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BARTLETT, E.G., farmer and merchant; lives in Lacona; owns forty acres of land in Sec. 27, and his hotel and store property in Lacona; he was born March 10, 1821, in West Virginia; he moved to Adams county, Illinois, in 1843, and to this county in 1853; he is one of the leading men of the township; has been elected justice of the peace, a position he now holds; has also been township clerk, trustee and county supervisor; he went to Pikes Peak in 1859, and spent two and one-half years, when he returned to this place; he secretary of the first school board and built the first school-house; built the first frame house and set out the first orchard in the township; he is now postmaster, and keeps the office in his store, where he also keeps a large stock of dry goods groceries, etc.; he also keeps a hotel, where the weary traveler always finds rest and a hearty welcome from the landlord; he is a printer by trade, but has done nothing at it of late years; he was twice married, first, December 18, 1843, to Sarah, daughter of John Potter, of West Virginia; they had seven children: Beatrice A., Rufus J., Eugene C., Izorah, Ediadore, S., Horace G., Nettie M., Beatrice A., Rufus J., Eugene C. and Izorah are dead; wife died December 6, 1870; married again May 22, 1872, Mrs. Eliza J. Coles, daughter of Jonathan Morris, of West Virginia; they have had four children: Lola, Elbridge G., Dale and an infant; E.G. and Dale are dead.

Bauer, John, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Lacona.

Bell, Amanda, farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Lacona.

Best, H., farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Lacona.

Best, J.R., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Lacona.

Bessett, Robert, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lacona.

Braden, G.W., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Lacona.

BURKET, JOHN F., harness-maker; lives in Lacona; he was born July 14, 1854, in this county, and was raised in Indianola, where he learned his trade, with E.P. Vance; came to Lacona in 1875, and established his ship; he has a good trade; he was married November 30, 1876, to Natildia E. Cool, step daughter to Mr. E.G. Bartlett, of Lacona; they have no children.

BURNET, R.B., farmer, lives on Sec. 8; he was born August 22, 1820, in La Fayette county, Pennsylvania; parents moved to Jefferson county, Indiana, in 1831; he moved to Knox county, Illinois, in 1856, and to Knox county, Illinois, in 1856, and to Henry county, Iowa, in 1865, and to this county, in 1868; settled on present farm in 1870; he owns eighty acres of land; he married March 21, 1844, to Lydia, daughter of John Stonebreaker, of Ashland county, Ohio; they have eleven children: Elisha, John E., Aniza N., Mary C., Marion D., Emma J., James L., Sarah M., Rachel, Cora and Ada; Elisha, Aniza N. and Mary C., are dead.

Butcher, J., farmer, Sec. ---; P.O. Chariton.

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Chambers, B.L., farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Lacona.

Clayton, J.R., Lacona.

Clue, W., farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Lacona.

COCHRAN, WM. J., farmer and stock raiser, P.O. Lacona; he lives no Sec. 15, and owns a farm of 225 acres; he was born August 22, 1829, in Highland county, Ohio; parents moved to Benton county, Indiana, in 1845, and to Iowa November 3, 1855, and settled on the farm where he now lives; he is the Republican candidate for Representative to the Legislature this year, a position he is well qualified to fill; he was married June 7, 1860, to Eliza E., daughter of David Warnock, of Warren county, Iowa; they have nine children: Mary E., Matilda J., John W., David A., Charles S., Samuel C., Thomas H., Aaron L. George E.; Samuel C. and Thomas H., are dead; has been town assessor and county supervisor.

COCHRAN, J.M., carpenter and builder, P.O. Lacona; he lives in Lacona; he was born September 6, 1827, in Highland county, Ohio; parents moved to Benton county, Indiana, in 1845; came to Iowa and settled in this township in 1855; he enlisted August 7, 1861, in Co. G, Tenth Iowa Infantry, as a private; he was promoted to Sergeant Major, September 8, 1861, and to Second Lieutenant Co. G, July 14, 1862, to First Lieutenant, February 9, 1863, and to Captain, November 8, 1864, and to Major, August 7, 1865, and was honorably discharged September 5, 1865; he was in the battles of Champion's Hill, Vicksburg, Corinth, Mission Ridge, Iuka, and all the others in which the Tenth Iowa participated; he was married September 12, 1848, to Mary, daughter of Charles Johnson, of Benton county, Ohio they have had eight children: Elizabeth E., Martha, Sarah J., Nancy E., Lealine L., Wm. J., Mary, John F.; Martha and John F. are dead.

Collins, C.C., merchant, Lacona.

CORWIN, A.J., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lacona; he was born October 12, 1836, in Morrow county, Ohio; he was left an orphan at the age of six weeks, when his grand parents took him to raise; they moved to this county in 1853, and settled where he now lives; he was married October 18, 1858, to Hettie Cochran, a native of Ohio; they have had seven children: Mary E., Martha E., William E., John W., and Olive B.M. Oliver E., Olive E., who were triplets; Olive E. of the triplets, is deceased.

CURD, WILLIAM O., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Lacona; born Dec. 7th, 1818, in Buckingham county, Va.; his parents moved to Highland county, Ohio, in 1836; at the age of 20 he apprenticed himself to learn the carpenter's trade, at which he worked about two years; at the age of 22 he entered the Hillsboro Academy, of Ohio, where he took a regular academic course; this school he entered without a cent in his pocket, and paid his way through by working evenings and Saturdays. There was one thing however which he had in large stock: it is commonly known as "pluck," which he has ever exhibited to a great degree on every occasion of a new or difficult undertaking. He is a man of decided opinions, and always has a mind of his own and looks not to others for advice; had his inclination run in that direction he would undoubtedly have been a strong leader in the politics of his country; but it seems that he has preferred rather to adopt the role and life of the quiet farmer, where he might be free from the contaminating influences by which a public life is surrounded. He is a descendent of the Curds of France, his great grandfather coming to the United States with Broderick's army, as he has been informed by his grandfather; his father was born in Buckingham, Va., on the Big Willis creek; he began teaching at the age of 24, and has continued it more or less for a great many years; he is an educator of liberal ideas, and believes in the education of the masses as a sure guarantee to the perpetuity of our free American institutions. He owns a fine farm of 180 acres, where he now lives, and has demonstrated the fact that where there are brains there is success in farming; he began at first by buying but 40 acres, and has by his indomitable perseverance added the balance of his present estate, and can now sit in the shade of his stately trees which he planted with his own hands more than twenty years ago. He has been a member of the M.E. church since 1839, converted under the ministry of Geo. C. Crump; he has been a licentiate since 1842, and has held the offices of Steward, Recording Steward and class leader. He was married April 7th, 1846, to Miss Eliza E., daughter of the Rev. Wm. Johnson, of Green county, Ohio; they have no children; they came to this county in 1857 and settled where they now live; she is not without a claim to the success with which their efforts have been crowned since their union; they started in the world with nothing and have made it all with their own hands, she ever ready to lend a helping hand to her husband in his every undertaking, studying only how to advance their interest and happiness through life, ever exhibiting that Christian grace of love to all with whom she became associates.

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Daniels, T.B., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lacona.

Dittmer, J., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Lacona.

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Feather, J., farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Lacona.

Fight, A., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Newbern.

FISHER, LEVI, hardware merchant; P.O. Lacona; born Feb. 6, 1823, in Chester county, Pennsylvania; parents moved to Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1825; here he learned the tinner and coppersmith's trade by serving five years' apprenticeship; he went to Union county, Indiana, in 1843; he came to this county in April, 1872; he enlisted Aug. 21, 1861, as a private in Co. F, Nineteenth Iowa Infantry, and was promoted to First Lieutenant Aug. 21, 1862, and again promoted, to Captain, on the 7th on June, 1863, and served to the close of the war and was honorably discharged July 6, 1865; he was in the battles of Prairie Grove and Vicksburg; he was taken prisoner at Organza and sent to Tyler, Texas, where he was kept ten months, and then sent to the mouth of Red River for exchange, in July, 1864, when he returned to his command at New Orleans; he was at the taking of Spanish Fort in Mobile Bay, and in many other skirmishes; he was twice married; first to Maria Bowlsby, of New Jersey; they had two children: mary H. and Emma; Mary H. is dead; wife died Aug. 3, 1853; married again March 21, 1854, to Mary, daughter of David R. Lee, of Louisa county, Iowa; they had five children: Blanche B., Albert L., William H., Anna M. and Mamie; Albert L. and Mamie died in infancy.

Fisher, M.; P.O. Lacona.

Fogle, Joel, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Lacona.

Frank, Henry, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Rose Mount.

Frantz, M., farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Lacona.

Freeman, M.J. and J.D., farmers, Sec. 21; P.O. Lacona.

Fruch, L., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Lacona.

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Gauger, Jane, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Lacona.

Goode, H.H., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lacona.

Greubel, H., P.O. Rose Mount.

Greubel, Paulus, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Rose Mount.

Greenfield, S., farmer, Seb. 7; P.O. Lacona.

Griffin, R.F., farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Lacona.

Grisbaum, A., farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Lacona.

Gunter, E.E., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Lacona.

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Hall, Willis, farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Lacona.

Hammond, H., P.O. Lacona.

Hamilton, S., farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Lacona.

Hayes, G.W., P.O. Lacona.

Helmel, Joseph, farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Lacona.

Hewett, J.S., P.O. Lacona.

Hettenger, J., farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Lacona.

Hickman, L.D., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Lacona.

Higbee, A.R., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Lacona.

Hodson, Uriah, farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Rose Mount

Hodge, F., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Rose Mount.

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Jasper, Henry, farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Lacona.

Jenkins, J.L., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Lacona.

Johnston, John, lives on Sec. 15; born in Ross-shire, Scotland; he emigrated to the United States and settled in Ohio in 1852; he came to Iowa and this county in 1854; he began the improvement of his present farm in 1855; is one of the oldest settlers in the township; laid the foundation for his present home, where he has 365 acres of fine land, at work on the railroad in Ohio, for 87-1/2 cents per day and boarded himself; cattle were his principal teams while making his improvements; has had many a chase after the deer as they ran across the vast prairie by which he was surrounded; was married February 14, 1861, to H. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry O. Way, of Boone county, Indiana; have eight children: Mary A., Roderick H., Elmer J., Maggie H., Malinda J., William D., Lillie M., and Clara E., all living, except Maggie, who died in infancy.

Johnston, D., farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Lacona.

JONES, E.H., merchant; born August 12, 1849, in Madison county, Indiana; is a son of J.W. Jones, of Palmyra, this county, who was proprietor of the woolen mills of that place; was educated at Notre Dame, Indiana, and institution of which he speaks in the highest terms, at being catholic, although he is a protestant to that faith; first entered business in Des Moines in 1864; moved to Indianola in 1870, and to Lacona in 1872; carries a fine stock of dry goods and notions, and has a good trade; married May 1, 1873, to Josephine E., daughter of Cyrus Westerfield, of Indianola; have two children: E. Paul and Geraldine, both living.

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Kelley, W.T., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Lacona.

Kessler, G., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Lacona.

Kesslet, Barbary, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Lacona.

Kimsey, G.R., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Lacona.

Kimsey, James, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Lacona.

Konrad, F., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Rose Mount.

Konrad, L., P.O. Lacona.

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Law, Allen, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Lacona.

Lovell, G.W., farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Lacona.

Lukins, B., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Lacona.

Lyons, J.W., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lacona.

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McCain, A.L., farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Lacona.

McCARTNEY, REV. ANDREW, Pastor U.P. Church; P.O. Lacona; he was born Aug. 15, 1823, in county Antrim, Ireland; his parents emigrated to the United States in 1836, and located at Newbery, N.Y.; they moved to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1841; he was educated at Antrim College and New Athens College, where he graduated in 1852; he graduated at the Xenia Theological Seminary in 1857, and began the ministry in Ohio as a probationer, one year; in 1859 he began the regular ministry at Dalton, Ohio; he has been doing missionary work most of the time since, through Ohio, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska; preached in Indianola five years; and five years at Lacona, and located at Lacona again as Pastor of the U.P. Church January, 1879; in 1875 he went to Europe and visited most of the places of interest, as also Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

McCarter, D.J., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Lacona.

McCleman, W., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lacona.

McClurg, J.E., farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Lacona.

McCOLLAM, JOSEPH, attorney at law and justice of the peace, P.O. Lacona; born October 3, 1829, in Harrison county, Ohio; moved to Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1851, and to this county and settled in this township in 1866; he was educated in the common schools, studied law on the shoe-bench [being a shoemaker by trade], in Van Buren county, Iowa; he was admitted to the bar in this county, in 1868, by Judge Maxwell; he practiced nearly ten years before he was admitted to the bar; has held every office in the town, and been county supervisor, and is now justice of the peace; he married December 27, 1857, to Louisa M., daughter of John Gilbert, of Van Buren county, Iowa; they have had four children: Jas. W., Octavia J., Ida M., Lenora; Ida is dead.

McCollam, S.M., P.O. Lacona.

McConnell, T.H., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lacona.

McConnell, J.W., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lacona.

McConnell, W.J., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lacona.

McKinsey, J.F., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Lacona.

McKinley, W.K., P.O. Lacona.

McNair, P., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Whitebreast.

McNeill, N., farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Lacona.

Miller, Nathan, farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Lacona.

Miller, Philip, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Lacona.

Miller, John; P.O. Lacona.

Miller, George, farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Lacona.

Mitchell, J.E., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Lacona.

Mitchell, W.O., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Lacona.

Mitchell, D.H., farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Lacona.

Morley, A., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Lacona.

Murray, T.H., P.O. Lacona.

Myers, Isaac, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Lacona.

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Neel, P., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Lacona.

NEEDLES, S.H., farmer and stock raiser; lives on Sec. 20, where he owns a farm of 299 acres; he was born November 28, 1828, in Franklin, Ohio; he came to Lee county, Iowa, in the spring of 1853, and to this county in the spring of 1854, and settled on Sec. 15; bought and moved on his present farm in 1859; at the first election he voted at in his township, there were but nine votes cast; he was married August 1, 1861, to Miss Martha E. Munford, a native of Maryland; they have four children: Eliza A., Martha E., Ulysses and Rebecca J.; all living.

Nelson, R.R.,Sec 22; P.O. Lacona.

NICOL, DR. J.H., born April 3, 1840, in Preble county, Ohio; parents came to Louisa county, Iowa, in 1850; he was educated in the high school, and studied medicine with Dr. J.W. Holliday, of Morning Sun, and graduated at the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons in February, 1878; he began the practice of his profession in 1875, in Lacona; he was married February 21, 1878, to Annie E., daughter of Hugh H. Lytle, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania; has no children; he is enjoying a good practice and the reputation of a successful physician.

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Oxenrider, D., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Lacona.

OXENRIDER, SAM., farmer, Sec. 28; P.O. Lacona; born March 31, 1844, in Morril county, Ohio; his parents came to this county in 1854, and settled in this township; he has lived here ever since; he enlisted in the army January 16, 1865, in Co. G, 10th Iowa Infantry, and served to the close of the war; was honorably discharged Sept. 2, 1865; was in the battle of Saltcatcher River, S.C., and several other skirmishes; he was educated in common schools and Howe's Academy, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; he is a teacher by profession, as he is so afflicted with asthma that he can do but little manual labor; although but a boy when he came here, and being thrown upon his own resources, he has made for himself and family a farm of 160 acres, which he superintends, with the assistance of his excellent wife; he has traveled through more than half the States and Territories in the Union; has seen the ups and downs of pioneer life; has chased the deer where Lacona now stands, and listened to the yelp of the wolf and the hooting owls; he was married March 4, 1869, to Elizabeth E., daughter of J.M. Cochran, of this county; they have four children: Leona M., Myrtle L., Cecil H. and Lora E.; Leona and Cecil died in infancy.

Oxenrider, A.J., farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Lacona.

Oxenrider, L., farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Lacona.,

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Poling, Jas., farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Lacona.

PRICHETT, E.B., farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Milo; he was born September 25, 1845, at Eddyville, Iowa; parents came to this county in 1864; he came on to his present farm in 1868; he owns 132 acres of land, and is building the finest barn in the township; He was married Oct. 17, 1867, to Sarah A., daughter of Enoch Sheekley, of this township; they have had five children: Elmira, Bird, Ina, Mary and Harry; Harry died in infancy.

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Renninger, G., farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Rosemount.

Reynolds, W., farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Lacona.

Rippenger, M., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lacona.

Rodgers, C., farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Lacona.

Rodgers, A.J., farmer, Sec. 33; P.O. Ackworth.

Romagg, J., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lacona.

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Sargent, Elizabeth, farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Lacona.

Schrader, Fred, farmer, Sec. 1; P.O. Lacona.

Schurman, C., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Lacona.

Schneider, A., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Newbern.

Schneider, N., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Newbern.

Shupe, A. D., farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Lacona.

Shupe, J. C., farmer, Sec. 19; P.O. Lacona.

Shupe, E.; P.O. Lacona.

Simpson, G.M., farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Lacona.

Smith, T.T., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lacona.

Sommers, J., farmer, Sec. 2; P.O. Rose Mount.

Sommers, F., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Lacona.

Sommers, L.; P.O. Lacona.

SPEARS, SAMUEL P., farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Milo; owns 100 acres of land; born Aug. 22, 1843, in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania;here we grew to manhood; taking the advice of Greeley, he came West, and settled on his present farm in 1871, where he is making for himself and family a fine home; he has been Secretary of the township school board; he was married Dec. 1, 1870, to Miss Susan Craig, a native of Pennsylvania; they have a family of two children, Elmer and Byron, both living.

Starr, Wm., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lacona.

STARR, DR. J.S., P.O. Lacona; born Dec. 24, 1832, in Edgar county, Illinois; parents moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1851, and stopped six weeks and went on to Clark county, Missouri; he was educated in common schools; studied medicine with Dr. B.B. Allen, of Clark county, Missouri, and attended the Keokuk Medical School; began practice in 1857, in Clark county, Missouri; came to Lacona in 1862, where he has been in practice ever since; he was married in March, 1855, to Catherine Owen, daughter of John Owen, of Kentucky; they have two children, Henrietta J. and John W., both living.

Starr, R.C.; P.O. Lacona.

Staff, John, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Lacona.

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Tickel, J., farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Lacona.

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Ulrick, B., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Lacona.

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Wachter, T., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Rose Mount.

Wachter, A., farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Rose Mount.

Walton, T., farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Lacona.

Watley, A., farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lacona.

Wemmer, S., farmer, Sec. 24; P.O. Lacona.

WILLIS, WM., farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Lacona; born March 9, 1815, in Clark county, Missouri; parents moved to Howard county, Missouri, in 1820, and to Monroe county in 1831; came to Davis county, Iowa, in 1840, and to Warren county, and settled on Sec. 25 of this township in 1846; he and his brother Fielding are the oldest settlers in this township; he helped to organize the township, and voted at its first election; he was elected the first Township Clerk and Assessor; he has been twice married: first, March 18, 1841, to Mary Richardson; they had six children: James F., William A., Elizabeth J., Henry H., Green B, Lafayette; Henry H died May 7, 1869; wife died Dec. 5, 1852; he married again Nov. 14, 1853, to Margaret ----; they had eight children: Mary F., Susan E., Eliza V., John W., Sarah N., Laura A., Minnie and an infant; all dead except Susan, Eliza, John W. and Sarah N.

Wilson, E.A., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Lacona.

WILLIS, JOHN, postmaster; born September 29, 1816, and is a native of Kentucky; parents moved to Howard county, Missouri, in 1822, and to Monroe county, Missouri, in 1829; he moved to Schuyler county, Missouri, in 1842; came to Iowa and settled in White Breast township in 1846; helped to organize the township; he was elected the first justice of the peace of the township, and held that office for the next sixteen years, and was also town clerk at the same time, for eight years; he moved to Marion county, Iowa, in 1866, and has held the office of justice of the peace for the last ten years; has been notary public for nine years, and holds a commission for three more; he was postmaster in Warren county for three years, and has been postmaster at Newbern for the last eight years, an office he now holds; he was married February 21, 1841, to Mary Hoskins, of Monroe county, Missouri; they have had nine children: an infant, Henry Z., Emily, Nancy, Lucinda, Lafayette, Edward and two infants; three infants and edward died in infancy.

Williams, D.H., farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Lacona.

Willis, Robert, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Lacona.

Willis, F., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Lacona.

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Zimmerman, C., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O. Lacona.