Auckland, Shadrach

AUCKLAND

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Date: 10/11/2006 at 00:41:00

Shadrach Auckland, farmer, P. O. Living Spring. Mr. Aukland is a native of England, born in 1844 in Lincolnshire; came to America in 1852, stopping in Zanesville, Ohio, where they remained about one and one-half years. Soon after settling there, his father, William Aukland, was thrown from a horse and was killed. Mr. Aukland and his mother moved to Peoria County, Ill., about eighteen months after this, and his mother still lives there. Mr. A. came to Pottawattamie County in 1869, and has made this is home ever since. He received his education in Illinois in common schools. He was married in Peoria County, Ill., in 1866, to Miss Priscilla A. Evans; she was born in Ohio. They have three children living and one dead, all boys. He is Republican in politics. He and wife are members of the Church of God. Farming has always been his business. In 1864, he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Forty-six Illinois Infantry (Col. Dean); served till close of war. Most of the time they were at Springfield, Ill., doing provost duty. Mr. Aukland's farm consists of 160 acres. It was raw prairie when he bought it; he gave $8 for the first eighty and $12.50 per acre for the second eighty; most of it is now in cultivation. Mr. A. has just completed a residence 18 x 26, one story and a half, his being one of many neat farmhouses rebuilt in this township (Silver Creek) in the last few years.