SEXTON, Ammon - 1914

SEXTON, BETCHER, KRUSE

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Date: 7/10/2009 at 02:29:55

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

AMMON SEXTON.

Ammon Sexton, carrying on general farming and stockraising upon one hundred and sixty acres of land in Afton township, was born in Iowa in 1869. He is a son of Samuel and Mary A. Sexton, natives of Indiana, who came to Tama county, this state, after their marriage and who moved in 1869 to Cherokee county. The father homesteaded eighty acres of land on section 24, Afton township, and there lived until his death in 1889, his wife surviving him one year. To their union were born five children, of whom three died in infancy. The others are: Asbrine, the wife of J. M. Cassiday, of Missouri Valley, Iowa; and Ammon, of this review.

The last named acquired his education in the public schools of Cherokee county and aided in the operation of the homestead until after the death of his mother. Shortly afterward he came into possession of the farm, and this he still owns. His holdings comprise one hundred and sixty acres of well improved and valuable land on sections 24 and 25, Afton township, and they reflect everywhere the owners careful supervision and practical labor. In connection with general farming Mr. Sexton engages also in stockraising and has made this one of his most profitable lines of activity.

In 1896 Mr. Sexton married Miss Tena Betcher, who was born in Iowa, a daughter of William and Henrietta Betcher, natives of Germany. In their family were five children, three of whom are still living: Frank, of Storm Lake, Iowa; Tena, the wife of the subject of this review; and Emma, who married Gustoff Kruse, of Buena Vista county, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Sexton have six children: Harlan S., who was born in 1897; Florence L., whose birth occurred in 1898; Frank W., born in 1900; Floyd, in 1904; Estle, in 1906; and Geneva D., in 1907.

Mr. Sexton is connected fraternally with the Knights of Pythias and is a republican in his political beliefs. In his business dealings he has ever been straightforward and reliable, enjoying the full confidence of those with whom he has been associated, and as a worthy and representative citizen of Cherokee county he well deserves mention in this volume.