SAMUEL PETTY
Samuel Petty came to Cass county in 1871. He was born in Morris county, New Jersey, in 1851. He received his early education in his native State. In 1868 he went to Bureau county, Illinois, remaining there until 1871, when he came to Cass county as before stated. He was married in this county to Ella Hubbell. They have two children--Charles D. and Addie May. Mr. Petty owns eighty acres of land in section 35, all under cultivation and valued at thirty-five dollars per acre. He is one of the early settlers of the township.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 689.
