Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 524
SOLOMON GOSS SPRACKLEN

Solomon Goss SPRACKLEN (Spracklin), a representative farmer of Taylor Township, residing on section 19, came to Harrison County in the spring of 1866, just at the close of the war. He bought eighty acres of wild land and built a frame house 14x24 feet, and in december of the same year bought eighty acres of more land adjoining the first tract he had bought. In the summer of 1881 he built his present frame residence, which is a two-story building, 14x24 feet, with an ell 14x20 feet. In 1887 he built a barn, 42x70 feet, with fourteen foot posts, which holds one hundred and twenty-six tons of hay. This barn ranks among the best in Harrison County. When he first came to the county, Magnolia was his nearest trading town, and there were but few settlers on the Missouri Bottoms.

Mr. SPRACKLEN was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 4, 1828. He is the son of John and Lydia (GOSS) SPRACKLEN. The father was a native of England, while his mother was the first child born at Dayton, Ohio. Our subject remained at home until 1852, when he came to Tama County, Iowa, remained a short time and then went to Benton County. He purchased a part of the land which the town of Belle Plaine now stands upon. He lived in that section until 1857, except one year that he spent in Ohio. We next find him in Johnson County, Iowa, where he bought a farm, remained eight years, and then came to Harrison County.

He was united in marriage, April 2, 1857, in Johnson County, Iowa to Miss Louisa Jane AVETTS, the daughter of William and Louisa AVETTS. Our subject and his wife are the parents of eight children -- Ella J., Mary, Dartha, Sarah, Minnie, Nancy, Jesse J., and Alice Grace.
Our subject's wife was born in Tennessee May 26, 1839, and when but a small girl her parents came to Hardin County, Illinois. Her mother died when she was young, and her father remarried, after which she lived with her grandmother and came to Johnson County, Iowa, with a family by the name of MORTON, and there remained until the date of her marriage, She is a member of the Christoan Church.   Mr. SPRACKLEN is identified with the Democratic party and has held the office

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