JAMES F. DWIGANS
James F. Dwigans was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1840. He came to Cedar county, Iowa, in 1843, where he was reared and married to Francis, daughter of John C. Elliott, of Linn county. In 1875 Mr. Dwigan (sic) came to Cass county and settled in Lincoln township. He died in 1880, at his home. He was an industrious, successful farmer, but died in the prime of life, leaving a wife and five children -- Alonzo R., Elnora, Maggie, Fred B. and George. The homestead contains one hundred and sixty acres of good land on section 14. Mr. Dwigans held several township offices, and was township clerk at the time of his decease. He enlisted in the Second Iowa Cavalry in 1861, and served three years and three months. He was in active service all the time, and was a brave and faithful soldier in the cause of his country.
Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Milrary and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 769.
