JOHN WALKINSHAW
John Walkinshaw owns a valuable farm of two hundred and forty acres, located on sections 11 and 12. He came to this county in 1877, and purchased then, eighty acres on section 12, upon which was a small frame house and a granary. He improved and fenced this land and afterwards bought one hundred and sixty acres on section 11. He also has the latter purchase fenced and under good improvement. Mr. Walkinshaw is an energetic and prosperous farmer. He was born in the northern part of Ireland, in 1827, and there grew to manhood. He was reared to the pursuit of agriculture, and received his education in the public schools. In 1853 he came to America, landing at Philadelphia, and locating in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he was employed in farming, two years. He then removed to Whiteside county, Illinois, and followed the same occupation, three years, after which he bought a team of oxen and engaged in breaking prairie for several years. He remained in that county till 1877. He was married in February 1857, to Mary Schoch, a native of Pennsylvania. They have six children---Laura, William, John, David, Fred and George. Mr. and Mrs. Walkinshaw are members of the Presbyterian Church.
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. 817.
