Guy, Lilman

GUY

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/5/2021 at 13:56:05

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.615

GUY, LILMAN., farmer and merchant, Squaw Township, Sec. 23; P. O. Madora; was born October 6, 1820, in Lawrence county, Indiana, and moved with his parents to Brown county, Indiana, where he grew to manhood, was educated in the log school- houses, with Poplar logs split for seats; was married February 19, 1844, to Dulcena, daughter of Dudley Richardson, of Brown county, Indiana; has ten children: James M., Elizabeth, Maranda J., Peachy, Hamilton D., Franklin M., Dulcena, Newton P., Lee Eldus, Lyman; all alive except Peachy, who died in Indiana; came to this county in the fall of 1854, and settled on Sec. 11, and afterward on 23, where he now lives; was one of the first settlers, and helped to organize the first township; voted at the first election held in the township; at one time he owned 480 acres of land, a part of which he has given to his children; he built the only brick residence in the township, where he now lives; he also keeps a general stock of goods in the village of Madora; was one of the original movers in laying out the village.