Trueblood, Oliver

TRUEBLOOD

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Date: 7/2/2021 at 21:07:42

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.763

OLIVER TRUEBLOOD
Oliver Trueblood, deceased, was for many years prominently identified with the agricultural interests of Belmont township and was numbered among its leading citizens. He was born in Washington county, Indiana, on the 4th of December, 1831, and was a son of Caleb and Mary (Pyle) Trueblood, natives of North Carolina and Ohio respectively. In early life they removed to Indiana, where they continued to make their home until called to the world beyond. In their family were the following children: John, Samuel, Mrs. Esther Pritchard, Cyrus, Harry, Abraham, Oliver, Abigail, Linley and Mary Ann. Of this number only Esther, Mary Ann and Abraham are now living.
In the state of his nativity Oliver Trueblood was reared and educated, and there he was married on the 9th of November, 1854, to Miss Mary Harned. Her parents were John S. and Ruth (Green) Harned, the former a native of Loudoun County, Virginia, and the latter of North Carolina. They were pioneers of Washington County, Indiana, where they were still living at the time of their deaths, the father dying at the age of eighty-four years, and the mother at the ge of seventy-two. Bu occupation Mr. Harned was a merchant, but was also interested in farming to some extent. There were nine children in his family, namely: William, Robert, Elizabeth, Joseph, Benjamin, Charles, Rebecca, Mary and John. Mrs. Trueblood has two brothers still living: Joseph, who resides near Flora, Illinois, and Benjamin, whose home is near Salem, Indiana. The parents were members of the Society of Friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Trueblood became the parents of eight children: Ellen, born May 26, 1856, is the wife of Louis Turner of Marshall county, Iowa; Cydia Ann, born July 24, 1858, is the wife of Arthur Bailey, of Milo; Charles Elmer, born January 6, 1864, married Lillie Randolph, of Salem, Iowa, and is a Methodist minister of Winterset; Samuel J., born March 3, 1865, married Effie Crew, and resides in Warren county; John Allen, born October 4, 1868, died in infancy; Curtis H., born January 13, 1873, married Isora Smith, and lives in this county; Clara Belle, born April 24, 1874, is the wife of Charles Lener, of Warren County; and Ernest, born February 10, 1881, married Ada McClelland and is engaged in the hardware business in Milo.
After his marriage Mr. Trueblood continued to follow farming in Indiana until the spring of 1868, when he came to Warren county, Iowa, and settled on a farm in Belmont township, making his home there until called from this life on the 24th of November, 1894. He was a faithful and consistent member of the Society of Friends and his well spent life gained for him the confidence and respect of all with whom he was brought in contact either in business or social life. He was widely known throughout this county and the community mourned the death of a useful and valued citizen. Politically he was an ardent republican. In 1897 Mrs. Trueblood removed to Milo, where he built a comfortable residence, and has since sold the farm in Belmont township. She is a most estimable lady and like her husband has made many friends in Warren county.