DWIRE, Harrison

DWIRE

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Date: 10/16/2001 at 21:06:08

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ORANGE TWP. (Pgs 758-764)
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

HARRISON DWIRE, farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. De Witt. Mr. Dwire was born in Darke Co., Ohio, in 1840; his father, Daniel Dwire, came with his parents to Clinton Co. in 1854, and entered a part of the farm which Harrison now owns, where be resided till his death, in August, 1868; his mother died in 1873; his parents had twelve children, only three of whom are living—Henry, who lives in Linn Co.; Samuel who resides in Mills Co., Iowa, and Harrison; six sons entered the army during the rebellion four of whom lost their lives in the service of their country. Hezekiah enlisted in the 2d Iowa Cav.; was killed in Mississippi in 1864; Samuel belonged to the 6th Iowa V. C.; David enlisted in the 8th Iowa V. I.; was killed at Spanish Fort, Ala., in April, 1865; Daniel enlisted in the 43d Ind. V. I.; died at Memphis in 1864; Mark, also a member of an Indiana regiment, died at Nashville in 1864: Harrison enlisted in the 33d Ill. V. I. in, 1861, and served till the close of the war. He owns 280 acres of land.