CHAPTER V.
THE FIRST SETTLERS. (Cont'd)
From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
by H. F. Andrews
DAVID EDGERTON.
David Edgerton visited Audubon county with Nathaniel Hamlin and others in March, 1851, and settled here in 1852. His first residence was a log cabin on lot 5, in section 3, Exira township. He had the title to the land upon which the town of Exira was laid and was nominal proprietor of the town; but Judge Daniel M. Harris was real owner of the undivided one-half thereof, and conducted the business of laying out and platting the town. Mr. Edgerton owned considerable other lands contiguous to Exira. He reserved all of block 4, Exira, for his home, upon which he erected his dwelling house and the present old barn on the same block. Part of his old dwelling is now embraced in the present residence of Mrs. Sturgeon, which, with the old barn, all on the same block, are owned by Mrs. Sturgeon. Mr. Edgerton sold out in 1867, and he and his family went to Kansas.
REUBEN CARPENTER.
Reuben Carpenter came to Audubon county in 1852 and settled in section 35, Exira township. He sold out there in 1853 to William H. H. Bowen and moved to section 18, Audubon township. His children were, Elijah, William (who married Martha Johnston), George, John, David, Henry, and several daughters.
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, January, 2025, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 111.
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