HENRY B. ROSSELL
In Fayette county, Pennsylvania, on the 17 of November 1828, Henry B. Rossell was born. At the age of eighteen years he entered an apprenticeship to learn the carpenter trade. He continued working at his trade in Washington county, about three years, and in 1858, came to the Hawkeye State, and purchased a tract of wild land on section 29, Bear Grove township, Cass county. He brought with him to his new home fifty standard apple trees, and planted them, thus making the pioneer orchard of Cass county. He improved his farm of 120 acres, kept his infant orchard in good condition, and there suffered the hardships of our pioneers. He soon saw that his labor was successful, and remaining there about ten years he sold his farm and bought 232 acres of land at the old settlement of Iraniston. His farm is now nicely laid out with sufficient trees, farm buildings, and is now one of the finest places in the township. He is engaged in general farming and is obtaining a good reputation as a fine farmer. Mr. Rossell was married in Washington county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Sarah A. Stocking, on the 28th day of April, 1854. She was born in New York, in 1833. They have three living whose names are...Mary B., wife of Joseph Leonard, a resident of Pleasant township; Charles, now in Pottawattamie county; Frank, now at home.
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, pg. 512.
