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Penn Township - The History of Jefferson County, Iowa 1879 |
 | | Bowen, W. merchant, Pleasant Plain; born in Franklin Co., N. Y., in 1850; educated at Lawrenceville Academy, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.; came to Pleasant Plain in 1874, and engaged in the mercantile business; his store is stocked with a full assortment of dry goods and notions, hats and caps, boots and shoes. |
 | | He bought the land on which the greater portion of Pleasant Plain now stands, and laid out the western portion of the town; has always been closely identified with its interests, taking a part in everything that tended to the advancement of the town and the prosperity of its citizens. |
 | | Hiatt, Samuel, farmer; P. Pleasant Plain; an early settler of this county; is a native of Guilford Co., N. C.; born in 1805; came to Jefferson Co., in 1841. |
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