History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . e ofsixty years, the father reached the ripe age of eighty-three. Intheir were eleven children, of whom four are now living:George T., of Los Angeles, California; Edward; Caroline, \vidow ofB. Dexter, of Monrovia, California; and Warren G., of Amboy,Illinois. Thomas Fessenden was a clock peddler in New Hamp-shire in early life, and later turned his attention to farming. I
History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . e ofsixty years, the father reached the ripe age of eighty-three. Intheir were eleven children, of whom four are now living:George T., of Los Angeles, California; Edward; Caroline, \vidow ofB. Dexter, of Monrovia, California; and Warren G., of Amboy,Illinois. Thomas Fessenden was a clock peddler in New Hamp-shire in early life, and later turned his attention to farming. InOctober, 1837, he left his New England home en route to Leecounty, Illinois, and made the joiirney across the country in awagon, bringing with him eight hundred dollars in cash. At thattime he could have purchased the whole of Chicago for eight hun-dred dollars, as it consisted of only a few log cabins surrounded bya frog pond. He made his home in Lee county until 1870, whenhe sold out, retired from active life and went to Santa Barbara,California, where he passed the rest of life and died. On his fathers frontier farm in Lee county Edward Fessen-den was reared and early became familiar with all kinds of farm. (& at^x</u:^^M^, HISTORY OP CERRO GORDO COUNTY 753 work as carried on in those days. A short time before reachinghis majority he married and engaged in farming for himself,which he continued there for a few years, with the exception oftime spent in the army. On August 13, 1862, he enlisted in Com-pany E, Seventy-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and with hiscommand went to the front. Eight after they crossed theOhio river they were in the battle of Perry\alle, and out of the eighthundred men composing the regiment three hundred and fifty werelost. After a years service in the army Mr. Fessenden, on ac-count of illness, was transferred to guard duty, and became a mem-ber of what was known as the Veteran Reserve Corps, which wasstationed at Elmira and Buffalo, Ne
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