J. Q. A. MCCORMICK
J. Q. A. McCormick came in the spring of 1870, settling on section 8, where he still resides.
John Q. A. McCormick, a native of Morgan county, Illinois, was born on the 16th of January, 1848, and is the son of Ralph McCormick, one of the early settlers of Morgan county, who died in 1851. John was reared on a farm, and in the spring of 1870, came to Cass county to make his home, and in the spring following he bought, with his brother, the north half of section 8, John settling on the easterly portion. He was married on the 27th of February, 1873, to Cordia Joy, born in New York State in April, 1848. They have five children living--Nancy, Florence, Effie; David, died in Infancy; George and Samuel. Mr. McCormick is a good, substantial citizen, and by his intelligence and ability has made his place one of the finest in the county.
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. 779.
