Washington Teter

TETER, SUTTON, ROUSCH, PICKENPAN, GORRELL, WILLIAMS, THOMPSON, TRIMBLE, CROUCH

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Date: 7/15/2006 at 09:19:47

WASHINGTON TETER, farmer, sec. 15; p.o. Fulton; a native of Ohio, was born in Morgan co. in 1820. In 1841, he married, in his native county, Miss Tacy Sutton, a native of Fayette Co., Penn. In 1851, they emigrated to Jackson Co., Iowa, and settled in Farmer's Creek Township. They have four children -- James, who married Emily Rousch, and resides in this (Farmer's Creek) township; Martha, married Levi Rousch, of Farmer's Creek Township; Jacob, also a resident of Farmer's Creek, and William. Mr. Teter owns 122 acres of land. Politically, he is in sympathy with the National Greenback movement. His father, Jacob Teter, a native of Greene Co., Penn., married Miss Sarah Pickenpan; they emigrated to Iowa in 1849, and settled in Van Buren Co., where he died in 1850; she is now living in Guernsey Co., Ohio. Their living children are David (who married, and resides in Kansas), Mary (now the wife of H. Gorrell; he served in the cause of the Union, was a brave soldier, and is now deceased), Washington, John (married, live in Oregon), Sarah (now Mrs. L. Williams, of Guthrie Co., Iowa). Mrs. Teter's father, James Sutton, was a native of Fayette Co., Penn. Married Martha Thompson, a native of Chester Co., Penn.; they moved to Morgan Co., Ohio, thence to Iowa, in 1851; they settled in Farmer's Creek Township, Jackson Co., where he resided until his death; she is still a resident. Their living children are Lucy (the wife of Washington Teter), Susanna (wife of William Trimble), Sarah (wife of E. Crouch), Samuel, Martha (wife of J. S. Thompson), William (served in an Iowa regiment during the war); six children deceased - one of whom (James ) died while in the service of his country, at St. Louis, Mo., during the rebellion.
The History of Jackson County, pub. 1879