(From the Van Scoy, Proudfoot, Robinson, Channell, Talbot database on Rootsweb.com, accessed 7-16-2006)
From reprint of "Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record" by Lewis Publishing , 1886, p.78 {submitted by Celia Davis, 8 Sep 2000 - ancestry.com message board}:
"HON. JACOB PROUDFOOT, one of the early settlers of Liberty Township, was born in Harrison, now Barbour County, West Virginia, October 29, 1822. ***
"September 14, 1843, he was married to Miss Cyrene Van Scoy, a native of Randolph County, West Virginia, born March 3, 1826, daughter of William Van Scoy, now a resident of Virginia Township, Warren County, Iowa.
"In 1855 Mr. Proudfoot came to Iowa and spent the first winter in Warren County, and in April 1856, located in Liberty Township, Clarke County, and opened a blacksmith shop. He soon bought some land, and combined farming with blacksmithing. He now owns eighty acres on section 6, Liberty townshhip, and twenty-three acres of timber land in Squaw Township, Warren County. He also owns twenty-three lots, with a pleasant residence and blacksmith shop, in the village of Liberty.`
"In politics, Mr. Proudfoot was reared in the Democratic faith but his devotion to the Union caused him to uphold the administration of Abraham Lincoln, and he has since affiliated with the Republican party, and has been prominent in its councils in Clarke County. In 1875 he was elected a member of the Sixteenth General Assembly. He has served eleven years as magistrate of Liberty, and several years as a member of the County Board of Supervisors. He has been postmaster at Liberty about fourteen years. He has always been much interested in the public affairs of his country and State, as well as the local affairs of his county and village, and has never failed to cast his ballot since 1856.
"He and his wife have been active members of the Methodist Episcopal church about forty-seven years. They have a family of seven children--Hester Ann is the wife of J. L. Tedrow, of Woodburn; Leah is at home; Overton T. is a resident of Liberty; William D. lives in Walla Walla Washington Territory; Samuel N. in Vicksburg, Mississippi; Charles F., of Liberty, and Aaron V., of Indianola, Iowa. ***"
(A discrepancy in the date of marriage. This article states that Jacob married Cyrena September 14, 1843. Barbour County Marriage Records give the marriage date of December 8, 1844.)
From reprint of "Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record" by Lewis Publishing , 1886, p.78 {submitted by Celia Davis, 8 Sep 2000 - ancestry.com message board}:
"HON. JACOB PROUDFOOT, one of the early settlers of Liberty Township, was born in Harrison, now Barbour County, West Virginia, October 29, 1822. ***
"September 14, 1843, he was married to Miss Cyrene Van Scoy, a native of Randolph County, West Virginia, born March 3, 1826, daughter of William Van Scoy, now a resident of Virginia Township, Warren County, Iowa.
"In 1855 Mr. Proudfoot came to Iowa and spent the first winter in Warren County, and in April 1856, located in Liberty Township, Clarke County, and opened a blacksmith shop. He soon bought some land, and combined farming with blacksmithing. He now owns eighty acres on section 6, Liberty townshhip, and twenty-three acres of timber land in Squaw Township, Warren County. He also owns twenty-three lots, with a pleasant residence and blacksmith shop, in the village of Liberty.`
"In politics, Mr. Proudfoot was reared in the Democratic faith but his devotion to the Union caused him to uphold the administration of Abraham Lincoln, and he has since affiliated with the Republican party, and has been prominent in its councils in Clarke County. In 1875 he was elected a member of the Sixteenth General Assembly. He has served eleven years as magistrate of Liberty, and several years as a member of the County Board of Supervisors. He has been postmaster at Liberty about fourteen years. He has always been much interested in the public affairs of his country and State, as well as the local affairs of his county and village, and has never failed to cast his ballot since 1856.
"He and his wife have been active members of the Methodist Episcopal church about forty-seven years. They have a family of seven children--Hester Ann is the wife of J. L. Tedrow, of Woodburn; Leah is at home; Overton T. is a resident of Liberty; William D. lives in Walla Walla Washington Territory; Samuel N. in Vicksburg, Mississippi; Charles F., of Liberty, and Aaron V., of Indianola, Iowa. ***"
(A discrepancy in the date of marriage. This article states that Jacob married Cyrena September 14, 1843. Barbour County Marriage Records give the marriage date of December 8, 1844.)
(From the Van Scoy, Proudfoot, Robinson, Channell, Talbot database on Rootsweb.com, accessed 7-16-2006)
From reprint of "Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record" by Lewis Publishing , 1886, p.78 {submitted by Celia Davis, 8 Sep 2000 - ancestry.com message board}:
"HON. JACOB PROUDFOOT, one of the early settlers of Liberty Township, was born in Harrison, now Barbour County, West Virginia, October 29, 1822. ***
"September 14, 1843, he was married to Miss Cyrene Van Scoy, a native of Randolph County, West Virginia, born March 3, 1826, daughter of William Van Scoy, now a resident of Virginia Township, Warren County, Iowa.
"In 1855 Mr. Proudfoot came to Iowa and spent the first winter in Warren County, and in April 1856, located in Liberty Township, Clarke County, and opened a blacksmith shop. He soon bought some land, and combined farming with blacksmithing. He now owns eighty acres on section 6, Liberty townshhip, and twenty-three acres of timber land in Squaw Township, Warren County. He also owns twenty-three lots, with a pleasant residence and blacksmith shop, in the village of Liberty.`
"In politics, Mr. Proudfoot was reared in the Democratic faith but his devotion to the Union caused him to uphold the administration of Abraham Lincoln, and he has since affiliated with the Republican party, and has been prominent in its councils in Clarke County. In 1875 he was elected a member of the Sixteenth General Assembly. He has served eleven years as magistrate of Liberty, and several years as a member of the County Board of Supervisors. He has been postmaster at Liberty about fourteen years. He has always been much interested in the public affairs of his country and State, as well as the local affairs of his county and village, and has never failed to cast his ballot since 1856.
"He and his wife have been active members of the Methodist Episcopal church about forty-seven years. They have a family of seven children--Hester Ann is the wife of J. L. Tedrow, of Woodburn; Leah is at home; Overton T. is a resident of Liberty; William D. lives in Walla Walla Washington Territory; Samuel N. in Vicksburg, Mississippi; Charles F., of Liberty, and Aaron V., of Indianola, Iowa. ***"
(A discrepancy in the date of marriage. This article states that Jacob married Cyrena September 14, 1843. Barbour County Marriage Records give the marriage date of December 8, 1844.)
From reprint of "Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record" by Lewis Publishing , 1886, p.78 {submitted by Celia Davis, 8 Sep 2000 - ancestry.com message board}:
"HON. JACOB PROUDFOOT, one of the early settlers of Liberty Township, was born in Harrison, now Barbour County, West Virginia, October 29, 1822. ***
"September 14, 1843, he was married to Miss Cyrene Van Scoy, a native of Randolph County, West Virginia, born March 3, 1826, daughter of William Van Scoy, now a resident of Virginia Township, Warren County, Iowa.
"In 1855 Mr. Proudfoot came to Iowa and spent the first winter in Warren County, and in April 1856, located in Liberty Township, Clarke County, and opened a blacksmith shop. He soon bought some land, and combined farming with blacksmithing. He now owns eighty acres on section 6, Liberty townshhip, and twenty-three acres of timber land in Squaw Township, Warren County. He also owns twenty-three lots, with a pleasant residence and blacksmith shop, in the village of Liberty.`
"In politics, Mr. Proudfoot was reared in the Democratic faith but his devotion to the Union caused him to uphold the administration of Abraham Lincoln, and he has since affiliated with the Republican party, and has been prominent in its councils in Clarke County. In 1875 he was elected a member of the Sixteenth General Assembly. He has served eleven years as magistrate of Liberty, and several years as a member of the County Board of Supervisors. He has been postmaster at Liberty about fourteen years. He has always been much interested in the public affairs of his country and State, as well as the local affairs of his county and village, and has never failed to cast his ballot since 1856.
"He and his wife have been active members of the Methodist Episcopal church about forty-seven years. They have a family of seven children--Hester Ann is the wife of J. L. Tedrow, of Woodburn; Leah is at home; Overton T. is a resident of Liberty; William D. lives in Walla Walla Washington Territory; Samuel N. in Vicksburg, Mississippi; Charles F., of Liberty, and Aaron V., of Indianola, Iowa. ***"
(A discrepancy in the date of marriage. This article states that Jacob married Cyrena September 14, 1843. Barbour County Marriage Records give the marriage date of December 8, 1844.)
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