Biographies
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Muscatine County Iowa
1889



Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 358

FRANCIS M. BACHELOR, and enterprising and progressive farmer, residing on section 14, Sweetland Township, was born in Davis County, Ind., on the 22d of February, 1840. He is a son of George and Elizabeth Bachelor, who were the parents of three children, namely : Amelia, Mary and Francis. The death of his mother occurred in 1840, and his father departed this life in 1887, in California, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. The boyhood days of our subject were spent in his native county, but in 1856, when sixteen years of age, he left the parental roof, and in company with his grandfather emigrated to Iowa, locating in Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, where he has since continued to reside. Resolving to never be a bachelor except in name, he was united in marriage on the 27th of December, 1859, with Miss Margaret, daughter of John and Elinor ( Forgg ) Brown, who are old pioneer settlers of Muscatine County of 1841, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Tennessee. Mrs. Bachelor was the fourth in order of birth in a family of five children, namely : James, Mary, Catherine, Margaret and Nancy, but only two are now living, viz : James, who resides at Washington, Ind., and Mrs. Bachelor.

The young people began their domestic life upon a farm owned by Mr. Bachelor's aunt, where they resided for two years, and then removed to their present home on section 14, Sweetland Township. To them have been born three children : Elizabeth E., born Nov. 23, 1860, is now the wife of Charles Eis, a leading farmer residing in Wilton Township ; John G., born Sept. 19, 1865, and Joseph M., May 19, 1871, are both yet at home.

In his political sentiments Mr. Bachelor is a supporter of the Democratic party. Throughout his life he has followed the occupation of farming, and is now thw owner of 160 acres of land, which pays a high tribute to his care and cultivation. He is highly respected throughout the community where he resides, and is ranked among Muscatine County's best citizens.


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