ABRAHAM S. ESHELMAN
Abraham S. Eshelman was born in Woodbury, Blair county, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1843. He is a son of Martin and Elizabeth (Stoner) Eshelman, both natives of Pennsylvania. When Abraham was nine years old, his parents moved to Carroll county, Illinois. Here he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the public schools. August 11, 1862, he enlisted in the Ninety-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, company I, and served until the close of the war. He was discharged with the regiment, June 21, 1865. In 1863, the regiment was mounted, and did cavalry service from that time. He was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and in North Carolina, participating in a number of battles of that campaign. He returned to Carroll county, after the war. In 1871 he came to Cass county, and the following year, purchased land in section 21, of Noble township. The place was then wholly unimproved. He now has the land under cultivation, a good dwelling, a grove, an apple orchard and small fruit in abundance. he was married in September, 1866, to Mary A. Kingery, a native of Ogle county, Illinois. They have had five children -- Anna Drusilla, Raymond O., Eva E., Perry M., and Clarence F. Eva E., died at the age of three years. Mr. Eshelman was elected township clerk in 1872, and has held the office since that time, with the exception of one year.
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. 674-675.
