This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Headlee, Johns Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Blh.2ACEB/354 Message Board Post: This is from the Pottawattamie genweb page. It's a bio for Joseph Headlee. Joseph Headlee, the oldest living settler of Valley Township, is descended from an old American family who came to Pennsylvania from England in an early day. Joshua HEADLEE, the grandfather of Joseph, was a pioneer settler in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and was the father of four children: Elisha, Thomas, Amos, and Susan. The father moved to Indiana about 1830, settling in Rushville, where he bought a farm and remained twelve years. In 1840 he settled in Lee County, Iowa, where he died at the age of eighty years. He was industrious and honorable man and was respected by the community in which he lived. His son, Elisha, the father of our subject, was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and in early life became a farmer, but like most American farmers was accustomed to the use of tools and could do almost any kind of work. He was married in his native state to Dorothea JOHNS, daughter of James JOHNS, of Greene County and of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Mr. JOHNS was a wealthy farmer of Greene County and was a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Elisha HEADLEE were the parents of eight children: George, Joseph, James, Jackson, William, Sarah J., Nancy A., and Dorothea. The father moved to Indiana with his father and their family settled on a farm near Rushville, where they remained until 1840 when they came to Iowa. There is more of this bio that can be found on the Pottawattamie genweb page http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/Bios1891-H.htm