Adair, Wm., Sec. 24; P. O. Cedar.
Alder, Henry, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Eddyville.
Allison, Jane, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Eddyville.
Arnold, David, farmer, Sec, 15; P. O. Eddyville.
Baker, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Eddyville; has a farm of 205 acres and 35 acres of timber; was born in Wayne county, Ohio, July 4, 1850; his parents emigrated to this Co. when he was about two years old; he still has the wagon and harness his parents emigrated to this Co. with, 27 years ago. He married Miss Eva B. Riggs, October 15th, 1873; she is a native of Warwick Co., Indiana. No family.
Barber, Anna, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Eddyville.
Barber, J. W., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Barber, Joseph B., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Eddyville; owns farm of 120 acres; was born in Louzerne county, Penn., March 12, 1846; he came to this county in June, 1860. He married Miss Anna E. Benford, Sept. 14, 1870; she is a native of Boston, Mass.; has a family of two sons, Charles W., and Clyde C.
Baird, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Banghman, A. J., lives in Oskaloosa.
Barrett, Isabel, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Cedar.
Barrett, James, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Cedar.
Barnes, J. E., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Cedar.
Barnes, J. M., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Cedar.
Bean, Wm., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Council Bluffs; farm contains 260 acres; born near St. Louis, Mo., in 1809; his parents removed to Pike county, Mo., while he was quite young, where he lived until he was sixteen years old; he then went to Illinois; he came to this county in 1844, and was one of the first settlers; he married Nancy Hilleary, a native of Adams county, Ills., in 1833; have three sons and four daughters, Emily (now Mrs. John Loughridge), Jane (now Mrs. Joseph A. Lindly), James, Amilda (now Mrs. W. H. Orton), Thomas, William H., Charlotte A. (now Mrs. G. H. Clark), and have adopted one son and one daughter, Lois and Isaac Bridges.
Bernard, John A., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Blackwood, Mary, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eddyville.
Bolen, T. J., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Kirkville.
Bones, James, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Muchakinock.
Bovell, J. N., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa; was born in Indiana in 1819; moved with his parents to Illinois when about two years old came to this county in 1850; married Elizabeth W. Means April 4, 1844; have a family of five daughters and one son, Susan E., Anna J., Mary A., Flora E., Ollie E., and Elmer N.
Briggs, Jane, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eddyville.
Briggs, Mrs. Rhoda,, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Eddyville; was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, June 16, 1831; came to Iowa and to Eddyville in the spring of 1851. Mrs. Briggs' maiden name was Ewing, a native of Gallia county, Ohio. Married May 22, 1859. Mr. Briggs' death occurred August 12, 1871, an account of which will be found elsewhere. He left a family of three sons and three daughters, William G., John D., Anna Eliza, Sarah E., Edwin T., and Georgia E.
Bridgetts, Isaac, laborer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Brubaker, Valentine, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Eddyville.
Buckler, Harvey, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Buffington, Wm. H., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Kirkville; was born in Jackson county, W. Va., in 1799; he lived there until 1841, and then moved to Louisa county, Iowa; lived there about six years, and then removed to Marion county, Iowa; he remained there until 1848, and then came to this county; has been married twice; he married Mary Rowley, a native of New York, in 1820; she died in 1842; he married again to Sarah Holmes, a native of Adams county, Ohio, in 1849; has nine children by first marriage, Elizabeth, Chloe, Joseph W., William J., Marguret, Rebecca, Nancy, Samuel, and Mary; two sons and one daughter by the second marriage, Zachariah T., Annie, and Elijah H.; has a farm of 160 acres.
Burgess, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Eddyville; born in Indiana in 1840; came to Mahaska county in 1851; married to Hannah Hartshorn in 1860; has a family of four daughters and two sons, Josie, Nettie, Maggie, Arvilla, William, and Baby.
Burnes, Wm. M., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Burns, Samuel M., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Eddyville.
Carpenter, Edward T., Sec. 1, farmer; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns a farm of 80 acres; was born in Boone county, Ky.; his parents moved from there when he was very young, and went to Switzerland county, Indiana, where he lived until 1875, and then came to this county. He married Amanda L. Facemyre in 1870, a native of Indiana; they have three children, Harry K., Lewis, and Lucy May. He served three years in the late war in Co. H, 41st Regiment Cavalry, Indiana Volunteers; was taken prisoner at Noonan, Ga., and was confined in the Andersonville prison about four months before he was exchanged.
Carpenter, H. A., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Carpenter, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Carpenter, William H., farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Chambers, Francis, miner, Sec. 7; P. O. Muchakinock.
Chambers, James, miner, Sec. 7; P. O. Muchakinock.
Chandler, C. H., farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Clerk, George H., M. E. preacher, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Coleman, A. D., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Cedar; he was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1845; came to this county in September, 1873. He married Elizabeth S. Yeisley, December, 1867, from Cedar county, Iowa; they have two sons and one daughter, Charles A., Joseph C., and Lydia A. He enlisted in company A, 18th Iowa Infantry, at Clinton in 1862. He re-enlisted in Cedar county in company K., 8th Iowa Cavalry, in 1863, and was mustered out September, 1863, at Clinton, Iowa; has been township clerk for eight years.
Cook, Abner, farmer. Sec. 26, P. O. Eddyville; born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1840; came to Iowa, Wapello county, in 1851. In 1870, he moved to this county; he married Charlotta Shawver, from Ohio, in 1864; they have one son and three daughters, Samuel C., Mary F., Stella and Malinda.
Crisswell, M. R., carpenter, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Crosson, Oliver J., Sec. 30, farmer; P. O. Eddyville; farm contains 112 acres; was born in Des Moines county, Iowa, May 28, 1842, his parents moved to this county when he was about ten months old, his father was one of the first settlers of the county; he married Mary J., daughter of C. N. Smith, December 23, 1862; She was born in Des Moines county, Iowa, in 1844; have three sons and one daughter; Flora L., born November 28, 1863, Fred N., born December 1, 1865, Joseph M., born September 23, 1870, Sidney P. , born January 16, 1876.
Crozier, C. E., Sec. 3; farmer, P. O. Oskaloosa; he owns a farm of ninety-one and one-half acres; was born in Shelby county, Ohio, March 3, 1845; he lived there ten years; his parents then emigrated to this county in 1856; he married Miss Eliza E. White, May 20, 1875; she was born in Jasper county, Iowa; have one daughter, Minnie M.
Dahn, John, miner, Sec. 7; P. O. Muchakinock.
Davis, M. M. B., farmer, Sec. 16, P. O. Oskaloosa.
Deady, John, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Delashmutt, Catherine, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Eddyville.
Denning, Philip, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Eddyville.
Donaghy, A. farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eddyville.
Dye, R. W., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Emmert, Peter, farmer, Sec. 1, Cedar P. O.
Emmert, Thos. B., farmer, Sec. 24, P. O. Cedar; was born in Boone county Indiana, July 24, 1846; he lived there about twenty-one years, and then moved to Warren county, Ills., lived there three years, and then came to this county in 1870; he married Miss Martha Higgason, a native of Indiana, in 1867; they have one son and two daughters, Wm. A., Avis B., and Mary M. They have a farm of 320 acres.
Fais, Gervais, clerk. Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Fais, H. C., Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Fenton, Thos., section boss, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Fitzgerald, John, section boss, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Fitzgerald, Thos., laborer, Sec. 31, P. O. Eddyville.
Fletcher, Esther, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Muchakinock.
Fox, Albert, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Cedar.
Fox, David, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Cedar.
Fox, Wm., farmer, Sec. 14; Cedar P. O.
Frederick, Wm., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Eddyville.
Free, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Free, Mary, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Garrett, E. W., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Cedar.
Garrett, J. A., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Cedar.
Gearhart, Harvey, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Gearhart, Rachel, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 120 acres of land; her maiden name was Alder; she was born March 10th, 1829, in Madison county, Ohio; was married April 25th, 1848, to Harvey Gearheart; came to this county in March, 1853. Her husband, who was respected by all who knew him, was drowned in the Des Moines river May 11th, 1854. She has resided on her farm since, except two years that she was on visit to Ohio; has one son, Harvey H., who was born in 1853.
Gibson, George M., farmer, Section 31; P. O. Eddyville; was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1823; lived there until 1845, and then went to Logan Co., Ohio, where he lived until 1850, and then removed to Indiana; lived there until 1855; then removed to Clark Co., Iowa; lived there until 1863, and then came to this county. He married Elizabeth McKin, of Ohio, in 1845; she died in 1850; three children by this wife; married again in 1851, to Deborah Johnson, from Ohio; has a family of five daughters and two sons, named Angeline, Anne, Hannah M., Evaline A., Martha J., David H., and George S.
Gilmore, T. R., P. O. Kirkville; No citizen of Harrison township is more widely known and universally respected than the Hon. T. R. Gilmore. This gentleman has the brains and culture to unite with his farmer's life, that of a scholar and highly public spirited citizen. He finds leisure from the irksome duties of agricultural work to devote himself to his library, his newspapers and his friends. Nor have the citizens of Mahaska county been slow to recognize his superior qualifications, having given him their votes to the highest office in the gift of the county. Elected first to the State Senate in 1874, to fill the vacancy caused by the change of residence of the late James A. Young, he was again returned on the Republican ticket in 1875, and still fills that office. He has taken a high rank among his fellow senators at Des Moines, as a man of integrity and thorough business principles. Mr. Gilmore was born in Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, April 30, 1825, where he attended district school during the earlier days of his youth. At fifteen years of age he commenced his classical studies at Franklin College, located at New Athens, Ohio. In the midst of his college course he decided upon a change of institutions, and in 1846 was able to look back on old "Jefferson College," of Cannonsburg, Pa., as his Alma Mater. Thus equipped with a thorough education and polished manners, he came to the "new country," locating in Mahaska county, Iowa, in 1853. Mr. Gilmore has been thrice married, first to Miss Catharine Milligan, a native of Tuscaraus county, Ohio, on November 7, 1854. The first union was broken by death when Catharine had been just seven months a bride. In 1860 Mr. G. married Miss Ellen Steele, a native of Ireland. The fruit of this marriage was four children, two sons and two daughters, named Clara E., William R., Jessie B., and Charles V. Mrs. Gilmore died September 1, 1873. Mr. Gilmore's present wife is a native of Preble county, Ohio. Her maiden name was Francenia Wilson, which became Francenia Gilmore Dec. 29, 1875. They have one son, Harry W. by name. Mr. Gilmore is quite extensively engaged in farming, having 861 acres of Mahaska county's best soil in his possession. His tastes lead him largely into the stock business and he was at one time the largest sheep raiser in the State of Iowa. His broad acres are worthy to be any farmer's delight, and his personal record shows that "Putnam like" the western farmer, who possesses the worth, may be called from the plow to a public station.
Grey, Austin, nurseryman, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Gunsohis, James, farmer, Sec 4; P. O. 0skaloosa.
Hammond, J. N., farmer, Sec 11; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Harding, Wm., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eddyville.
Harding, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Eddyville.
Harding, William, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eddyville; owns a farm of 80 acres; was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1830, and lived there seven years; his parents then moved to Knox county, Ohio; he lived there until 1860, and then moved to Logan county, Illinois; lived there until 1869 and then came to this county; he married Harriett Totman, a native of Trumbull county Ohio, in 1852; they have four sons, Samuel, Legrand, Benjamin, and Mindred.
Hargesheimer, Philip, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Harper, John, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Muchakinock.
Henley, Henry, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Henley, Sarah E., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Hoopes, A. L., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Eddyville.
Hoopes, D. W., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Eddyville.
Jenkins, Rebecca J., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Eddyville.
Jennings, Wm., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns a farm of 183 acres; was born in Ireland in 1830; he lived there nineteen years and then emigrated to the United States, and New York, where he remained some time, an removed to Illinois in September, 1859; four years later he bought a farm in Lee county, Ill., where he lived until 1867; he then sold out and came to this county; he married Miss Julia A. Long, of Lee county, Ill., in 1868; she died December 18, 1875; he married again, to Sarah A. Gillem, in November, 1876; has two sons by first wife, William and John, and one daughter, Annie, by second wife.
Keiffer, G. N., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Cedar.
Kirkpatrick, T. W. B., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Kirkville.
Knott, Lazuras, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Cedar.
Lacey, W. F., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lacey, Susan, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lakin, E. T., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Leggett, James, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Eddyville.
Lemmon, Samuel, stock dealer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Linderman, J., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Eddyville.
Lutz, H., Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Lyon, E. B., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa; farm 200 acres; was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, May 12, 1824; he lived there until 1851, and then came to this county and purchased the place where he now lives, and then returned to Indiana, where he remained until 1854, and then returned to this county; has been married twice; married Eliza Granger, a native of Oberlin, O., November 8, 1846, she was born July 23, 1825, died March 9, 1857; married again to Matilda Carpenter, a native of Kentucky, but raised in Indiana, September 22, 1858, two children by first wife, Lewis and Martha; four children by second wife, Jennie, May, Albert, and Olive.
Lyon, G. W., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Lyon, W. H. H., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Marsh, J. R., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Eddyville.
Mayer, Wm., pottery manufactory, Sec. 19; P. O. Eddyville.
May, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Eddyville.
McCafrey, C., farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Oskaloosa.
McCord, James C., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Eddyville.
McKay, R. J., farming, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Miller, Angeline, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Eddyville.
Miller, D. D., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Eddyville; farm contains 315 acres; born in Trumbull county, Ohio, January 5, 1829; he lived there seventeen years, and came to this county and located where he now resides; married Mrs. Mary, widow of Wm. Selers, September 5, 1856, a native of Monroe county, Indiana; have four children, Ina, Emma, Laura E., and Harry.
Mosby, J. W., grocer and stock dealer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Moore, John F., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Kirkville.
Moore, Laben, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Cedar.
Moore, R. W., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Cedar.
Moore, Robert, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Eddyville; born in Beaver county, Pa., October, 1828; he lived there until 1866, and then came to this county; he married Miss Cynthia Devenna in December, 1860, a native of the same county; they have one son and three daughters, Ella, Alice, Henrietta, and a baby not named; is assessor and has been seven terms, and is also justice of the peace.
Moore, Wm. F., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Cedar.
Morrow, Wm., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Noe, Jonathan, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Olston, Jacob, blacksmith, Sec. 7; P. O. Muchakinock.
Oldham, A. B., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Eddyville; farm contains 554 acres; born in Shelby county, Indiana, December 2, 1830; he lived in Indiana until May, 1848, and then came to this county; he married Miss Sarah White, a native of Warren county, Indiana; February 15, 1855; they have seven sons and three daughters, Mary E., R. J., Jasper N., Franklin, Lincoln, Sherman, Ida, Effle, Charley, and John.
Oldham, A. R., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Eddyville.
Oldham, Robert, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Eddyville.
Oldham, Z., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Eddyville; born in Shelby county, Indiana, April 3, 1842; he lived there six years; his parents then emigrated to this county; farm contains 228 acres; he married Miss Margurett Butcher November 24, 1866; she was born in Eddyville, Iowa; they have one son and four daughters, Arvilla May, Mary Ella, Richard A., Maggie Blanche, and Minnie; he served three years in the late war, in Co. F, 18th Iowa Vol. Inf. - enlisted July 15, 1862, mustered out August 9, 1865.
O'Neal, Eugene, laborer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Palmer, C. C., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eddyville.
Picken, B. A., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Eddyville.
Picken, Mathew, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Eddyville; was born January 18th, 1829, in Harrison county, Ohio; married in July, 1849, to Miss Hannah Funk, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., and removed to Wapello county; in 1847. Mr. Picken first settled in Iowa in October, 1849, locating in Cedar township, Mahaska county, and since 1857, has resided upon his present farm, which now contains 320 acres. At present (Oct., 1878,) he is a justice of the peace, which office he has held for six years. He is extensively engaged in the stock business, and is known as among the best of Mahaska county farmers. His wife is still living and they have four sons, Levertus, Segal, James and Charles, all living, and three daughter, Susanna, Jane, and Eglentine, dead.
Ratliff, Pierce, farmer, Sec. 15; in business at New Sharon.
Reynolds, Eliza M., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Oskaloosa.
Reynolds, J. S., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns a farm of 100 acres; he was born in Loraine county, Ohio, December 8th, 1845; his parents emigrated to this county in 1853; has lived on his present farm about twelve years. He married Miss Eliza M. Jenkins, December 19, 1866; she was born in Oskaloosa; they have one son and two daughters, Judson, Lois and Mary.
Ritchie, W. F., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Eddyville.
Row, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa; has a farm of 160 acres; he was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, June 4th, 1830; he lived there until the spring of 1858, and then went to Decatur county, Indiana; he lived there and in Shelby and Rush counties until the fall of 1865; he then removed to Mercer county, Illinois, where he remained until the spring of 1867, and then came to this county and located on the place where he now lives. He married Miss Rebecca A. Bryan, of the same county, May 10th, 1855; they have two sons and one daughter, John B., George B., and Carrie L; lost one son, Harry M.
Runyon, James H., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 110 acres of land; born in Champaign county, Ohio, Feb. 8th, 1841; his parents emigrated to this county in 1853. Married Miss Anna J. Stevenson, in October, 1864; she was a native of Highland county, Ohio, and died April 3, 1872; he was married again to Mollie Barber, a native of this county, Feb. 12, 1874; has three children by first marriage, Harry E., John H., Mary B., and by second marriage, George W., and Lena L.
Scribner, F. W., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Scribner, Nancy, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Shober, John H., farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Kirkville.
Shea, John, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Eddyville.
Simms, John A., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Muchakinock; owns 160 acres of land; born in West Morland county, Virginia, September 21, 1812; emigrated to St. Charles county, Missouri, when 19 years of age; he lived there two years, and removed to Adams county Ill.; he lived there until the spring of 1846, and removed to Mahaska county, where he now resides. He has been married twice: his first wife was Nancy Crow, a native of St. Charles county, Mo. They were married in June, 1832; she died in July, 1855. He married again in September, 1856, to Mary Warner, a native of Maryland; has three children by first wife: Ann (now Mrs. William Hopper), Lina (now Mrs. Charles Kenfield), and George. Has seven children by his second marriage: Albert, Ella, Eliza, John, Joseph, Edward, and Henry.
Smith, C. S., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Spencer, A., former, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Steddom, Jason W., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Steele, John, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Cedar; he was born in Alleghany county Penn., Dec. 31, 1838, lived there 17 years and then came to this county. He married Miss Barbara E. Bradshaw, Sept. 14, 1865; she is a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio. They have two sons and one daughter: John W., Wm. D., and Mary E; has a farm of 80 acres.
Steele, Wm., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Cedar.
Stephenson, Mitchell, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Cedar.
Stephenson, W. A., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stephenson, Wm. A., farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 80 acres of land; is nicely located; has good buildings, surrounded with nice groves; was born in Armstrong county, Penn., in 1841; came to this county in 1853; he was married in November, 1868, to Maggie A. Ratliff, daughter of Thomas Ratliff; she was born in Harrison township, this county, in 1848.
Stepheson, J. A., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Cedar.
Stoner, John, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stanley, A. S., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Stanley, James, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Steinhoff, Joseph, retired, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Stewart, L. L., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Stockwell, J. W., merchant, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Stoner, Milton, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Strain, John, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Eddyville.
Sullivan, Con, laborer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Sullivan, Tim, laborer, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Switzer, John H., farmer and carpenter, Sec. 9; P. O. Eddyville.
Tennis, John, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Tennis, Oliver, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Cedar.
Tennis, Robert, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Cedar.
Thomas, J. W., farmer, Sec 25; P. O. Kirkville.
Thomas, Mahlon, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Kirkville.
Thomas, Morgan, clerk, Sec. 7; P. O. Muchakinock.
Tierney, Thomas F., laborer; Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Totman, S. P., Sec. 32; P. O. Eddyville; owns a farm of 140 acres; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, April 9, 1830; his parents moved from there, when he was quite young, to Knox Co., when he lived until he was twenty years of age; he emigrated to this county in the fall of 1850; he married Miss Christina, daughter of Robert Oldham, Oct. 5, 1853; she is a native of Indiana; they have four sons and five daughters, Charles N., Wm. N., Mary J., Nica I., Lillie S., Nettie, Robert L., Frank and Mabel; served about ten months in the late war, in Co. C, 13 Iowa Volunteers Infantry.
Tullis, M. G., farmer, Sea. 7; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Tullis, W. H., farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Underwood, A. M., farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Eddyville.
Vance, J. E., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Vance, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Eddyville; farm contains 150 acres; was born in Fayette county, Indiana, April 8, 1819; he lived there twenty-one years, then emigrated to Burlington, Iowa, in 1840; he lived there four years and then came to this county, and located where he now resides in 1844; he married Rebecca Morgan, Nov. 20, 1842; she is a native of Kentucky. Mr. V. was first justice of the peace, re-elected after the organization of the county, and has held that office, off and on, for thirty years; have four sons and three daughters, Lydia, Oliver H., Mary M., Agnew E., Samuel L., Susan A., Fred E.; lost two sons, James A. and Henry C.
Vance, widow, farmer, See. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Vance, Z. G., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Walker, Stephen, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Cedar.
Walker, Stephen, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Cedar; farm 80 acres; was born in Hartford, Connecticut, September 14, 1828; lived there thirteen years, and then went to Charlestown, South Carolina; lived there nine years, and then traveled until 1861, and then located in this county; he married Mrs. Eliza Knowlton in 1863, a native of Gallia county, Ohio. They have one son and one daughter, Friend E. and Alma F. He served about seventeen months in the late war, in Company G, Seventh Iowa Cavalry.
Walker, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Eddyville.
Ward, D. W., clerk, Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Watkins, John E., miner, Sec. 11; P. O. Muchakinock.
Webb, William, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Welch, F. G., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Cedar.
Welch, F. G., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Cedar; farm 260 acres; was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in October, 1836; he lived there until 1860; he then came to this county, but did not locate here until 1866; from 1860 to 1865 he was engaged in shipping sheep from Ohio to this county; he married Miss Maggie S. Simpson, a native of the same county, September 13, 1866; she died March 21, 1874; left two sons, Lavernge and Omar S.; he married again to Elizabeth Slemmons, September 12, 1876, a native of the same cou nty; one daughter, Annie.
Welch, Jason R, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Eddyville.
Welton, E. H., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Wheeler, A. F., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Cedar.
Wheeler, Alfred, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Cedar; farm 96 acres; was born in North Hamptonshire, England, in 1834; lived there nine years; his parents then emigrated to the United States, and located in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, where they lived seven years, and then moved to Dodge county, Wisconsin, where he lived until 1868, then to this county; he married Josephine M. Palmer, January 1, 1866, a native of Illinois; they have two sons and three daughters, Jennet, Eugene, Guy, Mattie, Grace; he served three years in the late war, in Company A., Thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteers Infantry; enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered out in June, 1865.
Whited, Carson, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Eddyville; farm of 130 acres; was born in the town of Wythe, Wythe county, Virginia, September 17, 1814; his parents emigrated to Fayette county, Indiana, when he was five years of age, where they lived three years, and then removed to Shelbyville, Indiana; he left there and came to this county, November 10, 1846; he married Miss Abagail Bollibaugh, February 28, 1833, a native of Raligh county, North Carolina; family, four daughters, Maria J., (now widow of John Mercer, who died in Andersonville prison during the late rebellion), Charlotte, (now Mrs. James Oldham), Catharine, (now Mrs. John Rainsbarger,) Mahala, (now Mrs. Quitman Powell). Mr. W. lost one son, who died while in the army.
Whiteman, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa.
Williams, H. H., farmer. Sec. 31; P. O. Eddyville.
Wortman, Geo., farmer; Sec.6; P. O. Muchakinock; farm contains 308 acres; was born in the Province of New Brunswick, August 14, 1814, he lived there until he was past twelve, his parents then moved to Harrison county, Ohio; he lived there about ten years; he came to this county in the spring of 1843, and located on the place where he now lives; he married Miss M. Christena Scott, a native of Ohio, February 28, 1842; she died July 24, 1849; married again to Rebecca McCaslin, a native of Virginia, April 2, 1850; two daughters by first marriage, Hannah, and Louisa C.; three sons and five daughters by second marriage, John, Sarah, Martha J., Matilda A., Emma, Mary F., David and Geo. W.
Wylie, James T., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Eddyville; was born in the town of Coventry, Chenango county, New York, November 23, 1815, he lived there until 1837; and then emigrated to Peoria, Illinois, where he lived six years, and then came to Iowa in the spring of 1843, and located in Eddyville, and worked at his trade, (blacksmithing). Mr. W. did all the stage repairing at Eddyville in those days; in 1845 he and his partner, Mr. J. W. Caldwell, entered 240 acres in this township, afterward, buying his partner's interest; his farm contains 407 acres; he married Miss Mary J. Delashmutt, November 23, 1851. She was born in Tyler county, Virginia, May 12, 1831. They have one son and two daughters, Clara M., (now Mrs. Andrew Manifold,) born September 25, 1853, James B., born October 1, 1855, Eppie S., August 8, 1867.
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Township List, Mahaska County History, Iowa 1878