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Surname |
Given name |
Occupation |
Residence |
Receives mail |
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Allman |
John |
farmer |
sec. 7 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Ammerman |
W. B. |
farmer |
sec. 19 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Anghen |
T. |
farmer |
sec. 24 |
P. O. Rockville |
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ARNOLD |
HENRY |
farmer |
sec. 21 |
P. O. Rockville |
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born in Canada,
1833; came to the States and Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1849.
Followed sailing on the lakes for seven years; moved to Iowa
and settled on his present farm in 1857; he was married in
1859 to Miss Sarah A. Reid, from Pa. They have had nine
children, eight living: John, Mary, Charles, Ella, Frederick,
Edward, Lillie and Josie. He has held the office of Township
Trustee two years, School Director one year. He has the office
of Director in the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. one
year. He has 240 acres land, value $6,000.
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ASHBURN |
H. |
farmer |
sec. 27 |
P. O. Worthington |
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born in Tenn.,
1832; moved to McLean Co., Ill., 1844; to Iowa and Delaware
Co. in 1850; on his present farm in 1865. He was married in
1855 to Miss Francis J. Reeder, from England. He has 170 acres
of land, value $5,000. In politics, Rep.; in religion, United
Brethren. He held the office of Township Trustee three years,
Road Supervisor five years. Mr. Ashburn's father, Geo. W.
Ashburn, was among the earliest and most prominent settlers of
the county. He was engaged in the mercantile trade for several
years; was also a popular hotel keeper at Delhi for a number
of years. Mr. Ashburn is among the active members in the
Church of the United Brethren, which was organized eighteen
years ago. Rev. R. H. Watters, Pastor at present, membership
55.
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Aubrey |
R. |
farmer |
sec. 19 |
P. O. Earlville |
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B |
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Bailey
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J. B. |
farmer |
sec. 25 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Bailey
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R. M. |
laborer |
- |
P. O. Worthington |
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Barrington |
T. |
farmer |
sec. 2 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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BELL |
ELISHA |
farmer |
sec. 27 |
P. O. Worthington |
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born in Pa.,
March 26, 1814; moved to Iowa and Scott Co. in Spring of 1838;
to Delaware Co. and his present farm in 1849. He was married
in 1840 to Miss Martha Nicholson; she was born Feb. 16,1823,
in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1836; they have had eight children: Mary
E., born Jan. 10, 1841; Alvira, born Dec. 1, 1843, and died
Dec. 12, 1843; Montgomery E., born Nov. 24, 1846; Leander W.,
born March 30, 1849; enlisted in May, 1865; died at La Grange,
Tenn., Aug. 5, 1865; Eva, born Oct. 9, 1852; Alice May, born
May 16, 1858; died Dec. 29, 1858; Bertha A., born Sept. 27,
I860; Clarence E. born July 25, 1865. He has held the office of
School Treasurer three years; he has 180 acres land valued at
$4,000. In politics, Rep.; in religion, Methodist. Mr. Bell
was among the earliest settlers of the State, and very few
people living in North Fork Twp. when he came.
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Benning |
H. |
farmer |
sec. 10 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Benning |
J. |
farmer |
sec. 14 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Benning |
W. |
laborer |
- |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Bergman |
H. |
farmer |
sec. 8 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Billmeirer |
G. |
farmer |
sec. 2 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Billmeirer |
M. |
farmer |
sec. 8 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Billmeirer |
G. |
farmer |
sec. 8 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Blackmore |
W. |
farmer |
sec. 13 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Boddy |
G. |
farmer |
sec. 2 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Brauer |
C. |
farmer |
sec. 27 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Brauer
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M. |
farmer |
sec. 8 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Brodt
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R. |
farmer |
- |
P. O. Worthington |
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Brunken
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J. |
farmer |
sec. 15 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Bryan
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A. |
school teacher |
sec. 23 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Burket
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O. |
laborer |
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BRYAN
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FRANK |
farmer |
sec. 23 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Born in England, Sept.
20, 1833; moved to this country and New York in 1850. To
Michigan in 1855; to Iowa in 1856; to Dubuque Co. in 1859; on
his present farm in 1867; he was married in 1855 to Miss Mary
Lucy, from Mass. She was born Jan. 10, 1837. They have had
four children: Albert S., born Aug. 29, 1856; Isadore
E., Oct. 28. 1858; Levina, July 6, 1860; Frances C., July 26,
1862; Levina died March 12, 1873; Mr. Bryan held the office of
School Director one year, Road Supervisor one year; he has 100
acres land, value $4,000; 140 acres in Sac Co.; in politics,
Rep.; Albert L. and Isadore E. are school teachers. |
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Bryant
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John |
renter |
- |
P. O. Earlville |
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BURRILL
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JOSEPH |
farmer |
sec. 21 |
P. O. Earlville |
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born in Suffolk Co.,
Massachusetts. 1816; moved to Iowa and Dubuque Co. 1857; to
Delaware County and his present farm, 1873; he was married in
1839 to Miss Charlotte S. Payne from N. H.; she died in 1850;
he was married again in 1850 to Miss Mary A. Doton, from
N. H.; they have had nine children, eight living: Charlotte
L., Joseph W., G. Allen, Francis M., Stephen C, Mary E.,
Benjamin K., Josie A. Mr. Burrill and C. McKee purchased lots
and built the first houses built in the town of Worthington,
Dubuque Co.; he held the office of Justice of the Peace two
years, and Township Clerk one year in that town; he has 80
acres of land, valued at $1,500. |
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Burrell
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W. |
laborer |
- |
P. O. Earlville |
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Carver
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John |
farmer |
sec. 13 |
P. O. Rockville |
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Cavanaugh
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Jas. |
farmer |
sec. 29 |
P. O. Rockville |
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Cavanaugh
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J. |
farmer |
sec. 29 |
P. O. Rockville |
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Cavanaugh
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Michael |
renter |
- |
P. O. Rockville |
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Cavanaugh
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Pat. |
retired |
- |
P. O. Rockville |
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Clark
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W. C. |
farmer |
sec. 7 |
P. O. Rockville |
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Cook
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Charles |
farmer |
sec. 30 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Cook |
R. J. |
farmer |
sec. 30 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Cook |
Richard |
farmer |
sec. 30 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Cratty |
Michael |
- |
sec. 3 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Dryer
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Jno. |
renter |
sec. 9 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Dunkell
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Henry |
farmer |
sec. 15 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Evans
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James H. |
farmer |
sec. 10 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Fleckenstein
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Joseph |
renter |
sec. 34 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Fleming
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P. P. |
farmer |
sec. 18 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Fitzsimmons
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Patrick |
farmer |
sec. 8 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Fitzsimmons
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Wellington |
farmer |
sec. 8 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Galyean
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J. B. |
renter |
sec. 18 |
P. O. Earlville |
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GEORGEN |
C. P. |
Miller |
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P. O. Rockville |
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born in
Germany in 1838; moved to this country and Dubuque in 1859 ;
to Volga City, Clayton Co., 1861; to Dyersville, 1863; to his
present position in 1866. He was married in 1866 to Miss Ann
Ruddlesdin, from England. They have had four children—Minnie
O., John, Annie J., Charles E. He has held the office of
School Director three years, School Treasurer three years.
He has carried the U. S. mail from Worthington to Rockville
for the past five years. Mr. G. learned his trade as a miller
in Germany. His father-in-law, John Ruddlesdin, is proprietor
of the mill he now operates.
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Gibbs |
Geo. |
farmer |
sec. 6 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Gibbs |
John, Sr. |
farmer |
sec. 12 |
P. O. Earlville |
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born in
Somersetshire, Eng., Nov. 22, 1816. They moved to this country
and Delaware Co. in 1852; on his present farm in 1875. He was
married in 1837 to Miss Elizabeth Bunn, from England; she was
born March 8, 1819. They have had thirteen children: Ruth,
Edward, Matthew, Sarah, Jane, Elizabeth, Phebe A., Eliza,
John, Jr., George H., Mary J., Ellen, Alice A. Jane,
Ellen and Alice A. are dead; John and Eliza live at home and
assist in carrying on the farm; George was married to Miss H. Bisgrove, from Delaware Co., February, 1877; they live on a
part of the farm; Ruth married W. Parker, of Utah; Edward
married Miss Ada Pilgrim, and lives in Bremen Twp.; Matthew
married Miss Amelia Lewis, of Auburn, N. Y.; they live in
Auburn; Sarah married Henry Pilgrim, from England, and lives
in Elk Twp.; Elizabeth married James Hunt, from England, and
lives in Bremen Twp.; Phebe A. married John Cook, from England; Mary J. married E. Bisgrove, from England; they live in
Bremer Twp. Mr. Gibbs has held the office of School Director
one year. He has 645 acres of land, valued at $18,000. In
politics, Republican. He is among the earliest settlers of the
county; no neighbors within two miles of them when they
settled on their farm.
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Gibbs
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Jno., Jr. |
farmer |
sec. 6 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Goldsmith
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F. |
farmer |
sec. 8 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Goldsmith
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J. |
farmer |
sec. 8 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Gould
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E. B. |
farmer |
sec. 19 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Graham
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S. |
farmer |
sec. 5 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Grapes
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Geo. |
farmer |
sec. 36 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Grapes
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J. B. |
laborer |
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P. O. Worthington |
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Grapes
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Irvin |
laborer |
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P. O. Worthington |
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Grapes
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John |
laborer |
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P. O. Worthington |
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Grapes
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Saml. |
retired |
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Grou
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H. |
farmer |
sec. 27 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Haight
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J. S. |
farmer |
sec. 7 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Ham
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R. |
farmer |
sec. 36 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Haass
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J. |
farmer |
sec. 15 |
P. O. Rockville |
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Haass
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Nicholas, Jr. |
farmer |
sec. 15 |
P. O. Rockville |
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Haass
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Nicholas, Sr, |
farmer |
sec. 15 |
P. O. Rockville |
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Hatch
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G. |
farmer |
sec. 1 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Hatch
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Jesse |
retired |
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P. O. Rockville |
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HEALY |
E. |
farmer & Dealer in Agriculture
Implements |
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P. O. Earlville |
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born in Canada East June 29, 1826; came to Massachusetts in
1846; he moved to this State and county in 1854. He purchased
his present farm and settled on it in same year. He was
married in 1848 to Miss C. L. Hartwell, from Vermont; they had
four children; she died in 1866. He was married in 1869 to
Miss Maria C. Vanderveer, from New Jersey; they have had one
child. Mr. Healy has 600 acres of land located in Sees. 4 and
6, North Fork Township. He is the oldest agricultural
implement dealer in the State, having carried on the business
successfully for over twenty-one years. He has handled
McCormick's Reapers for twenty-one years. He has also
speculated in land to quite an extent. He has held the office
of Township Assessor three years and School Director nine
years. He has held a prominent position in connection with the
Old Settler's Association of the county.
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Holden |
D. J. |
renter |
sec.18 |
P. O. Earlville |
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House
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C. |
farmer |
sec. 36 |
Worthington |
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Hummell
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P. C. |
laborer |
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P. O. Worthington |
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Hutchenson
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Adam |
farmer |
sec. 4 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Hutchenson
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J. N. |
farmer |
sec. 4 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Jager
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John |
farmer |
sec. 26 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Jager
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M. |
farmer |
sec. 6 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Jager |
S. |
farmer |
sec. 25 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Jancy
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Jas. |
laborer |
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P. O. Dyersville |
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Kinny
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Thos. |
farmer |
sec. 9 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Kinny
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Wm. |
farmer |
sec. 7 |
P. O. Earlville |
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Libby |
S. A. |
farmer |
sec. 31 |
P. O. Hopkinton |
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Lipple |
C. |
farmer |
sec. 27 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Lux |
Jos. |
farmer |
sec. 29 |
P. O. Delhi |
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McCaffrey
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Frank |
laborer |
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P. O. Earlville |
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McCaffrey
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T. |
farmer |
sec. 30 |
P. O. Delhi |
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Macomber
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A. |
renter |
sec. 28 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Mangrick
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Martin |
farmer |
sec. 13 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Martin
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Patrick |
renter |
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P. O. Earlville |
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Milan
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Thomas |
laborer |
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Millard
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C. |
farmer |
sec. 12 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Millish
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E. |
farmer |
sec. 11 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Moulton
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H., Jr. |
farmer |
sec. 30 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Mueller
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F |
merchant & P. M. |
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P. O. Rockville |
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Meyers
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L. W. |
renter |
sec. 22 |
P. O. Rockville |
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Nachtman |
A. |
farmer |
sec. 3 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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NICHOLSON |
ROBERT |
farmer |
sec. 3 |
P. O. Earlville |
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born
in county Leitram, Ireland, in March, 1821; emigrated to U.
S. A. in 1841, living in Pennsylvania and New Jersey until the
Spring of 1855, when he came to this county and erected his
residence where
he now lives; married the 17th of Aug., 1846, to Mary Cook;
she died in May, 1856; they had three children: Thomas, Eliza
J. and Robert; married Jan. 17, 1861, Jane Morris, in Ohio.
She died in 1861, leaving one child: Rolland B., who died when
4 years old ; married the third time, Delia Flinn, Dec. 24,
1866. She died in 1868, leaving one child;
Lucy Ann. Mr. Nicholson has 220 acres of land, valued at
$4,500; has held the office of Justice of the Peace for
several years past and is also Town Commissioner.
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Noonan |
Pat |
farmer |
sec. 21 |
P. O. Rockville |
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Noonan |
Thomas |
laborer |
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P. O. Rockville |
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O'Mera
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Ed. |
farmer |
sec. 20 |
P. O.
Earlville |
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Omera
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John |
renter |
sec. 20 |
P. O.
Earlville |
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Oehler
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Henry |
renter |
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P. O.
Earlville |
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Otto
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A. |
farmer |
sec. 14 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Otto
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Wm. |
laborer |
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P. O. Dyersville |
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Page
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Ceasar |
farmer |
sec. 16 |
P. O.
Rockville |
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Page
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Wm. |
farmer |
sec. 16 |
P. O.
Rockville |
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Peets
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John |
laborer |
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P. O. Worthington |
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Popham
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Edwin |
farmer |
sec. 11 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Peets
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Lewis |
farmer |
sec. 35 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Raker
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Louis |
farmer |
sec. 2 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Reeder
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Royal |
farmer |
sec. 15 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Richardson
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David |
farmer |
sec. 6 |
P. O.
Earlville |
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Richardson
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J. |
farmer |
sec. 6 |
P. O.
Earlville |
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Richardson
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John |
farmer |
sec. 6 |
P. O.
Earlville |
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Rotterman
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R. |
farmer |
sec. 13 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Ruddlesdin
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Eli |
renter |
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P. O.
Rockville |
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Ruddlesdin
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John |
renter |
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P. O.
Rockville |
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Schrekmelle |
Anton |
farmer |
sec. 15 |
P. O.
Rockville |
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Sharp |
Henry |
farmer |
sec. 10 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Sharp |
John |
farmer |
sec. 15 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Sievert |
John |
farmer |
sec. 5 |
P. O.
Earlville |
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Smith |
Jacob |
farmer |
sec. 28 |
P. O.
Worthington |
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Smith |
J. J. |
farmer |
sec. 28 |
P. O.
Worthington |
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Stoner |
Henry |
farmer |
sec. 18 |
P. O.
Earlville |
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Stoner |
Willis |
farmer |
sec. 18 |
P. O.
Earlville |
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Tastooe
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F |
renter |
sec. 7 |
P. O.
Dyersville |
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Tattersol
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Roger |
farmer |
sec. 14 |
P. O.
Dyersville |
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Toomer
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Wm. |
farmer |
sec. 14 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Wadsley |
John |
farmer |
sec. 25 |
P. O. Worthington |
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WHEELESS |
A. B. |
- |
sec. 34 |
P. O. Worthington |
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born in Washington Co.,
Ill., 1826; moved to Iowa and on to his present farm in 1851;
he was married in 1848 to Miss Sarah H. Barnes, from Ill; they
have had eleven children, eight living: Matilda E., William B.,
Mary A., Henry H., Stephen D.. Uriah T., Reuben A., Sarah L.
His wife died in the Fall of 1872; married again, in the Fall
of 1875, to Miss A. A. Place, from New York; they have had one
child: Perry R.; Mr. W. has held the office of Justice of the
Peace four years; Twp. Trustee ten years; School Director
fifteen years; he has 240 acres of land, valued at $9,000; Mr.
W. enlisted in the Mexican War, in 1846, under Gens. Taylor
and Wool; he was engaged in the battle of Buena Vista; his
company went into the engagement with forty men and came out
with twenty fit for duty; in politics, Mr. H. is an Old Line
Democrat; in religion, M. E.
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Whitney |
Robt. |
farmer |
sec. 14 |
P. O. Dyersville |
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Wilkinson |
Wm. |
farmer |
sec. 28 |
P. O. Worthington |
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Wolfe |
Charles |
renter |
sec. 8 |
P. O. Worthington |
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