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Rev. William McIntosh
Rev. William McIntosh, clergyman of the Christian Church and farmer in Section 2, Township 32, Range 20, P. O. Parsons. His farm consists of 610 acres of fine improved land. He came to Kansas March 24, 1870, and settled where he now resides. He was born in Darke County, Ohio, October 15, 1820. Is a son of John and Sarah (Polly) McIntosh, the father of Pennsylvania, and the mother of Kentucky, both, with their parents, settled in Ohio, where they grew to man and womanhood, and married. William lived in Ohio some sixteen years, then, with his parents, moved to Wayne County, Ind., where he grew to manhood, and, when twenty-five years of age, began studying for the ministry. May 25, 1845, he married Miss Jane Harlan, a native of Darke County, Ohio, born March 6, 1831. Her parents were of Kentucky, and settled in Darke County at an early day. She was a daughter of N. B. and Sallie (Anderson) Harlan. William and family moved to Lee County, Iowa, and resided some sixteen years. He was engaged in farming and merchandising. He commenced life a poor man, and by his industry and good management now stands as one of the foremost men of Labette County. Mrs. McIntosh died in 1881, leaving a family of eight children - J. M., N. H., V. K., M. J., J. I., C. J., A.E., E. E., having lost two — Z. B. and F. Mr. McIntosh married a secondtime, January 23, 1883, Mrs. B. Allen.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2