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A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931
MARCUS N. CHANTRY. Of the notable pioneer residents of Guthrie County still
surviving, or among those who have passed beyond the bounds of temporal
existence, the lives of few have been so bounteously lengthened by a gracious
Providence as to afford them a retrospective view of three-score years and ten
of their own participation in the development of the county. Such is,
however, a distinguishing feature in the experience of Marcus N. Chantry, whose life in the vicinity of the spot where he still makes his home, near Casey, spans a period of seventy-five years.
Mr. Chantry was born on a pioneer farm in Henry County, Iowa, August 19, 1847, and is a son of Thomas and Hannah (Passmore)Chantry. Thomas Chantry was born in Lincolnshire, England, February 27, 1795, a son of David and Elizabeth (Rees) Chantry. He was given good educational advantages in his youth, including a course at Ackworth Academy, England, and was by nature gifted with an open, honest purpose, being strong and rugged in his convictions. In 1816 he immigrated to this country, arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and six years later moved to Chester County, that state, where he farmed for five years. In 1827 he made another migration, this time to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, continuing to make that his home until 1837, when he came to the West and located on unimproved land in Van Buren County, Iowa. In 1847 he moved to Henry County, and in 1855 settled in section 22, Thompson Township, Guthrie County, where he put up his humble log cabin, and continued to pass the remainder of his life on the farm which he had laid out in the wilderness and upon which he died in November,1864. Mr. Chantry was a man of no ordinary talent and ability, and was esteemed by all with whom he came into contact because of his many sterling traits of mind and heart. In his younger days an indefatigable worker, he devoted his declining years to literary labor, in which he showed marked ability. Religious subjects occupied his pen principally, and he left as no small legacy to his children a large amount of valuable manuscript. On December 12, 1822, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Mr. Chantry was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Passmore, a daughter of Thomas and Esther (Dickinson) Passmore, a direct descendant of one of the most illustrious families of the state, that was founded in this country in 1664 and settled in the colony then presided over by the Quaker William Penn. To Mr.and Mrs. Chantry there were born ten children: Sarah, Eliza, William A.M. Samuel B.,Esther P., Thomas E., David L., Joseph A., Hannah M. and Marcus N.
Samuel B. Chantry, son of Thomas and Hannah (Passmore) Chantry, and one of
the prominent men of Thompson Township, was born in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, November 13, 1829. When seven years of age he accompanied his parents to Van Buren County, Iowa, and later to Henry County, where he remained for ten years. There he began working out, and with the money thus earned entered eighty acres of land in Warren County, in 1853. In December, 1855, he entered 160 acres of land in Grant Township, Guthrie County, but continued to reside in Warren County until 1859, when he removed to his Guthrie County
property, where he continued to make his home until his death, April 18, 1912. On May 9, 1860, Mr. Chantry married Miss Sarah E. Coleman, a native of Indiana,
and they had seven children who survived infancy: Jennie, the wife of H. W. Grieve; Thomas, Allen, Nettie, Arbie, Rhonda, and Robert. One child, Hattie, died in infancy.
Marcus N. Chantry was about three years of age when he moved with his
parents to Lee County, where he spent five years, the family then taking up
permanent residence in Guthrie County. Mr. Chantry resided with his father until
the elder man's death in 1864, at which time he embarked upon agricultural
operations of his own, and still resides on the old homestead, through which runs
Middle River. He has a valuable and highly improved property, upon which
operations are carried on in the most modern manner, and he is accounted one of the substantial men and public-spirited citizens of his locality.
On January 1, 1870, Mr. Chantry was united in marriage with Mis Amanda L.
Danks, who was born in Lee County, Iowa, a daughter of J. O. Danks, and to this
union there have been born five children: John, Eva, Jessie and Bessie,
twins, and Chester. The wife and mother of these children died February 18,
1930.
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