Elias Beltz

BELTZ, GOODALE, MCCRACKEN

Posted By: Joanne Williams (email)
Date: 7/7/2007 at 17:56:49

History of Cedar Co., Iowa 1879

Center Township

Beltz, Elias, farmer; Sec. 23; P.O. Tipton; born in Crawford Co., Ohio, July 4, 1834; lived in Ohio about twenty-five years engaged in farming and milling business; came to Cedar Co., Iowa, in 1859; bought the saw-mill known as the "Beltz Mill," and has run it since; also engaged in farming; owns 250 acres of land; has held school offices. Married Miss F. Goodale, from Ohio, in 1860; she died in 1865; they had three children--Elma E., living, and lost two. Married Harriet McCracken, from this town and county, Dec. 1874; they have one son--Alonzo Gilman, born Nov. 8, 1877.