Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 553
NED M. ATHEY

Ned M. ATHEY, a farmer residing on section 23, of Jackson Township came to Harrison County, in the autumn of 1874, and first located at Missouri Valley, and worked out by the month, in St. John's Township. He came to the county a poor man, and was compelled to work for others by the month for four years. At the end of which time he bought him a team, and rented land for two years, and then bought eighty acres of land in St. John's Township. A part of this land was improved, and he paid $25 per acre for it. After residing on this place four years, he sold out and bought the farm he now occupies, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres of partly improved land. He at once set about making substantial improvements and alterations on the premises. He now has eighty acres under cultivation, while the balance is in timber and pasture land, all surrounded by a good fence. He also has an orchard of fifty trees.

Concerning our subject's early life, it may be said he was born in January, 1851, and is the son of James L. and Elizabeth ATHEY, who were natives of Indiana, as was our subject. In his parents' family there were eight children, he being the third child. The children were as follows: Sarah M., deceased; Mary J., deceased; Ned M.; Nancy C.; William, deceased; Rachel L., and Martha E., (twins), and James L.

Our subject remained in the Hoosier State with his parents until twenty-two years of age, at which time he came to Harrison County, Iowa.

He was united in marriage, March 8, 1881, to Nettie COX, daughter of Henry B. and Caroline COX, natives of Indiana, who were the parents of ten children, five of whom grew to maturity, and are now all residents of Harrison County.

Our subject and his wife are the parents of five children, born in the following order: Bruce C., July 1, 1882; Henry L., January 21, 1884; William E. (deceased), born April 16, 1887; Florence, August 9, 1889, and John W., April 10, 1891.

Politically, our subject is identified with the Democratic party.

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