LEVI MOUNTAIN
Levi Mountain came to Cass county in 1869, and purchased two hundred and eighty acres of land on sections 1 and 2, Noble township. He and his brother were at first in partnership, but his brother soon sold the land and Levi has since remained there. His farm now contains two hundred acres of improved land, and an orchard of one hundred and fifty trees in bearing condition. He was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, on the 10th of June, 1843, and there grew to manhood, and received his education in the public schools, and when nineteen years old began teaching. He enlisted in company K, Sixth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, in 1864, and served until the close of the war. He then returned home, and taught school during the winter, and in the spring began farming. In 1867 he came to Muscatine county, Iowa, and remained there about two years, when he came to Cass county. Mr. Mountain was married in 1871, to Abbie Herrington, also a native of Pennsylvania. Their union has been blessed by four children -- Alice, Albert, Myrtle and Minnie. Mr. and Mrs. Mountain are members of the Christian church.
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. 659-660.
Levi and N. W. Mountain purchased land in sections 1 and 2, in 1869, and took up their residence on it. N. W. sold out his interest in the land in 1872, and went away, but Levi still remains.
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. 668.
