MACHLAN, George Washington

MACHLAN, SSTITES, MANN, EARLYWINE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 2/10/2014 at 18:48:25

Biography ~ George Washington Machlan

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 489:

GEORGE W. MACHLAN is a native of Rush County, Indiana, born November 13, 1832, a son of William and Elizabeth (Stites) Machlan, his father a native of Ohio and his mother of Indiana. He was reared on a farm, but in his youth learned the carpenter's trade, at which he has worked in connection with attending to the duties of his farm. His educational advantages were limited, the district school being his only resource. In 1854 he came to Iowa and made his first purchase of land in Decatur County, and in the fall of 1858 moved with his family to the new home. To his original purchase he has added 280 acres, and now has one of the most finely-improved farms in Southern Iowa, his landed estate numbering 505 acres. He is a public-spirited, influential citizen and a representative man of his township. He has served fifteen years as trustee, and also as clerk of his township, and has been one of the foremost in advancing the educational interest. In politics he is a Republican. His wife and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was married in 1854 to Miss Elizabeth E. Mann, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Earlywine) Mann, of the State of Kentucky. To them have been born five children - William Allen, Homer E., Joshua Newton, Edna Annis and Berth Louise.

NOTE: George Washington Machlan died on May 25, 1912, Leon IA. Elizabeth Ellen (Mann) Machlan was born March 12, 1836, and died in Leon, Iowa, on December 14, 1906. They were interred at Leon Cemetery, Leon IA.

Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2014