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Born 1854
From History of Monona County, Iowa; containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the Gove (1890)
AMES W. POLLY, an active and energetic farmer of Lake Township, living on section 28, was born 'in, Clarke County, Iowa, No- ' vember, 28, 18.54, and is the sou of William and Jemima Poll.y. He was reared upon a farm receiving such education as was afforded by the district schools, and lived with his [parents until attaining his majority. In the fall of 1876, in company with his parents, he removed to Monona Countjr and settled in Lake Township, where he rented a farm. He remained on this, engaged in tilling the soil, until August, of.that year, when, having in company with his brother, purchased some eighty acres of timber land, in Lincoln Township, he moved thither. They engaged at once in hauling wood to Whiting and saw logs to the mill, clearing up the land. Cord wood at that time was very cheap, and they- delivered over one hundred cords in the town of Whiting, for $1.90 a cord, hauling it seven miles.
Having purchased a farm on section 30. Lake Township, James Polly moved to it in the spring of 1877, building him a house and engage! in farming during tha*; summer. The following winter he was again engaged at the saw mill, and the next spring moved to his father's place, which he rented and where he remained until the spring of 1879. In the latter year he moved back to Clarke County, and, renting a farm, made a stay there until February, 1880, when he again returned to Monona County. After living on his own place on section 30, until the spring of 1883, he then sold out and purchased his father's place on section 28, where he has lived ever since.
March 28, 1876, at Adell, Dallas Countv, this
State, he was united in marriage with Miss Lucinda Atha, and they are the parents of six children: Liila M., Charles C, William P., Agnes L., James E., and May SI.
As printed in History of Monona County, Iowa; containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the Gove (1890). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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