McCall, George

MCCALL, CRAMER, EDGINGTON

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 2/14/2013 at 08:56:31

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

McCALL, GEORGE—Madison Twp—pg 957-8. Farmer, section 5, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born July 20, 1834, in Lawrence county, Ohio, and after quitting school he engaged in farming in various places in the State till 1849, when, in company with his mother and grandparents, he moved to Peoria county, Illinois, and there farmed till 1854. He learned the harness-maker’s trade, and worked at the same until 1857, then came to Iowa and located where he now lives and owns 226 acres of well improved and stocked land. Mr. McCall is one of the pioneers of this county, and being an active, public spirited citizen, has held many positions of trust in this township, he being the present justice. He enlisted in the Tenth Iowa infantry at Toledo, Tama county, Iowa, and served his country three years, being in battles of Corinth, Mission Ridge and Iuka, Mississippi, also many minor engagements. He was married, October 7, 1855, in Peoria county, Illinois, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Jacob and Martha Cramer of that county. They have four children: Martha E., (aged twenty-one; now the wife of A.A. Edgington, of Black Hawk county, Iowa), Fred S. (aged fourteen), Albert D. (aged eleven), Emma J. (nine years old), and buried Charles Edgar (June 15, 1857, aged ten months).