Portrait and biographical album of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Iowa, and of the presidents of the United States . age with Miss Mary E., a daughter of Henry Norvella Little, of this city. (See biographi-cal sketch elsewhere in this work.) She was bornin Ogle County, 111., in 1863. By this union therehave been two children: John H, born Feb. 6,1883, and Helen, Feb. 21, 1885. Mr. Lofland is a young man of the strictest in
Portrait and biographical album of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Iowa, and of the presidents of the United States . age with Miss Mary E., a daughter of Henry Norvella Little, of this city. (See biographi-cal sketch elsewhere in this work.) She was bornin Ogle County, 111., in 1863. By this union therehave been two children: John H, born Feb. 6,1883, and Helen, Feb. 21, 1885. Mr. Lofland is a young man of the strictest in-tegrity, possessing a high order of business qualifi-cations, and is firmly established in the confidenceof the people, as the responsible position to whichhe has lately been chosen clearly indicates. i C-rp^>HOMPSON BALDWIN, deceased, was a pio-fm£^ neer of this county of 1846, and was born^J^ in Champaign County, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1816. i July 22,1837, he was married to Sophronia Phelps,who was born in Ohio, March 28, 1821, and is a : daughter of Sylvester and Maria Phelps. (See theirbiography elsewhere in this volume.) Mr. andMrs. Baldwin came to Iowa in 1846, locating on I section 13, of Richland Township, and here he fol-lowed the occupation of farming until his which took place Jan. 15, 1880. Mrs. Baldwin yetsurvives, and resides on the homestead. The fam-ily consisted of eight children; only two are nowliving: Rosaltha, wife of James R. Grace, died , 1862, at the age of twenty-three years; Sylves-ter resides in this township; Elizabeth Imogenedied March 20, 1860; Nancy M. is the wife of Oh-tavius Hull and lives at Stockton, Cal.; Carolinedied Nov. 24, 1874, Edna, July 20, 1872; Marley,Aug. 10, 1880, and Hannah J., July 24, 1873. Mr. Baldwin was a very ardent supporter of theRepublican party, but refused all offers of prefer-ment and devoted his time entirety to his privatebusiness. At the time of his death he owned about400 acres of land. It is one of the
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