Abihu Wilson

ELLIS, WILSON

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/14/2004 at 10:29:23

Abihu Wilson, Penn twp., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Earlham; is a son of John Wilson, and was born in Marion county, Indiana, in 1830; his youth was spent on a farm with his parents; in 1853, following the star of empire westward, he came to Iowa and located in Madison county, in what is now Penn township, and settled on land he now occupies; he entered the first land in Penn township in the summer of 1853, and made the first permanent improvement in the township; he grew the first crop and run the first harvester and threshing machine in the township; he married Miss Eliza J. Ellis August 19, 1855; she was born in Burena county, Illinois, in 1839; their family consists of three sons and two daughters: William, Urania O., Edwin J., Maria Ella and Gilbert E.; their son William was the first child born in Penn township; his farm comprises 240 acres, in a high state of cultivation and finely improved, and his hospitable and pleasant home draws many a visit from those who enjoy social privileges; he is held in high esteem by those with whom he is acquainted, and has held various township offices, and as a man is strictly moral and temperate in his habits, just and true in his dealings, public spirited and benevolent, a credit to his race and an honor to his township.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 643