CHAPTER VI -- PIONEERS (CONT'D)

PIONEERS OF POLK TOWNSHIP.

Probably the earliest settler in Polk township was Isaac P. Wyland, father of O. P. Wyland and William Wyland, of Harlan. He, with his family, settled in what was known as “Towhead” Grove, a small tract of native timber situated not far from the present home farm of Chris Michaelson. Very early settlers were: Lars Michaelsen, B. B. Mastick, G. W. Tague, Jr., Chris Michaelsen, E. P. Marsh, J. J. Marco, Peter Marco, S. J. Driscoll, T. Shannon, Albert S. Sewell, James Fogarty, Thomas Barrett, Jacob Fiscus, Willard Bristol, Umri Gaer, Jesse Smith, F. W. Sisson, William H. Deut, William Snyder, Jesse Hon, Nelson Hon, John Griffin, John Glenn, Patrick Kilcoin, J. Morrissey, S. B. Morrissey.br>

Transcribed by Denise Wurner, October 2013 from the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, by Edward S. White, P.A., LL. B.,Volume 1, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1915, pp. 122.

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