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.

PETERSON, A. P., groceries, flour and feed, East Main St.; residence on Jefferson st.; born Sept. 26, 1843, in Sweden; in 1862, came to New York; the following year, removed to Wapello Co., Iowa; in 1875, commenced his present business. Has been Secretary of the School Board in Polk Tp., and Township Treasurer in Cass Tp. Married Anna S. Benson in 1864; she was born in 1849 in Sweden; have five children - Emily A., John E., Edward L., Fred W. and Charles G. Members of the Lutheran Church; Republican.

POLING, N. S., farmer, Sec. 16; born May 26, 1838, in West Virginia; came to Iowa in 1866. Married Catharine Smith in 1868; she was born in Pennsylvania, 1838; have three children - Frank, Mary, Alvia and James. Has been School Treasurer for the past two years. Enlisted in 1861; was First Lieutenant in 31st W. Va. Regiment; engaged in forty battles. 0wns eighty acres of land in Taylor Co., Iowa, valued at $18 per acre. Mr. Poling is a Democrat.