ADAM EPPERLY.

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Adam Epperly, Nancy Epperly Campbell & Nancy Campbell Vasteen         Nancy Gower Epperly & Cahterine Gower

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         A fine farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres engages the attention of Adam Epperly, an agriculturist of Grand View township. He was born in Wayne county, Indiana, April 14, 1838, his parents being William and Nancy (Gower) Epperly, the mother a native of Maryland and the father of Virginia. They were married in Wayne county, Indiana, where they continued to reside until 1865, when they came to Iowa and settled in Louisa county. Here the father first entered one hundred and thirty-five acres, to which he later added another forty by purchase. He continued to extend his holdings until at the time of his death he owned two hundred and fifty acres of finely improved and highly cultivated land. In his family were two children, the daughter, Mary, being the deceased wife of Jackson Campbell, of California. The father died at the age of . . .

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. . . seventy, but the mother had passed the eighty-fourth anniversary of her birth before her demise. They were laid to rest in Wagoner cemetery.

         Adam Epperly was educated in the common schools of Indiana, and while familiarizing himself with the common branches he was also acquiring the principles of practical farming by assisting his father in the work of the homestead. When he attained the age of twenty-one he began working for himself by cultivating his portion of the home farm, in the operation of which he has ever since been engaged. He now owns one hundred and thirty-five acres of well improved land, all under a high state of cultivation with the exception of forty acres which is in timber. His property is located on section 3, Grand View township, and is one of the excellent farms of that locality. In connection with the tilling of the soil Mr. Epperly raises and feeds stock.

         Mr. Epperly is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he is a republican but he has never been an office seeker. He has never married and devotes his entire time and attention to the cultivation of his farm, which has responded by yielding abundant harvests that always command good prices in the market.