McElroy, John I.

MCELROY

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 15:41:05

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.687

McELROY, JOHN I., farmer, East Washington Township, Sec. 8; P. O. Indianola: born in Holmes Co., Ohio, in 1839, and was raised there till about twelve years of age, when his parents emigrated to Marion county this State, where he remained till he came to this county in June, 1869. He was married in Marion county in 1866, to Miss Katie Diehl, a native of Germany, whose parents came to Ohio when she was but a child, where she was raised. They have no children living, but four deceased. He enlisted in the late war in Marion county, in Co. A, 33d Iowa, August 15, 1862, and served till the close of the war. He was mustered out at New Orleans, and discharged at Rock Island. He was raised on a farm till 1857, when he learned the plasterer's trade, which he followed for about twenty years, till he settled down to his present occupation. He owns an improved farm of 80 acres.