Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 603
LEMUEL MCINTOSH

Lemuel MCINTOSH was born January 28, 1857, in St. Johns township, Harrison county, Iowa, the son of George R. and Barbara J. (FRAZIER) MCINTOSH, who were natives of Putnam county, Indiana, who came to Harrison county in 1856 and located on a tract of land where Missouri Valley now stands. They were the parents of seven children, of whom Lemuel was the eldest.

Mr. MCINTOSH received his education in the common schools, living at home until his marriage. He then bought eighty acres of land where he now lives. He paid twenty-five dollars an acre for it and in 1892 he sold it for thirty dollars an acre and in 1912 he bought it back, giving one hundred and thirty dollars an acre for it. The farm was slightly improved when he first got it, but it has since been improved and is now one of the best farms in St. Johns township.

Mr. MCINTOSH was married, January 5, 1887, to Harriett E. WEAVER, who was born in Williams county, Ohio, the daughter of William and Lavina (STEELE) WEAVER, natives of Pennsylvania. Harriett WEAVER had come to Harrison county for a visit and Mr. MCINTOSH told her that women were more plentiful in Ohio than in Harrison county at that time and asked her to stay in Iowa and be his wife, as they needed her in Iowa more than in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. MCINTOSH have two children, George W. and Eugene, both of whom are still at home with their parents.

Mr. MCINTOSH engages in general farming and stock raising and now owns three hundred acres of land and his own threshing outfit. He uses a steam engine for that purpose and does his plowing with a gas engine. His stock is not thoroughbred, but it is of excellent quality. His horses are of the Percheron breed and have taken prizes at the county fairs.

Mr. MCINTOSH is a Democrat and though he has held several minor offices he has never been an office seeker nor particularly active in political affairs, preferring to devote most of his time to his agricultural interests. Mr. and Mrs. MCINTOSH are among the most highly respected citizens of their community and among the best known farmers in Harrison county. Mr. MCINTOSH is interested in all public questions and to them he devotes considerable time and energy.

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