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FART, AMBROSE, farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Brighton; was born January 20, 1824, in Trumbull county, Ohio; at the age of sixteen years he came to Iowa and located in this township in the fall of 1840; has remained here since that time, and in 1847 moved on his present farm of 98 acres, having entered his land from the government; his fath- er's family are among the first set- tlers of this township, and fully re- alize what is meant by pioneer life; he was married February 11, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth Brier, a native of Ohio; they have five children: So- phia J., Ira A., Anna M., Mary E., and Lucy E .; have lost one, Austa E.
HORTON, DAVID, farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Brighton; was born in New York, January 30, 1836; in 1846, he came with his parents to this county and located where he now resides, entering his land from the government; he owns 120 acres of land; August 9, 1862, he enlisted in company E, Thirtieth Iowa infantry and served until the close of the war; was wounded in the instep at the battle of Ringgold, Georgia, and slightly wounded in the hip at the battle of Resaca, May 13, 1864; he was honorably discharged June 5, 1865; participated in the battles of Arkansas Post, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi, Cherokee Sta- tion, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge and through Sherman's March to the Sea; he married October S, 1873, Miss Mary H. De Vecmon, a native of Maryland; they have two children: George A., Lucy S .; have lost two (twins); the father of Mr. Horton came the entire way from New York in wagons; he lost one horse on the way and to purchase another one he had to exchange a gun and a feather bed for it; sold his wagon to get money to enter forty acres.
HORTON, JOHN, farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Brighton; was born in New York, September 26, 1833; in 1844, he with his parents came to Iowa and located in this township; he has followed farming all his life and moved upon his present farm in 1873; owns a farm of 105 acres; in September, 1861, he enlisted in com- pany K, Thirteenth Iowa infantry and served until December, 1864, when he was honorably discharged; participated in the battles of Iuka and Corinth; married in March, 1868, to Miss Susan Ramsey, a native of Pennsylvania; they have four chil- dren: Avery, Willis, Floyd, Grant. INGHAM, MRS. ELIZABETH, farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Brighton ; was born December 16, 1825, in Ohio;
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her parents came to Illinois in 1837, and lived there until 1842; then came to Iowa, and located in this county; February 7, 1850, she was married to Mr. Benjamin Ingham, who was born in New York, August 7, 1817; he died January 29, 1872, leaving a family of six children living: John W., Sarah H., Wm. C., Clara E., Benjamin E. and Horace S .; three are deceased: Rebecca A., Mary M. and Celia A .; Mr. Ing- ham's death is a mystery; several weeks before his death le met with an accident as he fell from the hay mow to the barn floor, striking on his head; this caused a disarrange- ment of his mind for some time, but he seemed to partially recover from it; on the morning of his death he complained of feeling dizzy in the head; he was seen by one of the family to go to the well, and whether he threw himself in or fell in will never be known.
INGHAM, HARRY, farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Brighton; was born Octo- ber 31, 1821, in New York; he lived there on a farm until 19 years of age, when he came to Iowa in the fall of 1839, locating on what is now known as the Griffith Farm, on Sec. 13; he has been a resident of this county ever since, and owns 280 acres of finely-cultivated land, a large barn, a fine, commodious brick house, and everything well-improved; he moved where he now resides in the spring of 1847; he was married December 8, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Russell, a native of Tennessee; have two chil- dren: Baxter and John R; Mr. and Mrs. Ingham are members of the Congregational Church, at Brighton. JOHNSON, Z., farmer; Sec. 35; P.
O. Brighton; was born in Ohio, January 12, 1818; here he was raised on a farm, and has followed farming as an occupation all his life; he re- ceived his education in the common schools of Ohio; in the spring of 1848 he came to Iowa, and located
in Jefferson county; he lived there for one year, and then removed to this township, remaining here for three years; then returned to Ohio, and, and after living there four years, concluded that Iowa was bet- ter than Ohio, and so returned to this township; in 1861 he moved upon the farm where he now resides; . he owns 190 acres of land, all of which he has made by his own efforts; he was married January 21, 1845, to Miss Malinda Snyder, a native of Ohio; they have eight chil- dren : John A., Ephraim J., Leroy C., Elihu C., William H., Charles J. Andrew J. and Effa; Mr. Johnson has been town treasurer for several years.
M cCOLLOUGH, J. N., farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Brighton ; was born in Harrison county, Ohio, April 26, 1827; when 17 years of age he came to Iowa, and located near Brighton ; he received his education in the Franklin College, Athens, Ohio; he followed the selling of goods nearly all his life, until he moved on his present farm in Jan- uary 1871; he was married January 24, 1854, to Miss Rebecca E. Ferree, a native of Indiana; they have five children: Ralph F., Effa A. (now Mrs. Ed. Brown, of Brighton), Ad- dison H., Lucy B. and Stella V.
MEACHAM, A. P., farmer; Sec.21; P. O. Clay; was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, June 1, 1825; he was raised and educated in the common schools, supplemented by a course of study in the academy at Kinsman; he came to Iowa and located where he now lives in 1848, and in 1855 moved upon his present homestead of 200 acres; November 9, 1864, he enlisted in company K, Thirteenth Iowa infantry, and served until the close of the war, being discharged July 30, 1865; he has been twice married; first, November 8, 1853, he married Miss Mary Woodmancy, a native of Ohio; she died October
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16, 1862, leaving three children: Curtis L., Herbert T., Noble L .; he married again May 26, 1863, Miss · Mary E. Andrews, a native of Ohio; they have two children: Lotta and Allen.
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. MEACHAM, ALFRED, farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Clay; was born in Trumbull county, O .. May 8, 1821; he. was there raised and educated in the common schools; he came to Iowa in 1844 and located where he now lives; married March 23, 1847, Miss Emily Whitacre, a native of Penn- sylvania; they have six children: Or- lando, Mattie L., Clara E., Ezra M., Mary A., Susie C .; lost one: Louis T .; Mr. Meacham has held the office of justice of the peace four years; town trustee one term; town asses- sor five or six terms, and county su- pervisor three years, with credit to himself and the party who elected him.
MEACHAM, BENJAMIN, far- mer; Sec. 33; P. O. Brighton; was born in Trumbull county. Ohio, Oc- tober 27, 1832; there he was raised a farmer and has followed farming all his life; he was educated in the common schools and Grand River Institute of Austinburgh, Ohio; he came to Iowa in 1866 and located where he now lives; owns 120 acres of land; although he first came to Iowa in 1853 and taught school for six months two miles south of where he now lives, he returned to Ohio, but came to this State to live in 1866; January 5, 1858, he married Miss Jane Cowan, a native of Oxford county, Canada; they have nine children: William J., Jeremiah C., Louisa D., Joshua H., Maggie E., Orie C., Abbie I., Lydia I., Frankie G .; lost two: Abbie M., and Eliza.
MORGAN, HENRY, farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Clay; was born April 9, 1818, in Tennessee; in 1832 he with his parents moved to Indiana; there he was raised and educated in the private and common schools of that
State; in 1846 he came to Iowa and located where he now lives; owns 107 acres of land; he is a miller by trade having learned the trade while he was young, but did not follow it except a few years; he has been mail contractor and carrier for the last nine years, carrying the mail from Ioka to Richland in Keokuk county; he is now postmaster and has the office at his residence; has held that position for the last four years; he was married May 13, 1840, to Miss D. A. Barnett, a native of Ohio; they have eight children: I. N., Thomas H., Emily J., Mary L., Hat- tie E., Albert J., Oliver P., William H .; lost one: Wm. H. H., who died in the army a member of the Eigh- teenth Iowa infantry; he has been justice of the peace for several terms and also town trustee.
N TIEUKIRK, ISAIAH, farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Brighton ; owns a fine farm of 80 acres; was born March 7, 1832, in Tazewell county, Illinois; there he was raised on a farm; he was educated at Kellogg's High School, at 'Tremont, Illinois; he came to Iowa in 1851, and located near Brighton, but after a stay of only a few months he returned to Illinois, where he re- mained till 1863, when he returned to Iowa, and located where he now lives; being a cripple from his birth, he was incapacitated for farming, and at the age of 18 years he began teaching, which profession lie fol- lowed most of the time till 1871, at which time he was, by a petition of the citizens, appointed postmaster of Brighton, which position he has held since and still retains; he is a man well qualified to fill the office, as is evidenced by his long term of service and re-appointments; he lives on his farm and comes to the office daily, and has missed but few times since he has had the office; he was married March 24, 1855, to Miss Rebecca Israel; they have a family of four children: Eva (now Mrs.
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John Neal), Mary E. (now Mrs. Henry Harter), J. William and Dora-all living.
P RINGLE, DR. H. L., farmer and retired physician; Sec. 32; P. O. Brighton; born in Clarke coun- ty, Ohio, March 7, 1825; when quite young he with his parents moved to Indiana, where they lived until the spring of 1839; they then came to Iowa and located where he now lives; owns 155 acres of land; he was raised on a farm until 22 years of age and was educated in the common schools of that State: in 1847 lie began the study of medicine with Drs. Hous- ton & Collins of South Charleston, Clarke county, Ohio, continuing the same for about two and one-half years; he then attended the medical college at Cleveland for four months; from 1850 to 1852 he was unable to practice on account of ill health; in 1852 he began the practice of his profession in the town where he now resides and continued the same until 1855; then attended the Keokuk Medical Institute for part of a term when he was again taken sick with lris old disease, was obliged to return and was unable for duty that winter; in the spring of 1856 he went to California in steamer by way of New York and remained there until the' spring of 1859, when he returned home by water; ire again commen- ced to practice and has followed it to a greater or less degree since, al- thongh of late years he has been obliged to do but little on account of lris disease, which has crippled him so much that it it is with difficulty that he is able to be around at all; he runs his farm, turning most of his attention to butter and cheese making; he was united in marriage October 22, 1863, with Miss Sarah H. Sinith, a native of Ohio; have one child: Amy A; Dr. Pringle has held the office of town assessor.
PRINGLE, R. H., farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Brighton; was born in
Keokuk county, Iowa, July 20, 1853; he was raised a farmer and was edu- cated in the Axline College, at Fair- field, and also at Whittier College, Salem, Henry county, Iowa; he moved upon the farm where he now resides in 1866; owns ninety-five acres of land; was married January 19, 1878, to Miss Lila P. Sargent, a native of Ohio; she is the daughter of James Sargent, one of the oldest. settlers in this county and one of its most prominent and worthy citizens. R OBINSON, JOHN A., farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Clay; was born. in New York, May 22, 1825; when 12 years of age lie removed to Indi- ana, where he grew to manhood; he- lived there until 1853, then came to. Iowa, locating in Des Moines; after- remaining there for about three years. he moved to Denmark, Lee county, Iowa; in 1864 he came to this county and located where he now resides; owns 220 acres of land, all of which he has made himself by his own labor; he was married March 8, 1845, to Miss Almira Sanger, a native of New York; have five children: San- ford C., Sarah (twins), Ellen E., Har- vey S., Charles S .; lost one, an in- fant; Mr. R. has been justice of the peace but resigned before his term expired.
AVAGE, SAMUEL, farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Brighton; born in Massachusetts, May 4, 1832; he was there raised on a farm and edu- cated in the common schools; he came to Iowa in 1856 and located near Brighton; in the spring of 1859. he moved upon his present farm of 160 acres; November 3, 1859, he married Mrs. O. Fisher, a native of Trumbull county, Ohio; they have six children : Sarah C., Celia E., Carl Ellsworth, Edna S., Halbert H., Stel- la S; lost one, an infant; Mrs. Savage had three children by a former mar- riage, two of whom, Ada O. and Min- nie L., are now living, and one, Ad- dison, deceased.
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T HORNE, MRS. FANNY, farmer; Sec. 25; P.O. Brighton; was born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 10, 1830; there she was edu- cated in the high schools; she came to Iowa and located where she now lives; she owns 80 acres of land ; September 7, 1861, she married John M. Halloway, a native of Baltimore; he died December 3, 1858, leaving a family of three children : Willie, now living, and William and Mary de- ceased; she married again June 29, 1864, Francis Thorne, who was born January 1, 1814, in England; he came to this country and located on section 13, of Clay township; being a blacksmith by trade he made the most of the plows used in this part of the country; he died February 15, 1876, leaving a family of four children: Katie M., William B., Mary M., Nannie; his children are living: Benjamin F., Lewis, Levi, Henry, Francis, Joshua.
TOWNSEND, F. T., farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Clay; was born in Ver- mont, March 5, 1829, and was raised there, educated in the common schools, and in 1850 he moved to Massachusetts, where he remained until 1855, when he came to Iowa,- locating in this township; in 1857 he went to Dutch Creek and im- proved a farm on section 24, living there until 1869; he then moved on his present farm, which consists of 105 acres; he is a carpenter by trade, having learned it when young, and he has followed it more or less with his farming ever since he has been West; has built a great many of the houses in this county; October 24, 1864, he enlisted in company K, Thirteenth Iowa infantry, and served until the close of the war; he was honorably discharged July 30, 1865; participated in the battle of Nash- ville, under General Thomas; Mr. T. has been married three times: Au- gust 3, 1852, he married Miss Char- lotta Stebbins, a native of Vermont,
who died April 1, 1874, leaving- three children: George B., Frank S., Hattie E .; May, 1875, he married Mrs. Rosanna Heward, a native of Illinois; she died February 2, 1877, and he married again August 9, 1877, Mrs. Malissa A. Braman, a native of Vermont; Mr. Townsend has held the office of town trustee for several: years; has taken a great interest in. educational matters, and has been school director for several terms.
W AGGONER, JACOB, farmer; Sec. 20; P. O .. Clay; was born in Pendleton county, Virginia, March 15, 1816; he was. educated in the common schools, and lived there until 1856, when he came- to Iowa, locating near Brighton; he- moved upon his present farm of 140 acres in 1867; he has followed farm- ing most of his life, although when quite young he learned the carpen- ter's trade; he had never followed it much but built the house where he- now lives himself; November 1, 1840, he was married to Miss Cath- arine Dice, a native of Virginia; they have seven chlidren: Amelia, Dorotha, Elizabeth, John E., Jacob N., George S., Sarah M .; Mr. Wag- goner has made all his property him- self, by his own industry and perse- ance.
WATERMAN, A. B., farmer; Sec .. 29; P. O. Clay; was born in Vermont December 28, 1819, and was there. raised; he received his education in the common schools, also in Thet- ford Academy of that State; in 1842. he moved to New York State, re- maining there for one year, then re- moving to Portage county, Ohio; after remaining there until 1849, he- came to Iowa and located in Lee county, living there two years; he came to this county in 1852 and lo- cated where he now lives; owns 102 acres of land; Mr. Waterman was. town clerk at one time for thirteen years, also justice of the peace for a. term; has been twice married; first
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March 6, 1850, to Miss Cornelia Sheldon, a native of Ohio; she died December 25, 1866, leaving two children: Newton S. and Dwight C. living, and three deceased; June 6, 1867, he married Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson, a native of Vermont. DWIGHT C. WATERMAN was born April 20, 1855, in this town- ship in the house where he now lives; December, 1878, he went to Norwich, Vermont, and on the 31st of that inonth was married to Miss Emma F. Hutchinson, a native of Norwich, Vermont; in January, 1879, he returned to Iowa and now makes his home on the old home- stead.
WOLCOTT, J. E., farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Clay; was born in Trum- bull county, Ohio, October 9, 1830; there he grew to manhood a farmer, and received his education in the common schools; in 1851 he came to Iowa and located where he now
lives; owns 160 acres of land; Sep- tember 25, 1854, he was married to Miss Orlie Roberts, a native of Ohio; they have two children: Emma and Edwin; Mr. Wolcott is the president of the cheese factory company.
WOODFORD, N. A., farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Clay; was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, November 29, 1831; he was raised there on a farın, and has followed farming all his life; he came to Iowa, locating in Brighton in 1855, and in 1874 moved on the place where he now resides, consisting of 151} acres of land; he married Miss Jeannette E. Moore, daughter of Mr. AmosO Moore, of Brighton, March 12, 1856: they have seven children: Gilbert H., Howard A., Albert W., S. Chase, Mary E., Ralph S. and Anson M .; lost one, Ada, who was educated at the Academy of Vienna, Ohio.
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A LLEN, ROBERT, farmer and miller; Sec. 20; P. O. Brigh- ton; born in Penn Valley, Pennsyl- vania, July 5, 1796, and lived there until about sixteen years of age, when he moved with his parents to Venango county; there he was raised; in 1833 moved to Belmont county, Ohio, and after remaining there until 1842 came to Iowa, first locating in Washington; after living on several farms not far from that city, he entered 160 acres of land and lived upon it for nineteen years, then sold it for $9,000; then bought his mill property, where he now re- sides, paying $20,000 for it; he and his sons now own and run the Lenox Mills, which cost about $17,000, and they always have a good trade; also own a grocery store in Fairfield; when Mr. Allen arrived in this State he had but seventy-five cents, but he went to work with a will and by
hard toil and industry has accumu- lated his fine property; owns 275 acres of land; November 8, 1825, he married Miss Jane Vincent, a native of Butler county, Pennsyl- vania; have five children: Joseph, Mary, Charity J. (now Mrs. Hugh Watkins, of Lenox, Iowa), Margaret (now Mrs. Jacob Zimmerman, of this county), and George; have lost five; Mr. and Mrs. Allen are mem- bers of the United Presbyterian Church.
AULD, JAMES H., furniture dealer and painter, Brighton; was born October 22, 1825, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania; his parents moved to Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1836; here he grew to manhood on a farm and was educated in the com- mon schools; he learned the chair- makers' trade in 1842 to 1845, at which time he went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he served an
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apprenticeship at steamboat paint- ing with James Spears, the Iron City painter; in 1847 he came to Champaign county, Ohio, where he applied himself at his trades for two years; in 1849 he came to Iowa and located at Brighton where he at once went into the chair making, painting, and furniture trade, which he has continued since; he was town assessor from 1860 to 1869 and made the last assessment of the town of Brighton; was mayor of Brighton in 1878; helped take the census of Brighton and Clay township in 1870; has been recorder of the town of Brighton since 1869, except two years, and township clerk since 1868 and was elected for another term at the late election; he has been secretary of the Masonic lodge for the last fifteen years, and corres- ponding secretary of the American Bible Society for fifteen years; has been a notary public since 1868; he also carries on the insurance business to fill up his spare time; he helped to organize the first Sunday-school in Brighton, (the Methodist Episco- pal), of which church he was trustee for twenty years and never missed but two meetings of the board; he was married September 9, 1848, to Miss Hannah Thompson, who is a native of Virginia; they have raised a family of twelve children: Mary C., Sarah E., Allen W., J. Ross, Amy L., Rose L., Colonel Ellsworth, and Mattie E. living, and John, Adolphus, Clayton, and Annie B. deceased.
B IERCE, W. H., grocer, Brigh- ton; was born June 13, 1846, in Mercer county, Pennsylvania; when eighteen years of age he came to Iowa and located in this township and has since resided here; he was raised a farmer and followed it as his occupation until five or six years ago; he started into the butchering business in October, 1874, and ran a shop until the fall of 1879; then
started a first-class grocery store, opening the same in January, 1880; he keeps a full line of staple and fancy groceries which he sells at bottom prices; October 31, 1868,. Miss Celestia S. Smith became his wife; she is a daughter of Uriah Smith, of this township, and is a na- tive of Pennsylvania; they have two children: Charlie and Nellie.
BROWN, J. E., livery and feed stable, Brighton; was born in Fairfield, Jefferson county, Iowa, March 22, 1856; his parents moved to this county in 1866 and here he has been raised; he was educated in the common schools, supplemented by a course in Jefferson College, Fairfield; has been engaged in the livery business for the past ten years and now keeps a fine stable with good horses and carriages at reasonable rates; runs an omnibus to all trains and does the transfer business of the town; he was married February 27, 1878, to Miss Effa A. McCollough, a native of Brighton; they have one child; Fern, born December 25, 1878; in a. business point his life has been a grand success, and his industry and rectitude are before the young men of the county.
BUCK, THOMAS, merchant, Brighton; was born November 2, 1824, and is a native of Ohio; he was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools; in 1844 he came to Knox county, Illinois, where he remained about two years when he came to Iowa and located in Henry county; he remained there till 1852, when he came to Brighton and went to work at the carpenter trade, having learned it while a young man; this he followed till 1873, when he opened a dry goods, notion and millinery store in this place, and has continued in the business ever since; he has been twice married; first in April, 1844, to Miss Margaret Corbit, a native of
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Ohio; she died June 17, 1851, leav- ing him four children: Harvey and Lafayette living, and two deceased; again, November 21, 1852, to Miss Malinda Shaw, a native of Illinois; by this union they have five chil- dren: Arthur, Chester, Franklin and Charlie living, and one deceased. ARMICHIEL, G. O., druggist,
C Brighton; was born July 11, 1854, in Linn county, Iowa; in 1862 his parents moved to Henry county, Iowa, where he grew to manhood; he was educated at Howe's Academy :at Pleasant, Iowa; when he became of age he went to work for his brother in his drug store, where he learned the business and remained about one year; in 1876 he came to Brighton and opened a drug store on his own account, and has succeeded in building up a lucrative trade; he is a capable and reliable druggist and keeps none but fresh and first- class goods, always selling at reason- able prices; he was married Septem- ber 19, 1877, to Miss Ella Downs, a native of Brighton.
CAMPBELL, J. S., farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Brighton; born in Miami county, Ohio, August 17, 1828, and was raised on a farm, receiving his education in the common schools; in 1851 he came to Iowa and located where he now resides; owns 155 acres of improved land; has always followed farming as an occupation, at which he has been quite success- ful; July 30, 1851, he married Miss Mary Ann Townsley, a native of Greene county, Ohio; they have two children living: George W. and Lawrence L .; have lost two sons.
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