Alexander Macumber Bertholf

BERTHOLF, DEMAR, NILES

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/15/2004 at 09:55:56

Alexander Macumber Bertholf, Lincoln twp.; farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Winterset; born in
Gallia county, Ohio, April 2, 1833, and in 1835 removed to St. Joseph county, Indiana, Andrew Bertholf, his father, carrying him on horseback, and his mother carrying a younger brother; they remained in Indiana until 1843, when they settled in Lee county, Illinois, and lived thee until they removed to his county, May 29, 1851; he owns a farm of 244 acres well improved; has held various township offices; he married Lucinda A. Niles, August 27, 1854; she was born in Gallia county, Ohio, in June 1835, and died May 2, 1864; he afterward married Mary A. Demar February 7, 1865; she war born in Maryland; has seven children, two by first marriage: Charles C., born September 28, 1856; Wesley C., born February 27, 1860; Electa A., born December 8, 1865; Elizabeth R., born January 14, 1867; Linda A., born March 12, 1869; James L., born June 5, 1872; Ellis Edward, born October 11, 1878.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" pages 615, 616