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The History of Lee County Cedar Township Pickard, Hiram, farmer, Section 3, P.O. Salem; owns seventy acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; is a son of Henry and Eleanor Pickard; was born Nov. 18, 1838, in Parke Co., Ind.; emigrated with parents to Iowa in the fall of 1845 and located near Salem, Henry Co., and, in the spring of 1847, came into Lee Co. In February, 1863, he enlisted in Co. E of the 1st I.V.C.; was accidentally wounded shortly after entering the service, while on drill, being shot through the right arem, shattering one of the bones belw the elbow, and was kept in hospital most of the time till he was mustered out, Nov. 25, 1865. He married Rebecca Almond of Henry Co., Jan. 6, 1858; she was born in same county April 27, 1841; her parents emigrated from Inidiana in 1840; have eight children living - Charles A., Amanda J., Pleasant E., John E., Oscar, Sarah C., Arlow, Walter E.; lost one son - Frank. Mr. Pickard moved onto his present farm in the fall of 1874. Republican. Pickard, H. J., farmer; P.O. Salem. Pickard, Laban,
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