Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886
Charles ROCKHOLD, the oldest settler now living in Wayne County, Iowa, resides on section 33, Jefferson Township, where he owns a fine farm of 280 acres, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was born in Whitley County, Kentucky, February 12, 1817, a son of Charles Rockhold, a native of Maryland. He was reared in his native county, and in the fall of 1839 removed to Wayne County, Iowa, making the journey with ox-teams, and being forty days on the way. Here he experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life, but by his energy and enterprise has assisted materially in developing the country, and making Wayne the prosperous county it is today. He was married August 15, 1850, to Cynthia Hall, a daughter of James Hall, of Sullivan County, Tennessee. They have had four children; but three are living -- William, Frank and Melissa.
Charles ROCKHOLD, the oldest settler now living in Wayne County, Iowa, resides on section 33, Jefferson Township, where he owns a fine farm of 280 acres, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was born in Whitley County, Kentucky, February 12, 1817, a son of Charles Rockhold, a native of Maryland. He was reared in his native county, and in the fall of 1839 removed to Wayne County, Iowa, making the journey with ox-teams, and being forty days on the way. Here he experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life, but by his energy and enterprise has assisted materially in developing the country, and making Wayne the prosperous county it is today. He was married August 15, 1850, to Cynthia Hall, a daughter of James Hall, of Sullivan County, Tennessee. They have had four children; but three are living -- William, Frank and Melissa.
Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa Originally published 1886
Charles ROCKHOLD, the oldest settler now living in Wayne County, Iowa, resides on section 33, Jefferson Township, where he owns a fine farm of 280 acres, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was born in Whitley County, Kentucky, February 12, 1817, a son of Charles Rockhold, a native of Maryland. He was reared in his native county, and in the fall of 1839 removed to Wayne County, Iowa, making the journey with ox-teams, and being forty days on the way. Here he experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life, but by his energy and enterprise has assisted materially in developing the country, and making Wayne the prosperous county it is today. He was married August 15, 1850, to Cynthia Hall, a daughter of James Hall, of Sullivan County, Tennessee. They have had four children; but three are living -- William, Frank and Melissa.
Charles ROCKHOLD, the oldest settler now living in Wayne County, Iowa, resides on section 33, Jefferson Township, where he owns a fine farm of 280 acres, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was born in Whitley County, Kentucky, February 12, 1817, a son of Charles Rockhold, a native of Maryland. He was reared in his native county, and in the fall of 1839 removed to Wayne County, Iowa, making the journey with ox-teams, and being forty days on the way. Here he experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life, but by his energy and enterprise has assisted materially in developing the country, and making Wayne the prosperous county it is today. He was married August 15, 1850, to Cynthia Hall, a daughter of James Hall, of Sullivan County, Tennessee. They have had four children; but three are living -- William, Frank and Melissa.
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