John Magill (1824 - 1900)

Born 5 Oct 1824 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Mar 1900 at age 75 in Benton County, Iowa, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

John Magill was born in Mifflin Co., Pa on October 5, 1824. He was the son of John Magill and Catherine Hanawalt. The 1850 census of Mifflin shows him as the head and his brothers and sister are with him. On Mar 11, 1852, he married Nancy Jane Taylor in Pennsylvania. He participated in the Civil War for the Union and recieved a pension.

John passed away on March 15, 1900 and is buried in Van Horne, Benton Co. Iowa in Salem Cemetery.

Sources

• Portrait and Biographical Album of Benton Co. IowaChapman Brothers, 1887; p 254:

JOHN MAGILL, farmer, residing on section 28, Benton Township, was born in Mifflin County, Pa., Oct. 5, 1824, and is a son of John and Catherine (Hanowalt) Magill, natives of Pennsylvania. His father was a farmer, born April 8, 1792, and lived in the above-named county till his death, which took place Dec. 15, 1864. His mother was born July 22, 1798 and died Nov. 3, 1832. Our subject was born and reared on a farm, remaining at home until his removal to this State. In the spring of 1855, together with his family, he emigrated to Benton County, Iowa, and located in Eden Township, where he bought 100 acres of land, but which he sold in a very short time. He then moved to Benton City and began working in a sawmill as a tail-sawyer. In 1859 he spent one summer in traveling, starting for the gold regions, but meeting so many returning from there, he turned his face southward. In 1860 he came back to Benton County, and that year worked a farm in Eden Township. In the spring of 1861 he returned to Benton City, but soon afterward enlisted in Co. G, 5th Iowa Vol. Inf., and served until October 1862, when he was discharged on account of disease of the lungs, contracted while in the service. Returning home he remained about two years when he bought the place where he now lives, consisting of sixty acres of land, which at that time was unimproved, but which he has since converted into a good farm. Mr. Magill was united in marriage March 11, 1850 [probably 1851] to Nancy J. Taylor, and they are the parents of six children: William C., Martha J., Amanda J. and Mary E., twins; Sarah Emily and John A. Mr. Magill is an old resident of Benton County and knows much of the hardships of pioneer life.

• 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Oliver, Mifflin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 797; Page: 327a

John Magill 23 George Magill 26 Martha Magill 23 Joseph Magill 17

• U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Roll number: 309

John Magill Gender: Male Unit: G 5 Iowa Infantry Filing Date: 23 Dec 1872 Place Filed: Iowa, USA Relation to Head: Soldier Spouse: Nancy J Magill

• Salem Cemetery (2 mile SE of Van Horne)

John Magill Oct 5 1824 Mar 15, 1900

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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