childrenWilliam Humphries Christie · Edmund Willard Christie
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History of Monona County, Iowa.
Known as L. E. Christie.
Self-made man, left home at 15.
Taught school summers to fund college.
Graduated Toronto University and the Normal School at Toronto 1863.
Worked for Folbrook Coal Company, Folbrook, PA ~3 yrs.
Principal of Trowbridge High School 7 yrs.
Came to the United States and Monona County, Iowa due to failing health.
Married Oct 20, 1869 to Mary Humphries Brewer, whom he met at Folbrook, PA.
Mother born Grenville County, Canada 1814, daughter of David and Maria Boyd.
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