...feet. When the father of the mother of our subject was a young man he located in Eckford Township, where he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land upon which he made his home until death. In 1840 the parents of our subject came to this county with...

...and in 1834 moved with his family to Tennessee and thence, about 1841, to Greene county, Illinois, where he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land, and where he carried on agricultural pursuits for a number of years. He died at the home of one of his...

...arduous task of clearing and cultivating his farm. He subsequently removed to Douglas county, Kansas, where he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land, and there spent the remainder of his life. Mrs. Cullar continued her residence in that commonwealth for...

...cousins; they were born and reared in Maryland and came to Ohio in a very early day, locating in Coshocton county, where he became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land, for which he paid only one dollar and fifty cents per acre. This he cleared and improved, and there...

...operating the same for about thirteen years or until 1868. That year marks his arrival in Boone county. He became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Swede Lane, Marcy township, which he improved and cultivated for the remainder of his life, being...

...future county seat, on the 17th of June of that year, before any buildings had been erected in the town. He became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land nearby. He did some farming and carpenter work on some of the early buildings in Rockwell City, although...

...came with his family to the United States and settled in Clatonia towpship, Gage county, Nebraska. He became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Section 12, and after having here been actively engaged in general farm industry for thirteen years...

...however, and settled on a ranch near Denver, where he engaged in farming to the time of his death. He became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he converted into rich and productive fields and from which he annually gathered large harvests....

...in the early '70s and here secured a homestead claim, on which he resided to the time of his death. He became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he converted into rich and productive fields, annually gathering therefrom golden harvests. Mrs....