SAWTELL, J.P.

SAWTELL, CONE

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/16/2013 at 07:38:30

The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Warren Township

Page 815-816

SAWTELL, J.P.--Farmer, section 2, P.O. Victor. Was born December 13, 1814, in Windsor county, Vermont, where, after finishing his education, he learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked in Chesrer, Vermont, till 1844, then moved to Knox county, Illinois, where he continue to work at his trade till 1868, then came to Iowa and settled where he now lives and owns eighty acres of good land. He was married, May 13, 1841, in Chester, Vermont, to Miss Orra A. Cone, a resident of the same place, born in New Hampshire in 1821. They have had eight children, as follows: Geo. P. (born April 2, 1842; died May 10, 1845), Orra A. (born May 12, 1843; died June 8, 1864), Chas. S. (born May 19, 1849), William (born December 6, 1850 and died December 8, 1850), Frederick E. (born July 26, 1853; married and lives in Jefferson township), Henry F. (born November 10, 1855), Frank A. (born August 4, 1861) and Alfred E. (born February 10, 1864).