VanGilder, Samuel J.

VANGILDER

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 22:16:44

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.642

VAN GILDER, SAMUEL J., farmer, Belmont Township, Sec. 17; P. O. Milo; born April 5, 1842, in Knox county, Illinois; here he was raised and educated; came to this county October 17, 1868; settled, in the spring of 1869, where he now lives and owns a farm of eighty acres; he has held the office of justice of the peace for eight years, and town clerk for four years; he has been twice married, first March 1, 1863, to Susanah Meeks, a native of Knox county, Illinois, who died April 14, 1865, leaving one child, Mary S., now living; again August 9, 1866, to Mary E. Bright, a native of Ohio; They have five children: Wilber, Carrie, Infant, Fannice and Olive; Wilber and Infant are deceased.