Clinton County IA Archives Biographies.....Spain, Cornelius 1840 - 
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Source: History of Clinton County
Author: History of Clinton County

CORNELIUS SPAIN, farmer, Sec. 33, P.O. Box Charlotte; was born near Montreal, 
Canada, in 1840; came to Clinton County with his parents, Cornelius and 
Margaret Spain, and settled in Waterford Township. In 1875, Mr. Spain married 
Miss Margaret, daughter of Alexander and Jane Stuart, early settlers of 
Waterford Township; they have one child, Mary Jane; in 1875 Mr. Spain was 
elected a member of the Board of Township Trustees, an office he has held up 
to this time, being the chairman of the Board at this time; has also filled 
various offices; in all public enterprises he has taken an active part. 
Cornelius and Margaret are members of the Immaculate Conception Church at 
Petersville. Mr. Spain owns 152 acres of well improved land; he is a Democrat. 
Mr. Spain's father died in 1871; his mother is still living. 

Clinton County Biographical Sketches, Waterford Township, Wolfe's History of 
Clinton County, Iowa, Volume 2, page 721 



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