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Butterfield, W. S., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Palmyra.
C AMPBELL, DAVID, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Palmyra.
Campbell, James, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Palmyra.
Campbell, W. W., farmer, Sec. 35: P. O. Palmyra.
Carnes, Jno., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Palmyra.
Clarke, H., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Palmyra.
Cosan, S. M., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Palmyra.
Craig, David, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Palmyra.'
Cutlip, J. H., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Palmyra.
D AVIS, M. R., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Hartford.
Deaton, J. R., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Ackworth.
Dixon, A. J., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Palmyra.
Dunn, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Palmyra.
E LLISON, SARAH, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Palmyra.
Epps, G. A., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Palinyra.
Eicher, Geo., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Palmyra.
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ARLEY, LEWIS, Palmyra.
Farley, Wm. J., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Palmyra.
Farley, Sylvester, farmer, Scc. 31; P. O. Palmyra.
FENTON, OTIS J., Pottery, Pal- myra; born in Ohio in 1840, Sept. 26th; when five years old his par- ents emigrated to St. Joe connty, Ind., where he enlisted in Co. O, 12th Michigan Volunteers, Oct. 4, 1861, and served two years, then re-enlisted at Little Rock, Ark., for three years longer; he was mustered out at Camden, Ark., Feb. 1866, after four years service, and discharged at Jack- son, Mich., March 6, 1866; after the war he returned to his native State, and settled in Laporte county; came to this county in Oct. 1869; he was married in New Buffalo, Mich., Feb. 21, 1864, to Miss Lncretia P. Hin- man, of Berrien county, that State; they have one son: Charlie Glenn; and six deceased; Mr. Fenton was raised on a farm, and has followed farming as an occu- pation most of the time.
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Fisk, Moses, farmer, See. 3; P. O. -
Palmyra.
Flesher, M. F., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Palmyra.
Frazier, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Hartford.
Friar, W., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Pal- myra.
G ARNER, JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Palmyra.
Gardner, W. H., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Palmyra.
Gibbons, T., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Palınyra.
GOLDIZEN, O., farmer, Sec. 5;
P. O. Palmyra; born in Park county, Indiana, June 4, 1827, where he was raised, and made his home till he came' to this county in 1853; he owns 140 acres of choice land, well improv- ed, having two miles of the best hedge fence in the county; is an honest, upright, straightforward man, of unblemished character; August 7, 1851, he married Miss Eliza A. Runey, a native of In- diana; they have eight children: W. S., Jno. M., Eliza M., Seigle, Grant, Wm., Donis and Charlie; have lost two: Millen and Mary. Gregg, Wm., fariner, Sec. 19; P. O. Palmyra.
H ALL, DENNIS, farmer, See. 30; P. O. Palmyra.
Hart, J. P., farmer, See. 30; P. O. Palmyra.
Hart, A. K., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Palmyra.
Haworth, Mahlon, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Ackworth.
Hayworth, G. D., farmer, Sec. 1, township 76; P. O. Ackworth.
Hayes, Thomas, Est., Sec. 35; P. O. Palmyra.
Hickman, Edmund, Jr., Sec. 3; P. O. Palmyra.
Hull, E. H., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Palmyra.
TGO, LEWIS, Palmyra.
TAMES, H. R., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Palınyra.
James, S. V. R., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Palmyra.
James, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Palmyra.
Jamison, J. M., Sec. 31; P. O. Pal- myra.
JURY, ENOS, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Indianola; born in Fayette county, Ohio, September 6, 1822, and was raised there; he married Miss Sidney Wright, of Highland county, Ohio, January 10, 1850; the following fall they went to Randolph county, Indiana, where they remained for one year and then returned to Howard county, where he made his home till June, 1856, when he came to this coun- ty; he has lived on liis present homestead for fourteen years; he is a cabinet maker by trade, and .
followed it in Palmyra till he eame to his farm, which contains 143 acres; they have a family of two daughters and one son: Clarkson W., Ella E. (wife of Samuel S. Thomas, now living in Oregon), and Elizabeth M.
K ERR, L. H., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Hartford.
King, William, Sec. 31; P. O. Pal- myra.
Kitchell, C. W., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Hartford.
L EMON, T. J., See. 32; P. O. Palmyra.
Lemon, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Palmyra.
Lewis, Dill, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Palmyra.
Lewis, G. W., Sec. 31; P. O. Pal- myra.
Lindewood, William, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Palmyra.
Lloyd, James, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Hartford.
M PHERSON, W., Sec. 27; P. O. Hartford.
MARIETTA, J. C., physician and
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surgeon, P. O. Palinyra; born in Summerset county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1845, and moved, with his parents, to Fayette county in the year 1848, and from there to this State in 1857, and to Warren connty in 1864; he enlisted as a private in Co. A, 48th regiment, Iowa Volunteers, June 11, 1864, and was discharged October, 1864; his early education was received at Indianola; in 1867 he went to Illinois, where he studied medi- cine, and in 1871 he went to Min- nesota, and returned to Iowa the same year, and engaged in the drug business at Grinnell, Pow- ashiek county; he attended the college of physicians and surgeons, at Keokuk, in 1873, and gradn- ated an M. D. in 1876; he located in Palmyra in 1874, and was mar- ried to Miss Hattie M. Lutz, of Palmyra, in 1875; she was born in Indiana, and came to Iowa at an early age.
McVay, James, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Ackworth.
Matthews, T. D., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Palmyra.
Maxwell, Dillon, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Palmyra.
Miller, J. H., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Palmyra.
Miller, Abraham, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Palmyra.
Moon, Hiram, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Ackworth.
Moon, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Palmyra.
Morris John, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Palmyra.
Morgan, C., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Palmyra.
Mote, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Hartford.
Moulton, Charles C., Sec. 31; P. O. Palmyra.
Myrick, J. H., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Ackworth.
Myrick, Eli, farmer, Sec. 29, P. O. Hartford.
Moon, Eli. Sec. 2; P. O. Palmyra. TEWLIN, ELIAS, farmer, Sec.
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23; P. O. Carlisle; was born in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1822; he lived there till about twelve years of age, then moved to Hen- dricks county, Indiana, with his parents, and remained till sixteen years of age; while there he mar- ried Miss Rodema Lewis, in 1843; they came to this county in the fall of 1850, and located where they now live; their homestead consists of 300 acres; in 1861, Mr. N. met with quite a loss from fire, his honse and contents burn- ed, making a loss of about $3,000; they have no family; Mrs. New- lin has been a great sufferer for about eight years, has not been ont of the house for seven years, and most of the time has been confined to her bed; he is a stock holder in the Warren County Bank to the amount of $4,200.
NICHOLLS, G. H., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Palmyra; was born in Brook county, West Virginia, March 23, 1821; when a small lad, his father moved to Knox county, Ohio, where he was raised; in 1853 he came to this county; having had but little success pre- vions to his coming to this county, he rented land for several years in this vicinity. In 1864 he pur- chased the 100 acres on which he now resides, and since that time has increased his real estate to 263 acres, having accomplished all this by hard labor and good judg- ment, assisted by one of the no- blest of women, formerly Miss Sophia Howe, a native of Ohio, whom he married March 23, 1847; they have nine children: Elliott, Susan M. (wife of I. Sutton), Margaret E. (wife of A. McCar- ty), Thos. J., Lucinda, Cyrus, El- mira (now Mrs. E. Gunlock), Da- vid, and Florence; lost one daugh- ter, Alice.
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O VERTON, WM., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Ackworth. ARKER, SMITH, farmer, Sec. 5, P. O. Palmyra.
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PARK, MRS. ELIZABETH, far- mer, Section 19; P. O. Palmyra; widow of Wm. Park, who was born in Ireland in 1822 and came to America in 1844, and first lived in Pennsylvania, and then came to Ohio, where he made his home till he came to this State, in 1851, and to Warren county in 1855; he died in Jannary, 1879. Mrs. Park was married to her husband in Ohio in 1849; she has a family of six children living: James, Nancy J. (now wife of M. Talbot), Geo., Milton, Zachariah, and Emmet; her homestead consists of 302 acres of land.
PAYNE, ARCHIBALD, black- smith; P. O. Palmyra; born in North Carolina Oct. 8, 1822; his parents came to Indianapolis, Ind., when he was quite young, where he was raised and learned his trade, which he has followed since as an occupation. June 8, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G, 3d Iowa In- fantry, and was honorably dis- charged June 8th, 1864, at Dav- enport. While in the service he participated in the battles of Shi- loh, Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi, and the Red River campaign. He came to this county and set- tled in the year 18-, and has since that time made it his home; he has held the office of coroner one term, and justice of the peace several years. He was married in Bloomington, Ill., in 1846, to Miss N. J. Glimpse, of Indiana; they have by this union a family of four children: Matilda A. (now wife of W. W. Marshall), Lanra F. (now wife of S. McClure), Ma- ry B. (now wife of W. A. Bar- tholomew), and Alonzo.
1 Perry, Michael, farmer, Sec. 10, P. O. Ackworth.
Prall, Thos., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Ackworth.
Pyles, L. F., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Ackworth.
EED, WM., farmer, Sec. 14; P.
RE L O. Palmira.
Reed, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Hartford.
REYNOLDS, ALFRED, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Ackworth; born in Ohio in 1834, and came to this county in March, 1849, and has made it his home since, except two years that he spent in his na- tive State; he was married in this connty in 1857, to Miss Catharine Perry; they have ten childrn liv- ing: Win. H., Mary J., Chas. A., Francis, Alice J., Annie, Noma, Julia, Thomas, and George. Mr. Reynolds was raised on a farm, and now owns one of 132 acres.
Reynolds, Alfred, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Palmyra.
Rubottom, Simon, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Palmyra.
Rubottom, Jane, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Palmyra.
S ANDERS, THOMAS, Sec. 31; P. O. Palmyra.
Shepherd, Mrs. M., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Palmyra.
Silcott, H. E., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Hartford.
Simon, C. R., farmer, Sec. 1, Town- ship 76; P. O. Palmyra.
Simon, George, farmer, Sec. 1, Township, 76; P. O. Palmyra. Simon, F. D., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Palmyra.
Singenfelter, Gilbert, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Palmyra.
Smith, Mary, Sec. 23; P. O. Pal- myra.
SPAIN, JOHN Q., farmer and stock raiser and buyer, Sec. 31; P. O. Palmyra; born in the State. of Iowa, in the year 1850, and was principally raised in this
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county, having come to it in 1852 with his parents: he was born in Van Buren connty; he came to his present home in the spring of 1879, which consists of 160 acres; he was married in this county in 1871, to Miss M. A. Pendry, of this State; they have by this union, one son and one daughter, Robert T. and Nellie; they have lost one.
Spence, A. L., farmer, Sec. 24 ; P. O. Palmyra.
Stump, James, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Palmyra.
Switzer, H. J., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Palmyra.
T ALBOYS, MARTHA, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Palmyra.
Thompson, T. J., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Palmyra.
"Thompson, Newton, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Palmyra.
Thomas, S. P., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Palmyra.
TRESHAM, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 26, P. O. Palmyra; was born in Greenbriar county, Virginia, March 9, 1829, and was raised there; when twenty years of age, he left his home, and removed to Highland county, Ohio, he re- mained there five years, and was married to Miss Mary J. Wright, March 24, 1853, a native of that connty, the following year they emigrated to Warren county; he has lived on his present homestead for ten years, it contains 150 acres; they have one son and four dangh- ters: Eunice, Emma, Issadora, John D. and Ida M., have lost two sons: Edward H. and Robert A. "Tumbtin Bros., butchers, Sec. 31; P. O. Palmyra.
V 'ANCE, ELI, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Palmyra.
Van Fleet, W., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Palmyra.
Vernon, James, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Ackworth.
W ADE, BENJAMIN, farm - er, Sec. 26, P. O. Carlisle; born in Lucerne county, Pennsyl- vania, January 30, 1822; was four years of age, when his parents moved to Muskingum county. Ohio, but was . principally raised in Seneca county; was married there to Miss Maria Miller, De- cember, 1844, a native of Fairfield county, that State; they came to this county, in 1856, and he now owns 204 acres of land; they have a family of five sons: Lafayette, Joseph, Abraliam, Robert and Benjamin Jr., they have lost two sons and two danghters: James and Chaney, who were killed by the Indians, near Fort Kearny, Margaret T. and Rebecca E.
Waite, John, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Palmyra.
Webster, Mary, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Palmyra.
WEBSTER, E. P., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Palmyra; born in Park county, Indiana, January 13, 1842, and when quite young his parents moved to Knox county, Illinois, where he lived till nine years of age, and came to this county in 1857, where he has since made his home-except three years that he was engaged in farming in Colo- rado; he owns a nicely improved farm of ninety acres, which he has made by the sweat of his brow, as he started life without capital; February 4, 1869, he married Miss Mary J. Farley, of Mahaska coun- ty, this State; they have three chil- dren living: Flora M., Isaac P. Ida M .; have lost one daughter, Alice, who died April 25, 1876.
Whitmore, Milton, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Palmyra.
WILSON, A., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Hartford; born in Rulaski county, Kentucky, December 14, 1820; his parents moved to Owen coun- ty, Indiana, in 1822, where the
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subject of this sketch was raised; in 1858 he came to Appanoose county, Iowa, and from there to this county, in 1875, and has since resided on his present homestead, which consits of eighty acres of good land; was married January 15, 1850, to Miss Margaret Whit- aker, a native of Jefferson county, Kentucky; they have four chil- dren living: Sarah E., John K., William E. and E. P. M .; he was left an orphan at five years of age, and had to battle with the world for all that he has.
WILSON, JACOB P., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Summerset; born in Washington county, Ohio, March 7, 1840, and was raised there; he came to this State in 1865, and located in Linn county; while there he married Miss Mary M. Bolton, Jannary 1, 1870, a native of that county; they have a family of two sons: Allen L. and Albert P .; he enlisted in the late war of the rebellion in August, 1861, in Co. F, 36th Ohio infantry, and was mustered out in the fall of 1864; was in the battles of Lewis- burg, Virginia, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antetam, Chick- amanga, Tennessee, Mission
Ridge, Winchester, Virginia, and various skirmishes; he owns a. farm of 125 acres.
Wirich, Marshall, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Palmyra.
Wright, Jonathan, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Palmyra.
Wright, J. W., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Palmyra.
Wright, T. J., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Palmyra.
ARNALL, DAVID, farmer; Sec. 3: P. O. Summerset.
YARNALL, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Summerset; born in Harrison county, Kentucky, May 7, 1811; he lived there till nineteen years of age; then went with his father to Vermillion county, Ill., where he lived for twenty-five years; and while there he married Miss Hester A. Rich- ards, Sept. 6, 1832, who died June 17, 1878, and left a family of four. sons and four daughters: Millie (now Mrs. A. Vandilla), Barr, Isaac, David, Mary (now Mrs .. Beam), Sarah (now Mrs. Gregg), and James; he came to this coun- ty in Sept. 1854, and has lived on his present farm of 120 acres since 1860.
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A DKINS, B. B., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Carlisle.
Adkins, M. C., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Carlisle.
Albertson, E. F., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Carlisle.
Alkire, J. W., farmer, Sec. -; P. O. Carlisle.
Anderson, T. C., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Carlisle.
Anderson, J. S., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Carlisle.
Armstrong, John, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Carlisle.
FABER, M. A., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Carlisle.
BAKER, E. D., hardware, stoves and furniture, Carlisle; born in Dodge county, Wis., Oct. 8, 1848, and was raised there; he came to, his present home, and has been engaged in his present business. ever since; he married Miss L. D. Perrin, Jan. 16, 1871, a native of Ohio; they have a family of three sons and one daughter: Edward, Alva, Addie and Perry. Batters, John, laborer, Carlisle. 1
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BAUGH, THOS. W., physician and surgeon, Carlisle; born in Highland, county, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1835, and was raised there till eight years old, when his parents moved to Brown county, where he lived till fifteen years of age, and came to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he was educated at the Normal school of that place, and Washington College, at Washing- ton, Iowa; he read medicine with Dr. D. A. Huffman, of Oskaloosa, and graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Keo- knk, in 1864; the same spring he went into the service as assistant surgeon, and remained till the fall of 1865, and then came to this place and commenced the practice of his profession; he married Miss Carrie Connell March 1, 1866, a native of High- land county, Ohio; they have one son and two danghters: Minnie A., Wm. L. and Flora M .; during the winter of 1869 he took a course of lectures at Belvne Col- lege, New York; he has been very successful in the practice of his profession.
Beauchamp, I., clerk, P. O. Carlisle. Beauchamp, C., hnekster, P. O. Car- lisle.
Bender, Frederick, Sec. 6; P. O. Carlisle.
Bender, Levi, merchant, Sec. 6; P. O. Carlisle.
Blasdell, Betty, widow, P. O. Car- lisle.
Boyd, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Carlisle.
BRAMHALL, JOHN, stock raiser, Sec. 17; P. O. Carlisle; was born in Derbyshire, England, September 7, 1805, and in the spring of 1831 he came to the United States, and located in Boston, where he worked in a cotton factory, eighteen miles from the city, and while there he married to Miss Elona Sinith, a native of Boston, January, 1832;
he left there in February, 1833, and came to Carroll county, Ohio, and engaged in farming, till 1850, when he came to this connty and located where he now lives; his wife died at Indianola, July 20, 1868, and left for sons, and four dangliters: Betsy, Joseplı, Eleazer, Emmerson, Harrison, Mary A. M., Hannah, Hellen; he married again to Jnlia Asbury, September, 1868, a native of England; they have one son, John A; was en- gaged in the hardware business for abont four years, and the bal- ance of the time he has given his attention to stock raising, and that of the best quality.
Britton, M. L., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Carlisle.
Brown, Rev., pastor M. E. Church. Buchanan, J. M., laborer, Carlisle.
BUDD, C. W., Station Agent at Carlisle; born in Mill county, Illinois, in the year 1853, and has been a resident of Iowa for the past six years; has been station agent at this point for two years; he was married November 5, 1877, to Miss Lizzie Kopp, of Winterset, a native of Pennsyl- vania.
Buten, Francis, Carlisle.
BUXTON, WILLIAM, farmer, and stock raiser, P. O. Carlisle; born in Derbyshire, England, May 16, 1830; when twenty-one years of age he came to the United States, and went with his brother to Shelby county, Indiana, where he remained till Nov. 1852; he rode from Shelbyville to this county, on horseback; he married Miss Betsy, daughter of John Bramhall, (who came to this county in 1850), on April 28, 1858, a native of Massachusetts; he lived in an old log-house for abont seventeen years; has a fam- ily of one son and four dangh- ters: Elizabeth A., Sarah E., Wil- liam Jr., Clara and Agnes; he
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owns about 2000 acres of land, nearly all improved: is interested 'in the stock business quite large- ly, and also owns a woolen mill at Palmyra, one of the oldest in Central Iowa; he bought out Simpson Hargis, one of the first settlers.
Buzich, Nancy, hotel keeper, Carlisle. ASTEEL, JACOB, laborer. C
Clemant, James, teamster.
CLOUGH, T. M., blacksmith, Sec. 17; P. O. Carlisle; born in Sus- quehanna county, Penn., Oct. 19, 1826, and lived there till he was 19 years of age; he commenced his trade at the age of 14, and has followed it as an occupation through life. He traveled more or less until he was 30 years of age, when he went to Missouri, where he remained till 1861, when he came to Carlisle. He married in Schuyler county, Mo., to Miss Mary J. Harmon, a native of O .; they have five sons and three daughters: Sylvester D., Milo M., Clarissa, Nettie E., Leroy G., Thos. M., Reta, and Benjamin F. He owns a farm of 40 acres.
Crawford, H. D., U. B. Pastor. D' EETS, FRANK, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Carlisle.
Deets, Noah, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Carlisle.
E PPS, WM., farmer, Sec, 21; P. O. Carlisle.
ARLEY, MATT., dealer in Agricultural Implements; P. O. Carlisle; born near Palmyra, in this county, Nov. 10, 1846, and is supposed to be the first white child born within the limits of the county; his parents came here in 1845. He enlisted in the late re- bellion in Co. D, 15th Iowa Inf., and served till the close of the war; he was at the siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Marietta, Kennesaw Mountain, Savannah, Ga., and va- rious skirmishes. He married
Elizabeth J. Ellison, Sept. 17, 1867, a native of Indiana; they have four children: Edward, Guy, Mary L. and Laura.
Fisher, E. N., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Carlisle.
FOULKE, CHARLES F, retired ; born in Franklin county, Penn- sylvania, Dec. 12, 1825; when fourteen years of age his parents moved to Fayette county, Penn- sylvania; while there he was mar- ried to Miss Margaret Coburn, July 18, 1850, a native of York- shire, England; he came to Polk county in 1854, and stopped for about one year, then reinoved to what is known as the Allen & Parmlee Mills, on Middle river, the oldest flouring mills in central Iowa; in 1856 he came to this place and took charge of the Car- lisle Mills for the Carlisle Milling Company; he remained in charge most of the time up to the out- break of the war; in August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and served about fifteen months; was present at Sherman's first attack of Vicks- burg, also at Arkansas Post; after this his regiment was sent north with the prisoners, and he was sent to the hospital at St. Louis, where he remained till his dis- charge; after returning from the army he engaged in the milling and mercantile business up to one year ago; their family consists of one son, James, who still lives at home.
Frisbee, E., shoemaker.
Fry, Perry, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Carlisle.
H TARTMAN, W. H., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Carlisle; born in Richland county, Olio, March 25, 1836; when quite young his parents emigrated to Cooper county, Missouri, where they lived abont three years, and re- turned to Ohio, in November,
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1843, and lived there and in Illi- nois about two years, and came to this county, in Angust, 1845; he married Miss Samantha Rob- erts, Dec. 27, 1860, a native of Indiana, born in 1843; they have three sons and three daughters: Lulu M., Albert C., Charles C., Clarissa B., Franklin S. and Dora A .; was in the late war, in Co. D, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry; en- listed in July, 1862, and served one year, and was discharged on account of disability; owns a farm of 120 acres.
HARGIS, JOHN, grain dealer; P. O. Carlisle, born in Pulaski coun- ty, October 4, 1816; when four- teen years of age his parents moved to Edgar county, Illinois, where they remained one year, and then removed to Shelby county, Indi- ana; while there he married to Miss Sarah E. Reamer, February 19, 1839; she was born there in December, 1822; in 1844 they re- moved to St. Joseph county, Mis- souri, where they lived until 1848, when they came to this county and located in Carlisle; his wife died Angust 5, 1863; they had one son, who was in the late rebellion, in Co. B. 10th Iowa infantry, and was wounded at Champion Hills, and died three days after his re- turn home; Mr. Hargis married again, to Mary E., widow of Sam- nel Mack (her maiden name was Scovill), September 25, 1844; she died February 5, 1874; he married again to Sarah Scovill, sister of his second wife, January, 1875.
HARGIS, JASPER N., farmer and stock buyer, Sec. 3; P. O. Carlisle; born in Macon connty, Missouri, July 18, 1845, and came to this county, with his parents, in March, 1850; was in the late war, in Co. E, 4th Iowa infantry; enlisted July 10, 1861, and was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, An- gust 15, 1865, and while in the
service participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Siege of Vicks- burg, Arkansas Post, Jackson, Mississippi, Sherman on his March to the Sea, and several others; October 1, 1865, he mar- ried Miss Mahala Van Brunt, a native of Ohio; they have two sons and one daughter; John C., Clayton and Martha; owns twen- ty-eight acres of land.
Hastings, M. A .; P. O.
Hastie, A. B., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Carlisle.
HASTIE, ANDREW, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Carlisle; born in East Loathen, Scotland, September 19, 1823, and was raised there; and came to America when past twen- ty-one and located in Mount Ver- non, Ohio, in 1845; he lived in Ohio for about six years, and most of the time was engaged in the railroad business; while there he married Miss Elizabeth Whittaker, October 26, 1849; in 1852 he came to this county, and located where he now lives; he owns a farm of 620 acres; his wife died April 1869, and left four sons and two daughters: Phillis W .. Ephraim D., Lydia, Eliza- beth, Charles and Andrew, who has since died; he married again to Mrs. Nancy, widow of E. Smith, October 16, 1869, a native of Illinois.
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