Mrs. Elizabeth MACKLAND from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa"

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Mrs. ELIZABETH MACKLAND, of Boomer Township, was born in Cheshire, 
England, October 24, 1832, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Harrison) 
Bardsley, parents also natives of the Albion Isle. Her father was a 
weaver by trade.  The family comprised eight children: Thomas, William, 
Mary, Martha, Joseph, Robert, Margaret and John, all of whom are now 
deceased.  Mr. Bardsley, being the fifth child, was born July 15, 1800, 
was brought up in the trade of his father, but as soon as convenient 
he learned the trade of boot and shoe making.  His wife, born July 10, 
1810, was the daughter of John and Martha Harrisen, natives of 
England.  Mr. Harrison was a mechanic and machinist, and his children 
were: Samuel, Hannah, John, Mary, Elizabeth, William and Joseph, 
besides one deceased.  Mrs. M. Bardsley, being the second child, was 
married in 1830, and remained a resident of the old home until she 
died, March 7, 1844, leaving three children, -- Mary and Martha, both 
deceased, and Elizabeth, the subject of this sketch.  After the death 
of the mother, the father remained in England until 1850, when he 
sailed from Liverpool for America, landing at New Orleans, after a 
voyage of eleven weeks.  He proceeded to St. Louis, and to Kanesville 
(now Council Bluffs), and finally located in Keg Creek, where he was 
a resident until 1855; but in 1852 he married Mrs. Bettie Handbury, 
and in 1854 bought 200 acres of land in Neola Township, and began to 
make a home.  After making many improvements he died, December 20, 
1860, leaving his wife and three children: John is a merchant in Neola 
Township; Charles is still on the old home place, and a thrifty 
farmer; and Thomas is practicing law in Walnut.  Mrs. Bardsley is still 
living, near her eldest daughter, and she has accumulated considerable 
property.

March 26, 1852, when twenty years of age, Elizabeth married John 
Mackland, the son of Thomas and Ann (Union) Mackland, natives of 
England: father a brick-maker by trade, and in his family were ten 
children: Maria, John, Eliza, Ellen, Henry, Elizabeth, Phoebe and 
three others.  John Mackland was born in 1829, brought up in his 
father's trade, which he followed to some extent after his arrival 
in this country.  Purchasing 160 acres of land in Neola Township, he 
continued to make many valuable improvements as a foundation for a 
comfortable home; but in 1865 he moved into Boomer Township and bought 
a tract of land on section 34, which is now the old home place.  Here 
be began anew, in a wild, unbroken prairie, with only a log cabin and 
a few acres of sod turned.  In a few years he was enabled to put up a 
good frame house.  He planted shade trees, etc., and made a fine 
residence.  He died October 4, 1876, leaving a wife and eight children. 
The latter are: Anna, born in 1853, now the wife of John Laythem, and 
residing in Neola; Joseph, born in 1855, and now residing in Boomer; 
Emma, born in 1858, is now Mrs. John McGill, of Council Bluffs; 
Thomas, born in 1860, and residing in Boomer; William Henry, born in 
1862, still at home; Mary Ellen, born in 1865, is the wife of Henry 
Page, and living in Boomer; Elizabeth, born in 1868, now at home; and 
Phoebe, born in 1870, is married to Jefferson Sigler, a resident of 
Boomer Township.

Mr. Mackland was a decided Democrat, a man who took an interest in 
benevolent societies, and earned a good reputation by his integrity of 
character.  He was, as Mrs. Mackland still is, a member of the Church 
of Latter-Day Saints, being, zealous in the principles of that 
denomination.

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biography, please write to the Pottawattamie County Genealogical
Society at:

PO Box 394
Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0394

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