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 690
THOMAS BIRKETT, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. West Liberty; was born in Lancashire, England, in 1829, where he received a good education; in 1850, he set sail for the United States; stopped in New Jersey ; remained two years; emigrated to California in the spring of 1852; there successfully engaged in mining until the fall of 1855, when he returned to New Jersey, and married Miss Lucy Hargraves, a native of that State, and in the spring od 1856, sought a permanent home in Iowa. They had two children-- Lucy M.( now Mrs. Nichols ) and Charles E. Mrs. B. died April 1, 1859, leaving a devoted husband and two small children to mourn their loss. In 1861, Mr. B. married Miss Susie Hargraves; they have six children--- Lilla, Edith, Bertha, Vincent H., Lindley T., and Fred. Mrs. B. is a consistent member of the Methodist Church. Mr. B. has held several offices of trust and responsibility in the county, and for the last five years has been County Commissioner. Was a Whig; now a Republican.
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