ISRAEL GARTON

GARTON, HARRIS

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/25/2009 at 12:28:56

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

ISRAEL GARTON, far., Sec. 33; P.O. Centerville; born April 6, 1829, in Madison Co., Ohio; in 1853, came to Appanoose Co.; owns 185 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre; has been School Director. Married Martha Harris April 17, 1856; she was born Feb. 15, 1837, in Madison Co., Ohio; have eight children - Ada, Ida, Albert, Harlan, Amanda, Perry, Charles, and May. Republican. Members of the Christian Church.