books, not at a dollar, but at whatever it costs to g-et it up, as I 

 see you are going- to the trouble and expense yourself, and when 

 you get it ready, send me one and I will send you the money. 

 Or still better — put one in your pocket and come and make us a 

 visit, and we will do our best to make it pleasant for you. 



. I came to the Osage ceded land in 1866. The Indians 

 were still here. The same year my wife died and left me a four- 

 teen months old girl baby to care for; she is now married. In 

 1874 I married the widow of an ex-soldier, she had a boy seven 

 years old, who is now married. We have a son. who lives on the 

 farm, while we live in Mound Valley. 



Adam McQuilling, Pasadena, California. 



After serving my term of enlistment, I was engaged in 

 farming for a few years; then with J. W. Page, for a partner, 

 kept a general store at Suez, 111., for a couple of years; then sold 

 my interest and returned to the farm. While at Suez, was mar- 

 ried to Miss Margaret J. Sedgwick. In 1875. sold the farm and 

 moved to Pasadena, Cal Pasadena, at that time, was a little 

 colony of about 30 families, who had settled there within the pre- 

 vious year. I purchased 10 acres, built a small house, planted an 

 orchard of oranges, lemons and a veriety of decidious fruits, and 

 to keei> the pot boiling, I secared the position of zanjero, or man- 

 ager of the irrigating system of the colony, a position I held for 

 ten years. When it was re-organized in 1882, as the Pasadena 

 Land & Water Co., I was elected a director, and a few years 

 later, president of the company, a position I have held ever since. 

 During the years 1884 and 1886, inclusive, I sold my land in town 

 lots and bought a large lot in another tract, built a comfortable 

 house on it, where we have lived up to the present time. Our 

 family consists of wife and daughter, son and son's wife. Pas- 

 adena has 25,000 population. I have served on school and library 

 boards, as city councilman, and am vice president of the 1st Na- 

 tional Bank, and director of the Pasadena Savings & Trust Co. 

 Ed Noonan, Cumming, Iowa. 



From the close of the war until 1900, I lived on a farm in 

 Madison county. In 18G5 was married. Since 1900 I have lived 

 a retired life in Gumming. 



