![]() | 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 623
C. C. WINSLOW, dealer in all kinds of sewing machines and attachments, Second street; was born in Somerset Co., Me., in 1834; in 1853, went to California; in 1850, returned to his native State; came to Iowa in 1869; lived in Washington Co. until 1873, then removed to Muscatine. He married in Kennebee Co., Me., Miss Susan Frye, a native of that county; they have two children--Edith Leonora and Walter E. Mr. W. is a member of the Society of Friends; he was a Whig, but adopted the principles of the Republican party on its organization.
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