Person:Dennis Countryman (1)

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Dennis Countryman
b.29 Jun 1841 Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
 
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Jul 1823
  1. Horace Countryman1824 - 1898
  2. Lewis A. Countryman1826 - 1836
  3. Alexander Countryman1828 -
  4. Eli Countryman1830 -
  5. Sarah Countryman1832 -
  6. Margaret Countryman1834 -
  7. Lewis A. Countryman1837 - 1908
  8. John Countryman1839 -
  9. Dennis Countryman1841 -
  10. George W. Countryman1843 -
  11. Andrew Jackson Countryman1846 - 1927
Spouse and Children
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m. 1865
  1. Lawrence Countryman
  2. Pearl Countryman
  3. Ida M. Countryman1866 -
  4. Rosa Countryman1869 - 1872
  5. Clarence C. Countryman1871 -
  6. Sylvia Countryman1873 -
  7. Hiram Countryman1876 - 1881
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Facts and Events
Name Dennis Countryman
Gender Male
Birth? 29 Jun 1841 Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Marriage 1865 , Linn, Iowato Lydia Usher

A History of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa [?]: Lewis Publishing Co., 1893

D. Countryman

D. Countryman was a farmer and stock raiser of Section 31, Grant Township, Ida County, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1841, a son of Peter and Margaret (Nicholas) Countryman. He was reared and educated in Rock County, Wisconsin. He began farming for himself in Linn County, Iowa. In 1875 he came to Ida County, and was the first settler in what is now Grant Township (then Maple Township). He bought 65 acres of raw Iowa land on the West Soldier River. He at once began improving the land, and erected a small shanty. After breaking 20 acres, he returned to Linn County to get his family.

He was married in Linn County, Iowa, in 1865 to Lydia Usher. She was a native of that county and a daughter of Hiram and Lucinda (Williams) Usher, natives of Ohio. Lydia and her husband had seven children, namely: Ida M. (Mrs. A. J. Menter); Rosa (deceased at age of 13 years); C. C.; Sylvia; Hiram (deceased at age of 5 years); Lawrence; and Pearl.

D. Countryman raised good draft horses, and had a fine carriage team (took first premium at the Ida County Fair in 1891). He did serve on the school board of Grant Township and was the first Assessor of Grant Township. In 1893, he owned 292 acres of well cultivated land, and had erected a good two-story residence in 1890. Three acres of his place was devoted to a grove and orchard. He had seven brothers and sisters, namely: Horace (an excellent millwright of Stillwater, Montana); Alexander; Eli; Lewis; John; George; and A. J.

References
  1.   Family Search. 1880 United States Census and National Index. (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2001).

    Iowa, Ida, Grant, Page 81B

    Age 38, Farmer

  2.   Census; US; 1850; WI; Rock
    305.

    Union, Family 1112

    Age 9

  3.   Census; US; 1860; IA; Fayette
    206.

    Westfield, Family 1390

    Age 19, Farm Laborer

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