Barrows, Willard
civil engineer, author, was born in 1806 in Monson, Mass.
He accomplished the government survey of the Choctaw purchase, in Mississippi, finishing that work in 1835. Later he explored Cedar river, which at that time was scarcely known, and in 1837 was engaged on the first surveys of Iowa. In 1840 he surveyed the islands in Mississippi river between Rock Island, and Quincy. He published several accounts of his experiences, including Barrows's New Map of Iowa, with Notes, and Historical Sketch of Scott County. He died Jan. 3, 1868, in Davenport, Iowa.