COLFAX TOWNSHIP.

ARMAGOST, ELIAS G., farmer, See 3; P. O. Dallas Center.
Arthurs, Geo., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Adel.
Arthurs, Wm., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Adel.
Badger. Saml., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Panther Creek

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Bates, John, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield.
Bates, Charles, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield.
Bates, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Redfield.
Bates, Daniel S., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield.
Beaver, Israel, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Panther Creek.
Beaver, T. J., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Panther Creek.
Beazor, H. E., farmer, Sec. 4; P: O. Panther Creek.
Beasley, W., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Adel.
Burnett, S., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Redfield.
Bentall, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Redfield.
Britton, G. W., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Adel.
Bringhan. J. N., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Adel.

BULLIS, L. D., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Adel; he owns a farm of 120 acres; was born in Oswego .county, New York, February 9, 1830; when he was about three years of age his parents moved to Ashtabula county, Ohio, where he Jived until he was twenty-one years of age; he then went to Rock county, Wisconsin, where he lived three years; he then removed to Henry county, Illinois; he enlisted in Co. B, 19th Illinois Infantry, in June, 1861, and mustered out in February, 1862; November 12, 1862, he married Miss Emily A. Enslow, a native of Oswego county, New York; he enlisted again in February, 1864, in Co. A, 42d Illinois Infantry, and was mustered out in January, 1865; he came to this county in the spring of 1867, and located in this township; they have one son: Dwight 0; was a member of the board of supervisors one term.

CHANEY, LEWIS, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Adel.
Chapman, Wm., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield.
Clark, Abraham, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Adel.
Clark, J. F., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Adel.
Clark, John, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Adel.
Crouse, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Redfield.
Cunningham, W., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Redfield.
Cunningham, H. G., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield.

CURTIS, A. R., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Adel; was born in Genesee county, New York, April 24, 1839; he lived there until he was sixteen years of age; he then imigrated to Stark county, Illinois, where he staid about four mouths, and then went to Grant county, Wisconsin; remained there three years and then returned to Stark county where he married Miss Elizabeth Imes, April 4, 1858, a native of Lawrence county, Ohio; came to Iowa in 1866, and to this county in 1870; owns a farm of 41 acres; have a family of two sons and one daughter: Chas. A., Liewevin and Nora A.; he served about one year in the late rebellion in Co. B, 7th Illinois Infantry.

DORR, J. C., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Adel.
Doyle, Michael, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Redfield.

ELLIS, S. J., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 29; P. O. Adel; Born in Vermillion county, Illinois, July 26, 1834; when eleven years of age he came with his mother and her family by wagon to Iowa; they arrived in Jefferson county in the fall of 1845; the following spring they came to Dallas county and arrived here May 1, 1846, and located near Adel; they located and made a claim; they were among the

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earliest settlers in Dallas county, and there are only a few here now that was here when they came; he married Miss Lydia Beeson, from Indiana, in 1857; she died in 1867, leaving two children: Luvada and Augusta V.; married Mrs. Clarinda J. Nichols, formerly Miss Clarinda Brenton, daughter of Dr. Brenton; he has held office of sheriff of Dallas county, was elected in 1875, and has held town and school offices; he owns 276 acres of land; Mrs. Sarah Ellis, mother of Mr. Ellis, is now living in Van Meter township; she has eight children living and has lost two.

Emmert, Theodore, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Panther Creek.
Fair, Josiah, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Redfield.
Fitzgerald, Mike, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Adel.
Fitzgerald, Pat., Jr., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Adel.
Fitzgerald, D.F., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Adel.
Fitzgerald, Maurice, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Adel.
Fitzgerald, Pat., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Adel.
Flack, Geo., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Redfield.
Foster, E. B., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Adel.

FRANCIS, Wm. H., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Adel; born in Butler county, Ohio, October 16, 1819; he was brought up and lived there except two years until coming to this State; he married Phebe Phillips from Ohio, May 16, 1844; they came by wagon to Iowa, and were 26 days on the way; arrived in this county in 1855, and engaged in farming; they have six children: John, Nancy J., Sarah E., George W., Elmer E. and Tabitha; and have lost six children.

FRANCIS, FRANKLIN, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Adel; born in Dark county, Ohio, April 7, 1837; he was brought up there until 17 years of age; then came with his parents to Iowa by wagon, in 1855, and located in the county; Mr. Francis is engaged in farming and stock-raising; owns 335 acres of land; married Miss Margaret J. Van Cleave from Indiana, in July, 1859; they have six children: George, Eugene, Charles, Cora, Laura, Bel1e and Sarah; they have lost one daughter.

G RAY, V. P., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Adel.
Gray, Geo., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Adel.

HAYES: C.W., nursery and fruit growing, Sec. 36; P. O. Adel; was born in the town of Spafford, Onedague county, New York, May 8, 1835; he came to Dallas county in the spring of 1869; has lived on his present place 4 years; owns 40 acres of land; he married Miss Calista Ripley, July 4,1860; she was a native of the same county; she died April 14, 1864, leaving one son and one daughter: Bertha J. and James W.; he married again to Miss E. M. Adams, October 9, 1867; she was a native of Niagara county, New York; have one daughter: Alma J.

Hollinberger; J. J., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Redfield.
Huffman, R. B., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O.Adel.
Jewell, Victor, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Adel.

JOLLEY, LEWIS, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Adel; was born in Darby township, Union county, Ohio, December 21,1827; he lived there until March, 1855, and then emigrated to Iowa and this county, and located at Adel, where he remained 4 years working at his trade, that of a carpenter; he then removed to his present farm, which contains 250 acres, all well improved; he married Elizabeth J.,

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widow of G. G., Young; her maiden name was Sowash; she was born in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, January 11, 1824; they were married February 12, 1857; she came to this county in 1856; have one son and one daughter: Jasper L. and Mary E.; Mrs. Jolley has two daughters by her former marriage Nancy J., now Mrs. Frank Houghton, and Maggie A., now Mrs. Albert L. Wooster.

KENEDY, F. A., farmer and stock dealer, Sec. 33; P. O. Redfield; was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, November 18, 1831; came to this county, in the fall of 1856, and located where he now lives-farm of 312 acres, all well improved; he married Miss Nancy Doyel, who was born near Lexington, Kentucky, but raised in Montgomery county, Indiana, they have one son: James M.

King, David, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Adel.
Lee, S. C., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Adel.
Lee, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Adel.

LONG, CHRISTIAN. farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Adel; owns a farm of 320 acres; born in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1813; he lived there until 1852, and then emigrated to Carroll county, Illinois, and in 1869 came to this county and located in this township; he married Miss Susanna Hershey in February, 1834, a native of Alleghaney county, Pennsylvania; have a family of three sons and two daughters: Abraham, Jacob, John, Mary, now Mrs. Christian Emmert, Annie, now Mrs. William Pennebaker. Lost three sons and one daughter: David, George, Benjamin, and Catherine, wife of J. P. Strickler.

LOPER, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 1; .P. O. Adel; born in Gloscester county New Jersey, in 1804; came to this county in 1853 and located where they now live; owns a. farm of 70 acres; he married Lucy A. Garoutte, January 22, 1827; she was born in the same county, May 16, 1807; their children are: Mary E., Sarah E., Henry T., John W., Susan C., William and Margaret P.

LUDINGTON, J. N., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Adel; born in Duchess county, New York, May 25,1809; he lived there until he was about seven years old; his parents then moved to Indiana, locating near Vincennes, where he lived about six years, then with his older brother removed to Vermillion county, Illinois; when he was about nineteen years of age he went to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade, that of a tanner; in 1853 he came to this county and located where he now lives; owns a farm of 160 acres; he married Miss Elizabeth Spar in the fall of 1841; she was born in Sommerset county, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1812; he previously married Mary Hoover, March 18, 1832; born August 17, 1811, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania; she died February 28, 1841; left one son and one daughter: Alfred N. and Sarah J. Has two sons and four daughters by second marriage: John W., Mary E., William H., Cornelia V., Elizabeth A. and Almira.

Ludington, A. N., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Adel.
Ludington, Josiah, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Adel.
Ludington, W., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Adel.
Lyon, J. H., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Adel.
MACHEN, W. W., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Adel.

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Machen, W., Sr., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Adel.

MAHAR, PATRICK, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Redfield; born in Connty Kerry, Ireland, in 1821; he emigrated to the United States in 1848; stopped for a short time in Buffalo, New York, and then came to Illinois; he came to this county in 1868; came from. Illinois here with his team and was three weeks on the road; when he arrived here all he owned was his team and by hard work and economy he has a farm of 166 acres, all paid for; he married Margaret Auraught; in 1851, at Ottawa, Illinois; she died in 1861; he married again to Margaret Hayden, in 1863, at LaSalle, Illinois; has four children by first marriage: Jeremiah, Honora, Margaret and Patrick.

Maxon, Duane, farmer, Sec., 6; P. O. Redfield.
Messamer, J. M., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Panther Creek.

MILLS, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Adel; born in Gilford county, North Carolina, May 25, 1817; he lived there until the fall of 1833, and then with his parents moved to Madison county, Indiana; he married Julia A. Farlow, September 6, ] 838, a native of Wayne county, Indiana, born May 5, 1819; they emigrated to Dallas county, and located where they now live, in the spring of 1856; have four sons and three daughters: Isaac, N. J., Mary E., Lucinda A., H. E., H. C. and Ada.

Mills, N. J., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Adel.

MILLS, J. M., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Dallas Center; was born in Gilford county, North Carolina, May 17, 1824; lived there until 1833; his parents then moved to Madison county, Indiana; he married Hannah Flint, March 11, 1847; she was born in Wayne county, Indiana, January 27, 1828; they came to this county in the spring of 1856, and located where they now live; farm 181 acres; they have nine children, and lost two: Martha A. (deceased), J. R., Charity (deceased), Mary, Joseph W., Jacob H., John M., Middleton M., Chas. C., Hannah E. and Emma J.

MILLS, JERRY, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Dallas Center; was born in Gilford county, North Carolina, May 12, 1822, he lived there until 1833, his parents then moved to Madison county, Indiana; he married Nancy Etchison, March 15, 1846; she was born in North Carolina, but raised in Indiana; they came to this county in the spring of 1856, and located where he now lives; farm of 313 acres; they have one son and three daughters: Mahala A., John F., Mary E. and Clara D.

MYERS, ISAAC, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Dallas Center; was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1822, he lived there until 12 years of age; his parents then moved to Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, where he lived until 1851; and then to Huntington county, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1855; he then emigrated to Jo Daviess county, Illinois, where he lived until coming to this county in 1875; his farm contains 240 acres, and 10 acres timber, one of the best improved in the county; he married Miss Sarah Garver, December 4, 1845, a native of Franklin county, but raised in Huntington county, Pennsylvania; they have four sons and four daughters: Nathan, Rebecca (now Mrs. John Glock), Geo. S., Albert, Harriet (now

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Mrs. John Long), Christia A., Henry E. and Emma J.

Myers, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Panther Creek.
O'Brian, J. T., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Panther Creek.
Olin, A. J., fanner, Sec. 1; P. O. Dallas Center.
PARKINSON, J., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Adel.

PAYNE, C. H. W., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Adel; was born in Clinton county, Indiana, September 20, 184:4:; came to this county in the spring of 1856, with his parents, remained one year, then removed to Henry county, Illinois, where they remained until 1866, and then returned to this county; farm 80 acres; he married Mary E., daughter of Henry Mills, May 9, 1868; she was born in Madison county, Indiana; he served about 3 years in the late rebellion, in Co. D, 112th Illinois Infantry; enlisted August 9, 1862; mustered out June 20, 1865.

Payne, K R., farmer, Sec; 13; P. O. Adel.
Phillips, L. S., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Redfield.
Piatt, Joshua, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield.
Plummer, J. S., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Adel.
Potter, John R., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Adel.
Powell, Robert, Mrs., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Adel.
Quigley, James, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Adel
REEVES, JEREMIAH, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Dallas Center.
Schamel, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Panther Creek.
Shaffer, J. S., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Adel.
Shaffer, Martin, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Adel.
Shirk, Reuben, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Adel.
Skinner, Alvah, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Adel.
Smith, .John, fimner, Sec. 31; P. O. Redfield.
Snyder, J. S., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Redfield.
Stafford, John, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Adel.
Stine, W. H., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Redfield.
Sutherland, M., farmer,. Sec. 27; P. O. Adel.

SUTHERLAND, DARIUS, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Dallas Center; owns a farm of 679 acres; born in Washington county, Indiana, November 30, 1828; his parents moved from there when he was eleven years of age to Fulton county, Illinois, where they lived about seven years, and then removed to Bureau county, Illinois; he came to this county August 23, 1878; he married Miss Auzoletta Britton May 1, 1853; she is a native of New York; they have eight sons and five daughters: Simon R., born April 16, 1854; Henry R., born March 29, 1856; Charles K, born December 31, 1857; Andrew L., born September 5, 1859; George H., born April 13, 1861; Benjamin F., born May 20, 1863; Armetta K, born May 6, 1865; Mary F., born September 27, 1867; Susan A., born July 27, 1869; Martin R., born Sepfember7, 1871; Corrianna M., born August 27, 1873; Samuel H., born September 26, 1875; Nora C., born March, 1878.

TICE, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Redfield.
Tice, M., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Redfield.
Tyer, F. W., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Adel.

TYER, JOHN, deceased; born in London, England, February 9, 1820; he married Miss Harriet Franklin, of the same place, May

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15, 1841, and the following September they emigrated to the United States and New York, where they staid but a short time, and then removed to New Orleans; staid but a short time, and then went to New Jersey; remained there and in Massachusetts until coming to Iowa in March, 1855; located in Colfax township, where he remained until his death, which occurred July 11, 1.874, leaving a family of four sons and two daughters: John M., Charles F., Frederick W., Edward (who has since died), Harriet E. and Mary L.

TYER, CHARLES F., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Adel; owns a farm of 86 1/2 acres; born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, September 29, 1844; his parents moved to Massachusetts when he was very young; they came to this county in 1855, and located in this township; he married Miss Cornelia Y., daughter of J. N. Ludington, Esq., November 7, 1870; she was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; they have two sons: Charles W., born August 25, 1871; Oscar F., born May 8, 1878.

TYER, JOHN M., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Adel; born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 19, 1842, where he lived until he was six years old; his parents then moved to Massachusetts, where he lived until the spring of 1855, and then, with his parents, came to this county, and located in Colfax township; his farm contains 160 acres; he married Miss Addie J. Hoyt, December 6, 1868; she was born in Maine, but raised in Rock county, Wisconsin; they have one son and two daughters: Addie N., born October 2,1869; Henry W., born February 7, 1871; Ina Pearl, born July 15, 1878; he was justice of the peace one term; township clerk two terms, and is school director.

Van Cleave, I. J., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Adel.
Wagner, Michael, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Panther Creek
Walters, G. W., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Adel.
Walker, S. F., farmer, Sec. 6: P. O. Panther Creek.
Wicks, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Adel.
Wood, J. K., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Adel.
Worster, A. L., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Adel.
Worster, J. C., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Adel.
York, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Panther Creek.
Young, Frank, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Redfield.

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ALLEN, B. B., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Greenvale; born in Massachusetts in 1813; came to this county in 1854; owns 169 acres of land; has held offices of school director and postmaster four years; he married Miss Eliza Smith, January 24, 1857; she was born in Erie county, New York; have one daughter: Alice E., and lost one: Mona E.

Andrews, S. B., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Redfield.
Anderson, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Redfield.
Andrews, J. C. farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Redfield.

BAILEY, J. A., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield; born in Randolph county, Indiana, in 1842; came to this county in 1853; owns 180 acres of land; has held offices

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of town c1erk and school director; he enlisted in the 39th Iowa Infantry in the late war and served until the close; he married Miss Martha A. Noel in 1873; she was born in Indiana; has three children: Fred, Nora E. and Carl F.

Bailey, J. G., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield.

BAILEY, L. D., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Linn; born in Indiana in 1841; came to this county in 1853; owns 291 acres of land; he enlisted in the 4th Iowa Cavalry, and served four years; he married Miss Pamelia Laubach in 1858; she was born in Pennsylvania; has five children: Blanche C., Harry W., Julia May, George R. and Mary Nellie.

Bales, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Redfield.
Balesbaugh, J., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Greenvale.
Ballinger, M., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Greenvale.
Bennett, D. M., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Greenvale.
Binford, F. W., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Greenvale.
Bice, .J. W., farmer Sec. 9; P. O. Redfield.
Briggs, J. W., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Linn.
Briggs, Joseph W., farmer, See: 6; .P. O. Linn.
Brody, H. P., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Redfield.
Burnham, Alex., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Redfield.
Burnham, James, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Redfield.
Clark, Alonzo, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Greenvale.
Clark, N. B., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Greenvale.
Clark, Jonathan, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Redfield.
Chace, E. R., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Linn.
Cloud, Harmon, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Harvey's Mills.
Cloud, W. B., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Harvey's Mills.
Cloud, Stephen, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Redfield.

COX, WM., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Harvey's Mills; born in Randolph county, Indiana, in 1825; came to this county in October, 1867; owns 300 acres of land; he married Mary R. Holloway in 1842; she was born in Ohio.

Cronk, I., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Redfield.

DAVIS, ISAAC J., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Redfield; born in Kentucky in 1817, and when young removed to Ohio, and afterward emigrated to Indiana; carne to this county in 1854; owns 175 acres of land; he married Mrs. Lucinda Swain (whose maiden name was Maulsby) in 1849; she was born in Tennessee; Mrs. Davis was first married to Zeno Swain, in 1830; he died in 1834, leaving one daughter, Rhoda J., wife of S. Patty.

Doty, L., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Redfield.
Drake, Silas, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Redfield.

DUCK, GEO. C., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield; born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1814, and removed from there to Porter county, Indiana, in 1844, and lived there eleven years, and came to this county in 1855; owns 230 acres of land; on this land is a valuable coal bank, known as Duck's bank; he has held the offices of justice of the peace, school director and town trustee; he married Miss Mary Hesser in 1844; she was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1818; has six children: Simon, John W., Rachel, Sarah, George and Catharine; lost two: Mary and Joseph.

Duck, J. W., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Redfield.
Dyer, E., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Redfield.

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ELLIS, WM. B., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Redfield; born in Greene county, Tennessee, in 1829; he removed with his parents, when six years of age, to Indiana, and came to this county in 1854; owns 135 acres of land; has held offices of county supervisor, justice of the peace, town clerk, town trustee, assessor, and school director; he married Miss Susanna Lewis in 1851; she was born in Indiana; has ten children; Marcus D., Jesse C., Sarah E., Lucinda, Maria, Sam'l R. C., Emma E., Lucretia M., Mary Melinda and Wm. R.

Elliott, Francis, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Redfield.
Estes, G. M., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Redfield.
Evans, Elisha, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Redfield.
Eyres, Wm., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Greenvale.

FEE, ISAAC, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Redfield; born in Galia County, Ohio, January 26, 1821, and emigrated to Iowa in 1846, settling near Des Moines, in Polk county, and came to Linn township in 1851, and settled and improved the farm on which he now resides, and has remained on the place since that time; he owns eighty acres of land; he married Miss I. Slaughter in 1841; she was born in Ohio; has ten children living; John, Richland, William, Hollace, Thomas, Lovina, Caroline, Ellen F., Abagail and Sarah A.; lost three: Mary E., Dulcena J. and Nora I.

Flinn, John, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Redfield.

FOY, ROBERT F., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Redfield; born in Maine in 1823; came to this county in 1857; owns 170 acres of land; has held offices of town trustee, school director, and treasurer of the school fund; he married Miss Ann E. Schuster, in 1850; she was born in Maine; has two children: John F. and Laura K.

Freeman, J. J., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Greenvale.
Garey, Henry, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Redfield.
Gary, I. G., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Redfield.
Grubbs, Luther, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Linn.

HART, LORING, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Redfield; born in Massachusetts in 1805; came to this county in 1866; owns ninety acres of land; he married Rebecca Babbit in 1837; she was born in Massachusetts.

Harper, W. W., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Redfield.
Harden, Ezra, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Redfield.

HARDEN, JOHN C., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Redfield; born in North Carolina in 1824, and in 1837 removed to Indiana, and came to this county in 1854; owns 120 acres of land, eighty of which he entered; he has held offices of school director and town trustee; he married Miss Louisa Parker in 1850; she was born in Indiana; has eight children; Alonzo L., Ezra M., Emma B., Elim E., Alfred P., Louisa E., Reno L. and Cooty.

HILL, ABNER, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Harvey's Mill; born in Ohio in 1816; removed to Randolph county, Indiana, in 1836, and came to this county in 1856; owns 139 acres of land; he married Miss Elizabeth Lank in 1836; she was born in Ross county, Ohio; has four children: Martha A., wife of M. O. Marshall, Elizabeth I., wife of James S. Donney, Olive and Chester P.

Hodson, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Redfield.
Holloway, A. W., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Linn.

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Rowen, P. S., farmer, Sec.24; P. O. Redfield.
Howell, Ira, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Redfield.
Howell, Needom, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Redfield.
Hoyt, Ben., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Greenvale.

HOYT, THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Greenvale; born in Maine in 1834; he lived in Wisconsin for sometime, and then removed to California, where he remained until he came to this county; he has held offices of town clerk, town trustee and school director; he married Miss Susan Ross, in 1861; she was born in Newark, New, Jersey; has five children: Lizzie, Leland, Willie, Mabel and Blanche.

Humphrey, W. C., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Redfield.

JAMESON, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Redfield; born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, January 31, 1800; he removed to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1816, where he remained until 1827, and then moved to Marion county, and in 1833 to Allen county; came to this county in 1853; owns 150 acres of land; held office of assessor in 1855 and J856; and while living in Allen county, Ohio, was Judge of the Probate Court from 1838 to 1852; he married Sarah Ann Lawson, December 16, 1823; she was born in Duchess county, New York; she died April 3, 1867; has four children: William W., Samuel F., James H. and Edward P.; lost six: Robert L., John R., Margaret J., Rachel A., El1en G. and Sarah. John R. and Edward P. enlisted in the 39th Iowa Infantry in the late war; the former was taken prisoner and confined at Belle Island, and died; one son-in-law, John H. Combs, the husband of Ellen G. (deceased), died from disease contracted in the service.

Johnson, Nelson, farmer, Sec. __;P. O. Redfield.
Jones, S., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Redfield.
Jones, C. M., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Linn.

JOY, JOHN F., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Redfield; born in Maine in 1853; came to this county in 1857; owns 160 acres of land.

Judge, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Redfield.
KEATOR, L. W., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Greenvale.
Ketner, J. M., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Redfield.

LAWBACH, J., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Redfield; born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1823; came to this county April 17, 1855; owns 200acres of land; he enlisted in Co. H, 39th Iowa Inft. during the late war, and served three years; he married Miss Sarah Ash, July 7, 1847; she was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania; has six children: Pernilla, Hiram F., John K., Russell A., Sanford H., Charles W.; lost one daughter: Mary A.

Lawbach, H. F. and I K., farmers, Sec. 17; P. O. Redfield.
Lewis, David, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Redfield.
Lewis, S., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Redfield.
Lewis, T. D., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Redfield.
Lumpkin, R. W., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Linn.
McATEE, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Redfield.
McLucas, J. M., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Redfield.
McNees, A., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Redfield.
Madren, A. J., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Redfield.

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Manor, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Redfield.
Manor, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Redfield.
Marshall, H. M., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Redfield.

MAULSBY, JOHN, (deceased), farmer, who resided on Sec. 28, was born in Tennessee, September 11, 1814; he removed with his parents to Indiana in 1817; he married for his first wife, Mary Groft, who died in 1846; August 19, 1847, he married Miss Mary C. Kimmerle, who was born in Butler county, Ohio; in 1854 he came to this county and entered for himself and others, 2,200 acres of land; and at the time he removed from Indiana, he was the means of 20 families coming to this county; he held various offices of the township, and also county treasurer; he died November 19, 1876, leaving five children by first marriage: Letitia (wife of Dr Rust), Melissa (wife of Dr Caldwell), Jane (now Mrs. DeMotte), Luny and Edgar; and by second marriage six: Josephine, Cromwell, Florence, Forrest, Vernon and Frank.

Maulsby, J. H., farmer, Sec., 10; P. O. Greenvale.

MAULSBY, WM., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Redfield; born in Jefferson county, Tennessee, in 1810; in 1817 his parents removed to Indiana, where he remained until 1857, when he removed to this county; he owns 320 acres of land; he married Miss Z. Mills in 1833; she was born in Tennessee; have two children: Irwin and Milton.

Maulsby, Milton, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Redfield.
Merritt, James, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield

MILLS, J. H., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Redfield; born in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1847; came to this county in 1856; owns 80 acres of land, and has under his supervision 240 acres; has held office of school director; he enlisted in the 39th Iowa Infantry in the late war, and was afterward transferred to the 7th Iowa, and mustered out with that regiment; he married Miss S. A. Duck, September 15,1867; have three children: Roscoe R., Charlie C., Milton D.

MITCHELL, T. J., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Greenvale; born in Waldo county, Maine, in 1825; came to this county in 1863; previous to his removal to this county he lived in Wisconsin 10 years; he owns 98 acres of land; he married Miss Augusta Howard in 1845; she was born in Waldo county, Maine; have two adopted children: Lizzie and Addie Wagle.

Mohr, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Redfield.
Moorman, Enoch, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Redfield.

MOORE. ALLEN, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Redfield; born in Indiana in 1825; came to this county in 1852; owns 226 acres of land; he married Miss Ada Van Cleave in 1847; she was born in Indiana; have three children living: Elizabeth A., Melinda J. and Wm. Allen; lost five: Samuel G., James, Matilda, Augusta and Mary A.

Mosier, Jonathan, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Green vale.
NELSON, W. A., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Redfield.
Overhalser, M. H., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Linn.

PARKER, PLEASANT, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Redfield; born in Laurel county, Kentucky, in 1826; removed with his parents to Ind., in 1832, and came to this county March 8, 1855; owns 200 acres of land; has held offices of town trustee and school director; he enlisted in the 39th Iowa Infantry, in the late war, and served three years; he married Miss Anna

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E. Joy in 1856; she was born in Wayne county, Indiana; have four children: Wayne, Vienna, Dora and Irwin; have lost two children.

Patty, D. S., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Redfield.

PATTY, S., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Redfield; born in Lima county, Ohio in 1830; removed from there to Wayne county, Indiana, and came to this county in 1854; owns 240 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Rhoda J. Swain in 1850; she was born in Wayne county, Indiana; have four children: T. Swain, Cora M., May and Reno R.

Presley, Wm., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Redfield.
ROUP, W. T., farmer, See. 33; P. O. Redfield.
Russell, G. E., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Redfield.
St. John, R. F., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Greenvale.
Seamen, J. J., fanner, Sec. 22; P. O. Redfield.

SHIECKLE, J. J., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Redfield; born in England in 1810; came to this county in 1869; he married Mrs. Alice Harper, who was born in New York. Mrs. Schieckle's maiden name was Shillato; she first married James Harper, who was born in Virginia in 1800, and came to this county in March, 1851, and at the present writing she and her son are the oldest residents of what is now Linn township; Mr. Harper died May 14, 1869, leaving eight children: Hiram, James M., Edward, Wm. W., Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth and Eliza J.

Shillato, Wm., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Redfield.

SIMCOKE, B. F., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Redfield; born in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1836; came to this county in 1867; has held offices of county supervisor, township clerk, justice of the peace and school director; he married Mrs. Rachel E. Maulsby, whose maiden name was Patty; she was born in Wayne county, Indiana; has four children: James L., William C., Laura and Joseph O. Mrs. S. died in June, 1877; she was previously married to Ezra Maulsby, who was born in Indiana, in 1838, and died in 1864, leaving three children: Ellis, Alonzo and Lawrence.

Sloan, S., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Redfield.
Smith, I. H., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Redfield.
Smith, Lewis, fanner, Sec. 16; P. O. Redfield.
Smith, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Greenvale.

STROUD, A., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Greenvale; born in Vermont, in 1827; came to this county in July, 1858; owns 390 acres of land; he married Miss Ann McNamee in 1854; she was born in New York; have ten children: Carrie, Irene, Louisa, Charles, Edgar, John, Minnie, Arthur, Philip and Bazie B.

TAYLOR, WM. R., cabinet maker and farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Greenvale; born in Canada in 1827; came to this county in 1871; holds office of postmaster at Greenvale; he married Miss Frances E. Warren, in June, 1870; she was born in Franklin county, New York; has one child: Clarence M.

Thompson, W m., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Greenvale.
Thompson, C., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Greenvale.
Thornburgh, J. A., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Redfield.

THORNBURGH, THOMAS K. and P. KERNS, farmers, stock-raisers and stock-dealers, Sec. 20; P. O. Redfield; the former was born in Indiana on April 9, 1847, and came to this county in 1856; he holds office of township trus-

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tee; he married Miss Jennie Vestal in 1871; she was born in Indiana; has three children: Zena C., Mabel and Baby. P. Kern was born in Indiana in 1850, and -came to this county in 1856; they own, with their mother, 240 acres of land; their father, Wm. Thornburgh, was born in Tennessee in 1804; removed to Indiana; and came to this county in 1856; he married Miss Catharine Bohrer; he died in September, 1876.

Town, Cyrus, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Redfield.
Turner, Jos., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Greenvale.
Turner, Geo., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. .Greenvale.

WARREN, I. P., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Greenvale; born in New Hampshire, in 1813; came to this county in 1866; owns 20 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss Phebe J. Robinson in 1836; she was born in Plattsburg, New York; has three children: Araminta S., Isaac M. and Frances E., wife of Wm. R. Taylor.

WESCOTT, W. H., blacksmith and farmer, Sec. 3; F. O. Greenvale; born in Vermont in 1822; came to this county in August, 1868; owns 166 acres of land; ,holds office of school director; he married Miss Sophia C. Sibley in June 1852; she was born in Vermont; has three children: Stella. Frank and Willie; previous to coming to this county he lived twenty years in Wisconsin.

Willis, Lucinda, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Linn.
Winslow, Henry, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Linn.
Winslow, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Linn.
Wolf, Joseph L., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Linn.
Welf, F. M., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Linn.
Wright, Jesse, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Linn.
YOUNG, R. W., farmer, Sec. 4: P. O. Linn.

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