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In the spring of 1856, Philip Humerick came into the township, bringing his family and household goods. He located on section 12, where he still resides.

Philip Humerick was born in Germany, August 15, 1839. His parents, John T. and Johanna Mary (Strater) Humerick, came to America in 1843, locating, then, in Richland county, near Mansfield, Ohio. They removed to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1855, and the following spring, (1856) came to Cass county and settled on section 12, Atlantic township. John T. Humerick died in November, 1869, at age of sixty-two years. He is buried in the Jameson cemetery. His widow, Mary Humerick is now living with her son, Philip, the subject of this sketch. Philip Humerick was married December 22, 1864, to Louisa Jane Coon, a native of Indiana, a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Lewis) Coon. Her father is now living in Washington township, Cass county. Her mother died in 1849, when Mrs. Humerick was three years old. Mrs. Coon is buried in White county, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Humerick have three children---John T., George F. and Effie May. Their daughter, Mary Johanna, died September 22, 1875, aged three years, three months and twenty-eight days. His land at the time of his purchase, was wholly unimproved. He now has one hundred and seventy acres of good land, all cultivated, except some timber land. He built his present residence in 1876, and is now engaged in farming and stock raising.

John Duncan was born in Polk county, Iowa, November 5, 1853, his parents being William and Abigail (Williams) Duncan. When he was fourteen years old his parents removed to Cass county, locating in Atlantic. He removed to his present location on section 1, Atlantic township, in 1878, and was married March 29, 1881, to Rosena Strater, daughter of William and Catherine (Humerick) Strater, a native of this county. He has one hundred and six acres of land, part in Franklin and part in Atlantic township, about eighty acres of which is under cultivation, and is engaged in stock farming.

William Humerick came in 1856, in the spring, and located on section 11, where he now resides.

William H. Strater came in 1856, and located on section 12, where he lived until the time of his death, in 1880.

A. J. Scott came in 1856, and located on sections 34 and 35, where [he] now resides.

Thomas Benton Morrow located at Grove City in the fall of 1858. He removed to his present location, on section 18, in the fall of 1870. He came from Ohio to Iowa.

Thomas Benton Morrow is the son of William and Maria T. (Potter) Morrow, and was born on the 31st of May, 1835. He was reared in Ohio, and in the fall of 1858, he came to Cass county, and located at Grove City. He and his brother owned one hundred and sixty acres of land in the east part of the city of Atlantic, the fair grounds cover the land. He came to his present location on section 18, Atlantic township, in 1870, where he owns one hundred acres of land, all under cultivation, and raises some of the finest stock in the township. When he first came to this county there were plenty of deer and prairie wolves, and he was engaged in driving the stage on the western line from Des Moines to Council Bluffs. Mr. Morrow, was married in September, 1871, to Hannah E. Disbrow, a native of Ohio. They have three children---Addie E., Belle and Ethel.

William O. Kirk, a young man from Kosciusko county, Indiana, came in 1859, and took up his residence with his brother, John R., with whom he lived about eleven years, when he was married to Lizzie Wood, and afterwards removed to Franklin township, where he now resides.

William Wilson came from Ash Grove, Illinois, in the fall of 1860, and located at Turkey Grove. He removed to Edna township, in the spring of 1861.

Transcribed by Deb Lightcap-Wagner, April, 2014 from: "History of Cass County, 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", published in 1884, Springfield, Ill: Continental Historical Co., pp. 839-841.