Ralf, William

RALF, GAUGHRAN

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Date: 12/4/2008 at 09:46:48

RALF, William
Farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Grinnell; born in Kent, England, Jan. 8, 1832; came to this country at 18 years of age, and came to this county in 1868. His wife Mary GAUGHRAN, born in the county of Meath, Ireland, in 1829. She owns 160 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. They were married in 1855; their children are John W., born January 8, 1856; William N., born July 31, 1858; Henry, born Sept. 7, 1861. ~ "Rock Creek Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)