Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 599-600] A. M. MAPES, deceased, was one of the favorably known and highly esteemed citizens of Pilot Township. He was born in Orange County, New York, April 1, 1816, and is a son of PARTIAL and MARIA MAPES. When a lad seven years of age his parents removed to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared to farm life, attending the district school during the winter season. He was married July 4, 1845, at Elmira, New York, to ELEANOR BAKER. By this marriage one daughter was born, MARY E., wife of JESSE McCURRY, of silver Township. After his marriage Mr. MAPES resided in Chemung County, New York. Mrs. ELEANOR MAPES died February 16, 1848. Mr. MAPES was married December 9, 1849, to Miss ANN F. MILLER, of Chemung County, New York, a daughter of HIRAM B. and MARY ANN (RUSSELL) MILLER. HIRAM B. MILLER came to this county in 1867, and lived here several years; he then removed to Nebraska, and died there July 12, 1881. His widow died July 5, 1882, at the resi- dence of her daughter, Mrs. MAPES. A. M. MAPES removed from Chemung County, New York, to Allegany County, New York, and in 1863 he went to Rush County, Indiana; at the end of two years he went to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and in 1867 he came to Cherokee County and took a homestead of eighty acres, which he improved and made his home until his death, which occurred July 26, 1883. He left a widow and one son to mourn his loss. Politically he affiliated with the Republican party. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for twenty-nine years, serving as steward, class-leader, and as trustee. E. L. MAPES, a leading agriculturist of Pilot Township, has been a resident of Cherokee County since his fifteenth year. He was born in Chemung County, New York, August 12, 1853, and is a son of A. M. and ANN E. (MILLER) MAPES. He grew to manhood as Iowa was developing from a wild Territory to a cultivated and prosperous State. January 1, 1879, our subject was united in marriage to Miss MARY L. HUTCHINS, of Cherokee County. She was born in Winnebago County, Illinois, and is a daughter of HENRY and SARAH HUTCHINS. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. MAPES: LEWIS C., LAWRENCE E. and MINNIE E. The MAPES farm contains 120 acres of land in a high state of cultivation; there is a comfortable house, good buildings for the protection of live-stock and grain, and two acres of fine grove. Mr. MAPES affiliates with the Republican party. ===========================================================================