Folger, John M.

FOLGER

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Date: 7/5/2021 at 13:03:39

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

FOLGER, JOHN M., Indianola, painter and writing teacher; he was born June 23, 1834, in Union county, Indiana; his parents moved to Rush county, Indiana, in 1837; there he grew to manhood, and was educated in the common schools; he learned his trade in Rushville, Indiana; he came to this county in May, 1857, and settled in this town, and went to work at his trade, which he has followed during the summers since; he being a professor of penmanship, he teaches writing during the winter; he is the author of Folger's System of Penmanship, which is soon to be published; he has taught forty-three terms in this town during the last twenty years, and ten classes in drawing; he enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company D, 34th Iowa Infantry; he was promoted to Hospital steward in May, 1863, and served to December 22, 1864, when he was discharged for general disability, caused by exposure while in the line of duty; he was married October 4, 1855, to Miss Sarah A. Holland, who was born May 27, 1835, in Dayton, Ohio; they have a family of five children living: Ella K., Emma B., Ida C., Sallie D. and Flora; one son, John P., died in infancy.