STEPHEN C. MESSENGER, a successful and enterprising farmer
and stock-raiser, residing in Troy Township, on section 16, was born in
Richland (now Morrow) County, Ohio, the date of his birth being April 11, 1833.
His parents, James and Rachel (Corwin) Messenger, were natives of the State of
Pennsylvania, the father born in Greene and the mother in Washington County.
Since the father’s death the mother makes her home with our subject, being now
seventy one years of age. Stephen C. Messenger passed his youth on the farm,
being reared to agricultural pursuits, which he has made the principal
avocation of his life. His education was obtained in the common schools of his
native county. He was united in marriage
August 19,1854, to Miss Bethenia Truex, who was born in Southern Ohio, a
daughter of John P. Truex, deceased. Eight children have been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Messenger, only three now living – William H., who married Mina Axtel,
lives on section 7; Mary Ellen, wife of Walter H. Moffitt, of Union County, and
John N. Mr. Messenger came to Iowa in
the fall of 1859, when he located in Union County, his home there being but
three and a half miles from his present farm. During the late war he enlisted
in Company B, Eighteenth Iowa Infantry, but only served five months, being sick
most of his term of service. In April,
1882, Mr. Messenger settled on his farm in Troy Township, where he has since
followed farming and stock-raising with excellent success, being now the owner
of 400 acres of valuable land. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist
church.
SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke
County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 344-5
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