Past and present of Lucas and Wayne counties, Iowa, a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . ritj came to him as a result of his i ssant labors, his natural ability, good judgment and per seven e, and he now owns a splendid farm, e prising three hundred and thirty acres, unusually well improved with harns and outbuildings and a comfortable residence. His progressiveness is further shown by the tact that he-has a private electric plant. Beside general farming he gives a _d deal ofattention to stock-raising, specializing in Hereford cattle, of which he has atine herd. Ent
Past and present of Lucas and Wayne counties, Iowa, a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . ritj came to him as a result of his i ssant labors, his natural ability, good judgment and per seven e, and he now owns a splendid farm, e prising three hundred and thirty acres, unusually well improved with harns and outbuildings and a comfortable residence. His progressiveness is further shown by the tact that he-has a private electric plant. Beside general farming he gives a _d deal ofattention to stock-raising, specializing in Hereford cattle, of which he has atine herd. Enterprising and up to date, he follows the latest methods and hisproperty stands today as a proof of their efficacy and a monument to his industry. On March I l^\ Mr. Ken1 was united in marriage to Miss Addie Thomas, and to this union was horn one daughter, Ethel, the date of whose birth wasPebruarj Is. 1889, and who is married and resides in Ward. Iowa. I >n Novem-ber 1891, Mr Knit was again married, his second union being with MrsDora Carson McLaughlin, who was born in Clarke county, Iowa, on May. UK. AMI MRS. .mux \v. KENT LUCAS AND WAYNE COUNTIES 267 9, 1866, widow of John McLaughlin, who died September 19, 1887. To Mrs. McLaughlin one child was horn. William Otis, whose birth occurredDecember 22. 1886. Her parents, A. C. Chame and Sarah (Abrams) (arson,natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively, were among the earliest settlersof Clarke county. The father still resides in Woodburn, Iowa, lint the motherpassed away in 1904 near that place. In their family were twelve children,of whom nine are living: John, residing near Woodburn, Iowa; Mrs. ElizabethBlack, of Des Moines; Thomas, a resident of North Dakota; Mrs. John ; Harry, who makes his home near Woodburn, Iowa; Mrs. Martha Kauf-man, of Greenfield, Iowa; Byron W., residing in South Dakota; Alta. who makesher home near Woodburn; and Mrs. Elsie Heston, who makes her home nearthat city. All of their livi
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