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 691
IRA NICHOLS, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. West Liberty; a native of Seneca Co, N. Y.; born in 1820; removed with his parents to Morrow Co., Ohio; remained there until 1853, then removed to Muscatine Co., Iowa, where he has since resided; in the same year he located and improved the farm on which he now resides. Mr. N. married Miss Elizabeth W. Luse, a native of Washington Co., Penn., in 1843; they have three children--- Charles M., Isaac A., and J. I.; one son, Pliny C., died in the hospital from a wound received at Vicksburg. Members of the Methodist Church. Mr. N. is a stanch Republican.
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