Runciman, William

RUNCIMAN

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 20:35:46

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.723

RUNCIMAN, WILLIAM, farmer, Allen Township, Sec. 16; P. O. Carlisle; was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, April 16, 1826, and was raised there till twenty-one years of age; he traveled more or less till December, 1851, when he came to this county and located where he now lives, and owns 320 acres of land; he married in the state of Ohio, December 11, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Hastie, a native of Scotland; they have a family of two sons and three daughters: Jeanetta, Mary, Wm. H., Elizabeth and John W.; he represented this district in the Fifteenth General Assembly during the winters of 1874 and 1875; was one of the first board of county commissioners in 1862; has held the office of township treasurer a number of times.