J. P. Garzee (b. 1822)

GARZEE, WOODBURY, CHANDLER, PALMER

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/26/2005 at 23:21:47

Garzee, J. P., blacksmith, Section 9; PO Waucoma; born in Bennington Co., Vermont in 1822. Married Fannie Woodbury in 1842; she was born in Bennington Co., Vermont in 1825; Mary J., wife of C. B. Chandler and Francis E. married Libby Palmer, and reside on the homestead; first settled in Wyoming Co., New York in 1844 and lived there until 1859, when he removed to Somerset Co., Ohio and resided until 1868, when he came to this county and purchased his present estate in Section 21, of eighty acres; his father Elisha was an early pioneer in this county and was the first settler on this farm, it being Government land at that time; he was also a revolutionary soldier and died in 1867. Mr. G works at his occupation in Waucoma and his family are members of the Congregational Church.

Page 626-627, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"
Eden township