CULVER, Joseph

CULVER, CHAPMAN, ROBINSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/18/2014 at 22:00:35

Biography ~ Joseph Culver

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 643:

JOSEPH CULVER, farmer and stock-raiser, section 14, Garden Grove Township, was born December 7, 1840, son of ASA and EMELINE (CHAPMAN) CULVER, natives of Ohio and Vermont respectively. He came to Decatur County in 1855, where he remained until 1876, then removed to Kansas. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D. Thirty-fourth Iowa, and served three years. He participated in the battles of Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakey and many minor engagements. He was mustered out at Hudson, Texas, August 15, 1865. Mr. CULVER was married in Garden Grove, RACHEL A. ROBINSON, born in New York, in 1849, and they have one child – HARRY J., at home. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge No. 170. He owns 240 acres of land. His mother is deceased, and his father still living.

Transcribed by Sara LeFleur, Decatur County Historial Society Musuem, January of 2014