JACOB SHILTS

SHILTS, FISHER

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/26/2009 at 20:11:12

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.

JACOB SHILTS, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Centerville; born July 2, 1818, in Harrison Co., Ohio; at an early age, he was apprenticed to the cabinet and carpenter trade; has followed this business about forty-three years; Mr. Shilts is one of the most honored and highly respected citizens of this county, and through strict attention to business, has acquired a competency; he came to this county in 1854; owns about 600 acres of land. Married Miss Hannah Fisher in 1838; she was born in 1822 in Harrison Co., Ohio; her parents afterward removed to Vinton Co.; they had ten children, seven living - Catharine, Sarah Jane, George, Margaret, Mandana, Lovina and Levi. Are members of the U.B. Church.