Ira GOODSPEED (b. 1841)

GOODSPEED, WILSON, FERRELL

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Date: 6/12/2005 at 01:05:05

GOODSPEED, Ira, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. West Union; born Aug. 9, 1825, in Rutland Co., Vt.; in 1844, came to Cook Co., Ill.; in 1857, came to Fayette Co., and the following year removed to his present farm; owns fifty acres, valued at $25 per acre. Married Julia K. Wilson Jan. 14, 1849; she was born Dec. 4, 1828, in Madison Co., N. Y.; had ten children, six living - Elsie D., now Mrs. Ferrell, Frank A., Elmer G., Ernest L., Clara B., George W. Has been school director. Has followed the threshing machine business for several years.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Windsor Township
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