PETER IKERD,  a native of Shawswick Township, born December 18, 1835, the
second of nine children of Jesse and Eliza A. (Smith) Ikerd, passed his
youth on his father's farm.  His schooling was very limited, though by
improving his time he mastered the rudiments.  November 15, 1855, at the
early age of twenty years, he married Mary E. Root, and to this union six
children were born, four of whom are now living:  Jesse A., who married
Cansada Spears;  Florence I., who married James L. Starr;  Sadie J. and
Julius O.  Mr. Ikerd has secured a competency  by hard work, good management
and good habits.   His occupation has been the foundational one of farming,
and he now has 212 acres, a large, fine farm.  He and wife are members of
the Christian Church.  He is a Republican and takes an appreciative interest
in politics and in all matters that tend to better the community in which he
lives.


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