ADKSUN, D.B.

ADKSUN, GWIN

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/13/2013 at 17:00:08

The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Warren Township

Page 796

ADKSUN, D.B.--Section 14, farmer, P.O. Victor. Was on March 8, 1837, in Massillon, Ohio, and when quite young went with his parents to Holmes county, Ohio, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in farming till 1861, then enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio infantry, in which he served three years and four months, being in the battles of Summerset, Kentucky; Cumberland, Georgia; Taswell, Texas; Vicksburg and many other engagements, then with Sherman to the sea, also on Red River Expedition. After being discharged he came to Iowa and settled in this county, where he has since farmed, and now lives on one of Jessie Gwin's farms. Mr. Adksun was married in July, 1863, in Ohio, to Miss Jane Gwin, who was born in Ohio, July 12, 1841. They have four children: Normanda (aged eleven), George W. (aged five), Jacob H. (aged three) and William T. (born March 24, 1880).