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HYTER, SAMUEL, farmer and stock-grower, Sec. 8; P. O. Wever; son of Abraham Hyter; grandson of Jacob Hyter, who was a native of Germany, and who, when still a young man, emigrated to America, settled in Maryland, near Gettysburg, and engaged in blacksmithing, where he married and had two sons and one daughter; the eldest son, Abraham, was born near Gettysburg, and followed his father’s trade; in his 25th year, he removed to Hamilton Co., Ohio, where he married Nancy, daughter of William and Nancy Phares, a native of New Jersey; soon after their marriage they settled in Dearborn Co., Ind. They had four sons and four daughters, the youngest (Samuel) born 27th of July, 1828; when 17 years of age, his parents removed to Iowa, and, in 1844, settled on the farm he now occupies; his mother died the fall after their arrival; his father died January, 1868, aged 83 years. In December, 1854, Samuel Hyter married Ellen, daughter of James Gedney, an early settler from Dearborn Co., Ind.; they have three children living — Alice (born in August, 1845, wife of Clinton Tucker), Horace E. (born in September, 1857) and Harry A. (born in March, 1866). At a late inventory of farm and property, taken by himself and son, estimating the farm at $30 per acre, his possessions amount to $15,000. Democratic in politics; members of the Christian Church.