J. H. NEEDLES
J. H. Needles was born in Franklin county, Ohio, on the 20th of September, 1829, and was a son of John J. and Ann (Hatfield) Needles, both natives of Delaware. He was reared on a farm until 1848, when he learned the carriage making trade. He then established a shop near Columbus, and was there engaged until 1852, when he removed to Indiana, and was there engaged at the same business until 1857. He then removed to Linn county, Iowa, locating near Cedar Rapids, where he again began to work at his trade. In the year, 1869, he came to Atlantic, and has since made this his home. He was united in marriage, in July, 1853, with Caroline Fenstemaker, a native of Fairfield county, Ohio. They have seven children, four sons and three daughters. Mr. Needles is a member of the Masonic order, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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. 878.
