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William Like
WILLIAM
LIKE, a progressive and successful farmer of Spring Township, was born
in Onondaga County, New York, October 9, 1832. His parents
were
David and Mary (Abrams) Like, also natives of New York, of German
ancestry. When sixteen years of age William's father gave him
his
time and he went to work on the Erie Canal, and until he was twenty-one
he was employed in various duties in connection with the canal and
farm. He then returned to his father's farm and devoted the
principal part of the following seven years to farming.
Mr.
Like
was married April 3, 1859, in Cattaraugus County, New York, to Miss
Hansi E. Butler, who was born in that county January 23, 1840.
In
1866 they came to Jones County, Iowa where they passed the next three
and a half years. Then they removed to Cherokee County in the
spring of 1870,and Mr. Like entered a homestead in section 30, Afton
Township; there they resided until 1882, when they removed to their
present farm, on which they have since lived. Mr. Like is
engaged
in mixed farming and has done well since coming to the county; his
possessions amounted to abut $600, including stock, implements, etc.
and he now owns an elegant farm of 320 acres, and is surrounded with
every convenience for his business. Mr. and Mrs. Like are the
parents of four children, two sons and two daughters: Alice P. is the
wife of Emery Secor, of Afton Township; William H., George E. and
Nellie May of Spring Township. Our subject is a stanch
supporter
of the principles of the Republican party and the people of
his
township have attested their confidence in him by calling him to fill
many of the offices discharging public business. He and his
wife
are honored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is steward of
that body. They are numbered with the reliable substantial citizens of
Cherokee County.
Biographical History of Cherokee
County, IA, W. W. Dunbar & Co Publishers, 1889
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