FIELD, ISAAC

FIELD, GREEN, CLAPP

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

DENMARK TOWNSHIP.

FIELD, ISAAC, retired ; residence East street, Denmark ; was born in Peterboro, Hillsboro Co., N. H., in 1804; at the age of 21, having received an academical education, taught school one winter, then went to Boston, where he entered the counting-room of a large lumber firm and remained until 1830. He married Miss Mary Green, born in Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 24, 1807 ; she lost her parents when a child, and was educated in Boston by Mr. Clapp ; they were married March 20, 1830. Soon after, he entered the hide and leather business, under the firm name of Field, Converse & Field, a brother of Mr. F. the third party ; this he continued until 1838, then removed to Iowa, purchased a farm near Denmark, which he improved and cultivated for a few years ; then, with Fox & Epps, of Denmark, he engaged in pork-packing and shipping to his brother in Boston ; just before the war, he sold his farm. Republican ; Mr. and Mrs. F. have been members of the Congregational Church for many years ; he joined when a boy ; has held the office of Deacon in the Church here since its organization ; Mrs. F. was a member of the Old South Church in Boston. They were prominent in the Antislavery and temperance movements. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace for several years.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879