Abraham Gehr, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Monticello; was born in Crawford Co., PA, Oct. 9, 1811. He was married in 1831 to Caroline Cole, of the same county; removed to Lawrence Co. in 1854; in 1855, to Mercer Co.; he removed to Jones Co., IA, in the fall of 1864, and bought the farm which he now owns of Horace Gill. Mrs. Gehr died Aug. 12, 1869. Mr. Gehr has 4 children—Cynthia E. (now Mrs. M. H. Walker), Wilmina D. (now Mrs. Michael Berlin), Almira E. (now Mrs. Edward West), and Mary A. (now Mrs. John Yousy). Mr. Gehr was married to Mrs. Polly A. Hubbard in April 1874; she was born in Broome Co., NY, in 1820; her former husband was Mr. George Hubbard, by whom she had 5 children, only 2 of whom reached adult age—Lotte (who married Mr. Joseph Rood, and died in 1870), and Joseph Hubbard (who died in May 1877).

History of Jones County, Iowa, 1879, pages 698-699, Castle Grove Twp. biographies. (Only John Yousse is my relative, but I am interested in researching the Gehr family).