Judkins, Miles (1806-1882)

JUDKINS

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 12:47:05

Miles Judkins
(January 2, 1806 - October 19, 1882)

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.653

JUDKINS, MILES, farmer, White Oak Township, Sec. 35, P. O. Sharon; born in North Carolina January 2, 1806, when quite young, his parents moved to Highland county, Ohio, and in 1820, to Clinton county; when fifteen years old, was engaged a tanner's apprentice, serving five years, and for fifteen years after carried on a tannery; in 1855 he removed to this county, and engaged in farming fer seven years, then he went to Des Moines, and carried on a boot and shoe manufactory for five years, returning to this county, he again engaged in farming where he now resides; owns eighty acres of land, well improved; he was married August 11, 1825, to Elizabeth Rush, a native of Ohio; they have ten children living: William, James, Margaret, Jonathan, Mary J., John V., Francis, Milton, Taylor and Sarah, and have lost two.