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ALEXANDER, W., farmer, Sec. __, P. O. Perry, born in Pennsylvania, June 8, 1811; he moved with his parents from Pennsylvania to Brown county, Ohio, and afterward to Dearborn county, Indiana, while it was a Territory, and came to Dallas county in 1854; owns 100 acres of land; has held offices of township trustee and school director; he worked forty-eight years at his trade as blacksmith; he married Miss Mahala Greggs in 1834; she was born in Ohio; have six children: William D., Mary E., John N., Ann L., Mahala H. and Lucy J. One son, Samuel McC., enlisted in the army during the late war and died from disease contracted in the army.

BARTON, GEO. D., nursery-man, Sec. 3; P. O. Perry; born in Michigan in 1852; came to this State in 1870; owns 40 acres of land, and is largely engaged in setting it with fruit and ornamental trees, adapted to the soil and climate; he has held office of assessor; married Miss Emily Throckmorton in 1873; she was born in Ohio; has three children: Mirian, Raymond and Edna.

Bennett, D., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.
Birdsall, S. G., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Minburn.
Brady, T., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Perry.
Brinfield, S. J., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Perry.
Brown, R. C., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Perry.
Bryant, W. C., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Perry.
Bryant, J., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Perry.
Buck, T., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Perry.

BUMGARDNER, W. H., farmer, and stock-raiser, Sec. 19; P. O. Perry; born in Indiana in 1838; came to this State in 1838, and to this county in 1868; owns 160 acres of land; he married Miss R. Woodin in April, 1876; has one daughter: Ruthie.

Bumgardner, G. R., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Perry.
Burdick, C. C., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.
Cahill, C. C., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.

CAMPBELL, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Perry; born in County Down, Ireland, August 25, 1807; came to America in 1847, settling in Knox county; Ohio; came to this county in 1855; owns 80 acres of land; he married Miss Eleanor Leslie in 1832; she was born in County Down, Ireland; have six children: Margaret, Maria A., William, Rachel, Mary and Eliza. Lost two: Stafford L. and John.

Campbell, N. N., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Perry.
Conner, O. M., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Perry.

COUNCIL, WILLIS, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Perry; born in Logan county, Illinois, in 1833; carne to this county in 1854; owns 62 acres of land; has held office of constable six years; he married Miss Amelia Simpson in 1855; she was born in Ohio; have three children: Thomas T., Mary C. and William N.

Craft, W. L., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Perry.
Crocker, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.

CROCKER, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Perry; born in Pennsylvania, January 6, 1832; came to this county in 1857; owns 212 acres of land; has held office of

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school director and township trustee; he married Miss Jane McMillan in 1854; she was born in Pennsylvania, and died in February, 1867; he afterward married Catharine Miess in 1869; she was born in Pennsylvania; has two children by first marriage: George and Henry, and three by second: Jesse, Annie and Nettie.

CROWEL, HARDMAN, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Perry; born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, in 1835; came to this county in 1857; owns 80 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss Ellen McMillan in 1855; she was born in Pennsylvania; has eleven children: Sarah, Bazil, Christian L., Comfort J., Mary I, Viola, El1en, Emma, Lucinda and Mattie M. Lost three.

ELDER, R. H., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Perry; born in Pennsylvania in 1829; came to this State in 1854; owns 410 acres of land; has held office of county supervisor; he married Miss Naomi Warford January 1, 1860; has seven children: Naomi J., Isaac S., S. James 0., Hugh A., Harry E., Homer O. and Daisey P. Lost one daughter: Sarah E. Mr. Elder enlisted in the 39th Iowa Infantry, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea.

FAHEY, WM., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Perry.
Feather, H. N., fanner, Sec. 1; P. O. Perry.
Fessler, J. J., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Perry.
Greaney, John, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Perry.
Greaney, James, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Perry.

GREANEY, PATRICK, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 33; P. O. Perry; born in Ireland in 1821; came to America in 1846, settling in Philadelphia; from there he removed to Indiana, and came to this county in 1855; he owns nearly 1,000 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss Mary Sheahan in February, 1844; she was born in Ireland; has nine children: Ellen, John, Cornelius, Agnes, Patrick, Honora, Timothy, Don and Dennis; lost three children: one daughter, Mary, was the wife of D. Fitzgerald, Esq.

Griswold, C., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Perry.

HALL, H., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Perry; born in Hebron, Connecticut, in 1838; came to this county in 1868; he married Miss Nancy Chapalier in 1874; she was born in Ohio; has one child: David W.

HARPER, MRS. MARY M., farmer, Sec. 17; her maiden name was Bennett; was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, and married Hiram Harper, January 3, 1865; he was born in Indiana, January 1, 1828 and died in December, 1877, leaving two children: one son, Perry, by a former marriage, and Charles by second marriage. Mr. Harper was a man who had the entire confidence of the community in which he lived, and the reputation of an upright and honest citizen.

Harris, John J., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Perry.
Harris, L. H., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Perry.
Hart, H. H., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Perry.
Hasty, David, fanner, Sec. 12; P. O. Perry.
Hawk,..F. W., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Perry.
Hendricks, Bruce, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Perry.
Hoffman, Daniel, farmer, Sec., 20; P. O. Perry.
Hunt, W. H., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Perry.

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JESSUP, ALONZO, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.
KEGANCE, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Perry.

KELLY, JOHN (deceased), who lived on Sec. --; was born in Ireland, in 1828; he came to this country and lived for some years in New Haven, Connecticut; he married Miss E. J. Kirtland, N 0vember 9, 1851; she was born in New Haven; he died June 23, 1878, leaving eight children: Rayne, Amy M., Charles E., Mary J., Wm. H., James I., David J., Joseph H. and Geo. W.

KNEE, A., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Perry; born in Ohio in 1812; came to this county in 1865; owns 25 acres of land; he married Maria Bennett in 1832; she was born in Pennsylvania; .has six children: Eliza A., Isaac, Levi, Francis, Ella and Henry.

Knee, Francis, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Perry.

LONG, E. E., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Perry; born in Virginia, in April, 1835; came to this county in 1866; owns 117 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss Anna Willis in August, 1855; she was born in Wayne county, Indiana, and died in 1873; he married for his second wife, Angeline McDowell, in 1877; has six children: D. Lewis, Benjamin F., Gideon M., Lela F., Effie A. and Melvin.

Lunn, Clark, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Perry.
McFarland, M., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.

McKEON, C., farmer, Sec. -; P. O. Perry; born in Washington county, Missouri, July 18, 1834; came to this State in 1848; and at that time it took all the available men in the county to raise a sawmill; he owns 40 acres of land, and has held offices of justice of the peace, town clerk, school director, and postmaster; he was the first town clerk of Spring Valley township; he married Miss Nancy McCullough May 8, 1858; she was born in Ohio; has seven children: Eva, John, Albert, Jasper, Allie, Evan, Roscoe; lost two: Mary J. and Sedam.

McKeon, G. W., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Perry.
McMichael, James, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Perry.

MACY, JESSE, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Perry; born in Indiana in 1832; came to this county in ]868; owns 165 acres of land; has held office of county treasurer and president of the school board of the district; he married Miss Emma J. Osborn in 1872; she was born in Indiana; has two children: Nora Eleanor and Lula May.

Martin, Mrs. J., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Perry.
Maulsby, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Perry.
Meyer, J. B., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Perry.
Mills, J. B., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Perry.

MOORE, J. H., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Perry; born in Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1827; when young removed to Vermillion county, Illinois, where he lived many years, and came to this State in 1854, and to this county in 1871; owns 265 acres of land; he married Miss Martha J. Padgett, who was born in Kentucky; have three children: Alfred D., Sarah I., wife of D. J. Pattee, and Fred.

Moore, A. D., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Perry.
Mower, P. A., physician and farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Perry.

NAYLOR, L. L., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Perry; born in Adams county, Ohio in June, 1826; came to this State in 1853,

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and to this county in June, 1869; owns 200 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss L. V. Stoner in 1851; she was born in Delaware county, Indiana; has ten children: Sarah, Emma, John, Joseph, Thomas, Melvin, Ora B., Florence, Arthur and May.

Naylor, T. J., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Perry.

NORRIS, THOMAS C., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Perry; born in New Hampshire Oct. 28, 1808; and after living in Massachusetts and Maine came to this county in 1870; owns 80 acres of land; he represented the county in the State Legislature, being a member of the 16th General Assembly; he has held office of justice of the peace; he married Miss Aurelia Colcord in 1831; she was born in New Hampshire; has two children: Elizabeth P. and George L.

Otley, J. W., insurance agent, Sec. 15.
Osborn, Charlotte, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Perry.
Osborn, Alex., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Perry.
Patch, C. W. farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Perry.

PEASE, J. S., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 2; P. O. Perry; born in New York, in 1846; came to this county in 1866; owns, with his brother, 216 acres of land; he married Miss A1lie Thornburgh, in 1870; she was horn in Wayne county, Iowa; has two children: Albert and Willie.

PEASE, GEORGE A., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 2; P. O. Perry; born in New York, in 1850; came to this State in 1866; owns, with his brother, 216 acres of land; married Miss Carrie Throckmorton, in 1873; she was born in Ohio; has one child: Grace.

PETERS, B. J., farmer, Sec.__; P. O. Perry; born in Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1822; came to this State in May, 1855; owns 181 acres of land; has held the offices of town trustee and school director; he married Miss Mary Simpson, in 1841; she was born in Ohio; has seven children: Martha C., Styles, Frances E., Helen J., James E., Berthena J., David T.

PETTY, ASA, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Perry; born in Buffalo, New York, October 19, 1814; he was a sailor on the lakes for seven or eight years; he came to this State in 1844 and settled in Muscatine county, and carne to this county in 1866; owns 165 acres of land; has held the office of town trustee; he enlisted in the Thirty-seventh Iowa Infantry in the late war, and served until the close; he married Susanna Lamb, in 1836; she was born in New York; has five children: Josiah, Rosilla, Libbie, Harriet J. and Chester.

PHILLIPS, J., farmer, Sec.__; P. O. Perry; born in Erie county, New York, April 12, 1828; came to this county in 1855; owns 180 acres of land, and is largely engaged in stock-raising; he married Miss May Campbell, in 1867; she was born in Ohio, in 1846; has two children.

Potts, Mrs. J. P., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Perry.
REED, T. V., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Perry.

ROBERTS, J. H., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Perry; born in Oneida county, New York, in 1819; came to this State in 1854; owns 120 acres of land; he married Miss Mary Shaw, in 1847; she was born in Ohio, and died in 185.5; he afterward married Miss Mary McKeon, who was born in Missouri; has five children: Clarence, John L., Middleton H., W. Harris and George B; lost two:. Mary S. and Laura.

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Roop, C., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Perry.

ROUSE, .JAMES, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Perry; born in Upper Canada in 1828, and came to this county in 1870; owns, 120 acres of land; he enlisted in the 45th Illinois Infantry, and served until the close of the war; he married Miss Arabel Ross in 1857; she was born in Wisconsin; have six children: Howard A., Florence, Ella, Anna, Susan and Charles.

RUSSELL, W. S., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Perry; born in New York in 1844; came to this county in 1853; owns 120 acres of land; he enlisted in Co. A, 23d Iowa Infantry, in the late war, and served three years; has held offices of town trustee and a representative from this district in the 17th General Assembly of the State Legislature; he married Miss Ada Greene in 1870; she was born in Iowa; have three children: Ward A., Wm. Burton and Katie.

Russell, T. J., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Minburn.
Sears, E. K., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.
Schnoor, John, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Perry.

SCOTT, THOMAS, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 13; P. O. Perry; born in Scotland in 1841; he came to this county in 1870; owns 520 acres of land; has held office of town trustee; he married Miss Jennie Henderson February 10, 1875; she was born in Vermont; has one child: Nellie E.

Sheehan, T., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Perry.
Shively, J. H., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Perry.
Simpson, N., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Perry.
Sipe, A., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Perry.

SMITH, C. R., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Perry; born in Richland county, Ohio, in 1827; came to this State in 1873, and to this county in 1875; owns 40 acres of land; he married Nancy A. Shinabarger in 1853; she was born in Ohio; have two children: Irene and Mary C.

Snyder, W., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Perry.
Taylor, C. & R., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.

THORNBUBGH, COLEMAN, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Perry; born in Wayne county, Indiana, January 23, 1830; came to this county in December, 1865; owns 65 acres of land; has held offices of school director and town treasurer; he married Miss Martha Greenstreet in 1850; she was born in Wayne county, Indiana; they have three children: Alice, Darwin O. and Emma F.; one son, Alvin T., a promising business man in Perry, engaged in the jewelry business, died October 20, 1877.

THORNBURGH, H., farmer, stock-raiser and miller, Sec. 34; P. O. Perry; born in Tennessee in 1809; came to this county in 1855; owns 140 acres of land; soon after coming to the county he erected a saw-mill, and in 1872 the present mill known as Thornburgh's mill, having three run of stone; he was elected county judge of Dallas County, and after serving one year resigned, in consequence of business interest: he also served four years as State Senator; he married Rachel Willis in 1848; she was born in Indiana; have one daughter: the wife of M. Shively, now living in California, and four adopted children.

Thornburgh, J., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Perry.
Thornburgh, L., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Perry.

WEAVER, E., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Perry; born in Ohio in 1823; came to this State

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in 1855, and to this county in 1866; owns 139 acres of land; he married Miss Margaret Clinton in 1853; she was born in Ohio; have three children: Enoch A., Maggie and Solon B.

WHITMER, THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry; born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1836; came to this county in 1867; owns 80 acres of land; has held office of assessor and president and secretary of the school board; he enlisted in the 35th Iowa Infantry, and served four years; he was wounded at Nashville; he married Miss Mary C. Hanoff in J 857; she was born in Ohio; have three children: Allen T., Charles N. and MaryA.

White, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Perry.

WIFVAT, JOHN A., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Perry; born in Sweden in 1835; came to the United States in 1858, to this State in 1869, and to this county in March, 1878; owns 100 acres of land; he married Louisa Johnson, April 24, 1878; she was born in Sweden.

Wilcox, James, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Perry.

WILCOX, L. P., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry; born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1835; came to this State in 1855; owns 100 acres of land; has held offices of town clerk, school director and treasurer; he enlisted in the 106th Illinois Infantry in the late war; he married Miss Matilda Council in 1857; she was born in Logan county, Illinois; have seven children: Wm. W., Geo. W., James L., Edgar G., Alfred W., Mattie M. and Roscoe.

WILLIS, JONATHAN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Perry; born in Indiana in 1856; came to this county in July, 1857; owns 175 acres of land; has held office of town trustee and school director; he married Miss Lucinda Beeson in 1849; she was born in Indiana; have ten children: Henry H., Edward L., Isaac N., Jane, Helen, Lawrence, Oscar, Etta, Lewis and Florence.

Willis, Lindsey, farmer and clerk, Sec. 15; P. O. Perry.
Willis, D., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Perry.

WOODWARD, ORRIN, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Perry; born in Ohio, March 18, 1818; came to this county in 1866; owns 80 acres of land; he married Elizabeth Hines in 1848; she was born in Rochester, New York; have eight children: Evaline, James, William, Phebe, Elizabeth, Aro, Zerah and Lillie; have lost three.

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ADAMS, W., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Rippey; born in Ohio, in 1809; came to this county in 1856; owns 274 acres of land; has held the office of justice of the peace; he married Nancy Adkins, in 1830; she was born in Ohio; has seven children: William H., Charles, Evaline C., Nancy E., John W., Mary E. and George .W.

Alexander, J. N., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Perry.
Anderson, John, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Perry.

ATKINSON, J. F., miller, Sec. 3; P. O. Perry; born in Ohio, in 1842; came to this county first in 1857; holds the office of town clerk; his father, Isaac Atkinson, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1797, and after living in Ohio

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many years came to this county in 1857, and built the mills known as Atkinson's Mills; he died in 1875, leaving a wife, who still survives, and eight children: Matthew, Hettie, Jane, Louisa, Thaddeus, Isaac, George and Mary.

Averson, H., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Perry.
BARNES, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Perry.

BENNETT, THOMAS K., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Perry; born in Indiana, in 1845; came to this county in 1856; owns 80 acres of land; he married Miss Emma E. Beach, in 1876; she was born in Ohio; has two children: Ira M. and baby.

Black, Richard, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Perry.
Brown, O. P., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Perry.
Brown, John G., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Perry.

BROWN, W. B., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry; born in New York, in 1838; came to this county in 1869; owns 525 acres of land; has held the offices of town clerk and justice of the peace; married Miss Mattie Setzer, in 1860; she was born in Pennsylvania; has two children: Harley B. and Lewis; he enlisted in Battery M, First Illinois Light Artillery, during the late war.

Brobst, Daniel Est, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Perry.
Brock, J. W., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Perry.

BROWN, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Perry; born in Virginia, in 1845; came to this county in 1875; owns 240 acres of land; has held the offices of town clerk and school director; he married Miss M. Stickel, in 1872; has two children: Jessie M. and Lina M; he enlisted in the First Virginia Cavalry, and served until the close of the war.

Burington, S. M., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Perry.
Chapman, James, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Perry.

COFFEE, A. D., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Perry; born in Scotland, in 1831; came to this county in 1870; owns 160 acres of land; has held the office of school director; he married Miss J. French, in 1857; she was born in Vermont; has three children: Agnes L., Ella V., Hattie B.

Collins, A., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Perry.
Cole, William, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Perry.
Coleman, Wm., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Perry.

CORREY, J. D., farmer, Sec. __; P. O. Perry; was born in 1833; came to this county June 18, 1856; owns 372 acres of land; was one of the first town trustees of this township and member of the board of county supervisors; he married Miss Mary A. Brownfield, April 18, 1855; she was born in Illinois; have lost four children by diptheria [diphtheria].

Correy, W m., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Perry.
Correy, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Perry.
Council, T. C., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Perry.
Cummings, P. S., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Perry.
DALBY, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Perry.

DODGE, W.E., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Perry; born in England in 1828; came to America in 1854, and to this county in 1870; owns 160 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss B. Medland in 1854; she was born in England in 1832; have seven children: Wm. H.,

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Rosetta M., Charles E., Albert M., Renford, Sidney B. and Lillie J.

Dunn, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Perry.
EDWARDS, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Perry.
Elifrits, W., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Perry.
Fagen, M. E., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Perry.

FINLEY, J. E., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Perry; born in Stark county, Illinois, in 1842; came to this county in 1871; owns 200 acres of land; has held office of town trustee; he enlisted in the 112th Illinois Infantry in the late war, and served three years; he married Miss Julia M. Scott in 1867; she was born in New Jersey; have four children: Estella M., Jennie L., Anna C. and Josie F.

Flood, Peter, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Perry.
Fourgisson, G. R. W., farmer and carpenter, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry:
Francis, Hosea, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.
GAnoe, John, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Perry.
Garfield, H. W. farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Perry.
Gilliland, M. W., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Rippey.

GILLILAND, A. P., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Rippey; born in Ohio in 1837;came to this c6unty in 1857; owns 200 acres of land; has held offices of town trustee and school director; he enlisted in the 10th Iowa Infantry and served three years; he married Miss Julia Hutchinson in 1859; she was born in Illinois; have six children: Owen, Ella, Eddie, Harry, Florence and Lester.

GILLILAND, S. W., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Rippey; born in 1809, and came to this county in 1858; owns 288 acres of land; has held offices of town clerk, town trustee, member of the board of county supervisors; he married Miss Rachel Pettijohn June 7, 1832; she was born in Ohio and died February 14, 1842; he afterward married Ruhama Harmon November 13, 1845; she was born in North Carolina; have two children living by his first marriage: Samantha and Amos P.; lost three: Lyman B., Wendell P. and Jane; have four living by his second marriage: Alvan S., Myron W., Elizabeth and Mary E.; lost one: Willis L.

Gorman, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Perry.
Haines, M. F., farmer and insurance agent, Sec 10; P. O. Perry.
Halton, J. S., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Perry.
Harty, P., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Perry.
Jackson, D. R., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Perry.
Kelsey, L., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Perry.

KEMPF, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Perry; born in Germany in 1839; came to the United States in 1855, and to Iowa in 1874; owns 160 acres of land; he enlisted in Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, in the late war; he married Susan M. Barr in 1868; has three children: Charles, Burt and Stella.

Lacy, Pat, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Perry.
Lanahan, M., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Perry.
Lee, E. F., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Perry.

LEONARD, G. W., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32; P. O. Perry; born in Delaware county, Ohio, in March, 1836; came to this State in 1855, and to this county in June, 1868; has held office of school director; owns 440 acres of land; he married Miss Martha.

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Husted in 1857; she was born in Illinois; has eight children: Lewis, Albert, Carrie, Allie, Lucy, Orie and Scottie.

LEWIS, N. G., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Perry; born in Otsego county, New York, in 1818; came to this county in 1872; owns 200 acres of land; he married Miss Clarrissa A. Whitney in 1840; she was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania; has five children: Sarah, Mary A., Wm. H., John N. and Charles W.; lost three sons: Augustus M., died in February, 1873; Benjamin L., died December 25, 1874; James, died November 20, 1875. Augustus M. enlisted in the 1st Board of Trade Regiment of Chicago.

Liste, John, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Perry.
Liste, W m., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Perry.
Lisle, J. D., fanner, Sec. 19; P. O. Perry.

McELRATH, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Perry; born in Ireland in 1836; came to the United States in 1838, and to this State in 1873; owns 240 acres of land; has held the office of school director; he married Miss Sarah O. Hubbs, in 1866; she was born in N. Y.; has lost two children.

McElrath, T., farmer, Sec. 36.; P. O. Perry.
McElree, B. R, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Perry.
McElree, Wm., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Perry.
Maxwell, James, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Perry.
Mogle, B. B., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Perry.
Morton, J. farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Perry.
Moraine, .R. B, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Perry.
Moraine, J. M., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Perry.

PEDDICORD, D., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32; P. O. Perry; born in Virginia in 1826; removed to Ohio when young, and remained there 23 years, and then emigrated to Illinois, where he remained 22 years, coming to this county in 1376; he owns 480 acres of land; he has brought with him the spirit of enterprise, and his improvements are the best in the township; he also takes great interest in the improvement of the stock of horses of this section, and his Clydesdales are unsurpassed. He married Miss Susan Kyle in 1848; she was born in Ohio, and was the first white child born in the township; has seven children: James P., David E., Margaret E., Douglas, Gaylord, Elias and Arthur.

Porter, A. F., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Perry.
Quinn, John, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Perry.
ROSS, J. C., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Perry.
Sebring, W., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Perry.
Strickland, Eli, farmer, Sec. 25; P. Perry.
Summerson, J. R., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Perry.
Sutton, A. M.., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Perry.

TAYLOR, W. B., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Perry; born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1821; came to this State in June, 1857; owns 80 acres of land; previous to his removal to his farm he was engaged in the hotel business in Adel; has held offices of school director and township trustee; he married Miss Cornelia Ashmore in 1851; she was born in Clark county, Illinois; have five children: Charles E., Cassandra, Robert C., William H. and Harry S.

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TOLLE, W. E., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Perry; born in Indiana in 1833; came to Iowa in 1854, and to this county in March, 1855; owns 274 acres of land; has held offices of justice of the peace, township trustee, school director, etc.; he married Miss Catharine Ganoe in 1858; she was born in Champaign county, Illinois; has five children: Eliza J., Jones L., Ulysses G., Isaac W. and John L.

TOWNE, A. L., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Rippey, Greene county; born in Ohio in 1827; came to this county in 1857; owns 235 acres of land; has held offices of township trustee and school director; he married Miss Maria Wells in 1855; she was born in Ohio; has nine children living: Harlow, Charles, Ralph, Cora, Grace, Ernest, Maud, Guy and George. Lost six.

WARREN, M., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Perry.
Warren, F. L., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Perry.

WELLS, J., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Perry; born in Ohio in 1838; came to this State in 1865, and to this county in 1875; owns 160 acres of land; he married Miss Cynthia A. Wallace in 1862; she was born in the same place; has three children: Fred. J., Hattie I. and William M. He enlisted in the 128th Ohio Infantry in the late war, and served three years.

White, S. H., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Perry.

WITTER, B. C., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Perry; born in Ohio in 1848; came to .this county in 1872; owns 80 acres of land; has held office of assessor; he married Miss Amanda Dwire in 1868; she died September 5, 1875; he afterward. married Miss Flora M. Dwire in February, 1877; has two children: Rollin S. and Minnie A.. He enlisted in the 139th Illinois Infantry and 7th Illinois, and served until the close of the war.

YORK, N. D., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Perry.

YOUNG, S., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Perry; born in Indiana November 27, 1842; came to this county March 15, 1865; owns 180 acres of land; has held offices of assessor, township trustee and school director; he married Miss Mary C. McElroy in 1867; she was born in Illinois, and died December 26, 1875; he afterward married Caroline Lee, who was born in Ohio; has two children by first marriage: Rosa M. and George M.; and one son, Albert A., by second marriage.

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