Oldest Native Born Resident of Muscatine County Remembered
Mrs. Martha Edgington Truitt, born December 7 1836 near Letts in Muscatine County, recalls early settlement life. She notes marriage to Samuel Truitt in 1857, children, frontier housing, wolves and prairie chickens, early schools, the first house in Musserville, and local events including Camp Strong and the 1861 railroad opening.
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Martha Edgington Truitt
Muscatine County
Letts
Strawberry Hill
Mrs. Truitt
East Hill
First Muscatine County Boy Born in City Farm Near Wilton
The first boy born in Muscatine County is K. W. Leverich. The birth occurred in a city farm near Wilton, marking a notable early record for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
K. W. Leverich
Old settler recalls frontier Iowa days and a calf tale
R W Leverich born May 1 1838 in a log cabin near Wilton recounts wiping out a calf in a house fire fear and the whiskey aided cabin raise incident with Wm Mathews tumbling from the roof while a jug spilled skyward and a feather bed damaged. He notes Indians on ponies and Davenport then a small town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Leverich
Mulberry Street
Muscatine County
Wilton
Davenport
Mr. Leverich
Ira Leverich
Buffalo
Wm. Mathews
Tipton
Oldest Muscatine County Resident Mrs. Armilda Comstock Drury
Armilda Comstock Drury born 1827 in Hamilton County Ohio settled near Geneva in 1836 with her father who became Muscatine County postmaster. She married W A Drury in 1844 and has lived in Muscatine City since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armilda Comstock Drury
Muscatine County
Hamilton County
Ohio
Geneva
Comstock
Miss Comstock
W. A. Drury
Baby Teeth At Ninety Five In Missouri Woman
Joplin Missouri August 29 Mrs Polly Card aged 95 residing near Vernon is regaining her second childhood by growing a second set of baby teeth. Eight teeth have already appeared with prospects for a full set. Mrs Card remains in good health and welcomes visitors to see her new teeth.
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Joplin
Polly Card
Vernon
Married at Fifteen Pioneer Bride of Iowa Celebrated
Mrs. Mary J. Van Horne widow of George W. Van Horne, born February 22, 1843, was hailed as Iowa’s first native born bride after marrying at fifteen. The Muscatine wedding, hosted at D. C. Cloud’s home on North Mulberry, drew 150 guests and was officiated by Rev. A B Robbins. The event marked the era’s largest wedding in Muscatine to date with prominent attendees listed.
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Benham Avenue
Wisconsin Street
Musserville
Thomas Jefferson
Anice Idella Fitzgerald
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine
Anna
Joseph William Truitt
Chestnut Street
Henry Harrison Truitt
Kansas Street
Miles Avenue
Hiram Jackson
Alphonso
George Mirian Truitt
Grand View Avenue
Mary Johnson
Bethel County
Sarah Elizabeth Ryan
Indiana Street
John Alexander Truitt
Luetta
Bartlett
Mary Iowa (Morrow) van Horne
George W. van Horne
Iowa
Theodore S. Parvin
van Horne
James G. Morrow
Morrow
D. C. Cloud
North Mulberry Street
Charles Bridgeman
A. B. Robbins
Congregational Church
Judge Woodward
Woodward
Ella
Samuel Thompson
William Woodward
Fannie Brownell
Jos Bridgeman
Fannie Tuttle
Blades
Jacob Butler
Jos. Green
Henry W. Moore
George Stone
Charles Stone
Kate Mason
Anna Mason
Emerson Whicher
P Stephen Whicher
Pling Ray
Mary Kay
Fred Stone
Mary Stone
Miss Dutton
W. H. Brewster
Suel Foster
George W. Dillaway
John G. Gordon
Ellen
Sue
Cornelius Cadle
Richard Cadle
Hull
Moses Couch
Addie Stone
Miss Pepper
James Hatch
Alice
Ufford
Col. Keeler
Lorton
Charles Horton
George Mahin
Remus
T. H. Thayer
The
Clinton Age
Webb
Morton
Scott Richman
George White
Miss Humphreys
Moore
Misa Moore
F. Greer
John Wilson
Kempail
Cass
S. O. Butler
Mason Williams
Kenneth Williams
Robert Williams
Thos. Isette
Mary Isette
John Isette
Waters
John H. Wallace
James Jackson
Theodore Parvin
DeWitt Richman
Marseilles
Saginaw, Mich
Ellsworth
Edward G. Magoon
Oldest Muscatine County resident, W A Drury, profiled
W A Drury of Muscatine is described as the county's oldest man at eighty eight, born February 16 1816 in Wayne County Indiana. A lifelong merchant and former Muscatine mayor, he opened a grocery in 1844 and retired seven years ago after decades in trade.
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W. A. Drury
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Wayne County
Indiana
Morgan County
Drury
Mercer County
Mr. Drury
Armilda Comstock
Ross Drury
Methodist Episcopal Church
Iowas Patriarch Washington Galland Keokuk’s Oldest Settler
Washington Galland of Keokuk is the oldest living Iowan, age 76, with 74 years in the state. Born in 1827 at Commerce now Nauvoo, he moved to Montrose in 1829. A lawyer, he bears the Patriarch’s cane from the Old Settlers association, engraved with former holders’ names.
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Washington Galland
Keokuk
Martha Truitt
R. W. Leverich
Mr. Galland
Iowa
Commerce
Nauvoo
Montrose
Galland
Old Settlers’ Association of
Fort Madison
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Hulda Flack
John Litter
City
Old Channel
C. Weed
Mull Wholesale
Camp Strong
City OF
Mar
Armilda Drury
Missouri
Mary J. van Horne
Mary I. van Horne
Mus
Catine
Dred
Illinois
Ton and
Mrs. Drury
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