Message on back from Mrs. J.W. Bennett to Pease "The Pony Man," thanking him for the the use of the carriage, on behalf of Arlene and Ilene Bennett, and Merton and Milton Sickles.
John Pattee was born in Canada on July 23, 1820. His father was a Methodist missionary and preached in Canada. He came to Iowa around 1850 and was a carpenter in Bremer County. John married Lidia Lanning on Aug. 23, 1855. That same year he was…