DALRYMPLE, Isaiah

DALRYMPLE, PHILIP

Posted By: Larry Shoger (email)
Date: 12/26/2008 at 18:22:36

Isaiah Dalrymple came to Mitchell county in 1865, bought land on sections 3 and 35, now known as Cedar township, and has since made his home here. He has 196 acres of land here under a good state of cultivation, except twenty acres of timber; has a good frame house, barn, granary, and is extensively engaged in stock raising and dairying. He was born in Shelby Co., Ohio, Dec. 17, 1834. At seven years of age he went with his parents to Jackson Co., Ohio, remained there eight years, then moved to Bureau Co., Ill., making his home with his parents until 1853, when he came to Delaware Co., Iowa, and was one there of the early settlers. There he bought land and engaged in farming. In 1854, he entered land in Floyd county, but never lived on it. He enlisted at Dubuque, Oct. 12, 1864, in the 21st Iowa, went south and joined the regiment at the mouth of the White River, Ark., served till the close of the war and was discharged, Sept. 15, 1865. He was in the siege of Mobile, was in the battles of Fort Spanish, Blakely, and several other engagements. After his discharge he returned to Palo Alto county, buying there 1,200 acres of university land, then to Mitchell county, where he bought his present farm. In 1855, he was married to Margaret A. Philip, also a native of Ohio. They have four children - Rosanna, Martha S., Ezra W. and Lillie E.

Taken from History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, 1884.