Aaron Middleton, b. Feb. 15, 1809

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biography from Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887

AARON MIDDLETON, a retired farmer of Pleasant Grove Township, was born in the State of New Jersey, Feb. 15, 1809. In the year 1855 he came West to Iowa, settling in Scott County, where he resided for sixteen years, then came to Mahaska County, locating in Pleasant Grove Township, and bought his present farm of 160 acres, which he has brought to an excellent state of cultivation, and upon which the improvements are of the best class. In February, 1846, Mr. Middleton Was married to Miss Deborah Stearns, which union has been blest by the birth of the following children: Zachary T. is at home; Ellen is the wife of B. Chandler. and lives in Kansas; Deborah is the wife of Martin Nolen, and resides in New Jersey; Samuel died in 1850. Politically Mr. Middleton is a Republican. His life has been fairly successful, and in his advancing years he is living in comparative ease because of the labors of his early days, and his careful and prudent management of his affairs. As a citizen, friend and neighbor he enjoys the high esteem of a large circle of friends, and can look back over his past life with the reflection that there is no page of all its record that he desires to have erased.

Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887

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