Cheshire, John

CHESHIRE

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 00:47:10

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.587

CHESHIRE, JOHN; Indianola, was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, October 3, 1825, and when ten years of age removed with his parents to Fayette county, Ohio, where he remained three years, when he removed to Athens county, Ohio; remained there until 1855, when he removed directly to Indianola, coming all the way in a two-horse wagon; he engaged in the mercantile business, at first, for a few years, alone, and afterward, for ten years in partnership with his brother, Wesley; in 1871 he retired from that business, and upon the organization of the Warren County Bank, became its president, which position he still holds; Mr. Cheshire is an excellent business man, safe, conservative and watchful, and one who possesses, in an eminent degree, the confidence of the public; he was married April 21, 1855, to Miss Sarah Robbins, of Athens county, Ohio; their children are: Hattie, now Mrs. B. A. Smith, Myron W., Ida E., Charley C., who died in April, 1878, and Frank H.