Obrien-Clay County IA Archives Biographies.....Algyer, David 1849 - 
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Algyer, David. Resides at Paullina, Iowa; born April 5, 1849, at Amsterdam, N.
Y., a son of David and Elizabeth Selmser Algyer, who were each born in Fulton
County, N. Y., in 1811. Married Marie S. Gowan November 17, 1874; five children
are as follows: Durwin Ray, Helen M., Edith M., Harold M., and Malcolm D.
Enlisted at Albany, N. Y., April 4, 1865, in Company A, One Hundred and
Fifteenth Volunteer Infantry, and June 17, 1865, was transferred to Company A,
Forty-seventh New York Volunteer Infantry, Second Brigade, Second Division,
Tenth Army Corps. Served in no engagements; in the summer of 1865, under
provisional government of Gov. Holden, was engaged in camp duty and guarding
property at Raleigh, N. C.; by exposure contracted asthma in swamps of North
Carolina and Virginia, and has suffered with the disease since; discharged
August 30, 1865, at Raleigh, N. C. Settled in O'Brien County, February 25, 1872;
afterwards resided a short time in Clay County, and returning to this county,
has resided here since; original settlement was on S. W. 1/4 Sec. 10, Grant
Township. Member Congregational Church at Primghar and later of the Presbyterian
at Paullina; A. F. & A. M.; Royal Arch Masons, and formerly member G. A. R. at
Primghar; County Superintendent of Schools, 1882 to 1886 inclusive; County
Coroner 1890 to 1895. Now engaged in practice of law at Paullina, Iowa.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS
Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa
COMPILED BY
Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer
Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA
1909


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