Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 535
WILLIAM C. STODGEL

William C. STODGEL, a farmer living on section 8, of LaGrange Township, came to Harrison County in the spring of 1882, and settled on his present farm. He bought eighty acres of wild land, upon which he made substantial improvements, having sixty acres under the plow, and the balance in meadow and pastureland. Subsequently, he purchased forty acres on section 9, thirty acres of which is under cultivation.

Our subject was born in Clay County, Ind., August 5, 1853, and in 1856 his parents removed to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. He remained at home until he was sixteen years old, and from that time until he was of age, worked out by the month on a farm in Pottawattamie County. He then rented a farm until the spring of 1882, when he bought his present farm. He was married in Pottawattamie County, August 14, 1874, to Miss Nancy A. NICHOLLS, and they are the parents of six children: William E., Benjamin, Elizabeth, James M., Samuel F., George W. Of these children, Elizabeth, James M., and Benjamin, are deceased.

Nancy A. (NICHOLLS) STODGEL, is a native of Illinois, born September 29, 1861, and when a small girl, her parents removed to Harrison County, Iowa, where she remained until the date of her marriage.

Politically, our subject is identified with the Democratic Party. He belongs to the Mutual Protectionists, the object of which is to protect against horse thieves or other invaders.

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