A History
of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa
[?]: Lewis Publishing Co., 1893
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Unless
otherwise specified, biographies are submitted by Conley
Wolterman.
Isaac Patterson, Westside, Crawford County, Iowa, was one of the early
settlers of the eastern part of the county. He was born in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, Sept. 5, 1837. Thomas M. Patterson, his father, was descended from
a long line of American Pioneers and soldiers. Thomas participated in the War of
1812 and his father was a soldier in the Revolutionary struggle. Isaac's mother
was Margaret nee Large.
In 1851, when Isaac was in his teens, his parents moved to Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, and he grew up to manhood on a frontier farm. He was early taught
honesty, industry, and perseverance. He attended school in the primitive log
schoolhouses, but the greater part of his education was obtained in the school
of experience.
When the Civil War came on, young Patterson was one of the first to enlist in
the service of his country. In August, 1862, he became a member of Co. D, 12th
Iowa Infantry Volunteers, and served 3 years. He was in the Battle of Prairie
Grove, Arkansas, in the siege of Vicksburg, and guarded Corpus Christi Pass,
while a portion of the division went up Red River. Mr. Patterson was honorably
discharged at Mobile, Alabama, and was paid off and mustered out at Clinton,
Iowa.
With the war over, Mr. Patterson returned to Scott County and again engaged
in farming. He lived there until the spring of 1868, when he bought the property
in Crawford County, then wild land. He became he owner of 920 acres of Iowa
soil. He had a two-story frame house, located on a natural building site and
surrounded with lawn, groves, and orchard.
Mr. Patterson was married at Davenport, Iowa, in 1869, to Sarah Shetler, a
native of Allegheny County, Pa., and a daughter of Jacob and Elisa Shetler. They
had two children: Josephine and S. L. (a son). Isaac Patterson was a member of
the G.A.R.
J. T. Payne, Justice
of the Peace of Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa, was born in Clay County,
Indiana, in 1851. He was the son of William Benjamin and Malinda (Sturdevant)
Payne ~ the former a native of Maryland and the latter of North Carolina.
When a young man, the father moved to Clay County, Indiana. A farm was
purchased in Boone County, Iowa and in 1883 opened a farm in Ida County.
William and Malinda had 7 children: Candacy of Hayes Township; J. T.
Payne (the subject of this biography); M. L. Payne, a contractor of
Sioux City; Julia Ann, wife of W. M. Pilcher, of Hayes Township; B.
F. Payne; George H., a bridge inspector on the Denver & Ft. Worth
railroad at Henrietta, Texas; and Laura, wife of Charles Lovett of Blaine
Township, Ida County, Iowa.
J. T. Payne was
reared and educated in Boone County, Iowa. He purchased 160 acres of
prairie land in Section 20, Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa on May
18, 1875. Two years later he erected a small house and began farming
his land. In 1890, he built his frame residence, and a fine barn. He
had a grove and orchard of 10 acres. He engaged in general farming and
stock raising and added 80 more acres of land.
He served three
years as a member of the County Board of Supervisors, was the first
Assessor of Hayes Township ~ serving 4 years, was Secretary of the School
Board 5 years, Township Clerk 2 years, and started as Justice of the
Peace in 1888. He assisted in organizing and naming Hayes Township in
1878, since Hayes Township was taken from Corwin Township. He assisted
in organizing the school districts and was Secretary of the Board during
the erection of 6 school buildings. The lumber for the first building
was hauled from Denison, Iowa.
Mr. Payne was married
in Hayes Township on February 29, 1880 to Miss Georgiana Friott, a native
of Vermont and reared in Massachusetts to the age of 9 years. Then they
moved to Chicago, where Georgiana lived 5 years, and then in 1878, came
to Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa. J. T. and Georgiana had 5 children:
Ruby, Rodney, Armour, Luva, and Cornelius.
Mr. Payne and William
Pilcher were the original settlers of Hayes Township, Ida County, Iowa.
Andrew Preston was a proprietor of "Bonnie Brae" stock farm and a
dealer in shorthorn cattle. He was born near Dundee in Forfarshire, Scotland,
May 8, 1850. His parents were John and Matilda Preston of Scotland. When Andrew
was nine years old, he came to America and located in Chicago, Illinois. Then he
went to Dundee, Kane County, Illinois and attended school one winter.
In 1872, he came to Ida County, Iowa and moved on wild land there. In his
eight-acre grove, he planted one acre of walnuts, one acre of maples, one acre
of evergreens, hedges, windbreaks, etc. He planted fruit trees. He had a cottage
home, two barns, and other farm buildings.
When Andrew was 24 years of age, he married Elvira M. Smith in Ida County.
She was born in New York, daughter of Samuel Smith. Elvira died in 1879 leaving
one son, Ellson G. Preston. In November 1882, he married Anna J. Ferguson. She
was born in Chicago and was a daughter of D. C. Ferguson. Andrew had four
children with his second marriage, namely: Archibald C., Howard H., Matilda E.,
and Winifred H.
For four years, Andrew served as secretary of the Ida County Agricultural
Society. He had been a United States Crop Reporter for the county. He served as
Township Trustee, as Assessor and secretary of the school board for Maple
Township.
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