| E.B. Bascomb |
| E. B. Bascomb,
proprietor of livery and feed barn, was born in Newport
N. H. in 1833. He came to Iowa in April, 1855, and
located at Lansing, and was engaged in contracting and
building until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he
enlisted in Co. K, 5th Iowa Infantry, being the first man
to enlist from Lansing. He was in a number of battles,
some of the prominent ones being Booneville, Island No.
10, New Madrid, Corinth, siege of Corinth, Iuka, Fort
Gibson, battle of Vicksburg, Mission Ridge and others. He
served until the close of the war, and returned to
Lansing and embarked in the lumber trade. He sold his
business in 1871 to his partner, Mr. S. O. Smith, and for
some time there after was contracting with the railroad
company. He has since been in various businesses, buying
and selling grain and livestock, and for several years
was a dealer in drugs and medicines. In 881 he purchased
his present stock of livery of Huffschmidt and continues
to manage the same. He married in 1855 Miss Mary Rogers,
who was born in Goshen, N. H.; they have two children,
Mary E. and Ada. pg 478-479 |