John was a farmer. Descendants said he "was a very strict man. Hehad a t emper and whenever he saw anything done wrong, the first childhe saw g ot punished. However, my grandpa said that it worked outabout even si nce he and his siblings took advantage of their father'squirk."
Residences & events:
7/28/1860 Mount Prairie, Jasper Co, IA. At census time John was 22ye ars old and living with the family of a David Earl as a farmlaborer.
1870 Where was this family that year when the census was taken? SonW illiam was born that year in Jasper Co, IA.
6/14/1880 Village of Vandalie, Des Moines Twp, Jasper Co, IA. Thatye ar the census taker recorded him as J.M.C. Vangundy, 45. WifeMargaret t was 44, their children were Frances E, 17, John C, 16,James C, 12, a nd William H, 9. John was a farmer, the two boysworked with him. (Wh ere was Fred?)
1895 Des Moines Twp,, Jasper Co, IA In the state census John andMarga ret were both 58 years old and only son Fred, 19, was still athome.
1900 The couple was not listed in that cenus. Where were they?
1910 Indianola, Washington Twp, Warren Co, IA was their home atcensus t ime. John was 74, Margaret, 73, and son William H, 38, wasstill at ho me taking care of the old folks.
