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View Tree for Abraham A. RizorAbraham A. Rizor (b. 04 Mar 1817, d. 26 Jan 1905)

Abraham A. Rizor (son of Abraham Rizor and Elizabeth Fivecoat Knight) was born 04 Mar 1817 in Cadiz Twp, Harrison Co, Ohio, and died 26 Jan 1905 in Marion Co Iowa. He married Margaret Ann Jordan on 1842.

 Includes NotesNotes for Abraham A. Rizor:
History of Marion County, Iowa 1881

"RIZOR, A.--FARMER AND STOCK-RAISER, SEC. 23, P.O. KNOXVILLE. THE SUBJECT OF THIS SKETCH WAS BORN IN HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO, MARCH 4,1817, WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL HE ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINE YEARS, WHEN HE REMOVED WITH HIS FATHER, A. RIZOR , TO HOLMES COUNTY WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL 1852. CAME TO IOWA, LOCATING IN WARREN COUNTY, WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING SPRING, AND REMOVED TO MARION COUNTY, WHERE HE HAS SINCE RESIDED. HE WAS MARRIED IN MARCH, 1842, TO MISS MARGARET ANN JORDAN, OF OHIO. BY THIS UNION THEY HAVE HAD SEVEN CHILDREN, FOUR OF WHOM ARE LIVING: MARY ELIZABETH (DECEASED), ELIZABETH, SARAH JANE (DECEASED), RAPHAEL, MARY, JOSIAH, DAVID CHESTER. MR. RIZOR'S FARM CONSISTS OF 137 ACRES, SEVENTEEN OF WHICH ARE TIMBER. HE HAS A FINE ORCHARD; HIS HOME IS PLEASANTLY SITUATED AND INDICATES COMFORT AND PROSPERITY. HAS TAKEN AN ACTIVE PART IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF HIS DISTRICT. HIMSELF AND FAMILY ARE CLOSELY IDENTIFIED WITH THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF KNOXVILLE, AND ARE AMONG ITS LIBERAL PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS."

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