Jasper County, Iowa

ADAMS, John
Farmer, Sec. 11, P.O. Grinnell. He was born in Oneida Co., NY in 1839. He located in this county in 1858. He married Miss Catherine KANADY in 1867. She was born in Tuscarawas Co., OH in 1838. They have one child-- Lomala, born 15 Apr 1872. He is a Republican and Justice of the Peace. He owns 160 acres of land valued at $40 an acre.

ADAMS, Nelson
Farmer, Sec. 14, P. O. Grinnell. He was born in Oneida Co., NY in 1837, and located in this county in 1858. Hemarried Miss Annie PERKINS in 1868. She was born in Indiana in 1845. She is a member of the Friends' Society. He is a Greenbacker, and has been School Director, Township Tresurer and Assessor. He owns 160 acres of land valued at $40 an acre.

ADAMS, William J.
Farmer, Sec. 14, P. O. Grinnell. He was born in Macomb Co, MI in 1842 and located in this county in 1856. he married Lavina STARR in 1866. She was born in Van Buren Co., Iowa in 1845. Their children are Laura J., and Nancy A. They are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican, and owns 120 acres of land valued at $40 an acre.

ALFORD, H. D.
Farmer, Sec. 2, P. O. Grinnell. He was born in St. Lawrence Co., NY in 1830. He moved to Nodaway Co., MO in 1870, and located in this county in 1878. He married Masrinda OLIVER in 1856. She was born in the same county and State in 1838. their children are Charles C., Kittie Estola, Emma, and Oren Dayton. They are members of the M. E. Church. He owns 80 acres of land valued at $2000. (N. B.---this biography was written during the first half hour of the total eclipse of the sun, at 4 P.M., 29 July 1878.)

AUSTIN, Henry A.
Farmer, Sec. 28, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Cumberland Co., ME in 1843. he located in this county in 1869. He married Miss Mary REYNOLDS in 1868. She was born in Kennebec Co, ME in 1848. They had three children-- Lulajuene, Eugene E., and a baby. She is a Mehodist. He is a Republican. He owns 420 acres of land worth $25 an acre. He was on this land when 19 years of age, his father having located it twenty-five years ago. It is one of the best stock farms in this country.

BROOKE, R. M.
Farmer, Sec. 4, P.O. Kellogg. He was born in Seneca Co., OH in 1836 and located in this county in 1852. He married Miss S. J. CROUCH in 1858. She was born in Randolph Co., VA in 1842. Their children are Rosey, Ida, Oliver H., Agreen, Charles L., Anna, Daisey and Maud. He is a Republican, owns 400 acres of land valued at $25 an acre.

BUSHONG, George W.
Farmer, Sec. 36, P.O. Lynnville. He was born in Logan Co., OH in 1834 and located in this county in 1858. Enlisted in 10th I. V. I., Co F on 20 Aug 1861. He mustered out 11 Oct 1864 at Davenport, Iowa. He then located in Poweshiek Co, IA, returned to this county in 1866. He married Miss Elizabeth PHILLIPS in 1856. She was born in Putnam Co., OH in 1837. Their children are U. Abra, William A., M. E. J., Charles E. They are members of the Christian Church. He is a Republican. He lives with his father and cultivates their farm of eighty acres.

CLOSE, George W.
Farmer, Sec. 21, P. O. Kellogg. He was born in Albany co., NY in 1805. He moved to Scott Co., IN in 1818, going next to Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1826. He went to Pontiac, MI in 1829 where he contracted and jobbed on the building and repairing roads for fours years. He located in Oakland Co., MI in 1833, in Bureau Co., IL in 1844. He located in this county in 1864. Me married Miss P. GATES. She was born in Oneida Co., NY in 1809. Their children are John C., and Mary Esta (VEBER). They are members of the Christian Church. He owns 130 acres of land, with a good bearing apple orchard of 400 trees, valued at $40 per acre.

DEAN, Emerson S.
Farmer, Sec 16, P. O. Kellogg. He was born in Windham Co., CT in 1807. He moved to La Salle Co., IL in 1835 and to Livingston Co., seven years later. He located in this county in 1864. He married Nancy MARKS who was born near Circleville, OH. Their children are: Hanna P., Jacob M., Unis J., Rebecca A., Mary F., Philip L., and Thompson. He is a Republican and owns 280 acres of land valued at $35 an acre. He is engaged in breeding full-blooded stock, short-horns, etc.

DOANE, Bradley W.
Farmer, Sec. 7, P.O. Kellogg. He was born in Windham Co. VT in 1845 and located in this county in 1868. He married Lavenia DELAY in 1869. She was born in Highland Co., OH in 1850. Their children are Frank, Fred, and Clara. he is a Republican. He enlisted in Co E, 36th IL V. in 1861, and was discharged on account of disability in 1863. He owns 151 acres of land, valued at $35 an acre.

DOANE, C. N.
Farmer, Sec 18, P.O. Kellogg. He was born in Windham Co. VT in 1842, and located in this county in 1868. He married Mary F. DEAN in 1879. She was born in La Salle Co., IL in 1852. Their children are Albert M., and Warner L. He is a Republican and is a member of the County Board of Supervisors, has held the position the past three years, also Secretary of the School Board. He owns eighty acres, valued at $30 per acre. He enlisted in the 36th IL V, Co E, in 1861. He mustered out in Feb 1863, from the effects of wounds received at the battle of Stone River, 31 Dec 1862. He receives a pension of $8 a month.

FAWCETT, Edward
Farmer, Sec. 9, P. O. Grinnell. He was born in Belmont County, Ohio in 1833. He located in this county in 1855, and married Elizabeth MORRISON in 1860. She was born in Erie Co., NY in 1832. Their children are Alonzo A., Edwin, Rachel E., Marion, Thomas and Mary. They are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican. They own 280 acres of land valued at $25 per acre.

GARDNER, Simon
Farmer, Sec. 7, P. O. Kellogg. He was born in Cambridge, England in 1817 and located in this county in 1846. He went to Iowa Co., Wisc., thence to California, where he remained four and a half years, and then located in this county in 1856. He married Henrietta ORWIN in 1857. she was born in England, and has four children by a former husband. They are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican. He owns 170 acres valued at $35 per acre.

GOODNOUGH, George
Farmer, Sec. 7, P. O. Kellogg. He was born in Broomfield, Isabella Co., Michigan in 1841. He located in this county in 1868 and married Sarah M. HOISINGTON in 1867. She was born in Illinois in 1840. Their children are Lillia G., D. C., Myra M., and George F. They are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican; he rents eighty acres of land, which he has in a high state of cultivation.

HIATT, R. C.
Farmer, Sec. 24, P. O. Oak Grove. He was born in Henry Co., Iowa in 1845. He located in Poweshiek Co., Iowa in 1865, and in this county in 1867. He married Sarah S. SHARPLES in 1867. She was born in Morrow Co., OH in 1842. Their children are Clarence C., Albert J., Anna E., and Lydia B.. They are members of the Friends' Society. He is a Republican. He has sold his farm and rented 100 acres.

HOOVER, J. D.
Farmer, Sec. 9, P. O. Kellogg. He was born in Clearfield Co, PA in 1834 and located in this county in 1868. He married Mary E. HIRDMAN in 1861. She was born in the same county and State in 1841. Their children are John W., Mary D., Hattie, William, Jesse, and baby. They are members of the U. B. Church. He owns eighty acres of land valued at $25 per acre. He enlisted in Co. C. 76th PA V. I., and mustered out at the close of war in 1865 in Harrisburg, PA. He went with Sherman on his march to the sea as far as Raleigh, NC, where his regiment was put on garrison duty. He was with Gen. Terry at the capture of Fort Fisher.

HORN, L. H.
Farmer, Sec. 23, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Washington Co., PA in 1845. He located in Keokuk in 1866 and in this county in 1871. He married Miss E. STARR in 1872. She was born in this county in 1850. They have two children-- Nettie May and Willie E. They are members of the M. E. Church. He owns eighty acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. He is a Greenbacker.

KIMBERLY, W. C.
Farmer, Sec. 17, P. O. Kellogg. He was born in Jefferson, Indiana in 1842 and located in this county in 1861. He married Emily E. PARKER, who was born in Indiana in 1842. They have two children-- Lulu Bell and Emma G. They are Baptists, and he is a Republican. He owns 120 acres, valued at $30 per acre. He has been Justice of the Peace four years, and holds the office at the present time.

MENDENHALL, Jacob
Farmer, Sec. 35, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Guilford Co., NC in 1852, and located in this county in 1868. He married Hannah MORGAN in 1846; she died in 1870. their children are Miles R., Joseph Q., Lina Metilla, Ella, Elmer C., and Tillman H. He married his second wife Sally Doan in 1876. She was born in North Carolina. They have one child-- baby. They are members of the Friends' Society. He is a Republican. He owns 145 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre.

MEREDITH, Henry C.
Farmer, Sec. 33. He lives on the farm with his father.

MEREDITH, John
Farmer, Sec. 33, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Pendleton, SC in 1809 and located in this county in 1850. He married Martha BROWN in 1853. She was born in Kentucky and was raised in Morgan Co., IL Their children are Henry C., Sarah W., Maranda I., Jonathan C., and Christy A. By a former marriage he had 10 children, of whom seven are living. Mrs. Meredith had four children by a former marriage. They are Baptists, and he is a Republican. He owns 226 acres of land, with coal, valued at $35 per acre.

MOCKLER, Thomas
Farmer, Sec. 4, P.O. Grinnell. He was born in Cook Co., IL in 1838, and located in this county in 1878. He married Mrs. Eliza DELAY in 1878. She was born in Ohio. He owns seventy acres of land, valued at $35 per acre.

MOODY, G. W.
Farmer, Sec. 24, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Tuscarawas Co., OH in 1852 and located in this county in 1855. He married Miss M. J. NELSON in 1870. She was born in New Jersey in 1852. Their children are John N., Sarah E., and Charles H. They are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican and is Trustee of the school district. He owns eighty acres of land, valued at $40 per acre.

NEWELL, S. S.
Farmer, Sec. 7, P. O. Kellogg. He was born in Clarion Co., PA and located in Scott Co., Iowa in 1855, and in this county in 1876. He married F.A. POWELL in 1860. She was born in Madison Co., NY in 1837. Their children are Walter E., Herbert E., Howard S., and Agnes A. They are Presbyterians, and he is a Democrat. He owns 179 acres of land in this county, valued at $40 per acre, property in Scott Co., and in Pennsylvania, worth $12,000.

NICHOLSON, C. T.
Farmer, Sec. 25, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Madison Co., IN, in 1836 and located in this county in 1856. He married Mary A. MARTIN in 1861. She was born in Henry Co., IN in 1842. they have four children-- Horace G., William E., Elizabeth J., and Mary. His family are members of the Friends' Society. He is a Republican, and owns eighty acres of land, valued at $30 per acre.

NICHOLSON, Jesse
Farmer, Sec 25, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Clinton Co., OH in 1806. He moved to Madison Co., IN in 1834 and thence to this county in 1856. He married Mary D. DAVIS in 1834. She was born in Clearfield Co., PA in 1812. They have six children-- Charles Q., Amos L., Daniel W., Alonzo L., Sarah E., and Lula. They are members of the Friends' Society. He is Independent in politics. He owns 40 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre.

PENROSE, Edwin
Farmer, Sec. 23, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Berks Co., PA in 1807. He moved to Canada in 1808, returned to Jefferson Co., OH in 1815, thence to Belmont Co., in 1818. He went to Knox Co. in 1841, to Whiteside Co., IL in 1845, to Keokuk Co., Iowa in 1865 and to this county in 1868. He married Mary SPENCER in 1828. She was born in Virginia in 1805, and died in 1872. Their children living are Lavinia, Eliza, Ann, Rachel, Nathan and Jesse. They are members of the Hicksite branch of the Friends' Society. He has been Town Clerk, Treasurer, and School Director. He owns eighty acres of land, valued at $30 per acre.

PERKINS, John
Farmer, Sec. 26, P.O. Lynnville. He was born in Guilford Co., NC in 1828. He located in this county in 1865. He married Catherine EDWARDS in 1835. She was born in the same county and State in 1828. Their children are Eliza, Hannah and Mahaley. They are members of the Friends' Society. He is a Republican, and owns 140 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre.

RAFFERTY, J. H.
Farmer, Sec. 33, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Pike Co., IL in 1853 and located in this county in 1856. His father died in 1872. He owns an undivided interest in the farm of 40 acres, and which he is managing for the family.

RANDALL, William
Farmer, Sec. 8 and 9, P.O. Kellogg. He was born in Scioto Co., Oh in 1831, and located in this county in 1876. He married Eliza E. DELAY in 1858. She was born in Adams Co., OH in 1835. they have five children-- John W., Francis M., Clarence W., Cyrus N., and baby. He is a Greenbacker, and owns 260 acres of land, valued at $6000.

ROBINSON, William J.
Farmer, Sec 8, P.O. Kellogg. He was born in Somerset Co., PA in 1831. He moved to Henry Co. IL in 1856, and to this county in 1876. He married Tabetha SCOTT in 1854. She was born in Jefferson Co. OH in 1834. Their children are I. S., John M., W. J., Adeline J., Effie E., Minnie May, and Arthur V. He is a Republican. He owns 220 acres of land valued at $30 per acre. He enlisted in 127th IL V. I. in 1862, and was promoted to 1st Sgt. He was wounded at Ezra Church battle of Atlanta, GA, 28 Jul 1864. He rejoined his regiment in the October following. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and was mustered out in Chicago in 1865.

RULE, J. W.
Farmer, Sec. 36, P.O. Lynnville. He was born in Tuscarawas Co., OH, in 1835, and located in this county in 1866. He married his wife, Margaret in 1856. She was born in Harrison Co., OH in 1841. Their children are William, Mary J. and Ann. He is a Republican, and he owns 40 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre.

RUTLEDGE, D. M.
Farmer, Sec 2, P.O. Grinnell. He was born in Kentucky in 1819 and located in this county in 1846. He moved to Poweshiek Co., Iowa in 1848, and returned to Jasper Co in 1878. He married Mary PATRICK in 1860. She was born in Indiana. Their children are Nelson F., Margaret J., Sarah M., William H., Nancy A., and Elsie E. Mrs Rutledge is a member of the U. B. Church. He owns seventy-five acres of land, valued at $25 per acre.

STANLEY, Jesse
Indian mechanical instructor. He was born in Henry Co., IN in 1834 and located in this county in 1858. He married Amy NORTON in 1856. She was born in the same county and State in 1838. They are members of the Friends' Church. He owns an improved farm in Sec. 36, valued at $30 per acre. He has been instructing the Osage and Kaw Indians in mechanical arts during the last four years, by direction of the U. S. Government. He moved out with his family in August of 1878, for permanent location there.

STANLEY, D. C.
Farmer, Sec 36, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Henry Co., IN in 1840, and located in this county in 1857. He married Belinda WILLIAMS in 1856. She was born in Indiana. Their children are Luther and Orin. They are meembers of the Friends' Society. He is a Republican and owns 105 acres of land valued at $35 per acre.

TAYLOR, Edward
Farmer, Sec. 9, P.O. Grinnell. He was born in Leitrim Co., Ireland in 1836, and came to this country in 1850 and located in this county in 1866. He married Miss Ellen ATWOOD in 1862. She was born in Litchfield Co., CT in 1840. They have four children-- Merritt E., Willy E., Calvin F., and George A. They are members of the M. E. Church; he is a Republican. He owns sixty acres of land, valued at $30 per acre.

WILLIAMS, John
Farmer, Sec. 25, P. O. Lynnville. He was born in Orange Co, IN in 1817, and located in this county in 1854. He married Annie LAMDIN in 1839. She died in 1863. He has eight children living-- Bellinda, Isaac, Isaiah, Wilford, William R., James A., John S., and Thomas E. They are members of the Friends' Society. He is a Republican. He owns 240 acres, valued at $35 per acre.

YOUNG, R.
Farmer, Sec 16, P. O. Kellogg. He was born in Fulton Co., NY in 1825 and located in this county in 1866. He married Martha A. PEIRSON in 1865. She was born in Worcester Co., MA in 1846. Their children are Horace E., George H., Louis M., Cyrus H., Albert L. They are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republican and owns 160 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre.