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Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa
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Seeley Township Henry Dayton, son of Henry and Sarah (Davis) Dayton, was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, July 9, 1835. He enlisted in the service of the United States in December, 1863, in Company M, of the 14th New York heavy artillery. He was assigned to the 9th army corps under Burnsides. He took part in the campaign of the Wilderness, fighting for a week, and took part in all the fighting around Petersburg and Richmond until the surrender of Lee. He was mustered out at the close of the war and went back to New York state and remained there until 1865. He came to Guthrie county in November, and staying there about one year and a half, then moved to their present location on section 34 [Seeley township]. He was married in Pottsdam, New York, to Miss Mary J. Sargent, daughter of Amos and Margaret Sargent. They have seven children living and two dead. Those living are--Ida, Carrie, Hattie, Jennie, Abby, Jessie and Myron. Those dead are--Byron and Irena. He has one hundred and sixty acres of half cultivated land, and raises a large stock of horses, cattle and hogs. He has been trustee and school director. Isaac Ebersole, a farmer and stockraiser on section 10 [Seeley township]. Mr. Ebersole is a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and was born on the 4th of October, 1855. His parents moved to Franklin county when he was about two years of age, and there remained about ten years. He then moved to Whitesides county, Illinois, and one year later came to Clinton county, Iowa. he came to Guthrie county, twice, the last time being in the fall of 1880, and located on section 10. He owns one hundred acres of good land nearly all under cultivation. Mr. Ebersole was married in September, 1880, to Miss Cynthia M. Hinckley, a daughter of O. J. and ann Eliza Hinckley. Daniel Headlee was born in Noble county, Ohio, December 25, 1841, being the son of Francis and Mary (Cree) Headlee. he remained in Noble county until 1870, when he came to Guthrie county, arriving October 27 of that year, and settled at his present location in Seeley township on section 36. He was married in Noble county, Ohio, in 1866, to Miss Anna Sanford, a daughter of D. F. and Lucretia A. Sanford. The have one child living--Dora Belle. Their son, Wayne, died in 1879 at the age of nine years. Mr. Headlee owns one hundred and twenty acres of improved land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. His father and Mr. Walters broke the first land in South Coon Valley, in 1867, his father, then living in Guthrie Center, having come to this county in 1866. He (Francis) died in 1876, at the age of seventy-six years, and is buried in the Guthrie Center cemetery. Daniel has been trustee and road supervisor, and at present is school director. Eli D. Ivers came to Seeley township in June, 1857, and with his family settled upon the northwest quarter of section 20. He was a carpenter and millwright, but paid strict attention to farming while here. He put up the first saw-mill in the tonwship, but never ran it. Death stepping in and claiming him as a victim before he could finish his work. His death occurred in 1859. His widow remained a rsident of the township until 1880, where she followed the husband of her youth to that land beyond the grave. Lawrence Ivers, a son of Eli D. Ivers, came here with his father in June 1857, when some nineteen years of age, and is still a resident of the township, as is his brother James, who was but a small boy at the time of his father's settlement. William, another son, is a resident of Casey. Lawrence Ivers, son of an Ohio family, Eli D. and Martha (Grimes) Ivers, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, April 20, 1838. When eighteen years of age he moved with his family to Guthrie county after spending a few months in Guthrie Center, arriving there in June and locating on section 20 [Seeley township]. His father was a carpenter and was building a mill on his place at the time of his death. His father built the first saw-mill in the township in 1859, but died, and the mill was not finished. He paid close attention to farming. The country was pretty wild at that time, and nothing was between Guthrie Center and the place where he located. Lawrence was married in March, 1880, to Miss Mary Grimes, a native of Ohio. They have two children--Nellie Pearl and Effie Belle. He has two hundred and forty acres of land, the greater part of which is improved, on section 20, and eight acres in section 30. He has been township clerk, assessor, road supervisor, secretary of the school board, trustee, and is now road supervisor. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company C, 4th regiment, and was mustered out with his company at Louisville, Kentucky, at the close of the war. Thomas B. Johnston, a prominent man of Seeley township, was born in Missouri April 6, 1848, his parents being George W. and Mary E. (Bird) Johnston. He remained there most of the time until eighteen years of age, when he went to Louisiana, near New Orleans, where he remained two years, then going to Texas, which state he soon afterward left, going to Kansas in 1871. He stayed there till the fall of 1872, when he came to Guthrie county, settling on section 21, in Seeley township, where he owns eighty acres of good land. He was married to Miss Ann Ivers, a native of Ohio, and the daughter of James Ivers. Four children have blessed their marriage--Bertha, Martha, George, and Fred. Besides farming Mr. Johnston is engaged in stock-raising. Abiram Lambert, son of David and Parmelia (Bannard) Lambert, was born in Washington county, Indiana, January 9, 1831. He remained there until he was twelve years of age, when he removed with his parents to Howard county, Indiana, where he remained until he was twenty-two years of age, having been previously married to Louisa Leech, daughter of James and Mary Leech. He removed with his wife to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and after staying there six months they went to Benton county, Iowa, where he lived on a large farm for six years. He then went to Gurnsey county, Missouri, and remaining there four years, he returned to Benton county, where he located for four years. He then came to Guthrie. He enlisted in 1861 in company L, 3d Iowa cavelry, which he served in the western department, and under General Wilson, in Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. He was in the battle of Little Rock, Arkansas, Selma, Alabama, Columbus, Georgia, Guntown raid, and other cavelry engagements. He was mustered out August, 1865, when he came to Guthrie county, settled in Union township, where he remained eight years, then moved to Seeley, locating on section 31. He has six children by his first wife. he was married again in October, 1881, to Mrs. Helen Foote, daughter of Silas and Martha Boles. Mr. Lambert has been township trustee and school director, and at present holds the office of township treasurer. Silas Morgan, son of Abraham and Nancy (Evans) Morgan, resides on section 4 [Seeley township]. He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, April 12, 1821. He remained in Ohio until learning the mason and plasterer's trade, and at the age of twenty-three went to Putnam county, Illinois, where he staid about three years, then went back to Ohio, where he was married to Miss Elleanor A.Stephens, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stephens, February 19, 1848. They have six children living and one dead--Benjamin F. (died July 21, 1855), John F., Joseph C., Nancy Elizabeth, Mary A., Sara Emeline, and Abraham Curtis. Mrs. Morgan died January 7, 1856. After he was married he left Ohio and came to Lee county. After he spent one year there, he came to Guthrie county, settling on his present location on section 4. He has seventy-six acres of land, which was all wild when he first settled there, but it is now improved. He plastered several school-houses in the neighboring counties, which enabled him to live, as there was scarcely any subsistence near him but game. John Motz, son of James W. and Mary Ann (Fiddler) Motz, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, November 24, 1852. In 1862 he came with his parents to Guthrie Center. He remained but a short time when they moved on a farm three miles south of Guthrie Center. He remained there until December 18, 1873, when he was married to Miss Mary Ewing, daughter of James and Mahaley (Smith) Ewing. They have one child-- Mattie M., aged five years. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of improved land and raises a large stock of cattle and hogs. Mr. Motz is one of our most prominent citizens, and is highly honored by all who know him. T. L. Myers, son of Valentine and Elizabeth (Cronnester) Myers, was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1840, where he remained until he was twenty-two years of age. He then went to Lee county, Illinois, and followed farming, until 1867, when he moved to Marshall county, Iowa. He remained there three years, when he came to Guthrie Center, and remaining there a year, came to Victory township, and then to Seeley, locating on section 13. He was married in Lee county, Illinois, 1867, to Miss Belle Warner, a daughter of David and Mary Warner. They have six children--Minnie B., Cora May, Charles A., Oscar H., Oliver P. and Frank. He has two hundred and ninety acres of land, two hundred acres of which are improved. He has a large stock of fine cattle and horses, and Poland-China hogs. C. C. Nesselroad was born in Morgan, now Noble county, Ohio, February 10, 1832. He moved to his present location on section 20 [Seeley township], in 1857. He was married in Guthrie county, Iowa, May 18, 1859, to Miss Levina Ivers, daughter of Eli D. and Martha (Grimes) Ivers. They have four children living--Jennie M., Lawrence, Clara Belle, John William. George W. died in December, 1879, aged twelve years and seven months; Charles Wesley died in February, 1875. He built his present home in the fall of 1881, being the best house in the township. He has nearly four hundred acres under cultivation. hH owns a large number of good horses and a large number of thoroughbred shorthorns; raises a large stock of hogs for market. he owns land in sections 20,19, and 21. He enlisted in Company I, 29th Iowa infantry, and served every engagement of his regiment. George W. Parker is a native of New York, and was born June 11, 1843, his parents being William and Betsy Parker. He remained at his birthplace till twenty-two years of age, when he left home and came to Clinton county, Iowa, where he remained from 1865 to 1872, leaving in the latter year for Jefferson county, Nebraska, where he stayed one year, then going to Ridchardson county, where he remained one year, and at the expiration of that time came to his present location on secion 5, Seeley township. He is the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of land, eighty of which is improved, and in addition to farming, raises horse, cattle and hogs. His marriage with Miss Mary Campbell, a daughter of Donald Campbell, of Nebraska, took place in 1868, his wife being a native of Canada. They have four children living--Levina, Bertha May, James LeGrand and Nettie E. The have had the misfortune to lose three children--William F., Charles and Lillian. William W. Richey owes his nativity to Huron county, Ohio, having been born there in 1815. When about six or seven years of age he moved with his parents to Hamilton county, Indiana, but in 1828 they went to Wisconsin, near Blue Mound, and there remained one year. In October, 1829, moved to LaSalle county, Illinois, and spent five more winters there. He located in Guthrie county, Iowa on section 21 [Seeley township], in 1882. he was married on the 7th of March, 1837, to Anna M. Thompson, by whom he had one child--Henry C. He was married again February 21, 1843 to Miss Eliza Horton who died in June, 1854, leaving one child--Alfred--who died in 1845. In December, 1854, he married for the third time, to Miss Sarah T. Olmstead, by whom he has had three children--Cora A., Amy Estella (died on the the 27th of April, 1864), and William Fremont. Mrs. Richey has visited many of the foreign countries, but will hold her own country in preference to all others. Mr. Richey owns a large farm of two hundred and forty acres in section 21. He was in the Black Hawk war in 1832, having enlisted as a scout, when, after a time, he got a furlough, and took a team of four yoke of oxen and went as teamster. William Stoop, son of Henry and Rebecca Stoop, was born in December, 1841, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where he remained until he was three years of age, and then he went to Clinton county, Iowa, where he remained until he was five or six years old. He then went to Jackson county, his father being the third settler. When he was twenty-five years of age he was married to Isabella Campbell, daughter of Donald and Catherine (Smith) Campbell. They have five children--Henry, aged seventeen; Lewis, twelve; Marion, aged ten; Katie, aged six, and Willie, aged four. They removed to Nebraska, and remained there seven years, when they came to Guthrie county, and then to their present location on section 5 [Seeley township]. He has a large number of cattle, horses and hogs. He enlisted in the army in 1852, in Company D, 26th Iowa infantry, under Colonel Smith. He was in the battle of Vicksburg, Pennsylvania, Lookout mountain, Cast battle, Columbus, North Carolina. He was mustered out at the close of the war in 1865. J. B. Tallman was born in New York state in the year 1851, being the son of D. C. and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Tallman. When he was about six years of age he came to Scott county, Iowa, where he remained some eight years, when he moved to Cedar county, remaining about two years. He then came to Guthrie county in 1868, where he settled in Highland township. He lived in that township until 1882, when he moved to his present location on section 14 [Seeley township]. He owns two hundred acres of land, one hundred and sixty of which are under cultivation, and raises cattle, hogs and other stock. Mr. Tallman was married in 1874 to Miss Maggie Sheets, who died in September, 1876. He was married again on March 12, 1878, to Miss Mary A. Berry. 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more information on these guys. Edward Thomas, son of Enoch J. and Mary A. (Griffith) Thomas, resides on section 35 [Seeley township]. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, March 20, 1847. He remained there until he was twenty-two years of age, when he came to Guthrie Center, Guthrie county, Iowa, arriving in the fall of 1868. In April, 1869, he was married to Miss Emma Hazlet, daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Johnson) Hazlet. In the fall of 1869 he went back to Guernsey county, and remaining there eighteen months, he again returned to Guthrie Center. He remained there two years, when he moved to their present location in section 35. He has four hundred and forty acres of improved land, and sixty acres in Baker township and eighty acres in Seeley township. He has a large number of cattle, horses and hogs for market, and also raised a large stock of Holstein cattle. He has held the office of justice of the peace, and holds the position of road supervisor at present. |