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John B. Pember (b. 1823)

PEMBER, RANSOM

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/5/2003 at 14:21:18

Pember, John B., farmer, Section 14 (Harlan township); PO Maynard; born in Harmony, Chautauqua Co., NY, March 17, 1823; moved to Johnstown, Rock Co., Wisconsin, in 1843, where he carried on farming; during his residence in that State, he held respectively the offices of Justice of the Peace, County Supervisor and School Commissioner; came to this county in 1868; owns 370 acres of farm land. Married Elmira Ransom Jan. 13, 1842, in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania; she was born in Chenango Co., NY, April 12, 1822; have had six children --- John O., born July 30, 1843, deceased Dec. 11, 1864; James R., born March 3, 1848, deceased Aug. 22, 1848; one child not christened, born Aug. 5, 1857, died in infancy; Almira A., born March 11, 1861; Joseph Napoleon, born March 19, 1864; Reuben R., born June 16, 1855. Mr. Pember was the originator of the great Anti-Horse Thief Association of Wisconsin, which has been so successful in suppressing that species of crime.

Page 598, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"


 

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