ANDREW WISHART
Andrew Wishart resides on section 29. He owns a farm of one hundred and twenty-four acres located in sections 29 and 32, on which he settled in 1871. He was born in Scotland in 1817, and lived in his native country until 1871. When a young man he learned the business of slate-roofing, of his father, and for forty years followed that occupation. Four of Mr. Wishart's sons are engaged in the business. He was married in Scotland, to Jane Willcocks, also a native of Scotland. They have a family of nine children, seven of whom are living in this country. Mr. Wishart on coming to the United States, landed at Portland, Maine, thence to Boston, thence to New Hampshire, where he had a son living, through whose influence he went to Illinois. learning there, from friends, that his present far was for sale, he purchased it removed here immediately after.
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, pp. 649.
