James Talbot was born in Westmoreland county PA August 28. 1801, and settled in Jordan township early in 1835, where he still
resides. While in Pennsylvania he was engaged as a millwright, carpenter and joiner. In the summer of 1833 he started for the west in a flatboat, passing down the Yougheogeny to Pittsburg, thence by steamer down the Ohio
and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Peoria, he arrived at the latter town in 1834, and remained there until his removal to his present home. The journey by land being made in an ox-wagon driven by three yoke of cattle. After
his settlement in the west Mr. Talbot became a farmer, which occupation he successfully pursued many years.
He was married to Sarah Woods, of Westmoreland county, Pa., May 29, 1828. Children, John W., born, October 21, 1829 Mnry Jane, born November 15, 1831; Oliver, born December 18, 1833 , Hannah A., born March 26, 1836; Sarah, born July 8. 1838; Martha born February 10, 1840; Annetta, born May 21, 1842; James born December 25, 1844; Samuel. born May 26, 1848; Amelia H., born July 18, 1851. Of the children Mary Jane and Sarah died in childhood.
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James Talbott, farmer, section 2, Jordan Township, was born Dec. 25. 1846, on the same section where he is now a resident. He is the seventh child of his parents, James and Sarah (Woods) Talbott, who were among the pioneers of Jordan Township, of 1835, and. were the second permanent settlers in the township. Theirs was the first family to locate within "township 22," S. M. Coe, whose arrival preceded theirs by a few weeks being a single man. The father was active in the development and organization of the township and county. He was also one of the foremost members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which was the first religious society organized in Jordan Township, and he was one of the first members. Fuller details of the personal record of the parents may be found in connection with the sketch of Oliver Talbott.
Mr. Talbott lived with his parents on the homestead until their decease. In 1870, he bougnt 160 acres of land in Kansas, which he afterward exchanged with his father for the stock on the homestead and 80 acres of the place of which he is still the owner. The whole is under good tillage.
His marriage to Addie Green took place Sept. 23, 1884, at Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa. Mrs. Talbott is the daughter of Edward and Jane (Nelson) Green. Her parents were born in the State of New York, and later removed to Trumbull, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. They were there interested in farming four years, and at the expiration of that time they transferred their residence to Winnebago Co., Ill., settling on a farm in Roscoe Township. After five years they wept to Rock Co., Wis., where they were resident about a score of years. They made another removal to Iowa, and the father died in Butler County, Jan. 30, 1885, aged 68. The mother is passing her old age with her daughter in Jordan Township, aged 66 years. She has had three children, - Frank, Frederick and Mrs. Talbott, who is the youngest child. The latter was born Nov. 4, 1857, in Avon, Rock Co Wis. She was 11 years of age when her parents went to Clarksvine, Iowa. She obtained an available education, which she utilized in teaching, entering upon that vocation when she was 18 years of age in Butler County, and pursuing it as an occupation until she was married. Mr. Talbott is a Democrat and has held the school offices in his district.
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