Surname

Given name

Occupation

Residence

Receives mail

Allen

Jos.

farmer

Sec. 2

P. O. Greeley

Allenstien

Chris

laborer

Sec. 28

P. O. Greeley

ARBUCKLE

JAMES M.

farmer

Sec. 27

P. O. Greeley

born in Mercer Co., Pa., Sept. 6, 1832, married Martha Montgomery, Sept 30, 1864;  she was born in Mercer Co., Pa., April 10, 1839; they came to this county in 1866; owns 535 acres of land; have eight children: Sarah E, .John W., Archie, Rachel, Mary E., Eliza A., Charles J. and Bell V.; Mr. A. has been School Director four and Road Supervisor one year; family attend the Christian Church; Mrs. A. is a member of the same.

ARMSTRONG

THOMAS J.

farmer

Sec. 30

P. O. Greeley

born in Butler Co., Ohio, Dec. 16, 1835; came to this county in 1852; owns 205 acres of land; was married April 15, 1860 to Lucy M. Bellows; she was born in Ohio; have two children living: Tommie B.; John H.; lost three: Eliza, Joy B., and Janie; Mr. A. is a member of Tadmore Lodge, No. 225, A. F. & A. M.; Ira Bellows, Esq., father of Mrs. A. was one of the first settlers of this township; now resides in Washington County, age 69 years.

B

Baker

J.

wagon maker

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P. O. Greeley

Baldwin

A. L.

tinsmith

Sec. 9

P. O. Greeley

Ballweber

Martin

laborer

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P. O. Greeley

Baynes

Christopher

farmer

Sec. 16

P. O. Greeley

Barger

Elias

renter

Sec. 1

P. O. Colesburg

BARR

HENRY

farmer

Sec. 7

P. O. Edgewood

born in Ireland, June 27, 1817; came to Canada in 1842, and to this county in 1867; owns 240 acres of land; was married in Canada in 1853, to Eliza J. Morgan; she was born in Ireland, Nov. 17, 1834; her parents emigrated to Canada when she was an infant; have ten children living: Henry, Kate, Mary, Matilda, Amelia, Ann J., Richard M., John A., George W. and Bertha D.; lost one: Lizzie E., died Sept. 13, 1874; the two elder daughters are teaching in this county; Mr. B. has been School Director two years and Road Supervisor several years; all are members of the M. E. Church.

Barr

Henry, Jr.

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P. O. Edgewood

BECKNER

JOHN

farmer

Sec. 24

P. O. Earlville

born in Botetourt Co., Va., June 19, 1808; moved with his parents to Monroe Co., Va., when young. Remained there until 1836, when he removed to La Porte Co., Ind.; was married there July 2, 1840, to Susanna Beckner. She was born in same county, Va., Aug. 31, 1818. Have ten children—Jonathan M., Francis M., Joseph E., Rufus M., Sarah V., John A., Lydia A., Thomas E., Ella J. and Charles H. Lost two: Mary E., died April 23, 1849, and Albert, Aug. 30, 1860. Mr. B. was School Director, Township Trustee and Road Supervisor several years. For a number of years previous to leaving Virginia, he was engaged in teaming and hauling salt and other freight from the Kanawha Valley, over the mountains, when railroads were unknown there; are members of the Christian Church.

BECKNER

RUFUS M.

farmer

Sec. 34

P. O. Greeley

born in La Porte Co., Ind., Jan. 31, 1848; accompanied his parents to this county in 1854; was married Dec. 22, 1877, to Dora F. Winchell. She was born near Dubuque, in 1857. Mr. B. owns 160 acres of land in Fayette Co. Was Secretary of the School Board two years; are members of the Christian Church.

Blackburn

T. C.

laborer

Sec. 32

P. O. Greeley

BLODGETT

MILO, M. D.

postmaster and Justice of the

Peace

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P. O. Greeley

born in Caledonia Co., Vt., Feb. 20, 1837; came to this county and settled at Earlville, in 1868. Kept a drug store there until 1872; then came to this place, and in 1874 built the first hotel erected in this place; kept hotel one year, then rented it to other parties; has been Postmaster since Aug., 1876; was married May 29, 1872, to Mrs. Catherine Drybread, daughter of the Rev. John Martindale. She was born May 6, 1835, in Michigan. She has two children by first marriage: Addie E. and Annie. Dr. B. is Vice President of the Delaware County Medical Society; is a member of the A. O. U. W. Family attend the Christian Church, of which Mrs. B. and eldest daughter are members.

Brady

J. M.

farmer

Sec. 10

P. O. Greeley

Brandt

Wm.

farmer

Sec. 10

P. O. Greeley

Brazelton

S. A.

Notary Public

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P. O. Greeley

Brown

John W.

farmer

Sec. 27

P. O. Greeley

Brownwell

P. F.

farmer

Sec. 30

P. O. Greeley

Burbridge

W. H.

farmer

Sec. 31

P. O. Greeley

C

Camp

James

farmer

Sec. 9

P. O. Greeley

Campbell

T. B.

station agent

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P. O. Greeley

Canine

R. W.

farmer

Sec. 32

P. O. Greeley

Carrigan

M.

farmer

Sec. 28

P. O. Greeley

Carter

J. W.

farmer

Sec. 4

P. O. Greeley

Chase

D. F.

farmer

Sec. 18

P. O. Greeley

CHASE

EZRA F.

farmer

Sec. 7

P. O. Greeley

Born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., March 21, 1830; came to this county in 1853; owns 145 acres of land; was married, in 1842, to Naomi McCall; she was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Oct. 15,1815. They have three children living: James D., Naomi M.,1861; (Mrs. Tuttle), and Flora H. (Mrs. McKray). Frank, the oldest son, enlisted in the 27th I. V. I., was with the regiment in its campaigns until the Winter of 1864; his health failed, he was taken to the hospital, and died at Baton Rouge, La., April 14,1865. Mr. C. was County Superintendent of Schools one term, Justice of the Peace one term, Township Trustee one term, and School Director 20 years.

farmer

Sec. 17

P. O. Greeley

born in Cataraugus Co., N. Y., July 19, 1846; accompanied his father to this county in 1853; was married Feb. 1, 1877, to Sarah J. Hindal; she was born in Green Co., Wis., Feb. 2, 1858; came to this county in 1865; have one child: Frank, born Jan. 24, 1878; owns 184 acres of land. Mr. C. enlisted, Sept. 24, 1864, in the 27th I. V. I.; regiment mustered out at the close of the war. Is a member of Tadmore Lodge, No. 225, A.. F. & A. M.

farmer

Sec. 17

P. O. Greeley

miller and bookkeeper

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P. O. Greeley

born in Clay Co., Ind., Jan. 14, 1848; accompanied his parents to this county in 1860 ; settled in this town; worked about six years at Reddens’ mills; was bookkeeper and salesman in their store nearly three years, and has just been appointed Assessor for this township. Mr. C. is a member of Tadmore Lodge, No. 225, A., F. and A. M., also of the Universalist Church of this place.

Propritor of Greeley House

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P. O. Greeley

born in Fayette Co., Pa , Oct 29, 1831 ; came to this county and settled near Colesburg in 1852; was married Dec. 1,1860, to Dovie Young; she was born in Park Co., Ind., July 1, 1837; came here in 1849 with his par­ents, who were among the first settlers in Colony Township; in 1865, Mr. C. moved to Kansas; returned in 1868; has worked at the carpenter trade four­teen years; engaged in hotel keeping last July; he is a member of Tadmore Lodge, No. 225, A., F. and A. M; family belongs to the Universalist Church.

farmer

Sec. 18

P. O. Greeley

farmer

Sec. 33

P. O. Greeley

born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Jan. 2,1845; came to this county in 1850; in 1856, while crossing the prairies of Minnesota, he became lost in a storm and was obliged to lay out all night, and thereby had his feet so badly frozen that it was necessary to amputate them at the instep; in 1861, he enlisted in the 12th Iowa Infantry was in the battles of Fort Henry, Vicksburg, Corinth and several other engagements; was discharged in Nov. 1864 was married Oct. 16, 1872, to Louisa V. Chapman; she was born in Medina Co., Ohio, May 12, 1850; have three children: Park B., Dunham S. and Harvey; owns 188 acres of land; was School Director two years and is now Treasurer of the Board.

CORELL

HORACE A.

farmer

Sec. 20

P. O. Greeley

born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Sept. 17, 1837; came with his parents to this county in 1850 enlisted Aug. 10, 1862, in the 27th Regiment Iowa Infantry; was with them in all of their campaigns till the close of the war; was mustered out and reached home Aug. 10, 1865, exactly three years from the time he enlisted owns 195 acres of land; was married Dec. 9, 1866, to Ellen A. Tomlinson; she was born in Michigan; died March 1,1870; was the mother of two children: Chas. D., born April 15, 1868, and Ellen A., Sept. 5,1869; she died in Nov., 1875; he was married second time to Elizabeth R. Penny Nov. 21, 1876; she was born in this township Jan. 26, 1854; have one child: Lottie, born Oct. 9, 1877; his mother, now 75 years of age, lives with him and remembers when there were only two houses within sight of where they now live, when herds of deer could frequently be seen crossing the fields; he is a member of Tadmore Lodge, A., F. and A. M.; attends the Universalist Church.

Correll

James E.

speculator

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P. O. Greeley

CORELL

JOHN

stock and grain dealer

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P. O. Greeley

born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Aug. 29,1830; came to this county in 1851; was married in his native State, April 12, 1855, to Margaret Duncan; she was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., 1834; she came to this county, where she died July 16, 1856; second wife was Emma Wood, married Feb. 21, 1861; She was born in LaPorte Co., Ind., 1835; owns 40 acres of land; handles on an average about 860,000 worth of grain and over $100,000 worth of stock annually, in which he has one half interest; is one of the charter members of Tadmore Lodge, A., F. and A. M., of which he has held office of Treasurer several terms.

Culberson

William D.

miller, Redding's Mill

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P. O. Greeley

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Davis

A.

farmer

Sec. 18

P. O. Greeley

Davis

S. N.

stone mason

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Davis

Wm.

farmer

Sec. 27

P. O. Greeley

DAVIS

WILLIAM F.

physician and surgeon

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P. O. Greeley

born in Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Jan. 17, 1846; graduated at Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. city, in 1868; went to Genoa, N. Y., same year and commenced practice; was married Nov. 14, 1875, to Jane Moe; she was born in Cuba, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1852. He continued in practice there until the Spring of 1876, when he started West, spent three months on the prairies of Kansas, Nebraska, etc.; located in this place Nov. 7, same year, where he now has an extensive practice, and enjoys the confidence of both the general public and the medical fraternity. They are members of the Universalist Church.

Derr

John

renter

Sec. 5

P. O. Greeley

Dodds

E. E.

farmer

Sec. 21

P. O. Greeley

DODDS

NATHAN H.

farmer and house painter

Sec. 21

P. O. Greeley

born in Livingston Co., N. Y.. Sept. 2, 1830; was married July 8, 1849, to Amanda M. White; she was born in Oneida Co.. N. Y., April 12,1831 ; they came to this county in 1852; owns 100 acres of land; have ten children:  Mary J., Elizabeth A., Elbert E., Eva L., Delia M., Emma W., Abbey, Nannie M., William N. and Frankie C. Sarah W. died March 22, 1864. Mr. D. enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in Co. F, Iowa Infantry; served seven months, was then discharged for disability; are members of the United Brethren Church.

Drybread

G. W.

dry goods, groceries, etc.

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P. O. Greeley

Drybread

H.

dry goods, etc.

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P. O. Greeley

Drybread

H. C.

stock dealer

Sec. 7

P. O. Greeley

DRYBREAD

JOHN S.

farmer

Sec. 21

P. O. Greeley

born in Butler Co., O., Feb. 12, 1823; moved to Berrien Co., Mich., in 1837; was married there Dee. 7, 1844, to Mary J. Wilson. She was born in Preble Co., O., May 24, 1828; came to this county in 1853. Owns 360 acres of land; have two children living: Henry, born May 2, 1857, and John, April 29, 1868. Lost four: Alice,  aged 6 years; Florence, 15 months; George, 2 years, and Harrison, 4 years. Mr. D. has served six years as Township Trustee, and five as School Director; is a member of Tadmore Lodge, No. 225, A. F. & A. M.; belong  to the Universalist Church.

Ellis

Thomas

wagon maker

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P. O. Greeley

ELLIS

WM. B.

farmer

Sec. 30

P. O. Greeley

born in New York in 1827; came with his parents to Pennsylvania in 1832, and to this county in 1853; entered 160 acres of land; went back to York State, and, in 1856, returned and took up his residence here. Owns 280 acres of land. In 1857, he was married to Cordelia Walton. She was born in Ohio in 1839; died Aug. 15, 1865; was the mother of four children: Isabel, Cora, Mary and Rosetta J. He was married again to Mrs. Julia Evans (maiden name Charles); born in Indiana in 1840; had five children: Miranda, Peter, Remington and Emma are living; Jerusha died Sept. 4, 1868. Mrs. Ellis died July 25, 1876.

Engel

Chris

merchant

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P. O. Greeley

Evens

T. A.

harness maker

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P. O. Greeley

Farwell

R. E.

well driller

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P. O. Greeley

Fasselman

J., Jr.

Assessor

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P. O. Greeley

FITZPATRICK

JAMES

farmer

Sec. 28

P. O. Greeley

born in Ireland, Jan. 6, 1830; emigrated to this country in 1848, by sail vessel to New York, then by rail and stage to Pittsburgh; from there to Galena, Ill., via steamboat, thence to this place in wagon, drawn by yoke of oxen; commenced here in the wild prairie; owns 240 acres of land; was married in 1861 to Huldah Foley; she was born in Canada May 14, 1845. They have nine children living: James, Michael, Julia, Alice, Ellen, Thomas, Dennis, Mary, and infant not named. Lost three:  Edward, Catherine and one infant; be­long to the Catholic Church.

Francis

David

laborer

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P. O. Greeley

Freeman

E. J.

farmer

Sec. 19

P. O. Greeley

Ferguson

D.

blacksmith

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P. O. Greeley

Ferguson

W. R.

farmer

Sec. 20

P. O. Greeley

merchant

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P. O. Greeley

retired merchant

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P. O. Greeley

born in Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 28, 1814; emigrated to Iowa in 1838; settled in Clayton Co., within ten miles of this place; the country was at that time overrun by Indians of different tribes; only about ten or twelve white men in the county; he was married April 4, 1844, to Maria Phillips; she was born in Chautauqua Co., N.Y., in 1822; have ten children: Edwin, Esther, Simeon B., Ellen, Jesse, Henry, Silas, Mary, Sophia and Ernest. Mrs. G. died Feb. 20, 1872. Mr. G. was Supervisor two years, Assessor two years, and Town Clerk fourteen years; is connected with the firm of Harvey L. Hopkins & Co., manufacturers of mowers, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. G. taught the  first school ever organized in this county, in 1841; are members of the M. E. Church.

merchant

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P. O. Greeley

farmer

Sec. 20

P. O. Greeley

blacksmith

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P. O. Greeley

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P. O. Greeley

farmer

Sec. 29

P. O. Greeley

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