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February 10, 2008
From History of Buena Vista County, Iowa
John and Sarah (Folsom) Heywood, the former a native of Massachusetts, born in 1824. He was reared in that state and in New Hampshire and later removed to Maine, where he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Folsom, a native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. For a time he worked in a factory in the east, but believing that the west offered greater opportunities to the ambitious man, he made his way to La Salle County, Illinois, and located on a farm, he and his brother-in-law each purchasing eighty acres of raw and undeveloped land. After improving and cultivating his tract for some years he purchased a farm near Tonica, La Salle County, where he made his home until 1884, when he removed to Buena Vista County, Iowa and purchased a farm of two hundred and forty acres, situated on section 35, Nokomis Township. This was an improved tract when it came into his possession and in due course of time he made it a valuable property. He spent his remaining years on the farm, passing away in December, 1896, while his wife departed this life in October, 1892. Their family numbered three children: Elizabeth, who was married and reared a family of nine children, Lucy, and the only son John.
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