SAMUEL UPSON
Samuel Upson made a settlement at Indiantown in 1858, and is one of the prominent men of the township.
Samuel Upson came to Cass county, in 1858, and purchased a fine residence in what was then Indiantown. He bought at first forty acres of land on section 4, and has since added seventy acres on section 14, and fifty-eight acres on section 9. He was born in Summitt county, Ohio, on the 23d of October, 1833, his parents being Asa and Chloe Upson. They moved to Bureau county Illinois, in 1854, where the old folks died. Samuel then bought a farm and began to cultivate the land, and make general improvements, but not liking the country, he sold his farm and came to Cass county. Mr Upson was united in marriage with Miss Jane R. Herrick, on the 15th of January, 1855. She was born in Tompkins county, New York, on the 15th of February, 1837. They have been blessed with six children...Ida, wife of Cornelius McClintock; Sarah Jane, wife of Horace Stanley, a resident of California; Frank, Fred, May and Burt. Mr. Upson has been honored with the position of township treasurer, which he has held six years, and has also been a trustee of the township.
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. 507.
