Samuel Learn (b. 1832)

LEARN, WILTSE

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/18/2004 at 00:55:39

Learn, Samuel, farmer, section 13 (Dover township), P. O. Clermont; born April 23, 1832; came to Luzerne Co., Penn. in 1853, came to Cincinnati in 1854; came to Clayton county the same fall; removed to Fayette Co.; settled on his present farm in 1856; owns ninety-six acres valued at $20 per acre. Married Isabel M. Wiltse June 11, 1873; she was born March 4, 1851 in Clayton Co., Iowa; have two children --- Mary J. and John R. His father lives with him; was born Feb. 18, 1783. Enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 9th I.V.C. and served to the close of the war.

Page 676, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"