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Ira Sully Whitcomb

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Ira Sully Whitcomb

Birth
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
Death
11 Oct 1899 (aged 72)
Byron, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA
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Byron, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Ira Sully Whitcomb, was born Oct. 18, 1826 at the Salt Works near Danville, Ill. He was the son of Francis and Jane (Evans) Whitcomb of New Hampshire and Ohio. He was a farmer and had his first farm was in Vermilion county, Ill. He was married there to Cynthia Ann Wooden March 9, 1848. She is the daughter of Amos and Elizabeth (Berdick) Wooden of New York. Mr. Whitcomb settled in Kalmar in 1855, claiming government land on section 29. He has since purchased twenty-four acres on sections 8 and 18. In the summer of 1855, along with Blair & Staats, he built a sawmill on section 8, of which they operated for two years and then converted it to a gristmill. Mr. Whitcomb sold out his interest in the mill in 1864 and enlisted in the Army, Co. H, 11th Minn. Vols. His regiment was detailed on guard duty in Tennessee, and in no severe battles. In Jan. 1865 he was discharged and again bought a share in the mill. The following April a bad storm washed around the mill and it was abandoned of which Mr. Whitcomb lost over one thousand dollars. After that, Mr. Whitcomb took up partnership with his brother and started manufacturing Amber Cane Syrup. Mr. Whitcomb served several terms with the Byron Village Council and both himself and his wife were members of the Byron Methodist Episcopal Church.
Ira Sully Whitcomb, was born Oct. 18, 1826 at the Salt Works near Danville, Ill. He was the son of Francis and Jane (Evans) Whitcomb of New Hampshire and Ohio. He was a farmer and had his first farm was in Vermilion county, Ill. He was married there to Cynthia Ann Wooden March 9, 1848. She is the daughter of Amos and Elizabeth (Berdick) Wooden of New York. Mr. Whitcomb settled in Kalmar in 1855, claiming government land on section 29. He has since purchased twenty-four acres on sections 8 and 18. In the summer of 1855, along with Blair & Staats, he built a sawmill on section 8, of which they operated for two years and then converted it to a gristmill. Mr. Whitcomb sold out his interest in the mill in 1864 and enlisted in the Army, Co. H, 11th Minn. Vols. His regiment was detailed on guard duty in Tennessee, and in no severe battles. In Jan. 1865 he was discharged and again bought a share in the mill. The following April a bad storm washed around the mill and it was abandoned of which Mr. Whitcomb lost over one thousand dollars. After that, Mr. Whitcomb took up partnership with his brother and started manufacturing Amber Cane Syrup. Mr. Whitcomb served several terms with the Byron Village Council and both himself and his wife were members of the Byron Methodist Episcopal Church.

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