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”Frank M. Whitacre received his education in the common schools. He has never been away from home for any length of time, having always lived upon the old farmstead, in whose fields he has labored day after day in the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Genealogy
”Joshua Jefferis was the eighth child and fifth son in the family and was born October 15, 1837. He was reared on the farm where he now resides, pursued his education in a log school house and remained at home … Continue reading
LUTHER HITE. Luther Hite was one of the pioneers of Wapello county, passing away on his home farm near Ottumwa, April 20, 1913, at the patriarchal age of eighty-five years. He was an industrious farmer, a self-made man who acquired … Continue reading
”FRANK W. ELLIS. Though among the younger representatives of the legal profession at Clinton, Frank W. Ellis has won distinction in his conduct of litigation, and stands high in the estimation of the members of the Clinton county bar. The … Continue reading
”JOHN D. SCHOCK. —One of the finest homes in Blue Springs is that of John D. Schock, who is now living in honorable retirement. Mr. Schock was born in Seneca county, Ohio, September 25, 1849. His father, George Schock, was … Continue reading
”Early in the eighteenth century Thomas Todd and his wife Elizabeth immigrated from England to central Pennsylvania, and from there subsequently moved to North Carolina. Their son, Joseph Todd, was born in Pennsylvania about 1748, and married Ann Crause, who … Continue reading
“Ware, J. P., proprietor Mediapolis House; born in this county in 1844. Married Anna M. Black in 1870; she was born in Greene Co., Penn., in 1845; they have one child–Cora E.” Source: The History of Des Moines County, Iowa, … Continue reading
One of my dear neighbors, a Mrs. Finch, died this week, of bone cancer. If you recall, my sister Betty Jane, also died of that disease. Betty and I never real close as my time in the service took a … Continue reading
”WARE EDWIN, Farmer; Sec. 24;P. O. Rockford; born in Hancock, Hillsboro Co., N. H., Jan. 81, 1842; he came to this Co. in March, 1876; married Agnes McQuaters, Dec. 16, 1866; she was born in Tariffville, Conn., Jan. 6, 1845; … Continue reading
”LEAVTTT, Roger, Cedar Falls National Bank; res. 1107 Washington St., Cedar Falls, Iowa. Banker; b. Waterloo, Iowa, June 25, I860; s. John Hooker and Caroline Clark (Ware) Leavitt; ancestor came from England, 1629; B. A., Beloit Coll., 1882; M. A., … Continue reading