Warren County Iowa Genealogical Society

 

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    Emily LACY

    B-D: April 13, 1827-May 16, 1902
    Spouse: Joseph T. LACY 1826-1903
    Children: Addis F. LACY 1856-1931
    Burial: IOOF Cemetery Indianola,
    Iowa

    Joseph T. and Emily LACY moved into the White Breast Township in May of 1854. They bought several hundred acres one mile west of Lacona and christened all surrounding territory “Lacona Prairie”. Joseph had been born in Durham, Canada of English ancestry. He was educated at Hanover and Lebanon Liberal Institute in New Hampshire where he taught school until becoming a lawyer. Emily had been educated at Marietta College, Ohio. They moved from their farm to Indianola in 1875.  (Source - Chronology of the early settlers of White Breast Township and Lacona compiled by Edith HEEMSTRA and John FORD sometime around 1980.)