Dallas Township Biographies
Excerpt from The History of Dallas County, Iowa, published in 1879 by the Union Historical Company of
Des Moines, Iowa
Adams, W., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Rippey; born in Ohio, in 1809; came to this
county in 1856; owns 274 acres of land; has held the office of justice of the
peace; he married Nancy Adkins, in 1830; she was born in Ohio; has seven
children: William H., Charles, Evaline C., Nancy E., John W., Mary E. and
George W.
Alexander, J. N., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Perry.
Anderson, John, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Perry.
Atkinson, J. F., miller, Sec. 3; P.O. Perry; born in Ohio, in 1842; came
to this county first in 1857; holds the office of town clerk; his father,
Isaac Atkinson, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1797, and after living in Ohio
many years came to this county in 1857, and built the mills known as Atkinson�s
Mills; he died in 1875, leaving a wife, who still survives, and eight children:
Matthew, Hettie, Jane, Louisa, Thaddeus, Isaac, George and Mary.
Averson, H., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Perry.
Barnes, George, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Perry.
Bennett, Thomas K., farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Perry; born in Indiana, in
1845; came to this county in 1856; owns 80 acres of land; he married Miss
Emma E. Beach, in 1876; she was born in Ohio; has two children: Ira M.
and baby.
Black, Richard, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Perry.
Brown, O. P., farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Perry.
Brown, John G., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Perry.
Brown, W. B., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 17; P.O. Perry; born in New
York, in 1838; came to this county in 1869; owns 525 acres of land; has held the
offices of town clerk and justice of the peace; married Miss Mattie Setzer,
in 1860; she was born in Pennsylvania; has two children: Harley B. and
Lewis; he enlisted in Battery M, First Illinois Light Artillery, during the
late war.
Brobst, Daniel Esq., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Perry.
Brock, J. W., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Perry.
Brown, William, farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Perry; born in Virginia, in 1845;
came to this county in 1875; owns 240 acres of land; has held the offices of
town clerk and school director; he married Miss M. Stickel, in 1872; has
two children: Jessie M. and Lina M.; he enlisted in the First
Virginia Cavalry, and served until the close of the war.
Burington, S. M., farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Perry.
Chapman, James, farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Perry.
Coffee, A.D., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Perry; born in Scotland, in 1831;
came to this county in 1870; owns 160 acres of land; has held the office of
school director; he married Miss J. French, in 1857; she was born in
Vermont; has three children: Agnes L., Ella V., Hattie B.
Collins, A., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Perry.
Cole, William, farmer, Sec 20; P.O. Perry.
Coleman, Wm., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Perry.
Correy, J.D., farmer, Sec. --; P.O. Perry; was born in 1833; came to this
county June 18, 1856; owns 372 acres of land; was one of the first town trustees
of this township and member of the board of county supervisors; he married Miss
Mary A. Brownfield, April 18, 1855; she was born in Illinois; have lost
four children by diphtheria.
Correy, Wm., farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Perry.
Correy, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Perry.
Council, T. C., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Perry.
Cummings, P.S., farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Perry.
Dalby, John, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Perry.
Dodge, W. E., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Perry; born in England in 1828; came
to America in 1854, and to this county in 1870; owns 160 acres of land; has held
office of school director; he married Miss B. Medland in 1854; she was
born in England in 1832; have seven children: Wm. H., Rosetta M., Charles E.,
Albert M., Renford, Sidney B. and Lillie J.
Dunn, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Perry.
Edwards, James, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Perry.
Elifrits, W., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Perry.
Fagen, M. E., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Perry.
Finley, J. E., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Perry; born in Stark County,
Illinois, in 1842; came to this county in 1871; owns 200 acres of land; has held
office of town trustee; he enlisted in the 112th Illinois Infantry in the late
war, and served three years; ;he married Miss Julia M. Scott, in 1867;
she was born in New Jersey; have four children: Estella M., Jennie L., Anna
C. and Josie F.
Flood, Peter, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Perry.
Fourgisson, G. R. W., farmer and carpenter, Sec. 17; P.O. Perry.
Francis, Hosea, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Perry.
Ganoe, John, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Perry.
Garfield, H. W., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Perry.
Gilliland, M. W., Farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Rippey.
Gilliland, A. P., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Rippey; born in Ohio in 1837; came
to this county in 1857; owns 200 acres of land; has held offices of town trustee
and school director; he enlisted in the 10th Iowa Infantry and served three
years; he married Miss Julia Hutchinson in 1859; she was born in
Illinois; have six children: Owen, Ella, Eddie, Harry, Florence and
Lester.
Gilliland, S.W., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Rippey; born in 1809, and came to
this county in 1858; owns 288 acres of land; has held offices of town clerk,
town trustee, member of the board of county supervisors; he married Miss
Rachel Pettijohn June 7, 1832; she was born in Ohio and died February 14,
1842; he afterward married Ruhama Harmon November 13, 1845; she was born
in North Carolina; have two children living by his first marriage: Samantha
and Amos P.; lost three: Lyman B., Wendell P. and Jane;
have four living by his second marriage: Alvan S., Myron W., Elizabeth
and Mary E.; lost one: Willis L.
Gorman, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Perry.
Haines, M. F., farmer and insurance agent, Sec. 10; P.O. Perry.
Halton, J. S., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Perry.
Harty, P., farmer, Sec 21; P.O. Perry.
Jackson, D. R., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Perry.
Kelsey, L., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Perry.
Kempf, John, farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Perry; born in Germany in 1839; came to
the United States in 1855, and to Iowa in 1874; owns 160 acres of land; he
enlisted in Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, in the late war; he married
Susan M. Barr in 1868; has three children: Charles, Burt and
Stella.
Lacy, Pat, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Perry.
Lanahan, M., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Perry.
Lee, E. F., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Perry.
Leonard, G. W., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec.32 ; P.O. Perry; born in
Delaware County, Ohio, in March, 1836; came to this State in 1855, and to this
county in June, 1868; has held office of school director; owns 440 acres of
land; he married Miss Martha Husted in 1857; she was born in Illinois;
has eight children: Lewis, Albert, Carrie, Allie, Lucy, Orie and
Scottie.
Lewis, N. G., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Perry; born in Otsego County, New
York, in 1818; came to this county in 1872; owns 200 acres of land; he married
Miss Clarissa A. Whitney in 1840; she was born in Erie County,
Pennsylvania; has five children: Sarah, Mary A., Wm. H., John N. and
Charles W.; lost three sons: Augustus M., died in February, 1873;
Benjamin L., died December 25, 1874; James, died November 20, 1875.
Augustus M. enlisted in the 1st Board of Trade Regiment of Chicago.
Liste, John, farmer Sec. 19; P.O. Perry.
Liste, Wm., farmer Sec. 31; P.O. Perry.
Lisle, J.D., farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Perry.
McElrath, John, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Perry; born in Ireland in 1836;
came to the United States in 1838, and to this State in 1873; owns 240 acres of
land; has held the office of school director; he married Miss Sarah C. Hubbs,
in 1866; she was born in N.Y.; has lost two children.
McElrath, T., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Perry.
McElree, B. B., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Perry.
McElree, Wm., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Perry.
Maxwell, James, farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Perry.
Mogle, B. B., farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Perry.
Morton, J., farmer, Sec.29; P.O. Perry.
Moraine, R. B., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Perry.
Moraine, J. M., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Perry.
Peddicord, D., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 32; P.O. Perry; born in
Virginia in 1826; removed to Ohio when young, and remained there 23 years, and
then emigrated to Illinois, where he remained 22 years, coming to this county in
1876; he owns 480 acres of land; he has brought with him the spirit of
enterprise, and his improvements are the best in the township; he also takes
great interest in the improvement of the stock of horses of this section, and
his Clydesdales are unsurpassed. He married Miss Susan Kyle in 1848; she
was born in Ohio, and was the first white child born in the township; has seven
children: James P., David E., Margaret E., Douglas, Gaylord, Elias and
Arthur.
Porter, A. F., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Perry.
Quinn, John, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Perry.
Ross, J.C., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Perry.
Sebring, W., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Perry.
Strickland, Eli, farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Perry.
Summerson, J. R., farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Perry.
Sutton, A.M., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Perry.
Taylor, W. B., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Perry; born in Butler County, Ohio,
in 1821; came to this State in June, 1857; owns 80 acres of land; previous to
his removal to his farm he was engaged in the hotel business in Adel; has held
offices of school director and township trustee; he married Miss Cornelia
Ashmore in 1851; she was born in Clark County, Illinois; have five children:
Charles E., Cassandra, Robert C., William H. and Harry S.
Tolle, W. E., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Perry; born in Indiana in 1833; came
to Iowa in 1854, and to this county in March, 1855; owns 274 acres of land; has
held offices of justice of the peace, township trustee, school director, etc; he
married Miss Catharine Ganoe in 1858; she was born in Champaign County,
Illinois; has five children: Eliza J., Jones L., Ulysses G., Isaac W. and
John L.
Towne, A. L., farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Rippey, Greene County; born in Ohio in
1827; came to this county in 1857; owns 235 acres of land; has held offices of
township trustee and school director; he married Miss Maria Wells in
1855; she was born in Ohio; has nine children living: Harlow, Charles, Ralph,
Cora, Grace, Ernest, Maud, Guy and George. Lost six.
Warren, M., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Perry.
Warren, F. L., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Perry.
Wells, J., farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Perry; born in Ohio in 1838; came to
this State in 1865, and to this county in 1875; owns 160 acres of land; he
married Miss Cynthia A. Wallace in 1862; she was born in the same place;
has three children: Fred. J., Hattie I. and William M. He enlisted
in the 128th Ohio Infantry in the late war, and served three years.
White, S. H., farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Perry.
Witter, B. O., farmer, Sec 30; P.O. Perry; born in Ohio in 1848; came to
this county in 1872; owns 80 acres of land; has held office of assessor; he
married Miss Amanda Dwire in 1868; she died September 5, 1875; he
afterward married Miss Flora M. Dwire in February, 1877; has two
children: Rollin S. and Minnie A. He enlisted in the 139th
Illinois Infantry and 7th Illinois, and served until the close of the war.
York, N.D., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Perry.
Young, S., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Perry; born in Indiana November 27,
1842; came to this county March 15, 1865; owns 180 acres of land; has held
offices of assessor, township trustee and school director; he married Miss
Mary McElroy in 1867; she was born in Illinois, and died December 26, 1875;
he afterward married Caroline Lee, who was born in Ohio; has two children
by first marriage: Rosa M. and George M.; and one son, Albert
A., by second marriage.
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