Farmer, A.M.

FARMER, HOLCOMB

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1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP

Page 778

FARMER, A.M.--Farmer and stock-raiser, section 23, P.O. Montezuma. Son of J.W. Farmer, of the law firm of Redmond, Carr & Farmer, Montezuma. Was born in Kosciusko county, *Ohio April 23, 1856, and came to Poweshiek county with his parents that year, and has since resided in Iowa, with the exception of one year and a half spent in Indiana while his father was in the army. He secured a good education at the public school in Montezuma, and in 1875 took a course at the Commercial College at Davenport, graduating in 1876. Returning to Montezuma, he was appointed jailer under his father, who at that time was sheriff, which office he filled until Jnuary 8, 1878; he was then for a time in the abstract office of Redmond, Carr & Farmer, after which he was elected constable. The duties of this office he discharged creditably to himself and to the satisfaction of the public, until June 8, 1879, when he resigned and accepted a situation on the Grinnell and Montezuma Railroad as fireman. It took him but a short time to learn the mechanical workings of a locomotive, and in a few months he was promoted to engineer, and remained with the company until January 7, 1880, when he removed to his present location. He was married, December 5, 1877, to Ella M. Holcomb, of Washington, Washington county. The have one child, Blanche. Mr. Farmer superintends 240 acres, well stocked.

Transcriber Note: Andrew Milton Farmer was born in *Indiana, not Ohio.