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Born 1827, Knox county
From History of Johnson County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, and its townships, cities and villages from 1836 to 1882. Together with biographical sketches .. (1883)
WILLIAM WOLFE, a farmer and stock dealer in Clear Creek township, post-office, Tiffin; was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 18, 1827; settled in Johnson county, Iowa, October 10, 1853, upon the farm where he now resides. He was married September 8, 1850, to Miss Hannah Colony, of Knox county Ohio, and they have a family of six children: Alice E., John C., Milton L., Mary A., William B. and Charlie. The family attend religious services at the M. E. Church, at Tiffin. Mr. Wolfe has been shipping stock for fourteen years. His average shipment of hogs has been about one hundred cars per year; his average shipment of cattle about twenty cars per year. Hogs and corn have been the principal products of his farm. He has some very fine horses of the Clvdesdale stock; he has a farm of 490 acres, 203 acres was his original claim. He was a member of the board of supervisors in 1860 and served three years; he filled the office of township trustee several terms. He is a democrat in politics. He is a brother of the Hon. L. R. Wolfe, representing Johnson county in the Iowa legislature. His father is living in Knox county, Ohio, at the ripe old age ofninty-two years and past.
As printed in History of Johnson County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, and its townships, cities and villages from 1836 to 1882. Together with biographical sketches .. (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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