J. L. EARNEST

EARNEST, MURDY

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 5/24/2009 at 08:57:32

Source: 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.

J. L. EARNEST, far., Sec. 32; P. O. Beetrace; born in Washington Co., Penn., in 1825; removed to Appanoose Co. in 186; has 220 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. Married Miss Elizabeth Murdy in 1853; she was born in Washington Co., Penn., in 1832; they have six children - Murdy M., Mary Bell, N. Alice, Kate, William, and Eva. Republican; members of the M.E. Church. Mr. Earnest has held the offices of Township Assessor, Trustee, and is now County Supervisor; and has held the post office in his township for twenty years, it being the oldest post office in the county. Was a day-laborer up to the time of coming to this county, working on the B.&O.R.R.