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Baldwin, W.S., farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Lothrop.

Banks, James, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Lothrop.

Barker, Johnson, farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Lothrop.

Bartz, Martin, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Bevington.

Bedwell, William, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Lothrop.

Benson, E.H., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

BERGEN, ULYSSES, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Indianola; was born in Pittsyvania county, Virginia, October 9, 1817, and lived there till the spring of 1830, and emigrated to Henry county, Indiana, with his parents, and lived there till 1845, then to Andrew county, Missouri, and came from there to this county in 1846, and has lived here since; married to Miss Margaret Waddell, November 11, 1841, a native of Indiana, born February 15, 1820; have a family of two sons and five daughters living: Samuel W., Mildred T. [wife of Samuel Reddish], Sarah J. [wife of Edward Swatrs], John D. [deceased], Elizabeth N., [wife of James Hedrick], J.M., Mary F. [wife of Henry Griffith], Oliver H. [deceased], Robert M. [deceased], and Sinai G.; he was one of the first two justices of the peace elected in the county owns a farm of 412 acres.

Bilby, Jane, P.O. Lothrop.

Blair, George J., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Bevington; was born January 25, 1834, in the state of Kentucky, and lived there till the spring of 1866, then came to Warren county, on the 4th day of May, 1866; was married to Miss Mary A. Hamilton, a native of Kentucky, in the year 1856; has a family of three sons and four daughters: Sarah [now Mrs. E. Kannard], Luella [now Mrs. Geo. Hedrick], John C., Clawell, Lenard, Parthenia M., and Mary E.; owns a farm of 103 acres; has held the office of treasurer of school board.

Brown, Emma, P.O. Bevington.

Brownrig, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Lothrop.

BROWN, J.R., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Lothrop; born in Laport county, Indiana, March 22, 1837, and came to Butler county, this State, in the spring of 1856, and since that time has lived in Illinois, Missouri and Madison county, this State, and came from there to this county; he was married in this State, in the fall of 1866, to Miss Arminta Casidy, a native of Ohio; they have a family of two sons and one daughter living: Cora Lee, Homer D. and John H., and one deceased, Nina; he enlisted in the late war in Co. G, 32d Iowa infantry, in August, 1862, and served three years under Captain Rosell; he owns an improved farm of 110 acres.

BURRIS, J.W., carpenter and farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Indianola; born in Belmont county, Ohio, April 3, 1822, and lived there until eleven years of age, when he emigrated, with his parents, to Butler county, the same State, and remained there till twenty-four years of age; he married Miss Mary Woodruff, a native of Ohio, January 24, 1847; then emigrated to Indiana in 1848, and came from there to Des Moines in the spring of 1860, and from there to this county February 24, 1865; has a family of three children living: Luther L., Catherine A. [wife of George Hensel], and Mary J.; has a fine farm of 120 acres.

BERGER, H., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Indianola; born in Orange county, New York, in 1830, and lived there till seven years of age, then moved to Rochester, with his parents, and remained till about eighteen years of age; emigrated from there to Indiana, and worked on the Michigan Central Railroad, the first one that ever run into Chicago; left there for one year, and returned to New York; was married there to Miss Lucinda Wild, a native of Virginia, in 1852, and came to this county in 1857, and since that time has lived fourteen years in Indianola; has a family of three sons, and three daughters: Herbert, Charles, Lonnie, Elfraid E., Jennie E. and Lydia; owns a farm of eighty-five acres.

BURLINGAME, S.L., farmer and carpenter, Sec. 3; P.O. Lothrop; was born in Ohio, February 17, 1825, and lived there till about twenty-six years old; came to this county in the fall of 1850, and settled on what is known as the six mile strip, which then belonged to Polk county; was married in this county, to Miss Rhoda Tuttle, December 31, 1850, a native of Ohio; have five sons and six daughters: Josiah T., T.J., A.L., Sarah N., Adaline F., S.C. Perry, Dora A., Frank L., Lillie and Nellie [twins], and Rhoda E.; was in the late war in Co. E, Second Iowa Infantry; mustered in September 28, 1864, mustered out June 12, 1865; was in the battles of Savannah, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina; Bentonville, North Carolina; has been surveyor two terms, and justice of the peace, in 1857.

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Carter, B.F., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Lothrop.

CASH, MICHAEL, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lothrop; was born in Kings county, Ireland, in the year 1820, and lived there till about twenty-seven years of age, when he came to America and settled in New Jersey, where he lived for about eight years, and married Miss Ellen McCormack, April 8, 1849, she was born in Ireland in 1831; they came to this county, in 1856; have a family of two sons and two daughters: John H., James, Mary and Ellen; he owns a farm of 160 acres.

Cherry, H.R., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Lothrop.

Chiles, J.L., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Lothrop.

Churchman, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Bevington.

CHURCHMAN, MRS. HELENA, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Bevington; widow of Michael Churchman, who was born in Germany in the year 1808, and came in 1830 to Ohio; before he came to Ohio he lived in New York about one year; he came to this county in the spring of 1854, and died in April, 1877. Mrs. Churchman, whose maiden name was Helen Wonderlen, was born in Switzerland in 1818, and married her husband in 1839; have a family of nine children: Mary, Elizabeth, Isabel, Helena, Susan, Henry, John, Joseph, and Michael; she owns a farm of about 900 acres.

CHURCHMAN, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Bevington; born in Ohio in 1844; came with his parents to this county; married Margaret Lee, a native of Illinois, January 22d, 1874; has a family of one daughter, Mary H.

Colclazier, J.M., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Lothrop.

Conner, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Bevington.

COUNCIL, WILLIS, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Lothrop; born in Illinois in 1812, and lived there till the 7th of March, 1832, when he enlisted in the Black Hawk war, under Gen. Adkinson, and served till the close, August 27th of the same year; he left Illinois in 1844, and came to Carroll county, Mo., and remained till he came to this county, in August, 1846, and since that time has lived here; he was the second child born in the State of Illinois; was first married to Miss Matilda Basman, a native of Kentucky, in 1834; by this marriage he has a family of two sons and three daughters: Jane, Frances, Clarinda, Leonard B., and John W.; he was married a second time to Elizabeth M. Stockton, a native of Illinois, in August, 1872; he owns fifty-seven acres of land.

Crawford, Matthew, farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Lothrop.

CROW, WM., farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Lothrop; born in Pulaski county, Kentucky, in 1818, and lived there till about sixteen years of age, when, with his father, he emigrated to Illinois, and lived there till 1839; went from there to Missouri and lived six years, and then came directly to this county, February 6, 1846, and was one of its earliest settlers; first settled on what was known as the "six-mile strip," and belonged to Polk county; while living in Mercer county, Missouri, he married Miss Sirena Young, February 8, 1844, a native of Virginia; has a family of ten children living: William, Mary J., Joseph M., John T., James N., Ellen, Henry S., George E., Ruth A. and Orrin; owns a farm of 260 acres; his son William S., a native of this county, was married to Miss Mary E. Merryman, a native of Virginia, in the year 1867; They have one son: Roscoe E.; he enlisted in the late rebellion in the one hundred day service in Co. C., Forty-eighth Regiment in June, 1865, and was mustered out at Rock Island, Illinois, in October the same year; encountered no engagements while in the service.

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Davitt, James, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Lothrop.

Davis, T.H., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

DAVISSON, J.M., farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 26; P.O. Indianola; is a native of West Virginia; born August 9, 1818, and lived there till they came to this county, March 20, 1864; was married to Ann Reed, a native of West Virginia, born February 15, 1820; have a family of four sons and three daughters living: J.B., Ara C. [wife of Levi Hammond], G.G., Harriet J. [wife of William Lawrence], Henrietta, William and Howard C.; his son Jesse, B., was in the late war, in Co. C, Fourth Regiment West Virginia Cavalry, enlisted July 14, 1863, and discharged at Wheeling, Mar. 9, 1864; owns a farm of 436 acres.

Deheck, J.P., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Bevington.

Deheck, John, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Lothrop.

Deheck, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Lothrop.

Doak, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Lothrop.

Duff, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Indianola.

Dusant, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lothrop.

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Fritz, C., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lothrop.

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Gallagher, T.G., farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. Bevington.

Gettis, James, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Bevington.

GRASSMAN, W., merchant, Churchville; born in Germany, in 1837, and came to this country with his parents when quite young; he raised principally in Ohio; came in Des Moines in 1861, and remained there until 1866; while there he followed the blacksmithing trade; he then came to this county and also followed his trade for about seven years, and then engaged in the mercantile business, and has followed that since; waas married first in this State to Miss Caroline Churchman, in 1865, a native of Ohio; had a family of three sons: Frank S., John H., and Edward M; was married the second time to Miss MAry McCarty, a native of Germany; have two children: Mary E. and Geo. L.; Mr. Grassman is engaged in the mercantile business at Churchville.

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Hall, Michael, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Bevington.

Hall, John, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Bevington.

Hamm, Peter, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Bevington.

Harrell, H.D., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Bevington.

Hayden, Michael, farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Lothrop.

HAYES, CATHERINE, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Bevington; born in Ireland, in the year 1824; was married to Patrick Waldron in April, 1855, who was also born in Ireland, and came to this country when seventeen years of age; he came to this country in 1855, and died in April, 1875; she married a second time to William Hayes, a native of county Clare, Ireland, July 22, 1876; has a fine farm of 200 acres.

Headrick, J.S., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Indianola.

Heaffy, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Lothrop.

Hughart, C., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Bevington.

Hunt, Peter, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Lothrop.

HUSS, GEO., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Lothrop; is a native of Germany; born August 9, 1839, and came to America in the year 1858; he lived in Illinois till August, 1861, at which time he came to this county; he was married in this State to Miss Meana Jansoing, a native of Germany, September 16, 1866; they have a family of one son and two daughters living: Anna, George and Matilda; one deceased, Freddie; he owns and improved farm of 180 acres.

HUSS, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Lothrop; is a native of Germany; born in July 26, 1834; he landed in America in 1857; came to Illionis, and from there to this county in July, 1861; he married Miss Wiebke Selk, a native of Germany, December 31, 1868; they have one son and one daughter: J.H., born May 19, 1871, and Margaret D., born June 1, 1875; he owns a farm of 257 acres.

HUSS, PETER, farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Lothrop; born in Germany, Jan. 27, 1845; came to the United States in 1858; he first came to Illinois, and from there to this county in 1861; he married Miss Elsabea Selk, a native of Germany, in the year 1869; she died November 16, 1876; they have one son, Henry, born Nov. 16, 1876; he enlisted in the late war in Co. H, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, in August, 1862, and after eight months' service, was discharged on account of disability, at St. Louis; owns 80 acres of land.

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Ison, Elzirah, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Lothrop.

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Jackson, Hugh, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Lothrop.

Jailite, Martha, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Indianola.

JAMES, WM. N., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Lothrop; born in Harrison county, Ohio, in January, 1824; lived there till sixteen years old, and went to Illinois, where he remained till in the fall of 1847, when he came to this county and followed blacksmithing in an early day; was first married ato Mary A., daughter of Philip Colclazier, in 1849; she died in 1862, and left a family of four children: Margaret J., JHohn T., Samantha and Matilda, living; he married a second time, to Sarah Starks, a native of Carolina, in September, 1862; had two children, both dead; have a farm of 416 acres; he has held the office of Justice of the Peace.

JELLISON, MRS. ELIZA, farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Lothrop; born in Loverpool, England, in 1838, and came to America with her parents when sixteen years of age, and located in this county in 1854; she was first married to W.T., a son of Dr. Ball, in 1855, a native of Indiana; was married a second time to J. Merryman, a native of Virginia, in the year 1863, who died in 1872, and left a family of three children: Emaliza E., Josephine I. and John E.; she was married to her present husband, John Jellison, July 1, 1879, a native of Ohio, who enlisted in the late war in Co. H, Second Regiment Illinois State Artillery, Jan. 22, 1862, and was discharged July 29, 1865; her first husband, W.T. Ball, was killed by the Indians in Montana Territory in August, 1862; she owns an improved farm of 100 acres.

JOHNSON, ASHLEY, farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Lothrop; born in Highland county, Ohio, July 12, 1817, and lived there till eighteen years of age, and emigrated with his parents to Madison county, Indiana, and remained five years, and returned to his native home; while there he married Miss Mart Hiestand, a native of the came county, March, 1842; came to Van Buren county, in 1848, and to this county, March, in 1848, and to this county, in 1854, and has made this his home since, except eight years that he lived in Polk county; has a family of five sons and two daughters living: Reason L., James H., Emaline E. [now Mrs. J.L. Leggett], C.A., Charlie and Belle, his son R.L., enlisted in the hundred day service, Co. D, Forty-eighth regiment, June, 1865, was mustered out in October, same year; owns a farm of 160 acres.

Johnson, John, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lothrop.

Johnson, Albert, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

Johnson, J.H., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Lothrop.

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KELLAR, H., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lothrop; was born in Washington City, D.C., in the year 1816, and was taken by his parents to Ohio when young, and lived in this State until 1871; he enlisted in the late war in 1863, and served until the close; he came to this county, in 1871, and owns 170 acres of land; he married Miss C.A. Miller, in 1822, she was a native of Shenandoah county, Virginia; their family consists of six children: John F., Nancy .E., Virginia, Hendernson, Thomas and William C.

Kellar J.F., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lothrop.

Kelly, Robert, farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Lothrop.

King, R.I., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Bevington.

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Lamb, H.J., farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Lothrop.

Lee, Bridget, farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Bevington.

Lee, S.W., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Bevington.

LEGGETT, J.L., merchant, P.O. Lothrop; was born in Belmont county, Ohio, August 30, 1839, went from there with hs parents to Indiana, and only remained about one year, and then to Marshall county, Illinois, and lived there until about seventeen years of age; then came to Warren county, in 1857, and made his home with his half brother, Wm. N. James, except a part of the time, when he was visiting his parents in Illinois; at the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in Co. K, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, March 6, 1865; was in the battles of Franklin, Tennessee; Nacshville, Tennessee, and Tupello, Tennessee; after the war he came back to this county, and married Miss Emaline E. Johnson, October 5, 1865, a native of this State; have a family of two sons and one daughter: Annie B., Bertie L., and Ikie W., postmaster at Lothrop, was appointed September 30, 1874l owns a farm of 120 acres in Adair county, this State.

Linman, John, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Bevington.

Lively, G.H., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Indianola.

LOCKRIDGE, JACOB, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Lothrop;. is a native of Indiana; born Sept. 28, 1837, and lived with his parents till he came to this county in July, 1853; he was married to I.F. Simmons, a native of Iowa, May 22, 1859; they have a family of three children living: Samuel N., Aaron B. and Mary C.; one dead: Julia A.; he had held several township offices; owns a nicely improved farm of 154 acres.

Lockridge, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Lothrop.

Lockridge, David, farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Lothrop.

Lockridge, M.P., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Lothrop.

LOCKRIDGE, MRS. MARY P., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Spring Hill; widow of Samuel Lockridge, who was born in West Virginia, 1809, and lived there till September, 1834, when he emigrated to Henry county, Ind., and lived there four years, and then to Brown county, and lived there sixteen years; came from there to this county in 1853, in the summer, and lived on the same farm since; Mrs. Lockridge was born in 1812, and married to Mr. L. in Virginia, in 1832, Dec. 9; have a family of nine children living: William, James, Jacob, David, Lucinda [wife of Wm. Simmons], Elizabeth A. [wife of James Hart], Catharine [wife of Charles B. Davidson], Mary J. [wife of Samuel T. Leap]; Mr. Lockridge was killed by accident in a mill March 17, 1866.

Lough, J.F., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Indianola.

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McCarten, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Lothrop.

Mack, R.F., P.O. Lothrop.

McClain, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

McClain, Calvin, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

McDaniel, Henry, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

McDonnell, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Lothrop.

McCormick, Eli, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Lothrop.

McDonnell, Peter, farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Bevington.

McGuire, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lothrop.

McKIMMY, J.S., attorney-at-law, Sec. 22; P.O. Lothrop; is a native of Washington county, Ind; born May, 1831; in 1841 he came to Burlington, this State, and remained till 1849, when he emigrated to Warren county, and has been identified with its interests ever since: in Oct., 1853, he went to Des Moines county and married Miss Jeanette Woodside, a native of Henry county, Ind., and resided in Indianola till 1858, and followed the carpenter trade; then moved to section 31, in Jefferson township, and lived there till 1866, and for the purpose of schooling his children he moved to his present home; having been elected justice of the peace in 1860, he received such a knowledge of the law that he naturally drifted into the practice of his profession, and is now a licensed attorney in the Supreme Court of the State, and his entire attention is given to the practice of law; he also owns a saw-mill, and for several years has been connected with the lumber business; he has a family of seven children living, whose names are, respectively, Roswell A., Mary E., Lorah E., Eugene C., Robert W., Cora A. and Lydia J.; he owns 430 acres of land.

McMackin, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Eothrop.

McManus, Ed., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lothrop.

McMains, James, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lothrop.

McVey, John, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Indianola.

Marks, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Bevington.

Martins, Frederick, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Lothrop.

Merryman, Rebecca, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

Milroy, John, farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Bevington.

MILLER, FRANCIS J., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Lothrop; born in Germany August 3d, 1833, and came with his parents to this country when four years old; he first lived in Indiana, and came from there to Marion county, this State, in 1845, and lived there till he come to this county, in the spring of 1875. He was married to Catherine Kessler, a native of Germany, in 1860; he has a family of six children living: Frank J., born April 1st, 1861, Valentine, born Feb. 20, 1863, Mary, born June --, 1867, Barbara, born July --, 1869, Martha, born ----, 1871, Lawrence, born ----, 1874.

Morrissy, M., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lothrop.

MORRIS, BENJAMIN, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lothrop; is a native of Clark county, Kentucky; born October 7th, 1821, and came from there to Shelby county, Ind., with his parents when about four years old, and remained there till he came to this county, in October, 1853. He was married in Shelby county, Indiana, to Miss Artie Keck, a native of West Va., Dec. 17, 1846; she was born Nov. 11, 1827; they have a family of seven children living: Daniel T., Annie, Willis G., Marion F., Allen M., Riley, and Dora, and three deceased: Clark, Greenlee, and Elda. Annie is now the wife of D.S. Myers; they have one son: Willis A. Mr. Morris owns a farm of 281 acres.

Murphy, J.B., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Bevington.

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Newell, Francis, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Indianola.

Nothum, Paul, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Bevington.

Nugent, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Bevington.

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Parr, James S., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Indianola.

Perkins, H.H., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Lothrop.

Perkins, M.V., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lothrop.

Perkins, E., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Lothrop.

Peter, John, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Bevington.

Powers, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Lothrop.

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Quinn, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Lothrop.

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REINKE, GUSTAVUS A., saloon, P.O. Lothrop; is a native of Prussia; born January 13, 1844, and came to this county October 4, 1857, and up to the time he came to this county, April 28, 1875, he was foreman of bridge building on the C., R.I. and P.R.R.; he was married to Magdalena Stroeber, a native of Bavaria, May 4, 1871; they have a family of one daughter living, Anna, born July 16, 1878; and two deceased, Edward C., born March 28, 1872, and died May 11, 1875; Mr. Reinke was in the war between Prussia and Austria, in the year 1866.

ROSE, JNO. B., farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Bevington; is a native of France, and was born in Bashen Alses, May 11, 1810, and lived there until 1839, when he emigrated to the U.S., and settled first in New York, and after a short residence there came to Ohio; he followed milling and baking for about fifteen years; he came to Warren county in 1854, he married Miss Mary A. Machler, a native of France, in 1847; she died in 1862; he has a family of eight children living: Magdalena, Andrew, Elizabeth, Clemons, Leo, Josephine, Mary A., and Caroline; he owns a good farm of 168 acres.

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Samon, Peter, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Bevington.

Sawyer, F.A., farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Bevington.

SEETHER, F., born in Germany, May 3, 1832; came to America in 1849, and came to this county in 1865; married in Colorado, to Elizabeth Churchman, a native of Ohio, in 1862; have four children: Frank E., Joseph A., Edward H., Helena.

Shehey, James, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

Shehey, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

Simmons, Estate, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Lothrop.

Spain, Michael, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Lothro.

SPENCER, LEONARD S., farmer and stock-shipper, Sec. 3; P.O. Lothrop; born in Trumbull county, Ohio, October 17, 1828, and lived in that State until twenty-six years old; came to Warren couanty, Iowa, in September, 1854, where he has lived since; taught the first school in the district that he lives in, which was organized in 1854; married Miss Catherine C., daughter of John Wheeler, a native of Ohio, March 18, 1855; has a family of one son and two daughters: Charles R., Paulina A. and Anna M.; has a farm of 100 acres;' was appointed postmaster in Feb., 1855, by Postmaster-general Campbell, and held the office for eighteen years at Lynn, which is now changed to Lothrop on the railroad; was elected representative in this county in 1863; Mrs. Spencer's father, John Wheeler, was born in Somerset county, Maine, Nov. 27, 1805, and lived there till eleven years old, when he came with his parents to Washington county, Ohio, and was married in that State to Miss Hannah Hutchings, a native of Maine, in 1826; have a family of five sons and one daughter: Robert, Enos, James, America, William W. and Catherine C. [now Mrs. L.S. Spencer]; has a farm of 100 acres.

Stephens, Peter, farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Lothrop.

Sterrett, S.E. farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Lothrop.

Stewart, Robert, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Indianola.

Stiles, J.S., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Bevington.

Stone, Felix, farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Lothrop.

Story, Felix, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Bevington.

Strahan, J.W., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Lothrop.

Strube, Ernest, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Lothrop.

Swarts, Ed., farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Lothrop.

Swift, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Bevington.

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TODD, MADISON, farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Jefferson, was born in Morgan county, Illinois, January 13, 1834, and lived there till twenty years of age, then with his brother, now the Rev. J.W. Todd, deceased, who died at Winterset, Iowa, June 21, 1879, came to Warren county, and settled in Jefferson township, in September, 1853; was married to Miss Susan E. Walker, September 6, 1856, a native of Indiana; have a family of one son and four daughters, living: Anna E., Clara E., Charles E., Lucy M., and Mary L.; was justice of the peace eight years, and township assessor for a number of years; during the year of 1864 he was through the western territories; owns a farm of 125 acres.

TODD, WM. F., farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Lothrop, was born in Tennessee, October 14, 1829, and came to Morgan county, Illinois, with his parents when only a child, and lived there till twenty-three years of age, and came to this county in the spring of 1850; was married while in Illinois, to Miss Emmariller Bryan, in the fall of 1852, a native of Illinois; have a family of three sons and one daughter, living: Mary N., Jacob F., Newton F., and Wesley; has a farm of 200 acres; has held the office of township assessor and road supervisor.

THOMAS, MARY A., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Lothrop, widow of Simon Thomas, who was born in Virginia, September 27, 1826, and lived there till twelve years old, and came with his parents to Ohio; it was while there that Mr. Thomas married to her; her maiden name was Mary A. Tucker, a native of Virginia; they left Ohio and came to Warren county in 1855; he died in September 21, 1873; have a family of one son and one daughter: George H., and Sarah E. [now Mrs. Lough]; her son, Geo. H., enlisted in the late warr, under Capt. Ogg, in the Third Iowa Infantry, May 1861; owns a farm of 160 acres.

Turpin, Sarah, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Bevington.

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Wakefield, H.T. farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Indianola.

Wallace, Wm., farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. Bevington.

WALLACE, MRS. JULIA A., farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Bevington; widow of J.S. Wallace, who was born in Fayette county, Indiana, in 1822, and lived there until he came to this county, in 1848, and died Sept 30, 1873. Mrs. Wallace, whose maiden name was Julia A. Bilby, was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, Sept 10, 1825, and was married to her husband in that State on October 19, 1844; she has a family of four children living, two sons and two daughters: Jane, John T., Joshua W., and Emariller. She owns a farm of 237-1/2 acres.

Walker, J.S., farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Indianola.

Walker, T.A., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Indianola.

WALSH, ADAM, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lothrop; born in Kings county, Ireland, in 1818, and lived there till 30 years of age, then came to America and landed in New Orleans in the fall aof 1848, and came to this county ini April, 1852. He married Margaret Gill, a native of Ireland, in the summer of 1859; they have a family of six sons and one daughter: Patrick, Adam, John, Thomas, Mary, Darby, and George; has a farm of 335 acres; he has held the office of Township Trustee.

Ward, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Bevington.

Way, Jane, farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Lothrop.

Welch, M.S., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Lothrop.

WHEELER, JAS., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Lothrop; born in Morgan county, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1833, and lived there till he came to this county, in 1853. He married Miss Matilda Davis, a native of Morgan county, Ohio, July 12th, 1873; she was born Spet. 18, 1848; they have a family of two sons and two daughters: Wilber, born July 24th, 1872; Mary L., born Nov. 17th, 1874; Eva M., born Dec. 18, 1876, and John W., born Sept. 19, 1878.

WILLIAMSON, R.W., farmer and veterinary surgeon, Sec. 20; P.O. Bevington; born in Caroline county, Maryland, August 27, 1828; when about two years of age his parents emigrated to Fayette county, Indiana, and remained six years, then to Madison county, Indiana, and from there he came ato this county in October, 1857; has been twice married -- first in Madison county, Indiana, to Miss Elizabeth C. Pierce, of Kentucky, who died, leaving a family of one son and two daughters: John L.J., Susan C. [now Mrs. B.F. Carter], and Elizabeth S. [ now Mrs. Henderson Keller; was married a second time to Sarah J. Bryan, January 17, 1872, who was born in Greene county, Illinois, in 1830; owns an improved farm of 120 acres, but makes his profession a specialty. Mr. Williamson's father was born in Caroline county, Maryland, December 17, 1790, and died September 13, 1878; was married to Sarah Whitely, a native of Marylanda, who was born September 6, 1791, and died September 6, 1791, and died September 20, 1866, leaving grandchildren and great-grandchildren numbering 130, and three great-great-grandchildren.

Wise, W.N., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Lothrop.

Wonderlin, Mary A., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lothrop.

Wonderlin, Anthony, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Lothrop.