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Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 30 May 2003 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Turtlecreek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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JOSHUA IORNS, farmer; P. O. Lebanon. This gentleman was born in the State of New Jersey on the 19th of February, 1804; is the son of Samuel and Rebecca (Gibbs) Iorns, of German extraction. Mr. Iorns emigrated to Ohio with his parents in the spring of 1813; he was reared on a farm and received instruction in the rudimentary branches in the schools of the vicinity in |
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which he lived. On the 26th of November, 1826, Mr. Iorns was united in marriage with Eliza, daughter of Eli and Esther (Leaming) Foster, natives of New Jersey, but of English descent. The wife of our subject was born in Warren County Sept. 16, 1810. To them were born seven children, viz., Hannah, born June 12, 1830, now the wife of David J. James, to whom she was married July 28, 1853; James T. S., born Feb. 8, 1832; N. S., born Jan. 6, 1834, and, in 1856 was married to Sarah Dunham; Rebecca W., born Feb. 13, 1837, who became the wife of Capt. J. W. Martin, of Wheeling, Va., on the 11th of October, 1854; Henry F., born Sept. 3, 1839, and married Rebecca Bovey, of Welton, Iowa; Lemuel, born October 30, 1841, who married Elizabeth St. John, and Charles C., born Sept. 10, 1847, and married Jemima Ulm. Capt. J. W. Martin, late husband of Rebecca Iorns, was born Dec. 19, 1828, and, at the age of 18 years became a pilot on the Muskingum River, and, on reaching his majority, purchased a steamboat and went South and continued in that line of business until his death, which occurred Oct. 12, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Martin had born to them a daughter, Eliza L., Jan. 22, 1856; she was married to Joseph E., son of J. M. and Martha (Little) Hayner, Nov. 26, 1876, and to them were born two children, viz., Bessie L., born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1877, and J. Mont, born on Red River Dec 24, 1880. |
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