. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. order ofbirth in tiie family of ten children: C. A., whomarried Margaret Evans and is living in Prai-rie township: Jacob T.; Jasper N., who weddedMargaret Shelly and resides at Blackwell, Ok-lahoma: Margaret, who become the wife ofAmos Evans, who purchased her fathers oldhomestead in Richland township, upon whichthe wife died a few years ago: J. \\., who mar-ried Laura Boyd and is living in Knmvlton,Ringgold county, Iowa: Jonathan, who marriedSadi
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. order ofbirth in tiie family of ten children: C. A., whomarried Margaret Evans and is living in Prai-rie township: Jacob T.; Jasper N., who weddedMargaret Shelly and resides at Blackwell, Ok-lahoma: Margaret, who become the wife ofAmos Evans, who purchased her fathers oldhomestead in Richland township, upon whichthe wife died a few years ago: J. \\., who mar-ried Laura Boyd and is living in Knmvlton,Ringgold county, Iowa: Jonathan, who marriedSadie Graham and made his home in Richlandtownship until his death; Melinda, the wife ofLewis Shroyer, living in California; Melissa,who died at the age of five years; and twins,who died in infancy. Jacob T. Timbrel was a youth of nine yearswhen he accompanied his parents to Iowa andhis education was accpiired in the districtschools of this state and of Ohio. He lived athome, working upon his fathers farm until af-ter the outbreak of the Civil war, when he en-listed on the i8th of October, 1861, at Oska-loosa as a member of Company C, -MR. A.\l) AIRS. (. T. PAST AND PRESENT OF MAHASKA COUNTY. s-:> Ii,\va lnfantr\. Hie regiiiieiU rendezvousedat Keokuk, and four mondis later went Timbrel participated in some of the contested engagements of tlie war, in-ckiding the sanguinary battles of PittsburgLanding. Shiloh and Corinth, the siege ofAicksburg, Kenesaw Mountain and the siegeof Atlanta. He was shot in the thigh at Shi-loh and for some time was in the hospital andat -Atlanta he was again wounded, this time intile arm. He was then sent liome on a furloughand while at home his regiment was musteredout January ii. 1865. by reason of the expira-tion of the term of service. Mv. Timbrel wasnot yet eighteen years of age at that time, yetthere was no more brave or loval soldier thanthis boy. who, true at all times to his duty, wasoften found in
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