Timothy Killam and his wife, born a Billings, were married in Hartford, Connecticut, and settled in Clayton County, Iowa, where the 1915 history says they were the third family between Dubuque and Fort McGregor. Their sons J. M. Killam and Timothy I. Killam were born there in 1847 and 1857. J. M. Killam kept stores and lumber yards at Patterson, St. Charles, New Virginia and Truro, formed the Hall & Killam Lumber Company with his son-in-law in 1912, and served four years as mayor of Truro. Timothy I. Killam married Minerva Smith, daughter of James Smith of Lincoln Township, and farmed and raised stock from his home in St. Charles. Every fact below is cited to the public-domain 1915 History of Madison County.
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Timothy I. Killam, Sr., and his wife (Billings) Killamthe earliest generation in the recordMost recent in our records
Timothy I. Killamborn 1857Tap a name to jump to that person.
Pioneers of Clayton County; came to Madison County in the late 1860s
Merchant, lumberman and mayor of Truro
J. M. KILLAM.
J. M. Killam, senior member of the Hall & Killam Lumber Company, of Truro, Iowa, is a successful and highly esteemed business man and a public-spirited citizen. He was born in Clayton county, Iowa, on the 30th of June, 1847, a son of Timothy and Rebecca Ingram (Billings) Killam, who were married in Hartford, Connecticut. The birth of the father occurred in that state and his wife was also of Yankee stock. Following their marriage they settled in Clayton county, Iowa, and were among the very earliest residents of that section of the state, as they were the third family to locate between Dubuque and McGregor, then known as Fort McGregor. The father preempted land and the family continued to live there for about twenty-three years. In 1867, however, a removal was made to Madison county and they settled on Coon Divide, south of Van Meter. Later that place was sold and they removed to Adair county, where the father passed away about 1896. In their family were six children, four sons and two daughters, being in order of birth as follows: Maria, the wife of Goodliff Brooker, of Earlham; Elizabeth, the wife of George Brooker, of Van Meter, Iowa; J. M., of this review; C. D., a resident of Morningside, Sioux City; T. I., of St. Charles; and George M., of Denver, Colorado.
J. M. Killam attended district schools in Clayton county, Iowa, and the Upper Iowa L'university at Fayette. During the Civil war he served for seven months in the LTnion army in the commissary department, and after leaving the Federal service located in Delaware county, Iowa, but the next year came to this county and entered the mercantile field at Patterson. A year later he removed his store to St. Charles, where he was in business for seven years. At the end of that time he purchased a farm and in partnership with his brother, C. D. Killam, also engaged in the lumber business in St. Charles. Fifteen years later he sold out his interests and removed to New Wirginia, where for two and a half years he conducted a lumber business, selling out at the end of that time to the Lee Lumber Company. His next removal was to Truro, where he opened a lumber yard, conducting the business alone until March, 1912, and then took his son-in-law, Ray Hall, into partnership under the firm name of the Hall & Killam Lumber Company. Mr. Hall was made manager of the concern, Mr. Killam retiring from active business. Since that time he has been the silent member of the well known firm, which has a gratifying patronage in its line. The business community of Truro holds Mr. Killam in high respect, as he has many times demonstrated his
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Farmer and stock-raiser, St. Charles
TIMOTHY I. KILLAM.
Timothy I. Killam, who owns a number of farms in Madison county and has other business interests, has for forty years resided in this county and for a quarter of a century in St. Charles, where he is now living. He was born in Clayton county, Iowa, on the 29th of August, 1857, a son of Timothy I. Killam, Sr., who was born and reared in Hartford county, Connecticut, as was his wife, who in her maidenhood bore the name of Henrietta Billings. They were married in their native county but removed to Clayton county, Iowa, at an early day in the history of the state, locating upon land which Mr. Killam entered from the government. In the latter '60s they came to Madison county and resided for five years at Winterset, after which they took up their above upon land which Mr. Killam purchased. The last three years of his life were spent in Adair county, Iowa, where he passed away in 1890 when seventy-three years of age. He had survived his wife for some time, as she was called to the home beyond in 1878. He was successful as a farmer and, holding the confidence of his neighbors, was elected to numerous township offices on the republican ticket. Both he and his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church. To them were born six children, namely: Mrs. Maria Brooker, of Earlham, who is now seventy-three years of age; Mrs.
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