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John
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John Miner was born in Iowa on May 12, 1853 in Des Moines Coiunty, IA, the son of Nathaniel and Susan (Abbott) Miner.
John never married, and lived with his parents and siblings for many years. As a teenager in 1870, they all resided together on a farm in Union Township, Lee County, IA, to the west and south of the city of Burlington.
John struck out on his own during the decade of the 1870s.
When the federal census was taken in 1880, John at age 27 headed his own household, jointly operating a farm with his 21-year-old brother Lorenzo near West Point, Pleasant Ridge Township, Lee County. Making her home in their residence that year was their 19-year-old unmarried sister Minerva.
In 1900, when the federal census was taken, John made his home with his married brother and sister in law, Charles and Alice S. Miner, in Fort Madison. He had no occupation that year.
By 1910, John lived with his married sister and brother in law Minerva and William Canaday on a farm in Denmark, Lee County, IA. The census-taker marked that John made a living from his "own income."
John's final four years were spent in the residence of his sister Florence Harriett "Treva" Cline at 1949 West Avenue. Sadly, he succumbed to the spectre of death on April 7, 1919, at the age of 66. Funeral rites were performed by Rev. W.A. Longnecker, with the remains laid to rest in Fort Madison's Elmwood Cemetery. An obituary in the Burlington Hawk Eye said he "had never married, had followed agricultural pursuits with success until he retired some years ago... He had many friends who will keep his memory green."
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Crowds at West Point, Iowa, appearing to watch a newfangled flying machine, which looks to have been inserted into the photo. |
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