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CHAPTER V.THE FIRST SETTLERS. (Cont'd)From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
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THE HEATHS.Hiram Heath came to Audubon county with his parents. He married in 1871, Evahne, daughter of Henry and Julia A. ( Bolton) Gransberry. He was a farmer at Exira, and a Republican in politics. His children were, Henry M., who married Mary B. Kline; Elizabeth J., who married George B. Martin; Rosall, who married Monroe Higgins; Olga G., who married William Powers, and Winnie I., unmarried. Mark Heath, a farmer, who married Lucy Driver, came from Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1852, and settled on the hill south of Oakfield, in section 29. He lived there the remainder of his life and died there. He was a Republican in politics and served as justice of the peace. His children were, Marcellus, who married Emma Brinckley; Lovice, married Chauncey Aldrich; C. Adelbert. married Francina Pottle; Kittie, married Frank Lambert. Amhert Heath, brother of Mark and Milton, came from Indiana in 1857. He was a farmer and well digger. He was a Democrat and served as county judge. He lost his life in a well at the Huyck place in 1868. He married Loly A. Monts and after his death, his widow married David B. Beers. He was the father of the following children: Catherine Lovetta, who married William Gearheart; Rose Ella, married Henry Carpenter; Lewis Comb, married Ina Smith; Frank Byron, married Ida Merrick; Owen Elmer, married Grace Hawk; Martha Almeda, married Lewis M. Parrott. William Henry Harrison Bowen married Eliza Watson. In 1853 he, with Walter J. Jardine and John Seifford and families, came here from Jones county, Iowa. Mr. Bowen bought out the claim of Reuben Carpenter and was a farmer. He went to Pikes Peak in 1860 and moved to Colorado in 1862. He returned to Audubon county in 1865, but later, went to Nebraska, where he lived several years and then returned to Cass county, near his old home. He was a Republican, a member of the board of supervisors in 1871-2, and the first assessor of Audubon county. He married for his second wife, Josephine Smith. His son, the late Hugh Bowen, succeeded to the home place many years ago. To William and Eliza Bowen the following children were born: Nancy Jane, who married Hon. William Walker; Rachel Elizabeth, married William B. Stone; John Wesley, married Nancy Cannon; Anna L., died unmarried; Sarah E., married Wilham Bales; Hugh, married Maggie Selladay; Juliette, married Joseph W. Walker; Emma Caroline, married John Lorah; James W., died unmarried; Charles E., married Mary Allen. By his second wife, Mr. Bowen had four children, Kittie, who married Leonard J. Whitney, Burns, Harry and Edward. Peoria Irwin Whitted, son of William and Armena (Howard) Whitted, was born in Williamsport, Tennessee, February 29, 1832. He married in Audubon county on February 28, 1860, Louise C., daughter of Levi B. and Fannie (Boyls) Montgomery, and who was born in Hancock county, Illinois. Mr. Whitted accompanied his parents to Vigo county, Indiana; thence to Parke county, Indiana, in 1833; to Vermilion county, Indiana, in 1838; to Keokuk, Iowa, in 1845; to Muscatine and Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1850; to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1851, whence he returned to Iowa City. In 1853 he came to Hamlin's Grove, Iowa. In the spring of 1857 he came to Exira, where he hved the remainder of his life. He was a Democrat, a member of the Christian church and an Odd Fellow. He was elected county surveyor in 1855, and held the office many years; was deputy sheriff in 1869 and assessor for several years. He was a prominent man and is frequently mentioned in this work. He died at Exira on December 29, 1907. His children were as follow: John Clinton, married Hester Coglin; Florence May, married Albert L. Sewell; Minnie Arena, married James D. Barber; Forest Bates, married Mabel Dickay; Elbridge Irving, married Blanche Myers; Carlton Calm, married Mildred Bechfold; Clara Bell, married Nels Johnson. |
