Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2023 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Wapello County, Iowa pub. Western Historical Company, Chicago - 1878 PG 603 - Center Township ABBOT, P., farmer, Sec. 4 ALCOCK, W. B., far., Sec 27; born in Washington Co., Ohio, Sept. 12, 1814; came to Iowa in 1865. Married MARY ELSTON Oct. 1, 1843; she was born Oct. 7, 1817, in Washington Co., Penn.; has six children - MARTHA, ELLEN, WALDO, DRUZILLA, JULIA E., GEO. W. and JOHN N. Owns 92 acres, valued at $6,000. MR. A. is a strong Republican. ALEXANDER, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 12; owns sixty-six acres, worth $100 per acre; born in Greene Co., Tenn.; removed to Monroe Co. with his parents in 1823; thence Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa, in the fall of 1841; thence to Jefferson Co. in 1843, and from Jefferson to Ottumwa in the year 1869. Married SARAH A. WOODY; she was born May 18, 1821; have had six children; five living - MARY E., born Jan. 15, 1844; JULIA H., born April 28, 1848; LAURA and LORINDA, born April 28, 1856; ALICE, born July 22, 1862; JAMES M. died Sept. 20, 1844. BEDWELL, THOMAS, Sec. 18; born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Oct. 14, 1826; parents moved to Morgan Co., Ill., in 1827; Oct. 6, 1843, he came to Sec. 24, Agency Tp., in this county; in 1868, came to Ottumwa; in 1868 and 1869, was Sheriff of the county; in the livery and grocery business until 1875, when he moved to the farm which he now carries on. While a resi- dent of Agency, was three years a member of the County Board of Supervisors; held various other township offices. Married ELEANOR De FORD Oct. 12, 1848; born in Indiana; had six chil- dren - one son died in infancy; five living - GEORGE T., EMMA, CHARLES E., BREPILDA and RACHEL ELEANOR. MRS. BEDWELL is a member of the First M. E. Church. MR. BEDWELL owns a fruit- farm of fourty-four acres on Sec. 18, in common with JOHN GRAY; 440 acres in Keokuk Tp., and Ottumwa City property - all valued at $9,000. BELL, N., born in Butler Co., Ohio, in 1805; one of the first settlers in Putnam Co.., Ohio. Married MISS CELIA WRIGHT in 1824, she was born in North Carolina in 1803. MR. BELL came to Wapello Co. in 1845; here he has since lived. BELL, B. F., born in Marion Co., Ind., Aug. 23, 1837; came to Wapello Co. in 1845; went to California in 1859; returned in 1862; went to Montana in 1864; returned in 1867. Married MISS HARRIET WILLIAMS Sept. 1, 1867. MR. BELL crossed the plains three times, taking with him each time a drove of horses. MRS. BELL was born Aug. 22, 1848; have four children -- LLOYD, MYRTLE, CELIA and CESSIE, and one dead, ELMER. MR. B. owns 152 acres of land, valued at $3,500. Democrat. BRADLEY, FRANCIS, Superintendent of County Poor Farm, Sec. 33, Center Tp.; contains 149 acres; born Oct. 26, 1817, in Ireland; in 1836, came to Butler Co. Penn.; in 1837, to Indiana; in 1840, to Ohio, and kept a dairy in the vicinity of Cincinnati for about fifteen years; in 1865, came to Jefferson Co., Iowa; the following year removed to Wapello Co. Owns ninety acres of land in Richmond Tp.; also five acres in Hammond's Addition to Ottumwa. Married JULIA DOWNEY Oct. 13, 1856; she was born Feb. 14, 1830, in Ireland. Catholic, Democrat. ===============================================================================