PALMER, EZRA, painter, New Sharon; born in Ohio September 7, 1822; came to this state in 1844, and in 1852 settled in Poweshiek county, and came to this county in 1873; he married Miss Rachael W. Cheeseman, in 1846; she was born in Wayne county, Indiana; has four children, Hannah J., William R., Rineer, and Sarah E.

PARKER, M. W., miller, Sec. 12; P. O. Leighton, of the firm of Parker & Leighton, proprietors of the Huron Mills; was born in Morgan county, Ill., February 1, 1840; four weeks later his parents moved to Washington county, Iowa; came to this county in 1870; he married Miss Lucy Beach, October 25, 1863, a native of Washington county, Iowa; she died in June, 1872, leaving a family of one son and three daughters, Mary E., Ellen G., and Alvin B.; married again to Mary Rothell, of Mahaska county, in November, 1873; they have one son, Charles W.; served one year and six months in the late rebellion, enlisted as private in Co. E, 30th Iowa volunteers infantry, and was afterward promoted to First Lieutenant.

PARKHURST, A. J., proprietor Parkhurst Washing Machine, Oskaloosa; born in Plattsburg, Clinton county, New York, October 24, 1833; was removed to Ohio in infancy, and came to Bremer Co., Iowa, in 1852, lived there sixteen years, and came here in 1868; he patented the Parkhurst Washing Machine, and in 1877 he engaged in manufacturing them; married Lucinda Sherwood, from Bethel, Connecticut, in 1858; they have one son, Elmer.

PATRICK, MORGAN, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Beacon; owns 298 acres of land, valued at $15 per acre; born in North Carolina, in 1818; came to Iowa in 1853, and located in this county; married Ary Wilcox in 1844; she was born in North Carolina, in 1826; have six children, Mary, William, George, Albert, Williamina and Roderick; married again, in 1866, to Mary Glass; she was born in Ohio, in 1828; have two children, Charlie and Norman.

PERDUE, B. R., blacksmith, Oskaloosa; born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, July 15, 1820; he was brought up and learned his trade there; he lived there and in Illinois until 1849, when he came to Iowa by wagon; they were twenty- eight days on the way, and during their journey only crossed the track of one railroad; they arrived here October 28, 1849; he engaged in blacksmithing, and has carried on the business longer than any blacksmith here, and is one of the early settlers; he was a volunteer in the three-month service during the war; but was not accepted; he has held office of city councilman for four years, and is a member of the masonic order, thirty-second degree; he married Miss Catharine Shriver, from Stark county, Ohio, April 7, 1844; they have seven children, four sons and three daughters.

PERRYMAN, G. W., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Flint; born in Kentucky in 1816; came to this State in 1842 and settled in Henry county; he came to this county in 1854; owns 40 acres of land; he married Mary J. Bonsell, who was born in Pennsylvania; has three children, Nancy J., James E., and Eliza E.

PETITT, SAM. R., farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1812, and was brought up there; removed to Crawford county, Ohio, in 1838, and lived there until 1864, when he came to Iowa, and located where he now lives, in April, 1865; owns a farm of one hundred and fifty-two acres, and has given much attention to raising fine hogs. He married Martha E. Caldwell, from Adams county, Pennsylvania, in 1838; they have seven children, Mary A., Samuel, Sarah, Clara E., David R., Willis and Minnie M.; they have lost three sons and one daughter.

PFOUTZ, PETER, farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Union Mills; born in Maryland in 1815; lived three years in Ohio, and came to this county in 1856; owns 170 acres of land; he married Sarah A. Penner in 1845; she was born in Maryland; they have three children, George W., Esther E., and Tawell G.

PHELPS, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Granville; born in Ohio in 1831, came to this county in 1847; owns 120 acres of land; has held offices of school director and justice of the peace; he married Miss Evaline Walter in 1858; she was born in West Virginia; has seven children: Emma A., Edna S., Lida M., William H., Julius C., Leslie and Oliver.

PHILLIPS, CYRUS, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. New Sharon; born in Barber county, Virginia, in 1837; he emigrated to Ohio when young, where lived twenty-eight years, coming to this county in 1875; he owns 220 acres of land; he married Miss Susanna Savage in 1858; she was born in Delaware county, Ohio, and died October 8, 1875; he afterwards married Eliza J. Loy in 1876; she was born in Allen county, Ohio; has five children, Elmer E., Margaret J., Flora, Rosa, and Frank.

PHILLIPS, J. J., firm of Phillips & Foster, general merchants, Beacon; born in Wales, June 26, 1841, and emigrated to America, in 1854, and went to Galia county, Ohio, and was brought up in that state. When the war broke out he enlisted in 1861 in the three-month service, and afterward enlisted in the 71st Regiment Ohio Infantry, Co. D. He was quarter-master sergeant, and was detailed as chief clerk in the Quarter-master's department. He was in the battles of Columbus, Shiloh, Franklin, Nashville, and others, and was in the service four years. After the war he returned to Ohio and lived there until 1875, when he came to Beacon and engaged in business. His father died when he was young, and he began life without anything. He has held office of justice of the peace in Ohio, for seven years; also, town clerk and notary public, and was elected justice of the peace here in 1878. He married Miss Mary E. Murlin, from Ohio, March 5, 1865; they have six children, Laura, John D., Josephine, Mahala, Mary C., Harriet.

PHILLIPS, MARGARET, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Olivet; farm 100 acres; widow of Albert Phillips, who was born in Virginia in 1821; he came to this county in 1847; Mrs. Phillips' maiden name was Cheezem; she was born in Ohio, February 20, 1821; they were married June 16, 1850; he died August 27, 1875, leaving a family of four sons and seven daughters: Minerva, Columbus, William, Julia, John, Nancy, Mary, Rachael, Albert, Polly and Katie.

PHILLIPS, O. C. G., attorney, Oskaloosa; born in Oskaloosa, August 31, 1848, and was brought up here; he received his education at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, and then studied law with Judge Crookham, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1872; since then he has practiced his profession; he married Miss Sallie J. Newhall, from Delaware, Ohio, in September, 1873; they have three children, Dot, Jack, and Anna Lee.

PHILLIPS, P. W., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 32; P.O. New Sharon; born in Virginia in 1830; came to this county May 4, 1856; owns 375 acres of land; has held offices of school director, town clerk, assessor, and justice of the peace for many years; he married Miss Ellen Williams in 1850; she was born in Ross county, Ohio; has seven children, John C., Mary A., Cornelius J., Jasper H., Sarah A., Charles W., and Willie E.

PHILLIPS, T. G., retired, Oskaloosa; born in Scott county, Kentucky, February 18, 1823, and when nine years old removed to Morgan county, Illinois, and lived there until twenty-one years of age, when, with his parents, he started for Iowa by ox team; he drove four yoke of cattle to one wagon; they were about twenty days on the way, and arrived here in Oskaloosa April 22, 1844; they brought provisions with them, and the settlers being aware of it before they had unloaded their goods, people came with pails, pans and dishes to borrow flour, and, though they were all strangers, every one was helped and no questions asked; there was only one log cabin in the town, and a new double log house, not completed, for a hotel; his father had bought five hundred acres the previous year, and they built a cabin and moved into it without any floor; he was engaged in farming for twenty-five years; all the land they took up when they came is now in the city; he has held the offices of justice of the peace, assessor, and was acting sheriff and member of the board of supervisors; he married Miss Semira A. Hobbs, from Indiana, January, 1846; she taught the first school in Mahaska county; they have two children, O. C. G., lawyer, and O. Q., living at home.

PICKEN, MATHEW, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Eddyville; was born January 18th, 1829, in Harrison county, Ohio; married in July, 1849, to Miss Hannah Funk, who was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., and removed to Wapello county, in 1847. Mr. Picken first settled in Iowa in October, 1849, locating in Cedar township, Mahaska county, and since 1857, has resided upon his present farm, which now contains 320 acres. At present (Oct., 1878,) he is a justice of the peace, which office he has held for six years. He is extensively engaged in the stock business, and is known as among the best of Mahaska county farmers. His wife is still living and they have four sons, Levertus, Segal, James and Charles, all living, and three daughther, Susanna, Jane, and Eglentine, dead.

PICKRELL, H. H., farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Oskaloosa; was born in 1847, and came to Iowa with his parents, in 1866; his father, Jacob Pickerell, owns 93 acres of land valued at $35 per acre, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1807 and married Rachel Marman, in 1833; she was born in Logan county, Ohio, in 1813; they have ten children, Asa M., Lindley H., William, Peter M., Harland T., Henry H., Joseph E., Jacob, Rachel, and Mary M. Are members of the Friends' church.

Pilgrim, William H., dealer in stoves and house furnishing goods, Oskaloosa; born in Whiteside county, Illinois, August 29, 1839, and when three years of age came with his uncle to this county, in 1842, before the Indians left, and was one of the earliest settlers here, there being very few now living that were here then; he was brought up here; he went west to the Rocky Mountains, California and Oregon; he was in the army, in the First Regiment Colorado Infantry, Company H; the regiment was afterward mounted; he was in many severe skirmishes; was in service two years, then returned, and has been engaged in business for the past seven years; married Miss Jennie Ayres, from Marion county, in 1871; they have four children, Medora, Charles A., William A, and a little girl not named.

PILLSBURY, REV. W. H. H., pastor First M. E. Church, Oskaloosa; born in York county, Maine, July 14, 1840, and was brought up and received his education there, until the breaking out of the rebellion; he was preparing for the ministry, and had completed his sophomore year when he enlisted in the Seventeenth Regiment Maine Infantry, Company I; he was in the battles of the army of the Potomac; among them was the second battle of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and others; he was discharged on account of sickness, after serving two years; he returned and resumed his studies, and graduated at the Boston University and in the school of theology, and began preaching in 1868; in 1870 he was transferred west, and had charge of Division Street church, in Burlington, Iowa, for three years, and at Keokuk for two years, and came to his present large and growing church in 1876, and has, at the conference just closed, been appointed here for another year, at the unanimous request of his people; he married Miss Eliza C. Bowers, from Kennebec county, Maine, August 3, 1870; they have four children, Walter B., Willie H. H., Sue, and Edward A.

PITTMAN, HARRY A., manager of the store and business of the Iowa Coal Co., at Beacon; born in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1855, and is a son of George W. Pittman, one of the early settlers. He was brought up and received his education there, and graduated at the High School. He was engaged in keeping books for three years, and came here the present year and assumed charge of the business of the Iowa Coal Co.

PLASTER, HENRY, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Beacon; farm of 96 acres; was born in Bristol, Sommersetshire, England, January 17, 1824; he emigrated to the United States in 1854 and located in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and came from there in a short time thereafter; he married Miss Margaret Hoskins, a native of South Wales, in 1844; she died in 1868; he married again to Elizabeth Hartshorn, in 1869, a native of South Wales; they have one son and two daughters: Tom, Esther and Grace.

PLAYLES, ALLEN, farmer and dealer in organs and pianos, Agricola; born in Kentucky, in 1826; came to this county in 1851; owns 40 acres of land; has held offices of postmaster and justice of the peace. He married Miss Susan F. Darley, in 1847; she was born in Kentucky; they have three children: George L., Marietta, and Ellora; lost one daughter, Nancy J.

POGUE, JOHN H., farmer, Sec. 43; P. O. Leighton; has a farm of 160 acres, fifteen acres of timber; was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, June 7, 1829; left there on the 10th of September, and arrived here November 2, 1850; has lived on his present farm since 1867; he married Mary A. Mackaman, December 10, 1863, a native of Carroll county, Ohio; they have one daughter, Evalena May.

PORTER, NELSON D., publisher and proprietor of the Oskaloosa Standard. Born in Brownville, Pa., January 23, 1838; he was brought up and regularly educated and studied for the ministry; preached in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in Pennsylvania, for six years; then removed to Ohio and preached in Union Presbyterian and Congregational Churches; since then has preached in the Congregational Church; he came to Iowa in 1870, and came here in 1875, assuming the management of the Oskaloosa Standard. He married Miss Sallie A. Bennett, from Brownville, Ps., June 2, 1864; she died in Chicago, December 22, 1867; he married Anna P. Grover, from Cleveland, in August, 1869; he has four children, Harry S., Chris C., Fred N., and Ada M. Mr. Porter was chaplain of the 58th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry during the war.

POTHOVEN, OTTO, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Pella; owns a farm of 155 acres; was born in Europe July 8, 1839; he emigrated to the U. S., and this county in 1856; he married Martha De Bruin, December 25, 1862, a native of Europe; they have two sons and two daughters, Henry, Jacob, Mena, and Tona.

PRICE, HENRY, dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry, Oskaloosa; Born in Franklin county, Indiana, July 21, 1831; he was brought up and lived there until twenty-one years of age; then removed to Illinois. He was in the army; enlisted in 1862, in the 119th Regiment Illinois Infantry, Co. C; he was in a number of battles and skirmishes, was mustered out in 1865, came to Oskaloosa in 1867, and since then has been engaged in his present business. Married Miss M. J. Gardner, from Cincinnati, in April, 1867; they have two children, George L. and Edgar S.

PRICE, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Olivet; was born in Starke county, Ohio, January 21, 1822; he lived there until 1850, and then came to this county and located where he now lives; has a farm of 203 acres; he married Miss Margaret Hamilton, October 14, 1843, a native of Fredericksburg, Ohio; have no family; adopted one son: T. M.

PRINE, WM. H., farmer, Sec. 33; P. O. Oskaloosa; owns 108 acres of land valued at $40 per acre; was born in Indiana, in 1839; came to Iowa in 1847; married Priscilla Coffin, in 1862; she was born in Indiana, in 1845; they have one child, Lillie; wife is a member of the Baptist church; Mr. Prine enlisted in Co. H, 8th Iowa Infantry, in 1861, and was discharged in 1862.