The History of Appanoose County, Iowa
Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878
Transcribed by Renee Rimmert. A complete copy of this book is available on-line at archive.org.
Abreviations |
| agt - agent | mach - machinist |
| carp - carpenter | mech - mechanic |
| clk - clerk | mar - merchant |
| co - company or county | mfr - manufacturer |
| dlr - dealer | mkr - maker |
| fmr - farmer | P.O. - Post Office |
| gro - grower | prop - proprietor |
| I.V.A. - Iowa Volunteer Artillery | S. or Sec. - section |
| I.V.C. - Iowa Volunteer Cavalry | st - street |
| I.V.I. - Iowa Volunteer Infantry | supt - superintendent |
| lab - laborer | treas - treasurer |
Johns Township
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Needham, J.W.,farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Tranquility.
Needham, S., far., S. 12; P.O. Centerville.
Neil, B., far., S. 7; P.O. Jerome.
Neil, W.K., far., S. 7; P.O. Tranquility.
Nicodemus, William H.,far., Sec. 12; P.O. Centerville; born in Maryland Aug. 23, 1835, and located in this State in 1854, and in this county in 1866; he owns 100 acres of land in Sec. 28, Independence Tp., and he rents and cultivates 55 acres in Sec. 12, Johns Tp. He is a Greenbacker. His wife, Rubia Cozad, was born in West Virginia Nov. 26, 1841; they were married Jan. 19, 1869, and have four children - Martha E., born Feb. 2, 1870; Nicholas P., Dec. 12, 1871; Thomas W., Sept. 25, 1874, and Franklin C., Dec. 26, 1876. Mr. Nicodemus enlisted in Co. G, 11th Iowa V.I., Dec. 7, 1861, and served until Dec. 6, 1863; re-enlisted again at Vicksburg, and served until July 15, 1865; was in the battles of Shiloh, at the siege of Vicksburg and with Gen. Sherman in his famous march to the sea, and on to the Washington review, and was in forty-one battles and innumerable skirmishes.
Pendergast, J.W., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Jerome.
Peugh, David, farmer, Sec 15; P.O. Centerville; born in Virgina Jan. 12, 1819; settled in Indiana twenty- five years, and then located in this county in May 1854; owns 160 acres of land under cultivation and twenty-five acres of timber land. His wife, Nancy E. Needham, was born in Indiana May 4, 1824; married in 1842, and hav six children - Lucretia Jane, Nancy Ann, David Preston, William H., Sarah Josephine and Charles Albert.
Pierson, John A., farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Promise City; born in Richland Co., Ohio, May 11, 1825, and located here May 1856, owns 160 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. He is a member of the M.E. Church, and a Democrat. His wife, Mary Jane Sturgeon, born in Washington Co., Penn., July 28, 1827, and they were married April 10, 1855, and have four children - Ida Belle, Bruce S., Maggie J.L., Robert M. Mr. Pierson has been School Director for six years, Assessor five years, also Supervisor, and was a member of the House of Representatives in 1858 at the new Capitol.
Ratliff, Benjamin, farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Centerville.
Rider, Wm., far., Sec. 7; P.O. Centerville.
Robison, Johnston,far., Sec. 17; P.O. Promise City.
Sales, Thomas, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Tranquility.
Seals, James,far., Sec. 8; P.O. Promise City.
Sedgwick, S.R.,farmer , Sec. 2; P.O.Walnut City; born at Rice's Landing, Greene Co., Penn., Sept. 1, 1837, and located in this county in 1871; owns 200 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. He is a Democratic Greenbacker. His wife, Mercilla Williams, born at Mount Morris, Greene Co., Penn.; they were married Sept. 1, 1875, and have one child named Frank L. Sedgwick.
Sidles, Peter,far., Sec. 34; P.O. Jerome.
Silvey, Peter,far., Sec. 33; P.O. Jerome.
Simmons, T.J.,far., Sec. 33; P.O. Jerome.
Shoemaker, F.H., Jr.,far., Sec. 32; P.O. Jerome.
Shoemaker, F.H., Sr.,far., Sec. 32; P.O. Jerome.
Shoemaker, Margaret,farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Centerville; daughter of John and Margaret C. Bishop, who were born in Hanover, Germany - he in 1787, and she in 1792. Married in Hanover, Germany, where Mrs. S. was born in 1831. When she was 14 years of age, they came to this country; first settled in Jackson Co., Ind., near Brownstown, and engaged in farming; there he died in 1867, aged 70; her mother died in 1872, aged 75; had four children - Margaret is the only one living. Three years after arriving in this country, she married Mr. Henry Cross, a farmer from Hanover, Germany; he died in 1850, leaving one child - Henry C., born Dec. 18, 1850; three years after, she married Henry Frank Shoemaker; he was born in Germany in 1811, and there married Miss Mary Ranky, in 1840; they came to this country in 1847. She died April 2, 1852, leaving four children - Catherine M., born Jan. 24, 1841; Frank H., born Dec. 13, 1843; Mary S., born Nov. 7, 1849. In October, 1854, Mr. S. and his second wife came to this county, and settled where she now resides, and owns 513 acres, valued at $30 per acre. June 1, 1878, he died being at the age of 67 years, a useful, thrifty, ang highly esteemed citizen. Soon after coming to Appanoose County, they united with the M.E. Church, of which he was Steward and Trustee; formerly Lutheran; her first husband and parents were Lutherans. He left six children, has lost two - William F., born Oct. 15, 1853, died in April 1865, John L., born April 29, 1856; Daniel T., born July 8, 1858; Augustus B., born March 7, 1861; Christopher D., born Jan. 13, 1864; died in July 1865; Josephus E., born May 14, 1866; Rufus C., born Dec. 1, 1868, and Martha L., born Oct. 14, 1871.
Smith, T.W.,far., Sec. 27; P.O. Centerville.
Steel, S.J.,far., Sec. 27; P.O. Centerville.
Steel, T.J.,far., S. 21; P.O. Tranquility.
Stevens, T.W.,far., S. 10.
Stewart, J.,far., S. 25; P.O. Centerville.
Stone, Alfred C.,farmer, Secs. 10, 14 and 15; P.O. Centerville; born in Ohio April 23, 1844; located here in 1859; owns 170 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. He is a member of the M.E. Church; Greenbacker. His wife, Annie Thurman, was born in Indiana May 8, 1844; they were married in 1865, and have two children - Eliza, born Aug. 9, 1869, and Walter J., May 25, 1874. Mr. Stone enlisted in Co. I, 36th Iowa V.I., in the spring of 1864, and served to the close of the war; mustered out in September 1865.
Stone, J.M.,far., S. 3; P.O. Centerville.
Stone, James L.,farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Centerville; born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, June 6, 1835; owns 220 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. He is a member of the M.E. Church, and a Greenbacker. His wife, Xenia A. Dodge, was born in the same county June 4, 1839; they were married Feb. 4, 1855, and have nine children - Almeron J., Franklin L., James L., Florella A., Aurelius U., Charles A., Alice R., Birddine F. and Susan B. Mr. Stone enlisted in Co. I. 36th Iowa V.I., in August 1862, and was in the battles of Helena, Little Rock, Prairie de Ann, Saline River, Ark.; was taken prisioner and detained ten months, until the close of the war.
Swan, G.W.,far., S. 8; P.O. Promis City.
Swan, J.N.,far., S. 2; P.O. Centerville.
Swan, W.,far., S. 6; P.O. Promise City.
Taylor, Allen,far., Sec.26; P.O. Jerome.
Thomas, A.,far., S. 2; P.O. Walnut City.
Thomas, I.W.,far. , S. 1; P.O. Walnut City.
Thomas, Michael W.,farmer and stock-grower, Sec. 31; P.O. Seymour, Wayne Co., Iowa; born in Lawrence Co., Ind., in 1845. In the fall of 1851, his father, Henry L., came to Appanoose and entered 1,000 acres of land, which he settled on the following spring, of which his son Michael owns and occupies 172 acres, valued at $30 per acre; the balance divided among his other children previous to his death Jan. 1, 1861, in Centerville; after the death of his father, he, with his mother, removed to the farm he now occupies. At the age of 18, he married Miss Malinda Pendergast, who was born in Ripley Co., Ind., Aug. 24, 1845; daughter of Samuel P., also an early settler of this county, now a resident of Moulton; they have four children - Oren M., born May 1, 1866; Otto, born March 6, 1869; Mary Ettie, born Feb. 24, 1871; Harley, born July 20, 1875. Mr.s and Mrs. Thomas, his mother and his father, previous to his death, were members of the M.E. Church. Has held the office of Township Clerk. Democratic. Is a member of I.O.O.F. Is a Representative of the Grand Lodge of Iowa of that society, Fifth District.
Thomas, W.,far., S. 31; P.O. Promise City.
Thompson, L.R.,far., S. 9; P.O. Tranquility.
Thompson, W.H.,far., S. 29; P.O. Promise City.
Thompson, W.R.,far., S. 12; P.O. Centerville.
Wade, Alex,farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Centerville.
Wailes, B.,far., S. 16; P.O. Tranquility.
Wailes, George N.,farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Tranquility; born in Bartholomew Co., Ind., July 26, 1834, and located here in 1854; owns 245 1/2 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. He is a Greenbacker. His wife, Elizabeth Ellen Mitchell; born in Indiana; they were married in 1855; have eight children - Samuel M., Levin C., Mary Ellen, Rebecca Jane, James Andrew, William Selby, Ann Eliza and Josephus.
Wailes, J.P.,far., Secs. 22 and 25; P.O. Tranquility.
Wailes, L.C., Sr.,far., Secs. 23 and 26; P.O. Tranquility.
Wailes, L.C., physician and surgeon, Sec. 23; P.O. Tranquility; son of Samuel P. Wailes, who was born in Maryland, at the age of 24; married Miss Mary S. Wilson, a native of Maryland; soon after, removed to Kentucky, thence to Bartholomew Co., Ind., where L.C. was born, March 29, 1828; in 1849, came to Davis Co., Iowa, in 1854, to this county, where he now owns 240 acres of land, valued at $5,000. Married Miss Lucinda Wailes, daughter of Leonard Wailes, of this county; she was born in Bartholomew Co., Ind., in 1833; her parents were early settlers of Appanoose, where her father died in 1872; her mother still resides here; Mrs. Wailes died in 1873, leaving eight children - Mary E., Margaret E., George W., Lloyd A., Benjamin F., Flora A., Albert N., Tyler T. Dr. W. married Mrs. Lucinda Friedley, a native of Licking Co., Penn.; her father Benj. Jennings, died in Fulton Co., Iowa, in 1854. In 1862, Dr. Wailes commenced the study of medicine, continued until 1872, read up $120 worth of medical books during the winter of 1873074, took a course of lectures at Keokuk, since which has had a steadily increasing and extensive practice. Was for eight years a Democrat, previously a Republican, now a Greenbacker; members of the M.E. Church, as was also his first wife. He is a member of the A.,F. & A.M., Bellair Lodge, No., 133; has held the office of Justice of the Peace.
Wailes, Lloyd,far., Sec. 16; P.O. Tranquility.
Wailes, Samuel,far., Sec. 24; P.O. Tranquility.
Wailes, T.,far., S. 13; P.O. Centerville.
Wailes, T.J.,far., S. 13; P.O. Centerville.
Wakefield, J.S.,far., S. 22; P.O. Tranquility.
Wakefield, W.T.,far., S. 30; P.O. Tranquility.
Wells, F.M.,farmer and stock-grower, Sec. 21; P.O. Tranquility; born in Greene Co., Penn., in 1832; his grandfather, James Wells, of English descent, was a resident of Greene Co. at the time of the French and Indian war, and was present at Braddock's defeat. The father of F.M. was born in Greene Co., Penn., in 1803. Married Miss Sophia Coon, a native of the same county; daughter of Jacob Coon, of German descent; he also participated in the French and Indian war, and drew a pension until his death, at the age of 99. F.M. having acquired a limited education, served an apprenticeship of two years at the millwright's trade, after which he worked in Pennsylvania and Virginia for five years; in 1855, came to Bureau Co., Ill., and in that and adjoining counties followed his trade until the winter of 1857. Married Miss Christina Anderson, daughter of Levi Anderson, of Bureau Co., Ill., from Greene Co., Penn., where she was born in 1837; they settled in Livingston Co., Ill.; in 1867, came to this county, and settled on the farm he now owns, containing 200 acres of land, valued at $30. His wife died Sept. 12, 1871, leaving four children - Henry C., born in 1858; Emeline M., born in 1861; Sarah E., born in 1863; William S., born in 1866. Married Miss Lydia Hinegard, of Sullivan Co., Mo.; born in Rockingham Co., Va., Oct. 29, 1833; they have one child - Daniel R., born in Feburary 1876. Republican; members of the Christian Church. Member of the I.O.O.F. at Tiskilwa, Ill.
Wilson, H.,far., S. 33; P.O. Jerome.
Winters, J.T.,far., S. 32; P.O. Jerome.