William Hersey

HERSEY, FELCH

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 21:13:31

Mrs. Sally S. Hersey, living on section 15, is the widow of William Hersey, who was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1822. His parents died when he was a boy. He was brought up in Massachusetts; was married at Natick, in that State; removed to Grafton, where he lived ten years, and came to Butler county in 1864 and settled on section 15. Mr. Hersey died May 3, 1877. Mrs. Hersey was formerly Sally S. Felch, a native of Massachusetts. She has nine children, three sons and six daughters – Levi F., Martha L., Sarah F., Lucy E., Mary S., Esther A., Nancy G., William H. and Thomas T.G., all born in Massachusetts. Mr. Hersey was quite a large land owner, and a successful farmer. He owned at one time about 600 acres, a portion of which has been conveyed to the children.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page: 422