Elihu Northrop (b. 1818)

NORTHROP, CHAMBERLAIN

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/24/2005 at 23:08:20

Northrop, Elihu, farmer, Section 27; PO Waucoma; born in Orange Co., Vermont in 1818. Married Mary A. Chamberlain in 1839; she was born in Windsor Co., Vermont in 1821; have eight children living -- Ellen, Edward, Alma, Arabelle and Isabelle, twins, Herman A., Abraham L. and Linnie; lost six children -- George E., enlisted in 1862 in the 38th I.S.V., Co. G; was at the siege of Vicksburg and contracted a fever from which he died after one years service; William Henry, Sophia, Hattie, Ida May and Oscar H. Mr. N. left Vermont in April, 1854, and settled in Dane Co., Wisconsin, where he lived until 1860, when he came to this county and settled on his present estate; was among the early settlers of the town, and has a farm of 110 acres, valued at $3,000. Held the office of Justice of the Peace two years and is representative agent for the Waucoma Grange Stock Company, President of the Township School Board, Road Commissioner and otherwise prominently known throughout the town and county.

Page 630-631, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"
Eden Township