JOSEPH NORTHGRAVES
Joseph Northgraves first came to Benton in 1854, and located a piece of land on section 29, where he erected a house 16x20 feet, made from boards cut with a "whipsaw" out of native timber. He then returned to Hamilton county, Ohio, and in the fall of 1855 removed his family to Benton township. They remained here until 1877, when Mr. Northgraves disposed of his property and removed to Adams county, where he operates the flouring mills at Eureka, having followed the milling business most of his life. Mr. Northgraves is a native of England, and came to America with his parents when three years of age.
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. 637.
