The Mosher family, tapestry weavers, was exiled from France. Stephen was born at Manchester, England in 1570. One of his sons, Hugh, was born in 1600 and came to America in 1636. He died in 1684.
Six generations later in 1797 Jonathan Mosher was born at Elmira, New York. In 1832 he married Elizabeth Wood. They had nine children, two dying in infancy. He worked on the Erie Canal. After its completion he drove a mule along the towpath pulling the barges up and down the canal.
In 1847 Jonathan and Elizabeth with their children and possessions boarded a boat on Lake Erie to go to Chicago. From there they went by wagon to Knox County, Illinois. They came to southern Henry County, Iowa in 1857, just where, is not known. In 1860 the Friends living in the vicinity of Jonathan Mosher requested of the Salem Monthly Meeting of Friends for an Indulgence Meeting to be known as Glendale Indulgence Meeting to be held at the Mosher Home on the first and fourth days. This was a meeting held a distance from the Meeting House for the convenience of the worshipers.
Glendale was the schoolhouse located one-half mile north of the Henry-Lee County Line and one-half mile east of the present Highway 218.
For a time, Jonathan and Elizabeth lived in Jasper County. When they could no longer live alone they broke up housekeeping and came to live with their eldest son, Alonzo and his wife, Martha (Ratliff). It seems strange that they would move into that small house with a large family in it and expect a daughter-in-law to care for them.
Jonathan was a broom maker. The broom-corn was raised on his farm, as was cane, which was made into sorghum molasses. He also raised Osage hedge plants for sale. The plants were set out to make fence around the fields. Sometimes it was trimmed about four feet high, others were left to grow tall to have posts for wire fences. Other fences were made of rails split out of logs. There is a hedge fence on this farm. Wild berries, apples, plums, and nuts were gathered to preserve for later use. Alonzo, Nathan's oldest son, improved the house in 1893 with a front room on the south, and dividing the upstairs into two rooms. He also built a summer kitchen four feet from the north side of the house. The roof came to the house forming a breezeway.
Six generations later in 1797 Jonathan Mosher was born at Elmira, New York. In 1832 he married Elizabeth Wood. They had nine children, two dying in infancy. He worked on the Erie Canal. After its completion he drove a mule along the towpath pulling the barges up and down the canal.
In 1847 Jonathan and Elizabeth with their children and possessions boarded a boat on Lake Erie to go to Chicago. From there they went by wagon to Knox County, Illinois. They came to southern Henry County, Iowa in 1857, just where, is not known. In 1860 the Friends living in the vicinity of Jonathan Mosher requested of the Salem Monthly Meeting of Friends for an Indulgence Meeting to be known as Glendale Indulgence Meeting to be held at the Mosher Home on the first and fourth days. This was a meeting held a distance from the Meeting House for the convenience of the worshipers.
Glendale was the schoolhouse located one-half mile north of the Henry-Lee County Line and one-half mile east of the present Highway 218.
For a time, Jonathan and Elizabeth lived in Jasper County. When they could no longer live alone they broke up housekeeping and came to live with their eldest son, Alonzo and his wife, Martha (Ratliff). It seems strange that they would move into that small house with a large family in it and expect a daughter-in-law to care for them.
Jonathan was a broom maker. The broom-corn was raised on his farm, as was cane, which was made into sorghum molasses. He also raised Osage hedge plants for sale. The plants were set out to make fence around the fields. Sometimes it was trimmed about four feet high, others were left to grow tall to have posts for wire fences. Other fences were made of rails split out of logs. There is a hedge fence on this farm. Wild berries, apples, plums, and nuts were gathered to preserve for later use. Alonzo, Nathan's oldest son, improved the house in 1893 with a front room on the south, and dividing the upstairs into two rooms. He also built a summer kitchen four feet from the north side of the house. The roof came to the house forming a breezeway.
The Mosher family, tapestry weavers, was exiled from France. Stephen was born at Manchester, England in 1570. One of his sons, Hugh, was born in 1600 and came to America in 1636. He died in 1684.
Six generations later in 1797 Jonathan Mosher was born at Elmira, New York. In 1832 he married Elizabeth Wood. They had nine children, two dying in infancy. He worked on the Erie Canal. After its completion he drove a mule along the towpath pulling the barges up and down the canal.
In 1847 Jonathan and Elizabeth with their children and possessions boarded a boat on Lake Erie to go to Chicago. From there they went by wagon to Knox County, Illinois. They came to southern Henry County, Iowa in 1857, just where, is not known. In 1860 the Friends living in the vicinity of Jonathan Mosher requested of the Salem Monthly Meeting of Friends for an Indulgence Meeting to be known as Glendale Indulgence Meeting to be held at the Mosher Home on the first and fourth days. This was a meeting held a distance from the Meeting House for the convenience of the worshipers.
Glendale was the schoolhouse located one-half mile north of the Henry-Lee County Line and one-half mile east of the present Highway 218.
For a time, Jonathan and Elizabeth lived in Jasper County. When they could no longer live alone they broke up housekeeping and came to live with their eldest son, Alonzo and his wife, Martha (Ratliff). It seems strange that they would move into that small house with a large family in it and expect a daughter-in-law to care for them.
Jonathan was a broom maker. The broom-corn was raised on his farm, as was cane, which was made into sorghum molasses. He also raised Osage hedge plants for sale. The plants were set out to make fence around the fields. Sometimes it was trimmed about four feet high, others were left to grow tall to have posts for wire fences. Other fences were made of rails split out of logs. There is a hedge fence on this farm. Wild berries, apples, plums, and nuts were gathered to preserve for later use. Alonzo, Nathan's oldest son, improved the house in 1893 with a front room on the south, and dividing the upstairs into two rooms. He also built a summer kitchen four feet from the north side of the house. The roof came to the house forming a breezeway.
Six generations later in 1797 Jonathan Mosher was born at Elmira, New York. In 1832 he married Elizabeth Wood. They had nine children, two dying in infancy. He worked on the Erie Canal. After its completion he drove a mule along the towpath pulling the barges up and down the canal.
In 1847 Jonathan and Elizabeth with their children and possessions boarded a boat on Lake Erie to go to Chicago. From there they went by wagon to Knox County, Illinois. They came to southern Henry County, Iowa in 1857, just where, is not known. In 1860 the Friends living in the vicinity of Jonathan Mosher requested of the Salem Monthly Meeting of Friends for an Indulgence Meeting to be known as Glendale Indulgence Meeting to be held at the Mosher Home on the first and fourth days. This was a meeting held a distance from the Meeting House for the convenience of the worshipers.
Glendale was the schoolhouse located one-half mile north of the Henry-Lee County Line and one-half mile east of the present Highway 218.
For a time, Jonathan and Elizabeth lived in Jasper County. When they could no longer live alone they broke up housekeeping and came to live with their eldest son, Alonzo and his wife, Martha (Ratliff). It seems strange that they would move into that small house with a large family in it and expect a daughter-in-law to care for them.
Jonathan was a broom maker. The broom-corn was raised on his farm, as was cane, which was made into sorghum molasses. He also raised Osage hedge plants for sale. The plants were set out to make fence around the fields. Sometimes it was trimmed about four feet high, others were left to grow tall to have posts for wire fences. Other fences were made of rails split out of logs. There is a hedge fence on this farm. Wild berries, apples, plums, and nuts were gathered to preserve for later use. Alonzo, Nathan's oldest son, improved the house in 1893 with a front room on the south, and dividing the upstairs into two rooms. He also built a summer kitchen four feet from the north side of the house. The roof came to the house forming a breezeway.
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