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JOHN BOTHWELL, farmer, Rome Twp., Sec. 14; P.O. Olin; born in Scotland in 1822; came to America in 1822, and to Iowa in 1860; bought eighty acres; now owns 50 acres: at present time, lives in Shelby Co., with his son. His wife, Caroline Seely, was born in New York in 1839; came to Iowa in 1837; married in 1847; of the children, four are dead and seven are living and settled in the West; but two are at home.
Source: History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 643.
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