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Thomas
J. Jeffers Mr.
Thomas J. Jeffers was born in this Township on April 22, 1873, and here he grew
to manhood and received his education, and, with the exception of a short time
in the West, he has been a continuous resident in this vicinity.
He is the son of Joseph Jeffers, who was born in Ohio.
He was among the early settlers of Jasper County and here spent his last
days on a farm in Independence Township, dying in 1877; his wife died in 1876.
They were the parents of five children, two daughters and three sons,
namely: Mrs. Clara Beels, born March 11, 1857, lives in Baxter; Mrs. Edward
Patterson lives in Independence Township; William, born June 15, 1853, lives in
Nebraska; Thomas J., of this review; Walter, born May 23, 1874, lives in
Independence Township. These
children were all born and reared in this Township and were educated in the
local schools. Thomas J. Jeffers
was reared on the home farm and there he assisted with the general work about
the place during the summertime, and he has made farming his life work. He owns thirty acres of good land in Independence Township
and has a comfortable home there. In
connection with his farming he operates a threshing machine and corn-shelling
outfit, doing a big annual business with each, being one of the best-known
threshers in the County, enjoying substantial, returns from a large territory. Mr. Jeffers was
married on November 11, 1894, to Lillie Blanche Stier, who was born in Clear
Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, August 6, 1876, and here she grew to
womanhood and was educated, and with the exception of five years has been a
continuous resident of the County. She
is the daughter of John and Polly (Emery) Stier, the father born in Michigan on
April 25,
1849, and died in Clear Creek Township, this County, on December 31, 1897, the
mother was born in Wisconsin on August 7, 1859, and is living in Mingo, Iowa.
They were early settlers of this County. There were seven children in
the Stier family, five of whom are living, namely: Amos and Mamie, twins, born
in 1878, the former residing in Minnesota, the latter having died in infancy;
Albert, born in 1880, lives in Mingo; Mrs. Minnie Densmore, born in 1889, lives
in California; Ileon, born July 4, 1897, lives in Mingo; Lee died in infancy.
These children were born in Clear Creek Township, the rest in Jasper
County. To Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers has
been born one daughter, Zella, whose birth occurred on May 31, 1896; she is
attending the rural schools of this community. Politically, Mr. Jeffers is a
Republican. He is a member of
Jasper Lodge No. 168, Knights of Pythias, of Baxter.
Mrs. Jeffers is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Clear
Creek. The
Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912
B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1138. |
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