Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
OLD SETTLERS nv
CEDAR TOWNSHIP

Inc ola settlers OF Cedar township, Ma
haska county, was written for the
Courier by prominent resident of
that community:
A. ]. Harton. born July 20, 1S43,
In dickson county, Ohio, moved
with his parents to Jefferson county,
In 1916. removed to Cedar township,
Mahaska county, in 1S48, has lived
here since except three years when he
was in Colorado, sowing his wild oats.
Was raised on farm. Farming his
occupation. Address, Fremont. Iowa,
R. F. Z. No. 2.
j. N. English, born in Cedar town
ship, Mahaska county, Iowa, July Is,
1855, has lived in the township since
Was raised on q farm Occupation,
farming. Present address, Fremont,
Iowa, R. F. D. No. 2.
Thomas Davis, born in Cedar town.
ship, Mahaska county, Iowa, March IA,
1852. Lived in the same township
since. Was raised on farm. Occu-
patton, farming. Present address,
Fremont, Iowa, R. F. D. No. 2.
G. L. Philippe, born April II, 1S49,
In Bartholomew county, Indiana. Came
to Cedar township, Mahaska county,
Iowa, in the spring of 1851, and lived
in the county ever since. Was raised
on farm. Occupation, farming and
fine stock raising. Present address,
Fremont. Iowa, R. F. d. No. 2.
Mrs. G. L. Philippe, nee Mary j.
White, born February Is. 1S49, in
Shelley county, Indiana. Came with
her parents to Cedar township, Mahas-
ka county, Iowa in the spring of 1849.
Lived in the county ever since. Was
raised on the farm except eight years
in Fremont Address, Fremont, Iowa,
r. F. D. No. 2.
Henry G. Cummins, born in Hancock
county. Illinois, April 1s41. Came
with his parents to Cedar township,
Mahaska county, Iowa, in 1851. Has
lived here ever since. Was raised on
a farm. Occupation, farming. Address,
Fremont, Iowa, R. F. D. No. 1.
Mrs. o. G. Walltman, nee S. Maria
McFall, born in Bartholomew county,
Indiana, January "a, 1910. Came with
her parents to Cedar township, Mahas-
ka county, Iowa, in 1S4S. Has lived
here since. Was raised on farm.
Present address. Fremont, Iowa.
M. B. Lee, born in Bartholomew
county, Indiana, October IA, 1850.
Came with his parents to Cedar town
ship, Mahaska county, Iowa, in May,
1851. Lived here since Was raised
on farm. Occupation, furniture and
undertaken business. Address, Ere
mont, Iowa.
Mrs William Lacy, nee Belsory Bar
bee, born in Bartholomew county, In
diana, May 10, 1926. Moved with her
parents to Iroquois county, Illinois, in
1882. Came with her parents to Cedar
township, Mahaska county, Iowa, Au-
gust 20, 1843. Lived here since, ex-
cept two years in Kansas. Was raised
on a farm. From the best information
l can get Mr. and Mrs. Lacy were the
third couple married in Cedar town,
ship, to wit: December 10, 1874. Squire
Sewers of .Oskaloosa pronouncing
them husband and wife. She is one
4. 81 + tS1r~T thassi1iiEves here that came the
first year that the whites were allowed
here. She is widow. Address, Ere
mont Iowa Since writing the above
Mrs. Lacy has moved to Clarence, Mo.
Mrs. John Yenney,, nee Nancy Nc
Fall, born September 2, 1910, in 1ro-
quois county, Illinois. Came with her
parents to Cedar township, Mahaska
county, Iowa, August 20, 1843. Has
lived here since. Never been out of
the county except when she. would go
to Ottumwa. Was raised on farm.
She Is one of three that lives here
that came the first year that the
whites were allowed here. Present adj
dress, Cedar, Iowa.
Mrs. l. NJ. Knicely, nee Mary Lacy,
born June IL, 1S49, In Cedar township,
Mahaska county, Iowa. Has lived here
since. Was raised on farm. Ad-
dress, Fremont, Iowa.
Since writing the above Mrs Knice-
" has moved to Clarence. Mo.
Hartman Alderman, born. April 4.
1854, in Fremont, Iowa. Lived there
all his life. Was raised in town. He
Is the oldest person living here that
was born in Fremont. Occupation,
buying hogs. Address, Fremont, Iowa
]. A. Gum, born in Mentor, Ohio,
October Z, 1849. Came with his par
ents TO Fremont, Iowa, October, 1853.
Lived here ever soice. Was raised in
town. In 1873 he went into the mer-
camille business and continued in 1t
for thirty-one years. He has lived In
Fremont longer than any other person,
having lived here over fifty-two years.
Address, Fremont, Iowa.
J. A. Sarvis, born in Park county, In
diana, August Is, 1864. Came to Ma
haska county, Iowa, in 1851. Lived
here since. Came to Cedar township
In 1890. Raised on a farm Occupa-
ton, farming. Address, Fremont, Iowa,
r. F. D. No. 2.
Mrs. Henry G. Cummins. nee N. ].
McFall, born in Bartholomew county,
Indiana, October %, 1912. Came with
her parents to Cedar township, Ma
haska county, Iowa, in the spring of
1845. Her father, Joseph McFall,
staked off his claim the same place
where Mr.. and Mrs. Cummins now
live Her father taught the first
school in Cedar township in 1916 In
log house near the cemetery. Mrs,
Cummins has lived on the same farm
since 1875, except about year. She
was raised on the farm. Address,
Fremont, Iowa, r. F. D. No. /.
]. A. Aldridge, born April 16, 1927,
in Zenia, Ohio. In 1888 moved with
his parents to Tippecanoe county,