of Gales Ferry, near New London, Connecticut · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Isaac A. Stoddard
Isaac A. Stoddard⚭ Celia M. Cortes
childrenBenjamin F. Stoddard
Their story
What the record says
History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people.
Native of Gales Ferry, Connecticut.
In early life a whaler in the Arctic seas.
In 1855 came with his family to Iowa, settling in Clayton County near McGregor for four years, then removed to Grand Meadow township, Buchanan County, purchasing 160 acres of wild land.
Married Celia M. Cortes.
Son Hon. Benjamin F. Stoddard.
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