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WESTCOTT, C. L., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Ft. Madison; was born in Rhode Island in 1814; two years after, his parents removed to Ohio, to what is now Noble Co. There he married Malissa Damy Sept. 22, 1836; she was born on Chiat River, Penn., Aug. 1, 1818; they remained in Noble Co. until 1850 and came to Iowa, first settling in Jackson Tp., Van Buren Co. In November, 1861, he enlisted in the 15th I. V. I., and, after participating in several battles, was discharged on account of ill health, in June, 1862. In March, 1864, his wife died, leaving eight children, the eldest of whom was Valorous, who was born in Ohio Sept. 6, 1837, now of Milton, Iowa, proprietor of the Southwestern Hotel; Alvin was born May 6, 1840; he served three years in the late war, in the 15th I. V. I.; has charge of the stock-yards at Peoria, Ill.; Cornelia was born Dec. 6, 1841, wife of Isaac Newton, of Idaho; Marvin born Dec. 1, 1844, teaching in Butler Co., Kan.; Lyman, born Nov. 27, 1846, a farmer of Sand Hill, Mo.; Merrill O. born May 24, 1849, a farmer of Butler Co., Kan.; Amelia, born in Van Buren Co., Oct. 7, 1854, died Nov. 3, 1859; Ezra, born in Van Buren Co., Nov. 16, 1856, of Peoria, Ill.; Elvina, born in Van Buren Co., March 9, 1860 — wife of Edward Buson, a merchant of Spring Hill, Kan. In January, 1865, he removed to Fairfield, Jefferson Co., and the 23d of the same months he married Miss Caroline H. Clark, who was born in Ohio in 1824; the following June he removed to his present place of residence, where he owns 120 acres of land, valued at $49 per acre. Aug. 10, 1867, his wife died; he then married Eliza, widow of John Lowhouse, who enlisted in the 61st Ill. V. I., and died at Duvall’s Bluff, Aug. 30, 1863; by first marriage she had one child — Sarah A., born Jan. 23, 1860. Mrs. W. was born in Ohio in1833. Republican; Universalist.