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History of the Counties of Woodbury and Plymouth,
Iowa S Biographies submitted by Dick Barton. JOHN C. SCHWABLAND, farmer, P. O. Glen Ellen, residing on section thirty-four, Woodbury township, was born in Germany, April 14, 1844, a son of John and Margaret (Keithley) Schwabland. The father was a farmer in Wisconsin at the time of his death, which occurred in 1888; the mother is still living; both were of German descent, and members of the Methodist Episcopal church. John C. was born in Wittenburg, Germany, but came to America in 1851 and located in New York city, where he continued to reside until 1860, when he came to Wisconsin and remained there until 1866. He then went to Minnesota and resided there until 1871, when he came to Woodbury county, Iowa, and purchased 160 acres of land, subsequently selling it, however, and buying 100 acres where he now resides, and which he has under a good state of cultivation. He was united in marriage with Malinda Aughenbaugh, of Minnesota, in 1868, and they have ten children: John, Frank, Andrew J., Margaret, William T., Benjamin, Wallace, Amanda, Harvey and Eliza. The mother is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Schwabland is a democrat in politics, and has held the office of school director. Lyman Williams Sibley, farmer, Le Mars P. O., is a grandson of Nathan and Rachel (Studley) Sibley, of Massachusetts. His earliest known ancestor was an Englishman, who came to Massachusetts in 1628. Isaac, son of Nathan Sibley, married Mary Burbank, like himself, a native of Massachusetts, and settled in Cuba, Allegany county, N.Y., where was born to them, May 21, 1825, the subject of this sketch. Of their eight children, six of whom grew to maturity, he is the seventh. He was educated in the common schools, and has always engaged in farming. He is possessed of an independent, reflective mind, and makes a progressive citizen. In 1845 he married Mary Hammond, a native of Rushford, Allegany county, N.Y., and daughter of John and Eliza (Butterfield) Hammond, born in New York and Massachusetts, respectively. Mrs. Sibley's grandparents, Luthan and Mary (Rood) Hammond, were also natives of New York. Mr. Sibley engaged in farming in Cuba till 1864, when he removed to Franklin, Story county, this state, and came thence to America, Plymouth county, in 1872. Here he purchased 240 acres in section thirty-five, and thereon carries on general farming. While enjoying the fruits of a life of industry, he is surrounded by the following children: Floyd B.; Stanton; Ada Rosalia (Mrs. George W. McLain), Le Mars; Clarence Hammond; Evangeline, a teacher, at home; Ruth Elizabeth (wife of Carey G. Williams, America) and Samuel Edward, at home. Politically Mr. Sibley is an independent republican, and religiously a free thinker. He has served as school director and township trustee. |