WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS 1879
from History of Des Moines County, Iowa, Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1879
transcribed by Cay Merryman


SURNAME
GIVEN NAME
OCC
SEC
P.O.
NOTES
AldrichG. W.farmer16La Vega 
AllenR. J.farmer12Linton 
ArcherHenryfarmer14Roscoe 
ArmstrongDavidfarmer24Roscoe 
ArmstrongJ. M.farmer24Roscoe 
BarrJamesfarmer27Roscoe 
BarrE. W.farmer26Roscoe 
BazurthW. F.farmer3La Vega 
BombyC.farmer31La Vega 
BowmanCharlesfarmer30La Vega 
BrodieDavidfarmer18La Vega 
BrownDavidfarmer20La Vega 
BrownW. Ofarmer20La Vega 
BuchananG. W.farmer32La Vega 
BurnettJamesfarmer27La Vega 
CaldwellM. P.farmer11Linton 
CarterI. S.farmer9La Vega 
CavenH. M.farmer10La Vega 
CavenM. H.farmer10La Vega 
ChapmanE. C.M. D. La Vega 
ClineHenryfarmer24La Vega 
CockayneJohn E.farmer17La Vega 
ConeA. S.farmer18La Vega 
ConklinJohnfarmer32La Vega 
CoppasPeterfarmer20La Vega 
CrawfordD. B.farmer35Pleasant Grove 
CrockerCharlesfarmer6Mt. Union 
CrosonT. W.farmer10La Vega 
DarbyshireT.farmer29La Vega 
ElliottJ. S.farmer2La Vega 
ElliottR.farmer2La Vega 
EnkeeJosiahfarmer3La Vega 
EvansHenryfarmer25Roscoe 
FetherlyW.farmer9La Vega 
FrazierA.farmer3La Vega 
FunkGeo.farmer29La Vega 
FunkHenryfarmer29La Vega 
FunkPeterfarmer32La Vega 
FyeHenryfarmer27La Vega 
FyeJohnfarmer19La Vega 
GauttUriahfarmer12Linton 
GibbsE. J. M.farmer6Mt. Union 
GoudieFredfarmer24Roscoe 
GreenCyrusfarmer3La Vega 
HaleBarnardfarmer28La VegaOwns eighty acres of land; was born in Parke Co., Ind., in 1826; his parents removed to Des Moines Co., from Indiana in 1837. Mr. Hale married in 1854 Susan B. Downer, a native of Pennsylvania; have had seven children, five now living: James R., Angeletta E., Emma S., Elizabeth E. and Willis B.; Emilius died aged 7 years and one died in infancy. Mr. Hale settled on the farm he now owns in 1857. He is a carpenter by trade.
HallOliverfarmer24RoscoeOwns 400 acres of land; was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1810; came to Des Moines Co. from New York in 1838, and settled on Sec. 8, Franklin Tp.; in 1854, he settled on the farm he now owns. He married in 1837 Marietta R. Whittaker, a native of North Adams, Mass.; they have eight children: Susan F. Talbot, Harriet A. Talbot, William H., Edward J., Charles M., Lincoln C., Margaret C. Williams and Oscar; have lost three children: one in infancy; Gideon, a member of the 39th Regt. I.V.I., died at Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862; Rollin died in 1876. Mr. Hall has been County Surveyor and Justice of the Peace for many years. He owns a farm of 320 acres in Clark Co., which was in charge of his son Rollin at the time of his death.
HarringtonJ. D.farmer31La Vega 
HicksWillisfarmer9La Vega 
HiggersonWm.farmer9La Vega 
HooverJ. B.farmer32La Vega 
HopkinsW. H.farmer5La Vega 
HowardWm.farmer19La Vega 
HudsonJohnfarmer10La Vega 
HugginsR. R.farmer8Mt. Union 
HutchcroftGeo.farmer14La Vega 
HutchinsonJohnfarmer12La Vega 
IbotsonGeo.farmer28La Vega 
IbotsonS.farmer22La Vega 
JonesB. I.farmer35Pleasant Grove 
JonesW. E.farmer24Roscoe 
KlineAndrew C.merchant La VegaBorn in Pennsylvania in 1836; he came to Des Moines Co. with his parents in 1852; they settled in Franklin Tp., where they resided until their death. Mr. Kline came to Yarmouth in March, 1876; he began mercantile business in August of that year; was the first engaged in business in Yarmouth, except Mr. Shirk, who began the blacksmithing business in June of the same year. Married in 1861 to Kate Scott, a native of Franklin Tp., Des Moines Co.; born in 1840; her father Wm. Scott, was one of the first settlers of Des Moines Co. Mr. Kline has three children: Rufus, Scott and Amy.
KlineW. F.farmer21La Vega 
KneenJohnfarmer18La Vega 
KreigerJ.farmer32La Vega 
LefforgeJohnfarmer23La Vega 
LefforgeL.farmer23La Vega 
LinderIsaacfarmer17La Vega 
LinesJ. R.post-master La Vega 
LinesRobt.farmer34La Vega 
LongA. C.farmer16La Vega 
LongS. P.farmer16La Vega 
LotspiechEdenfarmer22La Vega 
MasonMartinfarmer11La Vega 
McCallD.farmer3La Vega 
McClurkinJ. C.farmer1Linton 
McClurkinJ. M.farmer1Linton 
McElhinyR. A.farmer12Linton 
McKuneW. A.farmer34Pleasant Grove 
MichaelDanielfarmer28La Vega 
MillerE. A. farmer6Mt. Union 
MillerMarionfarmer23La Vega 
MillerM. F.farmer20La Vega 
MillerS. P.farmer20La Vega 
MontgomeryW. G.farmer13Roscoe 
MorrisonJohnfarmer15La Vega 
MurphyP.farmer15La Vega 
MusockJ.farmer30La Vega 
ObermannJohnfarmer30La Vega 
O'KellFrankfarmer4La Vega 
OrchardA.farmer29La Vega 
PackwoodA.farmer15La Vega 
PeckhamR. M.farmer30La VegaOwns 300 acres; was born in Washington, D. C., in 1812; removed thence to Columbus, Ohio, in 1834; settled on his present farm in 1855. He married, in 1845, Melvina Webb, who died in 1872; has ten children: Emma, Charles, Martha, Ada, Caleb, Hugh, Sarah, Annie, Katie and Richard; lost two children: Rosabel and Lily.
PeelS. K.farmer4La Vega 
PetsimgerJohnfarmer8La Vega 
PortlockW. A.farmer21La Vega 
PricketEliasfarmer31La Vega 
PriestJohnfarmer31La Vega 
RedfearnIsaacfarmer18La Vega 
RedfearnJohnfarmer18La Vega 
ReedDavidfarmer2Linton 
RiffleJohn L.farmer27La Vega 
SchompP. J.farmer29La Vega 
SelserPeterfarmer15La Vega 
ShieldsM.farmer25Roscoe 
SmithF. M.farmer26Pleasant Grove 
SmithFred.farmer21La Vega 
SmithM. C.farmer6La Vega 
StarkeeHenryfarmer21La Vega 
SterrettD. B.farmer4La Vega 
SterrettWm.farmer4La Vega 
TalbertEdwinfarmer14Roscoe 
TalbertL. J.farmer33La Vega 
ThomasT. W.farmer24Roscoe 
TippinJ. R.farmer10La Vega 
TuckerAbramfarmer24Pleasant Grove 
TuckerJ. M.farmer29La Vega 
VegticJohnfarmer20La Vega 
WeinrichChas.farmer27La Vega 
WelchH. B.farmer28La Vega 
WilkisonGeorgefarmer26La Vega 
WillardW. P.farmer21La Vega 
WilsonJohnfarmer23La Vega 
WilliamsT. O.farmer13Roscoe 
WilliamsW. W.farmer27Pleasant Grove 
WilsonA. M.farmer11Linton 
WilsonJ. R.farmer2Linton 
WilsonS. E.farmer1La Vega 
WrightJ. B.farmer11La Vega 
WrightS. R.farmer13Roscoe 
WrightWm. L.farmer11La Vega 
YagerHenryfarmer33La Vega 
YohoeA. S.farmer10La Vega 
YohoeJ. C. E.farmer10La Vega 
ZionA.farmer26Pleasant Grove 
ZionGeorgemerchant La Vega 

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