Ran across these while researching, thought someone might be able to use them. Biographies, beginning with S, History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882 Transcribed by Sally Scarff <sallyb@mhtc.net> and Marlene Chaney <MChaney514@aol.com> for the USGenWeb Archives. Submitted August 2000 by Roxanne Barth <rlbarth@students.wisc.edu>, IAGenWeb Allamakee County Coordinator. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb *********************************************************************** History of Clayton County Iowa 1882 Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1882 Reprinted by: Monona Historical Society, Monona, Iowa Reproduction by: Unigraphics, Inc., 1401 North Fares Ave, Evansville, Indiana 47711, 1975 S Garnavillo Twp. -- Benjamin Sackett, farmer, section 16, Garnavillo Township, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., in 1799, where he lived until 1855, when he came to Clayton County, and settled on his present farm. He was married to Thalia Moulton, who was born in Connecticut, in 1802. Mr. and Mrs. Sackett have had six children, all of whom are deceased; four of their children grew to maturity, viz,: Achsah, who married Samuel Carter; Henry, Sarah R., and Mary E. Mr. Sackett has a fine farm of 300 acres. History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p.807 Garnavillo Twp. -- Lysander A. Sackett, farmer, section 7, Garnavillo Township, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., in 1820, where he lived till ten years of age, when he removed with his parents, Moses and Cordelia (Fox) Sackett, to Ohio, where they resided until their death. In 1844 L. A. Sackett went to the State of Illinois, and in 1849 to California, where he lived till 1868, engaged in mining and lumbering. He came to Clayton County in 1869, and settled on a farm which he had purchased in 1856, when he returned temporarily from California. He bought his present farm in 1870. His wife, Harriet Colton, was born in Ohio. They have three daughters--Lottie, born in California in 1860; Hattie, born in Michigan in 1865, and Nellie, born in 1870. Mr. Sackett's farm contains eighty acres of finely cultivated land. History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 807 Kari Roehl