. History of Franklin and Cerro Gordo counties, Iowa ... and biographies of representative citizens. History of Iowa, embracing accounts of the pre-historic races ... d on the farm until 1874, whenhe moved to Sheffield and there started awagon shop. Among those who have arrived andtaken up homes since that time are thefollowing: H. D. Abrams, Joseph Per-rin, John Richer, B. R. Tilton, A. H. Bird,D. Loomis, J. Bender, James Green, Chris-topher Green and John L. James. D. Loomis was born in Oneida Co., , in 1828. His father and mother, Ben-jamin and Martha (Denslow) Loomis,went to Oakland Co
. History of Franklin and Cerro Gordo counties, Iowa ... and biographies of representative citizens. History of Iowa, embracing accounts of the pre-historic races ... d on the farm until 1874, whenhe moved to Sheffield and there started awagon shop. Among those who have arrived andtaken up homes since that time are thefollowing: H. D. Abrams, Joseph Per-rin, John Richer, B. R. Tilton, A. H. Bird,D. Loomis, J. Bender, James Green, Chris-topher Green and John L. James. D. Loomis was born in Oneida Co., , in 1828. His father and mother, Ben-jamin and Martha (Denslow) Loomis,went to Oakland Co., Mich., when the sub-ject of this sketch was a mere child. Heremained on his fathers farm until hewas twenty-three years of age, having re-ceived a common school education. Hethen bought a farm of his own, in thesame State, which he continued to workfor twelve years then removed to Winne-bago Co., 111., where he bought a farm andlived until 1870; then sold and came toIowa settling on the southwest quarter ofsection 16, West Fork township. Here heengaged in stock raising. His farm isnow worth $30 per acre, which he hasrented to a son and son-in-law, he having.
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