Mosher, Stephen

MOSHER

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 16:21:55

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.638

MOSHER, STEPHEN, farmer, Belmont Township, Sec. 2; P. O. Felix; born August 6, 1826, in Marion county, Ohio; came to this county in 1856, and lived in Liberty township until the spring of 1879, when he came to this township and settled on his present farm, where he owns 210 acre of land; was school treasurer for eight years in succession when the whole town was one district for eight years in succession; has been town clerk; is a leading member of the Society of Friends, holding all the leading offices of the Society; came to Iowa a poor man and has made all his property since by honesty and hard work; married September 1, 1852, to Mary, daughter of Moses Farington, of Crawford county, Ohio; they have had seven children: Lemuel, Asa, William, Sarah A., Mary B., Joseph S. and Ella (twins), Stephen G., all living.