; he has been town- ship trustee for a number of years; owne an improved farm of 221 acres.
HINSHAW, JOSHUA C., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Indianola; is a na- tive of Indiana-born in Morgan county in 1841, and raised there till about thirteen years of age, when he came with his parents to this county, in December, 1853; he was married in Leavenworth City, Kansas, Oct. 6, 1864, to Miss Ella Morgan, of East l'ennes- see, whose acquaintance he formed while she was visiting relatives in this county; they have a family of two daughters, Allie J. and Vivie N, and one deceased, Lorain J .; Mr. H. was raised on a farm, and farming has been his principal avocation during life; he now owns a finely improved homestead of 40 acres.
Hyde, James, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Indianola.
TOHNSON, L. W., farmer, Sec. C 35; P. O. Ackworth.
Jones, D. K., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Summerset.
KE EARNEY, W. V., farmer, Sec. . 8; P. O. Indianola.
Kenoyer, Henry, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Ackworth.
King, J .; P. O. Summerset.
ABERTEW, JOS. T., farmer,
L Sec. 32; P. O. Indianola.
Labertew, Jolın G., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Indianola.
Langstaff, John, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Summerset.
LAVERTY, J. W., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Summerset; son of James Laverty; born in this State, March 7, 1848; was married in March, 1874, to Miss Jennie, daughter of David Pilmer; they have a family of two sons: Leo James and Franklin David; he was raised on a farm, and now owns a richly im-
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proved little homestead of 89 acres.
LAVERTY, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Smnmerset; was born in Park county, Indiana, March 17, 1822; he was educated at As- bury University, Indiana, and graduated from that institution in 1844; he came to this State in 1847, and settled on the farm he now occupies; this land was at one time a part of Polk county, and while it was thus attached he was elected county surveyor of Polk county; he served as a member of the board of supervisors of Warren county, and has been closely identified with the inter- ests, growth and prosperity of the connty ; he married Miss Mary A. Peek, in 1845; she was born in Kentucky, and died March 29, 1879, leaving two children: Este Fidelia (now Mrs. Rogers), and John W.
Long, Wm., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Indianola.
M cCLELLAND, Jos., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Indianola.
McCLINTIC, J. W., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Summerset; born in Vir- ginia in the year 1823; his parents came to Indiana wlien he was about ten years old, where he lived till he came to this State and settled in Lee county, and came from there to this connty in the fall of 1850; he was married in Clarke county, this State, in 1855, to Sarah Bennum, a native of Illi- nois; they have a family of two sons and three daughters: Mary A., Sarah J., Ella M., Milo Curtis and James E .; he owns an im- proved farm of 134 acres; he was raised on a farm, but had the ad- vantages of a good education, and his life has been somewhat varied as to occupations, but for a num- ber of years past he has followed his present one.
McClintic, L. D., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Summerset.
McDOLE, WM., fariner, Sec. 21; P. O. Indianola; born in the State of Ohio, April 16, 1826, and when about twelve years of age his parents emigrated to Indiana, where he remained till the fall of 1850, when he came to Polk coun- ty, and remained there till he came to this county, in the spring of 1854; he was married in Indi- ana, in 1846, to Miss Caroline Fisher, of that State; they have a family of five children: Eliza J., Andrew, John H., Julia and Al- bert L .; he owns an improved farm of 185 acres; Mr. McDole was raised on a farm, and has fol- lowed farming as an occupation all his life.
McElroy, Robert, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Sninmerset.
MCELROY, M. B., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Indianola; is a native of the State of Ohio; born in the year 1834, and was raised there till he came to Marion county, this State, where he lived for three years, and came to this county in October, 1857, and has lived here since, ex- cept one summer that he spent in California and Oregon, in 1873; he was married in Marion county, this State, in 1855, to Miss Mary J. Smith, a native of the State of Indiana; they have a family of two children living: Luetta and Frank R., and three deceased: Anson J., Charles L. and John W .; he owns an improved farm of 100 acres; he was raised on a farm, but when seventeen years of age he served an apprenticeship at carpentering, and followed it up to 1876, at the same time manag- ing his farm.
McELROY, W. T., farmer, Sec. tion 15; P. O. Ackworth; was born in Ohio, in the year 1828, and was raised there till he
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came to this State in 1855, and located in Warren county, but has only lived on his present home- stead for abont eleven years. He has been twice married; first, in the State of Ohio, in 1851, to Miss Eliza J. McKee, of that state, who died in 1863, leaving a family of four children, John S., W. I., L. T. and G. L. His sec- ond marriage was in the year 1866, to Amanda J. Gill, of Ohio, They have six children, Samuel E., Minta E., Arthur, Cora A., Etta and Anna J. Mr. McElroy was raised on a farm, and now owns one of 135 acres. At nine- teen years of age he learned the carpenter's trade, which he has followed more or less since. When he first came to the county, he was connected with a saw- mill.
MCELROY, J. I., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Indianola: born in Holmes Co., Ohio, in 1839, and was raised there till about twelve years of age, when his parents emigrated to. Marion county this State, where he re- mained till he came to this county in June, 1869. He was married in Marion county in 1866, to Miss Katie Diehl, a native of Ger- many, whose parents came to Ohio when she was but a child, where she was raised. They have no children living, but four de- ceased. He enlisted in the late war in Marion county, in Co. A, 33d Iowa, August 15, 1862, and served till the close of the war. He was mustered out at New Orleans, and discharged at Rock Island. He was raised on a farm till 1857, when he learned the plasterer's trade, which he fol- lowed for abont twenty years, till he settled down to his present oc- cupation. He owns an improved farm of 80 acres.
McEwen, James, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O., Indianola.
MAXWELL, ISAAC, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Indianola: born in Illinois in 1832, and was raised there, and made it his home till he came to this county in June, 1854. He was raised on a. farın, and when he became of age, he learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it for about twelve years. He was married in this county, December 13, 1860, to Miss Elizabeth Hinshaw, a native of Indiana. They have a family of seven children, Jno. E., Oscar W., Harvey J., Lois H., Sallie J. Benjamin B., and Orrin H. He owns a nicely improved farin of 130 acres.
Mendenhall, Allen, Sec. 23; P. O. Ackworth.
MILLER, D. M., farmer, Sec 17, P. O. Indianola; was born in Ches- ter district, South Carolina, in 1828; when about two years old, his parents emigrated to Indiana, where he lived till about twenty- two years of age, then came to- Monroe county, this State, in the spring of 1855, and from there to this county, in the spring of 1857; he was twice married, first, in the State of Indiana, March 27, 1855, to Miss Lucinda Harbinson, of that State, who died October 9, 1866, and left a family of two- children: Wm. H. and Julia P. who died July 22, 1870; he was married a second time to Miss Mary A. Hemphill, in 1868, a na- tive of Indiana; Mr. Miller was. raised on a farm, and has followed the occupation all his life; he now . owns a nicely improved farm of 165 acres.
Miller, James H., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Indianola.
Miller, Zacheus, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Summerset.
Moffitt, W., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Ackworth.
MOORE, S. H., farmer, Sec. 17, P. O. Indianola; was born in the
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. State of Ohio, in the year 1828, and was raised there, and made it his home till he came to this State, he first settled in Madison connty, in 1858, and came from there to this county in the spring of 1862; he was married in Ohio, to Miss Sarah A. Lantz, of that State, in 1852; he owns an improved farm of sixty-five acres.
Moore, T. C., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Indianola.
Moon, G. H., hotel, Ackworth.
MOORMAN, WM. J., farmer, Sec. 22, P. O. Ackworth; was born in Highland connty, Ohio, in 1817, and was raised there, and came to this county, in March, 1851, and bought out a party by the name of Thomas Fagan, who owned 160 acres; he now owns 311 acres; was raised on a farm. and follow- ed the occupation till about twen- ty-one years old, when he learned the carpenter's trade; in 1851 he took the contract to build the county jail, from P. P. Hender- son, who was county judge at the time; he hewed all the logs himself, and completed the edifice in 1852, and the same building is still used for jail purposes; he was married to his present wife in 1865, a native of Indiana; they have three children living: El- mira J., Joseph E. and Iona.
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ELSON, M. E., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Indianola.
Noble, W. A., Sec. 31; P. O. In- dianola.
Natt, Thomas, Sec. 29; P. O. In- dianola.
O AKES, W. N., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Indianola.
Ober, W., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. In- dianola.
OWEN, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Indianola; was born in Warren county, Ohio, in 1806, and emigrated with his parents to Hendricks county, Indiana, in 1826, and came to this county in
the spring of 1850, and settled on his present homestead, which he . purchased of Harrison Jordan, who had served in the Mexican War; he has been twice married; first in Indiana, in 1833, to Miss Ruth Vestal, of North Carolina, who is now deceased; they had a family of sixteen children, of whom only nine are living: Oli- ver G., James H, Mary E., Mar- gery L., Lndah A., Ellen M., Ma- lisna H., Edwin J., and Sarah E .; he was married a second time to Betsey A. Haworth, in 1871, who died in 1872; Mr. Owen was rais- ed on a farm, but when grown he learned the carpenters trade, which he followed till twenty- seven years of age, and since has followed his present occupation; he has been a pioneer all his life, having lived in Olio and Indiana, when they were new and came to this connty when it was in its in- fancy.
DARK, L., farmer, Sec. 30; P. P
O. Indianola; was born in Virginia, in 1821, and in 1835 re- moved to Clinton county, Indi- ana, and lived there until his re- moval to this county, in 1851, and is one of the early settlers of the county; he owns eighty-five acres of land; he married Miss Mary Ally, in 1842; she was born in Virginia; has three children: Mil. W., Sarah A., and Wm. M .; lost one daughter, Melinda J.
Peck, Geo. E., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Indianola.
Peck, John, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Indianola.
PECK, ISAAC, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Indianola; was born in the state of Indiana, in the year 1835, and came to this county in Octo- ber, 1853, and since that time has been identified with its interests and development; he was mar- ried in 1862, to Miss Lydia Fitz- gerald, of Indianola; they have a
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family of four children: Eddie,
Willie, Dora and Charles; he now
owns an improved farm of 200 acres.
Peck, W., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Summerset.
Pennington, Martha, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Ackworth.
Pennington, John, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Indianola.
Pennington, Anna, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Ackworth.
PERRY, JOHN N., farmer, Sec.
14; P. O. Ackworth; born in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1824, and came to this county with his parents in 1853. He was married in 1869 to Miss Maggie Arm- strong, of Penn .; they have one son and one daughter: Ollie May and Charles Leander; he owns a nicely improved farm of 160 acres.
Perry, A., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Ackworth.
Perry, John B., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Indianola.
Perry, N. H., farmer and wagon ma- maker, Sec. 23, P. O. Ackworth.
Pitman, W. C., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Indianola.
Pritchell, B., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Summerset.
Pritchley & Sauley, merchants; P. O. Ackworth.
R ITCHIE, CLEMENT, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Indianola.
RODGERS, A. J., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Indianola; born in Fayette Co., Ind., March 24, 1842; when six years of age his father came to this connty and located near Hart- ford, where he grew to manhood. He enlisted Dec. 24th, 1863, in Co. C, 34th Iowa Infantry, and served to the close of the war and was discharged Aug. 15, 1865, at Houston, Texas. He was in the battles of Fort Blakely and.Gra- ham's Plantation, and numerous skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged. He owns a fine
farm in White Breast township that is well improved, and shows the hands of experience in its management. He was married Sept. 29th, 1867, to Miss Mary Isabelle Pennington, who died July 1st, 1879, leaving a family of four children: Martha T., Benjamin F., George and Waitie M., all liv- ing, and Harrie, who died Feb. 18, 1878.
Rogers, Estie F., farmer, Sec. 9; P. Ò. Indianola.
SEXTON, T. M., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Summerset.
Shaw, James G., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Indianola.
Sherman, James, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Indianola.
SILCOTT, R. F., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Indianola; born in Indiana in 1838 ; he came with parents to this county in the spring of 1853, and since that time has made it his home, except three years that he was in the late war of the re- bellion; he enlisted in Co. G, 3d Iowa Inf., in May, 1861, and was: mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, in June, 1864. While in the ser- vice, among other battles he par- ticipated in, was Pittsburg Land- ing, Siege of Corinth, Vicksburg, at Jackson, Miss., and with Gen. Banks up Red River. After his return from the war he married in this county, to Miss Mary P. Sto. ver, in 1867,a native of this State; they have five children: George, Eddie, Robert, Homer, and Clar- ence. He owns a farm of 205 acres.
Silcott, E., L., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Indianola.
Simpson, R. R., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Summerset.
Simons, Martha, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Summerset.
Simons, D. N., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Summerset.
Smith, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 28, P. O. Summerset.
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STARBUCK, ISAAC, farmer, Sec.
24; P. O. Ackworth, was born in Clinton connty, Ohio, in 1830, and emigrated, in the spring of 1852, to Hamilton county, Indi- ana, and from there to this county in October, 1856; he was married in his native county, in 1850, to Miss Rachel Hodson; they have a family of eleven children living: Gayer, Charles, Laura (wife of James Owen), Florence (wife of Jolın Travis), John, Alfred, Asa, Loenard, Luella, Harvey, and Isaac F .; one deceased, Oscar, who was killed by the falling of a tree; he owns a farm of 326 acres; has held the office of township trus- tee.
Stanley, W. G., merchant; P. O. Ackworth.
Stanley, Levi A., P. O. Ackworth. Snyder, James; P. O. Summerset.
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THOMAS, T. F., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Indianola.
Thompson, T. P., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Summerset.
Thompson, M., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Summerset.
Thurston A .; P. O. Summerset.
Trimble, John, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Indianola.
Trimble, A. M., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Indianola.
TRUEBLOOD, C. L., farmer and frnit-grower, Sec. 29; P. O. India- nola; born October 4, 1844, in In- diana; when about ten years of age he emigrated to Ohio with his mother, his father being dead, and came from there to this conn- ty in March, 1856; he was mar- ried to Miss Annie E. Lipsey, of Ohio, in 1856; they have a family of four children: Estella C., EI- mer, Minerva, Clarence O .; he owns an improved farm of seven- ty-five acres, which he is adapting to fruit growing.
Turnipsecd, Chris, Summerset.
V ANVOSSEN, W. T., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O., Summerset.' 7 ELSH, Charles M., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O., Somerset. W WELCH, J. E., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Summerset; born in Colum- biana Co., O., Oct. 16, 1814, where he made his home till twenty-one years of age, when he learned the blacksmith trade, and went to Pittsburgh, where he worked for three years; then went to Jeffer- son county, Ohio, where he lived for one year, and then went back to his native county, and married Miss Catherine McLees, April 22, 1841, a native of that same coun- ty; they came to Iowa in 1852, and located where they now live, and own a farm of 192 acres; they have one son, Charles M .; have lost two, James and Russell.
Wheeler, Clement, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O., Indianola.
Wheeler, Mrs. B., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O., Indianola.
White, John, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O., Indianola.
Wright, John, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O., Indianola.
WRIGHT, S. A., of Wright and Davis, proprietors of Summerset Flouring Mills; was born in East Tennessee, August 18, 1834, and was raised there till seventeen years of age, when he, with his parents, came to this county and located two and one-half miles east of Indianola. He married in this county, December 30, 1858, to Miss Rachel Stitt. a native of Ohio; they have three sons and four daughters; James F., Mary I., Charles A., Lemon, Luretta, Nellie and Maggie; he was raised a farmer, and has been in the above business since February, 18.79.
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A NTHONY, ROSS, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Sandyville.
Anthony, W., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Sandyville.
BASSETT, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Sandyville; born in Athens county, Ohio, April 10, 1839; and at the age of sixteen he came with his parents to this county, where he has since resided; he begun life with noth- ing but stont lands, a brave heart, and energy and industry as a capi- tal, and by this lias accumulated a handsome property; he now owns a finely improved farm of 240 acres, and also owns 60 acres of valuable land in Missouri: he was married August 9, 1859, to Miss S. E. Spurgeon, of Wash- ington county, Indiana; they have four children living; Amzi L., Commodore R., Samuel E. and Ida May; has held the office of township trustee for three terms.
Batten, William, farmer," Sec. 36; P. O. Sandyville.
Baugh, Green, Sec. 10; 'P. O. San-
- dyville.
BEAMAN, N. R., builder and wagon-maker, P. O. Sandyville; born in Monroe county, Indiana, January 29, 1836, and in 1854 he came with his father to the county where he has resided since; when twenty-two years of age he, without any instruction, began the manufacture of furniture, which sold in Sandyville and the surrounding vicinity; in 1865 he added honse-building to his other occupation, and has been very successful, as some of the best houses and churches in this part of the county bears evidence; he married August 6, 1858, to Miss Mary J. Goss, a native of Indiana; they have one daughter living, Martha Ann, and have lost three,
Lizzie May, Gay and Rose; he owns a good residence, five lots, and liis shop.
Beaman, Henry S., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Sandyville.
Beaman, Z., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Sandyville.
Beaman, N.R., cabinet maker, San- dyville.
Beaty, Edward, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Sandyville.
Beem, A., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sandyville.
Beerbower, Henry, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Sandyville.
Bitzel, Geo. Blacksmith, P. O. San- dyville.
BODKIN, M. V., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Sandyville; was born in Clinton county, Ohio, November 15, 1812, and raised in Clark county, of that State; his father was a native of Virginia, of Irish decent; his mother was of Ger- man origin; lie came to this coun- ty in 1850, and entered his pres- ent homestead of 120 acres; he was married February 16, 1837, to Miss Mary Pendry, of Ohio; they have six children living: La- cretia (wife of Thos. Cross), Mar- garet A., Louisa C. (wife of S. Runyan), Martha J. (now Mrs. Chase), Mary I. (now Mrs. Johns, all of this county) and Francis M., who was born in Clark county, Ohio, in 1839, and came to this county with his parents, and has been identified with the growth and development of this part of the county; he married Eliza J. Lyon, a native of this county, April 2, 1878; they have one daughter, Gertie; he owns forty acres of land, and an interest in 120 acres more.
Botkin, Frank, Sec. 32; P. O. San- dyville. BREES, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 20;
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P.O. Sandyville; born June 8, 1827, in Washington county, Pennsylva- nia, where he was raised; in 1846 he moved to Athens county, Ohio, and in 1855 to Greene county, Wisconsin; not satisfied there he came to Linn county, Iowa, in 1860, where he remained ten years, and then came to this coun- ty and located where he now lives and owns 200 acres of land; he was married April 16, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Lisby, a native of Maryland; they have four chil- dren : Phobe E., Mary A., Joseph H., and Elizabeth L .; they lost one child in infancy.
Brown, E. T., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Sandyville.
Brown, J. W., merchant; San- dyville.
C ALDWELL, DAVID, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Sandyville. CARPENTER, C. H., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Sandyville. The subject of this sketch was born in the State of Vermont, January 27, 1872; he is the grandson of Col. New- ton and Benjamin Carpenter, both killed at the battle of Bunker's Hill; his parents removed to Oak- land county, Michigan, 1833, and three years afterwards to Ray county, Missouri, and in 1852 he removed to this county and set- tled on his present homestead, which consists of sixty acres; he was married in September, 1842, to Amey S. West, a native of Pennsylvania, by which union they have five children: Andrew, Edwin B., Francis (wife of James Sandy), Virgil, and Charles.
Carpenter, N. A., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Sandyville.
Coe, Samnel, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Sandyville.
Conklin, E., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Sandyville.
CRUTCHELOW, JAMES, farın- er, Sec. 31; P. O. Sandyville; born in North Carolina, Oct. 16,
1828; his parents removed to Ohio in 1841, where he was prin- cipally raised; in 1851 he came to this county, and engaged in farming, and rented land for two years; he bought his present farm of 210 acres in 1853; his * great-grandfather was killed in the Revolutionary War; was mar- ried in 1859 to Elizabeth Hicks, a native of Indiana, who died June 10, 1868, leaving a family of five children: Martha A., Marietta, Win. B., Laura B. and James; he married Elizabeth J. Sherman, May 20, 1869, a native of Ohio; they have five children: Josialı S., Dora, Benjamin, Jessie and Henry.
CUNNINGHAM, N., farmer and fine stock dealer, Sec. 22; P. O. Sandyville; he owns a splendid farm of ninety-five acres adjoin- ing the town of Sandyville; he was born in Upper Canada Sept. 5, 1828; his parents moved to Noble county, Ind., in 1840, and to this county in 1856; he was educated in common schools, and raised on the farmn; he is a man full of energy and enterprise; he enlisted August 13, 1862, in Co. D, 34tli Iowa Infantry, and served to the close of the war, when he received an honorable discharge; was in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Fort Gaines, Ft. Blakely, and nu- merous skirmishes, in which the regiment was engaged; was in active duty at all times during his term of service; married Oct. 19, 1853, to Miss Almira Keeney, a native of Licking county, Ohio; they have two children: Alva K. and Milda-both living.
D' ALBY, J. L., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Sandyville.
DAVEY, J., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Sandyville; is a native of Devonshire England; born Nov. 6, 1825; came to this country in
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1850, and located in Genesee county, New York, where he made his home for two years, then came to Chicago, and work- ed at Mason work for some few months, and then moved to Ba- tavia, Illinois, where he followed the same occupation for about five years; and in 1856 he came to this county and improved his present homestead, which now consists of 390 acres, well-im- proved, and especially adapted to the raising of stock; since he came to this county he has made farming, stock-raising and ship- ping his entire business; he came without capital, having borrowed money to defray his expenses; by his good judgment, economy and perseverance, he has accumulated a reasonable competence; has a handsome property, and his family surrounded with all they need to make home desirable; he married August 15, 1855, Miss Mary Dennis, of Batavia, Ill., born in England, who died Oct. 10, 1868, leaving a family of five children: Mary A., Elizabeth E., Thomas F. and John L .; he was mar- ried again June 17, 1869, to Sarah (Brown) Mayes, a native of Logan county, Ill., who had two children by her former marriage: Willis B. and Anna C .; by this union they have three sons and one daughter: Avis, Dennis, James F. and Roy B .; have two deceased: Eliza A. and James W.
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