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 607 - Center Township POLING, N. S., farmer, Sec. 16; born May 26, 1838, in West Virginia; came to Iowa in 1866; Married CATHARINE SMITH in 1868; She was born in Pennsylvania, 1838; have three children - FRANK, MARY, ALVIA and JAMES. Has been School Treasurer for the past two years. Enlisted in 1861; was First Lieutenant in 31st W. Va. Regi- ment; engaged in forty battles. Owns eighty acres of land in Taylor Co., Iowa, valued at $18 per acre. MR. POLING is a Democrat. [transcribers note: says "have three children" but there are four named.] RANDEL, EZRA L., farmer, Secs. 1 and 6; owns 160 acres, worth $75 per acre; born in Greens- burg, Decatur Co., Ind., May 23, 1836; removed to Wapello Co., Iowa, in 1865. Was County Super- visor in 1867. Married RACHEL DRAPER Feb. 24, 1859; she was born 1842; they have five children - ELENORA, LUNA E., MINNIE, MATTIE M., BENJAMIN D. Member of the M. E. Church - Republican. RONEY, J. M., farmer, Sec. 16; born in Washington Co., Ky., Jan. 23, 1810; came to Wapello Co., Sept. 15, 1849; has been engaged in farming since. Married LAVINA RALEY in July, 1849; she was born in Washingto Co., Ky., in 1814; has one child - JULIA (married MICHAEL COUGHLIN); owns 40 acres valued at $1,000. Was in the Mexican war, Justice of the Peace two years; Road Supervisor five years, and School Director four years. Republican. ROOS, M., retired farmer; born in Wurtemberg, Ger- many, in 1809; came to Wapello Co., September, 1851; engaged in the butchering business until 1860, then engaged in farming in Green Tp. until 1870. Married AGNES WATCHLER in 1840; she was born in Germany. Owns six town lots in Ottumwa, valued at $8,000. SHANK, ELIZABETH, MRS., far. Sec. 29; born in Ohio Dec. 21, 1829, came to Wapello Co. in the spring of 1855. Married DAVID SHANK June 1, 1851 (he died June 17, 1873). MR. SHANK was born in Pennsylvania. Was Justice of the Peace two years and Road Super- visor one year. Had six children - ELIZABETH A., DAVID H. (died March 19, 1863), IDA L., CATHERINE (died Oct. 5, 1874), LOVINA E.; ELIZABETH A. married ADAM KEILKOPH, Nov. 8, 1877; they have one child - HARRY W. Owns 76 acres, valued at $2,000. STANDERFER, ISAIAH, far., Sec. 23; born in Tennessee, Feb. 2, 1815; came to Wapello Co. in 1865. Married MATILDA CARTER; she was born in Scott Co., Va. Owns forty acres, valued at $1,500. Has six children - WILLIAM, MARY, CATHERINE V., CAROLINE, CHARLIE and MARTHA. Democrat. STARK, JOHN, farmer, Sec. 16; born in Germany in 1817; came to Wapello Co. in 1862; lived in Ottumwa twelve years, and since on his present farm, consist- ing of forty acres, valued at $1,800. Married MARGARET C. SIGLER in 1863; she was born in Bion, Germany, in 1828; had five children - FRANK, FERDINAND, JOHN F., ALBERT (died July 3, 1872) and LUE. Catholic Church; Democrat. ===============================================================================