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John Calvin Alcorn

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John Calvin Alcorn

Birth
Death
11 Apr 1921 (aged 65)
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, IL


John C. ALCORN lives on section 31, Warren Township, where he owns 200 acres of fine land, 120 acres of which was entered by Alfred Green in 1856 and the rest by one Flichbaugh. Mr. Alcorn settled on his farm in the spring of 1883 and since that time has made the greater part of the improvements on it, erecting his residence, barn and other buildings. Mr. Alcorn was born in the State of Pennsylvania, June 4, 1855, and is a son of John C. Alcorn, Sr., with whom he came to Wayne County in 1866. He married Anna Lawson, a daughter of William Lawson, of Warren Township. She was born in Wayne County, Iowa, November 8, 1858. To Mr. and Mrs. Alcorn have been born three children -- William L, Gracie L. and Cora Mabel. The latter is deceased.


1900 U.S. Federal Census
Allerton, Wayne, Iowa

J Calvin (44)
A E (41)
Wm L (20)
Gracie (18)
Ray (Albert LeRoy (14)
Earl (9)
Roscoe (2).

Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, IL


John C. ALCORN lives on section 31, Warren Township, where he owns 200 acres of fine land, 120 acres of which was entered by Alfred Green in 1856 and the rest by one Flichbaugh. Mr. Alcorn settled on his farm in the spring of 1883 and since that time has made the greater part of the improvements on it, erecting his residence, barn and other buildings. Mr. Alcorn was born in the State of Pennsylvania, June 4, 1855, and is a son of John C. Alcorn, Sr., with whom he came to Wayne County in 1866. He married Anna Lawson, a daughter of William Lawson, of Warren Township. She was born in Wayne County, Iowa, November 8, 1858. To Mr. and Mrs. Alcorn have been born three children -- William L, Gracie L. and Cora Mabel. The latter is deceased.


1900 U.S. Federal Census
Allerton, Wayne, Iowa

J Calvin (44)
A E (41)
Wm L (20)
Gracie (18)
Ray (Albert LeRoy (14)
Earl (9)
Roscoe (2).



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