Wapello County >> 1878 Index

History of Wapello County, Iowa
Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

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Unless otherwise noted, all biographies were submitted by Dick Barton.

FOREMAN, JOSEPH, bakery, Agency City; born Feb. 20, 1804, in Fleming Co., Ky.; in 1812, came to Clark Co., Ohio, with his parents; in in 1844, came to Van Buren Co.; in 1850, removed to Wapello Co.; first engaged in farming; owns 166 acres of land, also property in the city; has been in his present business for twenty-four years.  Married Nancy Dillon in 1828; she was born in 1809, in Illinois; had seven children, six living - Thomas, Hannah, Richard, Elizabeth, Martha and Sarah; lost one - Mary Jane, in infancy, in Ohio.  Democrat.