George W. Danskin, 1915 bio

DANSKIN, BARR, BIGGER

Posted By: Kaye Sanchez (email)
Date: 1/25/2005 at 18:37:28

George William Danskin, History of Iowa Co Vol II, 1915. Born 4 Jul 1851-died 3 jan 1929 Fresno, CA. bur: Ladora Cem. Ladora, Benton Co. IA.
George William Danskin is now actively interested in the cultivation of a farm of 960 acres constituting one of the valuable properties of Iowa Co. Moreever, he has been an interested witness of the development and progress of the county for many years and relates many interesting incidents of the early days. He was born 4 July 1851 at Ontario, Canada, a son of Gilmour and Janet Barr Danskin.
Both parents were native of Scotland and in youth crossed the Atlantic to Canada. Some years following their marriage, they removed from Canada to Iowa Co IA, arriving in 1852. Here the father purchased a farm upon which the family still resides. They took a helpful part in the pioneer development of this section of the state, the father being one of the progressive agriculturists of the early days.
George W. Danskin was 1 of 2 children and his sister is now deceased. He was reared with the usual experiences of the farm lad who divides his time between the work of the fields and the acquirement of the public school education. He continued to assist in the development of the farm until he attained his majority and in 1891, removed to Marengo, IA where he lived for about 14 years. He was actively identified with business interests there being connected with the brickyard and butcher shop, while he also engaged in shipping stock. His various interests were capably aand successfully conducted but in the year 1904, he returned to his old home farm upon which he now resides. It comprises 960 acres of rich productive land, much of which he has carefully cultivated and brought to a high state of improvement and development. In addition to tilling the soil, he makes a feature of buying and feeding stock for the market and is justly accounted one of the foremost farmers and progressive farmers in the county.
On the 29th of November, 1883, Mr. Danskin wedded Edith Bigger, daughter of Thomas Bigger, then of South Dakota, but now of Marengo, IA, where he is still living at the ripe old age of 77 years. He is a Methodist minister, having devoted much of his life to the work of the church. His wife also survives and has now reached the age of 75 years. To Mr and Mrs Danskin have been born seven children, Harry Gilmour, now living on the old homestead which has been occupied by representation of four generations, married Emma McKusker and they have one child, Frank. Fred, who was born 22 Jan 1891, died at the age of twenty years. Ralph, was born 22 Sep 1893. Frank was born 5 Nov 1895, and died in infancy. Carl, born 28 Jan 1898, is also upon the home farm. Robert, born 18 Sept 1900. One died in infancy, unnamed.