Lewis M. Delezenne

DELEZENNE, DEPEW

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 3/9/2002 at 23:35:44

Delezenne, Lewis M., farmer, Section 20 (Auburn township); PO Douglass; born in New Your State in 1806, which State he left in 1845, and settled in Clayton Co.; in 1849, he came to this county and settled on his present estate, being the very first settler in this town, and among the earliest in the county. His farm was a portion of the reservation for the Indians, and he lived in a wigwam some months; his PO was Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin), and in one season he hauled 900 bushels of wheat , being gone many days; was one night awakened to find two swarthy savages in his house, stirring the embers of the fire; at another time, while wending his way homeward through the forest and meeting two Indians, one of whom drew a gun to his shoulder and snapped, the gun failing it's discharge. Many other interesting narratives are told by Mr. D. of his pioneer life. Married Mary A. Depew in 1835; she was born in Ontario Co., NY. in 1817; have four children living -- John A., Benjamin D., Nettie M. and Alma L.; lost three children --- Mary, Fayette and Jerome. His farm of 200 acres, valued at $6,000.

Page 751 & 752, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"