Representative Alpheus McIntyre View All Years
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Alpheus McIntyre
Hardin County
Born in Salem, Mass., in 1792, and the first that is known of him was after he was in Sandusky County, Ohio, where he was living and married to a lady who was a native of Connecticut. They were the parents of four children, all of whom are dead. His wife having died, Mr. McIntyre, in the spring of 1850, removed to Linn county, Iowa, where, on the 13th day of September following, he was married, for the second time, to Miss Cordelia Phillips. They remained in that county until the spring of 1854, when they came to Hardin County, settling in Pleasant Township, where he resided until his death, which occurred April 18, 1868. Mr. McIntyre was one of the active participators in the events that marked the early settlement of this county, ever taking an active and prominent part in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the country. He was one of the sturdiest of Whigs in the days of that party, and became identified with the Republican Party from its earliest infancy. He was a member of the State Legislature serving in the lower house in the Eighth Xtra special session, 1861, and held, for two terms consecutively, the position of County Supervisor, as well as for years acting in the capacity of Justice of the Peace for this township. He was an Orderly Sergeant in a New York regiment in the war of 1812, and was in the battles of Lundy’s Lane and Queenstown Heights.
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