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Davis, Wm. M., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Sandyville.
Devine, John, farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Sandyville.
Douglas, David Jr., farmer, Sec. 1, P. O. Sandyville.
Douglas David, Sr., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sandyville.
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NTSLER, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Sandyville.
F ERGUSON, NANCY, J., far- mer, Scc. 24; P. O. Sandy- ville.
FETTERS, H. J., merchant and postmaster, Sandyville. Promi- nent amongst the citizens of Union township, who have passed the ordeal of a pioneer life, in this county, is Mr. F., who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, July 10, 1843; at the age of eight years his father removed to Ma- rion county, this State, and to this counry the following year, where Henry was raised a farm boy; his father being poor, all his time and labor was required to help support the family; his early edu- cational advantages was limited to a few months only; upon coming of age, commencing life without a dollar, he is strictly a self-made and self-educated man; Mr. Fetters was engaged in farm- ing until 1865, having saved about one hundred dollars, concluded to enter the mercantile business, which he has since followed with ability and success; he is a prom- inent member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Order, having joined the former at the age of twenty- two years, he has filled the chairs and has represented his Lodge in the Grand Lodge three different times; is now W. M. of his Lodge; he organized the I. O. O. F. Lodge of Sandyville. in 1874; has passed the chairs, and was elected repre- sentative to the Grand Lodge from District No. 22; he has also held various offices of trust in his town- ship; on the 10th of October, 1869, Miss.O. F. Wasson, of Hart- ford, became his wife; she was born in Ohio, and raised in Henry county, Illinois; they have three children living: Harry, Isabelle and Josie M., having lost two children in infancy.
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Freeman, G. W., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Sandyville.
Freel, William, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Sandyville.
G IBSON, JONATHAN, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Sandyville.
Gilbert, James, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Sandyville.
Gillaspie, David, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Sandyville.
Goble, C. A., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sandyville.
GASE, S. A., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sandyville; born in Boone county, Indiana, Feb. 21, 1841; his parents removed to Marion county, this State, in 1851, where his youth and early manhood was spent; he enlisted Ang. 15, 1862, in Co. A, Thirty-third Iowa Infantry, and was in active service till the close of the war; he was inustered out with the regiment, Aug. 9, 1865, having been engaged in the fol- lowing battles : Little Rock, Prairie de Anna, Jenkins' Ferry, Fort Blakely, Spanish Fort, and other skirmishes; after his return from the army he engaged in farming during the summer and school teaching during the winter; was married March 31, 1870, to Miss Rebecca A., daughter of T. J. and Julina (Lambert) Sin- nard, who was born in Mahaska county, this State; they have one daughter, Ora J .; he came to this county in 1870; owns 200 acres fine land, well improved, and is now building a handsome resi- dence.
GOSS, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Sandyville; born in Davison county, North Carolina, July 7, 1810, and lived there till 1821, when he removed to Owen county, Indiana, where he was raised; he was married Nov. 1, 1832, to Miss Rebecca Brown, a native of that State; in the spring of 1848 he came to this county and entered the homestead on which he now
resides; Mrs. Goss died June 5, 1855, and he married for his sec- ond wife Mrs. Cavanaugh, June 20, 1856; by his first union he has seven children : Athelinda C. (wife of J. Sandy, of this State), Martha L. (wife of John P. Sut- ton), Juretta E. (now Mrs. Grims- ley), John F., James M. and Re- becca A .; by his last marriage he has the following: Alfaretta, Wil- liam C., Emaretta, D. Homer and Annetta; lost one daughter, Mary J. Beaman, and three others in infancy; Mr. Goss is a man who is respected by all who know him, and religiously is a Seventh Day Adventist, enthusiastic in his be- * lief and true to his convictions.
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Greenway, R. H., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Wheeling.
Greenway. P. W. C., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Wheeling.
Guy, A. J., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sandyville.
H AGEN, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sandyville.
Harding, Leander, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sandyville.
Heiny, W. A., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Sandyville.
Hicks, Sarah, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Sandyville.
Hicks, J. C., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Sandyville.
Hicks, E. B., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Sandyville.
Hill, A. H., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Sandyville.
Hoblet, W. D., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Sandyville.
Hodge, Noah, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Sandyville.
Hubbard, E. W., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Sandyville.
Huffman, C. M., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Sandyville.
AMES, M. F., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Sandyville.
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JOHNSTON. L. R., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Sandyville; he was born in Morrow county, Ohio, February 3,
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1853, where his childhood and early youth was spent; in 1867 his parents, Mr. George and Mag- daline Bennett Johnson, came to this county; he has followed farm- ing as a business all his life, and owns a half interest of 80 acres of land, where he now lives.
Johnston, C. O. and L. R., farmers, Sec. 28; P. O. Sandyville.
Johnston, M. H., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Sandyville.
Johns, Mary, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Sandyville.
L' ACY, G. W., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Sandyville.
Lamar, J. L., farmer, Sec. 25. P. O. Sandyville.
Lewis, Miles, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Sandyville.
Lewis, J. E., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Sandyville.
Lewis, C., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sandyville.
Lisby, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Sandyville.
LUKENBILL, H., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Indianola; born in Wash- ington county, Indiana, Dec. 1, 1816; his father was of German origin, born in North Carolina; his mother's maiden name was Recard, also of German origin; Mr. Lukenbill was raised on a farm in his native county; he re- moved to this county in 1853, and improved his present farm, which consists of 640 acres; he began life without money, and by ear- nest labor he has accumulated what he now has; he is a gentle- man of genial courteous disposi- tion; he was married Dec. 28, 1853, to Miss Emily J. Spurgeon; by this union they have one daughter: Manda J .; his wife died Jan. 17, 1855; he married again to Elizabeth Davis, a native of Ohio; they have ten children: Sylvester C., Leonora L. (now Mrs. R. H. Bare), Wm. B., Franklin A., Samuel G., Orlando
M., David O., Ida B., Flora E. and Frederick W.
cCORMICK, M., farmer, M Sec. 15; P. O. Sandyville. McCORMICK, J., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Sandyville: born in the State of Virginia, August 11, 1819; he became a permanent resident of this county in the year 1870, and owns a farm of 120 acres, of choice land, well-im- proved, and in a good state of cultivation; in 1842, Ang. 11, he was married in Owen county, Ind., to Miss Sarah McHenry, a native of that connty; they have a family of nine children: Mont- gomery, Mary (wife of J. G. San- dy), Thomas, Anna (now Mrs .. Reynolds, of Marion county), Amanda (wife of J. Ream, of Kansas), Lizzie (now Mrs. Bare, of Winterset), Laura, Minnie and Charles O .; their third son, George A., died while in the army.
McMillen, S., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Sandyville.
Minning, J. I., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Sandyville.
MOORMAN, C. F., farmer, Sec. .35; P. O. Sandyville; born in Highland county, Ohio, March 8, 1846; his parents, Jno. T. and Nancy (Van Pelt) Moorman, came to this county in 1849, and loca. ted near Hartford, where the sub- ject of this sketch was raised, and from his childhood has been iden- tified with its growth and devel- opment; he is a man of more than ordinary ability-honest and upright in his dealings, courteous and frank in manners; has held various township offices, which he has filled satisfactorily; he mar- ried Sept. 10, 1868, to Miss Olivia C. Gillespie, a native of Park county, Ind .; they have two chil- dren: M. Busha and Birdie.
Moon and Chapman, blacksmiths, P. O. Sandyville.
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MOON, J. F., of Moon and Chap-
man, wagon-makers and black- smiths, P. O. Sandyville; born in Fayette county, Ohio, December 11, 1841, and when eight years old, his parents came to this county, where the subject of this sketch was raised, and has expe- rienced the ups and downs con- nected with pioneer life, and the improving of a new country; when twenty-eight years of age he learned his present trade which he has successfully followed since; he was married in October, 1868, to Miss Amy Baccus, who was born in the State of Missouri; they have four children: Ulyssus S., Edward H., Arch and George; he enlisted in the 1st Iowa Cav- alry in 1861, but was rejected on the account of his age, which was only fourteen years; on January 17, 1865, he again onlisted in Co. B, ' Fortieth Iowa Infantry, and served till the close of the war.
Moorman, C. F., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Sandyville.
O AKS, JOHN, farmer, Sec 36; P. O. Sandyville.
P EARSON, D. C., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Sandyville.
Perkins, Silas, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Sandyville.
REEVES, R., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sandyville; born in Mayo county, Ohio, Ang. 6, 1833, and was raised there; he came to this county in the spring of 1855, and located on his present home- stead, which consists of 323 acres; he has engaged for the past few years in stock-raising and feeding. Mr. Reeves is a public-spirited man; honorable, of a social dis- position, and is held in high es- teem by all who know him; he enlisted in Co. C, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, August 17, 1863, and was discharged May 3, 1864; he married Miss Mary Douglas,
October 18, 1851; they have nine children: J. C., Callie C., Anor L., Amaziah M., David W., Phillip S., Elizabeth L., Effie B. and Stella Grace; lost one son, Hugh,. died July 27, 1860.
Reed, George, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Wheeling.
Reed, Newton, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Sandyville.
Reed, William, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Wheeling.
Reed, Z., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. San- dyville.
Reeves, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 2; P, O. Sandyville.
Reeves, G. W., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Sandyville.
Reeves, Solomon, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Sandyville.
S' ANDY, U. A. V., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Saudyville.
Sandy, W. H., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Sandyville.
SANDY, E. F., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Sandyville; born in this coun- ty Nov. 10th, 1854; is a son of Ephriam G. and Eliz. J. Slitts. Sandy. He is a native of Hawk- eye, and a young man that is full of energy. He owns a fine farm of 160 acres of land, upon which he has two unfailing springs, mak- ing it a very valuable and desira- ble stock farm, and is well adapted to the use to which he puts it. He was married Nov. 2d, 1876, to. Miss Eunice Myrick, a native. Hawkeye also, as she was born in this county; they have one child: James E.
Sandy, W. T., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Sandyville.
SANDY, J. E., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 33; P. O. Sandyville; owns a fine farm of 500 acres of choice land, which is well im- proved and kept in a.state of high cultivation. He was born June 22, 1836, in Owen county, Ind., where he was principally raised; he came to this county in 1852,
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and is one of the county's earliest settlers; he is a man of great en- ergy and has endured many of the hardships of the pioneer; he is known by his neighbors only to be respected as a friend of ster- ling integrity; he has been an ac- tive business man all his life; he is a member of the firm of Sandy Brothers, which is the heaviest stock shipping firm in the connty. He was married to Miss Marietta Burgess, a native of Canada; they have a family of five children: Lizzie (now Mrs. John Trotter, of this county), Charles, Albert, In- dia and Henry, all living.
SANDY, J. G., farmer, stock dealer and merchant, P. O. Sandyville; was born in Owen county, In- diana, August 18, 1829; he was raised a farmer, and came to this county, in 1854; his father, Jere- miah Sandy, was among the early settlers, and entered the land on which the town is located, being the third entry in the county, and the first in the township; the sub- ject of this sketch, engaged in farming, and in 1866, in company with A. R. Henry, Esq., presi- dent of the First National Bank, of Indianola, engaged in mercan- tile pursuits, and continued in business until 1874; in 1879, he again engaged in general mer- chandizing; he devotes considera- ble attention to agricultural pur- suits, and .deals largely in stock, having shipped the present season, over one hundred car loads, in con- nection with his brothers, J. E. and T. D. Sandy, under. the firm name of Sandy Bros .; Mr. Sandy has been a large land owner, and "one of the heavy tax-payers of Warren county; he is a stock hol- der and director in the First Na- tional Bank, of Indianola; during the present year, Mr. Sandy has made a division of his real estate among his children; he has been
largely identified with the inter- ests and growth of Warren county; as a business man, he has a wide and honorable reputation; he is well qualified for business and so- cial intercourse, prompt, courte- ous and frank in his manners, and from his natural quickness of per- ception and his constant habit of mingling with men, he has a clear and accurate knowledge of human nature, and in his inter- course and dealing with his fellow- man he has well earned the repu- tation in which he is held; he married Miss Lodena Stitt, April 14, 1850, she was a native of Mor- gan county, Indiana; she died Oc- tober 13, 1863, leaving three chil- dren: Emily B. (now Mrs. W. A. Henry), Sarah A. (now Mrs. John A. Shuler), Catherine L. (now Mrs. Darnell); June 3, 1865, he married Miss Mary J. McCormick, who was born in Owen county, Indiana; by this marriage, they have one daughter: Ada Eliza- betli; Mr. Sandy lost three chil- drn by his first marriage: Thom- as, Henry and Ephraim.
SANDY, J. M., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Sandyville; born in Owen county, Indiana; when he was fifteen years of age his parents, Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Goss) Sandy came to this county and en- tered the land where the town of Sandyville now stands; he is one of the oldest settlers of the county, and knows what the hardships of pioneer life are; he was married April 30, 1857, to Miss Rachel Spurgeon, a native of Indiana; she died July 21, 1873, leaving a fam- ily of four children: John H., Franklin D., Eliza E. and Jesse E., all living; he married for his second wife Miss Elizabeth J. Switser, Dec. 24, 1874; she was a native of Ohio; she died May 24, 1876, leaving one son, Emmit; was again married Jan. 14, 1879,
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to Miss Louvena Myrick, a native of this county; he owns a large farm of 260 acres.
SANDY, W. G., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Sandyville; the subject of this sketch was born in Washing- ton connty, Indiana, Feb. 17, 1818, but was raised in Owen county, of that State; he came to this county in the year 1850, when it was a wild plain, yet unsettled, and was one among the first to make a claim within the limit of what now constitutes Warren county; his present homestead is the one he first inade; it now embraces 320 acres; he found a partner in the person of Miss Catharine Johns, of Indiana, whom he mar- ried in October, 1844, who died Sept. 25; 1853, leaving a family of three children: Jeremialı, Henry and Joseph; he was married to his present wife, whose maiden name was Elvira, daughter of Philip Lambert, Feb. 14, 1855; by this union they have six children : Julina, Mary E., Lanra A., Aman- da J., Thomas T. and Homer; Mr. Sandy is a man widely known and well respected, of genial disposi- tion, courteous and obliging.
SEAMAN, W., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Sandyville; born in Clinton connty, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1826; here he grew to manhood, and making the best of the opportunities af- forded in those days, lie received a very liberal education, so that at the age of nineteen he began teaching, which occupation he fol- lowed in the States of Ohio, Indi- ana and Illinois for eighteen years; he came to this county in 1858, when he combined farming with his profession, teaching win- ters and farming summers, till Aug. 25, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. B, Thirty-fourth Iowa In- fantry; he served to the close of the war, when he was discharged, in September, 1865; he was in the
battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Ar- kansas Post, siege of Vicksburg, Esperanza, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely, and many others in which the regiment was engaged; return- ing to his home at the close of the- war, he resumed farming; he owns a large farm of 160 acres of im- proved land; he was married April 19, 1859, to Miss Eliza Ditmers, a native of Ohio; they have three children: Editha A., Samuel D., Emma M., all living.
Sherman, I, M., farmer, Sec. 32; P .. O. Sandyville.
Shuler, John A., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Sandyville.
SINNARD, TAYLOR W., farmer, Sec. 11; P: O. Sandyville; son of T. J. Sinnard, who settled in this. county in 1846 was born in this. township, November 23, 1848; he was married January 23, 1871, to Miss Sarah E. Thornburg, a na- tive of Marion county, this State; they have four children: James. T., Ira, Berchard and Franklin; he owns a farm of 160 acres; Mr. Sinnard has grown up with the county; has been identified with its interests from childhood np,. and can truthfully say that it is. his home.
Sinnard, P., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sandyville.
SMITH, T. W., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Sandyville; was born in Lorain county, Ohio, November 18, 1848, and when seven years of age his parents came to Marion county this State, where the sub- ject of this sketch was principally raised; in 1875 be purchased the homestead of choice land where he now lives, which comprises 80 acres; he was married in Marion county, October 8, 1871, to Miss Mary Scott, born in Indiana, but raised in Madison county, this State; they have four children: Izora Etta, Sallennia Della, Elle- nor True, and Cassandra.
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Smock, John, steam saw-mill, P. O. Sandyville.
Smock, W. H., blacksmith, P. O. Sandyville.
SPURGIN, J. M., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 23; P. O. Sandy- ville; was born in Washington county, Indiana, September 22, 1831, and when fifteen years of age his parents removed to Owen county, where they lived till they came to this county in 1852, where he has since lived; he owns 360 acres of choice land, having splen- did improvements; he was mar- ried March 29, 1855, to Miss Mary J Dittemore, a native of Owen c'onnty, Indiana; they have nine children: Julina E., (wife of M. W. Lewis), Alice M., (wife of H. Switzer), Anna E., Mary E., John, Lillie, Charles, Laura and Mag- gie; when he came to this State, he had as a cash capital, sixty- eight dollars; from 1876 to 1879, was engaged in the mercantile business, at Sandyville, under the firm name of Fettors & Spur- gin; Mr. Spurgin enjoys an en- viable reputation as a business man; conservative in nature, yet courteous and hospitable.
Spurgin, Levi, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sandyville.
Spurgin, C. P., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sandyville.
STIERWALT, H. A., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Sandyville; born in Warren county, Indiana, Sept. 28, 1841; his parents moved to Polk county, this State, in 1856, where they remained two years, and then moved to this county. The sub- ject of this sketch followed farm- ing pursuits until Aug. 9th, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. D, 34th Iowa Inf., and served until Aug. 11, 1865, when he was discharged at Houston, Texas. He was in the battles of Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburg, Forts Morgan, Gaines,
and Blakely, and numerous other skirmishes in which the company was engaged. After he returned home he resumed his farming; he purchased his present farm of 80 acres in 1879. He married Dec. 19, 1866, Miss Sophia J. Pen- nington, of this county, who died Ang. 12. 1867; he married again, Jan. 28, 1869, Miss Elizabeth Ba- ker, a native of Ohio; they have two daughters: Florence A. and Hattie Alice, both living.
W ALKER ELIZABETH, far- mer, Sec. 29, I' O. Sandy- ville.
WILBUR, JOSIAH, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 33; P. O. Sandy- ville; born Sep. 4, 1823, in Jack- son county, Ohio. where he was raised to manhood. He came to Marion county, Iowa, in 1848, and remained there till 1864, when he came to this county, locating where he now lives; he owns 415 acres of land. He has in past years made his principal business stock raising, but now has turned his attention almost entirely to breed- ing and raising of fine stock. He is a man of unblemished reputa- tion, and one who believes in and practices the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have others do to you." He was mar- ried April 10, 1847, in Jackson county, Ohio, to Miss Louisa Carr, a native of Pennsylvania; they have a family of ten children: Anna E. (wife of J. J. Winning, of Cal.), Abraham, Nancy E. (now Mrs. Willis S. Hubbard, of this township), Sylvia (now Mrs. P. F. Howell, of this State), Joseph S., Emnia J., Wm. S., Flora D. and Eva May, all living; and three de- ceased: Josiah, Louisa, and an in- fant unnamed.
Wood, N. H., farmer, Sec. 28, P. O. Sandyville.
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A NDERSON, C. L., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Hartford; born in Maryland, March 22, 1827; when only a few years of age his parents moved to Ohio, locating in Knox county; there he was raised on a farm: in the fall of 1850, he came to Iowa, and set- tled in Allen township, Warren county, which was then Polk county: he went to Hartford in the spring of 1852, and in 1855 was married to Miss Ellen Mor- gan; she died in the year 1860; on the breaking out of the Rebel- lion, he enlisted in the first com- pany from Warren county, he being the first man from his town- ship (Richland). On the organi- zation of the company, he was elected 1st Sargent, which posi- tion he held until May, 1862, when he was commissioned 2d lieu- tenant of the company ; he was in some of the hottest and most closely-contested battles of the war; he had many narrow escapes, having been marked by the rebel bullets three different times, one of which came near being fatal, being shot through the arm and body, November 5, 1862, in a hot but short engagement ; after lay- ing in tlie hospital for some weeks, he was granted a leave of absence: when again fit for duty, lie returned to his command and remained with it until a few days after the siege and fall of Vicks- burg, when on the 12th of July, 1863, he was taken prisoner by the enemy at Jackson, Mississippi; he remained in their hands nearly twenty months, being in Libby prison for nine months; the bal- ance of the time he was at Ma- con, Georgia, Charleston and Columbia South Carolina, as well as other and less noted places of rebel torture and starvation;
while at Columbia, he made his escape, and for three long weeks endeavored to reach the Union lines by traveling at night, and hiding in some secluded place during the day; but at an evil hour, when nearly worn out by fatigue and hunger, but still in- spired by the love of liberty, the fatal moment came, and he was again in the hands of the enemy; about the first of March, 1865, he was exchanged near Wilmington, N. C. He was sent around to Anapolis, Maryland by ocean, and from there to Washington, District of Columbia, where, on the 12th of March, 1865, he was honorably discharged; he imme- diately came home, arriving there on April 16th, one day after the death of President Lincoln; July 30, 1865, he was married to Miss Ann F. Hancock, a native of Ohio: soon after his marriage, he purchased a fine farm of 138 acres near Hartford, upon which he still resides; they have a family of two sons and one danghter; Charles M., Stella P. and Ernest; one deceased, Delmer L.
Art, A. Y., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Hartford.
B ADGLEY, H. S., P. O. Hart- ford.
Badgley, A. M., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Hartford.
Badgley, James, Sec. 29; P. O. Hartford.
Baker, William, Sec. 35; P. O. Hartford.
Baldwin, Parmelia, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Carlisle.
Bates, William, fariner, Sec. 25, P. O. Hartford.
Beddell, Hugh, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Hartford.
Brasher, M. W .; P. O. Hartford.
Brigham, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Carlisle.
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BROWN, W. F., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Hartford; born in Tippeca- noe county, Indiana, Jan. 14, 1836; he came to this county with his parents in 1853; he owns 563 acres of choice land, well improved; he was married May 23, 1858, to Miss Rachel Biers, a native of Summit county, Ohio; they have five children living: Melissa M., Elizabeth, James F., George W. and Rachel, and have lost three: Martha J., Eva and Cora; he has held varions township offices of trust, and makes a specialty of raising fine stock; is quite exten- sively engaged in short horn grades, having abont eighty head on hand; he also raises and feeds stock.
Bullard, E., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Hartford.
C AIN, S. R., farmer, Sec. 20; P. (. Hartford.
Canady, G. G., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Hartford.
Canady, David, fariner, Sec. 12; P. O. Hartford.
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