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John Barcus

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John Barcus

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
2 Oct 1887 (aged 80)
Monona County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
part 1 lot 27
Memorial ID
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“John Barcus, farmer, living in Sherman Township, came to Monona County in April, 1863, and brought his family here about the 1st of October of the same year, traveling from Licking County, Ohio, with a horse team. With him came his mother-in-law, Mary Kelley, and her son Jackson.
Mr. Barcus is a native of Maryland, born June 14, 1807, and is the son of George and Sarah (Prichard) Barcus. His father dying when our subject was about seven years of age, he remained at home working on the farm, and in maturer years took charge of the homestead. In November, 1829, he married Isabel Burgess, who died in September, 1850, leaving seven children. The next year he was united in marriage with Miss Fidelia Buck, who became the mother of five children and died May 12, 1881.”

History of Monona County Iowa, 1890, National Publishing Co., Chicago, http://www.archive.org/details/historyofmononac00chic. p. 641
“John Barcus, farmer, living in Sherman Township, came to Monona County in April, 1863, and brought his family here about the 1st of October of the same year, traveling from Licking County, Ohio, with a horse team. With him came his mother-in-law, Mary Kelley, and her son Jackson.
Mr. Barcus is a native of Maryland, born June 14, 1807, and is the son of George and Sarah (Prichard) Barcus. His father dying when our subject was about seven years of age, he remained at home working on the farm, and in maturer years took charge of the homestead. In November, 1829, he married Isabel Burgess, who died in September, 1850, leaving seven children. The next year he was united in marriage with Miss Fidelia Buck, who became the mother of five children and died May 12, 1881.”

History of Monona County Iowa, 1890, National Publishing Co., Chicago, http://www.archive.org/details/historyofmononac00chic. p. 641


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