The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . in the county. Here is the pottery and fire clay men-tioned in the introduction of this work. In Harrison was built tlie firstwhite mans house ever in the county, as has been elsewhere many settlers came into Harrison May 1, 1843, that personal mentionwould be tiresome. The earlj history was uneventful. The settlers wentto Bonaparte or Farmington to mill, sent
The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . in the county. Here is the pottery and fire clay men-tioned in the introduction of this work. In Harrison was built tlie firstwhite mans house ever in the county, as has been elsewhere many settlers came into Harrison May 1, 1843, that personal mentionwould be tiresome. The earlj history was uneventful. The settlers wentto Bonaparte or Farmington to mill, sent therr children to subscriptionschools in log shanties, attended class-meeting on the frontier, sowed andreaped as in other parts of the county. Harrison is one of the few town-ships organized in 1844: with its present boundaries. At first electionswere held at the house of Samuel Tilbets. In this township is located Fairview M. E. Church, which was organizedat quite an early day, and formerly called the Rhinehart society. It metin Rhineharts school-house for a number of years. They now have an excellent church building, erected about 1872, at acost of near $2,000. The membership of the society is fifty-nine. It has. James M9 Cullouch HISTORY OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 527 been a part of Eddjville, Oskaloosa, Fremont and Cedar circuits in suc-cession. The present minister is Rev. Geo. Nnlton, wlio lives at Fre-mont, and preaches here eacli alternate Sabbath. Connected with thechurch is an excellent Sabbath-school, superintended by Mr. Riggs. The present township officers of Harrison are: Justice of the Peace—Robert Moore. Trustees—John Steele, V. Brubaker, D. D. Miller. Clerk—A. D. Coleman. Assessor—Robert Moore. Constable—A. Baker. Road Supervisors—1st District, R. W. Dye; 2d, Joseph Barber; 3d,C. C. Palmer; 4th, Thos. Ewing; 5th, A. L. Hoopes; 6th, H. H. Gearhart;7th, A. D. Coleman; Sth, J. ; 9th, J. W. Thomas. In a sketch of Harrison township it would be prop
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