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 598] ASAPH PINGREY, deceased, had the honor to be one of the early settlers of Silver Township, Cherokee County, having located there in 1869. He was born July 21, 1799, and was a son of NATHANIEL and ANNA (ROBBINS) PINGREY. He was married March 9, 1841, to Miss H. C. JOHNSON, a daughter of JONATHAN and HANNAH (CENEDY) JOHNSON, natives of Salem, Massachusetts. For many years ASAPH PINGREY lived in Rutland County, Vermont. In 1855 he removed to Shiawassee County, Michigan, and lived there until 1869, when he came to Cherokee County, as before stated. He and his wife reared three children; Miss L. R. PINGREY, who resides on the homestead; W. M., of Woodson County, Kansas, and A. W. PINGREY. ASAPH PINGREY died June 26, 1880. His wife resides on the homestead in Pilot Township. A. W. PINGREY was born in Rutland County, Vermont, August 11, 1849. He is a son of ASAPH and H. C. (JOHNSON) PINGREY; when six years of age his parents removed to Shiawassee County, Michi- gan, where he spent his youth; his time was divided between attending the graded schools and attending to the duties usually devolving upon a farmer's son. In 1869 he came with his father to Cherokee County; they improved 700 acres of land in Silver Township. In 1883, after the death of the father, the family purchased their present farm in Pilot Township. Mr. PINGREY casts his suffrage with the Republican party. ===========================================================================