History of Wapello County, Iowa - 1878 - K-L

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

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

KAVANAGH, JOHN, far., S. 4; P. O. Eddyville; he was born April 27, 1807, in Champaign Co., Ohio; in 1845, entered and moved to his present farm; he owns 260 acres, valued at $25 per acre.  Married Mary Wiseman in 1831; she was born Nov. 29, 1809, in Virginia; have six children - Elizabeth, William, Catherine, Sarah, Samuel and Cynthia A.  Democrat.

KIBLER, J., far., Sec. 3; P. O. Agency City; born March 24, 1847, in Hancock Co., Ohio; in 1858, came to Ottumwa; engaged in butchering till 1875, when he went to Indiana; in 1876,returned to Ottumwa; same year, removed to his present farm; owns twenty acres, valued at $600. Married Virginia Brainard in September, 1868; she was born in 1846 in Ohio ; have three children - Drewey, Albert and Bertha are twins. Democrat.

LATHROP, E. L. Dr., physician and surgeon; office cor. Main and Jefferson streets; residence Green street; born Sept. 19, 1844, in Madison Co., N. Y.; in 1857, came to Chicago; in 1864, was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 10th Illinois Cavalry; served about twenty months.  Commenced the study of medicine in 1860 and graduated in 1866 at the Rush Medical Collage, Chicago; he was the youngest Assistant Surgeon west of the Mississippi River - but 20 years of age at the time of his commission; practiced his profession from 1866 to 1870, in Chicago, then removed to Ottumwa, and has been a resident here ever since; has been Coroner four years; he organized the Museum of Comparative Anatomy at Rush Medical College in 1868, and has now the largest private museum in the State; in 1877, he fitted up an Electric Infirmary, and still keeps it in operation. Married Miss Emma Hedrick in 1873, daughter of Wesley Hedrick, of Dahlonega Tp.; she was born in Wapello Co.; have one child - Edward H.  Democrat.

LATHROP, JOEL, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Munterville; owns 163 acres of land, valued at $3,300; born in the State of New York in 1801; moved to Indiana in 1833; thence to his present location in 1860.  Married in 1822 Margaret Gordon, who died in 1830; had three children, none of whom are living; married in 1834 Helen Dickson, who died in 1850; had five children, two living - Harrison F., born in 1839, and Helen, born in 1844; married for his third wife Maria Godman, born in Ohio in 1812; have one daughter - Emma, born in 1851; she had nine children by a former marriage, five living.

LINDSAY, WM., farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Blakesburg; born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1824; came to Wapello Co. in 1873. Married Jeanette Henderson; she was born in same place as her husband; have ten children - George, Susie, Elizabeth, Christina, David, William, Francis, Emma, Etta, Lloyd. Owns 120 acres, valued at $20 per acre. Republican.