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Joseph had a serious accident in our community. One day he noticed a flock of cranes near the Ingram farm home. Joseph reached behind the door for his gun. The gun discharged and as a result Joseph lost an arm. The arm was buried in the front yard of the Ephraim Sparrow farm home near the grave of the infant, Frankie James Sparrow.
John F. and Sarah with their sons, Esau and Charles, moved to Nevada, Iowa, in 1890. Joseph was also a resident of Nevada. Joseph served several terms as the Story county recorder. Later Joseph, Esau, and Charles established a real estate and insurance business in Nevada.
The six children of John F. and Sarah Allen Ingram are deceased. Joseph was eighty-eight years of age when he died. Mary Ingram Thrasher and her brothers are buried in California. Sarah Ingram Boster and her sister, Debbie, are buried at Nevada, Iowa.
Irvine :
The Irvine family came to Illinois Grove in the 1870's. Members of the family came to our community at a later date.
Johnston Irvine was born in Ireland on August 25, 1858. Johnston was fifteen years of age when the family moved to Illinois from Ireland. The Irvine family moved from Logan county, Illinois, to Illinois Grove.
Rosalie Albertine Menzel came to Freeport, Illinois, from Germany with her parents at the age of two. In the early 1870's, the Menzel family moved to Story county, Iowa.
Johnston and Tina were married on March 8, 1882. They were the parents of six children. The children were Charles, William, May, Floyd, Flossie, and Lloyd F.
Johnston died on December 23, 1923. Tina died on March 2, 1933.
JEFFERS :
James Jeffers was a prominent man in our community in the 1860's and 1870's. His name is mentioned many times in the records for that period of time. However, we do not know when he came to our community. We do not know how long he actually lived in this community.
James Jeffers could have been a widower at the time of the 1870 census. We can only guess. The 1870 census lists a Hamilton Jeffers, age 12, born in Illinois, living in the C. W. Tucker home. The 1870 census also lists a Betty Jeffers, age 7, born in Iowa, living at the Charles E. Ufford home.
Jeffers was an important pioneer. We regret that we do not have a sketch of the family for this history.