Isaac Spoor

SPOOR, BROOKS, RYNER, HARRIS

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/23/2004 at 22:40:41

Isaac Spoor, who resides on section 3, bought his present farm of Messrs. Brooks and Ryner. He was born in Wayne county, New York, in 1829. He moved from Monroe county, New York, to Illinois in the fall of 1856. In 1872 he came to Iowa, and purchased his farm soon after; but did not locate here till 1878. He has 160 acres of prairie, also seven acres of timber land.
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Mr. Spoor learned the trade of a carpenter, in the State of New York, and worked at carpentering and cabinet-making until he settled here. He was married, December 8, 1862, to Josephine Harris, a native of New York. They have five children – Lillie May, Cora Jane, Carrie E., Marcia Elizabeth, and an infant daughter.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 555