John Bancroft

BANCROFT, CHENWORTH, JOHNSON

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/10/2004 at 11:49:58

John Bancroft, Monroe twp.; farmer, and stock-raiser, Sec. 14; P. O. Winterset; born in England in 1824; in 1847 he emigrated to the United States and settled in Indiana, where he remained six years, and came to this State in 1853; owns 260 acres of land; has held various township offices; he married Elizabeth Johnson in 1849; she was born in Indiana, and died in 1857, leaving three children: Charles, George and Lucy; he afterward married Mrs. Chenworth in 1859; she was born in Missouri; Mrs. Bancroft has four children by her former marriage: John, Hardin, James and Martha.

Taken from the book, “The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879” page 556