George W. Willoughby

WILLOUGHBY

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/14/2004 at 10:25:31

Geo. W. Willoughby, Madison twp., farmer and manager of Earlham Stone and Lime Works, Sec. 4; P.O. Earlham; born in Columbus county, Ohio in 1836; in 1855 he came to Keokuk, where he remained until 1871; while there he was engaged in getting out stone for the capitol building in Des Moines; since locating in Earlham, in 1873, he has carried on an extensive business in connection with Mr. Robertson, amounting to from 900 to 1200 cars of stone and lime per year; owns forty acres of land adjoining the town.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 650