. History of Wright County, Iowa, its peoples, industries and institutions . Imted States. President (larlieldsmother was a liallou. and a. direct de-cendani of IMwin liallous liallou, who was a farmer, was the father of eight chihlren,namely: Xathaii, Silas, Airs. clark, William, .Xathamel, Airs. SarahTibbits; l-dwin, tlie subject of this sketch: and .drew, who died while inthe army. .\t the time of liis childhood was able to acipiire only ameager education in the common schonP. brom his se\enth until histwenty-ln-t vear lie lived with bis fannl\ m McCo
. History of Wright County, Iowa, its peoples, industries and institutions . Imted States. President (larlieldsmother was a liallou. and a. direct de-cendani of IMwin liallous liallou, who was a farmer, was the father of eight chihlren,namely: Xathaii, Silas, Airs. clark, William, .Xathamel, Airs. SarahTibbits; l-dwin, tlie subject of this sketch: and .drew, who died while inthe army. .\t the time of liis childhood was able to acipiire only ameager education in the common schonP. brom his se\enth until histwenty-ln-t vear lie lived with bis fannl\ m McComb countv, .Michigan, buthis father -lied when the bid was only thirteen vears of age. bmm thattime until lie reached his majority he worked in the lumber woods in .Mich-igan, in ;^ he migrated to Cedar c<iunt\-, , traveling as far as Chi-cago by rail, and there be drove to Iowa with his lirother, Silas. Hehad made a previous trij) to Chicago before any was there. . two \ears in Cedar couiUv he settled in Wright county, to which. MR AND BAUI-OU WRKUir COLNTY, IOWA. 4OI lie \\a> driven liy a team i)f oxen, on May lo, 1855. llere he pnrchasetlone lumdreil and sixty acres of land in sectitms _N and 3,^. Lit Iowa town-shi]), for whieii lie jiaid one dollar and t\vent\-live cents an acre. liereceived the deed for this land from President Ilerce. interestini^ side-li,<.;ht on the financial condition of the conntry atthat time is shown 1)_\- a circumstance connected with the purchase of thisland, lie was re(|uireil to pay for it in ^old ami as he had onl\ jiaper enr-renc\ he had to jiay a ])remiuni of tw(j per cent, on the purchase jirice inorder to yet the yold. In those da)s e\en the merchants discounted i)a])ermoney. It was necessary for him to tjd t, the nearest ])ost(iffice heiui^ at that time at Iddora, adistance of f,,rty miles. .\hout two years later an .itiice was hudt at .Mien,which was twenl\ nules awaw and two years
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