TALLON, MICHAEL, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Union Mills; owns 430 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; born in Ireland in 1814; came to America in 1840 and settled in this county in 1848; married Sarah Funk in 1850; she was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1818; have four children: James Henry, Mary Ann, John William and George M.; are members of the M. E. church. Democrat.

TANDY, CALVIN, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 29; P. O. Beacon; born in Kentucky Dec. 15th 1819; when 11 years of age he removed to Indiana with his parents and lived there for seven years; in 1837 he moved to Ills., and he came to Burlington, Iowa, in 1838; the following year he located in Keokuk county; lived there eight years; in Appanoose county four years, and came to this county in 1852, and engaged in farming and stock raising; he is one of the early settlers, and there are few persons now living here that have been in the State as long as he has. He married Miss Annie Webb, in July, 1842; she was born in Tennessee and brought up in Illinois, her father being one of the earliest settlers in Sangamon Co., he came there before the Black Hawk war. They have nine children: Elizabeth J., William t., Henry, Elmira, Frances E., Mary M., Calvin S., Ambrose and Annie M. They have lost three children.

TAYLOR, ABNER, farmer, Sec. 13; P, O. Rose Hill; owns 620 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1808; came to Iowa in 1848, and settled on his present farm. Mr. Taylor has been twice married, first, to Mary Wymore in 1830; she was born in Kentucky, in 1809, and died in May, 1870; they had twelve children two of which are dead, Prudence, Nancy, Samuel, Susan, John, Margaret (dead), Francis (dead), Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth, Lucinda, and William. He was married again in 1870 to Sarah Wymore, widow of Wm. Wymore; she was born in Owen county, Ky., in 1813; she has two children, Margaret R. (now Mrs. Myers), Mary E. (now Mrs. Stringfellow); are members of the Christian church. Democrat.

TAYLOR, R. D., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Fayette county, Indiana, in 1820; came to this county October 13th, 1855; owns 120 acres. He married Miss Margaret Barney, in 1847; she was born in Indiana; has five children: Florence, Sarah M., Cornelia, David A., and Isaac N.; lost two: Cordelia and William W.

TAYLOR, WILLIAM, farmer, Sec. 28; P, O. White Oak; owns 150 acres of land in this county, and 160 in Kansas; his Mahaska county land is valued at $30 per acre; born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1816; came to Iowa in 1857; he married Ellen Mommonier in 1841; she was born in Baltimore in 1822; they have one child by adoption, Mary. Mrs. T. is a member of the Roman Catholic church.

THOMAS, DAVIS, farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. New Sharon; he was born in Warren county, Ohio, in 1816, and came to this county in 1854; owns 160 acres of land; he married Miss Hannah A. B. Watson, in 1839; she was born in Maysville, Ky., and died in 1857; he marriod, for his second wife, Elizabeth Stevens, in 1866; she was born in Ohio; they have four children, Mary E., wife of Jacob Hall, Evaline, wife of Jesse Ellis, Hannah R., wife of Mahlon Apple, Cortland M.; lost Sylvester W. and Christopher C.; enlisted in the 4th Iowa Cavalry, and died from disease contracted in the army.

THOMAS, Mrs. JANE, Sec. 17; P. O. Oskaloosa; was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, and was brought up there; she married Wm. T. Thomas May 30, 1843; he was born in Belmont county, Ohio, January 22, 1818; when five years of age was removed to Guernsey county. They came here in 1867, and engaged in farming and stock raising; he died September 12, 1869, leaving an estate of 240 acres. They had six children, Daniel L., Nancy A., Jonathan D., Robert H., Mary E., William S.; they lost one son in infancy; Jonathan enlisted and served in the army.

THOMAS, JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Pella; was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, December 18, 1809; he lived there ten years, when his parents moved to Wayne county, Indiana, where he lived until 1835, and then moved to Delaware county, Indiana; he remained there until 1855, and then came to this county and located where he now lives; he married Miss Nancy Ribble in 1837, a native of Montgomery county, Va.; they have four sons and one daughter, Mary, William, Theodore F., David, and Mark.

THOMPSON, A. Y., farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Auburn; was born in Orange county, New York, Jan. 28, 1824; he came to this county in April, 1856, lived one year in Oskaloosa township, and then removed to this township, where he has since resided; farm contains 120 acres; he married Miss Rachel A. Benson, March 6, 1851, a native of Patterson, New Jersey; they have two sons and four daughters, Richard b., Robert M., Anna, Jane, Mary and Stella; was justice of the peace about six years.

THOMPSON, SAMUEL, county surveyor, Oskaloosa; born in Clinton county, Ohio, July 13, 1821; he was brought up in Ohio, and studied surveying and engineering; in 1846 he was deputy county surveyor of Mercer county, Ohio; he was appointed to help survey the tract of 3,200 acres of land there, bought by John Randolph, of Virginia, who gave freedom to four hundred of his slaves, and settled them there, but on the 4th of July, 1846, the Germans arose in their wrath and drove the negroes away; Mr. Thompson came to Iowa and located in Oskaloosa July 9, 1855; he settled on a farm and engaged in surveying; he was elected county surveyor in August, 1857, and served until 1863 and served until 1869, when the office was merged into that of county auditor; in 1873 he was again elected county surveyor, and since then has held that position; he has held the office of justice of the peace, and other township and school offices; he married Anna Murray, from Vermont, October 10, 1850; they have four children, Julia, Emma, Mary and George.

THOMPSON, THOMAS, retired, Oskaloosa; born in Philadelphia, May 24, 1828; he was brought up there and attended school until fifteen years of age, then removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, and lived there for eight years, and then went to California; he returned, and came to Iowa and located in Oskaloosa in 1854, and engaged in the furniture business, the firm being Hamilton & Thompson, and they did a large wholesale business; he improved a farm of 270 acres in this county, and about 1,000 acres in Poweshiek county; he owns two farms of 400 acres; when he first entered land in Prairie township there were only two voters in the township; he has lived here over twenty-four years; he has one brother in Colorado; his father is eighty-four years of age, and is living here.

THOMPSON, T. S., farmer and dealer in agricultural imple- O. New Sharon; born in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1839; came to this county in 1864; owns 170 acres of land; has held the office of township trustee; he married Miss Sarah Sheldon in 1863; she was born in the same place; have two children, Lucius and LeRoy.

THORNBURGH, J. F., farmer and dairyman, Sec. 9; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Greene county, Ohio in 1850; came to this county in 1863; owns 75 acres of land, and is engaged in the manufacture of cheese, for which he has obtained an enviable reputation, finding a ready market for all he can manufacture; he married Elizabeth Boswell in 1872; she was born in Iowa; have 2 children, Grace E., and Carlton G.

TICE, HARDIN, retired stock dealer; born in Montgomery county, Virginia, October 27, 1829; when only two years of age his parents emigrated to Sangamon county, Illinois, and he was brought up and lived there until he was twenty-three years of age, when he started for Iowa on horseback, with all of his worldly effects in a portmanteau, and he arrived in this county March 20, 1852; he bought a piece of land on credit, and went to farming; after two years, on account of an affection of his head, he engaged in buying and shipping stock, which business he carried on extensively for many years until 1876, when he rented his farm and retired from active business upon a competency, and took up his residence here in the city; though he is still interested in feeding stock, he gives it but little personal attention. What is a rare and unusual fact, is that in all of his transactions in shipping and selling stock he never lost but one hundred dollars, and that was at one time and on one lot of stock, while he was a member of the state legislature, and was at the state capitol; he still owns a farm of 170 acres; he has held all the township offices in the gift of the people, and was elected to the general assembly of the State in 1875; he married Miss Mary J. Wilson, from Indiana, November 2, 1853; she came here in 1851; they have five children, all daughters, Clara, Emma, Lilly, Zora, and Della.

TICE, MADISON, farmer and stock dealer, Sec. 5; P. O. Pella; owns a farm of 415 acres; was born in Floyd county, Virginia, in 1827; came to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1847, and to this county in 1851; he married Miss Nancy Mays, September 5th, 1853; they have three sons and six daughters, Theopholis, Manella, Mary, Louisa, Minnie, C. G., Cora, Hattie, and Daniel; was justice two years.

TINSLEY, T. T., farrier and livery business, Rose Hill; owns 186 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre; born in Kentucky, in 1819; came to Iowa in 1847, and settled in Keokuk county; removed to this county in 1852; married Matilda J. Lippard, in 1842; she was born in Ripley county, Indiana, in 1826; have four children, Stephen A., William F., Dellia and Marcellus; has been county supervisor one term. Democrat.

TOTMAN, S. P., Sec. 32; P. O. Eddyville; owns a farm of 140 acres; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, April 9, 1830; his parents moved from there, when he was quite young, to Knox Co., where he lived until he was twenty years of age; he emigrated to this county in the fall of 1850; he married Miss Christina, daughter of Robert Oldham, Oct. 5, 1853; she is a native of Indiana; they have four sons and five daughters, Charles N., Wm. N., Mary J., Nica I., Lillie S., Nettie, Robert L., Frank and Mabel; served about ten months in the late war, in Co. C, 13 Iowa Volunteers Infantry.

TREDICK, Wm. S., farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Oskaloosa; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 19, 1836, and when only three or four years of age was removed to Portsmouth, N. H., and was brought up there; removed to Michigan in 1855; lived there five years and came to Iowa in 1860 and located in this county, where he now lives, and engaged in farming; owns a farm of 100 acres; has held school offices; married Miss M. Batterton, from Indiana, in 1861; she died February, 1876, leaving four children, Anna May, Hattie, Charles, and Wilford; married Mrs. Marietta Moore, from Ohio, in February, 1877; she has two children, Edwin and Luella.

TURNER, JAS., farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Granville; born in Allegheny county, Maryland, Oct. 27, 1817; came to this county, Dec. 18, 1864, owns 191 acres; he married Martha Albernethy in 1838; she was born in Hampshire county, Virginia; he has nine children, Elizabeth S., John, Hannah J., Mary M., Lacey A. M., Lafayette, Laura, Arthur and Vernon.