Gorton, William

GORTON, RAPPLEYE

Posted By: Daniel K. Higginbottom (email)
Date: 11/14/2014 at 13:59:13

GORTON, WILLIAM-Farmer, section 36 (Madison Twp.), P. O. Polk City. Was born in New York, on the 16th of September, 1836, and while there learned the tanner's trade, which he followed until the spring of 1865. He then sold out his business and went to farming. In the spring of 1872 he came to this county, and owns a farm of 131 acres. He was married in New York, December 25, 1857, to Mary D. Rappleye. They have had eight children, of whom five are living Merritt, Herbert, Lancaster, Henry and William; lost three: Jennie M., Luellen and Stanley.

Source: "The History of Polk County, Iowa," p. 1028. Des Moines, Union Historical Company, 1880.