John STROUSE entered land in Union Township in December of 1854, which was 80 acres of prairie and 40 acres of timber land. After entering his land, he returned to Noble County, Indiana for his family, and returned to Ringgold County in April of 1855 with the families of his father-in-law, Stanbury WRIGHT, and his brother-in-law, Andrew J. GILLETT.

SOURCE:
LESAN, Mrs. B. M. Early History of Ringgold County: 1844 - 1937 p. 18. Blair Pub. House. Lamoni IA. 1937.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2010