Adkinson, J., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. New Sharon.
Almond, W. A., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Union Mills; born in Kentucky in 1846; came to this county in March, 1875; owns 40 acres of land; he married Alice Bunting in 1868; she was born in Ohio; have two children, Herman S., and Alvie S.
Almond, W. S., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Union Mills.
Allen, Abner, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Union Mills.
Anderson, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. New Sharon.
Andre, Jonathan, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. New Sharon.
Atherton, Abner, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. New Sharon; born in Ohio in 1823 came to this county first in 1857 and remained two years; he then returned to Grundy county, Illinois, where he remained until his removal to this county in 1876; he owns 240 acres of land; he married Miss Maria Hartman in 1857; she was born in Indiana; have six children, Amos P., Mary J., Wesley A., William H., Luella M., and L. David.
Barnes, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county.
Bass, Wm. L., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. New Sharon.
Bass, Wm. M., farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. New Sharon.
Baughman, A., miller and proprietor of Baughman's Mills, Sec. 17; P. O. New Sharon; born in Pennsylvania in 1814; came to this county in 1853; owns 167 acres of land; previous to his removal to this county he lived in Ohio and Indiana; he married Levina Kauffman in 1842; she was born in Pennsylvania, and died in 1863; he afterward married Philinda Bump in 1863; she was born in Ohio; has eight children by first marriage, Elias, Elizabeth, Henry, Rebecca, John, Melissa, Abraham, and David; and two by the second marriage, Francis A., and Willis H.
Biggs, Meeker, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Union Mills.
Bolton, E. P., farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Union Mills; born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1842; came to this county in 1866; owns 80 acres of land; enlisted in the 85th Ohio Infantry in the late war; he married Miss Emeline McMains in December, 1867; she was born in this county; have two children, Ernest, and Della M.; lost one son, Olla E.
Boyce, A. T., farmer, See. 25; P. O. Union Mills born in Washington county, N. Y., in 1808; for seventeen years he was a sailor; came to this county in 1868; he married Eliza P. Tabor in 1849; she was born in New York; have three children, Charles W., Morgan P., and Allen A.; lost two, Frank, and Phebe J.
Boyce, C. W., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Union Mills.
Briggs, William, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. New Sharon.
Briggs, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. New Sharon.
Brooks, T. L., farmer, See. 11; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county; born in Maryland, April 25, 1827; came to this county in 1851; owns 272 acres of land; his door-yard is ornamented with the largest and most handsome evergreens in the county; he has held office of township trustee and school director; he married Miss Catharine Mass, in 1849; she was born in Maryland; has 7 children, William K, Charles T., Sarah D., Ann M., Alice, Frances P. and Clara.
Bryant, David, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Forest Home.
Bushby, John, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. New Sharon.
Bushby, Johnson, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
Bushby, R., E., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. New Sharon.
Campbell, Dennis, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Union Mills.
Campbell, John, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills; born in Pennsylvania, in 1826; came to this county in 1853; owns 160 acres of land; he married Miss Belinda Moore, in 1849; she was born in Pennsylvania, and died February 13, 1850; he afterward married Mary Mitchell, April 10, 1851; she was born in Pennsylvania; has 6 children, Mary Belinda, Nancy R, William J., Ella J., Nevada A. and Ruth E.
Caster, Paul, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
Cattell, Lewis, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. New Sharon.
Chamberlain, R., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. New Sharon.
Champion, Rachel, widow, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills.
Champion, William M., farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Union Mills.
Chew, Asa, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Union Mills.
Chew, J. S., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sherman.
Cline, Henry, farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Union Mills.
Danielson, D. H., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. New Sharon.
Darland, J. B., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills.
Dory, Casper, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
Doze, A. C., farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. New Sharon.
Dudgeon, Hugh, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills; born in Knox county, Ohio, April 1, 1835; came to this county in 1867; owns 87 1/2 acres of land; he enlisted in the 38th Iowa Infantry, in the late war; he married Miss Melissa Lepley, in 1865; she was born in Knox county, Ohio; has 2 children, Alice and Edgar.
Dutton, J. B., farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. New Sharon.
Eflin, A. J., farmer and raiser of Poland-China swine, Sec. 29; P. O. New Sharon; born in Northumberland county, Pa., in 1839; came to this county in 1866; owns 80 acres of land; has held office of school director: he married Miss Jane A. Scott, in 1861; she was born in Fulton county, Illinois; has 6 children, Ida M., Edson A., Lewis I., Eleana, George P. and Baby.
Eflin, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. New Sharon.
Erickson, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. New Sharon.
Evans, Robert, farmer and miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon; born in Wales, August 25, 1848; came to this county in 1869; owns 82 acres of land, on which he has a vein of coal averaging four feet in thickness.
Evans, William, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 33; P. O. Union Mills; born in Virginia, in 1829; came to this county in 1860; he has taken great interest for years in raising Norman horses and mules, and the growing favor of these horses, and the improvement made in the stock throughout this section, is largely attributed to him; he married Miss Sarah J. Brown, in 1849; she was born in Fayette county, Pa.; has 8 children, Mary E., Albert L., John W. Adam B., Isaac E., Martha A., Emily J. and George; he enlisted in the 33d Iowa Infantry, in the late war, and served 3 years, a greater portion of the time in the detective service in Indianapolis.
Evans, Wm. E., farmer, and proprietor of Evans' Coal Banks, Sec. 8; P. O. New Sharon; born in Wales, in 1822; came to this country in 1849, to this State in 1856, and to this county in 1858; owns 1100 acres of land; he married Mary Jones, in 1856; she was born in Wales; has 8 children, William, Lizzie, Anna, Lilla, Nellie, Grace, Pannie, Evan and Riva; lost 1 daughter, Lizzie.
Faulkner, Allen, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. New Sharon.
Ferrell, F. W., farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Union Mills; born in Ohio in 1816; came to this county in March, 1857; owns 200 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Hope Addis, in 1840; she was born in Penn.; has five children, Mary I., Elizabeth J., Ann E., John M. and Cora.
Fisher, Rachel, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman.
Fisher, Jacob F., farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. New Sharon.
Foster, Nicholas, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Union Mills.
Fry, John H., physician and surgeon, Sec. 27, P. O. Union Mills; born in Union county, Pennsylvania, in 1820; came to this county in 1850; owns 320 acres of land; has practiced medicine thirty years; has held office of supervisor; he enlisted as surgeon of the 47th Iowa Infantry, and had charge of the general hospital at Helena; he married Miss Catharine Cowle in 1845; she was born in Pennsylvania; they have twelve children, Cora J., Mary L., Anna E., Seward, J. Willis, Cassie I., Lutie S., Tim, Addison, Jesse H., Paul T., Edna.
Gorsuch, E. W., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sherman.
Gorsuch, J. C., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sherman.
Gorsuch, J. M., blacksmith, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman.
Gorsuch, J. R,., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county; born in Ohio, in 1831; came to this county in 1857; owns 350 acres of land; he married Miss E. McMasters in 1857; she was born in North Carolina; has seven children, Samuel, Martha, Robert, Matilda, Irene, James and Mary; lost one son, Charles.
Gorsuch, Wm., farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Sherman.
Gott, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Union Mills.
Graham, E. W., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Union Mills; born in Jefferson county, Indiana, in 1831; came to this county May 2, 1855; he owns 180 acres of land; has held offices of township treasurer and school director; he enlisted in the 31st Iowa Infantry in the late war, and served three years; he married Miss Margaret H. Watson in 1852; she was born in Indiana; has three children, Florence E., Ginn and Morton Y.; one daughter, Mary L, died in March, 1874, aged eleven months.
Graham, J. W., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills; born in Jefferson county, Iowa, in 1844; came to this county in 1846; owns 80 acres of land; he married Hannah M. Ogle in 1869; she was born in Maryland; has four children, Frank L, Wilbert, Freddie and Baby; has served as school director; he enlisted in the Fortieth Iowa Infantry, and served until the close of the war.
Graham, James, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Union Mills.
Graham, L. W., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills; born in this county, May 8, 1846; owns 80 acres of land; has held office of township clerk, assessor, and acted as president of the school board; he married Miss Esther E. Pfontz in 1869; she was born in Maryland; has two children, Tulla E. and Elmer E.; lost two children in infancy.
Groves, Benjamin, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Union Mills.
Groves, J. W., farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Union Mills.
Hageman, A. P., blacksmith, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills.
Hardman, J. M., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
Hedge, A., J., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Union Mills.
Heitsman, J. B., farmer, and proprietor of Heitsman's Coal Banks, Sec. 8; P. O. New Sharon; born in Pennsylvania, in 1845; came to this county in 1853; owns 280 acres of land; he married Miss Magdalene Fisher, March 23,1871; she was born in Ohio; has three children, Olive, John and Flora.
Hevelin, L., farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Sherman.
Holder, J., L, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
Holt, J., dealer in general merchandise, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county; born in Philadelphia, in 1833; came to this county in 1850; owns 200 acres of land; holds office of postmaster; he married Miss S. E. Chew, in 1861; has four children, Charles, Bertha, Susan and Effie.
Hope, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Sherman.
Hughes, Charles, miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon.
Hughes, Ed., miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon.
Hughes, Joseph, miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon.
Hughes, Mary N., farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. New Sharon.
Hull, N. S., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills.
Hunt, Abraham, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Sherman.
Anderson, James, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Union Mills.
James, Barney, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills.
James, John H., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills.
James, S. C., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills; born in Indiana, in 1849; came to this, county in 1852; owns 40 acres of land; he married Eliza Wilson in 1875; she was born in Ohio; has two children, Zella and Baby.
Jones, B., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Sherman.
Jones, Edward, miner, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon.
James, Luke, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Union Mills.
Kindig, Samuel, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. New Sharon.
Kindig, W. H., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. New Sharon.
Kisor, C. M., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills.
Kisor, David, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
Kisor, James, miner, Sec. 18; P. O. New Sharon.
Kisor, M. L., farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Union Mills.
Kisor, R., farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills; born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1819, and came to this county in 1856; owns 40 acres of land; has held office of school director; he married Miss Mary Buckingham, in 1842; she was born in Greene county, Pa.; have five children, Cary M., Melissa C., William S., Mary E., and Nancy V.
Klinker, Henry, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Union Mills.
Klinker, J. J., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills; was born in Germany, 1807; came to the United States in 1818, and to this county in 1844, being one of the first settlers in the county; he owns 360 acres of land; has held the offices of supervisor and school director; he married Miss Margaret McCabe, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio; have seven children, Henry, Catharine, Joseph, Wesley, Emma, Theodore, and Sylvester.
Klinker, T., farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills.
Klinker, Wesley, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills.
Kneudson, Gunder, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Union Mills.
Kopp, J. F., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. New Sharon.
Lamond, John, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sherman.
Larson, Lars, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. New Sharon.
Larson, Marsilius, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. New Sharon.
Latcham, Thos, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Sherman.
Latchem, James S., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Sherman, Poweshiek county; born in Camden county, N. J., in 1826, and came to this State in 1856; owns 152 acres of land; he married Miss Elizabeth Porch, 1852; she was born in New Jersey, and died October 17, 1866; he afterward married Mrs. Isabell Watkins, May 3, 1868; has three children, Belle, Maggie E. and Nellie E.; Mrs. Latchem was previously married to John E. Watkins, in 1856; he was born in Ohio, and died July 8, 1865; left two children, Ida I. and Laura A.
Litzenburg, F. V., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Sherman.
Lockard, John, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills.
Lockwood, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills.
Marsh, J. M., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
Marsh, W. P., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
McGriff, John, farmer, Sec. 4; New Sharon.
McKain, Wm., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
McMains, John, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Union Mills; born in Owen county, Ky., January 18, 1815; in 1825 he removed to Indiana, where he remained until 1836, when be came to Cedar county, Iowa, where he remained eight years; he then returned to Indiana, remaining three years, and came to this county in 1847; he settled on the land he now owns, and has lived there ever since that time; he owns 676 acres of land; has held offices of township trustee and school director; married Jane Goddard in 1837; she was born in Kentucky, and died in 1858; he afterward married Rachel Chidester, Jan. 1, 1861; she was born in New York; has eight children, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary E., Isaiah, William, Oliver, Ida and Erastus; one son, Robert, enlisted in the 8th Iowa Infantry, and was killed at Corinth.
Miller, Philip, farmer, P. O. Union Mills.
Miller, V. B., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Union Mills; born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1836; came to this county in October, 1872; has held office of school director; he married Miss Sarah Larkin, in 1860; she was born in Ohio; has three children, John, Charles and Frank; owns 157 acres of land.
Mincer, T. F., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Union Mills.
Mitchel, Jacob, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Union Mills.
Moffat, Robert, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills.
Naylor, Albert, farmer Sec. 10; P. O. New Sharon.
Ogborn, W. H., farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
Olson, Erick, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. New Sharon.
Orrell, Harry, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Union Mills.
Osborn, J. E, farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills; born in Wayne county, Ind., in 1828; came to this county in June, 1855; owns 9? acres of land; has held the office of justice of the peace and school director; he married Miss Martha Lane in 1849; she was born in Butler county, Ohio; they have nine children, Wilbern, Horace H., Frank, Katie L., Arthur, Mollie, Alice, Ollie, and Fred.
Pfoutz, Peter, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Union Mills; born in Maryland in 1815; lived three years in Ohio, and came to this county in 1856; owns 170 acres of land; he married Sarah A. Penner in 1845; she was born in Maryland; they have three children, George W., Esther E., and Tawell G.
Pilgrim, Wm., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Union Mills.
Porter, John, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
Quaintance, E. O., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. New Sharon.
Reed, A. B., farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Union Mills.
Rockwell, A., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. New Sharon.
Rogers, Daniel T., farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. New Sharon.
Rowley, Reuben, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Union Mills.
Sheeley, Beverly, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. New Sharon.
Schechter, J., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. New Sharon.
Schechter, A., farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. New Sharon.
Smith, G. W., farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
Smith, Hugh, farmer and proprietor of Smith's coal banks, Sec. 9; P. O. New Sharon; born in Scotland in 1822; came to the United States in 1851, and lived six years in Maryland, and then removed to Jackson county, Wisconsin, coming to this county in 1864; owns 72 acres of land; he has held offices of township trustee and school director; he married Miss Margaret Moffatt in 1848; she was born in Scotland; they have twelve children, Jeanette, Mary, Isabell, John, Margaret, Robert, William, Hugh, James, Lizzie, Albert, and Flora.
Smith, L. M., farmer, sec. 23; P. O. Union Mills.
Strom, K., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. New Sharon.
Stout, John, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Union Mills.
Thatcher, N. W., farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. New Sharon.
Thompson, T. S., farmer and dealer agricultural implements and live stock; Sec. 19; P. O. New Sharon; born in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1839; came to this county in 1864; owns 170 acres of land; has held the office of township trustee; he married Miss Sarah Sheldon in 1863; she was born in the same place; have two children, Lucius and LeRoy.
Tilford, Robert, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Sherman.
Trager, Wm. F., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. New Sharon.
Upton, David, farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. New Sharon.
Upton, Walker, farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. New Sharon.
Vail, Abraham, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. New Sharon.
Vance, H. B, farmer, Sec. 16; P. O. Union Mills.
Watkins, T. L., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Sherman.
Wendahl, Andrew, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. New Sharon.
Weston, Geo., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Union Mills; born in Ohio, in 1854; came to this county in 1865; his father, Thomas Weston, was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1794, and came to this county in 1865; he married Susan Thomas, in 1830; she was born in Virginia; has four children: Mary E., George, Kossuth, and Salina A.; has lost seven children.
Wheeler, C. T, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Union Mills.
Whiteman, Elijah, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. New Sharon.
Wilkinson, John P., farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Sherman.
Widows, John, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Union Mills.
Widows, Wm., farmer Sec. 15; P .O. Union Mills.
Woolket, Lyman, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. New Sharon.
Wymore, Thompson, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Sherman.
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Township List, Mahaska County History, Iowa 1878