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History of Fayette County, Iowa,
A history of the County, its Cities, Towns Etc.
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The Fayette County Historical & Pioneer
Association
"The first meeting of the pioneer settlers of Fayette
County was held, pursuant to a call, at the hotel of H. S.
Brunson, in the village of Fayette, January 1, 1868. The meeting
was called to order by Col. Aaron Brown; on whose motion M. C.
Sperry was elected temporary Chairman. Jacob W. Rogers was
appointed temporary Secretary. Mr. Rogers being called upon,
stated the objects of the meeting to be 'to renew and perpetuate
the associations and friendships of earlier times among the
living pioneer settlers; to preserve a record and cherish the
memory of the dead; and to collect and preserve historical data
and interesting incidents and transactions in general connected
with the settlement of our county.'
A Committee on Permanent Organization was appointed,
consisting of Thomas Kincaid, Aaron Brown, Thomas R. Talbott,
Mrs. L. Dutton, Mrs. A. Brown and Mrs. James E. Robertson. This
committee reported a constitution which was adopted. The first
section of the constitution declared, 'The object of this
Association to be, first, to perpetuate the memories and
friendships of the past; second, to collect and preserve a
record of incidents connected with the early settlement of the
county;' and the historian regrets that the second object was
not more thoroughly accomplished.
A committee consisting of A. Brown, John Webb, P. F. Newton,
S. Holton and H. Waner, was appointed to report the names of
permanent officers for the ensuing year, which reported as
follows: For President, M. C. Sperry; Vice President, Aaron
Brown; Recording Secretary, Jacob Wentworth Rogers;
Corresponding Secretary, Curtis R. Bent; Chaplain, Rev. John
Webb; Treasurer, Harvey S. Brunson; Executive Committee, Thomas
Kincaid, P. F. Newton, Horation Warner. The report was accepted
and the officers declared elected.
On motion of Col. Brown, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved: that Jacob LyBrand, Henry C.
Lacy, and other pioneers who have removed to other parts, be
enrolled as members, and that the Corresponding Secretary be
directed to notify them of the fact, and solicit such incidents
connected with the early history of the county as they can
furnish, to be spread upon the records of the Association.
Resolved: That we will perpetuate the
memory of our pioneer brethren and sisters who have preceded us
in that emigration allotted to all, by inscribing their names
first on the roll of members, and (that) the friends of each be
requested to furnish the Association a summary of their pioneer
lives.
At this meeting, the following names were registered:
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Alexander, Mrs. Elizabeth |
Indiana, age 71 |
Westfield Twp, Sept 13, 1849,
nee Christ, widow of Robert Alexander |
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Bent, C. R. |
born Windham Co., Vt. 23 Aug 1820 |
Auburn, Feb 1852,
removed to West Union,
farmer |
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Brooks, Chauncy |
born in New York, age 50 |
settled in Smithfield Twp May 13, 1847,
farmer |
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Brown, Aaron |
Mississippi, age 42 |
Dover Twp, September 1851,
removed to Center,
clergyman |
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Brunson, Harvey S. |
Ohio, age 53 |
Dover Twp, May 1850;
removed to Westfield,
occupation: various |
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Bunn, Mrs. Aaron |
age 45 |
Settled 'here' Oct 1852; nee
Elizabeth Lingrel |
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Butler, Absalom |
Ohio, age 42 |
Dover Twp Apr 1849,
removed to West Union, farmer |
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Butler, Harrison |
Ohio, age 52 |
settled in Westfield Twp May 1850,
farmer |
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Chamberlain, Mrs. E. B. |
Indiana, age 38 |
Westfield Twp, Sept 13, 1849,
removed to Center Twp; nee Hannah Alexander |
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Clark, Lookings |
born Mar 5, 1825,
Northumberland Co., PA |
Dover Twp, Nov 1849,
married Mary Kinney Jan 1, 1852 |
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Dutton, L. |
New York, age 41 |
settled in West Union Twp Sept 11, 1848
farmer |
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Dutton, Mrs. Lorenzo |
Age 38 |
West Union Twp, May 1850,
died Oct 1, 1868
maiden name: M. A.
Hawley |
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Finney, Daniel J. |
born in Ohio in 1819 |
settled in Fairfield Twp July 5, 1845,
farmer |
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Glidden, Charles |
Maine, age 56 |
Fairfield Twp, March 1846,
farmer |
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Hanna, John T. |
Pennsylvania, age 38 |
Westfield Twp, June 6, 1850,butcher |
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Hartsough, Elisha |
Michigan, age 54 |
Dover Twp, May 1850
now resides Center Twp,
farmer |
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Hartsough, Mrs. E. |
Ohio, age 48 |
settled May 1850;nee Martha
Brunson |
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Holton, Mrs. S. |
Ohio, age38 |
settled May 18, 1850; nee
Mary S. Strong |
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Holton, Samuel |
New York, 42 |
settled in Illryia Twp May 1850,
now resides West Union,
hardware merchant |
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Iliff, Benjamin |
born PA - October 1820 |
Dover Twp, Sep 12, 1849,
died Sep 14, 1870 |
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Iliff, James |
born Dover Twp Apr 13, 1850 |
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Kincaid, Mrs. Thomas |
Ohio, age 41 |
settled May 1851; nee
Catherine Dannee |
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Kincaid, Thomas |
born Indiana, age 46 |
settled in Dover Twp May 1851,
farmer |
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Kinsey, Thomas J. |
England, age 60 |
Illyria Twp, Oct 1852,
farmer |
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Lacy, Henry C. |
Ohio, age 45 |
West Union Twp, May 31, 1851,
farmer and surveyor,
removed to Minnesota |
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Lybrand, Jacob |
born Philadelphia, Penn. |
settled West Union Twp, Sept 1849,
from Wisconsin,
removed to LyBrand, Allamakee Co 1850,
thence to St. Nicholas, Freeborn Co, MN,
thence to Redwood Falls, MN,
thence in 1864 to West Union,
thence to Alexandria, Douglas Co MN,
died _____ 1875 |
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Morris, Mrs. William |
England, age 35 |
settled in July 1852; nee
Elizabeth ? |
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Morris, William |
England, age 39 |
Illyria Twp, September 1850,
farmer |
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Newton, Mrs. P. F. |
Pennsylvania, age 43 |
settled Nov 12, 1847; nee
Harriet Seely |
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Newton, Palmer F. |
New York, age 47 |
Fairfield Twp, Nov 12, 1847,farmer |
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Robertson, James E. |
Kentucky, age 46 |
settled in Westfield Twp Sept 1849 |
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Robertson, Mrs. S. H. |
Indiana, age 49 |
settled November 1850; nee
Sabra Alexander |
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Robertson, Samuel H. |
Kentucky, age 56 |
Westfield Twp, November 1850,
farmer |
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Rogers, Mrs. J. W. |
born N.Y. Apr 14, 1830 |
settled West Union Twp, Sep 7, 1849;
nee Sara Jane Simons |
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Rogers, Jacob Wentworth |
born Moultenboro, N.H. 15 Aug 1820 |
settled in West Union Township Sept. 7, 1849,
present business, farming,
residence in West Union |
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Sperry, M. C. |
born in New York State in 1827 |
settled in Fairfield Twp March 20, 1847,
resides in Illyria,
merchant |
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Talbot, Charles R. |
Ireland, age 50 |
Westfield Twp, July 1849,
farmer |
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Warner, Horatio |
Vermont |
settled in Pleasant Valley Twp April 1851,
farmer |
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Way, William H. |
New York, age 58 |
settled Oran Twp May 1853,
farmer |
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Webb, Mrs. John |
age 45 |
settled September 1851; nee
Frances Jones |
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Voted: That all persons entitled to membership be
requested to forward (their) names and data for record to the
Recording Secretary.
Thomas R. Talbot presented a journal of events by Capt. R. R.
Richardson, deceased, which, by a vote of the Association, was
placed among the archives of the Association. This was a journal
of events in Mexico in 1842-43.
The first annual meeting of the Association was held Jan. 1,
1869, at the United States House, West Union, kept by J. D.
Straw. At this meeting, the following additional names were
reported and placed on the roll:
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CONNER, Samuel |
Ohio, age 50 |
Pleasant Valley, July 1848,
farmer |
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CONNER, Marilla (NICHOLSON) |
Penn, age 42 |
came here in June 1851 |
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DIMOND, Benjamin |
Penn, age 51 |
Pleasant Valley, May 1849,
Millwright |
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DIMOND, Mary J. (FORBES) |
Indiana, age 42 |
came in 1849 |
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GEORGE, James |
England, age 52 |
Dover Twp, March 1851,
farmer |
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GEORGE, Sarah M. |
Ohio, age 48 |
came here in Nov 1850; nee
Albright |
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HOUSE, Jeremiah |
New York, age 44 |
West Union, August 1851,
farmer |
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HOUSE, Nancy A. (COBB) |
Canada, age 35 |
West Union, August 1851 |
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KERR, Elizabeth (CHENOWETH) |
Kentucky, age 80 |
Dover Township, June 1849 |
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LACY, Cornelius |
New York, age 67 |
West Union, July 1851,
farmer |
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LIPPINCOTT, Remembrance |
West Virginia, age 63 |
West Union Twp, June 27, 1850,
farmer |
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LIPPINCOTT, Eleanor |
born 1805, W.V. |
Came with her husband; nee
Davis |
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McCLINTOCK, William |
New York, age 47 |
West Union, June 1851,
lawyer |
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McCLINTOCK, A. M. (LACY) |
Ohio, March 2, 1827 |
came here in June 1851 |
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NICOLL, Joseph |
Ireland, age 47 |
West Union, May 3, 1851,
shoemaker |
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NICOLL, Jane (ROBINSON) |
Ireland, age 47 |
came here May 3, 1851 |
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PALMER, F. S. |
New York, age 42 |
Clermont, April 1850,
Merchant |
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PALMER, E. (AGARD) |
Ohio, age 42 |
came here in April 1850 |
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QUIVEY, A. M. |
New York, age 62 |
West Union Twp, April 1851,
farmer |
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QUIVEY, E. (OLMSTEAD) |
New York, age 53 |
came in November 1851 |
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REDFIELD, William |
New York, age 44 |
West Union, May 1849,
hardware merchant |
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REDFIELD, Sarah (ADAMS) |
Ohio, age 38 |
West Union Twp, 1849 |
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ROBINSON, William |
Ohio, age 50 |
West Union Twp, June 1852,
farmer; removed to Mills Co Iowa in 1869 |
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STURGES, Phineas T. |
born Pennsylvania, age 38 |
West Union, June 1851,merchant |
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STURGES, Rachel (IRVIN) |
Pennsylvania |
West Union, Sept 1852 |
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TIBBETTS, Humphrey |
Ohio, age 43 |
West Union Twp, 25 Oct 1849,
blacksmith,
removed Illyria Twp |
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UNDERWOOD, Harriet (SAWYER) |
New York, age 35 |
came here single in 1849 |
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UNDERWOOD, Sylvester |
New York, age 47 |
Pleasant Valley Twp, Sept 1, 1850,
farmer |
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UNDERWOOD, Sally Ann (SMITH) |
New York, 1825 |
came September 1850,
died ________ |
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WELLS, William |
Ohio, age 57 |
West Union Twp, Apr 23, 1849,
farmer |
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WELLS, Eliza (ABBOTT) |
Ohio, age 55 |
West Union, 1849 |
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WINSTON, Alexander |
New York, age 40 |
Fayette, June 1851,
wheelwright |
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WINSTON, Mrs. E. A. (BENT) |
Vermont, age 40 |
Fayette, June 1851 |
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The following officers were elected for the year1869: Horatio
Warner, President; William Wells, Vice President; Wm.
McClintock, Treasurer; John Webb, Chaplain; William Redfield,
Aaron Brown, P. F. Newton, Executive Committee.
The Second Annual Meeting was held in Calom's Hall, Clermont,
January 1, 1870, when the following were added to the roll:
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ANDERSEN, Trone |
Norway, age 40 |
Clermont, July 1852,
farmer |
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DIBBLE, E. H. |
New York, age 66 |
Clermont Twp, May 1852,
farmer |
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EDGAR, William |
Penn, age 69 |
Dover Twp, May 1851,
farmer, removed to West Union |
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EDGAR, Rebecca (GRAY) |
Pennsylvania |
Dover, May 1851 |
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MARTIN, Andrew |
New York, age 58 |
Clermont, June 1850,
farmer and mechanic,
died Feb 22, 1871 |
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MARTIN, Alzesta (SAWYER) |
Vermont, age 48 |
came in June 1850 |
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Harriet (TINCOM) |
New York, age 55 |
settled May 1852 |
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STEDMAN, Edwin |
Ohio, age 44 |
Clermont Twp, October 1850,
merchant |
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STEDMAN, Nancy B. (HINE) |
Ohio, age 42 |
came October 1850,
died Feb 15, 1872 at Pottsville |
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STEPHENSON, James B. |
Scotland, age 66 |
Pleasant Valley Township, June 1, 1849,
farmer |
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WELLS, David |
Ohio, age 41 |
West Union Twp, April 11, 1850,
farmer,
died Jan 2, 1876 |
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WELLS, Elvira (Chilton) |
Greene Co. Wis, age 37 |
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The following officers were elected for the year 1870:
President, Horatio Warner; Vice President, William Wells;
Treasurer, Wm. McClintock; Chaplain, John Webb; Recording
Secretary, J. W. Rogers; Corresponding Secretary, C. R. Bent;
Executive Committee: Wm. Redfield, Aaron Brown, P. F. Newton.
The next meeting was at the United States House, West Union,
December 31, 1870, when officers for 1871 were elected as
follows: President, P. L. Hinkley; Vice President, Mrs. Athalia
M. McClintock; Treasurer, Thomas Kincaid; Chaplain, John Webb;
Secretary, J. W. Rogers; Executive Committee: M. C. Sperry, F.
S. Palmer, and Benjamin Dimond. The time of meeting was changed
to the first Saturday in September, and the following names were
enrolled:
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Chambers, Susanna
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who came here with her husband
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CLARK, Isaac F. |
born Otsego Co., N.Y.,
April 24, 1829 |
West Union, Apr 1, 1853,
mechanic,
married Feb 4, 1849
Ada L. CUMMINGS, born Dec 1, 1828,
who came here with her husband |
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Cook, Daniel |
born New York 1818 |
settled in Fayette Co. Sept 1, 1850,
died Oct 10, 1854 |
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Cook, Elizabeth |
Ohio, age 49 |
came with her husband in 1850 |
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Davis, Ambrose Dudley |
Indiana, age 30 |
West Union, Sept 1849 |
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HINKLEY, Porter L. |
born March 9, 1820,
Geauga Co., Ohio |
West Union, June 12, 1851,
farmer,
married Nov 9, 1851
Miss Lucretia McCOOL,
born Aug 9, 1824,
Lewisburg, Union Co., Penn. |
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Phillips, John |
born 4 Jun 1807,
Greene Co., N.Y. |
West Union, Sept 1850,
farmer and carpenter,
married: Jan 15, 1832 |
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Pittinger, Mrs. Margaret
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married second time 1842
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nee Lane
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Reeve, Mary
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born Muskingum Co, OH
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who came here with her husband
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ROSIER,
Jacob K. |
born June 18, 1823,
Harrison Co., Va. |
West Union, Sept 1850, farmer,
married: Oct 1, 1849, |
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SHERMAN, Eli |
Fairfield Co. Conn., age 76 |
West Union, April 1852,
married March 1814,
Mr. Sherman taught school for many
years of his life until 1859 |
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SMITH, Edwin |
born Jan 13, 1812,
Cayuga Co., N.Y. |
West Union, May 12, 1851,
farmer |
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SMITH, Mary (RICHE) |
born Nov 14, 1819,
Franklin Co., Ind. |
came with husband |
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Smith, George |
Virginia, age 58 |
removed to Fayette Co, Iowa, Apr 22, 1849 |
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Smith, Louisa |
Ohio |
came with her husband,
died July 15, 1853; nee Drake |
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Smith, Rovena |
Ohio, age 40 |
married November 1854, nee
Butler |
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SHERMAN, Eli |
Fairfield Co. Conn., age 76 |
West Union, April 1852,
married March 1814
Mrs. Margaret (LANE) PITTINGER,
married second time 1842,
Mrs. Lucy (AUSTIN) ZEAK,
Mr. Sherman taught school for many,
years of his life until 1859 |
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Peck, Myron |
Allegany Co. N.Y., age 40 |
West Union, Oct 15, 1853,
wagon maker |
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Peck, Melissa |
born 1 Apr 1838,
Auburn, Geauga Co., Ohio |
settled here June 6, 1851;
nee Stafford |
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The last meeting held by the Association was at the fair
grounds in West Union, September 2, 1871, when the following
officers were elected: President, Thomas Kincaid; Vice
President, P. L. Hinckley; Secretary, J. W. Rogers; Chaplain,
John Webb; Executive Committee: M. C. Sperry, F. S. Palmer and
B. Dimond. The following additional names were enrolled:
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Abbott, Eli |
born in Onondaga Co. N.Y.,
March 1, 1815; West Union, May 1851 |
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Abbott, Eveline C. |
Lorain Co. Ohio, age 53, came
with her husband |
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Boswell, Jerome |
born Knox Co, KY,
July 1815; Fayette County 1851 |
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Brewer, Charlotte A. |
age 47,
wife of John S. Brewer; nee Simmons |
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Brewer, John S. |
Seneca Co. N.Y., age 52; West Union, June 1852,
farmer |
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Brunson, Lucretia |
dau of H. S. Brunson,
born Sept 29, 1850, Fayette Co. |
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Calvin, Martha S. |
born May 31, 1840; came to Elkader in 1847,
to Fayette Co. in Oct 1849,
dau of C. D. Carleton,
wife of J. P. Calvin; died <sic> |
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Carmichael, Henry H. |
Greene Co. Penn, age 48, Illyria, April 17, 1852,
farmer |
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Carmichael, Morgan M. |
son of H. H. Carmichael,
Indiana, age 19 |
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Carmichael, Nancy M. |
dau of H. H. Carmichael,
Indiana, age 19 |
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Clark, Anna M. |
dau of I. F. Clark,
born in Fayette Co Dec 5, 1851 |
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Clark, Ella C. |
dau of Isaac F. and Ada L. Clark,
age 21, born; came to Fayette Co. Apr 1, 1853 Cooperstown, N.Y. |
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Hensley, Andrew |
Kentucky, age 68; moved to southern Illinois in 1822,
to Grant Co., Wis., in Sept 1839,
to Fayette Co. and made his claim in 1842,
on which he settled in the spring of 1844,
farmer; married Susan Lewis in 1823,
she died in 1837,
married Sarah Lovell in 1839 |
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Hensley, Andrew J. |
age 38, son of A. Hensley; Fayette County 1844,
married 1858 Loretta Smith,
age 30, born Winnebago Co., Ill,
she moved to this county in the Spring of 1846 |
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Hinkley, Louisa |
dau of P. L. Hinkley,
born in Fayette Co. Jan 29, 1853 |
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Jones, Adaline |
wife (or widow) of Henry Jones,
Utica, N. Y. , 42; Fayette County, 1851 |
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Kinsey, Hettie |
dau of J. S. and C. A. Brewer,
wife of Mr. Kinsey
age 24; nee Brewer |
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McDowell, John C. |
Ohio, age 19; Fayette Co,
1852 |
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McMillan, John |
born Huron Co. OH,
December 1822, Illyria, June 11, 1851,
farmer |
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Mead, Hiram C. |
McHenry Co., Ill., age 21,
son of A. A. Mead; Clermont, 1851 |
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Robertson, Amanda |
dau of Samuel H. Robertson,
born in Indiana 27 May 1848 |
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Rogers, Ada Augusta |
dau of J. W. & Sarah J. Rogers,
born Monroe, Greene Co, Wis.,
February 25, 1849, came to West Union with her parents,
September 7, 1849 |
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Rogers, Anna A. |
dau of J. W. and S. J. Rogers,
born in West Union,
January 2, 1852 |
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Rogers, Oscar W. |
son of G. W. (?) & S. J. Rogers,
born in West Union, Fayette Co., October 2, 1850, in the first house built in the town of West Union, on Lot
___, Block 17, married May 30, 1874, Mary F. Putnam |
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Shipton, Joseph |
Lincolnshire, England - age 44; Fayette County Nov 1851,
married 1855 - Sarah Cumming |
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Soward, Catherine |
Sage Co., Ohio, age 45, nee
Hill |
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Soward, David F. |
Madison Co. Oh., age 48; Fayette Co., June 24, 1851 |
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Soward, Frances A. |
dau of D. F. & Catherine Soward,
born Logan Co. OH, Mar 31, 1848 |
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Soward, Mary B. |
dau of D. F. and C. Soward,
born Fayette Co., age 19 |
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Sutherland, Albert R. |
Union Co., Vt., age 28; Fayette Co., Oct. 1853 |
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Sutherland, Mary A. |
age 21; Fayette Co. June 1853;
nee House |
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Webb, Joshua G. |
born Cattaraugus Co. N.Y.,
September 7, 1819; West Union, September 1851 |
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Webb, Lucinda |
born July 4, 1822; came with her husband;
nee Ketchum |
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"This is the last record of the Fayette County Historical
Society, but it is to be hoped that it will be revived and will
spread open its records, incidents and events, both of pioneer
and recent times, and that it will be a Historical Society
indeed."
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