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Thomas Stinson To
a great extent the prosperity of the agricultural sections of our country is due
to the honest industry, the sturdy persistence, the unswerving perseverance and
the wise economy, which so prominently characterize the farming element of the
Hawkeye state. Among this class may
be mentioned Thomas Stinson, who, by reason of years of indefatigable labor, the
exercise of sound judgment and honest efforts, has not only acquired a well
merited material prosperity, but has also richly earned the highest esteem of
all with whom he is associated. Thomas
Stinson, one of the leading agriculturists and stock raisers of northern Jasper
County and one of the leading and most public spirited citizens of Independence
Township, was born in Indiana, May 51847, but the major part of his useful and
industrious life has been spent in this Township whither he came when a boy with
his parents and where the rest of the family were born and reared. He is the son of Jeremiah and Delila (Wyatt) Stinson, the
father born March 1, 1813, the mother was born on September 5, 1821, and both
now deceased. These parents were
married on May 6, 1840, and nine children were born to them, namely: Hannah M.,
born February 26, 1843, is deceased; Nancy A. born September 5, 1845, is
deceased; Thomas, of this review; William, born April 13, 1849; Isabell Dawson,
born December 10, 1854, now
deceased; George Luther, born November 22, 1852, is deceased; Annie, born June
26, 1856, lives at Clarinda, Iowa; David W., born April 14, 1858, lives in
Independence Township, this County; John Mitchell, born March 12, 1863, lives in
Independence Township. Thomas
Stinson grew up on the home place and received his education in the local
schools. On April 12, 1874, he was united in marriage with Emily
F. Sego, who was born in this Township, on January 19, 1857, the daughter of
Greenberry and Sarah D. (Goodman) Sego, who were among the earliest settlers of
Jasper County, where they spent the latter part of their lives, both being now
deceased. Here Mrs. Stinson grew to
womanhood and was educated, being one of a family of eleven children, named as
follows, five being deceased: Solomon, who was a soldier in the Union Army
during the Civil War, is deceased; John W. lives near Ira, this County; Thomas
is deceased ; Nancy Ann Smith is living in Nebraska; Martha Jane Lauderman lives
in Perry, Iowa; James is deceased; Emily F., wife of Mr. Stinson of this review;
Mary Rose lives in Independence Township; Samuel died in infancy, as did the two
youngest children. This family was reared in Independence Township. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stinson, as follows: Florence Elba Dodd, born April 25, 1875, lives at Colfax, Iowa; Maggie Edith, born November 2, 1876, died September 23, 1878; John Berryl, born April 21, 1880, lives in Madison County, Iowa; Audra Belle Tipton, born December 1, 1881, is living near the home farm in Independence Township; Sarah Fern Kracht, born December 16, 1884, lives in Independence Township; Verdie Opal Swinnebart, born April 24, 1889, lives in Independence Township; Frank G., born May 11, 1891, who is living in Independence Township, married Cretia Adkins, daughter of General and Laura Adkins, August 30, 1911. Politically,
Mr. Stinson is independent, but his support may always be depended upon in
furthering any movement having as its object the betterment of his Township and
County. He is associated with the
Methodist Church at Baxter. In a business way Mr. Stinson has been successful beyond the average man, having, by his individual efforts, economy, wise foresight and honest dealings, accumulated a competency aside from his fine farm of seven hundred and twenty acres, one of the best improved, productive and desirable of Jasper County's model farms. He is also the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of valuable land in Madison County. He has a beautiful home and substantial and convenient outbuildings. As a general farmer and stock raiser he easily ranks among the leaders in this locality, and personally he is a man whom to know is to respect and admire, owing to his exemplary character and his genial personality. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1210. |
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