Stacy, Gideon

STACY

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 21:40:53

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.618

STACY, GIDEON, farmer, Squaw Township, Sec. 32; P. O. Madora, born December 17, 1816, was a decendant of Col. Stacy, of revolutionary fame, and lived on the farm drawn by his grandfather, from the government, until he was thirty years of age; he married, September 30, 1837, Asenath, daughter of Owen Hays, of Washington county, Ohio; had six children: Ed. P., Sheldon H., Lucy A., Wesley H., Eugene S., and Sarah M.; of these Sarah M. and Lucy A. are dead; moved with family to Wyandott county, Ohio, in 1846, and to this county in 1857, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, upon which the family now reside; he died, surrounded by friends, February 14, 1877; he was one of the pioneers of the township, and took great interest in the politics of the county; was a member of the Presbyterian church.