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History of Lee County Des Moines Township Sargent, John, farmer, Section 32; P.O. Vincennes Sargent, Nicholas, farmer, Section 34; P.O. Vincennes; owns 600 acres; born in Essex Co., Mass., in 1795; heremoved to Missouri in 1837, to Lee Co. in 1837, and located on the farm he now owns in 1839. He married, in 1816, Miriam Sawyer, a native of New Hampshire, born in 1797; they have had thirteen children, eight of whom are living - Christopher, born in 1818; Sarah (now Mrs. Wyatt), 1826; Lorinda B. (now Mrs. James Bell), 1827; Lucy (now Mrs. William Ingert), 1829; John A., 1831 - married Ursula Starkweather and has five children; Horace C., 1835 - married in 1858, Adeline D. Washburne, a native of Canada, born in 1833, and has six children, three of whom are living - Orson G., born in 1859, and Edwin B. and Edwinnie (twins), in 1861. Horace G. resides on the homestead with his parents; he has 360 acres of land in Secs. 34 and 35; Orson G., born in 1836, married Hannah Smith, and has one child - Mamie Belle; Stephen, born in 1840, married Mary Knowles and has five children. Sargent, O. G., farmer, Section 3; P.O. Vincennes. Sargent, Stephen, farmer, Section 32; P.O. Vincennes Starkweather, Geo. A., farmer, Section 16; P.O. Vincennes; owns 160 acres; born in Calhoun Co., Mich., in 1843; his parents, Leonard and Emily Starkweather, removed from Pennsylvania to Michigan about 1834, and came to Lee Co. in 1846; they first located on the farm now owned by Mr. Garverich, and came to the farm now owned by George A. in 1859; George purchased the farm of his father in 1876. He married in 1864 Emily Thompson, a native of Illinois; they have four children - Ida May, George A., John and Harriet. Washburne, H. M., farmer, Section 9; P.O. Vincennes. Washburne, F. F., farmer, Section 9; P.O. Vincennes. Wylley, A., farmer, section 34; P.O. Vincennes. Wyllie, J. M.,
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