(Page 327) DAVID DEVOL, b. Chatham, NY, 11/27/1805, son of Joshua and Martha (Gifford) Devol, of French extraction, and natives of Massachusetts. David was youngest of five children and the only one to survive to adulthood. David married Oct 20, 1830, in Canaan, NY, to Delia Roby, who was born in NY in 1812. They came west to Nauvoo, IL, then moved to Iowa in 1846. Children of David and Delia Devol are: George, deceased; Harriet wife of William N. Green of Council Bluffs, IA, died 1889; P.C. in Council Bluffs; Emily, Martha, David, Charles all deceased; Delia, wife of W.R. Vaughan of Omaha, Nebraska; and William, deceased. (Page 327) P.C. DEVOL, b. 1/10/1836, son of David and Delia (Toby) Devol. P.C. formed a partnership in 1883 with W.S. Wright, opening a jobbing house for 2 years, after which they entered into a stock company under the firm name of Rector, Wilhelmie & Co., at Omaha, Nebraska, transferring the jobbing department from Council Bluffs to Omaha, and leaving a tin and stove store in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mr Devol is president of the company and Mr Wright the secretary. They carry a large stock of hardware, tinware and stamped ware, and employ a large force of men in the jobbing house and on the road. P.C. Devol married in 1868 to Miss Catherine Swobe, b. NY state, daughter of Michael Swobe. They have 5 children: Hattie, Mary, Paul C., William Roy and Arthur (deceased). Mrs Devol was a teacher before her marriage. (Page 329) A.W. JOHNSON, b. Hillsboro, Washington Co, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1832, son of William and Mary (McFadden) Johnson, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively, and of Puritan and Irish ancestry. The father belonged to the old Johnson family of Indian war fame and was a soldier in the War of 1812. His kinsman was Colonel Richard M. Johnson of historical fame. A.W. Johnson was the 9th of 10 children of this family. He became a glove maker and tanner until 1870 when he moved to Iowa to farm. A.W. Johnson married in Ohio, Oct 4, 1854, Miss Ellen Harl, daughter of Tramel and Elizabeth (Wilson) Harl, natives of Virginia. Ellen Harl was born October 10, 1836, in Mt Vernon, Ohio. A.W. and Ellen Johnson are the parents of: Hamilton, deceased; Richard M., who died at age 19; George W a resident of Pottawattamie Co; William T. a resident of the same county; Charles M. b. May 15, 1865 and now residing in Custer County, NE; and Mary E. b. Feb 14, 1876 and is at her parental home. (Page 330) L.G. JONES, farmer of Rockford Township, b. Putnam Co, Indiana, Aug 8, 1841, son of Nathan and Abigail (Dewese) Jones, natives of Kentucky. L.G. Jones was the fifth child and youngest son of the family. L.G. married Elizabeth Martin on June 18, 1863, daughter of Raleigh and Elizabeth Martin, natives of Indiana who removed to Adair Co, Missouri and died there. Mrs. L.G. Jones was born Sept 5, 1841 and married L.G. at the age of 20. L.G. and Elizabeth had children: Elizabeth; Abigail b. Oct 21, 1866, wife of O.L. Lucas in Clay Center, Nebraska; David Walter, b. Feb 29, 1876, died 7 weeks after; and Melvil Curtice, b. Jan 3, 1879. (Page 331) JOHN G. TIPTON, attorney at law, Council Bluffs and Omaha, b. Fulton Co, Illinois 1849. Educated at Abingdon in Illinois graduating college in 1871. He went to the Black Hills and was there when the first court was held in that district, at which court Judge Bennett presided. He located at Council Bluffs immediately on his return, and has been engaged in law in this city and in Omaha, Nebraska. John G. was the son of John Tipton (killed by a falling tree March 23, 1869 in Fulton Co). His mother Eliza Crawford Tipton died in Pottawattamie County July 21, 1879 while visiting her children. John G. Tipton had siblings: Samuel S. Tipton a publisher in NY City; Thompson Tipton in Chicago; Mary Tipton Swigert in Illinois; Hannah Tipton Combs in Burlington Kansas; Sarah Tipton Swigert and Lydia Tipton Ramsey in Illinois; and sister Mrs N.H. Meeker in Greenwood, Nebraska. John G. married Annetta Bryant, daughter of William Bryant and niece of Judge A.S. Bryant.