William MINTA was a native of England, and came to Garden Plain in 1839, and
settled on section 33. He had a large family of children, thirteen in all, but
all are dead except two sons, Dixon and Wesley, and one daughter Julia, who are
in California. Mr and Mrs MINTA both died of consumption as did the ten children.
Those now living are afflicted with the same fell disease. When the Methodist
Episcopal Church was erected in Garden Plain. Mr MINTA generously donated the
land upon which it is built, besides donating freely toward its construction.
He was a fervent Christian, and a man of irreproachable reputation.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 214
