England, T. J.

ENGLAND, WESTON

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 2/11/2013 at 07:32:27

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

ENGLAND, T.J.—Jefferson Twp—pg 964-5. Farmer, section 1, P.O. Belle Plaine. Was born in 1818, in Kentucky, where he lived until 1828, when, in company with his parents, he went to Washington county, Indiana. There he engaged in farming until 1854 and during this time he lived one year in Louisiana, then in 1854 came to Iowa and settled in Dallas county, where he tilled the soil till 1857, then moved to Madison county and farmed till the spring of 1858, when he came to this county and settled where he now lives and owns 208 acres, including timber. Mr. E. was married, June 27, 1842, in Indiana, to Miss Rachel Weston, a resident of the same State and a native of Virginia. They have five children living: Jonathan (aged thirty-eight years; married and lives in this township), James Albert (aged thirty years; married and lives in this township), Lovanza D. (aged twenty-eight years), D. Frank (aged twenty-six years), Martha J.(aged twenty-three years) and buried Joseph in 1844, Francis M. in 1845 and Commodore Perry in 1848.