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

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                                CHAPTER XXVII
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                             BEAR GROVE TOWNSHIP
                               Early Settlement

          WILLIAM H. MARTIN resides on section 85, where he settled in the
       spring of 1876. He was born in Miami county, Ohio, September 23,
       1848.  His parents, Alexander and Barbara Martin, moved to McHenry
       county, Illinois, when William was about four years old. ALEXANDER
       MARTIN died in that county in 1863.  His wife's death occurred the
       same year. In the spring of 1868, WILLIAM H. MARTIN came to Iowa
       and located in Marshall county. He remained there until the
       following winter, then came to Cass county and bought a place on
       section 10, which he sold and bought eighty acres in section 3,
       where he lived a short time, then removed to his present residence.
       His farm contains eighty acres.  He purchased the land of HIRAM
       WHITE.  WILLIAM H. MARTIN and CORNELIA LINDERMAN were united in
       marriage, July 3, 1875. She is the stepdaughter of HIRAM WHITE of
       this town, and was born April 15, 1852, in Boone county, Illinois.
       Mr. and Mrs. MARTIN have two children — LULU MAY and MINNIE BELL.

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