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 686
LEONARD ATALISSA LAMB, Superintendent of fence-building for C. R. & P. R .R. from Davenport to Brooklyn; born Dec. 25, 1825 in Harrison Co., Ohio; worked at threshing-machine and reaper building at Martinsville, Ohio, several years; in 1857, came to Atalissa, and engaged in carpenter and joiner work till 1863; was then appointed agent for the Railroad Co. at Atalissa, which he filled till 1869, since which time he has followed his present business. Married Rebecca J. Stewart July 23, 1849; she was born June 25, 1827, in Williamsport, Va; have four children living--Emerson S., Amanda L., Mary H. and Charles H.; lost one--Hattie B. Is a member of Ionic Lodge, No. 122, A. F & A. M., at Atalissa.
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