Trueblood, Samuel J.

TRUEBLOOD

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History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.892

SAMUEL J. TRUEBLOOD
Samuel J. Trueblood, who is living on section 12, Belmont township, is the owner of a valuable farm which gives to him a gratifying income. He was born March 23, 1860, in Washington county, Indiana, his parents being Oliver and Mary (Harned) Trueblood, both of whom were natives of Indiana. Coming to Iowa, they settled in Belmont township, Warren county, in the spring of 1868. Further mention of them is made in connection with the sketch of Mrs. Oliver Trueblood on another page of this work. Mr. Trueblood is one of eight children: Ella, now the wife of Louis Turner; Sibbie, the wife of Arthur Bailey, a resident of Milo; Charles E., who married Lillie Randolph and after her death wedded Della Graham, while he now makes his home in Winterset, Iowa, there he is engaged in preaching as a Methodist minister; Samuel J.; Allen, deceased; Curtis H., who married Izora Smith, and resides in Belmont; Clara B., the wife of Charles Tener, a resident of Kansas; and Ernest A., who married Addie McClelland and resides in Milo, being associated with the firm of McClelland & Company, dealers in general merchandise.
Samuel J. Trueblood was reared upon the home farm and early became acquainted with all of the tasks incident to the development of the fields. He started out for himself when about twenty years of age, having in the meantime acquired a fair English education in the public schools, while on the home farm he had gained intimate knowledge of the best methods of tilling the soil. His first business enterprise was the renting of a farm, which he conducted successfully for about two years, and with the capital he had acquired through his industry and careful expenditure he was able to purchase a place for himself and became owner of a tract of land in Belmont township which he brought under a high state of cultivation. Here he has resided continuously since and is known as one of the successful farmers of Warren county. He carries on general agricultural pursuits, raising the crops best adapted to soil and climate, and is also engaged in raising stock. The farm contains one hundred and sixty acres, situated about six and a half miles from Milo, and is splendidly improved, giving evidence in its well kept appearance of the careful supervision of the owner.
Mr. Trueblood was married November 20, 1890, to Miss Effie Crew, a daughter of David and Lydia (Smith) Crew, who were natives of Ohio, the latter of German descent. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Trueblood have been born five children, but Blanche died in childhood. The others, Oscar C., Ethel, David Elton and Clarence A. are all at home. The parents are members of the Society of Friends, who own a nice church building in the neighborhood. Mr. Trueblood has always voted with the republican party until within the last few years, when he has given his support to the prohibition party, because it embodies his ideas on the temperance question. He has been a school director for a number of terms and is one of the progressive young men of his township, highly esteemed for his personal traits of character as well as his business enterprise, integrity and ability.