From the History of Linn county Iowa,
Vol. 1, 1911, by Brewer & Wick. P. 287:
"Among other early settlers might be mentioned Perry
Oliphant and his wife Susanna, as well as his sons
Silas, Edward, John, William, and Henry, and his
daughters Lizzie, Mary, and Rillar. these came in 1839
or 1840."
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