Charles Harp
Charles Harp was a native of Tennessee, from whence he immigrated to Illinois, and from thence to Iowa in 1844, and settled on section 21, in this township. He was the head of a numerous family, the most of whom are still residents of the township. He died in the winter of 1847, and his widow survived him, and occupied the homestead, till in the winter of 1870, when she died.