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Joseph Birge

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State Senator
Democrat
Farmer
Jackson
6
12/01/1856 - 01/10/1858
29

Pioneer settler of St. Charles township, who came to this locality in May, 1857. Mr. Birge was born November 18, 1805, in Litchfield, Connecticut. The family came into Iowa from Connecticut in 1847, settled in Jackson county, a few miles southwest of Dubuque, and remained there until their removal to St. Charles ten years later. During their Iowa residence Mr. Birge was a member of the Iowa legislature, during the session in which the state capital was removed from Iowa City to Des Moines. The old Birge farm embraced a tract of 240 acres, all lying within what is now the corporate limits of St. Charles, about 80 acres of which is laid off in town lots.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources
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State Senator
Democrat
Farmer
Jackson
5
12/04/1854 - 11/30/1856
22

Pioneer settler of St. Charles township, who came to this locality in May, 1857. Mr. Birge was born November 18, 1805, in Litchfield, Connecticut. The family came into Iowa from Connecticut in 1847, settled in Jackson county, a few miles southwest of Dubuque, and remained there until their removal to St. Charles ten years later. During their Iowa residence Mr. Birge was a member of the Iowa legislature, during the session in which the state capital was removed from Iowa City to Des Moines. The old Birge farm embraced a tract of 240 acres, all lying within what is now the corporate limits of St. Charles, about 80 acres of which is laid off in town lots.

Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources