Dorn, E. D.

DORN

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/26/2008 at 13:34:19

E. D. Dorn

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.176, Minden Twp.)
E. D. Dorn, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., May 19, 1847. He is the son of Andrew and Mary Ann (Kilts) Dorn. His father was a farmer, born October 19, 1819, and died in Boonville, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1857. The mother of our subject was born in Baden, Germany, July 24, 1823, and died in the same place as her husband December 26, 1873. They had six children - three sons and three daughters. Our subject attended school in his native town, and afterward the Utica Academy, and the Commercial College at Rome, N. Y. He first started in business for himself at manufacturing cheese in Muscatine County, Iowa, where he ran a factory for some time. he came to this county in April, 1875, and purchased 120 acres of raw land. He afterward added 235 acres more. All of his farm is now under cultivation, which, with good buildings, which he put up himself, gives him a pleasant and comfortable home. He engages in general farming, and also dairying. He was married, in Boonville, Oneidt Co., N. Y. December 25, 1871, to Elvira A. Jones, born in Boonville September 11, 1853. She is the daughter of David W. and Francil L. (Nelson) Jones, he born in Wales, England, in 1829, and she in Boonville, N. Y., in 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Dorn have one child, Arthur E. They are members of the Evangelical Association. he has been Inspector of Elections and Road Supervisor. In politics, he is Republican.