| James Briar |
| James Briar, P. O.
Box Rossville; farmer, sec. 27; son of James and Margaret
Briar; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1839, where he
remained till, in 1855, he came to Iowa, stopping in the
northern part of this township. In August 1862, he
enlisted in Co. A, 27th Ia. Inf., participating in most
of the battles in which the company was engaged, till the
close of the war. He then returned home, and was married
the same year to Miss Sarah Gates. She was born in
Decatur Co., Ind.; they have seven children: Wm. H.,
Samuel D., Joseph A., Julia A., James E., Charles S. and
Delia M., and have lost one daughter, Eliza. Mr. B. moved
to his present farm of 160 acres in 1876. It is a good
farm, well improved, with good buildings upon it, and
worth $40 per acre. pg 476 |