Samuel E Magill was listed as a Farmer, Tailor and Merchant in various census. He was also known for his writings as a poet and he was a minister.
Samuel W Magill, a resident of Iowa City, on Dubuque Street, was born March 25, 1805, in Baltimore Maryland. He came to Iowa City in 1847 and engaged in the merchant tailoring business. He was married on February 23, 1826, to Miss Precilla Beall, of Cumberland, Maryland. They have four living children William C., born October 18, 1832, married and living in Cedar Rapids; John S., born March 15, Marion M., born March 10, 1840; Samuel T., born September 3, 1842; Mary L., wife of Wesley Morsman, born March 30, 1845, and living at Clarinda, Iowa.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Iowa CIty, and his wife is a member of that same church, with which they have been connected as devout and faithful members for sixty years. They have lived together fifty-six years in peaceful wedded bliss.
He is a member of No. 6, I. O. O. F, Iowa City. A greenbacker in politics, formerly a democrat, but always in favor of the Federal Union, a democratic form of government, and full republican representation on the part of the people. He is a poet of no ordinary ability and very sarcastic in his burlesque powers. His poem on the origin and growth of Oddfellowship is worthy of notice. He has filled the offices of township trustee and clerk, and was a member of the city council and served on the school board in 1854.
--A History of Johnson County, p. 871
Samuel W Magill, a resident of Iowa City, on Dubuque Street, was born March 25, 1805, in Baltimore Maryland. He came to Iowa City in 1847 and engaged in the merchant tailoring business. He was married on February 23, 1826, to Miss Precilla Beall, of Cumberland, Maryland. They have four living children William C., born October 18, 1832, married and living in Cedar Rapids; John S., born March 15, Marion M., born March 10, 1840; Samuel T., born September 3, 1842; Mary L., wife of Wesley Morsman, born March 30, 1845, and living at Clarinda, Iowa.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Iowa CIty, and his wife is a member of that same church, with which they have been connected as devout and faithful members for sixty years. They have lived together fifty-six years in peaceful wedded bliss.
He is a member of No. 6, I. O. O. F, Iowa City. A greenbacker in politics, formerly a democrat, but always in favor of the Federal Union, a democratic form of government, and full republican representation on the part of the people. He is a poet of no ordinary ability and very sarcastic in his burlesque powers. His poem on the origin and growth of Oddfellowship is worthy of notice. He has filled the offices of township trustee and clerk, and was a member of the city council and served on the school board in 1854.
--A History of Johnson County, p. 871
Samuel E Magill was listed as a Farmer, Tailor and Merchant in various census. He was also known for his writings as a poet and he was a minister.
Samuel W Magill, a resident of Iowa City, on Dubuque Street, was born March 25, 1805, in Baltimore Maryland. He came to Iowa City in 1847 and engaged in the merchant tailoring business. He was married on February 23, 1826, to Miss Precilla Beall, of Cumberland, Maryland. They have four living children William C., born October 18, 1832, married and living in Cedar Rapids; John S., born March 15, Marion M., born March 10, 1840; Samuel T., born September 3, 1842; Mary L., wife of Wesley Morsman, born March 30, 1845, and living at Clarinda, Iowa.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Iowa CIty, and his wife is a member of that same church, with which they have been connected as devout and faithful members for sixty years. They have lived together fifty-six years in peaceful wedded bliss.
He is a member of No. 6, I. O. O. F, Iowa City. A greenbacker in politics, formerly a democrat, but always in favor of the Federal Union, a democratic form of government, and full republican representation on the part of the people. He is a poet of no ordinary ability and very sarcastic in his burlesque powers. His poem on the origin and growth of Oddfellowship is worthy of notice. He has filled the offices of township trustee and clerk, and was a member of the city council and served on the school board in 1854.
--A History of Johnson County, p. 871
Samuel W Magill, a resident of Iowa City, on Dubuque Street, was born March 25, 1805, in Baltimore Maryland. He came to Iowa City in 1847 and engaged in the merchant tailoring business. He was married on February 23, 1826, to Miss Precilla Beall, of Cumberland, Maryland. They have four living children William C., born October 18, 1832, married and living in Cedar Rapids; John S., born March 15, Marion M., born March 10, 1840; Samuel T., born September 3, 1842; Mary L., wife of Wesley Morsman, born March 30, 1845, and living at Clarinda, Iowa.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Iowa CIty, and his wife is a member of that same church, with which they have been connected as devout and faithful members for sixty years. They have lived together fifty-six years in peaceful wedded bliss.
He is a member of No. 6, I. O. O. F, Iowa City. A greenbacker in politics, formerly a democrat, but always in favor of the Federal Union, a democratic form of government, and full republican representation on the part of the people. He is a poet of no ordinary ability and very sarcastic in his burlesque powers. His poem on the origin and growth of Oddfellowship is worthy of notice. He has filled the offices of township trustee and clerk, and was a member of the city council and served on the school board in 1854.
--A History of Johnson County, p. 871
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