JOHN STABLER
John Stabler, in March, 1884, came to Cass county and bought three hundred and twenty acres of land in sections 27 and 28 of Pleasant township, land formerly owned by Capt. J. A. Russell. The greater part of this land is improved and he has a frame house and other farm buildings. John Stabler is a native of England, born in Yorkshire, April 30, 1857. His parents emigrated to America when he six months old, and settled in Bureau county, Illinois, where his father purchased a farm in the town of Neponset. There he spent his early life receiving his education in the district schools. In February, 1880, he was united in marriage with Ella Traynor. They have one child, Clyde.
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, pp. 816.
