CHAPTER IV.
SETTLEMENT OF AUDUBON COUNTY. (Cont'd)
From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
by H. F. Andrews
FIRST EVENTS.
First Settlers: Nathaniel Hamlin, May 6, 1851; John S. Jenkins and family, May 6, 1851; Philip A. Decker, May 6, 1851; John Hoggard, May 6, 1851; Betsey A. Hoggard, May 6, 1851.
First log cabin, Nathaniel Hamlin, May 7, 1851; first birth, child of Philip A. Decker, December, 1851; first death, Mrs. Philip A. Decker, December, 1851; first physician, Samuel M. Ballard, 1851; first saw-mill, John Countryman, 1852-3; first frame building, John Countryman, 1852-3; first postmaster, Nathaniel Hamlin, December 5, 1853; first lawyer, Daniel M. Harris, 1854; first school house, private, Hamlin & Harris, 1854; first school teacher, Ellen Northgraves, 1854; first blacksmith, Charles Marsh, 1855; first store, Erasmus D. Bradley, Oakfield, 1855; first election, April 2, 1855; first town platted, Dayton, July 9, 1855; first term of court, November, 1855; first marriage, George L. Kellogg and Susannah Kenyon, April 16, 1856; first shoemaker, John S. Johnston, 1856; first steam-mills, Green, Chapin & Burnham and Samuel M. Ballard. 1856; first public school house, Hamlin's, 1856; first Fourth of July celebration, 1856; first brick-makers, James Poor, Avery Belcher, Thomas Stevens, 1857-8; first county fair, 1859; first newspaper, Audubon County Pioneer, J. C. Brown and John J. Van Houghton, 1860; first hotel, Palmer Rogers, Exira, 1858; first harnessmaker, David E. Soar, Exira, 1866; first church edifice, Exira, 1870; first brick building, H. F. Andrews, Exira, 1873; first pool hall, John Hilton, Exira, 1874-5; first bank, Charles Van Gorder, Exira, 1876; first notary public, Alonzo N. Arnold, Oakfield, 1855.
FIRST MARRIAGES.
George L. Kellogg and Susannah Kenyon, April 16, 1856; William Carpenter and Martha H. Johnson, June 22, 1856; Barzilla Sylvester and Beulah Thacker, April 13, 1857; William Walker and Nancy J. Bowen, February 18, 1858; Charles E. Marsh and Elizabeth Millholland, November 28, 1858; Lee L. Bartlett and Sarah B. Jenkins, 1859; John C. Morrison and Margaret I. Robinson, December 15. 1859; John Crane and Mary I. Harris, December 24, 1859; John A. Hallock and Katherine Crane, January 30, 1860; Peoria I. Whitted and Louisa C. Montgomery, February 28, 1860; John W. Dodge and Eliza Smith, March 12, 1860; William Queery and Sarah E. Kirk, March 13, 1860; Isaac Thomas and Mary M. Hamlin, March 14, 1860; Thomas A. Rowland and Melvina C. Lewis, March 16, 1860; Richard Gault and Mary L. Herrick, May 1, 1860; George H. Calder and Judith A. Howlett, April 14, 1861; Elam W. Pearl and Sarah F. Norton, April 23, 1861; Thomas W. Osborn and Lucy Dungan, May 5, 1861; James B. Root and Martha I. Donnel, October 19, 1861; Luke Imus and Caroline Parmley, December 12, 1861; Richard F. Parmeley and Mary E. Johnston, August 26, 1862; Avery Belcher and Thersa Earley, March 14, 1863; Oliver Smith and Emily J. Beers, March 20, 1864; Christian J. Wyland and Amanda H. Dunington, April 11, 1864; James A. Poage and Priscilla J. Hopkins, July 28, 1864; George W. Cannon and Harriet Jenkins, September 27, 1864; Samuel Howlett and Mary E. Brown, October 27, 1864; W. A. Ellis and Caroline Earley, January 9, 1865; John T. Jenkins and Darthula Rogers, January 19, 1865; Chauncey E. Ward and Maria A. Bowdish, February 1, 1865; Washington M. Harmison and Sarah M. Bailey, March 7, 1865; Franklin Salter and Mary A. Crane, August 27, 1865; Joseph Dungan and Alice Carley, October 8, 1865; Jacob Lawrence and Martha Wilson, November 28, 1865; George Lawrence and Mary E. Wilson, November 28, 1865; William Bice and Susan Wilson, December 6, 1865; Robert A. Oliphant and Mrs. Sarah M. Harmison, January 1, 1866; Abram Van Winkle and Harriet Schultz, April 18, 1866; Charles H. Norton and Charlotte Howlett, April 29, 1866; Charles E. Hawk and Hannah M. Hamlin, May 20, 1866; Xerxes Knox and Nancy C. Smith, July 29, 1866; Judson D. Herrick and Mrs. Louisa Strickland, November 8, 1866; Jaynes Robinson and Mary Heuthern, December 30, 1866; George Gingery and Virginia Goodale, February 2, 1867; William Radcliff and Malinda C. Hamlin, February 28, 1867; Ayers D. Martin and Sarah L. Whitney, March 3, 1867; George W. Bowdish and Ellen Clark, April 28, 1867; N. C. Maffitt and Josephine Lewis, June 3, 1867; James Luckenbill and Sarah A. Carpenter, June 19, 1867; J. H. Harrington and Maggie M. Montgomery, June 31, 1867; Joel H. Basham and Melissa Hallock, July 2, 1867; Vincent Bateham and Maria Paige, September 7, 1867; John C. Donnel and Hattie M. Donner, September 28, 1867; Edward Calph and Martha J. Hamlin, November 17, 1867; Henry Decker and Mary Wilson, December 25, 1867; John C. Norton and Susie M. Ostrander, February 1, 1868; Isaac H. Jenkins and Clarissa W. Chase, March 15, 1868; Henry D. Martin and Eliza V. Reynolds, March 28, 1868; Hugh E. McNutt and Sarah A. Griffin, March 28, 1868; Joseph Walker and Juliet F. Bowen, April 19, 1868; Isaac P. Hallock and Malinda A. Norton, May 10, 1868; Samuel Smith and Mrs. Louann Bailey, June 1, 1868; Henry T. Egan and Mary A. Reynolds, July 6, 1868; David E. Soar and Rebecca N. Harris, July 17, 1868; Lysannius M. Anderson and Tryphenia Hopkins, November 12, 1868; Samuel F. Donnel and Mrs. Tamzey Flora, November 15, 1868; G. R. Trowbridge and Elizabeth J. Hamlin, November 19, 1868; Adam B. Griffin, and Sarah A. Wiggins, November 26, 1868; Daniel Heald and Mary J. Wood, December 29, 1868.
FIRST SETTLERS IN THE SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS.
Exira, Nathaniel Hamlin and John T. S. Jenkins, 1851; Oakfield, Dr. Samuel M. Ballard, 1851; Hamlin, Hiram Perkins, 1855; Audubon, Daniel M. Harris, 1856; Greeley, Samuel Smith, 1856; Viola, Joseph J. Williams, 1859; Leroy, Darius Barlow, 1863; Cameron, Robert Gunn, 1868; Douglas, Thomas J. Ellsberry, 1870; Melville, Benjamin F. Miller, 1869; Lincoln, Isaac K. Johnson, 1871.
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, March, 2022, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, pages 78-81.
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