Anderson, Elijah, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Ball, Roderick M.,farmer, 33, P. O. Oskaloosa.
Barrowman, W., farmer and miner, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Scotland, in 1823; came to the United States in 1848 and to this county in 1867; owns 68 acres of land; he has a valuable coal bank on his land containing a vein of coal five feet in thickness, and is noted for its purity; it meets with ready sale as fast as mined; he has held the office of school director; he married Miss Agnes Kinnon in 1846; she was born in Scotland; they have seven children, William, Agnes, Jane, Mary, James, Richard and Elizabeth.
Baxter, Richard W., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Beaman, Alonzo, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Billick, J., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Washington county, Pa., in 1828; came to this county May 29, 1868; owns 280 acres of land; he married Miss Mary Fonner in 1850; she was born in Greene county, Pa.; they have five children, Martin L., William J., James L., Elmer E., and Mary L.
Boswell, Jason H., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Bradbury, D., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Fayette county, Pa., in 1846; came to this county in 1872; owns 100 acres of land; has served as treasurer of the district in which he resides; he married Miss Mary L. Conner December 31, 1877.
Broerman, H., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Hanover, Germany, in 1813; came to the United States in 1834, and for many years worked at the trade of carpenter in various parts of the middle and southern states; he came to this county in 1857; he owns 220 acres of land; married Mary H. Miller in 1842; she was born in Prussia; they have five children, Charles, Siegel, Lizzie, Lena and Sophia.
Bryson, David, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Byers, Benj. H., farmer, Sec. 26;. P. O. Oskaloosa.
Campbell, W. Barrett, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Campbell, William, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Pope county, Ill., in 1821; came to this county in 1843; owns 200 acres of land; has held office of township trustee and school director; he married Sarah L. Dunbar in 1847; she was born in Indiana; has five children, Charles V., Walter, Minnie, Velma, William L.
Casto, Thomas J., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Chick, Charles M., farmer, Sec 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Clayworth, E. H., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Clayworth, John B., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Colville, D. H., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Comstock, A. B., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Comstock, A. J., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1828; came to this county in 1844; owns 210 acres of land. In August, 1848, he enlisted in the Mexican War, and was assigned to a Tennesee [Tennessee] regiment, and his term of service was to be ten years or during the war. He was the only man that enlisted in the war in Mahaska county. He also enlisted in the 33rd Iowa Infantry, in the late war and was commissioned captain in April, 1864; he was taken prisoner, and the following autumn was paroled. He married Miss A. Binns, in 1851; she was born in England; has five children, James T., Alfred, Andrew J., Victoria and Ella M.
Conner, J. M., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1827; came to this county in 1848; owns 120 acres of land; has held office of school director; he enlisted in the Mexican war. He married Edith Stanley in 1850; she was born in Ohio; has four children, Mary L., Emma E., Frank H., and Elmer.
Coonrod, Albert M., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Coulson, David, dentist, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Cox, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Cox, Newton, farmer, Sec. 15 ;P. O. Oskaloosa.
Crispin, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Critchett, Ephriam, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Crookham, Milton, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Crozier, Mathew W., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Cubbison, Hugh, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Dickey, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Dickey Lorenzo, farmer Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Edris Edward, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Berks county, Pa., August 5, 1828 and was brought up there; in 1848 he removed to Ohio and lived there and in Indiana for six years; he then came to Iowa and located in Oskaloosa in December, 1854, and engaged in the coopering business until 1866, then engaged in farming; owns a farm of 60 acres; has held school offices; married Miss Mary M. Imus, from Ohio, in 1855; they have four sons, Charles H., Perry F., Edward A., and Frank M.
Ellis, Levi,, farmer and miner, Section 5; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in North Carolina in 1810; came to this State in 1852, and to this county in 1853; owns 70 acres, and 10 acres in Sec. 9; he has opened a valuable coal bank and as far as worked, the vein shows a thickness of 6 1/2 feet, and of unusual quality; he married Sarah Frazier in 1830; she was born in North Carolina; they have 10 children, Daniel, Mary, Angeline, Jesse, Abagail, Elizabeth, Linza, Louisa, Sarah A., Clarkson.
Emmons, Josiah, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Finley, James W., farmer, Sec 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Finley, Thomas M., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Fitch, Benjamin, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Fleck, John W., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Forsyth, Thompson, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Furnald, Ira, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Gegner, Conrad, farmer and merchant, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Gegner, George, P. O. Oskaloosa.
Gilchrist, George, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Pennsylvania in 1826; came to this county in April, 1857; owns 73 acres of land; has held office of school director; he enlisted in the 33d Iowa Infantry and was commissioned 1st Lieutenant Co. K; he married Miss Nancy Lutz in 1851; she was born in Pennsylvania.
Grier, David M., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Guthrie, James E., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hartman, Jonathan M., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Harrison, William H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Heacock, Amos P., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hiatt, Wilson, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Beacon.
Hilleary, L., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Kentucky, 1825, came to this State in 1834, and to this county in 1844; owns six hundred and fifty-five acres of land; has held the office of school director; he married Miss Delila Bond in 1859, she was born in this county; has five children, Clara, George, Ransom, Savilla, Verla.
Hoover, David, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hoover, James M., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hoover, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hoover, W. N., farmer and miller, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in this State in 1842, came to this county in 1847, owns one hundred and sixty acres of land; he also owns the mills known as Hoover's Mills. These mills were erected in 1871, and contain three run of stone, and do both custom and merchant work. There is in connection a saw mill and distillery. He married Miss M. Whitaker in 1864; she was born in this State; has two children; Heman H. and Charlie.
Hull, Henry, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hunter, Wm. A., farmer and raiser of thoroughbred stock, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, March 20, 1815; came to this county July 6, 1865; owns 177 acres of land; he married Miss Nancy Day, November 5, 1833; she was born in Jefferson county, Ohio; has six children, John D., editor of the Hamilton Freeman, this State, Samuel S., Joseph R. C., William A, Sumner Chase, and Almira, a wife of C. R. Scott, Esq., residing at Council Bluffs. Mr. Hunter was selected and commissioned, by President Lincoln, a quartermaster with the rank of captain in the late war; one of his sons was commissioned a captain, and all were in the employ of the government; Mrs. Hunter acting as a matron of a hospital. After coming to this State he was for some years connected with the Oskaloosa Herald.
Hutchinson, Charles, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hyde, Thomas W., farmer, Sec. 30; Oskaloosa.
Jackson, William B., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Jamison, John R., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Jenkins, Jesse H., farmer , Sec. 32; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Jewell, Andrew J., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Kenwothy, Henry A., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Kindley, Joseph J., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Kirk, John C., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa
Kirkpatrick, Samuel, Sr., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Beacon
Knight, John F., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Knight, William, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Knowlton, S., farmer, Oskaloosa; born in Maine, in 1822; came to this State in 1865; owns 760 acres of land, but resides, in Oskaloosa; has held the offices of school director and county supervisor, and at the present time is chairman of the board; he married Julia A. Hadley, of Clinton county, Ohio, in 1845; has ten children, Olive A., Simon, Mary, Charles, Edwin, Annie, Rosa, Ella, Minnie and Cora; lost one daughter, Emma.
Koogler, J., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Landes, Felix, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Larrance, Jesse, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lathrop, James R., farmer, Sec. 4;P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lawson, Hamilton, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lemon, Henry P., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Likes, John, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lindley, Benjamin F., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Beacon.
Livingston, Oscar, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Loughridge, James, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa; he is also connected with the Beacon Mills, in this township; he was born in Ohio, and, while young, came to this county with his parents, they being among the earliest settlers in the county, and his father is credited with building the first house in this section of the county; owns 145 acres of land; he enlisted in the 33d Iowa Infantry in the late war and served three years, and, with one exception, was in all the battles in which the regiment was engaged.
KcBurney, William, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa.
McCulley, James S., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa.
McDonald, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
McDonald, Thomas E., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
McKanna, William H., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
McKinley, Wm., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Alleghany county, Pa., in 1826; came to this county in 1851, his father having purchased the land on which he now resides; he has held the office of school director; he married Miss Mary Vankirk in 1852; she was born in Pennsylvania; has five children, Ada N., Mary B., Samuel W., William E., and Charles N.
McPherson, William P., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
McRoberts, Aaron, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Martin, Hugh P., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Martin, William S., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Mitchell, C. R., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Iowa in 1852; owns 143 acres of land; he married Miss Belle Stevenson in February, 1878.
Mitchell, John B., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Ohio in 1847; came to this county in 1848; his parents were among the earliest settlers of the county, and entered the land on which he now resides as soon as it came in market; he owns 120 acres; has held office of school director; he married Miss Lizzie Broerman December 1, 1869; she was born in Pennsylvania; has three children, Flora, Etta, and Howard.
Montgomery, John, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Madison county, Ohio, in 1818; came to this State in 1838, and in 1841 while the Indians occupied the country, he came to what is now Mahaska county, and staked out a claim on the Des Moines river and another on the site of where Oskaloosa now stands, April 15th, 1843; he came to the county to reside permanently, and found the site selected on the Des Moines, occupied and entered the one selected where Oskaloosa now stands as soon as he was permitted to; he owns 460 acres of land; he married Mary E. Jack, in 1853; she was born in Illinois, and died in 1857. He afterward married Frances A. Jack, in 1858; she was born in Illinois; has six children, Laura F., William J., Franklin P., Kittie, John and Jessie.
Moore, Arch W., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Myers, George H., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Myers, Thomas H., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Narver, John, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Nelson, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1812; came to this State in 1841, settling in Jefferson county in 1853; he owns 310 acres of land; has held the office of school director; he married Margaret Carden in 1840; she was born in Hamilton county, Ohio; has six children, William, Barbary, James, John, Martha J., Sarah.
Nelson, George B., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Nelson, Robert, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Nicholson, B. C., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, in September, 1838; came to this county in 1864; owns 140 acres of land; has held the office of school director; he married Rachel Ann James in 1858; she was born in Ohio; has five children, Harvey C., Leslie J., Walter S., Emma Virda.
Nordyke, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Ogle, Absalom, farmer, Sec. 4, P. O. Oskaloosa.
Osborn, Barton, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Pim, George, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Price, Henry, jeweler, Oskaloosa, residence, Sec. 19.
Redburn, Joseph B., farmer, Sec; 32; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Reeves, William J., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Reeves, Eli, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Rice, William H. H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Roberts, J. L., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in North Carolina, December 7, 1814; came to this county in 1847; owns 471 acres of land; has held the office of school director and justice of the peace; he married Rebecca Coulson in 1837; she was born in Kentucky; has eight children, Jonathan J., William, Joseph C., Charles A., John, Amanda J., Nancy A., Ann E., lost three, Mary A., Ephraim W., Thomas A.
Roberts, James D., farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Rogers, Abram H., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Rogers, James D., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Rozell, Warren, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Shipley, John, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in West Tennessee in 1812; came to this county in 1850, previous to his removal to this county, he lived 16 years in Indiana; owns 91 acres of land; he married Ann Tungit in 1839; she was born in Virginia; have six children, Talbert, Andrew L., Archibald G., Howard, Elanor J., Caroline.
Schultz, Carl, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Schultz, Fredrick, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Sloan, Harvey, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Sopher, William K., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Sopher, William P., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Smith, Carp. M., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Smith, Rezin, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Spencer, Elwood, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Spencer, John, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stafford, Byron, Farmer, Sec 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stafford, William, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Indiana in 1823; came to this county in 1843; owns 110 acres of land; has served as a member of the school board. He married Eliza Stanley, in 1845; she was born in Ohio, and died in 1853. He married for his second wife, Amanda McClure, who was born in Pennsylvania; has three children by his first marriage: John M., Eliza P., Henry B.; and two by his second marriage: James W. and Belle.
Stanley, John, farmer,Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in North Carolina March 29th, 1803; came to this county in 1843; owns 90 acres of land. He has been married three times: 1st, Agnes Stanley; 2d, Mary Chamberlain; third wife was Mary Springer, whose maiden name was Miller; has four children: Edith, Ann, Sarah, and Jesse J.
Starlin, John, Farmer, Sec. 4; P. O., Oskaloosa; born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Jan. 26, 1814; came to this county in 1853; owns fifty acres of land. He married Barbary Poe, in 1838; she was born in Ohio; has six children: Peter, Margaret, Mary, Catharine, Susan and John.
Starlin, John T., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Starlin, M. W., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Jan., 1822; came to this State September 7th, 1847, and has lived in the same house since that time; owns 116 acres of land. Married Eunice M. Beck, in 1849; she was born in Butler Co., Ohio; has two children: Sarah A., and Carlton.
Starlin, Peter W., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stewart, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stearns, Phillip, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stephenson, James M., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Summerville, William H.,. farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Swazey, Phillip, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Taylor, R. D., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Fayette county, Indiana, in 1820; came to this county October 13th, 1855; owns 120 acres. He married Miss Margaret Barney, in 1847; she was born in Indiana; has five children: Florence, Sarah M., Cornelia, David A., and Isaac N.; lost two: Cordelia and William W.
Templeton, Joseph H., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Thatcher, David, farmer, sec 20; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Thatcher, Franklin, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Thornburgh, J. F., farmer and dairyman, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Greene county, Ohio in 1850; came to this county in 1863; owns 75 acres of land, and is engaged in the manufacture of cheese, for which he has obtained an enviable reputation, finding a ready market for all he can manufacture; he married Elizabeth Boswell in 1872; she was born in Iowa; have 2 children, Grace E., and Carlton G.
Threlkeld, Merritt, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Todd, Benjamin F., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Towns, Levi, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Varley, Martin, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Vermilyea, William, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Walker, William M., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Warren, John H., miller, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wassom, Samuel B., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wells, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa.
West, Eleazer, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Oskaloosa.
White, David C., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
White, Eli, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
White, T. A., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
White, T. B., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Ohio, in 1845, came to this State in 1847, and to this county in 1856; owns forty-four acres of land. He has served as school director, and for twelve years as secretary of the school board. He married Miss Dora Hiatt, in 1876; she was born in Ohio; has one child, Wilfred W.
White, Thad M., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Williams, Charles, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Williams, J. C., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Grayson county, Virginia, in 1812; came to this county in 1850; owns 80 acres of land. He has held office of township trustee and school director. He married Lydia A. Pierson, in 1840; she was born in Logan county, Ohio; has seven children, Enoch P., Cyrus T., William P., Calvin W., Marion, John H. and Lydia B.
Williams, John C., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Williams, William E., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wilson, Joseph D., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wing, Charles, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Woodward, William F., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa.
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Township List, Mahaska County History, Iowa 1878