Winslow, Noah S.

WINSLOW, SHAVER, KADELL

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 2/12/2013 at 08:44:51

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

WINSLOW, NOAH S.—Jefferson Twp—pg 974. Farmer, section 10, P.O. Belle Plaine, Benton county. Was born June 9, 1839, in Washington county, Indiana where he attended school for some time, then worked on a farm till 1854 when he came to Iowa and attended school in this township; then engaged in farming, and enlisted in August, 1862, in Marengo, Iowa county, in company B., Twenty-eighth Iowa infantry, and served in the same three years, being engaged in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion’s Hill, Vicksburg, Fort Jackson and many minor engagements; now has very poor health caused by exposure while in the army. Mr. Winslow has been twice married; first October 26, 1862, in Iowa City, to Miss Mary A., oldest daughter of William Shaver, of this township. The result of this union is three children: Mila M. (aged 12 years), Charles (aged 10 years) and buried Clarence P. (in 1877). Mr. Winslow buried his first wife in July, 1877, she having been a sufferer for three years. Mr. Winslow, for his second wife, married Miss Lizzie Kadell, September 27, 1877, a resident of Tama county, and a native of Illinois. They have one son, Melvin L. (aged six months).