Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 30 May 2003

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ELI F. IORNS, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Nov. 20, 1830; his father, John Irons, emigrated from New Jersey to Ohio with his parents, Samuel and Rebecca (Gibbs) Irons, in 1816, and located in Warren County about two miles southeast of Lebanon, on the farm now occupied by Samuel Irons, Esq. He here married Abiah Foster, also a native of New Jersey, who emigrated to Ohio with her parents subsequent to 1816. Our subject received his education in the schools of Warren County; he was married, in Warren Co., Iowa, Jan. 29, 1857, to Miss Martha Bovey, a native of Morrow Co., Ohio, by whom he had two children – Abiah, deceased, and Amanda M., who lives on the farm with her parents. In 1875, Mr. Irons was appointed Superintendent of the County Infirmary, and served in this capacity to the entire satisfaction of the directors and people until 1881, when he tendered his resignation of the office. With the exception of the six years thus spent, he has passed the whole of his life as a farmer, in which he has been eminently successful; he and his wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he is a Deacon.