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ALLEN, JONATHAN, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Lothrop; born in Clinton county, Missouri, January 11, 1836; lived there and in Gentry and Davies counties until he came to this county with his parents in the fall of 1847; was married in this county to Miss Mary A. Hutchings, a native of Ohio, in 1855; they have a family of seven children living: Eliza A., Lettie J., Alfred A., Whitley H., Matilda O., Mary M., and Sarah F.; owns a farm of 170 acres.

ALLER, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec 5; P. O. Commerce; born in Canada in 1828, and first came to the United States in 1845, and lived in Vermont, and returned to Canada in 1846 and remained but one year, when he came to the State of New York and made it his home till he came to this county in 1856, and has lived here since, except three years, when he made his home in Des Moines, where he followed the carpenter's trade, and a short time in 1862 that he spent in the mountains; was married in New York State to Miss Ann Douglierty, a native of Ireland, in the year 1850; they have a family of five children living: James, Mary A., Sarah, George, Jane, and two deceased; William and John F.; owns a farm of 120 acres. Mr. Aller, when he came to this county, came to Iowa City by rail, and to his present home by stage, and landed his family with three "bits", or 37 1/2 cents in his pocket--the only money he possessed--and started life in this county with that amount of cash capital and made what he now owns by honest labor and economy; there were times in his pioneer life in this county that he worked two days for one bushel of corn to eat; the first year that he came he planted six bushels of wheat, and reaped but five, and the following season he gathered but one barrel of corn from seven acres of ground, and five acres of oats he harvested and stacked, and shortly after a prairie fire destroyed it, with all the hay that he had prepared for his stock during the winter. The next season yielded crops that were more encouraging, and from that time he has been very successful.

ARNOLD, R. G., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Norwalk; born in Ohio, in 1840; he was raised a farmer, and when nineteen years of age came to Iowa and engaged in farming; he continued this occupation for two years, and then enlisted in Co. F, 34th Iowa Infantry, August 16, 1862, and served three years; when he entered the army, he went from Wayne county, and after his discharge from the service he came to this county in September, 1865; owns 320 acres of improved land; he married Miss Clara Black, in 1871, a native of Ohio; they have one son, Arthur.

Arnold, Wesley, farmer Sec. 15; P. O. Norwalk.

Arnold, J. D., farmer, Sec 7; P. O. Commerce.

Aylward, James, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Commerce.

Aylward, Jeremiah, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Commerce.

Aylward, Michael, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Commerce.

Aylward, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Commerce.

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Baker, Hiram, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Norwalk.

Baker, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Norwalk.

Banks, Absalom, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Norwalk.

Barkley, Robert, farmer, Sec 3; P. O. Norwalk.

BEERY, DAVID, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Norwalk; is a native of Ohio; born the 7th of January, 1819, and came to this county in the fall of 1855; was married to Miss Jennie Black, a native of Ohio, in 1842; they have a family of ten children living: Emanuel, Mary, Barbara, Noah, George, Sarah, Rebecca, Jennie, Henry and Ellen; he owns 785 acres of land, divided into three improved farms; his son Emanuel, enlisted in Co., E, 34th Iowa Infantry, August 15, 1862, and served three years.

BELL, JOHN J., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Lothrop, son of Samuel Bell, deceased; was born in Ohio, in the year 1833, and came to this county with his parents in 1853; he was first married to Mary Welsh, a native of Ohio, in 1858, who died in 1869; by this marriage there are three children living: Margaret, Thomas, Mary and J. P.; was married a second time, to Margaret Garvey, a native of Ohio; have four children living: Hugh, Joseph, William and Ellen; has held the offices of township assessor and trustee; owns 170 acres in this county, and 160 acres in Boone county, this State.

BELL, THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Lothrop, son of Samuel Bell, deceased; was born in Ohio October 20, 1835, and came to this county, with his parents in 1853; was married to Miss Margaret Sims, in the year 1859, and have a family of six children living: James, Thomas, Annie, Dell, John, Samuel; he owns in this county 173 acres of land.

Bentley, M. A., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Commerce

BLACK, GEO. G., farmer, Sec 23; P. O. Norwalk; was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, Dec. 21, 1828, and made that his home till he came to this county, in April 1867, except two years that he served in the late war; he was married in Ohio to Miss Amelia Ann Keller, a native of Portage county, Ohio, September 19, 1860; they have a family of seven children living: Isabella, Euphemia, Rebecca, John W., Clara E., Cora and James Arthur; Mary J., deceased; Mr. Black enlisted in Co. G, 114th Ohio Infantry, and served two years and two months.

Black, Jesse, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Norwalk.

Black, Peter, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Norwalk.

Boyer, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Norwalk.

Breckenridge, Matthew, Sec 13; P. O. Norwalk.

Briggs, G. W., farmer, Sec 3; P. O. Des Moines.

BURLINGAME, JABEZ, farmer, Sec 34; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Morgan county, Ohio; born September 3, 1826, and lived there till he came to this county, May 6, 1855; was married to Miss M. A. Tutle, a native of Ohio, in the year 1855, August 27; have a family of one son and three daughters: Dorathy E. C. C., S. J., and E. F.; was justice of the peace for eight years; owns a farm of sixty-five acres.

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CAHILL, JOHN, farmer, Sec 22; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Ireland; born in 1831, and came to America with his parents when about ten years old; he lived for several years at Rochester, N. Y., then went to California and remained about seven years; he then returned to New York and married Miss Caroline Simmons, a native of New York who was born in 1836, in Rochester; they have a family of nine children: George, Charles, Joseph, Francis, Clotilda, Katie, Caroline, Cornelia, and Minnie; he has a farm of about 500 acres.

Cain, James, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Norwalk.

CALE, JOHN H., farmer, Sec 6; P. O. Commerce; is a native of West Virginia, born December 6, 1822, and lived there till fourteen years old, when he emigrated, with his father, to Wayne county, Indiana, and lived there three years; then to Indianapolis; from there to Bloomington, Illinois, and remained for five years; then to Scott county, this State, and from there to this county in the spring of 1855; he was married in Marion county, Indiana, January 27, 1848, to Miss Amelia Penry, a native of Ohio, born April 16, 1825; they have a family of three sons and three daughters, living: Roxana M., Iris G. (wife of Samuel Knouf), Dewitt D., Eldora D., R. D., Douglass D., and David R., deceased; owns a farm of 160 acres.

CALLISON, C., G., farmer, and stock-raiser and shipper, Sec. 18; P. O. Commerce; born in Virginia, in 1831, and when quite small his parents came to Illinois, where he was raised, and made it his home till he came to this county, in September, 1856; he was married in Illinois, in 1854, to Miss Mary Golden, of that State; by this union they have a family of five children: Martha J., Caroline T., Abner F., Wm. G., and Jacob G.; he was raised on a farm, and now owns a finely improved one; his interest in the way of lands, in this county, is 630 acres.

CASSADY, JOHN, farmer, Sec 38; P. O. Lothrop; born in Ireland, in the year 1846, and came to the United States with his parents in 1849, and lived first in Perry county, Ohio, and came from there to this county in Nov., 1854, and since that time has made it his home; he was married in this county to Miss Ina Spain, Jan. 7, 1877, a native of New York; they have one daughter: Katie, born Nov. 11, 1878; he owns an improved farm of eighty acres.

Cassady, Mary, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Lothrop.

Cassidy, W., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Norwalk.

Cassidy, L. E., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Norwalk.

Cavenaugh, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Norwalk.

Clary, Cornelius, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Norwalk.

Close, H. M., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Norwalk.

Coe, H. L., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Norwalk.

COE, JONATHAN, farmer and stock-feeder, Sec. 15; P. O. Norwalk; is a native of Wayne county, Ohio, born February 24, 1829, and lived there (except one year that he spent in the South), till he came to this county in September, 1855; was married while in Ohio to Miss Mary A. Weaver, a native of Pennsylvania, born January 25, 1824; have a family of four sons and one daughter living: C. L. (now living in Kansas), H. L., C. M. (now connected with the press in Denver, Col.), and Ella; he owns a finely improved farm of 160 acres; the first year that Mr. Coe came to this county he circulated a petition for a post-office at Norwalk, and was instrumental in having it established under the name of Pyra, and since that time the name has been changed to the present one.

Collins, Edward, farmer, Sec 7; P. O. Commerce.

Cooley Bros., merchants and wagon shop; P. O., Norwalk.

COOLEY, J. N., of Cooley Bros.; was born in Indiana, March 1, 1855, and came to this county with his parents in 1859.

Cooley, James, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Norwalk.

COOLEY, Z. G., firm of Cooley Bros., groceries, wagon-shop and post-office; is a native of Indiana; born July 10, 1852, and came to this county with his parents in 1859; was married to Miss Jennie Hobson, a native of Indiana, Feb. 26, 1878; have one son: Clarence C., born June 23, 1879; is post-master at Norwalk, appointed May 8, 1877.

Corbitt, William, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Commerce.

COUCH, J. H., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Lothrop; born in Pennsylvania, in the year 1814, and lived there till the year 1835, when he emigrated to Missouri; then came from there to this county in 1848, and settled on what is known as the six mile strip, and belonged to Polk county; he married, while in Missouri, Miss Julia Fanning, a native of Kentucky, born in 1813, married in 1836; has a family of five children living: Joseph, William, George, Benjamin and James; his sons, Joseph and George, were in the 34th regiment, Iowa volunteers, and his son, William, in the 4th Iowa Infantry; he owns a farm of 160 acres.

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Dearmond, W., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Lothrop.

Devitt, James, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Lothrop.

Dickey, John, Farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Norwalk.

DICKEY, R., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Norwalk; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1815, but was raised in Coshocton county, where he made his home till he came to this county, in the spring of 1868; he was married in Ohio, in 1837, to Miss Elizabeth Kinney, of that State; they have by this union a family of ten children: Phoebe J. (wife of William Porter), Sarah A. (wife of J. B. Stuart), J. P., R. W., Almira E. (wife of V. M. Clary), Sadie E. (wife of Joe Patterson), Josephine J. (wife of J. P. Kinney), George W., F. W. and Joy G.; he enlisted in the late war in Co. H, 80th regiment, Ohio volunteers, October, 1862, and served eighteen months, and was discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on account of wounds received at the battle of Corinth, Mississippi; he owns a nicely improved farm of 240 acres.

Dickey, Robert W., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Norwalk.

Dickson, H. R., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Norwalk.

Doheny, Martin, farmer, Sec. 21, P. O. Lothrop.

Doud, James, Farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Norwalk.

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England, Jesse, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Norwalk.

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FAGAN, LUKE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Des Moines; born in Ireland in the year 1826; he lived in New York State for a short time; moved from there to Peoria, Ill., where he lived till he cam to this county in 1868; he married Miss Sarah Richards, a native of New York, in 1849; they have a family of eleven children living: Mary, John, Josephine, Elizabeth, Kate, Jane, Joseph, Duke, James, Ralph, and Augusta. He owns a farm of 320 acres of land.

Frazier, Wesley, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Norwalk.

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Garsett, J. M., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Norwalk.

GATES, MRS. MARY A., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Lothrop; widow of Cyrus Gates, a native of Knox county, Ohio, born November 24, 1822, and died in May, 1873; Mrs. Gates, a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, born April 11, 1835; was married to her husband in 1855, November 25th. Her maiden name was Mary A. Monasmith; they came to this county in December, 1855, she has a family of five children living; Leander, Brazil, Neta, Grant and Hoyt; has a farm of 224 acres.

Gifford, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Norwalk.

GILFILLAN, AMAZIAH, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Commerce; born in Ross county, Ohio, July 19, 1816; and lived in Ohio till twenty-two years old, then emigrated to Clinton county, Indiana, and remained till he came to Madison county, this State, and from there to this county in the spring of 1856; was married in Ohio to Miss Belle Bailey, a native of Virginia, in 1837, September 24th; have a family of eleven children living: Adam E., Drusilla (wife of Henry Wooden), William, Elizabeth (wife of David Pettit), Eliza J. (wife of Benjamin F. Burkhead), Caroline, Mary A. (wife of Elihu Ellis), Jasen, Melissa (wife of John Spencer), Rosetta, and Thomas; three deceased, Lillian D., Ida B., and an infant; owns a farm of 237 acres.

GRAHAM, MRS. B. A., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Commerce; widow of David S. Graham, who was born in New York city Jan. 15, 1827, and died in the hospital at Wilmington, N. C., March 25th, 1865. Mrs. Graham is a native of Ohio, born March 28, 1829, and was married to her husband January 16th, 1851, and came to this county in the spring of 1854; she has a family of four children living: Elizabeth A., born January 16th, 1852; Nancy J., born Nov. 10th, 1854, (now the wife of C. C. Nicholson); James M., born Nov. 6th, 1857; Clarissa, born July 11, 1859; Franklin T., deceased, August 30, 1863. Mr. Graham was in the late war, in Co. C, 4th Iowa Inf. She owns 160 acres of land.

GRIFFITHS, MRS. ELIZABETH, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Norwalk; widow of James Griffiths, who was born Devonshire, England, Dec. 17, 1812, and died April 20, 1879. Mrs. Griffiths, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Hopper, was born July 6th, 1815, in the State of New York, and left there with her parents when quite young, who emigrated to Ohio, and from there to Indiana, where she married her husband, Oct. 19th, 1848; they came from there to this county in March, 1855; she has a family of one daughter living: Clara (now the wife of John Dickey); she was born Oct. 6th, 1850. Mr. Dickey, her husband, is a native of Coshocton county, Ohio, born Dec. 22, 1840; they have two sons and one daughter: Howard, Millard, and Cemency.

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HALEY, WM., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Commerce; born in New York city in 1835, and was raised in the State of Michigan and made it his home till he came to this county, in April 1868;; he was married there to Miss Eugenia Nash, a native of Ohio, in 1863; they have one infant son deceased. He has been connected with various township offices; owns an improved farm of 130 acres.

Hart, A. J., farmer, Sec 13; P. O. Norwalk.

HART, MRS. ELIZABETH, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Lothrop; widow of James Hart, who was born in North Carolina May, 14, 1821; he settled in this county in 1850. Mrs. Hart, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Neely, was born in Indiana in 1832, and was married to her husband in 1851; he died Oct. 22, 1860; she has a family of four children living: John M., Peter, Eliza J. (now wife of Albert Hughes), and Hannah J.; she owns a farm of 140 acres.

Hartley, A. G., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Norwalk.

Harless, T. H., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Norwalk.

Harrigan, Thomas, farmer, Sec., 21; P. O. Norwalk.

Haynes, Sylvester, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Norwalk.

Herring, William, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Norwalk.

Huff, J. B., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Norwalk.

Hughes, Amos, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Norwalk.

Hull, Phillip, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Norwalk.

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Johnson, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 33; 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; his parents removed to Ohio when he was quite young, and in 1871 he came from there to this State; he was married to Miss C. A. Miller, a native of Shenandoah county, Virginia, and has a family of six children living: John F., Nancy E. (now the wife of James Coffey, of Ohio), Virginia (wife of Thomas Davis), Henderson, Thomas, and W. C.; he owns a farm of 170 acres. His son, John F., enlisted in the late war, in the State of Ohio, in the fall of 1863, and served till its close. Mr. Kellar was ordained a minister of the gospel, March 24, 1862, by Bishop Edward R. Ames, of the M. E. Church.

Kern, John, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Norwalk.

King, Bernard, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Lothrop.

KLEMM, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Norwalk; is a native of Germany, born Feb. 19, 1815, and came to the United States in 1843; he first lived in Ohio till 1855, when he came to this county; he was married in Germany, to Mr. Barbara Grassman, in the year 1840; have one son and one daughter: Barbara, born in Baden, Germany, and John, born in Pike county, Ohio, and was married to Miss Anna Hansman, of Des Moines, April 10, 1877; have one adopted son, George L.; he has a farm of 220 acres finely improved.

KNIGHT, J. F., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Des Moines; born in the State of West Virginia, in the year 1835, and was raised there and made it his home till he came to Illinois, in 1865, where he lived for about two years, and came to this county in the spring of 1867; he was married in Illinois to Miss M. A. Callison, a native of West Virginia, Dec. 25, 1866; they have a family of six children living: Eddie, George N., Harvey and Jennie E.; is justice of the peace, and owns an improved farm of eight acres.

KNOUF, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 4; is a native of Bedford county, Penn., born March 17, 1822, and was married to Miss Maria Cook, a native of Pennsylvania, in the year 1845, and came to this county in the fall of 1876; they have a family of eight children living: John, Samuel, Matilda C., George, Jackson, Augusta B., Simon and Martha; owns a farm of 119 acres.

Knouf, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Des Moines.

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Lane, Josephine, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Commerce.

Lang, D. R., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Norwalk.

Lea, Zaccheus, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Norwalk.

Lympis, David, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Norwalk.

Lympis, J. and W., farmers, Sec. 25; P. O. Norwalk

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McCahen, John, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Lothrop.

McCain, James, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Des Moines.

McClung, F. B., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Des Moines.

McClusker, Edward, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Lothrop.

McELIVEE, NEAL, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Lothrop; was born in Ireland, in the year 1820, May 20, and came to America June, 1850, and to this county, in 1856; he was married to Miss Sophia McElivee, a native of Ireland, in 1850; they have a family of four sons and three daughters: John, Daniel P., E. F., E. L., Mary, Grace and Cecelia C.; he owns 178 acres of land, his son Daniel P., is a graduate of the Mercantile College at Des Moines, and he is now in the employ of the firm of Watt & Cochran, of that city.

McLAIN, NATHANIEL, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Lothrop; was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia in 1822, and lived there till fourteen years old, then emigrated with his parents to Ohio, where he lived till October, 1849, when he came to this county; he married while in Ohio, Elizabeth Ritchebaugh, in 1844, a native of that State; they have a family of two sons and three daughters living: Harrison, Samuel, Phoebe, Mary A. and Sarah J.; has a farm of 157 acres; had one son, John W., he enlisted in the late rebellion under Captain Curran, in the Seventh Iowa regiment, and was discharged on the account of disability, and has since died.

McLees, John, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Norwalk.

McManus, Bridget, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Lothrop.

McNerney, Patrick, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Des Moines.

Maguire, R., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Commerce.

Mapole, Isaiah, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Des Moines.

MILLER, DR. W. L., physician and surgeon, P. O. Norwalk, is a native of Marion county, West Virginia; born in the year 1846, February 24th, and emigrated with his parents to Adams county, Illinois, when eight years old, and lived there till May, 1874, when he came to this county; he was married September 26, 1871, to Miss Nancy Prutzman, a native of Illinois, born December 25, 1849; they have one daughter, Hattie E., born May 23d, 1873; he received his early education in Illinois, and his collegiate course was taken at Keokuk, Iowa, and St. Louis, Missouri; during the late war, he was steward in the hospital from 1862 till 1864 when he enlisted in Co. A, of One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and served till the close of the war.

Miller, Eli H., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Norwalk.

Miller, John, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Norwalk.

MILLER, MRS. MARY C., farmer, Sec. 24. P. O. Norwalk; widow of Abram T. Miller, deceased, a native of Fountain county, Indiana; born February 14, 1827, and died May 6, 1875; he came to this county and settled in the fall of 1855; Mrs. Miller, whose maiden name was Mary C., Cook, is also a native of Indiana; born May 1, 1837, and was married to her husband August 31, 1854; she has a family of five children living: Clara, William S., Emma J., Mary F., and Grace De; one deceased, Sarah E., who died May 6, 1875; she owns a finely improved farm of 520 acres.

Miller, Robert A., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Norwalk.

Misner, William H., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Commerce.

Moran, Michael, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Commerce.

Murray, Peter, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Norwalk.

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Noon, Domrich, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Norwalk

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Patterson, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Norwalk.

Porter, Phebe, J., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Norwalk.

Prutzman, John, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Norwalk.

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Reeves, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Norwalk.

RUSS, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Norwalk; born in Germany, in the year 1844, and came to America in the year 1873, and to this county the same year; he was married in Germany, to Miss Weibke Selk, a native of that country, in the year 1871; they have a family of five children: Margaret, born in Germany, Mary, Henry, Louis and Willie; he was a soldier in the Franco-Prussian war, and was a the siege of Strasburg.

Ryan, Edmund, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Lothrop.

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Sease, Joshua, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Norwalk.

Simmons, Bart, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Norwalk.

Simmons, William, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Norwalk.

Smith, C. B., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Norwalk.

Smith, Jackson, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Des Moines.

SMITH, JOSIAH, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Commerce, born in Rockingham county, Virginia, in 1817, October 5, and lived there till 1852, when he came to Illinois and lived there till he came to this county, in 1865; he was married to Miss Barbara Campbell, a native of Virginia, in the year 1839; they have a family of six children, living: Elizabeth J., Francis, Josephine, Jackson, Amanda, and Clara Isabella; he owns a farm of 600 acres; his son Jackson, born in Virginia, in September, 1857, was married to Rose Ann Durigan, a native of Illinois, in the year 1873; they have a family of three children: Arthur D., Barbara A., and Lucretia J.

SMITH, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Kentucky; born in Henderson county, October 26, 1816; he emigrated, while a child, with his parents to Illinois, in Hamilton county, where he remained till about ten years old, when he removed to Schuyler county, Illinois, and remained till 1833, when he came to Burlington, this State, and lived for a short time; then to Henry county, and lived about eighteen years, and to this county in 1856; was first married to Hannah Watters, a native of Indiana, in 1837; who died in 1852; by this marriage they have three children living: Joel, Elias, and B. F.; his second marriage was to Mrs. Mary J. Herring, a native of Pennsylvania, in 1854; have one son, Caroline B.; Mr. Smith enlisted in the Black Hawk war in 1832, June 6, and served till its close; has been justice of the peace for five years; went to California in 1850, and to Oregon in 1866, and crossed the plains with ox teams.

Snyder, A. D., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Norwalk.

Snyder, J. N., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Norwalk.

Snyder, Jackson, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Norwalk.

Spring, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Norwalk.

Stiffler, Adam, farer, Sec. 13; P. O. Norwalk.

Stiffler, George, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Norwalk.

Stoltz, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Norwalk.

Swan, William H., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Norwalk.

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Thomson, John, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Lothrop.

THOMPSON, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Norwalk; a native of Ross county, Ohio; born November 2, 1832, and was raised there; came to Des Moines November 2, 1854, and shortly after he engaged in the mercantile business, and continued in it till July 1866, when, on account of poor health, he was compelled to give it up, and through advice of his physicians he returned to his old home in Ohio, to attend the Sulphur Springs, and after six months he came back to Des Moines, February 20, 1867, and in May, the same year, he came to his present home, in Linn township, and since that time has followed farming, very successfully; he was first married in Ohio, August 30, 1854, to Miss Patience C. Breedlove, who died June 6, 1857, in Ross county, and left one daughter, Patience E. A.; he was married to his present wife, whose maiden name was Marian A., daughter of James Crane, of Polk county, December 30, 1858; they have a family of five sons and four daughters, living: Emma C., John E., Charles A., Edward E., Minnie M., James, Frank M., Ida B., Nellie, and one deceased; he has held the office of justice of the peace for six years.

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Utzler, J. M., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Norwalk.

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Wagner, Henry, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Norwalk.

WAGNER, MRS. MARY A., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Norwalk; widow of Jacob Wagner, deceased, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1803, and came to Warren county in June, 1848; Mrs. Wagner is a native of Germany; born August 20, 1830, and came to America in 1857; she was married to her husband in 1859; has a family of five children: Mary, Catharine, Daniel, John and Eminel; Mr. Wagner was married first to Susannah Eberhart, deceased, a native of Pennsylvania; left a family of eleven children: Benjamin, William, Sarah, Jacob, Susanna, Henry, Gideon, Polly, Lucinda, Malinda and Edward; owns a farm of 175 acres.

WALDRIP, J. W., blacksmith, Norwalk; is a native of this State, born in Wapello county, Feb. 10, 1849, and is one among the first native born Hawkeyes; his parents removed to Jasper county, when he was a child, and he was raised there, and came to this county in 1867; he married Miss Eva A. Bruce, a native of Ohio, in 1870; they have one son, born Feb. 8, 1875.

Waldrip, John, Sec. 13; P. O. Norwalk.

Warren, E. S., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Norwalk.

Watkins, James, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Norwalk.

Weaver, Geo. W., farmers, Sec. 9; P. O. Norwalk.

WEIL, CASPER, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Germany, born April 15, 1816, and came to the State of Ohio, in 1848, and lived there till he came to this State, and first stopped in Mahaska county for a few months, then to Madison county, and remained till he came to this county, in the spring of 1859; he was married in Ohio to Catharine Armbreast, a native of Alsace, then under the French government, but now belongs to Germany; they have a family of six sons living: Joseph M., Edward, Charles F., Peter J., John C., and Conrad C.; three sons and two daughters deceased; owns a farm of 600 acres

WELTY, EPHRAIM, physician and surgeon, Norwalk; is a native of Hocking county, Ohio born July 7, 1840, and lived there till 1876, when he came to his present location in this county; he received his early education in his native county, and his medical education in his native State; he was married in the year 1868 to Miss Ellen Branstitter, a native of Allen county, Ohio; they have one son, born in Allen county, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1869; he enlisted in the late war, August 17, 1862, in Co. G, 114th Ohio infantry, and was discharged on account of disability, November, 6, 1863; was in Sherman's defeat, at Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss., Dec. 28, 1862.

Wheeler, W., M., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Norwalk.

White, George H., Sec. 13; P. O. Norwalk.

Wilkinson, John, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Norwalk.

Wykoff, C. H., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Norwalk.