Eleanor (Thomson) Hamblin

HAMBLIN

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/7/2004 at 09:12:50

Mrs. Eleanor Hamblin, Monroe twp., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Kasson; was born in Cumberland Co., Pa., in 1817; she was married to Simeon Hamblin in 1839; he was born in Grand Isle Lake Champlain, May 30, 1815; he removed to Ohio in 1831, and came to this county in 1854, and was one of the early settlers of the township, and prominent in all the interests of the township; held various township offices; he died January 10, 1874; he left seven children: John, Elizabeth, Josephus, Seth, Mattie, Robert F., Hannah; one son, Christopher C., enlisted in the army and died from disease, caused by exposure, at Black River Bridge, Miss.; Mr. Hamblin at the time of his death owned 200 acres of land, and Mrs. Hamblin has since purchased forty acres more.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 558