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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

          OLIVER McFADDEN resides on section 15, of Bear Grove township. He
       has lived upon his present farm since 1878. He owns, also, the
       southeast quarter of section 9, all of which is improved.  Mr.
       McFADDEN was born in Grant county, Indiana, October 16, 1853, and is
       a son of GEORGE W. and SARAH McFADDEN.  The latter died in 1865.
       GEORGE W. McFADDEN, with his third wife and seven children, came to
       Cass county in 1871, locating in Noble township, where he now lives.
       OLIVER McFADDEN was married June 3, 1880, to PHOEBE A. TIPPEY, a
       sister of J. J. TIPPEY, of this township. She was born in Grant
       county, Indiana, November 25, 1852. They have two children —  ADA
       BELLE, born March 19, 1881, and WILLIAM J., born June 25, 1882.

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