History of Woodford County . Kirk, Iowa City; Mrs. J. , Hastings, Neb.; Mrs. C. A. Trunk, Chatsworth,Matthew Kirk, Minonk; Mrs. Anna Kindig, Burlington; T. Heath, Chicago, and James S. Kirk, Minonk. The Oldest Woman. The oldest woman inthe county is Mrs. VolkeUphoff, who was bornin Riepe, Germany, in1811. If she lives untilJune 4th, 1910, she willhave reached her 99thyear. She was the wifeof Wait Uphoff, whosedeath occurred a num-ber of years ago. Theycame to America in 1855and remained in Peoriatwo years. They thencame to Clayton town-ship and settled on thefarm in 1857. Th
History of Woodford County . Kirk, Iowa City; Mrs. J. , Hastings, Neb.; Mrs. C. A. Trunk, Chatsworth,Matthew Kirk, Minonk; Mrs. Anna Kindig, Burlington; T. Heath, Chicago, and James S. Kirk, Minonk. The Oldest Woman. The oldest woman inthe county is Mrs. VolkeUphoff, who was bornin Riepe, Germany, in1811. If she lives untilJune 4th, 1910, she willhave reached her 99thyear. She was the wifeof Wait Uphoff, whosedeath occurred a num-ber of years ago. Theycame to America in 1855and remained in Peoriatwo years. They thencame to Clayton town-ship and settled on thefarm in 1857. Thecountry was then wildand almost unsettled,MRS. NANCY KIRK. while the broad prairies were unbroken. They suffered the usual hardships connect-ed with pioneer life, but in spite of it all they prospered. Mrs. lTphoff lias- many descendants, who hope to see herpass the century mark and live far beyond it. The childrenare B. W., Adam W., J. W., Bartlett W. Uphoff and There are forty-two grand-children and sixty-eight. 244 HISTORY OF WOODFORD COUNTY. great grand-children. The subject of our sketch now re-sides in Benson, where she enjoys excellent health for oneof her advanced age.
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