Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-22

Warren has been resident of the
county since 1850, and lives in Wash.
ington township.
Ira Wilson Of Ottumwa was a resi-.
dent for Sc years; William Pedrlcls
for 81 years; Mrs. A. McCloslsey of
Mabel street for So years; L. Mott Of
Ottumwa for IS years and Milton
Knott for 35 years.
John F. Fish OF S37 West Fourth
street, Ottumwa, lays claim to resi-
dence of SO years in Wapello county,
and looks fit to last great many
more. He is an enthusiastic old set
tier.
]. w. Nye of Monroe county was
visitor at the gathering. He is an old
Wapello boy and was born in 1s47.
1S47.
William Johnson of Agency, while
not yet an old man by any means, is
nevertheless an old settler by tho
score of 81 years in the county and
lives on tn same farm on which he
was born.
Major A. H. Hamilton is easily one
of the most prominent of the old set.
tiers and has record of residence
here for the past 81 years, during
which time he has been identified With
every important move of the county's
progress.
County Clerk George Phillips, while
not an old man, claims SIS years resi-.
dence in the county, and was born
two and half miles from Agency. His
faeher was the first man to cut down
tree in the legal life of Wapello
county and was pioneer of pioneers.
M. w. Strickland now u years old,
has lived in the county since 1874 and
is justly entitled to be called an old
settler
]. J. Beall of Agency was one Of
the old guard that was in evidence at
the picnic, and although II years of
age, has been resident of the county
since 1880. II cast my first vote for
Franklin Peirce," said he, "and
haven't voted anything but the Demo
cratic ticket ever since" We'll, WE'LL
spoke up an old friend, that reminds
me, Beall, of those times knen nIucn
talk was INDUCED in about Pierce,
Polk and Buchanan, do you recollect
the saying the boys had about them,
it went like this: we have been Polk
ed and Bucked and now guess we
will be Pierced" A hearty laugh was
INDUCED in by a number Of those sur
rounding the old men.
Carlisle Smith of Bladensbure has
been a resident since 1864 and was
born in Jefferson county on the farm
now owned by the county and opar.
ated by it.
w. H. H. Asbury, has been a resi-
dent OF the county for the past SO
years and of Ottumwa since 1869.
W. R. Dorothy, of Abingdon, Jeffer-
son counety, was a resident Of Wap-
clio county for so years.
H. G. Allcutt, of Sotuh Ottumwa,
has been in the county for So years.
Lon Lewis, Of this city claims
residence of 81 years in the county
and Mrs. Lewis of 55 years.
Samuel Randall, of southwest of OF
| tumwa, Sd years in the county, f. L.
Randall of this city, 43 years; and j.
| w. Randall of Canton, Miss, an old
resident claims 80 years residence.
Adolph Roemer of the East End
| here since 1S4S.
| One of the best known of the ola
settlers present was perhaps John
| Wesley Millisack, of Washington
township. Mr.. Milisack has been a
| resident of the county for the past
81 years and is now 81 years of age,
but few are more spry than he.
T. Douglas Bailey, Of Agency. was
one of the sturdiest old men met yes
terday. Mr.. Bailey IS the typical VIII
iage smithy having worked at that
business in his early days. He is 70
years of age and would readily pass
for 65.
W. A. c. Brown was one the young
old settlers and has lived in the com
try for the past SO years.
w. M. Mael, is another of the young
old settlers and was born in Washing
ton township in 1854 residing there
since.
FL. M. Cockerill, of Ottumwa, was
also at the gathering and has a rec
ord of residence in the county for the