JOHN A. TALBOT

TALBOT

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 5/23/2009 at 16:19:45

The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

JOHN A. TALBOT, Sec. 35; he was born Feb. 23, 1817, in Milford, Del.; in 1819, came with his parents to Baltimore, Md.; in 1824, they removed to Bethany, Va.; six years later, to Wellsburg, Va.; thence to Mt. Pleasant, Ohio; in 1838, he came to Captina, Ohio; in 1852, to Van Buren Co., Iowa; in 1857 removed to Centerville and has resided here since; he owns 337 acres of land, seventy-seven acres of which joins the city limits; is engaged in various kinds of business, among which are milling, sawing, mining, farming, etc.; he is also Director and stockholder in the Appanoose County Bank and the First National Bank of Centerville; a Director of the M., I. & N. R.R.; has been since the second years of its organization. Is one of the largest bee culturists in Appanoose Co.; he takes an active interest and is well informed rgarding the geological features of this county. Mr. Talbot has never been married.