Shrewsbury, Thomas J.

SHREWSBURY

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/9/2021 at 20:56:04

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.656

SHREWSBURY, THOMAS J. (listed as T. J. Shewsburg in book), farmer and stock dealer, White Oak Township, Sec. 33; P. O. Sharon, born in Breckinridge county, Kentucky, July 7, 1821; removed with his mother to Putnam county, Indiana, in 1833, and was married in that State, July 26, 1857, to Miss Mary E. Butler, of Owen county; they have five children: Hannah E. (now Mrs. H. H. Olge of this county), Nancy J., Charles B., Sarah M., and Thos. B.; removed to this county in 1867, and located in Squaw township, and seven years after to where he now resides; Mr. Shrewsburg is a man of considerable wealth, owning 520 acres of land in this township, a valuable farm near Bloomington, Illinois, and is extensively engaged, in company with his son Cas. B., in stock raising, in Western Nebraska.