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History of Cass County, Iowa
Continental Historical Company
Springfield, ILL; 1884

   [712-713]

                                CHAPTER XXVII
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                             BEAR GROVE TOWNSHIP
                               Early Settlement

          WILLIAM FARMER settled on section 9, in the fall of 1867. He is a
       native of England, born on the 21st of March, 1820. He is the son of
       JOSEPH and HELEN (MATHEWS) FARMER, who both died in the "Old
       Country."  MR. FARMER emigrated to America in the fall of 1848, and
       settled in Jefferson county, Indiana, where he remained until 1865.
       He was united in marriage, while there, in the fall of 1849, with
       FRISWITH F. COLLETT, a daughter of JOHN H. and JANE COLLETT, natives
       of Wales, by whom he has three children living — WILLIAM J., ELLEN
       A. and HATTIE F. In 1865, Mr. FARMER came to Iowa, locating at first
       in Polk county, but in the fall of 1867, came here, as above stated.
       He is still a resident of the township, living with his son-in-law,
       MATHEW MARTIN, on section 16.

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