Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Redmon, George T. 1845 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

GEORGE T. REDMON.

George T. Redmon is one of the substantial agriculturists of Highland township,
where he owns a farm of one hundred and forty acres; moreover, there is honor
due him as a veteran of the Civil war. He was one of those loyal sons of the
Union who in the hour of need and stress took up the cause of the dag and
offered his services to his country. He was born in Kentucky, April 6, 1845, his
parents being William C. and Maria (Johnston) Redmon, both natives of that
state, where they resided until their deaths. They had ten children, of whom six
are still living.

George T. Redmon was reared in his Kentucky home, attending the schools of the
neighborhood and remaining a member of his parents' household until seventeen
years of age, when he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-seventh Kentucky Mounted
Infantry. He served throughout the entire war, being most of the time on the
skirmish line, and was mustered out in Louisville. He then returned to private
life, remaining with his parents until 1867, when he moved to Wapello county,
where he worked for a year as a farm hand. At the end of that time he rented a
farm and for about thirty years continued as a renter, acquiring the means which
enabled him to buy the farm which he now owns. His property comprises one
hundred and forty acres and is in a high state of cultivation. It is improved
with a set of excellent buildings which are modern and adequately equipped. Mr.
Redmon has always been a leader in agricultural matters and has introduced new
standards to his section of the county. While he has attained substantial
independence he has given a valuable impetus toward development and has
furthered the general prosperity.

On November 25, 1869, Mr. Redmon married Miss Susan F. McClung, a native of
Indiana and a daughter of J. C. and Mary E. (Scott) McClung, the former a native
of Kentucky, and the latter of Indiana. They were married in Indiana and came to
Iowa in 1847, locating on a farm in Wapello county, where the father built a log
cabin with the proverbial clapboard roof and stick chimney and with a string
latch hanging out, its doors always open to his neighbors and friends, who ever
found in him a kind and hospitable host. There the parents resided until their
deaths. They had seven children, of whom four are yet living. Mr. and Mrs.
Redmon had six children: Arvel C., a graduate of Ottumwa Business College, now a
resident of Hedrick; Mary A., who died at the age of six years; Edith E., a
graduate of Ames College and formerly a school teacher, who married E. I. Dewell
of South Dakota, who was also graduated from Ames College and now follows
mercantile pursuits; Finkle L., a graduate of a business college in Quincy,
Illinois, and a merchant of Hedrick; Alice L., a graduate of the Cedar Falls
College and of the University of Chicago, an artist of exceptional ability, who
is now residing in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where she is art supervisor of schools;
and Jessie M., a graduate of the Cedar Falls College, who subsequently took a
business course in Des Moines and is now deputy county superintendent.

Mr. and Mrs. Redmon are members of the Christian church, and both take a deep
interest in its work. They are highly esteemed by all who know them and have
many friends in Highland township. Politically Mr. Redmon is a republican,
loyally supporting that party, and he has served as township trustee and school
director. Fraternally he is a member of the blue lodge of Masons, having filled
all of the chairs in the local organization, and he also belongs to Post No.
484, G. A. R.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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