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Martin | McIntosh | Miller | Longman | Chapman Jones | Matson | Peterson | Mills

MARTIN - John W. MARTIN, a grain dealer at Modale, Iowa, was born in West Virginia March 9, 1854, the son of B.F. and Christine (MINOR) MARTIN, and came to Harrison County with his parents when quite small, the family settling on a farm in Taylor Township. He remained at Modale until 1876, and then went buying grain for H.C. Champlain at Modale, and bought for other parties three years, rented a farm, which he tilled four years, at the end of which time he went to Washington Territory. At the end of nine months he returned to Modale and engaged in the grain business on his own account. August 3, 1876, he married Miss Rosina MCCRILLIS, the daughter of John MCCRILLIS. By this union the following children were born � Myrtle, Elbert, Bessie, Clyde and Esta. Mr. and Mrs. MARTIN are both members of the Christian Church. Politically, he is a Democrat.

Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, pp. 954
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MCINTOSH - Moses B. MCINTOSH, (deceased), was a farmer in St. John's Township, who figured conspicuously in the early settlement of Harrison County, coming in as he did in 1856. His first land was a half section owned by himself and brother, and is now the present site of Missouri Valley. When he came there, there was no settlement west of the Missouri River, and as far south as Loveland and the Cox settlement was the only one between the Valley and Harris Grove. He improved this place, and remained there until 1866, when he sold to the Northwestern Railroad Company, and moved a mile and a half to the south, where he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land, but subsequently sold that and removed to Jewell County, Kan., where he remained eight years, came back to St. John's Township and bought land north of Missouri Valley, on sections 3 and 4, where he remained until his death, which occurred in February, 1888. The deceased was born April 27, 1818. He was a son of George MCINTOSH, a native of Kentucky, who married Miss Elizabeth BOONE, a relative of the famous "Hunter of Kentucky," Daniel Boone. Among their children, was our subject, Moses B., who spent his early life in Kentucky. The family removed to Putnam County Ind., at an early day. His father was a farmer and a miller, and Moses was engaged in the mill for a number of years. January 6, 1838, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth MARKSBURY, of Kentucky. This union resulted in the birth of twelve children.

Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, pp. 955-956
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MILLER - Thomas A. MILLER, of Washington Township, first came to Harrison County in October, 1879, and in the following spring located on section 2, where he purchased ninety acres of wild land, forty acres of which he broke the first year. He remained on this place until 1890, when he sold and removed to his present farm.

Mr. MILLER was born in the old Keystone State, Westmoreland County, Pa., November 26, 1852, and is a son of Nicholas and Susan (RINSEL) MILLER, who were of German descent. They were united in marriage in 1848, and had a family of six children, of whom our subject was the third. when he was but two years old the family removed to Moline, Ill., while the father worked at carpentering in Henry County. They were living at the town of Kewanee, where our subject commenced his school days, which, however, were broken off by their removal to Iowa County, Iowa, where they located on a farm and remained until the time of their coming to Harrison County in 1888. Our subject learned the carpenter's trade from his father, and did contract work with him for a number of years.

Our subject was married May 10, 1877, to Elizabeth FRUMMER, a native of Ohio, one of a family of six children, of German extraction. Her mother died in Ohio when she was a small child, and her father closed his eyes to earthly scenes, in Harrison County, Iowa, in November 1888.

Our subject and his wife are the parents of two children, Carrie E. and Andrew N.

Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, pp. 957-958
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LONGMAN - G. H. LONGMAN, a farmer living on section 8, of LaGrange Township, was born in Harrison County, in April, 1855, and remained with his father on the farm until 1883, when he bought the farm he now occupies, and has made all the improvements upon it.

Our subject was united in marriage in Harrison County, Iowa, in December 1880, to Miss Maggie E. JOHNSON, and they are the parents of five children � Effie, Daisy, Annie, Benjamin and William.

Mrs. LONGMAN was born in Polk County, Iowa, in September 1859, and came to Harrison County with her parents when a child. She attended the college at Oskaloosa, about one year, while our subject graduated at the Keokuk Business College in 1877.

Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, pp. 958
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CHAPMAN - Dr. Edward J. CHAPMAN, of Missouri Valley, has been a resident of Harrison County since 1871, and has been a practicing physician ever since he came to the county. He was born in La Porte, Ind., in 1845, the son of Frederick and Esther (WOODARD) CHAPMAN, the former from Vermont and the latter from New York State. The father was in the carriage business and the family left the Empire State, about 1832, and moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., remained six years and moved to La Porte, Ind., where the father died in March 1870, and the mother, in April, 1887, in Missouri Valley. Our subject received his early education in La Porte, and when sixteen years of age began a course at Oberlin College, Ohio. In 1867, he began the study of medicine at La Porte, and finished his course at Rush Medical College at Chicago, graduating in February, 1871. the following August he located at Missouri Valley.

He was married May 19, 1873, at Missouri Valley, to Mary GOLTRY, a native of Erie County, N.Y., whose parents came to Harrison County in 1869. The father died in 1876, and the mother, in 1882. Dr. and Mrs. CHAPMAN are the parents of one daughter � Lola E., who is a graduate of the Missouri Valley High School, and has entered Wellesley College at Wellesley, Mass., where she will take a complete collegiate course.

Dr. CHAPMAN and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and politically, he affiliates with the Democratic party.

Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, pp. 958-959
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JONES - Edward A. JONES, located on section 15, of Jackson Township, came to the county in the fall of 1867, and first located in Morgan Township, where he bought fifteen acres of land, and an interest in the Amos Chase sawmill. He remained there six years and then bought one hundred and twenty acres of wild land, a part of his present farm.

Mr. JONES was born in Cortland County, N.Y., in 1842. His parents, Thomas and Hannah JONES, were natives of the Empire State, and had a family of eleven children. Our subject remained at home until of age, then went to work on a farm by the month. He was drafted in Cortland County, N.Y., to serve as a soldier in the Union Army, but was rejected, and was again drafted for the Home Guards, and rejected.

He was married in 1870, to Helen A. SILSBY. By this marriage three children were born � Thomas L., Henry W. and Fayette. Our subject was a member of the Board of Supervisors for four years. He belongs to the Masonic lodge at Little Sioux, and is a member of the Farmers' Alliance.

Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, pp. 978
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MATSON - Melvin MATSON settled at Persia in March, 1882, engaging in the hardware and agricultural implement business, and was Postmaster until the fall of 1885. His was the second business house in Persia. In 1885 he commenced handling grain for Remington Brothers.

He was born in Bureau County, Ill., October 11, 1855, and in 1856 his parents removed to Rice County, Minn., where he remained until 1881, and then came to Neola, Iowa, remained one year, and then came to Persia. He attended the Shattuck Cadet School, at Faribault, Minn., one year. He is Master of the Masonic Lodge at Persia, and was an officer of the Grand Lodge in 1889-90.

He was united in marriage at Faribault, Minn., June 21, 1876, to Miss Fannie E. RENSLOW, and the are the parents of four children: Guy M., born February 15, 1877; Roy W., January 2, 1879, Archie L., October 7, 1881; and Fay N., November 14, 1890.

Mrs. MATSON was born in Rice County, Minn., January 29, 1859, and remained at home until the date of her marriage.

Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, pp. 978
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PETERSON - Carl F. PETERSON, a resident of section 20, Allen Township, came to this county in July, 1873, and first located on the Missouri Bottom, in Taylor Township, and worked for his uncle by the month. He continued to work by the month for eight years, and then bought the place he now occupies, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres of partly improved land, upon which he built a house, 14x20 feet, also built a barn, granary, cribbing, etc. Set out an orchard of one hundred trees, besides a grove of shade trees. He now owns two hundred acres, one-half of which is under the plow. He was born in Sweden, in December 1852, the son of Peter and Christena LARSON, who had eight children, six of whom are still living, all in this country but one. Our subject left Sweden when twenty years of age and came direct to Harrison County. He was married October 21, 1883 to Eliza FOLLETT, daughter of Nelson and Ellen FOLLETT, of Indiana, who had seven children.

Our subject and his wife are the parents of four children � Emma, Edgar, Charles and Ellen.

Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, pp. 964-965
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MILLS - Charles MILLS, located on section 32, of Lincoln Township, Harrison County, in August, 1867, and in the spring of 1868 became a permanent resident. He bought eighty acres of wild land, now a part of his present farm. He built a house 18x28 feet, stables, cribs, etc., and set out an orchard of three hundred trees. He fenced his place with wire and improved it with an artificial grove.

Mr. MILLS was born in Russelltown, Canada, in December, 1828. He is the son of John and Maria MILLS, natives of Vermont, who reared a family of nine children, he being the fourth in order � Judith, John, deceased; Hannah, Charles, Thomas, deceased; Deborah; Mary, deceased; John, deceased, and Helen, deceased.

Charles lived in Canada until six years of age, and then accompanied his parents to Clinton County, N.Y., where they engaged in farming and remained there until 1849, when our subject went to Franklin County, and bought one hundred acres of land. In 1882 he enlisted in the On Hundred and Forty-second New York Regiment and was sent from Ogdensburg to Fairfax Courthouse. His first engagement was a Fredericksburg, he being in the Army of the Potomac. During his service he lost one finger. He was mustered out at Arlington Heights, In June, 1865, arriving home on the 26th of that month, and found his wife hoeing potatoes upon his return, which however she quit for that day! They remained on this farm until coming to Iowa.

Mr. MILLS was united in marriage March 31, 1849, to Mehitabel LADD, the daughter of Ezekiel and Catherine LADD, natives of New York State, who had eleven children, our subject's wife being the seventh in order of birth, and of whom only three are still living. their names are as follows � Eliza, an infant, Catherine, Mordecai, John, Alice, Delana, Mehitable, Catherine, Mary and Ezekiel.

Mr. and Mrs. MILLS are the parents of ten children, all of whom are living. they were born in the following order � Harriett E., Francis M., Walter T., Schuyler J., Mehitable E., Lillie E., Roxy E., Elias E., Eva and Charles A.

When our subject enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War he was the father of five children, the youngest being only eleven days old and it is quite evident that he went into the army out of patriotism, because he only received a bounty of $50.

Source: 1891 Harrison County Iowa History, pp. 966
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