WILLIAM H. DISBROW
William H. Disbrow resides on section 36, where he settled in 1868, purchasing his place of Frank Whitney. Mr. Disbrow has been a resident of Cass county since the spring of 1857. He was born in Lorain county, Ohio, May 15, 1837. His parents, Perry and Clarissa (Langdon) Disbrow, were natives of New York. His father was of English and Irish descent, and his mother's ancestors were French Huguenots. They now live at Lewis, in this county. Mr. Disbrow spent his early life in Ohio, and was there married July 4, 1856, to Cordelia Nichols. She was born in Jefferson county, New York, January 11, 1836, and removed with her parents to Lorain county, Ohio, when quite young. Her parents were James and Lenora (Johnson) Nichols, the former of whom was a native of Rhode Island, and the latter of Connecticut. They died in Lorain county. Mr. and Mrs. Disbrow have four children...Willie I., was born in Lewis, June 8, 1860, and now lives in Dakota Territory; Lenora May was born in Atlantic township, on March 22, 1867; Junia Maud was born November 23, 1871, in Pymosa township, and Charles P., was born on August 22, 1874. Mr. Disbrow is a brother of Hiram Disbrow, of Atlantic; also a brother of Mrs. Benton Morrow, of Atlantic township, and Mrs. B.F. Howard, of Audubon county. Mrs. Disbrow is a sister of Stephen Nichols and Mrs. Marinda Archer, both of whom reside in this township. The husband of the latter, Garrison Archer, was a member of an Ohio regiment durin the war of the rebellion, and died in the service. Mr. Disbrow has been a Republican since the organization of that party until recently, when he has become a radical Greenbacker. He is a popular citizen and a genial and intelligent gentleman. His farm is well improved.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 564.
