Lacy, Abraham T.

LACY, LANSDORO

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LACY, Abraham T.
Farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Greencastle; born in Carter Co., East Tenn. in 1816; came tot Jasper Co. in 1856. Has eighty acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. Married Celia LANSDORO in 1843. She was born in Wilkes CO., N. C. in 1815. They have three children - George W., William P. and Jonathan M. Democrat; she is a member of the Baptist Church. Enlisted in the 5th Tenn. V. I. in Jan. 1848; was Second Lieutenant under Geo. R. McClellan for Mexican war; was mustered out in July 1848. ~ "Poweshiek Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)