. History of Delaware County, Iowa, and its people . s well as landlord. The fourJiorse stages running between Dubuque andWest Union made I\Ialloi-ys Tavern the half-way house, and as a rule thistavern in those early days was crowded to the roof every night by passengerswho came in on the stage. Elder ^lallory had two sons, Ira and John, all ofwhom have gone to their reward and the old tavern was long ago put to otheruses. Augustus Davis i-amc from Oliio to Iowa in 1851 and settled in Elk Town-ship. He was one of the cluutir members of the Christian Chur<-h, organizedin a log schoolhouse ne
. History of Delaware County, Iowa, and its people . s well as landlord. The fourJiorse stages running between Dubuque andWest Union made I\Ialloi-ys Tavern the half-way house, and as a rule thistavern in those early days was crowded to the roof every night by passengerswho came in on the stage. Elder ^lallory had two sons, Ira and John, all ofwhom have gone to their reward and the old tavern was long ago put to otheruses. Augustus Davis i-amc from Oliio to Iowa in 1851 and settled in Elk Town-ship. He was one of the cluutir members of the Christian Chur<-h, organizedin a log schoolhouse near the KolxMt Hunter home, in 1857. :\Ir. Davis diedSeptember 16, PH:!. Among the first .settlri-s in this township was James Martindale, who canu^in 1851. He proved to lie one of the leading rarmers in this community, aswas also John Martindale, who arrived in 1851. John Martindale was a clergy-man of the Christian Church and was a valiant expounder of its tenets for overa half ceuturv. He settled two miles northw-est of Greeley. lie organized the. FOUNTAIN SPEIXG MILLS, OX ODELLS BRANCH OF ELK CREEK HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY 277 Christian Clnircli at Greeley and was instrumental in erecting tlie buildingthere. Job Odell settled in this township in 1851, coming from Ohio in that built a residence on his land, which was the only one between Greeley andDelhi on the main road. A son, G. H., was one of the sheriffs of DelawareCounty and William Odell was a leading farmer of this township. Samuel Lewis was an early settler in Elk Township, coming from Dubuquecoimtj- in 1852 or 1853 and settling here. He married Catherine Overocker in1854. 3Ir. Lewis became prominent in the township. J. Armstrong came to Delaware County in 1852. He married LucyM. Bellows, a daughter of Ira Bellows, who was one of the first settlers in ElkTownship. Mrs. Armstrong still resides at Greeley and is unusually active fora woman of her age. Zebina Snow immigrated to Iowa from ilassacliusett
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