Teale, E. B.

TEALE, HAM, SHILL, ZIMMERMAN

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/9/2019 at 16:46:34

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 635-36:

"E. B. TEALE, engaged in general farming and stock-raising, on section 31, Bloomington Township, and an enterprising citizen of Decatur County, is a native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, born March 7, 1849, a son of Frederick and D. C. (Ham) Teale, who were both natives of England, the father born near the city of London. They came to America about the year 1843, and after living a short time in New York State, they removed to Wisconsin, and for some time made their home near Waukesha. They then located at Cleveland, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and in the year 1855 they made their home in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. They were the parents of six sons whose names are -- Frederick, James, Thomas, George, Eugene B. and Albert, our subject being next to the youngest. He was six years of age when his parents settled in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and in that county he grew to manhood. His early live was passed in assisting the district schools. During the late Rebellion, when but fifteen years old, he enlisted in Company F, Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, the date of his enlistment being December 16, 1863. He was in all the engagements of his regiment, and was with his regiment engaged in fighting bushwhackers when he was driven from Missouri. He was honorably discharged at Springfield, Illinois, when he returned to his home in Jo Daviess County. His five brothers served their country during the late war, four of them receiving wounds from which they recovered, and all are yet living. E. B., our subject, was united in marriage November 3, 1872, to Miss Martha Shill, of Warren County, she being a daughter of William H. and Mary (Zimmerman) Shill, who were formerly residents of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Teale have two sons - Herbert, born November 29, 1873, and John, born September 7, 1875, and an adopted daughter, Mary, born July 27, 1878. On coming to Decatur County Mr. Teale first located in Fayette Township, coming to his farm in Bloomington Township in the fall of 1881, where he has since followed general farming and raising and feeding stock. He has 320 acres of well-cultivated land, a comfortable house, and good farm buildings for his stock, and is numbered among the best citizens of his township. In politics he casts his suffrage with the Republican party. In 1884 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace. He is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)