For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 723
JOHN P. TEETER. Among the highly improved farms of Cedar township, Muscatine county, is that which pays tribute to the excellent management of John P. Teeter. It comprises two hundred and seventy-six acres and is supplied with all modern conveniences so that it is today one of the model establishments of the kind in the county. Mr. Teeter was born in Keokuk, Iowa, June 26, 1867, a son of Paris and Elizabeth (McManus) Teeter. The mother was a native of Kentucky and the father of Indiana. They were married in Iowa and Mr. Teeter began as a farmer in Mahaska county, Iowa, where he continued for five years. He then removed to Keokuk county and, having lost his wife in 1872, was married to Lucy Harding Brook of Keokuk county. Of the first union seven children were born, six of whom are now living: Lavisa, the wife of James Bell, who resides near Des Moines, Iowa; Nancy, now Mrs. George Bell, of Burr Oak, Kansas; Martha, the wife of Charles Wade, who lives near Spirit Lake, Iowa; Catherine, the wife of Frank McIntosh, of Cherry, North Dakota; William, of Chillicothe, Missouri; John P., our subject; and Lucinda, the wife of Chockley Bates, of What Cheer, Iowa. Three children were born of the second marriage of Mr. Teeter. He departed this life in 1902.John P. Teeter remained with his parents until he was ten years of age and for the next six years made his home with his eldest sister. At sixteen years of age he began to provide for himself by working out by the month and at the age of twenty-one, having married, he purchased a small farm which he cultivated until his wife's death, in 1888. The next five years he spent in the Rocky mountains. Returning to Iowa in 1894, he worked in the coal mines and having again married, located upon a farm of two hundred and seventy-six acres in Cedar township, the heritage of his wife. Under his management this place has become one of the highly improved possessions of the county.
Mr. Teeter married Addie Colbert, a native of Louisa county, Iowa, and a daughter of Luther and Phoebe (Kaiser) Colbert, the former of whom was a native of Ohio and the latter of Muscatine county, Iowa. There were five children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Colbert, three of whom are now living; Henry, of Johnson county, Iowa; Addie, now Mrs. Teeter; and Jacob, who lives upon the old homestead. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Teeter two children have been born: Marvin Luther, born August 30, 1900; and Naomi Lorene, whose birth occurred May 22, 1908.
Mr. Teeter is a stanch adherent of the republican party, believing that its principles are best adapted to promote the prosperity of the country. He has never sought public office, as his time and energy are mainly devoted to his family and the duties of the farm. He and his wife are members of the Dunkard church and earnest workers in its behalf. By the faithful and conscientious discharge of his duties Mr. Teeter has gained a standing in the community as one of its highly respected and trustworthy citizens.
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