WM. M. LANGUE
William M. Langue, is a native of Tennessee, born on the 27th of November, 1821. When three years of age his parents moved to Illinois, and soon after settled in Cass county, where he was reared and educated. He moved to Mason county in June, 1843, and was married in 1844, to Matilda Skipton, a native of Ohio. He purchased a farm and was engaged in agricultural pursuits for a time. In 1848 he learned the trade of a plaster mason, and was engaged in that capacity until 1871, when he came to Cass county, Iowa, and settled in Union township. He bought land on section 10, and built a nice house, where he remained until 1877, when he removed to Edna township, and purchased a farm on section 20, and built a fine house, and has since been engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. and Mrs. Langue have eight children: James J., John H., Samuel S., Lucinda J., Emma L., William O., Harriet and Susan. He was elected township trustee in 1878, and has been chairman several terms.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex 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. 759-760.
