Marion Twp. -
H. B. IBA, post master and boot and shoemaker, Easton, was born Mar. 13, 1836, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.  His father was a farmer and shoemaker, and H. B. learned the trade when a boy.  Spent his youthful days on the farm, and received his education in the schools of that county first engaging in teaching in 1855.  Taught two years and afterwards went to Philadelphia in 1864, and remained there one year.  Returning to his native county, he taught a year.  Emigrated west in the spring of 1866, and arrived in Easton in April, and has made this his home since, except the year 1875, which he spent in St. Joseph.  He holds the position of postmaster.  Was married Jan. 13, 1856, to Miss Lavina S. Barkey, a native of the same place as himself.  She was born in April, 1836.  They have three children living, Calvin F., Lizzie B. and Henry.  Himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Iba is the only one of the original Trustees of the church of Easton now remaining.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 958

City of St. Joseph and Washington Township -
JOSEPH H. IGLER, was born in Germany, Jan. 17, 1846, where he was raised to manhood and educated.  In 1866, he crossed the ocean and took up his abode in Norfolk, Virginia, where he remained until 1870, when he came to St. Joseph.  The trade of boot and shoe making he learned in his native country, and for a number of years he was connected with Messrs. Morgan & Fink, and latterly with F. Wenz.  In the spring of 1881, the St. Joseph Boot and Shoe Company was established, of which he is a member.  The company comprises Mr. Igler, F. Wenz and Christian Frenger.  This enterprise is in its infancy, but under the auspices of the above parties, it is designed to figure prominently in the future wholesale interests of St. Joseph.  Mr. Igler is thoroughly schooled in his profession.  In 1876, Miss Mary Keshel became his wife.  Their union has been blessed by two children, Ida and Fannie.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 783

City of St. Joseph and Washington Township -
T. J. IMEL, carpenter and builder, is a native of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, and was born Dec. 7, 1849.  His father, William, was a millwright by trade, and when our subject was in his fourth year, the family migrated to Knox County, Illinois, where he resided until August, 1862, when he tendered his services to the Union cause, and became drummer boy in the Seventy-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and passed through all of Grant's campaigns on the lower Mississippi, being honorably mustered out in August, 1865.  After the war, he returned to Knox County, Illinois, and commenced to learn his trade.  In 1866, went to Franklin County, Kansas, where he resided two years, and, in 1868, enlisted, at Iola, in Company C, Nineteenth Kansas  Vol. Infantry, served eight months in the Southwest, and, after his discharge, he returned to Coffey County, Kansas, where he pursued his trade for a time.  He also resided temporarily in Texas, Colorado, and other portions of the West, and for two years lived in Wichita, Kansas.  After a sojourn in Illinois, he returned to Missouri in 1875, locating in DeKalb County, near Stewartsville, where he pursued his vocation three years.  Thence to Nodaway County, and in January, 1881, came to St. Joseph.  He is a skilled workman, and has had a varied experience in mechanism.  In 1877, Miss Maggie E. Bradbury, of Illinois, became his wife.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 783