Spauldin, Leonard

SPAULDIN, BROWN, READ

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 2/14/2013 at 09:07:57

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

SPAULDIN, LEONARD—Madison Twp—pg 960. Farmer, section 6, P.O. Tama City. Was born in Summerset county, Missouri, in 1830, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in farming till 1866, when he came to Poweshiek county and bought two hundred and forty acres for $5.25 per acres, to which he has added two hundred and forty acres, making in all four hundred and eighty acres of as good land as there is in the county, which is all under good cultivation. In 1877 Mr. Spauldin lost his crib and contents by fire. He has the respect and good will of the entire community in which he lives, being a kind and loving husband and father. Has been twice married; in April, 1862, he married, for his first wife, Miss Julia Brown of Piscataquis county, Maine; from this union they had one daughter who died when eleven days old. Mrs. Spauldin died February 8, 1864, in her thirtieth year. May 28, 1865, Mr. Spauldin married, for his second wife Miss Martha Read a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and from this union they have four children, three girls and one boy; all at home.