A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . Lind-,say and Esther (Hunt) DeLashmutt, theformer a native of Virginia and the latter ofIllinois. The father was a farmer by occu-pation and in 1838 he emigrated westward,taking up his abode in Burlington, Iowa,where, he married Miss Hunt. They after-ward removed to Jefferson county, thisstate, and about two years later went to Ma-haska county, taking up their abode there in1842. In 1849 Mr. De Lashmutt went toCalifornia and in 1859 to Colorado, but dur-ing the greater part of the period between1842 and i860 he was a resident of Ala-
A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . Lind-,say and Esther (Hunt) DeLashmutt, theformer a native of Virginia and the latter ofIllinois. The father was a farmer by occu-pation and in 1838 he emigrated westward,taking up his abode in Burlington, Iowa,where, he married Miss Hunt. They after-ward removed to Jefferson county, thisstate, and about two years later went to Ma-haska county, taking up their abode there in1842. In 1849 Mr. De Lashmutt went toCalifornia and in 1859 to Colorado, but dur-ing the greater part of the period between1842 and i860 he was a resident of Ala-haska county. In the latter year he cameto Mills county, where he died on tiie iilhof March, 1897, at the age of eighty-oneyears. With one exception W. C. DeLashmuttis the eldest of the family of nine children,eight of whom are now living. He startedout in life upon his own account in 1864,going to Montana, where he remained foralmost a year, buying and selling cattle. Heafterward engaged in freighting and betweenthe years 1865 and 1867 visited Denver and. MR. AND MRS. W. C. DE LASHMUTT A* BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 363 other points in the west. In 1868 he wasunited in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Gilli-land, wlio died in Septemher, 1885. at the ageof thirty-five years. By this marriage therewere five children, of whom four are Hving,viz.: Lulu Ai., now Mrs. C. E. Dean, livingin Glen wood, Iowa; Jessie L., now the wifeof Clarence Stone; William Lynn; and Er-nest \V. Ola is the name of the one who isdeceaseil. in January, 1892, ]\Ir. De Lash-mutt was united in marriage with Mrs. Nan-nie B. Lless, who had had one daughter byher former marriage, namely, Mildred, nowAirs. W. M. Estes. Since his marriage Mr. De Lashmutt hascarried on farming and stock-raising inAlills county, with the exception of theperiods of his service in public office. In1887 he was elected the sheritY of the countyand served in that capacity for four 1894 he was elected a member of theboard of county commissi
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