CORNELIUS M. MCCLINTOCK
Cornelius M. McClintock was brought into Cass county by Charles Baldwin, a relative, in December 1856, and spent the winter in Lewis. He is still a resident of the county.
Cornelius M. McClintock was born in Warren county, Ohio, on the 29th of October, 1849. In the spring of 1850 he started with his parents for Iowa, and at Keokuk his father died of cholera. He, with the rest of the family, came on to Mahasha county, and started a hotel at Oskaloosa, but not liking that business, they began farming in the same county. In the winter of 1856, the family was brought into Cass county by Charles Baldwin, a relative, and as that was the winter of the heavy snows, there was much suffering from cold and fatigue, by the wearied travelers. They reached the Nodaway Valley, where they became lost in a snow storm, but later in the evening they reached a small log cabin, which was occupied by John Dyer. They were obliged to remain in this rude structure until the storm ceased, which was about three days, when with six yoke of oxen they started for Lewis, where Charles Baldwin was then keeping a hotel, and there the family remained that winter, and in the spring moved to a dwelling, which was constructed in Lewis. Cornelius helped earn the living with his mother, and renting a few acres of land, began farming, and making a success of their occupation, they purchased a tract of land in Cass township, and one in the township of Atlantic. They sold all but eighty acres, north of Lewis, which they improved and in later years sold. Mrs. McClintock is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Smith. Cornelius was married, on the 11th of September, 1878, to Miss Ida Upson, a daughter of one of the early settlers of the township. They have three children...Mable, Philip P. and Neil Clayton. Mr. McClintock owns 190 acres of land in Cass township, his land being the pioneer farm of Cass county, being the old residence of Jeremiah Bradshaw.
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. 506-507.
