Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Thurston, J R 1833 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 July 25, 2009, 5:51 pm Author: Western Publishing Company J. R. Thurston. proprietor of the Onawa House, was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., in 1833; removed to Cass county, Ia., in 1856; thence to Onawa in 1860, and engaged in farming, until 1877, when he engaged in the mercantile business, which he sold in 1881, and engaged in his present business. He was married in 1855, and has five children. Additional Comments: History of Western Iowa, Monona County section. 1882. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/thurston1095gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb