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Adams, David, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. New Virginia.

Armstrong, Wm. C., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. St. Charles.

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Belcher, Elizabeth, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. St. Charles.

Beymer, G.W., farmer, P.O. New Virginia.

Beymer, Alvin, farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. New Virginia.

Beymer, John, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. New Virginia.

Bolyara, David, farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. New Virginia.

Boon, R.J., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. New Virginia.

BOYLES, GILBERT, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. New Virginia; was born March 29, 1813, in Barber county, West Virginia; he married, November 27, 1841, Joanna, daughter of John Felton, of same county; emigrated to this county in the fall of 1856; settled where he now lives; owns two hundred acres of land; was one of the first settlers; has six children: Sarah M., John W., Hudson R., Jas. B., L.A. and Chas, E., all alive and residents of this county; is a member of the M.E. Church.

Britton, Sanuel, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. New Virginia.

Bryant, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. St. Charles.

Burmister, Albert, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. New Virginia.

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Carpenter, P.V., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. St. Charles.

Chaplain, James, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. New Virginia.

Church, Othello

Church, Frank, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. New Virginia.

Clark, Sarah A.

Coltram, Samuel C., farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. St. Charles.

Coltram, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. St. Charles.

Coltram, J.F., farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. St. Charles.

Craven, M.B., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. St. Charles.

Crawford, John S., farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. St. Charles.

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Deker, Benj., farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. New Virginia.

Duffield, Henry, farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. St. Charles.

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Edwards, David, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. New Virginia.

Eleazer, Basher, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. St. Charles.

Erwin, S.W., farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. New Virginia.

Erwin, Elias, farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. New Virginia.

Ewing, Sarah A., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. New Virginia.

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Fallott, Lee, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. St. Charles.

Felton, J.B., farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. St. Charles.

FELTON, JNO., farmer and book canvasser, New Virginia; was born in Frederick county, Md., January 30, 1804, and removed to Preston, West Virginia, in 1810, and was raised there; he was engaged in contracting and the stock business; he came to this county in 1854, and entered the land on which he now resides; he owns 106 acres; he has been honored by the citizens of the township with the various offices of assessor, town trustee, justice of the peace, etc.; and is the oldest resident of this township; he married Miss Margaret Wootring in Sept., 1825; she was born in Preston county, West Virginia; they have ten children: Jehu, Elizabeth, Now Mrs. Sayrs, Abraham, William, John Matilda W., now Mrs. Stork, Susan J., now Mrs. Fleming, Zaccariah, Sarah, now Mrs. Jones, and Julia A., now Mrs. Knox; four sons enlisted in the army: Jehu enlisted in ;the 39 Iowa Infantry; Abraham in the 91st Illinois Infantry; William in the 10th Iowa Infantry; John in the 34th Iowa Infantry.

Freeman, Eliza, farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. St. Charles.

Fulmer, J.W.

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Gambell, Levi, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. New Virginia.

Gentry, J.H., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. St. Charles.

Glass, J.H., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. New Virginia.

Greenland, Robt., farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. New Virginia.

Grubb, Timothy, farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. St. Charles.

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Hammond, Levi, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Indianola.

Harsh, G.H., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. New Virginia.

Harsh, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. New Virginia.

Harsh, J.W., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. New Virginia.

Heaton, L.M., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. New Virginia.

Hilliard, B.L., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. New Virginia.

Hoagland, Jacob.

Holden, Mat, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. New Virginia.

Holden, James H., farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. New Virginia.

Hylton, Nathaniel, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. New Virginia.

Hylton, Jehiel, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. New Virginia.

Hylton, John W., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. New Virginia.

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IRWIN, HON. SAMUEL,* farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. New Virginia, where he owns 320 acres of her finest soil; is very comfortably fixed, with house, barn and all the necessities of a first-class farmer; he was born in June, 1834, in the north of the Emerald Isle; in the year 1842 his father and family came to the United States and settled in Harrison county, State of Ohio; here the boy was developed into manhood; true to the instinct of an aspiring disposition, Samuel conceived the idea that the gold fields of the golden State of California offered better inducements to young and true men than did the clay banks of old Ohio, and his mind was soon made up to peril the hardships of crossing the great desert of the West; in sprint of 1853 the start was made, and after leaving the Missouri River they toiled on o'er plain and mountain till five months and twenty days brought them to the place for which they started, the mines of California; two years of incessant toil and economy was sufficient to till his desire for gold, and in 1855 he returned to this township, where he bought and began improvement of his present home. Here he toiled on till the breaking out of the late was; in May, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G, Third Iowa Infantry, as a private; he was promoted to Second Sergeant, and to First Sergeant on May 26, 1862, at Cold Water Creek, Mississippi, and again promoted, to Lieutenant, April 3, 1863, by Gov. Kirkwood, for meritorious conduct before the enemy; on the 12th day of July, 1863, he was taken prisoner at Jackson, Miss., and sent to Libby prison, where he remained nine months; when Grant began his campaign of the Wilderness the rebels got scared and sent their prisoners to Macon, Ga., him with the rest, where he remained for two months, and was then removed to Charleston, S.C., and there again fed corn meal for two months, when they were again moved, to Columbia; form here he, with two comrades, escaped from prison, on the 26th of October, 1864; their flight, however, was soon discovered, and they were hotly pursued and overtaken; one of his comrades was shot in the thigh and his leg was broken, and he fell into the hands of the enemy, while the brave Irishman and his other comrade redoubled their energy, and at last eluded the pursuit; on and on they tramped, only by night, for twenty-six days, trusting only in God and the dusky negro as friends and for food, which it seemed really at times though it was almost as manna from heaven, so intense was their hunger; during the time they were out they traveled 240 miles, and finally, when they were within twelve miles of our lines and forces, they came to what they supposed were friends, but alas! how those brave hearts throbbed and ached when they realized that all their fond hopes of liberty and friends were dashed to the ground as by one fell swoop, and they themselves were again surrounded by the coats of gray, and given orders to countermarch for Ashville, N.C., where, on arrival, they were placed in the jail over night and then put en route for Salisbury, N.C., and, on arrival, placed in the penitentiary for two days, and then sent to Danville, Va., where they remained during the winter, and in the spring sent again to Libby for exchange, and after remaining there two days, were exchanged and sent to Annapolis, Md., where he remained about one week and was then forwarded to the city of Washington for discharge, and was mustered out on March 3, 1865, when he returned to friends and home after suffering all the tortures of the damned at the hands of the rebels for twenty lone and weary months. After returning home he began to realize that it was not well for man to be alone, and to look about him for one who should share his fortunes through life; in this he was successful, as in his former undertaking, and on the 28th of September, 1865, he married Miss Isabella Steel, of Winterset, Iowa; from this union they now have six children: Alexander, Mary, William, Anna, Cory and James, all living. During the was he participated in the battles of Shelbino, Mo., Blue Mills Landing, Mo., Shiloh, Tenn., first siege of Corinth, Miss., Metamora and Vicksburg. He has often held offices of trust, conferred by the people of the town and county of his adoption; was Assessor of the town in 1860; since the war was seven years on the Board of Supervisors of the county, and elected to the Legislature in 1874 to 1876, but declined a re-election, as the dutied of his farm and private affairs were of more importance to him than the empty honors of the Legislature. Thus have we traced the ups and downs of a man who has scarce reached the meridian of life, and whose life has been full of romance and thrilling incidents, and only hope that in the future, as in the past, he may continue to be of usefulness to the community in which he lives and an honor to the county and State where he may reside. *Since the above was put in type Mr. Irwin has passed away. He died at his home in August, 1879.

Irwin, Alex, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. New Virginia.

Irwin, Theo., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. New Virginia.

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Jones, Lydia, farmer, Sec. 356; P.O. New Virginia.

Jones, Elizabeth.

Joseph, J.T., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. New Virginia.

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Keffer, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. New Virginia.

Keiser, Sarah, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. New Virginia.

Kirchner, J.N., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. St. Charles.

Kiser, Sarah, farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. New Virginia.

Koffler, Gotlieb, farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. New Virginia.

Knotts, E.W., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. New Virginia.

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La Avondale, Henri, farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. St. Charles.

Ludington, H.C., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. New Virginia.

Ludington, P.J.

Lyon, M.L., farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. New Virginia.

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McClintoc, Wm., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. New Virginia.

McCrea, Gilbert, farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. St. Charles.

Main, L.J., farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. New Virginia.

Miller, -----, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. New Virginia.

Minard, R.D., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. New Virginia.

Moore, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. New Virginia.

Morgan, John A., farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. New Virginia.

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Owen, M.N., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. New Virginia.

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Palmes, G.W., farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. New Virginia.

Poe, T.J., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. New Virginia.

Pulley, J.T.

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Reed, Jacob A., farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. New Virginia.

Reed, G.K., farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. New Virginia.

REED, J.B., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. New Virginia; owns 620 acres of land; was born November 30, 1830, in Barber county, West Virginia; married May 28, 1857, to Emily, daughter of Col. Thomas Cather, of Taylor county, West Virginia; emigrated to this county in April, 1850, and settled on his present home. They have five children, Guy, R.C., J.R., Boyd, F.T. [who died in infancy], and Cassius E.; has been member of the M.E. Church for thirty-five years; wife is a Baptist; has often been elected township trustee and school director, and has been town treasurer for the last fifteen years.

Reither, John, farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. St. Charles.

Risden, Helen L., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. New Virginia.

Roy, Lee, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. New Virginia.

RUNDALL, C.C., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. New Virginia; was born May 6, 1847, in Delaware county, O.; emigrated to Clinton county, Iowa, in 1855; married April 27, 1860 to Miss Mollie D., daughter of Jacob Kimes, of Clinton county, Iowa. He Has no children. Came to this county and settled on his present farm, where he has 250 acres of well improved land, in the fall on 1874. Raises mixed crops; feeds cattle and hogs.

Rundall, C., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. New Virginia.

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Sayers, E., farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. New Virginia.

Shepherd, George, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. New Virginia.

Shew, S.J., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. New Virginia.

Shigley, E.C., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. St. Charles.

Shutt, Frank, farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. St. Charles.

Snook, Isaiah, former, Sec. 15; P.O. New Virginia.

Southard, S.W., farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. St. Charles.

Srepter, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. New Virginia.

Stone, Susan, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. New Virginia.

Straun, John.

STROCK, W.C., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. New Virginia; was born May 6th, 1838, in Perry county, Pa.; emigrated with his parents to Cass county, Ind., in 1840; and to this county with his parents in 1856; was educated in common schools. Married Nov. 4, 1859, Matilda, daughter of John Felton, of New Virginia. Owns a farm of 136 acres, well improved, which he has made with his own hands. Has five children: Horton S., Jno. T., Stella J., Mary M., and Olive E., all living. Has Been elected supervisor and school director.

Switzer, B.J., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. St. Charles.

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Taylor, Geo W., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Indianola.

Taylor, H.W., farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. New Virginia.

Thomas, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. New Virginia.

Thomas, M.I., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. New Virginia.

Thomas, J.J., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. New Virginia.

Thompson, A.L., farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. New Virginia.

Turner, J.S., merchant; P.O. New Virginia.

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VANSCOY, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. New Virginia; was born August 11th, 1828, in Barbar county, West Va.; was married Aug. 13, 1846, to Mary J. Proudfoot, who died April 11, 1852. From this union they had three children: W.T., Virginia, and Mary J., of whom Mary J. died in this county. Again married, May 26th, 1853, to Julia A., daughter of William Proudfoot. They had six children: H.C., M.M., Charles, Sarah L., Simpson L., and Hettie, all living. Moved to White county, Indiana, in the spring of 1854, and in the fall of 1855 to this county, and settled on his present farm, where he owns 320 acres, all well improved. He was several times elected to the board of supervisors under the old system. Has been a member of the M.E. Church for thirty-six years; his wife is also a member.

Vanwy, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. New Virginia.

Vanscoy, Milford M., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. New Virginia.

Vanscot, Solomon, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. New Virginia.

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Weaver, M.T., farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. New Virginia.

Weaver, John, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. New Virginia.

Weaver, George, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. New Virginia.

Wilson, J.C.

Wilson, R.D., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. New Virginia.

Wilson, James H., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. New Virginia.

Whitney, W.P. farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Madora.

Wilkinson, Isaac B., farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Sharon.

Williams, N.F., farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Cool.

Williams, George W., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Cool.

Wooten, W., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Indianola.

Wright, S., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Madora.

WRIGHT, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Madora; born October 7, 1829, in Randolph county, Indiana; parents moved to Vermillion county, Illinois, in 1833; came to this county in 1847 and settled at the old Watts' Mill; being of a roaming disposition, he went back to Illinois, and, after a lapse of time, again came to Iowa and tried Boone and Dallas counties, and finally settled near Hartford in this county, where he remained until 1869, when he came to his present home, where he has 95 acres of land; was married March 28, 1850, to Hannah, daughter of Samuel Stanfield, Vermillion county, Illinois; has had thirteen children: Hannah J., Thomas F., Sarah and George [twins], Samuel, Cynthia O., James, John W. and Maria L. [twins]. Phoebe O., Emily, Charles W., William R.; of these John, George and Sarah are dead; was one of the earliest settlers in Warren county, having come before Indianola was even laid out, and there was but one house in the now city of Des Moines.

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Young, D., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Cool.

YOUNG, STEPHEN, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. New Virginia; owns 75 acres of land; was born January 22, 1825, in Indiana; married June 14, 1844, to Zena, daughter of Moses Kerr, of Putnam county, Indiana; has had eight children: Hiram, James, William H., Moses K., John B., Malissa, Joseph P. and Stephen E.; of these Hiram and Stephen E. are dead; wife died April 1, 1864; married again February 6, 1865; no children by this union; has been elected town trustee two terms.

Young, James, farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Cool.