William McCormick

MCCORMICK, COX, STEVENS, REEVES, GRAY, TURNER, DENNIS, KNIGHT, BENDER

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Date: 7/6/2007 at 16:18:44

Portrait and Biographical Album of Wapello County Iowa 1887

Hon. William MsCormick, a highly respected citizen of Highland Twp., has been a resident of Wapello County since the Spring of 1848, when he purchased a farm of eighty acres, which he has occupied since that time.

He has been prosperous in his business and farming operations, and doubled his first possessions so that now he has 160 acres, all of which is improved and under a good state of cultivation. He has held several offices of his township, been clerk for a number of years, and in 1858 was a member of the State Legislature. He has been a peaceable and law-abiding citizen, never engaged in a law suit, and never upon a jury.

The subject of this history was born in Gallitin County Ky.in 1814, and is the son of John and Nancy (Cox) McCormick, natives respectively of Maryland and Kentucky. In the Spring of 1835, they removed from the latter state to McDonough County, Ill.; where our subject remained for the next thirteen years and then became a resident of this county.

Mr. McCormick was married to Miss Elizabeth Stevens in 1838. THe lady was the daughter of Jacob and Rhoda Stevens of Kentucky and was born in 1820. After being a faithful and affectionate companion for forty-eight years she departed this life on the 18th of August 1885, at the age of sixty-five years.

The home circle completed by the birth of fourteen children who are recorded as following.
Lavina was born Aug. 8, 1839 and is the wife of James Reeves and died June 17, 1866. Albert and Melissa were twins; the latter died in infancy; they were born March 24, 1841; and Albert married Miss Martha Gray; March 28, 1866; he after went to the Black Hills and when last heard was in Boulder, Col., Hezeekiah was born Jan. 25, 1843 and married Miss Phebe N. Turner June 28, 1866; they live in Jasper County Iowa; John born March 18, 1845 married Miss Sarah Ann Reeves of Mahaska County; Jacob born Oct. 9, 1847 married Miss Sarah E. Dennis, in this County, and they are residents of Highland Township; Mary Ann; Mrs. Knight of Highland Township Oct. 14, 1848; Sarah Maria married John A. Dennis , but is now a widow; Rhoda was born Feb. 10, 1854, and is at home with her father; William B. born Dec. 29, 1857 is a resident of Nebraska; Theodore S. born Jan. 4, 1859 died in infancy; Elizabeth born Dec. 15, 1860 was married March 12, 1885 to George Bender
of Highland Township; Matilda Catherine was born Dec. 15, 1860. and lives at home; Chloe born May 2, 1865 and died in infancy. Mr. McCormich has been a faithful member of the Baptist Church for a period of 27 years and Plitically is a Greenbacker.

transcriber note: for more info go to http://www.findagrave for McCormick Cemetery of Wapello County Iowa.