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Certificate of Birth Registration
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there is recorded in Book No.__ii—.image No --- BSA
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in the office of Fayette County Clerk of District Court, West
Union, Iowa, Record of Birth, as follows:
Name -------- LarindAI_Mae__PIltftr=rL--__— Sex.Eem&3A
Born in ------------------ aelwein____ Fayette County, Iowa��
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Name of Father -_-_______$QIlO_ F.__P9_tte.Tn—_----____-- E I
Maiden Name of Mother__poi'Atby_j 9-k§t<ttkoh_-_________ is
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF: I have hereunto set my hand and 6
affixed the seal of said Court in my office in West Union,__
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Fayette County, thislAtllday Of___ ll_g_L'gh_____-_A. D.
_ - Clerk of the -Vistrict Court
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Nance and kind of dneumrnt, and by wham inued and sitned was made
I Marriage Record, Rook 1}, page -14d lar. 23,.19:46
7 Baptisms] Record May F2r 191'7
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;XND zEM' N. TOUTSCII.
One of the progressive farmers anti well-known citizens of Smithfield
township, Fayette county, was :lndre%v N. Toutsch, tvlto, like many of the
most thrifty and enterprising citizens of this locality, was of Gernum birth,
lie having first seen the light of clay ill life fatherland in 1853, the sun of Nick
T. and Catherine (Wi.imith) Toutsi-b. The father died in his native country
71t the age of seventy-one years. The mother cattle to .\illerica and is living
at Elkader, Iowa, at the age of sevenly-four years. The subject of this sketch
resided in the United States since 1872. The first six ),cars of his life here
were silent in Elkader. then Ile lived for six years at Strawberry Point, Iowa,
then returned to Elkader and engaged in the produce traffic for several years,
then cattle to Fayette county. I -le was married in t89t to Marcella Snedigar,
danghler of Fielding and A]iranda (I iayes) Suedigar. I lei• father was horn
in Pike county, Al issouri, March 27, 1822, and her mother in Montgomery
county, Alissouri. May 5. 182.1. in 184.1 Mr. Snedigar cattle west, locating in
Iowa county, Wisconsin, anti cugaged in alining lltitil 1847, when he removed
to jo Daviess county, Illinois, and engaged in lumber traffic until 1851, in
which year he cattle to Iowa anti settled. in Clayton county, being employed
there by a milling company. In 1861 he embarked in lite mercantile business,
which Ice prosecuted until 1868, then settled on a farm in Smithfield town-
ship, Fayette coun(y, so well known as the "Corn Hill harm." Two saw -mills
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at different tittles were located alid operated on this place, and on this farm
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was an old tavern kept by a Mr. Hendrickson, who formerly owned the farm.
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United States mail carriers changed horses Isere and many travelers shared
its tl0spitallty tilldays. Mrs.
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111 old Toutsch's .father kept a store at Elkader
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the years of lite Civil war, and lie was postmaster there, keeping the
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ollice in his store. Ile was a successful merchant and he made many friends
amoeig his
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customers I)v his madly acts of kindness silown his patrons during
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the trying (lays of the war. I•le was justice of the peace for many years. His
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death occurred at Elkader in 1882, and ill this place his willow is still living,
having reached the advanced age of eighty-six years. They were the parents
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of seven children. named as follows: James At., burn September 8, 1842;
I?dwar►I, horn Qctulwl' 10, 1844; Martha .1. (Airs. Sterns) was born :\pril 4,
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194o; frena A. (Mrs. Ct:mdel) was born .lugast 2,3, 185 [ ; Henry F. was
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born February lo, 18 4 ; George Al. was Imm April 8 18-6 • Alar
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was august 1o, 1862. Mrs. Toutsch's grandparents, Robert and '.Mary
(Butler) Snedigar, were natives of 110111.11011 county, Kentucky, and were
the parents of thirteen children. They emigrated from that state to Pike
county Alissouri, in
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iM and there lived until Mr. Snedigar's death in W1i3,
:Mrs.;:Touts[h'5i tllotlier: vas aF. great -graft jdauglitg�; of.zDjj ir;�ic,1 q,:I She
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had two brothers who served in the Civil war, James Af. in the one-lltt11dred-
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day service, and Edward D., who enlisted in 1862 in Company D, Twenty-
first Iowa Volunteer infantry. was ill thirteen engagements and was with Sher-
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Infill oil his march ((1 the seil.
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Mr. and Mrs. Toutsch began their married life at 1:Ikader, then moved
on her father's well-known homestead farm, of which they owned three hun-
dred and twenty-nine acres, which Nil-. Toutsell greatly improved in every re-
spect until toda�• it racks with the choice farms of the county, just as it did
in lite ea rIv dans, the soil having been sti skillfully tilled that it has not !otic
achy of its original Strength. In 1899 he built a modern and attractive resi-
dence mid remodeled the hand. These buildings stand oil- an eminence, covered
with a line growth of Cliffs and other native timber. beautiful pines and many
va rietics of sl11•nbberv. giving the place a picturesque appearance, indicating
111.11 it is tine of the old historic places of this locality.
!11r. Toutsch was known as a very enterprising and successful farmer,
using exceptionally good judgment in his general farming and stork raising.
I le kept a good grade of stock of all kinds and fed for cite market, and, being
a splendid judge of livestock and knowing how to properly care for them,
he found very really sales fora]] lie had to offer. Air. Toutsch's death occurred
0n august 7, 1910, after all illness of but a week, and he was buried in the
Fayette cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Toutsch became the parents of four children, named as
follows: \larshall, born in 18 3 ; 6 • • /lr"tl 01�
•e),ioni�}.;t8� Ilcnry, Ixlrn in t�I �•,'
1114)9; liessic was horn in 1903 ane) tiled when six weeks old. The oldest J�(�
child, Marshall. attended a normal school ill :lustill, \iiffnesola, the winter
of 19o9 and 1910 and look a course in civil engineering along with other
studies, and he matte a splendid record in that instilution. The other chil-
dren have received g.,.al edtncatiulls is file home schools.
Mr. Toutsch gave ili; political allegiance to the Democratic party, while
ill religion he gave faithful support to the Catholic church.
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