(P. 675) EDMOND LATHAN, b. Elk River, Clay Co, Indiana, 1824, son of John and Nancy (Bollarhide) Lathan, natives of North Carolina. Edmond married Nancy Reel, daughter of William A. and Sarah (Reel) Reel, of Irish ancestry. Mr and Mrs Lathan had 9 children, six living, namely: John William in Colorado; Mrs Martha Aldridge in Nebraska; Joseph Riley in Monroe Co Iowa; Mary Etta wife of George Cox of Missouri Valley; Anna wife of Silas Jones of Monona County; Edmond who resides in Nebraska. Mrs Lathan died in 1859 at age 35, and Mr Lathan married again in 1861 to Mrs Jessie Martin, nee Underwood, who was born in Scotland; they have four children: Nancy Ann wife of G.L. Brown in Washington Twp; Samuel engaged in the timber business in Butte, Montana; Harrison at home; and Jessie, also at home. (P. 677) W.S. QUICK, b. Rickingham Co, Virginia, August 1818, son of William Quick and Elizabeth (Trout) Quick. He was 7 years old when his parents removed to Licking Co, Ohio; William and five brothers drew by hand a light wagon loaded with household goods. W.S. married in 1856 and came to Iowa, then went to Pike's Peak with an ox team in search of gold; then freighted from Des Moines to Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to Denver; engaged in the livery business in Omaha, Nebraska. He finally settled to farm life in 1881, with his wife Angeline (Effinger) Quick; they have two children: Elias Jefferson in partnership with his father; and Cornelius S., a banker at Indianola, Red Willow County, Nebraska. Mrs Quick died 1885, and W.S. remarried 1889 to Amelia Hampton, and by this marriage there are 2 children: Gertrude and Howard. Elias J. Quick of Nebraska was born in Licking Co, Ohio, and came to Iowa at age 11 with his parents, and was 14 years old when he went to Denver. He married in February 1873 to Miss Elizabeth Thomas, b. Wales, daughter of John and Elizabeth Thomas, and they have 8 children: Anna Caravena; George; Cornelius; Tilly; William T.; Jay; Elizabeth; and Mabel. (P. 684) GEORGE H. OSBORN b. Frederick Co, Virginia, son of George Osborn and Amelia Gordon Osborn. In March 1846, he married Eliza Grant, daughter of John and Rebecca (Fulton) Grant, from Pennsylvania before the War of 1812. Mr and Mrs Osborn moved to St Joseph Missouri for five years, and in 1865 moved to Iowa. His children are: Ella, wife of William King of Hazel Dell Twp; John L. who also resides in Hazel Dell Twp; Alcinda, now Mrs William Triplet of Buffalo Co, Nebraska; and George C. resident of Hazel Dell. (P. 690) ALEXANDER M. HUFF, b. Henderson Co, Illinois, May 1845, son of Lewis Huff and Susan (Palmer) Huff, grandson of John Huff, a native of North Carolina and father of 22 children. Alexander Huff came to Council Bluffs with his father and was married in Omaha, Nebraska in 1866 to Ella Doran, daughter of John Doran, a native of Nova Scotia. Mr and Mrs Huff had six children: Mary, Lewis, Ford, Eva, Katie and Daisy. (P. 692) ISAAC G. CARTER, b. February 1830, son of Alvin Carter and Nancy (Clark) Carter. To Alvin and Nancy of Muskingum Co, Ohio, were born Isaac G.; Henry B.; Washington; William; Hugh; and Mary A. Mr Carter died very suddenly at the early age of 30 years from exposure; and his wife died within two weeks from exposure in taking care of the stock on the farm. At age 12, Isaac was then left an orphan, and the little family of six orphan children were scattered. Isaac was brought up by William Evans, a wealthy Irishman, who treated him kindly. Isaac married Lucinda Dowell, daughter of George and Grace (Helms) Dowell, of German descent. Mr Carter learned the carpenters trade early in life and followed this profession as a contarctor and builder. (He served in the Civil War, a the text from his discharge paper is included in the bio.) After the War, he lived on a farm in Iowa for 4 years, then went to Platte County, Nebraska, where he lived until 1872, and went to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. He is Chaplain of the Anti-Horse Thief Society at Hancock, Iowa. Mr & Mrs Carter are the parents of 10 children, 7 living: Harry A., Charles, George, Henrietta, Eva, Ida, Jennie, Howard, Flora and Hugh.