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Helped Subdue the Wilderness. ; -George W. Sawyer came from In-;' (liana to Spring Creek township in rlt; 1S52. It was very wild and un-;. 7: tamed then. Wolveg howled mourn- i fully. The woods were full of wild ; t’r game and the prairies were dotted ^ with wild chickens. t,Mark Derrick was an early set-: a. tier, as were also B. h. Edwards.;'' Emma Raub, Mrs. Edwards. John, hr Call, G. W. Harbin. .7. F. K.linga-;yi man and many others. W. R.; Scott, who came to Burlington in;1' 18(57. was a visitor, being the guest of his brother-in-law. Mr. Harbin.First Reunion in .1884.Records in the bands.of A. J. jij Edwards, for 10 years secretary., show that the first annual reunion MS of the Black Hawk County Early. - . a m m ^ 1tfirr..Settlers' association was held hiI I4 i ~ —,1, r ..1., 4 10 0 4 it IT/ Washington park. July 4, 18S4.The speakers at that meeting! were C. W. Malian. S. B. Vinton.! A. J. Edwards. Dr. W. 0. Richards, Harvey Smith, ‘Squire George W,;Hanna. :^ George \V. Miller was the first! president and R. A. Whitaker the! first secretary. - ijjMr. Edwards, who came to Black ;(1: Hawk county in ]S.r7. has attend-:(1) ed every reunion except one, when . (\ he was out of town..Koll of 'War’s Dead. ;Following is n. 1 i.-= t of residents of!’,., the county for an ext end oil period who! died during the past twelve months:]F. B. Ballou came 10 Waterloo ini*1-the ‘fiO’s. died Sept. IS, IMS. aged 68yea rs.Mrs. dames !■’. Klinefelter bom In 1864. died Sept 23, 1 1S, aged 54 years.J. P. Jennings came id the county tn 1364, died at his home irt Cedscr Falls, Sept, 2Ji, 1913. a cod 31 years.g!tif;a:clw
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Sat, Aug 30, 1919
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