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ADAMS. FRANKLIN, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 34; P. O. Wellman; was born in Ohio June 2, 1846, and was raised there and received his early education in the schools of that county; in 1863 he came to this county; in the spring of 1864 he enlisted in the late war, in company G, Sixth Iowa veteran volunteers, and was mustered out July, 1865, and returned to this county; he was married December 14, 1865, to Miss Mary J. Longwell; they have by this union a family of eight children: Hattie A., Ohas. E., Fannie L., Jessie E., Maggie 0., Laura B., Henry J., and Rachel E.; Mrs. Adams was born in Morgan county, Ohio, May 29,1845, and came to this county with her parents when only seven years of age.

ASHBY, E. W. H., farmer; Sec. 28; P. O. Richmond; was born December 1, 1834, in Preston county, Virginia; his parents came to Ohio in 1836, and to Iowa in 1839, locating in Washington township; here he was raised and received his education; he came to his present farm in 1861, which consists of 460 acres of well improved land; is an extensive raiser and feeder, and has as fine sheep as there are in the county or State; he has been frequently elected to township offices, but would never qualify; he was married August 21, 1860 to Miss Elizabeth Ihrig, a native of Wayne county, Ohio; they have seven children: Viola A., Jessie J., Bessie B., Ralph M., Charles M., Pressie E., and Alma E., all living.

BEARDSLEY, WILLIAM, of the firm of Beardsley & Gemmi1l, merchants, Wellman; the subject of this sketch was born March 31, 1839, in Monroe, Michigan; at the age of fourteen years he went to Toledo, Ohio, and began clerking for the Wright Bros., ship chandlers; there he remained about one year, and then came to Chicago and went into the forwarding commission house of Clark & Palmer, where he remained two years; he was then with the American Transportation Company, and following other pursuits till 1858, when he came to Muscatine, Iowa, and went into the horticultural and nursery business with Suel Foster, with whom he remained till August 15, 1862, at which time he enlisted in company E, Eighteenth Iowa infantry, in which he was promoted to sergeant; he served to the close of

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the war and was discharged the last of August, 1865; be served most of the time of the western frontier and saw a great many hungry days on account of the short supply of hardtack, etc.; at the battles of Springfield, Missouri, and Saline river were the principal battles in which they were engaged, although they did a great deal of skirmishing, in which they suffered almost as much as in larger battles; when he returned from the army he engaged in the grocery business in Muscatine, Iowa, in the firm of Lillibridge & Beardsley, and one year later the firm was changed to Beardsley & Meckling; in 1874 they moved to Riverside and put in the first stock of goods that was put in the town; be was commissioned postmaster at that time, which office he held till the fall of 1879; he organized the A. F. & A. M. lodge at Riverside, of which he was elected W. M. for four terms; he has often been the delegate to the Grand Lodge; he also belongs to the "chapter" and "commandery"; November 16, 1879, the firm, was changed to Beardsley & Gemmill, and keeping pace with the times and opportunities they moved to Wellman and put in the first stock in this town; his qualifications as a business man are evidenced by the success that has attended his business career; he was married in April, 1865, to Miss Arahmiel Hines, a native Hawkeye, having been born in Muscatine; their family consists of five children: Jessie, Lyman, Olive, W m. and Bertha, all living.

BILLINGSLEY, CYRUS, farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Richmond; was born July 16, 1835, in Monongalia county, West Virginia; at the age of fifteen his parents removed to this county and settled in English River township,; he was raised on a. farm and educated in the common schools; he came to his present farm, which now consists of 349 acres, in 1870, and has since lived here; he has held the office of township trustee two terms and also elected assessor, but refused to serve; he has now retired from farming, renting his land, and will soon move to Riverside in this county; he was married July 18, 1860, to Miss Margaret J. Stinson, a native of Ohio; they have a family of ten children: Samuel W., Carrie A., Ella, Geo. F., Ida L., Cora A., Anna S. and Wm. R. living and one deceased.

BLANDIN, J, F., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec, 14; P. O. Wellman; he was born in Steuben county, New York, July 23, 1846; at the age of four years he emigrated with his parents to Wisconsin, where he commenced school and remained there until the spring of 1859; he then went to Illinois where he remained about one year, and in April, 1860, emigrated to Washington county, Iowa, where he still resides; his farm consists of eighty acres of fine land, and is nicely fenced with hedge and rail; was married October 2, 1873, to Miss Artie I. Waters; by this union they have two children: Walter J., born July 20, 1874, and Olive L., born December 16, 1875; he enlisted in company D, Ninth Iowa cavalry, and was mustered in November 30, 1863, at Davenport, Iowa, and in December, 1863, went to St. Louis and from there went to Arkansas where they were detailed as scouts and mail-carriers, where he remained till the spring of 1866, when he was mustered out; he then returned to Washington county, Iowa,

CLARK, G. H., hardware merchant, Wellman; was born in New Portland, Maine, September 17, 1829; there he grew to manhood and was educated in the common schools and Kent's Hill Seminary; he came to Iowa in 1864 and located in Iowa City, where he went into

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the grocery business, which he continued about one year, when he bought a stock of goods and hauled them overland to Virginia City, Montana; there he opened a store and remained about eighteen months, when he returned to Iowa City and bought a half interest in the Eagle flouring mills of that place, in which he remained about two years; he then went into the boot and shoe trade with Hugh Taylor in Iowa City, and in this remained one year; in the fall of 1874 he went to Riverside, this county, where he went into the hardware and implement business with Mr. Fesler; there he remained till the fall of 1879, when he came to the town of Wellman and built him a commodious room and opened a full line of hardware and agricultural implements; his was the first storeroom finished in the town, although there were several others under way at the same time; in 1851 he went to California by way of New York, and remained there three years, spending the most of his. time in the mines, making it pay very well; on his return home he went to merchandising in New Portland, Maine; where he remained about eight years; he was married November 20, 1854, to Miss Laura A. Plummer, a native of Maine; they have two children: Charles A. and Georgia E., both living.

DOWNING, W. A., of the firm of Downing Bros., merchants, Wellman, and livery and feed stables, Washington; was born March 15, 1828, in Bartholomew county, Indiana, and was there raised on a farm and educated in the public schools, and at the age of eighteen he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for about twelve years; in 1857 he located in Wassonville, this township, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising, which he continued for two years; in 1860 he moved to the town of Dayton and formed a partnership with his brother, Thomas H. Downing, in the mercantile and stock business; January 1, 1880, they moved their stock of merchandise to Wellman, and also established a livery stable at that place; they own about 550 acres of farm land that they manage themselves; they are the largest stock-raisers in the township; they are also engaged extensively in shipping stock; he has been twice married: first January 1, 1853, to Miss Sarah A. Haviouse, of Indiana, who died August 27, 1859, and left three children: John R., Eliza (wife of J. H. Skaggs, of this place), living, and one deceased; was married again November 28, 1861, to Miss M. E. Blandon, of New York State; they have six children: Wm. L., Alma. Minnie, Blanche, Hallah, living, and an infant deceased.

FELLMAN, FRED, (of firm of Singleman & Fellman, millers); he was born January 29, 1834, in Switzerland; he was raised there, and educated in the common and! high schools of Berne; at the age of 16 he learned the milling business with his father, with whom he remained a few years, when he went to France, where he remained three years; in 1859 he came to the United States, locating in Ohio, where he remained about three years; he enlisted in October, 1862, in company B, Fifth Iowa cavalry, and served to the close of the war; he was slightly wounded at Pulaski, Tennessee, by a shell; he served to the close of the war, and was discharged in May, 1865; in 1867 he came to this county, and went to work for Mahaffa, and has continued in the mill since; in 1875 he and Mr. Singleman bought the mill, and have owned it ever since; it was built in 1840, by J o. Wasson and Dr. Waters. two of the oldest settlers of the

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township; he was married in September, 1870, to Miss Mary Sehfrokey, a native of Bohemia; she died in September, 1871, leaving one child: Frederick, living; again in July, 1873, to Miss Anna Prosky, a native of Bohemia; they have three children living: Anna, Mary and John: one deceased.

GEMMILL, J. W., of firm of Beardsley & Gemmill, merchants, Wellman; was born September 3, 1844, in Clinton county, Pennsylvania; his parents moved to Centre county, in 1845, and to Mifflin county in 1854, where he lived till 1859, when he went to Washington, D. C., and remained there till 1862, when he returned to Mifflin county; in February, 1865, he enlisted in company E, Thirteenth Pennsylvania cavalry; he served to the close of the war, and was discharged at Philadelphia, in June, 1865; after his discharge he went to Baltimore, where he engaged in the retail grocery trade, which he continued till 1869, when he came South English, Keokuk county; there he taught school and farmed for one year, when he came to Washington, and went into the agricultural implement house of McNair & Co., and after eighteen months engaged with William Wilson in the hardware business; in 1875 he went into partnership with Mr. Wilson, and opened a hardware store at Riverside; in November, 1879, he formed a partnership with Mr. Beardsley, and opened out a general store at Wellman, being among the first to open a store in the new town; he was married to Miss Mary E. Hines, who was born in Muscatine county, Iowa; they have one son living: Wm. H.

GLIDER, HENRY, restaurant, billiard and saloon-keeper. Wellman; was born in Erie county, New York, October 28, 1834; at the age of six years he commenced going to school and continued until 14, when he commenced farming; followed that for a term of years; in 1861 he answered his country's call, and enlisted in company C, Eighth Iowa volunteer infantry; served till the close of the war, and was in a number of hard-fought battles; he was honorably discharged at Davenport, when he came back and settled down as a private citizen, and has since resided here.

HEWETT, WM. L., retired farmer, Daytonville; he was born April 28, 1813, in the State of New York; he was raised on a farm and educated in the common school; at the age of twenty-four he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked several years; in 1836 he came to Ohio where he lived three years, then to Illinois where he lived one year, and in 1840 came to Iowa and located on section 8, of this township, where he owns 500 acres of land; in 1876 he built a fine residence in Daytonville and retired from his farm, renting his lands, that he might pass a quieter life in his old age; he is one of the oldest settlers of the township; in 1851 he built the mills. now know as Mendona Mills on English river: he has been thrice married, first in September, 1838, to Miss Lodicea Overbaugh, a native of Ohio, who died August 27, 1839, leaving one child, deceased; again in May 1842, to Miss Sarah Brink, a native of Ohio; she died in February, 1843, leaving one child; Sarah, (wife of Chancy Margriette); again
June 10, 1849, to Miss Elizabeth Robertson, a native of Indiana; she died September 3, 1879, leaving three children: Mary A. (wife of J. E. Crawford), Eliza I. (wife of Wm. Carr), and Elizabeth who has been blind several years.

JOHNSON, ELEAZER, farmer; Sec. 31; P. O. Wellman; was born April 26, 1813, in Massachusetts; he there grew to manhood

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and was educated in the common school; his great-grandfather was one of the first men to burn the tea in Boston harbor; in 1826 he went to sea and lived a sailor's life for twenty-one years; he then moved to Maine and bought a farm, where he lived till 1865, when he came to Iowa and located where he now lives and owns a farm of 156 acres of well improved land; has followed farming and stock raising since he has been in Iowa; his daughter has one of the finest heneries in the county-Buff, White, Partridge and Cinnamon Cochin chickens and Imperial and Pekin ducks; he was married July 14,1841, to Miss Eunice Fernal, a native of Maine; she died June 8, 1869, leaving nine children: Wm. P., Harriet G. (wife of Nathan H. Newcomb), Ed. T., Fannie T., Maria L., Charles T. and Margaret A. living; and two deceased.

KING, J. R., merchant, Wellman; was born February 3, 1820, in Nelson county, Kentucky; his educational advantages were poor, consequently his education is limited; at twenty years of age he learned the cabinet trade with Felix Rogers of Bardstown, Kentucky; at this he worked for five years; after this he flat-boated, and worked at carpentering ti11 1846, when he came to this county and to Wassonville in 1847, and engaged in the grocery business, with a capital stock of 140 dollars, and sold the first goods in the county, and followed the business till November 1, 1879, at the same place, except eighteen months during the war; November 1, 1879, he moved to Wellman; he is the oldest merchant in the county, and from his small capital has laid up a reasonable competency, besides his residence and store property; he owns 200 acres of land and also a house and lot in Iowa City; October 31, 1848, he was married to Miss Mary C. Ray, of Jefferson county, Ohio; they have two children living: S. Lyde and Ida I. (wife of Dr. J. H. Wait, of Harlan, Iowa), and two sons deceased; Miss Lyde keeps a millinery and dress making establishment, in her father's store.

LEIGHTON, ISAAC, farmers Sec. 26; P. O. Wellman; was born July 30, 1811, in KennebecCOUl1ty, Maine; there he grew to manhood on a farm; he was educated in common schools; he learned bricklaying while a boy, which he has followed most all his life; in 1839 he came to Webster, New York, and to this county in 1843 and located where he now lives, entering his land from the government; he is one of the oldest settlers of the township and enjoys the confidence of his neighbors; he has been township trustee more than half the time since he came to the county; he was married July 4, 1838, to Miss Permelia Lancaster, of Maine; have eight children: Charlotta (wife of E. W. Carpenter), Stephen T., Mariam J. (wife of T. J. Allen), Alice J. (wife Daniel Wolf), Delphena A., and three dead.

LEWIS, S. W., druggist, Wellman; the subject of this sketch was born August 10, 1854, in Cattaraugus county, New York; his parents came to Iowa and located at Washington, this county, where he grew to manhood, and was educated in the Washington schools; at the age of seventeen he began the study of medicine with Dr. Miles of Washington; this he continued irregularly for about two years, after which he went to Riverside and associated himself with Dr. Wm. & D. W. Ott, in the drug business, where he remained about five years; in October 1879 he came to Wellman and established a drug store and sold the first goods that were sold in the town: he holds the office of notary public and has done most of that business for the

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town; he was married May 24-, 1877, to Miss Mary (daughter of Dr. J. D.) Miles, of Washington; have two children: Mary Etta and Jessie, the first child born in Wellman on February 10, 188O; he also has a circulating library.

McCLEERY, R. J., of firm of McCleery & Son, merchants, Wellman; he was born April 30, 1850, in Wayne county, Ohio; in 1852 his parents came to De Kalb county, Illinois; there he was raised on a farm; he was educated in the common schools and Grandview, Louisa and Washington colleges and Burlington Commercial School; he traveled on the road for Hargus & Simmons of Quincy, Illinois, about five years and for H. C. Graves of Sandwich, Illinois, handling nursery stock, about one year; he came to this town in the fall of 1879 and in connection with his father opened a general store; he was married January 1, 1879, to Miss Ida Ball, a native of this county; have one child, born February 26, 1880; not named.
MAPLE, JOHN S., proprietor Mendona Mills; P. O. Daytonville; was born August 22,1810, in Greene county, Pennsylvania; he learned the miller's trade at the age of twenty-one, with H. ;Royer, in West Virginia; he followed his trade for sixteen years; in 1846 he came to this township locating on a farm where he lived till 1863; he moved to Sigourney, Keokuk county, in 1R64, where he engaged in the hotel business in the old Sigourney House; after four years he traded his hotel for a farm in this township and farmed till 1865 when he bought half an interest in his present mill property, which consists of the mill and twenty-six acres of land; he has held all the offices of the township; he was married June 3, 1834, to Mary B. Smith, a native pf West Virginia; have ten children: Cyrus B., Samuel S., Simon G., Isabel (wife of Abram Bunkie, of Washington), Malissa (wife of James McKinley), Mary E. (wife of James Carlile), Martha A. (wife of Elias Temple), and Hannah E., living, and two sons deceased; his mill was built in 1851 by W. L. Hewett.

MARQUAM, WILLIAM K, farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Richmond; was born March 31, 1809, in Maryland; at the age of nineteen his parents moved to Ohio; he was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools; he moved to Indiana in 1831, and to Caldwell county, Missouri, in 1838, where he engaged in farming; about 1850 he opened out a store in Mirabile, in that county, a town he had laid out; here he sold goods till 1858, at which time he sold out; in 1861 he again engaged in the mercantile trade, which he continued about two years; he came to this State in 1864 and located in Waverly, Bremer county, where he lived two years, and carne to this county in 1866 and located on his present farm of 160 acres, which he has well stocked; he was married in February, 1837, to Miss Jane C. Cochran, a native of Ohio; they have a family of eight children: Pamelia (wife of J. H. Ihrig, of this township), William H., Allen, John, Edward, Maria J., and Mary living, and one deceased.

MILLHOUSE, H., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 17; P. O. Daytonville; was born in Germany, July 9, 1829; at the age of five he commenced school and remained there till the age of fourteen; he then commenced farming and continued the same until he was twenty-two years of age when he enlisted in company Four, of Crabstine, where he served three years when he was honorably discharged; he then bought a farm and lived on same till the spring of 1860 when he emigrated to America, landing in New York; he then emigra-

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ted to Washington county, Iowa, where he still lives; his farm consists of' 160 acres all under cu1tivation, and is nicely fenced with hedge and barb wire; he was married October 1, 1827, to Miss Anna Schrader, of Germany; by this union they have four children: Henry, John William, Mary, and Christiana; Jacob, Harry, and Elizabeth, deceased.

RICKEY, WILLIAM, farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Richmond; was born September 1, 1835, in Pickaway county, Ohio; in 1847 his parents came to this county and located in Clay township; in 1850 they moved to where he now lives; he was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools; he enlisted August 20, 1862, in company I, Eighteenth infantry, and served till March 1863, when he was discharged on account of general disability; he was wounded in the hip in the skirmish of Eutonia, Missouri, October 8, 1862; he was married April 22, 1863, to Miss Mary A. Parker, a native Hawkeye, being born in this township; they have seven children: Findley E., Millard Lincoln, Irvie D., Charles 1., Rosa M., Ida O., living, and one infant deceased.

RIGGEN, J. A., physician and surgeon, Wellman, Iowa; was born October 29, 1841, in Knox county, Illinois; his parents moved to Missouri in September, 1859, where he grew to manhood and was educated in the common schools, and in June, 1861, enlisted as private in company C, Eighteenth Missouri infantry; in October, 1861, he was transferred to company A, of same regiment; he was promoted to corporal, sergeant, first sergeant, hospital steward, sergeant-major, second lieutenant, first lieu tenant, assistant quartermaster of his regiment, and at the close of the war to captain by brevet; he was mustered out of service August, 1865, at St. Louis, Missouri, where he remained and read medicine with Dr. S. B. Houts and attended St. Louis Medical College and also attended the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he graduated M. D., in June, 1878; he began the practice of his profession in Hamburg, Fremont county, this State, in 1866; in the spring of 1867 his failing health compelled him to go to the mountains, where he remained about eighteen months; he then returned to Sullivan county, Missouri, where he remained about one year, and then located in Bates county, Missouri, where he practiced his profession till April, 1879, at which time he came to Daytonville, near this place; in September, 1879, he built a store-house and put in a stock of drugs, which he manages in connection with his practice; he also has a branch drug store in Amish, in Johnson county; he completed the first residence in the town of Wellman; he was married November 13, 1868, to Mrs. Hannah E. Warner, a native of Vermont; they have one child: Cordelia F., living.

SEABROOK, HENRY, blacksmith, Daytonville; he was born March 8, 1819, in Maryland; at the age of seventeen he went to learn his trade with Henry Snyder, of Carroll county, Maryland, with whom he worked about three years, when he went to Harford county, where continued to work at his trade till 1856, when he came to Iowa City, where he lived one year and came to this county in 1857 and located in Daytonville, where he opened a shop and has remained since; he owns 20 acres of land and several town lots; he was married March 7, 1844, to Miss Eliza A. Warner, a native of Frederick county, Maryland; they have had three children: Clara (wife of John Waite, of this place), living, and Laura and Henry C., deceased.

SIGLER, J. J., farmer; Sec. 36;

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P. O. Wel1man; was born May 27, 1814, in Maryland, and was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools; he came to Virginia in 184:6, and to Iowa in the fall of 1853 and located where he now lives; he owns 160 acres of land, 40 of which he entered from the government; he has been twice married; first, May 7, 1835, to Miss Eliza Potter, a native of Maryland, who died August 12, 1844, leaving five children: Nancy C. (wife of B. W. Jenkins, of this county), Mary M, (wife of O. Wilson, of this township), Elizabeth E. (wife of Perry Stevens, of Seventy-six township), and Martha A., living, and one son deceased; was married again February 19, ,1846, to Miss Golda Fazenbaker, a native of Maryland; they have nine children: George G., William W., Henry M., Godfrey F., Anna L. (wife of Isaac Evans, of Mahaska county), Eliza F., Sarah L., living; and two deceased.

SINGLE MAN, W M., farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Daytonville; was born August 27, 1837, in Brunswick, Germany; at the age of seventeen he went to learn the carpenter's and millwright's trade, at which he worked till 1868, when he came to the United States and located in this township; in 1875 he and Mr. Fellman bought what is known as the old Wassonvi1le grist mill, which they still own; he also carries on his farm, which consists of 100 acres, to which he devotes most of his time; he was married in November, 1863, to Miss Sophia Brower, a native of Germany; they have seven children: Mena, Mary, Ella, William, Charlie, Emma, and an infant not named.

STAPLETON, M., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 21; P. O. Washington; was born in Ireland, November 5, 1827; at the age of ten he commenced school, where he remained till the age of eighteen, when he emigrated to America, landing at Troy, New York, in 1846, where he worked as a laborer; he remained here till 1848, when he emigrated to Chicago, Illinois, where he got employment on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad and remained there till 1850 when he emigrated south and remained there till 1851, when he came to Washington county, Iowa; he has a fine farm of 560 acres, nicely fenced with hedge and barb wire; he was married in Michigan City, Indiana, May 22,1852, to Miss Mary Carroll; by this union they have nine children: Thomas, born May 24, 1858; Bridget, born September 25, 1857; .Julia, born September 13, 1860; Tobias, born February 10, 1863; Dennis, born Ju1y 28, 1865; Martin W., born February 11, 1868; Mary, born September 13, 1870; Margaret, born August 2, 1874; Tateresa, born October 13, 1878, and John and Johanna, deceased.

VEJVODA, J. K., harness maker, Wellman; was born July 18, 1854, in Bohemia; in 1863 he came to the United States, landing in New York; they came at once to Iowa City where they located; in 1866 he learned the harness maker's trade with James Hodack, of Richmond, this county, who moved to Washington; he also went there and worked for him for about six months; he then went to Iowa City and attended the German school for three months, and in 1868 went to work for Mr. Vamey, of Daytonvil1e, with whom he worked for five years, after which he worked in various towns till October 27, 1879, when he came to Wellman and started a harness shop on his own account; he was married January 24, 1877, to Miss Jennie Harvet a native of Iowa City.

WALL, CHRISTOPHER, farmer; Sec, 21; P. O. Richmond; was born March 6, 1828, in Germany; he learned the weaver's trade while a young man, but has

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never followed it in this country; he came to America in 1849, making the trip in twenty-six days, being one of the quickest trips on record for a sailing vessel; he located near Pittsburgh, where he engaged in farming; in 1852 he came to this county and located in Clay township, where he worked by the month; in 1856 he came to his present farm of 117 acres; he was married April 24, 1856, to Miss Harriet Van Buskirk, a native of Indiana; they have seven children: Mary E. (wife of Silas Leach, of this township), Lewis G., Martha A., Joseph V. R. and Margaret V. living, and two deceased: Maria A. and Wm. A.

WHETSTINE,RUFUS, farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Wellman; he was born August 18,1837, in Indiana; his parents came to Iowa in 1852, and located on section 24 in this township; he was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools; he came to his present farm in 1871; he enlisted July 2, 1862, in company I, Eighteenth Iowa infantry, and served to the close of the war; and was discharged in July, 1865; he was wounded in the thigh at Poison Springs, Arkansas, while with a foraging party, for which he draws a pension from the government; he was married in November, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Bolding, a native of Illinois; they have a family of six children: Edward, Early, Otis, Eunice, Alvey and Wayne living, and two deceased.

WISHARD, J. H., farmer and stock-raiser; Sec. 14; P. O. Wellman; was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, January 17, 1815; at the age of five years he commenced common school and remained there till the age of fourteen; he then moved to the State of Indiana where he went to school for two years, and then commenced farming, remaining in that State till April, 1853; he then moved to Washington county; Iowa, where he still resides, and is the owner of a splendid farm consisting of190 acres of land,. nicely fenced; he has one and a-half miles of as fine hedge fence as there is in the county; he has an abundance in store to make him comfortable in his old age; has been twice married, first to Miss Rebecca Vanduyn, October 1, 1840, in the State of Indiana, and by this union had four children: Samuel, Permelia, John and Margaret A., all deceased; he married his present wife in Vermillion county, Indiana, Miss Margaret Miles, April 15, 1849; by this union they have three children: Wm. H., Olive L., Sam. J., all living.

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