Moses D. Canfield

CANFIELD, HOLMES

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/16/2004 at 09:45:20

M. D. Canfield, Ohio twp.; farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. St. Charles; was born in Saratoga county, New York, April 24, 1836; lived there until nineteen years of age; he then came to Iowa, and located in Van Buren county in 1855, lived there until January, 1861; he then married Miss Margaret Holmes on March 17, 1857, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio; owns a farm of 240 acres; they have two sons: Nelson and James, also Annie, a little girl to raise; has been township trustee for three terms.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 566