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Adamson, S., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Indianola.
Alprey, Moses, farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Sharon.
Andreas, Moses, farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Sharon.
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Baker, R.R., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Sharon.
Baker, A.C., farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Sharon.
BALES, J., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Indianola; born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana; when four years old, his parents came to Jefferson county, this State, where he was raised on a farm; was married in Knox county, April 29, 1864, to Miss Louisa Bales, a native of Ohio; have a family of six children: Jennie, Mary, Charles, John, Emma and Adda; owns 100 acres of land under a good state of cultivation.
Baugh, J.F., farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Indianola.
Beaty, David, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Indianola.
Bickle, G.S., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Indianola.
Bilger, J., farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Indianola.
BILBO, ELIJAH, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Indianola; born in Boyle county, Kentucky, March 3, 1826, and when three years of age was brought by his parents to Park county, Indiana, where he was raised a farmer, and divided his time between duties on the farm in summer and teaching school during the winter months; he came to this county in 1853 and entered the land on which he now resides; he owns a good farm of 155 acres, well improved, and with good buildings; he has a choice orchard of selected fruit; Mr. Bilbo was one of the organizers of the township, and has held various township offices during almost the entire time since; he also taught the first school taught in the township, and the first in the county south of Indianola; in his religious preferences he is a Methodist, and a local preacher in that denomination; he is a man of sterling honesty and integrity, and possesses in a high degree the confidence of his neighbors and acquaintances; he has been closely identified with the interests of this township, as well as the county, and we are convinced it were well for Warren county if she had more of such citizens; he has been twice married: first to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Albert Randolph, Esq., Nov. 17, 1853; she died Feb. 18, 1857; he married for his second wife Miss Elizabeth Bellamy, May 6, 1858; she was a native of Indiana, but a resident of Marion county, Iowa.
Bilbo, Lucinda, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Indianola.
Black, H.M., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Indianola.
Braucht, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Indianola.
Brown, J.E., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Indianola.
Brown, G.W., farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Indianola.
Bryant, E.E., farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Indianola.
BUSSELLE, J.T., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Indianola; born in Montgomery county, Indiana, Sept. 29, 1837, and raised there until sixteen years of age, when, in company with his mother, he removed to this county; owns 160 acres of land, well improved and in good state of cultivation; he married Miss Martha A. Latimer Nov. 6, 1857; she was born in Indiana; they have one son, Wiley, W.; he has one of the best orchards in the township.
Bussell, C.L., farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Indianola.
Bussell, B.F., farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Indianola.
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Cashman, Geo., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Indianola.
CASHMAN, GEO., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Indianola; born in Clinton county, Ohio, February 22, 1824, and raised there; married Grezella Johnson, of Highland county, October 31, 1850, by whom he has three children living: Edward R., Anthony and Laura Belle; Mrs. Cashman died July 9, 1863, and he married for his second wife Miss Mary A. Girrison, August 23, 1866; by this marriage they have five children living: Nora D., Albert, Eppa, Minnie, and Clara E.; lost six children: Mary C., died March 26, 1863; Chas. F., Sept. 15, 1862; Martha E., Nov. 17, 1859; Sarah E., October 9, 1857; Rebecca A., March 18, 1866, and Cynthia, March 25, 1873; removed to Marion county, this State in 1857, and to this county in 1869; owns 160 acres of land.
Cashman, E., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Indianola.
Clark, M.F., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Sharon.
Clary, D.B., farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Indianola.
Clark, J.C., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Indianola.
Clover, L., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Indianola.
Cochrane, John, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Indianola.
CONWAY, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Indianola; born in Coshocton county Ohio, April 19, 1825, lived there until 1853, and then emigrated to Logan county, Illinois, and after a few months residence there, removed first to Pekin, Tazewell county, and afterward to Warren county, Illinois, and lived there several years, and after a residence of three years in Madison county, came to this county in 1868 and settled on the farm he now occupies; owns an improved farm of 169 acres; his buildings occupy a fine elevation, and Mr. Conway is a thorough farmer, doing whatever he undertakes to do well: is a man of sterling integrity and enjoys the confidence of all with whom he has business relations; married Miss Martha Jones, March 19, 1850; she was a native of Knox county, Ohio, and died in 1860; the following year he married Miss Mary L. Butler, of Warren county, Illinois; their family consists of six children: Adolphus N., Charles F., William A., Giles H., Flora L., and Warren F.; one son, Erastus, died in March, 1854.
Conway, Charles, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Indianola.
Crawford, John, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Indianola.
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Davis, D.F., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Indianola.
DOUGLASS, WM.H. farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Sharon; born in Dearborn county, Indiana, March, 18, 1821, and raised in Vermilion county; was married in that county December 25, 1842, to Miss Charlotte Douglass, a native of that county; to them were born nine children; six are now living: Leneous M., John M., Margaret D. [now Mrs, Thos. T. James], Exelima Z. [now Mrs. Jas. Barr], Wm. F. and George G; lost three: Thomas, Charles and Angeline; Mr. Douglass removed to Dane county, Wisconsin in 1843, where he remained until 1867, when he removed to this county; has a good farm of 120 acres, well improved.
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EBERMAN, W.A., farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Indianola born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1824, and raised in Allegany county; removed to Pittsburgh in 1845; was married there February 26, 1850, to Miss Mary A. Tomlinson, of that city; have five children living: Frank, Lauretta, Joseph T., Wilbur F. and Blanche; have lost eight; all died between September 22 and October 8, 1863, of diphtheria; removed to Des Moines in 1858, and to this county in 1861, improving a farm of 225 acres; has held various township offices, and was First Lieutenant of White Oak Guards, organized July 30, 1864.
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Ferguson, Jas. C., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Indianola.
Foster, W., farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Indianola.
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GILLIS, ROBERT, farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Indianola; born in Kentucky; while an infant his parents moved to Cass county, Ill., where he was raised; he came to this county in 1869; has a farm of 145 acres. He married Miss May F. Monroe, in 1852; she was born in Morgan county, Ill.; she died in August, 1867; he afterwards married Miss Marinda M. McMurry, of Cass county, Ill., in 1868; their family consists of three children by the first marriage: Harvey, Ella [now Mrs. Beaty] and Ida; and five by the second marriage: Nana, Robert, William, Angeline, and Sallie; Mrs. Gillis has one son, John McMurry, by a former marriage.
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Hammond, Levi, farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Indianola.
Haner, T. W., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Sharon.
Haynes, L., farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Indianola.
HEWITT, M.H., farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Indianola; is a native of Indiana, and was born in Shelby county, June 12, 1823; here he was raised a farmer; he came to this county in October, 1855, and located on the land where he now resides; he owns 545 acres of land, well improved, and on which there is an excellent orchard; his buildings are good and convenient, and in striking contrast to the small cabin without a window, in which they lived for months when they first came to the county. Mr. Hewitt is the architect of his own fortune, and has accumulated what he now enjoys by industry, honesty and perseverance, and is a living illustration of what can be accomplished where there is a will to execute; he has been honored by his fellow citizens with all the township offices, and has filled them with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. He married Miss Maria Whitney, of Shelby county, Indiana; by this union they have seven children: Mary A. [now Mrs. M.W. Park, of Indianola], Eliza L. [now Mrs. G.W. Pearson, of Otter township], S.S., MArtha A., Laura, D.C. and Sallie M.
HOWE, W.L., farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Sharon; was born in Clinton county, Ohio, January 30, 1833, and was raised there; he came to this State, in 1853, and settled in this county; owns eighty acres of land, well improved, in good state of cultivation; he married Miss ALice Derrough, December 26, 1861, she was a native of Brown county, Ohio; they have two children: Mary M. and Nancy.
Hurst, Albert, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Indianola.
Hutt, Isabel, farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Indianola.
Hutt, Wm., farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Indianola.
Hypes, Henry, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Indianola.
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James, Thomas H., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Sharon.
JUDKINS, MILES, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Sharon; born in North Carolina January 2, 1806, when quite young, his parents moved to Highland county, Ohio, and in 1820, to Clinton county, Ohio; when fifteen years old, was engaged a tanner's apprentice, serving five years, and for fifteen years after carried on a tannery; in 1855 he removed to this county, and engaged in farming for seven years, then he went to Des Moines, and carried of a boot and shoe manufactory for five years, returning to ;this county, he again engaged in farming where he now resides; owns eighty acres of land, well improved; he was married August 11, 1825, to Elizabeth Rush, a native of Ohio; they have ten children living: William, James, Margaret, Jonathan, Mary J., John V., Francis, Milton, Taylor and Sarah, and have lost two.
JENNER, ALEXANDER, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Indianola; is a native of Germany, born January 11, 1842, and emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1852, and first lived in Adams county, Ohio; his mother died in 1852, and his father two years later, and he was left in a strange land without home or friends; at fifteen years of age, he managed to get a place to work on a farm at sixteen dollars per year, and two months schooling, and failed to get but twenty days out of the two months; the following year his wages was increased to thirty dollars, and this continued till 1863, when he enlisted at the age of twenty-one, in the 129th Ohio Infantry, and served six months, and was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, March 8, 1864, and returned to Adams county, Ohio, and attended school for three winters; he removed to Warren county, Illinois, in 1865, and remained there for three years; came to this county, with twelve hundred and fifty dollars in 1868, and now owns a farm of eighty acres, under fine improvements; was married March 13, 1869, to Margaret Schimelfeny, a native of Germany; have four children: Edwin A., Franklin N., Lilly and Annie M.
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Kinsley, Ruth, farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Indianola.
King, W.D., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Sharon.
King, N.W. farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Sharon.
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Labertan, E.M., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Indianola.
LATIMER, J.D., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Indianola; born in Mercer, now Boyle county, Ky., February 6, 1809, and raised there; in 1838 he removed to Park county, Ind., and remained there until 1847, removing to this county in 1852; settling where he now resides; he married Miss Cynthia Bilbo June 16, 1831; she was born in the same county; they have seven children living: Wm. P., Maxwell J., Mary J. [now Mrs. Thos. M. McClure],Martha A. [now Mrs. J.T. Bussell], Sarah E. [now Mrs. Jas. McCampbell], George H. and Cyntha E. [now Mrs. J.C.Clark]; one son, John S., died December 26, 1845.
Lester, H.W. and J.T., farmers, Sec. 13; P.O. Indianola.
Lucas, S.S., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Indianola.
Lucas, B.F., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Indianola.
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McCampbell, Wm., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Indianola.
McCLURE, T.M., retired farmer, P.O. Indianola; born in Clinton, Ind., Dec. 30, 1834, and lived in that State until seventeen years of age, when his parents removed to Marion county, Iowa, and in March of 1852 came to this county; owns 207 acres of land on which there is a fine orchard; he has given considerable attention to the raising of bees; he has held all the township offices excepting constable; he is a man of independent thought, but kind and obliging, and impresses all with whom he has business transactions, of his honor and integrity; he married Miss Mary J. Latimer, March 22, 1855, she was born in Indiana; they have four children: John T., Dora F., Frank H. and Dell; they have lost two: Amos P. and Mary C.; the latter died June 27, 1879, aged twenty-one years.
McCOY, WM., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Indianola; born in County Antrem, Ireland, in 1844, where he was raised; he emigrated to this country in 1862, locating in Illinois, and the following year he started for the gold mines of Idaho and Montana, where he followed mining with considerable success for seven years; in 1871 returned to Illinois, and a few months afterward came to this county, where he has improved a farm of 125 acres; he was married February 2, 1877, to Miss Emily Florence, a native of this county.
McDaniel, G., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Indianola.
McGee, J.B., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Indianola.
McGee, Jas., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Indianola.
McNAUGHT, A.M., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Sharon; born in Stark county, Illinois, Sept. 12, 1847; at the age of seventeen his parents removed to Wisconsin, and lived there one year, then to Wheaton, Iowa, removing to this county in 1865; he removed to Missouri in 1868, and remained there four years, returning to this county in 1872; owns eighty acres of land; he married Emily F. Mercer April 19, 1866; have five children: Roxie J., Theron E., Lily W., Mira E. and Cora F.
McNaught, E., farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Indianola.
Marietta, W., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Indianola.
Middleswart, J., Estate, Sec. 26; P.O. Sharon.
MIDDLESWART, MRS. LUCY, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Indianola; was born in Brown county, Ohio, October 1, 1827 [her maiden name was Reed]; she married James Middleswart, April 21, 1852; they came to this county in 1854, and to where Mrs. M. now resides, in 1861; they own 353 acres of land; Mr. Middleswart died October 22, 1877; leaving, besides the subject of this sketch, eight children: Nancy J. [now Mrs. John Barr], Mary E. [now Mrs. J. Pierce], William, Sarah A., John, Cornelia, Julietta, and Roswell.
Milam, W., farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Indianola.
Morris, A.L., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Indianola.
Moon, J.W., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Indianola.
Morris. J., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Indianola.
Morris, W.L., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Indianola.
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Overton, W., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Sharon.
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Parr, S.S., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Sharon.
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Ramsey, Geo., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Indianola.
ROMBACK, G., farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Indianola; born in Germany, January 5, 1832; when seventeen years of age, in company with his mother, emigrated to this country, locating in Clinton county, Ohio, where he lived seven years; removed to this county in 1856; he was married in Cincinnati, O., December 30, 1855, to Agatha Held, a native of Germany; they have three children: Frank, Mary L. and Charles H., having lost two, Albert and Emma; Mr. Romback commenced life a poor man, but perseverance has been crowned by success; owns a fine farm of 440 acres, well improved.
RANDOLPH, JOHN W., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Indianola; born in Boone county, Indiana, December 3, 1842; his father removed to Howard county, Indiana, in 1844, where he remained until 1852, when he came to this county, where the subject of this sketch was raised; October 15, 1862, he enlisted in Co. C, 34th Iowa infantry, and served until February 28, 1863; he again enlisted in Co. A, 3d Iowa cavalry, December 24, 1863, participating in the following battles: Siege of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Saline river, Plantersville, Alabama, Big Blue, Osaque, Selma, Capture of Montgomery and others; he was wounded at Columbus April 16, 1865, and discharged, from hospital, September 12, 1865; he married Miss Mary E. Andreson December 4, 1865; she was born in Illinois; owns a farm of 132 acres.
RANDOLPH, A., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Indianola, was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, August 13, 1808, and was raised there; he removed from Kentucky to Montgomery county, Indiana, in 1829, and lived in Indiana until his removal to Marion county, Iowa in 1851; after a residence of one year in Marion county, he came to Warren county, in February, 1852, locating where he now resides; he owns 240 acres; he owns 240 acres of land; when he settled here White Oak township was not organized; he assisted in its organization, and has held various township offices and has been closely identified with its growth and propensity; a man of untarnished reputation, upright and honorable in all his transactions, he is held in deservedly high esteem by all with whom he is intimately acquainted; he married Miss Elizabeth Switzer, October 20, 1829; she was a native of Montgomery county, Kentucky, and died in 1841; he married for his second wife Miss Sarah Ally, in January, 1842; she was born in Virginia, and died in 1855; he afterwards married Mrs. Adamson, of Virginia, in 1856; has five children by first marriage: Lucinda [ now Mrs. Bilbo], Meranda [now Mrs. Moon], Louisa [now Mrs. Ray] Wm. H., John W.; lost three: James, Elizabeth, and Nancy; the former enlisted in the war during the rebellion, and died, near Memphis, on his return, in 1865; has two children by second marriage: J. Marion and Thomas Grant; Mrs. Randolph has two children: May and Simon Adamson; Mr. Randolph is a descendant of the Randolph family, of Virginia.
Richards, A.T., farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Indianola.
Rombach, Gerson, farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Indianola.
Russell, C.L., farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Indianola; was born in Pennsylvania, October 17, 1843; when three years old his parents removed to Allegany county, Maryland, where he was raised and educated; in 1863 he went to Knox county, Ohio, and remained there until 1867; returning to Maryland, he lived there; he removed to this county in 1875,where he has improved a farm of eighty acres; Mr. Russell was married December 9, 1866, to Miss Isabel C. Winters, of Maryland, who was born in West Virginia; they have six children living; John H., Jennie M., Elijah L., Clarie E., Florence A., and an infant; lost one infant son.
Russell, E., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Indianola.
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SHEWSBURG, T.J., farmer and stock dealer, Sec. 33, P.O. Sharon, born in Breckinridge county, Kentucky, July 7, 1821; removed with his mother to Putnam county, Indiana, in 1833, and was married in that State, July 26, 1857, to Miss Mary E. Butler, of Owen county; they have five children: Hannah E. [now Mrs. H.H. Ogle of this county], Nancy J., Charles B., Sarah M., and Thos. B.; removed to this county in 1867, and located in Squaw township, and seven years after to where he now resides; Mr. Shewsbury in a man of considerable wealth, owning 520 acres of land in this township, a valuable farm near Bloomington, Illinois, and is extensively engaged, in company with his son, Cas. B., in stock raising, in Western Nebraska.
SILCOTT, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Indianola; was born in Adams county, Ohio, April 17, 1832; his father, Hiram S. Silcott, was a native of Pennsylvania; his mother's maiden name was Mahaffey, born in Pennsylvania, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier; when six years old Mr. Silcott's parents removed to Illinois, where he was raised; in 1854 he came to this county, locating near Indianola, and two years after to his present home, where he entered a farm of 120 acres, which he continued to improve until August 13, 1862, when at his country's call, he enlisted in Co. C, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, remaining with that regiment to the close of the war, and discharged at Davenport, August 15, 1865, participating in the following battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Yazoo Pass, Agansas [Texas} Graham's Farm, Fort Gaines, Ft. Morgan, Ft. Blakeley, Vicksburg, and other battles and skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged; Mr. Silcott was married to Miss Mary Derrough, a native of Ohio, December 19, 1859; he is a man highly respected by his neighbors and has held various offices of trust in the township.
Silcott, J., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Indianola.
SILCOTT, GEO. W., farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Indianola; was born in Adams county, Ohio, November 3, 1840; when eleven years old his parents removed to Park county, Indiana, remaining there two years, then came to this county, and has since made it his home; on the 5th day of May, 1861; he enlisted in Co. G, Third Iowa Cavalry, and was with the regiment at the battle of Shiloh, where he was severely wounded, and was honorably discharged October 29, 1862; in July, 1864, he enlisted in the one hundred day service, and served his time out; on his return he engaged in his former occupation as a farmer; he owns 40 acres of improved land; he was married December 5, 1865, to Miss Anna A. Shaver, born in Ohio, and raised in this State; they have four children living: Lucinda E., Lillie M., James W., and Amy E., three deceased, Rose, Hattie and Willie.
Slinker, G.B., farmer, Sec. 6, P.O. Indianola.
Starbuck, Lee, farmer, Sec. 11, P. O,. Indianola.
Stewart, Thos., farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Sharon.
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Trimble, H.H., farmer, Sec. 28, P. O. Indianola.
THARP, LUTHER, farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Sharon; born in Bartholomew county, Ind., May 26, 1831, and raised in Johnson county, where he was married Oct. 26, 1853, to Miss Susan W. Clark, who was a native of the same county; they came to Monroe county, this State, in 1855, and to this county in 1857; owns 184 acres of land, on which there is a fine orchard; their family consists of four children: Joseph H., Maggie B., Mary J. and James G.; lost two: Archibald G., died Sept. 10, 1867, and one infant.
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WALLACE, J.T., farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Indianola; born in Fayette county, Ind., Feb. 23, 1847; his father, Mr. John S. Wallace, removed to this county in the fall of 1848, where the subject of this sketch was raised; he married December 23, 1869, Miss Sarah S. Lesoard, of Mason county, Ill., who was born in Ohio; they have two children: Rosa E. and Celestie Belle; Mr. Wallace owns a fine farm of 400 acres, unexcelled in fertility, and having natural advantages for stock-raising possessed by few farms in the county.
Weston, Rosanna, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Indianola.
White, J.D., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Indianola.
White, John, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Indianola.
Williams, W. R., farmer, Sec.26; P.O. Sharon.
Williams, D.H., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Indianola.
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Young, Mrs. M.J., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Indianola.
