Source: History of Jones County, Iowa, past and present
Their story
What the record says
Born Trumbull County, Ohio 1848.
Came to Jones County, Iowa in 1856 with his parents.
Youngest ('last named') of five children.
Married Miss Bates 17 Feb 1878.
Home about six miles south of Anamosa in Fairview township.
Eight children, all surviving at time of writing.
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