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The History of Jasper County, Iowa Elk Creek Township (A-J) ALLOWAY, W.;
Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Galesburg. ANDREWS, F.
C.; Farmer; Sec. 11; P. O. Galesburg. ANDREWS, H.;
Farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Galesburg. ANDREWS, J.
F.; Farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Galesburg. ANDREWS, J.;
Farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Galesburg. APLIN, A.
C.; Farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Galesburg. BARNARD, J.
A.; Farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Galesburg. BARTON, C.
C.; Farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Galesburg. BATEMAN, E.
M.; Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Galesburg. BELL, J. H.;
Farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Galesburg. BERKENHOLDT,
D.; Farmer; Sec. 3; P. O. Reasnor. BISHOP, J.;
Farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Galesburg. BLACK, J.
B.; Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Galesburg. BRADLEY, N.;
Blacksmith; Sec. 16; P. O. Galesburg. BUTIN, A.
B.; Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Galesburg. BUTIN, A.
J.; Farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Galesburg. BUTIN,
Francis; Farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Galesburg; owns 160 acres of land, valued at
$6,000; born in Hocking Co., Ohio, July 4, 1830; is the son of John A. and Annie
BUTIN, both now deceased; he moved with his parents to Burlington, Warren Co.,
Iowa, in 1847; remained till Spring of 1850, and moved to this county, settling
on Sec. 8, this township; he moved to this farm in the Spring of 1856.
Married Electa A. EFNOR in this township in 1854; she was born in Hadley,
Saratoga Co., N. Y., Aug. 17, 1835, and is the daughter of Samuel and Lexanie
EFNOR, the former a native of New York and the latter of Massachusetts; they
came to this county in 1854, settling on Sec. 6, this township; Mr. BUTIN�s
children are Lusettie, Mary, Marion, Samuel and Edwin.
Is politically a Republican, and a member of M. E. Church. BUTIN, F.
H.; Farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Galesburg. BATTIN, C.;
Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Reasnor. BUTIN, J.;
Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Galesburg. BUTIN, J.
M.; Farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Reasnor. BUTIN, J.
R.; Farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Galesburg. BUTIN, W.
M.; Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Galesburg. CARNAHAN, A.
T.; Farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Galesburg. CARNAHAN,
W.; Farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Galesburg. CARPENTER,
S.; Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Galesburg. CASTORF, W.;
Farmer; Sec. 12; P. O. Galesburg. CATING, C.
M.; Farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Galesburg. CATING,
Morris; Farmer; Sec. 8; P. O. Galesburg; born in Jackson Co., Ohio, December 17,
1821; moved to Warren Co., Indiana, with his parents when a child; thence to
Sullivan Co., Indiana; thence to Champaign Co., Ill.; thence back to Warren Co.,
Indiana, and in the Fall of 1854, moved to this county, settling near Galesburg
on the farm now owned by James Smith; moved to his present farm in 1864, where
he has ever since resided. CHAMBERS,
Preston; Attorney at law; P. O. Pella;
born in Monroe Co., Indiana, March 22, 1824; moved to Carroll Co., Indiana, with
his parents when 4 years old, moved to Tippecanoe Co. when 7 years old, and to
La Porte Co., when 9 years old, where he remained till the Fall of 1855; moved
to this county, settling in this township, where he now owns 415 acres of land,
valued at $12,000. Mr. CHAMBERS is
one of the leading men of this township, and has held the office of Justice of
the Peace, Assessor, and from 1856 held some one of the School offices till
November, 1877, when he resigned two offices which he then held, and moved to
Pella, Marion CO., for the purpose of educating his family, and where he still
resides; was admitted to the bar in the Spring of 1878, and is now principally
engaged in his profession, but has been engaged in the stock business quite
extensively since 1863. He married
in La Porte Co., Indiana, Rachel WEST, October 21, 1848; she is a native of
Pennsylvania; their children are Mattie, Allie and Della. CHIPMAN, J.
W.; Farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Galesburg. COOPER, A.
V.; Farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Reasnor. COOPER, J.;
Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Galesburg. COOPER, J.
Y.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Galesburg. CORSELIUS,
J. C.; Physician and surgeon; Galesburg; born ion Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania,
February 6, 1837; commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J. M. BECKER, at
Newton, Pennsylvania; attended his first course of medical lectures at Ann
Arbor, Mich., and a second course in the Medical Department of the University of
New York, in New York City; he commenced the practice of his profession in
Newton, Pennsylvania; but, in 1863, moved to this county, settling in Lynnville,
where he remained one year, and moved to Peoria, Mahaska Co., stayed till 1866,
and moved to this village, where he has since resided.
Married Mary SHELLY in Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania, in 1861; she was born
in Luzerne Co., in 1842; their children are Fred, Harry, Jephtha C., Bertha,
Fannie and Mollie. DEARINGER,
C. M.; Farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Galesburg. DAVIS, A.;
Farmer; Sec. 7; P. O. Galesburg; owns eighty acres, valued at $2,500; born in
Clearfield Co., Penn., July 26, 1810; came to this county in July, 1856,
settling where he now lives. He
married Eliza A. ROSS, who is a native of New York State; their children are
Mary A., Elmira A. and Charles F. Mrs.
DAVIS� children by a former marriage with Mr. ROSS are Robert, Charles F. and
Harrison C. They are members of the
Evangelical Church. DEARINGER,
G. W.; Farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Galesburg; owns eighty acres, valued at $3,000;
born in Marion Co., Ind., June 8, 1836; he is the son of Jacob and Nancy
DEARINGER, natives of Kentucky; the former died in 1873 in his 86th
year; the latter is still living in this township in her 84th year.
Mr. D. moved to this county in 1851, settling in this township, and to
his present farm in 1874. He
married Miss Mary MUDGETT in this township in 1861; she was born in Maysville,
Ky., May 25, 1839; their children are Abbie Q., born July 31, 1863; John J.,
born June 4, 1866; Ira B., born Sept. 26, 1869; Fannie, born June 25, 1874.
Politically, he is a Republican, and wife is a member of the Methodist
Church. DEARINGER,
Jacob; Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Galesburg; owns 114 acres, valued at $3,500; born
in Ripley Co,. Ind., Feb. 22, 1822; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., with his
parents when about 10 years old, where he remained till 1858, when he moved to
this township, where he has since resided.
He married Hannah LOUCKS in 1846; she was a native of Indiana, and died
in this township Aug. 28, 1866; his children by this marriage are Leonidas,
Mary, William, George, Edward, Eleanor, Senora and Charles. He married again,
Miss Mary LINEUS, in March, 1868; she is a native of Henry Co., Iowa; their
children are Julia A., Josephine E., Greeley M., Robert W. and James.
Politically, he is a Republican. DEARINGER,
J. N.; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Galesburg. DEARINGER,
W.; Farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. Galesburg. DeJONG, M.;
Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Galesburg. DENISTON,
R.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Galesburg. DEPENNING,
J.; Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Galesburg. DOVE, S. P.;
Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Galesburg; owns eighty acres, valued at $2,000; born in
Logan CO., Ohio, in June, 1846; in 1858, he moved with parents to Marion Co.,
Iowa. Enlisted Aug. 21, 1861, in
the 8th I. V. I., Co. H; was in the battles of Springfield, Shiloh
and Corinth; at the latter place he was severely wounded, but recovered and
joined his regiment, and was afterward engaged in many battles; he was
discharged Jan. 10, 1864, and the same day re-enlisted in the same company and
regiment, and was engaged in the battles of Jackson, Miss., siege of Vicksburg,
capture of Mobile, etc.; was again wounded at Jackson, and laid four days in an
old shanty, near the battle-field without attendance, but was at length rescued
from death; he was discharged April 12, 1866.
In 1865, he married Drusilla LIPPINCOTT in Bellefontaine, Ohio; in 1867,
he moved to Tama Co., Iowa; in 1870, he moved to Nebraska and remained two
years; he then went back to Logan Co., Ohio, where his wife died April 6, 1872;
he then came to this county, remained a short time, went to Nebraska and sold
his property there, and returned to Mahaska Co., and bought a farm near
Granville, where he married Elizabeth J. LUCKEY June 29, 1873; she was born in
Mahaska Co. Dec. 28, 1854; he has one daughter � Amelia I., and an adopted son
named Alfred D. Is a Republican,
and member of the United Brethren Church. EARP, W. M.;
Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Galesburg. EARP, L. P.;
Farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Galesburg; owns 126 acres, valued at $3,600; born in
Lincoln Co., N. C., in 1809; his father was a school teacher, and, in that
country, his profession naturally led him to change his residence 2quite often;
they moved to the north part of Logan Co., Ky., in 1815; remained two years and
moved to the south part of the same county; stayed three years and moved to
Morgantown, Butler Co., Ky., and when about 17 years old moved to Ohio Co., Ky.;
there they lived till 1846, and moved to Monmouth, Warren Co., Ill.; there his
father died in 1853, and in the Fall of the same year he moved to Iowa, settling
in Warren Co., but in 1854, he moved to this county, where he has since resided.
He married in Ohio Co., Ky., Dec. 25, 1834, Miss Nancy STORM; she was
born in Grayson Co., Ky., March 21, 1815, and died Feb. 1, 1851; their children
are Peter A., Walter M., Mary A. (now Mrs. ILER, Jonathan L. and Nancy J. (now
Mrs. CLARK). Married again Syrena
ILER in Warren CO., Ill., in 1851; she was born in Ohio CO., Ky., in 1822; their
children are Eveline (now Mrs. TALBOT), Thomas W., John R., Rozelia, Emily,
Robert M., Phebe E. and Melvina. Mr.
E. is a Republican, and a member of the M. E. Church.
Mr. E.�s son, William H., enlisted in the 10th I. V. I.; was
stationed at Cairo, where he became sick and was discharged for disability; he
returned home, and his health improving, he re-enlisted in the 33rd
I. V. I; was engaged in several battles, but took a fever and died at Little
Rock, Ark., July 8,1864. EFNOR, H.
S.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Galesburg. FLAUGH,
Aaron; Farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Galesburg. FLAUGH, A.;
Farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Galesburg. FRANCE, O.
H.; Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Galesburg. GRAFFUS, N.;
Farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Galesburg. GREENLEAF,
M.; Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Galesburg. GROVES, J.;
Farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Galesburg. HAYS, David;
Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Galesburg. HART,
Theodore; dealer in drugs and medicines, groceries, confectioneries, school
books, etc.; Galesburg; was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Dec. 5, 1819; moved
with his parents to Carroll Co., Ohio, when about a year old; there he was
raised on a farm till 25 years of age; he then studied medicine with J. F.
LINDSAY, M. D., in Mechanicstown, Carroll County. July 24, 1850, he married Mary A. J. MORGAN; she was a native
of Allegheny Co., Penn. He was then
engaged for several years as clerk in the store of his wife�s uncle, in
Carrolltown; but in the Spring of 1855, moved to this county, settling about
four miles north of this village, in what is now Buena Vista Township; here he
commenced the practice of medicine in connection with farming till the Fall of
1858, when he sold out and moved to Albion, Marshall County; practiced medicine
there till the Spring of 1860; he then went, with thousands of others, to
Pike�s Peak, but returned the same Fall and resumed his practice in Albion
till the fall of 1862, when he went to Ohio; remained one year and returned to
this county and bought a farm three miles north of this village; in 1867, he
sold his farm and moved to Newton, where he resided two years, and then moved to
this village and practiced medicine three years; but since then has devoted his
whole time to the business in which he is now engaged.
During the Kansas and Nebraska troubles, just before the war, he, with a
neighbor, went to Kansas to look at the country; they were captured by the
Proslavery party, under Capt. LOWE, and held prisoners at Hickory Point, about a
week, when they made their escape and returned to their families.
Mrs. HART died Jan. 11, 1878, in her 50th year. His children are William S., attorney at law; Cyrus W.,
Theodore, Laura W. and John F. During and since the war, Mr. H. was a
Republican; but is now a Democrat. HAYS, G. A.;
Farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. Galesburg. HEAIVILIN,
Jeremiah; Farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Reasnor; owns 240 acres, valued at $6,000�
born in Harrison CO., Ohio, in September, 1832, when 4 years old, moved with his
parents to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, where he lived till the Fall of 1854, and moved
to Iowa, settling in Marion County, and to his present farm in 1865.
He married Martha J. SCOTT, in Marion County, Aug. 19, 1855; she was born
in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio; their children are Martin L., Samantha J., Malon W.,
Squire R., John W., Nettie I., Charles H. and Martha A.
The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. HENDRICKS,
John; Farmer; Sec. 21; P. O. Galesburg. HEWS, John;
Farmer; Sec. 6; P. O. Galesburg. HOFFMAN, C.;
Farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Reasnor. HOFFMAN, S.;
Farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Reasnor. JOHNSON, Wm.
A.; Farmer; Sec. 15; P. O. Galesburg. JUDSON, A.
E.; P. O. Galesburg.
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