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HAMPTON, ANDREW, far., Sec. 1; P. O. Primrose; owns 182 acres, valued at $6,500; he was born July 17, 1823, in Warren Co., Ohio; his parents moved to Wayne Co., Ind., when he was about 2 or 3 years old; in the spring of 1845, he came to Lee Co.; the next year, he entered a part of the farm he still owns, and returned to Indiana, where he married Rachel M. Rich May 20, 1847; she was born Sept. 28, 1826, in Wayne Co., Ind.; the following fall, they came to Iowa and settled on their land. Mr. Hampton has filled most of the important offices of his township. They have three children living — Mary D., Samuel R. and Anna D.; have lost three — Annie E., who died in infancy; Dorrence D. and Abraham L., who were educated at the Howe School at Mt. Pleasant; each followed teaching for a year or two with the best success, but, both having a preference for journalism, engaged in that business; Dorrence D. first entered the office of the Denison Review, in Crawford Co., to learn the printer’s trade; from there he went to Iowa Falls and became a partner in the Sentinel office; married there Miss Leah Jones, in May, 1875; in July, of the same year, he sold his interest in the Sentinel, removed to Jackson, Mo., and purchased an interest in the Cash-Book, the following December becoming sole proprietor; he was a very popular editor, gaining many friends among journalists as well as the patrons of his paper, but, amidst his prosperity, he was stricken down by disease and died Oct. 28, 1876, in the 24th year of his age, lamented by a loving companion and fond parents. Abraham L. in May, 1876, first entered the office of the Gentry County Chronicle, in Missouri, as a partner; disposing of his interest, he afterward founded the Brookfield Gazette, in Missouri; he was also a very successful journalist, but he, too, was stricken with disease in the fall of 1878; he came to his father’s, where he had the best of medical aid and attendance, but, despite their efforts, he died Nov. 26, 1878, leaving a second wife and son of former wife. Mr. Hampton and wife are members of the Congregational Church; Republican.