McConnell, Franklin

MCCONNELL, CARTER

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 19:20:44

McCONNELL, Franklin, deceased
born in Posey Co., Ind., Jan. 26, 1823; died Aug. 18, 1863; he came to this county in 1855; had 200 acres of land, valued at $8,000. Married Eliza CARTER; she was born in Posey Co., Ind., May 1, 1826; they have seven children-Rane, James, John, Osee, Flora, Azora and Benjamin F.; had one son, Robert, who died at Vicksburg; was in the 23d Regiment Iowa V. I. Left Indiana in 1845; came to Mahaska Co., Iowa; lived there five years; thence to Marion County; lived there five years; then came to Jasper County. Mr. McCONNELL was amongst the earliest settlers; came here when the prairies were wild, and in limited circumstances; by hard work and economy has left his family in comfortable circumstances enough to keep the wolf from the door. Mr. McCONNELL also enlisted in the Union army in defense of this country, in the 23d Regiment Iowa V. I.; at the siege of Vicksburg, he contracted a disease of which he died a short time after getting home. ~ "Mound Prairie Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)