Pilgrim, Charles Clement 1871 – 1931
PILGRIM, BOYER, HILL, REITER
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Date: 4/23/2015 at 08:33:12
CHARLES CLEMENT PILGRIM.
Charles Clement Pilgrim is engaged in general farming and stock-raising in Madison township, owning one hundred and fifty acres of land on section 14. He has brought his fields to a high state of cultivation and his place presents an attractive appearance, constituting one of the pleasant features of the landscape. He was born in Clay county, this state, on December 25, 1871, and is a son of Charles W. and Nancy E. (Boyer) Pilgrim, a record of whom appears on another page of this work.
Charles Clement Pilgrim was six years of age when his parents located in Winneshiek county, and here he was reared and educated, attending public schools at Ridgeway and later in the vicinity of Frankville. After laying aside his books he taught for one term in district schools, and at the end of that time joined his father in the operation of the homestead. Eventually Charles W. Pilgrim gave his son one hundred acres of land on section 14, Madison township, and to this Charles Clement Pilgrim has since added fifty acres which he purchased from his brother. He has steadily carried forward the work of improvement and development, clearing a portion of his holdings and erecting the necessary barns and outbuildings. He spent four years in Burley county, North Dakota, where he engaged in farming, but his mother being taken ill he returned to Winneshiek county, where he has since made his home upon his farm. He makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred shorthorn cattle and Chester White hogs, and his stock-raising interests are extensive and form a lucrative branch of his enterprise.
In November, 1899, Mr. Pilgrim was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Hill, a daughter of George and Catherine (Reiter) Hill, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. The parents came to Jefferson county, Iowa, at an early date and until 1895 the father operated a farm in that locality. He then removed to Decorah, where he has since engaged in landscape gardening. Mr. and Mrs. Pilgrim have two children: Dora Vesper, aged eleven; and Ellis Clement, aged seven.
Mr. Pilgrim is a devout member of the Methodist church and gives his political allegiance to the republican party, serving as secretary of the school board. His life has been a busy, useful and active one, and his success is indicated in his ownership of one of the valuable farming properties of Winneshiek county.
Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913
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