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History of Lee County Jefferson Township Braton, J. C., farmer, Section 21; P.O. Montrose; born in Albany,
N.Y., Aug. 25, 1838; removed with his parents to Montgomery Co., N.Y., where they remained
four years; then went to the city of Geneva, N.Y.; removed to Jackson Co., Mich., and
remained about ten years, and then came to Lee Co. Feb. 20, 1858. Married Miss Sarah
M. Slingerland Aug. 2, 1860; she was born in Lee Co., Iowa, Jan. 31, 1844; have one child
by adoption Braton, L. J., farmer, Section 21; P.O. Viele. Bullard, James, farmer, Section 1; P.O. Fort Madison; born in Morgan Co., Ill., May 22, 1825; came to Des Moines Co., Iowa, in 1834; removed to Lee Co. in 1836, and settled where he now lives. Theophilus Bullard, James Bullard's father, was born in North Carolina March 8, 1798, and died in 1875; his mother was born in Wythe Co., Va., 1801, and died in 1848; they were among the early settlers of Lee Co. His father was in the Black Hawk war in 1832; was one of the first Justices of the Peace of the Territory. James Bullard married Miss Sarah A. Wallace in 1852; born June 1, 1834; have two children - Robert R. and Eugene. Owns forty acres of land. Both members of the Baptist Church; Mr. B. is a Democrat. Bullard, John, farmer, Section 14; P.O. Fort Madison; born in Lee Co., Iowa, Aug. 15, 1844. Married Miss Mary A. Griffis Feb. 16, 1865; born in Clay Co., Ind., Aug. 1, 1844; have four children - Ruth A., Jas. M., Myrta, Harry H., and two dead, Jessie W. and May. Mrs. B. is a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. B. owns 200 acres of land. Democrat. Bullard, Richard, farmer, Section 14; P.O. Fort Madison. Bullard, Wilson, farmer, Section 4; P.O. Viele. Ingersol, Arthur, farmer, Section 6; P.O. Franklin Centre; son of James I. and Elizabeth Hill, the former a native of New Jersey, the latter of Pennsylvania; both pioneers of Hamilton Co., Ohio; when young, were married there; his mother died in that county in 1807, leaving two children - John, born in 1805, still a resident of that county, and Arthur, born Oct. 28, 1807, and two weeks of age at his mother's death. The father again married, and continued to reside in that county until his death, leaving a family by his second marriage of nine children. At the age of 25, Mr. Ingersol married Julia A., daughter of William and Margaret Skinner, the former a pioneer of Lee Co.; she was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Nov. 17, 1817, and died Dec. 23, 1839, leaving two children - John, born Oct. 26, 1837, who served in the late war, and William, born Dec. 13, 1839, who died May 9, 1862, while serving his country. He married again, Harriet, sister of his first wife, born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, September, 1821; married in Lee Co., but returned to Ohio and remained until the spring of 1847, when they settled where they now reside; their farm consisting of 100 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; they have eight children five of whom are living; the eldest - Mary E., was born Dec. 23, 1842, and died Oct. 28, 1846; Nathaniel S., born April 14, 1845, died March 5, 1848; Alice A., born Oct. 23, 1847; Arthur M., born Oct. 11, 1849; Harriet D., born Jan. 15, 1852; Sarah L., born April 5, 1854; David W., born Dec. 26, 1858, died Feb. 8, 1859, and Sidney W., born May 3, 1863. Democrat; a member of A., F. & A.M., No. 44, Columbia Lodge, in which he held the offices of Senior Deacon and Warden. |