Dee, H.A.

DEE, MCELVINA

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 3/24/2010 at 08:45:13

History of Poweshiek County Iowa 1880
Sheridan Township
Page 943

DEE, H.A.--Farmer and stock-raiser, section 4, P.O. Sheridan Center. Was born in Franklin county, Vermont, August 14, 1845, and remainded there until about nine years of age; immigrated to Ohio and resided there three years, and then returned to Vermont and lived there one year. He moved to Bureau county, Illinois, in October, 1856, at which place he resided until 1864. He enlisted in August, 1864, in company H, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois volunteers, and served until the close of the war; was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, July 5, 1865. He then returned to Bureau county, and was married, November 16, 1870, to Miss Isabelle McElvina, a native of Ireland; their family consists of three children: Freddie M., Herbie H., Ada B. He owns a fine farm of one hundred acres, all under good cultivation. Good buildings.