Moorman, William J.

MOORMAN

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 16:16:07

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.688

MOORMAN, WILLIAM J., farmer, East Washington Township, Sec. 22; P. O. Ackworth; was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1817, and was raised there, and came to this county, in March, 1851, and bought out a party by the name of Thomas Fagan, who owned 160 acres; he now owns 311 acres; was raised on a farm, and followed the occupation till about twenty-one years old, when he learned the carpenter's trade; in 1851 he took the contract to build the county jail, from P. P. Henderson, who was county judge at the time; he hewed all the logs himself, and completed the edifice in 1852, and the same building is still used for jail purposes; he was married to his present wife in 1865, a native of Indiana; they have three children living: Elmira J., Joseph E. and Iona.