For
Muscatine County Iowa
1879
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1879 | |
Here is what the abbreviations in the bios stand for: far: farm; Co.: company or county; dir: dealer; IVA: Iowa Volunteer Artillery; IVC: Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; IVI: Iowa Volunteer Infantry; P.O.: Post Office; S. or Sec.: section; and st.: street.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 682
T. L. ADY, far., Sec.11; P. O. Atalissa; owns ninety-five acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born May 27, 1829, in Harrison Co., Ohio; in the spring of 1844, his parents moved to Belmont Co., Ohio; in 1851, to Louisa Co., Iowa; in 1852, to Sweetland Tp., of this county; in the spring of 1854, came to this township. Married Sarah E. Lamb Feb. 22, 1857; she was born in January, 1837, in Wayne Co., Mich.; her father died three months before she was born, and her mother two weeks after; have one son--- Hall G., born Jan.6, 1862. Mr. A. has served his township as Trustee; is also a member if Ionic Lodge, No. 122 of A.F.& A. M.., at Atalissa; also member of church; assisted in organizing their Sabbath school, of which he has served as Superintendnet eight years. Republican.
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