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SAMUEL RATHBUN
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Elk Grove).
Mr. Rathbun is one of the native born residents of the township of Davis, and on account of his long acquaintance in the vicinity is held in high esteem by all who know him. He was born October 20, 1847, of his father's second marriage, when Miss Elizabeth Hill Anderson became his wife June 26, 1842. In the sketch of Enoch Rathbun, which immediately precedes this, has been given an outline of the life of Allen Rathbun, the father. He was an early settler in Ohio from Cayuga county, N. Y., where his marriage to Miss Mary Ann Edmons occurred January 7, 1830. In 1837 he became located here, and it was not long before he drew around him a host of warm friends. At one time in life he held to the religious tenets of the Mormon Church, but after coming to Missouri he did not affiliate with that body, and during the troubles of 1838 took part against them. He was married to his third wife, August 16, 1855, Mrs. Mary Mann becoming the mother of three children. He and his wife endured all the hard-
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ships and incidents of pioneer life. He died May 17, 1862, of pneumonia and typhoid fever, a year after the breaking out of the war. Samuel Rathbun, still less than 40 years of age, passed his boyhood days on the old homestead, and with the exception of four years spent in Iowa, has always resided here. His education was an ordinary one, sufficient for all practical purposes, and he now conducts his farming operations in an intelligent, business-like manner. In stock raising and farming he is quite successful. Mr. R. married May 7, 1871, Miss Martha F. Thompson, of Livingston county, Mo., born August 29, 1850 .. They have had two children : William A. Rathbun and Lula Little. Willie died November 20, 1878, aged 5 years. Mr. Rathbun is Republican in politics and has been justice of the peace in Davis township. He is a member of the M. E. Church and also belongs to the I. O. O. F.
TOBIAS R. SHINER
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Catawba).
Tobias R. Shiner was born in Frederick county, Va., January 9, 1822, the son of George and Rachel (Pierce) Shiner, both of whom were also natives of that county, where their marriage occurred. Mrs. Shiner was reared in Harrison county. Mr. Shiner was left an orphan at an early age, and grew to manhood under the careful. guidance of his maternal grandmother. He received a limited edu- cation, and started in life without means. In 1837 he moved to Licking county, O., and one year later to Wayne county, Ind., where he made his home some years. After living in Clay and Vigo counties of that State some years he settled in Whiteside county, Ill., and there died in 1854, his wife following him to the grave in 1863 in Tama county, Ia. They were kind-hearted people, and had the respect of all who knew them. Tobias R., one of 10 children, besides attend- ing to the duties of the home farm found time to obtain a little educa- tion. When 22 years old he commenced working at $10 per month, continued it for three years, and July 30, 1844, was married to Miss Mary Antrim, of Clinton county, O., born May 4, 1828. In 1845 Mr. Shiner went to Whiteside county, Ill., engaged in farming until 1852, then removed to Tama county, Ia., and from there came to where he now lives in 1868. His landed estate embraces 360 acres, well improved. Having paid considerable attention to stock raising he has his farm well supplied with high graded animals, and in this industry is thoroughly posted and quite successful. He and his wife have 11 children : Lucinda, Louisa, Harriet, Martha A., Frances M., Eli, Wesley A., Rachel, Sarah J., Jasper A., Emma and Steward B. Although reared a Democrat he was always opposed to slavery, and since the organization of the Republican party has voted with it. He. never favored secret societies. With his wife he is a consistent mem- ber of the U. B. Church.
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HISTORY OF CALDWELL COUNTY.
ROBERT STEENROD
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Elk Grove).
Among the more recent comers to Caldwell county is Robert Steenrod, a man who has made many friends here by his straight- forward course and his progressive and energetic manner of farming. He was born in Marshall county, W. Va., and from early youth has been accustomed to hard work. He is descended from a Hollander of the name, who settled many years ago in New York. His grandfather, Cornelius Steenrod, after moving to the Old Dominion, reared a large family, among whom was Ephraim Steenrod, and the latter after growing up married Miss Mary Prettyman, a native of Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1844 they left Virginia and went to Des Moines county, Ia., locating near Burlington, on Flint creek, where they afterwards made their home, bringing up a family of eight children and seenring for them a comfortable competence. Mr. S. died November 12, 1857, and his wife twenty years later. Robert was born July 20, 1835; he received but a limited educa- tion, his services being required in the help of duties about the home farm. When about twenty-two years old he commenced farming for himself, cropped and rented land for some time and then pur- chased 240 acres in Jasper county, Ia., where he lived until buying 114 acres in Des Moines county. Upon this he lived until 1881 when he moved to the place which he now occupies, containing over 360 acres, well improved. He keeps a good grade of stock of all kinds, and displays excellent practical judgment in the management of his estate. March 21, 1858, Mr. Steenrod was united in marriage with Miss Eliza J. Deam. She was born October 20, 1827, in Clark county, O. Seven children have been born to them : Elizabeth J., Nelson E., Ephraim D., John F., Ada A., Amelia I. and Eliza B. Mr. S. has always voted with the Democratic party, holding a number of official positions while in Iowa. He is the present efficient city treasurer of Davis township. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. In all things that go to build up the country or benefit his fellow-creatures he takes a warm interest.
CHAPTER XX.
GRANT TOWNSHIP.
Description - Principal Physical Features - First Settlements - First Land Entries - Organization - Polo -County Churches of Grant Township - Biographical.
Grant township comprises Congressional township 55, range 28, is bounded by Rockford township on the west, Kingston on the north, Lincoln on the east, and Ray county on the south. The general surface of the township is elevated prairie, slightly rolling. Along Long creek, which rises in the southwestern part of the township and flows in a northeasterly direction, and along Log creek, which cuts across the northwest corner of the township, is some timber, and there are some steep, rocky hills.
The whole surface of the township is underlaid with limestone, which crops out of the sides of the hills in many places. In the northern part of the township, along Long creek especially, and in the southern part of sections 33 and 34, near the county line, are indications of coal at no very considerable depth from the surface. In digging a well on the farm of Charles Williams, on Yankee ridge, in section 2, a vein of coal was passed through; and coal also has been found on the land of J. C. Bales, northeast section 29, west of Polo.
Some beautiful prairie scenery is to be met with in this township. Take a view from almost any point on and along " Yankee ridge," or in the vicinity of Polo, and a splendid prospect is spread out before the beholder of fine prairie lands, fertile and productive, well improved farms, attractive and comfortable farm houses, and all the other adjuncts of a high state of civilization and improvement.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
It is said that the first white settler in what is now Grant town- ship was James Crowley, who came up from Ray county in the fall of 1833 to the southern part of section 18, south of the Cottonwood Church, and in December following entered the land. In the sum - mer of 1834 Pleasant Yates settled on Long creek, in section 17, a mile east of Crowley. Benjamin MeCrary located on the same
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stream, half a mile south of Yates, in the early fall of 1835- section 20. Joseph Pyburn located on the same section, near Mc- Crary, in February, 1836. The Skidmores, Thomas and John, settled on Long ereek, near Yates, in the spring of 1836. Jesse M. Mann entered a lot of land in sections 7 and 18 in the following autumn.
Following were the land entries made in this township prior to the year 1840 : -
Name.
Description.
Date.
Alfred Loy .
nw. 4 sec. 3
June 15, 1887
*John C. Richardson
se. ne. sec. 4
July 6, 1839
Horatius N. Kent
w. ¿ ne. and se. nw. sec. 4
June 29, 1837
*John Fletcher
ne. nw. sec. 4 . July 16, 1835
Timothy B. Foot
ne. nw. and sw. nw. sec. 5
May 25, 1837
Reuben Foot
e. ¿ ne. sec. € and nw. nw. sec. 5
April 27, 1837
Orren Rockwell
ne. se. sec. 6 and nw. sw. sec. 5 . se. nw. sec. 5
July 28, 1838 Sept. 28, 1837
Avery Smith
sw.sw. sec. 6
Sept. 4, 1837
Samuel Fuller .
sw. nw. sec. 7
Sept. 29, 1837
Levi P. Tonlin . Levi Bracken
sw. sw. sec. 7
Mar. 20, 1837
*Jesse M. Mann
sw. se. sec. 18 and e. ¿ sw. sec. 7 w. ¿ se. sec. 7
Sept. 19, 1836 Sept. 23, 1839
*Wm. M. Borst Wm. M. Borst . James Walker . Thomas Graves James Kay
ne. ne. sec. 18
Sept. 27, 1839
se. ne. sec. 8
July 9, 1837 April 15, 1837 June 13, 1838
Ellis Stoker .
sw. nw. sec. 9
July 7, 1837
Wm. Allred .
nw. sw. sec. 9 sw. sw. sec. 9
April 15, 1837
Wm. Nicewanger Jacob Strite
e. ¿ sw. sec. 9
Aug. 15, 1838
*Walter Moore
se. nw. sec. 9 sw. ne. sec. 9
Oct. 29, 1839 July 2, 1838
Jacob Ettleman *Charles Monzingo James Houghton . Jacob Hess
sw. se. sec. 14
April 18, 1837 Mar. 15, 1837
*Jolın Skidmore
sw. ne. sec. 17
June 23, 1836
*Pleasant Yates
w. ¿ se. and se. sw. sec. 17
Sept. 12, 1834 Oct. 3, 1836
Wm. Allred .
ne. sw. sec. 17
Oct. 3, 1836
John B. Fisher . *Wm. Estes .
nw. sw. sec. 17 . sw. sw. sec. 17 .
April 3, 1839
*Jeremiah Crowley *James Crowley John Loveless
nw. sw.sec. 18 . sw. sw. sec. 18 . se. sw. sec. 18
Sept. 4, 1836
Wm. Taylor
w. ¿ se. sec. 19 . ne. sw. sec. 19
Aug. 26, 1837
Allen Taylor
se. se. sec. 19
Isaac Allred .
w. ¿ sw., nw. nw.sec. 20
Sept. 19, 1836 Aug. 30, 1836 Aug. 10, 1836 Sept. 19, 1835
*Benj. McCrary
sw. nw. sec. 20.
Henry Thomas .
e. ¿ sw. sec. 20. W. ¿ se. sec. 20. ne. nw. sec. 20 .
Nov. 7, 1836
Joseph Pyburn .
nw. ne. sec. 20 .
Mar. 9, 1836 Aug. 23, 1836
Wheeler Baldwin . Orlando Murray John Camp .
ne. ne. sec. 20.
Mar. 3, 1837
John E. Murray
se. sw. sec. 26
Aug. 28, 1838
*Wm. Glenn
ne. ne. sec. 29
April 4, 1839
*Robt. Glenn
Ang. 30, 1839
John C. Allred .
Aug. 10, 1836
Joseph Ketchum
nw. ne. sec. 29 nw. nw. sec. 29 sw. nw. sec.29 .
Feb. 20, 1837
34
Aug. 2, 1836
Dec. 23, 1838
Barnett Cole
e. ¿ se. sec. 14
April 3, 1839
se. se. sec. 17 se. nw. and nw. ne. sec. 17
Oct. 17, 1836
*Thomas Skidmore
se. se. sec. 8 sw. se. sec. 8
Aug. 16, 1836
James Allred
nw. sw. sec. 6
June 14, 1837
Jacob Stinil
se. nw. sec. 7 Mar. 31, 1837
Nov. 7, 1836
Lewis Clapp
sw. ne. and se. se. sec. 20
Nov. 7, 1836
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HISTORY OF CALDWELL COUNTY.
Name.
Description. Date.
*Peter Herria
sw. se. sec. 34 .
Dec. 3, 1839
*Randolph McDonald
e. ¿ sw. and e. ¿ nw. sec. 35
Oct. 30, 1835
Daniel S. Miles
sw. sw. sec. 35 . Feb. 20, 1837
*John Mark .
w. ¿ ne. sec. 35.
June 23, 1838
R. T. Clemand .
se. se. sec. 35 and sw. sw. sec. 36 Jan. 10, 1837
The names marked with a star (* ) are believed to have been "Gentiles." All others are thought to be the names of Mormons.
As will be seen, the Mormons were very largely the first settlers in this township. It seems that the few Gentiles who were here previously were nearly all brought out in 1837-38.
The southwest quarter of section 17, settled and entered by Will- iam Allred, a Mormon, in the fall of 1836, was purchased by William Estes, who settled thereon in 1840 or 1841. There were two good log houses on the premises, and the place was known in early times as the " double cabins."
W. M. Borst, who settled on and entered a portion of sections 7 and 18 in 1839, was a New Yorker. A portion of the land on sec- tion 7 was afterward owned by Judge John W. Brown, who came from Kentucky in the spring of 1839, and was elected county judge in 1854. James Boyce, an Indianian, settled on section 7 in 1841. The Mormons built a cabin' on Borst's land in section 18, but did not enter the land. It was near this, on the same section, where' Crowley settled in 1833.
The west half of the west half of section 19 was settled by T. W. Higgins in 1841. It is said that a man named Israel Duty lived on a portion of this land in 1839.
William Ribelin came to this township from Kentucky in the fall of 1839, and purchased the se. 1/4 of section 18, or south part of 7, entered by Jesse M. Mann in 1836. William Shaffer came to this county from Virginia, arriving November 3, 1843, and in 1847 set- tled on the ne. 1/4 nw. 1/4 of section 19, in this township.
Walter Moore came from Alton, Ill., in the spring of 1839, and located in this township, on the se. 1/4 nw. 1/4 of section 9. His father, George Moore, came with him, and died here in 1853, aged 90. William Glenn came to the ne. 1/4 of section 29 in 1839, and the same year Abel Leonard made a settlement on section 20. John C. Lillard purchased the se. 1/4 of section 19, entered by the Mormon brothers, William and Allen Taylor, in 1836. - Mitchell bought the Mormon claim of Lewis Clapp, sw. se. section 20, entered in the fall of 1836.
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HISTORY OF CALDWELL COUNTY.
ORGANIZATION.
Grant township was organized May 4, 1870, and named in honor of Gen. Grant. It had formerly formed a part of Blythe township. Following have been its municipal officers since the recent township organization : -
1881- Trustee, John W. Brown ; clerk, Henry Slack ; collector, M. E. Smith ; constable, T. S. Ireland ; justices of the peace, J. W. Thompson, Daniel Brown.
1883 -Trustee, R. J. Clark ; collector, M. E. Smith; clerk, Henry Slack ; justices of the peace, J. W. Thompson, T. S. Ireland ; consta- ble, James E. Stone.
1885 -Trustee, John W. Brown ; clerk, Henry Slack ; collector, J. D. Grant ; justices of the peace, Jacob B. Price, Daniel Brown ; constable, James Wall.
POLO.
The village or hamlet of Polo, the only village in Grant township, has four stores, two churches, school house, etc. Located at a cross- ing of two roads, it is a well known and easily accessible locality. It location is on the corners of sections 21, 22, 27 and 28. Isaac Webb built the first house on the northwest corner in the fall of 1867. George Wilkinson built the second on the southeast corner in the spring of 1868, and the same spring the village was christ- ened in honor of a town of the same name in Illinois. In 1870 James M. Stone sold to Oliver Farabee an acre on the west side of the road, and on this tract Mr. Farabee built the first store house and opened the first store. Soon after L. L. Majors opened a blacksmith shop on the opposite side of the road. The present population of the village is abont 100. Its prospects for becoming a station on the proposed Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad are ex- cellent.
CHURCHES OF GRANT TOWNSHIP.
Polo M. E. Church South. - The organization of the M. E. Church South in Polo was effected January 1, 1884, with 36 members, some of whom were J. J. Grimes, R. J. Clark, J. W. Pinkard, H. Mur- phy, J. F. Mesterd and their wives ; Mrs. A. Flint, Miss E. Flint, Florence Estes, and William Flint and wife. Soon after the organ- ization, during a protracted meeting, 34 persons united with the church, and the present membership is 83. Rev. J. L. Meffert and William Carey have been the pastors. The church building was built in 1883, and cost $2,000.
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HISTORY OF CALDWELL COUNTY.
United Brethren. - The church of the United Brethren in Christ in Polo was built in the summer of 1872. It is a frame, and cost $1,200. The organization was formed in the autumn of 1868, the original members being William Bowman, A. Sams, S. A. Bowman, C. Achen- bach, Louie Achenbach, J. A. Sams, E. Henry, F. Steinbergh, Ellen Steinbergh, A. D. Thomas, Naomi Thomas. The first pastor was A. Sams ; following him came N. E. Gardner, William Beaucamp, John Esteb, D. A. Carpenter, William Frich, J. T. Alleman, and Revs. Brundage, Bowman and Hoffman. At present there are 17 members. There are other church organizations in this county of this denomina- tion, which will compare favorably with other churches.
German Baptists. - The " Brethren " or German Baptists - some- times called " Tunkers " or " Dunkards" - have a good working organization in this township of 35 members. Some of the members, however, reside in Ray county. The church was organized November 26, 1866, and the first members were John E. Bosserman, Sarah Bosserman, C. C. Root, Mary Root, Zaccheus Henricks, Rebecca Hen- ricks and Malinda Henricks. The first minister in this organization was Abraham Sell, and the first ordained elder was Peter Overholtzer, now succeeded by C. C. Root. The pastors are C. C. Root and Zac- cheus Henricks. The church building was erected in the summer of 1855, costing about $1,000. It is a frame, with a good stone base- ment. From this organization has sprung two other churches, the Hamilton church on the north, and the Wakenda on the south, both of which have flourished abundantly. Wakenda has double the mem- bership of this and Hamilton church. Notwithstanding this fact the ministry of the Grant township organization holds in charge five other branches in other parts of the range of the North Missouri Conference. Some of these branches are very prosperous, with large memberships, local ministers, and in some instances with houses of worship of their own. All of these originated since this church was organized.
This church has been honored with the treasury of the North Mis- souri Conference for ten successive years, and with the clerkship for eight years, and has furnished the delegate to the United States Con- ference three years out of four. The North Missouri Conference was held within its bounds on three occasions, as follows : May 5 and 6, 1871, at the Buffalo school-house; April 28, 1877, and April 23, 1885, at the Cottonwood church, M. E. South.
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
CHARLES ACHENBACH (Polo).
The name which appears above will be at once recognized by nearly all of those of this community, for it is borne by a man intimately associated with the interests of Polo. Mr. Achenbach, the son of Samuel Achenbach, was born April 6, 1842, in Columbia county, Pa. His father farmed until 1847, when he removed to Orangeville, Pa., his death occurring there in May, 1884, at the age of 79. His wife had preceded him to the grave April 6, 1879, when 69 years old. Charles had three brothers and three sisters: Almon died in 1885 ; Samuel died in Andersonville prison in 1864; Francis is treasurer of Tuscola county, Mich. ; he was in the Union army for three years during the war; Susan is now Mrs. Alfred Fellows, of Pennsylvania ; Rebecca married Dr. O. A. Megergell, of Orangeville, Pa. ; Mary A. is a resident of the place just mentioned. For three years and three months Charles Achenbach was in the army, and during this time participated in the battles of Gettysburg, Antietam, second Bull Run, South Mountain and Fredericksburg and others of less importance. After the cessation of hostilities, in October, 1865, he came to this county and for about four years was occupied in farming, then locating at Polo, where he has since been engaged in cabinet making and the undertaker's business. In connection with this he also carries on a wagon and carriage manufactory and is having a successful and in- creasing trade. Mr. A. married May 25, 1865, Miss Louie Barclay, of Orangeville, Pa. They have three children : Samuel F., born in 1866 ; Charles C., born in July, 1870, and William F., born in May, 1875. It should have been mentioned before that Mr. Achenbach on his father's side was of German ancestry.
JESSE C. BALES
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Sections 20 and 29, Post-office, Polo).
A stranger who may be passing over this portion of Caldwell county can not but admire the many beautiful places to be seen on every hand - places which indicate by their appearance the abode of men leaders in matters pertaining to husbandry. Jesse C. Bales belongs to this class. The owner of a landed estate of 240 acres, he is actively and successfully engaged in farming, conducting all his operations according to the most advanced ideas. This place is an excellent. stock farm, and upon it are to be found good graded animals. Mr. Bales came originally from Tennessee, born October 10, 1832. His:
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father, Pleasant Bales, was one of those who laid down his life on the altar of his country during the late war, dying in that fearful prison pen, Andersonville. Five of six sons, who were also in the army, are now living. Jesse C. was one of the early settlers of this State, having come here in 1849, at which time he located in Ray county. There he was identified with all the hardships incident to opening a new country. In 1869 he became a resident of Cald- well county, and this has since been his home. His present com- fortable competence has been acquired entirely through his own efforts. Mr. Bales married in 1854 Miss Emeline Watson, who has borne him 12 children, nine of whom are living: William Perkins, born in 1856; Julia Ann, born in 1858 ; John C, born in 1864 ; David Grant, born in 1866 ; Petrolia A., born in 1869 ; Christopher Colum- bus, born in 1872; Cyrus Walter, born in 1875; Luetta May, born in 1878, and Cora Emeline, born in 1882.
DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CARR
(Physician and Surgeon, Polo).
Since Dr. Carr's location at this place he has shown himself eminently worthy of the confidence and trust reposed in him by all classes and has proven himself to be a physician of decided merit. His education was received entirely through his own efforts, and yet, by constant application, he has become thoroughly posted in matters pertaining to his profession. His father, Charles M. Carr, was a native of Bedford county, Va., where Benjamin was born August 28, 1852. The former was a prominent farmer in Virginia, and a number of times filled different county offices. He had two sons, John W. being the other. He now resides in Marion county, Mo. His only daughter married Gustavus Hines and lives at Grand Forks, Dak. Benjamin's uncles on his father's side were leading agriculturists in the Old Dominion. Of those on his mother's side, Andrew Wilson was a physician in Bath county, Va., and at the head of the quarter- master's department in Virginia during the war; Frank Wilson grad- uated in law from Washington-Lee University ; Robert was in the late . war. John Wilson, the maternal grandfather, was of Irish descent, and Richard Carr, father of Charles M., was also of that origin. He was a farmer by occupation. Young Benjamin passed his boyhood days at home until 16 years of age, then accompanying his father to Carroll county, Mo. In 1875 he entered Kirksville Normal School, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1876. Going thence to Black Oak he taught school one term, and also taught near that place and at Lone Star school-house for some time. September 9, 1878, he entered the State University to prepare himself for a med- ical education and was graduated from that institution June 3, 1880. Then he located at Black Oak, this county, and practiced there until coming to Polo, November 17, 1880. Here he is well known and his ability is recognized.
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ALONZO CARR
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Section 30, Post-office, Polo).
Mr. Carr is a practical farmer - one who believes that it is as bene- ficial to have all his farming operations conducted in a thorough manner as to slight some department of labor in order to bestow more work on some other portion. This idea is carried out very completely. His stock is of a superior grade, the surroundings of his home are attractive and everything is kept in good condition. A native of Miami county, Ind., he was born October 23, 1842, the son of David A. Carr, and the only brother of two twin sisters. In 1854 he accompanied his father to Missouri, where the latter died; the mother is still living. Up to the age of 19 Alonzo remained upon the home farm, occupied in farming, but in 1861 he went into the army, first as a member of the 6th Missouri calvary ; afterwards he was corporal in Co. C, 13th Missouri cavalry, and served in an acceptable manner for a length of four years. August 19, 1866, Mr. Carr was married, Miss Mary E. Cross becoming his wife - the daughter of W. H. and Fanny Cross, of this county. The names of their nine children are Lorena D., born September 15, 1867, and married February 14, 1884, Thomas J. Louk, of Caldwell county; they have one child, Northard A., born November 17, 1884; Fanny E., born August 1, 1869; Sarah A., born September, 18, 1871; Mary B., born August 16, 1873; J. E., born June 2, 1875 ; Anna H., born May 13, 1877 ; Matilda E., born July 30, 1879 ; Ulysses S., born May 28, 1881, and David A., born July 25, 1883. Mr. Carr's farm embraces 160 acres in section 30 and 12 acres in section 29 of timber. This is the land formerly occupied by his father.
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