Fallis, John A.

FALLIS

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 12:42:10

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.591

FALLIS, JOHN A., Indianola, blacksmith; was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, June 29, 1832, and was raised there until nineteen years of age; he commenced working at his trade May 20, 1850, and has pursued it steadily since that date, and a portion of that time has carried on a farm in connection; September 27, 1865, he came to Iowa, and April 17, 1857, came to Warren county, where he has since resided; he owns a farm of 100 acres; has held office of justice of the peace from eight to ten years; he married Miss Mary J. Tharp, July 10, 1853; she was a native of Bartholomew county, Indiana, and died January 9, 1864; he married for his second wife Miss Emily Lewis, February 26, 1866; she was born in Illinois; their family consists of two children by first marriage: Elizabeth L. and David W., and four by second marriage: Anna O., Allen F., Eva G. and John L.; lost three: Abigail, Ida May and Mary J.