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| | Jonathan Wyland and descendants |
 | | He (Jonathan) came to America when a young man, settling in Elkhart County, where he built a grist-mill and woolen factory, and also a dam across the Elkhart River, and was in short the founder of Wyland. |
 | | WYLAND have six children: William W., Omar P., Jonathan M., Seth L., Mary H. and Asa A. The father moved to Iowa in the spring of 1856, settling in Shelby Co., near Harlan, which was then a wilderness. |
 | | He is a Democrat in his political opinions and has served as Sheriff of Shelby County, in 1862, and Postmaster of Jackson Township, Shelby Co. He has always been a hard working, industrious, honorable and substantial citizen and will be remembered by the old settlers of Shelby Co. |
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