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BENNETT, A. D., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 15; P. 0, Keota; was born on the 28th of May, 1843, in Knox county, Illinois; he was there raised as a farmer, and in 1869 came to this county, locating where he now resides; he owns a farm of 360 acres, well-cultivated and supplied with stock; has held various township offices; August 19, 1861, he enlisted in company I, Ninth Illinois cavalry; served until May, 1863, when, on account of disability, he was discharged; re-enlisted in March, 1865, in company I, Forty-seventh Illinois infantry, and served until the close of the war, when he was mustered out; participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged; he was married September 10, 1869, to Miss Mary C. Melick, a native of New Jersey, and born January 2, 1847; she came to this county with her parents, in 1868; their family consists of three children: Frank, Emerson and Alexa M.

EYESTONE, J. W., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 1; P. 0, Lexington; was born in Rush county, Indiana, September 28, 1837, and when about eight years of age came with his parents to this county; was raised a farmer, and received a common school education ; September 28, 1861, he enlisted in company K, Thirteenth Iowa volunteer infantry, as a private, and April 14, 1863, was promoted to second lieutenant; was engaged in various battles with his regiment up to the 22d of July, 1864, when he was taken prisoner at the battle of Atlanta, Georgia; he was in various rebel prison-pens, among which were Macon, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, Columbus, same State, Charlotte, Raleigh, Goldsboro and Wilmington, North Carolina, during Sherman's campaign in both those States; at Wilmington he was paroled March 1, 1865, and came home on a 30 days' furlough; was mustered out at Annapolis, Maryland, April 28, 1865; returned to his home in Cedar township, and, after remaining there for four years, came, in 1869, to the place where he now resides; he owns 280 acres of well improved land, well-stocked; October 12, 1865, he married Miss Maggie A. Gardner, of Madison county, Ohio; she was born July 12, 1845; they have children living: Ralph E., born November 13, 1866; James B., born March 24, 1870; Mary J., born October 5, 1872; Maggie L., born July 17, 1876; and Carrie A., born J an-

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nary 29, 1878; Mr. and Mrs. Eyestone are active members of the M. E. Church at Lexington in this county.

FLEMING, JOHN, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 1; P. O. Lexington; was born in Madison county, Ohio, December 9,1838; when quite young- he moved with his parents to McDonough county, Illinois; was raised a farmer, and attended the Heading Seminary; August 14,1862, he enlisted incompany H, in the One Hundred and Nineteenth Illinois infantry; served three years and was mustered out at Mobile, Alabama, August 14, 1865; was in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged, and was never wounded; after the war he returned to Mc Donough county, where he remained some months; came to this county in 1866, and in 1868 settled where he now resides; owns 120 acres of good land; he makes the raising of fine stock a specialty; has a number of thoroughbred Poland-China hogs; in his competition with noted stock-raisers, among which are Clark & Branigan, of Winfield, Henry county, this State, Sisson & Bro., of Galesberg, Illinois, and Hinkle, of Canton, Fulton county, Illinois, he has nearly always come off best; he claims that be now owns the best herd in the county; was married January 24, 1861, to Miss Angie R. Greene, a native of New York; she was born October 12, 1841; came to Illinois with her parents in 1851; their family consists of three children living: Clarence E., born December 7, 1866; Jessie, born May 4, 1870; Everett E., born January 10, 1879.

GREGORY, G., farmer, stock raiser and feeder; Sec. 00; P. O. Keota, Keokuk county; was born in Orange county, New York, December 5, 1831 and was there ,raised on a dairy farm; his parents still reside there; like many other young men he heard of the great west and in order to satisfy himself, left his home and in 1852 came through Illinois to Iowa, locating in Chickasaw county; he there purchased some land, but soon departed for Minnesota and there engaged in various pursuits; in 1857 he returned to New York, and on the 18th or February, 1858, he was married to Miss K. Sinsabaugh, a native of the same county as himself; she was born September 17, 1839; after his marriage he returned to Rice county, Minnesota, and for eight years was engaged in farming; but concluding that Iowa was the better State, he sold his farm in Minnesota and in 1866 came to this county, settling on the place where he now resides; he is the owner of 320 acres of good land, the improvements of which are second to none in this county; has a large two story dwe11ing house, well furnished, a good barn and out-buildings; his location is a pleasant one and his homestead is surrounded by evergreens and other beautiful shrubery; his farm is well supplied with good graded cattle, having from seventy-five to one hundred head of them; he has from two to three hundred head of hogs and some ten to fifteen horses; McGregory has held various offices of honor in his township; is an honorable and well respected citizen; their family consists of five children: Frank H., born in 1859; Kate E., born in 1861; Libbie E., born in 1866; Bartlett S., born in 1874; Willie S., born in 1876.

HAMILTON, R. M., farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. West Chester; born in Clinton county, Indiana, February 29, 1840; there he Jived until fifteen years of age, when with his parents he moved to Mercer county, Illinois and was there raised and has followed farming all his life; August 16, 1861, he enlisted in company A, Thirtieth Illinois Infantry; served three years and participated in all the battles in which his

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regiment was engaged; was mustered out August 29, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee; re-enlisted March 29,1865, in company K, Forty-third Illinois infantry, served until the close of the war and was mustered out November 30, 1865, at Little Rock, Arkansas; in 1870, Mr. Hamilton came to this county and township, and in 1875 moved where he now resides; owns 100 acres of good land well stocked; January 4-, 1870, he married Miss Josephine Cabeen, a native of Ohio and born February 17,1848; they have five children: Ralph C., Clara J., Margaret J., John R. and Frank E.

HAMILTON, L. H., farmer, stock-raiser and shipper; Sec. 9; P. O. Keota; born in Medina county, Ohio, June 2, 1833, and was there raised a farmer; he was educated in the common schools and 1853 went to Michigan, Branch county, and after remaining there a short time, came to this county in 1854 and settled on the place where he now resides; he came to the township when it was new and has seen all the hardships known to the pioneer life; has held various township offices; owns a farm of 120 acres well improved and well stocked; has from fifty to seventy-five head of cattle; Mr., Hamilton has been twice married; first in January, 1856, to Miss Susan E. Brooks, a native of Licking, Ohio; she died in January, 1861, leaving a family of one child: Walter B., who died August 13, 1877; he married again May 3, 1863, to Miss Mary D. Welton, she is a native of Ohio; by this union they have four children living: Harry G., born March 26, 1865; Frank L., born December 1, 1867; Katie E, born July 3, 1870; and Myra B., born February 27, 1873.

HAMILTON, W. S., farmer, stock-raiser and shipper; Sec. 3; P. O. Keota; was born in Medina county, Ohio, March 14, 1827; was there raised and educated; came to this county in 1852 and entered 880 acres of land in Seventy-six township; he went to Branch county,. Michigan and after remaining there for one year, returned to this State, settling where he now resides; owns a farm of 400 acres; he has improved over two thousand acres of the prairie land of this township and inside of four years improved 100 acres of the Ohio beech and maple timberland and built on the same the finest barn in that section; since 1860 he has been engaged in the stock shipping business and in it has been very successful; has from fifty to one hundred head of cattle and also other stock; for three years he was engaged in shipping horses to the mountains, and bringing back cattle; Mr. Hamilton made the first improvements in this township and his family was the first and for a time the only one here; he was the first member of the board of supervisors from that township; has held various offices here; April 12, 1849, he married Miss Priscilla Miner, a native of Chautauqua county, New York and born June 23, 1831; they have five children living: George A., born March. 28, 1850; Nathan L., born March 28, 1852; William F., born February 3, 1862; Grace, born February 18, 1864; and Emma, born February 5, 1866; have lost two: Henry E., died August 25, 1859; and Ella, died April 6, 1861; Mr. and Ml's. Hamilton are members of the M. E. Church at Lexington; he is a generous friend and as a citizen is spoken well of by all.

LONGENECKER, JOSHUA, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec, 29; P. O. Keota, Keokuk county; was born May 18, 1820, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; he was there raised on a farm and received his education in the common schools; in 1858 he moved to Illinois, and dur-

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ing the same year to Muscatine county, Iowa; he was there engaged in farming and remained there until 1868, when he came to this county settling on the place where he now resides; he owns 240 acres of well improved land and his farm is well supplied with stock; he is a member of the Brelker Church; is a thriving young farmer and one well respected; he was married on the 10th of January. 1843, to Miss Ann F. Winnemore, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; she died March 10, 1862, leaving a family of five children: Helen J., Maxwell S., John, Zigler, Frank.

PRINGLE, A. M., farmer, stock-raiser and feeder; Sec. 19; P. O. Keota, Keokuk county; was born in Clark county, Ohio, April 5, 1827; the same year he moved with his parents to Warren county, Indiana, where he remained until twelve years of age; he then came to this State (then a territory), settling in what is now Clay township, Washington county; his parents were among the pioneers of Iowa, and also of the first settlers of this county and were fully acquainted with the trials and hardships incident to such a life; Burlington was the nearest trading point, and their nearest mill was about 40 miles distant; his father went east on a visit and died in 1851 while at Louisville, Kentucky; his mother lived until 1873 on the place where they first settled; the subject of this sketch was, in his youth, engaged in buying cattle and driving them to Pennsylvania and there selling them, but the railroad was soon built and driving became unnecessary; he then engaged in splitting rails during the summer and attending school during the winter until he became of age; he then commenced farming and stock-raising and has continued the same to the present; in 1853 he crossed the plains and returned in 1854 meeting with good success; Mr. Pringle settled where he now resides in 1867; he has a finely cultivated farm of 480 acres, well improved; he also owns the farm left to him by his parents; this farm consists of 350 acres, well improved with a well arranged farm house; he is the owner of 14 acres of coal land in Scott county, ten miles from Davenport; February 2, 1860, he was married to Miss Mary Garvey, a native of Holmes county, Ohio; she was born on the 13th of November,1839; their family consists of six: children: Arthur W., born December 29, 1860; Marvin J., born Febl'l1ary 22, 1863; Clarence D., born July 1, 1866; Charles R., born March 22, 1868; Holly H., born September 22, 1869; Frank R., born August 31, 1871; Mrs. Pringle came with her parents to Scott county, Iowa in 1847, where she remained until her marriage.

TAYLOR, JOHN C., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 11; P. O. Lexington; was born in Sussex county, Delaware, in January, 1824; when young he moved with his parents to Pickaway county, Ohio, remaining there until 1839, then moved to Franklin county, Ohio, and was there raised; in 1840 he went to Illinois and after stopping there for some four years removed to Ohio; he was educated in the common schools, and came to Iowa, settling where he now resides in 1855; owns 190 acres of well improved land, supplied with 8tock; has held various offices in his township and has been justice of the peace for ten years; he organized the first township board at his house, and the first election was held at his place in 1856, and also for three succeeding years; he was married in Franklin county, Ohio, May 28, 1845, to Frances Tipton, a native of Franklin county, Ohio; by this union they have seven children; Richard R., Sarah F., Margaret M.,

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Lydia J., Malinda K., William E., Dora E.; Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are active members of the M. E. Church.

TEATS, WILLIAM, farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Keota, Keokuk county; was born in New Jersey, May 11, 1836; when about fourteen years of age he with his parents moved to Illinois, where he was principally raised; in his early days he received the advantage of a graded school education; in 1869 he came to this county and settled upon the place where he now resides, then nothing but prairie; he owns 160 acres of land well improved and finely cultivated; he was married August 23, 1860. to Miss Margaret Bell, a native of Licking county, Ohio; she was born May 5, 1837, and in 1855 moved with her parents to Illinois; their family consists of eight children: John F., Peter U., William N., George W., Simon E., Florence E., Mary M. and Sarah A.

WATTERS, J. W., farmer, stock-raiser and feeder; Sec. 10; P.O. Keota; was born in Belmont county, Ohio, May 10, 1852; he was raised a farmer and during his early years received the advantages of the common schools; for about five years he was engaged in teaching in the public school; in 1874 he entered the Minneapolis Business College and graduated from that institution and then engaged in teaching for a short time; in 1878 he entered into the drug business continuing the same for some twelve months; September 17, 1879. he married Miss Emma (daughter of N.M.), Letts, of Louisa county, Iowa; she was born July 26, 1859, in that county; they came to this township on the 15th of November, 1859, and located on the place where they now reside; they have a fine farm of 400 acres, beautifully located and well improved; Mrs. Watters is an active member of the M. E. Church at Lettsville, Louisa county.

WILSON, D. A., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 23; P. O. Keota; was born in Licking county, Ohio; he was raised a farmer and attended the common schools; carne to Iowa in 1865 and settled in Mahaska county where he remained some two years and came to this county in 1867, settling where he now resides; owns 160 acres of well improved land upon which is good stock; he makes Spanish Merino sheep a specialty, but also has from two to three hundred of the Cotswold breed; of the former (Merino) he has from one to two hundred head: in all about 450; his farm is well adapted to stock raising; April 6, 1860 he married Miss Lotta Elliott, a native of Knox county, Ohio, born April 3, 1843; they have four children: Ella, born November 2, 1864; Lydia M., born March 13, 1870; Jennie B., born October 11, 1875, and Maud, born July 27, 1878; lost two: Clara A., died November 14,1876, and one died in infancy; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are active members of the United Presbyterian Church at Keota, Keokuk county.

WINTER, JOHN, farmer, stock-raiser and shipper; Sec. 13; P. O. West Chester; was born in Alleghany county. Maryland, April 16, 1837; was there raised and attended the com man schools; he was engaged for twelve years in the feeding and shipping of stock; while in this business he came to this county remaining for some four years and was engaged in the same business in various States; in 1872 he returned to this county and settled where he now resides; owns 800 acres of well improved land, the location of which is one of the best in the county; his farm is well supplied with as fine stock as the county affords; November 17, 1872, he was married to Miss

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S. Beall; she was born in Alleghany county, Maryland, in August, 1851; by this union they have two children living: Nelson B., born August 29, 1875; Ethel C., born June 17, 1878.

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BISHOP, D. S., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 2; P. O. Washington; was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1838, and at the age of eighteen years learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it for about five years and then came to this county and began farming as an occupation; he now owns a well improved farm of 160 acres; he was married February 13, 1862, to Miss Kate A. Eichelberger, born February 6, 1842, in Pennsylvania; they have by this union a family of two children: Jacob W., born September 27, 1863; Eberly S. born February 2, 1866.

BROWN, B. F., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 2; P. O. Washington; was born in Knox county, Ohio, May 3, 1833, and in 1845 his parents emigrated to Brooks county, West Virginia, where he attended Bethany College for three years; at that time the founder of the Christian Church, Alexander Campbell, was its president; after this he engaged in farming as an occupation; he came to this county in 1863; his homestead consists of 200 acres of fine land with good improvements; while in Virginia he was captain of the home guards; in 1873 he was elected member of the Fifteenth General Assembly to represent this county in that body, having been elected by the anti-monopoly party; he was married in Keokuk county, this State, August 21, 1860, to Miss Sarah Kinkade by Rev. Wm. Vanatta, of the United Presbyterian Church; they have by this union one son and one daughter: Charles R., born October 1, 1862; and Ella M., born June 25, 1871.

CRAVEN, C ALVIN, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 33; P. O. Washington; was born in Franklin county, Indiana, November 4, 1816, and was there raised a farmer, being educated in the common schools; came to Iowa while it was yet a territory in 1839 and bought his claim of one John Duke by name, and in October of the following year moved with his family where he now resides; owns a fine farm of 480 acres, well stocked with various grades; has from fifty to 100 head of cattle besides other stock; he was married in Franklin county, Indiana, February 14, 1839, to Miss Martha Shirk, a native of that county, and born April 11, 1820; they have three children: Andrew F., born :March 13, 1840; Mary J., born January 30, 1842, (now the wife of W. Olney, of California); Rhoda E., born December, 18, 1843, (now the wife of S. S. Howell, of Iowa City); her husband died May 10. 1879; they are members of the Baptist Church; Mr. Craven is a man who has always taken part in any enterprise to advance the progress of the county; he has held various township offices and is a man well respected by all who know him.

CRAVEN, W. P., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec, 26; P, 0, Washington; was born in Oxford county, Ohio, September 24, 1829; in 1830 he moved with his parents to Franklin county, Indiana; at the age of seven he went to common school and remained till he was twelve when he came to Washington county, Iowa; his farm consists of 80 acres nicely fenced with hedge; he was married April 23, 1848, to Miss Martha A.

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Ayres; by this union they have seven children: John A., Theodore K., Robert H., George W., Charles T., Inza A. and Emma A., and one deceased.

ELROD, REV. JOHN, farmer; Sec. 16: P. O. Lexington; was born in Indiana July 11, 1818, and was principally raised in that State, and from there came to this State and located in Davis county, in 1850; he was closely identified with the late rebellion from the fact that he raised a company of men and was commissioned its captain, and participated in many of the hard fought battles of the war; previous to the war he had become a member of the Methodist Episcopal Conference and was ordained a minister of the gospel; he was made a chaplain of his regiment February 3, 1863, and held this position till he was mustered out, November 3, 1864, and returned to this State in the fall of 1865 and continued working in the Methodist Episcopal Conference until the fall of 1871; he came to this county in 1877, and engaged in his present occupation, where he owns 120 acres of land.

GARDNER, A. M., farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Lexington; was born in Franklin county. Ohio, July 30, 1830, and emigrated from there to Fulton county, Illinois, where he worked as a farm hand and came from there to this county, where he bought 160 acres of land and shortly after added to this one hundred acres more; he was married in Madison county, Ohio, September 15, 1853, to Miss Susan Martin; they have five children: Charles Commodore, Wm. P., Mary E., Frank P., John S., now deceased, born April 21, 1861, and died May 21, 1868.

GARDNER, JAMES, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Lexington; was born in Franklin county, Ohio, March 15, 1819, and removed to Madison county in the fall of 1849, where he engaged in farming and! stock-raising as an occupation; from there he went to Fulton county, Illinois, in the fall of 1853 and came from there to this county in 1857; he owns 160 acres of land; he was married in Madison county, Ohio, in 1842, to Miss Eliza A. Martin; have nine children living and three dead: Margaret A., born July 12, 1844; Z. E., born July 10, 1846; Francis M., born July 9, 1848; Joseph N., born May 28,1850; Winfield S., born October 13, 1852; William M., born November 27, 1854; Lewis. E., born October 17, 1858; James E., born November 6, 1860; Samuel 0., born February 29, 1864; Charles M., born July 23, 184:3, and died July 27, 1843; Mary S., born January 2, 1857 and died March, 13, 1859.

McKEE, ANDREW, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 23; P. O. Washington; was born in County Derry, Ireland, November 8, 1803, and at the age of five years he commenced going to the common school and remained there until he was sixteen; he then commenced the slating trade and continued the same until he emigrated to Canada which was in the year 1831; he then obtained work in the U. S. ship yards and remained there about one year, when he went to Upper Canada, where he commenced the mercantile business, and continued said business till 1835; then he emigrated to Pennsylvania where he followed farming until the year of 1857, when he moved to Washington county, Iowa, where he still reside; his farm consists of eighty acres, which is partly fenced with young hedge; he was married April 23, 1835, to Miss Rosannah Lyon, who died January 5, 1880, and left a family of four children: Thomas L., Samuel, Nancy J., and Sarah E.; has been a member of the United Presbyterian

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Church since he was nineteen years of age.

MOORE, WILLIAM A., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 20; P. O. West Chester; is a native of Jefferson comity, Ohio; Vilas born January 24, 1835, and made that State his home up to the time he came to this county in December 1856; he was married in this county to Miss Maggie C. Dayton; have two children: John Bruce, born September 27, 1870, and Charles Walker, born February 3, 1876; his farm consists of 350 acres of well improved land.

PHILLIPS, J. S., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Washington; was born in the State of Virginia, July 1, 1837; at the age of six years his parents moved to Augusta county, Virginia, in 1843, where he was educated in the common school till 1853, then moved to Rockbridge county, Virginia, where he attended school till 1857; in that year moved to Miami county, Ohio, and commenced farming and remained till 1863, when he moved to Washington county, Iowa, where he still resides; he was married to Miss Mary J. Lyon, of Miami county Ohio, February 13, 1861; have a family of four children: Ida A., born November 11, 1861; Willie A., born July 4, 1863; Maggie B.. born June 12, 1865; and James N., born May 26, 1870.

SCRANTON, WM., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 27; P. O. Washington; was born in Indiana November 8,1831; he was educated in the common schools; after leaving school he came to Washington county, Iowa, which was in the fall of 1844; he has a fine farm of 412 acres, which is nicely fenced; he was married to Miss Catharine Hartzler, of Washington, Iowa; by this union they have three children: Flora, Mary E., Lois; lost three: Levi, Clara and Nancy H.

SMITH, T. M., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. —; P. O. Washington; was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, near Williamsport, April 13, 1806, and was raised here at farming as a occupation, and also received his education in the schools of this county; after he arrived at the age of maturity he worked at shoemaking for a while, and was also engaged in teaming to Philadelphia; in 1835 he emigrated to Ohio and settled in Marion county of that State, and engaged in agricultural pursuits; he remained till 1852 when he came to this county and stopped in Clay township for about one year, and since 1854 he has lived on his present homestead, which now consists of 360 acres of improved land; he has been connected with various offices of the township; he has been twice married: first in Marion county, Ohio, to Miss Harriet Rutley, a native of Connecticut, November 21, 1827, who died March 19, 1841, and left one son: Franklin R., now deceased; was married a second time in Marion county to Rebecca P. Huntley, also a native of Connecticut, May 11, 1843; they have by this union a family of one son and two daughters living: Harriet H, (wife of F. F. Wilson, now in California), Mary J., and Ezra H., they have lost five: Esther W., died October 1, 1848; Alexander, died February 25, 1851; Eunice S., died September 30, 1851; Lucy E., died October 2, 1859; Melissa H., died April 4, 1861; his father was born in this county, but of English parentage, and his mother was born in New Jersey.

STEWART, G, D., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 21; P. O. Washington; was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, April 16, 1813;, he emigrated from there to Seneca county, that State, where he was principa1ly raised, and in 1850 he emigrated to Ohio, and in February,

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1864, came to this county, where he owns over 100 acres of land; he was married in New York State March 13, 1334, to Miss Jane Carres; they have two children: Edgar B., born J an nary 1, 1835; Geo. C., born May 24, 1843.

STORY, S. C., farmer and stock:-raiser; Sec. 29; P. O. Lexington; was born in Delaware in 1814, and his parents emigrated in the spring of 1816 to Ohio, and in 1852 came to this county and located where he now lives; he has been twice married: first in 1858 to Miss Lizzie Lambert, and was married a second time in Ohio, in 1866, to Emily A. Levain, and by this union have two children: one son and one daughter; he owns 160 acres of land.

TIPTON, B. F., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 17; P. O. Lexington; was born in Franklin county, Ohio, June 27, 1828, and in 1838 he emigrated to Fulton county, Illinois, and after a short time removed to Knox county, that State, and came from there to his present location in 1851, where he now owns —acres of land; he was married in, Knoxville, Illinois, July 5, 1849, to Miss Lucinda Jackson; by this union they have a family of seven children living: Israel, born June 25, 1850; John A., born September 24, 1851: Malinda F., born June 1, 1856; Alvanso, born February 6, 1858; David H., born May 6, 1862; Myrtle V., born December 4, 1864; Hazzard S., born October 24, 1867; Cassius M., born February 4, 1860, and died July 29, 1860; Clarence G., born July 3, 1871, and died October 30, 1871.

YOUNG, ROBERT H. & ALEXANDER, H., farmers and stock-raisers; P. O. Washington; sons of A. Young, deceased; they manage the old homestead, which consists of 280 acres of well improved land; they were both connected with the late war of the rebellion; Robert H., enlisted, in company C, Nineteenth Iowa infantry, in February, 1864, and was discharged at New Orleans at the expiration of his enlistment and returned afterward to this county; Alexander H., enlisted in the same company and regiment, August 9, 1862, and was discharged at New Orleans, July 18, 1865, and at the close of his service came back to Washington county and has since resided here.

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