HENSON LISTON
Henson S. Liston came to Noble township in 1869, and took up eighty acres of wild land on section 1, which he has improved and still retains.
Henson S. Liston settled in Cass county in October, 1869, at which time he bought eighty acres of wild land on section 1, Noble township. He has erected good substantial buildings, including house, cattle barn, horse stable, granary and corn-crib, planted an orchard of three hundred trees, also small fruits and a grove of four acres of forest trees, of different varieties, maple, cottonwood, catalpa, mulberry, ash, elm and linn. Mr. Liston is a native of West Virginia, born in Preston county, December 10, 1838. His parents were John and Nancy (Smith) Liston, natives of West Virginia. The subject of this sketch was reared to agricultural pursuits. He enlisted in the Union army, June 28, 1861, in company H, of the Third West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and was in the service until August, 1864. This regiment was re-organized in 1863, and called the Sixth West Virginia Cavalry. He participated in the following battles: Romney, Winchester, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, White Sulphur Springs and Droop Mountain. He was with General Seigel on the Rappahannock river, where he was engaged in battle nineteen days. He took part in the second battle of Bull Run and many others. He was married in 1864, to Candace Pringey. She was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Pringey. After his marriage, Mr. Liston purchased the old homestead of his wife's parents and lived there until 1867. He then sold out and came to Iowa. He settled in Muscatine county, where he remained until the fall of 1869, when he came to Cass county, as previously stated. Mr. and Mrs. Liston have eight children...Joseph B., Amelia J., Francis M., John, Ray S., Charlie R., Luru M. and Blanche A. Mr. Liston's farm contains two hundred and forty acres, all 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, pp. 666-667.
