• Born November 26, 1824 in royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Parents were BENJAMIN HEYWOOD and SALLY CUTLER.

• Married SARAH QUINCY FOLSOM on May 4, 1848 in Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine. Sarah was born in 1824 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, Maine; and died October 26, 1892 in Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa. Her parents were NATHAN BOARDMAN FOLSOM and SARAH QUINCY.

• Occupation - Farmer
• Died December 4, 1896 in Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa.
• Both John and Sarah are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa.

1. MARY ELIZABETH HEYWOOD, born May 30, 1849 in Bangor, Hancock County, Maine; died April 6, 1899 in Granville, Putnam County, Illinois. Married CORNELIUS WILLIAM DYSART on January 10, 1870 in Tonica, LaSalle County, Illlinois.

2. LUCY METCALF HEYWOOD, born March 12, 1854 in Mt. Palatine, Putnam County, Illinoios; died February 6, 1927 in Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa. She never married.

3. JOHN MALTBY HEYWOOD, born July 7, 1860 in Mt. Palatine, Putnam County, Illinois; died February 2, 1927 in Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa. He never married.

John and Sarah (Folsom) Heywood, the former a native of Massachusetts, born in 1824. He was reared in that state and in New Hampshire and later removed to Maine, where he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Folsom, a native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. For a time he worked in a factory in the east, but believing that the west offered greater opportunities to the ambitious man, he made his way to La Salle County, Illinois, and located on a farm, he and his brother-in-law each purchasing eighty acres of raw and undeveloped land. After improving and cultivating his tract for some years he purchased a farm near Tonica, La Salle County, where he made his home until 1884, when he removed to Buena Vista County, Iowa and purchased a farm of two hundred and forty acres, situated on section 35, Nokomis Township. This was an improved tract when it came into his possession and in due course of time he made it a valuable property. He spent his remaining years on the farm, passing away in December, 1896, while his wife departed this life in October, 1892. Their family numbered three children: Elizabeth, who was married and reared a family of nine children, Lucy, and the only son John.

SOURCES:

• Ann Dysart Edmondson
• Folsom, Elizabeth Knowles, Genealogy of the Folsom family : a revised and extended edition, including English records 1638-1938 (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1938), Page 336

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December 22, 2007