John A. Souder, farmer, Clio, Wayne County, is a native of Montgomery County, Maryland,
     where he was born October 23, 1822, his father, Anthony Souder, having been a native of
     the same State. He was taken by his parents to Ohio in 1828, they locating near Dayton,
     where he attended the rude log- cabin schools of his neighborhood, receiving such education
     as was common to farmer boys of that early day. He came to Wayne County, Iowa, in the
     spring of 1855, having come to the State of Iowa the previous fall. He has made his home in
     Wayne County since coming here in 1855, and has witnessed the many great changes which
     have taken place during the past thirty years. He was reared a farmer, and has made
     agricultural pursuits the principal avocation of his life, in which he has met with good
     success. He is now the owner of twenty-six acres of choice land in Clio, besides which he
     owns a good farm containing 100 acres located in Jefferson Township, Wayne County. Mr.
     Souder was united in marriage in the year 1844 to Mis Margaret A. Tabler, a daughter of
     Jacob Tabler. Of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Souder only one is now living, a
     son, George W., who lives in Jefferson Township, near Clio. Mr. Souder has served as
     township trustee and also as school director. Both he and his wife are members of the
     Methodist Episcopal church.

     Biographical and Historical Record of
     Wayne and Appanoose Counties P-415
     Interstate Publishing Co.
     Chicago
     1886