Wasson, Newton

WASSON, FREEMAN

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Date: 11/19/2012 at 14:11:09

1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP

Page 786-7

WASSON, NEWTON--Blacksmith, wagon maker and general repairer, P.O. Ewart. Born in Montgomery county, Indiana. In 1850 came to Iowa with his parents when quite young. His father, Geo. W. Wasson, pursued the profession that the subject of this sketch now follows. After coming to Iowa they followed farming for a while at Union Mills and for a time in Union township, from which place they removed to Montezuma, where Mr. Wasson was raised, educated and learned his trade. He has been in Ewart about two years, and being an accomplished and an industrious workman has built up a large trade. He was married July 23, 1875, to Miss Sarah Freeman of Crawfordsville, Indiana; from this union they have one girl, Bertha May (aged three years).