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Hastie, P. N., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Carlisle.
Hastie, William, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Carlisle.
Hastie, Philip, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Carlisle.
Haven, Johnathan, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Carlisle.
Hull, W. C., farmer, P. O. Carlisle. HULL, W. S., physician and sur- geon, P. O. Carlisle; was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, April 7, 1828; was raised on a farm, but had all the advantages of a common school education
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supplimented with two years in Brownsburg College, and one year under Professor McGlothlin, in mathematics and surgery; when twenty-one years of age, he began the study of medicine, with A. J. Hull, of Bourneville, Ohio; he graduated at the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, at Keokuk, in 1854; he came to Polk county, in 1849, and married there to Miss M. A., daughter of Jerey Church, deceased, a native of Pennsylvania, May 19, 1853; they have three sons and three dangh- ters: Franklin C., doctor, a gradu- ate of Keokuk, Otho O., Lolo L., Cora E., Emmet E. and Mand M .; he remained in Polk county, till 1855, and then went to Kansas, where he remained till the spring of 1860, and then went to Mis- souri, and remained till fall, and came back to Polk county, and to his present home in 1862.
K AIL, PETER, farmer, l'. O. Carlisle; was born in Harri- son county, Ohio, September 15, 1826, and was raised there; when quite young he learned the black- smith trade; he came to this county, in November, 1854; he married Miss Elizabeth Myers, January 30, 1845, a uative of In- diana, but raised in Jefferson county, Ohio; they have no fami- ly; he owns a farm of forty acres, also town property; lie enlisted in the late war, July 19, 1861, in Co. B, Tenth Iowa Infantry, and was mustered out in November, 1862; followed blacksmithing for. twenty-six years.
Kale, M. V., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Carlisle.
KEENEY, S. T., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Avon; was born in Union county, Indiana, February 21, 1818, and was raised there till about nine years of age, when his parents moved to Montgomery county, where he married Febru-
ary 2, 1848, to Elizabetlı Kessler, of Virginia, and the same year he came to Iowa, and located where he now lives; he came by wagon, and was three weeks on the road; has seven sons living: Benjamin K., George, Joseph A., Nathaniel F., Edward M., Samuel P., and Elmer A .; he owns a farm of 230 acres.
Keeney, Jonathan, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Carlisle.
Keeney, B. K., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Carlisle.
Kelley, F., druggist, Carlisle.
Koozer, Daniel, blacksmith, Car- lisle.
L AMB, J. B., dealer in groceries and notions, Carlisle; was born in Howard county, Indiana, in 1847, and was raised there till four years of age, when his pa- rents came to Iowa, and located in Dallas county; they came to this county in 1865; he has been engaged in the above business for two years; was in the late war, in the 7th Iowa Infantry, Co. C., enlisted Jannary 17, 1865, and served till the close of the war; Mr. Lamb is also engaged in school teaching.
Lang, Hugh, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Carlisle.
Latta, William, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Carlisle.
Ledlie, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Carlisle.
Leese, John, farmer.
Lochridge, W. L., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Carlisle.
M AHAN, A. B., engineer, Car- lisle.
McCLINTIC, J. E., Mayor City of Carlisle; is a native of Monroe county, West Virginia; born Sept. 9, 1809; when twenty-one years of age he left home and went to Henry county, Indiana, where he was married to Delilalı Skoggs, July 26, 1832; he came to Iowa, near Fort Madison, in 1838, where
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he remained for ten years, and came here in October, 1848, and located east of Summerset; he owns a farm of 135 acres; his wife died in 1842, and left a family of three sons and one daughter : James. Michael, Jane (now Mrs. Wm. H. Burgett) and Lorenzo; he was married again, to Nancy Pat- terson, in 1843, a native of West Virginia; they have three daugh- ters: Minerva A., Martha P. and Alberta. Mrs. McClentic has one by her former marriage, John Patterson.
McElroy, John. grocer.
McIntosh, N. B., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Carlisle.
McINTOSH, D. G., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Snmmerset; born in Co- lumbiana county, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1815, and was raised there: has been engaged on public works since twenty years old; he came to Lee and Van Buren counties, this State, and with Capt. Black took a contract on the Des Moines Valley Railroad from Keokuk to Farmington, a distance of twenty- eight miles; he was one of the first railroad contractors in the State; has been in this county since 1862, and been mostly engaged in farm- ing; owns a farm of 300 acres: he married Miss Nancy D., daughter of David Dond, of Dond's Station, on the Des Moines Valley Rail- road, in June, 1861, a native of Licking county, Ohio; their fami- ly consists of two sons and three danghters: Nannie, Isabel, Da- vid, Drusilla and William.
McNeely, J., laborer, Carlisle.
Major, William, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Carlisle.
Maxwell, Levi, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Carlisle.
Maxwell, W. S., well digger, Carlisle. Miller, Daniel, school teacher, Car- lisle.
Miller, James, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Carlisle.
MOORE, HENRY M., carpenter, and joiner and contractor, Car- lisle; is a native of this State, born in Louisa county, March 1, 1839; when six years of age his. parents came to this county, and located on the present site of Car- lisle; was two years with his- father in the mill-wright busi- ness, and learned the carpenter's trade which lie has followed for seventeen years; he married Miss Mahala J. Ellison, July 10, 1861, a native of Monroe county, Vir- ginia; she died Jan 5, 1866: he married again to Phobe Ellison, sister of his former wife, January 16, 1868.
Moore, Daniel, farmer, Sec, 8; P. O. Carlisle.
Moore, H. M., carpenter, P. O. Car- lisle.
Moore, David, carpenter, P. O. Car- lisle.
Moredick, T., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Carlisle.
NICHOLSON, ROBERT,
proprietor Carlisle Flouring Mill; born in Thumberland coun- ty, England, Jannary 9, 1831; he came to the United States when he was abont twenty-two years of age; he first stopped in Stark county, Ohio, where he remained one year; from there he went to. Rockport, Will county, Illinois, where he remained two years; he then came to Iowa, and stopped in Cedar Rapids six months, then came to Des Moines, in 1855, and to this county in 1861, and has been engaged in the milling busi- ness ever since; he married Miss Mary A. Garton, in Des Moines, October 22, 1857; she was born in Surrey county, England; they have five sons and two daughters; William T., Frank W., Hattie J., Bertie, Robert W., Artie J. and Gracie.
Norton, J., jeweler.
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O VERTON, Eli, farmer.
Owens, John, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Carlisle.
P ALMER, WM., farmer, Sec. 16. P. O. Carlisle; a native of Berwickshire, Scotland; born Dec. 6, 1836; when eighteen years of age he came to the United States, and located in Columbiana county, Ohio, where he engaged in the railroad business, and remained till 1861, then went to Chilicothe, where he lived till 1868, when he came to Warren county and lo- cated where he now lives, and owns a farm of 120 acres: he mar- ried Miss Mary E. Law, July 4, 1861, a native of Ohio; they have one son and three daughters: Maggie, Ida May, Mina and Da- vid; Mr. Palmer has been twice married, first to Isabel McKinzie, Aug. 17, 1857, a native of Scot- land, who died Sept. 18, 1859, and left one son, John.
Patterson, Thompson, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Carlisle.
Patterson, J. W., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Carlisle.
Paul, Joseph, teamster, Carlisle.
Petre, Samuel, carpenter, Carlisle.
Petre, J., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Carlisle.
Porter, G. W., Sec. 3; P. O. Carlisle. Price, T. J., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Carlisle.
R ANDLEMAN, CAPT. M. C.,
farmer and stockraiser, Sec. 10; P. O. Carlisle; the subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in another place, was born in Stokes county, North Carolina, December 9, 1830; the following year his parents emigrated to Lawrence county, Indiana, but he was principally raised near Spen- cer, in Owen county; he received the advantages of the common schools of that State, and at the age of fourteen he apprenticed himself to learn the tanner's trade,
where he worked for two years and then enlisted in the Mexican war, in Co. D, Fourth Indiana Infantry, under Capt. J. I. Alex- ander; they rendezvonsed at Fort Clark, on the Ohio river, for about fonr weeks, and then start- ed for New Orleans; they were but two days out, coasting along via. Galveston, when a gale came up and the boiler of the steamer exploded, killing two men and scalding eleven; this occurred on the 12th of July, 1847; they were shipped on board the schoon- er Lavina, to the mouth of the Rio Grande; they then went up the river as far as Camp Belknap, and were then countermanded to Scott's lines, and then shipped to Vera Cruz, and thence to the city of Puebla; he was engaged in the closing battles of the war as follows: Humantla, Penal Pass, Siege of Puebla, Atlexaco, and was mustered out at the close of his enlistment service, at Madison, Indiana, July 16, 1848, and for the following year was engaged on public works; November 29, 1849, he married Miss N. J. Hicks, of Owen county, Indiana; in 1854 he emigrated to Johnson county, Missouri, aud in Septem- ber, 1856, he came to this State, and located in Polk county, where his wife died, April 17, 1857, leaving a family of three sons: Winfield S., Wm. M., and John H .; he married again January 17, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Moredeck, a native of Ohio; they have by this union six sons and three daughters: Reed, Zonave, Charles, Lincoln, James C., Benj. F., Al- bert, Flora and Florence; in April, 1861, he aided in the or- ganization of Co. B, Tenth Iowa Infantry, and at its organization was elected First Lieutenant, and mustered into the Uunited States service the following August, and
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was then elected their captain, which commission he held till October 2, 1862, when he resigned on the account of disability; while in the service he participa- in the battles of Bloomfield, Mis- sonri; Charleston, Missouri; Island No. 10; New Madrid, Missouri; Tiptonville, Kentucky; and the engagement at Farmington, and the siege of Corinth; after he had received his resignation papers, at the battle of Iuka, on the 3d and 4th of October, he took an active part in the second day's fight, for which he deserves great credit; on his return he organized a mi- litia company, and equipped it, and was appointed by the Gov- ernor to organize the militia of the county; he organized two infantry regiments, and was elected lieutenant colonel of the Second Infantry of Warren county; after the war Mr: Randleman settled on his present farm, which contains 320 acres of well improved land; where he still resides, enjoying peace and plenty, and the good will of all who know him; from 1871 to 1874 he was engaged in shipping stock and grain from Carlisle, and at present is quite largely engaged in shipping stock; Mr. Randleman's grandfathers, Reed and Randleman, were both in the revolutionary war. The former as private and the latter as surgeon.
Randleman, M. I., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Carlisle.
RANDLEMAN, R. R., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Carlisle; born in Stokes county, North Carolina, August 9, 1817, and emigrated to Lawrence county, Indiana, in 1831, with his parents, where he remained but a short time, when he removed to Owen county; in the year 1855 he emigrated to Bates county, Mis- souri, where he made his home
till he came to this county, in the spring of 1857, and located where his brother, Captain M. C., now lives; he came to his present loca- tion in 1865; was married, August: 15, 1854, to Miss Mary Cum- mings, in Owen county, Indiana, who was born in the State of Ken- tucky; they have four sons and two daughters: Martin S., Martha E., Absalom B., James W., Lin- coln G. and Nancy J .; he owns a farm of 136 acres, with 2,000 fine apple trees and other varieties of small fruits.
Randleman, M. C., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Carlisle.
RANDLEMAN, WILL. R., dealer in dry goods, groceries, etc., and. postmaster, Carlisle; born in Owen county, Indiana, Novem- ber 10, 1844; in February, 1862, he enlisted in Co. I, 19th Indiana volunteer infantry, and was mus- tered out in March, 1865; was taken prisoner in the battle near Culpepper Court House, Virginia, Angust 6, 1862, and was confined at Libby Prison for two months; was then paroled and sent to An- napolis, Maryland, and exchanged; he again joined his regiment at. Antetam; was wounded in the hand at Fredericksburg, Desem- ber, 1862; was engaged in the bat- tles at Chancellorville and Gettys- burg, and wounded in the latter, in the foot and knee; he was then sent to the hospital, at Philadel- phia, where he remained six months; was then sent to the Sol- diers' Home, at Indianapolis, In- diana, and was transferred to pro- vost marshal dnty, at Terre Haute, Indiana, under Colonel R. W. Thompson, of the Seventh Dis- trict, and was with him till the expiration of his enlistment, De- cember 6, 1865; he married Miss Jennie Wilkes, a native of Cole- brookdale, England, born August 1, 1847; in 1868 he came to Car-
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lisle, Iowa; Mr. Ranleman started out in life withont funds or favor, and by hard work and close at- tenton to his business, he has gained for himself a reasonable portion of this world's goods, and the respect and confidence of his many friends.
REED, PHELPS, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Carlisle; born in Lawrence county, Indiana, March 7, 1826: he enlisted in the Mexican war at Springville, Lawrence county, In- diana, April 12, 1847, Co. K., 16th United States Regnlars, and served fifteen months; he married in Clay county, Indiana, to Saralı Lanning, August 9, 1849, born in the same county; they came to McDonongh, Iowa, in 1850, and in 1855 went to Missonri, and came to this county in 1856, and located where he now lives, and owns a farm of 192 acres; he has had many ups and down during his life, but now he enjoys peace and plenty; they have one son and one daughter: John and Emma.
REES, J. W., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O., Carlisle; born in Highland county, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1844, and lived there till six years of age, when his parents emigrated to Marion county, this State; he married there to Miss Harriett Williams, in January, 1869, a na- tive of Missouri; he came to his present location in March, 1864; they have a family of one son and three daughters. Laura, John, Cora and Bessie; his present homestead consists of 320 acres.
REYNOLDS, JOHN M., of the firm of Reynolds Bros. black- smiths and wagon-makers, Car- lisle; born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1839: in 1858, he removed to Kanka- kee county, Illinois, and in April, 1861, enlisted in Co. G. 20th Il- linois, Vol. Infantry, and was
mustered ont in July, 1864; among the battles participated in, were Fredericktown, Shiloh, Corinth, Donaldson and others; he married Miss Mary Bloom, June 28, 1874, a native of Ger- many: they were married at Win- terset, and came to Carlisle three years ago.
REYNOLDS, J. N., of Reynolds' Bros. blacksmiths and wagon makers, Carlisle; was born in Ly- coming county, Pennsylvania, January 16, 1832; came to Iowa in 1857, and stopped at Daven- port for one year, then went to Kankakee, Illinois, and remained till 1863, and returned to Penn- sylvania and enlisted in Co. E, One hundred and eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, March, 1863, and was mustered ont All- gust 14th, 1865; participated in the battles of Coal Harbor, Reams' Station, Deep Bottom and nu- inerous . skirmishes; he came to this place in the fall of 1874: was married in 1852 to Miss Mary O. Bartholomew, a native of Pennsylvania, who has since died and left three children; Ada C., Henry D., and Oras L; he mar- ried for his second wife Abitha D. Dinsmore, a native of Indiana, but raised in Jasper county, this State; they have three children; Corda C., Isaac N. Jr., and Ln- cretia.
Rice, William, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Carlisle.
RULE. OLIVER, carpenter and joiner, P. O. Carlisle; born in Putnam county, near Greencas- tle, Indiana, October 1, 1840, and came to this county in the fall of 1852; Angust 1, 1861, he enlisted in Co. B, Tenth Iowa Infantry, and served for three years, then re-enlisted as a veteran and was mustered out of the service Au- gust 5, 1865, at Davenport, Iowa; some of the principle battles were
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Corinth, New Madrid, Vicks- burg, Champion's Hill, Chatta- nooga, Savannah, Atlanta, and various skirmishes: has been twice married, first to Lealı Ad- kins, on February 17, 1861, a na- tive of Warren county; she died April 22d, 1864; left one dangh- ter, Mary E; he married again to N. E. Pearson, November 16, 1865; have one daughter, Ros- etta E.
RUNCIMAN, WM., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Carlisle; was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, April 16, 1826, and was raised there till twenty-one years of age; he trav- eled more or less till December, 1851, when he came to this county and located where he now lives, and owns 320 acres of land: he married in the state of Ohio, De- cember 11, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Hastie, a native of Scotland; they have a family of two sons and three daughters: Jeanetta, Mary, Win. H., Elizabeth and John W .; he represented this district in the Fifteenth General Assembly dur- ing the winters of 1874 and 1875; was one of the first board of county commissioners in 1862; has held the office of township treasurer a number of times.
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ANDERS, A. J., teamster, Car- lisle.
Sanders, B. F., miller, Carlisle.
Schooler, Peter, farmer, Sec. 20; ] ..
O. Carlisle.
Shetterly, E. B., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Carlisle.
Shoemaker, Jackson, Sec. 9; P. O. Carlisle.
Shoemaker, A. B., retired, Carlisle.
Shuler, Henry, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Carlisle
Sides, A. F., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Carlisle.
SMITH, C., physician and surgeon, and druggist, Carlisle; was born in Burlington, Iowa, July 9, 1846, where he was raised, and studied
medicine with Dr. J. S. Robinson, of that city; August 7, 1862, en- listed in Co. C, 30th Iowa, and was discharged on account of a wound received in the foot, at Ar- kansas Post, January 11, 1863, and received his discharge, April 23, 1863; he then began the study of medicine under Dr. A. H. Hoff- man, surgeon in charge; he went to New York, in 1865, and at- tended Dr. Simms' College and graduated in the spring of 1868. SMITH, WM., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Carlisle; born in Derby- shire, England, about 1826, and was twenty-two years of age when he came to America and located in Shelby county, Indiana, and remained only about one year; while there he bought 400 acres of land where he now lives, with- out coming to see it; he then re- turned to England and remained for six months, and came back to Indiana and to this county in the spring of 1857; he has been twice married, first, to Martha Nast, June, 1855, a native of England, who is now deceased; married again to Anna C. Henley, Dec. 24, 1873, a native of Brown coun- ty, Illinois; they have three chil- dren: Mary, Wmn. and Henry; his wife has five children by first marriage: Jennie, Charles, Annie, George and Albert; has a farm of sixty acres; he has made two trips to England since he came to this State; he bought and sold the first hogs in the county.
Stitt, T. R., pastor Baptist church, Carlisle.
STIVERS, J. F., dealer in general merchandise, Carlisle; born in Steuben county, New York, Nov. 1, 1836, and was raised there till fourteen years old, when his par- ents removed to Seneca county, Ohio, where he attended the Heidleburg College; in 1861 he left his home and went to Forris-
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ter, Ill., where he lived till 1871; he was married August 28, 1868, to Miss Fannie Talbott, a native of Jo Daviess county, Ill .; they have a family of three daughters: Clellie M., Carrie A. and Lillie L .; is justice of the peace and notary public; previous to his opening business in this place .he followed school teaching for several years. STUMBO, WM. C., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Carlisle; born in Law- rence county, Ohio, August 2, 1822; he lett his home in Ohio when about twenty-one years of age, and came to Mahaska county, this State, April, 1843, being one of the first settlers of that county; two years later he came to Polk connty, and took up a claim on Sec. 36, Allen township, about two miles from his present home; he owns a farm of 230 acres; married Miss Drusilla Langdon, in 1847, a native of Lawrence county, Ohio, who died Oct., 1848; he married again to Nancy Dea- ton, May 30, 1850, a native of Morgan county, Ind .; they have by this union one son and six daughters: Emaline, Eliza A., Ellen, Lilly B., Flotilla, Geo. E. and Carrie.
Suafford, I., druggist, Carlisle. U TTERSON, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Summerset. W ADSWORTH, B. F., farm- er, Sec. 19; P. O. Sum- merset; born in Hartford county, Maryland, March 19, 1829, and went with his parents to Morgan county, Ohio, when abont ten years old, and was raised there; he came to this county and located where he now lives in 1854; owns a farm of 450 acres, and is largely engaged in the stock business; he married Miss Bettie Thompson, Sept. 30, 1856, a native of Ken- tucky; they have three sons and two danghters: Robt. B., Maggie Mc., Thomas T., Nancy B. and
Bettie S .; Mrs. Wadsworth died January 10, 1866, and on March 16, 1871, he was married to Mrs. Mary Beck, whose maiden name was Elliott, a native of Indiana. WARD, WM., farmer, Sec. 5, P. O. Avon; was born in Mason county, West Virginia, April 16, 1816; when ten years of age, he went to Springfield, Illinois, with his brother; his father died when he was six years of age, and his mother, when he was but two years old; he remained in Spring- field till nineteen years of age, then went to Dubuque and worked for two years, then went eighteen miles southwest of that place, and took a claim and went to farming; where he lived till 1855; he mar- ried in Jackson county, this State, June 3, 1840, to Miss Mary A. Snodgrass, of Ohio; they have one son and four daughters: Wm., Sarah E., Margaret, Ellen and Laura, lost one son in the late re- beilion, he belonged to the Thirty- ninth Iowa, and was shot through the leg at Kingston, Georgia; he owns 504 acres of land.
West, A. M., druggist.
Whitcomb, J, B., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O.
WOOD, JOHN, farmer and stock- dealer, Sec. 18, P. O. Summerset; was born in Berwickshire, Scot- land, August 19, 1824, and lived there till 1850, when he emigrated to America, and settled in Colum- biana county, Ohio, for two and a-half years, then came to this county, in the fall of 1852, and lo- cated where he now lives; owns a farm of 120 acres; he married Miss Mary Runciman, April 1, 1850, a native of that place; has held varions township offices, and in 1872, he returned to his old home, and was absent for three months.
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OUNT, GEO., farmer, P. O. Carlisle; was born in Mont-
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gomery county, Ohio, December 27, 1820, and when seven years of age, his parents came to Indiana, where he was raised; Mr. Yount has been thrice married; first, to Martha J. Brown, March 4, 1841, a native of Ohio, who died in 1844, and left two children: Margaret and Martha (deceased); was mar- ried again to Malissa Brown, in 1847, a native of Ohio, who died in 1849; his present wife, was
Catharine Vanbrunt, a native of Ohio; they were married in 1852, and have a family of two sons and four daughters: Eva, Carrie, Nina, Edward, Mary and Byron; he came to Iowa, in 1857, and has lived on his present farmi since 1859, which consists of sixty-five acres; he has held the office of justice of the peace, and various township offices.
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A LEXANDER, W. F., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Spring Hill. Allen, C. K., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Norwalk.
Andrews, Sarah, farmer, Sec. 5; P, O. Des Moines.
ANDERSON, W. H., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Spring Hill; he is a na- tive of Ohio, born Sept. 7, 1819, and lived there till he came to Mahaska county, this State, and remained for about 18 months, and then came to this county in the fall of 1856. He was mar- ried in Ohio, Nov. 16th, 1846, to Miss E. K. Findley, a native of that State; they have a family of seven children living: A. S., S. C., J. P., R. E., W. W., Linnie P., and Martha Eldora, and four de- ceased. He was county treasurer one term, during the years 1876-7, and has held various township offices. He owns an improved farm of 200 acres.
Anderson Bros., farmers, Sec. 28; P. O. Spring Hill.
Ash, W. H., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Des Moines.
ASH, MICHAEL, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Summerset; born in Lou- dan county, Va., June 24th, 1810, and when about seven years old his parents emigrated to Alleglia- ny county, Maryland, where he
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lived until about 28 years of age, and followed the lumber business. He went back to West Va., and in the year 1838 married Miss Sa- rah Hass, of Hampshire county, that State; he then went to Indi- ana and lived until his coming to this county, which was in No- vember, 1852. They have a fam- ily of six children living: Wil- liam, John, Abram, Sarah (now wife of E. J. Yount), Martha (now wife W. A. Dowell, of Cass coun- ty, Iowa), and David, and five de- ceased. He owns an improved farm of 200 acres.
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