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James came to Jones County, Iowa with his parents in 1845. He was only 1 year old. He was a Civil War soldier, Company E. 31st Iowa Infantry 14 August 1862 and discharged at Louisville, Kentucky 27 June 1865. His unit entered federal service at Davenport 13 Oct 1862: went to Helena, Ark. and fought at Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi. Ark. Post and the Campaign for Vicksburg. James was engaged in the attack on Jackson, Mississippi and battles for Chattanooga, Tenn. and Ringgold, Ga., was in the campaign for Atlanta and the march through Ga. into the Carolinas.

After the war he attended school at Mt. Vernon, Iowa and taught school for three years. In the spring of 1868, he went to Denver, Colorado and taught school near there for a time then traveled among the mines in the mountains; returning in the fall of that same year.

In 1874, Mr. TALLMAN came to Greene County, Iowa and acquired 240 acres of good land and engaged in farming and stock raising. Soon after he purchased his land in 1875, the rail road purchased a right of way through his farm (the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific). Having the vision that his farm was a potential town site, James had a plot surveyed by N. Stetson, County Surveyor and called it the town of Paton. Then formed a committee of town fathers of which he was one. Then proceeded to sell off the lots. After the original lots were sold James surveyed the first addition and then the second addition. Most of the lots were sold off by 1883. One street is named in his honor and he gave a parcel to the town for a park, which is named after him. He served two years as town trustee. From the middle 1880's until he moved, James and Landora farmed a small parcel of 110 acres and had a prosperous farm unit.

After the lots were sold or at least most of them were sold, they removed to Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, in October 1891, he purchased lots 10,11 and 12 in Block 56 of Long Addition, in the city of Harlan. These lots are on the north west corner of 4th street and Baldwin Street and the other is on the north west corner of 5th street and Willow street in the City of Harlan Iowa.

When James and Landora brought their family north they all came together even though the two older children were marriageable age. Wilbur was married in May and Gertrude in September of 1893. The home they lived in was on 5th street and is still standing (1988) The house is two story and records indicate that it has been remodeled. The 1900 Census of Harlan recorded the TALLMAN family living at 402 Baldwin which is the address of the house. On the 23 Day of November 1898 James and Landora purchased a parcel, #12, block #78 of the Long tract. On 10 August 1901 James sold the house on 402 Baldwin and they moved to 502 Willow the new lot after the house was built. In January 1903 James passed the ownership to Landora his wife and he died in 1905. Landora lived at 502 Willow until 1908 when she married Thomas A. Long 14 October 1908.

Both James H. TALLMAN and Landora Jane RICHTSTINE are buried at the Harlan City Cemetery Section 1 Plot 139 Space 5 and 6. (Thomas N. FRANKLIN having previously purchased the plot when his wife Gertrude P. TALLMAN died March 1895.) Thomas N. FRANKLIN is also buried there.

Coverage of this family is in the book Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa by E. B. Stillman, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1907.

Past and Present of Green Co. (1907) by Stillman:

Nathaniel Commadore Tallman is engaged in general farming in Paton township, where he owned and cultivates one hundred and sixty acres of land. He was a native of Jones County, Iowa, born January 22, 1846, and is the second child of John and Lucinda (Low) Tallman, natives of Ohio and Maryland respectively. Soon after their marriage they removed from Ohio to Iowa, becoming residents of Jones County in 1845. Buying a tract of land, the father carried on general agricultural pursuits and numbered among the successful farmers of that county up to the time of his death. He was quite prominent in local political circles and was retained in the office of county supervisor for nine year, also filling various township position, the duties of which he discharged with promptness and fidelity. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and was a stalwart advocate of republican principles. At all time he was worthy of the trust and confidence which were uniformly given him by he fellow townsmen, and thus his death, which occurred July 30, 1893, when he was seventy-one years of age, was deeply deplored by many friends. Of his family of ten children. As a boy Nathaniel worked upon the home farm, and in the public schools became familiar with the common English branches of learning. He remained a resident of Jones county until 1871, when at the age of twenty-five years he came to Greene county with his brother, Reuben S. Tallman, and purchased his present farm and one hundred and sixty acres in Paton township. It was then a tract of raw prairie, covered with the native grasses through the summer months and with a sheet of glistening snow in the winter season. He and his brother were of Paton township, all around them being wild and undeveloped. They aided in extending the frontier and in reclaiming this region for the purposes of civilization, and as the years have passed they have met with a goodly measure of success. Nathaniel Commadore Tallman was married in Boone County in 1875 to Miss Annie Pettit, who died twelve years later, in May, 1887. For his second wife he chose Ida May Hamilton, a native of Illinois. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tallman have been born six children. The family home was a comfortable residence, stood in the midst of a well improved farm. There were good outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, while the latest improved machinery facilitates the work of the fields.

Past and Present of Green Co. (1907) by Stillman, page 565:

He studied at Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. In 1871, he went with his brother, N.C. Tallman to Paton Twp., Greene Co. He raised hogs and cattle in conjunction with wheat, corn and other cereals on his splendidly improved farm comprising 320 acres, Section 16. A Republican, he attended the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1885, he married Miss Sarah Ellen Willett. They had nine children. It is interesting to note here that Susie Violet Tallman, 4th child of Reuben S. and Sarah Tallman, married a man named Harry Edward Terrell. He compiled the manuscript "Supplement to Elmer Tallman's 'Descendants of Peter Tallman' by Harry Terrell" We can be safe in assuming that the author (Elmer T.), was Elmer Willett Tallman, son of Reuben S. Tallman! Reuben S. Tallman spent the days of his boyhood and youth on his father's farm in Jones county and is largely indebted to the public school system of that locality for the educational privileges he enjoyed. However, he spent one year as a student in Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa, but had to abandon his college course on account of illness. In 1871, in company with his brother, Nathanial Tallman, he came to Greene county and here he purchased on hundred and sixty acres of school land. He and his brother were the first settlers of Paton township and built the first residence within it borders. Mr. Tallman of this review is therefore with his brother the oldest settlers of the township.

"Past and Present of Greene County" by Stillman, page 657:

The name of Tallman is closely associated with agricultural interests in Paton township, where three brothers are operating fine farms. The one upon which Winfield H. Tallman re sides comprises one hundred and sixty acres of rich land in a district famous for it agricultural possibilities and the fine appearance of the place today is due to his unfaltering perseverance and energy. He came to Greene county from Jones County, Iowa, where his birth occurred on the 28th of August, 1852. His father, John Tallman, was a native of Ohio and in that state was married to Miss Lucinda Low, whose birth occurred near Baltimore, Maryland. They remained residents of the Buckeye state for only a brief period after their marriage, when they removed to Iowa, settling in Jones county in 1845. There Mr. Tallman purchased land and carried on farming, being numbered among the successful agriculturists of that community up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 30th of July, 1893, when he was seventy-two years of age. His widow survived for many years and live there until her death. Mr Tallman was quite prominent in local political circles and was honored with various offices, filling all of the township positions and also serving as a member of the county board of supervisors for nine years. No trust reposed in him was ever betrayed in the slightest degree and his record as a business man and office holder was extremely commendable. His life, too, in all of its relations was in harmony with his professions as a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His political allegiance was given to the Republican party. Unto him and his wife were born ten children Winfield H. Tallman, having spent his boyhood days in the county of his nativity in the acquirement of a good common school education and in assisting in the work of the home farm, Mr. Tallman made arrangements for having a home of his own by his marriage on the 2d of November, 1873, to Miss Edith J. Ganser, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Rhoads) Ganser, who removed from the Buckeye state to Jones county, Iowa, about 1860 and there resided until called to their final rest. In the Ganser family were nine children. In the Tallman family were six children. Mr. Tallman came to Greene county in 1877 and settled on one hundred and sixty acres of land in Paton Township, where he resided. His elder brothers, Reuben and Nathaniel C. Tallman, were first settlers of the township. There were no improvements upon his land, and he says that its chief crop at the time was mosquitoes and bullfrogs, some very large specimens being produced of each variety. However, the spirit of energy which has always characterized Winfield was soon manifest in his farm labor, with the result that he now has a splendidly improved property. His residence is one of the fine homes of his part of the county and there are also large and substantial outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. In fact, none of the equipments of a model farm are lacking and the place gives every evidence of the care and supervision of the owner, who is practical in his methods, systematic in his work and successful in accomplishing what he undertakes. In addition to his home property, he owns twelve hundred and eighty acres of land in Wells county, North Dakota. Winfield gives his political allegiance to the republican party and served as township trustee. In matters of citizenship he is progressive, desirous of advancing the welfare of the community, and while promoting individual interest, he has also found time and opportunity to co-operate in those plans and measures which are instituted for the public good.