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Warren N. Talbot At the outset of his career
Warren N. Talbot, well known stockman Lynnville, Jasper County, recognized this
fact and he did not seek any royal road to the goal of prosperity and
independence, but began to work earnestly and diligently in order to advance
himself and the result is that he is now numbered among the progressive,
successful and influential citizens of his community. Mr.
Talbot was born in Illinois, February 7, 1854, and he is the son of David
Franklin Talbot and Caroline (Munger) Talbot, the father a native of the state
of New York and the mother of Massachusetts.
The elder Talbot was a carpenter and
contractor, which trade he learned in his native state, and, coming to Illinois
early in life, he followed the same.
In 1859 he and his family came overland with a half dozen teams and
wagons, several extra horses and many yoke of oxen and located in Jasper County,
Iowa, when this section was new. The father bought three hundred and twenty
acres in Elk Creek Township, in the vicinity of Dairy Grove, an old settlement.
Here he prospered, becoming one of the County's largest landowners and
leading farmers, becoming the owner of what was commonly called The Bottom Farm,
which consisted of one thousand and fifteen acres, He kept his land under
excellent improvements and tilled it on an extensive scale.
He was also a great cattle feeder, in fact, was for years one of the
leading stockmen of the County. He
was a man of considerable influence in his community and for some time he
discharged the duties of postmaster at Dairy Grove in the days when the mail was
carried from Newton on horseback. He
also served as revenue tax collector and justice of the peace.
He was a stanch Republican and later a Greenbacker, and in the days when
the slavery question was a paramount issue he kept one of the stations of the
underground railway, aiding in many instances families of runaway slaves from
their Southern masters, for he was bitterly opposed to slavery and, in this as
in all questions of importance, he was ready to show his colors, being a man of
strong convictions and broad minded. His family consisted of the following
children: Edwin deceased; Hiram;
George; Mrs. Alice Derringer, who died December 19, 1911, at Cherokee, Iowa;
Eugene; Warren N., of this review, being the youngest of the family. Warren N. Tallaot grew to
maturity under pioneer conditions and he obtained his common school education
under difficulties, walking miles through the deep snow and in all kinds of
weather, wearing heavy cowhide boots, and during the summer months he assisted
with the general work on the farm, and after he left school he assisted his
father with the farm until he was twenty-two years old when he started in life
for himself by renting land, which he continued for four years and then bought
one hundred and forty-seven acres in Lynn Grove Township, known as the Elisha
Flaugh estate. Selling that
later, he bought one hundred and forty acres just west of the village of Sully
in 1892 and here he has carried on general farming and stock raising in a most
successful manner. He keeps
full-blooded Percheron and Clydesdale horses and roan
shorthorn cattle, his fine stock, because of their superior grades, always
finding a very ready market. Politically,
Mr. Talbot is a Republican and active in local affairs.
He has been justice of the peace; which office he filled most creditably.
He is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church. In
October 1881, Mr. Talbot was united in marriage with Ida Flaugh, who was born in
Linn Grove Township, the daughter of Elisha Flaugh, one of the earliest settlers
of this County, having come here in 1845 and he was well known among the
pioneers. The
following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Talbot:
Albert, Perry L., Mrs. Minnie Tice, Nina and Alta. The
Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912
B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1028. |
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