Michael Foland, Jr. (born 1820 in Rockingham Co., Va.), son of Michael Foland, Sr., moved to Delaware Co., Ind., before 1840. He married (1842) to Elizabeth Sourwine, born in 1822.

A deed record in Decatur Co. Ia., shows that on Mar. 5, 1859, 240 acres in Richland Twp. were sold to Michael Foland by Sherm and Ruth Bowers of Delaware Co., Ind., for $200.

Michael, his wife and seven children, then left Indiana with three horses, a covered wagon and a single rig, arriving in Decatur Co., Ia., Sept., 1859. They spent their first winter in a long cabin which they built near their 40A. of timber. The next spring they moved to their farm in Richland Twp., where they had built a log house. This was their home until about 1880 when a new home was built, which was, at that time one of the finest in the country. Today, (1980), it is owned and occupied by their grandson, Albert Foland.

Michael died (1904) at 84 yrs. and Elizabeth (1896) at 76 yrs. They are buried in the Wheelis Cemetery.

To this union ten children were born. Mary A. (1843-1920) m. (1864) James Bradshaw (1845-1928), 7 ch.; William H. (1845-1919) m. (1868) Rachel Ramsey (1845-1933), 9 ch.; John V. (1847-1929) m. (1868) Minerva Hopkins (1846-1921), 8 ch.; Christian (1850-1918) m. (1871) Lucinda Edwards (1851-1933), 4 ch. and a foster niece. S. Catherine (Cass) (1851-1899) m. 1st (1870) Lafe Brammer (1842-1888) - 2nd, Joseph W. Brown. Samuel (1854-1932) m. (1879) S. Belle Emley (1860-1910), 4 ch.; Henrietta (1856-1940) m. (1876) Andrew (Ang.) Weldon (1852-1928), 4ch.; Isaac (160-1945) m. (1881) Elizabeth Boles (1863-1943), 6 ch.; Sanford M. (1863-1944) m. 1st. (1887) Martha Grimm (1866-1902), 4 ch.; m. 2nd (1905) Eliza (Parker) Woods (1867-1952) who had 4 ch.; George (1866-1946) m. (1893) Celeste J. Little (1870-1923), 5 ch.