History of Delaware County, 1878

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Surname

Given name

Occupation

Residence

Receives mail

Adams

farmer

Sec. 1

P. O. Manchester

Adams

farmer

Sec. 1

P. O. Manchester

ALCOCK

ALEXANDER G.

brick maker

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P. O. Masonville

born in Wayne Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1824; moved to Illinois in 1840, and to this county Sept. 15,1854. Married Elmira Zerfass Dec. 4. 1855; she was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Aug. 23, 1839; have five children: Jerome, born Jan. 2, 1857; Monroe, January 17, 1859; Maryetta, Sept. 27,1861; George, Jan. 11, 1864; Martha, Nov. 27, 1866. Mr. A. started the first brick yard in this township. The house in which he lived was built by driving popple poles in the ground, and then weaving willows in around the poles. The roof was of hay, and for many years their house was called the Willow Dale. Republican; Wesleyan Methodist. Alcock R. farmer; S. 10; P. O Manchester.

Alcock

R. B.

farmer

Sec. 30

P. O. Masonville

Alderman

W. W.

farmer

Sec. 32

P. O. Masonville

BABCOCK

CHAS. H.

farmer/stock raiser

Sec. 20

P. O. Masonville

born in Boone Co., Ill., Jan. 2, 1842; came with parents, at the age of 2 years, to Allamakee Co., Iowa, where they remained until 1859, at which time he went to Ohio, and Oct. 8, 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, 43d Ohio Infantry, and served three years; then reenlisted as a veteran and served until Nov. 28, 1861. During his army life he participated in many hard engagements, one of them being the battle of Corinth. He married Miss Adaline Tisdale March 17, 1867; she was born March 17, 1842, in Erie Co., N. Y.; have four children: Alvah L., born Aug. 26, 1868; Minnie L., born Jan. 27, 1870; Charles H., born Aug. 11, 1873 ; Servia E., born March 31, 1876. Mr. B. owns 160 acres of land, well improved, worth $6,000. Grain and stock raiser. Mr. B. is at present School Director; Republican.

Babcock

Henry

farmer

Sec. 20

P. O. Masonville

Babcock

W. G.

farmer

Sec. 28

P. O. Masonville

Baird

C. I.

farmer

Sec. 29

P. O. Masonville

BAKER

HENRY

farmer

Sec. 22

P. O. Manchester

born near Albany, N Y, Feb. 20, 1814; he moved with his father, at the age of 3 years, to Oneida Co., N. Y., where they remained until he was 9 years old, then coming to Oakland Co., Mich.; there he remained until the age of 20 years, when he moved to Lenawee Co., Mich. He married Elizabeth W. Coffin June 10, 1840; she was born in Manchester in 1816. Mr. B. came to this county in June, 1841, and settled where he now lives; at that time there was but four families living in the township; they have one child living: Susan, born June 6, 1849; three children deceased: Susan, died April 1, 1849; Edwin, died Aug. 29, 1846, at the age of 4 years and 7 months, and John, died Oct. 1, 1846, at the age of 2 years and 4 months. Mr. Boker’s [sic] wife died Dec. 15, 1849, leaving him and his infant daughter, Susan, alone; she is now married and living in Kansas. Mr. Boker [sic] owns 572 acres of land, well improved, worth $50 per acre ; principal product, stock raising. Mr. Boker [sic] is the very oldest settler that is still living in Coffin’s Grove Twp. he has been Justice of the Peace ten years; Democrat.

Beal

Seth

farmer

Sec. 34

P. O. Manchester

Beal

Bernard

farmer

Sec. 35

P. O. Manchester

Beaver

Lyman R.

farmer

Sec. 27

P. O. Masonville

Beaver

Robert L.

farmer

Sec. 27

P. O. Masonville

Bucklin

Austin

farmer

Sec. 20

P. O. Masonville

Bucklin

J. C.

farmer

Sec. 20

P. O. Masonville

Burk

David

P. O. Masonville

proprietor Masonville Flouring mills.

Burk

James

merchant

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P. O. Masonville

Bush

Geo.

renter

Sec. 22

P. O. Masonville

Camp

Alfred

laborer

Sec. 27

P. O. Masonville

Carpenter

Wm.

farmer

Sec. 24

P. O. Masonville

CHAPMAN

H. P.

farmer

Sec. 36

P. O. Manchester

born in Dover, N. H., Aug. 6, 1833; married Jane E. Furbosh Jan. 1, 1860; she was born in York Co., Maine, Feb. 2, 1838; have two children living: Charles T., born March 19, 1865, and Fred. E., born Sept. 19, 1868; lost one child: Eddie H., born Aug. 5, 1863, died Oct. 17, 1864. Mr. Chapman came to this county April 15, 1864; owns 209 acres of land, worth $30 per acre; he carries on the dairying business and stock raising to a large extent; Republican.

Childs

farmer

Sec. 29

P. O. Masonville

Coleson

J. B.

butcher

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P. O. Masonville

Cormick

H. O.

blacksmith

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P. O. Masonville

Cormick

William

laborer

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P. O. Masonville

CONVERSE

LORENZO D.

farmer

Sec. 33

P. O. Masonville

born April 24,1817; married Mary E. Rockwell; she was born in Erie Co., N. Y., Dec. 24, 1824; has four children: Samuel W., born Nov. 28,1845; Alonzo, Sept. 16, 1851; Ida, Nov. 2, 1859; Belloria, Dec. 3, 1866; Mrs. C.’s father, Horace Rockwell, was born in 1783; her mother’s maiden name was Hannah Chase, born in old Utica, N. Y. Mr. C. came to this county in 1873.

Corney

John

laborer

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P. O. Masonville

Cook

farmer

Sec. 15

P. O. Manchester

Cook

Malcomb

farmer

Sec. 15

P. O. Manchester

COOK

WILLIAM

farmer

Sec. 11

P. O. Manchester

born in Nottinghamshire, Eng., March 6, 1825; he married Mary Ann Frow Sept. 14,1846; she was born in Sheffield, Eng., June 7, 1828; have one adopted child, Edwin Cook, born in Delaware Co., Ia., April 11, 1851 ; Mr. Cook emigrated to the U. S. of America, Aug. 29, 1849, and came to St. Charles, Ill., where they lived four years, and in 1853, they came to this county and settled where they now live; he owns 160 acres of land, well improved, worth $5,000 ; principal product, grain and stock raising. Mr. C. has held the office of School Director and Assessor a number of terms; religion, Free Will Baptist ; politics. Democrat.

Curtis

Henry

laborer

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P. O. Masonville

Davis

C. G.

renter

Sec. 29

P. O. Masonville

DAVIS

D. N.

farmer

Sec. 30

P. O. Masonville

born in Oneida Co., N.Y., June 22, 1832. Married Mirah M. Sterling, born in Canada, Parish of Bath, May 3, 1835; moved to this county May 25, 1854; has nine children living: Flora, born Nov. 25,1854; Ida, born Aug. 21, 1856, (deceased); Mason, born May 12, 1858; Carrie, born Aug. 18, 1860; Bertha, born Feb. 8,1862; Emeroy, Dec. 20, 1863; Mary born May 27, 1866; Olia, born April 17,1868; Clinton, born May 14, 1870; Perry, born May 24, 1872; owns 120 acres of land valued at $4,000.

DAVIS

EDWIN

farmer

Src. 28

P. O. Masonville

born in Hartford,Conn., April 4, 1830, where he remained till 6 years of age, moving with his parents to Erie Co.. Ohio, where he remained till he was 23 years old; married Sarah Ann Ferris March 20, 1853. She was born Feb. 10, 1834, and died Jan. 31,1874; has by this marriage three children living: Leora M., born Jan. 2, 1864 ; Nelson E., July 10,1863; Charles H., June 21, 1857; married Miss Moline C. Kenyon Jan. 3, 1875. She was born in Canada Jan. 3, 1855; they have one child: Henry E., born Oct. 26, 1875. Mr. D. came to this county April 11, 1854, and settled where he now lives; he erected the first building on his farm in 1854, which was a log house; he now owns 360 acres of land, all in a high state of cultivation, worth $15,000; is an extensive dealer in and raiser of fine bred stock.

Davis

G. W.

renter

Sec. 29

P. O. Masonville

Dreskel

John

laborer

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P. O. Masonville

DUNN

MRS. MARGARET

farmer

Sec. 9

P. O. Manchester

born in Canada, June 18, 1836. She married James Kelley Sept. 17, 1852; he died Oct. 1. 1865. Have four children: John H. Kelley, born July 7, 1855; William J., Sept. 17, 1857; Mary, Dec. 20, 1859; Kate, April 14, 1862. She married her second husband, Matthew Dunn, June 23, 1867. Have one child by last husband; Hattie, born June 18, 1868. She moved to this county June 24, 1867, and settled where she now lives; she owns 58 acres of land, worth $1,500; principal products, stock and grain.

Eaton

farmer

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P. O. Masonville

Evans

farmer

Sec. 16

P. O. Manchester

Farrell

W. E.

wagon maker

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P. O. Masonville

Gaffney

Phillip

farmer

Sec. 10

P. O. Manchester

Gibbons

F. D.

laborer

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P. O. Manchester

Gillispie

farmer

Sec. 36

P. O. Manchester

Granfield

farmer

Sec. 4

P. O. Manchester

GRIFFIN

BYRON

lumber & stock buyer

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P. O. Masonville

born in Madison County, New York, February 4, 1840; at the age of 2 1/2 years moved to Waukesha County, Wis., where he remained until he was 18 years of age; went to St. Louis and remained three years, then went to Montana, where he was engaged in mining; came to this Co. May 1870. Married Miss Mary J. Daily Feb. 21, 1872 ; she was born Nov., 1850; has two children—C. K., born Sept. 5, 1874; unnamed infant, Jan. 9, 1878. Mr. G. came to this Co. with limited means, but by honest dealing and careful management, now ranks as one of the leading men of the village.

Griffin

F. S.

grain dealer

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P. O. Masonville

Hainer

Charles

laborer

Sec. 30

P. O. Masonville

Hainer

S. H.

renter

Sec. 30

P. O. Masonville

Hammading

laborer

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P. O. Masonville

Hammond

J. P.

farmer

Sec. 3

P. O. Manchester

Harris

F. S.

creamery

Sec. 28

P. O. Masonville

HARRIS

REUBEN P.

farmer

Sec. 28

P. O. Masonviller

born in Warren Co, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1824; lived there until 10 years of age, and moved with his parents to Washington Co., N. Y., where he remained until 21 years of age, when he came to Wisconsin and settled in Walworth County, working for one man six years. Married Elizabeth Seymour April 10, 1851, in Baraboo, Wisconsin; have one child: Frank, born March 10, 1853. Mr. Harris came to Delaware County July 14, 1869, and settled where he now has 121 acres, valued at $7,000; he has on his place a very beautiful fruit orchard, which is quite an uncommon thing for this section of Iowa. In connection with farming, Mr. Harris’ son carries on a large creamery, being furnished with milk from about 200 cowa

HARWOOD

GEO. DR.

druggist

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P. O. Masonviller

born May 1, 1844, in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England; he left England in April, 1857, and after a perilous voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, landed in Bombay, East India, August, 1857, and during the latter part of ‘57 and ‘58 endured all the hardships and privations of the Indian mutiny; he resided in India until the Fall of 1862, and during that time visited the following places of interest: Poona, Ahmednugger, Kirkee, Calaba, Vengula, Belganon, Kurracher, Kotree, Hydrabad, Labors, Delhi, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Patna, Calcutta, Madras, Ceylon and Aden; on his return voyage to England in 1863, he visited the Island of St. Helena; shortly after his arrival in England he married Miss C. Bennett, daughter of Jno. Bennett, Kerridge Bollington, Cheshire, England; have one son: Herbert B., born June 7, 1864. On the 2d of October he left England for Canada, and landed at Point Leve, Oct. 17, 1873; resided in Toronto until Sept. 20, 1875, when he brought his family to Masonville, Iowa; he entered into partnership with W. E. Laurence, in the drug business, March 1, 1877.

Hearn

Matthew

farmer

Sec. 10

P. O. Masonville

Hilton

Henry

farmer

Sec. 9

P. O. Masonville

JOHNSTON

JAMES G.

farmer

Sec. 32

P. O. Masonville

born in Pennsylvania July 27, 1811, where he lived with parents till 1837; married Miss Phinella Junod; she was born in Philadelphia June 6, 1818; has two children living and four deceased. Mary J., born Dec. 21, 1837, died Jan. 23, 1838; Thomas, born Oct. 23, 1841, died Sept. 20, 1852; Rachel, born June 24, 1844; Edwin N., born Nov. 22, 1846, died Sept. 25, 1852; Margaret, born Jan. 1, 1840, died Nov. 11, 1841; Lindsey M. born June 8, 1856; came to this county July 31, 1858; resided in Coffin’s Grove for sixteen months prior to purchasing the farm where he now lives; owns 821 acres of land valued at $50 per acre; principal product is grain; Republican.

Jones

Henry

farmer

Sec. 33

P. O. Manchester

Kelley

C. M.

farmer

Sec. 28

P. O. Masonville

Kelley

Joseph

farmer

Sec. 2

P. O. Manchester

Lindsey

W. B.

farmer

Sec. 3

P. O. Manchester

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