Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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MOSES B. MCINTOSH

Moses B. MCINTOSH, (deceased), was a farmer in St. John's Township, who figured conspicuously in the early settlement of Harrison County, coming in as he did in 1856. His first land was a half section owned by himself and brother, and is now the present site of Missouri Valley. When he came there, there was no settlement west of the Missouri River, and as far south as Loveland and the Cox settlement was the only one between the Valley and Harris Grove. He improved this place, and remained there until 1866, when he sold to the Northwestern Railroad Company, and moved a mile and a half to the south, where he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land, but subsequently sold that and removed to Jewell County, Kan., where he remained eight years, came back to St. John's Township and bought land north of Missouri Valley, on sections 3 and 4, where he remained until his death, which occurred in February, 1888. The deceased was born April 27, 1818. He was a son of George MCINTOSH, a native of Kentucky, who married Miss Elizabeth BOONE, a relative of the famous "Hunter of Kentucky," Daniel Boone. Among their children, was our subject, Moses B., who spent his early life in Kentucky. The family removed to Putnam County Ind., at an early day. His father was a farmer and a miller, and Moses was engaged in the mill for a number of years. January 6, 1838, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth MARKSBURY, of Kentucky. This union resulted in the birth of twelve children.

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