Geo. M. Thomson,
Was born in Bodenfimoch, Botriphnel, Banff, Sh., Scotland, Oct 18,
1850, near where his father and James Gordon Bennett, the founder of
the New York Herald were. His mother’s name was Milne, from a noted
Scotch family. Mr. Thomson came to America in 1872, and worked that
summer in Henderson county, Illinois, and in the fall came to Cedar
county, Iowa, where he worked as a farm hand until 1876, when he came
to Greene county, where he has lived ever since. He was married to
Emma L. Williams, January 9, 1881, the daughter of J. Z. Williams an
early settler in Junction township, and a soldier in the war of the
rebellion, and his father, Elias Williams, was one of the heroes of
the Revolutionary war, captured by the Indians and held a prisoner for
three years and five months. They have had three children, two of who
are still living:: Harry W., 17; Margaret E., 13.
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Addison Parker
Jewett,
Was born in Petersburg, New Hampshire, in 1835. When he was five
years old his parents moved to Massachusetts, and came to Livingston
county, Illinois, in 1857, and to Greene county, Iowa, in 1870,
locating on section 17, Junction township, where he has since resided.
He was married in 1863 to Lucy B. Coburn, and they enjoyed for many
years the comforts of their pleasant farm home. They have had one
child: James Arthur, aged 34. Mrs. Jewett died in 1896, and was buried
in the Grand Junction cemetery. He was trustee of the township for
fourteen years, and in politics he is a republican.
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John A.
Jasinsky,
A native of the Keystone State, was born in Chester county, Pa., in
1849. When two years old he moved with his parents to Ohio, and a year
and a half later they went to LaSalle county, Illinois, where his
father had bought a farm. They lived there until 1872, when he moved
to Boone county. He was married in Jefferson, Iowa in 1876 to Ida
Coburn, a native of Wisconsin. In the spring of 1880 he moved to
Junction township, locating on section 14, where they have since
resided and have a pleasant home. They have had six children, two of
whom have died. The living are: Della, 20; Edna, 18; Bunes, 12; Ezra,
11. They are members of the Baptist church, and in politics he is a
republican.
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William Lee,
Was born in Wayne county, Ohio, May 11, 1816, where he lived with
his parents until he had attained young manhood and then moved to
Medina county, where his father had purchased a farm. He was married
in that county, in 1837 to Rachel Curtis, and one child was born to
them. Mrs. Lee died in 1842 in Sandusky. In 1848 he married Martha M’Lain;
they had eight children, five of whom are living: Henry, 49; John 47;
Emma, 37; Dan, 32; Adelbert, 28. He moved to Huron county, Ohio, in
1863, remaining one year and then came to Greene county, locating in
Junction township, where he lived until September, 1896, when de died
at the ripe age of 81 years.
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Joseph Mehan,
Was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1839, and emigrated to the
United states when a year old, his parents locating in Pennsylvania
where he grew to manhood, engaging in mining for six years, then went
to Illinois where he engaged in different lines of business and
finally bought a farm in M’Lean county. He was married in 1869 to
Mary Brogan, and seven children have been born to them all living at
home. In 1891 he moved to his present home in Junction township,
Greene county where he has since lived and where he has a valuable and
well-improved farm. Politically he has always been a democrat.
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David W. Fowler,
A native of Ohio, was born in Hamilton county in 1836, where he
resided until 1871, when he moved to McLean county, Illinois, locating
near Bloomington. He was married in his native county to Lucinda
Hawkins, and they have had nine children: Ida May, 40; Charles, 39;
Emma R., 36; William H., 34; Mattie L., 32; Jessie B., 30; Nannie, 28;
Lorania, 25; Prairie Belle. The family moved from Bloomington to
Jefferson in 1881, and a year later located on a farm three miles west
of Grand Junction where he now lives. They are members of the M. E.
church in good standing, and politically he is a democrat.
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John McNeil,
A native of Ireland, was born in Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim,
in 1817, coming to America when he was 17 years old, settling in
Buffalo, New York, where he engaged in a general mercantile business
for five years, when failing health induced him to sell out, and he
moved to Michigan, where he had purchased a farm. He was married to
Mary Elliott, in 1846, and they had six children. She died in 1857,
and on the 27th of June, 1860, he married Margaret M.
Bradley, by which union nine children were born, two of whom are dead.
The family moved from Michigan in 1865, locating in Greene county,
Iowa, where they have since resided, and now live in Junction
township.
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J. G. Hoefle,
Was born in Germany in 1846, where he resided until he was
twenty-one years old, when he emigrated to America, locating in
Illinois, where he lived twelve years, and where he was married to
Anise Powers, a lady of American descent, from which union six
children were born, four of whom are living: Dan, 29; J. H., 26;
William, 24; George, 20; Gertie, 15. In 1879 he moved from Illinois to
Greene county, Iowa, locating in Junction township, where he owns 160
acres of valuable, well-improved land and enjoys the comforts of a
pleasant home. Politically he is a republican.
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Andrew J. Davis,
Is a native of Vermont, having been born in Chittenden, Rutland
county, in 1831, where he lived with his parents till he was fourteen
years of age, when he moved with them to New York State, where he
found a home till he became of age. Leaving York State he made a brief
stay in Michigan, and then located in Kendall county, Illinois, where
he was married in 1859, to Harriet E. Hanby, a native of England. He
then located in Lee county for seven years, and then came to Iowa,
settling on section 11, Junction township, where he owns a splendid
farm home. They have had eight children, all of whom are living and
all but one lives in Iowa: Louisa, 41; Ann Eliza, 38; Albert, 36;
Horlta, 34; Cora, 31; Charles, 27; Jennie, 25; Clara, 10. They are
members of the Presbyterian church, and in politics he is a
republican.
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