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Clark, B., Jr., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Carlisle.
Clark, B., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Car- lisle.
Clark, Martlia, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Hartford.
CLARK, ALBERT, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Carlisle; born in Ross county, Ohio, in 1818, and came to this county in the fall of 1848, and since that time has always made his home here; he was mar- ried in Pike county, Ohio, in 1836, to Miss Delila Cotrell, a native of that State, and by this union they have a family of nine children, all living: Eldy, Branson, Nancy, Mary, Margaret, Isaac, Nunley, Albert and Jolin W .; he owns a farm of 128 acres; he was raised on a farın, and has followed it as an occupation through life.
Coe, C., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Hart- ford.
Coon, G. W .; P. O. Carlisle. Coon, Eli, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Hartford.
CORZATT, NATHANIEL, car- penter and farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Hartford; born in Indiana, in 1834, and when about ten years of age his parents emigrated to Ohio, where he made his home till he came to this country, in the winter of 1851, and since that time has been a permanent resi- dent of the county; when lie first came he followed brickmaking for a while, and learned his trade in 1853, which he has followed as a business, and at the same time managed his farm of 80 acres; he was married in Indiana. Aug. 20, 1856, to Miss Mary C. Shetterly, whose parents came to this county in 1848; this marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. P. P. Hen- derson, and at the same time, and by the same ceremony, Benjamin T. Shetterly was united to Miss Rebecca Wellons; Mr. C. has held various township offices. trustee, assessor and justice of the peace; his family consists of two dangh- ters, living, Ida A. and Sarah . Iphigenia, and three deceased.
Cox, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Hartford.
Cox, Susan. Sec. 25; P. O. Hartford. Creighton, L. P., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Hartford.
D ASHIELL, DR. M. A., physi- . cian and surgeon; P. O. Rich- land; born in Dearborn county, Indiana, in 1826; his natural taste led him to the selection of medi- cine as a profession; he came to this county in 1853, and settled in Hartford, Richland township, which has since been his home, where he has long since attained high rank in the profession and built up a large and Incrative practice, extending many miles into the country, and being often called upon by his brother practi-
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tioners in other localities to con- snltations on serions and critical eases; he is a member of the War- ren County Medical Society and the State Medical Association; he has served as a member in both the lower and upper house of the Iowa State Legislature; his pres- ence in the sick room is often not less beneficial to the desponding patient than his professional treat- ment; as a physician he is atten- tive and obliging; he possesses considerable professional pride and courtesy, and is highly esteemed by the profession for his ability, skill and integrity; in all places and under all circumstances he is loyal to Truth, Honor and Right; few men have more devoted friends or merit more the confidence and esteem of their fellow-citizens; he married Miss L. Noble, in 1851; she was born in Indiana; their family consists of five children: Mary, Jessie, Martha, Noble and Mark A.
Dean, H., farmer, See. 12; P. O. Hartford.
Dodson, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Hartford.
Dotson, Uriah, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Hartford.
Douglas, Jasper, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Hartfard.
DUNCAN, A. J., farmer, Sec. 21 P. O. Hartford; was born in Ken- tncky, Angust 18, 1821, and when about twelve years of age, his fa- ther removed to Owen connty, In- diana, where he made his home in that, and Morgan county, till he came to his present home, on the 24th day of October, 1852; his first occupation was the merean- tile business, in which he engaged the year he came to the county, and followed it for about six years, and since that time, has followed his present calling; he was mar- ried in Morgan county, Indiana, September 4, 1854, to Miss Loui-
sa Hendricks, of Kentucky, and by this union, they have one daughter: Martha Dora; during the war, he was clerk of the com- missary department, under Cap- tain Noble, and was stationed at Lookont Mountain, Tennessee, for nine months, and returned home in March, 1865; he has been a. member of the board of county supervisors, appointed first to fill vacancy, and after serving ont the unexpired term, was elected to the office in 1863, and afterwards resigned to go to the war; he owns a finely improved farm of 104 acres, on which he has lived since 1865.
F ETTERS, SAMUEL, Hartford.
Freel, A. W., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Hartford.
FREEL, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 15, P. O. Hartford; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, Janu- mary 11, 1810; in 1814, his pa- rents removed to Fayette county, Indiana, and afterwards to Ham- ilton county, where he was raised; he came to this county, in 1848, and located where he now lives ;. he has been twice married, first, to Miss Mary Guisen, a native of Virginia, who died and left six children, five of whom are now living: Paulina, Hester, Wm., James and Malinda, and two de- ceased; he was married a second time, Mareh 30, 1849, to Miss Louisa Moore, a native of Penn- sylvania; they have eight chil- dren living: Samuel, Benoni, Al- bert, Reason, Emma, Adaline, Margaret and Eli, and one de- ceased: Clara J .; he owns eighty acres of land; his father, Benoni Freel, was in the war of 1812. and his grand fathers on both sides, were in the Revolutionary war.
G OBLE, HIRAM, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Hartford.
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Goble, D. M., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Hartford.
Goldsberry, Nancy, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Carlisle.
Gregg, Albert, Hartford.
Gregg, Albert, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Hartford.
Gregg, A., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Hartford.
Guild, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Hartford.
GUTHRIE, N., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Hartford; born in Mont- gomery, now Pulaski county, Va., March 16, 1822; on his father's side his ancestors were of English origin, and on that of his mother were of German descent; his parents inoved to Delaware coun- ty, Indiana, in 1835, where the subject of this sketch lived till 1847, when he located in this county, and entered the land that constitutes his present homestead of 280 acres; he has held all the offices that his township could im- pose upon him, and also that of county supervisor for several years; Sept. 21, 1857, he married Miss Fannie Truitt, of Ohio, and they have by this union five children : Edward R., Horace S., Martha, Elmer E. and Florence J .; and four deceased; although Mr. Guthrie is known to be a man who does not seek office, he was elected a member of the legisla- ture, 9th General Assembly of Iowa, which position he filled with honor to himself and credit to the party that elected him; he is well versed in all the topics of the day; a man who is a close reader, and asserts. only that which he knows to be correct. Gwinn, S. M., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Hartford.
FTALE, JAMES A., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Wheeling. Halderman, J. B, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Hartford.
Henderson, E. F., Hartford.
Hamilton, H. H., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Hartford.
Hart, William, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Carlisle.
Haworth, G. W., farmer, Sec. 17 ;. P. O. Hartford.
Huff, H. A., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O .. Carlisle.
HUNT, NATHAN, farmer, See. 19; P. O. Carlisle; born in Guilford county, N. C., August 10, 1830; when he was three years of age,. his parents moved to Hendricks. county, Indiana, where he lived till twenty years of age, then came to this county, with his parents, in 1850; he married Miss Rebecca Hadley, October 2, 1861, a native of North Carolina; she died April 22, 1866, and left one son and one daughter: William O. and Mary E .; he re-married again to Ruth Draper, October 19, 1872, a native of Indiana; she died January 15, 1874.
Hushman, Catharine, farmer, Sec. 7; P. (). Carlisle.
JACKSON, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Hartford.
James, Stephen, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Hartford.
Joice, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Hartford.
K ING, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Hartford.
Kirts, W. J .; P. O. Hartford.
Kirts, W. G., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Hartford.
L AMB, NOAH, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Hartford.
Lamb, John, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O .. Hartford.
Landing, R., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Hartford.
Lewin, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Hartford.
Lewin, E. C., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O .. Hartford.
Lindsley, Nancy R., Sec. 21; P. O. Hartford.
LOWE, T. J., merchant : P. O. Hart-
ford; born in Indiana in the year-
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1834, and was raised in Indianapo- lis, and came from there to Hart- ford, and engaged in his present business March 14, 1878; he was married in Indiana in 1855, to Miss Sarah Brunmer, of that State, and by this union they have a family of four children: Sylvan A., Emma, William and Minnie. Lyon, E., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Wheeling.
Lyon, Joshua, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Wheeling.
Lyon, J. N., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O., Wheeling.
M TcCoy, E. M., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Hartford.
McEntire, L. C., farmer, Sec, 15; P. O., Hartford.
McEntire, J. F., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Hartford.
McEntire, W. W., P. O., Hartford.
Marsh, B., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Wheeling.
MASON, J. L., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Carlisle; born in this township March 4, 1853, and has been a permanent resident of the county ever since; he married Miss Eliza Greenway, June 3, 1877, a native of Marion county, this State; they have one daughter, Sallie.
Mason, William, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Hartford.
MASON, WILLIAM H., Jr., far- mer, Sec. 13: P. O. Carlisle; born in Palmyra, township, this coun- ty, January 22d, 1858, and has lived here ever since; his father came in 1846; April 3, 1877, he was married to Miss Flora Hunt, wlio was born in the State of Illinois; they have one daughter, Beulah.
MERRITT, W. H., Physician and Surgeon, P. O. Hartford; is a na- tive of England, born in the year of 1853, whose parents came to this country in 1860, and located in St. Louis, Missouri, and both died shortly after; he was princi- pally raised in this State, and re-
ceived his early education in this 'county; and read medicine with Dr. Lindsley of Hartford, with whom he afterwards practiced; he graduated, M. D., at the Keokuk Medical College, February 13, 1877: and since that time has practiced his profession at his present location; he came to this county in 1862, and in 1869 en- listed in the Regular Army, and served five years; he was married in 1877, to Miss Mary Maxwell; they have one son, Judson.
Moor, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Hartford.
MURRAY, EZRA D., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 13; P. O. Hart- ford; born in Ohio in 1843, and came to this county with his pa- rents when a boy. He was mar- ried in 1864 to Miss Almira Fen- ton, of Indiana; they have a fani- ily of six children living: Ed- ward, Mary E., Samuel, John, Jesse B., and Elizabeth. He was raised on a farm, and now owns one of 110 acres.
MURRAY, EDWARD, retired farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Hartford; born in Baltimore, Md., in 1807, and raised there till 22 years of age, when he came to Richland county, Ohio, where he lived till 1850, when he came to this coun- ty, and bought 400 acres of land in Marion county, and went there and lived three years, and returned to this county. He built a saw mill at an expense of $4,000, which he run for about ten years. He has been twice married: first, in Baltimore county, Md., in 1830, to Miss Elzabeth Walter, who died in 1833, and left two sons: Jacob and Joshna; he was married a sec- ond time in 1833, to Elizabeth" Dennis, in O .; her father is now living, 92 years of age; by this union they have three children living: Ezra D., Angeline, and Barbara E., and seven deceased. .
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Myrick, W., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Hartford.
N ICHOLSON. R., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Carlisle. Nunnelly. L. B., merhant, Hartford.
O WENS, THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 17, P. O. Hartford.
P
ARK, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 28; O. Hartford.
PENDRY, R. T., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Hartford; born in Clinton county, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1844, and when six years of age his parents, Thomas and Rachel (Stitt) Pen- dry, emigrated to this county, where the subject of this sketch was raised; he was married April 14th, 1867, to Miss Hanet A. Pyle, a native of Indiana; they have two children: Jas. A., and Thos .; he owns an improved farm of 200 acres.
Pendry, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Hartford.
Pendry, L. A., Hartford.
Phillips, J., Sec. 35; P. O. Hartford. Phillips, S., Sec. 35; P. O. Hartford. Phillips, John, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Hartford.
Pyle, James, Hartford.
Pyle, A. W., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Hartford.
R AWSON, J. E., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Hartford.
Rees, James W., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Hartford.
Rees, David, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Hartford.
Rees, Geo., farmer, Sec. S; P. O. Carlisle.
RHINE, J. W., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Hartford; born in the State of Maryland in 1819; when but a small boy his parents moved to Ohio, where he was raised till in the fall of 1845, when he came to this county. with his family, in wagons, and remained but one year, when on account of sickness in his family, he returned to Ohio, : and remained till the spring of · 1852, when he came back to this
- county and settled on his present farm of 122 acres; he was twice married, first in Ohio, in 1841, to Miss Sophia Ginder, who died in this county in December, 1858, and left six children, four of whom are now living: John, Jacob M., James A., and Thomas; two de- ceased, Wm. H., who died in the army, and Sophia E .; he was mar- ried a second time to Malinda Wilson in 1859; they have nine children : George, Louis, Franklin B., Amanda, Homer, Mark, Fred- die, Petromella, and Stella.
Richardson, James, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Hartford.
Roberts, A., Hartford.
Roberts, B. F., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Hartford. Rogers, James M., Hartford.
S
AVEL, JOHN, Hartford.
Seevers, Allen, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Hartford.
Seevers, Marion, farmer, Sec. 20 ;. P. O. Hartford.
SHAUCK, CORNELIUS, propri- etor Hartford Flouring Mills, Hartford; is a native of Maryland, born in the year 1829, and came from there to Richland county, Ohio, in 1841, and to this county in the spring of 1850, and settled at Summerset, where he worked at the millwright business; he has worked at this business nearly all the time since he came to the county, but during the time he has spent one year in Van Buren county, two summers in Ohio, and one in Minnesota; he built his. mills in 1873; was married in In- dianola, to Miss Rahama A. Spi- res, of Ohio, in 1862; they have a family of three sons: Frederick, Charles and Oliver.
Sherman, W. S., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Hartford.
SHETTERLY, REV. B. F., P. O. Hartford; the subject of this sketch, was born in Indiana, in
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1836, and was raised there till fifteen years of age, when he came to this county with his parents, in 1851; he was raised on a farm, and received his early education and training at Hartford, and in 1868, was licensed to preach, and entered the itinerancy in 1875; was married August 20, 1856, to Miss Rebecca Wellons, of Ken- tucky; they have a family of four children: Wm. I., Jemima B., Clarence G., and Lewis E .; he owns a little farm of 40 acres in section 18; he enlisted in the late rebellion, in Co. B, 34th Iowa In- fantry, Angst 12, 1862, and served three years; his present charge is at Pleasantville, Marion county.
Shettely, J. H., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Hartford.
Shetterly, T. A., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Hartford.
Shepherd, W. C., Hartford.
Shepherd, Asa, Hartford.
Shepherd, J. F., Hartford.
SHOOK, M. G., farmer, Sec. 13;
P. O. Hartford; the subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in another place, was born in Snm- mit county, Ohio, October 2, 1825, and was principally raised there; he came to this county in 1849, and located on liis present homestead, which he entered, and now consists of 280 acres of well improved land; he was married March 21, 1858, to Miss Eden Metcalf, a native of England; he traces his ancestors, on his father's side, back to German origin, hav- ing resided in this country before the Revolutionary War; his ma- ternal grandmother was the first child born in America of German parentage; he has held various township offices, and is now trus- tee; his mother resides with him, a lady well preserved of her age, which is now 86.
Slack, Mary, Hartford.
Shook, Adam, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Hartford.
Slack, A. J., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Hartford.
SMITH, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 16;
P. O. Hartford; born in Ohio in 1823, and raised there; he came to this county in Oct. 1851, and located on his present homestead in February, 1852, and since that time has made it his home; he has been twice married, first, in Ohio in 1845, to Miss Mary E. Sypher, of that State, who died in 1871, and left a family of six children: Martlı A. (wife of R. McDole), Isaac L., Sarah J. (wife of Geo. Lewis), John D., Harriet A. and Ella; he was married again in 1873 to Phoebe E. Kel- ley, of Ohio, and by this union they have one child: Emma; Mr. Smith followed steam boating previous to his coming to this county, but since he settled here he has followed his present occu- pation.
Smith, A. D., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Hartford.
Snelson, Levi, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Hartford.
Spain, Wesley, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Hartford.
Spain, Albert, Hartford.
Spain, Wesley, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Hartford.
Spain, J. Q., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Palmyra.
Spiers, E., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Hartford.
Spry, E. G., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Hartford.
SPRY, G. W., farmer and fruit- grower, Sec. 16; P. O. Hartford; born in Logan county, Ohio, in 1830, and came to Polk county, this State, in 1852; he was mar- ried in his native county to Miss Elizabeth G. Baird, of that State; they have two daughters: Ellen and Johanna; and one deceased: Mary F .; Mr. Spry was raised on
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a farm, and has followed farming as an occupation all his life, and now owns a farm of eighty acres; he came to this county in Nov., 1862; he enlisted in Co. C, 23d Ia. Inft., and was transferred to Co. B, 34th Iowa, August, 1862, and was discharged in March, 1863, on account of disability; was in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs and Arkansas Post; has held the office of justice of the peace and township assessor two terms; and township trustee one term.
T ALBOTT, HANNAH, Sec. 21; P. O. Hartford.
TAYLOR, JOHN R., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Hartford; born in Ross county, Ohio, April 1, 1830; his parents emigrated to this county in 1848, and located where the subject of this sketch now lives; he owns 375 acres of land; the Knoxville and Des Moines rail- road passes through his land, along the bluffs of the Des Moines river, where there is an inexhaustible coal mine; he was married Sept. 16, 1858, to Miss Margaret Lash, a native of this State; they have two children living: William E. and Mary J .; have lost two: P. Gad and Charles E .; has held the office of township clerk since 1862; has also been township assessor.
Taylor, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O: Hartford.
Taylor, Esther, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Hartford.
Tidball, Nancy, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Hartford.
Tilley, A., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Hartford.
IERS. A. F., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Hartford.
Viers, Elizabeth, Sec. 24; P. O. Hartford.
Viers, Anna, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Hartford.
Viers, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Hartford.
W ASSON, J. C. S., hotel and post-office, Hartford; is native of Highland county, Ohio; born in 1819, and was a raised in that State, and made it his home till he came to this county and settled at Hartford, in in 1854, and since that time has been a permanent resident; in 1855 he engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed up to 1876, except one year that he was in the late war; he enlisted in Co. B, Thirty-fourth Iowa Volun- teers, Ang. 12, 1862; he made up the company, and npon its organ- ization was made First Lienten- ant, which position he held till Angust, 1863, when he was dis- charged on account of disability; he was married in Ohio, in 1845, to Miss Julia A. Spry, of that State; they have a family of five children living: James R. ( Pay- master in the United States Army in Texas), Anna E. (wife of M. Barkhurst), Minnie J., George W. ( Paymaster's Clerk in the U. S. Army in Texas), and Bertrand; his son James R. is a graduate of West Point, and was sent to Japan by the Government, and while there was in the Japanese army two years, and also Professor of Engineering in a college in Yeddo. Mr. Wasson was appointed Post- master under Buchanan in 1857, and has held the office since, ex- cept six years.
Wasson, C. H., Hartford.
Watts, William, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Hartford.
Wellons, S. M., Sec. 20, P. O. Hart- ford.
Whitmore, W. W .; P. O. Hartford. Wilson, John, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Hartford.
Wilson, W. G., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Hartford.
Wilson, James T., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Hartford.
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Wetzel, Jacob; P. O. Hartford.
Woodward, James, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Hartford.
Wright, W. R., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Hartford.
Wright, Abraham, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Carlisle. Y "OUNG, D. F., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Hartford.
PALMYRA TOWNSHIP.
B AINBRIDGE, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Palmyra. Bartholomew & Son, merchants, Palmyra.
BARTHOLOMEW, G. M., mer- chant, Palmyra; was born in In- diana, in 1825, but was raised in Illinois, from a small boy; his parents died when he was young; he located in this county, in 1852, in October, and that same year he engaged in the mercantile business, and has been connected with it since; October 2, 1878, lie was burned out, and his loss is es- timnated at abont seven thousand dollars, but he rebuilt as soon as possible; he married in Illinois, in 1849, to Miss Mary Flesher, of that State; they have seven chil- dren: W. N., Ezra, Laura, Noah, James, Joseph and Minnie; he enlisted in the one hundred day service, in Co. A, Forty-eighthı Iowa, but served for five months; he owns 142 acres of land, and follows farming to quite an ex- tent; was appointed postmaster at Palmyra, 1859.
Bartholomew, W. N., Sec. 31; P. O. Palınyra.
Barnett, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Ackworth.
Beem, Benjamin, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Palmyra.
Beem, Wm., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Palın yra.
Bernard, Nicholas, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Palmyra.
Blanchard, James, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Palmyra.
BLAKE, JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 1,
P.O. Palmyra; was born in Noble county, Ohio, in the year 1833,
January 20, and came to this. county, in 1855. and since that time has made it his permanent home; he was married in Ohio, in 1854, to Miss Lucinda Wheeler, of that State, who died May 7, 1873, and left a family of seven sons and five danghters: Andrew N., George N., Eli V., Joseph A., Lydia A., Elmer E., Roselia E., Ulyssus G., Leveretta J., Gentil- iska May, Mary J. and Benjamin, who has since died; he was mar- ried a second time, December 19, 1877, to Nancy E. Adkins, of In- diana; they have one son: Win .; he owns an improved farm of 175. acres.
BLAKE, JAMES D., Physician and Surgeon; P. O. Palmyra; born in Olive county, Ohio, No- vember 25, 1838; he was educated at Marietta College, and studied medicine at Columbus, Ohio, Starling Medical College, whence he graduated M. D., in 1869; he settled first at Lowell, Ohio, in partnership with Dr. Echelberry, and moved to his present location at Palmyra in October; 1870; his practice is general, surgery how- ever, and diseases of the eye be- ing his specialty; he has per- formed nearly all the Capital operations with success; he is a. member of the Noble County Medical Society, and has been President and Secretary and also a member of the Warren County Medical Society, of which he has been Vice-President and Treas- urer, and a member of the Iowa State Medieal Society; his con- tributions to medical literature
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have been "Puerperal Fever," its cansation and treatment, Rich- mond and Lonisville Medical Journal, December, 1876. “ A case of poisoning and death with Veratrum Viride." American
Medical Weekly, November, 1874. "Case of a white girl twelve years old, giving birth to a mulatto child weighing nine ponnds," American Medical
Weekly. "No Humbuggery," Warren Record. Articles contri- buted to Medical Societies, " In- flammation, its Etiology, " Tuber- cular Consumption," Typhoid Fever of the West," "Spinal Con- cnssion," " Railway Spine," " A new Cephalns Monster, with draw- ing," American Bi-weekly Medi- cal Journal. " Abscess of the Womb," &c. In April 9, 1863, he married Miss Hannah E., daugh- ter of James Kelley, Esq. of Banesville, Ohio; they have a family of two sons and one daughter; Eugene Lind, Byron Storer, Luna May.
Blizzard, H., Sec. 31; P. O. Pal- myra.
Bond, Hiram, farmer, Sec. 1, town- ship 76; P. O. Palmyra.
Bruce, M. T., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Palmyra.
Bruce, P. R., P. O. Palmyra.
Bruce, J. W., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Hartford.
Buchanan, Alexander, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Palmyra.
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