James Todd: Ireland to Iowa
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James Todd: Ireland to Iowa
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Posted: 3 Nov 2009 11:29AM GMT |
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WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA : 1885 BIOGRAPHY - PAGE 642
JAMES TODD
James Todd, farmer, residing in Fremont Township was born in Co. Armagh, Ireland, June 22, 1821 and was by trade a weaver. In 1845 he came to America and settled in Elgin, Illinois where he worked in a machine shop and was also for some time employed as a mason.
In 1856 he came to IOWA and took the claim of 160 acres on which he now resides. He had purchased 80 acres of timber prior to his claim and has bought 50 acres of land since.
Mr. Todd has taken great pains to make the farm attractive as well as convenient, having planted innumerbale trees of all descriptions, including evergreens, ornamental and shade trees, besides a fine orchard, and has the satisfaction of knowing that he has accumulated his property here, having commenced on a small scale.
He is a man who is respected by every one and has always been a prominent citizen, having filled many offices of trust in township and school affairs.
He was married in 1856 in Zanesville, Ohio to Miss Boles and has ten children living. Mrs. Martha Todd, the mother of the subject of this sketchm is the oldest lady in the county, being 95 years of age and resides in this township with her daughter, Mrs Robert Long. She came to IOWA fra Illinois five years later than her son James, and has resided with her children ever since. Her husband died in 1835.
JAMES TODD
James Todd, farmer, residing in Fremont Township was born in Co. Armagh, Ireland, June 22, 1821 and was by trade a weaver. In 1845 he came to America and settled in Elgin, Illinois where he worked in a machine shop and was also for some time employed as a mason.
In 1856 he came to IOWA and took the claim of 160 acres on which he now resides. He had purchased 80 acres of timber prior to his claim and has bought 50 acres of land since.
Mr. Todd has taken great pains to make the farm attractive as well as convenient, having planted innumerbale trees of all descriptions, including evergreens, ornamental and shade trees, besides a fine orchard, and has the satisfaction of knowing that he has accumulated his property here, having commenced on a small scale.
He is a man who is respected by every one and has always been a prominent citizen, having filled many offices of trust in township and school affairs.
He was married in 1856 in Zanesville, Ohio to Miss Boles and has ten children living. Mrs. Martha Todd, the mother of the subject of this sketchm is the oldest lady in the county, being 95 years of age and resides in this township with her daughter, Mrs Robert Long. She came to IOWA fra Illinois five years later than her son James, and has resided with her children ever since. Her husband died in 1835.