Vanlew, James

VANLEW, HOLLINGSWORTH

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 13:43:37

VANLEW, James
Farmer; S. 3; P. O. Newton; born in Union Co., Penn., May 1840. Married Elizabeth HOLLINGSWORTH in Pennsylvania in 1864. She was born in Pennsylvania in April 1837. They have seven children - David A., Joseph M., Harlan H., Demetrius D., Mary M., Anna V. and William W. Has five acres of the college divided into lots, called Wittemburg, valued at $500. He moved to Iowa in 1864. He enlisted in the 137th Penn. V. I., August 1862; was in the Army of Potomac; served nine months and was discharged with his regiment. He has a house with orchard and grove, etc. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. ~ "Malaka Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)