GEORGE H. PETTY
George H. Petty is a son of John T. and Rebecca (Nixon) Petty, and was born in Warren county. New Jersey, May 7, 1850. When he was six years old his parents emigrated to Bureau county, Illinois where he was brought up on a farm and received an academic education. He is one of a family of sixteen children, fourteen of whom are living. His father, John T. Petty, still resides in Bureau county where he has acquired a competency. He is engaged in mercantile business. George H. Petty was married to Phena M. Newton, daughter of Sylvester Newton of Bureau county, Illinois, formerly of New York. They have one child--Avis A. Mr. Petty came to this county in October, 1881, and purchased a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, all under a high state of cultivation and valued at thirty-five dollars per acre. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Petty is a member of the Iowa Knights of Honor.
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. 689-690.
