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Last updated July 14, 2014|
The first marriage in Hilton township in Iowa Co, IA was the marriage of John and Sarah by
Judge Wallace in the year 1855. John was the son of Samuel Thornton the first settler in Hilton.
The First Christian Church of Marengo was organized in March 1864. John and his wife Sarah
were among the members who organized the church. John served in the Civil war. Co. C,4th Iowa
Inf. G.A.R. Marker. He went in Oct 12,1861, discharged June 21, 1862. He had problems with
his lung after discharge. His papers say disabled. See paper work on the pension Sarah collected after his death. |