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John Chevalier McGrew

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John Chevalier McGrew

Birth
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Death
12 Jun 1889 (aged 74)
Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
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Muscatine County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Biography excerpt: John McGrew, Muscatine; born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1815; his parents, William and Charlotte McGrew, were early settlers of Montgomery Co.; they removed to Wayne Co. Ind., about 1820, which continued to be their home until their death; they died of Cholera at the present home of their son John, while on a visit to their children in Iowa, in 1851. Mr. McGrew left his father's home in Indiana in 1835, and came to Muscatine Co.; he pre-empted one fourth section in Louisa Co., bordering on Muscatine County, where he lived ten years; he then sold and bought his present farm, which contains 137 acres.

He married, in 1836, Lydia A Willetts (died around the same time as his parents), a native of Mercer Co., Ill.; and they he had eight children together, four still living: Araminta (now Mrs. S. Vanetta), Almira (now Mrs. Henry Miller), Lydia A. (now Mrs. Jesse Kerr). He remarried in 1853 to Louisa Adams of Iowa City, having one child by second marriage: Ida (now Mrs. Harris Willetts).

Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 655
Biography excerpt: John McGrew, Muscatine; born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1815; his parents, William and Charlotte McGrew, were early settlers of Montgomery Co.; they removed to Wayne Co. Ind., about 1820, which continued to be their home until their death; they died of Cholera at the present home of their son John, while on a visit to their children in Iowa, in 1851. Mr. McGrew left his father's home in Indiana in 1835, and came to Muscatine Co.; he pre-empted one fourth section in Louisa Co., bordering on Muscatine County, where he lived ten years; he then sold and bought his present farm, which contains 137 acres.

He married, in 1836, Lydia A Willetts (died around the same time as his parents), a native of Mercer Co., Ill.; and they he had eight children together, four still living: Araminta (now Mrs. S. Vanetta), Almira (now Mrs. Henry Miller), Lydia A. (now Mrs. Jesse Kerr). He remarried in 1853 to Louisa Adams of Iowa City, having one child by second marriage: Ida (now Mrs. Harris Willetts).

Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 655

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