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HAVE completed our labors in writing and compiling the Portrait and Bio- 
 graphical Album of this county, and wish, in presenting it to our patrons, to speak 
 briefly of the importance of local works of this nature. It is certainly the duty 
 of the present to commemorate the past, to perpetuate the names of the pioneers, 
 to furnish a record of their early settlement, and to relate the story of their progress. 
 _ The civilization of our day, tlie enlightenment of the age, and this solemn duty which 
 men of the present time owe to their ancestors, to themselves and to their posterity, 
 demand that a record of their lives and deeds should be made. In local history is found a power 
 to instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental faculties, and to waft down the river of time a safe 
 vessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this region from its 
 prniiitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly the noble men, who in their vigor and prime 
 came early to the county and claimed tire virgin soil as their heritage, are passing to their 
 graves. The number reuiaining who can relate the history of the first days of settlement is 
 becoming small indeed, so that an actual necessity e.xists for the collection and preservation of his- 
 torical matter without delay, before the settlers of the wilderness are cut down by time. Not only 
 is it of the greatest importance to render history of pioneer times full and accurate, but it is also essen- 
 7^ tial that the history of the county, from its settlement to the present day, should be treated ihrougli its various 
 i'S phases, so that a record, complete and impartial, may be handed down to the future. The present the age 
 C of progress, is reviewed, standing out in bold relief over the quiet, unostentatious olden times; it is abnlliant 
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 ^ and contribute to build up a record which carries with it precedents and principles that will Le advanced and 
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 I HE Father of our Country was 
 &Vborn in Westmorland Co., Va., 
 a Feb. 22, 1732. His parents 
 I were Augustine and Mary 
 (Ball) Washington. The family 
 to which he belonged has not 
 been satisfactorily traced in 
 England. His great-grand- 
 father, John Washington, em- 
 igrated to Virginia about 1657, 
 and became a prosperous 
 planter. He had two sons, 
 Lawrence and John. The 
 former married Mildred Warner 
 and had three children, John, 
 Augustine and Mildred. Augus- 
 tine, the father of George, first 
 married Jane Butler, who bore 
 him four children, two of whom, 
 Lawrence and Augustine, reached 
 maturity. Of six children by his 
 second marriage, George was the 
 eldest, the others being Betty, 
 Samuel, John Augustine, Charles 
 and Mildred. 
 Augustine Washington, the father of George, died 
 in 1743, leaving a large landed- property. To his 
 eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on 
 the Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, 
 and to George he left the parental residence. George 
 received only sucli education as the neighborhood 
 schools afforded, save for a short time after he left 
 sclioul, when he received private instruction in 
 mathematics. His spelling was rather defective. 
 
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 Remarkable stories are told of his great physical 
 strength and development at an early age. He was 
 an acknowledged leader among his companions, and 
 was early noted for that nobleness of character, fair- 
 ness and veracity which characterized his whole life. 
 
 When George was 1 4 years ol d he had a desire to go to 
 sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured for liim, 
 but through the opposition of his mother the idea was 
 abandoned. Two years later he was appointed 
 surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In 
 this business he spent three years in a rough frontier 
 life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very 
 essential to him. In 1751, though only 19 years of 
 age, he was appointed adjutant with the rank of 
 major in the Virginia militia, then being trained for 
 active service against the French and Indians. Soon 
 after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother 
 Lawrence, who went there to restore his health They 
 soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence 
 died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter 
 who did not long survive him. On her demise the 
 estate of Mount Vernon was given to George, 
 
 Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddle, as Lieuten- 
 
 ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was ^ilj 
 reorganized, and the province divided into four mill- . fflj . 
 tary districts, of which the northern was assigned to 
 Washington as adjutant general. Shortly after this 
 a very perilous mission was assigned him and ac- 
 cepted, which others had refused. This was to pro- 
 ceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North- 
 western Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed 
 was between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand, 
 and the journey was to be made without military 
 escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. ~" 
 
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trip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near 
 losing his life, yet he returned in safely and furnished 
 a full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment 
 of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com- 
 mand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was 
 commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was 
 then liegun against the French and Indians, in which 
 Washington took a most imjxirtant part. In the 
 memorable event of July g, 1755, known as Brad- 
 dock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer 
 of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the 
 day with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock 
 were disabled early in the action, and Washington 
 alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter 
 to his brother he says: "I had four bullets through 
 my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped 
 unhurt, though death was levelin" my companions 
 on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was 
 not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken 
 direct aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit 
 him. 
 
 .\fter having been five years in the military service, 
 and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he 
 look advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the 
 expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, 
 to resign his conmrission. .Soon after he entered the 
 Legislature, where, although not a leader, he look an 
 a<;tive and im|)ortant part. January 17, 1759, he 
 married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy 
 widow of John Parke C'ustis. 
 
 When the British Parliament had closed the port 
 of Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces 
 that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." 
 It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con- 
 gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila- 
 delphia.Sept. 5, 1774,10 secure tlieir common liberties, 
 peaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash- 
 ington w:;s sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the 
 (Congress re-assemliled, when the hostile intentions of 
 England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- 
 cord and Lexington had been fought, .\mong the 
 first acts of this Congress was the election of a com- 
 mander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and 
 responsible office was conferred upon Washington, 
 wiio was still a member of the Congress. He accepted 
 it on June 19, but upon the express condition that he 
 receive no salary. He would keep an exact account 
 of expenses and expect Congress lo pay them and 
 nothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to 
 trace the military acts of Washington, to whom the 
 fortunes and lii)erties of the people of this country 
 were so long confided. The war was conducted by 
 him under ever) possible disadvantage, and while his 
 forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every 
 obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion 
 and matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest 
 nation of earth. On Dec. 23, 1783, Washington, in 
 La p arting ad dress of surpas sing beauty, resigned his 
 
 commission as commander-in-chief of the army to 
 to the Continental Congress sitting at Annaixilis. He 
 retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed 
 his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all 
 conneclion with public lile. 
 
 In February, 1 789, \Vashington was unanimously 
 elected President. In his presidential career he was 
 subject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new 
 government ; trials from lack of confidence on the part 
 of other governments; trials from want of harmony 
 between the different sections of our own country; 
 trials from the impoverished condition of the country, S 
 owing to the war and want of credit; trials from the 3 
 beginnings of party strife. He was no jiartisan. His 
 clear judgment could discern the golden mean; and *''^' 
 while perhaps this alone kept our government from 
 sinl<iiig at the very outset, it left him exposed to 
 attacks from both sides, which were often bitter and 
 very annoying. 
 
 At the expiration of his first term he was unani- 
 mously re-elected. At the end of this term many 
 were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely 
 refused a third nomination. On the fourth of March, 
 1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- 
 dent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there 
 his few remaining yeais free from the annoyances of 
 public life. Later in the year, however, his repose 
 seemed fikely to be interru[)ted by war with France. 
 .At the prospect of such a war he was again urged to 
 take command of the armies. He chose his sub- 
 ordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat- 
 ters in the field, which he superinler.ded from his 
 home. In accepting the command he nuule the 
 reservation that he was not to be in the field until 
 it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations 
 his life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took 
 a seveie cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling 
 in his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated 
 fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh- 
 teenth his body was borne wi'h military honors to its 
 final resting place, and interred in the family vault at 
 Mount Vernon. 
 
 Of the character of Washington it is impossible to 
 speak but in terms of the highest respect and ad- 
 miration. The more we see of the operations of 
 our government, and the more deeply we feel the 
 difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest, 
 the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal- 
 ent and cliararter. which have been able to challenge 
 the reverence of aH parties, and principles, and na- 
 tions, and lo win a fame as extended as the limits 
 of the globe, and which we cannot but believe will 
 be as lasting as the existence of man. 
 
 The person of Washington was unusally tali, erect 
 and well proportioned. His muscular strength was 
 great. His features were of a beautiful symmetr\'. 
 He commanded respect without any appearance of J 
 haughtiness, and ever serious without being dull. 
 
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 f^l OHN ADAMS, the second 
 &- President and the tirst Vice- 
 President of the United States, 
 was born in Braintree ( now 
 ■^i£, Quincy ),Mass., and about ten 
 ^^' miles from Boston, Oct. 19, 
 1735. His great-grandfather, Henry 
 Adams, emigrated from England 
 about 1640, with a family of eight 
 sons, and settled at Braintree. The 
 parents of John were John and 
 Susannah (Boylston) Adams. His 
 father was a farmer of limited 
 means, to which he added the bus- 
 iness of shoemaking. He gave his 
 eldest son, John, a classical educa- 
 tion at Harvard College. John 
 graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the 
 school in AVorcester, Mass. This he found but a 
 "school of ;iffliction," from which he endeavored to 
 gain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the 
 study of law. For this purTX)se he placed himself 
 under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He 
 had tliought seriously of the clerical profession 
 but seems to have been turned from this liy what he 
 termed " the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun- 
 cils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,'" 
 of the operations of which he had been a witness in 
 his native town. He was well fitted for the legal 
 profession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being 
 ready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep- 
 tive [xjwers. He gradually gained practice, and in 
 1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, 
 and a lady of suj^erior intelligence. Shortly after his 
 marriage, (1765), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa- 
 tion turned him from law to politics. He took initial 
 steps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu- 
 
 tions he offered on the subject became very populai | 
 throughout the Province, and were adopted word foi^^ 
 word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos- 
 ton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous |i 
 and prominent advocatesof the popular cause, andlT 
 was chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg- 
 lislature) in 1770. 
 
 Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates || 
 from Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress,! 
 which met in 1774. Here he distinguished himself 
 by his capacity for business and for debate, and ad- 
 vocated the movement for independence against the 
 majority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved 
 and carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies'- 
 should assume the duties of self-government. He | 
 
 was a prominent member of the committee of fiveiipEij] 
 appointed June 11, to prepare a declaration of inde- 
 pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but 
 on Adams devolved the task of battling it through 
 Congress in a three days debate. 
 
 On the day after the Declaration of Independence T jj 
 was passed, while his soul was yet warm with the N -B, 
 
 glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wite, 
 which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated 
 by the spirit of prophecy. "Yesterday," he says, "the 
 greatest question was decided that ever was debated 
 in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or willU^^ 
 be decided among men. A resolution was passed nlj] 
 without one dissenting colony, ' that these United "^^ 
 States are, and of right ought to be, free and inde- 
 pendent states.' The day is passed. The fourth of 
 July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the histor\' 
 of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated 
 by succeeding generations, as the great anniversar)' 
 festival. It ought to be commemorated aS the day of 
 deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty 
 God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, showi 
 
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 JOHN ADAMS. 
 
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 games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations 
 from one end of the continent to the other, from this 
 time forward for ever. Vou will think me trans^x)rted 
 with enthusiasm, but 1 am not. I am well aware of 
 the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to 
 maintain this declaration, and su[)i)ort and defend 
 these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the 
 rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is 
 wurth more than all the means; and that posterity 
 will triumijh, although you and I may rue, which I 
 hope we shall not." 
 
 In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a 
 delegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin 
 Franklin and Arthur l,ee, who were then in Paris, in 
 the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money 
 from the French Government. This was a severe trial 
 to his patriotism, as it separated him from his home, 
 compelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex- 
 posed him to great peril of capture by tlie British cruis- 
 ers, who were seeking him. He left France June 17, 
 1779. in September of the same year he was again 
 chosen to go to Paris, and there hold iiimself in readi- 
 ness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce 
 with Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet 
 might be found willing to listen to such pioiwsels. He 
 sailed for France in November, from there he went to 
 H )llan(l, where he negotiated important loans and 
 formed important commercial treaties 
 
 Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed 
 Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, 
 toil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed 
 tlirew him into a fevei. After suffering from a con- 
 tinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he 
 was advised to goto England to drink the waters of 
 Bath. While in England, still drooping anddespond- 
 ing, he received disjjatches from his own government 
 urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to 
 negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was 
 delicate, yet he immediately set out, and through 
 storm, on sea, on horseback and foot, he made thetri]). 
 February 24, 1785 ('ongress apix)inted Mr. Adams 
 envoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face 
 to face the King of England, who had so long re- 
 garded him as a traitor. As England did not 
 condescend to ap|)oint a minister to the United 
 Slates, and as Mr. .Adams felt that he was accom- 
 plishing l)ut little, he sought |iennission to return to 
 ^lis own country, where he arrived in June, 1788. 
 
 When Washington was first chosen President, John 
 Adams, rendered illustiious by his sii^nal services at 
 Jaliome and abroad, was chosen Vice President, .\gain 
 at the second election of Washington as President, 
 Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash- 
 ington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was 
 elected President,though not without much opposition. 
 Serving in this office four years,he was succeeded by 
 J^Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in ixalitics. 
 
 While Mr. Adams was Vice President the great 
 
 French Revolution shook the continent of Europe, • 
 and it was upon this \m\x\X which he was at issue with : 
 the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson. ; 
 Mr. Adams felt no syin|)alhy with the F'rench people : 
 in tlieir struggle, for he had no conlidence in their : 
 IX)wer of self-government, and he utterly abhored the : 
 classof atheist philosoiihers who he claimed caused it. : 
 On theotlier hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly : 
 enlisled in behalf of the French people. Hence or- \ 
 iginated the alienation between these distinguished ; 
 men, and two powerful [)arties were thus soon organ- : 
 ized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies 
 were witli F^ngland and Jefferson led the other in 
 sym[)athy with France. 
 
 The world has seldom seen a spectacle of more 
 moral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the 
 old age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling 
 had died away, and he had begun to receive that just 
 appreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till 
 after death. No one could look u[)on his venerable 
 form, and think of what he had done and suffered, 
 and liow he had given ui) all the prime and strength 
 of his life to the public good, without the deepest 
 emotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar 
 good fortune to witness the complete success of the 
 institution which he had been so active in creating and 
 supporting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled 
 to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest 
 station in the gift of the people. 
 
 The fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half 
 century since the signing of the Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence, arrived, and there were but three of the 
 signers of that immortal instrument left upon the 
 earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is 
 well known, on that day two of these finished their 
 earthly pilgrimsge, a coincidence so remarkable as 
 to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. 
 Adams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning 
 of the fourth he found hmnself too weak to rise from 
 his bed. On being requested to name a toast for the 
 customary celebration of the day, he exclaimed " In- 
 dependence FOREVER." When the day was ushered 
 in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, 
 he was asked by one of his rttendants if he knew 
 what day it was? He replied, "O yes; it is the glor- 
 ious fourih of July — God bless it — God bless you all." 
 In the course of the day he said, "It is a great and 
 glorious day." The last words he uttered were, 
 "Jefferson survives." But he had, at one o'clock, re- 
 signed his S]:>iiit into the hands of his God. 
 
 The jiersonal appearance and manners of Mr. 
 Adams were not particularly pre]X)ssessing. His face, 
 as his jiortrait manifests.was intellectual ard expres- 
 sive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his 
 manners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous. 
 He had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor 
 the engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked 
 the manners and address of Jefferson. 
 
 
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 HOMAS JEFFERSON was 
 
 ^ born April 2, 1743, at Shad- 
 ^vvell, Albermarle county, Va. 
 His parents were Peter and 
 jane ( Randolph) Jefferson, 
 tiie former a native of Wales, 
 and the latter born in Lon- 
 don. To them were born six 
 daughters and two sons, of 
 whom Thomas was the elder. 
 When 14 years of age his 
 father died. He received a 
 most liberal education, hav- 
 been kept diligently at school 
 from the time he was five years of 
 age. In 1760 he entered William 
 and Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat 
 of the Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion 
 and splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 
 years old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine 
 horses, and mucli caressed by gay society, yet he 
 was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha- 
 able in his morals. It is strange, however, under 
 such influences,that he was not ruined. In the sec- 
 ond year of his college course, moved by some un- 
 explained inward impulse, he discarded his horses, 
 society, and even his favorite violin, to which he had 
 previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen 
 hours a day to haid study, allowing himself for e.\- 
 ercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out 
 ofthe city and back again. He thus attained very 
 high intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso- 
 phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and 
 Greek authors he read with facility. A more finished 
 scholar has seldom gone forth from college halls; and 
 
 there was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a 
 more pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. 
 
 Immediately upon leaving college he began the 
 study of law. For the short time he continued in the 
 practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin- 
 guished himself by his energy and accuteness as a 
 lawyer. But the times called for greater action. 
 The policy of England had awakened the spirit of 
 resistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged 
 views which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led 
 him into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen 
 a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 
 1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti- 
 ful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow. 
 
 Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shadwell, there 
 was a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which 
 commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and 
 beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new 
 home; and here he reared a mansion of modest yet 
 elegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon, 
 became the most distinguished resort in our land. 
 
 In 1775 he was sent to the Cclonial Congress, 
 where, though a silent member, his abilities as a 
 writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he 
 was placed w\yow a number of important committees, 
 and was chairman of the one appointed for the draw- 
 ing up of a declaration of independence. This com- 
 mittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, 
 Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. 
 Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointed 
 to draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested 
 a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- 
 gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made 
 in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 
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 man — what the emotions that swelled his breast — 
 who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- 
 laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of 
 America, was also to publish her to the world, free, 
 soverign and independent. It is one of the most re- 
 markable papers ever written ; and did no other effort 
 of tlie mind of its author exist, that alone would be 
 sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. 
 
 In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to 
 Patrick Henry, ;.s (Governor of Virginia. At one time 
 the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to 
 Moniicello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five 
 minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- 
 ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses- 
 sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never 
 very good, was much injured .by this excitement, and 
 in the summer of 1782 she died. 
 
 Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. 
 Two years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- 
 tentiary to France. Returning to the United States 
 in September, 1789, he became Secretary of State 
 in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned 
 Jan. I, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi- 
 dent, and four years later was elected President over 
 Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 
 1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity, 
 and George Clinton, Vice President. 
 
 The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- 
 tion was disturbed by an event which threatened the 
 tranquility and peace of the Union; this was the con- 
 spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election 
 to the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled 
 ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a 
 military expedition into the Spanish territories on our 
 southwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there 
 a new republic. This has been generally supposed 
 was a mere pretext ; and although it has not been 
 generally known what his real plans were, there is no 
 doubt that they were of a far more dangerous 
 character. 
 
 In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for 
 which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined 
 to retire from political life. For a period of nearly 
 forty years, he had been continually before the pub- 
 lic, and all that time had iieen employed in offices of 
 the greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de- 
 voted the best part of his life to the service of his 
 country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his 
 declining years required, and uiX)n the organization of 
 the new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare- 
 well forever to public life, and retired to Monticello. 
 
 Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole 
 families came in their coaches with their horses, — 
 fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and 
 nurses, — and remained three and even six months. 
 Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a 
 fashionable watering-place. 
 
 The fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver. 
 
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 sary of the Declaration of American Independence,; 
 great preparations were made in every pait of theS 
 Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and 
 the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity 
 of tlie occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as. the framer,g 
 and one of the few surviving signers of the Declara-g 
 tion, to participate in their testivities. But an ill-5 
 ness, whicli had been of several weeks duration, and 
 had been continually increasing, compelled him 
 decline the invitation. g- 
 
 On the second of July, the disease under wliic 'iSc 
 he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced;; 
 state that his medical attendants, entertained noa 
 hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly H 
 sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the ne.\t« }^ 
 d;iy, wiiich was Monday, he asked of those around 5 
 him, the day of the month, and on being told it wasp. 
 the third of July, he expres.ied the earnest wisii thate' 
 he might be permitted to breathe tie airof the fiftietii h;! 
 anniversary. His prayer was heard — that day, wh(jse j 
 dawn was hailed with such rapture through our land, j; J 
 burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for-cH 
 ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble «:;{ 
 life! To die on that day, — the birthday of a nation,- -SpfJ 
 the day which his own name and his own act had S: 
 rendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and ^ 
 festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, 
 as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, 
 was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life, ^f 
 
 Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin 
 dred s])irit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear t; 
 him company, left the scene of his earthly honors, gj 
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 ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and b,; 
 animated their desponding countrymen; for half a an 
 century they had labored together for tne good of 
 the country; and now hand in hand they depart. 
 In their lives they had been united in the same great 
 cause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not 
 divided. 
 
 In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, ratiier s; 
 above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes 
 were light, his hair originally red, in after life became 
 white and silvery ; his complexion was f;iir, his fore^ji 
 head broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and 
 thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as 
 well as personal courage; and his command of tem- 
 per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends 
 never recollected to have seen him in a passion. Hifh 
 His manners, though dignified, were simple and un- gi} 
 affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that || 
 all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver- i 
 sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic ; and i 
 his language was remarkably pure and correct. He I 
 was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is j 
 discernable the care with which he formed his style ] 
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 FOURTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 AMES MADISON, "Father 
 % of the Constitution," and fourth 
 President of the United States, 
 was born Afarch i6, 1757, and 
 died at his home in Virginia, 
 ■ June 28, 1836. The name of 
 James Madison is inseparably con- 
 nected with most of the important 
 events in that heroic period of our 
 ,, country during whicli the founda- 
 tions of this great republic were 
 laid. He was the last of the founders 
 of the Constitution of the United 
 States to. be called to his eternal 
 reward. 
 
 The Madison family were among 
 the early emigrants to the New World, 
 landing upon the shores of the Chesa- 
 peake but 15 years after the settle- 
 ment of Jamestown. The father of 
 James Madison was an opulent 
 planter, residing uixin a very fine es- 
 tate called "Montpelier," Orange Co., 
 Va. The mansion was situated in 
 the midst of scenery Iiighly pictur- 
 esque and romantic, on the west side 
 of South-west Mountain, at the foot of 
 Blue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from tiie home of 
 Jefferson at Monticello. The closest ]jersonaI and 
 political attachment existed between these illustrious 
 men, from their early youth until death. 
 
 The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted 
 mostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of 
 18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. 
 Here he applied himself to study with the most ini- 
 
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 prudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, but three 
 hours' sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so 
 seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor 
 of constitution. He graduated in 177 i, with a feeble 
 body, with a character of utmost purity, and with a 
 mind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning 
 which embellished and gave proficiency to his subsf ' 
 quent career. 
 
 Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of 
 law and a course of extensive and systematic reading. 
 This educational course, the spirit of the times in 
 which he lived, and the society with which he asso- 
 ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong 
 love of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of 
 a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of 
 mind, and his frail health leading him to think that 
 his life was not to be long, he ditected especial atten- 
 tion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind 
 singularly free from passion and prejudice, and with 
 almost unequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed 
 all the arguments for and against revealed religion, 
 until his faith became so established as never to 
 be shaken. 
 
 In the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he 
 was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to 
 frame the constitution of the State. The next year 
 (1777), he was a candidate for the General .Assembly. 
 He refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and 
 consequently lost his election ; but those who had 
 witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the 
 modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, 
 and he was appointed to the Executive Council. 
 
 Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were 
 Governors of Virginia wliile Mr. Madison remained 
 member of the Council ; and tiieir appreciation of his 
 
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 intellectual, social and moral worth, contribute<i not 
 a little to his subsequent eminence. In the year 
 1780, he was elected a meml)er of the Continental 
 Congress. Here he met the most illustrious men in 
 our land, and he was immediately assigned to one of 
 the most conspicuous positions among them. 
 
 For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con- 
 gress, one of its most active and influential members. 
 In the year 1784, his term having expired, he was 
 elected a member of the Virginia Legislature. 
 
 No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the 
 utter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na- 
 tional government, with no power to form treaties 
 which would be binding, or to enforce law. There 
 was not any State more prominent than Virginia in 
 the declaration, that an efficient national government 
 must be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison 
 carried a resolution through the General Assembly of 
 Virginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis- 
 sioners to meet in convention at AnnapoHs to discuss 
 this subject. Five States only were represented. The 
 convention, however, issued another call, drawn up 
 by Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their 
 delegates to Philadelpliia, in May, 1787, to draft 
 a Constitution for the United States, to take the place 
 of that Confederate League. The delegates met at 
 the time a[)poinled. Every State but Rhode Island 
 was represented. George Washington was chosen 
 president of the convention; and the present Consti- 
 tution of the United States was tlien and there formed. 
 There was, perliaps, no mind and no pen more ac- 
 tive in framing this immortal document than the mind 
 and the pen of James Madison. 
 
 The Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was 
 to be presented to the several States for acceptance. 
 But grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected 
 we should be left but a conglomeration of independent 
 States, with but little power at liome and little respect 
 abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven- 
 tion to draw up an address to the people of the United 
 States, expounding the principles of the Constitution, 
 and urging its adoption. There was great opposition 
 to it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and 
 went into effect in 1789. 
 
 Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- 
 sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the 
 avowed leader of the Republican party. While in 
 New York attending Congress, he met Mrs. Todd, a 
 young widow of remarkable jx)wer of fascination, 
 whom he married. She was in person and character 
 queenly, and probably no lady has thus far occujMed 
 so prominent a position in the very peculiar society 
 which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. 
 Madison. 
 
 Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under 
 Jefferson, and at the close of his administration 
 was chosen President. At this time the encroach- 
 ments of England had brought us to the verge of war. 
 
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 British orders in council destioyed our commerce, and ; 
 our flag was ex[)osed to constant insult. Mr. Madison ; 
 was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring 2i 
 in his disi)Osition, war had no charms for him. But the E| 
 meekest spirit can be roused. It makes one's blood | 
 boil, even now, to think of an American sliip brought s 
 to, ujion the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser. B; 
 A young lieutenant steps on board and orders the g; 
 crew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal- j 
 ance he selects any number whom he may please to £ 
 designate as British subjects ; orders them down the S | 
 ship's side into his boat; and iilacesthem on the gun- E 
 deck of his man-of-war, to fight, by comi)ulsion, the B 
 battles of England. This right of search and im-'^^ 
 pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce Si 
 the British cabinet to relin(piish. 3; J 
 
 On the 1 8th of June, 18 12, President Madison gave £;i 
 his approval to an act of Congress declaring war 5 
 against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the hitler : 
 hostility of the Federal party to the war, the country : 
 in general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th : 
 of March, 18 13, was re-elected by a large majority, E 
 and entered upon his second term of office. Tliis is ; 
 not the place to describe the various adventures of : 
 this war on the land and on the water. Our infant : 
 navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- » 
 pling with the most formidable ])owcr which ever s 
 swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest c 
 liy the appearance of a British fleet, early in Februaiy, F 
 1813, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole f, 
 coast of the United States under blockade. 
 
 The Emperor of Russia offered liis services as me 
 ditator. America accepted ; England refused. A Brit- 
 ish force of five thousand men landed on the banks 
 of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa- 
 peake Bay, and marched raj'idly, by way of Bladens- 
 burg, upon Washington. E 
 
 The straggling little city of Washington was thrown S 
 into consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict I 
 at Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the | 
 metropolis. The whole populaticn fled from the city. 5 
 The President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White § 
 House, with her carriage drawn up at the door to | 
 await his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers | 
 in a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed, c' 
 and he could not go back without danger of being gj 
 captured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential 5| 
 Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in §. 
 Washington were in flames. B! 
 
 The war closed after two years of fighting, and on g; 
 Feb. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 18 17, his second term of 
 office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair 
 to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau- 
 tiful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re- 
 mainder of his days. On June 28, 1S36, then at the 
 age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi- 
 son died July 12, 1849. 
 
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AMES MONROE, the fifth 
 President of The United States, 
 was born in Westmoreland Co., 
 Va., April 28, 1758. His early 
 life was passed at the place of 
 nativity. His ancestors had for 
 many years resided in the prov- 
 ince in which he was born. When, 
 at 17 years of age, in the process 
 of completing his education at 
 William and Mary College, the Co- 
 lonial Congress assembled at Phila- 
 delphia to deliberate upon the un- 
 just and manifold oppressions of 
 Great Britian, declared the separa- 
 tion of the Colonies, and promul- 
 gated the Declaration of Indepen- 
 dence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly 
 probable that he would have been one of the signers 
 of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left 
 school and enlisted among the patriots. 
 
 He joined the army when everything looked hope- 
 less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased 
 from day to day. The invading armies came pouring 
 in ; and the tories not only favored the cause of the 
 mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, 
 who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con- 
 ::C tending with an enemy whom they had been taught 
 to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James 
 5 Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through 
 S difficulty and danger, the United States owe their 
 I political emancipation. The young cadet joined the 
 ranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country, 
 with a firm determination to live or die with her strife 
 
 for liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel- 
 ancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White 
 Plains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled 
 before its foes through New Jersey. In four months 
 after the Declaration of Independence, the patriots 
 had been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of 
 Trenton he led the vanguard, and, in the actof charg- 
 ing upon the enemy he received a wound in the left 
 shoulder. 
 
 As a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was pro- 
 moted a captain of infantry; and, having recovered 
 from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, 
 receded from the line of promotion, by becoming an 
 officer in the staff of Lord Steding. During the cam- 
 paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of P.randy- 
 wine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued 
 aid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his 
 position in the army, he exerted himself to collect a 
 regiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed 
 owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon 
 this failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at 
 that period Governor, and pursued, with considerable 
 ardor, the study of common law. He did not, however, 
 entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag; 
 but on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volun- 
 teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. 
 
 In 1782, he was elected from King George county, 
 a member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by that 
 body he was elevated to a seat in the Executive 
 Council. He was thus honored with the confidence 
 of his fellow citizens at 2^ years of age ; and having 
 at this early period displayed some of that ability 
 and aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards 
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 Deeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old 
 ■Conlcderacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution, 
 •ihiiiking, with many others of the Republican parly, 
 that it gave too nnich power to the Central Government, 
 and not enough to the individual States. Still he re- 
 tained the" esteem of his friends who were its warm 
 supporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition 
 secured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member 
 of the United States Senate; which office he held for 
 four years. Every month the line of distinction be- 
 tween the two great parties which divided the nation, 
 the Federal and the Republican, was growing more 
 distinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep- 
 arated them were, that the Republican paity was in 
 sympathy vvith France, and also in favor of such a 
 strict construction of the Constitution as to give the 
 Central Government as little power, and the State 
 Clovernmentsas much i)ovver, as the Constitution would 
 warrant. The Federalists sympathized with England, 
 and were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- 
 stitution, which would give as much power to the 
 Central Government as that document could possibly 
 authorize. 
 
 Tlie leading Federalists and Republicans were 
 alike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the 
 good of the nation. Two more honest men or more 
 pure patriots than Jolm Adams the Federalist, and 
 James Monroe the Reiiublican, never breathed. In 
 building up this majestic nation, which is destined 
 to eclipse alKjrecian and Assyrian greatness, the com- 
 bination of their antagonism was needed to create the 
 light eipiilibrium. And yet each in his day was de- 
 nounced as almost a demon. 
 
 Washington was then President. England had es- 
 poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi- 
 ples (if the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn 
 into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. 
 Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be- 
 tween these contending powers. France had helped 
 us in the struggle for ovir lilierties. All the despotisms 
 of Europe were now combined to prevent the French 
 from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse 
 than that which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more 
 magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at 
 whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in 
 their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous 
 and noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres- 
 ident's ]5roclamation as ungrateful and wanting in 
 magnanimity. 
 
 Washington, who could appreciate such a character, 
 developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, 
 by aiipointing that very James Monroe, who was de- 
 nouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister 
 of that Government to the Republic of France. Mr. 
 Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention 
 in France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations. 
 
 Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon- 
 roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the 
 office for three \eais. He was again sent to trance to 
 co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining 
 the vast territory then known as the Province of 
 Louisiana, which France had but shortly before ob- 
 tained from S|)ain. Their united efforts were suc- 
 cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen 
 millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and 
 district of Louisiana were added to the United States. 
 This was probably the largest transfer of real estate 
 which was ever made in all the history of tiie world. 
 
 From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob- 
 tain from that country some reiogniiion of our 
 rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those 
 odious impressments of our seamen. but Eng- 
 land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng- 
 land on the same mission, but could receive no 
 redress. He returned to his home and was again 
 chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned 
 to accept the position of Secretary of State under 
 Madison. While in this office war witii England was 
 declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during 
 these trying times, the duties of the War De|jartment 
 were also put upon him. He was truly the armor- 
 bearer of President Madison, and the most efficient 
 business man in his cabinet. Lfpoii the return ol 
 peace he resigned the Department of War, but con- 
 tinued in the office of Secretary of Stale until the ex- 
 piration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the elec- 
 tion held the previous autumn Mr Monroe himself had 
 been chosen President with but Hale opposition, and 
 upon March 4, 18^7, was inaugurated. Four years 
 later he was elected for a second term. 
 
 Among the important measures of his Presidency 
 were the cession of Florida to the United States; the 
 Missouri Compromise, and the " Monroe doctrine.'' 
 
 This famous doctrine, since known as the "Monroe 
 doctrine," was enunciated by him in 1S23. .At that 
 time the L'^niled States had recognized the independ- 
 ence of the .'^outh American st;ites, and did not wish 
 to have European powers longer attem[)ting to sub- 
 due portions of the American Continent. The doctrine 
 is as follows: "That we shoukl consider any;iltempt 
 on the part of European powers to extend their sys- 
 tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous 
 to our peace and safety," and "that we could not 
 view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing 
 or controlling American governments or provinces in 
 any other light than as a manifest;iti(ni by European 
 powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United 
 States."' This doctrine imniedialelv affected the course 
 of foreign governments, and has become the approved 
 sentiment of the United States. 
 
 At the end of his second term Mr Monroe retired 
 to his home in Virginia, where he lived unlil 1830, 
 when he went to New York to live with his son-ii)- 
 law. In that city he died, on the 4th of July, 1831. 
 
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 OHN QUINCY ADAMS, the 
 sixth President of the United 
 SStates, was born in the rural 
 home of his honored father, 
 John Adams, in Qaincy, Mass., 
 on the nth cf July, 1767. His 
 mother, a woman of exahed 
 worth, watched overliis childhood 
 during the almost constant ab- 
 sence of his father. When but 
 eight years of age, he stood wuh 
 his mother on an eminence, listen- 
 ing to the booming of the great bat- 
 tle on Bunker's Hill, and gazing on 
 upon the smoke and flames billow- 
 ing up from the conflagration. of 
 Charlestown. 
 
 When but eleven years old he 
 took a tearful adieu of his mother, 
 to sail with his fat ner for Europe, 
 through a fleet of hostile British cruisers. The bright, 
 animated boy spent a year and a half in Pans, where 
 his father was associated with Frankhn and Lee as 
 minister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted 
 the notice of these distinguished men, and he received 
 from them flattering m.uks of attention. 
 
 Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this 
 country, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again 
 John Ouincv accompanied his father. At Pans he 
 applied himself with great diligence, for six months, 
 to study; then accompained his father to Holland, 
 where he entered, first a school in Amsterdam, then 
 the University at Leyden. About a year from this 
 time in 1781, when the manly hoy was but fourteen 
 years of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min- 
 ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. 
 
 In this school of incessant labor and of enobling 
 culture he spent fourteen months, and then returned 
 to Holland thiough Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and 
 Bremen. This long journev he took alone, in the 
 winter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed 
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 in the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father to 
 Paris, travehng leisurely, and forming acquaintance ^^_^ 
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 examining arcnitectural remains, galleries of pan 
 and all renowned works of art. At Paris he again 
 became associated with the iriost illustrious men of 
 all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal 
 themes which can engross the human mind. After 
 a short visit to England he returned to Pans, and 
 consecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785, _.j 
 when he returned to America. 'l"o a brilliant young W D 
 man of eighteen, who had seen much of the worid, B Yj^ 
 and who was familiar wiih the etiipiette of courts, a 
 residence with his father in London, under such cir- 
 cumstances, must have been extremely attractive; 
 but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pve-l ^-zr ' 
 ferred to return to America to complete his education ^ 3 
 
 in an .American college. He wished then to study 
 
 law, that with an honorable profession, he might be 
 able to obtain an independent support. 
 
 Upon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty 
 he studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be- 
 ing then but twenty- seven years of age, he was ap 
 pointed by Washington, resident minister at th( 
 Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached 
 London in October, where he was immediately admit 
 ted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pmckney^ 
 assisUngthem in negoriatihg a commercial treaty witl 
 Great Brilian. After thus spending a fonmght ij 
 London, he proceeded to the Hague 
 
 In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal a| 
 minister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal; 
 upon arriving in London, he met with despatches 
 direcringhim'^to the court of Berlin, but requestin- 
 him to remain in London until he should receive hi 
 instructions. While waiting he was mairied to an 
 American lady to whom he had been previously en 
 gaged,— Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughte 
 of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in London 
 a lady endownd with that beauty and those accom 
 plishment which eminently fitted her to move in th' 
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 He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; 
 where he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful- 
 filled all the purixises of his mission, lie solicited his 
 recall. 
 
 Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to 
 the Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then 
 was elected Senator of the United States for six years, 
 from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his 
 
 J a ability and his experience, placed him immediately 
 dL among the most prominent and influential members 
 .. _^ of tliat body. Especially did he sustain the Govern- 
 ment in its measures of resistance to the encroach- 
 ments of England, destroying our commerce and in- 
 sulting our flag. There was no man in America more 
 familiar with the arrogance of the British court upon 
 M^j these points, and no one more resolved to present 
 a firm resistance. 
 
 In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres- 
 idential chair, and he immediately nominated John 
 Quincy .\dams minister to St. Petersijurg. Resign- 
 ing his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked 
 at Boston, in August, 1809. 
 
 While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu- 
 dent. He devoted his attention to the language and 
 history of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the 
 European system of weights, measures, and coins ; to 
 the climate and astronomical observations ; while he 
 Kept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and 
 Latin classics. In all the universities of Eurojie, a 
 more accomplished scholar could scarcely be found. 
 All through life the Bible constituted an important 
 part of his studies. It was his rule to read five 
 chapters every day. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 18 17, Mr. Monroe took the 
 Presidential chair, and immediately api>ointed Mr. 
 Adams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num- 
 erous friends in public and private life in Europe, he 
 '' sailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On the 
 1 8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his 
 home in Quincy. During the eight yearsof -Mr. Mon- 
 roe's administration, Mr. Adams continued Secretary 
 of State. 
 
 Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's second 
 term of office, new candidates began to be presented 
 for the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams brought 
 forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. 
 Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and 
 Slsixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re- 
 ceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; 
 William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty- 
 seven. As there was no clioice by the people, the 
 question went to the House of Representatives. Mr. 
 Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. .\dams, and 
 he was elected. 
 
 The friends of all the disappointed candidates now 
 combined in a venomous and persistent assault upon 
 Mr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in 
 the past history of our country than the abuse which 
 
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 high-minded, upright, patriotic man. 'I'here never was 
 an administration more pure in principles, more con- 
 scientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun- 
 try, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per- 
 haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- 
 lously and outrageously assailed. 
 
 Mr Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab- 
 stemious and temperate in his habits; always rising 
 early, and taking ninth exercise. \\ lien at his home in 
 Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast, 
 seven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said 
 that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his 
 own fire and applying himself to worli in iiis library 
 often long before dawn. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired 
 from the Presidency, and was succeeded by .\ndrew 
 Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected \ice Presi- 
 dent. The slavery question now began to assume 
 ixjrtentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to 
 Quincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un- 
 abated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re- 
 main in retirement. In November, 1830, he was 
 elected representative to Congress. For seventeen 
 years, until his death, he occupied the post as repre- 
 sentarive, towering abcive all his peers, ever ready to 
 do brave battle' for freedom, and winning the title of 
 "the old man eloquent." Ujxjn taking his seat in 
 the House, he announced that he should hold him- 
 self bound to no party. Probably there never was a 
 member more devoted to his duties. He was usually 
 the first in his place in the morning, and the last to 
 leave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could 
 be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The 
 battle which Mr. .\danis fought, almost singly, against 
 ihe proslavery jiarty in the Government, was sublime 
 in Its moral dating and heroism. For persisting in 
 presenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he 
 was threatened with indictment by the grand jury, 
 with expulsion from the House, with assassination : 
 but no threats could intimidate him, and his final 
 triumph was complete. 
 
 It has been said of President Adams, that when liis 
 body was bent and his hair silvered liy the lapse ot 
 fourscore years, yielding to the sim|ile faith of a little 
 child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before 
 he slejjt, the prajer which his mother taught him in 
 his infant years. 
 
 On the 2ist of February, 1848, he rose on the flour 
 of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the 
 speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly- 
 sis, and was caught in the arms of those around him. 
 For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to 
 the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious- 
 ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and 
 said " T/iis is the end of earth .-"then after a moment's 
 pause he added, "/«/// content" These were the 
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 NDREW JACKSON, the 
 seventh President of the 
 jj'* United States, was born in 
 Waxhavv settlement, N. C, 
 March 15, 1767, a few days 
 after his father's death. His 
 parents were poor emigrants 
 from Ireland, and took up 
 their abode in Waxhaw set- 
 tlement, where they lived in 
 deepest poverty. 
 Andrew, or Andy, as he was 
 universally called, grew up a very 
 rough, rude, turbulent boy. His 
 features were coarse, his form un- 
 gainly; and there was but very 
 little in his character, made visible, which was at- 
 tractive. 
 
 When only thirteen years old he joined the volun- 
 teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 
 1781, he and his brother Robert were captured and 
 imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer 
 ordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. " I am 
 a prisoner of war, not your servant," was the reply of 
 the dauntless boy. 
 
 The brute drew his sword, and aimed a des])erate 
 ^ blow at the head of the helpless young prisoner. 
 Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear- 
 ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other upon the 
 head. The officer then turned to his brother Robert 
 with the same demand. He also refused, and re- 
 ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which quite 
 disabled him, and which probably soon after caused 
 his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and 
 l| were finally stricken with the small-pox. Their 
 mother was successful in obtaining their exchange, 
 
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 and took her sick boys home. After a long illness 
 Andrew recovered, and the death of liis mother soon 
 left him entirely friendless. 
 
 Andrew supported himself in various ways, such as 
 working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and 
 clerking in a general store, until 1784, when he 
 entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, 
 gave more attention to the wild amusements of the 
 times than to his studies. In 1788, he was appointed 
 solicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of 
 which Tennessee was then a part. This involved 
 many long and tedious journeys amid dangers of 
 every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear, liirs 
 and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish 
 with the Sharp Knife. 
 
 In 179 1, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who 
 supposed lierself divorced from her former husband. 
 Great was the surprise of both parties, two years later, 
 to find that the conditions of the divorce had just been 
 definitely settled by the first husband. The marriage 
 ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur- 
 rence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr. 
 Jackson into disfavor. 
 
 During these years he worked hard at his profes- 
 sion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand, 
 one of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec- 
 ially disgraceful. 
 
 In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then 
 containing nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the 
 people met in convention at Knowille to frame a con- 
 stitution. Five were sent from each of tlie eleven 
 counties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates. 
 The new State was entitled to but one nieml cr in 
 the Narional House of Representatives. Andrew Jack- 
 son was chosen that member. Mounting his liorsehe 
 rode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its 
 
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 sessions, — a distance of about eight hundred miles. 
 
 Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo- 
 cratic ijurty. Jefferson was liis idol. He admired 
 Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr. 
 Jackson took his seat. Gen. W'ashington, whose 
 second term of otfice was then expiring, delivered his 
 last speech to Congress. A committee drew up a 
 complimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson 
 did not approve of tlie address, and was one of the 
 twelve who voted against it. He was not willing to 
 say that Gen. Washington's adminstration had been 
 " wise, firm and patriotic." 
 
 Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States 
 Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home. 
 Soon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court 
 of his State, which position he held for si.K years. 
 
 When the war of 181 2 with Great Britian com- 
 menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. 
 Aaron B irr sent word to the President that there was 
 an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who 
 would do credit to a commission if one were con- 
 ferred u[X)n him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson 
 offeied his services and those of twenty-five hundred 
 volunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops 
 were assembled at Nashville. 
 
 As the British were hourly expected to make an at- 
 tack upon New Orleans, where (ien. Wilkinson was 
 in command, he was ordered to descend the river 
 with fifteen hundred troops to aid W'ilkinson. The 
 expedition reached Natchez; and afteradelay of sev- 
 eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, 
 the men were ordered back to their homes. But the 
 energy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire 
 devotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him 
 golden opinions ; and he bticame the most popular 
 man in the State. It was in this expedition that his 
 toughness gave him the nickname of " Old Hickory." 
 
 Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhij) Col. 
 Thomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman 
 made about his taking a ])art as second in a duel, in 
 which a younger brother of Benton's was engaged, 
 he received two severe pistol wounds. While he was 
 iingering \\\in\~\ a bed of suffering news came that the 
 Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from 
 Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set- 
 tlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De- 
 cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with 
 his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in 
 a sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis- 
 tance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an 
 army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama. 
 
 The Creek Indians had established a strong fort on 
 one of the bends of the TallaDoosa River, near the cen- 
 ter of .Mabania, about fifty miles below Fort Strother. 
 With an army of two thousand men, Gen. Jackson 
 traversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven 
 days. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or 
 JHorse-shoe, on t'le 27th of Marcii. 1814. The bend 
 
 of the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of 
 tangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow 
 neck the Indians had constructed a formidable brea.st- 
 work of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, 
 with an ample suplyof arms were assembled. 
 
 The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des- 
 perate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When 
 bleeding and dying, they would fight tiiose who en- 
 deavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn- 
 ing until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was 
 awful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the 
 river; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as 
 they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- 
 rios were killed .\ few probably, in the night, swam 
 the river and escaped. This ended the war. The 
 power of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold 
 plunge into the wilderness, with itsterriftic slaughter, 
 so appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants 
 of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. 
 
 This closing of the Creek war enabled us to con- 
 centrate all our militia upon the British, who were the 
 allies of the Indians No man of less resolute will 
 tlian Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian 
 campaign to so successful an issue Immediately he 
 was appointed major-general. 
 
 Late in August, with an army of two thousand 
 men, on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson came to 
 Mobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed 
 a force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort, 
 and from both ship and shore commenced a furious 
 assault. The battle was long and doubtful. At length 
 one of the ships was blown up and the rest retired. 
 
 Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little 
 army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, 
 And the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued, 
 was in reality a very arduous campaign. This won 
 for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his 
 troops, which numbered about four thousand men, 
 won a signal victory over the British army of about 
 nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the 
 loss of the British was two thousand six hundred. 
 
 The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men- 
 tioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824, 
 he was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however, 
 successful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected 
 for a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he 
 assumed the reins of the government, he met with 
 the most terrible affliction of his life in the death of 
 his wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has 
 perhaps never been surpassed. From tlie shock of 
 her death he never recovered. 
 
 His administration was one of the most memorable 
 in the annals of our country'; applauded by one party, 
 condemned by the other. No man had more bitter 
 enemies or warmer friends. At the expiration of his 
 two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where 
 he died lune 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack- 
 son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. 
 
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 EIGHTH jp RESIDENT. 
 
 
 
 
 ARTIN VAN BUREN, the 
 eighth President of the 
 United States, was born at 
 Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 
 1782. He died at the same 
 place, July 24, 1862. His 
 body rests in the cemetery 
 at Kinderhook. Above it is 
 a plain granite shaft fifteen feet 
 high, bearing a simple inscription 
 about half way up on one face. 
 1™ The lot is unfenced, unbordered 
 or unbounded by shrub or flower. 
 
 There is but little in the life of Martin Van Buren 
 of romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged 
 in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in 
 political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many 
 signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those 
 incidents which give zest to biography. His an- 
 cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, 
 and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland 
 to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, 
 residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, 
 also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- 
 ligence and exemplary piety. 
 
 He was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un- 
 usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the 
 age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies 
 in his native village, and commenced the study of 
 law. As he had not a collegiate education, seven 
 years of study in a law-office were required of him 
 before he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with 
 a lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur- 
 sued his studies with indefatigable industry. After 
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 he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his 
 studies for the seventh year. 
 
 In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of 
 age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil- 
 lage. The great conflict between the Federal and 
 Republican party was then at its height. Mr. Van 
 Buren was from the beginning a politician. He had, 
 perhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the 
 many discussions which had been carried on in his 
 father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with 
 Jefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the 
 cause of State Rights; though at that time the Fed- 
 eral party held the supremacy both in his town 
 and State. 
 
 His success and increasing ruputation led li'm, 
 after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, tlie 
 county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years, 
 constantly gaining strength by contending in the 
 courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned 
 the bar of his State. 
 
 Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mr. 
 Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for 
 beauty and accomplisjiments. After twelve short 
 years she sank into the grave, the victim of consump- 
 tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over 
 her loss. For twenty-five years, i\Ir. Van Buren was 
 an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record 
 of those years is barren in items of [)ublic interest. 
 In t8i 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to 
 the State Senate, and L'ave his strenuous support to 
 Mr. Madison's adminstration. In 1815, he was ap- 
 pointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved 
 to Albany, the capital of the State. 
 
 While he was acknowledged as one of the most 
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 the moral courage to avow that true democracy did 
 not require that " universal suffrage" which admits 
 the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of 
 governing the State. In true consistency with his 
 democratic principles, he contended that, while the 
 path leading to the privilege of voting should be open 
 to every man without distinction, no one should be 
 invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were 
 in some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue 
 and some property interests in the welfare of the 
 State. 
 
 In 182 I he was elected a member of the United 
 States Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat 
 in the convention to revise the constitution of his 
 native State. His course in this convention secured 
 the approval of men of all parties. No one could 
 doubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the 
 interests of all classes in the community. In the 
 Senate of the United States, he rose at once to a 
 
 E^ conspicuous position as an active and usefullegislator. 
 I In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the 
 
 Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to 
 
 the Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- 
 termined opposer of the Administration, adopting the 
 "State Rights" view in opposition to what was 
 deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. 
 
 Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof 
 
 the State of New York, and accordingly resigned his 
 
 seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United 
 
 States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. 
 
 Adams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it 
 
 M Andrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether 
 entitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re- 
 garded throughout the United States as one of the 
 most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians. 
 It was supposed that no one knew so well as he how 
 to touch the secret spiings of action; how to pull all 
 the wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to 
 organize a political army which would, secretly and 
 stealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By 
 these powers it is said tiiat he outv/itted Mr. Adams, 
 Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which 
 itw thought then could be accomplislied. 
 
 When .\ndrew Jackson was elected President he 
 appointed .Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This 
 jxjsition he resigned in 1831, and was inmiediately 
 appointed Minister to England, where he went the 
 same autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, 
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 President in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election 
 of President Jackson ; and with smiles for all and 
 frowns for none, he took his place at the head of that 
 Senate which had refused to confirm his nomination 
 as ambassador. 
 
 His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of 
 President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor- 
 ite ; and this, probably more than any other cause, 
 secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief FLxecu- 
 tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re- 
 ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. 
 Jackson as President of the United States. He was 
 elected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the 
 retiring President. " Leaving New York out of the 
 canvass," says Mr. Parton, "the election of Mr. \'an 
 Buren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. 
 Jackson as though the Constitution had conferred 
 upon him the power to appoint a successor." 
 
 His administration was filled with exciting events. 
 The insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in- 
 volve this country in war with England, the agitation 
 of the slavery question, and finally the great commer- 
 cial panic which spread over the country, all were 
 trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at- 
 tributed to the management of the Democratic party, 
 and brought the President into such disfavor that lie 
 failed of re-election. 
 
 With the exception of being nominated for the 
 Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in 1848, 
 Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until 
 his death. 
 
 He had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits, 
 and living within his income, had now fortunately a 
 competence for his declining years. His unblemished 
 character, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned 
 patriotism, and the distinguished positions which he 
 had occupied in the government of our country, se- 
 cured to him not only the homage of his party, but 
 the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 
 4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from 
 the presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald, 
 he still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics 
 of the country. From this time until liis deatli, on 
 the 24th of July, 1S62, at the age of eighty years, he 
 resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of 
 culture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old 
 age, probably far more happiness than he had before 
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 ILLIAM HENRY HARRI- 
 SON, the ninth President of 
 the United States, was born 
 at Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773. 
 His father, Benjamin Harri- 
 son, was in comparatively op- 
 ulent circumstances, and was 
 one of the most distinguished 
 men of his day. He was an 
 intimate friend of George 
 Washington, w as early elected 
 a member of the Continental 
 Congress, and was conspicuous 
 among the patriots of Virginia in 
 resisting the encroachments of the 
 British crown. In the celebrated 
 Congress of 1775, Benjamin Har- 
 rison and John Hancock were 
 both candidates for the ofiice of 
 s[ieaker. 
 
 Mr Harrison was subsequently 
 chosen Governor of Virginia, and 
 was twice re-elected. His son, 
 William Henry, of course enjoyed 
 Jn childhood all the advantages which wealth and 
 intellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- 
 ing received a thorough comn.on-school education, he 
 entered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated 
 with honor soon after the death of his father. He 
 then repaired to Philadeliiliia to study medicine under 
 the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of 
 Robert Morris, both of whom were, with his father, 
 signers of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 Upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not- 
 withstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he 
 abandoned his medical studies and entered the army, 
 having obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi- I 
 
 dent Washington. He was then but 19 years old. 
 From that time he passed gradually upward in rank 
 until he became aid to General Wayne, after whose 
 death he resigned his commission. He was then ap- 
 pointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This 
 Territory was then entitled to but one member in 
 Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that 
 position. 
 
 In the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory 
 was divided by Congress into two portions. The 
 eastern portion, comprising the region now embraced 
 in the State of Ohio, was called " The Territory 
 north-west of the Ohio." The western portion, which 
 included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and 
 Wisconsin, was called the "Indiana Territory." Wil- 
 liam Henry Harrison, then 2.7 years of age, was ajv 
 ixjinted by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana 
 Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of 
 Upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as 
 extensive a realm as any sovereign uix)n the globe. He 
 was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in- 
 vested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now 
 rapidly increasing white population. The ability and 
 fidelity with which he discharged these responsible 
 duties may be inferred from the fact that he was four 
 times apix)inted to this office — first by John Adams, 
 twice by Thomas JefTerson and afterwards by Presi- 
 dent Madison. 
 
 When he began his adminstration there were but 
 three white settlements in that almost boundless region, 
 now crowded with cities and resounding witli all the 
 tumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements 
 was on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at 
 Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French 
 settlement. 
 
 The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrison 
 reigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. About 
 
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 the year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, 
 of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of 
 these was called Tecmuseh, or " Tlie Crouching 
 I'.inlher;" the other, Olliwaclieca, or "The Prophet." 
 Tecuuiseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man 
 of great sagacity, far-ieaching foresiglit and indomit- 
 able perseverance in any enterprise m wliich he might 
 engage. He was inspired witiithe highest enthusiasm, 
 and had long regarded witii dread and with hatred 
 the encroachment ot the whites upon the hunting- 
 grounds of his fathers. His brotlier, the Prophet, was 
 an orator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored 
 Indian as the gale tossed the tree -tops beneath which 
 they dwelt. 
 
 But the Prophet was not merely an orator : he was, 
 iii the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested 
 with the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a 
 magician. Willi an eathasiasm unsurpassed by Peter 
 the Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went 
 from trilie to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent 
 liy the Great Spirit. 
 
 Gov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate 
 the Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tippe- 
 canoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. 
 October 2iS, 1812, his army began its inarch. When 
 near the Prophet's town three Indians of rank made 
 I their appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was 
 approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a 
 
 I short conference, arrangements were made forameet- 
 ^ ing the next day, to agree upon terms of [leace. 
 
 But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with 
 
 II the Indian character to be deceived by such protes- 
 tations .Selecting a favorable spot for his night's en- 
 campment, he took every precaution against surprise 
 His troops were jx)sted in a hollow square, and slept 
 upon their arms. 
 
 The troops threw themselves upon the ground for 
 St; but every man had his accourtremeius on, his 
 oaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The 
 wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock in 
 the morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa- 
 tion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It 
 was a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In 
 the darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi- 
 ble, and just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all 
 the desi)eration which superstition and passion most 
 highly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the 
 ittle army. The savages had been amply provided 
 ' I vith guns and ammunition by the English. Their 
 } var-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets. 
 1" The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the 
 ! light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- 
 j ous yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a 
 jlpeedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison's 
 1 roops stood as immovable as the rocks around them 
 } mtil day dawned : they then made a simultaneous 
 jiharge with the bayonet, and swept every thing be- 
 fore them, and completely routing the foe. 
 
 Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked 
 to the utmost. The British descending from the Can - 
 adas, were ot themselves a very formidable force ; but 
 with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the 
 forest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn- 
 ing, [jlu.idering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier 
 was plunged into a stale of consternation which even 
 the most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive. 
 The war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the 
 forest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra- 
 tion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made 
 tiie ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit. 
 Under these despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison 
 was appointed by President Madison commander-in- 
 chief of the North-western army, with orders to retake 
 Detroit, and to protect the frontiers. 
 
 It would be difficult to place a man in a situation 
 demanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but 
 General Harrison was found equal to the position, 
 and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re- 
 sponsibilities. 
 
 He won the love of liis soldiers by always sharing 
 with them tlieir fatigue. His whole baggage, while 
 pursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a 
 valise; and his bedding consi.-,ted of a single blanket 
 lashed over his saddle Tliirty-five British officers, 
 his prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle. 
 The only fare he could give them was beef roasted 
 before the fire, without bread or salt. 
 
 In 1816, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of 
 the National House of Representatives, to represent 
 the District of Ohio. 1 n Congress he proved an 
 active member; and whenever he spoke, it was with 
 force of reason and [wwerof eloquence, wiiich arrested 
 the attention of all the members. 
 
 In iStg, Harrison was elected to the Senate of 
 Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors 
 of that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The 
 same year he was chosen to the United States Senate. 
 
 In 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought hiin 
 forward as a candidate for the Presidency against 
 Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of 
 Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re -nominated by his 
 party, and Mr. Harrison was unanimou.sly nominated 
 by the Whigs, with John Tyler for the Vice Presidency. 
 The contest was very animated. Gen Jackson gave 
 all his influence to prevent Harrison's election ; but 
 his triumph was signal. 
 
 The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster 
 at its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most 
 brilliant with which anv President iiad ever been 
 surrounded. Never were tlie prospects of an admin- 
 istration more flattering, or the hopes of the country 
 more sanguine. In the midst of these bright and 
 joyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a 
 pleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick- 
 ness, died on tiie 4th of April ; just one month after 
 his inauguration as President of the United States. 
 
 
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 He was born in Charles-city 
 Co., Va., March 29, 1790. He 
 was tlie favored child of af- 
 fluence and high social po- 
 ^ sition. At the early age of 
 twelve, John entered William 
 and Mary College and grad- 
 uated with much honor when 
 but seventeen years old. After 
 graduating, he devoted liim- 
 self with great assiduity to the 
 study of law, partly with his 
 father and partly with Edmund 
 Randolph, one of the most distin- 
 guished lawyers of Virginia. 
 
 At nineteen years of age, ne 
 commenced the practice of law. 
 His success was rapid and aston- 
 ishing. It is said that three 
 months had not elapsed ere there 
 was scarcely a case on the dock- 
 I et of the court in which he was 
 
 not retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he 
 was almost unanimously elected to a seat in the State 
 Legislature. He connected himself with the Demo- 
 cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of 
 Jefferson and Madison. For five successive years he 
 was elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the 
 unanimous vote or his county. 
 
 When but twenty-six years of age, he was elected 
 a member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and 
 ably with the Democratic party, opposing a national 
 bank, internal improvements by the General Govern- 
 
 ment, a protective tariff, and advocatmg a strict con- 
 struction of the Constitution, and the most careful 
 vigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress 
 were so arduous that before the close of his second 
 term he found it necessary to resign and retire to his 
 estate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He, 
 however, soon after consented to take his seat in the 
 State Legislature, where his influence was powerful 
 in promoting public works of great utility. With a 
 reputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen 
 by a very large majority of votes. Governor of his 
 native State. His administration was signally a suc- 
 cessful one. His popularity secured his re-election 
 
 John Randolph, a brilliant, ewatic, half-crazed 
 man, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the 
 United States. A portion of the Democratic party 
 was displeased with Mr. Randolph's wayward course, 
 and brought forward John Tyler as his op|X)nent, 
 considering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient 
 popularity to succeed against the renowned orator of 
 Roanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor. 
 
 In accordance with his professions, upon taking his 
 seat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi- 
 tion. He opposed the tariff; he spoke against and 
 voted against the bank as unconstitutional ; he stren- 
 uously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist- 
 ing all projects of internal improvements by the Gen- 
 eral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr. 
 Calhoun's view of nullification ; he declared that Gen. 
 Jackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had 
 abandoned the principles of the Democratic party. 
 Such was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress, — a record 
 in perfect accordance with the principles which he 
 had always avowed. 
 
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 fersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli- 
 ments upon him. He had now attained the age of 
 forty-six. His career had been very brilliant, in con- 
 sequence of his devotion to public business, his pri- 
 vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; and it was 
 not without satisfaction that he resumed the practice 
 of law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan- 
 tation. Soon* after this he removed to Williamsburg, 
 for the better education of his children ; and he again 
 took his seat in the Legi-.lature of Virginia. 
 
 By the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national 
 convention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in 
 1839. The m.iioiity of votes were given to Gen. Har- 
 rison, a genuine \V'hig, much to the disap[X)intn)ent ot 
 the .South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili- 
 ate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the 
 convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres- 
 ident. It was well known that he was not in sympa- 
 thy with the Whig party in the No:th: but the Vice 
 President has but very little power in the Govern- 
 ment, his main and almost only duty being to pre- 
 side over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap- 
 pened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a 
 Democratic Vice President were chosen. 
 
 In 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi- 
 dent of the United States. In one short month from 
 that time. President Harri.5on died, and Mr. Tyler 
 thus found himself, to his own surprise and that of 
 the whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential 
 chair. This was a new test of the stability of our 
 institutions, as it vvas the first time in the histoiy of our 
 country that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler 
 was at home in ^Villiamsburg when he received the 
 une.xpected tidings of tlie death of President Harri- 
 son. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of 
 April was inaugurated to the high and resixmsible 
 office. He was placed in a position of exceeding 
 delicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been 
 opposed to the main principles of the party which had 
 brought him into power. He had ever been a con- 
 sistent, honest man, with an unblemished record. 
 Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should 
 he retain them, and thus surround himself with coun- 
 sellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or, 
 on the other hand, should he turn against the party 
 which had elected him and select a cabinet in har- 
 mony with himself, and which would oppose all those 
 views which the Whigs deemed essential to the inib- 
 lic welfare.' This was his fearful dilemma. He in- 
 vited the caliinet which President Harrison had 
 selected to retain their seats. He reccommended a 
 day of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and 
 bless us. 
 
 The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the 
 incorporation of a fiscal bank of the United States. 
 The President, after ten days' delay, returned it with 
 his veto. Hs> suggested, however, that he would 
 
 approve of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he 
 pro|)osed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and 
 privately ;:ubmitted to him. He gave it his ajjproval. 
 It -Aas passed without alteration, ar.d he sent it back 
 with his veto. Here commenced the open rupture. 
 It is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas- 
 ure by a published letter from the Hon. John -M. 
 iiotts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely 
 touched the pride of the President. 
 
 The opposition now exuliingly received the Presi- 
 dent into their arms. The party which elected him 
 denounced hinr bitterly. K\\ the members of his 
 cabinet, exce|>ting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs 
 of Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a 
 meeting and issued an address to the people of the 
 United States, proclaiming that all political alliance 
 between the \Vhigs and President 'I")ler w^eie at 
 an end. 
 
 Still the President attempted to conciliate. He 
 appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and 
 Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party 
 men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign, 
 forced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus 
 the four years of Mr. Tyler's unfortunate administra- 
 tion passed sadly away. JNo one was satisfied. Tlie 
 land was filled with murmurs and vitu]ieration. Whigs 
 and Democrats alike assailed him. More and more, 
 however, he brought himself into svmpathy with his 
 old friends, the Democi-ats, until at the close of his term, 
 he gave his whole influence to the support of Mr. 
 Polk, the Democratic candidate for his successor. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the 
 harassments of office, tothe regret of neither party, and 
 probably to his own unspeakable relief His first wife. 
 Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842; 
 and in June, r844, President Tyler was again married, 
 at New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of 
 many personal and intellectual accomplishments. 
 
 The remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly 
 in retirement at his beautiful home, — Sherwood For- 
 est, Charles city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in 
 his manners, richly furnished with tnformation from 
 books and experience in the world, and possessing 
 brilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was 
 the scene of unusual attractions. \\\(\\ sufficient 
 means for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he 
 might have enjoyed a serene old age with the few 
 friends who gathered around him, were it not for the 
 storms of civil war which his own principles and 
 policy had heljied to introduce. 
 
 When the great Rebellion rose, which the State- 
 rights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal- 
 houn had inaugurated, President Tyler renounced his 
 allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed- 
 erates. He was chosen a member of their Congress; 
 and while engaged in active measures to destroy, by 
 force of arms, the Government over which he had 
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 was born in Mecklenburg Co., 
 
 N. C, Nov. 2, 1795. His par- 
 
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 (Knox) Polk, the former a son 
 
 of Col. Thomas Polk, who located 
 
 at the above place, as one of the 
 
 first pioneers, in 1735. 
 
 In the year 1S06, with his wife 
 and cliildren, and soon after fol- 
 lowed by most of tlie members of 
 the Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi- 
 grated some two or three hundred 
 miles farther west, to the rich valley 
 of the Duck River. Here in the 
 midst of the wilderness, in a region 
 which was subsequently called Mau- 
 ry Co , they reared their log huts, 
 and established their homes. In the 
 hard toil of a new farm in the wil- 
 derness, James K. Polk siient the 
 early \ears of his childhood and 
 youth. His father, adding the pur- 
 suit of a surveyor to that of a farmer, 
 , '- ' gradually increased in wealth until 
 
 t); he became one of the leading men of the region. His 
 i];C mother was a superior woman, of strong commc^n 
 "' : sense and earnest piety. 
 
 '. Very early in life, James developed a taste for 
 ; reading and e.^pressed the strongest desire to obtain 
 ~a liberal education. His mother's training had made 
 :him methodical in his habits, had taught him punct- 
 uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty 
 : principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his 
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 counter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits. 
 
 This .was to James a bitter disappointment. He 
 had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks 
 were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this 
 uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his 
 earnest solicitation his father removed him, and made 
 arrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon 
 after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. \Vith 
 ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed 
 forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half 
 years, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomore 
 class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel 
 Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of 
 scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing 
 himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious 
 service. 
 
 He graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be- 
 ing deemed the best scholar of his class, both in 
 mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- 
 three years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this 
 time much impaired by the assiduity with which he 
 had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of 
 relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the 
 office of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk 
 renewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who 
 resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few 
 miles from Nashville. They had probably been 
 slightly acquainted betbre. 
 
 Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican, 
 and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi- 
 cal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was 
 constantly called upon to address the meetings of his 
 party friends. His skill as a speaker was such that 
 he was popularly called the Napoleon of the stump. 
 He was a man of unblemished morals, genial and 
 
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 :ourteoiis ia his bearing, and with that sympathetic 
 nature in the joys and griefs of others \vhich ever gave 
 him troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected 
 to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his 
 strong influence towards the election of his friend, 
 Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States. 
 
 In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah 
 Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was 
 altogether worthy of him, — a lady of beauty and cul- 
 ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a 
 member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave 
 to his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that 
 for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con- 
 tinued in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, 
 only that he might accept the (iuliernatorial chair 
 of Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious 
 member, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was 
 always in his seat, always courteous; and whenever 
 he spoke it was always to the point, and without any 
 ambitious rhetorical display. 
 
 During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was 
 Speaker of the House Strong passions were roused, 
 and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr. Polk per- 
 formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- 
 tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was 
 passed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of 
 March, 1839. 
 
 In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a 
 candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was 
 elected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo- 
 ber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, 
 his term of office expired, and he was again the can- 
 didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur- 
 ated President of the United States. The verdict of 
 the country in favor of the annexalionof Texas, exerted 
 its influence upon Congress ; and the last act of the 
 administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- 
 nature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 
 3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to 
 the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas 
 as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, 
 Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and 
 left the country, declaring the act of the annexation 
 to be an act hostile to Mexico. 
 
 In his first message, President Polk urged that 
 Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- 
 ceived into the Union on the same footing with the 
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 sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the 3^ 
 western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly 
 two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, 
 where he erected batteries which commanded the 
 Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated onHj: 
 the western banks. 
 
 The anticipated collision soon took place, and war 
 was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The 
 war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration 
 with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first p 
 called one of "observation," then of "occui)ation 
 then of "invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. TheS^J 
 feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly 
 and awfully slaughtered. The day of judgementSt 
 alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. 
 It v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration Bt 
 that the war was brought on. cj; 
 
 'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico wasp 
 prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands. 
 We now consented to peace upon the condition that 
 Mexico should surrender 10 us, in addition to Texas,^| 
 all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal- 
 ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of|| 
 Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This 
 was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the?|ti 
 size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen 
 majestic States to be added to the Union. There were j| 
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 of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and ji: 
 more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this 
 money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. 
 
 On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from ft 
 office, having served one term. The next day was % 
 Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated 
 as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the 
 same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even- 
 ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to 
 Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. 
 He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, 
 and his health was good With an ample fortune, 
 a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties 
 of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years 
 of tranquility and Iia[)i)iness were before him. But the 
 cholera — that fearful scourge — was then sweeping up 
 the Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted, 
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 President of the United States, 
 was born on the 24th of Nov., 
 1 7 84, in Orange Co., Va. His 
 3« lather, Colonel Taylor, was 
 a Virginian of note, and a dis- 
 ») tinguished patriot and soldier of 
 the Revolution. When Zachary 
 was an infant, his father with his 
 wife and two children, emigrated 
 to Kentuck) , where he settled in 
 the pathless wilderness, a few 
 miles from Louisville. \\\ this front- 
 ier home, away from civilization and 
 all its refinements, young Zachary 
 could enjoy but few social and educational advan- 
 tages. When six years of age he attended a common 
 school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, 
 rather remarkable for bbintness and decision of char- 
 acter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and 
 manifested a strong desire to enter tlie army to fight 
 the Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There 
 is little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his 
 childhood on his father's large but lonely plantation. 
 In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him 
 the commission of lieutenant in the United States 
 army ; and he joined the troops which were stationed 
 at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after 
 this he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady 
 from one of the first families of Maryland. 
 
 Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng- 
 land, in 18 1 2, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been 
 promoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort 
 Harrison, on- the Wabash, about fifty miles above 
 Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- 
 ness by Gen. Harrison,on his march to Tippecanoe. 
 It was one of the first points of attack by the Indians, 
 led by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken 
 
 company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of!j 
 whom were sick. 
 
 Early in the autumn of 1812, the Indians, stealthily.S^ 
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 soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor 
 made every possible preparation to meet the ant'xi- 
 pated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of 
 forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, 
 waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that 
 in the morning their chief would come to have a talk \ \ 
 with him. It was evident that their object was merely , l'*^ " 
 to ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. '1'^^ 
 Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept .<r,\^^ 
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 garrison slept upon their arms. One liour before 
 midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips 
 in the forest around, followed by the discharge of 
 musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick 
 and well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that 
 defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap- "fiTTi 
 ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- llJiL 
 ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can 
 conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc- 
 ceeded in setting fire to one of the block-houses- 
 Until six o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict 
 continued. The savages tiien, baffled at every jx)int, 
 and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. 
 Taylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the 
 rank of major by brevet. 
 
 Until the close of the war, MajorTaylor was placed 
 in such situations that he saw but little more of active 
 service. He was sent far away into the depths of the 
 v\ilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which 
 empties into Green Bay. Here there was but little 
 to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one 
 best could. There were no books, no society, no in- 
 
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 tellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful 
 years rolled on. Gradually he rose to the rank of 
 colonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in 
 the capture of that renowned chieftain, Col. Taylor 
 took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. 
 
 For twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged in 
 the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in 
 employments so obscure, that his name was unknown 
 beyond the limits of liis own immediate ac(iuaintance. 
 In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel 
 the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re- 
 tire beyond tlie Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, 
 had promised they should do. The services rendered 
 here secured for Col. Taylor the higli appreciation of 
 the Government ; and as a reward, he was elevated 
 to the rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon 
 after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- 
 mand of the United States troops in Florida. 
 
 After two years of such wearisome employment 
 amidst the everglades of the peninsula, Gen. Taylor 
 obtained, at his own request, a change of command, 
 and was stationed over tiie Department of the South- 
 west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, 
 Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters 
 at Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family 
 to a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. 
 Here he remained for five years, buried, as it were, 
 from the world, hut faithfully discharging every duty 
 imposed upon him. 
 
 In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land 
 between the Nueces and Rio (irande, the latter river 
 being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed 
 by the United States. Soon the war with Me.xico 
 was brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la 
 Palma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the 
 Mexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet 
 3^ I was then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name 
 """ was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in 
 the Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and 
 Buena Vista in which he won signal victories over 
 forces much larger than he commanded. 
 
 His careless habits of dress and his unaffected 
 simplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, 
 Xht sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready.' 
 
 Tlie tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista 
 spread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The 
 name of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The 
 [Whig party decided to take advantage of tliis wonder- 
 ul popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- 
 ettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the 
 Presidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an- 
 nouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- 
 ! daring that he was not at all (jualified for such an 
 Hofifice. So little interest had he taken in politics that, 
 "or forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not 
 without chagrin that several distinguished statesmen 
 Kdwho had been long years in the public service found 
 their claims set aside in behalf of one whose name 
 
 had never been heard of, save in connection wi'h I'alu ; ^ 
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 Vista. It is said that Daniel \Veljster, in his haste re- : - 
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 Gen. Taylor was not an elocjiicnt s[)e.iker nor a fine ; 3 
 writer His friends took possession of him, and pre- ; : 
 pared such few communications as it was needful : .[ 
 should be presented to the [lulilic. rhepo[)iilarity of : li 
 the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri- -_% 
 uinphantly elected over two op|X)sing candidates, — z'h 
 Gen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren. Sifi 
 Though he selected an excellent caliinet, the good 'i^-\ 
 old man found himself in a very uncongenial jxisition, 
 and was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed. 
 His mental sufferings were very severe, and probably 
 tended to hasten his death. The \)ro-slavery party % 
 was pushing its claims with tireless energy, expedi- 
 tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was 
 pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery 
 stood at tlie door to bar her out. (ien. Taylor found 
 the political conflicts in Washington to be far more 
 trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or 
 Indians* 
 
 In the midst of all these troubles. Gen. Taylor, 
 after he had occupied the Presidential chair but little 
 over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of 
 but little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850. 
 His last words were, "I am not ;ifiaid to die. I am 
 ready. 1 have endeavored to do my duty." He died 
 universally respected and beloved. An honest, un- 
 pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the k 
 affections of the people ; and the Nation bitterly la- 
 mented his deatli. 
 
 Gen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with 
 Gen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful 
 description of his character: — " ^\'ith a good store of 
 common sense. Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en- 
 larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse 
 with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- 
 quence. The frontiers and small military posts had 
 been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his t 
 rank, and quite bigoted in his ignomnce. His sim- 
 plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju- 
 dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the 
 tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, 
 chanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat 
 a little on one side of his head; or an officer to leave 
 a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out- 
 side pocket,^n any such case, this critic held the 
 offender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse), 
 whom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase, 
 'touch with a pair of tongs.' 
 
 "Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- 
 worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a 
 sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter 
 unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short, 
 few men have ever had a more comfortable, labor- 
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 teentli President of the United 
 States, was born at Summer 
 Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on 
 the 7th of January, 1800. His 
 *^ father was a farmer, and ow- 
 mg to misfortune, in humlile cir- 
 ( umstances. Of his mother, the 
 duighter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, 
 of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been 
 said that she possessed an intellect 
 of very high order, united with much 
 lersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis- 
 position, graceful manners and ex- 
 quisite sensibilities. She died in 
 Y 183T ; having hved to see her son a 
 ' young man of distinguished prom- 
 ise, though she was not permitted to witness the high 
 dignity which he finally attained. 
 
 In consequence of the secluded home and limited 
 means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slerder ad- 
 vantages for education in his eariy years. The com- 
 mon schools, which he occasionally attended were 
 very imperfect mstitutions; and books were scarce 
 and expensive. There was nothing then in his char- 
 acter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he 
 was about to enter. He was a plain farmer's boy, 
 intelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred 
 influences of home had taught him to revere the Bible, 
 and had laid the foundations of an upright character. 
 When fourteen years of age, his father sent hmi 
 some hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of 
 Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier. 
 Near the mill there was a small villiage, where some 
 
 enterprising man had commenced the collection of a G H 
 village library. This proved an inestimable blessingrjUJi 
 to young Fillmore, His evenings were spent in read- 
 ing. Soon every leisure moment was occupied v.ith 
 books. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate; 
 and the selections which he made were continually 
 more elevating and instructive. He read historyJ-^-g 
 biography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en-J^i 
 kindled in his heart a desire lo be something mora 
 than a mere worker with his hands; and he was be- 
 coming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed 
 educated man. 
 
 The young clothier had now attained the age 
 
 nineteen years, and was of fine personal appcaranc.l 
 and of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened tha \ 
 there was a gentleman ni the neighborhood cf amplj| 
 pecuniary means and of benevolence,— Judge Walte llj^ 
 Wood,— who was struck witli the prepossessing apj^S 
 pearance uf young Fillmore. He made his acquaint 
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 attainments that he advised him to abandon liijllTiji 
 trade and devote himself to the study of the law. Tli, r •- 'It 
 young man replied, that he had no means of his owil : 
 no friends to help him and that his previous educ; L 
 tion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood haS 
 so much confidence in him that he kindly off"ered to 
 take him into his own office, and to loan hnn sue' 
 money as he needed. Most gratefully the generou 
 offer was accepted. 
 
 There is in many minds a strange delusion abo 
 a collegiate education. A young man is supposed t 
 be liberally educated if he has graduated at some col 
 lege. But many a boy loiters through university hallf 
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 mill at the end of four years of manual labor, during 
 which every leisure moment had been devoted to in- 
 tense mental culture. 
 
 In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he was 
 admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then 
 went to the vilhige of Aurora, and commenced the 
 practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, 
 his practice of course was limited, and there was no 
 opportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame. 
 Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great 
 moral worth, and one capable of adorning any station 
 she might be called to fill, — Miss Abigail Powers. 
 
 His elevation of character, his untiring industry, 
 his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, 
 gradually attracted attention ; and he was invited to 
 enter into partnership under highly advantageous 
 circumstances, with an ^Ider member of the bar in 
 Buffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, 
 he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the 
 State of New York, as a representative from Erie 
 County. Though he had never taken a very active 
 part in [lolitics, his vote and his sympathies were with 
 the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, 
 and he found himself in a helpless minority in the 
 Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parties, 
 that liis courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very 
 unusual degne the respect of his associates. 
 
 In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in 
 the United States Congress He entered that troubled 
 arena in some of tiie most tumultuous hours of our 
 national history. The great conflict respecting tlie 
 national bank and the removal of the deposits, was 
 then raging. 
 
 His term of two years closed ; and he returned to 
 his profession, which he pursued with increasing rep-* 
 utation and success. After a lapse of two years 
 he again became a candidate for Congress ; was re- 
 elected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe- 
 rience as a representative gave hnn strength and 
 confidence. The first term of service in Congress to 
 any man can be but little more than an introduction. 
 He was now prepared for active duty. All his ener- 
 gies were brought to bear upon the public good. Every 
 measure received his impress. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and 
 his popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, 
 he was elected Comptroller of the State. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven 
 years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in 
 Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con- 
 siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to 
 find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi- 
 dent at the approaching election. Far away, on tiie 
 waters of tiie Rio Grande, there was a rough old 
 soldier, wlio had fought one or two successful battles 
 with the Mexicans, which had caused liis name to be 
 proclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But 
 it was necessary to associate wilh liini on the same 
 ticket so.ne man of reputation as a statesman. 
 
 Under the influence of these considerations, tiio 
 namesofZachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore l)ccame 
 the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for 
 President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was 
 signally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849, 
 Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard 
 Filluiore Vice-President, of the United States. 
 
 On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but 
 about one year and four months after his inaugura- 
 tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con- 
 stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi- 
 dent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which 
 the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. 
 
 Mr. Fillniore had very serious difficulties to contend 
 with, since the opposition had a majority in both 
 Houses. He did everything in his power to conciliate 
 the South; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt 
 the inadequacyof all measuresof transient conciliation. 
 The jjopulation of tiie free States was so rapidly in- 
 creasing over that of the slave States that it was in- 
 evitable that the power of the Government should 
 soon pass into the hands of the free States. The 
 famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. 
 Fillmcre's adminstration, and the Japan Expedition 
 was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr Fill- 
 more, having served one term, retired. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres- 
 idency by the " Know Nothing " party, but was beaten 
 by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in 
 retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, 
 he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that 
 his sympathies were rather with those who were en- 
 deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President 
 Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, witlioiit any 
 cordial words of cheer to the one party or the other. 
 He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe 
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 fourteenth President of the 
 ■ United States, was born in 
 Hillsborough, N. H., Nov. 
 23, 1804. His father was a 
 Revolutionary soldier, who, 
 with his own strong arm, 
 hewed out a home in the 
 wilderness. He was a man 
 of inflexible integrity; of 
 strong, though uncultivated 
 mind, and an uncompromis- 
 ing Democrat. The mother of 
 Franklin Pierce was all that a son 
 could desire, — an intelligent, pru- 
 dent, affectionate. Christian wom- 
 an. Franklin was the sixth of eight children. 
 
 Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen- 
 erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the 
 love of old and young. The boys on the play ground 
 loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors 
 looked upon him with pride and affection. He was 
 by instinct a gentleman; always speakingkind words, 
 doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact 
 which taught him what was agreeable. Without de- 
 veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural 
 devotion to books, he was a good scholar ; in body, 
 in mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy. 
 
 When siocteen years of age, in the year 1820, he 
 entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was 
 one of the most jiopular young men in the college. 
 The purity of his moral character, the unvarying 
 courtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and 
 
 nature, rendered 
 There was something very peculiarly winning in hi I 
 address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de| 
 gree studied : it was the simple outgushing of hii 
 own magnanimous and loving nature. 
 
 Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierc^ 
 commenced the study of law in the office of Judgejj 
 Woodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers (j( 
 the State, and a man of great private worth 
 eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, hi^ 
 father's prominence as a public man, and the brillian'^ 
 political career into which Judge Woodbury was en- 
 tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci| 
 nating yet perilous path of political life. With al jji 
 the ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Ger [ 
 Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced th JJ|fJ 
 practice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon electei^g 
 to represent the town in the State Legislature. Herd 
 he served for four yeais. The last two years he wa 
 chosen speaker of the house by a very large vote. 
 
 In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected 
 a member of Congress. Without taking an activ| 
 part in debates, he was faithful and laborious in dut)| 
 and ever rising in the estimation of those with whon 
 he was associatad. 
 
 In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of agel 
 he was elected to the Senate of the United States'-, 
 taking his seat just as Mr: Van Buren commencedj 
 his administration. He was the youngest member ii] 
 the Senate. In the year 1834. he married Miss Jand 
 Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- 
 plishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn everl 
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 three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with 
 their parents in the grave.- 
 
 In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame 
 and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his 
 residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. 
 President Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed 
 Mr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States; but 
 the offer was declined, in consequence of numerous 
 professional engagements at home, and theprecariuos 
 state of Mrs. Pierce's health. He also, about the 
 same time declined the nomination for governor by the 
 Democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. 
 Pierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of 
 brigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his 
 troops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847. 
 He took an important part in this war, proving him- 
 self a brave and true soldier. 
 
 When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native 
 State, he was received enthusiastically by the advo- 
 cates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo- 
 nents. He resumed the practice of his profession, 
 very frequently taking an active part in political ques- 
 tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery 
 wing of the Democratic party. The compromise 
 
 f' measures met cordially with his approval; and he 
 strenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa- 
 mous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious 
 sensibilities of the North. He thus became distin- 
 guished as a " Northern man with Southern principles.'' 
 The strong partisans of slavery in the South conse- 
 quently regarded him as a man whom they could 
 safely trust in office to carry Out their plans. 
 
 On the 1 2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven- 
 tion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the 
 Presidency. For four days they continued in session, 
 and in thirty-live ballotings no one had obtained a 
 two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown 
 for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation 
 brought forward his name. There were fourteen 
 more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly 
 gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he 
 received two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all 
 5 other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was 
 the Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with 
 great unanimity. Only four States— Vermont, Mas- 
 sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their 
 electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce 
 was therefore inaugurated President of the United 
 States on the 4th of March, 1853. 
 
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 His administration proved one of the most stormy our 
 country had ever experienced. The controversy lie- 
 tween slavery and freedom was then approaching iis ; 
 culminating point. It became evident that there was 3 
 an "irrepressible conflict " between them, and that ''\ 
 this Nation could not long exist " half slave and half \ 
 free." President Pierce, during the whole of his ad- 5' 
 ministration, did every thing he could to conciliate \. 
 the South ; but it was all in vain. The conflict every 
 year grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution 
 of the Union were liorne to the North on every South- 
 ern breeze. 
 
 Such was the condition of affairs when President 
 Pierce approached the close of his four-years" term 
 of office. The North had become thoroughly ;ilicn- 
 ated from him. The anti-slavery sentin.er.t, goaded 
 by great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all 
 the intellectual ability and social worth of President 
 Pierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad- 
 ministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also, 
 unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo- 
 cated those measures of Government which they ap- 
 proved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had 
 rendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be 
 able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped 5 
 him, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- 
 tired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two 
 had died, and his only surviving child had been 
 killed before his eyes by a railroad accident , and his 
 wife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of : -J^ 
 ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumi>tion. The : \ 
 hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left " ' 
 alone in the world, without wife or child. 
 
 When the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di- : ' 
 vided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr. : ,jj 
 Pierce remained steadfast in the principles which he 3: N 
 had always cherished, and gave his sympathies to 'v^ 
 that pro-slavery party with which he had ever been =iW 
 allied. He declined to do anything, either by voice S'lji 
 or pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov- =:;|i- 
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 1869. He was one of the most genial and social of Jij^ 
 men, an honored coniuiunicant of the Episcopal 3i;i 
 Church, and one of the kindest' of neighbors. Gen- ^i 
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AMES BUCHANAN, the fif- 
 . teenth President of the United 
 States, was born in a small 
 frontier town, at the foot of the 
 eastern ridge of the Allegha- 
 nies, in Franklin Co., Penn,, on 
 the 23d of April, 1791. The place 
 where the humble cabin of his 
 father stood was called Stony 
 Batter. It was a wild and ro- 
 mantic spot in a gorge of the moun- 
 tains, with towering summits rising 
 grandly all around. His father 
 was a native of the north of Ireland ; 
 a poor man, who had emigrated in 
 j 1783, with little property save his 
 own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married 
 Elizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer, 
 and, with his young bride, plunged into the wilder- 
 ness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a 
 clearing with his axe, and settled down there to per- 
 form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se- 
 cluded home, where James was born, he remained 
 for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual 
 advantages. When James was eight years of age, his 
 father removed to the village of Mercersburg, where 
 his son was placed at school, and commenced a 
 course of study in English, Latin and Greek. His 
 progress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he 
 entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de- 
 veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among 
 the first scholars in the institution. His application 
 to study was intense, and yet his native powers en- 
 
 abled him to master the most abstruse subjects with 
 facility. 
 
 In the year 1S09, he graduated with tlie liighest 
 honors of his class. He was then eighteen years of 
 age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of 
 athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enhvened with _ ^ - 
 an exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately Q U 
 commenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster, 
 and was admitted to the bar in 1S12, when he was 
 but twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose 
 in his profession, and at once took undisputed stand 'hj |t| 
 with the ablest lawyers of the State. When but jif 
 twenty-si.x years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc- 
 cessfully defended before the State Senate ore of the 
 judges of the State, who was tried upon articles of 
 impeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally 
 admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and 
 there was no lawyer in the State wlio had a more lu- 
 crative practice. 
 
 In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a 
 candidate for Congress. He was elected, and for 
 ten years he remained a member of tlie Lower House. 
 During the vacations of Congress, lie occasionall/ 
 tried some important case. In 1S31, he retired 
 altogether from the toils of his profession, having ac- 
 quired an ample fortune. 
 
 Gen. Jackson, iqion his elevation to ihe Presidency, 
 appointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The 
 duties of his mission he jjcrformcd with ability, which 
 gave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, in 
 1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States 
 Senate. He there met, as his associates, Webster, 
 Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas- 
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 sals against France, to enforce the payment of our 
 claims against that country; and defended the course 
 of the President in his Uiiprecedented and wholesale 
 removal from office of those who were not the sup- 
 jwrters of his administration. Upon this (question he 
 was brought into direct collision with Henry Clay. 
 He also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging 
 from the journal of tlie Si;nate the vote of censure 
 against Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits. 
 Earnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the 
 District of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the 
 circulation of anti-slavery documents by the United 
 States mails. 
 
 As to petitions on tlie subject of slavery, he advo- 
 cated that they should be respectfully received; and 
 that tlie reply should be returned, that Congress had 
 no power to legislate U|)on the subject. " Congress," 
 said he, " might as well undertake to interfere with 
 slavery under a foreign government as in any of the 
 States where it now exists." 
 
 Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. 
 Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, 
 took his share of the responsibility in the conduct of 
 the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing 
 the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed 
 territory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross 
 the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration 
 of war. No candid man can read with pleasure the 
 account of the coarse our Government pursued in that 
 movement 
 
 Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with 
 the party devoted to the pi-rpetuation and extension 
 of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind 
 to bear agdinst the VVilmot Proviso. He gave his 
 cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1050, 
 which included the fugiiive-slave law. Mr. Pierce, 
 upon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr. 
 iT Buchanan with the mission to England. 
 3 In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- 
 tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The 
 political conflict was one of the most severe in which 
 our country has ever engaged. All the friends of 
 slavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re- 
 striction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre- 
 mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re- 
 ceived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 
 174, and was elected. The jwpular vote stood 
 r, 340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On 
 March 4th, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four 
 ears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and 
 ten. His own friends, those with whom he had been 
 allied in political princi|)les and action for years, were 
 seeking the destruction ol the Government, that they 
 might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a 
 nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. 
 In this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be- 
 wildered He could not, with his long-avowed prin- 
 
 ciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in 
 their assumptions. As President of the United States, 
 bound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws, 
 he could not, without perjury of the grossest kind, 
 unite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub- 
 lic. He therefore did nothing. 
 
 The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration 
 nominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer 
 in the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slaverv 
 party declared, that if he were elected, and the con- 
 trol of the Government were thus taken from their 
 hands, they would secede from the Union, taking 
 with them, as they retired, the National Capitol at 
 Washington, and the lion's share of the territory of 
 the United States. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan's sympathy with the pro-slavery 
 party was such, that he had been willing to offer them 
 far more than they had ventured to claim. All the 
 South had professed to ask of the North was non- 
 intervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu- 
 chanan had been ready to offer them the active co- 
 operation of the Government to defend and extend 
 the institution. 
 
 As the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders 
 claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow- 
 ing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of 
 the most pitiable exhibitions of governmental im- 
 becility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He 
 declared that Congress had no power to enforce its 
 laws in any State which had withdrawn, or which 
 was attempting to withdraw from the Union. This 
 was not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with 
 his hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed, "The 
 Union must and shall be preserved!" 
 
 South Carolina seceded in December, i860; nearly 
 three months before the inauguration of President 
 Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair. 
 The rebel flag was raised in Charleston: Fort Sumpter 
 was besieged ; our forts, navy-yards and arsenals 
 were seized; our depots of military stores were plun- 
 dered ; and our custom-houses and post-offices were 
 appropriated by the rebels. 
 
 The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our 
 Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked 
 on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away, 
 and close the administration, so terrible in its weak- 
 ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver- 
 ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the 
 scepter. 
 
 The administration of President Buchanan was 
 certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- 
 perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with 
 pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame, 
 that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows 
 of flame and blood over our whole land, no word came 
 from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's 
 banner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion. 
 He died at his Wheatland retreat, June i, 1868. 
 
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 BRAHAM LINCOLN, the 
 sixteenth President of the 
 ^United States, was born in 
 Hardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12, 
 1 809. About the year 1 7 80, a 
 man by the name of Abraham 
 Lincohi left Virginia with his 
 J family and moved into the then 
 wilds of Kentucky. Only two years 
 after this emigration, still a young 
 man, while working one day in a 
 ' field, was stealthily approached by 
 an Indian and shot dead. His widow 
 was left in extreme poverty with five 
 little children, three boys and two 
 girls. Thomas, the youngest of the 
 boys, was four years of age at his 
 father's death. This Thomas was 
 the father of Abraham Lincoln, the 
 President of the United States 
 J whose name must henceforth forever be enrolled 
 with the most prominent in the annals of our world. 
 Of course no record has been kept of the life 
 of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among 
 ; the poorest of the poor. His home was a wretched 
 log-cabin ; his food the coarsest and the meanest. 
 Education he had none; he could never either read 
 or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for 
 himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his 
 starving mother, and push out into the world, a friend- 
 less, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him- 
 self out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a 
 laborer in the fields of others. 
 
 When twenty-eight years of age he buili a' log- 
 cabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the 
 daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi- 
 grants, who had also come from Virginia. Their 
 second child was Abraham Lincoln, the subject of 
 this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble 
 woman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn 
 ; a palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel. 
 " All that I am, or hope to be," exclaims the grate- 
 ful son " I owe to my angel-mother. 
 
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 cabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana. Where 
 two years later his mother died. 
 
 Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated 
 community around him. He could not have had a 
 better school than tliis to teach him to put thoughts 
 into words. He also became an eager reader. The 
 books he could obtain were few ; but these he read 
 and re-read until they were almost committed to 
 memory. 
 
 As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family 
 was the usual lot of humanity. Thi^re weie joys and 
 griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sister 
 Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar- 
 ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and 
 soon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr. 
 Thomas Lincoln sold out liis squatter's claim in 1830, 
 and emigrated to iVIacon Co., 111. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age. 
 With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing 
 another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this 
 until he saw the family comfortably settled, and their 
 small lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when 
 he announced to his father his intention to leave 
 home, and to go out into the world and seek his for- 
 tune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril- 
 liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of 
 education and was intensely earnest to improve his 
 mind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin 
 which ardent spirits were causing, and became 
 strictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi- 
 cating liquor to pass liis lips. And he had read in 
 God's word, "Thou shalt not take the name of the 
 Lord thy God in vain ;" and a profane expression he 
 was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His 
 morals were pure, and he was unconlaminated by a 
 single vice. 
 
 Young Abraham worked for a time as a liired laborer 
 among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield, 
 where he was employed in building a large flat-boat. 
 In this he took a herd of swine, floated them down 
 the Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis- 
 sissippi to New Orleans. \\'hatcver Abraham I,in- 
 coln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give 
 great satisfaction to his employers. In this adven- 
 
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 his return tney placed a store and mill under his care. 
 
 In 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he 
 enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He 
 returned to Sangamon County, and although only 23 
 years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but 
 was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew 
 Jackson the appointmentof Postmaster of New Salem, 
 His only post-office was his hat. All the letters he 
 received he carried there ready to deliver to those 
 he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon 
 made this his business. In 1834 he again became a 
 candidate for the Legislature, and was elected. Mr. 
 Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He 
 walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of 
 Mr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and 
 beg.-m his legal studies. When the Legislature as- 
 sembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back 
 one hundred uiiles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 
 1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it 
 was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re- 
 moved to Springfield and began the practice of law. 
 His success with the jury was so great that he was 
 soon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. 
 
 In 1854 ihe great discussion began between Mr. 
 Lincoln and Mr, Douglas, on the slavery question. 
 In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, 
 in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became 
 one of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's 
 speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- 
 test in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most 
 notable part of his history. The issue was on the 
 ilavery question, and he took the broad ground of 
 .he Declaration of Independence, that all men are 
 created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con- 
 test, but won a far higher prize. 
 
 The great Republican Convention met at Chicago 
 on the i6lh ot June, r86o. The delegates and 
 strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- 
 five thousand. An immense building called "The 
 Wigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven- 
 tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes 
 were thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame 
 as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most 
 orominent. It was generally su[)posed he would be 
 the nominee Abraham Lincoln, however, received 
 the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then 
 dream of the weary years of toil and care, and the 
 bloody death, to which that nomination doomed him: 
 and aslittle did he dream that he was to render services 
 to his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of 
 the whole civilized world, and which would give him 
 a place in the affections of his countrymen, second 
 only, if second, to that of Washington. 
 
 Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 
 electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, 
 constitutionally elected President of the United States. 
 The tirade of abuse that vas poured ujx>n this good 
 
 and merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was; 
 greater than upon any other man ever elected to this; 
 high [xjsition. In Feijruary, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started; 
 for Washington, stopiiing in all the large cities on his; 
 way making speeches. The wiiole journey was froughl; 
 with much danger. Many of the Southern States had 1 
 already seceded, and several attempts at assassination \ 
 were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- 
 more liad arranged, iqxin his arrival to" get up a row," 
 and in the confusion to make sure of his death with 
 revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled 
 the plot. A secret and special train was provided to 
 take him from Harrisburg, through Baltimore, at an 
 unexpected hour of the night. The train started at 
 half-past ten ; and to prevent any possible communi- 
 cation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con- 
 federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had 
 started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincobi 
 reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated, 
 although great anxiety was felt by all loyal people. 
 
 In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave 
 to Mr. Seward the Department of State, and to other 
 prominent opponents before the convention he gave 
 important positions. 
 
 During no other administration have the duties 
 devolving upon the President been so manifold, and 
 the responsibilities so great, as those which fell to 
 the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and 
 feeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in 
 his own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he 
 learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in 
 determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his 
 trials, both personal and national. Contrary to his 
 own estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the 
 most courageous of men. He went directly into the 
 rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, 
 with no guard but a few sailors. From the time he 
 had left Springfield, in i86r, however, plans had been 
 made for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim 
 to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant, 
 was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater. It 
 was announced that they would Le present. Gen. 
 Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel- 
 ing, witli his characteristic kindliness of heart, that 
 it would be a disa[ipointment if he should fail them, 
 very reluctantly consented to go. While listening to 
 the play an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth 
 entered the box where the President and family were 
 seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the 
 next morning at seven o'clock. 
 
 Never before, in the history of the world was a nation 
 plunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler. 
 Strong men met in the streets and wept in speechless 
 anguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was 
 in tears. His was a life which will filly become a 
 model. His name as the savior of his country will 
 live with that of Washington's, its father; his country- 
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 'States. The early life of 
 Andrew Johnson contains but 
 ^ the record of poverty, destitu- 
 tion and friendlessness. He 
 '/ was born December 29, 1808, 
 in Raleigh, N. C. His parents, 
 belonging to the class of the 
 "poor whites " of the South, were 
 in such circumstances, that they 
 could not confer even the slight- 
 est advantages of education upon 
 their child. When Andrew was five 
 years of age, his father accidentally 
 lost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a 
 friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew 
 was a ragged boy about the streets, supported by the 
 labor of his mother, who obtained her living with 
 her own hands. 
 
 He then, having never attended a school one day, 
 and being unable either to read or write, was ap- 
 prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman 
 was in the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- 
 ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often 
 read from the speeches of distinguished British states- 
 men. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more 
 than ordinary native ability, became much interested 
 in these speeches ; his ambition was roused, and he 
 was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. 
 
 He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and 
 with the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen, 
 learned his letters. He then called upon the gentle- 
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 pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the book, 
 but assisted him in learning to combine the letters 
 into words. Under such difficulties he pressed on- 
 ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours 
 at work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest 
 and recreation to devote such time as he could to 
 reading. 
 
 He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at 
 Greenville, where he married a young lady who pos- 
 sessed some education. Under her instructions he 
 learned to write and cipher. He became prominent 
 in the village debating society, and a favorite with 
 the students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or- 
 ganized a working man's party, which elected him 
 alderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which 
 position he held three years. 
 
 He now began to take a lively interest in political 
 affairs ; identifying himself with the working-classes, 
 to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a 
 member of the House of Representatives of Tennes- 
 see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. 
 He became a very active member of the legislature, 
 gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in 
 1840 "stumped the State," advocating Martin Van 
 Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition to those 
 of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much 
 readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased 
 his reputation. 
 
 In 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he 
 was elected a member of Congress, and by successive 
 elections, held that important post for ten years. In 
 1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and 
 was re-elected in 1855. In all these resjwnsible posi- 
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 ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work- 
 ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected 
 United St-ates .Senator. 
 
 Years before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated 
 the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his 
 reason, that he thought this annexation would prob- 
 ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable 
 sons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom, 
 and become merged in a population congenial to 
 themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com- 
 promise measures, the two essential features of which 
 were, that the white people of the Territories should 
 be permitted to decide for themselves whether they 
 would enslave the colored people or not, and that 
 the free States of the North should return to the 
 South jjersons who attempted to escape from slavery. 
 Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin: 
 on the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that 
 he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir,'" 
 said he on the floor of the Senate, " I do not forget 
 that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam 
 was a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav- 
 ior was the son of a carpenter." 
 
 In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i860, he 
 was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the 
 Presidency. In 186 1, when the purpose of the South- 
 ern Democracy became apparent, he took a decided 
 stand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery 
 uuist lie held subordinate to the Union at whatever 
 cost." He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly 
 imperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of 
 Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the 
 =j=|i Union, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap- 
 n] pointed him Military Governor of the State, and he 
 3' established the most stringent military rule. His 
 numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 
 
 1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United 
 States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 
 
 1865, became President. In a speech two days later 
 he said, " The American people must be taught, if 
 they do not already feel, that treason is a crime and 
 must be punished ; that the Government will not 
 always bear with its enemies ; that it is strong not 
 only to protect, but to punish. * * The people 
 must understand that it (treason) is the blackest of 
 crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole 
 administration, the history of which is so well known, 
 was in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent 
 
 opiX)sition to, the principles laid down in that speech. 
 
 In his loose policy of reconstruction and general 
 amnesty, he was opposed by Congress ; and he char- 
 acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly 
 defied it, in everything jxjssible, to the utmost. In 
 the beginning of 1868, on account of "high crimes 
 and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the 
 removal- of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten- 
 ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre- 
 ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. 
 
 It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three 
 months. A test article of the impeachment was at 
 length submitted to the court for its action. It was 
 certain that as the court voted upon that article so 
 would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced 
 the President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces- 
 sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac- 
 quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against 
 him. The change of one vote from the not guilty 
 side would have sustained the impeachment. 
 
 The President, for the remainder of his term, was 
 but little regarded. He continued, though impotently, 
 his conflict with Congress. His own party did not 
 think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi- 
 dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar- 
 alleled since the days of Washington, around the name 
 of Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. 
 The bullet of the assassin introduced him to the 
 President's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was 
 there presented to a man a better opportunity to im- 
 mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a 
 nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home 
 in Gree«ville, Tenn., taking no very active part in 
 politics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting 
 struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten- 
 nessee,«United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con- 
 gress, and took his seat in that body, at the special 
 session convened by President Grant, on the jtli of 
 March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President 
 made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter 
 Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was 
 apparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach- 
 ing the residence of his child the following day, was 
 stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. 
 He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 
 2 A. M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun- 
 eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of -August, 
 with every demonstration of respect. 
 
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 eighteenth President of the 
 ^"United States, was born on 
 the 29th of April, 1822, of 
 Christian parents, in a humble 
 home, at Point Pleasant, on the 
 banks of the Ohio. Shortly after 
 his father moved to George- 
 town, Brown Co., O. In this re- 
 mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses 
 received a common-school edu- 
 cation. At the age of seven- 
 teen, in the year 1839, he entered 
 the Military Academy at West 
 Point. Here he was regarded as a 
 solid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of 
 sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank 
 as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the 
 middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in- 
 fantry to one of the distant military posts in the Mis- 
 souri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary 
 solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating 
 Indians. 
 
 The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was 
 sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first 
 battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here 
 for the eiriiibition of either skill or heroism, nor at 
 Resaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle 
 of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that 
 he performed a signal service of daring and skillful 
 horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- 
 munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along 
 a route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. 
 Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, 
 grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one 
 ; side of the animal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety. 
 
 From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, 
 to aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In 
 preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he 
 was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the 
 battle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a 
 first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- 
 pultepec. 
 
 At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re- 
 turned with his regiment to New York, and was again 
 sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The 
 discovery of gold in California causing an immense 
 tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. 
 Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in 
 Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im- 
 migrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. 
 Grant resigned his commission and returned to the 
 States; and having married, entered upon the cultiva- 
 tion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but 
 little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re- 
 munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into 
 the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga- 
 lena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings 
 of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears 
 of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — 
 " Uncle Sam has educated me for the army ; though 
 I have served him through one war, I do not feel that 
 I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge 
 my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword 
 and see Uncle Sam through this war too." 
 
 He went into the streets, raised s. company of vol- 
 unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, 
 the capital of the State, where their services were 
 offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by 
 the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. 
 Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the 
 volunteer organization that was being formed in the 
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 Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol- 
 unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who 
 had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such 
 that lie was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- 
 General and was placed in command at Cairo. The 
 rebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the moutli 
 of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- 
 peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. Tlie 
 rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and 
 Stripes were unfurled in its stead. 
 
 He entered the service with great determination 
 and immediately began active duty. This was the be- 
 ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond 
 he was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and 
 effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur- 
 prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry 
 won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight 
 at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the 
 victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was 
 immediately made a Major-General, and the military 
 district of Tennessee was assigned to him. 
 
 Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how 
 to secure the results of victory. He immediately 
 pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the 
 terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the 
 siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an 
 unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty 
 thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- 
 non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most 
 severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, 
 and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf. 
 
 Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with 
 Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- 
 ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from 
 his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he 
 was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid 
 of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and 
 by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas- 
 ures put the Union Army in fighting condition. Then 
 followed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout 
 Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels 
 were routed with great loss. This won for him un- 
 bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru- 
 ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- 
 general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. 
 He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials 
 and enter upon the duties of his new office. 
 
 Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge oi%\ 
 the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National p J 
 troops for an attack ujxjn Richmond, the nominal; 
 capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de-; 
 stroy the rebel armies which would be jiromptly as-Ji.} 
 sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole J-' 
 continent seenv^d to tremble under the tpampofthesel"' 
 majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. St | 
 Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains |fi 
 were burdened with closely packed thousands. Hisa""! 
 plans were comprehensive and involved a series ofSj^i 
 campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en-: ^ 
 ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur-; 
 render of Lee, April 9, 1865. tA 
 
 The war was ended. The Union was saved. The ail 
 almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. "h 
 Grant to be the most promment instrument. in its sal-3?i 
 vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered ;;;i 
 the country brought him conspicuously forward as the 3=1 
 Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. %\ 
 
 At the Republican Convention held at Chicago, ;-k 
 May 21, 1 868, he was unanimously nominated for the : 
 Presidency, and at the autumn election received a ; 
 majority of the ]X)pular vote, and 214 out of 294: 
 electoral votes. : 
 
 The National Convention of the Republican party : 
 which met at Philadelphia on the5tli of June, 1872, : 
 placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term : 
 by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati- • 
 cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 ; 
 electoral votes being cast for him. 3 
 
 Soon after the close of his second term. Gen. Grant : 
 started upon his famous trip around the world. He : 
 visited almost every country of the civilized world, : 
 and was everywhere received with such ovations ; 
 and demonstrations of respect and honor, private '■ 
 as well as public and official, as were never befoic 
 bestowed upon any citizen of Ijie United States. 
 
 He was the most prominent candidate before the S 
 Republican National Convention in 1880 for a re- 3 
 nomination for President. He went to New York and 
 embarked in the brokerage business under the firm 
 nameof Grant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, 
 wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to 
 the penitentiary. The General was attacked with 
 cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like 
 manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as t 
 General of the Army and retired by Congress. The 3 
 cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, : 
 1885, tlie nation went in mourning over the death of ; 
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 UTHERFORl) B. HAYES, 
 the nineteentli President of 
 ^"^ the United States, was born in 
 Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al- 
 most three months after the 
 death of his father, Rutherford 
 Hayes. His ancestry on both 
 the paternal and maternal sides, 
 was of the most honorable char- 
 acter. It can be traced, it is said, 
 as far back as 1280, when Hayes and 
 Rutherford were two Scottish chief- 
 tains, fighting side by side with 
 Baliol, William Wallace and Robert 
 Bruce. Both families belonged to the 
 nobility, owned extensive estates, 
 and had a large following. Misfor- 
 tune overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scot- 
 land in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son 
 George was born in Windsor, and remained there 
 during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar- 
 ried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar- 
 riage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, 
 son of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac- 
 turer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, 
 son of Ezekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was 
 born in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer, 
 blacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to 
 Vermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro, 
 where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- 
 erford Hayes, the father of President Hayes, was 
 
 born. He was married, in September, 18 13, to Sophia 
 Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- 
 grated thither from Connecticut, they having been 
 among the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich. 
 Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 
 1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders 
 of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers 
 in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 The father of President Hayes was an industrious, 
 frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me- 
 chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock- 
 ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to 
 undertake. He was a member of the Church, active 
 in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con- 
 ducted his business on Christian principles. After 
 the close of the war of 181 2, for reasons inexplicable 
 to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. 
 
 The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day, 
 when there were no canals, steamers, nor railways, 
 was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was 
 first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter- 
 mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived 
 in 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malarial 
 fever, less than three months before the birth of the 
 son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be- 
 reavement, found the support she so much needed-in 
 her brother Sardis, who had been a member of the 
 household from the day of its departure from Ver~ 
 mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted 
 some time before as an act of charity. 
 
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 subject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he 
 was not expected to live beyond a month or two at 
 most. As the months went by he grew weaker and 
 weaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in- 
 . [Hiring from time to time "if Mrs. Hayes' baby died 
 last night." On one occasion a neigiibor, who was on 
 familiar terms with the family, after alluding to the 
 i)oy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of 
 him, said in a bantering way, " That's right ! Stick to 
 him. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn't 
 ^^i wonder if he would really come to something yet." 
 
 "You need not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. "You 
 wait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him 
 President of the United States yet." The boy lived, 
 in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy 
 death; and when, in 1825, his older brother was 
 drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his 
 mother. 
 
 The boy was seven years old before he went to 
 school. His education, however, was not neglected. 
 He probably learned as much from his mother and 
 sister as he would have done at school. His sports 
 were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being 
 his sister and her associates. These circumstances 
 tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo- 
 W re. sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings 
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 in liis education ; and as the boy's health had im- 
 proved, and he was making good progress in his 
 studies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre- 
 paration commenced with a tutor at home; bat he 
 was afterwards sent for one year to a jjrofessor in the 
 ^.| Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en- 
 1 tered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen, 
 and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. 
 Immediately after his graduation he began the 
 'WTf study of law in the office of Tliomas Sparrow, Esq., 
 ft H in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in 
 ' ^ ~'^ Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter 
 the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re- 
 mained two years. 
 
 In 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was 
 admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly 
 afterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law 
 iT W' with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re- 
 H [H mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, 
 and apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro- 
 fession. 
 
 In 1849 he moved to Cincmnati, where his ambi- 
 [iStion found a new stimulus. For several years, how- 
 ever, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at 
 this period, had a powerful influence upon his subse- 
 ^^^i|uent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss 
 i8™l ^'^"^y y^9X<t Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of 
 [Hj!|} Chilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin- 
 i g^j^ cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its 
 I Ski members stich men as Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, 
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 others hardly less distinguished in after life. The 
 marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as 
 everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our 
 Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced 
 and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did 
 more than she toreflect honor upon American woman- 
 hood. The Literary Cluu brought Mr. Hayes into 
 constant association with )oung men of high char- 
 acter and noble aims, and lured him to display the 
 qualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and 
 modesty. 
 
 In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge of 
 the Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac- 
 cept the nomination. Two years later, the office of 
 city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council 
 elected him for the unexpired term. 
 
 In 1S61, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at 
 the zenith of his professional life. His rank at the 
 bar was among the the first. But the news of the 
 attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take up 
 arms for the defense of his country. 
 
 His military record was bright ai'd illustrious. In 
 October, 1861, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and 
 in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio 
 regiment, but he refused to leave his old coniracK^ 
 and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, lie 
 was made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle 
 of South Mountain he received a wound, and whih; 
 faint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude 
 that won admiration from all. 
 
 Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after 
 his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and i)laced ; 
 in command of the celebrated Kanawha division, 
 and for gallant and meritorious services in the battles 
 of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was 
 promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted 
 Major-General, "for gallant and distinguished services 
 during the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia." In -.1 
 the course of his arduous services, four horses were §|1 
 shot from under him, and he was wounded four times. B;-; } 
 
 In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from K;fi 
 the Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem- 
 ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, 
 and after his election was importuned to resign his - 
 commission in the army ; but he finally declared, " I ; 
 shall never come to Washington until I can come by |;P 
 the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in 1866. -J^ 
 
 In 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, '- 
 over Hon. .\llen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat, j lj 
 In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. Sk 
 He was elected Governor for the third term in 187,. 
 
 In 1876 he was the standard bearer of the Repul- 
 lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a _ 
 hard long contest was chosen President, and was in - 
 auRurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his gfijj 
 full term, not, however, with satisfaction to his party. " " 
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 AilES A, CiARl'IELD, twen- 
 tieth President of the United 
 States, was born Nov. ig, 
 1831, in the woods of Orange, 
 Cuyahoga Co., O His par- 
 ents were Abram and EHza 
 (Ballou) Garfield, both of New 
 England ancestry and from fami- 
 lies well known in the early his- 
 tory of that section of our coun- 
 try, but had moved to the Western 
 Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settle- 
 ment. 
 
 The house in which James A. was 
 born was not unlike the houses of 
 poor Ohio farmers of that day. It 
 was about 20 x 30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be- 
 tween the logs filled with clay. His father was a 
 hard working farmer, and he soon had his fields 
 cleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. 
 The household comprised the father and mother and 
 their four children — Mehetabel, Tliomas, Mary and 
 James. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold con- 
 tracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At 
 this time James was about eighteen months old, and 
 Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can 
 tell how much James was indebted to his biother's 
 toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc- 
 [:E ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very 
 much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis- 
 ters live in .Solon, O., near their birthplace. 
 ■ The early educational advantages young Garfield 
 enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of 
 them. He labored at farm work for others, did car- 
 l^enter work, chopped wood, or did anything that 
 : would bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed 
 r mother in her struggles -to keep the little family to- 
 
 gether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his 
 origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug- 
 gling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did the\ 
 ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor, 
 the humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly 
 greeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the 
 sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness 
 of want and the sweetness of bread earned by the 
 sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain, 
 modest gentleman. 
 
 The highest ambition of young Garfield until he 
 was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of 
 a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard 
 a vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She 
 finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the 
 understanding, however, that he should try to obtain 
 some other kind of employment. He walked all tlie 
 way to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city. 
 After making many applications for work, and trying 
 to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with 
 success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos 
 Letcher, on the Ohio & Pennsylvania Canal. He re- 
 mained at this work but a short time when he went 
 home, and attended the seminary at Chester for 
 about three years, when he entered Hiram and the 
 Eclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in 
 the meantime, and doing other work. This school 
 was started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of 
 which church he was then a member. He became 
 janitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way. 
 He then became both teacher and jjupil. He soon 
 " exhausted Hiram " and needed more ; hence, in the 
 fall of 1854, he entered Williams College, from which 
 he graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon- 
 ors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram 
 College as its President. As above stated, he early 
 united with the Christian or Diciples Church at 
 Hiram, and was ever after a. devoted, zealous mem- 
 ber, often preaching in its (lulpit and places where 
 he happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of 
 Yale College, says of him in reference to his religion : 
 
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 " President Garfield was more than a man of 
 strong moral and religions convictions. His whole 
 history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to 
 man and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and 
 faith and spiritual commission were controlling springs 
 of his being, and to a more than usual degree. In 
 my judgment there is no more interesting feature of 
 his character than his loyal allegiance to the body of 
 Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent 
 sympathy which he ever sliowed in their Christian 
 communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty 
 and noble who are called' show a similar loyalty to 
 the less stately and cultured Christian comnninions 
 in which they have been reared. Too often it is true 
 that as they step upward in social and political sig- 
 nificance they step upward from one degree to 
 another in some of the many types of fashionable 
 Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the 
 church of his mother, the church in which he was 
 trained, and in wlrich he served as a pillar and an 
 evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- 
 larian charity for all 'who loveour Lord in sincerity.'" 
 
 Mr. Garfield was united in marriage witli Miss 
 Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. ir, 1858, who proved lierself 
 worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and 
 mourned. To them were burn seven children, five of 
 whom are still living, four boys and one girl. 
 
 Mr. (iarfieldmade his first political speeches in 1856, 
 in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three 
 years later he began to speak at county mass-meet- 
 ings, and became tlie favorite speaker wherever he 
 was. During this year he was elected to tiie Ohio 
 Senate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, 
 and in i86i was admitted to the bar. The great 
 Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, 
 and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had 
 talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- 
 ceived iiis commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty- 
 second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 
 14, 1 861. He was immediately put into active ser- 
 vice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action, 
 was placed in command of four regiments of infantry 
 and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the 
 work of driving out of his native State the officer 
 (Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of 
 those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given 
 to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- 
 ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres- 
 ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him 
 Brigadier-General, Jan. ro, 1862; and as "he had 
 been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years 
 before, so now he was the youngest General in the 
 army." He was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, 
 in its operations around Corinth and its marcli through 
 Alabama. He was then detailed as a meinberof the 
 General Couit-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John 
 Porter. He was tlien ordered to report to Gen. Rose- 
 crans, and was assigned to the " Chief of Staff." 
 
 The military history of Gen. Garfield closed with 
 
 his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won ;:{} 
 the stars of the Major-General. 
 
 Without an effort on his part Gen. Garfield was 
 elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the 
 Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio 
 had been represented in Congress for sixty years 
 mainly by two men — Elisha \Vliittlesey and Joshua 
 R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he 
 resigned his place in the army. At the time he en- „ 
 tered Congress he was the youngest member in that %.\ 
 body. There he remained by successive re- R^iJ 
 elections until he was elected President in 1880. 
 Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since 
 the year 1864 you cannot think of a question which 
 has been debated in Congress, or discussed before a 
 tribunel of the American people, in regard to which 
 you will not find, if you wish instruction, the argu- ;^' 
 ment on one side stated, in almost every instance :■ 
 belter than by anybody else, in some speech made in J^;} 
 the House of Representatives or on the hustings by I' 
 Mr. Garfield." S 
 
 Upon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to : 
 the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the : 
 same year, was nominated as the candidate of his = 
 party for President at the great Chicago Convention. ; 
 He was elected in the following November, and on : 
 March 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no ad- : 
 ministration ever opened its existence under brighter : 
 auspices than that of President Garfield, and every 
 day it grew in favor with the people, and by the first 
 of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre- 
 liminary work of his administration and was prepar- 
 ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams 
 College. While on his way and at tlie depot, in com- 
 pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind 
 liim, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. 
 The President tottered and fell, and as he did so the 
 assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the 
 left coat sleeve of his victim, but in.licting no further 
 injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was 
 " the shot that was heard round the world " Never 
 before in the history of the Nation had anything oc- 
 curred which so nearly froze the blood of the people 
 for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit- 
 ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and 
 was at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty 
 days, all during tlie hot months of July and August, 
 he lingered and suffered. He, however, remained 
 master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent »= 
 bearing was teaching the country and the world the at 
 noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the S.> 
 very clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass- J; 
 ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. S; 
 19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J , on the very bank of the jlijy 
 ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The :i}i 
 world wept at his death, as it never had done on the 
 death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. j^i 
 The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- sM 
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 HESTER A. ARTHUR, 
 
 p twenty-first Preskl^iu of the 
 
 United States was born in 
 
 Franklin Cour ty, Vermont, on 
 
 the fifth of Ociober, 1830, and is 
 
 the oldest of a family of two 
 
 sons and five daughters. His 
 
 father was the Rev, Dr. William 
 
 Arthur, aBaptistd'.rgyman, who 
 
 emigrated to tb.s country from 
 
 the county Antam, Ireland, in 
 
 his 1 8th year, and died in 1875, in 
 
 Newton ville, near Albany, after a 
 
 long and successful ministry. 
 
 Young Arthur was educated at 
 Union College, S< henectady, where 
 he excelled in all his studies. Af- 
 ter his graduation he taught school 
 in Vermont for two years, and at 
 the expiration cf that time came to 
 New York, with $500 in his jxjcket, 
 and entered the office of ex-Judge 
 E. D. Culver as student. After 
 being admitted to the bar he formed 
 a partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, 
 Henry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing 
 in the West, and for three months they roamed about 
 in the Western States in search of an eligible site, 
 but in the end returned to New York, where they 
 hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success- 
 ful career almost from the start. General Arthur 
 soon afterward married the daughter of Lieutenant 
 
 Herndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at 
 sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in 
 recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- 
 sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur's 
 nomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two 
 children. 
 
 Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity 
 in his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit, 
 brought to recover possession of eight slaves who had 
 been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior 
 Court of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon, 
 athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with 
 his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when 
 they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided 
 that they could not be held by the owner under the 
 Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from 
 the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the 
 Attorney General of that State to assist in an appeal. 
 Wm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed 
 to represent the People, and they won their case, 
 which then went to the Supreme Court of the United 
 States. Charles O'Conor here espoused the cause 
 of the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs. 
 Evarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward 
 the emancipation of the black race. 
 
 Another great service was rendered by General 
 Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, 
 a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth 
 Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare, 
 General Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a 
 verdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa- 
 ny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride 
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 nue Coin|)any ran a few special cars for colored per- 
 sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. 
 
 General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention 
 at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. 
 Previous to tlie war he was Judge-Advocate of the 
 Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov- 
 ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed hmi Engineer- 
 in-Chief of his staff. In i86i, he was made Insjjcc- 
 tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas- 
 ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered 
 great service to the Government during the war. At 
 the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the 
 practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. 
 Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney 
 of New Yoik, was added to the firm. The legal prac- 
 tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra- 
 tive, each of tlie gentlemen composing it were able 
 lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if 
 not indeed one of national extent. 
 
 He always took a leading part in State and city 
 politics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of 
 New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc- 
 ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 
 20, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. 
 
 Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential 
 ticket, witli Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous 
 National Republican Convention held at Chicago in 
 June, iSSo. This was perhaps the greatest political 
 convention that ever assembled on thecontinent. It 
 was com[X)sed of the leading politicians of the Re- 
 publican party, all able men, and each stood firm and 
 fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their 
 respective candidates that were before the conven- 
 tion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re- 
 ceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur 
 for Vice-President. The campaign which followed 
 was one of the most animated known in the history of 
 our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer uf 
 the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his 
 party made a valiant fight for his election. 
 
 Finally the election came and the country's choice 
 was Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated 
 March 4, 188 r, as President and Vice-President. 
 A few months only had passed ere the newly chosen 
 President was the victim of the assassin's bullet. Then 
 came terrible weeks of suffering, — ^those moments of 
 anxious suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na- 
 
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 covery of the noble, the good President. The remark- % 
 able patience that he manifested during those hours jf | 
 and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf- % 
 fdring man has often been called upon to endure, was %\ 
 seemingly more than human. It was certainly God- J'j 
 like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. §l| 
 Arthur's every move was watched, and be it said to his sf } 
 credit that his every action displayed only an earnest S^J 
 desire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to 
 serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi- 3j \ 
 ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested 3:] 
 in deed or look of this man, even though the most p J 
 honored )X)sition in the world was at any moment 3!-!' 
 likely to fall to him. 3] 
 
 At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar- 3 
 field from further suffering, and the world, as never : 
 before in its history over the death of any other : 
 man, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of -. 
 the Vice President to assume the responsibilities of 3 
 the high office, and he took the oath in New York, 3 
 Sept. 20, 1881. The position was an embarrassing ; 
 one to him, made doubly so from the facts that all 3; 
 eyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do, 
 what policy he would pursue, and who he would se- ^j; 
 lect as advisers. The duties of the office had been 5r' 
 greatly neglected during the President's long illness, 3[ 
 and many important measures were to be immediately 5| 
 decided by him ; and still farther to embarrass him he 5" 
 did not fail to realize under what circumstances he 3t 
 became President, and knew the feelings of many on Ei 
 this point. Under these trying circumstances President q? 
 Arthur took the reins of the Government in Iiis own 
 hands ; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of 
 affairs, he happily surprised the nation, acting so 
 wisely that but few criticised his administration, p 
 He served the nation well and faithfully, until the p 
 close of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was gl 
 a popular candidate before his party for a second '' 
 term. His name was ably presented before the con- 3'! 
 vention at Chicago, and was received with great at} 
 favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity %\ 
 of one of the opposing candidates, he would have p 
 been selected as the standard-bearer of his party S|' 
 for another campaign. He retired to private life car- 
 rying with him the best wishes of the American peo- 
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 LAND, the twenty- second Pres- 
 ident of the United States, was 
 born in 1837, in the obscure 
 town of Caldwell, Essex Co., 
 N. J., and in a little two-and-a- 
 half-story white house which is stiU 
 standing, characteristically to mark 
 the humble birth-place of one of 
 America's great men in striking con- 
 trast with the Old World, where all 
 men high in office must be high in 
 origin and born in the cradle of 
 wealth. When the subject of this 
 sketch was three years of age, his 
 father, who was a Presbyterian min- 
 ister, with a large family and a small salary, moved, 
 by way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to 
 Fayetteville, in search of an increased income and a 
 larger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most 
 straggling of country villages, about five miles from 
 Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born. 
 
 At the last mentioned place young Grover com- 
 menced going to school in the " good, old-fashioned 
 way," and presumably distinguished himself after the 
 manner of all village boys, in doing the things he 
 ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of 
 all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he 
 arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the 
 capacity of the village school and expressed a most 
 
 emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this 
 his father decidedly objected. Academies in those 
 days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to 
 become self-supporting by the quickest possible 
 means, and this at that time in Fayetteville seemed 
 to be a position in a country store, where his father 
 and the large family on his hands had considerable 
 influence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services 
 the first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to 
 receive $100 the second year. Here the lad com- 
 menced his career as salesman, and in two years he 
 had earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness 
 that his employers desired to retain him for an in- 
 definite length of time. Otherwise he. did not ex- 
 hibit as yet any particular " flashes of genius " or 
 eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. 
 But instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette- 
 ville, he went with the family in their removal to 
 Clinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a 
 high school. Here he industriously pursued his 
 studies until the family removed with him to a point 
 on Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a 
 village of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica, 
 N. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching 
 but three Sundays. This event broke up the family, 
 and Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a 
 small salary, the position of " under-teacher " in an 
 asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two 
 years, and although he obtained a good reputation in 
 this capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his 
 
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 calling for life, and, reversing the traditional order, 
 ne left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going 
 to a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as 
 there was some charm in that name for him; but 
 before proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to 
 ask the advice of Iris uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted 
 stock-breeder of that place. The latter did not 
 speak entluisiastically. "What is it you want to do, 
 my boy?" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to study 
 law," was the reply. " Good gracious ! " remarked 
 the old gentleman ; "do you, indeed ? What ever put 
 I that into your head.? How much money have you 
 ^^1 got-''" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven't got 
 
 lUB, After a long consultation, his uncle offered him a 
 place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a 
 year, wiiile he could " look around." One day soon 
 afterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, 
 Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told them what he 
 wanted. A number of young men were already en- 
 gaged in the office, but Grover's persistency won, and 
 he was finally permitted to come as an office boy and 
 have the use of the law library, for the nominal sum 
 of $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for 
 his board and washing. The walk to and from his 
 uncle's was a long and rugged one; and, although 
 the first winter was a memorably severe one, his 
 shoes were out of repair and his overcoat— he had 
 none — yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular. 
 On the first day of his service here, his senior em- 
 ployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him 
 with a bang that made the dust fly, saying "That's 
 where they all begin." A titter ran around the little 
 circle of clerks and students, as they thought that 
 was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans ; 
 but in due time he mastered that cumbersome volume. 
 Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland 
 exhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for 
 chasing principles through all their metaphysical 
 possibilities. " Let us quit talking and go and do 
 it," was practically his motto. 
 
 The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was 
 elected was that of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in 
 which Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell 
 to his duty to inflict capital punishment upon two 
 criminals. Li 1881 he was elected Mayor of the 
 City of Buff^ilo, on the Democratic ticket, with es- 
 pecial reference to the bringing about certain reforms 
 
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 a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui- ; 
 
 tous street-cleaning contract: "This is a time for g 
 plain speech, and my objection to your action shall 
 
 lie plainly staled. I regard it as the culmination of §; 
 
 a mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme ; 
 
 to betray tlie interests of the people and to worse : 
 
 than squander the people's money." The New York ; 
 
 Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve- 3 
 
 land's administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there- : 
 
 upon recommended him for Governor of the Empire ; 
 
 State. To the latter office be was elected in 1882, ; 
 
 and his administration of the affairs of State was : 
 
 generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if ; 
 
 any, were made very public throughout the nation \ (j 
 
 after he was nominated for President of the United ; 1 
 
 States. For this high office he was nominated July jjji 
 
 II, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention at S;! 
 
 Chicago, when other competitors were Thomas F. 3p 
 
 Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, gg 
 
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 lican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve- rin 
 
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 January, 18S5, in order to prepare for his duties as rj 
 
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 March, 1885. For his Cabinet officers he selected 
 
 the following gentlemen: For Secretary of State, ;:} 
 
 Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware; Secretary of the jii} 
 
 Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York ; Secretary H?) 
 
 of War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts; 3i} 
 Secretary of the Navy, William C. Wliitney, of New 
 
 York; Secretary of the Literior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of ;;[ 
 
 Mississippi; Postmaster-General, William F. Vilas, 5i} 
 
 of Wisconsin; .\ttorney-General, K. H. Garland, of Ji} 
 
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 gentleman chosen to fill the 
 iiuliernatorial chair of Iowa 
 after its organization as a 
 State, was a native of Ver- 
 mont, and was Ijom Feb. 3, 
 l«0lj. His parents, wlio likewise 
 were New Englanders, were Ben- 
 jamin and f^lecta Briggs. The 
 lyhood of our subject was 
 passed in his native State, and in at- 
 tendance upon the common schools 
 he received a fair education which 
 was subsequent!}' improved by a 
 terni at Norwich Academy. When 
 a young man he removed with his 
 parents to C'aml)ridge, (iuenisey Co.. Ohio, where 
 young Briggs engaged in the work of establishing 
 stage lines. lie also here embarked in political 
 affairs and as a Whig run for the office of County 
 Auditor but was defeated by .lohn Ferguson, a 
 Jackson Democrat. 
 
 After remaining in Ohio for six years, the glow- 
 ing accounts of the fair fields and the fertile prairies 
 of the Territory of Iowa, led him westward across 
 the Father of Waters. He had previouslj' united 
 his fortunes in life with Nancy M. Dunlap, daugh- 
 ter of Major IJunlap, an officer in the War of 1812. 
 Even prior to tliis marriage he had chosen a wife, 
 a lady who was born on the same day and j'ear as 
 himself, but of whom he was soon bereft. He 
 brought with him to Iowa his little family and lo- 
 cated at Andrew, in Jackson County. Seeing the 
 
 opportunity here for resuming his former business, 
 he began opening up stage lines, frequentlj' driving 
 the old stage coach himself. He made several con- 
 tracts with the Postofflce Department for carrying 
 the United States mails weekly between Dubuque 
 and Davenport, l)ul)uque and Iowa City and other 
 routes, thus opening up and carrying on a very im- 
 portant enterprise. Politically, Gov. Briggs was a 
 Democrat, and on coming to Iowa identified him- 
 self with that party. In 1842 he was chosen a 
 member of the Territorial House of Representatives 
 from Jackson Count}', and subsequently was elected 
 Sheriff of the same county. He had taken a lead- 
 ing part in public affairs, and upon the formation of 
 the .State Government in 184(3, he became a prom- 
 inent candidate for Governor, and though his com- 
 petitors in his own party were distinguished and 
 well-known citizens, Mr. Briggs received the nom- 
 ination. The convention was held in Iowa City, 
 on Thursday, Sept. 24, 1840, and assembled to 
 nominate State officers and two Congi-essmen. It 
 was called to order by F. D. Mills, of Des Moines 
 County. William Thompson, of Henrj' County, 
 presided, and J. T. Fales, of Dul)uque, was Secre- 
 tary. The vote for Governor in the convention 
 stood: Briggs, sixty-two; Jesse Williams, thirty- 
 two, and Willi.am Thomitson, thirty-one. The two 
 latter withdrew, and Briggs was then diosen by ac- 
 clamation. Elisha Cutler, Jr., of Van Buren Coun- 
 tj', was nominated for Secretary of State ; Joseph 
 T. Fales, f>f Linn, for Auditor, and Morgan Reno, 
 of .Johnson, for Treasurer. S. C. Hastings and 
 Sheperd Leffler were nominated for Congress. The 
 
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 cvatio ticket liein"' sncfcssful. Urigifs received 
 7.fi20 votes itnd his coinpctitor. Thomas McKiiiifht. 
 the Whig caiuliilnlc. 7,379, giving Briggs a major- 
 ity of 247. 
 
 The principal (piestioii l)etween the two leading 
 parties, the Democratic and the Whig, at this period, 
 ivas that of the h.inking system. It is related that 
 1 short time ])rior to the meeting of the conven- 
 {ion which nominated Mr. Briggs, that in offering 
 I toast at a l)an(inet, he struck the key-note which 
 fliade him the jiopular man of the hour. He said, 
 "No banks l)Ut earth ruid they well tilled." This 
 was at once caught up liy liis party and it did mcjre 
 to secure him the nomination than anj'thing else. 
 His administration was one void of any special in- 
 terest. He labored in harmonious accord with his 
 party, yet frequently exhibited an independence of 
 principle, characteristic of his nature. The ]Mis- 
 souri liounchiry question which caused a great deal 
 of excited controversy at this period, and even a 
 determination to resort to arms, was handled liy 
 him with great ability. 
 
 On his election as Executive of the State, Gov. 
 Briggs sold out his mail contract, but after the ex- 
 piration of his term of service he continued his 
 residence in .laekson County. In 1870 he removed 
 to Council Bluffs. He had visited the western 
 part of the State l)efore the flaj^ of railroads in that 
 section, making the trip l\y carriage. On the occa- 
 sion he enrolled himself .as one of the founders of 
 the town of Florence on the Nebraska side of the 
 river and six miles above Council Bluffs, and which 
 for a time was a vigoious rival of Omaha. Dur- 
 ing the mining excitement, in 1860, he made a trij) 
 to Colorado, and tluee years later, in company 
 with ills son .lolui and a large party, went to 
 Montana, where he remained until the year 
 
 I si;."), when he returned to hi- liomc in Iowa. 
 
 .\s al)ove stated, fiov. Briggs was twice married, 
 iiis first wife being his comi)auiou for a brief time 
 only. His second wife Imre him eight (liildnn. :dl 
 of whom died in infancy save two. and of tliese hit- 
 ter, Ansel, Jr., died May l.i. 18(17, aged twenty- 
 live j'ears. .John S. Briggs, the r>nly -nrvivor of 
 the family, is editor of the Idalin Hi-rdhl. pnlili>iieil 
 at Blackfoot, Idaho Territory. Mr>. l)rigg> die(l 
 Dec. :50, 1847. while her hu-liaiid w:i> (oixcnioi- of 
 the State. She was a devoted Christian lady, a 
 strict member of the Presbyterian Churcji, ami a 
 woman of strong domestic tastes. She wa> higlilv 
 educated, anil endowed by nature witii that 
 womanly tact and grace which eualiled lier toadorn 
 the high position her husband li;\d att.MiiuMl. 
 She dis|3ensed a l)ouuteous hos])itality, tliongh her 
 home w;is in a log house, .and was highly esteemed 
 and admired l)y all who met her. 
 
 (iov. Briggs went in and out among his ])eople 
 for many ^-ears after his retirement from the execu- 
 tive ofiice, and even after his return from the .Mon 
 tana expedition. He was admired for his able 
 services rendered .so unselfishly during the pioneer 
 period of the now great and populous State. His 
 last illness, ulceration of the stomach, was of brief 
 duration, lasting only five weeks, indeed only three 
 days before his death he was alile to be out. Ills 
 demise occurred at the residence of his son, John 
 S. Briggs, in Omaha, Neb., at half-past three of the 
 morning of Maj' 5, 1881. His death Wiu; greatly 
 mourned all over the State. I'pon the following 
 day, (iov. (iear issued a proclamation reciting his 
 services to the State, ordering half-honr giui> to lie 
 fired .ind the national flag on the State caiiitol ti 
 be put at half-mast during the day upon which 
 the funeral was held, which was the following Sun- 
 day succeeding his death. 
 

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 ond Governor of Iowa, is a 
 native of Connecticut, where, 
 at New London, he was born 
 Oct. 1, 1812. He resided in 
 that State with his parents 
 until 1828, when the family 
 came West, locating upon a farm 
 near Saint Louis. This was the 
 home of joung Stephen until 1830, 
 when he went to Galena, lU., where 
 he served in the capacit>- of a clerk 
 in a commission house for a time. 
 He was there during the exciting 
 period of the Black Hawk troubles, 
 and was an officer in an artillery 
 lompany which had been organized for the protec- 
 tion of (Jalena. After the defeat of Black Hawk 
 Mud tlif consequent termination of Indian troubles, 
 he entered the Illinois College at .Jacksonville, 
 wliere he remained for about two years. On ac- 
 count of difficulties which lie got into about 
 sectarianism and abolitionism, he left the college 
 and ivturned to Missouri. He shortly afterward 
 entered the office of Charles S. Hempstead, a prom- 
 inent lawyer of (Jalena. and began the stud}' of the 
 profession in which he afterward became quite pro- 
 
 ficient. In 1836 he was admitted to practice in all 
 the courts of the Territorj' of Wisconsin, which at 
 the time embraced the Territory of Iowa, and the 
 same year located at Dubuque, being the first law- 
 yer who began the practice of his profession at that 
 place. 
 
 As might be expected in a territory but thinly 
 populated, but one which was rapidly settling up, 
 the services of an able attorney would be in de- 
 mand in order to draft the laws. L'pon the organ- 
 ization of the Territorial Government of Iowa in 
 1838, he was, with Gen. Warner Lewis, elected to 
 represent the northern portion of the Territor3' in 
 the Legislative Council, which assembled in Bur- 
 lington that year. He was Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee .Judiciary, and at the second session vf that 
 body was elected its President. He was again 
 elected a member of the Council, in 1845, over 
 which he also presided. In 1844 he was elected 
 one of the delegates of Dubuque County, f(jr the 
 first convention to frame a constitution for the 
 State. In 1848, in company with .Judge Cnarles 
 Mason and W. G. Woodward, he was appointed 
 bj' the Legislature Commissioner to revise the laws 
 of the State, which revision, with a few amend, 
 ments, was adopted as the code of Iowa in 1851. 
 
 In 1850 Mr. Hempstead was elected Governor of 
 
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 the State, and served with !i))ility for four 3'ears, 
 that being tiie full term iiiider tiie Constitution at 
 the time. lie ipceivcd i;i,4?<G votes against 11,- 
 403 cast fi)i- Ills (i|)j)(m('nt, James L. 'rhonn)son. 
 After the vote had l)ecn canvassed a committee 
 was appointed to inform the (Jovernor-elect that 
 the two Houses of the Legislature were ready to re- 
 ceive him in joint cf)nvention, in order that he 
 
 lion. Gov. Hempstead, accompanied by the retir- 
 ing Executive, Gov. Briggs, the Judges of the Su- 
 preme Court and the olficers of State, entered the 
 hall of the House where the Governor-elect deliv- 
 ered liis inaugural message, after which the oath 
 was administered by the Chief Justice of the Su- 
 preme Court. This was an important period in the 
 history' of the State, being at a time when the pub- 
 lic affairs were assuming definite shape, and indeed 
 it was what might be termed the formative period. 
 The session of the Legislature passed many imjiort- 
 ant acts which were approved by the Governor, and 
 during his term there were fifty-two new counties 
 formed. Gov. llemiistead in his message to the 
 Fourth General Assembly in December, 1852, 
 
 Ijj stated that among other things, the population of 
 
 ^ the State according to the Federal census was 192,- 
 214, and that the State census showed an increase 
 for one year of 37,780. He also stated that the re- 
 sources of the State for the coming two years 
 "would l)e sufticient to cancel all that part of funded 
 
 Wf debt which was [)ayable at its option. 
 
 W Among the numerous counties organized was one 
 named Buncombe, which received its name in the 
 following way : Tiie Legislature was comi)Osed of a 
 large majority fav(jring stringent corporation laws 
 and the liability of individual stockholders for cor- 
 parate debts. This sentiment, on account of the 
 agitation of railroad enterprises then being inaugu- 
 Ijrated. brought a large number of jnominent men 
 to the capital. To have an effect upon the Legis- 
 lature, they organized M "lobby I^egislature" and 
 elected as (Joveruor, Verplank Van Antwerp, who 
 i delivered to the self-constituted body a lengthy 
 gj message in wliich he siiai'i)ly criticized the regular 
 General Assenilily. Some of the members of the 
 latter were in the hal)it of making long and useful 
 speeches much to the hindrance of business. To 
 
 Uicsi' he especially referred, charging them with 
 speaking for "'Buncombe," and recommended tli:ii 
 as a la.sting memorial a county should be called li_\ 
 that name. This suggestion was readily seized on 
 by the Lcgislnture, and the county of Buncombe 
 was created with few dissenting voices. However, 
 the General Assembly, in 1 KOi, changed the name 
 to Lj'on, in licmor of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon who was 
 killed in the early part of the Civil \\':\v. 
 
 The season of I80I was one of great (li^:^ppoint- 
 ment to the pioneers of Iowa, and much suffering 
 was the result of the bad season of that year. By 
 the year 1854, the State had fully recovered from 
 the depression thus produced, and that year as well 
 as the following, the emigration from tlie East was 
 unju'ecedented. The prairies of Illinois were liucil 
 day after daj' with a continuous caravan of oiii- 
 grants pushing on toward Iowa. Huring a single 
 month 1743 wagons bound for Iowa passed through 
 Peoria. So remarkable had been the influx of pe(»- 
 ple into the State, that in an issue of the Burling- 
 ton Teleyrajjh appeared the following statement: 
 "Twenty thousand emigrants have passed througli 
 the city within the last thirty days, and they aic 
 still crossing the Mississippi at the rate of (iOO a day." 
 
 At the expiration of his term of service, which 
 occurred in the latter part of the year IHTil. (miv. 
 Hempstead returned to his old home .it Dulviupie. 
 In 1H55 he w.as elected Countj' Judge of Dubuque 
 County, and so acceptably did he serve the people 
 that for twelve years he w.<is chosen to fill that posi- 
 tion. . Under his administration the jirincipal 
 county building, including the jail. po<irhouse, as 
 well as some valuable bridges, were erected. 
 Owing to ill-health he was compelled to retire from 
 l)ublic life, passing the remainder of his d;iy> in 
 (piietude and repose at Dubuque. There lie lived 
 until Feb. Ui, 1883. when, at his home, the light of 
 his long and eventful life went out. The record 
 lie has made, which was an honoralile and distin- 
 guished one, was closed, and Iowa was called upon 
 to mourn the loss of one of her most distinguished 
 pioneer citizens. He had been an unusually useful 
 man of the State and his services, which were able 
 and wist', were rendered in that unselfish sjjirit 
 whicli distinguished so many of the early residents 
 of this now prosperous State. 
 
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AMES AV. ORBIKS. the 
 third geiitleinuii tu fill the 
 Kxeoutive Chair of tlie .State 
 of Iowa, was bom in tlie 
 town of Deering, Hillsbor- 
 ough Co., N. H., Oct. 20, 
 j9 181G. His parents, John and 
 Elizabeth (Wilson) Grimes, were 
 also natives ()f the same town. 
 The former was born on the 1 Ith 
 of August, 1772, and the mother 
 March IS), 177;3. They l)ecaine the 
 l>arents of eight children, of whom 
 .Tames was the youngest and lie- 
 came one of the most distinguislied 
 citizens of Iowa. He attended the 
 !i ! district scho"()ls, and in early cliildhood evinced an 
 unusual taste for learning. Besides attending the 
 jij district schools, the village pastor instructed him 
 } : ! in Greek and Latin. After completing his prepar- 
 }: : ations for college, which he did at Hampton Acad- 
 emy, he entered Dartmouth College, in Augu.st, 
 i 18;32, which was in the sixteenth year of his age. 
 { j He was a hard student, advanced rapidly, and in 
 February, 183.5, bid adieu to the college halls, and 
 } ! with .lames Walker, of Peterborough. N. H., he be- 
 ™ gan the study of his chosen profession. 
 
 Feeling that his native State afforded too limited 
 advantages, and, in fact, being of a rather advent- 
 urous disposition, as well as ambitious, he desired 
 broader fields in which to carve for himself a fort- 
 une. He accordingly left the home that had 
 sheltered him during his boyhood days, and turn- 
 ing his face Westward proceeded until he had 
 crossed the great Father of Waters. It was in 
 1836, and young Grimes was indeed 3'oung to thus 
 take upon himself such responsiliilities; but pos- 
 sessing business tact, determination and tenacity, 
 as well as an excellent [jrofessional training, he de- 
 termined to open an office in the then new town of 
 Burlington, Iowa. Here he hung out his shingle, 
 and ere long had established a reputation Avhich 
 extended far lieyond the confines of the little city. 
 
 In April, 1837, he was appointed City Solicitor, 
 and entering upon the duties of that office he 
 assisted in drawing up the first police laws of that 
 town. In 1838 he was appointed .lustice of the 
 Peace, and became a law jiartner of William W. 
 Chapman. United States Disti'ict Attorney for 
 Wisconsin Territory. In the early part of the year 
 1.S41 he formetl a ])artnershi|) with Henry W.Starr, 
 Es(|.. which continued twelve years. This firm 
 sto<i(l at the head of the legal profession in Iowa. 
 Mr. (i rimes was widely- known as a counselor with 
 
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 .superior knowlprlgc of the law, and with a clear 
 sense of truth and justice, lie was chosen one of 
 the Representatives of l)es Moines Countj' in the 
 first Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, 
 which convened .at Hurliiifrton, Nov. 12. 18.38; in 
 the sixth, at Iowa City, Dec. 4, 1 843 ; and in the 
 fourth rieneral Assembly of the State, at Iowa City, 
 Dec. 6. 18.52. He early took front rank among the 
 public men of Iowa. lie was Chairman of the 
 Judiciary Ccmimittee in the House of Representa- 
 tives of the first Legislative Asseml)h' of the Ter- 
 ritory, and all laws for the new Territor}' passed 
 through his liniids. 
 
 Mr. (Jrinies had l)econiP prominently identified 
 with the Wiiig i)arty, and being distinguished as an 
 able lawyer, as well as a fair-minded, conscientious 
 man, he was a i)roininent candidate for (Governor 
 before the convention which met in February, 1854. 
 It was the largest convention of that party ever 
 held in bjwa and the last. He was chosen as a nom- 
 inee for (iovernor. was duly elected, and in Decem- 
 ber, 18.04, assumed the duties of the office. Shortly 
 after his election it was pro|)osed that he should go 
 to the United States Senate, but he gave his ad- 
 mirers to understand that he was determined to fill 
 the term of office for which he had been chosen. 
 This he did, serving the full term to the entire sat- 
 isfaction of all parties. He wtis a faithful party 
 leader, and so able were his services that, while at 
 the time of his election as (iovernor Democracy 
 reigned supreme in the .State anil its representatives 
 in Congress were allied to the slave power, he 
 turned the .State over to the Republican partj'. 
 
 His term of office expired Jan. 14, 1858, when 
 he retired from the ICxecutive Chair, only, how- 
 ever, to assume the responsibilities of a United 
 States Senator. I'lxHi the 4th of March of the fol- 
 lowing year he took his seat in the Senate and was 
 placed upon the Committee on Xaval Affairs, upon 
 which he remained duiing hi> Senatorial career, 
 serving as Chairman of that important c(jmmittee 
 from December, 1804. .Tau. 1(!. 1804, Mr. Grimes 
 wa.s again chosen to represent Iowa in the Senate 
 lit the United States, receiving all but six of the 
 vote.> of the (ieneral As.sembly in joint convention. 
 
 His counsel was often sought in matters of gi'eat 
 mimient. and in cases of jjeculiar difficulty. Al- 
 
 ways ready to promote the welfare of the State, he 
 gave, unsolicited, land worth |i(),00() to the Congre- 
 gational College, at Griunell. It constitutes the 
 " Grimes foundation," and '• is to be applied to the 
 establishment and maintenance in Iowa College, 
 forever, of four scholarships, to be awarded by tln' 
 Trustees, on the recommendation of the faculty. \- 
 the best scholars, and the most promising, in any 
 department, who may need and seek such aid. and 
 without anj' regard to the religious tenets or opin- 
 ions entertained by any ]ierson seeking either of 
 said scholarships." These terms wei'e imposed by 
 Mr. Grimes, and assumed July 2(1. IH05, by the 
 Trustees. He received the honorary degree of 
 LL.D. in 1865 from Dartmouth College, and also 
 from Iowa College. He also aided in founding a 
 public library in Burlington, donating ^5,000. which 
 was expended in the purchase of costly books, and 
 subsequently sent from Europe 250 volumes in the 
 (German language, and also contributed 000 vol- 
 umes of public documents. 
 
 In January, 180y, he made a donation of %5,0()0 
 to Dartmouth College, and i^l.HOdto the "Social 
 Friend," a literary society of which he was a mem- 
 ber when in college. 
 
 His health failing, Mr. Grimes sailed for Europe, 
 April 14, 180y, remaining abroad two years, 
 reaching home Sept. 22, 1871, apparently in im- 
 proved health and spirits. In November he cele- 
 brated his silver wedding, and spent the closing 
 months of his life with his family. He voted at 
 the city election, Feb. 5. 1872, and was suddenly- 
 attacked with severe pains in the region of the 
 heart, and died after a few short hours of intense 
 suffering. 
 
 Senator Grimes w.as united in marriage at Bur- 
 lington, la., Nov. 9, 1840, with Miss .Sarah Elizabeth 
 Neally. Mr. Grimes stood in the foremost ranks 
 among the men of his time, not only in the State 
 but of the nation. The young attorney who left 
 the gi'anite hills of New Ilamjishire for the fertile 
 prairies of the West, distinguished himself ln)th as 
 an attorney jind a statesman. His jiersonal history 
 is SI) insei^arably interwoven in that of the history 
 of the Strife that a sketch of his life is indeed but a 
 record of the history of his adopted State during 
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 Governor <:)f the State of 
 Iowa, was born in Ohio in 
 the j'ear 1808, and like many 
 ^>thers of the distinguished 
 men of Iowa, eanie within her 
 borders in early jiioneer 
 times. He was a young man 
 but a little over thiity years 
 of age when he crossed the great 
 Father of Waters, settling ui)on its 
 western bank at the then small vill- 
 age of Muscatine. He at once 
 identified himself with the interests 
 of the growing city, and ere long 
 became quite prominent in local 
 affairs and of recognized ability in 
 questions of pulilic iJolicy. He was shortl}' after- 
 ward chosen as a representative from Muscatine 
 County to the Constitutional Convention of 1H44, 
 which framed the Constitution which was rejected 
 by the i)eople. 
 
 After tills Constitutional convention, j\lr. Lowe 
 took no further part in public matters for a num- 
 ber of years. He removed to Lee County about 
 1849 or ';j(>, where he l)ecame District Judge as a 
 successor to George II. Williams, who was after- 
 ward famous as President (Grant's Attorney Gen- 
 eral. He was District Judge five years, from 18.52 
 to 1857, being succeeded l\y Judge Claggett. In 
 the summer of 1857 he was nominated bj' the lie- 
 publicans for Governor of Iowa, with Oran Faville 
 for Lieuteuaut-Govemor. The Democracy put in 
 
 the field Benjamin M. Samuels for Governor and 
 George Gillaspj' for Lieutenant-Governor. There 
 was a third ticket in the field, supported by the 
 American or "'Know-Nothing" part^', and liearing 
 the names of T. F. Henry and Easton Morris. 
 The election was held in October, 1857, and gave 
 Mr. Lowe 38,498 votes, against 36,088 for Mr. 
 Samuels, and 1,006 for Mr. Henr}-. 
 
 Hitherto the term of office had been four years, 
 but Ijj' an amendment to the Constitution this was 
 now reduced to two. Gov. Lowe was inaug- 
 urated Jan. 14, 1858, and at once sent his first 
 message to the Legislature. Among the measures 
 passed by this Legislature were bills to incorporate 
 the State Bank of Iowa ; to provide for an agi-icult- 
 ural college; to authorize the business of banking; 
 disposing of the land grant made by Congress to 
 the Des Moines A'alley Railroad; to provide for 
 the erection of an institution ft)r the education of 
 the blind, and to provide tor taking a State census. 
 
 No events of importance occurred during the 
 admiuistration of Gov. Lowe, but it was not a 
 period of uninterrupted [jrosperity. The Governor 
 said in his biennial message of Jan. 10, 1860, 
 reviewing tiie preceeding two years : " The period 
 that has elapsed since the last biennial session has 
 lieen one of great disturbing causes, and of anxious 
 solicitude to all classes of our fellow-citizens. The 
 first year of this period was visited « itli liea\y and 
 continuous rains, which reduced the measure of 
 our field crops Itelow one-half of the usual iHX>duct, 
 whilst the financial revulsion which commenced 
 upon the Atlantic coast in the autumn of 1857, did 
 
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 tlif yv.w just past." 
 
 lie referred at leiiglli to liie elaiiu of the State 
 Mjiaiiist the I''ederal (iovernnient, and said that he 
 had appealed in vain to the Seeretary of the Inte- 
 rior for the payment of the ;') per cent upon the 
 luilitary land warrants that the State is justly en- 
 titled to, wliieii then approximated to a million of 
 dollars. The payment of this fund, he said, "is 
 not a mere fa^or which is asked of the General 
 (iovernnient, but a subsisting right which could be 
 enforced in a court of justice, were there a tribunal 
 of thi.s kind clothed with the requisite jurisdiction." 
 
 The subject of tlie l)es Moines River grant re- 
 ceived from the (iovernor si>ecial attention, and he 
 gave a history of the operations of the .State author- 
 ities in reference to obtaining the residue of the 
 lands to which the State was entitled, and other in- 
 formation as to the progress of the work. He also 
 remarked " that under the act authorizing the Gov- 
 ernor to rai.se a company of mounted men for de- 
 fense and protection oi our frontier, approved 
 Feb. y, IKjH, a company of thirty such men, known 
 as the Frontier Guards, armed and equipped as re- 
 quired, w'cre organized and mustered into service 
 inider the command of Capt. Henrj' B. Martin, of 
 Webster City, about the 1st of March then follow- 
 ing, and were divided into two companies, one 
 stationed on the Little Sioux River, the otlier at 
 .Sjnrit Lake. Their presence afforded security and 
 gave quiet to the settlements in that region, and 
 after a .service of four months they were disbanded. 
 
 " Late in the fall of the year, however, gi-eat 
 
 alarm and consternation was again felt in the 
 region of Spirit Lake and Sioux River settlemenl-. 
 produced by the ajjpearance of large nundiers of 
 Indians vn the border, whose bearing was insolent 
 and menacing, and who were charged with clan- 
 destinely running off the stock of the settler-. 
 The most urgent appeals came from these settkM>. 
 invoking again the protection of the State. Frcjui 
 representations made of the imminence of their 
 danger and the losses akeady sustained, the Gov- 
 ernor summoned into the field once more the 
 frontier guards. After a service of four or five 
 months they were again discharged, and paid in tin- 
 manner prescribed in the act under which they were 
 called out." 
 
 Gov. Lowe was beaten for the reiioniiuatiun 
 by Hon. S. J. Kirkwood, who was consi<lere(l 
 much the stronger man. To compensate lain for 
 his defeat for the second term, Ciov. Lowe 
 was apjjointed one of the three Judges under the 
 new Constitution. He drew the short term, which 
 expired in 1861, but was returned and served, all 
 told, eight years. He then returned to the prac- 
 tice of law, gradually working into a claim busi- 
 ness at Washington, to which city he removed 
 about 1874. In that city he died, on Saturday. 
 Dec. 22, 1883. He had a large famil}'. Carletou, 
 one of his sons, was an officer in the Third Iowa 
 Cavalry during the war. 
 
 Gov. Lowe was a man of detail, accurate and 
 industrious. In private and public life he wa,- 
 liure, upright and honest. In religious faith lie 
 was inclined to be a Spii'itualist. 
 
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UK fifth ( Jovi'i'iKir of Iowa 
 was Samuel .1. Kirkwood. 
 He was liorii in Hartford 
 County, Md., on his father's 
 farm, Dee. 20, 1«13. His 
 fatlier was twice married, 
 first to a lady named Coulson, 
 wlm Ijecame the mother of two 
 sons. After the death of tliis 
 companion, the elder Kirkwood 
 was united in marriage with 
 Mary Alexander, who liore him 
 three children, all of whom were 
 %f sons. Of this little family Samuel 
 I was the youngest, and when ten 
 j'ears of age was sent t(j Washington City to at- 
 tend a school taught by John McLeod, a relative of 
 the family. Here he remained for four 3'ears, giv- 
 ing diligent .attention to his studies, at the close of 
 which time he entered a drug store at AVashington 
 as clerk. In this capacity he continued with the 
 exception of eighteen months, until he reached his 
 majority. During the interval referred to, young 
 Kirkwood was living the life of a pedagogue in 
 York County. Pa. 
 
 In the year 1«35. Samuel fpiit Washington and 
 eume westward to Richland Connty, Ohio, llis 
 father and Ijrother had preceded him from Mai_y- 
 land, locating upon a timljeretl farm in the Buckeye 
 State. Here Samuel lent them valuaf)le assistance 
 in clearing the farm. He was aml)itious to enter 
 the legal profession, and iu the yeai' 1841, an oppor- 
 
 tunity was affordt'd liim to enter the oflice of 
 Thomas W. Bartley, afterward (iovernor of Ohio. 
 The following two years lie gave diligent a|)plica- 
 tion to his books, and iu 184:5, was admitted to 
 practice by the Supreme Court of Ohio. He was 
 then fortunate enough to form an association in 
 the practice of his profession with his former pre- 
 ceptor, which relations continued for eight years. 
 
 From 184.1 to 1849 he served as Prosecuting 
 Attorney of his county. In 184!) he w.as elected 
 as a Democrat to represent his county and district 
 in the Constitutional Convention. In 18.")1 Mr. 
 Bartley, his partner, having been elected to the 
 Supreme Judiciary of the State, Kirkwood formed 
 a partnershii> with liarnalias Barns, with whom he 
 continued to practice until the spring of 1855,' 
 when he removed to the West. 
 
 Up to 18.54 ]Mr. Kirkwood had acted witli the 
 Democratic party. But the measures proposed and 
 sustained that year liy the Democracy in Congi'ess, 
 concenti.ited in what was known as the Kansas- 
 Nebraska Act, drove him with hosts of anti-slavery 
 Democrats out of the party. He was besouglit l)y 
 the ojiposition in the "Richland District" to be- 
 come their candidate for Congress. l)ut <lei-lined. 
 In 18;'),) he came to Iowa and settled two miles 
 northwest of Iow;i City, entering into a partnership 
 with his In-other-in-law. Kzckiel Clark, in tiie mill- 
 ing business, .-md kept aloof from piilijic affairs. 
 He could not long conceal his record and al)ilities 
 from his neighbors, however, and in 18.1t; he was 
 elected to the State Senate from the district com- 
 
 
 
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 posed of the counties of Io\v:i and .lohuson, and 
 served in the last session of the Legislature lield at 
 Iowa City and the lirst one held at I)es Moines. 
 
 In l.s.V.) Mr. Khkw<ji)d was made the standard- 
 licarer of the Re|)ul)lieans of Iowa, and though he 
 liad as able and popular a eompetitor as Gen. A. 
 t'. Dodge, he was elected (iovernor of Iowa by a 
 niaji>rity iif (ivcr .i.OOl). lie was inaugurated .Tan. 
 11, ISOO. IJefore the expiration of his first term 
 eanie the great Civil War. As ( Iovernor, during 
 the darkest days <if the Rel)ellion. he performed an 
 exceedingly important duty. He secured a prompt 
 response by volunteers to all recpiisitions by the 
 Federal Government on the State for troops, so 
 that during his (iovernorship no "draft" took 
 place in Iowa, and no regiment, except the first, 
 enlisted for less than three years. At the same 
 time he maintained the State's financial credit. 
 The Legislature, at its extra .se.ssi()U in IfSlJl, 
 authorized the .sale of $800,000 in bonds, to assist 
 in arming and equipping troojjs. So frugall}- was 
 this work done, that but *300,000 of the bonds 
 were sold, and the remaining $.J00,000 not having 
 been required, the bonds representing this amount 
 were destroyed by order of the succeeding Legis- 
 lature. 
 
 In Octoljer, 18Gl,Gov. Kirkwood was, with com- 
 [laratively little opposition, re-elected — an honor 
 accorded for the first time in the historj- of the 
 State. His majority was about 18,000. During 
 his second term he was appointed by President 
 Lincoln to l)e ^linister to Denmark, but he declined 
 to enter upon his diplomatic duties until the expir- 
 ation of his term as Governor. Tlie position was 
 kept open for him until that time, but, when it 
 came, pressing private business compelled a declin- 
 ation of the ottice altogether. 
 
 In January, 1 86(5, he was a prominent canditlati^ 
 before the Legislature for United Stales .Senator. 
 Senator Harlan had resigned the Senatorsliip upon 
 
 his appoinlnicnl to the oliicc of Scrrclaiy of llic 
 Interior liy President l.incohi. just before his 
 death, liut had withdrawn from the ealiinet soon 
 after the accession of Mr. .Johnson to the Presi- 
 dency. In this wajMt hap|»ened that tiie Legisla- 
 ture had two terms of United States Senator to lill, 
 a .short term of two years, to fill Harlan's luiexpired 
 term, and a long term of six years to immediately 
 succeed this; and Harlan had now Ijecome a candi- 
 date for his own successorship, to which Kirkwood 
 also aspired. Ultimately, Kirkwood was elected 
 for the first and Harlan for the .second term. Dur- 
 ing his brief Senatorial service, Kirkwood did not 
 hesitate to measure swords witli Senator Snmner, 
 whose natural egotism had begotten in liini .-ui ar- 
 rogant and dictatorial manner, borne witli liuiidily 
 until then by his colleagues, in deferenee to his 
 long experience and eminent ability, but unpalata- 
 ble to an independent Western Senator like Kirk- 
 wood. 
 
 At the close of his Senatorial term. .March 1, 
 1867, he resumed the practice of law, which a few 
 years later he relinquished to accei)t the Presidcnc\- 
 of the Iowa City Savings B.ank. In 187.') he was 
 again elected Governor, and was inaugurated Jan. 
 i;i, 187(i. He served but little over a j'ear, as 
 early in 1877 he was chosen United States Senator. 
 He filled this position four years, resigning to be- 
 come Secretary of the Interior in President Gar- 
 field's Cabinet. In this office he was succeeded, 
 Ai)ril 17, 1882, by Henry ]M. Teller, of Colorado. 
 
 (iov. Kirkwood returned to Iowa Cit^', his home, 
 where he still resides, being now advanced in yeai-s. 
 He was married in 1843, to Miss Jane Clark, a na- 
 tive of Oluo. 
 
 In 1880 Mr. Kirkwood was tionunated for Con- 
 grt'ss l)y the Repulilicans of his district. Consider- 
 .-dile interest was manifested in the content. a> lioth 
 the Labor and Democratic parties had i)oi)uhir can- 
 didates in the lield. 
 
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ILLIAM M. STONE, the 
 sixth Governor of Iowa, was 
 born Oct. 14, 1827. His 
 parents, Truman and La- 
 vina (North) Stone, who 
 were of English ancestry, 
 lOved to Lewis County, N. 
 ., when William was but a 
 illiam's gTandfather, Aaron 
 the second war with En- 
 gland. When our subject Avas six years 
 of age his i)arents moved into Ohio, lo- 
 cating in Coshocton County. Like many 
 other self-made men, William M. had few 
 advantages. He never attended a school 
 of any kind more than twelve months. 
 In boyhood he was for two seasons a team-driver 
 on the Ohio Canal. At seventeen he was appren- 
 ticed to the ehairmaker's trade, and he followed 
 that business until he was twenty-three years of 
 age, reading law meantime during his spai-e hours, 
 wherever he happened to be. He commenced at 
 Coshocton, with James Mathews, who afterward 
 became his father-in-law; continued his reading 
 with Gen. Lucius V. Pierce, of Aki'on, and finished 
 with Ezra B. Taylor, of Ravenna. He was admitted 
 to the bar in August, 1851, by Peter Hitchcock 
 and Rufus P. Ranney, Supreme Judges- holding a 
 terra of court at Ravenna, 
 
 After practicing three years at Coshocton with 
 his old preceptor, James Mathews, he, in November, 
 18.54, settled in Knoxville, which has remained his 
 home since. The year after locating here Mr. 
 Stone purchased the Knoxville Journal, and was 
 one of the prime movers in forming the Repulilican 
 partj- in Iowa, being the first editor to suggest a 
 State Convention, which met Feb. 22, 1856, and 
 completed the organization. In the autumn of the 
 same year he was a Presidential elector on the Re- 
 publican ticket. 
 
 In April, 1857, Mr. Stone was chosen Judge of 
 the Eleventh Judicial District. He was elected 
 Judge of the Sixth Judicial District when the new 
 Constitution went into operation in 1.S58, and was 
 serving on the bench when tiie American flag was 
 stricken down at Fort Suintei-. At that time, 
 April, 1861, he was holding court in Fairfield, 
 Jefferson County, and when the news came of the 
 insult to the old flag he immediately adjourned 
 court and prei)ared for what he believed to be more 
 important duties — duties to his country. 
 
 In May he enlisted as a private; was made Cap- 
 tain of Co. B, Third Iowa Inf., and was subse- 
 quently promoted to Major. With that regiment 
 he was at the battle of Blue Mill, Mo., in Septem- 
 ber, 1861, where he was wounded. At Shiloh, the 
 following spring, he commanded the regiment and 
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 he vvas paroled for the time of forty (l:iys. with 
 orders to repair to Washington, and if possible 
 secure an agreement for :i eartel for a general ex- 
 ehange of pi'isoiiei>. and to retnru as a prisoner if 
 he did not sueeeed. Failing t(; secure tliat result 
 within the period specified, he returueil to Kich- 
 uioud and h;id hi^ |iai'ole exleuded fifteen days; re- 
 ])airing again to \\'a>hington. he etfeeteil iii> imr- 
 jiose and was exchanged. 
 
 In Augu.st, If^fi'i. lie was appointed liy Gov. 
 Kirkwood Colonel of the Twenty -second Iowa 
 Infantry, which rendezvoused and organized at 
 Camp Pope. Iowa City, the same iinmth. The 
 regiment vvas occui)ied f(jr several months in guard- 
 ing supply stores .-uid tile railro.ad, and escorting 
 sup|ily tr.-nn> to the Army of the Sonthea.st Mis- 
 souri until .Ian. 27. 18(;;3, when it received orders 
 to join the ;irmy under (len. Davidson, at West 
 riinus. .Mo. .Mlcr a niarcli of five days it reached 
 its de>tinatiou. and was brigaded with the Twenty- 
 first and Twenty-third Iowa regiments, Col. Stone 
 commanding, and was designated the First Brigade, 
 l'"ii>t Division, Army of Southeast .Missouri. April 
 1 found Col. Stone at Miliiken's liend. La., to assist 
 (irantintiie capture of ^'lcksburg. He was now 
 in immediate command of his regiment, which 
 irmed a part of a brigade under Col. C. L. Harris, 
 of the I<;ieventh Wisconsin. In the advance upon 
 Fort Gibson Col. Harris was taken sick, and Col. 
 Stone was again in charge of a brigade. In the 
 battle of Port Gibson the Colonel and his com- 
 mand distinguished themselves, and were successful. 
 
 The lirigade was in the reserve at ( hamiiion llilj-. 
 and in active skirmish at Hlack Kiver. 
 
 < )u the evening of May 21 { ol. Stone rcciived 
 j (Jen. (iranl'> order for a gcn<M';d a»ault on the 
 j enemy's lines at 10 A. .M. on the 2211. In this 
 chai'ge. which w.as unsiu'ccssfnl. Col. Stone «.is 
 again wounded, receiving a guu>hot in the left 
 forearm. Col. .Stone commanded a i)rigade until 
 the last of August, when, being oi'dered to the (!ulf 
 Department, he roigned. He had beeume \ery 
 popular with the peojile of Iowa. 
 
 He was nominated in a Repidilican couNcnlinn, 
 held ;it l)es Moines in .luue. ISi;;!, and w.-i.s elected 
 l)y a very large majority. He was breveted Brig- 
 adier-General in IsilU. during his first year a- (iov- 
 ernor. He was inaugurated .Ian. II. 1 sr, f, anil w,-is 
 re-elected in 186.5, his four years in ollice closing 
 Jan. l(j, 18G8. His majority in 1S(;;5 was ue;irly 
 30,000, and in IsO.") about 1(;..")()(). His dimiui>hed 
 vote in 18lj.j was due to the fact that he was very 
 strongly committed in favor of negi'o suffrage. 
 
 Gov. .Stone made a very energetic and eflicient 
 Executive. Since the expiration of his guliernatoriid 
 term he has sought to cscajie the iiul)lic notice, ami 
 has given his time to his private business interest-. 
 He is in partnership with Hon. U. B. A>res, of 
 Kuoxville. in legal iiractice. 
 
 lie was elected to the General Assembly in ls77. 
 and .served one term. 
 
 In M.ay, 1857, he married Miss Carloaet Mathews, 
 a native of Ohio, then residing in Knoxville. They 
 have one sou — William A. 
 
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 AMUEL MERRILL, Governor 
 from 1868 to 1872, was born 
 in Oxford County. Maine. 
 Aug. 7. 1 822. He is a de- 
 scendant on his mother's, side 
 of Peter Hill, who came from 
 England and settled in Maine 
 in 1653. From this ancestry have 
 sprung most of the Hills in Ameri- 
 ca. On his father's side he is a de- 
 eendant of Nathaniel Merrill, who 
 came from England in l(i.")(),and lo- 
 cated in Massachusetts. Nathaniel 
 had a son, Daniel, who in turn had 
 a son named .John, and he in turn 
 Ijegat a son called Thomas. The 
 latter was born Dec. 18, 1708. On the 4tli of Aug- 
 ust. 1728. was born to him a son, Samuel, who was 
 m.arried and had a family of twelve children, one of 
 whom, Abel, was taken by his father to Bosttm in 
 17."»(). Aliel was married to Elizabeth Page, who 
 had five children, one of whom, Abel, Jr., was the 
 father of our subject. He married Abigail Hill 
 June 25, 1809, and to them were born eight chil- 
 dren, Samuel being the youngest but one. At the 
 age of sixteen Samuel moved with his parents to 
 Buxton, Maine, the native place of his mother, 
 where his time was employed in turns in teaching 
 and attending school until he attained his majority. 
 Having determined to make teaching a profession, 
 and feeling that the .South offered better opportu- 
 nities, he immediately set out for that section. He 
 
 remained, however, Init a short time, as he saj's '■ he 
 was born too far North." .Suspicion having been 
 raised as to his abolition (ii'inciiiles and finding the 
 element not altogether congenial, he soon abandoned 
 the sunny South and went to the old Granite State, 
 where the next several years were spent in farming. 
 In 1847 he moved t(j Tain worth, N. H., where he 
 engaged in the mercantile business in company with 
 a brother, in which lie was cpiite successful. Not 
 being satisfied with tlie limited resources of North- 
 ern New England he determined t(» try his good 
 fortune on the broad [)rairies of the feitile West. 
 
 It was in the year 185U that Mr. Merrill turned 
 his face toward the setting sun, finding a desirable 
 location near McGregor, Iowa, where lie estalilislied 
 a branch house of the ohl firm. The popuhition in- 
 creased, as also did their trade, and their house be- 
 came one of the most extensive wholesale estalilish- 
 inents on the Upper Mississipi)i. During all these 
 j'ears of business Mr. Merrill took an active part in 
 politics. In lS54he was chosen on the alxilition 
 ticket to the Legislature of New llami)siiire. The 
 following year he was again returned to the Legis- 
 lature, and doubtless had lie remained in that State 
 would have risen still higher. Incoming to Iowa 
 his experience and altility were demaiide<l by his 
 neighbors, and he was here called into pulilic serv- 
 ice. He was sent to the Legislatuic. and tiiough 
 assembled with the most distingui>hcd men of his 
 time, took a leading \Kwi in the important services 
 demanded of that body. The Legislature was con- 
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 till' exigencies of tlie Rel)elliou. and in its fleliber- 
 ;itiiJii> .Air. Merrill took an netive part. 
 
 in the >iiimrier nf 18G2. Mr. Merrill wascoinmis- 
 ^iiiiiiil ( (iluiicl (if ilie 21st Iowa Infantry, and ini- 
 iiieili;itely went tn llic tVdiit. At the time .M.'irma- 
 iliikc was nienacini; the I niun forces in Misxnu'i. 
 \\lii<'li called for iJidiiiiil :iclion on tlic ]i:ii't of the 
 I'nion (;eueral>. ( i>l. .Merrill \v:i- |)laced in coni- 
 uiand. with ilet:ichnienl> of the ■Jl.^l Iowa and ll'.ith 
 lllinoi>. a [Kirtion of the •id Iowa Cavalry and two 
 pieces of arlilliTv. with orders to make a forccfl 
 march to Sprini;lield. he lieing at the time eighty 
 miles distant. (In the morning of Jan. 11. 18G3. 
 lie came acro>> a hoily of Confederates who were 
 advanc-ing in hea\y force. I mme(Uate preparations 
 for liattle were made liy Col. .Merrill, and after brisk- 
 ly firing for an hour, the enemy fell back. Merrill 
 then moved in the direction of Ilartville. wheie he 
 found the enemy in force under Marmaduke, being 
 aliont eight tho\isand strong, while Merrill had but 
 one-tenth of that number. A hot struggle ensued 
 in which the ■rwenty-ttrst distinguished itself. 'Ihe 
 Confederate loss was several officers and three hun- 
 di-e(l men killed and woinided, while the I'nion lo.ss 
 was 'nut se\ en killed and si.xty-foiu' wounded. The 
 following winter the regiment performed active 
 service, taking part in the campaign of Mcksburg. 
 It fought under McClei-nand at Port (iibson. and 
 while making the famous charge of Black River 
 Bridge. Col. .Menill was severely wounded through 
 the hip. lie was laid up fnmi the 17th of May to 
 ,Iann:iry. when he again joined his regiment in 
 Texas, anil in .lunc. IsCil, on account of suffering 
 fidui his wound, resigned and returned to Me- 
 (iregor. In IsCT .Mr. Merrill was chosen (iov- 
 ernor of the Stati'. being elected n|)on the Repub- 
 lican ticket, lie .served w itii siuh .satisfaction, that 
 in IMd'.l he w;is i\'-uominated and accordingly 
 elected. 
 
 I'nder the administration of (uiv. Merrill, 
 the movement foi- Ilu' erection of the new State 
 House was inanguiat( il. The Thirteenth (Jeneial 
 Assembly pro\i(Ied I'm- tlic building at a cost of 
 $1, ;')()(). 000, and made an apprc^piiation with uhich 
 to begin the work of xI.'iO.ikki. \\\\\\ this >nm the 
 work was begun, and No\. •_'."i. ls7l. the i-orner 
 Stone was laid in the presence of citizens fiom all 
 
 parts f>f the State. On this occasion the trovernor : 
 delivered the address. It was an historical view of 5 
 the incidents culminating in the labors of the d.ay. E 
 It, was rei)lete with historical facts, .showed patient : 
 research, was logical and argumentative, and at times : 
 eloiiuent with the fire and genius of .\merican pa- : 
 triotisni. ft i> a paper worthy of the occasion. ; 
 .•ind does justice to the head and heart that con- 
 ceived it. 
 
 IJuring the guljcrnatorial career of (rov. .Mer- 
 rill, extending through two terms, " from .lanu- 
 ar}'. l)S().s, to .lanuary. 1M72. he was actively en- 
 gaged in the discharge of his oftieial duties, and 
 probably no incumbent of that office ever devoted 
 himself more earnestly to the public good, stand- 
 ing by the side of Gov. Fairchild, of Wisconsin. 
 The two were instrumental in placing the slack- 
 water navigation between the Mississippi and the 
 Lakes in the waj' of ultimate and certain success. 
 The (Governor treated this subject to great length 
 and with marked ability in his message to the Thir- 
 teenth (4eiieral Assembly, and so earnest was he in 
 behalf of this improvement, that he again discussed 
 it in his message to the Fourteenth General Assem- 
 bly. In the instigation of the work the Governors 
 of the different States interested, called conventions, 
 and through the deliberations of these assemblies 
 the aid of the General Government was secureil. 
 
 j Samuel Merrill was first married to Catherine 
 Th(mias, who died in 1847, fourteen months after 
 their marriage. In January, liSr)l,he was iniited 
 in marriage with a Miss Hill, of Buxton, Maine. 
 
 I She becanie the mother of four children, three of 
 
 1 whom died young, the eldest living to be onl}' two 
 and a half years old. 
 
 After the expiration of his public service he re- 
 turned to IMctiregor, but shortly afterward removed 
 to Des Moines, where he is now residing, and is 
 President of the Citizens' National Bank. 
 
 Thus bricfiy have been pointed out the leading 
 fcatini-- in the life of one of Iowa's most i)i-omi- 
 ncnl citizens, and one who has made an honorable 
 record both in public [lositions and (irivate enter- 
 [iiiscs. lie is highly esteemed in the city where he 
 resides and is regarded as one of tin- faithful rep- 
 resentatives of tlie sous of New England. In stat- 
 
 j ure he is fully six feet high anil finely proportioned. 
 
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' YRUS CLAY CARPENTER, 
 
 [[ Governor of Iowa fvom 1872 
 to 1875, inclusive, was born 
 in Susquehanna County, Pa., 
 Nov. 24, 1829. He was left 
 an orphan at an early age, his 
 mother dying when he was at 
 the age of ten years, and his father two 
 years later. He was left in destitute 
 circumstances, and went first to learn 
 ft^W ag the trade of a clothier, which, however, 
 'he abandoned after a few months, and 
 engaged with a farmer, giving a term 
 in the winter, however, to attendance 
 upon the district school. Wlien eighteen 
 lie began teaching school, and the fol- 
 lowing four j'ears divided his time between teach- 
 ing and attending the acadeni}' at Hartford. At 
 the conclusion of this period he went to Ohio, 
 where he engaged as a teacher for a year and a 
 half, spending the summer at farm work. 
 
 In the year 1854 Mr. Carpenter came further 
 westward, visiting many points in Illinois and 
 Iowa, arriving at Des Moines, then a village of 
 some 1,200 inhabitants. This place, however, not 
 offering a favorable location, he proceeded on his 
 journej', arriving in Fort Dodge June 28, 1854. 
 Owing to his being without funds he was compelled 
 to travel on foot, in which way the journey to Fort 
 Dodge was made, with his entire worldly posses- 
 sions in a carpet-sack which he caiTied in his hand. 
 He soon found employment at Fort Dodge, as as- 
 sistant to a Government survej'or. This work be- 
 
 ing completed, young Carpenter assisted his land- 
 lord in cutting iiay, but soon secured another 
 position as a surve^-ur's assistant. In the early 
 part of the following January- he engaged in teach- 
 ing school at Fort Dodge, but in the spring was 
 employed to take charge of a set of surveyors in 
 surveying the counties of Emmet and Kossuth. 
 
 On his return to Fort Dodge he f<jund the land- 
 office, which had been established at that place, 
 was about to open for the sale of land. Being 
 familiar with the country and the location of the 
 best land, he opened a private land-office, and 
 found constant and jjrofitable employment for the 
 following three years, in platting and surveying 
 lands for those seeking homes. During this period 
 he became extensively known, and, being an active 
 Republican, he was chosen as a standard-bearer for 
 his section of the State. He was elected to the 
 Legislature in the autumn of 1857. In 18G1, on 
 the breaking out of the Rebellion, he volunteered 
 and was assigned to duty as Commissary of Sub- 
 sistence, much of the time being Chief Commissar3- 
 of the left wing of the 16th Army Corps. In 1864 
 he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and assigned 
 t(j duty on the staff of Gen. Logan, as Chief Com- 
 missary of the loth Army Corps. He continued in 
 the service until the close of the war. and in 
 August, 18G5, was mustered out. 
 
 Upon the close of his service to his country he 
 returned to his home at Fort Dodge, but, owing to 
 so many changes which had taken place, and such 
 an influx of enterprising men into the city, he 
 found his once prosperous business in the hands of 
 
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 iitliiTS. lie tiiiiH'il liis iittcntiun to the iiii|iiuv('- 
 iiifiit of :i pitMT (if l;iii<l, where he lemaiiied until 
 hi.s eh'cticpii, ill tlic Miituiini of 18CG, a.-< Reg'isster of 
 the St.ilr l,.inil-()lli<e, I le w!is rc-clecteil ill IS^GS, 
 :iii(l refu.-ed Die iioiiiiiiMtiou ill 1X70. This position 
 tookhini to l)es Moines, liut iu 1870 he returned 
 to I''ort Doiliii'. l)urin<f the summer of the follow- 
 ing 3e:ir he w:is nominated liy the Re|)ul)lic:in party 
 for Governor. He was electeil, and inaugurated as 
 Cliief Executive of Iowa Jan. 11, is7i'. In 1873 
 lie was renominated by his party, and October 14 
 of that year was re-elected, his inauguration taking 
 lil.ice .Tan. 27, ls7-l. Gov. Carpenter was an able, 
 popular and faithful Executive, and was regarded 
 .IS one of the most honest, prominent and unselfish 
 ollicials the State ever had. Phiiii, unassuming, 
 modest, he won his pulilic ])osition more through 
 the enthusia.vm of his friends than by any personal 
 eftoit or desire of his own. Everywhere, at all 
 times and upon all occasions, he demonstrated that 
 the conlidQuce of his friends was justified. He took 
 
 T:-!' ail active iiart in the great (piestion of monopolies 
 .•iiid traii.-portation evils, whicii during his adminis- 
 
 T Ir.itioii were so prominent, d(jing much to secure 
 
 H wise legi.slatioii in these respects. 
 
 rajl Gov. C arpeiiter has been regarded as a public 
 
 !||| speaker of more than ordinary ability, and has 
 upon iiKiiiv occasions been the orat(_)r, and ahvay> 
 ji appreciated by the people. 
 
 At the exi)iration of his second term as Governor 
 Mr. ( ar|)ciiter was appointed Second Comptroller 
 of the United States Treasury, which position he 
 rc,~inued after a service of fifteen months. This 
 step was ail evidence of liis unselfishness, as it was 
 taken because another Bureau officer was to be dis- 
 missed, as it was held that Iowa had more heads of 
 iliiri'aiis than she was entitled to, and his resigning 
 an ollice of the higher grade saved the itositicm to 
 another. In 1''^''<1 he was elected to Congre.ss, and 
 .served with ability, and iu the Tweiilictli General 
 W Assembly of Iowa lie represente<l Webster County. 
 Gov. Carpenter was married, in ^[arcli, 1804, to 
 Miss Su>aii nurlvliolder, of Fort Dodge. No chil- 
 dren have lieeii born to them, but, ihcy have re.-ired 
 a niece of Mrs. Carpenter's. 
 
 During his entire life Mr. Carpenter has been de- 
 voted to the princiiiles of Ueform and the best 
 
 interests of all clas.ses of citizens who, by adoption 
 or by birth-right, are entitled to a home upon our 
 soil and the protection of our laws, under the gi-eat 
 charter of ■• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Hap- 
 piness." In an addre.ss in.l8o2 he took advanced 
 views upon the leading subjects of public interest, 
 lie had already laid the foundation for that love of 
 freedom which afterwards found an anijile field of 
 labor with the Republican party. There was noth- 
 ing chimerical in his views. He looked at cverj' 
 strata of human society, and, from the wants of the 
 masses, wisely devined duty and prophesied destiny. 
 He would have the people of a free Republic edu- 
 cated in the spirit of the civilization of the age. 
 Instead (>f cultivating a tiiste fi .■ a species of liter- 
 .ature tending directly to degrade the mind and 
 dejjrave the heart, thereby leading back to a state 
 of superstition and consequent barbarism, he would 
 cultivate principles of temperance, industry and 
 economy in every j-outhful mind, as the indispens- 
 able iugTedients of good citizens, or subjects upon 
 whose banner will lie inscribed ].,iberty, Eipi.alitj', 
 Fraternity. 
 
 Thus earlj' in life i\Ir. Carpenter saw the destined 
 tendency of oin- American institutions, and the ad- 
 vancing civilization of the age. He saw it in the 
 peace congress, whose deliberations have made the 
 Rhine thrice immortal. He saw it in the [irospect- 
 ive railway, which he believed woukl one day 
 unite the shores of the Atlantic with those of the 
 Pacific — a fact realized b}' the construction of the 
 great continent;d railwaj'. 
 
 It was thus early that he began to .study the 
 wants of the world, and with what clearness and 
 directness maj' be seen by the correctness of his 
 vision and the accomplishment of what he consid- 
 ered ail inevit.able. necessity. 
 
 Thus, growing up into manhood, and passing on- 
 ward in the rugged pathway of time, disci|ilined in 
 political economj' and civil ethics in the stern 
 .school of experience, he was jirejjared to meet every 
 emergency with a steady hand; to bring order out 
 of discord, and insure harmony and prosperit}'. 
 
 (iov. Carpenter is now engaged in the quiet pur- 
 suits of farm life, residing at Fort Dodge, where 
 he is highly esteeme(l as one of her purest minded 
 and most upright citizens. 
 
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 OSHUA G. NEWBOLD, the 
 ninth Governor of Iowa, is 
 n native of Pennsylvania, 
 lie conies from tliat excellent 
 stock known as the Friends, 
 who very early settled in 
 New Jersey. .loshna G. is the 
 son of Barzilla and Catherine 
 (House) Newbold, and was born 
 in F.ij-ette C'onnty, May 12, 
 l.s;50. He was born a farmer's 
 boy and was reared in the vigor- 
 ous employment of farm work. 
 When he was eight years of age the 
 faniil)- moved to Westmoreland 
 County, Fa., where, in the common 
 schools and in a select school or academy, young 
 Xewbold received his education. When sixteen 
 years of age he accompanied the family on their re- 
 turn to Fayette County. Here for the following- 
 eight years he assisted his father in running a flour- 
 ing-mill as well as devoting much of his time to 
 teaching school. When about nineteen years of 
 age our suliject began the study of medicine, de- 
 voting much of his time while teaching to his med- 
 ical books. He, however, abandoned the idea of 
 becoming a physician and turned his attention to 
 different walks in life. 
 
 In the month of March, 1854, Mr. Newbold re- 
 moved to Iowa, locating on a farm, now partly in 
 the corporation of Mount Pleasant, Henry County. 
 
 At the end of one year he removed to Cedar 
 Township, Van Buren County, there merchandising 
 and farming till about 1860, when he removed to 
 Ilillsboro, Henry County, and pursued the same 
 callings. 
 
 In 1802, when the call was made for 600,000 men 
 to finish the work of crushing the Rebellion, Mr. 
 Newbold left his farm in the hands of his family 
 and his store in charge of his partner, and went into 
 the army as Captain of Company C, 25th Regiment 
 of Iowa Infantry. He served nearly three years, 
 resigning just before the war closed, on account of 
 disability. During the last two or three months he 
 served at the South he filled the position of Judge 
 Advocate, with headquarters at Woodville, Ala. 
 
 His regiment was one of those that made Iowa 
 troops famous. It arrived at Helena, Ark., in 
 November, 1862, and sailed in December following 
 on the expedition against Vicksburg by way of 
 Chickasaw Bayou. At the latter place was its first 
 engagement. Its second was at Arkansas Post, and 
 there it suffered severely, losing in killed and 
 wounded more than sixty. 
 
 After Loolvout Mountain it joined in the pursuit 
 of Bragg's flying forces to Ringgold, where it en- 
 gaged the enemy in their strong works, November 
 27, losing twenty-nine wounded. The following 
 year it joined Sherman in his Atlanta Campaign, 
 then on the famous march to the sea and through 
 the Carolinas. 
 
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 cantile trade at Ilillsboro for tliroo or four years, 
 and then sold out, giving thereafter his whole at- 
 tention to agriculture, stock-raising and stock-deal- 
 ing, making the stt)ck department an important 
 factor in his l)Usiness for several years. Mr. New- 
 bold was a nienil)er of the 13th, 14th and' loth Gen- 
 eral Assemblies, representing Henry County, and 
 was Chairman of the School Committee in the 14th, 
 and of the committee on apjiropriations in the 15th 
 General Asseml)ly. In the 15th (1874) he was tem- 
 porary Speaker during the deadlock in organizing 
 the House. In 1875 he was elected Lieutenant 
 (T(nernor on the Repidilican ticket with Samuel .1. 
 Kirkwood. 
 
 His Democratic competitor was E. D. Woodward, 
 who received 93,0fi0 votes. Mr. Newbold received 
 134,1 <)<i, or a majority of 31,106. Governor Kirk- 
 wood being elected United States Senator during 
 that session, Mr. Newbold became Governor, taking 
 the chair Feb. 1, 1877, and vacating it for Gov. 
 Gear in January, 1878. 
 
 Gov. Newbold's message to the Legislature 
 in 1878, shows jjainstakiug care and a clear, busi- 
 ness-like view of the interests of the State. His 
 I'ecommendatioiis were carefully considered and 
 largely adojjted. The State's finances were then in 
 a less creditable condition than ever before or 
 since, as there was an increasing floating debt, then 
 amounting to *340,><2(;.5(;, more than §90,000 in 
 excess of the Constitutional limitation. Said Gov. 
 Newliold in his message : " The commonwealth 
 ought not to set an example of dilatoriness 
 in meeting its obligations. Of all forms of indebt- 
 edness, that of a floating character is the most ob- 
 jectionable. The uncertainty as to its amount will 
 
 invarialily enter into any computation made by jx-r- 
 sons contracting with the State for supplies, niati r- 
 ial or labor. To remove the present dillicult\-. aiid 
 to avert its recurrence, I look upon as the most im- 
 portant work that will demand yf>ur attention." 
 
 One of the greatest problems before statesmen is 
 that of equal and just taxation. The following 
 recommendation shows that Gov. Newbold was 
 abreast with foremost thinkers, for it jirojioses a 
 stej) which yearly linds more favor with llic people: 
 "The inequalities of the personal-property valu- 
 ations of the several counties suggest to my min<l 
 the propriety of so adjusting the State's levy as to 
 require the counties to pay into the State ti-easiu-y 
 only the tax on realty, leaving the corresponding 
 tax on personalty in the county treasury. This 
 would rest with each county the a<ljustment of its 
 own personal propertj' valuations, without fear that 
 they might be so high as to work injustice to itself 
 in comparison with other counties." 
 
 (tov. Newbt)ld has always affiliated with the 
 Republican party, and holds to its great cardinal 
 doctrines, having once embraced them, with the 
 same sincerity and honesty that he cherishes his re- 
 ligious sentiments. He has been a Chiistian for 
 something like twenty-five years, his coiniection be- 
 ing with the Free-Will Baptist Church. He found 
 his wife, Rachel Farquhar. in Fayette Count}', Pa., 
 their union taking jjlace on the 2d of May. 1850. 
 They have had five children and lost two. The 
 names of the living are Mary Allene, Emma 
 Irene and tieorge C. 
 
 The Governor is not yet an old man. and may 
 serve his State or countj' in other capacities in the 
 coming years. 
 
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 OHN n. GEAR, the teiitli 
 gentleman to occiipj' the 
 Executive Chair of Iowa, is 
 still a lesideut of Biirliiigton. 
 He is a native of the Empire 
 State, where in the city of 
 Ithica, April 7, I y2.j, he was born. 
 Rev. E. (i. Geai, his father, was 
 born in New London, C'oini., in 
 17il2, and ))ecame a distinguished 
 clergyman of the Protestant 
 Episcopal Church. His family had 
 removed with him, while he was 
 still joung, to Pittsfleld, Mass., and 
 in the J' ear 181G, after his ordina- 
 tion as a clerg3'man of the Episco- 
 pal Church, he went to New York 
 and located at Onondaga Hill near 
 .ff] the city of S3'racuse. Shortly after 
 this settlement, the young minister 
 was united in marriage with Miss 
 Miranda PL Cook. After serving- 
 various congregations in Western 
 New York for many j'ears, he de- 
 termined to become a pioneer in 
 Northern Illinois, which at the time, in the year 
 183(j, was lieing rapidly settled up. He found a 
 desirable location at fialena where he remained un- 
 til 1838, when he received the appointment as 
 Chaplain in the United Stiites army while located 
 ■it Flirt Snelling, JNIinn. He lived a long and act- 
 i \ e life, doing much good, quitting his labors in 
 
 the year 1874, at the advanced age of ' eighty-two 
 years. 
 
 The only son born to Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Gear 
 was J. H., afterward the distingnished Governor of 
 Iowa. As above stated the birth occurred in ] 82.5. 
 In 1843, when still a young man, he came AYest to 
 Burlington, where he has since continued to reside, 
 her most distinguished citizen. Shortly after his 
 arrival in the j'oung city, he embarked in his mer- 
 cantile career, engaging at the time with the firm 
 of Bridgman & Bros., in the capacity of a clerk. 
 Remaining with this firm for a little over a year, 
 he left them for an engagement with AY. F. Cool- 
 Ijaugh, who at one time was President of the 
 Fniijn NiUional Bank, of Chicago, and who at that 
 early period was the leading mercha^nt of Eastern 
 Iowa. He served Mr. Coolbaugh so faithfully, and 
 with such marked ability for the following five 
 years, that, when desirous of a partner in his busi- 
 ness, the wealthy merchant could find no one in 
 whom he could place greater confidence and with 
 whom he could trust his extensive business rela- 
 tions that pleased him better than the 3'oung clerk. 
 Accordingly he was associated as a partner under 
 the firm name of W. F. Coolbaugh & Co. Under 
 this arrangement the firm did a prosperous busi- 
 ness for the following five years, when Mr. Gear 
 purchased the entire business, which he carried on 
 with marked success until he became known as the 
 oldest wholesale grocer in the St.ate. He is at present, 
 besides filling other i)re)minent business relations. 
 President of the Rolling Mill Co., of Galesburg. 
 
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 JOHN H. GEAR. 
 
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 Mv.Gear has been honored by his fellow-citizens 
 with ijKiii}- positions of trust. In 1852 he was 
 elected Alderniiin; in IMOS was elected Maj'or 
 over A. W. Carpenter, being the first Republican 
 up to tliat time who had been elected in Burlington 
 on a party issue In ISC? the Burlington, Cedar 
 Uapiils iV- Minnesota Railroad Company was organ- 
 ized, and he was chosen as its President. His ef- 
 forts highly coutributed to the success of the enter- 
 prise, which did much for Burlington. He was 
 also active in promoting the Burlington & South- 
 western Railway, as well as the Burlington & North- 
 ia^ western narrow-gauge road. 
 
 B He lias always acted with tiic Republican party, 
 y and in Im71 was noniinaled and elected a member 
 y of the House of Representatives of the 14th 
 U General Assembly. In 187;i he was elected to the 
 ly loth (General As,-eml)ly. The Republican cau- 
 k cus of the House nominated him for Speaker by 
 ^ acclamation, and after a contest of two weeks he 
 wa.s chosen over his opixjiient, J. W. Dixon. He 
 filled the [losition of Speaker very acceptably, and 
 at the close of the session all the members of the 
 House, inde[(en(lent of party affiliations, joined in 
 signing their names t(ja resolution of thanks, which 
 was engraved :ni<l jiresented to him. In 187.5 he 
 was the third time nominated to the Assembly by 
 the Republican [)arty. and while his countj" gave a 
 large Democratic vote he was .again elected. He 
 was also again nominated for Speaker by the Re- 
 publican caucus, and was elected l).y a handsome 
 majority over his competitor, lion, .lohn Y. Stone. 
 He is the <mly man in the State who ever had the 
 honor of being chosen to this high position a sec- 
 ond time. He enjoys the reputation of being an 
 able ])arliamentarian, his rulings never having been 
 ! appealed from. At the close of the session he 
 again received the imanimous thanks of the House 
 of Representatives for his courtesy and imjjartiality, 
 and for the able and satisfactory manner in which 
 he had presided over that l)ody. 
 
 In 1H77 he was nominated for Governor by the 
 Republican convention which met at Des Moines, 
 June 2S. and at the election held the following 
 
 inst 79, .353 
 
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 '2?,o for D. P. Stubbs. His plurality over Irish 
 
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 1^ October he received 121, .')4(') votes, agair 
 ji for John P. Irish, 10,039 for Klias Jessuj 
 
 was 42,193. He was inaugurated Jan. 17, 1878, 
 and served four years, being re-elected in 1879 by 
 the following handsome vote: Gear. 157..i71: 
 Trimble, 85,056; Campltell, 45,439; Dungan, 3,25si; 
 Gear's majority over all competitors, 23,828. His 
 second inauguration occurred in Januarj' of the 
 year 1880. 
 
 Gov. Gear's business habits enabled him to di.*- 
 chargc the duties of his ofliee with marked al)ility. 
 He found the financial condition of the State at a 
 low ebb, but raised Iowa's credit to that of the 
 best of our States. In his last biennial message lie 
 was able U> report: "The warrants out-standing. 
 ))ut not beai-ing interest, Sept. 30, 1881, amounted 
 to ^22,093.74, and there are now in the treasury 
 simple funds to meet the current expenses of the 
 State. The war and defense debt h.as been paid, 
 except the warrants for $125,000 negotiated by the 
 Executive, Auditor and Treasurer, under the law 
 of the 18th General Assembly, and 1:2,500 of 
 the original bonds not yet jiresented for p.aj'- 
 ment. The only other debt owing by the .State 
 amounts to $245,435.19, due to the permanent 
 school fund, a jwrtion of which is made irredeem- 
 able by the Constitution. These facts place Iowa 
 practically among the States which have no debt, 
 a consideration which must add much to her repu- 
 tation. The expenses of the State for the last two 
 years are less than those of any other jieriod since 
 1869, .and this notwithstanding the f.act that the 
 State is to-day su.'^taining several institutions not 
 then in existence; namely, the hospital at Inde- 
 |iendence, the .additional penitentiary, the Normal 
 School and the asylum for the feeble-minded chil- 
 dren, besides the girl's department of the reform 
 school. The State also, at present, m.akes provision 
 for fish culture, for a useful weather service, for 
 sanitary supervision by a Board of Health, for en- 
 couraging immigi'.ation to the State, for the inspec- 
 tion of coal mines by a State Inspector, and liber- 
 ally for the military arm of the Government." 
 
 Gov. Gear is now in the sixty-first ye.ar of his 
 age, and is in the full vigor of both his mental and 
 physical faculties. He was married in 1852 to 
 Harriet S. Foot, formerly of the town of Middle- 
 bury, \'ermout, by whom he has had four children, 
 two of whom are living. 
 
 
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 i-NF; of the most distinguished 
 gentlemen who was ever 
 honored with the position 
 of Chief Executive of the 
 State is Buren R. Sherman, 
 the eleven til Governor of 
 Iowa, who is a native of New York. 
 It was in the town of Phelps, in On- 
 tario County, that he was born to his 
 parents, Phineas L. and Eveline 
 (Robinson) Sherman, on the "iHth of 
 INIay, 1836, and was the third son of 
 a distinguished family of children. 
 His parents wei-e likewise natives of I 
 the Empire State. Buren R. attended tlie public 
 schools of his neighborhood, but was suliscquently 
 given advantages of the schools at Almira, N. Y.. 
 where he acquired a very thorough knowledge of 
 the English branches. His father, who was a me- 
 chanic, advised him at the close of his studies to 
 apprentice himself to learn S(mie trade. He ac- 
 cordinglj- made such arrangements with 8. Ayers, of 
 Almira, to learn the trade of a watchmaker. In 
 1855, however, he left this position and joined his 
 family on their removal to the the)) new State of 
 Iowa. They settled upon a piece of unbj-nken ]>i'ai- 
 r'\r land on what is now Geneseo To^mship, Ta)na 
 
 C'oimty, his father having previously purchased 
 land from the Government. Here Buren R. labored 
 diligently in developing his fatl)er's fields, devoting, 
 however, leisure hours which he was gra))ted, to the 
 study of law. ■ Before leaving his Eastern home he 
 l)ad decided upon that pi'ofession and bega)) its 
 study while yet in Al]ni)'a. He soon secured a po- 
 sition as a book-keeper in a, neighboring town, and 
 with the wages earned thoe, materially assisted his 
 father i)i the development of their home farm. In 
 the meantime he had applied himself diligently to 
 the study of his books, and so studious had he 
 been that in the summer of 1«.')0, he was enabled 
 to pass a creditable examination and to l>e admitted 
 to the bar. The following spring the yi>u))g attor- 
 ney moved to Mnton, hung out his shingle and be- 
 gan the practice of his profession. He was associated 
 with Hon. William Smyth, for]ne]-ly District Judge, 
 and J. C. Traer, under the fir))) name of Smyth, 
 Traer & Sherman. The new firm rapidly grew into 
 prominence, buildi]ig tip a ])r()speiv)us pi-actice, 
 when Mr. Sherman willxh-ew to tender his services 
 to the Government iii defense of l)ci- integrity and 
 hon< )r. 
 
 It was early in l)S(iI, di]'cctly after the encn)y had 
 assaulted the American fl.ag on Sumter, that the 
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 Inf.. .iiid iiniiiiHliately went to the front. He 
 entercfl tlie service as .Second .Sergeant, and in 
 Feliiuai'V. 1X'>2. was made Second Liciitcn.'int of 
 Company K. On the lith of April folldwini^ he was 
 vciT severcl\ wiiuihUmI at the h.-iltic of Pittsburgh 
 Landing, and uhilc in the liospital was promoted ti> 
 the ninii of Captaii]. lie retnnied to his cumpany 
 while \ct iiliiiiicd to u.-e hi> crntclie>. and rcni.-uneil 
 on ilnty till tlu' siinimev of ls(j;j, when, by reason of 
 hi.s wound, he was compelleil t<i resign and return 
 home. .Soon after returning from the army lie was 
 elected County .ludge of Benton County, and re- 
 elected without opposition in ist;.'). In the autumn 
 of IhiGtJ he resigned his judgeshiii and accepted the 
 W^\ otlici' of Clerk of the District Court, to which he 
 ^^' was re-elected in 18G><, 187(1 and 1872, and in 
 Decemlier. 1 « 7 I. resigned in order to accept the 
 ollice of Auditor of State, to whit-h oflice he had 
 been elected liy a majority of ■i.s,42.j oxer J. ]\I. 
 King, the ••anti-monopoly" candidate. In l.s7(ihe 
 was renominated and received .')(), 272 more \otes 
 than W. (Jrowneweg (Democrat) and Leonard 
 Hrowne ((heenliack) together. In ls7.s he was 
 J again ch(_>sen to represent the Kepulilican party 
 ij in that oHice, and this time received a major- 
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 liack). In the six years that he held this otlice. he 
 
 jp^jil was untiring in his faithful applicatiim to routine 
 
 work and devotion to his .special share of the State's 
 
 business. He retired with such an enviable i^ecord 
 
 i] that it was with no surprise the people learned. 
 
 I June 27, 1881, that he was the nominee of the l{e- 
 
 1 publican party for Governor. 
 
 i The campaign was an exciting one. 'rhe(;eneral 
 i Assembly had submitted to the peoi)le the [jroliilii- 
 
 J tory amendment to the Constitution. This, while 
 
 U M not a partisan question, became uppermost ii. the 
 '■ Ujlmind of the public. Mr. Sherman received I'M,- 
 ;l 330 votes, against 8;!. 244 t\)r Kinne and 28,1 12 for 
 -_^_ ., D. M. Clark, oi' a i)luralitv of .")(). (isd and :i inaior- 
 ilHff it}- of 21.1)74. In 1883 he was re-nonuuated b^- 
 the Republicans, as well as L. G. Kinne by the 
 Democrats. 'I'he Xatiouid party offered .1. IS. 
 Weaver. During the campaign these candidates 
 held a number of .ioint discussions at different 
 points in the State. At the election the vote was: 
 
 .Sherman. 1(54,182; Kimie. 13:».()!)3: Weaver. 23.- 
 081); Sherman's plurality, 2u,089 ; niajoritj'. 2,000. 
 In his second inaugural Gov. Sherman .said: 
 
 " In assuming, for the second time, the otlice of 
 Chief Magistrate for the State. I fully ivali/.e my 
 urateful oliligjitions to the |)eople of Iowa, through 
 whose generous confidence I am here. I ;im aware 
 of the dntio and i;rave responsibilities of this ex- 
 alted position, and as well what is expected of me 
 therein. As in the pa.<t I have given my undivided 
 time anil -erions attention thereto, .so in the futin-c | 
 I |)roniise the most earnest devotion ami untiring I 
 effort in the faithful performance of my otliciid re- : 
 (piiremcuts. I have seen the .State grow frcnu in- 
 fancy to mature manhood, and each year one of j 
 substantial bettei'nu'ut of its previous i)osition. j 
 
 •• With more r;ulroads than any State. sav<' two; 
 with a .school interest the grandest and strongest, 
 which commanils the support and confidence of all 
 
 the I pic, and a population, which in its entirety 
 
 is su|)erior to any other in the sisterhood, it is 
 not strange the |)ridc which attaches to our |)eople. 
 When we remendicr tli;it the rcsidts of onr etforts in 
 the direction of ii<iod government have lieeii 
 crowned with such magnilicent success, .■uul to-day 
 we have a State in most perfect ]ihysicnl :ind linaii- 
 cial condition, no wonder our hearts swell in hmu'st 
 pride as we contemplate the i)ast and so conlidently 
 hope for tlu' future. A\'hat we may become ile- 
 l)ends on our own efforts, and to that future 1 look 
 with earnest and abiding confidence." 
 
 (iov. .Sherman's term of t)ffiee continued until. l;ui. 
 14, 188(), when he was succeeded by William Larra- 
 bee, and he is now, tenijiorarily. perhaps, enjoyini; 
 .•I well-eai-ncd I'est. lb' h;is liccn :! K'cpulilican since 
 the org.-uiization of that i)arty. and his .services as a 
 c;imp;dgn spi'aker have been for many years in 
 areat demand. As an oflicer he h;i< been .•d)le to 
 make an en\ialiU' lecord. Himself honorable and 
 thorouiih, his managenu'iit of public business ha> 
 been of the sanu' character, and such as has coni- 
 mended him to the approval of his feilow-citi/.ens. 
 
 He w.as married. Au.u'. 20. 1 8(12. to Mi.-> Lena 
 Kendall, of ^'intou. Iowa, a young lady of r;u-e ac- 
 coiiiplishmeuts and strength of character. Their 
 anion has been hapjiy in every respect. They have 
 two children— Leii;i Kendall and Oscar Kugeiie. 
 
 
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ILLIAM LARRABEE, the 
 
 present able Governor of 
 Iowa, and tlie twelfth gen- 
 tleman selected by the 
 people as the Chief JMagis- 
 trate of the great Com- 
 monwealth, is a native . of 
 Connecticut. His ancestors 
 were among the French Huguenots who 
 came to America earlj' in the seventeenth 
 century and located in Connecticut. At 
 that time they bore the name of d'Larra- 
 )ee. Adam Larrabee, the father of Will- 
 iam, was born March 14, 17S7, and was 
 one of the early graduates of the West 
 Point Military Academy. He served his 
 country during the War of 181 "2, with distinction, 
 holding the position of Second Lieutenant, to which 
 he was commissioned JIarch 1, 1811. He was pro- 
 moted to the Captaincy of his compan}- Feb. 1, 
 1814, and on the 30th of the following March, at 
 the battle of Lacole Mills, during Gen. Wilkinson's 
 campaign on the Saint Lawrence River, he was 
 severelj'^ wounded in the lung. He eventually re- 
 covered from the injur^r and was united in mar- 
 ri.ige to Hannah (J. Lester. This much esteemed 
 lady w.as l)orn .lune '^. 1 798, and died on the 1 .')th of 
 March. 1837. Capt. Larrabee lived to an ad- 
 vanced age, dying in 1869, at the age of eighty- 
 two years. 
 
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 1)orn in Connecticut, the town of Ledyard being 
 the place of his birth an<l .Ian. 20, I.s.Sl', the date. 
 He was the seventii child in a family of nine chil- 
 dren, ami passed the early years i>f his life upon a 
 rugged New England farm, enjojing very meager 
 educational advantages. He attended, during the 
 winter seasons, the neighlioring district schools 
 until he reached the age of nineteen years, when, 
 during the following two winters, he filled the posi- 
 tion of scho<jlmaster. He was amliitious to do 
 something in life for himself that would bring fort- 
 une and distinction, but in making his jjlans for the 
 future he was embarrassed 1)3- a misfortune which 
 befell him when fourteen ye.ars of age. In l>eing 
 trained to the use of firearms under liis father's 
 direction, an accidental discharge resulted in the 
 loss of the sight in the right eye. This conse- 
 quently unfitted him for many employments usually 
 sought by amliitious j'oung men. The family 
 lived near the seashore, only two miles away, and 
 in that neighborhood it w.as the custom for at least 
 one son In each family to go upon the sea as a 
 sailor. The two eldest brothers of our subject had 
 chosen this occupation while the thinl remained in 
 charge of the home farm. William was thus left 
 free to chose f<)r himself and, like many of the 
 youths of that d.ay, he wisely turned hi>face West- 
 ward. The year 18.53 found him on tliis journey 
 toward the setting sun, stopping only when he 
 came to the broad and fertile prairies of tlic new 
 State of lywa. He first joined his elder ^ister. Airs. 
 
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 K. H. Williams, who was at that time living at 
 Garnavilld, t Inytim County. It was this circum- 
 stance whlih led the young l)oy from Connecticut 
 to select his future home in the northeastern por- 
 tion of Iowa. He resunie<l Ills occupation as a 
 pedagogue, teaching, however, hut one winter, 
 which was passed at Hardin. The following three 
 years he was emioloyed in tlie capacity of foreman 
 on the (irand ^lejuhiw faiiii of his hrotlier-in-law, 
 .(udge Williams. 
 
 In 1H,')7 he l)ought a one-third interest in the 
 Clermont Mill>, and located at Clermont, Fayette 
 Couiitv. lie .soon was able to bu3' the othei- two- 
 thiid>. .-uid within a year found himself sole owner. 
 He operatiMl this null until l.sTlwhen he sohl to 
 S. M. Leach. On llie breaking out of the war he 
 offered to enlist, but was rejected on account of 
 the lo,ss of his right eye. Being informed he might 
 possibly be admitted as a commissioned officer, he 
 rai.sed a ccuipany and received a commission as 
 First LicutiMiant. but was again rejected for the 
 same disaliility. 
 
 Afti-i- xlling the mill Mr. Larrabee devoted him- 
 self to faiining, and started a ]>riv.ate bank at Cler- 
 mont. He also, exi)eriinentally, started a large 
 nursery, liut this resulted only in confirming the 
 belief tint Xorthern Iowa has too rigorous a cli- 
 mate for fruit-raising. 
 
 .Mr. LnrvMbfc did iK>t begin his political career 
 until l.sdT. He was reared as a Whig and became 
 a liepnblican on the organization of that party. 
 Wliile interested in politics he generally refused 
 local offices, sciving only as Treasurer of the 
 ^l■hool Board prior to 1«(;7. In the autumn of 
 that year, on the Republican ticket, he was elected 
 to represent his county in the State Senate. To 
 this high position he was re-elected from time to 
 time, .so that he .served a,s Senator continuously foi- 
 eighteen years before being promoted to the high- 
 est office in the State. He was so popular at home 
 tliat he was generally re-nominated by acclamation, 
 and for some years the Democrats did not even 
 
 make nominations. During the whole eighteen 
 years Senator Larrabee was a member of the prin- 
 cijial committee, that on Ways and Means, of which 
 he was generally Chairman, and was also a mendier 
 ot other committees. In the pursuit of the duties 
 thus devolving upon him. he was indefatigalilc 
 It is said that he never missed a committee mcii 
 ing. Not ahine in this, but in private and i)ublii 
 business of all kinds, his uniform h.abit is that oi 
 close aijplication to work. Many of the iniijortsint 
 measures passed by the Legislature owe their ex 
 istence or present form to him. 
 
 He was a candidate for the gubernatorial nouiiiui- 
 tion in I8,si, but entered the contest too late, a> 
 (iov. Sherman's following had been successfully 
 , organized. In 1 ><H5 it was generally conceded be- 
 fore the meeting of the convention that he would 
 be nominated, which he was, and his election fol- 
 lowed as a matter of course. He was inaugurated 
 Jan. 1 4, 1 HM, and so far has made an excellent 
 (iovernor. His position in regard to the licpior 
 (juestion, that on which political fortunes are made 
 and lo.st in Iowa, is that the majority shoidd rule. 
 He was i)ersonally in favor of high license, but 
 having been elected Governor, and sworn to up- 
 hold the Constitution and execute the laws, he |iro- 
 poscs to do so. 
 
 A Senator who sat beside him in the Senate de- 
 clares him to be '' a man of the broadest compre- 
 hension and information, an extraordinarily clear 
 reasoner, fair and conscientious in his conclusions, 
 and of Spartan firmness in his matured judgment," 
 and says that '• he brings the practical facts and 
 philosophy of human nature, the science and his- 
 tory of law, to aid in his decisions, and adheres with 
 the earnestness of Jefferson and Sumner to the 
 fundamental principles of the people's rights." 
 
 Gov. Larrabee was married Sept. 1 2, 1 86 1 , at Cler- 
 mont, to Anna M. Appehnan, daughter of Capt. 
 (J. A. Ai)i)elman. Gov. Larrabee h.as seven chil- 
 dren — Charles, Augusta, Julia, Anna, William, 
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 ;HE time has arrived when it 
 becomes the duty of the 
 people of this county to per- 
 petuate the iiumes of their 
 pioneers, to furnish a record 
 of their early settlement, 
 and relate the story of their 
 progress. The civilization of our 
 day, the enlightenment ot the age 
 and the duly that men of the pres- 
 ent lime owe to their ancestors, to 
 themselves and to their posterity, 
 demand that a record of their lives 
 and deeds should be made. In bio- 
 graphical history is found a power 
 to instruct man by precedent, to 
 enliven the mental faculties, and 
 to waft down the river of time a 
 safe vessel in which the names and actions of the 
 people who contributed to raise this country from its 
 primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly 
 the great and aged men, who in their jirime entered 
 the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their 
 heritage, are passing to their graves. The number re- 
 maining who can relate the incidents of the first days 
 of settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an 
 actual necessity exists for tlie collection and preser- 
 vation of events without delay, before all the early 
 settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time. 
 
 To be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind 
 from remotest ages. All will be t'orgotten soon enough, 
 in spite of their best works and the most earnest 
 efforts of their friends to perserve the memory of 
 their lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion 
 and to perpetuate their memory has been in propor- 
 tion to the amount of intelligence they possessed. 
 The pyramids of Egypt were built to perpetuate the 
 names and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu- 
 mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from 
 buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people 
 
 to perpetuate the memory of their achievements 
 The erection of tlie great obelisks were for tl'.e same 
 purpose. CiMuing down to a later period, we find the 
 Greeks ami Romans erecting m;iusoleums and monu- 
 ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their 
 great achievements and carry them down the ages. 
 It is also evident that the Mound-bu'lders, in piling 
 up their g'eat mounds of earth, had but this idea — - 
 to leave so ncthing to show th.it they iiad lived. All 
 tiiese works, though many ol them costly in the ex- 
 treme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac 
 ters of those whose memory they were intended to 
 perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses ot 
 the people that then lived. The great pyramids and 
 some of the obelisks remain objects only of c.uriosity ; 
 the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum- 
 bling into dust. 
 
 It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli- 
 gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetu.iting 
 a full history — immutable in that it is atmo-^t un- 
 limited in extent and perpetual in its action ; and 
 this is through the art of printing. 
 
 To the present generation, however, we are in- 
 debted for the introduction of the admirable system 
 of local biography. By this system every man, though 
 he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, 
 has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, 
 through the coming ages. 
 
 The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the 
 physical mai> is left. The monument which his chil- 
 dren or friends may erect to hii memory in the ceme- 
 tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his 
 life, his achievements, the work he has accomplished, 
 which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated 
 by a record of this kind. 
 
 To preserve the lineaments of our companions we 
 engrave their portraits, for the same reason we col- 
 lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we 
 think it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to 
 wait until they are dead, or until those who know 
 them are gone: to do this we are asliamed only to 
 publish to the world the history of those whose lives 
 are unworthy of public re<"ord. 
 
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 A. RUSSKLL. Hon. Robert 
 A. Russell, a piouiineut and 
 highly respected resident of 
 Ft. Madison, is a native of 
 Blount County, Tenn., born 
 Dec. 12, 1S();3. The family 
 is an old and influential one. 
 John Russell, father of our subject, 
 was a native of Virginia, and his 
 grandfather, William Russell, was 
 born in Ireland, whence he emi- 
 grated to America and made his 
 first settlement in Virginia. He 
 afterward removed to Blount Coun- 
 ty, Tenn., and there spent the re- 
 mainder of his days. He was an early pioneer of 
 the county, and did much toward its development 
 and progress. 
 
 John Russell was a young man when he removed 
 from Virginia to Tennessee with his parents. He 
 learned the carpenter's trade and followed it for 
 some years after attaining manhood, and thereafter 
 became extensively engaged in the manufacture of 
 saddle-trees, which business he followed success- 
 fully until his death, which took place Oct. 3, 1815, 
 at the age of forty-six years. He was married to 
 Miss Jane JIcNutt, a native of Breckonridge, 
 W. Va., and of Scotch ancestry-. Of this union 
 there were born seven children, six of whom lived 
 to become men and women. The record is as fol- 
 
 lows: Hamilton, the eldest, died July 2.s, 1817; he 
 was a remarkably intelligent boy for that age, and 
 was a fine scholar, being conversant with Greek and 
 Latin, and well up in the sciences; Robert A., our 
 subject; Sibby became the wife of Robert Caldwell, 
 and settled in Boone County, Ind., where her death 
 and that of her husband occurred ; Polly married 
 Rev. Clayborn Young; they also settled in Boone 
 County, Ind., and are both deceased; Hance H. 
 married Nancy A. Utter, and they are residing at 
 Ft. Madison; Elizabeth became the wife of David 
 Caldwell, and they settled in Lamar County, Tex., 
 where they still live ; John Q. married Jane Max- 
 well, and his decease occured in Paris, Edgar Co., 
 111. 
 
 Robert A. Russell was a lad of only twelve years 
 of age when he was deprived of a father's care, 
 and the bereaved wife and mother was left with six 
 small children to provide for. She had some prop- 
 erty, consisting of a small farm and a residence in 
 town. One of the last requests of the father was 
 that his children should be educated in the best 
 possible manner, and his wife religiously strove to 
 carry out his request. Robert A. received his rudi- 
 mentary education at the village academy, and iu 
 later years attended Western and Southern Theo- 
 logical Seminary, taking a course in the literary de- 
 partment. The first real labor in which he engaged 
 was as a teacher in a subscription school in the 
 town of Jasper, about 1 50 miles from his home. He 
 
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 here taught two terms, and then crossed the mount- 
 ains to Salem. Franklin County, where he taught 
 for tlif same k-ngtii of time, thereafter engaging in 
 mercantile pursuits in Winchester. He «as only 
 occupied at this, however, hut a short time, when 
 lie sold out and removed to Illinois, locating in 
 Hnshville, Schuyler County, where he resumed his 
 old occupation of teaching, and remained thus en- 
 gaged for a jM-riod of six ^ears. 
 
 In IK.'i'.l Mr. Russell came to lnwa, Ihcu a Tcrri- 
 inry. He iirst located at VI. .Madison, which was 
 thcii an humble liandet of about :W0 or 400 in- 
 habitants. The dwellings were of the most primi- 
 live description, and would be called shanties in 
 tliese days; they were covered with clapboards, 
 rived by hand and furnished with puncheon floors. 
 M r. liussell also became a pedagogue in this new 
 country, and the school building was of the same 
 f^ , j-^n character .as the structures around it, being fur- 
 T^r - nished with puncheon floor and benches of the 
 B H same material. He continued as a teac-her for the 
 p^i=fl following eight or ten years, and many of the gray- 
 I : I haired farmers of to-day were then his jaipils. I)nr- 
 ^i^ ing the julministration of President Harrison he 
 was .appointed I'ostm.aster and served two years, 
 in IK 1(1 he was appointed to fill the olHces of 
 Trejisnrer, Collector and Recorder, and when his 
 successor was elected he was apponted the Deputy 
 of these ofBccs. In 1H47 he was .again elected to 
 these oflices, the duties of which he discharged until 
 lb.') I. He then retired for ;( time from political 
 life, and eng.aged in the insurance bnsine.ss, and 
 was also elected Collector and Treasurer for a rail- 
 r<»ad company which contemplated the building of 
 |[j|i;;jp; a road through that section (jf country. 
 11' Robert A. Russell was elected County- .ludge in 
 ^j^ lKi;4, which ollice he held for two terms. Three 
 ^ Cr years later, 1 86(j-G7, he wiis appointed Assistant 
 
 "■ W Assessor of Internal Revenue, in which he was eu- 
 
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 11 H'^S^'^ ^^^' t>"t' year. He wsis for a time Secretary 
 I and Treasurer of the Ft. Madison, Keokuk it 
 \i\aB'. lil'»*J"dield Railroad, but the road was not built, 
 owing to financial stress at that time. For a time 
 he was engaged in the insurance business, repre- 
 senting some of the best companies in the I'nited 
 States, among them the Ph(enix and Connecticut, 
 of Hartford, and llie KquitMlilc Life, of New York. 
 
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 Presbyterian Church, and, with her husband, \vas ! 
 one of the first members in this place. For thirty :,[h 
 consecutive years iVIr. Russell served as Superin- M 
 
 He built up an extensive business, having trans- 
 actions in nujst of the Western and Northwestern 
 States, and was one of the most valuable agents of 
 the business in this part of the couutr}'. 
 
 Hon. Robert A. Russell was married, Aug. l.i, 
 1833, to Miss Louise D. Spyker, a native of Abing- ::J 
 d(m, Va., born Oct. 23, 1«12. Mrs. Russell was a lady 3;} 
 remarkal)le in many resiiects. She was of a singu- 6;} 
 larly bright and amiable disposition and deeply re- -jj 
 ligious in character. She was an especial favorite g:J 
 of the young, and exercised a great influence over -=, 
 those who came under her control. In early life S^-^ 
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 tendent of Suud.ay -schools, and his history in con- 3:, 
 
 nection with this work is probably the most re- tt\ 
 
 niarkable of that of any man in this State. JMrs. gEi 
 
 Russell departed this life Nov. 2!), 1883, lamented ill 
 
 by all who knew her. Her death proved an almost ::k 
 
 irreparable loss to her church and the religious : i|i 
 
 coinuuinity. 
 
 .ludge Russell synijiathized entirely with tlic . -h 
 
 pious labors of his excellent companion, and it is ^ 
 
 prob.able that the noble work which she .accom- _:i 
 
 plished was in a large tneasurc due to his earnest ::! 
 
 sympathy and sujjport. lie has lieen an Elder in Kji 
 
 the church here for more than fifty years, and was Ki 
 
 present at the organization of the first Sunday- i:i 
 
 school in the penitenti.ary, in which institution he ^h 
 
 had charge of a class up to November, 1880. He ;;i 
 
 is also a regular .attendant of the Sunday-school of £;i 
 
 his church, and .assists the cause liberally and cheer- ";i 
 
 fully by his influence and the more substantial gs^ 
 
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 In former years .Judge Russell atliliated with the 3;} 
 
 ut upon the abandonment of the old ^}J 
 formation of the Republican, he 
 cheerfully endorsed the principles of the latter, and S} 
 assisted in the part^- orgjinization. The Russell l]'. 
 family spring from excellent stock, and are noted slj 
 
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 ment. An elder brother of the Judge, by name 
 \Villi;ini Ilaiiiiltuii Russell, who died at the age of 
 fifteen years, was a remariiabl}' fine sohnlar for one 
 of his age, and had taken a regiiliir course in the 
 sciences and languages. He was a youtii of great 
 [ironiise, and everyone who knew him i)redicted 
 for him a liright career. The cutting down of this 
 young life was a bitter blow to the family, for in 
 this 3'outh had been placed great htipcs and ex- 
 pectations for the future. 
 
 Socially Judge Russell is a wiiolc-souled and 
 genial gentleman, witii warm synii)atliics, ami ipiick 
 to respond to the calls of friendship or charity. 
 His many excellent qualities of heart and disposi- 
 tion liave endeared him to a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances in this vicinity', who have but 
 one report to make of him and that is, unani- 
 mously-, that he is one of the most highly valued 
 citizens in their midst. It is with pleasure that the 
 l)ublishers of this work present a portrait of the 
 Judge on another page, knowing that it will be ap- 
 preciated by hosts of friends. 
 
 property, and is now living retired from active 
 business. ^ 
 
 Jlr. and Mrs. Henzel are the parents of two chil- 
 dren, Laura and Bertha, and have a pleasant home 
 on the corner of Tenth and Fulton streets. In poli-nr 
 tics Jlr. H. is a Democrat, and in other respects is i 
 fully entitled to be classed as an intelligent man 
 and a good citizen. 
 
 jEORGE HENZEL, a respected resident of 
 in partnership with his brother 
 engaged in the publication of the 
 Keokuk Fost, a weekly newspaper, which enjoys a 
 liljeral circulation and is steadily increasing its sub- 
 scription list. Mr. Henzel is a native of the Ger- 
 man Empire, and emigrated from his native land 
 to the United States in 1866. Before coming to 
 this country he was associated with a mercantile 
 house for the space of seven years and traveling as 
 a salesman through Germany and Italy. Upon 
 coming to the United States he proceeded to St. 
 Louis, and was there engaged in mercantile pur- 
 suits until 1886, when he came to Keokuk and en- 
 gaged in his present business, with his bi-other as 
 manager. 
 
 (ieorge Henzel was married in St. Louis in 1876, 
 to i\Iiss Hattie Frank, daughter of George P^'ank of 
 that city, a native of Germany, and afterward a 
 resident of Nauvoo, III. In 18.'37 he left Nauvoo 
 and went to St. Louis to engage in the sale of for- 
 eign li(|uors, where he accumulated considerable 
 
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 '^[t)lIN K. ('()()NEY,an honored |)ioneer of the 
 Hawkeye State, ci'ossed the Father of Waters 
 with his parents when lie was but a small 
 lioy. They located about two miles east of 
 Franklin Center, where his father, Dr. Mathew 
 Cooney, purchased a trad of land, and engaged 
 alternately in agricultural [lursuits and the practice 
 of his [)rofession until his death. Our subject was 
 born in Ross County, Ohio. I"eb. 25, 18;50. The 
 maiden name of his mother was Miss Nancy L. 
 Lewis; she was a Virginia lady, born in 1798. She 
 shared with her husband all the vicissitudes and 
 changes of their married life, and i)receded him to 
 the better land two weeks, departing this life in 
 1859. 
 
 Dr. Mathew C'(joney, father of our subject, was a 
 native of A'irginia, of Irish ancestry, and was born 
 in 1796. He received a good education, was an in- 
 telligent man and an cxtcMisive reader, and emi- 
 nently successful in his profession. The parental 
 household consisted of ten children, four of whom 
 died in infancy. James T. was the eldest son; Har- 
 riet A. became the wife of George Stout; Mathew 
 L. married Miss Christine Judy ; Rebecca married 
 H. Judy; Asa died at the age of twenty-six years. 
 The subject of our sketch has been three times 
 married. In early maniiood, Fel). 24, 1853, he was 
 united with Miss Abigail Jud}'. The date of her 
 birth was June 2, 18;S4. She became the mother of 
 three sons, and departed this life May 20, 1861. 
 Her children were Mathew T., who died at the age 
 of seven 3'ears; John A., born April 2, 1.H58, and 
 Wilson M., June 9, 1860. Mr. Cooney, for his sec- 
 ond wife, married Miss .Mary .1. Simons, who onlj' 
 lived six months after their wedding. His third 
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 time Jliss Klleii Livers In'cairie iiis wife. She was 
 Ijorii in Villi IJiiiuii County, Iowa, M:iy 25, 1843, 
 and is the daughter of Benedict I. and Elizabeth 
 (Shelman) Livers, l)oth natives of Kentucky. Bene- 
 dict Livers was born July l.'>, 1H15, and is still liv- 
 ing 111 \'aii Buien County, Iowa, engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits. Mrs. Elizabeth Livers was born 
 March 2.'), 1813. and departed this life in May, 
 1864, having become the mother of ten children, 
 the record of wholn is as follows: Mary, born Dec. 
 •29, 1837, died in 1839; Adam was born M.ay 10, 
 1839; Guy 1)., Feb. 27, is 11; Klleii, May 25, 
 1843; Catharine, June 4, 184G; Maria, Oct. 5, 
 1848; Sylvester, .Tune 13, 1850; Nancy J., April 
 29, 1852; .lames IL, .luly 1, 1854; Sarah A., May 
 18, 1850; Adam. Sylvester and Sarah are deceased. 
 After his marriage Mr. Cooney located upon 
 -nM, Devil Creek, this county, where he resided five 
 ^ 3'ears. lie then sold out, and purchased 192 acres, 
 which constitute the present line homestead. His 
 children by the last marriage have been five in 
 number, two of whom are deceased, and the rec- 
 ord is as follows: .lames (i., born Dec. 23, IKOX; 
 Ida .1.. Marcii 0, 1H7I; Henry C, .luiie 1. 1^72; 
 Charles B., born Aug. 3, 1875, died Feb. 13, 1880; 
 (ieorge W., born .lune 8, 1880, died .July 16 of 
 the same year. 
 
 In addition to general husbandry, Mr. Cooney is 
 giving considerable atteiiti(^ii to the breeding of 
 fine stock, making a specialty of Poland-China 
 swine. The homestead is finely located and the 
 land under a good state of cultivation. Mr. C. has 
 been a thorough-going business man and has been 
 prosperous in his undertakings. He and his family 
 are members in good standing of the Baptist 
 Church, and his son Wilson is C(mi|)leting a course 
 of ministerial stud^' at the Baptist Theological Sem- 
 inary in Morgan I'ark, III. 
 
 Mr. Cooney is greatly interested in the success 
 of various societies and orders. He belongs to the 
 A. F. it A. M., Blue Lodge, which is .lo[)pa Lodge 
 No. 136 at Montrose, and his Chapter Lodge, Pot- 
 owonock No. 28, at Ft. Madison, Iowa. Mv. C. 
 Ims been a Mason since 1800, having filled all the 
 offices of the Blue Lodge in the town of West 
 Point, where he was W. M. in the year 1801. He 
 enlisted as a soldier at the outbreak of the Kebel- 
 HHH' 
 
 lion, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant of 
 the State Militia, Iowa Regulars of Lee County, 
 holding his commission until tlie close of the war. 
 He was called to the field on the southern borders 
 of this State and Northern Missouri, and participa- 
 ted in the engagement at Athens, under command 
 of Col. Moore. He participated, with his regiment, 
 in all their various other skirmishes and engage- 
 ments, and remained in the militia service for three 
 years. He is a member of Tip Best Post No. 75, 
 G. A. R., of which he was Commander one year 
 and is still Adjutant. In politics Mr. Cooney affil- 
 iates with the Democratic party. A view of the 
 homestead is shown on another page of this work. 
 
 'if/OIlN MATTERN, a wealthy and inducntial 
 farmer and stock-raiser of Franklin Town- 
 ship, owns and occupies a fine homestead on 
 section 32. He came to Lee County in 
 1 850, and located in this township, of which he has 
 lieen a resident since that time, and is well and 
 widely known throughout this section. His farm 
 estate consists of 240 acres of prairie and 104 acres 
 of tiinlier. His prairie land is under a fine state of 
 cultivation, and upon it is a comfortable farm 
 dwelling, and all the necessary out-buildings for 
 the storing of grain and the shelter of stock. 
 
 Mr. Mattern is a native of Bavaria, and was born 
 Oct. 13, 1822, being reared and educated in his na- 
 tive land, where his father before him lived and 
 died. At the age of twenty-eight years our sub- 
 ject emigrated to the United States, and proceed- 
 ing directlj' westward located at West Point, in 
 Lee County. Here he learned the trade of a car- 
 penter, which he followed for ten years, and then 
 abandoned it to become a fanner. He has been 
 greatly prospered in his agricultural pursuits, and 
 is now extensively engaged in the loaning of 
 money. 
 
 .lohu Mattern was married in Quincy, 111., in 
 1852, to Miss Caroline Schok, a native of Wurtem- 
 berg, born on the 7th of October, 1829. Her fa- 
 ther was also a native of Germany, a farmer bj' 
 occupation, and passed his entire life in his own 
 country. Mrs. Mattern lived at home with her 
 
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 parents until she had arrived at years of woman- 
 liood, and then came to the United States with an 
 nncle, whose liouse remained her home until her 
 marriage. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. M. became the parents of ten chil- 
 dren, all of whom are living, the record being as 
 follows: Lisetta is a dressmaker at Keokuk, Iowa; 
 Laura, the widow of George Cook, lives in the 
 same city; George married Miss Kate Meinhard, 
 and they are residents of Donnellson ; John is at 
 home ; Maggie and Katie are at Burlington ; Reka 
 received an education in the college at Keokuk, 
 and is engaged in teaching; Clara, Anna R. and 
 Mattie L. are at home. The family are members 
 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and in politics 
 Mr. Mattern is strongly Democratic. Mr. M., in 
 companj- with Henry Albert, is the owner of the 
 elevator at Donnellson, and has other large and 
 valnal)le interests in this section. 
 
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 OIINSON MEEK. This gentleman was the 
 third settler in what is now Des Moines 
 Township, and the oldest one now living. 
 lie crossed the Mississippi in tiie month of 
 November, 1856, and settled u|)on a tract of land 
 tviiich constitutes his present homestead. At the 
 time of his coming here not a furrow had been bro- 
 ken on section 19, and he was among the first men 
 to purchase an interest in what was known as the 
 "half-breed tract," then undivided. On account 
 of a flaw in the title he was obliged to pay a sec- 
 ond time for a portion of his land, but amid this 
 and many other discouragements he steadily 
 [lushed his way forward, improved and cultivated 
 his laud, and in due time met with the rich reward 
 of his labors. He lived economicallj^, disbursed his 
 means judiciously, and from time to time has made 
 additional purchases of land, until he is now the 
 proud possessor of 616 acres, embr.acing a body of 
 the best land in the Ilawkeye State, all l.ying along 
 the Des Moines River, and most of it in the first 
 bottoms. Most of his land is improved, and he has 
 a valuable timber tract. 
 
 As soon as he found it practicable INIr. JMeek es- 
 
 tablished a nurserj' upon a small scale, from seed 
 which he had brought with him upon coming here. ^^S 
 He also grafted extensively throughout the neigh- 
 borhood, and thus obtained a remarkable degree of _iMi lh 
 skill in this brancli of the business. He has re- 
 cently made great improvements upon his farm by 
 the ei'ection of various necessary out-buildings, and 
 his homestead forms one of the most attractive 
 spots in the landscape of Lee count}'. He has a fine 
 residence, good barns, costly farm implements and 
 machinery, and all the requisites of a first-class 
 farmer and stock-grower. He has assisted mater- 
 ially in the building up of this portion of the coun- 
 
 try, and his name is an honored one throughout W W 
 this section of the county. He has been liberal in _1m_J1 
 
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 his ideas, and generous in his contribution to and 
 support of all measures which were calculated for 
 the welfare of the community, socially, morally and 
 religiousl}-. 
 
 Mr. Meek is a native of West Virginia, born in II .^ 
 
 Brooke County, near the Ohio River, March 3, !} W 
 
 
 180.5. His father, William Meek, was a native of 
 Pennsylvania, removing from there to West Vir- 
 ginia with his parents wlieu a child of two years 
 old, and there remained until he had attained to 
 years of manhood. He then went back to his na- 
 tive county, an<l was there married to Miss Eliza- 
 beth .Johnson. Her parents were of English and 
 German descent, possessing all the sturdy attri- 
 butes of the two races combined. 
 
 Johnson Meek was the eldest of a family of five IJ| 
 sons and three daughtei-s. His parents were of 
 Irish descent, and of their family, three sons and 
 all the daughters are still living. The two who are 
 deceased lived to an advanced age. Johnson Meek 
 was reared partly in his native county and partly 
 in Ohio. He was married, Ai)ril 15, 18-2'J, to Miss 
 Mary Kean, who was born in Pennsylvania in Au- 
 gust, 1814, and was of Scotch and German parent- ^^^ 
 age. She became the wife of our subject at the 
 age of fifteen years, removed with him to Iowa, 
 and there departed tliis life in Des Jloines Town- 
 ship, April 7, 1.S44. She had become the mother of 
 two children, who still survive her: Zantippe be- 
 came the wife of Thomas A. Smith, who died in 
 1884; she is now a resident of Eureka, Ark. ; Ar- '^ra 
 miuta is the widow of Marvin Tccl; she lives in ^^ 
 
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 ,^ San Lorenzo, Cal., and is the mother of three chil- 
 
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 jg Mr. Meek was the secuiul time niiuried, .Inn. 2 1, 
 
 "~ 1K.')0, in I)es Moines Township. U> Mrs. I'riscilla K. 
 (Ilearn) McBride, daughter uf Saiiiiicl ami .lant- 
 (Kwinjf) Ilt-arn. Ilcr parents were reared and mar- 
 ried in Montgomery Count}-, Ohio. They came to 
 Iowa in 183.'3. locating in Lee County, and were the 
 pM first white settlers in Ues Moines Township. The 
 family then consisted of five children, of whom 
 Mrs. M. was the eldest but one. She was l)oru in 
 Wiishington Townsliip, Montgomery Co., Oliio, 
 Oct. ."5, 181 1). Upon lirst c(jming here her family 
 encountered all the hardships and privations inci- 
 dent to the early pioneer. They found nothing but 
 wild .■miinals and Indian.s, and their home was often 
 \ i>iicd by the latter, of whom they succeeded in 
 making friends instead of enemies. They iin- 
 l)roved and enltivated their land, and after many 
 years of toil and hardship began to enjoy the fruit 
 of their labors. The parents lived to see a pros- 
 p^i perous eivilization around thenu and smiling farms 
 jl' which had been evolved from a wilderness. They 
 watched with the greatest interest the tide of emi- 
 gration, and assisted by every means in their power 
 in the advancement of the interests of their county 
 and community. The father departed this life in 
 1872, at the ripe old age of eighty years; the 
 mother in 184."), at the age of sixty-three. 
 
 .Mrs. Meek remained with her parents until her 
 marriage to Robert L. McHride. They were 
 married in .Missouri, and lived there most <jf the 
 tinu' afterwaril until her husband's death. Of her 
 union with -Mr. .Meek she became the mother of six 
 children, two of whom are deceased: Jane A. be- 
 c.'ime the wife of .Iose|)li Rayn, and they reside on 
 a part of the old homestead; Otto 15. married Miss 
 Martha Sullivan, and they live in Adair Count}', 
 Mo.; Hlauche re?ides at home, as also <loes K. B., 
 ami they both a^sist in the duties of the household 
 and faiin. .Mar}- L., deceased, was the wife of 
 Richard HriuUerhoft', and left one child, which is 
 still living; ICarnesl is also ileceased. 
 
 The excelli'Ut trails of character of .Mr. .Meek 
 were recognized in his early life, ,ind he was soon 
 called upon to till the prominent olliccs of his town- 
 ship, all of which he ha.^ held with great credit to 
 
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 himself and satisfaction to his townsmen. Politi- 
 cally he tuis been identified with the National 
 (ireenback and Democratic parties, and while 
 strong in his convictions he is always willing to lis- 
 ten to argument and reason, and i)ossesses the 
 manly quality of being willing to be convinced. 
 He is fully entitled to be termed an honest man 
 and a good citizen, and as one of the little band of 
 pioneers, who are fast p.issing away, he is viewed 
 with peculiar reverence and respect. 
 
 ERMAN WELSING, who is transacting a 
 prosperous insurance business at Ft. Madi- 
 son, is a fine representative of that stanch 
 WJ) German element which has done so much 
 toward the development of the industrial interests 
 of the great West, lie is a native of Mnnster, 
 Westphalia, (iermany, born April 23, 182!t, and his 
 parents were Kmricli and Anna (H.iake) Welsing, 
 natives of the same town and Province. 
 
 The household of the parents of our subject con- 
 sisted of five children, of whom Herman was tlir 
 only one who came to the United States. Ileal- 
 tended school in his boyhood days until nineteen 
 years of age, and received an excellent education 
 in his native language, besides the dead and mod- 
 ernn languages. He was enterprising and amlii- 
 tious, having a thoughtfid care for the future and 
 a great desire to see the New World. This was in 
 opposition to the wishes of his parents, .as his fa- 
 ther desired him to learn a trade, and he was placed 
 in an agricultural school to learn the art of farm- 
 ing. In 18.") I he entered the Prussian army, 
 served one year as a volunteer, and thereafter was 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits for two years. 
 
 Mr. Welsing, however, had not given up his 
 original intention, and in 1 8.>.3 set sail for America. 
 He arrived in New York City on June 1, and 
 remained there for one season. He then went to 
 Pennsylvania, and was engaged in a sawmill, but in 
 the spring of 18.")7 he set his face westward, cross- 
 ing the Mississippi and coming into Lee County. 
 He soon afterward, however, went to St. Paul, 
 Minn., and became a clerk in a store, remaining 
 there until the fall of the year, when he returned 
 
 
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 to West Point, Lee County, .ind became engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits, in which he was success- 
 fully occupied until 187G. He then removed to 
 Ft. Madison, having' been elected County' Treas- 
 urer of Lee Count}', and assumeil the duties of his 
 office. He was re-elected the following year, and 
 since that time has been engaged in the insurance 
 business. He is now the representative of eight of 
 the best and most substantial companies in the 
 United States, and is said to be the only agent rep- 
 resenting the ^Etna and North American Company 
 at the same time. He confines his attention exclu- 
 sively to fire insurance. In the fall of ISGO Mr. 
 Welsing returned to his native land, and visited his 
 parents for the last time, his father departing this 
 life in 1863, and the mother in 1868. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was married to Miss 
 Mary M. Benjamin in 1863. Mrs. W. is a native 
 of Louisiana, born in New Orleans Jan. 13, 1846, 
 and by her union with Mr. Welsing has become the 
 mother of seven children— August, Anna, Theresa, 
 Enirich, William, Ida and Louisa. They occupy 
 a handsome home in the city of Ft. Madison, which 
 is the resort of a large number of the cultured peo- 
 ple of the place. 
 
 In politics our subject affiliates with the Demo- 
 cratic party, and east his first vote for Stephen A. 
 Douglas for President. Mr. W. was Postmaster at 
 West Point under President Johnson, and has also 
 been the incumbent of various other local offices. 
 Religiously he is an adherent of the Catholic faith. 
 
 VILLIAM C. STRIPE, one of the projectors 
 and organizers of the Keokuk Water Works, 
 is now Superintendent, and fills the duties 
 of his responsible position with credit to himself 
 and satisfaction to all concerned. To Mr. Stripe 
 the citizens of Keokuk are largely indebted for his 
 energetic and persistent efforts in establishing this 
 much needed improvement, which is almost indis- 
 pensable to the health and convenience of the den- 
 izens of a modern city, and his work in connection 
 with this will stand as an enduring monument of 
 his worth as a citizen and his value as a member of 
 the commnnit}-. 
 
 Mr. Stripe is one of the early settlers of Lee 
 
 County, having come to luwa in 1S40 while it was 
 yet a Territory. lie was born in Woolwich, En- 
 gland, on the 18th of January, 1812. His father, 
 William Stripe, was a surveyor and civil engineer, 
 and transmitted to his sons in a marked degree 
 those natural talents which made him .1 man of 
 note in his native England. The maiden name of 
 our subject's mother was Miss Priscilla Culver, and 
 she was the daughter of Rev. William Culver, a 
 Baptist minister who was distinguished for his fine 
 talents and extensive learning. 
 
 William C. Stripe of this biography, was edu- 
 cated in the city of Liverpool, continuing in school 
 until he was fourteen years of age. In 1840 he set 
 sail for the United States, embarking at Liverpool 
 upon the " John Ta3'lor," a large vessel, this being 
 its first voyage, and proving a very unfortunate 
 one. They encountered a terrific storm, during 
 which the vessel was driven to land and wrecked 
 upon the Island of Cuba. Most of the crew, how- 
 ever, escaped with their lives, being taken up by 
 another vessel, Ijy which our subject was landed in 
 New Orleans iu the month of October. In Decem- 
 ber he came to Keokuk, accompanied by his wife, 
 they having buried their three children in Liver- 
 pool. The mother, whose maiden name was Eliza 
 Payne, and to whom our subject was married in 
 1831, died in Ft. Madison in 1842. 
 
 In 1851 Mr. Stripe engaged in the hotel busi- 
 ness, becoming " mine host " of what was known 
 as the St. Charles. This he sold out at the expira- 
 tion of one year, and took charge of the real-estate 
 business of Judge Charles Mason, which composed 
 two-fifths of the Half-Breed Tract, including the 
 city of Keokuk. He was afterward api^ointed 
 United States Assessor, which office he filled ac- 
 ceptably for a period of eleven years and until the 
 office was abolished. 
 
 In the meantime the necessity fur a water works 
 system in the city of Keokuk had long forced itself 
 upon the attention of her prominent citizens, but 
 none seemed to possess the knowledge and genius 
 sufficient to plan and carry through so gigantic an 
 enterprise. Mr. Stripe at last came to the front 
 with his plans and specifications, which at once 
 found favor with those in authority, and the work 
 was placed under way. He superintended it from 
 
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 the first iiiid has continued its watchful guardian 
 until the present, his entire understanding of the 
 business constituting him pc'rhai)s the best incum- 
 bent of the position that could be found. Besides 
 Superintendent he is also Secretary and chief engi- 
 neer, and with all these res])onsibilities upon his 
 shoulders carries a level head and is ready for any 
 emergency. In noticing the operations of this 
 magnificent system, the ordinary citizen can 
 scarcely conceive of the tact, talent and knowledge 
 necessary for the carrying on of nil its |i;uls in the 
 uniform and systematic m.-mner whicli is so indis- 
 pensable to its success. 
 
 ^\'illiam V. Slri|n' und Miss Kli/.a Anderson were 
 united in marriage at Ft. Madison in ISl'.K Mrs. 
 .Stripe is the daughter of William Anderson, Esq., 
 of Ft. Madison, who was the first Warden of the 
 State Penitentiary at Ft. Madison. Of this union 
 there have l)een born eleven children, of wlK)m the 
 following are living: Frederick II., George M., 
 Frank, Lida, Harriet F. and Mary. i\Ir. Stripe has 
 served as member of the City Council of Keokuk 
 P one year. au<l has also been Assessor of Mic city. 
 With his family he occupies a handsome home on 
 Seventh street, and enjoys the friendship and es- 
 teem of a large circle of friends and !ic(|UMiMta/;ces 
 
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 LEXANDFH W. ANDERSON, of Van 
 IJuren Townsiiip, is successfully prosecut- 
 ing his calling as a farmer on his fine tract 
 ^ of Ian<l, located on section 12. lie is a 
 
 native of Greenbrier County, W. Va., his birth 
 taking place July 13, ls;!9, and came to Iowa witii 
 his parents when he was a youth of fourteen years 
 old. They made their first location in this town- 
 ship, and the subject of our sketch has been a resi- 
 dent here since that time, watching the growth and 
 development of his adopted State, and contribut- 
 ing as he had opi>ortunity to its advanceinent and 
 progress. 
 
 The parents of our subject were .lob juid Esther 
 (Parkins) Anderson, l)oth natives of Honnie Scot- 
 land. Their family consisted of eight children: 
 John I).; A. W., of our sketch; Mary J., who died 
 at the age of four years in Virgiida; Ann i:ii/a, 
 
 William, Silas, Emily and Vii'ginia. Job Ander- 
 son departed this life in 1865; the mother still sur- 
 vives. 
 
 Mr. Anderson is the owner of 150 acres of some 
 of the finest farming land in this section. He has 
 a comfortable farm dwelling and good bai'ns and 
 outhouses. He is still unmarried, is Democratic in 
 politics, and is a member in good standing of tlie 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 ■^ACOB AVIEGNER, a general farmer and 
 stock-raiser of Franklin Township, owns and 
 occupies a valuable farm of 271) acres on 
 section 22, the greater part of which is highly 
 improved and under a good state of cultivation. 
 The family' of our subject occupy a comfortable 
 farm dwelling, and he lias a fine barn, good out- 
 houses, costly farm machinery, and all the appli- 
 ances for carrying on agriculture in a first-class 
 manner. 
 
 The subject of this history is a native of Lee 
 County, and was born in Franklin Township June 
 11, 18'19. His father, Peter Wiegner, was a pio- 
 neer settler of the Ilawkeye State, to which he emi- 
 grated from his native Germany at an early period ^ 
 in the history of this section. He made his first 
 location in Franklin Township, and in the estaljlish- 
 inent of a home experienced many hardships and 
 privations. He had come to stay, however, and 
 was undaunted in the resolution to allow no diflJ- 
 culties to overcome him. In due time he was re- 
 warded for his fatigue and toils by the picture of 
 a beautiful farm around him which he had elimin- 
 ated from the seemingly barren prairie. 
 
 Jacob Wiegner during his earlier years remained 
 under the parental roof and received a good educa- 
 tion in the public schools of Lee County. He was 
 married in this township, Nov. 25, 1875, to Miss 
 Charlotte F. Rauscher, a native of Franklin Town- 
 ship, l)oni on the (Uh of April, 1851. Her father. 
 Christian Rauscher, now deceased, was engaged in 
 the joint occupations of a merchant and bl.acksmith, 
 :uid was a man of energy and industiy. Mrs. 
 Wiegner remained under the parental roof until 
 her marriage, and has become the mother of five 
 
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:| children, one of whom, an infant unnamed, is de- 
 ceased. The living are Anna H., Clara A., Media 
 D. and Simon V. 
 
 Mr. AViegner is prominent in local affairs of his 
 vicinitj'^, and takes an intelligent interest in the 
 progress of his count}' and State. He affiliates 
 with the democratic party, and is the encourager 
 of education, morality and religion. 
 
 H. KREBILL, a highly esteemed farmer of 
 Franklin Township, is the possessor of a 
 comfortable homestead located on section 
 20. His property consists of eighty acres of good 
 farming land, and he occupies a comfortable farm 
 dwelling, and has a good barn and all the necessary 
 outhouses. He has been a resident of the Hawk- 
 eye State since 1857, and has established for him- 
 self a reputation as an honest man and a good citi- 
 zen. 
 
 Mr. Krebill was born in Ashland County, Ohio, 
 Feb. 1, 1,S49. His father, Jacob Krebill, was a 
 farmer, of German ancestry and parentage, and 
 came to the United States with his parents when a 
 lad of twelve j"ears old. They located in Ashland 
 County, Ohio, where their son, Jacob, after attain- 
 ing to years of manhood, was married to Miss 
 Eliza A. Strickland, a native of the Buckeye State. 
 After the birth of four children, Jacob Krebill 
 came with his family to Lee County, and located 
 in Franklin Township, upon the site of their pres- 
 ent home. The father afterward changed his loca- 
 tion, going into another part of the township, and 
 is still living, at the age of sixty-four years, with 
 his wife, who is sixty years old. 
 
 The subject of our sketch remained with his par- 
 ents until he became of age. He was married in 
 this township to Miss Elizabeth Rings, who was 
 born and reared in Franklin Township, the date of 
 her birth being Feb. 10, 1852. She died at the 
 home of her husband on the 29th of August, 1882, 
 and had become the mother of six children, three 
 of whom are deceased; the living are Albert, Ed- 
 win and Clara, who are at home with their father. 
 The second marriage of Mr. Krebill occurred in 
 this township, Aug. iiO, 1883, when he was wedded 
 
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 to Miss Elizabeth Rings, a cousin of his first wife. 
 The present Mrs. K. was also born and reared in 
 Franklin Township, and is the mother of two chil- 
 dren — Charlotte and Otto. 
 
 Mr. K. has been prominent in his township since 
 coming here, his habits of industry and strictly 
 honorable dealings securing for him at once the 
 confidence of his felh^w townsmen. He has held 
 the various offices in this locality, and has been 
 Township Trustee for two terms. He was also 
 Township Clerk for the same length of time. In 
 politics he is a conscientious Democrat, and uni- 
 formly votes in support of the princi[)les of that 
 party. The family are connected with the Men- 
 nonite Church, and Mr. K. has been Superintend- 
 ent of the Sunday-school f(jr many years. 
 
 -j>t>»-i!t^ -^i^^i^^^s-f- 
 ^/EREMY G. ANDERSON, a prominent and 
 successful farmer of Montrose Township, is 
 pleasantl}' located on section 13. He is a 
 native of Lee Count}', born March 3, 184G, 
 five months after the death of his father, Jeremiah 
 G. Anderson, Sr. His mother was Miss Eliza 
 Hampton before her marriage, and both the parents 
 of our suliject were natives of Kentucky. The 
 father's death took place in September, 1845, and 
 it is supposed that he was poisoned by the Mor- 
 mons. He was then living across the river from 
 Nauvoo, and was greatly opposed to the faith of 
 the Latter-Day Saints. His three brothers living 
 in the same vicinity, died within two weeks of 
 each other, in 1840. Mrs. Eliza Anderson, the 
 mother of our subject, was born in 1819, survived 
 her husband forty-one j'ears, and died Aug. 27, 
 188G. By her union with Mr. Anderson she be- 
 came the mother of three children: William H. 
 died at Pike's Peak in about 1861; Sarah J. was 
 married to George B. Katlin, and Jeremy, the 
 youngest, is the subject of our sketch. 
 
 Mr. Anderson remained with his mother during 
 his childhood years, and after attaining to manhood 
 was united in marriage with Miss Liberty Kite, the 
 wedding occurring Nov. 3, 1867. Mrs. Anderson 
 is the daughter of John and Angeline (Graham) 
 Kite, and was born Aug. 20, 1850. Her parents 
 
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 LEE COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 Hiic natives of Kentucky, and are still living in 
 Sumniitville, Iowa. The household circle of Mr. 
 :iiiil .Mrs. Anderson includes eight children: .John 
 II.. born in IBCH; J. C, May 2.'., KS72; Jeremy (i. 
 inlH7:i; Clara, in 1H76; Italph, Aug. 3, 1877 : Ray- 
 mond, March 11, 1880; Karl L. :ni(l Sarah K., 
 twins, were born Feb. "28, 188(1. 
 
 Mr. Anderson is the possessor of I '.it; acres of 
 finely cultivated land. He has a handsome farm 
 dwelling, with good barns and outhouses (a view 
 of which is shown in this work), all the necessary 
 farm machinery and implements, and everything 
 requiretl to carry on agriculture in a first-class 
 manner. He is a man of good standing in his 
 community, and belongs to .Toppa Lodge No. i;!C, 
 at Montrose, is a Good Templar, and also member 
 of the Eastern .Star Chapter at Montrose. Politi- 
 cally he is an uncompromising Democrat, and uni- 
 formly casts his vote in support of the ijrinciples of 
 his party. 
 
 2"2. He has operated this tract of land for the past 
 four years, and is emulating the virtues of his par- 
 ent to a marked degree. The std)ject of our his- 
 tory is a native of Lee County, his birth having 
 occurred in Franklin Township on the 22d of No- 
 ^=1 veniber, l.sr)7. His father, Peter Wiegner, fol- 
 ^■'^^ lowed agricultural pursuits the greater part of his 
 life, but is now retired from active labor and is 
 living in Northwest Kansas. He was a native of 
 the German Empire, and born in the kingdom of 
 w^ Bavaria. He emigrated to the I iii ted .States at the 
 Jj age of eleven years, and after reaching the shores 
 of the New World proceeded directly westward 
 across the Father of Waters to Iowa. (See sketch 
 of his brother, Adam Wiegner, on another page in 
 this volume.) 
 
 •John P. Wiegner was reared by his parents at 
 home, received a fair education in the public 
 schools, and remained an inmate of his father's 
 household until his marriage, which took place Oct. 
 31, 1878, Miss Susan G. X'ogt becoming his wife. 
 
 Mrs. W. is a: native of Lee County, and was born 
 Aug. 3, 1855. She is of German ancestry and 
 parentage, her father i-raigrating to the United 
 States and settling in Iowa at an early period in 
 its history. She remained with her parents until 
 her marriage in Franklin Township. Her father 
 was a shoemaker, and both parents are still living 
 in this township. Mr. and Mrs. W. have had born 
 to them two children, Carrie and Henry, the former 
 of whom is deceased. Mr. W. is Democratic in 
 politics, and in all respects is fulfilling the duties 
 of a good citizen. 
 
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 ANIEL KENNEDY, decea.sed, who was 
 one of the highly respected pioneers of 
 Jackson Township, came to Lee County in 
 the fall of 1850, and was a resident of this 
 vicinity from that time until his death, which oc- 
 curred in 1 875. He was a native of Nashville, Tenn., 
 born in 1813, and when a j'outh of fifteen years 
 removed from his native State with his parents into 
 Southern Illinois, where he remained with the ex- 
 ception of eighteen months until making his final 
 settlement in the Hawkcye State. Upon first com- 
 ing into the State he wr.s accompanied bj' his wife 
 and four children, and they first located in Keokuk, 
 where they remained one winter, and the follow- 
 ing spring settled in Jackson Township. 
 
 Mr. Kennedy was married in Illinois to Miss 
 Mary Douglas, a native of that State, and they be- 
 came the [larents of three children — Mar}' J., Har- 
 riet E. and William A. The two latter are de- 
 ceased. Mrs. Mary Kennedy departed this life in 
 Missouri in 1847. The second marriage of Mr. 
 Kennedy was with Miss Martha Short, also of Illi- 
 nnis. who by her union with our subject became 
 the mother of two children — Margaret A. and 
 James A. The former became the wife of Charles 
 E. McCartj-, and departed this life Feb. 12, 1887; 
 James married Miss Maggie Carter, and lives in 
 Missouri. Mrs. Martha Kennedy died in 1852. 
 
 Miss Mary J. Kennedy, the only surviving mem- 
 ber of the first family of chihlren, was born in Illi- 
 nois in 1839. She is the owner of fifty-five acres 
 of good land in Jackson Township and occupies a 
 
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 comfortable homestead. She is promineatly con- 
 nected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 highly respected in her community. 
 
 Diiniel Kennedy was well known in this locality 
 as an honest and upright man, the friend of good 
 order, morality and education, and whenever op- 
 portunity' occurred, contributed of his time and 
 means to promote the welfare of his county and 
 township. He was greatly beloved by his house- 
 hold, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of a 
 large circle of friends. 
 
 ON. JOSEPH M. CASEY, of Ft. Madison, 
 is a native of Adair County, Ky., and comes 
 from an old and influential family. The 
 date of his birth was March 25, 1827. His 
 grandfather. Col. William Casey, was a native of 
 Virginia, and removed to Kentucky when a young 
 man, being among the early settlers there, and be- 
 came noted as a pioneer and Indian-flghter. He 
 was a man of great courage, and became prominent 
 in the politics of that section. He was a member 
 of the Kentucky State Senate for a jjeriod of twelve 
 years, and in 1808 was one of the presidential 
 electors to serve after the nomination of .James 
 Madison. The wife of Col. Casey was a Miss 
 Montgomery, also a native of Virginia, who re- 
 moved with her parents to Kentuckj- at a very 
 early day in the history of that section. Her father 
 was killed by the Indians, and she had several 
 brothers, all of whom are supposed to have been 
 killed in the French aud Indian and the Revolu- 
 tionary Wars. 
 
 Green Case^', the father of our subject, was the 
 first white child born in Adair County, Ky., and in 
 early manhood was united in marriage with Miss 
 Jane Patterson, a native of Rockingham County, 
 Va. In 1836 they removed from Kentucky to 
 Illinois, locating in Sangamon County. The father 
 afterward made a journey into tiie Territory' of 
 Iowa, and made a claim adjoining what afterward 
 became the town plat of West Point. He then re- 
 turned to his home in Illinois and sold his property, 
 preparatory to a removal across the Mississippi. 
 Before the completion of his arrangements, how- 
 
 ever, he was taken fatally ill and died, leaving his 
 family in moderate circumstances. The year fol- 
 lowing the mother, accompanied by four of her 
 children (her eldest daughter having previously' 
 married), removed to Iowa and settled on the 
 claim which had been made by her husband. There 
 she reared her children, superintended the cultiva- 
 tion of her farm, established a comfortable home- 
 stead, and remained upon it until her death. The 
 grandmother of our subject also died at West 
 Point, after having attained the advanced age of 
 eighty-five years. 
 
 Green and Jane (Patterson) Casey became the 
 parents of six children, five of whom attained their 
 majorit}': John A. died in Kansas; Mary A., in 
 Lee County, Iowa; Margaret J. became the wife 
 of Alfred U. Stone, aud died in Pekin, III. ; Will- 
 iam P. now resides in Crawford County, Kan., and 
 Joseph M., the subject of our sketch, was the 
 youngest of the family. 
 
 Joseph M. Casey was but eleven years of age 
 when his mother settled in Lee Couut>' with her 
 family. During his boyhood and youth he suffered 
 much from asthma, but his elder brothers were 
 very kind aud considerate, and favored him with 
 the lightest work. He received a good education 
 in the common schools and the academy at West 
 Point, his tutor at the latter institution being Rev. 
 .John Mark Fulton, a Presbyterian divine. At the 
 age of seventeen years our subject commenced the 
 study of law in the office of Judge John F. Kinney, 
 then a prominent attorney of Lee County, and 
 afterward a Judge of the Supreme Ct)urt of [owa. 
 He also at intervals received instruction from Cy- 
 rus Walker, one of the ablest jurists from Illinois, 
 and being a diligent student he was admitted to 
 the bar at the early age of twenty years. 
 
 In July, 1847, Mr. Casey went to Keokuk County 
 to look about for a permanent location. His in- 
 telligence, studious habits and worthy ambition 
 had secured him many warm, friends, and they 
 urged him to locate in L-incaster, then the county 
 seat of Keokuk County, and promised to elect him 
 to the position of Prosecuting Attorney. He told 
 them he would have to return to Lee County for 
 a short time at least, whereupon they requested 
 him to leave one shirt with them so that they could 
 
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 182 
 
 LEE COUNTY. 
 
 claim him for a citizen. This he did. visited Lee 
 County, returned to Keokuk County, and in tiie 
 Auijiist follo\vin<r reoeived the nomination for the 
 office which had been promised him, and was tri- 
 umphantly elected. .\t the expiration of his term 
 he was re-elected, nnd held tlie ofliee for alifxit six 
 years. 
 
 While at Laiiiaster .Judge Casey was associated 
 with several young men. wiio like liimself were 
 striving to make their mark in the world. Among 
 them may bo mentioned M. M. Crocker, afterward 
 a General in the late Civil War; (ien. .James A. 
 Williamson, occup3'ing the same high position, and 
 now a resident of Washington, D. C, whei'c he has 
 held important positions; K. L. Burton, now .Judge 
 of Ottumwa, Iowa; E. .S. .Sampson, afterward .Judge 
 and Congressman; George D. Wordon and Cyrus 
 H. .Mackey. 
 
 In 18.0;) the county .seat of IveokiUi County w:is 
 removed from Lancaster to Sigourncy, and as Mr. 
 Casey was that fall elected County .Judge, he re- 
 moved to .Sigourney and performed the duties of 
 his office satisfactorily until April, 1861. He was 
 in the meantime also editor of the loira Democrat 
 for a period of two 3'ears. Desiring, however, to 
 make Ft. Madison his permanent home, he removed 
 thither, arriving April 12 of the same year, leaving 
 a lucrative practice and many true friends. Dur- 
 ing the Civil War there was but little professional 
 business to eugage his attention, and he accord- 
 ingly occupied himself as editor of the Ft. .Madison 
 Plaindealer, being thus engaged for three years, 
 and since then has giveu his whole attention to the 
 practice of law. 
 
 Politically Judge Casey has ahvaj's been an un- 
 compromising Democrat, casting his first vote for 
 Gen. Cass, but although he has firmly adhered to 
 a!id advocated the principles of his party, he has 
 never l)een so biased liy jiolitical prejudice as not 
 to allow those who differed from hiui the peaceful 
 enjoyment of their opinions, recognizing the fact 
 that men m.iy honestly dilTer in their views, and 
 that each is liable to be right or mistaken. As a 
 consequence of llii> liberal and sensible spirit. 
 Judge Casey has many personal friends among 
 men with whose political views he is at variance. 
 His ability 1= universally recognized, and he has 
 
 been called to many important positions since he 
 became a citizen of Lee Countj". He has been 
 twice elected Maj'or of Ft. Madison; has repre- 
 sented his District in the Lower House of the Iowa 
 State Legislature in the Eighteenth General Assem- 
 bly', and was a member of the Senate in the Twenty- 
 first General A.ssembly. He has alwaj-s taken an 
 active interest in educational matters, doing cv- 
 ciything in his power to establish and maintain the 
 public school system in his locality, and for four 
 years vvas President of the Board of Education. 
 
 Personally .Tudge Casey is courteous, affable and 
 obliging. He has decided mathematical genius, 
 and is what might be called a master of numbers. 
 In argument he is not often excelled, and as an ad- 
 vocate before the Supreme Court his efforts have 
 been styled Ijy eminent jurists as models of logical 
 strength and literary merit. Socially he is connected 
 with Claypole Lodge No. l."5, A. F. <fe A. JL, Poto- 
 wonok Chapter No. 28, R. A. M., and Damascus 
 Commaudery No. .i, K. T., and has been honored 
 with the highest offices in the gift of the order. He 
 is also a member in high standing of the I. O. O. F. 
 
 As an .attorney the aim of Judge Casey has al- 
 wa^'s been to put forth his best efforts for his 
 clients, and he resolved at the commencement of 
 his practice to never resort to deception or dishon- 
 esty. To these principles he has so closelj' adhered 
 that Courts and juries never have occasion to ques- 
 tion the sincerity of his arguments, and it has be- 
 come a common sa3Mng that, '■ For safe counsel and 
 honest advice, go to Judge Casey." 
 
 The marriage of Joseph M. Casey and Mrs. Sarah 
 Jane (Ward) Hollinsworth was celebrated in 1854. 
 The parents of Mrs. Casey were Thomas and Nancy 
 Ward, and her birth occurred in Wayne County, 
 Ohio, in 1832. She became the wife of Mr. Hol- 
 linsworth in 18.50, and his decease occurred in 
 1851. Of this marriage w.as l)orn one child, a son, 
 who is now better known .as Albert E. Casey. Of 
 her union with Judge Casej' five children have been 
 born, one of whom died in infancy. The living .are 
 .Sabert M. ; Belle V., now the wife of William S. 
 Hamilton, an attorney of Lincoln, Neb.; Joseph M., 
 Jr., and .Sarah. 
 
 In November, hsyij, Judge Casej' was elected 
 Judge of the First Judicial District (by a flattering 
 
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 vote far in excess of his party strengtli), composed 
 of the counties of Des Moines and Lee. The ca- 
 reer of Judge Case}- affords a striking example of 
 what a young man with abundant ambition maj- ac- 
 complish. A position which has been attained 
 through earnest effort is universally considered of 
 more value than one into which the young man has 
 fallen without any exertions of his own. It is al- 
 ways interesting to watch the career of an aspir- 
 ing youth, and his success furnishes th« best incen- 
 tive in the world to those who are ambitious to ex- 
 cel. The accompanying portrait of Judge Casey 
 will be looked upon with interest by those who 
 have known him so long and so well, and who give 
 their full meed of praise to a worthy and honored 
 citizen. 
 
 ACOB KREBILL, a successful farmer and 
 stock-raiser of Franklin Township, is pleas- 
 antlj' located on section 27. He has been a 
 J resident of the Hawkej'e State since 1857, 
 : and in that time has distinguished himself as a citi- 
 zen worth}' of the highest esteem. Mr. Krebill was 
 born in Prussia, on the 28th of November, 1822. 
 His father, Frederick Krebill, was a farmer by oc- 
 cupation, and emigrated to the United States with 
 his family, locating in Ashland County, Ohio, 
 2 where he remained until his death (see sketch of 
 - Peter Krebill). 
 
 The subject of this historj- was a lad of ten j'ears 
 old when his father settled in Ashland Count}', 
 : Ohio, and he was there reared and educated, and 
 : assisted his parents in the duties around the home- 
 ; stead. He remained under the parental roof until 
 : the death of his father, and was afterward married 
 ; in Vermillion Township, April 7, 1846, to Miss 
 Eliza A. Strickland, who was born and reared in 
 Ashland County, of which her parents were among 
 ; the early pioneers. They were natives respectively 
 ; of New Jersey and Virginia, and removed to Ash- 
 ;; land County. Ohio, before their marriage. They 
 : remained there after this event until the close of 
 : their lives. They were most worthy and excellent 
 : people, and their children received careful home 
 ; training and a good education in the public schools. 
 ; Mr. and Mrs. Krebill became the parents of 
 
 eleven children, four of whom are deceased. The 
 record is as follows: Fred H. was the eldest son 
 (see sketch in another part of this work) ; Amanda 
 is the wife of Theodore Krebill, of JlcPherson 
 County; Joseph married Miss Selma "Weber, and 
 occupies a part of the homestead; Nancy is the 
 wife of George Sybe, of Reno County, Kan. ; Char- 
 lotte is the wife of VM Weber, and lives in Mc- 
 Pherson County, Kan.; William and Emma are at 
 home. These children all received a good educa- 
 tion, and were carefully reared by their parents. 
 After his marriage, Mr. Krebill continued farm- 
 ing in Ashland County, Ohio, until coming to Iowa. 
 He has been enterprising and industrious, and is 
 the owner of 2.50 acres of land, most of it under a 
 good state of cultivation. He has a fine assort- 
 ment of live-stock, comprising some of the best 
 breeds known. The family are members of the 
 Mennonite Church, of which Mr. Krebill has been 
 an Elder for a period of twenty years. He has 
 held the various offices of his township, and in pol- 
 itics uniformly votes the Democratic ticket. 
 
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 J~ N ANIEL H. ANN ABLE, a dealer in cloth- 
 )ll ing and gents' furnishing goods at Keokuk, 
 <^ is one of the leading merchants in his line 
 " in the city. He came here from New 
 
 Albany, Ind., in 1852, and has made this his home 
 until the present time, meeting with signal success 
 in his business ventures. Mr. Annable was boru 
 near Mt. Vernon, Ind. He received a good com- 
 mon-school education, and at the age of fifteen 
 
 ill 
 ii 
 
 '^'^11 
 
 years began his mercantile career by entering a [i 
 store as clerk for one Thomas Farsey, of Salem, <l 
 Ind., and remained with that gentleman until his ■^L 
 removal to this State. is 
 
 On our subject's coming to Keokuk, he embarked 
 in the dry-goods business for himself on the cor- ] 
 ner of Third and Main streets, and there carried on 
 his mercantile pursuits for a time, when he traded 
 his stock of goods for a tract of land. The land 
 for which he traded was a "squatter's" claim, and 
 he finally lost it, and with it all he had. He was 
 not to be discouraged by the loss of all his posses- 
 sions, however, anti again went back to clerking 
 
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 LEE COUNTY. 
 
 
 this time for Mr. S. S. Hillinff. He romained with 
 the l.iftcr geiitlerpun one yf;ir. when he took charge 
 of ii clothing- business for sonx' [Kirtics living in 
 New Vorii. jiftcr wliich lie derived for otiier parties 
 in Keolvuk. Alioiil thi> time in lii.- llfeV history 
 tiie bte Civil \\ nr In-oke ont .-ind onr snbject re- 
 ceived .•! permit as a trade store-keeper. At Nat- 
 chez he lost lii> stock of goods, and in f.-ict liis en- 
 tire outfit. \>\ lire. This v.-as the second time tiiat 
 our subject had lost all liis earnings, but. returning 
 to Keokuk, he went to clerking again asan employe 
 of Oscai- Kiser. a ilealer in dry-goods, remaining 
 uitli tlii> gentleman for a term of eleven years, 
 "lien lie pMi'chascd an interest in the stock of 
 merchandise owned liy Sam Sample, and formed a 
 partnership with Harry Knltou. This relationship 
 w!is terminated Mt the expiration of a fen months 
 by Ml. .\nn;dile purchasing the interest of Mr. 
 liilioii. lie has since conducteti the business 
 alone. Hi,- stock is a large and well selected one. 
 and with many ye.ars of experience and fair and 
 honest dealing, he h.ns made a large circle of friends 
 and establisheil a good and paying trade. 
 
 .Air. Ann.able was married to Miss Sarah Irvin in 
 I H7.'3. Ilcf father .'ind mother died in Keokuk, and 
 left foiii- children besides Mrs. .Aini.-ible. Mr. An- 
 ii.Mble has served two terms as Aldcinian of the 
 city of Iveokuk. lie is a Kepubli("in in politics. 
 Mild ji.is a line residence on High street between 
 Kightli and Ninth. 
 
 ^^^ of Ft. .M.-idison, and the so 
 l^Ql .b'seph M. and .Sarah .J. Case 
 
 ijp^ AHEIiT .M. CASEY is an ••ittoiney at law 
 
 m of .Judge 
 isey. He was 
 born at Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa, Aug. 
 2«. I.SoS, :iud when a child three years old re- 
 moved with his parents to Ft. .Madison, of which 
 city he has been a resident since that lime. His 
 priin.iry ednc.ilioii was received in tho jjublie 
 scliotils of the city, and after a course in the I-'t. 
 Madison .■\ca<lemy. he commenced the study of law 
 under the instruction of his eminent father. He 
 was admittetl to the bar .May 1, issii. luiil became 
 associated in partnership with his father, under the 
 firm name of Casey .V- Cjisey. He was admitted to 
 
 practice in the Supreme Court of Iowa and the 
 
 riiitcd states C irciiit Court, and bids f;iir to eniu- 
 l.'itc the example of his illustrious [larcnt. He is 
 Ociuocr.-itic in politics, is popular in his vicinity as 
 a jurist and an .•itlorriev. and has held the office of 
 City Ch-rk of l-'t. .Madiscni since .March. IX.si. So- 
 cially he is a Knight Templar, a member of the I. 
 (). (). !■'. and K. of 1'. 
 
 LMEU [). SKA MANS, one of the young- 
 ^ and enterprising- farmers and breeders of 
 
 Short-horn cittle of .Mnrion Township, was 
 
 born in this county on the 1 1 lli of .lanuary, 1)S()2. 
 He is the only child of David and Lydia (Deha- 
 ven) .Seamans. David Seamans was a native of 
 New York, and first saw light near Fish Lake. He 
 <'ame to this countj' about 1 .S40, while yet a single 
 man. and settling on a farm engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. Later on in life he became a preacher of 
 the Word, and was one of the recognized ministers 
 of prominence in the Baptist Church. For many 
 years he acted in the capacity of a pedagogue, and 
 during the same time was occii|iicd in farming. lie 
 (lied 111 .Vpril. 1875, leaving a wife and child, to- 
 gether with many relatives and friends to mourn 
 their loss. Mrs Seamans survives her husband, 
 ami with our subject is engaged in cairying (.>n the 
 farm in .Marion Townshii). 
 
 Elmer Seamans was reared to manlnwd on his fa- 
 ther's farm. He received a good education iu the 
 common schools, and after the death of his father 
 took full charge of the old homestead, which kc has 
 successfully conducted until the present tirne. He 
 has taken great interest in the bi'ceding of Short- 
 horn cattle, in which he has met with signal suc- 
 I cess. His breed are of the well-known family of 
 •'(iolden Drop." They originated in Kentucky, 
 and were brought to this county by Harvey Lusk. 
 !Max, the bull, is a thoroughbred of deep fed color, 
 and thiee years old. The dam. Lady Washington, 
 is also a thoroughbred, iu ci)lor a deep, rich red, 
 and both are as handsome bovines as are to be 
 found within the boundaries of the State. They are 
 registered iu the State Herd Hook, and in addition 
 to these onr subject has iiumerous other fine cattle 
 

 on his place. His attention has also been given to 
 the breeding- of Pulancl-C'hina hogs, and liis breed 
 is from tlie Oluo herd brought to this county by 
 ffSJohn Blaclvford. The liorses to be found on the 
 farm of our subject are of tlie Clyde and Norman 
 stiR'k, and are much above the average. Mr. Sea- 
 mans is mimarried, and he and his mother are the 
 nly occTipanls of the faim. Jlrs. Seamans is a 
 member of tlie Baptist Church, tii which denomina- 
 tion she has belonged for upward of thirty years. 
 
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 F. DLJRFKK has been a resi<lcnt of the city 
 
 of Keokuk for nearly forty years, his first 
 
 arrival here being in 1850. During this 
 
 time he lias been thoroughly identified with 
 
 lithe interests of the Gate City, has watched its 
 
 licorowth with pleasure and satisfaction, and has con- 
 
 iffitributed materially to its business and industrial 
 
 lac 
 
 Mi interests. Me is now engaged as an undertaker at 
 
 Ma No. 717 Johnson street, and carries a tine and taste- 
 ijiful stock of his line of goods. He understands 
 lit thoroughly all the details of the business, and is 
 Q^Ki'iii ployed by the best class of citizens. 
 
 Mr. Durfee is a native of Waj'ne County, Ohio, 
 and was born Oct. 20, 1835. His i)arents were 
 anies and Cynthia E. (.Soules) Durfee, natives of 
 New York State. His father followed the milling 
 business until the latter part of his life, when he lo- 
 cated upon a farm in Ohio; thence went to Illinois 
 in 18;{7, and purchased a large farm in Adams 
 }=S County, being one of the most extensive agiicult- 
 pur^srjj in that section of the country. He departed 
 this life in I «44. and his wife, who had been the 
 JS lifelong partner of his joys and sorrows, followed 
 }i S him to the bettei' worhl two years later, in 1 •S4(i. 
 C Their family consisted of nineteei' children, eleven 
 f of whom are stil" living. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was the Hfteenth child 
 
 iof his parents' family, and until twelve years of age 
 
 remained at home and attended the common 
 
 schools. He tlieii went to i^tuincw and attended 
 
 school there for four years. From there he came 
 
 : ■ to Keokuk in |.S50, and served an a[)prenticeship 
 
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 builder, and was thus occupied until 1871, employ- 
 ing sometimes as manj' as forty men. After 
 abandoning this he engaged in mercantile business 
 for four years, after which he resumed his former 
 business until 188(), and tiien established the busi- 
 ness in which he is now engaged. 
 
 Mr. Durfee was married in 1851) to Miss Marga- 
 ret .1. Beeby, a native of Indiana, and of their 
 union have been born eight children, two of whom 
 are still living — Mai-i(jn F. and Maggie C. Mr. I), 
 and his wife are connected with the Church of the 
 Latter-Day Saints, of which he is an Elder. In 
 politics he is inde])endent, and belongs to the Le- 
 gion of Honor of Iowa and the Triple Alliance of 
 Missouri. He is (me of the representative men of 
 the city and highly respected foi- his ipialities as a 
 business man, citizen, neighbor and friend. 
 
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 ITDGE IIENliV BANK, a resident of Ke..- 
 kuk, was the first Judge to preside over the 
 Superior Court which was organized in 
 / 1K83. In Ai)ril of the same year he was 
 elected Judge of that court, and at once assumed 
 the duties of his office, and is now serving his 
 fourth year. Encomiums upon the ability of Judge 
 Bank are not neces.sar3', his record as a Judge dur- 
 ing the past four years being all that is needed to 
 show the high ordei' of ability he pcj.ssesses. 
 
 Henry Bank was born in the Kingdom of Han- 
 over, Germany, Oct. '23, 1843, and came to the 
 United States with his parents when he was but six 
 years old. He was educated in early manhood in 
 the (Jerman and English languages. In 1 849 the 
 parents of our subject, Henry and Julia ((lalmacht) 
 Bank, settled on a farm in Van Buren Township, 
 this <'o(uity, where they are still living. There 
 were seven children in the pai'ental family. Henry 
 being the thiid in oi'der of birth. He remained on 
 the old homestead with his parents until matur- 
 ity, when he became engaged in a sawmill, and w:is 
 occupied ill that business and the lumber trade 
 from isiis until 1874. 
 
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 elected Recorder of Deeds for Lee ('ouTity, which 
 
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 position ho acceptahlj- filled from 1875 to 1877. 
 After this he entered the hnv office of Spragne and 
 Gibbon, and read law until 1878, when he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar. He continued to remain with 
 his preceptors until the removal of Mr. (Jibbon to 
 Chicago, and then practiced with Mr. Sprague until 
 the spring of 1«81. During that j'ear he was 
 elected Police Magistrate of the cit}^ of Keokuk, 
 and after its abolishment and the establishment of 
 the Superior Court, in 1883, he was elected Judge 
 of the same, which position he now so acceptably 
 
 fills. 
 
 The marriage of .ludge Bank was celebrated in 
 l.sC'.i. Mrs. IJ. is a native of Bavaria, and has 
 borne our subject two sons and four daughters. 
 Mr. and Mrs. liank are members of the Lutheran 
 Church, and socially the Judge holds fellowship 
 witli Lodge No. in;, 1. O. O. F. 
 
 \1 ACOB WEBEIi, of Charleston Township, is 
 pleasantly located on section 22, and is one 
 of the prosperous and enterprising (German 
 J farmers of this section, who have been 
 closely identified with its agricultural and indus- 
 trial interests. The subject of this sketch was born 
 in (Jermany, Dec. 24, 181;!. and came to the United 
 [States with his parents when an infant of eighteen 
 months. After arriving in this country they pro- 
 ceeded directly West to the Territory of Iowa, and 
 located in Charleston Tuunship, where the father 
 still resides. The wife and mother departed this 
 life in St. Louis, Mo., about the year 184.5. 
 
 Jacob AVeber lived at home with his parents until 
 he was twentj' years old, and then, at the breaking 
 out of the late Civil War, became a soldier of the 
 Union, enlisting in the 3d Iowa Cavalry, and 
 MTved for one and a half years. At a skirmish 
 iirnr Memphis. Tenn., at a i)lace called White Sta- 
 tion, he was taken prisoner by the rebels and held 
 six months at Andersonville Prison, uv until the 
 close of the war. After his honorable discharge 
 from the service he returned to his home in Lee 
 County,. and prepared to establish himself there for 
 the future. He began his preparations by the cele- 
 bration of a ver}- important event, viz., his mar- 
 
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 Franklin Township in 18G6. Of this union there 5 
 was born one child, Katie, who died at the age of : 
 three months, and his young wife departed this life - 
 a short time later, in 1 868. 
 
 The second wife of Mr. Weber, to whom he was ; 
 married in Franklin Township in 186!), was Miss - 
 Barbara Simon, a native of the last-named town- 
 ship. Of this marriage there have been born seven 
 children, two of whom, Johnnie and Hannah, are de- 
 ceased. The living are August, John, Katie, Mar- 
 tin and George. The parents are connected with 
 the Evangelical Church, and in politics Mr. Weber 
 is independent. 
 
 Mr. Weber is the proprietor of 113 acres of val- 
 uable land, all of which is tillable and most of it 
 under a high state of cultivation. He has erected 
 a fine set of farm buildings, which comprise a hand- 
 some residence, good barns, stables and out-build- , .^^ 
 ings, and all the conveniences for the storing of 
 grain and the shelter of stock. He- is classed among 
 the enterprising and energetic residents of this sec- j 
 tion, and has amply filled his quota toward the de- 
 velopment of its resources. 
 
 R. W. BERTRAM, who is engaged in the 
 practice of his profession at Keokuk, has 
 his office at No. 616 Main street, and re- 
 sides at No. 924 Concert street. He is a 
 native of Prussia, Germany, and was born Feb. 26, 
 1828. His parents, Chris F. and Pauline (Sayda- 
 witz) Bertram, were also natives of that country. 
 He was Surgeon General in the Prussian army for 
 nine years, and died in 18.58, in his native land. 
 His widow survived him two years, her death tak- 
 ing place there in 1K60. Their children were six in eIji 
 number, five of whom are yet living, and all resid- 
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 physician in the Cliarity Hospital in 1853, at the 
 time the yellow fever was so severe in that city. 
 His skill was recognized, and he was chosen City 
 Physician, continuing to reside at New Orleans 
 until 1858, when he went to St. Joseph, Mo. There 
 he also continued in practice and met with success, 
 and at the breaking out of the late Civil War be- 
 came vSurgeon and Medical Director on behalf of 
 the Union, and at various times had different hos- 
 pitals under his charge. 
 
 In 1872 Dr. Bertram became United States Con- 
 sul for Montevideo, S. A., but the following year, 
 in 1873, resigned the otfiee at a great sacrifice. IJe- 
 turning to St. Joseph, Mo., he remained there for 
 awhile, and then came to Keokuk, this county, in 
 187G, and entered upon the practice of his profes- 
 sion, since which time he has followed the same, 
 and is now United States Examining Surgeon at 
 that place. He is a member of the State Medical 
 Societ3% and also of the Keokuk Medical Society, 
 and socially belongs to the Knights of Honor. 
 Dr. Bertram was married in 1854, to Miss W. Shoe- 
 nam, a native of Germany, and their union h.as 
 been blest by the birth of one child, Pauline. She 
 graduated in Europe, in 1871. In politics Dr. B. 
 votes with the Democratic part_v. 
 
 ylLLIAM T. RANKIN is a prosperous and 
 prominent attorney of law at Keokuk, of 
 which city he is a native, and was born 
 June '2!^, 1855. He is the son of J. W. and Sara 
 (Thomasson) Rankin, and received his primary ed- 
 ucation in the i)ublic schools of Keokuk, afterward 
 taking a course at Monmouth College, Monmouth, 
 111., whence he graduated in 1874. He then en- 
 tered the Columbia Law School of New York City, 
 which he attended one year, then returned to Keo- 
 kuk, and pursued his law studies under the in- 
 struction of the firm of Hagerman <fe McCrary, and 
 was admitted to the bar in September, 1871), since 
 which time he has practiced continuously, and was 
 associated in partnership with J. F. Smith for about 
 one year. He then received the appointment of 
 Assistant United Stales Attorney, which position he 
 
 still holds. In 1880 he became associated in part- 
 nership with F. T. Hughes, and the firm is trans- 
 acting a successful and growing business. 
 
 Mr. Rankin was united in marriage with Miss 
 Ilattie G. Morrison, in November, 1877. Mrs. 
 Rankin is the daughter of David H. and Harriet 
 Morrison, of Dayton, Ohio, and the date of her 
 birth was Sept 8, 1857. Of her union with our sub- 
 ject tliere have been born ftmr children — Louise, 
 Lida, Edith and (4reta. 
 
 Mr. Rankin has served as City Solicitor one 
 year, and is attorney for the Lee County Building 
 Association, and Keokuk & Western Railroad Com- 
 pany, lie is also employed as counsel for several 
 other leading corporations of Lee County. He is 
 Republican in politics, a member of good standing 
 of the Presbyteriau Church of Keokuk, and con- 
 tributes of his means and influence to every good 
 work .and purpose. He is one of tke esteemed citi- 
 zens of Lee County, and as an attorney and coun- 
 selor holds a high position in the profession in this 
 section of Iowa. 
 
 OSCAR PROUTY, a highly respected resident 
 of Jackson Township, is a native of the 
 ^^ Hawkeyc State, and was born in Jefferson 
 County, Oct. 29, 1841. His parents were Nathan- 
 iel D. and Sarah A. (Mitten) Prouty, natives re- 
 spectively of Vermont and Maryland. They were 
 married in Jefferson County, Iowa, whence they re- 
 moved to Lee County in about 1845, and became 
 residents of Jackson Township. Here Nathaniel D. 
 Prouty engaged in farming pursuits, and also op- 
 erated the ferry between Alexandria and Keokuk 
 for a number of years. He died in Jackson Town- 
 ship in the spring of 1872; the mother still sur- 
 vives. The parental family included fourteen 
 children, four sons and ten daugliters, of whom 
 Oscar was the second in order of birth. Only two 
 sons and three daughters are now living. 
 
 The subject of this history was a child of about 
 three years old when his parents removed from Jef- 
 ferson to Lee County. He received careful train- 
 ing at the hands of his parents, and was educated 
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 he assisted in the labors around the homestead and 
 ill ninning the ferry with his father. He was 
 trained to haliits of indiistrv and economy, and at 
 an early age began Ic^ la^' hi!> plans for the future. 
 He finally purchased 140 acres of land in Jackson 
 Township in IHGf), which he has occupied since 
 that time. This ho has continuously cultivated and 
 improved, and has now one of the most valuable 
 homesteads in this section, a view of which is shown 
 on another page. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Prouty and Miss Sarah E. 
 I'arkhurst took place Oct. 29, 1867, in Jackson 
 Township. Mrs. P. was born in ftlarietta, Ohio, 
 Oct. 17, 1848, and is the daughter of Moses and 
 ah J. (Armstrong) Parkhurst, natives respect- 
 ively of Massacimsetts and Ohio. They crossed 
 the Mississippi into the Hawkeye .State in 1849, and 
 came into Lee Count}', first settling in Keokuk and 
 i afterward removing to Jackson Townshi]), where 
 il they remained the balance of their lives. To our 
 siil)jecl and wife have been born four children — 
 Sfi May, Il.arr}' D., Maude L. and Bertha J. 
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 his townshij). lie is Republican in politics, liberal 
 ill liis religious views, and is known throughout this 
 vicinity as a straightforward business man and a 
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 "ifJOllN J. SEAIJOLD is a resident of Jackson 
 Township, where he was born May 3, 1850, 
 and has always lived in this vicinity, en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits. He received 
 a limited education, bnt was trained to habits of 
 industry and sobriety, and is the proprietor of a 
 comfortable homestead, consisting of 120 acres of 
 iLgood land, pleasantly located on section 1.5. The 
 ]} parents of our subject were George and Margaret 
 J (Luber) Seabold. natives of Germany, who emi- 
 i«3 grated from their native country, and after arriv- 
 ing in the I'nited States proceeded directly to Lee 
 County, Iowa, settling in Jackson Township, where 
 the father engaged in farming until his death, 
 whicli occurred in 1874. The mother still survives, 
 ;«3aii(l lives in .lackson Township. They were the 
 
 parents of three children — Conrad, Condra and 
 John J. 
 
 The subject of (lur sketch was married in Mis- 
 souri, March 9, 1882, to Miss Christine, daughter 
 of (ieorge and Kate Arnold, and a native of Wnr- 
 temberg, German}-, born Jan. 2, 18G0. Her parents 
 emigrated to America when she was a child of live 
 years old, and she received her education in the 
 common schools of this county. Mr. and Mrs. 
 .Seabold have become the parents of three children 
 — Anna C, George J. and Kate A. The}' are mem- 
 bers in good standing of the Evangelical Church, 
 and in politics Mr. S. is strongly Democratic. 
 
 / OIIN TWEEDY, who is the possessor of 1 60 
 acres of fine farming land on section 22, 
 Montrose Township, came to the Hawkeye 
 State in 1857. He conducts his farming op- 
 erations skillfully and intelligently, and has been 
 prosperous, having secured a competency. Mr. 
 Tweedy was born in Ohio, Jan. 1.5, 1822, and is the 
 son of Robert and Elizabeth (Morrison) Tweedy, 
 natives of County Down, in the North of Ireland. 
 They were of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and emigrated 
 from their native country to the United States in 
 1817, making their first location in Butler County, 
 Ohio. There they established a home and passed the 
 remainder of their lives, the mother dying in 1846, 
 and the father in 1872. The |)arental household 
 included the following children : Ellen, now de- 
 ceased, was born in 1810; Andrew died in 1886, 
 at the age of seventy-four years; Grissella married 
 a Mr. Kent; the fourth child, John, is the subjeet 
 of our sketch; Jane, now Mrs. Wilson, lives in In- 
 diana; Nathan died in 1853; Elizabeth is the wife 
 of Mr. F. Harsman. 
 
 The marri.age of John Tweed}' and Miss Eliza- 
 beth Norris was celebrated in the Buckeye State 
 Oct. 4, 1849. Mrs. Tweedy is a native of Ohio, 
 born Jan. 27, 1823, her parents being James and 
 Barbara (West) Norris, natives of Pennsylvania. 
 James Norris died in 1855; his wife had preceded 
 him to the better laud three years previously, her 
 decease occurring in 1852. Their family consisted 
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 children, the record of whom is as follows : Barbara 
 Ann became the wife of William lawyer; Robert 
 married Miss Armathia Newbury; Alice is the wife 
 of William Phelps; Talitha and Hannah are un- 
 married; Marj- became the wife of William Moon; 
 the two youngest were John F. and Lottie L. Our 
 subject and wife are the proud grandparents of 
 thirteen children. 
 
 Mr. Tweedy and family occupy a tine farm resi- 
 dence, and the buildings around it correspond with 
 the general apperance of the farm and its improve- 
 ments. He is giving considerable attention to the 
 breeding of fine stock, and has two thoroughbred 
 Short-horns which are very valuable. His farm ma- 
 chinery and appliances for stock-breeding are of 
 a first-class character, and everything in and about 
 tlie place denotes the superintendence of an exper- 
 ienced and intelligent man. Mr. and Mrs. Tweedj' 
 are members in good standing of the United Pres- 
 byterian Cluircli of Summitville, and in politics 
 Mr. T. is a reliable Republican. 
 
 ■^OHN G. BOYD, a prominent and successful 
 farmer of Montrose Township, owns and oc- 
 cupies a fine homestead on section 15. Mr. 
 Boyd is a native of Ohio, and was born in 
 Brown County, March 18, 1846, his parents being 
 John R. and Elizabeth (Wardlow) Boyd, both na- 
 tives of Ohio. John R. Boyd was born in 1817, 
 and departed this life in 1881, in Iowa; he was a 
 prominent man in his locality, was a member of 
 the Christian Church, and belonged to the L O. O. F. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Boj'd was born in 1822, and is still 
 living. Their liousehold circle included six chil- 
 dren, as follows: Samuel L. married Miss Forman ; 
 Martha became the wife of Mr. Canada; Lydia 
 married Mr. Hurley ; the next son was the subject 
 of our sketch ; his 30unger brother, Zack, married 
 Miss Mary Colvin; Hattie died in liS.')4. 
 
 John (i. Bo3'd was united in marriage with Miss 
 Amanda Colvin, Oct. 2, 1870. Mrs. Boyd is a na- 
 tive of Kentucky, born in 18.»2, and the daughter 
 
 of William and Kate (Van Arsdale) Colvin, also 
 natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd have 
 no children. Mr. Boyd came to Iowa in 1864. His 
 farm embraces 230 acres of land, all improved and 
 under a good state of cultivation. He is a promi- 
 nent man in his community, and is regarded with i; 
 the highest esteem by his neighbors and acquaint- 
 ances. He is a member in good standing of the E 
 Christian Church ; is Republican in polities, and a . " W 
 member of Joppa Lodge N(). 136, A. F. & A. M., IP^ 
 at Montrose. 
 
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 EV. FATHER CHARLES F. HUNDT, 
 
 priest of St. Mar3''s Catholic Church at 
 
 Keokuk, has been a resident of this city 
 ^'^, since June, 1886, and was a resident of Ft. 
 Madison for the past eighteen years, and during 
 this period of an upright life and blameless char- 
 acter has earned for himself the respect and esteem 
 of all by whom he is known. He was born in the 
 northern part of the Empire of Germany, Oct. 14, 
 1855, and came to America with his parents, Henry 
 and Catharine (Stolz) Ilundt, in 1868, when a 
 youth of thirteen years. They landed in the city 
 of New York, and immediatelj' proceeded west to 
 Ft. Madison, Iowa, where they located permanently 
 and still live. 
 
 The subject of this history commenced attending 
 school in his native country when six years of age, 
 and continued until his departure for America. 
 After arriving in Ft. Madison he entered the pub- 
 lic school, and afterward took a classical course in 
 the college at (^uincy, 111., from which he graduated 
 after five years" study with the degrees of B. A. 
 and A. M. He then entered the Theological Sem- 
 inar}' at Milwaukee, and sjicnt another five years 
 exclusively devoted to learning. Thence he re- 
 turned to Ft. Madison, and was |)laeed in charge of 
 the congregation of St. IVLary's. He afterward was 
 removed to Neola in Pottawattamie County, where 
 he continued until June 12, 1886, and then returned 
 to his present charge. This parish includes sixty 
 families and an average of 300 persons. He has 
 filled tlie duties of his responsible positi(jn satisfac- 
 torily and worthily, and although still a young man 
 
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 a priest and scholar. 
 
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 R. .lOllN .M. ANDKKSOX is the pioneer 
 
 physiciiin of tiic (Mil School In Liiui 
 
 Cinuity. and was the first physician of this 
 
 kiml to make a permanent location in the 
 
 villao'e of MoiitroM'. lie ci'ossed tlir l'":ither of 
 
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 i] and with his |)arents came lirst to I)nliu(|ue. Mis 
 
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 Dr. John M. Anderson is a native of Monlgom- 
 y ery County, Ky., the date of his liirth lieiug .luly 
 II. ISIS. His parents were William and Francis 
 (Anderstm) .\ndcrson. The father was horn in 
 I7:mi, and depMi-tcd thi> life in .Montrose, in ISC;}. 
 His wife, horn in 17!)(l, survived her husliand 
 twelve years, dying in 1S7."). The parental house- 
 hold consi>tcd of live children, of whom the record 
 ^^1 is as follows: Henry B. was a scjidier in the Mexican 
 War and died in the army: B. F. died in Ft. Madi- 
 son, Iowa, .some years ago; .lohu, the ^ullject of our 
 sketch, was the second son; I. N. is deceased, and 
 his remains are interred at Keokuk: H. B. went 
 into the late war and has not lieeu heard from 
 
 ^^ The marriage of .lohn .\I. Anderson and Miss 
 Klccta Miles was celebrated on New Year's Day, 
 184:5. Mrs. A. was born Oct. s. isil), and is the 
 daughter of David S. and Klecta Miles, a promi- 
 nent family in N'lMinont, who left their native State 
 and emigrated to Iowa at an early date in its his- 
 tory. Of this union four children have been born, 
 the record being as follows : Flora J. became the 
 wife of C. M. Horn, who is now deceased; Lillie C. 
 married L, V. Crane, and he is also deceased ; Jose- 
 I phine and Frank 1'. are unmarried. These young 
 
 peoi)le are well educated, being graduates of Mont- 
 rose public schools. 
 
 Dr. Anderson received his primary education at 
 t^uincy, III., and while a young man engaged in 
 teaching in Van Buren County, Iowa. He re- 
 mained thus occupied for two j"ears, and in ls;'7 
 engaged in the studj' of medicine in the office of 
 Dr. Miles, of Vermont, with whom he remained for 
 thri'e years. He entered upon the practice of his 
 chosen jjrofe.ssion in Van Buren County, Iowa, re- 
 moving to Lee County in 1844, He is a student 
 of the regular Allopathic School, and in his profes- 
 sional duties, covering a [)eriod of forty-two years 
 in this localit}', has met with marked success, lie 
 has been a [)rominent man in his county, and is now 
 holding the position of Treasurer. He has also 
 served as a mendier of the Iowa Legisl.atnre for 
 two terms, the duties of which oflicc he trans- 
 acted with great credit to himself and satisfaction 
 to all concerned. He was first elected on the Dem- 
 ocratic ticket, and was his own successor in the of- 
 fice the second term by the votes of both parties. 
 
 Dr. Amlerson has been Alayor of .Montrose for 
 eight terms, and has served ,as .histice of the Peace 
 for fifteen years. The educational interests of this 
 vicinity have received material aid at his hands, he 
 having served as ScIkmjI Trustee and occupied 
 other important positions among the educational 
 interests of Lee County. .Socially he is a member 
 of the I. O. O. F., and has received .all of the de- 
 grees of the Subordinate Lodge of that order. He 
 also belongs to the A, F. & A. M., has taken the 
 Royal Arch degrees, and filled the Chair in the 
 East, in Blue Lodge, for several years. Religiously 
 he is identified with the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and politically is an uncompromising Dem- 
 ocrat. 
 
 When Dr. Anderson first came into the Hawk- 
 eye .State, it was a Territory, peo|iled princijially 
 bj" wild animals and Indians, the .Sacs and Fo.ves 
 being very numerous. He witnessed the stabbing 
 of Keokuk by one of the Blackhawk tribe, and 
 dressed his wounds, and upon more than one oc- 
 casion he had conversation with Black Hawk, the 
 celebrated chief. The experience of this honored 
 \ old pioneer would fill an interesting volume, and 
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 growth of the Hawkeye State, but he assisted nia- 
 teriallj' in the advance of civilization in this sec- 
 tion by his sensible and intelligent advice and his 
 more material aid whenever opportunity afforded, 
 and as one of the band of choice and brave spirits 
 who first assisted in marking out a path for civili- 
 zation, he is held in peculiar veneration and re- 
 spect. 
 
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 E\. S. F. WIELAND, Rector of .St. James 
 Catholic Church at St. Paul, in this county, 
 'i W is a native of Dungannon, Columbiana Co., 
 lOhiii, and was born Oct. 1, 1842. He has 
 been finely educated, pursuing his studies at St. 
 Mary's College, Cleveland, Ohio, St. Charles Col- 
 lege near Baltimore, Md., and St. Francis Seminary 
 in Milwaukee, Wis., completing his course in the 
 latter. His first charge was at Lj'ous, Clinton Co., 
 Iowa, where he remained six and one-half years, 
 and the next was at Baur, Marion Count}', this State, 
 In April, 1884, Rev. Mr. Wieland came to .St. Paul 
 and took charge of his present church, which un- 
 der his ministrations has greatl}' flourished. Not 
 only has he succeeded in building up the congrega- 
 tion at this place, but he has also assisted in build- 
 ing and furnishing one of the neatest church edi- 
 fices in the count}'. He is genial and courteous in 
 manner, and this, together with his talents and 
 learning, have made bira a favorite in this com- 
 munitj', where he is highly esteemed by all classes, 
 both within his own charge and among the other 
 denominations. 
 
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 eHRISTlAN ROCKEY, of Charleston Town- 
 ship, has been a resident of Lee County 
 since 1845, in which year he came to this 
 section with his parents, John and Elizal)eth 
 Rockey. They were natives of Germany, who 
 after their emigration to the United States, settled 
 first in Ohio, and thence came to Iowa, making 
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 in Montgomerj' County, Ohio, in October, 1841, 
 and after coming to Iowa lived in Lee Count}' un- 
 til 1864. He then went to McLean County, 111., 
 where he remained for one year, and then enlisted 
 in the !(4th Illinois Infantry, serving one year 
 afterward until the close of the war. 
 
 Mr. Rockey then returned to Lee County, and 
 on the 2.5tli of October, 1W6G, was married, in Har- 
 rison Township, his wife's birthplace, to Miss Ju- 
 lia Schweer, who was born Oct. a, 1S44. Her par- 
 ents were Comad and Caroline Schweer, natives of 
 Germany, who emigrated to America in 1830. came 
 into Iowa and located in Harrison Town.ship, where 
 they passed the remainder of their lives. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Rockey have become the parents of seven 
 children, six of whom survive — William. Lizzie, 
 Fi'ank, Frederick. Minnie and Otto; Allie died 
 when an infant five months old. 
 
 Mr. Rockey is Democratic in politics, and takes 
 an active interest in the moral and educational 
 welfare of his community. He has been School 
 Director and Road Supervisor, and in other re- 
 spects enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fel- 
 low townsmen. His homestead comprises eighty 
 acres, with a good residence, barn and outhouses, 
 and he and his family are surrounded witli all the 
 comforts of life. 
 
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 HARLES L. BECKER, of Keokuk, a promi- 
 nent factor in the business community of the 
 ^/ city, is successfully engaged in trade, dealing 
 in hardware, cutlery, iron and wagon material, agri- 
 cultural implements, cement and plaster, his place 
 of business lieing located on Main street. Mr. 
 Becker is a native of the (ierman Empire, and was 
 born on the 17th of February. 1836. In accordance 
 with the laws and customs of his native country he 
 entered school at an early age and remained until 
 fifteen years old. He then sailed for America, land- 
 ing in New York City, whence he shortly pro- 
 ceeded to Schenectady, and engaged as a broom- 
 maker for the following five years. In l.s.'iO he de- 
 cided to try his fortunes in the new West, and 
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 whom lie reniaiiipd as clerk for eighteen months, 
 gaining the approval and confidence of his eniplo}'- 
 ers. He was then sent by them to Alexandria. 
 Mo., to take charge of their branch store there, and 
 at the end of four years purchased the .stock and 
 continued the liusincss on his own account until 
 ^^ .Marcii. 1881, wiien he removed hisstock to Keokuk, 
 lO^ and located where he is still carrying on the busi- 
 il! ;:jl!i ne.-is. The building which he occupies is four stories 
 ll|::illi ill hciirlif. •JSvH.'j feet iu area, aud built of brick, 
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 began to lierd .sheep, and. iu fact, employed him- 
 self at whatever he could liud to do which wfiuld 
 assist him in making his own way Mini pniNiilintr 
 for himself. 
 
 .Vfter arriving at 3'ears of manhood .Mr. llcll w;is 
 united in marriage with Miss Jane Emerson, their 
 wedding occurring on the 1st of May, I8i57. On 
 the 24th of the same month the young couple em- 
 barked upon a sailing-vessel which hail just been 
 launched, and was bound for (Quebec, Canada. 
 They landed at Buffalo, N. Y., and thence pro- 
 ceeded to Portsmouth. Ohio. From there our 
 
 nieiit throughout is supplied with all conveniences ; subject came westward to Morgan Coiiiily. III., and |;i 
 
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 three years crossed the Mississippi and came into pi 
 
 for the successful transaction of wiiolesale and 
 tail business. 
 
 M r. Becker was married in llsG.'), to .Miss Delia 
 Slaughter, of Keokuk, who was born in Lee County, 
 and by Iht union with our subject has become the 
 niotlier of l»o daughters — (iladius and S.ndie. 
 They occiiiiy a pleasant and attractive home, and 
 
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 on section 30. Here our subject rented a small St 
 
 farm of 140 acres for a time, and then purchased ;^[ 
 
 it, paying $7 per acre. The money which he paid :|i} 
 
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 Mr. Becker, before coming to Keokuk, 
 Alexandria for twelve 
 years, and was JLayor of the city four years. Po- 
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 and socially belongs to the Masonic fialcriiity and 
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 '\¥ OlIN llICl,!,, one of the lioiioicd pioneers of 
 PM Lee County, is also one of the oldest resi- 
 
 I [!l|i , dents of ^L•lrion Township. He came from 
 
 (^yjl Morgan County, 111., to this section in the 
 spring of 1840, and at once identified himself with 
 the interests vif his adopted State. He ha- built 
 up for liimself a good record as a man .iiid citizen, 
 iiiiil is one of the most valued members of the com- 
 i niunily. Mr. Bell is of English aneestiy .-iiid |)ar- 
 yentage, and was born June 21, ISl,"). lli> parents 
 were John and Mary (Chaniplin) Bell, who were in 
 limited circiimstanees in their native England, and 
 reared their son to habits of industry and economy. 
 Hi- early advantages for an education were ex- 
 tremely limited, as he was thrown upon his own 
 resources at the early age of nine years, when he 
 
 <inall log house, in which Mr. Bell and his family 
 resided for seven years. They endured many 
 privations and hardships, being compelled to travel 
 long distances to mill in order to obtain necessary 
 provisions. But our subject was prospered in his 
 labors, and in due time found himself on the high 
 road to prosperit}'. As his profits accumulated he j:} 
 [lurchased more land, and finally became the owner S':\ 
 of 1,000 acres, a large part of which he has now S 
 divided up among his three children: Isaac was a 
 one of the pioneers of Cedar Township, and still | 
 resides there; Robert remains on the homestead | 
 with his [(areiits; William resides in Donnellson, Sj 
 ami nuns :i farm in Franklin Township. | 
 
 .\lr. Bell and his wife liavi' lived together for a j; 
 period of forty-nine years, and both are still active 5| 
 and in good health. When they first I'aiiie here | 
 Indians were iiunierous and often [la.sseil in close 9j 
 proximity to their cabin home, but never injured a 
 or molested them. At the time of their niarri.age i 
 they had only money enough to bring them to the I 
 Fnited States, and our subject presents a line illus 
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 acres of his land, and the present snf)stantial family 
 residence, wliicli was luiilt of brick thirty-eialit 
 years ago, is still in a good state of |)reservati<)n. 
 
 Mr. Bell has been prominently connected with 
 the affairs of his township since its oi'ganization, 
 and assisted in Imilding the first school-honse ; 
 Monroe Reid. mow a resident of Keoknk,and known 
 as Col. Reid of West Point, was the first teacher 
 emploj'ed in that primitive strnctnre. This also 
 served as a voting-place and for the holding of re- 
 ligious services, and camp-meetings were held in 
 the woods, being attended by everybody from the 
 surrounding country who could get there. In pol- 
 itics our subject, formerly an old-line Whig, now 
 affiliates with the Democratic party. 
 
 0'^ .OAI-I BAILP^Y, one of the largest land-own- 
 / ers of Des Moines Townsiiip, occupies a fine 
 ., homestead near the village of Yineennes on 
 
 section 21. He located in this township in Octo- 
 ber, 1851, making his first settlement on section 33. 
 His first purchase was 424 acres, which he occupied 
 for man}' years. lie removed from this in 1883, 
 settling upon his present homestead, where he has 
 erected a fine dwelling-house, one of tlie best in 
 the township, has excellent barns and out-buildings, 
 costly farm implements and machinery, and all the 
 appliances of a first-class agriculturist and stock- 
 grower. Before coming to this township he had 
 been a resident of Clark County, Mo., one j'ear. 
 His landed possessions in Lee County now comprise 
 about 7(10 acres, most of which is improved. He 
 also owns in Clark Countj\ Mo., l.l.jO acres; the 
 most of this is also under good cultivation. He 
 has considerable fine stock, but makes the growing 
 of corn a specialty. He feeds annually from 100 to 
 800 head of cattle, and exhibits some of the finest 
 fat stock in this part of the Hawkey e State. 
 
 Mr. Bailey is a native of the Buckeye State, hav- 
 ing been born in Pickaway' County, Feb. 18, 1811). 
 His father, Robert Bailey, was a native of Yirginia 
 and a farmer liy occupation, and was married in 
 
 ^^ his native State to Miss Maria Coonrod. also born 
 
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 ijl and reared in Yirginia. After the birth of four 
 
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 ijS children tlie^' went to (Jhio. and afterward there 
 
 were .added to the family circle nine more little 
 ones, eleven of whom grew to years of maturity. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was only one j'ear old 
 when the family, then six in number, went to Knox 
 County, Ind.. and settled eighteen miles north of 
 \'inccnnes, on the Wai)ash River, in a new house 
 built in the midst of the timiier. They lived there 
 for some years, making improvements and clear- 
 ing the land about them. After a time young 
 Noah, being of an ambitious and adventurous turn 
 of mind, felt anxious to start out for himself and 
 see something of the world. He consequently pro- 
 ceeded to St. Louis, and in course of time was 
 joined there l)y his father and mother. In the 
 meantime he had been married and become the 
 father of two children. In the month of July, 
 184i», the cholera epidemic attacked the family' of 
 .Mr. Bailej' with fatal results. At that time he lost 
 bis wife, father, and two small children, Samuel M. 
 and .lames A. There also died two young men 
 who were in his employ, Edward Conor and Levi 
 Adams. These all died within the space of nine 
 days. The mother of Mr. Bailey had departed this 
 life about four years previous!}'. The maiden name 
 of Mis. Noah Bailey was Emily J. Fulks; she was 
 a native of Tennessee, born and reared in Monroe 
 County, her parents being natives of South Caro- 
 lina. 
 
 The calamity which had visited JMr. Bailey left 
 him in an almost desperate frame of mind, and he 
 felt that he could no longer remain in tlie vicinity 
 which constantly reminded him of those whom he 
 had lost by death. He consequent!}' removed from 
 there and went into St. Franeisville, Clark Co., Mo. 
 In due time he was there married to Miss Harriet 
 A. Lyles. who was l)orn in Alabama, and when a 
 young child removed with her parents to Indiana, 
 wlience they went to Missouri. Sirs. Harriet Bai- 
 ley became the uK^tlier of nine children, and de- 
 jwrted this life in Des Moines Township, May 31, 
 187;"). Before the deatli of the mother, six of her 
 children had ])assed to the land beyond, those re- 
 maining being William E., Moore R. and J. T. 
 
 After his second inaniagc IMr. Bailey went over 
 the plains to Nevada, where he was engaged for 
 some time in the cattle business. He was married 
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 15, 1875. to Mrs. Sarah E. (Fulks) Sowders, a sis- 
 ter of lii> rn>l wife, also born in Monroe County, 
 I'lini.. .lime 12, 1.S40. Her parents were .John and 
 Maitii.i ('riiouii)sun) Kiilivs, wlio were married in 
 Monroe Conntj', and died in Missouri. Mrs. S,ii;di 
 !•;. liailey was reared fnjm childiiood in St. J^ouis 
 County. Mo., and was there married to her first 
 husband, Jacob Sowders, who was a native of In- 
 diana, but reared mainly in Crawford Count}', Mo. 
 He was a farmer ]>}• oeeupatidu. ami of tlieir union 
 there were born four ehildren, one of whom is de- 
 ceased. The living are .Sarah E., .Mattie S. and Ln- 
 cinda. By her marriage with Mr. Bailey there was 
 liorn one chilil. Emma E. 
 
 .Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are iiighly res|)ected in tlieir 
 eomnmnity, and members in good .standing of the 
 •Methodist Episcopal Churcii. In politics Mr. Bai- 
 ley is strongly Republican, and uniformly casts his 
 vote in support of the principles of that party. 
 
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 1/ OX. HENin HOFFMAN TRIMBLE is of 
 i-emote (Jerman descent, his parents, .lohn 
 and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Trimble, having 
 Teuti^nic blood in their veins. His grand- 
 father was a soldier of the Revolution. During his 
 boyhood his father, who was a carpenter and farmer, 
 lived successively in Rush, Shelliy and Decatur 
 Counties, Ind., where Heiny farmed until sixteen 
 years old. He received his educali(jii in Franklin 
 College, in the State University at Bloomington, 
 and at Asbnry Universit}- in Greencastle, gradu- 
 ating from the last-named institution .lul}- 21, 1H47. 
 He defraj-ed his own expenses bj- teaching and 
 other work. From college he went directly into 
 the Mexican War, serving one year in the 5th Indi- 
 ana Volunteers, .lanu-s Lane, Colonel. On his re- 
 turn he rea<I law, fust with Eden II. Davis, of 
 Shelbyville, then with Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks. 
 His father came to Iowa in 1848, and he followed 
 a year later, going to Bloomfield, Davis County, 
 and was admitted to the bar April 29, 1850, by 
 Hon. .1. F. Kinney at Keosauqna. He was County 
 Attorney from 1851 to 1855, and State Senator 
 from 1855 to 185U, being at the last session held at 
 Iowa City and the first held at l)cs .Moines. Li 
 
 July, 1861, he entered the array as Lieutenant 
 Colonel of the 3d Iowa Cavahy, and served until 
 the Itth of .September, 1863, when he was dis- 
 rliaigcd on .account of a wound in the f.aee, re- 
 ceived at the battle of Pea Ridge. 
 
 In October, 1862. Col. Trimble was elected Dis- 
 trict Judge of the Seccmd District, and served four 
 years. Judge Trimble was President of the St. 
 Louis (k Cedar Rapids Railwaj' Companj', during the 
 building of the road north to Ottumwa, and also as- 
 sisted in the building of the Burlington & South- 
 western. Judge Trimble has a National as well as a 
 State reputation as a Democratic politician. He was 
 twice a candidate for the Supreme Court, once be- 
 fore the Legislature, and once before the people, in 
 1863. He w.as a candidate for Congress in the 
 First District against Gen. Curtis, reducing the 
 [ usual Republican majoritj' more than l,-2()() votes, 
 and in 1872 ran for the same office against William 
 Loughridge, and ran 5,000 votes ahe.-vd of Horace 
 Orcelcy, presidential candidate. 
 
 .hulge Trimble has been President of the State 
 Bar Association, and was the Democratic candidate 
 for (iovernor in 1879, against John IL Gear, Re- 
 publican. The Judge is a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity, and a believer in Christianity, although 
 not belonging to an}- church. He was married at 
 Shelbyville, Ind., April 5, 1849, to Miss Emma M. 
 Carruthers, a native of Wheeling, W. Va. They 
 have five children, all living. P.almer, the eldest, 
 being now assistant attorney of the railroads of 
 which the Judge is the general attorney. Since 
 1881 the Judge has been wcn'king for the Chicago, 
 Burlington Ai (:^uinc3' Railroad. He is now gen- 
 eral attoi'ney of what are called its Keokuk roads, 
 having his homo and headquarters in Keokuk, 
 Iowa. The following estimate of the judicial abil- 
 ity of Judge Trimble was written by a member of 
 the Iowa bar: 
 
 ••.ludge Trimble stands in the very first rank of 
 the Iowa l)ar. He has l)een highly successful in the 
 |)ractice, and has fully earned his success by his in- 
 dustry and ability. Li the service of his clients he 
 is an untiring worker, never ceasing the investiga- 
 tion of a case until he feels that he full}' under- 
 stands every proposition of law and fact involved. 
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 neglects or undervalues the science or the theory 
 of the law, but that he carefully considers and cor- 
 rectly estimates all the elements that maj- have a 
 bearing upon the fate of his case, both tlieoretical, 
 and also such as are often called practical as distin- 
 guished from theoretical. Me has an unerring 
 judgment as to the true position to take in a case, 
 and as to the real value in the minds of Courts and 
 juries of the various positions talcen b^- himself and 
 his adversaries. This, of course, is greatly aided 
 by careful and thorough-going preparation. 
 
 "He is an eloquent speaker. His manner is not 
 such as superficial observers ordinarily suppose ac- 
 companies and constitutes eloquence. It is quiet 
 and unassuming, but effective. His eloquence is 
 of the kind that directs the minds of his hearers 
 not to himself but to his subject or his case. Tiiey 
 are not so apt to remark upon the fineness or the 
 eloquence of his speech, as upon the justice of his 
 case. Thus, upon one occasion, when his adversa- 
 ry's address had been elaborate and higlily orna- 
 mented, one of the jury after a verdict had been 
 rendered in favor of Judge Trimble's client, said: 
 ■That young man made much the finer speech, but 
 the old fellow was right.' This is the highest trib- 
 ute that can be paid to eloquence. It has alread}- 
 been stated that he does not neglect the theorj- of 
 the law. AVhenever he meets an important legal 
 question that does not seem to be settled, or upon 
 which there is a conflict of authorit3' or that he 
 does not fully understand, he is not content to 
 leave the question until he has mastered it, even 
 although the case in which it arose is at an end. 
 His investigation of such a question, too, is often 
 much broader tlian the case in hand requires. He 
 first diligently collects all the authorities he can 
 find on the subject, noting carefully wherein they 
 agree and wherein thej' differ. He then carefully 
 weighs them, not merely- relying upon the words in 
 which the rules are stated, but in the light of the 
 fundamental underlying principles. Before he has 
 done with it he usually has obtained a masterful 
 grasp of the subject. He then puts aw.iy his brief of 
 the principles and authorities governing the sub- 
 ject, for use whenever it comes up again. 
 
 "He is thus constantly a student, and his practice 
 
 thus becomes a steady progress in the mastery of M 
 legal principles. His mass of briefs, properly in- li 
 dexed for reference, would be a valuable possession 
 for any lawyer. It is out of this laborious, thorough 
 
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 haustive knowledge of the law, and his readiness ' 
 and clearness in stating his propositions to the iM 
 Court, and in distinguishing the principles ap- 
 plicable to the case from others not applicable 
 but claimed to be so. This is one great element of 
 his admitted success.'" 
 
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 of this section and a representative farmer 
 of Lee County, of which he has been a 
 resident for the last half centurj'. He has been an 
 interested spectator of remarkable changes along it^^j 
 tlie Mississippi \'alley, and has aided materi.ally in 
 the development of this section of country, not 
 only Ijy his own example of energetic industry, but 
 by being willing to lend a helping hand to his 
 brother pioneers in their struggles for the estab- 
 lishment of homes in tlie wilderness. 
 
 ]\Ir. Beeler was born in Montgomery County, 
 Ind., !?ept. 11, 1823. His father, Isaac Beeler, was 
 of Swiss ancestry', but a native of Tennessee, de- 
 scended from progenitors who came to the United \ n 
 States more than 100 years .ago. Isaac Beeler, Sr., 
 the grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the 
 Revolutionary AVar, and lived to an advanced age; 
 he was connected with the command of Gen. Har- 
 rison, of Indiana, and was with the old hero at the 
 battle of Tippecanoe. His son, Isaac, Jr., served 
 as a private in the War of 1812. Neither the 
 father nor the grandfather of our subject received 
 any serious wounds from the enemj- during their 
 military career, the latter dying peacefully at his 
 home in Tennessee. 
 
 Isaac Beeler, Jr., w.as reared and educated in his 
 native State of Tennessee, and there married Miss 
 Jane Hughes, who was born and reared in his own 
 locality. After the birth of one child they re- 
 moved to Indiana and located in Montgomery 
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 cliildren, ami where they remained until 1836. In 
 tliat yc!U- the father decided to cross the Missis- 
 sipiti, 1111(1 .accordingly, with his f.amily, ni.ade the 
 trip ill .siifcty, and hjcated in Iowa on the site of 
 what is now Harrison Township. The land was 
 wild iuiil miiiiiiii-fivcd, and the little home in the 
 wilderness was siirroiiiided on all sides b}" Indians 
 Mud wild animals. 'I'licy were prepared, however, for 
 all the emergencies of the enterprise, and resolved 
 to establish here a periiiaiient home, wh.'itcver the 
 diflicnlties might be. They improved the land, 
 and in time were rewarded l)y the picture of smiling 
 fields and growing giniii. Here the parents re- 
 mained the balance of tiieir lives, and were peace- 
 fully laid to rest in a lot on the old homestead. 
 Isaac Heelei had become the owner of 1,100 acres 
 of land. During the existence of the Whig party 
 he was an adherent of its princi|)les, and when this 
 party w.-is abandoned he associated himself with 
 liie Kepiiblicans. 
 
 David Heeler was the seveiiUi i^liild of his par- 
 ents' f.'imily, and remained with them until his mar- 
 riage, which took |)laee in Henry County, Iowa, 
 .lunc 10, IH;')!, his bride being Miss Mary J. Har- 
 ness, a native of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. The 
 father of Mis. Heeler, .lohn A. Harness, was a 
 farmer by occupation, and came to Iowa in 1845, 
 when his daughter, .Alary J., was a child of twelve 
 years old. They located in Lee County, thence 
 removing to Henry County, where they lived for 
 mail}' years, and rinally reuKJved to Van Hureii 
 County, w'here the lives of the parents terminated. 
 ,Iohn A. Harness was an industrious and energetic' 
 man, and was higiily respected in his loiality for 
 his excellent traits of character. Mrs. H. remained 
 with her parents until her marriage, receiving care- 
 ful home training. I5y her iiiiion with our subject 
 she has become the mother of six children, the 
 3 record of whom is as follows: Amanila .1. is the 
 1 wife of F. ■]". McKeehan, a farmer of I'owell County, 
 I Neb. ; .1. .1. lives in the village of Doiiiicllson; 
 Hattie K. is the wife of O. L. I'owell, of Marion 
 Towiishii), Lee County; Ida is at home assisting 
 her parents; Anna is the wife of Abel Slaughter, a 
 farmer of Franklin Town.ship; 1). F. is the manager 
 of his father's homestead. 
 
 Mr. ISeeler is the possesst)r of nearly 100 acres 
 
 of land in Franklin and Harrison Townships, most 
 of which is under cultiv.ation. lie is a valued citi- 
 zen, and takes an interest in everything pertaining 
 to the welfare of his community. In politics he is Siii 
 
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 RS. MARGARKT BRINKMAN, the widow g 
 of Frederick Brinkman, is a highly es- 
 teemed lad}', and a resident of Keokuk. 
 Her husband was a native of Germany, 
 and emigrated to America with his mother when 
 but a child of four years old, his father having died 
 in his n.ative land. She proceeded westward, and 
 crossed the Mississippi, making her first location in 
 the Gate City, and here her son was educated. 
 Upon leaving school he went to St. Louis and 
 learned the hatter's trade, and after completing his 
 apprenticeship and making a short sojourn in 
 (^uincy, HI., engaged with his brother, John W., 
 ill general merchandising at Keokuk. After a time 
 their stock was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Brink- 
 man became a clerk for Speicsperger & Co., where 
 he remained for fifteen j-ears. In IS.SO he went 
 into business for himself, becoming associated in 
 |)artneiship with Frank Slienk, and they carried on ^{ 
 business under the firm name of Brinkman & Shenk jj? 
 until 188(1,. when they dissolved partnership by 'M 
 mutual consent, and the decease of Mr. Brinkman \f.[ 
 occurred M.ay 1.5 of that j'ear. He was an excel- 
 lent business man, an affectionate husliand, a kind 
 father and a good citizen. He was a member of 
 the Masonic fraternity and the I. O. O. F., and in 
 politics was strongly Republican. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Brinkman is the daughter of 
 Frederick and Kunigunda (Luber) Breitenstein, 
 natives of (Terinany, who emigrated to America 
 in 1844, and settled at Keokuk, where Mrs. B. was ^ 
 born, Sept. .'), 1848. They engaged in farming in 
 Harrison Township, Lee County, and remained 
 there until ISMG. The decease of the mother oc- 
 curred in is.s;!; lier death was occasioned by be- 
 ing thrown from a wag(^(n. The parental family 
 consisted of eleven children, nine of whom are liv- 
 ing, as follows: Klizabetli, .Mrs. Tiuiiip. lives in 
 
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 Lee County ; Fred and Herman, in Louisville, Neb. ; 
 Dan, in Lincoln, Neb. ; Flora, Alice and George, in 
 Keokuk. Mrs. Brinkman became the mother of 
 four children — Walter, Carrie, Arthur and Carlisle. 
 They occupy a comfortable residence at the cor- 
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 ILLIAM M. BASSETT, a popular and 
 s merchant of Charleston, Iowa, 
 tleman of enterprise and energy, is 
 conducting his business in a straightforward and 
 honorable manner, aud enjoys a large and steadily 
 increasing patronage. He came to Iowa while it 
 was still a Territory, and has been a resident of 
 Lee Count}' since the fall of 1854. During this 
 lung period of years he has built up a good reputa- 
 tion as a business man and a citizen, and is classed 
 among the valued members of the community. 
 
 Mr. Bassett is a native of the Empire State, hav- 
 ing been born in Lewis County, Aug. 23, 1820. He 
 is the son of Nathan and Rhoda (Merry) Bassett, 
 natives respectively of Martha's Vineyard and 
 Connecticut. The}' settled in the .State of New 
 York soon after their marriage, and remained there 
 the balance of their lives. Nathan Bassett was 
 a carpenter by occupation and also engaged in 
 hotel-keeping. He and his wife became the par- 
 ents of six children, five sons and one daughter, 
 William being the fifth in order of birth. 
 
 William Bassett of our sketch received his early 
 education in the common schools of the Empire 
 State. He was a bright, ambitious boy, devoted 
 to his studies and anxious to excel. At an earl}' 
 age he became fitted for a teacher, and followed 
 this profession for a period of five years in the State 
 of New York. In the fall of 1 843 he crossed the Mis- 
 sissippi and came into Mahaska County, Iowa, where 
 he resided for two years, thence removed to Van 
 Buren Count}', and remained there for about eight 
 years, still pursuing his occupation as a teacher. 
 In the fall of is.ii he came into Lee County, and 
 l)urchasing a farm in Charleston Township, en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits for twenty-one years 
 or until the fall of 187;'), when he rented his farm. 
 
 and purchasing a stock of goods established his 
 present business in the village of Charleston. His 
 stock consists of a large assortment of general 
 merchandise, and his trade extends throughout the 
 county. His farm comprises 263 acres, the greater 
 part of which is uudergood cultivation. It is supplied 
 with a good set of farm buildings aud all the appli- 
 ances for the prosecution of agriculture after the 
 most approved methods. 
 
 The marriage of William M. Bassett and Miss 
 Eliza Chantry was celebrated in Van Buren 
 County, Iowa, on New Year's Day, 1845. Mrs. B. 
 is a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Van Bu- 
 ren County, Iowa, with her parents, in the spring 
 of 1837. She is the daughter of Thomas and Han- 
 nah (Passmore) Chantry, natives respectively of 
 England an<l Pennsylvania, who were among the 
 early pioneers of this section. Mr. and Mrs. B. 
 have become the parents of nine children, of 
 whom one, John, died at the age of eighteen 
 months; those living are Constantine S., Thomas 
 N., Malvina, How.ard E., Lewis A., George M., 
 Chris E. and Annette. 
 
 Mr. Bassett has been prominent in the affairs of 
 his township and actively interested in everything 
 pertaining to its welfare. He has been connected 
 with the School Board, and was appointed Post- 
 master under President Hayes in 1870, which office 
 he held for ten years. He is a Republican in poli- 
 tics, and was connected with the Congregational 
 and Methodist Episcopal Churches for about 
 twenty years, but at the present time is not a mem- 
 ber of any religious denomination. 
 
 ^yp«lRNST BURSTER, an energetic and enter- 
 lU] prising citizen of Ft. Madison, and the man- 
 / |L-j : ager of Concordia Brewery, is fulfilling the 
 duties of his position with much credit to himself 
 and satisfaction to all concerned. He is a native 
 of Ft. Madison, and was born Nov. 27, 18G3. His 
 father, Anton Burstei-, was born in Wurtemberg, 
 Germany, Oct. 20, 1825, and received his early ed- 
 ucation in his native country, remaining at school 
 most of the time until he was fifteen years of age. 
 His father, the grandfather of our subject, was an 
 
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 architect, and under his instruction Anton Burster 
 also hecaiiie at adej)! at tliat profession. At the 
 rtge of twenty-two years he emigrated to America' 
 and procee<li'd directly to Cliicago, from there to 
 St. Louis, thence to New Orleans, and after a brief 
 sojourn in the C're.scent City, came to Ft. Madison 
 in 1H.')1. [le here liecame a contractor aTid builder, 
 and followed his occupation successfully until 186.i, 
 when he erected a brewery and engaged in the 
 manufacture of lager beer, lie was thus occupied 
 until his death, which occurred .Ian. 2r,, IftHo. He 
 was a man of great energy and industry, and promi- 
 nent in the p\d)lic affairs of this locality. He was 
 a mcTuber of the City Council for many years, and 
 ranked among the best citizens here. 
 
 The parents of our subject were married in Ft. 
 Madison. Dec. 10, 18.53. His mother, before her 
 marri.ige. was Miss Augusta Henneberg, a native 
 of Anhall-Heruburg. Of this union there were 
 born nine I'hiidren, six of whom are living, as fol- 
 lows — Adolpli. Otto. .lulius. Louise, Ernst .and 
 Emma. 
 
 Since llie death of his father Mr. Burster has sat- 
 isfactorily niaiiaged the extensive business inter- 
 ests of his mother, with whom he has always lived. 
 He is unniMiiicd. lie possesses rare business tal- 
 ents, ami his friends predict for him a jxisition of 
 importance among the industrial interests of this 
 locality. A portrait of Anton Burster, father of 
 our subject. a|)i)e.ars on another page of this book. 
 
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 =!»SEOR(tE trump, a respected (Jernian citi- 
 eston Township, occupies a 
 estead on .section l,and by 
 his habits of industrj-, economy and straightfor- 
 ward d I'M ling, has earned the respect and esteem 
 '>{ the community in which he lives. Mr. Trump 
 «:i< born in (Jcrinany in l.sit;, and came to Amer- 
 i.:i wlicu ;i young man twenty-three years of age, 
 ^■^ proceeiliug directly' westward to Lee County, 
 Iowa. He nnidc his first location in Charleston 
 Township, and upon llic tiieory that a rolling 
 stone gathers no moss, has contimied to live here 
 since that time, and has been prosi^ered in his un- 
 dertakings. His farm consists of ninetv-nine acres 
 
 of good land, upon which he has erected a com- 
 fortable residence and a good barn and out-build- 
 ings. 
 
 Mr. Trum)) wa> married in Montrose Township to 
 Miss Catherine Seyb, a native of his own country, 
 who was bt)rn in 1K2I, and emigrated to America 
 with her parents when a young girl fourteen years of 
 age. Mr. and Mrs. Trump have become the parents | 
 of nine children — Jacob, Mary, (^eorge, Christine, | 
 Dorothea E., Chester T., Henry A., Peter E. and | 
 Michael. Mary became the wife of Jacob Best, «, 
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 Dorothea E. is the wife of Fred Fischer, and resides |<y 
 in Charleston Township; she is the mother of one 
 child. Bertha M. Mr. T. is Republican in politics, 
 and religiously he and his wife are connected with 
 the Evangelical Church. 
 
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 ^fJOIIN WARE, a member of the Board of 
 Trustees of Cedar Township, and a highly 
 respected citizen, is (me of the early settlers 
 of the Ilawkeye State. He crossed the Mis- 
 sissippi while a mere youth, with his parents, and set- |f| 
 tied in Iowa when it was yet a Territorv, and in l^} 
 watching the remarkable growth and development 
 of this section of country has identifie<l himself 
 thoroughly with its interests and materially' assisted 
 in bringing it to its present condition.' 
 
 The subject of this history is of English birth ||{ 
 and parentage, born in Yorkshire. Feb. 3, 1830. 
 His father, James Ware, was a native of the same 
 shire as his son, the date of his birth having been 
 Nov. 3. 1799. At the age of seven years James 
 Ware commenced the duties of life as a coal miner, 
 and remained in the mines until 1843, when ill- 
 health compelled him to abandon this occupation. 
 He then purchased a small stock of goods and en- 
 gaged in peddling for the two following years. 
 But he was not satisfied with his ccjndition or pros- 
 pects in his own country, .and resolved to emigrate 
 to the United States, which seemed the "land of 
 promise" for the enterprising and energetic 3'oung 51} 
 man. Accordingly, in the month of Februarj', : 
 184.5, he set sail from London, accompanied by his : 
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 after a voyage of seven weeks and four days. 
 Quite a part3' of Englishmen had come over at the 
 same time under the auspices of the Englisii Mu- 
 tual and Emigrant Societ3', and thej- all left New 
 Orleans and, striking camp at Keokuk, Iowa, sent 
 out a committee of three to select a suitable loca- 
 tion for settlement. This committee selected the 
 east half of section 32 and west half of 33 in Cedar 
 Township. Here the Ware family settled, and in 
 due time the sons purchased land, and the parents 
 lived with them the remainder of their lives, the 
 father dying Feb. 12, 1853, and the mother surviv- 
 ing him until 186S, when she too passed to the si- 
 lent land. The latter, before her marriage, was 
 MLss Ann Wilson, and her birthplace was in York- 
 shire, near that of her husband. The parental 
 household consisted of four children, as follows : 
 William, the eldest son, went to California in 1852, 
 and died there eleven j^ears later; Charlotte mar- 
 ried Mr. Atkinson, of Cedar Township, and is now 
 deceased ; John, our subject, was the third child ; 
 Isaac lives in Van Buren County, Iowa. 
 
 John Ware at the age of nine years went into a 
 coal mine, and was engaged in drawing the loaded 
 cars to and from the shaft until old enough and 
 strong enough to work as a miner. At this latter 
 occupation he received the munificent salary of 
 twenty-eight cents a day, and, it may be supposed, 
 was joyous with hope at the prospect of a different 
 life in a new country. He was fifteen years of age 
 when he came to America with his parents, and for 
 the first two years after reaching this section he 
 lived with his uncle, John Ware. He then en- 
 gaged with a Mr. Maloy who was carrying on a 
 sheep farm. At this labor he received $G per 
 month for six months, and then worked for one 
 year, at the close of which he received $100. The 
 second year his salary was increased by $44. He 
 remained with this gentleman nearly three years, 
 and being economical and industi'ious, and saving of 
 his earnings whatever he could, he soon found him- 
 self possessed of sufficient means to become a real- 
 estate proprietor, and purchased eighty acres of un- 
 improved land in Franklin Township. He at once 
 commenced the improvement of his purchase, 
 which he sold at a good profit, and in March, 1853, 
 purchased the homestead which he now occupies: 
 
 it consists of 195 acres, all tillable and under a good 
 state of cultivation. He has a fine farm dwelling, 
 good barns and out-buildings, valuable farm ma- 
 chinery and implements, and all appliances of a 
 first-class agriculturist. Besides the home farm he 
 has twenty acres of valuable timber in Van Buren 
 Conntj'. 
 
 John Ware and Miss Jane Lightfoot were united 
 in marriage in Harrison Township, Fel). 21, 1856. 
 Mrs. W. was a native of Manchester, England, and 
 daughter of John and Mary Lightfoot, of English 
 birth and parentage, who emigrated from their na- 
 tive Country to the United States, and settled in 
 Lee Count}' at an early period in its history. By 
 her union with our subject Mrs. Ware became the 
 mother of five children, as follows: Mar^' A., Mrs. 
 Kennedy, is a resident of Polk County, Iowa; J. 
 Berry lives in Harrison Township ; J. Frank is a 
 resident of Kansas; W. Chase and Alice J. are at 
 home. Mrs W. departed this life July 5, 1875. 
 Mr. AV^are was married the second time, Sept. 20, 
 1879, to Mrs. Albertine Taylor.- This lady was 
 born in Salem, Henry Co., Iowa, Feb. 27, 1849. 
 Her first husband was John Q. Baugher: he died 
 Dec. 3, 1875. Of this union there were born three 
 children — Margaret, John L. and Rosana. 
 
 Mr. Ware has been for many years prominently 
 connected with the affairs of this township, and 
 has taken great satisfaction in witnessing its prog- 
 ress financially and educationally. He has been 
 the stanch friend of sobriety and morality, and has 
 contributed generously of his time and means for 
 the promotion of every worthy enterprise. He has 
 been connected with the School Board, and promi- 
 nently identified with all measures tending to cult- 
 ure and education. He is a striking example of the 
 self-made man, having begun at the foot of the lad- 
 der, with indifferent prospects before him, .but by 
 his own persevering industr}' has climbed up step 
 by step, and is now enjoj'ing the well-merited re- 
 ward of his early endeavors. To such men as Mr. 
 Ware is due the rapid growth of the wide West 
 and the march of her industrial and agricultural 
 interests. For his earlier labors and his efforts in 
 behalf of his community, he is now enjoj'ing the es- 
 teem and confidence of his townsmen and the fruits 
 of a well-earned competency. 
 
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 GRACE C. SARGENT, an honored pioneer 
 of tho Ilawki'ye State, and one of the lead- 
 ing farmers of Des Moiiie.s Township, owns 
 and occupies a fine homestead on section 
 ."if. He crossed the Father of Waters in 1839, and 
 came into this section while the prosperous com- 
 monwealth of the present day was but a Territory', 
 liiiiily po|)ulatod and abounding in wild animals 
 and Indians. The changes which he has witnessed 
 would (ill a volume, and he has watched with 
 great satisfaction the progress and advancement of 
 his adopted State. 
 
 -Mr. Sargent is a native of the old Granite .State, 
 his birth taking place Sept. 14, 1834. His father, 
 Nicholas .Sargent, was a native of Essex County, 
 .Mass.. of American parentage and New England 
 descent. He was a farmer by occupation, and was 
 married in the county of his birtli to Miss Eriam 
 .Sawyer, a native of New Hami)shire, and also of 
 New lOngland parentage and descent. After their 
 marriage they located on a small farm in Essex 
 County. .Mass., wlience they removed to New 
 Ilainpsiiire, where the father engaged in farming 
 and lumbering, which he pursued while a resident 
 of New Hampshire, or until 183,'). The parental 
 I'auiily now included twelve children, and they all 
 c-ame overland West with teams. They were de- 
 tained for a time in Indiana on account of the 
 sickness of some of the members of the family, and 
 early in the following spring they went into Ray 
 ("ounty, .Mo., where they settled on a small tract of 
 1m ml. which they occupied for three years. Thence 
 tiiey lenioved to Clark County, Mo., living there 
 one year, but on account of political trouble and 
 the agitation of the slave question (Mr. Sargent 
 being totally opposed to the peculiar institution), 
 were obliged and also determined to leave the 
 borders of a pro-slavery region. 
 3 On leaving Missouri Mr. Sargent came into Lee 
 1 County, Iowa, and settled on a "squatter's" claim 
 I of KJO acres in what is now Des Moines Township. 
 I It was then a desolate region, wild and unbroken, 
 and was located in what was known as the " half- 
 l)reed tract" on the second bottom of the Des 
 .Moines Kivcr. The land had not yet come into 
 market, and il was (piestionable for some time as 
 to who w<]iilil become the actual owner. But the 
 
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 father and his sons began the improvement of the 
 land and were successful from the first in their 
 operations. It needed a vast amount of determin- 
 ation to be able to endure the privations and to 
 engage in what almost seemed a hopeless task, but 
 they had come to stay and there was no thought of 
 abandoning their first project. They soon began 
 to realize the reward of their labors in the picture 
 of smiling fields and growing grain. The soil 
 yielded plentifully, and although the business of 
 marketing consumed much time and was exceed- 
 ingly laborious, they soon found themselves pos- 
 sessed of su/Hcient means to add to their landed 
 possessions. Their further purchases consisted 
 mostly in prairie land lying along the Des Moines 
 River, which was of excellent quality and exceed- 
 inglj- fertile. They finallj' became jiossessed of 
 about 1,.500 acres, which has been kej)! in the fam- 
 ily until this time. 
 
 Nicholas .Sargent departed this life Jul3' 23, 
 187'J, at the advanced age of eighty-three years 
 and three mouths. He was a man greatly respected 
 by his neighbors and acquaintances, and possessed 
 of generous imjiulses and high morality. Upon 
 coming here he identified himself with the interests 
 of his adopted State, and did much toward the 
 development of this section of the country. He 
 always took an intelligent interest in politics and 
 cast his vote uniformly' with the Republican party. 
 The faithful wife and mother survived her husband 
 about six years, departing this life April 5, 1885, 
 at the home of her son, our subject, having arrived 
 at the .age of eighty-seven and one-half years. She 
 was a dutiful mother, an affectionate wife, and 
 deeply mourned bj' a large circle of friends. 
 
 Horace Sargent was the youngest but two of his 
 parents' family of thirteen children. He was but a 
 child when his (larents crossed the Father of Waters 
 and located in the new land which has since been 
 affectionately designated as the " Hawkeye State." 
 He remained with his parents until he was tw-enty- 
 four years of age and was then united in marriage 
 with Miss Adeline D. Washburn, in Des Moines 
 Township, in 18a8. Mrs. Sargent is a native of 
 the Province of (Quebec, Canada, born at Lands- 
 down, in 1 830. She was but a small child when 
 her parents removed to the Province of Ontario, 
 
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 ; and lived at home until she became a young woman. 
 
 : She then came to the United States with an elder 
 sister, and they located in Iowa, where she passed 
 the remainder of her life, her death occurring 
 April 10, 1883. She became the mother of six 
 
 ; children, three of whom are deceased. The living 
 are, Orson G.. who married Alta M. Newberry, 
 and is engaged in agriculture in Des Moines Town- 
 ship; Edwinne B. and Edwin are twins; the former 
 remains with her father at home and during school 
 sessions pursues her studies; Edwin is attending 
 the law school at Iowa Citj' preparatory to the 
 practice of his profession. The deceased are 
 Frances and Frank (twins), who died in infancy, 
 and Charles, who died at the age of one year. 
 
 Soon after his marriage, the subject of this notice 
 began to cultivate a part of his father's farm, upon 
 which he has lived ever since, lie isalsotiie owner 
 (if C40 acres of land, most of which is improved. 
 In addition to iiis farming pursuits he is extensively 
 engaged in the breeding of fine stock, in which he 
 has been remarkably successful. He is a leading 
 citizen of his township and has filled most of the 
 local offices within the gift of his townsmen. Po- 
 
 - litically he affiliates with the Republican party, 
 
 E and is a man wiiose opinions are highly valued in 
 all matters pertaining to the welfare of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 'F_^ ON. ABSALOM ANDERSON, a prominent 
 and successful farmer of Harrison Town- 
 ship, owns and occupies a tine homestead 
 on section 17. He is a native of Mar^dand, 
 and was born in Anne Arundel Countj-, Sept. 14, 
 1809. His parents were Joshua and Sarah Ander- 
 son, natives of the same State as their son. The 
 birth of Joshua Anderson occurred on the 29th of 
 March, 177;j. When a 3'oung child lie removed 
 with his parents from his native State to Ohio, 
 which afterward remained his home, and where he 
 departed this life March 5. 18.59. Mrs. Sarah An- 
 derson was born March 22, 1785, and died in Ohio, 
 Feb. 1, 1879. She was a most excellent lady, and 
 an active member of the Christian Ciuirch. They 
 lived upon a farm their entire life, and became the 
 |i.iients (^if ten children, of whom tlie record is as 
 
 follows: William married Miss Riley; Absalom, 
 our subject, was the second son ; Elizabeth, now 
 deceased, became the wife of Uriah Campbell: "^ 
 Henrietta, now Mrs. McVay, lives in Morgan 
 County, Ohio; Robert married Miss Bateman, and 
 they are both deceased; Joshua married Miss 
 Cochren, and they are residents of Missouri ; Maria, 
 Mrs. Taylor, also lives in Missouri ; John first mar- 
 ried Miss Botts, and after her decease married JMiss 
 Schrake ; Thomas was married in early manhood, 
 and Jlaranda became Mrs". Campbell. 
 
 Absalom Anderson and Miss Flora Sissna were 
 united in marriage Nov. 13, 1834, and became the 
 parents of seven children: Thomas J. married Miss 
 Robinson; William H. was a soldier in Co. B, 3d 
 Iowa Vol. Cav., and died of a congestive chill 
 while in the army, at Helena, Ark.; George N., 
 also a member of the same companj', was killed at 
 the battle of Pea Ridge; Robert C, a member of 
 Co. A, 19th Iowa Vol. Inf., served three years in 
 the army, and at the end of that time was honor- 
 ably discharged, and returned safely home; Oren 
 J. is unmarried ; Mary J. became the wife of Mr. 
 Claypole, of Muskingum County, Ohio; Hugh T. 
 died in infancy. The faithful wife and mother 
 departed this life July 18, 1849. 
 
 Mr. Anderson was married the second time, June 
 23, 1850, to Miss Emeline Coleman. Of this mar- 
 riao-e there were born two children : Ira married 
 Miss Carver and lives in Harrison Township; Dorr, 
 while in the employ of Hoyt ife Co. of Chicago, 
 died of quick c<msumption. The mother of these 
 children, Mrs. Emeline Anderson, died Sept. 17. 
 18G9. 
 
 The third wife of .Mr. Anderson was Mrs. May 
 N. Manhard, to whom he was married Nov. Hi, 
 1871. She was the widow of Peter Manhard, a 
 native of Maryland, by whom she became the 
 mother of three children: Elinora, who died at the 
 age of eight months; Mary, who died at the age of 
 eleven months, and Eugene, who married Miss 
 Missouri Jackson, and lives in Van Buren County. 
 Iowa. Of the last marriage of our subject there 
 have been no children. 
 
 The younger days of Mr. Anderson were passed 
 uiion his father's farm. He graduated from the 
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 in in Pike's Arithmetic. After attaining his ma- 
 jority, he worlvcd in a tobacco factorj* in Ohio for 
 three 3'ears, at the end of wliich time the man with 
 ivhfini he was in partnersliii) absconded, taking with 
 him the assets of the concern. Mr. Anderson suf- 
 f<Ted considerable loss from tliis affair, and resolved 
 to seek his future fortunes in the West. He crossed 
 the Father of Waters in 1H41, and coming into 
 Iowa while it was still a 'ronitory, purchased 1(!0 
 acres of huid, to which he has since added until he 
 is now the owner of 440 acres, which constitutes 
 one of the most valuable farm estates in this lo- 
 cality'. 
 
 Froui the lime of coming here, .Mr. Anderson 
 has been prominently identified with public matters, 
 being at once acknowledged as a leader on .account 
 of his decided views, force of character, and 
 straightforward methods of doing business, lie 
 served eighteen 3'ears .is Justice of the Peace in 
 Harrison Township, and there was seldom an ap- 
 peal from his de<'isions. He was elected to the 
 Iowa Legislature in 1874, has been County Super- 
 visor one term and School Director for a period of 
 twenty-live years, lie is a straight Republican in 
 politics and uniformly casts his vote in support of 
 the principles of that party. Mrs. Anderson is 
 prominently connected with the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church. They occupy a tine dwelling, and Mr. 
 Anderson has a good barn and all the outhouses 
 necessary for the storing of grain and the shelter 
 of stock. He has a v;duable assortment of farm 
 implements and machinery, and the estate is fur- 
 nished with all the appliances for the carrying on 
 of .agriculture and stock-raising in a first-class 
 manner. Mr. Anderson is a Director in the Farm- 
 er's and Tr.ider's Hank of Bonui)arte, in \'an Buren 
 C'fiunty; also a heavy stockholder of the same. 
 
 eHAKLES BROWN, Su., one of the honored 
 pioneers of Lee County, came to this sec- 
 tion of country before Iowa had been ad- 
 mitted into the Union as a State, and has conse- 
 quently witnessed remarkable changes. He was 
 one among those brave si)irits who courageously 
 made a settlement in the wilderness, and by slow 
 
 degrees opened up a farm and established a home- 
 stead. He is now the possessor of 450 acres of 
 finely cultivated laud, .S20 in .Montrose Townshi)), 
 and occupies a comfoitalile two-stor^' farm resi- 
 dence, has good barns and out-lmildings, valuable 
 farm machinery, and everything retpiired for the 
 prosecution of agriculture and stock-raising in a 
 first-class manner. 
 
 Mr. Brown is a native of Penusylv.ania, born in 
 Fayette County, Dec. 28, IS^G, and is the son of 
 Richard and Sarah ((iaus) Brown, both natives of 
 Pennsylvania. Richnrd Brown was born .June 23, 
 1799, and departed this life March 2, 18C,.t, in 
 Iowa; Mrs. Sar.ah (!. Brown, born in ISO.!, pic- 
 ceeded her husband to the better land thirteen 
 j'ears, her death occurring in January, 18.t2. The}- 
 were the parents of the following children : Josiah, 
 born Jan. 15, 1821; Orplm, Oct. 5, 1822; Richard 
 and Ephraim, twins, Aug. 29, 1824; Charles, the 
 subject of our sketch, Dec. 28, 182G; Jonathan J.. 
 March (5, 1829; Francis A.. April 24, 1830; Rich- 
 ard G., Sept. 17, 1832; Le Roy, April 24, 1834; 
 Rufus R., Oct. 12, 183(;; Martha R., Feb. 12, 1839. 
 Of these children but five are now living. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was united in nuir- 
 riage with Miss Sarah Parks, March 26, 1850. Mrs. 
 Brown was born March 20, 1833, and was the 
 daughter of Frederick and I^ucy (Dean) Parks, na- 
 tives of Putnam County, N. Y. They emigrated 
 from their native State to Iowa in 1844. and re- 
 mained here until the close of their lives, Mr. Parks 
 dying in 1872, and his wife nine years later, in Octo- 
 ber, 1881. They were the parents of the following 
 children: Elizabeth became the wife of John Bar- 
 ber; ?>ederick was a soldier, and died in the army; 
 Jerome was killed in .Montrose; Luc}- m.arried Will- 
 iam Jones. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Brown departed this life Nov. l.'i, 
 1881, and her remains are interred in Montro^e 
 Cemetery. She h.ad been connected with the 
 church of the Latter-Day Saints for a number of 
 years. Of her union with Mr. Brown there were 
 the following children: (ieorge E., born Jan. 15, 
 1851, m.arried Miss Wealthy Reeves, and lives in 
 Reno County. Kan.; Sarah N., born Oct. 23, 1852. 
 became the wife of L. Schouley, and also lives in 
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 1855, married Miss Mary Scott; Frederick, born 
 Oct. 18, 1857, chose fur his life partner Miss Ar- 
 cena Andrews; Mary B., born Aug. 27, 1859, died 
 .luly 19, 1879; Le Roy was born Jan. -li. 1861. and 
 ni.arried Miss Ada Martin; Richard, born March 
 7, 1867; Addie, Nov. 11, 1869; Minnie E., Feb. 1, 
 1875; two children died in infancy unnamed. 
 
 Mr. Brown came to Iowa in 1844, making his 
 first location at Ft. Madison, where he remained 
 one year. He then removed to Mahaska County, 
 lived there one year, and then returned to Lee 
 County, where his father purchased land. He was 
 for a time engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in 
 1850 crossed the plains and the Rock}^ Mountains 
 with an ox-team to California, where he engaged 
 in mining along the Yulia River. He was quite 
 successful in his search for the yellow ore, and in 
 the space of one year became the [tossessor of 
 ij!l,360, and, being (^uite satisfied with his expe- 
 rience in those regions, concluded to retrace his 
 steps homeward. He returned by the Nicaragua 
 route, coming across that hike a distance of sixty- 
 five miles in a canoe, and making the trip in twelve 
 hours' time. Since that time he has been to Cali- 
 fornia twice, once in 1877, when he remained three 
 months, and again in 1883, visiting friends there. 
 With the exception of his wanderings in the West 
 he has been a resident of Lee County since 1844. 
 
 Richard Brown, the father of our subject, fol- 
 lowed farming pursuits for a number of years, and 
 then became engaged as a stock-dealer. He pur- 
 chased cattle and sheep in Ohio and drove them 
 to the Philadelphia market. On -.account of the 
 decrease in the price of stock, he lost a small fort- 
 une, and then determined to cross the Mississippi 
 and seek his fortunes in the \\'est. Here he also 
 met with losses and other difficulties, and, after re- 
 siding in various parts of the State of Iowa, he be- 
 came discouraged and started back to Pennsyl- 
 vania. When he had proceeded as far as the point 
 on the bluffs about opposite to Nauvoo, then tlie 
 prosperous city of the Latter-Da}' Saints, he was 
 induced to purchase from m Mormon a claim of 
 16(1 acres. This land was located about five miles 
 from Nauvoo, and Mr. Brown at once set to work 
 to make improvements upon his ()roperty. It oc- 
 cured to him tiiat n pnblic-hou.se was the thing- 
 
 most needed then in that locality, and he accord- 
 ingly erected the building which was known as 
 Brown's Tavern, and which afterward became so 
 famous in the West. His fortunes now began to 
 mend. He proved a success as " mine host," was 
 straightforward in his dealings, and courteous and 
 obliging in his manners, and his house became the 
 favorite resort of travelers in that section. There 
 he remained until I860, n period of seventeen 
 years, and accumulated a competency. He de- 
 parted this life after his retirement from active 
 business, in 1865. 
 
 Charles Brown, Sr., the subject of this biography, 
 is a prominent man in his community, and held in 
 the highest respect. He is greatl}- interested in 
 educational and chuich matters, has been connected 
 with the Baptist Church for a number of years, 
 and is Superintendent of the Sabbath-school. He 
 has been a member of the Board of Supervisors for 
 two terms, and was once arrested by Judge Drum- 
 mond, of Chicago, for contempt of Court, because 
 the County Board refused to levy a tax for the 
 payment of interest on railway bonds; so the body 
 proceeded to levy the tax, and IMr. Brown was re- 
 leased from the hands of the Government officers. 
 He has been prominent in the affairs of his town- 
 ship and county, and in politics uniformly cists his 
 vote in support of the principles of the Democratic 
 party. 
 
 RTHUR C. CATTERMOLE, a highly re- 
 spected resident of Ft. Madison, after a 
 useful and busy life, is now siiending his 
 later years retired from active labor and 
 enjoying the comforts of a pleasant home, sur- 
 rounded b}- a large number of warm friends. Our 
 subject is a native of London, England, and was 
 born July 31, 1829. His father, James C. Cat- 
 terinole, was born in Suffolk, England, and his 
 grandfather, a native of the same shire, was en- 
 oau-ed in agricultural pursuits in his native coun- 
 try the greater part of his life. 
 
 .James Cattermole, in the spring of 1832, left his 
 native country and set sail for the United States. 
 After a safe voyage he landed ujjon American 
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 where he located and remained for four years. 
 Thence he removed to Hancock County, 111., and 
 en{,'age(l in farming until 18.51, when he crossed the 
 Mississippi into Ft. Madison, and made his final lo- 
 cation, remaining there until his death in 18C2, 
 after he had arrived at the .advanced age of eighty- 
 one years. Wlicn !i young man he was married in 
 his native England to Miss Naomi Tillett, also of 
 Suffolk County. .She came to the United States 
 witii her iuisband, accompanied him westward to Ft. 
 Madison, and preceded him to the better land in 
 I. Hill, at the .age of seventy-five years. She was a 
 11^^ I most worthy Christian lady, a faitiiful wife, mother 
 fjT'Jir' and friend, and iironiiucntl}- cimnected witli the 
 U Hl^ Epi.seopal Chuixii. 
 
 Tlie parental family of our subject consisted of 
 nine children, of whom five are still living. The 
 eldest is Dr. .James Cattermole, of London, On- 
 tario, Canada; George is a merchant of La Harpe, 
 111.; Emma is the widow of Phillip Aspinall,of De- 
 troit, Mich.; Elizabeth is the wife of Ileiuy Catter- 
 mole, now of Ft. Madison ; the subject of this sketch 
 is the youngest child. 
 
 Mr. Cattermole of this l)iograpliy w.as in tiie third 
 year of liis age when he came to America with his 
 |);irents, and in Ills seventh year when they moved 
 to Hancock County, 111. There he grew to man- 
 Ij liood and assisted liis father in the improvement of 
 ills farm, renuiining with his parents initil within 
 one year of their removal to Ft. Madison, during 
 which time lie w.as emjjloyed as a clerk for Peter 
 Miller of this cit^y until 1H52. He then went to 
 Alexandria, Mo., where he took charge of the 
 wholesjile and retail (hy -goods and grocery store of 
 Thomas Fitzpatrick until I.s.tD. He then returned 
 to Ft. Madison, and in partnership with his cousin, 
 Ilenr}' Cattermole, engaged in the groceiy trade 
 and pork-packing business, under the firm name of 
 H. & A. C. Cattermole, which eontiiuied until 
 I 871. Our subject then purchased the interest of 
 his partner and continued the business alone. After 
 «!la few j-ears he disjjosed of his grocery stock, and 
 contiuned the pork-p.acking successfully until 1882, 
 wiien lie also abandoned tills. lie then became in- 
 terested in real estjvte, and also a stockholder of the 
 (Jerman-American B.ank of Ft. Madison, of which 
 institution he is iii)\v one of tin; Directors, and 
 
 which he has assisted in bringing to its present solid 
 position among the banking institutions of the 
 State. 
 
 The marriage of Arthur C. Cattemnile and Miss 
 Carrie Wilson was celebrated in St. Louis, Mo., 
 Nov. 1 1 , 1 8G9. Mrs. C. was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 and is the daughter of Robert and Mary Wilson, of 
 Scottish parentage and descent. Their family (con- 
 sisted of twelve children, three onl_y t)f whom are 
 now living: The eldest. Mar}', is tiie widow of 
 James L. Brown, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Flizabeth is 
 the wife of Capt. T. II. Orifllth, of .St. Louis, Mo.; 
 Mrs. C. vviis the youngest of the household. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. C. are regular attendants of the 
 Episcopal Church, of which the latter is a member in 
 good standing. They have become the parents of 
 two children, Robert W. and Charles A., the latter 
 of whom died at the age of two years. They oc- 
 cupy a pleas.ant residence on Third street, and are 
 surrounded by all the comforts and many of the 
 luxuries of life. Mrs. C. is a lady of kindly Chris- 
 tian character, held in the highest esteem by her 
 community. Mr. C. is a Democrat in politics, and 
 in all respects is fulfilling the duties of a good citi- 
 zen, casting his infiuence as opportunity occurs to 
 [iromote the cause of nionility and education. 
 
 7A.MF:s McQUADE, of Keokuk, has a snug 
 little homestead in the Second Ward, con- 
 sisting of fifteen acres of land devoted to 
 small fruits and orcharding, and a handsome 
 residence, furnislied with .all the appliances of con- 
 venience and comfort. Mr. Mctjuade is a native 
 of Scotland, and was bofn Dec. .'51, 18.'3;i, his par- 
 ents being Samuel and Ellen (Walker) Mcl^uade, 
 of Scottish ancestry and parentage, who spent their 
 entire lives in their native country, and are there 
 biu'ied. Their family' comprised seven children, 
 five sons and two daughters, of whom .James was 
 the second in order of birth. He was reared i)y his 
 parents in bis native Scotland, and at the .age of 
 seventeen years emigrated to this country, making 
 his first k)eation in Orange County, N. Y. He re- 
 moved from tliere to Keokuk in March, 18,57, and 
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 pacities. He was for twelve years in the machine- 
 shops, and for several years was night despatcher. 
 After leaving the railroad he located upon his pres- 
 ent homestead, a view of which is shown in this 
 work, and has since been employed as a horticidt- 
 urist. 
 
 Mr. McQuade was married in Newburg, N. Y., 
 Oct. 15, 1850, to Miss Louisa Palmer, daughter of 
 Solomon and Margaret (Williamson) Palmer. jNIrs. 
 McQ. was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., Oct. 
 16, 1833. and by her marriage with our subject has 
 become the mother of eight children, whom we 
 briefly record as follows : John S. is engaged in 
 gardening at Keokuk; Samuel Edward is a fireman 
 on the St. L., K. & N. R. R. ; Alice died in Keo- 
 kuk in 1880, at the age of sixteen years; two died 
 in infancy ; James, Charles and Robert are at 
 home. 
 
 Politically Mr. McQuade is a stanch Republican, 
 and socially is connected with Eagle Lodge No. 12, 
 A. E. & A. M. He is an intelligent and thorough 
 business man, and very successful in his present pur- 
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 <^7AMES W. NEWBERRY is an honored pio- 
 neer of Des Moines Township, and an exten- 
 sive landed proprietor, general farmer and 
 stock-grower. He is the owner of 1,117 
 broad acres of land, and occupies a fine farm es- 
 tate on section 8. He came to Iowa when a young 
 man in 1838, accompanied by his parents, and has 
 witnessed remarkable changes since his advent, 
 having alwaj's thoroughly identified himself with 
 the interests of his adopted State. He has assisted 
 materially in the development of this section of 
 country, and because of this is held in the highest 
 esteem by his county and community. A part of 
 his land, 312 acres, lies in Scotland County', Mo. 
 It is mostly improved, as is also his land in this 
 township. 
 
 James W. Newberrj' is the fourth child of his 
 parents' family, and was born in Orange County, 
 N. Y., Dec. 'J, 1817. He was therefore nearly 
 twenty-one j^ears of age when he arrived with his 
 
 parents in this county, and soon afterward com- 
 menced life on his own accouiit. About his first 
 business was to secure unto himself a life partner, 
 and he was shortly afterward married to Edith A. 
 Benedict, a native of Canada West, born in Sep- 
 tember, 1830. The}' were married in Des Moines 
 Township, her parents having emigrated to Iowa 
 when she was only fourteen 3'ears of age. Her 
 father, Ezra A. Benedict, was a farmer l)y occupa- 
 tion, and upon first coming to the United States 
 crossed the Mississippi and located on a part of the 
 old "half-breed" tract, in Des Moines Township. 
 The maiden name of her mother was Edith Parish. 
 The country was comparatively unsettled at the 
 time they located here, and very little of the land 
 was improved. They cultivated it for a time, then 
 removed to Missouri, and afterward left there and 
 went to Des Moines, Iowa, where they remained until 
 their decease, both living to an advanced age. ilrs. 
 Newberrj' remained at home vvith her parents until 
 her marriage, and by lier union with the subject of 
 our sketch became the mother of ten children, 
 three of whom are deceased. The record is as fol- 
 lows : Washington was united in marriage with 
 Miss Ellen E. Washburne, and is occupied in agri- 
 cultural pursuits in Des Moines Township; West 
 W. married Miss Sarah E. Case, and also lives in 
 this township; Armantha became the wife of Rob- 
 ert M. Tweedy; Ella D. married Nels C. Nelson; 
 these two also reside in Des Moines Township; 
 Alta M. married Orson G. Sargent, and they live 
 on the old Sargent homestead ; Fred D. and Charles 
 D. (twins) reside at home. The deceased are Smith 
 B., Moline, and an infant unnamed. 
 
 Shortly after his marriage Mr. Newberry located 
 upon his present homestead (a view of which is 
 shown on another page), which has been his perma- 
 nent residence since that time. He commenced with 
 limited means, but possessed a rich fund of determi- 
 nation and industry, and has slowly and surely 
 made his way to the top of the ladder. He lived 
 economically, disbursed his means wisely and judi- 
 ciouslj', was remarkably successful in all his under- 
 takings, and "is now reaping the rich reward of his 
 earlier toils. He has attended strictly to business, 
 and has done whatever he could toward advancing 
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 he has pronounced views upon political matters in 
 <,'ciicral, and uniformly casts his vote with the Re- 
 publican party. 
 
 Religiously .Mr. and .Mrs. Ncwlicrry adlicrc to the 
 faith of the Latter- Day Saints, and .Mr. N. Iia> held 
 the otiicc of Klder in his church for a number of 
 j-ears. This class of Latter-Day Saints are termed 
 .loscphites. and are a distinct body and separate 
 from the Utah Mormon Church. They are a law- 
 abiding class of jieoplc, and do not lu'licNc in ;i 
 plurality of wives. 
 
 .1. WKESS, of KeokuU. is probalily one t)f 
 > the most remarkable men in many respects 
 in the llawkeye State. He is one of the 
 old iMndniaiks in this vicinity, a bntchei- by occu- 
 pation, and est:d)lislied himself in bn>iness in 1860, 
 Pou the corner which ho now occupies. No. 1 7 .South 
 I'onrth street, lie (•:ime to Keokuk in llS4!),arriv- 
 
 inj;i>nthc 1 .'ilh of .May, in company with his fa- 
 K Ti tiler's family, the elder Weess being also a butcher 
 ri==, by occupation, and has remained a resident of the 
 (iate (.'ity since that time. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a native of Holland, 
 
 liorn in ispt, andtlie son of John ('. and .Mary 
 
 [jiuJijI ( \^ ^''''''l.V ) ^Veess. natives respectively of (icrmany 
 
 m and Holland. His father engaged in his old-time 
 
 1 occupation after coming here, which he prosecuted 
 
 il^^l successfully and with profit, and retired from act- 
 W I ive business two years before his death, which oc- 
 c-iiiicd in isst. 'I'he mother is still living in I'rai- 
 ly ji rie City, Iowa. Their family consisted of eleven 
 !l*~r^j children, of whom four are now living, the subject 
 J hi of this history being the eldest; Chris C. is a 
 g^Scjresident of California; Mar^-, Mrs. Mnrry.und l.i/a. 
 .Mrs. Newer, of Monroe County, Iowa. 
 
 F. .1. Weess, from the time he was a lad ten years 
 old, has presented a remarkable example of energy 
 and industiy. In his boyhood d.ays he was never 
 Idle, l)eing constantly occupied in some useful 
 work or study. His education was obtaine(l jjrin- 
 cipally ill the evening after the labors of the day 
 were over, and lu> advanced to manhood with the 
 
 qualities of a thorough business man fully de- 
 veloped. He remained under the parental loof un- 
 til he attained to years of manhood, and established 
 himself in business as a butcher, as mentioned 
 above. He has been remarkably successful in all 
 his business undertakings, and has accumulated a 
 valuable [iroperty. The principal onterpri.ses of the 
 city have received largely of his support and en- 
 couragement, and he has been an important factor 
 among its industrial interests. He is a stockholder 
 in the Central Stove Works, the Commercial Banks, 
 the Watei- Works and the Building Association. 
 His beautiful dwelling, built in 188(1, is the finest 
 in the city, and was erected at a cost of ii28,0()(). 
 It is located on the corner of Third and Morgan 
 streets, and is a resort of the best elements of so- 
 ciet}- of the Gate City. 
 
 In addition to his city (iroperty, Mr. Weess is the 
 owner of three farms, two in Madison County and 
 one in Wooillmry County, near Sioux City. Both 
 arc improved and under a good state of cultiva- 
 tion. His city jtroperty, aside from that already 
 mentioned, includes the store on the northwest cor- 
 ner of Main and Fourth streets, another in tlii' 
 same block on Main street, and a third on Main 
 between Third and Fourth streets, and a half block 
 of four buildings on another prominent street, 
 three lots on Fulton street, with buildings upon 
 each, three lots on the corner of Ninth and Cedar 
 streets, two at the corner of Eighteenth and Ex- 
 change streets, two at the intersection of Twelfth and 
 Bank streets, two at the corner of Third and Mor- 
 gan, besides several other pieces of [jroperty. 
 
 Mr. Frank J. Weess and Miss Louisa Lorentzen 
 were united in marriage F"eb. 14. IKtil. Mrs. 
 Weess is a native of (Germany, and the daughter of 
 Rev. P. Lorentzen. of (ierman i)arentage and an- 
 cestry. Of this marriage there have been born 
 seven children, five of whom are living and nameil 
 as follows: Emma, ,Iohn C, Mamie, Frankie and 
 Ariiot S. Mr. Weess is Republican in politics, and 
 with his family belongs to the United Presbyterian 
 Chiircli in this city, of which he is an active mem- 
 ber and Trustee. 
 
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 ^^'eess has never been on the lailioad further tli.aii 
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 DWARD S. CARTER, manager of the 
 Moody estate, and of the business firm of 
 ^ Carter & Moody, exclusive wholesale deal- 
 ers in hats, caps, furs, etc., at 221 Main street, 
 Keokuk, Iowa, can appropriately be ranked among 
 the leading business men, who by persistent effort 
 and a mastery of the details of their line, have kept 
 J|t the Gate City fully to the front as a commercial 
 }ij center. Mr. Carter has been identified with the hat 
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 in his line. For years he did the principal retail 
 trade of the city, and since 1879 has done an ex- 
 clusive wholesale business, which has grown to be 
 now the largest done by any house in this trade 
 outside the cities of Chicago or St. Louis. The 
 firm of Carter & Moody is represented by a corps 
 of efficient traveling salesmen on the road, and 
 their business house is owned by them and acknowl- 
 13S edged to be one of the handsomest trade houses in 
 lip Keokuk. 
 
 lis Mr. Carter was born in Lock Haven, Clinton Co., 
 Pa., July 27, 1846, and was a resident of that 
 ii;i6 State until 1857, when he came West, locating in 
 \ii the city of Keokuk in the spring of 18()0. He 
 ifs commenced his business career as an apprentice in 
 i.^; the composing-room of the Daily Gate City office, 
 
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 ijJB but that business not proving to his taste he aband- 
 liip oned it for merchandising, which he has followed 
 
 industriously for twenty -five years. Mr. Carter's 
 "hobb)-" outside of hats is art, and as an artist and 
 art critic his name stands deservedly high, as he has 
 been a close student of painting and drawing since 
 he was twelve 3'ears of age, his first instructor be- 
 ing William Winter, of New York Citj', who gave 
 him his first drawing-book. Since then he has worked 
 and associated with Eaton, Elkins, Upp, Anderson 
 and other noted painters, and his Intcli string is al- 
 ways out to any of the craft visiting Keokuk. At 
 his home he has a large collection of paintings 
 whose value runs up into the thousands. 
 
 Mr. Carter was married, in 186'J, to Miss Mary 
 F. Moody, only daughter of B. F. Moody, Esq., 
 who was one of the pioneers in the wholesale boot- 
 and-shoe business of the Gate City. He was born 
 in Center Lincoln ville. Me., Dec. 12, 1824, and 
 emigrated to Indiana in about the year 1846. On 
 the 11th of April, 1847, he was married to Miss 
 Anna M. Porter, of Greenville, Ind., and in the 
 spring of 18.")4 the}' came to Keokuk, where iMr. 
 Moodj' decided upon the experiment of a whole- 
 ■sale boot-and-shoe house. He was successful in 
 his undertaking, and at his death, in September, 
 1864, left an estate of over $100,000, the greater 
 portion of which he accumulated in a period of ten 
 years. He by will left this estate in almost equal 
 portions to his wife, Anna M. Moody, and his son 
 and daughter, Arthur II. Moody and Mary F. 
 Moody, who still survive him. He was at one time 
 President and principal stockholder of the old State 
 Bank of Iowa, and considered one of the best col- 
 lectors in this section. He was possessed of great 
 executive ability, and being a good judge of hu- 
 man nature was remarkably successful in his deal- 
 ings with the various characters which at that day 
 he came into contact with, and was obliged to man- 
 age with discretion and judgment. 
 
 Mr. Carter, besides his extensive business, is con- 
 nected with many of the substantial interests in 
 this city, being a stockholder in the Keokuk Opera 
 House, and also in the Keokuk Loan and Building 
 Association, and the Keokuk Libraiy Association. 
 He was a charter member of the (irand Army of 
 the Republic, and during the war served as a I'niou 
 soldier in the 45th Iowa Infantrj'. The union of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Carter has been blest by the birth "f 
 
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 three chiMien— Frank R, Kdward F. and Anna M. 
 riiov occupy a liaiidsonic mul conveniejit home, 
 where they enjoy nil the c(jinforts and many of liie 
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 RS. LEVO ALLIJAICII. This lady is a 
 hiifhly respected resident of C'haileston 
 Township, and the widow of Allery All- 
 liaugh, who departed this life Jan. 15, 
 51 rs. A. owns and occupies a comfortable 
 homestead on section 8, and since the death of her 
 husband has carried on the business of the farm in 
 a wise and judicious manner. She is a native of 
 Delaware, born July 4, 1827, and the daughter of 
 Samuel and Mllen (MeC'abe) Campbell, natives of 
 the same Slate. The}- were reared and married in 
 Delaware, and afterward removed to Preble County, 
 ()hi(j, where the father died. The motiier of our 
 subject still survives, and resides in Kansas, having 
 attained the advanced age of eighty-nine years. 
 The jjarental household included nine cliildren, of 
 whom Mrs. A. was the fourth in order of birth. 
 
 Mi's. Allbaugh was only nine months old when 
 her i)arents removed from Delaware to Preble 
 County, Ohio. She received careful home training 
 and a good education in the public schools, and re- 
 mained with her parents until her marriage, which 
 occurred in Preble County, Ohio, Oct. !), 184G. 
 llcr husband, Allery, was a son of Stephen and 
 Nancy (Potters) Allljaugli, natives of Pennsylva- 
 liia. and was born in Butler County, Pa., Feb. 20, 
 IS IS. They remained in Preble County after their 
 iiiMniage for about eight years, during which time 
 .Mr. Allbaugh was engaged in hotel-keeping and 
 mercantile pursuits. In 1S51 they removed to 
 Iowa and located in Keokuk, wliere the\' remained 
 for two years. .Mr. A. then purchased eiglity-one 
 acres of laml in Cliarleston Township, and became 
 occupied in .agrieulluial pursuits. He subsequently 
 a<l(led twelve acres to his first purchase, and upon 
 tlii.s homestead remained until his death. 
 
 Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Allbaugh were 
 born nine children, of whom live are deceased, viz., 
 Nancy E., Stephen, William II., Jlary F. and Ed- 
 
 ward. Those surviving are: Hubburt H., George 
 M., Dona C. and Allery. Nanc}' was the wife of 
 Dr. John Bcucler, and died in Central City, Iowa: 
 Hubburt married !Miss Prudence (Jeorge. and died 
 in Athens, Mo.; George married Miss Saddle Pauc 
 and resides in Plattsville. Iowa; Dona is liie wife 
 of Dr. Albert Leach, and lives in Athens, Mo. 
 
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 ]AMES B. HAZEN, a prosperous farmer of 
 I Pleasant Hidge Township, is one of tlie most 
 
 extensive landed proprietors of Lee County. 
 
 The family homestead consists of 260 acres, 
 and aside from this he owns 240 acres in Wasliing- 
 ton Township, which includes ten acres of valuable 
 timber, and he also owns ninety-three acres in Polk 
 County. He ismaini}' engaged in agricultural i)ur- 
 suits, but is also largely interested in the breeding 
 of high-grade stock. 
 
 Mr. Ilazen is a native of Beaver County, Pa., and 
 was born May 25, 1827. lie is the son of John and 
 Elizabeth (Caldwell) Hazen, and was reared to 
 farming pursuits, remaining with his parents until 
 his marriage with Miss Emily Severns, w-hich took 
 place in 1848. Mrs. Hazen was born in the same 
 county as her husband. After his marriage Mr. 
 Ilazen followed farming until 186G, when he sold 
 out, and crossed the Mississippi for the purpose of 
 establishing a permanent home. He had previously 
 made a brief visit to the State and purchased eighty 
 acres of his present farm. After coming here the 
 second time he set himself industriously to work to 
 improve and cultivate his possessions, and in due 
 time was amply rewarded for his labors. He added 
 to his first purchase as his means permitted, and has 
 now become one of the most important farmers in 
 this section of the country. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ilazen have become the parents of 
 five children, of whom the record is as follows: ; 
 Susanna was the eldest; John S. married, becoming ; 
 the father of a son, and died at the age of thirt\-- : 
 two years; Eliza, now Mrs. B. F. Kennedy, is a E 
 resident of Polk County; Samuel resides in Wash- : 
 ington Township; DeWitt Ilervey is at home. The E 
 family residence is a beautiful building, equipped ; 
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 out-biiildings f<^>r the storing of grain and shelter of 
 stock. The farming implements and machinery are 
 of first-class description, and IMr. Hazen is in all 
 respects the possessor of a model homestead. He 
 is Democratic in politics, has filled the office of 
 Township Trustee for several years, and is promi- 
 nently connected with the Baptist Church. 
 
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 BENJAMIN W. DROLLINGER. This gen- 
 tleman is successfully occupied as a general 
 farmer and stock-raiser, to which he also 
 adds the growing of fine vegetables. His 
 property is located on section 12, and consists of 
 200 acres of land in a fine state of cultivation. 
 The subject of our history is a native of Indiana, 
 and was born Dec. 4, 1830. His father, Samuel 
 Drollinger, was the son of Phillip D., of German 
 ancestry and parentage, and emigrated to the 
 United States in the early history of this country, 
 becoming a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
 He made his home in New Jersey during the earlier 
 part of his life, and afterward removed to Indiana, 
 where he died at the age of sixty-five j'ears. 
 
 Samuel Drollinger was born in Ohio, and lived 
 there until he attained to j^ears of manhood, being 
 reared by his parents and receiving a fair educa- 
 tion in the common schools. He was married to 
 Miss Rachel Cook, who was born and reared in 
 Kentucky, and was of German and Scottish parent- 
 age and descent. Mr. and Mrs. Drollinger lived in 
 Ohio for some years after their mai'riage, and thence 
 removed to Northern Indiana, where the}' settled 
 on what is now known as Grand Prairie, where the 
 subject of our sketch, Benjamin W., was born. 
 Later, in 1833, the famil}' removed to Clay Count}', 
 Mo., locating at Cameron Station, where the death 
 of the father occurred the following year. Mrs. 
 Rachel Drollinger is still living, and resides with 
 her eldest daughter, Mrs. Clarissa J. Moore, at 
 Payson City, Utah, and has arrived at the advanced 
 age of eighty-eight j'ears. 
 
 After the death of his father, Benjamin W. Drol- 
 lingei- remained with his mother until lie was thir- 
 
 teen years of age, and then set out to earn his own 
 living. He was an iiuUistrious boy, brigiit and 
 quick to learn, and made friends wherever he went, 
 lie was variously employed at whatever he could 
 find to do for the following five years, and then 
 began to learn the trade of a plasterer, under the 
 instruction of James Kent, which was completed 
 with the uncle of the latter, Josiah Kent. Young 
 Benjamin during this period enjoyed the confi- 
 dence of his emploj'er, and was often intrusted by 
 him witli important business. He was not satisfied, 
 however, with his trade, and after a few years 
 abandoned it and began to farm upon his own ac- 
 count. 
 
 Mr. Drollinger was married in Jefferson Town- 
 ship, Dec. 14, 18.)i), to Miss Susan L., daughter of 
 George and Rebecca (Wallace) Wilson (see sketch 
 of (icorge Wilson). Mrs. Drollinger was born in 
 Hancock County, at what is now Nauvoo, 111., Jan. 
 13, 1834, and came with her parents to Iowa when 
 but a small child. She was the eldest daughter 
 and second child in the familj', and is the oldest 
 now living. ]Mr. and Jlrs. Drollinger are the i)ar- 
 ents of seven children, as follows: George married 
 Jliss Clara L. Doughertj', and lives in Clark 
 County, Mo., upon a farm ; Burrel P. married Miss 
 Laura O. Dougherty, and is carrying on a farm in 
 Clark County, Mo. ; Emma, the wife of Frank 
 Holmes, lives with her husband on a farm in Jeffer- 
 son Township: Frances E. is a teacher, and resides 
 with her parents at home ; Mary is the wife of 
 Levi P. Conley; Benjamin and Annie are at home. 
 
 Shortly after their maniage Mr. and Mrs. Drol- 
 linger settled upon their present homestead. Be- 
 sides this land Mr. Drollinger is the owner of 200 
 acres on section 20 in Jefferson Township, one-half 
 of which is finely cultivated and the balance in 
 pasture. He also owns .J40 acres of laud in Clark 
 County, Mo. In his management and methods, 
 IMr. Drollinger is a fine illustration of the progres- 
 sive farmer. His farm machinery and implements 
 are of the latest and most improved pattern, and 
 the homestead is supplied with everything needful 
 for comfort, utility and beauty. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Drollinger are members in good 
 standing of the United Brethren Church, and in 
 polities Mr. Drollinger is strongly Democratic. He 
 
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 lL].lA.M J. HEIIKHNS, of Harrison Town- 
 ship, is pleasantly situated on section 22, 
 where he has 100 acres of finely cultivated 
 land, and is engaged in tlie lireeding of good iiorses. 
 He conies from a finely educated family, wiK> were 
 natives of the Kni|)ire of (ierinaiiy, liis parents 
 having cinlgraled to this country in l.S4(i. Mr. 15eh- 
 rens is a native of Harrison Townshii), Lee Count3S 
 his liirth occurring .lune 21, 1 sCiO. lie is the son 
 of Ucniy and Johanna (Ikirgdorf) Uciircns. His 
 father was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, May 
 22, 1H22, and after coming to this country, de- 
 parted this life April (!, 1«72, at the age of fifty 
 3' ears. 
 
 Henry Hchrens was reared on a farm in (Jcr- 
 inany and attended the sciiools of his native empire, 
 in which he developed a leniarkahle fondness for 
 books, and attained a fine fun<l of general inform- 
 ation. After reaching tiie United Slates he re- 
 niainrd in New York City to attend upon two 
 brothel's who were stricken with cholera while on 
 the voyage, and who died after leaving the ship. 
 After this sad circumstance Mr. Behrens returned 
 at once to tierman}', where he remained for three 
 5, attending to the property' in possession of 
 family. At the expiration of tliis time he re- 
 einl)arked for tiie New World, and after a safe 
 voyage located at St. Louis, Mo., wiiere he pur- 
 chased pidpi'rty and remained for about four years. 
 He then sold out, and coining to Iowa located in 
 Hairison Township, and after having disposed of 
 his St. Louis pro|(erty, here purchased 400 acres of 
 land. It was unimproved, and he at once set to 
 work to cultivate the land a4id establish a home. 
 His first residence was a log cabin, 24x36 feet in 
 dimensions, and in tills he kept ■• l)aciielor's hall" 
 for tiirec years. 
 
 Mr. Behrens was married, .bin. !), 18a4, his wife 
 being a native of his own country, and ten years 
 his junior, the date of iier birth having been Aug. 
 y, 1833. .She came to America in 1 s.JO, when a 
 
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 maiden of seventeen j'eai-s old. Of their union ; 
 there were born eleven children, of whom the : 
 record is as follows: Henry died in infancy; ("hris, 
 for his first wife, married Miss Henrietta Abel, who 
 died after a few ^ears, and he then married her 
 sister, MissTillie Abel; August H. died in infancy- ; 
 Henry J. married Miss Ella Linn, of Des Moines ; riJ 
 County', Iowa; William .1., our suliject. was the :./\\. 
 fifth in order of birth; Charles (first) died in in- ; fq 
 fancy; A. C. is engaged in mercantile pursuits in : i' 
 
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 Martha E. and FretVdie E. 
 
 Henry Behrens was remarkably fond of horses, ^K 
 
 and kept uimmi his farm a number of the finest H^i 
 
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 s])eciiiiens to be found in this vicinity. He was 3;h 
 
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 greatly prospered in his agricultural and business fi-K 
 
 enterprises, and at the time of his death w.as the iA 
 
 owner of ."lOO acres of land. He was public spirited 3" 
 
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 and liberal, and contributed largely to the building J; 
 
 of school-houses and the support of the cause of 5: 
 education. He was greatly respected and beloved J 
 in this vicinitj', an<l widel3-known for his benevo- J 
 lence and kindness of heart. In politics he was a 5 
 stanch Democrat, although a strong anti-slavery C 
 man, and greatly opposed to human bondage. g: 
 
 William .). Behrens is a representative man of h 
 tliis township, and in religious and [lolitical faith 
 folhjws closely in the footsteps of his honored 
 father, being Democratic in politics and a loyal ad- 
 herent of the Evangelical Church. He is highly 
 esteemed in his community, and is the eneourager 
 and supporter of ever^' good work and purpose. 
 In addition to his beautiful homestead in Harrison 
 Township he also owns 100 acres of land in Seward 
 County, Kan. ■ 
 
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 RS. MARY NAGEL, proprietress of the « 
 prosjserous and extensive brewery locatetl B 
 on Fourteenth street, between Main and ? 
 Blondeau, Keokuk, owns and occupies a fine ;; 
 residence on the latter street at No. 1416, which 3m 
 she erected in 1880. Since the death of her hus- j 
 band Mrs. Nagel has conducted the business sue- Jc 
 cessfully, and is a lady of more than ordinary in- p 
 telligence and business talent. s 
 
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 The subject of our sketch comes from an old 
 family of excellent German ancestiy, her jiarents 
 being John \). and Connie (Brakel) J\Ia3'bauer, na- 
 tives of (iermany. The^' spent their entire lives 
 in their native land, the father carrying on a suc- 
 cessful business as a blacksmith and wagon manu- 
 facturer. Me departed this life in 1S47, two years 
 after the decease of his faithful and affectionate 
 wife. The parental lioiisehold consisted of six 
 children, only three of whona are living: John is a 
 resident of Johnson County, Iowa; George lives 
 in Linn County, and Mary, Mrs. Nagel, in Keokuk. 
 
 Miss Mary Maybaiier was united in marriage 
 with John Nagel in 1853, at Keokuk. He was a 
 native of the same countrj' as herself, and came to 
 America in the same year as his wife, 18r)2. After 
 their marriage they located upon a farm in Charles- 
 ton Township, Lee County, of which Mr. Nagel 
 had become the possessor, which consisted of 120 
 acres and had but very few improvements. Here 
 they established a comfortable home, but after four 
 years sold the farm and moved into Keokuk, where 
 for three years Mr. N. was variously engaged, after 
 which he became connected with the brewery busi- 
 ness, which he followed for the remainder of his 
 life. Their household included seven children, 
 three of whom are deceased. The living are: Eliz- 
 abeth, Mrs. Loeffler, of St. Louis, who is the mother 
 of three children — Charles, Edward and Dora; 
 John is manager of the brewery in Keokuk, and 
 associated with him is his younger brother, Charles; 
 Amelia, the youngest of the family, now Mrs. 
 Wooley, lives in Keokuk. The husband of our 
 subject departed this life in 1872. He was an ex- 
 cellent business man and a good citizen. In poli- 
 tics he voted the straight Republican ticket, and 
 socially belonged to the Druids. He was also a 
 prominent member of the Brewers' Association. 
 
 ^^^NTON WIGGENJOST. Tlie subject of 
 
 fi^fiJj this brief history- is a fine representative 
 
 ll of that prosperous and enterprising (ier- 
 
 man element which has assisted so materi- 
 
 H ally in the development of the resources of this 
 
 S section of countr}". He was born in (ierman}' in 
 
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 182.'). and is the son of Barney and Mary Wiggen- M 
 jost. He emigrated to the United States in 1851, '• W—-- 
 an<l from St. Louis, Mo., three years afterward, JRHi'^ 
 came into Lee Countj'. He has been engaged in iSrejl^ 
 agricultural pursuits a greater part of his life, and 'P ^rV' a 
 was also employed in the manufacture of brick for li 
 
 about twenty-five years. He located in Ft. Madi- ^■■ 
 
 son after first coming to the county, and remained 
 there about three years, then removed to Washing- 
 ton Township, of which he has been a resident 
 since that time. He is the owner of 550 acres in 
 this county, which includes the flue estate in Wash- 
 ington Township upon wliich he resides. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was married in St. 
 Louis, Mo., in 1851, to Miss Katie Cook, a native 
 of his own country, born about 1828. They have 
 becimie the parents of twelve children, of whom 
 only four survive, as follows : Theresa is the wife 
 of Henr^- Cramer, of Washington Township; Jo- 
 seph married Anna Buescher, and also resides in 
 this township: Frank and Sidonia are at home. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wiggenjost are connected with the 
 Catholic Church, and in politics our subject uni- 
 formly casts his vote with the Democratic party. 
 He is a straightforward business man, honest and 
 upright in his ilealings with his fellow-men, and in 
 all respects is entitled to rank among the first citi- 
 zens of Lee County. 
 
 I RS. ADITHEA A. HEFFLEMAN. a highly 
 respected resident of Jackson Township, J 
 is a native of Harrison County, Ind., and 
 was born Dec. 10, 1819. She is the 
 daughter of (ieorge and Sarah (King) Borden, 
 natives resjjectively of Virginia and Tennessee. 
 After their marriage they located in Harrison 
 County, Ind., where the death of (Tcorge Borden 
 occurred in 18.')5. His wife, tlie mother of our 
 subject, survived liini nineteen years, and died in 
 Jefferson County, Ky., in 1854. They were the 
 parents of thirteen children, of whom Mrs. Ileffle- 
 man was the tenth in order of birth. 
 
 The subject of this history remained a member 
 of her parents' household until she was twenty-two 
 j'ears of age, receiving careful parental training and 
 
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 a fair education in the pnblic schools. She was first 
 marriefl to 'oliii W. Miller, and tliej' located in 
 Hullitt t'omily, Ky. Mr. Miller was occupied in 
 boating on the Oliio and Mississippi Rivers, own- 
 ing and c-oininanding his own boats, and after a 
 nuinlicr of years spent in Kentucky they removed 
 to Clark County, Mo., in l.s(;;3. wiiere he engaged 
 ill rniiiiiiig. Mr. Miller departed tiiis life on tiie 
 (ill) of May, ISflfi. lie was a niemlier of the Ma- 
 sonic fraternit}-, and also of the Baptist Church. 
 They lia<l no children. 
 
 Mrs. Aditliea A. Miller, on the llh of August, 
 IH(!7, became the wife of James S. Walker. After 
 their marriage they settled in Lee County, and 
 !\Ir. Walker followed farming pursuits in Jackson 
 Townsliii) until IK^ili, when he rested from his 
 eartlily labors. The subject of this biography was 
 married liie tliird time, Dec. 10, 18S2, to Henry 
 IK'lllrmaii, and continued to reside in J.ackson 
 Township. .Mr. II. died June 1.'), 1 H.SI). During 
 his re>idenee in \au Huren County he was the sec- 
 onil SheritT of that county, and was Deputy Sheriff 
 iiiidir the first Sheriff. He had been twice pre- 
 viously married, and reared three children, two by 
 his liisl and one liy his second marriage; only one 
 xiii Is now living, in Custer County, Neb. Mr. 
 llellleniau was for many years a prominent man in 
 the early settlement of Iowa, and was highly re- 
 spected liy llie citizens of Lee County. 
 
 Mrs. II. lias a life lease of thirty-seven acres of 
 the home farm and residence in Jaciison Township, 
 and is the owner of sixty-three acres in Mis.souri. 
 She is a lady of intelligence and good business ca- 
 pacity, and enjoys tlie friendship of a lai'ge circle 
 of accpiaintances. She has a plea.saut and com- 
 fortable home, and a fair share of the good tilings 
 of life. A view of the home i)lace is shown on an- 
 other page. 
 
 VILLIA.M J. ADAMS, an honored pioneer 
 of Iowa, crossed the Mississii)|)i before the 
 Territory had become a State, making the 
 1 journey from Tennessee. The country at that time 
 was wild and mostly uncultivated, but Mr. Adams 
 I possessed the true pioneer spirit, and "came to 
 stay." He w:is pre|iared to meet and overcome the 
 
 ditHeuIties which beset the early settler. How well : \ 
 
 he succeeded his present position fidl3- indicates. ; i, 
 
 The subject of tliis biography was born Nov. IS, ~ \ 
 
 l(S2y, in Weakley County', Teiin., and remained at E ij 
 
 home until he attained to years of manhood. He : ■■'. 
 
 was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Gore, : -ij 
 
 the wedding taking place Sept. IS, 18.')1. Mrs. : '■! 
 
 Adams is a native of Union County, 111., born Nov. : nl 
 
 .i, 1832, and is the daughter of Joshua D. and i aj 
 
 Mar}- (Petterson) Gore, botli natives of Johnson : .; 
 
 County, S. C. From there they removed to Lee E 'i 
 
 County, Iowa, in the spring of 1842, and made : .; 
 
 their home here for two years, thence removing to 5 4 
 
 MeDonough County, 111., where they lived one E aj 
 
 year, and then returned to Lee County, wlicre they : ij 
 
 spent the remainder of their days. The mother de- ^ 1: 
 
 parted this life Feb. 7, 1879; her husband survived : i^ 
 
 her four years, dying in 1883. The record of their . ^! 
 
 family is as follows: Nancj' J. w.as born in 1828; : n' 
 
 E. E., Dec. 28, 1830; Rebecca, Nov. 5, 1832; Mar- : 
 
 tha, Aug. 25, 1835; Owen P., Feb. 20, 1837; Jo- ; 
 
 siah P., Jan. 20, 1841; Thomas, July 8, 1843; : 
 
 Mary Ann, Jan. 7, 1845; Sarah A., Jan. !), 1848; ; 
 Susan A., Oct. 23, 1850; John F., July 18, 1853. 
 
 Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Adams have been 
 born the following: Joshua T., Sept. 20, 1852; 
 Alice A., May 22, 1854; Nancy J., Nov. 28, 1855; 
 .Mary E., Feb. 28, 1858; Lucy M., Nov. 25. 185'.t; 
 William K., Oct. 30, 18U3; Owen, Sept. 22, 18(;7: 
 Effie, Maicli 27, 1870; Frank, May 24, 1873. Five 
 of tlie children are yet living. 
 
 After coming to Iowa INIr. Adams located upmi 
 a tract of laud on section 25, in Montrose Town- 
 ship. His neighbors were few and far between, 
 
 and the first few years of his labors were passed in z-^ 
 
 companitive solitude. He set himself about the t i^ 
 
 inipiovemeut of his land, working as well as lie F jl 
 
 could with the limited conveniences at hand, niid ; n 
 
 in due time reaped the reward of his labors in tlie : ;;;■ 
 
 picture before him of smiling fields and growing : ft"' 
 
 grain. He became prosperous, established a com- E " 
 
 fortablc homestead, and is now enjoying all the ~ 'fi 
 
 comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Heside ~%l 
 
 liis farm estate he has three town lots in (ialland, E HJ 
 
 this county. His children have been carefully E t] 
 
 reared and well educated, and tlie family are meiii- E J 
 
 bers in oood standing of the Christian C'liiirch. I'o- • 1 
 
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litically Mr. Adams is an uncompromising Demo- 
 crat, and uniformly casts his vote in support of tlie 
 principles of that party. As a citizen he is held in 
 high esteem, and has always occupied a prominent 
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 ■^fl OHN C. ATLEE, an honored pioneer of 
 Lee County, and a prominent resident of Ft. 
 Madison, is one of its most valued and rep- 
 resentative citizens. He is in every way a 
 man of note in his locality, and the founder of the 
 most extensive business now being carried on at 
 Ft. JLidison. In all enterprises tending to build 
 up the interests of Lee County he has been inti- 
 mately' identified, socially, morally and financially, 
 and has aided greatly in its development and pros- 
 perity. 
 
 Mr. Atlee is a native of the State of Maryland, 
 the date of his birth being March 22, 1.S1G. He is 
 the son of Samuel J. and Martha (Strickler) Atlee, 
 both natives of Lancaster County, Pa. His mother 
 died while he was an infant, leaving five children be- 
 side himself — AVilliam A., Samuel, Jacob S., Isaac 
 and Sarah — all of whom are now deceased save 
 the subject of this sketch. The father in due time 
 contracted a second marriage, taking for his wife 
 Miss Rachel Strickland, and of this union eight 
 children were born, two of whom died in childhood 
 and the remaining six attained their majorit3^ 
 They were as follows: Cornelia, Edward, Samuel, 
 George, Julia and Joseph B. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was only a few days 
 old when his mother yielded up her life, and he 
 was thus left to the care of his grandmother, Mrs. 
 Strickler, who, with her husband, was one of the 
 pioneers of Lancaster County, Pa. He remained 
 with her until her death, which occurred when he 
 was only twelve years old. He then made his home 
 for a short time with an uncle, Henrj- Strickler, and 
 afterward with an elder brother, William A. Atlee. 
 At the age of sixteen years he was apprenticed to 
 his bruther, Jacolj S., to learn the carpenter's trade, 
 and was thus employed nearlj' two years, at which 
 time his brother retired from the business. Our 
 subject then proceeded to Philadelphia tu complete 
 
 his trade under the instruction of Joshua Colter, 
 and worked on Gerard Square one year. Then, 
 with a cash capital of twelve and one-half cents, he 
 left Philadelphia and proceeded to New York City, 
 where he followed his trade for about nine months. 
 At the expiration of this time, in the fall of 1835, 
 he went by sea to Mobile, Ala., and the following 
 spring by Lake Pontchartrain, La., to New Orleans. 
 He did not like the South as well as he had antici- 
 pated, and leaving the Crescent Citj' he went up 
 the Mississippi River as far as Vicksburg, thence to 
 Louisville and Cincinnati; then back to St. Louis, 
 where to his surprise he received word from his 
 brother Isaac, of whom he hail heard nothing for . , . . - 
 three years. His Ijrother had left the city, however, h Q 
 and John C. went up the river to Quincy,and there "^ 
 learned that his brother was at Ft. ^Madison. He 
 accordingly set out on horseback, and soon met the 
 tnijther he was in search of, whom he found en- 
 gaged in carpenter work. He remained here a few 
 months, and was so favorabl}' impressed with the 
 young town and its vicinity that he determined to 
 make this locality his future home. This was in 
 the year 18. 'J 7. 
 
 Mr. Atlee had in the meantime made arrange- 
 ments for the establishment of domestic ties, and 
 going back to Quincy was there united in marriage 
 with Miss Emeline S. Brooks, a native of New 
 Hampshire, the wedding taking place in Quincy, 
 111., in 1838. Immediately after their marriage the 
 young couple came to Ft. Madison, where the hus- 
 band established himself at his trade, which he suc- 
 cessfully pursued for six years. At the expiration 
 of this time, by the exercise of unremitting indus- 
 try and economy, he had saved sufficient from his 
 hard earnings to purchase a farm, and selected a 
 tract of 400 acres on Little Cedar Creek, twenty- 
 four miles from Ft. Madison. Their nearest neigh- 
 bors were quite a distance away, and his wife did 
 not see another woman for the space of three 
 months. He employed himself continuously in the 
 cultivation and improvement of his farm for several 
 years, and experienced many hardships and priva- 
 tions. There was no money in circulation, and 
 although his crops were large, he realized but little 
 cash profit from them. 
 
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 Madison, and bpcamo nssooiated with his brother in 
 the liiinhor trade, which they carried on for two 
 years anil then dissolved. In IM.">4 he went into 
 partnership with Nathaniel Heiinett. and they 
 erected a steam sawmill, with a capacity of 20,000 
 feet of lumber daily. The following year they ad- 
 mitted Augustus Kr.'ibcr a.s a partner, continuing 
 business under the firm name of Atlee, Bennett & 
 Kraber. lint tlie firm became involved in debt, and 
 the financial crisis of l.s.')(i-o7 proved very di.sas- 
 trous to them. Messrs. Kraber and Bennett be- 
 came much discouiaged. but Mr. Atlee would har- 
 bor no such word as " fail." He accordingly pur- 
 chased the interest of his partners, and although it 
 involved a delit of ^r(0,n()0, he determined to per- 
 severe, lie had a large stock of lumber on hand, 
 for which he could secure no cash, but was obliged 
 to excha\ige it for hogs, cattle and horses, and with 
 these he in turn purchased more logs, and also 
 made payments on his notes of indebtedness. In 
 the meantime there had been additions to his do- 
 mestic circle, and he now had a sou who was nearly 
 a young man grown, lie now associated this son, 
 Samuel Ity name, with him in business, the firm title 
 becoming S. & J. C. Atlee. Occasionally the^- were 
 compelled to borrow money, and also obliged to 
 pay IT) to 20 per cent interest. However. Iiy close 
 attention to business, strict integrity and excellent 
 management, they succeeded in clearing themselves 
 of debt, and now no m,an can say he ever lost a 
 cent by John C. Atlee. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is a man of surprising 
 resolution and perseverance. The more opposition 
 and disaster crowded upon him the more he deter- 
 mined to succeed. In 1)^.")M the boiler of their mill 
 exploded, killing four men and blowing the build- 
 ing to atoms. .Mr. Atlcc a,ssisted in burying the 
 dead, and tiien commenced re-building his mill, 
 n putting evcrytiiing in running operation again, 
 
 lich continued until May ^5, 1H()(), when the new 
 
 { mill was destroyed by fire. In just six weeks it was 
 
 re-built on a much larger scale. The second mill 
 
 liad a capacity of 10,01)0 feet of lumber per day. 
 
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 i b^j^a but this proved too slow for Mr. Atlee, and after the 
 
 building of the tiiird mill he finally tore it down and 
 
 erected the present one, which has a capacity of 
 
 'f 120,000 feet of lumber. 150,000 shingles and 28,- 
 
 000 lath per day of ten hours. This mill is one if 
 the largest in Lee County, and in connection with 
 it is also a planing-mill and a manufactory of sash, 
 doors, blinds, lioxes. and all kinds of carpenter 
 work. The firm continues as it began, operated 
 solely l)y Mr. Atlee and his son. They give em- 
 ployment to :{00 hands, some of whom have served 
 them for over a quarter of a century, and a re- 
 niarkalile harmony prevails among all the emjjloyes 
 tlirotighout the works, and the heads of the firm 
 are held in the liighest respect and esteem. 
 
 On the 3d of July, 1S7.5, a furious hurricane un- 
 roofed the residence of Mr. Atlee and otherwise in- 
 jured it. He w.os absent from home at the time, 
 but knew that his home was in the pathway of the 
 storm, and when he came in sight of the rijins and 
 found that his family was safe, he swung his hat 
 and shouted •' All right; we will try it again." He 
 went to work the same d.ay, drew his plans, and re- 
 Iniilt on a larger scale than before. The same storm 
 played all sorts of tricks at the mill yard, damaging 
 the property to the extent of §.i,000. But none of 
 these things discouraged the proprietor. On the 
 conti'ary they only seemed to whet his appetite for 
 further struggles, and he gloried in triumphing, as 
 it were, over the elements, and over disasters that 
 would have appalled most men. In short it would 
 seem that nothing but the grim Destroyer himself 
 will ever be able to conquer J. C. Atlee. His ex- 
 cellent wife saj's, "We never cry over our misfort- 
 unes." Mrs. Atlee seems to have been peculiarly 
 fitted for the wife of such a man as her husband. 
 .She has never failed to greet him upon his arrival 
 for his meals since the date of their marriage, and 
 has never been out of hearing of the mill whistle. 
 She has become the mother of five children, one of 
 w-hom died in childhood. The four living are Sam- 
 uel; Martha, now the wife of Peter Okell; Will- 
 iam, and Maggie, who became the wife of George 
 Hanchett. 
 
 In early life Mr. Atlee affiliated with the Demo- 
 cratic party. l)ut in l.Si')G he considered he had rea- 
 son to change his political opinions, and upon the 
 organization of the Repupliean part^' about that 
 time, he cordially indorsed its principles, and has 
 been its firm supporter ever since. He has steadily 
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 ^; AMES P. TURNER, a prominent and highly 
 respected farmer of Jackson Township, is 
 located on section 29, and carrying on the 
 (^^' peaceful pursuits of agriculture in an intel- 
 legent and profitable manner. He is a native of 
 Scioto County, Ohio, and was born April 28, 1836, 
 his parents being John G. and Elizabeth (Smith) 
 Turner, natives respectivelj' of Marj'land and Ken- 
 tucky. They settled in the State of Ohio after their 
 marriage, and afterward removed across the river 
 into Kentucky whence, in about 1853, they came 
 to Lee County, Iowa, and located in Jackson Town- 
 ship. Here thej' established a permanent home 
 and remained until the close of their lives. The 
 household circle included ten children, six boys 
 and four girls, of whom our subject was the fifth in 
 order of birth. 
 
 Mr. Turner of this history was a youth of fifteen 
 years when he came to Iowa with his parents. About 
 this time the Rebellion began to assume alarming 
 proportions, and 3'oung Turner, fired with a spirit of 
 j'outhful patriotism, determined to become a soldier 
 and aid in the preservation of the Union. He en- 
 listed in the 1st Iowa Cavalry, June 13, 1861, and 
 served until March 14, 1866, or until the close of 
 the war. He went in as Corporal and was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Second Lieutenant. He 
 shared with his regiment all the dangers, hardships 
 and privations of war, and came out of them un- 
 harmed. After he was mustered out he returned 
 to Lee County, engaged in agricultural pursuits, 
 and has been thus occupied the greater part of his 
 life. He is the owner of 185 acres of land, most 
 of which is tillable and under a good state of culti- 
 vation. He has a good farm residence, and all the 
 improvements and appliances of a first-class farm 
 estate. 
 
 Mr. Turner was married in Van Buren Town- 
 
 ship, Dec. 12, 1867, to Miss Frances J., daughter of 
 Charles J. and Eliza (Heath) Wright, natives of 
 England. They emigrated from their native coun- 
 try to America in 1848, first settling in Pittsburgh, 
 Pa. They crossed the Father of Waters and came 
 into Keokuk, Iowa, about eleven years later. They 
 fiuallj' made their home in Jackson Township, 
 where the father departed this life in 1879; the 
 mother still survives. Their household included 
 twelve children, five sons and seven daughters. 
 Mrs. Turner was the fifth of her parents' family, and 
 was born near London, Elngland, Jan. 14, 1848. 
 By her union with our subject she has become the 
 mother of four children : Charles G., who died in 
 infancy; James F., Nellie G. and John D. 
 
 Mr. Turner has served as Assessor of Jackson 
 Township for about ten years, and has held other 
 minor offices. He is Republican in politics and 
 takes an active interest in all matters pertaining to 
 the welfare of his community and the progress of 
 morality and education. He is a straightforward 
 business man, reliable and temperate, and in all re- 
 spects a valued member of the community. A 
 view of his residence is shown on another page. 
 
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 •^ AMES H. ANDERSON, of Keokuk, Iowa, at- 
 tornej' at law, occupies a high position in his 
 profession in the Hawkeje State, of which 
 he has been a resident since 1856. He re- 
 ceived his primary education in the public schools 
 of Keokuk, and thereafter for a time remained with 
 his father upon the farm in Clark County, Mo. 
 He has been a man of varied experiences. He was 
 studious in his youth and keenly observant, and 
 made the most of his opportunities, and the posi- 
 tion which he now occupies has been secured mainly 
 by his own enterprise, industry, and the improve- 
 ment of the talents which nature bestowed upon 
 him. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was born at Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, May 30, 1842, and his parents were Robert 
 James and Mary J. (Whitney) Anderson. At the 
 age of fourteen years, accompanied by his father 
 and his father's brother, they started West, crossed 
 the Father of Waters and located at Keokuk. 
 
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 After a time he was joinerl by his father's family, 
 and in ISfiO removed njion ;i fiirni. Tlie following 
 year the nutos of war lieii;an t(» sound tin-oughout 
 the land, and at tho lirst call for troops he deter- 
 mined to become a soldier for the Union. He ac- 
 cordingly enlisted. May 25, l«Gl.and became a 
 member of the Northeastern Missouri Volunteers, 
 _^ under the command of Col. Woodi'ard, and served 
 with his reginiout until October of that year, when 
 he was taken [irisoner by the rebels in Missouri and 
 paroled. The next year he went into active service 
 in the Missouri State Ouards, witli wh<mi he re- 
 mained during lM->. In the following spring he 
 h returned to Keokuk, and Iti 1 863 he crossed the 
 "^ plains to Coh>rado, driving an ox-teani, and re- 
 turned to Keokuk in the spring of 1SC4. 
 
 In that same year Mr. A. re-enlisted and was 
 mustered into service in Company C, 4.5th Iowa, as 
 a private, serving in Tennessee during the summer, 
 He received his discharge in the fall of that year, and 
 returning to Keokuk cominenceil reading law under 
 the instruction of Hon. J. H. Craig. He continued 
 liis studies for two years thereafter, and was admit- 
 ted to the bar in l.S(!(), at Keosauqua, Iowa. The 
 following year he became associated in partnership 
 with Robert H. Gilmore, the firm existing until the 
 time of Mr. (iilniore's death, in l.s.si. Mr. Ander- 
 son then became associated with his brother, Joseph 
 <i., until 1885, since which time he has carried on 
 his professional business alone. 
 
 In March. 1H()8, James H. Anderson was united 
 in marriage with Miss Anna, daughter of Lewis and 
 Ann (Harper) Uigus. Mrs. Anderson was born in 
 Hrookville. Ind., .May 2, 1 IS IG, and of their union 
 have been Ixirn live children, two of whom died in 
 early fhildhood. The three living are Kdwin G., 
 horn ill ls72; Hessic. in 1«7H, and David F., in 
 1882. 
 
 Mr. Aiuleison has been actively engaged in the 
 duties of ills profession since 18()7, and has taken a 
 hearty interest in all public enterprises, or what- 
 ever might become of lieiiefit to his county or com- 
 munity. He has aided materially in the industrial 
 interests of this section, and has contributed cheer- 
 fully of his time and money to the liringing about 
 of various public iinpioveinents. lie has erected 
 ten buildings, which are among the handsomest in 
 
 the city, and mainly to his efforts is due the build- 
 ing of the driveway around the city, the building 
 of the North vo:u\, the water- works, the street rail- 
 way, and the instituti<m of the public park. He is 
 the President of the Keokuk street railway, and a 
 Director in the Opera House Company. He was 
 also \'ice President and Oeneral .Manager of the 
 Keokuk & Northwestern Railway during the build- 
 ing of that road, and was for many years a Director 
 of the .St. Louis, Keokuk it Northwestern Railroad. 
 He was President of the Water- Works Compan}' 
 during the construction of their works, and for 
 many years was a Director in the State National 
 Bank, also a Director of the Keokuk Northern Line 
 Packet C(mipany. 
 
 In politics Mr. Anderson formerly- voted the Re- 
 publican ticket, but in 1868 he considered he had 
 reason to change his political views, and since that 
 time has usually supported the principles and voted 
 for the candidates of the Democratic party. Al- 
 though prominent in local politics he has steadily 
 declined to become a candidate for any office. 
 
 It will thus be seen that Mr. Anderson has added 
 greatly' to the progress and development of Lee 
 County, and especially of its largest cit3'. It is by 
 the efforts of such men as he that Iowa has attained 
 to her present proud position amcmg the States 
 west of the Mississippi, and the record of their 
 lives will stand in these monuments of wood and 
 iron long aftei' their projector has passed awaj'. 
 
 IIARLKS WHITLOCK. a highly esteemed 
 citizen of West Point, has been a resident 
 of the Hawlceye State for the space of thirty 
 years, and from the time ()f coming here has en- 
 joyed, in a marked degree, the highest respect of 
 his fellow-townsmen. He is extensively and suc- 
 cessfully eng.aged in the handling of lumber and 
 grain and in the keeping and sale of bees and 
 honey. 
 
 Mr. Whitlock is a native of the Empire of (ier- 
 many, and was born in the Kingdom of Prussia on 
 the r>th of March, 1834. He was the fifth of a 
 family of six children, and when a child of two 
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 ceeded directly to Dayton, Ohio, where the}- re- 
 mained for a short time, then crossed the ^lissis- 
 sippi to St. Louis, Mo., iind a little later came into 
 Van Buren Coiintj', Iowa, and located in Farming- 
 t(m. There they established a i)ermanent home, and 
 the father engaged in his former occupation as a 
 millwright. He also became engaged as a miller, 
 and during the latter part of his life in Prussia 
 especially, made this his business, but resumed as 
 a millwright after coming to this country. He 
 erected a giistmill and sawmill near Farmingtou, 
 which he operated successfully with the assistance 
 of his sons for a number of years. Frederick Whit- 
 lock, the father of our subject, departed this life 
 near Farm ington, about 1848; the mother survived 
 him for twenty-eight years, dying in 187G. Her 
 maiden name was Caroline Schultz, and of their 
 family of six children, all are living except two 
 daughters. 
 
 Charles Whitlock remained with his mother's 
 family three years after his father's death, and at 
 the age of seventeen years began an apprenticeship 
 at the cabinet-maker's trade, under the instruction 
 of his elder brother, Fred W. He subsequently 
 turned his attention to carpentering, in connection 
 with which he took uj) painting, and after he came 
 to West P<jiut, followed the two occupations until 
 1878, when he abandoned mechanical labors and 
 engaged in the lumber trade. To this, a few years 
 later, he added the buying and selling of grain. 
 About the year 186.5 he became interested in bee- 
 keeping, and since that time has frequently had on 
 hand 1.50 swarms. He seems to be peculiarly 
 adapted to the handling and care of the useful lit- 
 tle insects, and has made their habits an interesting 
 study for years. His experience has been of much 
 value to others similarly engaged, and he is now 
 President of the West Point Beekeeper's Associa- 
 tion, which was organized in 1884, and of which lie 
 was the first President. Mr. Whitlock has been 
 prosperous in his various branches of business, and 
 owns valuable real estate within the limits of West 
 Point, including thirteen lots, some of them being 
 supplied with good buildings. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Whitlock took place in 
 1 8.58, when he was united with JNUss Anna Wur- 
 
 ster, an Ohio lady who came here with her parents 
 when a child. She remained the companion of her 
 husband onlj- five short years, and was the mother 
 of one child, Henry W., who is now salesman in a 
 hardware establishment in Chicago, 111. He is a 
 bright and promising young man, and good things 
 are expected of him in the future. 
 
 The second wife of Mr. Whitlock, to whom he 
 was married Dec. 24, 1864, was Miss Barbara 
 Strohm, a native of CJermany, who came to this 
 country when five years old. Of this union there 
 have been born six children, one of whom is de- 
 ceased. This little one met a painful death by 
 falling into a tub of scalding water, when three and 
 a half years old. The remainder are — Emma, Liz- 
 zie, Edward C, Clara and John, all at home. The 
 family occupy a handsome dwelling, surrounded 
 by all the comforts of life and many of its luxu- 
 ries. Mr. and Mrs. Whitltick are members of the 
 German Methodist Church, of which Mr. Whitlock 
 is Steward, Trustee and .Sunday-school Superintend- 
 ent. He is President of the .Sund.ay-school Asso- 
 ciation of this township, which holds its meetings 
 annually. He has long been prominently identified 
 with public affairs in this vicinity, and h.as con- 
 tributed of his time and means to the support of 
 ever}' worthy object. He is a Director of the Fair 
 Association at West Point, and his opinions are al- 
 ways solicited in regard to the various enterprises 
 of the cominunit}'. In politics he unif<jrmly votes 
 to uphold the principles of the Republican party. 
 
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 ^I^^^^ICHOLAS BLOM, manufacturer of soap and 
 I /// concentrated lye, came to Keokuk in 1856, 
 li\/^ and since that time has been a resident of 
 the Gate City. He was born in Holland, Nov. 11, 
 1831, and educated in the language of his native 
 country. When twenty-four years of age he emi- 
 grated to the United States, landing in the citj* of 
 New York, whence he at once proceeded westward 
 to Michigan, where he was engaged in fishing for 
 two months, and then coming to Iowa, was em- 
 ployed upon a farm. In 1864 he engaged with his 
 brother, William Blom, a soap manufacturer, with 
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chased the business, which he has since that time 
 operated in his own interests. The products of 
 his manufacture are chiefly for laundry purposes, 
 and from the good quality of this and his fair deal- 
 ing as » business man, he has built up a good trade, 
 disposing of his soaps mostly to the jobbing trade, 
 
 ■ ■^j. and averaging 8.000 pounds weekly. Mr. Blom 
 HH and his son, with the assistance of an employe, do 
 
 |[ip^ most of the work, the former going upon the road 
 himself to introduce the jjrodiicts (»f his manufact- 
 \ire. The factory is 25x75 feet in area, with a 
 basement, and is built of brick. 
 
 Mr. Blom was married in Keokuk in IHCl, to 
 Miss Christina Bauer, who was a native of Ger- 
 many. She died at their home in Keokuk in Feb- 
 ruarj', 1884, leaving one sou, Peter, win* is the as- 
 sistant of his father in the business. Mr. Blom be- 
 gan life at the foot of the ladder, having only §1 
 in his pocket when he landed in Michigan, and by 
 
 B- the exercise of industry and perseverance has ac- 
 cumulated consideralile means, and has a good rc.«i- 
 praj' dence, together with a small tract of ten acres of 
 land near the city limits, lie and his son are 
 menil)ors of the (iernian Methodist Episcn]ial 
 Church, and are held in high esteem by their neigh- 
 bors and associates. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Peter and Dirkc 
 j Blom, who came to Ke(»kuk in 1857. The par- 
 ental family consisted of si.\ children: Nicholas, 
 ] William. .John, Isaac; Katie became the wife of 
 .lohn Kiewitt, and lives in Omaha, Neb.; Engelje 
 lives in Amsterdam, Holland; all the boys reside 
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 ENRY FETT, a prosperous German farmer 
 of Lee County, occupies a comfortable 
 homestead in Van Biiren Townslii]), on sec- 
 tion 22. lie is a native of Darmstadt, Ger- 
 many, and was born in isii). At the age of 
 eighteen he came to America, landing at New 
 York, and thence proceeded to Ohio, locating in 
 "S^c i Butler County, where he remained until 1854. He 
 J then decided to visit the land beyond the Missis- 
 [ sippi, ami setting his face westward crossed the 
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 improvement and cultivation. He was prosperous 
 in the pursuit of his calling, became highly re- 
 spected, and identified himself thoroughly with the 
 interests of the communitj', contributing of his 
 means and influence as opportunity occurred to ad- 
 vance its welfare, morally, intellectually and finan- 
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 with comfortable barns and outhouses for the stor- 
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 templating the breeding of flue stock another year. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was united in marriage 
 with Miss Eliz.abeth Ball in 1842. Of this union 
 there were born eight children, one of whom died 
 in iufancy. Mrs. Elizabeth Fett departed this life 
 in 18(J2, in Ohio, and subsequently Mr. Fett was 
 married to Miss Catherine Eckard, bj' whom he 
 has had ten children, two sons and a daughter be- 
 ing deceased. Mr. F. is a member in good stand- 
 ing of the Lutheran Church, and in politics casts 
 his vote for the best man, irrespective of [larty. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Fett came to this country- in 
 18;?7, when Martin Van Biiren was President. The3- 
 were descended from excellent families, and were 
 fair i-epreseutatives of the native worth and in- 
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 I Cedar Township, is an extensive farmer and 
 highly esteemed citizen, carrying on agi'i- 
 iltural operations on section IG. He 
 crossed the Mississippi at an early period in the 
 histoiy of Iowa, and since coming here has marked 
 with undiminished interest the advance of civiliza- 5,^: 
 tion in the beautiful country west of the Missis- 
 sippi. No man who lias an intelligent Interest in 
 the progress and development of his surroundings 
 can refrain from rendering his best assistance to the 
 industrial. or agriculluial interests of his section, and 
 Mr. Pease has performed his part in this line of 
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 as one of the valued landmarks' between the past 
 and the present. 
 
 Mr. Pease is a native of Washington County, 
 Pa., born in the township of Norstran, Feb. 18, 
 1826. His father, Andrew Pease, and his grand- 
 father, Nicholas Pease, removed to Pennsylvania 
 from Maryland when the father of our subject was 
 a youth fourteen years old. They were among the 
 early settlers of that region, and purchased a tract 
 of timber land in Washington County, and cleared 
 a farm from the wilderness. Nicholas Pease was 
 the father of two sons, and at his death the property 
 was divided between them. Andrew Pease was 
 twice married, his wife having been" Miss Mary 
 Engle, who became the mother of nine children. 
 The maiden name of the secund wife and the mother 
 of our subject, was Mary Blakeney, a native of the 
 North of Ireland. By her marriage with Andrew 
 Pease she became the mother of five children, of 
 whom the subject of our sketch was the youngest 
 child. 
 
 Jonathan L. Pease was reared on the farm uf his 
 father, and at the death of the latter, he and his 
 brother, Boyd E., purchased the interest of the 
 other heirs and lived upon the homestead until 
 1855. Jonathan L. then sold out, and turning his 
 face westward came into Lee Count}', Iowa, and 
 purchased eighty acres of land on section 16 in 
 Cedar Township. Only forty acres of this was 
 broken and fenced, but a log cabin had been built 
 upon it. He here commenced his career as a. 
 Hawkeye farmer, and since that time has added to 
 his first purchase until he is now the owner of 346 
 acres, all in one bodj' and tillable. He has brought 
 the most of it to a high state of cultivation, and it 
 is furnished with fine buildings, costl}' farm im- 
 plements and machinery, and all the necessary ap- 
 pliances for carrying on agriculture in the most 
 modern and approved style. 
 
 The marriage of Jonathan L. Pease and jNIiss 
 Sarah J. Ilerron was celebrated in Washington 
 County, Pa., Nov. 6, 1851. Mrs. Pease was born 
 April 22, 1823, and b}' her union with our subject 
 has become the mother of nine children, three of 
 whom are deceased. The record is as follows: 
 Emerj' H. and James M. are merchants at Mr.. 
 Hamill, Iowa; Lizzie Etta is the wife of .lames P. 
 
 Braiden, of Valley County, Neb. ; Forest B. M., 
 Linnie F. and Charles H. are at home; Minnie, the 
 twin sister of Linnie F.,died at the age of fourteen 
 years; Albert died when one year old; Joseph A., 
 the youngest child, died at the age of eight years. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Pease and two daughters are mem- 
 bers of the .Sharon Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
 Pease has been connected with the United Presby- 
 terian Church, and was for a time an Elder. 
 
 Mr. Pease is an intelligent and observant man, 
 well read, and possessing a valuable fund of in- 
 formation upon all important matters of the day. 
 He has been a prominent man in his township since 
 coming here, and his councils have been sought 
 upon matters of common interest. He has fulfilled 
 his duties as a father and citizen creditably and 
 conscientiously, and as a business man has been 
 one of the valued factors of his community. He 
 is genial and kindly in his disposition, and pos- 
 sesses the confidence and esteem of a large circle 
 of friends. 
 
 ILLIAM A. DONNELL, a wealthy and 
 representative citizen of Charleston Town- 
 ship, crossed the Mississippi and came into 
 Iowa while it was yet a Territory, in the spring' of 
 1839. He occupies a fine estate of 280 acres on 
 section 5, and is one of the largest property hold- 
 ers in this vicinity, having thirty acres of valuable 
 land on section 33 in Franklin Township, ten lots 
 in one part of Donnellson Village, and six lots in 
 block 1 3 of the village plat. He is also a stock- 
 holder in the Agricultural Society of the county, 
 and his farm is stocked with valuable specimens of 
 high-grade cattle and Clj'desdale horses, his stallion, 
 " Lion," being a registered animal of high pedigree 
 and great value. 
 
 Mr. Donnell came to the count}' poor in' purse, 
 but with a rich fund of resolution and energy, and 
 industriously set himself to work, determined to 
 carve out his fortune and make for himself the 
 charactei' of a man among men. It may not be 
 too much to say that he has succeeded even beyond 
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landmarks of this section, having assisted in the 
 progress of its industrial interests, and by his ex- 
 ample encouraged others to du likewise. 
 - .Mr. Donncll vv.is born near (ireensboro, (iuilford 
 
 W Co.. N. C, on the 21st of March, ISlC. His father, 
 floorge Donnell, w.is a fanner of North Carolina, 
 of c-xcellent Sc-ottish ancestrj', and was married in 
 his native county to Miss Dilley Paislej-, a native 
 of the same {•f)untv and State, and of Scotch-Ger- 
 man extraction. After the birth of four children 
 the i)arents removed from their native State to 
 Kentucky, where they only remained a few days, 
 thence journe3'iiig to Illinois, and locating in Bond 
 Count}- about the year 1821. The country was 
 new and unbroken, and they settled upon a tract 
 of wild land, whicii they immediately set about im- 
 proving and cultivating, and remained there the 
 remainder of their lives. The father died about 
 18;)7; the mother had preceded him to the better 
 land two 3'enrs previously, in 18.55. They were 
 most excellent people, and prominently connected 
 
 ^Eji] with the Cumberland Presbyteiiau Church. 
 
 William A. Donnell received his education in the 
 pioneer log .vhool-hou.se. with its huge chimne}' 
 
 DJ D and fircpl.ace, greased paper for window-panes, and 
 ,^_^- puncheons for door. He remained under the par- 
 ental roof until he was sixteen years of .age, when 
 he began his apprenticeship as a tanner and currier 
 under the instruction of Thomas White, of Green- 
 ville, III. After two years he worked as a ionrney- 
 man, and was then appointed to the management 
 of a shop for the firm of Harrison Bros., of Alton, 
 111. He afterward changed his occupation, and 
 was engaged as a hog I)uyer for a packing com- 
 pany at Alton, in which he continued for some 
 time, or until 1838, after which he crossed the 
 Mississippi and came into Iowa. 
 
 Mr. Donnell, in early youth, developed shrewd 
 (q talents as a man of business, and by saving his 
 } earnings was soon enabled to start in business on 
 q his own hook. .Vfter coming into Lee County he 
 purchased a drove of cattle, which he fed for a 
 time and then disposed of at a good profit. His 
 (lualities of industry and enterprise attracted gen- 
 eral attention, luid secured for him a circle of warm 
 friends and admirers. He was studious m his 
 habits, and improved his leisure time iu the per- 
 
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 usal of instructive books, at the same time keeping ::(i 
 an r)bservant eye on what was going on around : [i 
 him. Three years after coming into the county he 
 was so far advanced iu the good opinions of the Ei 
 l)e<»ple of this locality that he was selected b}- the Sti 
 
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 State Senate, then convened at Iowa Cit}', to serve i- 
 as Sergeant-at-Arms, and very soon afterward was fin 
 ai)pointed Deput}- Sheriff, under Sheriff Hawkins se 
 Taylor, now a resident of W.ishington, D. C. He C^ 
 retained this position until the end of the term, 5; 
 and afterward, during the war, w.as Supervis(,>r of Sj 
 his township, and continued .serving during the 3 
 years 1872-73-74. S; 
 
 Mr. Donnell has always been a sympathizer with E^ 
 the Republican part}', and has taken a deep interest S' 
 in the political affairs of his locality, as well as its ji 
 progress in agricultural and industrial matters. He ;' 
 was instrumental iu locating the County Fair at 5 
 this point, and assisted in platting the village, which ; 
 includes an area of fifty acres. There is scarcely = "j- 
 any imjiortant enterprise with which Mr. Donnell S' 
 has not been identified, and his liberal and pui)lic s^ 5: 
 spirit has had much to do witli liio rapid develop- El 
 ment of this section. ; ~^ 
 
 Mr. Donnell was married in Charleston Town- : 
 shii) to Miss Kalista Hamilton, a native of New " 
 York State, whose birth occurred in Huron County 
 Dec. 12, 1823. Her f.ither, William Hamilton, - 
 was a farmer by occupation, and came to Iowa at 
 an early period in its history, making his first loca- 
 tion in Charleston, and remaining in this township 
 until the close of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Donnell 
 became the parents of eight children, one of whom 
 is deceased. The record is as follows: Dilly J. is 
 the wife of J. K. McClen, of Kansas; Laura M. is \^ 
 the wife of Dr. J. B. Carrey, of Dounellson, 111. ; ' ^ 
 George W., a resident of Dounellson, is a miller by 
 occupation, and married Miss Mary Coles, of Prim- 
 rose; Philena H. is the wife of G. W. Holmes, of ^ 
 Newton, Kan.; Mr. H. is engaged in real-estate 
 business; Ida is the wife of William T. Benjamin, j 
 a blacksmith of Donnellson; .lohn K. married Miss 
 Ola Rigg, and is .-i resident of Schuyler County, 
 111.; Thomas H. is manager of the homestead; he 
 married Miss Emma .1. Spilke}-. of Bond County, 
 111.; Charles died at the age of two years. Mrs. 
 Donnell departed this life -Ian. 17. 1887, at the 
 
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 residence of her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Carrey, in 
 Donnellson, Montgomery Co., 111. The family are 
 prominently connected with the Cumherland Pres- 
 liyterian Church, and in politics Jlr. Donnell is 
 solidly- Republican. 
 
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 T. LYNCH, an enterprising resident of the 
 |, v.ate Citj', is prosperously engaged in the 
 sale of flour and feed, his store being lo- 
 cated at the intersection of Main and Twelfth 
 streets. Mr. Lynch is a native of Lee County, hav- 
 ing been born in Keoiiuk Nov. 30, 1857. His par- 
 ents were James and Susan (Ardray) Lynch, natives 
 respectively of West Virginia and Indiana. James 
 J^yuch emigrated to Iowa from his native State 
 in 1830, making his first location in Keokuk, which 
 was then a city of very small proportions. He was 
 an educated and intelligent man, and held the 
 offices of Justice of the Peace, City Marshal, Su- 
 pervisor, Constable, and also served as a police 
 officer. During the war he enlisted as a Union 
 § soldier in Co. C, 3d Iowa "\'ol. Cav., being mustered 
 in as a private and holding a Captain's commission 
 at the close. The parental faniil}' consisted of six 
 children, all of whom are living: Morgau A. served 
 as a private in Company C ; Maria married C. W. 
 Taylor; Matilda became the wife of A. J. Sm^th; 
 Charles A. married Miss Peirson, of Des Moines; 
 F. T. was the next in order of birth: Harry mar- 
 ried jNIiss Jennie Clark, of Des Moines. 
 ] The subject of our sketch attended the public 
 ;; school until* he was eleven jears old, and was then 
 I engaged as driver for the delivery-wagon of a 
 ; grocery store. He then went into the Wells & 
 : Yennewine Flour Mills, and was afterward em- 
 : ployed on a farm. He was then emploj'ed by Dr. 
 : S. F. Baker, and assisted in the preparation and 
 ; packing of medicine. After this he was engaged 
 ; with the M. <fe D. P. White Bag Factory. After 
 : this he was engaged with (ieorge D. Robinson in 
 : learning the manufacture of trunks. He subse- 
 " (pieutly worked in a brickyard, a fruit canning es- 
 tablishment, a hide and leather store, and subse- 
 _ quently visited the State of Mississippi, where he 
 ri'tiiaiiied five mouths on the levee. He then be- 
 
 came engaged as overseer on a cotton plantation, 
 after which he came north to Keokuk, then went to 
 Missouri, where he was employed on the farm of E. 
 D. Richie, thence back to Keokuk, as shipping 
 clerk in the Comstock Stove Works, and from 
 there to the wholesale tinware department of the 
 same house, where he was engaged as shipping 
 clerk for five years. In 1885 he purchased the 
 Keokuk pork store, which he sold out the following 
 year, and in June of the same purchased the flour 
 and feed store of Bower Bros., which he has since 
 operated successfully. 
 
 The marriage of F. T. Lynch and Miss Annie 
 Stobbart was solemnized April 28, 1880, in Keo- 
 kuk. IMrs. L^'neh is a native of Wales, and the 
 daughter of William J. Stobbart, who was born in 
 England, and emigrating to the United States, set- 
 tled in Creston, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Lynch are 
 the parents of three children — Mabel A., Gertrude 
 and Oscar. Mr. Lynch is independent in politics, 
 a member of the Triple Alliance, and has an intel- 
 ligent interest in all local and general matters. 
 The family occupy a comfortable dwelling at No. 
 1524 Concert street, and enjo}' the confidence and 
 respect of a large circle of friends and acquaint- 
 ances. 
 
 f^_^ENRY E. ALTON, of Keokuk, of the firm 
 of Alton Bros., is successfully engaged with 
 his partner in conducting one of the best 
 
 iv^ livery stables in the Gate City. Their es- 
 tal>lishment is located at Nos. 825 and S29 Main 
 street, and their outfit consists of about twenty-five 
 fine driving animals and a choice selection of con- 
 vej'ances. The subject of our sketch is a native of 
 Illinois, born in 1857, and the son of Henry and 
 Elizabeth (Marsh) Alton, natives of the Empire 
 State. After leaving New York State, Henry Al- 
 ton became engaged in agriculture on the prairies 
 of Illinois, and afterward for a short time was en- 
 gaged in the livery business. He disposed of his 
 interests there in 1.S72, and came to Keokuk, where 
 he established the business which is now carried on 
 by his two sons, and which he continued until his 
 death, which occurred in 1881. The parental 
 
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 household included seven children, as follows: Lu- 
 oretia, now Mrs. Gilchrist, is a resident of Keokuk; 
 Thomas is the second son of tlie family i Mary. 
 Mrs. Wells, is a resident of Keokuk; the next -.vas 
 Henry, our subject; Maggie married Mr. Kerr, and 
 Nellie is the wife of Mr. Robinson, b(jth of Keokuk; 
 Birdie, the youngest, lives witii her mother in this 
 city. 
 
 Henry K. Alton of our sketch received a guod 
 1 1 education in the public schools, and remained at 
 I home until his father's death. Then, in. company 
 ! (1 with his brother Thomai, he purchased the inter- 
 ^^! est of the heirs in the livery Inisiness whicii their 
 ^ t father had established, ami they have maintained 
 jy^-^1 its old-time popularity and success. Their courte- 
 ous demeanor and straightforward methods of do- 
 ing business, have constituted them one of the 
 most popular firms in the (late City. 
 
 Mr. Alton was married in IMS.i to Miss Minnie 
 '' Swartz, of Keokuk, Iowa, an<l of their union a 
 daughter has been born — Laurie M. The3- occupy 
 P^ja handsome residence at Is'o. lOO'J Exchange street, 
 and are surrounded by all the comforts and many 
 of the luxuries of life. Mr. Alton is Rejiublican 
 in politics, and is fully entitled to be classed as a 
 valued citizen. 
 
 
 
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 AKK \y. HOWKX, a prominent grocer and 
 hotel-keeper of Montrose, is conducting a 
 prosperous J>usiness, the stock in his store 
 consisting of a large assortment of grocer- 
 ies, provisions, glass and queensware. The busi- 
 ness was established in 1860, and Mr. Boweu, by 
 the exercise of vigilance and honorable dealing, 
 has built up a tine trade, his sales some years ag- 
 gregating the large sum of j^l l,li>(). 
 
 ii^BTSept. -i.j. I«0.'). and departed this life Sept. 4. l>^:,'.\ 
 1 ^n in Montrose, l(jwa. He was an enterprising busi- 
 a fr^.'J iess man, possessing a fair education, and was en- 
 
 :aged in the hotel business in this town. He was 
 m adherent of the .Society of Friends, and Repub- 
 
 iean in polities. In earl^- manhood he was united 
 
 hg The parents of our subject were .lohn and Aim 
 1 1 (Laubaugh) Uowen, natives of Chester County, Pa. 
 I I John Bowen was of .Scotch-Irish parentage, liorit- 
 
 in marriage with Miss Ann Laubaugh, a daughter 
 of .John and .Sarah (Naylor) Laubaugh, her birth 
 occurring April 11, 18i;3. .lohn Laubaugii w:is a 
 native of Chester County, Pa., and his decease oc- 
 curred some j'ears ago: the excellent wife and 
 mother had preceded him to the better laud alioul 
 the year 1S18. The household consisted of four 
 children, of whom Henrj- and Mary died in in- 
 fancy; Catherine became the wife of Mr. George 
 Fetters, and Ann married Mr. Bowen, father of the 
 subject of our sketch. She was reared in tlie Pres- 
 bj'teriaii faith. 
 
 John IJowen came to the Territory of Iowa in 
 1842. Upon his first visit he onl3' remained aliout 
 two months and then returned East. In 1^4.) he 
 again turned his steps westward, and decided to lo- 
 cate in Lee Count\'. His wife accompanied him. 
 and they lived in the old barracks or block-house 
 whit^h was built for the protection of the whites 
 against the Indians, and there their last two chil- 
 dren were born. The record of the family is as 
 follows: John L., born Feb. 5, 1832, in Chester 
 County, Pa., was fatally' stabbed at Niipoleon, in 
 February, 18,08; Thirza, born Feb. 6, 183.5, in Penn- 
 sylvania, died Jan. 31, 1887, in Montrose, Iowa; 
 HoUen was born June 5, 1838, in Penns^'lvania, and 
 died Aug. 21, 18G6, at Cairo, 111.; Amanda M., 
 born .Sept. 28, 1843, in Pennsylvania, died at Nau 
 voo. 111., Dec. 20, 1845; Emma, born May 23, 
 18')1, i.s now Mrs. Magoun; Park W., born Dec. o, 
 18.53, at Montrose, Iowa. 
 
 The subject of this biography was the youngest 
 child of his parents' family. He remained under 
 the parental roof and grew to j'ears of manhood, 
 and Nov. 23, 1880, was united in marriage with 
 Miss Lena L. Reeves. Mrs. Bowen is the daugh- 
 ter of James and Mary (Daggett) Reeves. The 
 former is a native of Ohio, born in 1830, and the 
 latter. l)orii in 1834, came from the Province of 
 New Brunswick, N. S. ; they are now residents of 
 .Montrose Township. Their household consisted of 
 three ehildien ; Lena, Mrs. Bowen, is their eldest 
 child; Adelaide became the wife of C. I). Lertler, 
 now of Maryville, Mo. ; George M. is unmarried. 
 The date of Mrs. Bowen's birth was Oct. 6, ISafi. 
 She came West with her parents and resided with 
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 the parents of two children, George T. and Bessie. 
 Mr. Bowen has been remarkahl}' prosperous in 
 his business, which was established in 18!S0. He is 
 I a straightforward business man, courteous and 
 I obliging to his customers, and has built up a fine 
 trade. In politics he is strongly Republican, and 
 sociallj' belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a 
 I member of Joppa Lodge No. 136, A. F. & A. M., 
 at Montrose, and is also connected with the East- 
 ern Star, Martha Chapter No. 5. He is fulfilling 
 all the ol)ligations of a good citizen and accumu- 
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 RfS. CATHARINE PECH.STEIN, of Keo- 
 kuk, is a highly respected lady, whose 
 name is familiar among the old-time resi- 
 dents of the city. .She is of excellent Ger- 
 man ancestry, the daughter of Adam and Margaret 
 (Marklin) Kirchner, who were natives of Bavaria, 
 emigrated to America in 1847, and settled at 
 Charleston, Lee Countj', in the pioneer days. 
 There, her father purchased a farm of thirty acres, 
 to which he subsequently added until he became 
 the possessor of 300 acres, upon which he is still 
 living at the advanced age of eighty-three years. 
 The faithful wife and mother departed this life the 
 year following their settlement here, her decease 
 occurring in 1848. The household cu-cle included 
 six children, of whom one is deceased. John is a 
 resident of Lee County- and engaged in farming; 
 Barbara, Jlrs. Kirchiier, lives in Clark County, 
 Mo. ; Catharine is the subject of this sketch; George 
 is engaged in farming in this county ; Andrew is in 
 Keokuk. 
 
 Miss Catharine Kirchner was married at Keokuk 
 to Mr. Conrad Pechstein in 1858. Mr. Pechstein 
 was a native of Bavaria, and born Oct. ID, 1828. 
 He became a soldier in the German army, enlisting 
 in the cavahy service, and was a soldier for some 
 years. He subsequently served an apprenticeship 
 at the' baker's trade, which he followed until com- 
 ing to America in 1852. Upon arriving in the 
 United States he proceeded to Keokuk, and was en- 
 gaged in the brewery business for the following 
 nine \ears. Then, in company with Mr. Nagle, he 
 
 purchased the Keokuk Brewery, and continued the 
 business until his death, which occurred April 24, 
 1873. Their family consisted of five children, one 
 of whom, Conrad J., died in infancy; Henry is en- 
 gaged in brewing; their only daughter was named 
 Lizzie; George is also engaged in the brewery 
 business with his brother; John W. is engaged in 
 the drug business in Keokuk. 
 
 Mr. Pechstein was Republican in polities and a 
 member of the Order of Druids. Since the death 
 of her husband Mrs. Pechstein has managed the 
 propertj' judiciously and successfully. She pur- 
 chased her present home in 1874, and is the owner 
 of three lots and another dwelling. Her home is 
 at No. 1322 Blondeau street, and is surrounded 
 with evidences of a cultivated taste and ample 
 means. Her son bids fair to succeed to the busi- 
 ness capacities of his father, and the family are 
 held in the highest respect by the community. 
 
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 LVIN J. COLE, M. D., an ex-surgeon of 
 the United States Arm}', is a skillful and 
 experienced practitioner, and holds a high 
 position among his brethren in the profes- 
 sion in this part of the Hawkeye State. Dr. Cole 
 was born at Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y.. on the 8th of 
 November, 1837. He is a son of Nelson and Huldah 
 (Carpenter) Cole, the former a native of Cornwall, 
 Conn., and the mother of Weedsport. N. Y. The 
 family removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., in May, 
 1850, where the father died in 186(;. The mother 
 is still living in that cit}'. The household circle in- 
 cluded seven children, of whom five are still living: 
 Emily is the wife of Dr. A. C. Roberts ; Henry re- 
 sides at Sheboygan, .Mich.; Nelson is deceased; Al- 
 vin J.; Alanson and Benjamin are at Ann Arbor; 
 C<arc)line is deceased. 
 
 The subject of our sketch received his primary 
 education at Ann Arbor, and graduated from the 
 University in the class of 185',)-()0; previous to 
 this he was for three years in the literary de|>art- 
 ment. He entered the United States service in the 
 first 3'ear of the Rel)ellion, and in less than a year 
 thereafter was commi-ssioned Assistant .Surgeon of 
 
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 til nearly the close of the war. and was mustered 
 out at Fa^'etteville, X. ('. Rctuniinji; to Michigan 
 he conimeuced practice at Ann Arbor, and followed 
 iiig profession tliere until 1872, when he came to 
 Ft. Miidisoii. 
 
 \)r. Cole was appointed United (States E.xaniining 
 Surgeon for pensions in 1«77, and has retained the 
 position since that time, lie is n gentleman of 
 strong force of character and decided views, and is 
 actively interested in everything that pertains to 
 the pultlic welfare, lie is a dose student and ex- 
 tensive reader, and has always aimed to e.xcel. P<j- 
 litically he is a stanch advocate of the principles of 
 the Democratic l)arty, with wliicli lie uniformly 
 casts his vote. 
 
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 IIARLKS l-Kli;i)KlCK, of Ft. .Madison, is 
 a fine representative of that stanch, reliable 
 and enterprising (ierman element which has 
 ilone so much toward the settlement and develop- 
 ment of the Hawkeye State. He came to America 
 in 1.H40. and three years there.aftcr located in the 
 Territory of Iowa, being one of its pioneer set- 
 tlers, lie has seen great things in his day, and 
 watched the progress and advancement of his 
 adopted .State with the unselfish interest of a good 
 citizen .and permanent resident, and has contributed 
 his (|Uota toward bringing about the present degree 
 of civilization and prosperity. 
 
 Mr. Friedrick is a native of Haden, (Germany, 
 and his birth occurred Sept. Hi, 1«1'J. He entered 
 the schools of his native land at the early .age of 
 si\ years and remained as a pupil for seven years 
 thereafter, when lie started out for himself, and 
 found employment in a French cutlery shop, his 
 wages amounting to about 81 per week. He con- 
 tinued thus employed for three years, and then en- 
 gaged in butchering, receiving about the same 
 wages and his board until nineteen years of age. 
 He then determined to seek in the New World for 
 something better than he had yet known, and in 
 the month of .March, 1840, set sail from Havre de 
 (irace, and after a prosperous voyage of thirty 
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 proceeded directly to Ohio, locating in Chillicothe. 
 where he engaged in butchering, receiving for liL- 
 first 3'ear's labor ^■l') and his lioard. He reinaiued 
 there for three years, and then started for the Ter- 
 ritoiy of Iowa, via the Ohio and the .Mississippi 
 Rivers. He landed at Ft. .Madison, which was 
 then only a small town, and .set up business on his 
 own account as a butcher and dealer in provisions. 
 He was successful in his undertaking, and contin- : 
 lied it for sixteen years. Afterward, during the 
 winter season, he engaged in packing pork, and 
 carried on farming the remainder of the year, until 
 1878, at which time his slaughter-house was de- 
 stroyed by a cyclone. He then abandoned the 
 butchering business, and since that time was en- 
 gaged exclusively in agricultural pursuits until 
 1882, when he rented his farm, and now lives re- 
 tired from the active duties of life. 
 
 Charles Friedrick and Miss Luaniia Kinsley were 
 married in 1845. Mrs. h\ is a native of Germany, 
 born Oct. 28, 1824, and came to America with her 
 parents at the earh' age of seven j'ears. Of this 
 union six children were born, the record of whom 
 is as follows: Joseph lives in Urbana, Ohio; L. W. 
 is a resident of F^t. Madison; Annie became the 
 wife of Lou Hinsy, and lives in Ft. Madison, as 
 also does William'; Mary is the wife of Charles Ad- 
 rick, of Ft. Madison; Charles .T. lives on the home- 
 stead farm. 
 
 In earl}' life Mr. Friedrick was a member of the ; 
 Whig party, but considers that he had reason to ^ 
 change his political views, and he now votes the ■ 
 straight Democratic ticket. In the course of his e;i- 
 reer as a prominent business man, he has made ex- 
 tensive acquaintances in the surrounding country 
 and is exceedingly- popular. He once sold a <h\'j. 
 to Jo-seph Smith, the famous Mormon Prophet of 
 Nauvoo. As Mr. .Smith did not paj' him in full [ 
 for the 'log, Mr. Friedrick called upon him for the : 
 balance of the money, and had the honor of dining 
 with the Prophet and twelve Apostles. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Friedrick, Jacob and Annie : 
 Kinsley, emigrated to America in 1881, making : 
 their first settlement in Pennsylvania, thence com- .- 
 ing to Ft. Madison. From tliere they removed : 
 to \ .-111 Uureii Ctiunty, where they lived for ii 
 lime and then returned to Ft. Madison, which re- 
 
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 i departed this life in November. 1884, and the 
 
 i mother in Fehriiar}-, 1885. Tiiey were both eighty- 
 
 i three jears old at the time of their death, and had 
 
 ; |E lived together in peace and harnii>ny for the long 
 
 { i^ term of nearlj' sixty-five years. 
 
 lj;ILLIAM PRANGER, a prominent and val- 
 W/VI/ "^*^ citizen of Ft. Madison, is carrying on 
 successfully one of the finest livery' stables 
 :; in the citj^. He thoroughlj' understands his busi- 
 : ness. is courteous and obliging to his large circle 
 5 of patrons, and is meeting with success in his call- 
 's ing. Mr. Pranger is a native of Germany, his 
 j^; birth taking place at Hanover, Jan. 3, 1850. His 
 i?5 father, Bernard Henry Pranger, was a native of 
 liS the same Province as his son, and a carpenter by 
 1 :- S trade. He was a man of great energy of character, 
 i;: industrious and amliitious, and was not contented 
 iSS either with his condition or his prospects in his na- 
 1 |S tive country. He therefore concluded to emigrate 
 ass to America, which for over a century has been the 
 'iJjS promised land for the energetic and enterprising 
 a;> man. Accordingly, in 1852, he set sail with his 
 "1?: wife and six children for the New World. After a 
 V; prosperous voyage they landed in New York City, 
 "iL; where the}' tarried but a short time, thence pro- 
 !|ic coeding to St. Louis, Mo., where they located and 
 for the first three years. They then 
 
 tract of 
 lit: lantt ni >\ asuingion iownsuip. The only iniprove- 
 il- ment upon the place was a log cabin, and into this 
 j|=; the family moved and made themselves as com- 
 ||ls fortable as possible. The father began to improve 
 tj: the farm, and in the course of time had a number 
 Wii of acres under good cultivation. He met with 
 many difficulties and discouragements, but he was 
 not a man to give up and he i)uslied right on, mak- 
 ing the best of circumstances. He lived to see his 
 family comfortal)l>' established in a good home, 
 and departed this life in 1872. The household 
 \y'- circle included the following: Nicholas, who lives 
 M-u 111 n ii^uiiiguuu Township: Ben, in Ft. Madison; 
 Jj? the subject of our sketch was the third son: Theo- 
 ilore also resides in Ft. Madison : Mary is the wife 
 
 Y^s remained 
 
 Jrs came into Lee County and purchased a 
 
 iiti land in Washington Township 
 
 of Stephen Myers, and they live in Burlington; 
 Annie married Herman Schultz, and lives in Ft. 
 JNLadison. 
 
 William Pranger was a child of two years old 
 when his parents emigrated to America, and five E 
 years of age when the}' came into Lee County. 
 He is thus fully entitled to be called a pioneer set- 
 tler. At an early age he began to assist his pai-- 
 ents in the lighter duties around the homestead, 
 and when but a boy of twelve years went nut to 
 work. He received from ^10 to $1.') per montli, 
 and was naturall}' liright and industrious, making- 
 friends wherever he went. As he grew older his 
 wages were increased, but he lived econoiuically, 
 saved what he could of his earnings, and in lf<G!) 
 c*>mmeneed business for himself by opening a res- 
 taurant at Ft. Madison. Seven years later he pur- 
 chased the half interest of William Pritchard, who 
 was carrying on a livery stable, and finally pui- 
 chased the interest of liis partner and conducted 
 the business alone. He has been successful from TI fji 
 the beginning and keeps some of the best animals . " " 
 and vehicles to be found in the city. 
 
 The marriage of William Pranger and Miss Kate 
 Bentledge was celebrated Sept. 20, 187C. Mrs. 
 Pranger is a native of St. Louis, Mo., an amiable 
 and intelligent lady, and of this union there have 
 been born three children: Mary, known as^Lamie; 
 Eddie B., the eldest, was born Sept. i), 1877, and 
 died March 22, 1879; Robert died when five years ||; | 
 of age. Mr. and Mrs. Pranger are members in mM 
 good standing of St. Joseph's Church. 
 
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 J-/ILLIAM BRANDES, of Ft. Madison, a 
 pioneer of Lee Count}' of 1850, has now 
 been a respected resident of this section ^ 
 for the larger part of forty years. He is a native 
 of Brunswick, Germany, the date of his birth being- 
 April 4, 1819. His childhood years were jjassed 
 under the parental roof and in attendance at the 
 public schools, after which he learned the shoe- 
 maker's trade, which he followed in his native 
 country until 1845. Not being satisfied with his 
 condition or prospects in the land of his birth, he 
 decided to emigrate to the United States. He ac- 
 
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 c-ordingly set sail, and after a prosperous voyage 
 lanrU'd in New Orleans, thence proceeding to St. 
 Lonis, -Mo., wiiere he rem-iinod for three months, 
 and .'ifterward went to •juincy. 111., where he 
 staid until the following year, when he crossed 
 the Mississippi and c-inie to Ft. Madison, where he 
 had friends, lie was pleased with the locality and 
 concluded to remain here, liut soon afterward, 
 however, was induced to change liis plans and be- 
 come a soldier in the I'nitcd States army, tliis 
 country then being at war with jNIexico. His regi- 
 ment was first commanded by (ion. Taylor at 
 Monterey, and was then transferred to the command 
 of Gen. Winfield Scott at Vera Cruz, and our sub- 
 ject participated in all the engagements of that 
 campaign. At the termination of the war he was 
 mustered oiit at St. Louis, and remained in that 
 city until 1H.50, after which he removed to Ft. 
 Madison and followed his trade for the following 
 ten years, when he was obliged to abandon wori< at 
 the bench on account of impaired health. 
 
 From this time until 18(i4 Mr. Brandes was in 
 the employ of a produce firm, and was then ap- 
 pointed watchman of the Mound Cit^' Nav}^ Yards 
 on the Ohio River, which position he retained for 
 three years. He then returned to Ft. Madison and 
 then started for Germany, remaining one year and 
 nine months. On his return he engaged with the 
 firm by whom he was formerly emi)loyed, remain- 
 ing with them this time for the space of seven j'ears, 
 and since then has been night watchman in the city. 
 Possessing the characteristics of his countrymen he 
 has been industrious and economical, and saved his 
 earnings, and is now in possession of a comfortable 
 and pleasant two-story brick residence, in the west- 
 ern part of the city, which was erected in 1884, at 
 a cost of $1,800. 
 
 Mr. Brandes obtained his naturalization papers as 
 soon as possible after coming to the United States, 
 and takes an active interest in the affairs of his 
 adopted country. For a few years he affiliated with 
 the Democratic party, but during the war consid- 
 ered that he had reason to change his opinions, and 
 is now a stanch liepublican. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was married in 1848, 
 in St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Christine Olendorf, of 
 Germany, who emigrated to the United States in 
 
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 1847. She did not long remain the companion of 
 her luisband, her death occurring in 1853. Of this 
 marriage there were no children. The second mar- 
 riage of .Mr. Brandes occcurred in 18."),5, when he 
 was united to Miss Johanna Pinkepank, who is a 
 native of his own countr}'. and came to America in 
 18.54. Of this union there are five children liv- 
 ing: Minnie is the wife of Conrad Hoyer, and 
 resides in Lee County ; Charles; Louise is the wife 
 of Mr. (Jus Buckolz; the others are Willie and 
 Henry ; two daughters, Sophia and Lena, died when 
 twenty-two jears of age. Mr. Brandes belongs to 
 the Lutheran Church, and is greatl3' respected b^' 
 his fellow-townsmen. 
 
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 ENRY' SHINSTOCK, a well-to-do and suc- 
 cessful farmer of Marion Township, was 
 born in the Empire of Germany, April 4, 
 1 833, on a farm. His father, Casper Shin- 
 stock, was a farmer by calling, and followed his vo- 
 cation in the ■' faderland." The mother of our 
 subject, Anna Shinstock, was also a native of Ger- 
 many, and slie and her good husband continued to 
 live in that countr}' until their death. Fourteen 
 children were born to them, nine of whom lived to 
 attain the age of maturity. 
 
 Henry Shinstock lived on his father's farm and 
 assisted in the maintenance of the family' until he 
 was his own man. He then, hoping to better his 
 financial condition in the free Republic beyond the 
 ocean, emigrated to this country and disembarked 
 at New Orleans. From th.at city he went to St. P 
 Louis, Mo., where he remained for about three 
 years, working the major portion of the time in a 
 brick3'ard. With money which he had saved by 
 days' labor he purchased a team of horses, that is, 
 he paid half cash and went in debt for the remain- 
 der. He, however, followed teaming there for 
 awhile, and then disposing of his team by sale, ; 
 came to Ft. Madison, this State. Here he ran a k 
 brickyard, but this being at the same time the late gjj 
 Civil War was in progress, the business proved un- 
 profitable. He then engaged in farming on rented 
 land in Marion Township, which he followed in this 
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 time he had the snug little sum of $700. He then 
 bought a farm for iil,300. and paying his *700 
 down, went in delit for the balance. The place 
 consisted of 100 acres, and (^nr subject went to 
 work with all the energy he could bring to l)ear to 
 clear his place of indebtedness. He soon did so, 
 adding to the same from time to time, and now 
 has 335 acres of choice land, which is located in 
 the garden spot of Lee County. He has erected a 
 good brick residence, substantial barn and out- 
 buildings, and is now enabled to enjoy the fruits of 
 a laborious and successful past. He h.as dealt ex- 
 tensively in the raising of cattle, and out of this 
 branch of his calling has made a portion of his 
 money. His horses are of the Clydesdale breed, 
 of which he has some fine specimens on his place. 
 
 Mr. Shinstock was married to Miss Katie H. 
 Holznekempfe, in 1860. She was born in German}', 
 whence our subject went after and married her. 
 Eleven children have been born to them, five sons 
 and six daughters, namely, Casper, Henry, Anna, 
 .Theodore, Peter, Theresa, Christ, Mary, Katie, Liz- 
 zie and Maggie. Mr. Shinstock and his wife, to- 
 gether with his children, are members of the St. 
 James Catholic Church of St. Paul. In politics 
 Mr. Shinstock votes the Democratic ticket. 
 
 A view of the handsome residence and surround- 
 ings of Mr. Shinstock is shown on another page. 
 
 \l p— ^T REDERICK BALL, a prosperous German 
 i^Js) farmer of Charleston Township, having a 
 _i comfortable homestead on section 9, was 
 
 born Nov. 11, 1827, and remained a resident of his 
 native Germany until 1848. In the spring of that 
 year, not being satisfied with his prospects in his 
 native land, he decided to emigrate to the United 
 States. After arriving upon American shores he 
 proceeded to New Jersey, where he was engaged 
 as a baker for two years. He then went to New 
 York City, remaining there until 1855; thence went 
 to Hamilton, Ohio, and after a sojourn of two 
 months, set his face for the farther West, and, cross- 
 ing the Father of Waters, landed in Lee County. 
 His first location was made in Franklin Township, 
 which continued his home for the four years fol- 
 
 lowing. In the fall of 1859 he came to Charleston 
 Township, rented land for three years, and then 
 purchased his present homestead. It consists of 312 
 acres, all in one body, and is highly impi'oved and 
 valuable. He has a good farm residence, a substan- 
 tial liarn and all necessary out-liuildings. and is 
 passing his d.ays in peace and comft>rt, occupied 
 with the various pursuits of the farm. 
 
 Mr. Ball was married, in Franklin Township, to 
 Miss Margaret Whertvine, also a native of Ger- 
 many, and <^if this union there were born eleven 
 children, four of whom died in infancy. Those 
 surviving are — John, P'rederick, Mary, Barbara, 
 Jacob. Henry and Peter. Mr. and Mrs. B. are 
 members in good standing of the German Lutheran 
 Chni-ch, and in politics Mr. B. is a conscientious 
 Democrat. He has been enterprising and industri- 
 ous, upright and honorable in his transactions, and 
 enjoys the respect of his neighbors and acquaint- 
 ances. 
 
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 OBERT E. HILL, a prosperous farmer and 
 stock-grower, occupies a fine tract of land 
 on section 12, in Harrison Township, and 
 S!is carrying on the different branches of his 
 business intelligently and profltabl}-. Mr. Hill is a 
 native of Wayne County, Ind., born June 26, 1840, 
 and is the son of William and Zilphia (HoUowell) 
 Hill, natives respective!}-, of Ohio and North Caro- 
 lina. William Hill was born Oct. 5, 1804, and wasi 
 reared on a farm, receiving his eariy education in 
 the common schools. After attaining his majority 
 he emigrated to Indiana and engaged in mercantile 
 pursuits at Richmond, being thus occupied for the 
 following four j'ears. He then abandoned that 
 business and resolved to become a farmer. He 
 ci-ossed the Father of Waters in 1 843, and purchased 
 forty acres of land in Lee County, Iowa. To this 
 he added another forty acres, upon which he es- 
 tablished a homestead and remained until his death, 
 which occurred F"eb. 1, 1869. He had been reared 
 in the (Quaker faith, and clung to his early religion 
 throughout his lifetime. He was Repub'iean in 
 politics, was a good man, and highly esteemed in 
 his communit}'. 
 
 William Hill was married to Miss Zilphia Hoi- 
 
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 lowcll <m tlic 20Th of December, 1H.51. the wedding 
 occurring in Hifliniond, Ind. The piuents of Mrs. 
 Hill, Exuin and Ckriiej' (Fort) Ilollowell, were n!i- 
 tives of North Carolina, and their daughter was 
 l)orn March 20, 18n7. The family of William Hill 
 consisted of six children, as follows: Susanna be- 
 came the wife of Benjamin Cook; Julia A. mar- 
 ried John McGreer; Patience died at the age of 
 two years; Edmund was a soldier in the late war, 
 and died in the hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn. ; 
 the fifth child was Robert E., the subject of our 
 sketch; Elizabeth l)ecamc the wife of Jesse Mc- 
 Millan. 
 
 Robert E. Hill ivas united in marriage with Miss 
 Miiry .McMillan, Feb. 1), \XM. .Mrs. Hill is a na- 
 tive of J>ee County, and her birth took ijlacc Oct. 
 .11, l«ll. Her parents were Amos and Hannah 
 (.\i'mitage) .McMillan, natives of I'enns^'lvania. 
 The mother is now deceased, but the father is still 
 living. They were the jiareiits of seven children, 
 three of whom are married and established in 
 homes of their own. Robert E. Hill and his wife 
 have become the parents of four children — diaries 
 E., Samuel H., Lanora and I'etie Roy. 
 
 The homestead of Mr. Hill comprises a beautiful 
 furiu dwelling and 700 acres of land. He has been 
 successful in his agricultural pursuits and stock- 
 raising, and has a herd of some of the finest cattle 
 to be found in the Mississi|)pi Vallej'. He is a 
 gentleman of energy- and enterprise, and his farm 
 estate will bear comparison with anything of the 
 kind in Lee County. Mr. Mill is held in high re- 
 spect by the community of which he is a member, 
 and in politics is a conscientious Republican. 
 
 R. P. J. PAYNE, a prominent and popular 
 member of the medical profession of the 
 Gate City, is a native of Frankford, Pike 
 Co., Mo., and was born on the 3d of July, 
 He is the son of Dr. O. B. and Elizabeth 
 (Payne) Payne, natives of Connecticut. The 
 mother of our subject departed this life in 1856. 
 and Dr. O. B. Payne, the father, is a resident of 
 Ferndale, Cal.. and retired from the active duties 
 of life. He has been prominent in liis i)rofession, 
 
 a member of the Clark .Medical Society, and dur- 
 ing the war, Surgeon-in-Chicf of the 3d Division 
 of the 17th Army Corps. He has also been con- 
 nected with the State Medical Society of Missouri 
 and the American Medical Association, and repii- 
 sented his county in the (ieneral Assembly of Mis- 
 souri. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity 
 and of the I. O. O. F., and organized in Nortii- 
 westeru Missouri, the order called the Knights ol 
 Malta. During the war. Dr. Payne, the elder, w;i.-- 
 also connected with the Kith Mi.ssouri Lifantry, a> 
 chief medical ofllcer in the regiment, and whcrevci 
 he was located, whether in military or civil life, wa.-? 
 tacitlj' .acknowledged ,as a foremost man and a 
 leader among his fellows. In IMSd he wiis ap- 
 pointed a delegate from California to the President- 
 ial Convention, and w.as instructed to cast his vote 
 for Gen. Grant. 
 
 The parental family of our sulijecl included six 
 children, three sons and three daughters: P. J. is 
 the eldest child in the family; George A., an editor, 
 is a resident of California; Henry C. is foreman of 
 a printing-office in Omaha, Neb.; Florence married 
 S. JL Mitchell, a farmer of California; Alice A. 
 became the wife of James Groves, a commission 
 merchant of Ferndale, Cal. ; Isabel married Frank 
 Turnej', an architect, and lives in California. 
 
 The subject of our biography spent most of his 
 3'ounger (lays in his native State, and received :i 
 fair education in the public schools. After arriving 
 at years of manhood, he made quite an extensive 
 tour of the Northwest, spending two years in travel, 
 and upon returning home entered upon the study 
 of medicine at St. Francisville, under the instruc- 
 tion of his father. He went into the iirmj' with 
 the latter, and assisted him as surgeon in his duties 
 among the wounded soldiers, which proved a valua- 
 ble experience. Previous to this, however, he had 
 attended a course of lectures at the Keokuk College 
 of Physicians and Surgeons, and also graduated 
 from the medical department of the Iowa Stale 
 University. 
 
 After the resignation of liis father as a surgeon 
 in the army, our subject was commissioned surgeon 
 of the lOth Missouri Infantry, and remained in tlie 
 service of the Government until the close of the 
 war. He then returned to .Missouri, :ind located at 
 
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 Luiay, in Clark County, where he engaged in the 
 practice of medicine until the spring of 18S1, when 
 he entered upon the practice of his profession here, 
 in which he has been continuously engaged since 
 that time, his office being located at No. 12 South 
 Third street. 
 
 Dr. Payne and Miss Frances A. Ochiltree were 
 united in marriage in 1808. Mrs. Payne is a native 
 of Vineennes, Ind., and daughter of G. M. Ochil- 
 tree, who was County Clerk of Clark Count}% Mo. 
 Of this union there have been born two children — 
 Benjamina O. and Winnifred. The Doctor and his 
 family occupy a pleasant residence at No. 708 Des 
 Moines street. They are held in high esteem by 
 the best class of residents, and the Doctor has an 
 extensive pr.actice, not only in this locality, but is 
 often called as consulting ph3'sician to his native 
 State of Missouri. He is Republican in politics, 
 belongs to the Keokuk Medical Society, and was 
 formerly a member of the Clark County (Mo.) 
 Medical Society. He is a member in good standing 
 of the I. O. O. F.,and stands high among the mem- 
 bers of the profession in this locality. 
 
 THOMAS EVANS, oecupjnng a prominent 
 position among the industrial interests of 
 Keokuk, is a native of Chester County, En- 
 gland, and was born March G, 1823. He is the son 
 of John and Margaret (Jones) Evans, natives of 
 the same country as their sou, and of English an- 
 cestrj' and parentage. The subject of this sketch 
 was the fifth of a famil}' of six children who gath- 
 ered around the parental hearthstone, and from his 
 earlier years was trained to habits of industry and 
 honesty. When he became of suitable age he 
 served an apprenticeship of seven years at boiler- 
 making and ship-building, and followed this joint 
 occupation until 1850, when he left his native coun- 
 try and emigrated to America. His first location 
 after arriving here was at Schenectady, N. Y., 
 where he became foreman in a boiler works estab- 
 lishment, remaining there for one year. He then 
 went to Pennsylvania, where he secured the posi- 
 tion of foreman in the shops of the New York & 
 Erie Railroad, located at Susquehanna, and oecu- 
 
 In the winter of i 
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 G he started westward across the Mississippi to 
 
 pied this position for five years 
 18. 
 
 Iowa, and locating in Keokuk, formed a partnership 
 with Richard Holloway for the purpose of manu- 
 facturing boilers. They operated together about 
 two years, when they closed out the business, and jjll 
 Ml-. Evans, going to St. Louis, engaged as a Gov- 
 ernment employe for the manufacture of gun-boats 
 for a year, and then returning to Keokuk, entered 
 the shops which are now owned by the Chicago, 
 Rock Island & Pacific Railway. Of these he was 
 foreman from 18G3 to 1884, when he was obliged 
 to abandon the business of a machinist on account 
 of ill-health, and is now retired from active labor. 
 
 Mr. Evans, in early manhood, was married in 
 Susquehanna, Pa., to Miss Catharine Anderson, a 
 native of his own country, who bore him three 
 children : Jennie L. is the wife of Peter Lamb, 
 and resides in Bloomington, 111.; William P., pos- 
 sessed of the genius of his father, is a skilled ma- 
 chinist, employed in the shops of the C, R. I. & P. 
 R. R. at Keokuk; Laura L. died in infancy. Mrs. 
 Catharine Evans died in Susquehanna, Pa., April 
 19, 1855. The second marriage of Mr. Evans took 
 place at Ma3'svi]le, Ky., where he was united with 
 Miss Sarah Bullen, also a native of England, and of 
 this union there was born one child, John J. S., 
 who died when less than two years old. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Evans have a pleasant home in 
 Keokuk, and are surrounded by all of the comforts 
 and many of the luxuries of life. Mr. E. is inde- 
 pendent in politics, and socially is a member in 
 good standing of Eagle Lodge No. 12, A. F. & 
 A. M. A lithographic portrait of Mr. Evans is 
 shown on the opposite page. 
 
 ^^EORGE WILSON, a pioneer settler of Jef- 
 [|| __ ferson Township, is an industrious and fairi}' 
 ^^( successful farmer, occupying a comfortable 
 homestead on section 2. He came to Lee County 
 in 1833, and has been an interested witness of the 
 marvelous development of a rich section of country. 
 He crossed the Mississippi River from Hancock 
 County, 111., and entered a tract of land which had 
 then not even been surveyed. Tliis he islowly im- 
 
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 proved and cultivated, and when it came into mar- 
 ket secured his title from the Oovernment. The 
 farming implements of that period were of the 
 rudest description, ami it took abundant toil to ac- 
 complish even small results. Hut Mr. Wilson per- 
 severed in his undertakina :ini1 rmally established 
 a comfortable home. 
 
 The father of oursuliject. Hugh Wil.sou, was born 
 [lear Lexington, Ky.,and after arriving at years of 
 manhood went down to Tennessee and settled at a 
 point on tlie Cumberland River, where in due time 
 he was united in marriage with Miss .Susan Stiles. 
 His bride was born and reared in Tennessee, and 
 was of German and Irish descent and parentage. 
 After their marriage they removed to Indiana, set- 
 tling near the Wabash River, whence, after a time 
 they proceeded to C'liristian County, Ky., and later 
 crossed the Mississippi and went into Missouri, then 
 proceeded South to Arkansas; after a time they re- 
 turned to Missouri, and n little later went to Schuy- 
 ler County, III., where they settled near the county 
 seat. Rushvilie, and Hugh AVilson hewed the logs 
 for the first court-house that was built in the Latter- 
 named county. 
 
 In 1H;51 Hugh Wilson, with his f.<imily, removed 
 from Illinois, and the third time crossed the F.ither 
 of Waters, settling in what is now Jefferson Town- 
 ship. Here they im])roved a farm which was located 
 in the first bottoms of the Mississippi, and known 
 as Sand Prairie. They labored industriously and 
 watched with unab.nted interest the growth and de- 
 velopment of the Hawkeye State. Upon this farm 
 the parents passed the remainder of their lives, and 
 only one of their children is left to perpetuate their 
 name, George Wilson lieing the only surviving mem- 
 ber of a family of six sons and three daughters. 
 The parents departed this life some j^ears before the 
 breaking out of the late Rcl)ellion. 
 
 George Wilson remained with his parents through 
 the various changes of location which occurred un- 
 til they came to Iowa. He was born in J.ackson 
 County, Tenn., July '22, 180!), and after arriving at 
 years of manhood was married near Rushvilie, 
 22q Schuyler Co., III., to .Miss Rebecca Wallace, of Jack- 
 son County, Tenn.. wlio was born in ISTi. Her 
 I father was a farmer by occupation, and removed 
 I from Tennessee to Illinois, where he died many years 
 
 ago. The mother survived him several years, and » i 
 died in Jefferson Township, this State. They were ~ 
 most excellent and worthy people, .-ind reared their gi 
 
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 children lo upright and honorable lives. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wilson became the parents of ten 
 children, of whom the following are living: .Susan 
 is the wife of Benjamin Drollingcr, a farmer of 
 Jefferson Township; Eliza A. married Henry 
 Mitchell, and they also live on a farm in this town- 
 shii) ; ( leorge married Miss Lucy Steward, and man- 
 ages his father's homestead; Hannah is the wife of 
 .lolin Ilatton, a farmer of Cass County, .Mo. 
 
 Mr. Wilscm is the owner of 4-tO .acres of land, ^ 
 mostly improved. He has been quite extensively S 
 engaged in stock-raising, and is in all respects a 
 straightforward and honest citizen. He and his - , 
 wife are members in good standing of the Method- pHl 
 ist Episcopal Church, and in polities Mr. W. is an 
 nnc(jm promising Democrat. 
 
 ^^ APT. ASA B. WOODWARD, pilot of the 
 [if^ steamboat ''Sam Atlee," has his headquar- t, 
 '^^f'' ters at Ft. Madison, and is considered one of c 
 its worthy and excellent citizens. He was born in ! 
 Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, Sept. 3, 1836, and is ^ 
 the son of John Mason and Elizabeth (Wilson) : 
 Woodward, both natives of the Buckeye State. His 
 father was a carpenter by trade and a skilled me- 
 chanic, who died in New Corydon, Jay Co., lud. : 
 The mother still survives, and resides at Lancaster, 
 .it the advanced age of seventy-six years. The : 
 parental household consisted of six children, two ^ 
 sons and four daughters. 
 
 The subject, of this biography was the eldest son 
 of his i)arcnts" family. He grew to manhood under 
 the parental roof and received a good education in 
 the common schools. At the age of nineteen years, 
 in 185.'), he set his face westward to the Father ot 
 Waters, boarded a steamer, and went up the river : 
 to St. Paul, where he engaged to return with a raft 
 of lumber. This novel occupation being quite a 
 change from the labors of his former life, proved 
 quite an attraction to him, and he followed the river 
 for the next six vears, or until 1861, aud the break- 
 
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 ing out of the late Civil War. He then decided 
 to become a volunteer soldier, and enlisted as a 
 member of Company A, 1st Iowa Regiment, in 
 which he served three months, that being the term 
 of enlistment. He then continued in the service as 
 wagon-master, and subsequently had charge of the 
 Provost Marshal's stables at Memphis, under Gen. 
 E. B. Washburn. He remained in the service until 
 the close of the war and then resumed his former 
 life on the Mississippi. Since that time he has either 
 served as Pilot or Captain, and is well fitted for his 
 peculiar duty. 
 
 Capt. Woodward was married in 1862 to Miss 
 Jemima C. Gibson, and thej' have become the par- 
 ents of two children. Rend and Ruth. Capt. Wood- 
 ward located at Ft. Madison in 18G9, and has made 
 this citj- his residence since that time. Religiouslj' 
 he is connected with the Presbyterian Church, and 
 socially witli the A. O. U. W. Politically he is 
 strongly Republican, and uniforml}' casts his vote 
 in support of the principles of that part\'. He is a 
 good citizen, and the family are highly respected 
 in their community. 
 
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 AVID C. MARSH, a prominent resident 
 of Washington Township, owns and occu- 
 pies a valuable farm estate pleasantly lo- 
 cated on section 2. He has been a resi- 
 dent of the Hawkeye State for nearlj' forty-seven 
 years, coming here several years before it was ad- 
 mitted into the Union as a State, .ind has witnessed 
 with admiring interest the wonderful changes which 
 have taken place, and the rapid march of civiliza- 
 tion and progress. Since coming here he has made 
 the interests of his adopted State his own, has re- 
 joiced in her prosperity, and has aided to the best 
 of his al)ilitjf in bringing about her present pros- 
 perous condition. 
 
 David C. Marsh is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 and was born Jan. 7, 181G. His parents were Will- 
 iam and Lodika (Knight) Marsh, the history of 
 whom will be found in another part of this volume 
 in connection with the sketch of I. L. Marsh. The 
 subject of this history was the eldest of a family of 
 
 eight children, and lived in the vicinity of his 
 birthplace until five j^ears old, when his parents re- 
 moved to Preble County. He remained under the 
 parental roof until he was twenty-one years of age, 
 and then, in the fall of 1 839, resolved to cross the 
 Father of Waters and seek his fortune in the farther 
 West. He had already formed domestic ties, and 
 was accompanied by his wife and child when he 
 came into Lee County. He entered 160 acres of 
 land on sections 2 and 11, locating his dwelling on 
 the former section, and has resided here since that 
 time. Although never having served an apprentice- 
 ship at any trade, he occupied his spare time when 
 a j'outh in making chairs, and at the age of seven- 
 teen years bought his time of his father and carried 
 on the chair business on his own account. After 
 coming to Iowa he turned his attention exclusivel}' 
 to agricultural pursuits. He was prospered in his 
 farming operations and business transactions, and 
 added to his possessions from time to time until he 
 became the owner of 469 acres of valuable land in 
 Washington Township. The most of this is finely 
 improved and cultivated, and his residence, which 
 he built in 1873, is a fine brick structure, finished 
 and furnished after the most modern and improved 
 style. He has good barns and out-buildings, valu- 
 able farm machinery, and everything pertaining to 
 a first-class agriculturist and stock-raiser. 
 
 Mr. Marsh was married in Preble County, Ohio, 
 Jan. 21, 1838, to Catharine, daughter of William 
 and Elcindia (Roach) Mincer, natives of Virginia, 
 and of German and English ancestry. After their 
 marriage they removed from Virginia to Darke 
 County, Ohio, where the decease of the mother oc- 
 curred a few years later. After the death of his 
 wife, William Mincer left Ohio and came to Iowa 
 in the fall of 1853, settling in Mahaska County', 
 where he remained until the close of his life. The 
 parental household included thirteen children, of 
 whom Mrs. Marsh of our sketch was the fifth in 
 order of birth. She was born in Frederick County, 
 Va., Dec. 9, 1822, and by her union with our sub- 
 ject has become the mother of three children, as 
 follows: William married Miss Eveline Rice, who 
 died in Washington Township, and he afterward 
 married Miss Elcindia Mincer, and still resides 
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 Thompson, aiirl resides in Wasliington Township. 
 
 ^[r. Miirsh is hoiil in iiigii osteem by his fellow 
 townsmen, :in<l has held tiie minor offices of the 
 township. He and iiis wife, with their son Will- 
 iam and daughter Martha, are connected with the 
 Christian Church, and Mary with the Methodist. 
 .Mr. .Marsh is Democratic in politics, is the friend 
 of law and order, and in all respects is fultillinii the 
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 ON. CHARLES DOEKR, Postmaster of Ft. 
 
 Madison, is .-i fine representative of that 
 
 stiinch German element which has done so 
 
 much to aid in the development of the great 
 
 West. He was born in the Duchy of Nassau, Ger- 
 
 ^ many, Jan. 13, 1831, his parents being Phillip and 
 Catherine (Tresbach) Doerr. The father was a 
 stonemason and st( >ne-cutter by trade, remarkably 
 skillful as a mechanic, and was engaged on Govern- 
 ment work, being ,'in authority on I'iver improve- 
 ments, such as barracks, (piays, canal locks, etc. In 
 iHol the familj', consisting of the parents and two 
 children, Charles and Jannette (the latter the wife 
 of George Authes, of Minneapolis, Minn.), emigra- 
 ted to the United States, landing in New York 
 City on the 21st of March. The father and son 
 worked at their trade about six months in that 
 city, and then removed to Bennington County, Vt., 
 remaining there for one year, where the death of 
 the mother occurred in 18.t2, at the age of forty- 
 four years. The following year the surviving mem- 
 lici-s of the famil}' started westward, locating first 
 ill Illinois, and the father and son engaged in build- 
 ing railroad bridges, and in other heavy masonry 
 
 pjin Illinois and Missouri. In 18.5.5 they came to Ft. 
 Madison, where the father pursued his trade for 
 many j'cars. He is now retired from the active 
 duties of life, and although at the advanced age of 
 seventy-nine years, is still hale and hearty, his 
 physical and intellectual powers having been re- 
 tained to a remarkable degree. 
 
 The subject of this biography received a good 
 education in llic coinnioii schools, and Ic.iined the 
 
 trade of a stonemason and stone-cutting under the 
 instruction of his father before he left his native 
 country. In 18.57 he became desirous of changing 
 his occupation. His studious habits had fitted him 
 for other duties, and he engaged as a copyist in the 
 oftice of the Recorder of Lee County, and two 
 years thereafter became Deputy County Clerk, lie 
 possessed more than ordinarj' ability and had ma<le 
 the most of his opportunities, and steadil}' grew in 
 favor with the public, and in 18G2 was elected 
 County Clerk, serving several terms. He then be- 
 came interested in real estate, and acted as Notaiy 
 Public. In the fall of 1866 he was again elected 
 County Clerk, and re-elected in 1868, serving the 
 people of Lee County in this capacity until 1871. 
 He then ])urchased the Ft. Madison ferry, and oper- 
 ated the same for a period of six years, after which 
 he established a real-estate and brokerage business 
 at Ft. Madison. 
 
 Mr. Doerr, however, could not evade the de- 
 mands of his fellow-citizens that he should serve in 
 a public capacity, and in 1883 he was solicited to 
 become a candidate as their next member for the 
 State Legislature. He finally assented to this and 
 was elected, representing his district in the Twen- 
 tieth General Assembly. In October, 1885, he was 
 appointed Postmaster of Ft. Madison by President 
 Cleveland, and the appointment was confirmed by 
 the United States .Senate without opposition, Jan. 
 12, 188C. 
 
 Mr. Doerr became a citizen of the United States 
 in June, 18.56, and since that time has been a stanch 
 supporter of the Democratic party. He has fre- 
 quently been a delegate to county, district and 
 State conventions, and in 1864 was an alternate 
 delegate to the National Democratic Convention 
 held at Chicago. In 1872 he was the candidate of 
 his party for Secretary of State, but as the party in 
 Iowa was largely in the minority, he was defeated, 
 together with the balance of the ticket. 
 
 Mr. Doerr has been identified with every good 
 work and purpose, and has materially aided the 
 business and educational interests of Lee County. 
 He is a member in good standing of the Evangel- 
 ical Lutheran Church; has been connected with the 
 I. O. O. F. since 18,54, and was initiated into the 
 mysteries of Ancient Free Masonry in 1«(!2. He is 
 
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 and Damascus Commandcry No. 5, K. T. Mr. 
 Uiierr was Secretary of the F't. Madison, Farming- 
 ton & Western Railway, and when it was merged 
 into the Burlington A' Southwestern, he retained the 
 same position until the road was completed, and 
 afterward of the Ft. Madison & Northwestern Rail- 
 way. He has been mostly successful in his busi- 
 ness enterprises, and has erected several fine busi- 
 ness blocks and residences in the city. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was united in marriage 
 with Miss Catherine Magerkurth, Aug. 20, 18u7. 
 Mrs. Doerr is a native of Rhenish Bavaria, born 
 April 30, 1837. She emigrated to the United 
 States with her uncle, J. J. Wiegner, with whom 
 she resided until her marriage. Of the union of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Doerr nine children have been born, 
 of whom the eldest died at the age of three and 
 one-half years; the living are Carl P., Nettie H., 
 Edward F., Phillip O., Albert N., Cuno W., Elsie 
 D. and Kittie M, In 1881, Mr. Doerr, accompan- 
 ied by his wife, took a trip to Europe, visiting their 
 native country and also Switzerland and France. 
 They occupy a beautiful residence in Ft. Madison, 
 and are surrounded by the comforts and luxuries 
 of life. They are highly esteemed in the commu- 
 nity, and in all respects are fultilling the obligations 
 tievolviug upon citizens of prominence and influ- 
 ence. 
 
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 R. GEORGE F. JENKINS, President of 
 the faculty of the College of Physicians 
 and Surgons, of Keokuk, Iowa, is a gentle- 
 man who stands high in the profession in 
 this locality, and as a citizen is a valued factor in 
 the community. He is a native of Clark County, 
 Mo., and was born July 15, 1842, his parents being 
 Robert and Elizabeth (Rambo) Jenkins, natives of 
 Lancaster Couutj', Pa. His great-grandfather, Da- 
 vid Jenkins, came from ^Vales and settled in Lan- 
 caster County, Pa., in the year 1700, lieing among 
 the earliest pioneers of that section. He was largely- 
 engaged in the manufacture of iron, and the busi- 
 ness continued in the Jenkins family for more than 
 a century thereafter. Then, George Jenkins, tlie 
 
 son of David A. and grandfather of our subject, by 
 becoming security for debts and being otherwise 
 involved, lost the property which had descended to 
 him, and the family thereafter, in pursuit of differ- 
 ent locations, was widely scattered. Robert, one 
 of his sons, and the father of George F. of our 
 sketch, went to Missouri and purchased 1,000 aci'es 
 of land, upon which he remained until his death, 
 which occurred in 1 85(). The mother had died ten 
 years previously. She was one of the descendants 
 of a Swedish colony who settled in Pennsylvania at 
 an early date, and with her husband was a member 
 of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Robert Jenkins was successful as an agriculturist 
 in this section, and a prominent man, possessing 
 great force of character, and being placed in im- 
 portant positions which required the exercise of 
 wise judgment and forethought. His family in- 
 cluded four sons and two daughters, of whom the 
 record is as follows: William, a resident of Clark 
 County, Mo., is engaged in the stock business, and 
 is one of the wealthiest men in that section ; Mag- 
 gie J. became the wife of Mr. Lapsley, who has oc- 
 cupied the position of Circuit Clerk for the past 
 twelve years; they reside in Missouri; Cassie E., 
 twin sister of Mrs. Lapsley, married Dr. Lynn, 
 and is now a resident of Granger, Mo. ; Dr. George 
 F. was the next in order of birth ; Robert E. is an 
 attorney at law in Chicago, and for many years was 
 assignee in bankruptcy cases; James A., a resident 
 of Clark Count}', Mo., is extensively engaged in 
 farming pursuits. 
 
 The earlier years of the subject of our sketch 
 were spent upon the farm and in attendance at the 
 district schools. At the conclusion of his primary 
 studies he entered the High School of the county, 
 where he remained until he was eighteen j'ears old, 
 and from there went into the Jones Commercial 
 College of St. Louis, where he graduated, and 
 taught mathematics in the college for four months 
 subsequently. In the winter of 1864 he visited 
 relatives in Pennsylvania, and in 1865 crossed the 
 plains to California with a mule-team, being four . 
 months on the road. After arriving there he spent 
 some time in traveling over the country, and then 
 coninienced the study of medicine in Toland Medi- 
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 and returned home by way of the Isthmus and 
 New York. After reaching his native county he 
 continued ills medical studies under the tutorship 
 of Dr. R. fS. McKee of Clark County, witli whom 
 he remained until the following fall, in the mean- 
 time engaged in practice. He then took a course 
 of lectures in St. Louis, at the Missouri Medical 
 College, from which he graduated in the spring of 
 1867. He then came to Keokuk and c(jntinued his 
 practice successfully. 
 
 In January following IJr. Jenkins opened an 
 office up the river at Sandusky, the headquarters 
 for the contractors of the Government canal, at 
 which place he had an extensive practice for three 
 years. In January, 1871, he re-opened hisottice in 
 Keokuk, and has practiced here continuously since 
 that time. He is connected with the principal medi. 
 cal associations of this section. He was a member 
 of the Keokuk Medical Society and President in 
 1881 ; has been a member of the Iowa State Medi- 
 cal Society since 1809, and was Chairman of the 
 section of medicine at the last meeting of this so- 
 ciety, and has also served on various other impor- 
 tant committees. The Doctor became a member 
 of the American Medical Association in 1872, and 
 for three years was Lecturer on the diseases of chil- 
 dren in the Keokuk College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons. Since- 1882 he has been Professor of the 
 Principles and Practice of Medicine, Medical Clin- 
 ics, Physical Diagnosis and Diseases of Children, 
 and in 1885 was unanimously elected President of 
 tiie faculty, which position he still holds. He has 
 been President of the Board of Health for the cit}', 
 and has been largely interested in the important mat- 
 ters connected with its general welfare. The Doctor 
 is also a member of the ])resent School Board of 
 Keokuk. He is tlie friend and supporter of every 
 measure calculated to elevate tlie standard of edu- 
 cation and moralitj', and was largely instrumental 
 in the establishment of the St. Joseph Hospital, be- 
 ing at present chief of the medical staff <)f that in- 
 stitution. He possesses the pen of a ready writer, 
 and has frequently contributed to the medical lit- 
 erature of the day. He is the Medical E.xaininer 
 for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, also 
 the Connecticut Mutual Life and Travelers' Insur- 
 ance Company. 
 
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 Dr. George F. Jenkins and Miss Lottie E. Van f 
 
 \\'agenen were united in marriage in December, ' 
 1M70. Mrs. Jenkins is the daughter of K. I). Van 
 Wagenen, a prominent Government contractor of 
 Fulton, Oswego Co.. N. Y. Of this union there have 
 been born four children— Marcia L., Florence E., . 
 George V. and Katie E. The family residence is [ 
 pleasantly located at the corner of Seventh and ■ 
 High streets, and its inmates are surrounded by all ■ 
 the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Po- ; 
 litically Dr. Jenkins affiliates with the Democratic : 
 party, and socially is a member of the lioyal Ar- ■ 
 canum, Knights of Pythias, and the A. 0. U. W. 
 Dr. .1. and his wife are prominently connected witli 
 the Presbyterian Church, and their home is the re- 
 sort of the refined and cultured people of the Gate 
 City. j 
 
 \YfACKSON TOWNSEND, of Ft. Madison, 
 Deputj' Warden of the Iowa State Peniten- 
 tiary', is a native of Kentucky, born in 
 Greenup Count}', April 2(i, 1854, and is a 
 son of Benjamin F. and Lncinda (Barney) Town- 
 send, also natives of Kentuck}'. The familj' re- 
 moved from their native State to Missouri, and lo- 
 cated in Clark County, thence removing to Adair 
 County, where they remained until after the close 
 of the late Civil War; thej' then returned to Clark 
 County, and from there, in 1 808, came into Iowa, and 
 located in Farmington, ^'an Buren County, where 
 the parents of our subject still reside. The li< msehold 
 circle included five children, of whom one sou died 
 in infancy; four are still living. 
 
 The subject of our sketch w.-is the eldest child of 
 his parents' family. During his early childhood he 
 attended the common schools in winter, and in 
 summer assisted in. the lighter duties about the 
 homestead. He remained with his parents until 
 twenty years of age, and then entered the employ 
 of the Burlington & Southern Railroad Company 
 as conductor, in which i)osition he remained for 
 two and one-half years, and soon afterward, in 
 1.S77, became a guard in the luwa State Peniten- 
 tiary, which jjosition he held for the following 
 four years. So satisfactory had the connection of 
 Mr. Townsend been in this latter capacit}', that he 
 
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 was promoted to a more important position, 
 namely, tliat of Deputy Warden, under Warden 
 E. C. McMillan, and was retained bj' his successor, 
 Warden G. W. Crosby. Mr. Townsend is now 
 the oldest prison official serving in this State. 
 
 ■Jackson Townsend was united in marrriage with 
 Miss Ella Mulvihill in 1878. Mrs. Townsend is the 
 daughter of Henry and Mary Mulvihill, and was 
 born in .Sanduskj', Ohio, June 30, 185.5. The^- oc- 
 cupj" a pleasant home, and are surrounded bj' all the 
 comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Mr. 
 Townsend has proved himself one of the most ef- 
 ficient officers who has ever occupied the responsible 
 position of Deputj' Warden, and is a general favorite 
 about the institution. As a citizen he is highly re- 
 spected, and is fulfilling all the obligations of a 
 man of prominence and influence. 
 
 AATD L. HOUSER, a highly esteemed resi- 
 le dent of Cedar Township, owns and occu- 
 
 pies a valuable farm estate on sections 33 
 and 34. He came to the Hawke}'e State 
 at an early day, and has watched the development 
 of this section of country with unabated interest 
 since coming here, and has contributed his share 
 as a good citizen toward its progress and prosperity'. 
 (,)ur subject was born in Lewistown, Mifflin Co., 
 Pa., Dec. 3, 1839. His father. Bernard Houser, 
 was born near Huntingdon, Pa., and his grandfather, 
 .John Houser, was a native of Germany, who emi- 
 grated to this country and settled in Pennsylvania 
 at an earl}- period in its history. He was a farmer 
 bj- occupation, and after becoming a citizen of the 
 United States spent the remainder of his life near 
 the site of his first location. His wife, the grand- 
 mother of our subject, was of German i)arentage 
 and ancestry, and the fruit of their union was tw(j 
 sons and one daughter, who were named : Bernard. 
 William and Marj' A. The latter became JIi'S. 
 Spencer, and located with her husband in Pennsyl- 
 vania; William became a resident <if Bedford, Pa., 
 was married, and there reared his family. 
 
 Bernard Houser. the father of our subject, learned 
 the trade of raolder at Bellefonte, Pa., and after 
 doing journeyman's work for fifteen years, estab- 
 
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 partnership with Dr. Burkey. They operated tO' 
 gether until 1855, when they sold out, and Bernard^ 
 Houser came to Iowa, locating in Warren, Lee 
 County, and making a purchase of wild land r 
 Harrison Township. Here he commenced his ca- 
 reer as a farmer and erected a log cabin for thi 
 shelter of his family. He was prospered in his la- 
 bors, and in due time the log cabin was succeeded 
 bj' a more pretentious frame dwelling. He was en 
 gaged in the cultivation of his farm until the notes ! 
 of war began to sound throughout the land, and 
 then, laying aside personal interests and business 
 matters, he gave his sons to the service of his country, 
 rented his farm, and removed to Warren upon 
 property which he owned there, and remained until 
 his death, which occurred on the 23d of August, 
 i863. The mother of our subject, Mrs. Elinore 
 (Logan) Houser, was a native of Penns3'lvania, 
 born near McConnellsburg, Fidton County, and was 
 the daughter of Gaun and Belle (Coffee) Logan, 
 of Irish ancesti'y and parentage. Of this union 
 there were eight children, viz., William, Isabella, 
 David L., .John P., Mary Ellen, Laura, and .Tames 
 and Samuel, twins. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was a lad of six years 
 old when his parents removed from his native town 
 to Berlin, Pa. There he learned the trade of a 
 molder, but as he disliked his trade, his father 
 purchased a farm in Fulton County, and placed our 
 subject and his elder brother upon it to work. [^ 
 David L. remained here until the fall of 1855, when W IjT 
 all the family crossed the Mississippi and came into.fiJl, 
 the Hawkeye State. Our subject engaged in farm- 
 ing for the following six years, and after the call for 
 troops he enlisted in September, 1861. in Co. D, 
 14th Iowa ^'ol. Inf., and served as a Union soldier 
 until peace was declared between the contending 
 armies. He was at the battle of F't. Donelson, 
 Sliiluli, Corinth, Pleasant Hill, Oldtown Creek, and 
 various other engagements and skirmishes. At the 
 battle of Shiloh he was incapacitated b}- physical 
 disabilitj', but afterward recovered, and received 
 his final discharge with his comrades at the close of 
 the war and draws a pension on account of his 
 wounds. 
 
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 and occupies. It was liiit a tract of wild land and 
 he secured it on time. One of his first duties was 
 the erection of a cabiu, in which he moved after his 
 niarriaii^fc, and cng.iyed industriously' in tlie iniprovc- 
 nient and cultivation of his pros|)ectivc farm. lie 
 had manj- dilficulties to contend witli, jjut he perse- 
 vered through them all and was prospered in his la- 
 bors. On the 11th of .lanuary, 18G;'), he secured 
 to himself a helpmeet in the person of Miss Malvina 
 Saxe, and they set uji housekeeping in the log cabin 
 which, although luunble, was theirs and was "home." 
 Mrs. Ilouser is a native of the Empire State, and 
 born in (ireeulicld, Saratoga County, Nov. 1.3, 1841. 
 Her parents wt'rc Heuusalacr and Hannah (Creal) 
 Saxe, also natives of New York Slate. She received 
 a fair education in the public schools and was care- 
 fully trained at home by wise and judicious parents. 
 Her father was a wull-educated man and was jointly 
 
 J engaged as a farmer and school tcaciier. He crossed 
 the ;\Iississii)pi in 184 1, ami coming into Leo County, 
 locatid in Harrison Township upon a farm, where 
 his life terniin:ited two years later. 
 
 After his marriage .Mr. llouscr continued his 
 farming operations and added to his possessions .as 
 his means justified. He is now the owner of 240 
 acres, finely imi)roved and very valuable. The 
 hiuiible logcaliin was long ago abandoned foracom- 
 modious and comfortable franuMlwelling, and nt)w, 
 in the enjoyment of a cc)m[)elency, he is reaping 
 
 '■i the leward of his earlier toils and struggles. 
 
 JMr. Ilouser has been a prominent man in his 
 community since the time of coming here, .and has 
 contributed of his tinu' and means to the aid of 
 every woithy object. He has served as a member 
 of the School Board and in other ways has materi- 
 ally assisted the cause of education. He has been 
 the friend of morality and good order, and served 
 as Justice of the Peace, and in all things has ful- 
 filled, to the best of his ability, the obligations of 
 a good citizen. 
 
 lAIr. and Mrs. Hous(!r are the parents of three 
 children— Gilbert L., Nettie and Paulina May. The 
 homestead of the family is surrounded by every- 
 thing necessary to comfort anil convenience. The 
 farm is .supi)lic(| u ith a good biirn and all the neces- 
 sary apjilianccs lor the storing of grain and the 
 
 shelter of stock ; the farm implements and machin- 
 ery are of first-cl.ass description, and altogether the 
 homestead presents one of the finest points of at- 
 traction in the landscape of Lee County. Mr. 
 Ilouser is a member in good standing of the G. A. 
 U., Miles M.King Post, at Farmington, and with his 
 wife and son is prominently connected with the 
 Christian Church. 
 
 OIIN llorGlI. The subject of this biog- 
 raphy, one of the most highly respected 
 residents of Cedar Township, is extensively 
 ^^)J engaged as a farmer and stock-raiser, and also 
 operates a flourishing creamery. He is a valued 
 factor in the liusiness and industrial interests (f 
 this section, with which he has been identified for a 
 long period of years. In addition to the various 
 branches of business above mentioned he has a 
 large sum of money invested in general merchan- 
 dise, the trade in which yields him a handsome 
 income. 
 
 Mr. Hough is a native of Henry County, Inil., 
 and was born Aug. 12, 183S). His father, Isaiah 
 Hough, of North Carolina, was born March h, 1812, 
 and his grandfather, Ira Hough, also a native of 
 the same State, removed from North Carolina in 
 1820 to Henry County, Ind., making the entire 
 journey overland by teams. He purchased a tract 
 of tind)er land, improved a farm from the wilder- 
 ness, and established a comfortable home, where he 
 spent the remainder of his days. Is.aiah, the father 
 of our subject, was a young boy when the removal 
 was made from North Caroliiux to Indiana. He was 
 reared to manhood in the latter State, and was 
 there married to Miss Elizabeth Marshall, a native 
 of his own State, born Jnl^' 24, 1811 (secsketch of 
 Evan Marshall.) 
 
 After marriage Isaiah Hough purchased land in 
 Henry County', Ind., and for several years was 
 engaged in farming pursuits. In 1840 he sold his 
 possessions and, accompanied by his family, started 
 on an overland journey- to Iowa. They carried 
 with them their household goods and utensils, and 
 camped and cooked by the wayside. On their 
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 Mr. Hough rented land for one year. He then pur- 
 chasen a tract of unimproved land in Lee County, 
 which was located in Cedar Township on section 
 12, and commenced the improvement and cultiva- 
 tion of his purchase. The family moved into a 
 vacant house close by, whe;e they lived for one 
 year, and then went into a house of their own 
 which, in the meantime, had been built upon the 
 new farm. Mr. Hough hewed the frame for his 
 house and barn, and split clapboards to cover the 
 barn and shaved oak shingles to cover the house. 
 He was a natural mechanic, and without serving an 
 apprenticeship, did a great deal of carpenter work 
 about the homestead. The structures which he 
 built at this time were considered quite elegant, 
 being the best in the locality at that early day. 
 After an industrious and busy life Mr. Hough 
 departed from the scene of his earthly labors on 
 the 26th of July, 1849. The wife of his youth still 
 survives him, and lives with her daughter, Mrs. 
 AVagner, of .Saline County, Neb. The parental 
 household consisted of six children, live of whom 
 are still living. 
 
 John Hough of this sketch was the third child of 
 his parents, and was a lad of seven years old when 
 they came to Iowa. He was but ten years old when 
 his father died, and he continued to live with his 
 mother until his marriage, after which his mother 
 lived with him for about twenty years. Thus it will 
 be seen be literally " grew up with the country," and 
 while assisting in the improvements around his 
 own homestead he was an interested observer of the 
 growth and prosperity of the country around him. 
 He now owns and occupies the old homestead of 
 2t)0 acres upon which his father settled when first 
 coming into the Territory. Great improvements 
 have been brought about upon it since that time ; 
 the frame house and barn have given place to 
 a fine farm residence, and the barn of to-day shel- 
 ters a herd of fine stock, valuable horses and costly 
 farm implements. 
 
 Mr. Hough has been full of enterprise and energy, 
 and whenever his busy mind has conceived a pro- 
 ject which he believed to be pleasurable or profit- 
 able, lie lias at once set about the execution of 
 it, almost invariably with happy results. In ItSisi 
 
 tion on his farm, but soon afterward sold this, and i' 
 
 the same year put up another building, and contin- 
 ued his trade in general merchandise, to which he 
 has added the l)uying and selling of grain and 
 stock. 
 
 The marriage of John Hough and Miss Mary 
 Frazier was celebrated at Salem, Iowa, in 18.57. 
 Mrs. H. was born in Henry County, Iowa, and 
 is the daughter of Elihu and Orpha (Pidgeon) 
 Frazier, the former of whom was a native of Indi- 
 ana, and one of the pioneer.^ of Henry County, Iowa. 
 Our subject and wife have become the parents of 
 seven children, as follows: Edwin is the oldest; 
 Ida is the wife of Charles Clawson, and lives in 
 Cedar Township; the others are Frank. Dilla, Nel- 
 lie, Arthur and Claude. 
 
 Religiously Mr. and Mrs. H. were brought up in 
 the .Society of Friends, and have remained loyal to 
 the faith of their parents. Mr. H. is Republican 
 in politics, and has taken a prominent part in the 
 political and general affairs of his adopted .State. 
 He was the first Postmaster of Houghton, and gave 
 the right of way to the K. & N. W. R. R., besides a 
 subscription of 1.500 in cash. He has always been 
 a public-spirited man, ready and willing to contrib- 
 ute of his time and means for the i)iomotioii 
 of every worthy enterprise or whatever would be of 
 benefit to his country and community. 
 
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 \f/AMES C. HAVLS, Mayor of Keokuk and 
 attorney at law, is one of its most prosper- 
 ous and influential citizens. He is a native 
 / of this city, and was born Sept. 2, 1857, his 
 parents being C. F. and C'arrie T. Davis, prominent 
 residents of this part of the Hawkeye State. James ^ 
 C. received his early education in the iiublic schools 
 of Keokuk, and after graduating from these en- 
 tered Hellmuth College, of London, Canada. In 
 1875 he commenced reading law under the instruc- 
 tion of F. T. Loniax, and also that of Messrs. Gil- 
 more & Anderson, jirominent attorneys of the city, 
 and was admitted to practice the following year, a 
 few days before his twentieth liirthday. In 18.S1 
 he was elected City Atloriie_y of Keokuk, served 
 
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 this term, and was re-elected for a second term. 
 Three j'cars thereafter he associated iiimself in part- 
 nership with Anderson Bros., and tiiey ojjcrated 
 under the firm name of Anderson Bros, (fe Davis, 
 which was succeeded by tiie present firm of Ander- 
 son, Davis ik Hagerman. They have htiilt up an 
 extensive practice, and are one of the most popular 
 I.TW firms in Lee County. 
 
 .lames C. Davis and Miss Clara Belle Muoar were 
 united in marriage Dec. 10, 1S«4. Mrs. Davis is 
 the (laughter of .Judge 1). Jlooar, and of hei- union 
 with Mr. Davis there h.as been born one son, whom 
 they have named Daniel Mooar. Mr. Davis is a 
 prominent memlter of the Kpisco|ial Church, to the 
 support of which he contributes liberally and cheer- 
 fully. He is highly esteemed as a man and a citi- 
 zen, and is filling with satisfaction tlie highest po- 
 sition in the gift of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 Politically Mr. Davis is strongly Repubiicau. He 
 was elected .M.ayor in 1885, by a majority of .'JOO, 
 and the following year was re-elected by a majority 
 of over yOO. He was the first City Attorney born 
 in Keokuk, and is the first native citizen to hold the 
 oflice of Mayor. 
 
 ALMON McNeill, of Washington Town- 
 s the owner of a fine farm of 277 
 
 most of which is finely cultivated, 
 and pleasantly located on section 2. He has 
 l)een a resident of this section for more than twenty 
 years, and during that time has secured the confi- 
 dence and respect of his fellow-townsmen. All his 
 life he has been enterprising, industrious .and frugal, 
 and is now enjoying, as he h.as merited, the good 
 things of life. 
 
 Salmon MciSeill is a native of St. Lawrence 
 a (Jonnty, N. V., and was born Api'il 23, 182H. His 
 I parents were John and Laura (North) McNeill, na- 
 tives of \'ermont, and of Scijtch and li'Ish ancestry. 
 After their marriage they located in St. Lawrence 
 County-, and were among the first settlers of that 
 region. Tliey remained tlicrc until 1H5(), and tiien 
 John McNeill, feeling perhaps, like Daniel Boone, 
 the pressure of too many neighbors and the want 
 of more room, resolved to cross the Mississippi into 
 
 the wide West. He came into Lee County, lown, J 
 and settled in Washington Townsliip, only surviving 
 the change, however, one year, his deiith nccuniiig 
 in 18.j1. Mrs. Laura McNeill survived her husband 
 several years, and departed this life in Is.'iT.in .Ma- 
 haska County, Iowa. The parental famil}- consisted 8!'} 
 of three sons and six daughters, of whom the sul 
 ject of onv sketch was the seventh child. jth 
 
 Salmon McNeill received careful home traininff Hi i 
 
 at the hands of his parents, and a fair education jti 
 
 in the public schools. He followed his [tareuts dur- -_ -[ 
 
 ing the various removals of their earlier life, first ~- n 
 
 to Ohio, and finally to Iowa, being twenty-two years §' 
 
 of age upon their arrival here. He was reared u|)on : 
 
 a farm, and has been engaged in agricultural pur- ■ 
 
 suits all his lifetime. After the death of his father, : 
 
 he went with his mother to Mahaska County, where : 
 
 he remained about five years, thence went to Marion s 
 
 County, remaining there until 1 86.5. He then re- § 
 
 turned to Lee Count}', and made his final settlement a 
 
 in Washington Township. g 
 
 Mr. McNeill was married first in Mahaska County, a 
 
 Iowa, to Miss Aggie Bedwell, a native of Indiana, a 
 
 who remained his companion for about three years, 3 
 
 and died in Marion County, Iowa, in 1859. His 3 
 
 second wife, to whom he w.as married in the Last- a 
 
 named county, was Miss Rebecca .Sanders, of Ten- g 
 
 nes.see, who bore him three children, two of whom B 
 
 survive — Thomas, who resides in Washington Town- 3 
 
 ship, and Martha A., the wife of Thomas Darling, fi 
 
 of the same township. Mrs. Rebecca McNeill de- | 
 
 parted this life in Washington Tc)wnship in 18(j,t. : 
 
 The third marriage of Mr. McNeill was with j 
 
 Mrs. Marj' J. (Mc(ireer) Hicks, and took place in ; 
 
 .letferson County, Iowa, June 17, 1866. Robert §| 
 Hicks, the first husband of Mrs. McNeill, died in 
 Little Rock, Ark., iji 1864; he enlisted as a soldier 
 of the Union in the 33d Iowa Cavahy, and yielded 
 up his life in the service of his country. Of this 
 union there were born five children — Louisa, James, 
 Sarah, John and Jennie. Mrs. Mary J. JMcXeill is 
 a native of Indiana. Her parents were Alexander 
 
 and Jane (Livingston) McGreer, natives of North 3^ 
 
 and South Carolina respectively. After their mar- " 
 
 riage they located in Darke County, Ind., and from i; 
 
 there removed t(^ Fayette County, whence they p 
 
 ciossed the .Mississippi and came into Lee County, ; 
 

 
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 settling in Harrison Township in about 1837. The 
 father was a farmer bj' occupation, and spent his 
 last da3-s in Farmiugton, Van Buren County. The 
 mother died in Harrison Township. Tiieir family 
 consisted of eight children, two sons and six daugh- 
 ters, of whom Mrs. McNeill of our sketch was the 
 seventh child. 
 
 Mr. McNeill and his present wife are the parents 
 of two children — Aggie and George. They occupy 
 a handsome farm residence, replete with all the com- 
 forts and many of the luxuries of life. Mr. Mc- 
 Neill has occupied a prominent positic)n in the 
 township, has been Road Supervisor and member 
 of the School Board, and is always actively inter- 
 ested in whatever pertains to the welfare of his 
 community. He and his wife are connected with 
 the Baptist Church, to the support of which they 
 contribute cheerfully and liberally. In politics Mr. 
 McNeill is a stanch supporter of the Republican 
 party. 
 
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 eONRAD EBERLING, of Ft. Madison, is a 
 fine representative of that enterprising and 
 persevering German element which has 
 done so much toward the development of this 
 country, and especially that section west of the 
 Mississippi. Our subject is a native of Brunswick, 
 German J', and was born Dec. 15, 1825. His fa- 
 ther, Conrad Eberling, Sr., was a native of the 
 same country, of pure German ancestry and par- 
 entage, and before the day of railroads, was em- 
 plo^'ed in teaming between the different large cities 
 of Germany. He was a man of great energy of 
 character, of large and powerful build physically, 
 and died in the prime of life, in 1840, at the age of 
 fort,y-one years. 
 
 Conrad E. of this sketch, in accordance with the 
 laws and customs of his native country, was placed 
 in school at an early age, and pursued his studies 
 until his father's death. He then served three 
 years at the stone cutter's trade, at which he worked 
 until 1852, when he resolved to emigrate to Amer- 
 ica, and seek an improvement in his prospects and 
 fortunes. He set sail from Bremen on the 15 th of 
 September of the }'ear mentioned, and after a long 
 and tedious voyage lauded at New Orleans on the 
 
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 ceeded up the river to St. Louis, where he spent the 
 winter, and in the spring of 1853 came to Ft. Madi- 
 son, and was employed at his trade continuously un- 
 til 1876. He had been industrious and economical, 
 and saved his earnings, and now found himself pos- 
 sessed of sufficient means to engage in business. 
 He accordingly purchased a stock of groceries and 
 provisions, and by his wise management and 
 straightforward dealing soon built up an extensive 
 and profitable patronage, and is now ranked among 
 the leaders in this department of business in this 
 section. 
 
 A month previous to his departure from his na- 
 tive land, in August, 1852, Mr. Eberling was mar- 
 ried to Miss Hannah Berues, a native of his own 
 Province, and the journey to the United States 
 constituted the bridal tour of the young pair. 
 They became the parents of five children, as fol- 
 lows: Hannah, the eldest, is the wife of George 
 Geyler, and lives in Jersey City, N. J.; Christ is 1} 
 the eldest son; Anna is the wife of Henry Ruhes, 
 and lives in Pueblo, Col. ; Louis and Vena are at 
 home with their i)arents. They occupy a pleasant 
 homestead, rei>lete with all the comforts and many 
 of the luxuries of life. Mr. and Mrs. E. are con- 
 nected with the Lutheran Church, and in politics 
 the subject of our sketch uniformly casts his vote 
 with the Democratic party. 
 
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 R. EVAN MARSHALL, a resident of Ce- 
 vi^ dar Township, and an Iowa pioneer of 
 1845, is one of the most honored residents 
 of this section. He is a native of North 
 Carolina, born in Surry County, May 25, 1821. 
 His father, John Marshall, and his grandfather. 
 William Marshall, were alst) natives of the same 
 State, the latter being of Irish parentage. He re- 
 moved from the place of his birth to Hendricks 
 County, Ind., and there spent the last years of his 
 life. 
 
 John Marshall, the father of our subject, was 
 reared un a farm in his native county, but being 
 a natural mechanic, was not very greatly interested 
 
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 in agricultural pursuits. After his marriage he set 
 up a cabinet-shop, and for several years was en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of furniture and otiier 
 tine work. In tiie fall of 1JS2I he started with his 
 wife and five children for the State of Indiana, 
 making the entire journey overland by teams. He 
 carried with him ^iU in cash, and after burrowing 
 ^C>0 more, entered eighty acres of timber land in 
 Henry Countj', and commenced farming. One of 
 his first duties was the erection of a log cabin, in 
 which he established his family comfortably. Wild 
 game was abundant, including deer, bear and tur- 
 keys, and these luxuries assisted materially in keep- 
 ing the larder supplied against want. Breadstuffs 
 were scarce, and he gave a day's work nt splitting 
 rails for a bushel of corn. 
 
 There was not a mill within twenty miles, and 
 no public roads had yet been laid out. But amid 
 all the dilliculties that surrounded them they made 
 no complaint, but kept the main object in view of 
 securing a living, and providing as far as possible, 
 for the future. By the exercise of incessant in- 
 dustry, they soon had 100 acres cleared, while at 
 the same time, the country around them was being 
 slowly settled up, and the development of its re- 
 sources made a surety. .Tohn Marshall, however, 
 believed that he could l)etter himself on the other 
 side of the Mississippi, and accordingly, in 1,S45, 
 he disposed of his interests in Indiana, and came to 
 Henry County, afterward to Lee, and purchased 
 the southeast quarter of section 11, in Cedar Town- 
 ship, upon which he .settled and remained until his 
 death, which occurred in 1847. 
 
 The maiden name of the mother of our subject 
 was Annie Ilobson. She was born in Surry County, 
 N. C, and accompanied her husband in all his 
 journeyings, bearing cheerfully the hardships and 
 privations incident to the life of the pioneer 
 settler. She died on the old homestead in Cedar 
 Town.ship, March 14, 1883, at the advanced age of 
 ninety years. Both parents were members of the 
 Society of Friends, and their children remain loyal 
 to the same faith. 
 
 ])i: Marshall of this sketch was the third son and 
 fifth child of his parents, and was an infant of six 
 months old when his parents removed from North 
 Carolina to liidi;ui:i. lie was reared In manhood 
 
 in the latter State, assisting In the duties of the 
 farm, and obtained his early education in the pio- 
 neer school. At the early age of fourteen years he 
 commenced the study of medicine, but his father 
 discouraged the idea, and he subsequently for a 
 time abandoned it, so that after his marriage he bl- 
 eated upon a farm and engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. In 184a, father and son, with their two 
 families, started for Iowa and located in Cedar 
 Township, upon the farm which the Doctor now 
 owns and occupies. While pursuing his duties 
 upon the homestead, the subject of our sketch, 
 still adhering to his early inclinations, obtained 
 some of the best medical works of the day, and 
 proceeded with his studies. He commenced prac- 
 tice in his own family, and was so successful that 
 he was called upon to jn-actice outside, and as time 
 passed on, his studies, reading and practice won for 
 him an enviable reputation as a skillful physician. 
 From the treatment of the simple diseases he took 
 in hand more complex ones, and has been remark- 
 ablj' successful with dangerous and complicated 
 cases. 
 
 Oct. 21, 1841, Dr. Marshall was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Guliehua Bond. Mrs. Marshall 
 was a native of his own State, and only survived 
 her marriage with our subject for the short space 
 of five years, dying in 184G. Of this marriage 
 there were born two children : Elizabeth, Mrs. 
 Compt(m, of Jasper County, Iowa, and Anna J., 
 Mrs. Bond, who lives in Indiana. Dr. Marshall 
 was married the second time, in 1848, to Miss 
 Rachel Tulvert, also of North Carolina, who died 
 in 18G(). Of this union there were born five chil- 
 dren: Emma; Mrs. Mary T. Taylor, of Henry 
 County; Abbie, a teacher in Wayne County, Ind. ; 
 William J., at home, and John C, of Salem, Iowa. 
 
 The third marriage of Dr. Marshall was with 
 Miss Margaret Newbe3-, of Indiana, who h;is be- 
 come the mother of one child, a daughter, Ililla. 
 They occupy a pleasant homestead, replete with all 
 the comforts of life and many of its luxuries. 
 The Doctor has been a prominent man in this lo- 
 cality, and actively interested in its general and 
 political matters. In early years he was a member 
 of the \N'liig party, and later, a fervent Abl>liti(lni^t. 
 Upon the organization of the Republican party he 
 
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 cordially endorsed its principles, and cast his first 
 presidential vote for James G. Birney, who was one 
 of the most prominent anti-slavery men of his time. 
 
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 lEV. GEORGE D. STEWART, Pastor of the 
 Union Presbyterian Church of Ft. Madison, 
 is a native of Montgomery Conntj^ Pa., 
 5 and was born Sept. 30, 1S2G. His father, 
 Artemus Stewart, was a native of Philadelphia and 
 a farmer by occupation, and in addition to his ag- 
 ricultural transactions was also a dealer in real es- 
 tate. He was a prominent man in his locality, and 
 served as County Treasurer and also as Sheriff of 
 Montgomery County. He was a resident of that 
 countj' the greater part of his lifetime, and died 
 there in September, 18C6, at the age of seventy- 
 seven years. The mother of our subject, Eliza 
 (Dillion) Stewart, was a native of Montgomery 
 CountJ^ Pa., born in 1792, and is still living, in the 
 full possession of all her faculties. 
 . The parental family of our subject included 
 eight children, of whom George D. was the eld- 
 est son and the fourth in order of birth. He re- 
 ceived his early education at Lawrenceville High 
 School in New Jersey, subsequently graduating at 
 Lafaj'ette College, Easton, Pa., and afterward en- 
 tered on a course of instruction at Princeton Theo- 
 logical Seminar3-, from which he graduated in 
 1849. He was a close student, an extensive reader, 
 and ambitious to excel, and after the completion of 
 his studies was placed in charge of a parish at Con- 
 quest, Caj'uga Co., N. Y., where he remained two 
 years, then was removed to Bath, Steuben County, 
 where he remained for eight years, and in 1859 
 crossed the Mississippi and came to Iowa. He at 
 once took charge of the church at West Point, 
 where he remained for four years, was afterward 
 stationed at Burlington for six and a half j'ears, 
 thence transferred to Omaha, Neb., for. the same 
 period, and in April, 1877, came to Ft. Madison, 
 and has remained here since that time. He has 
 been a most worthy and efficient pastor, and a wise 
 nianiiger of church finances. Under his manage- 
 ment the church building at Conquest was put in 
 good repair, a church built at West Point, the one 
 
 at Bath enlarged and im|)rovcd, and the one at 
 Burlington reconstructed and greatij- altered for 
 the better, and since having charge of the Ft. Mad- 
 ison congregation the present edifice has been 
 erected. It cost ^1.5,000, and when the building 
 was dedicated the society had paid up all their in- 
 debtedness. A prominent feature of Mr. Stewart's 
 connection with church societies has been the fact 
 that he has always strenuously opposed getting 
 deeply into debt, and the present condition of the 
 society at Ft. Madison is almost entirely due to his 
 efforts in this direction. 
 
 Rev. George D. Stewart and Miss Emily, daugh- 
 ter of Dr. J. C. Walker, were united in marriage at 
 F't. Madison in 18G4. Of this union there have been 
 born three children — George B., Anna and Miriam. 
 Mr. Stewart has been prominent in all matters tend- 
 ing to the welfare of the community, morally', so- 
 cially' and religiously, and is the center of a large 
 circle of friends who comprise the best class of peo- 
 ple in the city of Ft. Madison. 
 
 "^OHN SEABOLD, a prosperous farmer of 
 Jackson Township, is successfully prosecut- 
 ing his vocation on section 17. He is a 
 (^^7/ native of Germany, and was born May 2G, 
 1830, his parents being Conrad and Elizabeth Sea- 
 bold, also of German nativity and ancestry. Con- 
 rad Seabold died in his native country, and the 
 mother afterward emigrated to America, and be- 
 came a resident of Jackson Township, where she 
 spent the remainder of her days. They were the 
 parents of two sons, George, who died in Jackson 
 Township, and the subject of our sketch. 
 
 After the death of his father, John Seabold, at 
 the age of fourteen years, came to the United 
 States with his mother and brother. They pro- 
 ceeded directly to Iowa, and coming into Lee 
 Count}-, located in Jackson Township, and here 
 our subject has been engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits since that time, with the exception of two 
 years. His present homestead comprises 1.50 acres 
 of valuable land, upon which he has erected a good 
 farm dwelling and all the necessary barns and out- 
 houses. He has been industrious and prudent, and 
 
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 las received an ample reward for his labors in the 
 possession uf :i comfortable home iiikI tlie good 
 ' tilings of till.- life. 
 
 .Mr. Scabold was married, in .Jackson Township, 
 to Mi.ss Coiidia Ileifner. a native of his own coun- 
 |l try, who emigrated to America with her parents 
 " wlieii a child two years old. Mr. and Mrs. S. be- 
 _, came the parents of seven children, as follows: 
 Margaret is the eldest: Leonard married Miss 
 Wciide, and resides in Keokuk; Elizalieth became 
 the wife of Alfred Wilkins. of .Jackson Township; 
 Mary was married to William Wright, also of Jack- 
 son Township; .John. Adam and (George are at 
 lionic. 
 
 Mr. Seabold siittered a great loss in the death of 
 his wife, which occurred Oct. 1(5, 1871. She was 
 an earnest member of the Presbyterian Church, 
 with which Mr. S. is also connected. He hast.aken 
 an intelligent interest in the affairs of his coninni- 
 nity, and enjoys in a marked degree the respect 
 and esteem of his fellow townsmen. 
 
 trade. 
 City, 
 
 AVID 15. IIAMILL, of the firm of S. 
 llaniill it Co., wholesale grocers of Keo- 
 kuk, Iowa, is, with his partners, conduct- 
 ing a thriving and constantly increasing 
 This firm is one of the oldest in the (iate 
 and bj' its straightforward methods of 
 doing business has secured the esteem and confi- 
 dence of the business portion of the community. 
 Our subject was born in I'ittsburgh, Pa., in March. 
 1843, being tjie eldest son of Smith and Nancy 
 (McCandless) Ham ill, uf Keokuk. Our subject 
 came west to Keokuk with his parents when a 
 child three years of age, and he received a good 
 education in the common schools. He then entered 
 " Monmouth College in Illinois, and then took a posi- 
 tion in his father's store, where he continued until 
 3 1864, when, the war being in progress, he enlisted 
 in Co. C, 45tli Iowa \'ol. Inf., and upon the muster- 
 ing of the company was made its First Lieutenant, 
 holding his commission until ho was mustered out. 
 He then returned to Keokuk, re-entered his father's 
 store, and was soon taken in as a partner, since 
 which time he has been actively engaged in assist- 
 
 ing to conduct their extensive and lucrative trade. 
 .Mr. Ilamill was married, in 1870, to Miss Louise 
 .M. Sullivan, of Evansville, Ind., a lady of fine edu- 
 cation and excellent family. Of this union there 
 have been born two children — Louise I), and Emily 
 N. Mr. Hamill and his wife belong to the First 
 Westminster Presbyterian Church, of which he is a 
 Deacon and Secretary. He took a partial course 
 of lectures at the Keokuk Medical College, but 
 concluded to engage in mercantile pursuits, and is S } 
 considered one of the successful business men of 
 Keokuk. 
 
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 EORGE R. N UN N, a highly esteemed citi- 
 zen, and one of the leading business men of 
 the Gate City, has been a resident here since 
 1S.')7, since which time he established the business 
 in which he is still engaged, being a manufacturer 
 of stairs, balusters, railings, wood mantels, and all 
 the useful and ornamental work pertaining to this 
 branch of industry. The business is located at No. 
 314 South F'ourth street, and is one of the impor- 
 tant manufactories of the city. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a native of the 
 Emerald Isle, born in 1.S31, and came to America 
 at the age of seventeen 3'ears. After reaching 
 American shores, he proceeded to Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 where he remained for ten years, engaged at the 
 business which he still follows, and at which he was 
 then serving his first apprenticeship. His parents 
 were Rev. Nathaniel and Charlotte (Robinson) 
 Nunn, both natives of Ireland. Nathaniel Nnnn 
 w.as a Baptist clergyman, and came with his family 
 to America in 1848. He settled in Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, where he became eng.aged in missionary 
 work, and where he is still living at the advanced 
 age of eighty-four years, and still occasionally 
 engages in his former pious office. 'I'he wife and 
 mother departed this life in 1850. The parental 
 household consisted of five children — Annie, George 
 R., Phillip. Nathaniel and Charlotte. (The latter is 
 a lady of fine literary tastes and more than ordin.ary 
 ability, being the author of several works, among 
 them one entitled "Ada Greenwood," and another 
 called " Golden Sunbeams.") Phillip was a police- 
 man of Cincinnati, and during the late war enlisted 
 
in the service. He went South with his regiment 
 and was wounded at New Hope, (in., and taiien 
 prisoner at Port Republic, Va.. remaining in the 
 hands of the enemy for ttie space of eight months, 
 but was finally exchanged. He held the rank of 
 First Sergeant, and was afterward promoted Second 
 J>ieutenant. In Cincinnati he was accounted one 
 of the most efficient of the police force, and is now 
 retired on account of wounds received in the tun- 
 nel of the jail in Cincinnati during the riot of 
 1884. 
 
 George R. Nunn received a classical education 
 in his native land. He worked at his trade in Cin- 
 cinnati until coming to Keokuk in the fall of 
 18.57, when he established his present business, 
 which he carried on until the breaking out of 
 the Rebellion, when he resolved to become a 
 soldier in the service of his adopted countrj'. He 
 accordingly enlisted in Co. H., Sixth Iowa Vol. 
 Inf., remaining in the service nearly three and 
 one-half years. He was mustered in as Second 
 Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant, and was 
 afterward commissioned Captain of his company. 
 p He was engaged with his regiment in all the cam- 
 paigns of Gen. Sherman up to the time of his 
 march from Atlanta to the sea, and was wounded 
 in the leg at the battle of Missionary Ridge. He 
 received an honorable discharge, and returned to 
 Keokuk in 1864, where he resumed his former 
 business, adding to it the manufacture of furniture, 
 which he carried cm for three years, but afterward 
 abandoned. • 
 
 Mr. Nunn was married in 1859. to Miss Mar3' 
 Gorman, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and they became the 
 parents of two children — George L. and Lottie G. 
 Mrs. Nunn departed th'is life in 1865. For his 
 second wife Mr. Nunn chose a sister of the first, 
 Ijg !Miss Kate Gorman, to whom he was married in 
 1867. Of this union were born four children, two 
 of whom survive — Mollie and Iowa. Mrs. Kate 
 Nunn died in 1875, and Mr. Nunn married his 
 present wife in 1877. Her maiden name was Miss 
 Louise Wenzel, and she is a native of Illinois. 
 
 Ws Mrs. Nunn is engaged in the manufacture of hair 
 5 goods of all descriptions, and is carrying on a 
 P thriving business at No. 418 Main street, in which 
 
 Jj:is she employ's three women, and displays some of 
 
 the finest work in her line to be found in the city. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Nunn occupy a fine residence at 
 the corner of Seventh and B.ank streets, and own 
 several houses in tlic city which are occupied by 
 tenants. He gives employment usuallj' to about j 
 four men, and ships goods into the States of 
 Neliraska, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. Mr. N. is 
 one of the leading business men of the cit}', and is 
 fulfilling all the obligations of a good citizen. 
 
 iHOMAS H. HOWELL, of Jackson Town- 
 ship, is pleasantly located on section 13, 
 where he has a valuable farm estate consist- 
 ing of 240 acres of land, a comfortable dwelling- 
 house, good barns and outhouses, and all the appli- 
 ances of a first-class farmer. He is a gentleman 
 of excellent education, an extensive reader, and 
 possessed of more than ordinary intelligence. He 
 has been prominent in the affairs of this section 
 since first coming here, and has occupied many of 
 his winter seasons teaching in his own school dis- 
 trict. Through his wise supervision of educational 
 matters in this vicinity, the schools here have at- 
 tained to a flourishing condition, and he has intro- 
 duced many new and excellent features pertaining 
 to the general management of school affairs and 
 pupils. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a native of Wales, 
 and was born July 13, 1834. His parents were 
 Thomas and H.annah (Hopkins) Howell, of W^elsh 
 parentage and ancestry, who emigrated to America 
 from their native land in 1853. After reaching the 
 shores of the New World they proceeded directly 
 westward, crossed the Mississippi, and made their 
 first location ni Keokuk, Iowa. They afterward re- 
 moved into Jackson Township, established a home, 
 and here spent the remainder of their lives. Their 
 family consisted of two sons and four daughters, of 
 whom the subject of our sketch is the youngest 
 child. 
 
 Thomas H. Howell, during his boyhood days, re- 
 mained at home and attended the schools of his na- 
 tive countrj'. He was nineteen years old when he 
 came to the United States with his parents, and 
 after they located in Keokuk he was employed in a 
 
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 sawmill for about four years. He luul been reared 
 to h.-ibit-i of industry and economy, and after he 
 began to work for liiniself he saved his earnings, 
 and at the expiration of the time mentioned found 
 liiniself the possessor of means sufficient to purchase 
 eighty acres of land in Jackson Township. He 
 added to his landed possessions as his means ac- 
 cumulated, and was prospered in his agricultural 
 pursuits. 
 
 .Mr. Howell was married in St. Francisvillc, Mo., 
 July 24, IH.Oe, to Miss Clarissa James, daughter of 
 Francis and Adeline (Wilcox) .lames, of Ohio. 
 Mrs. Howell was the sixth of a family of seven 
 children. She was born in Ravenna. Portage Co., 
 Ohio, Dec. 13, IHSO, and by her union with our 
 subject has become the mother of seven children, 
 whose history we briefly record as follows: Han- 
 nah, the eldest daughter, became the wife of George 
 McCandless, and resides in Keokuk; Elizabeth 
 married William Leake, of Jackson Township; 
 Winslow, Alice E. and Adeline are at home with 
 their parents; Alfred and Delia are deceased. 
 
 .Mr. H. has held the various school offices of his 
 township. He was Secretary of the School Board 
 of this township for twelve years, and the first 
 Township Clerk elected outside of Keokuk. Po- 
 litically he is a stanch adherent of the Republican 
 party. 
 
 R. JOEL C. AVALKER, one of the most 
 prominent and inHuential citizens of Ft. 
 Madison, at which place he arrived Dec. 
 30, 1836, was an early pioneer of the 
 llawkeye State, and 'has been largely connected 
 with the public affairs of this county ever since. 
 He has attained to eminence in his profession, in 
 which he has tjiken great pride anil given to it his 
 closest attention. He is a man of fine education 
 and possessed of a remarkable memory ; in fact, he 
 is classed as a walking encyclopedia on account of 
 his extensive knowledge upon general subjects, 
 which has been the result of extensive reading and 
 keen observation. There are few subjects upon 
 which he has not some information and opinion, 
 and his life is a remarkable exanii)le <>f what an in- 
 dustrious student may accoinplisli. 
 
 Joel C. Walker, M. D.. is a native of Ohio, and 
 
 was liorii in Springtield, Feb. 7, IHlo. His father, 
 also .loel C., was a native of Virginia, and his 
 grandfather, Samuel Walker, was born in Chester 
 County-, Pa. His great-grandfather, John Walker, 
 was a unlive of Scotland, who emigrated to Amer- 
 ica and made his first location in Chester County, 
 of which he was one of the early pioneers. He re- 
 mained there until his death, and his son, Samuel 
 Walker, the grandfather of our subject, soon after- 
 ward removed to \'irginia, settling in Rockbridge 
 County. He purchased a tract of land two miles 
 from the famous Natural Bridge, and this he im- 
 proved and cultivated, and there estalilished a 
 homestead, upon which he spent the remainder of 
 his days. Five of his sons were soldiers in the 
 Revolutionary War. 
 
 Joel Walker, the father of our subject, was next 
 to the youngest of a large family, and was reared 
 upon the farm, being educated at Richmond. He 
 adopted the profession of a civil engineer, and was 
 for ten years engaged as survej'or in A'irginia. In 
 1803 he removed to Ohio, locating on Beaver 
 Creek, six miles east of Springfield, which town 
 then contained about fifty inhabitants. Joel 
 Walker purchased Government land, part timber 
 and part prairie, built a log cabin, and when not 
 engaged in survej'ing occupied himself in the 
 improvement of his land. In 1824 he sold his 
 farm and removed to Fayette Count}', where he 
 became the owner of 2,000 acres on the north fork 
 of Point River. He was often called upon to do 
 surveying in tbe country' around him, and remained 
 a resident of Fayette County until his decease, 
 which occurred in 1833, at the age of sixty -eight 
 years. He had surveyed large tracts of land for 
 the Government in Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky, 
 and was considered especially skillful and correct. 
 He was married in earl}' niiinliood to Miss Marga- 
 ret Armstrong, the daughter of Archibald Arm- 
 strong, a native of Virginia and of Scotch ancestry. 
 She departed this life Sept. 20, 182.i. She was a 
 lad}' of fine education, highly accomplished, and 
 well fitted to become the helpmeet of such a man 
 as Joel Walker. 
 
 The subject of our sketch received his first in- 
 struction under the parental roof, his father espe- 
 cially giving him careful training. In later yeai'she 
 
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 attended a select school at Spriugfield, Ohio, and 
 began the stLul>' of mediehie at Circleville, Ohio, 
 at the age of twentj- j'ears. He entered the offiee 
 of Drs. Olds and Gibson, who were among the 
 eminent physicians at that time, and from whom he 
 i-eoeived valuable instruction. In 183o he entered 
 Jefferson College at Philadelphia, and in the fall of 
 that year went to Illinois, spending a few weeks 
 there, then proceeded to the Territory of Iowa, lo- 
 cating on the present site of Ft. Madison, where he 
 commenced the practice of medicine. He prac- 
 ticed here until 1842, and was then appointed 
 Clerk of the United States District Conrt, which 
 position he held for the following five years. He 
 then engaged in mercantile pursuits and siteculated 
 in lands, and was also interested in internal im- 
 provements. In 1802 he was appointed Collector 
 of Internal Revenue by President Lincoln, and 
 served in this capacity until 1867. Since 1879 he 
 has been special land agent, and was largely instru- 
 mental in settling the swamp land difficulty in the 
 State of Illinois. These varied occupations proved 
 a rich experience for him, giving him valuable 
 knowledge of land laws and title deeds. 
 
 Dr. Walker was married, Oct. 10, 1838, to Miss 
 Martha Maria Stewart, who was born in St. Louis 
 County, !\Io., Jan. 20, 1820.. Her father was Dr. 
 Abraham Stewart, a native of Vermont, and a sur- 
 geon in the LTnited States Armj'. The family are 
 still in possession of letters written by him in 1810, 
 one being from Chickasaw Bluffs. He spent the 
 last years of his life at Hannibal, Mo., and his de- 
 cease occuixed in 1834. In early manhood he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Emily Aj'res. Her 
 birth occurred in the fort on the present site of 
 Marietta, Ohio, and her parents were members of 
 the colony from Connecticut who settled in Ohio 
 while it was yet a Territory. In 183.5 Mrs. Stew- 
 art came with her famil3' to Lee County, arriving 
 hereon the 11th of October. They settled two 
 miles from Ft. Madison, and there remained until 
 the death of the wife and mother, which occurred 
 July 18, 1879, at the good old age of eighty-four 
 years and six months. 
 
 Dr. Walker and his wife have become the parents 
 of three children — Emily W. Stewart, Margaret A. 
 and Buffom S. Margaret lives in Washington City, 
 
 forts and many of the luxuries of life. Dr. Walkei" 
 has retired from active business and is living in 
 the enjoyment of the competency which he securecj 
 in the days of his manl3' vigor and strength, 
 is an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and was aj 
 charter member t)f the society upon its organiza- ' 
 tion at Ft. Madison. Before the agitation of the 
 slavery question he was a Democrat in politics but 
 always an anti-slaverj' man. He considered finally 
 that he had good reason to change his political 
 views, and upon the formation of the Republican 
 party he heartily indorsed the principles which it 
 advocated, and has since cast the weight of his in- 
 fluence with this party. He has alwaj's been a 
 strong temperance man, and has taken deep inter- 
 est in the reforms inaugurated in this direction 
 during the last fifty years. He is one of the land- 
 marks of the county, with whose interests he has 
 generously identified himself since becoming a resi- 
 dent of this locality, and he is held in that rever- 
 ential respect which is with one accord extended 
 generally to the valued pioneers of the Hawkeye 
 State. 
 
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 BSALOM J. RICHARDSON, one of the 
 pioneers of Madison Township, came to 
 this section at an early period in its history, 
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 markable as they have been pleasing. Mr. Richard- 
 son, in common with his brother pioneers, from the 
 time of his coming here has identified himself inti- 
 mately with its interests and prosperity, and has^|Q>jp 
 rejoiced at every step of the fulfillment of its early Hh^ 
 promises. 
 
 The subject of this history is a native of the 
 Buckeye State, having been born in Hamilton 
 County', three miles from the town of Jliami, 
 March 15, 1826. His father, David Richardson, 
 was a native of Philadel|)hia, Pa., as also was his 
 gi-andfather, Joseph Richardson. The latter was 
 descended from Scottish ancestry, Mho came to 
 
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 Aincrica with William Penii, being among the first 
 settlers of the Keystone State. .loseph Richardson 
 was engaged in inercjintile pursuits in Philadelpliia 
 until IKOT. when he rcniovtMl tu Hamilton Connty. 
 Ohio, and w;is anionii llic pioneers of that State. 
 He piirehased a traet of timber land. ini|n-oved a 
 farn) from the wilderness, established a eonifortabie 
 home, and remained there until iiis death. His 
 son David, the fathei- of our subject, was fourteen 
 years of age wlien lie removed with Ins parents 
 from Pennsylvania to Ohio. He grew to luanliood 
 in the latter State .■md there married JHss .Jemima 
 Foster, a lady whose native place was Baltimore. 
 .Md. David Hiclianlxm purchased a tract of tim- 
 ber land near the town of Miami, and built a log 
 cabin, into which he removed witli his bride and 
 his household belongings, and in wliieh the sul)ject 
 of our sketch was born. They lived there until 
 1K3G, when Absalom .1. of our sketch was a lad 
 of ten years old. They then sold out, and remov- 
 ing to Indiana, purchased a tract of [Jartly improved 
 land in Hancock County, where they carried on 
 farming operations until March, 1 !S4(!, when they 
 again sold out and started farther westward. They 
 made the journey overl;iud witii their lionsehold 
 goods to the eastern banks of the ^^ssi8sippi, camp- 
 ing and cooking l)_y the way, and cro.ssed the Father 
 of Waters on a ferry-boat. 
 
 After arriving in Lee County, David Richardson 
 purchased a tract of land on section tj, of Madison 
 Township. Here, he ;ind his family went through 
 many of their former e.xijeriences in building up a 
 farm from the uncultivated soil. There was a log 
 cabin on the place and seventy-five acres h.ad been 
 partially improved. Tliey proceeded industriously 
 with the further cultivation of the land, and I'e- 
 mained upon this farm until the death of the father, 
 which occurreil in l.si;:i. The wife and mother 
 soon followed her husb;uid to the other .shore, living 
 H only until the following year. They were the par- 
 ents of eight children, six of whom grew to mature 
 years : Esther A. became tlie wife of James Inger- 
 soll, and died in 1h.'(4; Angeline married . I oh n 
 Barckley. and lives in Rawlins County, Kan.; 
 Absalom. I. was the next in order of birth ; .Malachi 
 
 D. went to California in \i^!J2, and was killed by 
 
 Indians two years later: .Samuel F. lives in Green 
 
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 Bay Township, this county; Elinore is the wife of 
 William 1'. Hyter, of Barton County, Kan. 
 
 Mr. Richardson of our sketch w.as eleven j'ears 
 old when his parents moved toLidianaand nineteen 
 when he came to Ft. Madison. He made his home 
 with his parents until 1S.">2, and then, accompanied 
 by his biotlier .M;d;iclii .-md others, started with ox- 
 teams across the plains to California. After travel- 
 ing four months they reached Marysville. Cal. ; 
 where Mr. Richardson went into tlie mines, and 
 was engaged in digging for the [)recious metals six 
 mouths. He then took up a tract of Oovernment 
 land and engaged in farming for two years. In the 
 spring of 1H55 he started homeward, via the Isth- 
 mus and New York, whence he proceeded to the 
 home of his parents in Iowa. He soon afterward 
 took charge of his father's farm, which he owned 
 until recently, when he disposed of it by sale. 
 Among the farm produce which he first marketed 
 was a load of watermelons, the first -'fruit" of the 
 kind cultiv.'ited in this section. 
 
 The farm of Mr. Richardson was a fine estate con- 
 sisting of ;i2() acres, 200 in meadow and cultivated 
 land, and the remainder in i)asture and timber. It 
 w.as supplied with a comfortable farm dwelling, good 
 barns and out-buildings, and all the necessary ap- 
 l)liances for carr^'ing on agriculture by the most 
 .•i|)proved methods. He had costl3' farm machinery, 
 all the various implements of modern invention, 
 and everything about the homestead was indicative 
 of wise and judicious management. It formed an 
 attractive spot in the landscape of Lee County, and 
 was observed with interest by the traveler passing 
 through this section. 
 
 The marriage of Absalom J. Richardson and 
 Miss Su.san Bnllai'd was celelnated March 23, 185G. 
 Mrs R. was a native of Morgan Connty, 111., and 
 the daughter of Theophilus and Lucy (Armstrong) 
 Bullard, a sketch of whom apjiears on another i)age 
 in this volume. The following children were born 
 of this union: Edward married Frances R. Bullard, 
 the daughter i^if Alexander Bullard of this connty; 
 Helen, Milton, Absalom, Theophilus, Eineline, 
 Caroline and (Jeorge. The three last namecl are 
 deceased. 
 
 Mrs. Richardson died at their residence Aug. IG, 
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 eHARLES F. LYPj is senior member of the 
 firm of Lye & King, of Keokuk, retailers and 
 jobbers in dry goods, and occupies .1 promi- 
 nent position among the l)usiness men of the (iate 
 City. He is a native of Hastings. England, born 
 March 4, 1840, and is the son of Robert and Eliza- 
 beth (Pope) Lye, also natives of the same country. 
 Robert Lye was a dry-goods merchant in earlier 
 3'ears, and later a dealer in china ware. He re- 
 tired from active business in 1.S72. The wife and 
 mother departed this life in 18.i.i. Their family 
 consisted of nine children, six of whom are living, 
 the record l)eing as follows: Robert is in New- 
 Zealand; Ellen, Mrs. Wheeler, is in Brighton, En- 
 gland; the third child was Charles F., (jur subject; 
 Mary J. is in London ; Francis E., in Brighton, and 
 Archibald R., in Lewis, England. 
 
 The subject of our sketch remained with his par- 
 ents during his 3-ounger years, and received a good 
 education in the primary schools, which was sup- 
 plemented by attendance at the Bank Street Col- 
 lege of Hastings, from which he graduated at the 
 age of fourteen years. He was then apprenticed to 
 Mr. Andrews, of Newmarket, Cambridge, to learn 
 the dry-goods business. Here he remained for six 
 years, then went to London, and was engaged as a 
 clerk. He was employed in the dry -goods trade for 
 four years, and then enlisted in the British army. 
 He was i)romoted Sergeant, and served eight years, 
 six years of this time being sjient in India and 
 China. He was tiiere in the siege and capture of 
 Takoo Forts, and was wounded in that engagement. 
 He then returned with his regiment to f]ngland, 
 subsequently went to Ireland, and was afterward 
 stationed at Londonderr}'. The state of his health 
 now necessitated his being sent to the hospital, and 
 he secured his discharge on .account of disability. 
 
 After his discharge from the array Mr. Lye en- 
 gaged as clerk in the dr3'-goods business at Hast- 
 ings, and was thus occupied for three years. In 
 
 1870 he determined to seek his fortunes in the Newt 
 World and came to the United States, making hisg^^q 
 first settlement in Dearborn County, Ind. Here he 
 engaged as clerk in the drj'-goods business, and 
 remained for two j'ears. In 1878 he came to Keo-R 
 kuk, and accepted a position with the firm of Ir- 
 win, Phillips & Co., with whom he remained three 
 years, and was afterward c<:)nnected with John Zerr 
 in the dry-goods business. Mr. Lye established his 
 present business in 1882, on the corner of Main and 
 Eighth streets. The following year he associated 
 himself in partnership with Mr. King. They are 
 doing an extensive business, and give employment 
 to six clerks. 
 
 Mr. Lye was married in 1879, to Miss A. E 
 King, d.aughter of the late James King, of Dear- 
 born County, Ind. Of this union there has been 
 born one child — Emma E. They occupy a hand- 
 some residence on Fulton street, and their circle of 
 friends and acquaintances includes the best citizens 
 of Keokuk. Mr. Lj'e is a straightforward business 
 man, highly respected in his community, and a val- 
 uable factor among the l)usiness interests of Lee 
 County. 
 
 iOBERT BARR, a highly esteemed citizen of 
 Ft. Madison, and an honored pioneer of 
 the Hawkeye State, crossed the Mississippi 
 )and came to Iowa two years after its ad- 
 mission into the Union as a State. lie is a native 
 of Westmoreland County, Pa., and was born July 
 10, 1807. His parents, William and Elizabeth 
 (Bell) Barr, were also natives of Pennsylvania, and 
 the subject of our sketch was the fourth in a fam- 
 ily of eight children. His father was a farmer by 
 occupation, and his early 3'ears were spent under 
 the parental roof, after which he worked at tanning 
 and the saddlery trade. 
 
 After arriving at years of manhood, Mr. Barr 
 was married in 1832, to Mi.ss Nancy Braden, a na- 
 tive of his own county, the date of her birth be- 
 ing .Tan. 23, 1814. Mr. and Mrs. Barr made the 
 journey from their native State to Iowa via the 
 Ohio and Jlississippi Rivers. While passing thiough 
 the city of Cincinnati, they, for the first time in 
 their lives, were treated to the sight of telegraph 
 
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 polps, this city l)ein<i thPii the western tcnnimis of 
 the few telcgiJipli linen which iiad i)pen laid. After 
 Br-st comini"- into Iowa, they located :it West I'oinl. 
 Lee Connty, and soon afterward purchased land at 
 Pleasant Kidg:^-. where Mr. Harr was engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits until \HH:i. He was pros|)ered 
 in his underUiking. heconiing the owner of 241) acres 
 of valuable land, which he sold In the year last 
 mentioned, and removed to Kt. Madison, where he 
 now lives, retired from active labor. 
 
 The family of our subject and wife consisted of 
 nine children, of wiiom the record is as follows: 
 William enlisted in the 1st Iowa Cavalry, in 1862, 
 and died in the service at St. Louis, in September, 
 IH6;^; Benjamin F'. was a member of the same regi- 
 ment, and died in the same month and year as his 
 brother, at Memi)his, Tenn. ; the next child was a 
 daughter — Klizalieth; .Martha J. died in 18.^0; the 
 remainder are. Mar}- L.. (Jeorge W., Margaret C, 
 Nancy and Robert J. 
 
 Mr. Barr has been a prominent man in his com- 
 munity and contributed of his time and means to 
 the aid of everything calculated to benefit his 
 adopted count}'. He has served as Justice of the 
 Peace for several years, casts his vote with the Re- 
 publican party, and religiously is connected with 
 the Kpiscopal Church. 
 
 ^YJAMES WILSON, of Jefter.son Township, is 
 successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits 
 on section l.and has obtained considerable 
 repiitaliou .<is a breeder of fine stock and a 
 business man of more than oidiiiary integrity. He 
 was lioru Fell. i;>, 1847. His father, Thomas Wil- 
 son, was a native uf Kentucky, and was reared to 
 manhood in his native county. At this period in 
 the history of the latter, his father, Hugh Wilson, 
 with his wife and eight children, of whom Thomas 
 was one of the youngest, gathered together their 
 household goods and st^irted to cross the Missis- 
 sippi. They came into Iowa and made their first 
 location in Jefferson Township, on the farm which 
 now constitutes the honn'stead of James Wilson, 
 the sulijcct of this narrative. They arrived here 
 
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 in 1 8;5;?, having previously lived for a brief timeg; 
 in the States of Indiana. Illinois and Missouri. |ti 
 They weic among the first settlers of .Jefferson: 
 Township, and seemed (Jovernment land on what: '^-^ 
 was known as the " half-breed " tract. This lay: Hj 
 along the first bottoms of the Mississippi River, and: '- 
 is now called Sand Prairie. A fort had already: h 
 been built at what was then Madison, as a protec-: W 
 tion against the savages, but as hostilities had then: 
 ceased for a time they had no trouble witii the In-: 
 dians. They proceeded with tiie impiovement of; [^ 
 their property unmolested, erected the primitive^ 
 log cabin, and lived contentedly, occupied in the|; .;. 
 cultivation of the soil and with the hope of some-; []■ 
 thing better in the future. In due time they re-; Ij 
 ceived the reward of their labors in the establish-; l' 
 ment of a comfortable home, and the substitution :\[- 
 of smiling and productive fields for wild and un-: ^' 
 broken prairie. Here the parents remained until: ."^ 
 the death of the father, which occurred on the 2dS':[| 
 of April, 1870, when he was about sixty-seven: ij 
 years of age. The mother still survives, and resides; f[ 
 with her son Thomas. The household circle em-SrJ 
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 James Wilson was educated in the public schools;;} 
 of Jefferson Township, and remained with his i)ar-E [[^ 
 ents until his marriage, which took place in Ft. t IJ 
 Madison, Oct. 6, 1871, the maiden of his choice E\[ 
 being Miss Hannah E. Arnold. Mrs. Wilson isaEi]; 
 native of Clark County, Mo., and was born ins ? 
 1849. Her father, Granville Arnold, iii early lifeg:} 
 was a mechanic, but afterward engaged in mercan-; n 
 tile pursuits, and in his later days was occupied:^ 
 again with his trade and with farming pur.suits. Sr!} 
 Mrs. W. was carefully trained, and received a good Si ^ 
 education in tlie public schools, remaining at home;; i, 
 until iier uiarri.age. Her parents are now deceased.; } 
 Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson became the parents; ^ 
 of five children, two of whom, Ada A. and an in-? i 
 fant unnamed, are deceased. The living are Clay-j ^ 
 
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 homestead with their brother Thomas, who is part; H 
 
 owner. It comprises 242^ acres, half of which is; n 
 under good cultivation. Mrs. W. is a member in; i 
 good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church,: ii 
 
and the subject of our sketch is a reliable Demo- 
 crat, voting conscientiously to uphold the principles 
 of his party. 
 
 j8tv^ ICIIAKL WEIL, an iiiipuitant member of 
 II l\\ ^^^ business element of Keokuk, is an ex- 
 I (^ tensive dealer in pelts, wool, tallow, iron, 
 * rags, etc., his warehouses being at Nos. 
 
 100 and 102 Main street, at the corner of First street. 
 The business was established in ltS77, and is pros- 
 perous and steadil}^ increasing. Mr. Weil is a na- 
 tive of Pontiac, Mich., born in 1854, and the son 
 of Moses and Rosa (Gauz) Weil, natives of Aus- 
 tria. They emigrated from their native countrj' 
 to America in 1846, and proceeded directly to Pon- 
 tiac, Mich., being among the early settlers there, 
 whence they afterward removed to Ann Arbor. 
 From there the elder Weil went to Chicago, 111., 
 and for thirty^nine years was an active partner of 
 the firm of Jacob Weil & Bros., who were exten- 
 sively engaged in leather, sheepskin and wool man- 
 ufactures. The wife and mother departed this life 
 in 18.58. The pai'ental household consisted of four 
 children, of whom only two are living — Michael, 
 our subject, and Emanuel K., of Cliicago, with the 
 firm of J. Weil it Bros. 
 
 After the decease of his first wife, Mo.ses Weil 
 was a second time married, to Miss Therese Led- 
 erer, a native of Austria. They had a family of 
 five children, as follows: Rosa, now Mrs. Eisen- 
 drath. of Chicago; Simon, and Fannie, now Mrs. 
 Teller, also of Chicago; .Iuse|)h, of Streator. 111. ; 
 Sarah, now in Chicago with her mother. Tlie fa- 
 ther of our subject died in 1885. 
 
 Michael Weil attended school at Ann Arbor dui-- 
 iug his earlier years, and subsequently received ad- 
 ditional instruction in the iiuMic scliools of Chi- 
 cago. He also attended the (iernian pulilic school. 
 He was a bright and studious boy, fond <if his 
 books, and ambitious to excel. His eduivition wm.s 
 completetl by a course at Bryant iV Stratton's Col- 
 lege, and at the age of fifteen years he went into 
 his father's store, where lie reniMJneil one year. Mn<l 
 was then sent to New York City to a branch estab- 
 lishment, also conducted by his fatiier, and was 
 
 there three years. At the age of nineteen he en- 
 gaged in the boot-and-shoe business, which he sold 
 after two years and returned to Michigan, being a 
 dealer in wool, pelts and tallow at Ann Arbor for 
 six mouths, after which he went to California, re- 
 turning East in a short time, and soon thereafter, 
 in 187tj, came to Keokuk, arriving here on the 28th 
 of June. He soon afterward established his pres- 
 ent business, which he has continued till the present 
 time. He is a thorough-going business man, has 
 built up a valuable trade, and by his straightfor- 
 ward business methods and courteous demeanor 
 has secured a large circle of friends and i^atrons. 
 
 Michael Weil and Miss Emmie Klein were united 
 in marriage in 1878, in Keokuk, and have become 
 the parents of two children — Edith R. and .Sidney 
 M. Mr. Weil is Republican in politics; socially he 
 belongs to the Masonic fraternitj% also the A. O. 
 U. W. and the B. B. The family occupy a fine 
 residence on Blondeau street, and are highly re- 
 spected, members of the communit3-. 
 
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 tive of Lee County, and was born July 10, 
 1851. His parents were Robert and Nancy 
 (Bradeu) Barr, and he remained with them 
 during childhood and early youth, receiving a good 
 education in tlie public schools at Ft. Madison. He 
 then taught school in the winters, and in the summer 
 season was engaged in agricultural pursuits, being 
 thus occupied for five years, or until about 1879. 
 He then removed to Ft. Madison, and became a 
 guard in the penitentiary, which position he occupied 
 for three years. In the meantime he had been ap- 
 pointed Deputy Treasurer of Lee County, in which 
 capacity he served for two years and four months. 
 He then became agent at F't. Madison for the Ft. 
 Madison ik Northwestern Railroad Company, hav- 
 ing charge of the station here until June, 1884. 
 He then engaged in the insurance business, estab- 
 lishing a permanent office, an<l has charge of an ex- 
 tensive territory'. He is now the representative of 
 thirty-three companies, having transactions in both 
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 M. Caldwell was celebrated .Ian. 1. 1 ><«(). Mrs. 
 Ban- is a native of Wasliinglim County, Pa., and 
 the daughter of John and Margaret Caldwell. 
 
 In politics Mr. Barr is strongly Republican, and 
 socially belongs to the F. & A. M. and K. of 1'. of 
 Ft. Madison, Iowa. Mr. Barr was recently elected 
 1)3' the voters of the Second Ward as an Independ- 
 ent Alderman to represent tlieni in the Cit}' Coun- 
 cil. He is also a member of Company F, 2d Regi- 
 ment, lo'va National Guards. 
 
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 C. CARTER. The gentleman whose name 
 heads this biography occupies a prominent 
 (xwition among the industrial interests of 
 the (iate City, and is liighly respected for 
 his straightforward business (jualities, no less than 
 for his excellent personal character. For many 
 years he has been tlie head of the firm of 8. C. &■. 
 .S. Carter, dealers in lumber, doors, sash, blinds, and 
 hi Uj" everything pertaining to their line of trade. The 
 l3__nL otlice of tile company is located at the intersection 
 of South Fourth and Des Moines streets, and their 
 transactions extend over a wide area of territoi'y 
 both east and west of the Mississippi. 
 
 Mr. Carter is a native of Massachusetts, and was 
 born in Berksliire Dec. 11, 1S12. He is the .son of 
 William and Lucretia (Jones) Carter, also natives 
 of the Bay State. The boyhood days of Mr. Carter 
 were passed mostly in .school, and his vacations were 
 employed with his father in the building business. 
 nil He remained with his parents until he was twenty- 
 ^^ three 3'ears of age, and then, in companj' with his 
 '■ il"~pr brothers, Charles and William P., and Mr. Henry 
 !I_J3„W. Porter, engaged as a buildpr and contractor, 
 he firm operating under the style and title of Por- 
 er. Carter & Co. They continued in business for 
 Uthrec years, when Mr. Carter disposed of his inter- 
 ests therein, and going to Winsted, Conn., became 
 engaged with a Mr. (4ilbert in the manufacture of 
 locks, in which this firm became successful and 
 uilt up an extensive trade. Mr. Carter then ha\ - 
 itni;- a desii-e to ^^■t• sonietliiu"- of lb,, western 
 
 country, started toward the Mississippi, but made 
 his first location in Painesvillc, Ohio, where foi' 
 two years he was engaged in the manufacture of 
 sash, doors ami blinds, lie then started westward 
 again in l.S;j4, ;ind coming into the Ilawkej-e Slate, 
 located in Keokuk, where, with his brother, he 
 became extensively engaged in the lumber business 
 and manufacture of doors, sash, l)linds, etc. They 
 established a profitable trade, and contiinicd until 
 186H, when the contents of their mill and yard 
 were destroyed by lire, entailing heavy loss. They, 
 however, recovered them-selves in due time. All 
 their previous transactions had been conducted in 
 that straightforward and honorable manner which 
 secured them hosts of friends, and they soon 
 became re-established and successful, their eraplo3'es 
 averaging twent^'-five men all the time, and at some 
 seasons aggregating fortj". This of course necessi- 
 tates the employment of a number of teams, and 
 the lumber-yard of the Carters is now one of the 
 most popular and prosperous in this locality. 
 
 The marriage of S. C. Carter and Miss Mary A. 
 (iibbs took place in Blandford, Mass., in .lul^', 
 1H4-2. Mrs. Mary A. Carter died in 18-45, and Mr. 
 Carter married for his second wife, Miss Mina 
 AVood worth, of Painesvillc, Ohio, their union tak- 
 ing place ill 18.o2. Mrs. Carter is a most excellent 
 Christian lad}' (jf amiable and admirable character, 
 earnestly devoti^d to works of charity' and kindness. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. C. are prominently connected 
 with the Congregational Church. The}' have no 
 children of their own, but supplied the place of 
 parents to a little boy and girl whom the}' adopted 
 in earl}' childhood. The former was named Annie 
 Cliilds, and became an inmate of Mr. Carter's home 
 at the age of five years, in 18,0.5. She remained 
 with them until her marriage to Mr. Ballinger, now 
 of Washington City, in 187(1, but only live<l until 
 the year following her marriage. The boy, William 
 Hardway, adopted at the age of eleven years, is 
 now ill the office of Mr. Carter as general manager 
 of the liiisiness. Both children were given the 
 name of their adopted parents. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Carter occupy a handsome home in 
 Keokuk, surrounded by all the appliances of culti- 
 v;ited tastes and ample means, and are the center of 
 a large circle of \v;uiii friends, who comprise the 
 
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 iiiiifi)rnil3' casts his vote in support of its [irinciples. 
 
 ^s^ T. WOKLEY c\r SON, of K(;okuiv, are well 
 ^^^ known in this locality as successful and 
 lll/^j skillful manufacturers of all kinds of road 
 vehicles, carriages, buggies, tipriug wagons, 
 etc. Tlie business house (a view of which appears 
 on another page), is located at tiie intersection of 
 Johnson and Seventh streets. The head of the firm 
 long years ago established a reputation for ui)right- 
 ness of character and honest}' in business trans- 
 actions, and the residents of the Gate City with 
 whom he is best acquainted, entertain for him the 
 highest respect. 
 
 S. T. Worley is a native of Ohio, and was bi>rn 
 .Ian. r.i, 1 s;)-2, his parents l)eing Jacob and Elizabeth 
 (Truitt) Worley, natives of Oliio and Kentuckj' re- 
 spectively'. Jacob Worley was a farmer by occu- 
 pation, and pursued this calling the latter j'ears of 
 his life near Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio, where 
 lie was [iroprietor of a large estate and one of the 
 prominent men of that section. He was a soldier 
 in the War of 1812, and at the close of his military 
 service returned to his farm pursuits in the vicinity 
 of his birthplace. He and his wife were connected 
 with the iMethodist Episcopal Churcli, of which he 
 was Class-Leader and Exhorter f()r many years. 
 After a life tilled with generous cliaritiesand kindly 
 deeds, he folded his hands for his final rest on the 
 2d of April, 184G. The mother survived him for 
 the long term of thirty years, and departed this life 
 in 1876. Their family included six children, of 
 whom four are still living: Eveline, Mrs. Bunall, 
 lives in Ottumwa, Iowa; Anne, Mrs. Neach, resides 
 in Missouri; S. T. is the subject of our slietch; 
 Lydia, Mrs. Hall, lives in (^uincj-. 111. 
 
 The subject of this biographj- remained with his 
 parents on the farm until he was sixteen years old, 
 in the meantime receiving a good edncation in the 
 pnl)lic schools. He then went to I'drtsmouth, Ohio, 
 and served an apprenticeship of three and one-half 
 years at the blacksmith trade, and for two and a half 
 ycnrs succeeding workeil as a journeyman, i>art of 
 
 the time in Ohio and the balance in New York 
 State. He then began to learn engineering on the 
 steamers of tiie Mississippi, and after three and one- 
 half years thus occupied, returned to Portsmouth, 
 Ohio, and became engaged in his (_)ld-time occupa- 
 tion, lilacksmithing, t<> which he also added the 
 manufacture of wagons. He pursued this joint 
 calling for the following six years, in the meantime 
 having establislicd a juofitable jjusiness, which he 
 then sold out witli the intention of migrating fur- 
 ther westward. He entered the Prairie State, and 
 locating in (^uinc}-, engaged in tiie same business 
 which he had latterly* pursued in Ohio. About this 
 time the Rebellion began to assume alarming propor- 
 tions, and Mr. Worley resolved to liecoiue a soldier 
 of the Union and contribute his humble efforts to 
 aid in its preservation. He went into the army as 
 a iirivate, and the same year (1862) was commis- 
 sioned as Lieutenant, which rank he held until the 
 following April, when he was tendered a Captain's 
 commission, and remained in the service as C'ap- 
 tain of Co. A, ll'Jth 111. Vol. Inf., until he was 
 mustered out in February, 1865. 
 
 Capt. AVorley participated in tlie engagements vf 
 that campaign, and was in the battles at (Queen's 
 Hill, Miss., Jackson, Ft. Derusa on the Red River, 
 Pleasant Hill, La., and in many other general en- 
 gagements and skirmishes, from which he escaped 
 without any serious wounds. At the close of his 
 military career he returned to his home in Illinois, 
 and desiring to establish a future home beyond liie 
 Mississippi, sold out his business in Quincy, and 
 came into Iowa, locating in Keokuk, where he es- 
 tablished his present business and in which he has 
 been continuously engaged since that time. The 
 present fine building was erected in 18.So. It is of 
 brick, and consists of two stories and basement, and 
 covers an area of .50x80 feet. Tlie firm employ 
 from ten to twelve workmen, and their goods are 
 shipped to different parts of this and other States. 
 
 Mr. Worle}' was the first time married in 1853, 
 to Miss Caroline Pile, of Ohio, daughter of Jere- 
 miah and Philomelia Pile. Of this union there were 
 lioni two children — Laura E. and Charles M. Mrs. 
 Caroline Worley died in 1856. The second wife 
 of our subject was Miss Elizabeth J. Hicks, to 
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 of James and Sarah Hicks, and a most excellent 
 Christian lady. Of this union there are seven chil- 
 dren living: William II. is connected in business 
 with his father; Knima S. is a graduate of the High 
 School of Keokuk ; the others are Ida S., James H., 
 Harry F., Grace and Mary. 
 
 Mr. Worley owns and occupies a fine residence 
 at the intersection of Orleans and Twenty-second 
 streets, and he and his family are held in high es- 
 teem by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. 
 They are prominently connected with the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Cliuich, of which Mr. \V. has been 
 Trustee and Superintendent of the Sabbath-school 
 for many years. He is a member in good standing 
 of the G. A. 11., and in all respects is a representa- 
 tive citizen, who has aided materially tiie industrial 
 interests of his adopted city, and has always cast 
 his inrtuence in favor of sobriety, religion and mor- 
 ality. 
 
 
 CARL T. ORAMM, a rising young 
 ractitionerof the Gate Citj-, and a gentle- 
 CfiJ^^ man of more than ordinai'y intelligence 
 ^'^^ and ability, is a fine student, and well 
 read in the intricacies of his profession. He 
 is a native of St. Louis, Mo., his birth taking 
 place Jan. 4, 1HG2, and is the son of Rev. William 
 (iramm, a native of Berlin, German^-, who, years 
 ago, became famous as an author of rare merit and 
 iiigh literary attainments. Rev. AVilliam Gramm 
 in his early youth emigrated to America. He after- 
 ward be(;aine tiie author of several publications in 
 German, and is now considered (me of the ablest 
 writers in his language in this country. He is the 
 father of two children — Emily, now Mrs. Baer, of 
 Ohio, and Dr. Carl T., the subject of our sketcii. 
 Dr. (iramm entered the freshman class of Central 
 Wesleyan College at the age of thirteen years, and 
 graduated four years later at Lj'ons, Iowa. He 
 then commenced tlie study of dentistry, locating in 
 I'eoria, 111., afterward was a resident successively 
 of Chicago, Davenport, and Spirit Lake, Iowa, 
 ^ where he )-emaincd two years, and thence came to 
 Keokuk in 1<S85. He has built up a line practice 
 and bids fair to rank among the first in his pro- 
 
 posed of literarj- and i)rofessional works, and he 
 avails himself of every opi)ortunity to gain the best 
 information relating to the intricacies of his pro- 
 fessicm. He is ambitious to excel, which fact is 
 ajipreciatcd by the widening circle of his friends 
 and patrons, and we predict for him a bright and 
 enviable career. 
 
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 OUS JUllXSON, a |)rogressive farmer of 
 Pleasant Ridge Township, who owns and oc- 
 cupies a comfortable homestead on section 
 30, has been a resident of the Hawkej'e 
 State since IHoo, and has noted with deep interest 
 its remarkable development and progress, and has 
 contributed, as opportunity afforded, to the best 
 interests of his adopted county. Our subject was 
 born in Oneida County, N. Y., May IG, 1833, and 
 is the son of Seth and Lovina (Adams) Johnson, 
 who with their family removed to Huron County, 
 Ohio, when their sou John was a child one year old. 
 There he grew to manh(jod under the parental 
 roof, assisting in the duties around the homestead, 
 and received a fair education in the common 
 schools. In 1855 he came with his father's family 
 to Iowa, ami has been a resident of Lee Countj' 
 since that time. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was married, on tlie Uth of .lanu- 
 ary, 185C, to Miss Mahala Canfield, of Buffalo, N. 
 Y., who subsequently went to Erie County, Ohio, 
 in which place the marriage of herself and our sub- 
 ject was celebrated. After liis nianiage Mr. John- 
 son returned to Iowa, and engaged in farming in 
 Pleasant Ridge Township. Two years later he pur- 
 chased seventy acres of his present homestead, 
 upon which they settled, and he occupied himself 
 in its improvement and cultivation until the out- 
 break of the late war, wiien lie enlisted in the 
 Lnited States .service, as a private of Co. I, 30th 
 Iowa Vol. Inf. The following year he was trans- 
 ferred to the 5th Regiment, N'eteran Ke.serve Corps, 
 with which he remained until the close of tiie war. 
 He was a brave and faithful soldier, and partici- 
 pated with his comrades in various engagements, 
 
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 aud was mustered out of service .July 4, 1865, at 
 Indianapolis. 
 
 jMr. and Mrs. .Johnson have become the parents 
 of seven children: Pha'be; Elmer, who died in 
 1883, at the age of twenty-one years; KUet; Hubert 
 and Ehert, twins; and A'erona and Verna, also 
 twins. In politics Mr. .Johnson affiliates with the 
 Republican party, and in religion is prominently 
 connected with the Methodist Episcopal Cluirch. 
 He is held in high esteem in his community, and in 
 all respects is fulfilling the obligations of a good 
 citizen. 
 
 ACOB OHLER, of Donnellson, is successfully 
 carrj'ing on a livery business but recently es- 
 tablished, but which in the course of a few 
 months has increased to goodly proportions. 
 Mr. Ohler is a fair representative of that energetic 
 and persevering element which has aided so materi- 
 ally' in the development of this section, and of which 
 some of our best citizens are composed. He is a 
 native of Bavaria, and was born Dec. 18, 1854. 
 His father, George J. Ohler, was an enterprising 
 German farmer who emigrated to the United States 
 in 1868, with his family, consisting of three chil- 
 dren — Adam, Fred and .Jact)b. They located in 
 New York City, where the father soon became en- 
 gaged as foreman in a distillery, which position he 
 occupied for the succeeding twenty-one months, 
 and then turned his face further westward. Cross- 
 ing the Father of Waters with his family, he came 
 into Lee County, and establishing himself in Frank- 
 lin Center, remained there until his death, which 
 occurred Dec. 10, 187.3. The maiden name of the 
 mother was Elizabeth Kirchner, and she departed 
 this life in her native land, in 1857. 
 
 Soon after coming to this country, .lacob Ohler 
 left the parental roof to earn his own living. He 
 was an industrious and ambitious boy, willing to 
 work at whatever his hands could find to do. The 
 first three years he was emploj'ed on the farm of 
 Mr. Fred Haffner, well known in this vicinity, and 
 during the winter season attended school, by this 
 means securing a good education, as he was natur- 
 .ally studious and fond of liis books. lie was mar- 
 
 ried in Franklin Township, Oct. ■22, 1876, to Miss 
 Cora Sell, a native of his own country, born April 
 12, 1858. She came to the United States with her 
 parents, Casper and Cora (Cramer) Sell, when a 
 child four years of age, and they settled in Charles- 
 ton, Lee County. Her parents are still living in 
 Charleston Township on a farm. Of the union 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Ohler have been born two children^ 
 Emma S. and (Tcorge C. 
 
 A part of the time since his marriage Mr. Ohler 
 was successfully engaged in the wine and li(iuor 
 trade, and has accumulated quite a comfortable 
 property, which consists of his residence and si.x 
 lots, one of which is devoted to his livery business, 
 and equipped with stables and all the appliances 
 necessary to the successful prosecution of his call- 
 ■ing. lie keeps a fine assortment of horses and 
 vehicles, and is bound to succeed. In politics he is 
 a solid Democrat, with which party he uniformly 
 casts his vote. In all respects he is a worthy citi- 
 zen, and enjo}^s the confidence and esteem of a large 
 circle of friends. 
 
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 \i] F. DAUGHP2KTY, a prominent wholesale 
 liquor dealer and wholesale agent for the 
 Anahauser Busch Brewing Association of 
 [^^)J) St. Louis, Mo., and the P. Best Brewing- 
 Company, of iMilwaukee, Wis., is located at No. 
 211 .Johnson street, Keokuk, where he is conduct- 
 ing a flourishing and lucrative business. Mr. 
 Daugherty was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Sept. 1 6, 
 1835, and is a son of James and Sarah (Linn) 
 Daugherty, natives of Maryland and Ohio respect- 
 ively. The father of our subject went to Ohio at 
 an early d.ay, and there served an apprenticeship at 
 the hatter's trade. He was there married to Miss 
 Sarah Linn, and then moved to Indiana, where he 
 acted in the capacity of "mine host," and also en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of liats until 1841. Dur- 
 ing that year .lames Daugherty with his family 
 eame overland to Iowa, and took up his residence 
 at Keokuk. He erected a small dwelling on .lolni- 
 son street, and Itefore moving into it domiciled in 
 a log cabin with a single room. When his own 
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 about five years. At the expiration of this time he 
 had saved a little money, and he embarked in the 
 mercantile and rcal-e.state business, which was his 
 avocation until liis demise, which took place in 
 18,52. The wife and mother is still living, in the 
 seventy-first yeai' of her age. The parental family 
 consisted of eight children, five of whom survive, 
 uamel}', James F.,i>ur subject; David C.,i)f Idaho; 
 Frank iM., of WashingtdU Territory; Alexander, 
 of the same place, and Lemuel, of Keokuk. 
 
 .lames F. Daugheity received his education in 
 the schools of Keokuk, and when seventeen years 
 of age engaged in the baking and coufeetionary 
 i] business. The first enterprise of our subject was 
 begun in 1858, and continued with no small degree 
 of success until 18C0. Abandoning the latter busi- 
 ness he embarked in the dry-goods enterprise at 
 Croton, this county, and after conducting it for 
 awhile, sold out and returned to Keokuk, and at 
 once entered uiion the same kind of business in 
 
 
 which he is engaged at the ))resent time. This he 
 continued until July, 18(il, when he recruited a 
 company for the .^th Reg., Iowa \'ol. Inf. This 
 company, however, together with a company that 
 ^g=-| the brother of our subject had raised, went to the 
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 commissioned Captain of Co. H, Idtli .Mo. \'ol. Inf., 
 in 18(;i. He was in the service twelve months, 
 
 Til"^" and was mustered out at .St. Louis, in July, 18(;2. 
 
 J»_W^ Me was engaged in all the skirmi.shes around Cor- 
 inth, and also participated in the capture of that 
 pl.K'c. After his return home and remaining a 
 shorl lime, he accepted the position of suttler in 
 the same regiment, which he contiinied to hold un- 
 til the eai)ture of X'ieUsburg. 
 
 Keturning from Nicksbiug to Keokuk, during 
 the winter, he, the following spring, took an o.\- 
 train loaded with general merchandise to \'irginia 
 City, M. T. He was on the route si.\ months, and 
 arriving at that pl.-ice opened a general store, en- 
 giiged in mining, and there remained until 18GG, 
 when he disposed of his stock and returned home, 
 having met with considerable success in his adven- 
 ture. His jouiney homeward was made by stage, 
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 took the railroad to Keokuk. Shortly after his ar- gt [ 
 rival at the latter place, he engaged in steamboat- a|li 
 ing, running from .St. Louis to Dubuque and Ft. 
 Heulon on the Missouri River. He, however, suc;- 
 ceeded in getting his boat only within Km miles of 
 Ft. Benton, and w.as c<)m|>elled to haul his freight 
 and passengers by ox-trains from Corr Island on 
 the Missouri River, to Ft. Benton, and brought 
 back from there a load of passengers in rough 
 boats, but the weather wjis terribly cold, and the jl 
 river becoming frozen, his boat was frozen in the ;; 
 river, near Yankton, Dak., and was sunk by the S; 
 ice the next spring, entailing a total loss. Return- B'ij 
 ing to Keokuk our subject was appointed Deputy Si: 
 ('it3' Clerk, and held that ollice for a short time, 
 and has also lieen elected to the Council of that 
 city and appointed Deputy County Clei'k. He 
 commeuced the business in which he is at present 
 engaged, in I.sti8, and by strict attention to the 
 same has built up a flourishing and profitable trade. 
 Mr. Daugherty was married in 18.J.5, to Miss 
 Caroline Langford, a native of Keokuk, and the 
 first white girl born in the cit}\ Two children 
 were born of their union, James and Alice, the lat- 
 ter of whom is now Mrs. Lawver, (jf Omaha. 
 Mrs. Daugherty died in 18(58, and our subject 
 formed a second matrimonial alliance. Miss Mary 
 Caldwell, a native of this State, being the other 
 contracting part}-. She bore him two children, 
 ICmma and Frank, and departed this life in 1870. 
 Our subject was married a third time. Miss Del- 
 phene Ressler, a native of Missouri, being his pres- 
 ent wife, and of the latter union five children have 
 been born — Maude and Myrtle (twins), Delphene, 
 Ralph and Mabel. Mr. Daugherty is a Democrat 
 in politics, in which he takes no little interest. He 
 has been delegate to the National Convention, and 
 in 18G8 was elected a delegate to the .Soldier's and 
 .Sailor's Convention at New York. He has held 
 the chairmanship of many iraportsint committees, 
 and has also been a member of the District Con- 
 gressional Committee two terms. Mr. Daugherty 
 has been considerably interested in real estate in 
 Keokuk, and has aided in the upbuilding of the 
 city by becoming extensively' interested in the 
 erection of numerous business houses and resi- 
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 M lieated by steam and lit by gas, and is in a pleasant 
 aia location. A lithugraphic view of Mr. Daugherty's 
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 ETEK KREBILL, a successful farmer and 
 stock-raiser of Franklin Township, is ex- 
 ^ tensivelj' engaged in agricultural pursuits 
 oil section 19. He comes of an excellent 
 family whose ancestry was widel}' known in the 
 Rhine Province of Bavaria, and was the youngest 
 son of Frederick Krebill, a miller by occupation. 
 He remained with his parents until his marriage to 
 Miss Anna Risser, a native of his own countiy. 
 There were born to them, in Germany, seven sons 
 and one daughter, the latter being the widow of 
 ,Mr. Eberly, and the youngest of her father's fam- 
 
 Peter Krebill was a little lad five years old when 
 he came to America with his father's family. After 
 reaching the shores of the New World they pro- 
 ceeded directly to Ashlaud County, Ohio, where 
 they remained for a number of years, during which 
 time the subject of our sketch developed into man- 
 hood, learned the carpenter's trade, and was united 
 in marriage with Miss Magdaleua Fox, Feb. 15. 
 1856. Mrs. Krebill is a native of the same coun- 
 tiy as her husband, and was born April 0, 1833. 
 She was tiie eldest of a family of live children of 
 Casper and Margaret (Kraupner) Fox, both natives 
 of Bavaria. Her father was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion, and her brothers and sisters were all born in 
 the Fatherland. The date of their arrival in Ash- 
 land County was 1852, and the parents established 
 a permanent home there, where their lives termin- 
 ated at the ages of seventy-seven and sixty-two re- 
 spectively. Mrs. K. was educated in her native 
 country', and was eighteen years old when her fain- 
 ilj' removed to the United States. She remained 
 with them until her marriage, the wedding being 
 celebrated at the parental homestead. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. K. have become the parents of 
 eleven children, of whom the record is as follows: 
 Anna liecariie tlie wife of Jacob P. Schowalter, who 
 is a farmer and stock-raiser of McPhersou County, 
 
 Kan. ; David and Henry are at home ; Margaret is 
 the wife of August Krebill, a farmer of Franklin 
 Township; Lena, Samuel. Peter, John, P>lward, 
 Laura and Frederick are at iiome. 
 
 After his marriage in Ohio, Jlr. K. operated a 
 sawmill and was engaged in general farming until 
 his removal West. He crossed the AHssissippi in 
 May, 1857, and coming into Lee County, settled 
 in Franklin Township, where he had previously pur- 
 chased land. His homestead consists of 332 acres, 
 all in a high state of cultivation and finely .stocked 
 with high-grade cattle. He has been a prominent 
 man in his community since coming here, and has 
 aided materiallj' in the development of this section. 
 He has held the various offices of the township, and 
 takes an interest in pnlilic affairs. Politically he 
 is a solid Democrat, and religiously the family is 
 connected with the Menuonite Church. 
 
 LFRED DAVIS, the son of an early iiioneer 
 of Iowa who became a prominent and suc- 
 cessful farmer, was born in this county on 
 ^' the 23d of May, 1851. His parents were 
 
 William and Huldah (Huff) Davis, a sketch of whom 
 will be found in another part of this work, and he 
 was the eldest son of a farail3' of four children. He 
 was reared on his father's farm in Cedar Townshiii, 
 receiving a good common-school education, but was 
 put to work early and labored faithfully- until he 
 reached his majority, assuming manj' responsibili- 
 ties. The year following he was married to Eliza- 
 beth, the daughter of John Davis, Esq., also of this 
 county, who died in 1874. The mother of Mrs. D., 
 Dinah (Barker) Davis, died when the wife of our 
 subject was but three years of age. She was the 
 mother of five children, one son and four daughters. 
 The brother of Mrs. D. served as a soldier during 
 the late war in the Uth Iowa Cavalry and died while 
 in the service. The sisters are all living. The par- 
 ents of Mr. and Mrs. Davis belonged to the Society 
 of Friends. 
 
 After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Davis 
 remained on his father's farm in Cedar Township 
 for two years, when our subject removed to hi.« 
 present homestead on section 5. This is known as 
 
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 the Elislia Hampton fann.and is beautifiill}' located 
 in till' nurtliei-n part of Lee Count}', in Marion 
 Township. Tlie siibi~tanti:il l)rici< dwelling is situ- 
 ated on an elevation and conunands a tine view of 
 llie surrounding country. Mr. Davis has a good 
 liarn and all neees.sar}' out-ljuiidings for tiie shelter 
 and care of stock, of which he raises high-grade 
 Short-horn cattle, Poland-China hogs and thorough- 
 lire<l Merino sheep, in which he takes great interest, 
 '['o this latter industry Mi-. Davis gives especial at- 
 tention and has been very successful, deriving from 
 it a liandsonie income. Mis stock, as well as other 
 products, is disposed of on tlie farm. Mr. and 
 .Mrs. Davis have become the parents of four ciiii- 
 dren — Arthur Iv, Ella M.ay. William. and one little 
 daughter, .Mary J., who is now deceased. 
 
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 JOSEPH KUICIIEL. a prosperous and enter- 
 prising fruit-grower of .lackson Towiisiiip, is 
 pleasantly located on section 1:^, and ranks 
 among the thriving and energetic citizens of 
 this section. He is a fine rei)rcsentative of the 
 (icrniMii nationality, and possesses the stanch and 
 persevering ([ualities of his countrymen. Our sub- 
 ject was liorn in (Jermany Jan. 21», l.s;J2, his par- 
 ents being .bihn and A. Sybilla (Hcil) Krichel. of 
 (icrman ancestry and parentage. Tlie father died 
 in his native land; the mother afterward came to 
 America and resided with liei' son in Jackson Town- 
 ship until the close of her life, Dec. .'id, l.s7;i. siie 
 was born Nov. I, 1H()7. 
 
 The subject of our skctcli wms the only child u( 
 his parents, and when a young man twenty-three 
 years old. left his native land and came to America. 
 In his native country he had been engaged princi- 
 pally- at basket-making and gardening, which latter 
 occuijation he resumed aftei- coming here, (ipon 
 reaching American shores he landed in New Or- 
 leans, and located on HIack Hiver. La., following his 
 occupation there for one year, and then retuined to 
 his nati\t' country for his mother an<l to be m.-uried. 
 In the spring of ISS;')? he crosM'd the Atlantic again, 
 bringing Lack with him bis mother and his bride. 
 They crossed the .Mississippi. cuMiing into lowa,:ind 
 
 Mr. K. engaged in gardening upon rented land for 
 a i>eriod of eight jears. He then purchased twelve 
 and one-half acres, and has been successfully en- 
 gaged in gardening and fruit-raising since that 
 time. He has erected a good dwelling-house, and 
 his homestead is sui>plied with every comfort ami 
 convenience. He has forty-two and one-half aci-es 
 on section 1 1 . 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Krichel and .Miss Catharina 
 Bienstein was celebrated in their native land .Inly 
 1, 18o(>. Mrs. K. w.as born in 1830, and by her 
 union with our subject l)ecan)e the mother of seven 
 children, of whom the two eldest, Sybilla an<l Cath- 
 arine, are deceased. Those surviving are: Peter. 
 John H. W., Anna ('.. Caroline and Julius ('. Mr. 
 K. has been prominently connected with the affairs 
 of his townshii). occupying the otticc of Trustee 
 and similar i)ositions, and has been a member of 
 the School Board for nine years. He is Demo- 
 cratic in polities, and a member of the .Masonic 
 fraternity. 
 
 A view of Mr. Krichel's residence is shown on 
 .-mother page of this work. 
 
 OHN W. SCHOtiOS, one of Keokuk's fore- 
 most business men, and the pioneer lumber 
 dealer of the place, first established his busi- 
 '(^// ness in that cit^' in 1847, and has conse- 
 ((uently been engaged in the same for upward of 
 forty years. John W. Scroggs was born in Trumbull 
 County, Ohio, Oct. .">, 1811), and is the son of Aaron 
 Scroggs, a farmer by occupation. The latter was 
 of Scotch ancestry, as likewise was his wife, Sarah 
 (White) .Scroggs, and thej- were both born in the 
 State of Penns^-lvania. There were twelve children 
 in the parental family, and eleven of the number 
 lived to attain the age of matuiity. and are scat- 
 tered throughout the ditterent States of the Union. 
 John W. .Scroggs was the third son and fourth in 
 order of birth of his parents' children. He i)assed 
 his l)oyhood da3-s on his fathei-'s farm, receiving 
 the advantages atfi)rded by the common schools, 
 and continued to make the parental household his 
 home until be was twenty-one years old. On 
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 himself, and worked at the carpenter's trade for 
 severnl years. In the fall of 1S4.5 he drifted AVest, 
 and we first take note of iiim at Keoivuiv while the 
 State was yet a Territory. On locating there he 
 immediately embarked in liiniher dealing, on a 
 small scale it is true, and alst> worked at his trade. 
 He continued working at the latter until 1)^4S, 
 when he abandoned it, and devoted his time exclu- 
 sively to the lumber interests. At that time lum- 
 ber was scarce and prices high, and Mr. Scroggs 
 did an excellent business and made money rapidly. 
 He continued to meet with success until the finan- 
 cial crisis of 1857, when he lost heavily. However, 
 by g(jod management he succeeded in paying all 
 liis debts, and continued in his business while 
 man}-, not onl^' in Keokuk, but throughout the 
 entire countr}', were compelled to go down. 
 
 In 1865 Mr. Scroggs was united in marriage 
 with Miss Lizzie Henderson, of Wooster, Ohio, 
 and the}' have one daughter, Lizzie L. In 18(i7 
 our subject was elected as an Alderman of the 
 city in which he resides. He is the owner of a 
 good residence, and in the sun.set of life is enabled 
 to retire from active labor on a handsome compe- 
 tency. Politically' Mr. Scroggs is a stanch Re- 
 publican. 
 
 'JI^OHN DOWNS, M. D., a prominent physician 
 and surgeon of Ft. Madison, is a native of the 
 Buckej'e State, and was born in Highland 
 County, April 15, 1854. His father, James 
 Downs, was a native of County Limerick, Ireland, 
 and emigrated to America at the age of eighteen 
 years, locating first neai' Watertown, N. Y., where 
 he was employed in agricultural jjursuits. He 
 removed from there to Lockport, and was married 
 at the latter place in 1852, the lady of his choice 
 being Miss Mary McKerney. She was also a native 
 of his own county in Ireland, and soon after their 
 marriage they removed from New York to Ohio, 
 and established themselves upon a rented faim in 
 Highland County, where thej' remained until 18()2. 
 They then decided to go further West, and cross- 
 ing the Mississippi located in Ralls County, Mo., 
 where he purchased i)roperty near the town of 
 Saverton, and remained upon this propert}' until 
 
 his decease, which occurred 
 widow and six children. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was the eldest child 
 of his [tarents' faniil}'. The 3'ear following the 
 death of his father, three of the children were takei 
 from the household circle. The bereaved mother 
 bore her great afflictions with resignation, and 
 determined to kee]i the remainder of the familj' 
 together, succeeding nobly in her resolution. In 
 1.S68 she was married the second time, and her son 
 .John, our subject, remained with his mother and 
 stepfather until twent}" years of age. The latter 
 was a farmer by occupation, the owner of a tract of 
 land, and John D. assisted in the duties of the farm. 
 At the age above mentioned he started out for 
 himself, worked upon a farm for six months in 
 Knox County, Mo., and in the winter following 
 attended the high school at Edina. He continued 
 his studies for the following nine months, and at 
 the close of the term went to live with Dr. O'Brien 
 at Edina, and there took up the study of medicine. 
 At the same time he earned money b^' teaching 
 school, and improved every opportunity to culti- 
 vate his mind and keep himself supplied with good 
 and instructive books. He taught in the cit}', and 
 also had charge of Dr. O'Brien's office in his 
 absence. He made good progress in his studies, 
 and found excellent friends who encouraged his 
 efforts to perfect himself in his future calling. In 
 the winter of 187(!-77 he entered Rush Medical 
 College, at Chicago, where he remained until 
 spring, receiving valuable instruction in that insti 
 tution. He then returned to Edina, still closely 
 pursuing his studies until the fall of 1877, when he 
 entered the Keokuk College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons, from which he graduated in the spring 
 of 1878. He then returned to Ediiia and com- 
 menced practice, remaining there until the summer ''^ 
 t)f 1882, since which time he has been a resident of 
 Ft. Madison, and has built up an extensive and 
 valuable business. He stands high in his profession 
 here, and has hosts of friends and pations. 
 
 Dr. Downs was married, Oct. IG. I.s.sS, to Miss 
 Caroline Schwartz, a native of Lee County, Iowa, 
 and daughter of John (i. and Catherine .Schwartz. 
 Of this union two children have been born, John 
 Charles and James Leo. Mr. and Mrs. Downs are 
 
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 eanifsl adherents of the Catholic faitli, and pn^uii- 
 iK-nt members of St. Joseph's Church in this city. 
 He is also a member in good standing of St. 
 Joseph's Benevolent Society, and is prominent in 
 every good work and purpose in his community. 
 He is interested in educational matters, and the 
 especial encourager of young men who are seeking 
 to perfect themselves in the i)rofessions. 
 
 Dr. and Mrs. Downs occupy a pleasant home. 
 Everything in and about it is indicative of culti- 
 vated and refined tastes, and it forms one of the 
 pleasant resorts for the educated and cultured 
 people of Ft. Madison. Dr. Downs is a striking 
 example of what perseverance will accomplish 
 under great difliculties, and what a determined 
 spirit may overcome in the face of opposition. 
 
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 ILLIAM DKROSKAR, an early settler of 
 ty and a veteran of three wars, 
 suing the ])eaceful occupation of 
 a farmer on section 29 in Cedar Township. He 
 was born three miles from Lexington, Ky., Aug. 
 12, 181.5, and is the son of I'eter Derosear, a native 
 of Canada, as was also the grandfather, Joseph Dero- 
 sear, and of French ancestry. The father of our 
 subject came to the States when a young man, and 
 engaged extensively in the buying and selling of 
 horses in Kentucky. These he purchased in Can- 
 ada and shipped to the States, meeting with success 
 in his business transactions. He was married in 
 Kentucky, and his wife, the mother of our subject, 
 died soon afterward. He then returned to his na- 
 tive Canada and settled in the parish of Lenora, 
 District of Montreal, where he died. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was but three years 
 old when he was deprived of the affectionate care 
 of his mother. He went to Canada with his father, 
 remaining there until he was seventeen, when he 
 ^ started out to battle for himself, and going toward 
 
 [ fln the southwest crossed the Mississippi into St. Louis. 
 I ^B Ht' was without means, and availed himself of the 
 ^^^ first opi)ortnnity that afforded to obtain a liveli- 
 hood; a hunting expedition was then being formed, 
 and he became one of a party of eighty men to 
 go up the Missouri River. While encami)e(l on a 
 
 bvancli of the " Big Muddy" they were attackt-il 
 by Indians, and thirty-three of their number killod : 
 the remainder were pursued for some distance, 
 barely escaping with their lives. They at once re- 
 turned to St. Louis and applied to the Oovernment 
 for troops with which to pursue their vengeful foe. 
 A company was formed, and our subject returned 
 with them to the scene of the massacre, where they 
 engaged with their enemies and drove them across 
 the river, after which they evinced no disposition 
 to return. The wild life of the West was especially 
 suited to the disposition of our young adventurer, 
 and he subsequently crossed the Rocky Mountains, 
 and in 183G visited California. lie only spent a 
 few weeks there, however, and returning eastward 
 became identified with the exploring expedition 
 of Gen. Fremont through the (iolden State, in which 
 he was engaged nine months, and in that time 
 traveled over the greater portion of California. 
 He left the command of Fi'emont.it Mexico Ridge, 
 and returned to St Louis. 
 
 During these wanderings, Mr. Derosear had 
 traversed the soil of every Territory in the L'nited 
 States, and penetrated into man3' places where the 
 foot of the white man had never before been placed. 
 He had many hairljreadth escapes from death by 
 Indians and wild animals, and these experiences 
 served to develop in him his natural qualities of 
 courage and endurance. After his return to St. 
 Louis he, in com pan j' with others, purchased tiat- 
 boats, and by means of this transpoi'tatiun became 
 extensively engaged in bringing wood into the 
 city from twelve miles above. The spirit of ad- 
 venture, however, was not easily quelled, and in 
 1846, during the progress of the Mexican War, he 
 enlisted as a soldier, in which he served seven 
 months. Being satisfied with this experience, he 
 obtained his discharge, and going to New Orleans 
 engaged in steamboating on the Mississippi. He 
 was thus occupied for three years following, and 
 then began to feel that he would be glad to estab- 
 lish himself in a permanent home. He accordingly 
 came up the river into Iowa, and purchasing a 
 tract of wild land in Lee County, settled upon it 
 and remained until the breaking out of the late 
 Civil War. He then enlisted .as a soldier of the 
 Union in Co. C, 37th Iowa \'ol. Inf., with which 
 
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 doing garrison and picket duty, and continued 
 with the array until the close of the war. He then 
 returned to his farm, and has engaged in the peace- 
 ful occupation of agriculture, in which he will 
 l)robably be content to renuiiii until his earthly 
 labors are ended. 
 
 Mr. Derosear was married in 1^4."), to Miss fSarah 
 Ann Bristow, an English lady, by whom he has be- 
 come the father of fifteen children, thirteen of 
 whom are living: Sarah, William, Jane and David, 
 twins, John, Mary E.. Alice, Isaac, Clara, James, 
 Zei)h3r, Charlotte and Albert B. C. ; those deceased 
 are Isabel and Mary Jane. Mi-s. D. was born in 
 London, April 8, 1828, the daughter of James 
 and Jane (Arnold) Bristow, and was but an infant 
 when her father died ; lier mother, afterward Mrs. 
 W'illiam Bateman, came to America in about 184i3. 
 They crossed the Mississippi, came into Lee Count}', 
 and settled in Cedar Township, where her mother 
 and step-father remained until the close of their 
 lives. 
 
 \¥|AMES CAMERON, a gentleman occupying 
 an important position among the business 
 and industrial interests of the Gate City, is 
 an extensive dealer in wood and coal, fence 
 posts and kindling wood, and a contractor for stone 
 and tile work. His present business was established 
 in 1880, and he has operated it successfully un- 
 til the present time, with a generous and steadily 
 increasing patronage. 
 
 Mr. Cameron is a native of Canada, born on the 
 loth of jMaj', 1840, and the son of Duncan and 
 Bridget (Phillips) Cameron, natives of Scotland 
 and Ireland respectively. They emigrated from 
 their native countries in early 3'outh, and were mar- 
 ried in 1838. Duncan Cameron lived only four 
 years after his marriage, dying in 1842, two years 
 after tiie birth of his son, the subject of our sketch. 
 The mother remained in Canada until 184G, and 
 then, with her second husband, removed to Detroit, 
 Mich. This gentleman was James Nolan, and they 
 were married in 1843. In 1848 they removed from 
 Detroit to Keokuk, Iowa, and then to Clark County, 
 Mo., where the mother died in 1871. Mr. Nolan 
 
 survived her two years, dying in 1 873 in Keokuk. 
 By her marriage with Mr. Cameron the mother of 
 our sul)ject had three cliildren, one C)f whom died 
 in infancy; his l)rother Hugh is now a resident of 
 Montro.se, and in addition to farming pursuits, is p^ ^^ '}' 
 emploj'ed as a section boss on the Burlington & 
 Southwestern Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan became 
 the parents of three children, of whom only two 
 are living: Marj' A., who became the wife of Mr. 
 Hammond, of Macomb, 111., and whose husband 
 died in 1880, leaving her with two children — Fan- 
 nie and J. Kay; Mrs. H. is now residing in Keokuk, 
 and is book-keeper for her lirother. Rose, now 
 Mrs. Rodgerson, of Moline, who has two sons — 
 Frank and Wallace. 
 
 The subject of our sketch received a limited edu- 
 cation in the private schools at Keokuk, which he 
 ;itten<led until he was sixteen j^ears old. He was 
 then alternately engaged in a hotel and in the 
 cabins of steamboats until the spi'ing of 1859, 
 when he determined to seek his fortunes among the 
 gold mines of California. In company with others, 
 he crossed the plains with an ox-team, carrying a 
 nuning outfit, the journey occupying six months. 
 He remained there five }'ears, and returned home 
 on horseback in 1864, this trip occupying three 
 months. While in the mines he employed five or 
 six men, and succeeded in accumulating a valu- 
 able sack of the yellow ore. 
 
 After returning from California, Mr. Cameron 
 purchased 160 acres of improved land in Clark 
 County, Mo., and was engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits and stock-raising for the following three 
 years. He then sold out and went into the Indian 
 Territory for the purpose of assisting Agent Rich- 
 ardson in establishing an agency on the AVashita 
 River. This accomplished, he returned to Keokuk, 
 and was engaged in the quarry and pork house of '^ 
 Messrs. Patterson & Timberman for five years. 
 He remained with this firm until 1880, and then 
 established himself in business on the corner of 
 Seventh and Blondeau streets, which site was after- 
 ward sold to the Government for the erection of a 
 court-house and post-office. Mr. Cameron then 
 purchased ground at the corner of Seventh and 
 Johnston streets, taking three lots, and erecting up- 
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 out his lifetime. After leaving Indiana he spent; 1} 
 y:inl. lie cm|)loy,s five teamsters :iii(l ten other ^ino year in Warren C'cnmtv. 111., and after crossinga|;i 
 
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 Mr. Cameron was married in l.s72 to Miss Mary 
 Feoney, a lady born in Kentucky but reared in 
 Iowa, and the dauglitcr of Marcus Feeuey, Esq. 
 Tlieir household includes four ciiildren — William 
 W., (Jeorge, James and .bihn. The family resi- 
 dence is replete with all the comforts of life, and 
 tliey are surrounded by a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances. Mr. Cameron occupies a prom- 
 inent position among the business men of his 
 community and enjoys the confidence of his fel- 
 hiw-cilizcns. He was Street Supervisor in 188,3, 
 ami has been honored wilii other important posi- 
 tions in the city. He is a stockiiolder in the 
 cutlery works and also in tiie Loan and Building- 
 Association. Politically he afliliates with the 
 Democratic party, ami is an honored member of 
 the I. (). (). F. 
 
 '■ ]()HX McGUIOKR, an honored pioneer of Lee 
 County, crossed tiie F'ather of Waters with 
 his parents in the spring of 18;i7, wlien he 
 was a child of six years old, and since that 
 time has been a resident of this locality. The pres- 
 ent proud commonwealth of Iowa was then a wild 
 Territory, and it was eleven years before its admis- 
 sion into the I'nion as a State. In the long 3'ears 
 whicli liave elapsed since that time Mr. McGreer 
 lias noted witii deep interest the remarkable changes 
 wliich liave transpired, and has materially aided in 
 the development of this section. 
 
 The subject of this history was born in F'ayette 
 County, Ind., Feb. l.'i, 18.31, his parents being Al- 
 e.Kaudcr an<l .Jane (Livingston) McGreer, natives 
 respectively of Soulli and North Carolina. Alex- 
 ander McGreer removed from his native State to 
 Indiana when he was a youth of eighteen years, and 
 was there married to llie maiden of his choice, who 
 remained iiis f;iitiiful companion until March 17, 
 !«;")."), when she departed this life in Lee County, 
 Iowa, lie survived her twenty years, and died on 
 the 1st of Marcli, 187."). lie was a farmer by occu- 
 pation, and continued ids chosen pursuit through- 
 
 the Mississippi took u|) a cl;iim on sections 2,j and S 
 
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 )arental houseliold consisted ofE J 
 .Martiia l)ecame the wifefe } 
 
 established a liome, whicli now remains mi possessions L[ 
 of his son. Tlie 
 tiie following children: 
 
 of Amos Hinkel (whose biograi)liy appears in thisgj 
 work), and departed this life in 184!); IClizabethS iji 
 married .lohn .lulmson; (ieorge married Miss: [H 
 Louisa Wileoxen; .lohn. our subject, was the fourth: ^; 
 in order of birth; Nancy II. l)ecame tiie wife of: ^j' 
 N. Harlan, and Jane married R. Micks, who died in: '■ 
 the army;' she was subsequently married to Mr. Mc-E / 
 Neill; Maria was liorn in Iowa, and married Jabe/.: i 
 Ruby, of Xnn Buren County. : ,- 
 
 .lohn McGreer was married on tlie 2.otli ofE r 
 March, 1858, to Miss Julia A. Hill, of Wayne: n; 
 County, Ind., born Oct. 18, ls33. Mrs. McGreer: {; 
 was the daughter of William and Zilpah (Hollowell): -i] 
 Hill, natives respectively of Ohio and North Caro-;:^ 
 lina. William Hill was born Oct. b, 1804, and de-?:l| 
 parted this life on the 1st of February, 1.S71, inj Ij 
 Lee County. He crossed the Mississii)pi while: i 
 Iowa was yet a Territory', in the fall of 1843, and: 
 located in Harrison Township, where he carried on: 
 the business of a farmer and merchant. Mrs. Zil 
 pah Hill was born March 20, 1807; she still sur-C -m 
 vives, and has never remarried. Tiieir family con-E fu 
 sisted of six children, two of whom are deceased :Eij 
 Susan P. became the wife of Benjamin Cook; Mrs.: h, 
 McGreer was the second child; Patience died atE n 
 the age of three years; Edward was a soldier in: h 
 the late war, and died at Chattanooga, Teiin., and: 
 Fjlizabeth became the wife of Jesse McMillan. g 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Jolin McGreer are the parents f)fS [i 
 two children — Anna J., born Jan. 14, 1859, andHji 
 Mary L., Sept. 22, 18C2. They were educated at: in. 
 the school at Primrose in this county. The familj-S i 
 liomestead consists of 340 acres of valuable land, 
 and beside the ordinary duties of the farm Mr.E "^ 
 Mcfireer is engaged in the breeding of horses, cat 
 tie and hogs. The farm dwelling is a tine two-p; 
 story structure, and the barn, erected in 1884, is a 
 model of convenience for the piiri)oses to which itt > 
 is a<lapted. It occupies an area of 48.\7G feet, am" 
 is designed in the latest improved style. Mr. Mc 
 
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 : Greer has a valuable assortment of farm machinerj' 
 : and all the implements necessary' for the carr3'iug 
 on of agriculture after the most improved methods. 
 - The family are regular attendants of the Presbj'- 
 : terian Church, and in politics Mr. McGreer is in- 
 dependent, aiming to cast his vote for the best 
 ; men. He takes an active interest in all matters 
 ; pertaining to the welfare of his community, and is 
 : fully entitled to be classed as an honest man and a 
 : good citizen. 
 
 OL. GP:0KG E W. CROSLE Y, Warden of the 
 Iowa State Penitentiary at Ft. Madison, is 
 a native of Ohio, having been born in 
 Huron C'ount3-, March 4, 1831). His father, George 
 H. Crosley, was born in Lehigh County, Pa., in the 
 j-ear 1800, but when a child of two years of age, 
 the family removed to Franklin County, Ohio, 
 where he grew to manhood and became a dealer in 
 horses, purchasing in Ohio and selling in Washing- 
 ton, D. C. It was upon one of those trips that he 
 made the acquaintance of Miss Lucy Fry, of Wash- 
 ington Couutj', Pa., who became his wife Jul}^ 18, 
 1826. In the meantime he had also been a mail- 
 carrier during the progress of the War of 1812. 
 After his marriage he carried on an extensive 
 business as contractor and liuildcr, and superin- 
 tended the erection of manj' im|)t)rtant public 
 buildings in Ohio. 
 
 (jcorge II. Crosley, in 184o, turned his face 
 westward and journeyed to the prairies of Illiuois, 
 making his first location in Kendall County, where 
 he engaged in farming pursuits until 1 8.">(i. He then 
 crossed the Mississippi, came into the Hawkeye State, 
 and locate<l in Washington, Washington Count}-. 
 One year later he purchased 240 acres of land in 
 Story County, which he improved and cultivated, 
 and which now constitutes the site of the citj- of 
 Ames. Jlr. Crosley had returned tu Washington, 
 D. C., in 1862, and about that time occurred the 
 decease of the faithful wife and mother. The 
 household circle had been brightened by the birth 
 of seven children, all living at tlie time of their 
 mother's death, but two are since deceased. In due 
 time Mr. Crosley contracted a second marriage, the 
 
 second wife dying in 1869, since which time he has 
 resided with his children, and although now in the 
 eight}- -seventh year of his age, is still hale and 
 heart}- and appears many years younger. 
 
 George W. Crosley was the youngest child of his 
 parents' family. He received his rudimentary edu- 
 cation in the common schools and studied one 
 year at an academy. At the age of seventeen j-ear.s 
 he became clerk in a drug-store, remaining thus 
 occupied until the spring of 1857, when he came to 
 Iowa and joined the family at Washington. He 
 assisted his father in opening up the farm in Story 
 County, which then adjoined the tract since occu- 
 pied by the [owa State AgTicultural College and 
 Farm, at Ames. His farm life, however, did not 
 continue very long, as in the course of two years 
 Mr. C. sold his farm and the family removed 
 to Nevada, the county seat of Story County, where 
 the father engaged in the hotel business and his 
 son, George W., returned to Washington County, 
 becoming clerk in the general store of his brother. 
 Some years after Mi-. Crosley sold the farm it 
 became the site of the city of Ames. 
 
 In April, 1861, when the news of the attack on 
 Fort Sumter reached Washington, the patriotism of 
 }-oung Crosley was aroused to such a pitch that he 
 immediately quit the store, and on the following 
 day he w-as on his way to Story County, where he 
 assisted in raising a company of soldiers. He 
 enlisted as a private, but upon being mustered into 
 service he was tendered the rank of First Sergeant 
 of Co. E, 3d Iowa Vol. Inf., and June 26, 1861, 
 was elected First Lieutenant, which rank he held 
 until March 8, 1863, when he was promoted to that 
 of Major. After serving three years, the term of 
 enlistment, he entered the First N'eteran Corps, 
 under the command of (ieu. Hancock, and here 
 also was given the rank of Majoi-, being the only 
 commissioned field officer from the State of Iowa 
 in that corps. Maj. Crosley resigned his com- 
 mission May 11, 1865, but was subsequently 
 breveted Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for meri- 
 torious services on the field of battle. During his 
 career as a soldier he participated in sixteen gen- 
 eral engagements, including the sieges of Vieks- 
 burg and Corinth. At the battle of Shiioh, at the 
 close of the first day's fight, out of the twenty-six 
 
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 officers who went into the field but six remained, 
 and Lieut. Crosley found himself the ranking officer, 
 and as such assumed comnian<l during the remain- 
 der of the battle. On the 12th of July, 1803, he 
 was struck by a piece of shell in the right gioin. 
 The wound at first was supposed to be a slight one, 
 but it proved to be of such a nature as to disable 
 him for life. 
 
 Upon leaving the service Col. Crosley proceeded 
 to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to join his wife, 
 whom he had married there in 1864, while on a 
 veteran furlough. She was formerly ]\Iiss Edna 
 M. Risdon, and was born in said county in 1837. 
 The following September, isef), Col. Crosley de- 
 cided to establish for himself and family a home 
 beyond the Mississippi. He accordingly crossed 
 the Father of Waters, and came into the Hawkeye 
 State, making his first location in AVebster City, 
 where he engaged in a general mercantile business. 
 After a residence of four years he was appointed 
 Postmaster, and in 1870 closed out his business, 
 although continuing to serve as Postmaster until 
 February, 1872. He then engaged as a traveling 
 salesman, representing the firms of O. H. Peckham 
 <fe Co., Dozier, Weil & Co., and John S. Dunham, of 
 St. Louis. His dealings were mostly with jobbers 
 in large cities, for which he received a lucrative 
 salary'. Col. Crosley considered the societ}' of his 
 wife and children of more account than dollars and 
 cents, and so gave up his position and engaged in 
 the drug business at Webster Cit3'. He had always 
 enjf)yed the confidence and esteem of his fellow- 
 citizens, and in 1 879 was elected Sheriff of Hamil- 
 ton Count}'. He was re-elected to this office in 
 1881, and was tendered the nomination the third 
 time by acclamation, but declined to become a 
 candidate. 
 
 The General Assembly of the State of Iowa on 
 joint ballot elected Col. Crosley to his present 
 responsible position, and he assumed the duties 
 of his office April 1, 1.S84, being the successor of 
 K. C. McMillin. At the close of his first term. 
 Col. C'roslej' was re-elected without opposition, 
 gSI and has proved himself peculiarly fitted for the 
 difficult ,nnd often dangerous position of Peni- 
 y tentiary Warden. 
 
 Thus we have a brief outline of the life and 
 
 services of one of Iowa's most worthy citizens, 
 and one who has proven himself well fitted for 
 the responsible duties which have devolved upon 
 liim. As a soldier he was always to be found 
 in the thickest of the fight, and proved himself 
 a highly efficient officer. As a citizen he has 
 been lo3'al and patriotic, and as a husband and 
 father, kind, indulgent and affectionate. The only 
 secret society with which he has been connected is 
 the (i. A. R. In 1881, while attending the Repub- 
 lican State Convention, he met twelve of the sur- 
 viving members of the 3d Reg., Iowa \'o\. Inf., 
 who, like himself, were there as delegates from 
 their respective counties. They organized a Regi- 
 mental Society, of which Col. Crosley was chosen 
 Secretary and Treasurer, and served as such until 
 August, 1885, since which time he has been its 
 Vice-President. The society meets biennially, and 
 the members thereof experience such pleasure in 
 these re- unions as can only be appreciated by old 
 soldiers in recalling the hardships ,as well as the 
 more pleasant features of the service. 
 
 Col. and Mrs. Crosley have become the parents 
 of four children, one of whom is deceased, Cliarles 
 C, who died in the tenth year of his .age. The 
 three living are George R., Lottie E. and \'arick 
 C. In i)olitics Col. Croslej' has alw.ajs been a 
 stanch Republican. It is with pleasure that the 
 publishers of this work present the portrait of Col. 
 Crosley, as being that of an honored and worthy 
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 ^^AVT. CHARLES P. GILLESPIE, of the 
 |l( ^ steamer "Colonel Patterson," is an esteemed 
 ^^iJ/J resident of the Gate City, and a property- 
 holder within its limits. He came to this city when 
 it was a village of humble proportions, and has 
 been an interested witness of the many changes and 
 improvements which have taken place during the 
 last quarter of a century. Capt. Gillespie is a na- 
 tive of Mrginia, and was born Dec. 22, 1812, his 
 parents being John and Sarepta (Medsker) Gilles- 
 pie, natives of the same State. The father was a 
 blacksmith by trade, and came to Keokuk in 1848, 
 where he successfuUj' pursued his occupation and 
 resided until his death, which occurred in KS')!!. 
 
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 He was a man of decided views, and a stanch ad- 
 iierent of the Democratic party. His wife survived 
 him fifteen j-ears, dying in 1871. 
 
 The parental household of our subject included 
 ten children, four of whom are deceased. The liv- 
 ing are Henrjr C., Albert, and Capt. Charles P., of 
 Keokuk ; Frances, Mrs. Tahuan, lives in Areola, 
 Monona Co., Iowa; Maria, Mrs. Hughell, is in 
 Sparta, Tenn. ; Rachel, Mrs. McCarty, resides in 
 Keokuk. 
 
 The 3'ounger daj's of Capt. Gillespie were spent 
 in Keokuk, mostly in attendance at the common 
 schools. At the age of seventeen he became pilot 
 on the ferry-boats of the Mississippi, and seven 
 years later, as Captain, made the run from Vicks- 
 burg to the source of the Mississijipi. He has been 
 continuously connected with river boats from the 
 first, and was pilot over the rapids at Keokuk for a 
 number of years. He also superintended the build- 
 ing of barges, flatboats, and the steamer of which 
 he is now the Captain. He is a popular man along 
 the river, and is highl3- esteemed likewise on terra 
 firma, at his home in Keokuk. 
 
 Capt. Gillespie was married in 186;"), to Miss An- 
 nie, daughter of Jacob Breitenstine, of Keokuk, 
 and of this marriage there was born one child, a 
 daughter, Elice. Mrs. Annie Gillespie died in 1874. 
 Capt. G. was the second time married, in 1880, 
 when Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Martin Berg, be- 
 came his wife. He has a handsome residence at 
 the corner of Third and Orleans streets, and is ful- 
 filling to the best of his ability the obligations of a 
 good citizen. 
 
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 NDREW J ACOBSON, general farmer and 
 stock-raiser, occupying a comfortable home- 
 stead on section 27, has been a resident 
 [^ of the Hawkeye State since 186"2. On 
 
 coming into the State he loc.lted in Des Moines 
 Township, but subsequently purchased his present 
 farm, which consists of 177 acres, the most of it 
 under good cultivation. He occupies a good farm 
 residence, has iexcellent barns and out-buildings, 
 and is surrounded by all the comforts and many of 
 the luxuries of life. 
 
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 Mr. Jaeobson is a native of a far-off country, K 
 having been born near the borders of the North i ', _ 
 Sea in the Kingdom of Norway, Jan. 29, 1842. His 
 father, .Jacob Jaeobson, a native of the same coun- 
 try, was a sea captain, and his mother, Karen Dan- 
 ielson, was also a native of the same country, her i 
 birthplace being near that of her husband, and they 
 both were there reared to years of maturity. The 
 father departed this life in 1868; the mother yet 
 survives, and is living in her native countrj-. 
 
 Andrew Jaeobson was the third of a famil}' of 
 six children, of whom four emigrated to the United 
 States, and two still remain in their native Norway. 
 Our subject was only fourteen years of age when 
 he went to sea, and followed the fortunes of a sailor 
 for seven years following. He then, in 1862, emi- 
 grated to the United States, and made his first lo- 
 cation in La Salle County, 111. He commenced work 
 as a farm laborer, and since that time has followed 
 agricultural pursuits, with the exception of one year 
 which he spent in Chicago working upon the 
 famous crib, which now supplies the city with water. 
 He was one of the five men who were aboard the 
 crib when it was launched from the shore, and was 
 engaged upon it for nine months. It was forty- 
 two feet high, and when it was launched it required 
 men of nerve to remain upon the top of it, and of 
 these Mr. Jaeobson was the leader, by request of 
 the Superintendent of the works. He soon after- 
 ward left Chicago and came West, and engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits. 
 
 Our subject was married in Lee Countj', in the 
 village of Montrose, Feb. 24, 1866, to Miss Anna 
 Munson, who was born Jan. 26, 1842, and was 
 reared and educated in Des Moines Township. Her 
 parents were of Norweigan birth, who emigrated to 
 the United States after their marriage. Thej- came 
 into Iowa and were early settlers of Lee County. 
 Both departed this life in Des Moines Township, 
 greatly respected bj' all who knew them, and leav- 
 ing behind them records of worthy lives and kindly 
 deeds. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jaeobson have become the 
 parents of twelve children, eiglit living, as follows: 
 Caroline, Jacob, Lewis, Malinda, Elwood, Benja- 
 min, Andrew and Noletta. The deceased were 
 Taminia, Caroline, and two infants unnamed. Mr. 
 
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 and Mi-s. Jacobson are connected with the Society 
 of PVit-nds, and in politics Mr. .1. is strongly Re- 
 publican. He is highly esteemed in bis community, 
 and has been honororl with various local ollices of 
 his townshi|>. 
 
 70IIN KIN(;, a well-to-do and prosperous 
 farmer residing on section 23, Cedar Town- 
 ship, was born three miles south of Wlieel- 
 ^^ ing, \V. \:i., Feb. II, 1 .s:5G. His f.ather, 
 .b)hn King, was a native of (iernnuiy, and his grand- 
 f.-ither, also named John, was a native of the same 
 country, where he was reared to manhood and be- 
 came a Benedict. The latter came to America 
 with his wife iind three children about 1800, and 
 settled in Westmoreland County, Pa., on a farm, 
 and there lived until his death. Of their eleven 
 children born in that State, ten grew to attain the 
 age of maturity and to become the heads of fam- 
 ilies. The father of our subject was reared to man- 
 hood in Pennsylvania, .and subsequently settling 
 near Wheeling, W. Va., there rented and cultivat- 
 ed a tract of land, meeting with partial success. In 
 \x:iH he returned to Westmoreland County, and 
 renting m f:iiiii, was occupied in agricultural pur- 
 suits until his death, which took place two years 
 later, in 1841). The maiden name of our subject's 
 mother was Rachel Cramer, and her demise oc- 
 curred five months previous to that of her husband. 
 She left eight children to mourn their loss. 
 
 The subject of this notice was four years old 
 when his parents died, and being orphaned at that 
 early age, he was bound out to a farmer of West- 
 moreland Country. James Hayes by name, and was 
 exceedingly fortunate in obtaining n home with that 
 geutleuian. for he remembers him as one just in his 
 ^ dealings .and possessing a kind heart. In 1843 Mv. 
 King came to this county with his adopted father, 
 who located in Franklin Township. Thei-e our sub- 
 ject grcu to manhood on a faiiii :ni(l in llie home 
 of .Mr. Hayes. He continued to live with him until 
 
 D his death, when he tooic charge of the farm for 
 Mrs. H.ayes, .and successfully coMducted it until he 
 
 3 was twenty-four years old. 
 
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 Benedicts, and settled in Knox County, Mo., where ||ji 
 he cultivated rented land for four years. After 
 that he returned to I^ee Coimty. and was a ai; 
 renter for two years in Cedar Township, and then H' 
 bought the place he now owns. It was but little 
 improved at the time he bought it, and he now has H; 
 all the land under an advanced state of cultivation ai 
 and good buildings on the i)lace, together with %. 
 fruit and shade trees. His marriage took place in at 
 18.5i), and the lady chosen as his life companion h 
 
 was Miss Eliza J. Cade. She was born in Ohio in 
 
 1843, and has borne our subject ten children — Julia ; 
 A., Minerva E., Adelia V., John R., James K., 3. 
 Charles W., Horace M., Jesse L., Daisy J. and a! 
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 USTON R. McCABF], a prominent farmer 
 of West Point Township, occupies a valua- 
 ble homestead on section 1, and is success- 
 fully engaged in agriculture and stock - 
 growing. He is in possession of the old homestead, 
 which was established by his father, Author Mc- 
 Cabe, in 1843. The latter crossed the Mississippi 
 while Iowa, was j'et a Territory, and improved a 
 farm from the wilderness. This tr.act of land is 
 now one of the most valuable in Lee County, and j 
 invariably attracts the eye of the traveler through 
 this section. Here the subject of our sketch was 
 born, Jan. 8, 18.54, and reared to manhood, and it 
 has remained his home continuously since he first 
 opened his eyes to the light of day. 
 
 Autiior McCabe, the father of ftur subject, was 
 born and reared in Sussex County, Del., and at the 
 age of nineteen years set out on foot with his 
 cousin, Josiah C'ampbell, for Oiiio. He located in B 
 Preble County, and was there married a year later h 
 to .Miss Lydia Crist, who remained his com|)aniou : 
 tV)r oidy one year. He afterward married her ' 
 younger sister Susanna, and they became the p.n-- 
 ents of eleven children, one of whom died at the : 
 .age of nine nionths, and the otheie grew to years of : 
 maturity. 
 
 Huston R. McC.abe was the youngest of seven r 
 sons. His mother is yet living, in Washington : 
 
 
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 T(>wn.ship, Lee County, with her (laughter, Mrs. 
 Elhi llazen, at the age of about sixty -eight years. 
 Mr. McCabe was married in Washington Township, 
 Jan. 23. 1878, to Miss Carrie Mills, a native of the 
 same township, born Nov. 8, 1 8G0. She was reared 
 and educated in Washington Township, and by her 
 nuirriage with our subject has become the mother 
 of two children — Eddie E. (deceased) and Willie R. 
 Since his marriage Mr. McCabe has operated the 
 homestead, of which he now owns two shares. He 
 also owns lOo acres of improved land in another 
 pait of this township. He and his wife are consist- 
 ent members of the Blethodist Episcop.al Church, of 
 which he is Trustee and .Steward. In politics he is 
 a solid Republican, and is fulfilling all the obliga- 
 tions of a good citizen. 
 
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 R. H. T. CLEAVER, a prominent and pop- 
 ular member of the medical profession of 
 the Hawkeye State, and a resident of Keo- 
 kuk, is a native of Centerville, Washing- 
 ton Co., Pa., where he was born Eeb. 17, 1822. 
 He is the son of John and Annie (Vale) Cleaver, 
 natives of York County, Pa., who before their mar- 
 riage, removed to AVashington County, and that 
 same 3'ear, 1814, united their fortunes for life. 
 John Cleaver was an industrious and energetic 
 man, and after his marriage became interested in 
 various departments of business, and while carry- 
 ing on a farm, was also engaged as a tanner and in 
 manufacturing boots and shoes. He also became 
 extensivelj' engaged as a drover and cattle dealer, 
 buying in the West and disposing of his stock in 
 the Eastern markets. He became a prominent man 
 in his locality, and took an active and intelligent 
 interest in public matters. He identified hiuist^lf 
 with the Whig party, was a strong Abolitionist, and 
 he and his wife both belonge,d to the Society' of 
 Friends. He retired from active business a num- 
 ber of years before his death, making his home in 
 Centerville, Pa., and folded his hands for his final 
 rest in 18C(i. The wife and mother survived him 
 eight years, dj'ing in 1874. 
 
 The grandfather and great-grandfatiu'r of our 
 subject, both named Peter, were natives of Penn- 
 
 sylvania, and descended from ancestry who came 
 from the north of England to this country in about 
 1718. The grandfather's family consisted of nine 
 children, all of whom except himself lived to be 
 over seventy-five years of age ; he died at seventy- 
 two. The maternal grandfather of Dr. Cleaver at- 
 tained to the advanced age of ninety years, and the 
 last living brother of his mother, Eli A'ale, lived to 
 be ninety-one years old. He was a resident of 
 Clarkson, Columbiana Co., Ohio. The parents of 
 our subject had a family of ten children, five of 
 whom are now living: Amos G., now seventy-one 
 years old, is a resident of Centerville, Washington 
 Co., Pa. ; Dr. H. T. of our sketch, is the second son 
 now living, and is past sixty-four years old ; Han- 
 nah B., Mrs. Richardson, of Columbiana Count}', 
 Ohio, is sixty-two; Seth B., a resident of Richland, 
 Keokuk Co., Iowa, is fifty-six; John I., of Belle- 
 ville, Washington Co., Pa., is forty-six. There was 
 a grand reunion of the family in Ohio in 1885. at 
 which were gathered the representatives of three 
 generations, and the occasion was a memorable one 
 in the history of that viciuit}-. 
 
 The younger years of Dr. Cleaver of our sketch, 
 were spent on the farm and in the tanyard and in 
 attendance every alternate week in the winter at 
 school. He and his three older brothers were de- 
 pended upon to thresh the grain, which thej' ac- 
 complished b}- riding the horses who tramped it 
 out. This emplo}'ed two one week, and the other 
 two the following week, the time being evenly di- 
 vided for each between the threshing and the 
 school. At the age of fifteen years our subject left 
 home to attend school at New Lisbon, Columbiana 
 Count}', which was under the auspices of the So- 
 ciety of Friends. He graduated from this institu- 
 tion in 1841, his tutor in Latin and Greek having 
 been the famous Clement C. Vallandigham, who be- 
 came so prominent in the political history of that 
 section during the late war. After he graduated, 
 young Cleaver remained in New Lisbon, and en- 
 tered upon the study of medicine, under the in- 
 struction of Dr. T. Green, with whom he remained 
 for the following three years. He then became 
 associated in partnership with his preceptor, and 
 practiced with him until 184(1, when Dr. Green re- 
 moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., after which Dr. Cleaver 
 
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continued his practice alone in the same locality 
 until l.st!S. He tiien sold out and resolved to seek 
 his fortune beyond the Mississippi. He accord- 
 in;,dy c:iine into Iowa, located at Wapello, Louisa 
 County, and practiced tliere until 18G2. 
 
 liic Doctor's abilities as a practitioner, and his 
 value as a citizen were at once recognized by the 
 residents of this section, and he soon became a 
 leader in local and general politics. After fdling 
 other important positions lie whs elected a member 
 of tiie State Senate, serving from 1854 to 1858, 
 \vi(h great credit to himself and satisfaction to all 
 concerned. After his retirement from this office 
 he came to Keokuk, and in 18G2 took chargo of the 
 Estis House Government Hospitid. Tliis was dur- 
 ing the progress of the late war, and he was ap- 
 pointed Surgeon in the hospital until the close of 
 the courtict. I ' u(h'r liis supervision were eight or 
 ten assistant surgeons, and liis management of the 
 s was conducted with marked alillit}' 
 
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 H and success. 
 
 At the same time (1 802) Dr. Cleaver accepted 
 the Chair in tlie College of I'hysicians & Surgeons, 
 as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women. 
 } W In 18G5 he was elected Vice-President of the col- 
 li^ lege and held that position until 1881, when he was 
 elected Dean of the Faculty. About liiis time he 
 als(j served as City Treasurer. He has held a high 
 l)osition in the medical profession of this locality 
 since his coming here, was President of the Iowa 
 ^ State Medical Societ}' from 18G1 to 18C3, and 
 afterward in 1872. In 1878 he was one of the five 
 delegates sent from the Medical Association to the 
 British and Foreign Medical Association at Bath, 
 England. His brother delegates were Dr. Marion 
 Sims, of New York; Prof. Pancost, of Philadelphia; 
 Prof. Angear, of Chicago, and Dr. Daily, of Pitts- 
 burgh. They spent five months in England and 
 N__N_on tiie continent, visiting the medical institutions 
 
 Cleaver is quite extensively interested in the vari- 
 ous enterprises which have sprung up in the (Jato 
 City, and have rendered her one of the most im- 
 portant towns on the Mississippi River. He is a 
 stockholder in the Keokuk National Bank, the 
 Water Works, the Building and Loan and the Li- 
 brary Associations, and to every enteri)rise whicli 
 iias had for its object the growth and <levelopnu'nt 
 of the resources of this section, Dr. Cleaver h;i> 
 been a warm and generous supporter. 
 
 In early manhood Dr. Cleaver was married and 
 became tiie father of five children. His present 
 wife, to whom he was married in Jul}'. 18(j8, was 
 Miss Clarissa Bracken, a native of Brownville, Fay- 
 ette Co., Pa. Of his children the record is as fol- 
 lows: Laura, Mrs. Lauder, of Muscatine, Iowa, has 
 one child — Frank; Mvn. Dr. Scroggs, of Keokuk, 
 has two sons — Cleaver and Joseph; Mary G., Jlrs. 
 Ilain, is a resident of Des Moines, Iowa; another 
 daughter, Mrs. C. S. Whitney', of (Jmaha, Neb., has 
 one child — Adelaide; H. T. Cleaver, Jr., a gradu- 
 ate of LaGrange College, Missouri, is now con- 
 nected witii the Keokuk Candy and Cracker Fac- 
 tory. 
 
 Dr. Cleaver is Republican in politics, and has 
 been connected with this party since its organiza- 
 tion. He and his wife are members in good stand- 
 ing of the First Baptist Church, and their hand- 
 some residence at No. 227 North Fifth street is 
 the resort of a large circle of friends and acquaint- 
 ances, comprising the most finely cultivated people 
 of the Gate City. 
 
 of Scotland, tJerman}-, Holland, Belgium, Prussia, 
 
 tiirougli Switzerland, over the Aljjs into Savoy and 
 
 ."down to the city of Geneva, during which time 
 
 they gained a fund of valuable information which 
 
 |i; g^< q has proved of great benefit to the profession in this 
 
 1 country. Dr. C. is now serving his fourth term 
 
 I as Piesident of tiie Keokuk City Medical Society. 
 
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 l^ft ANLIUS 8. CHAMBERLAIN, City As 
 /// iW *^*®*^'' of f"^- Madis(ju, is a native of Gene- 
 I IS see County, N. Y., born in Attica Sept. 29, 
 * 182.'). His father, Joseiih Chamberlain, 
 
 was a native of Massachusetts, and his grandfather, 
 John Chamlieriain, a native of the same State, spent 
 hi entire life and ceased his earthly labors within 
 the cipufines of tlie Bay State. Jose|)h Chamber- 
 lain, the father of our subject, in early life learned 
 the trade of a brick and stone mason. From a his- 
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 town of Coliocton, Steuben County, and that his 
 (laugliter. Calista, was tlie first child liorn in the 
 township of Cohoeton. He entered a tract of wild 
 land and erected the first cabin in the township 
 of Cohoeton. He cleared a farm and remained 
 tliere a few years, then removed to Genesee County, 
 and kept liotel in the town of Bethany until lisScS. 
 He then went to Chautauqua Countj% and engaged 
 in the same business at Leona, and from there re- 
 turned to Genesee County, purchased a farm in the 
 township of Bethany, and engaged in farming for 
 a few years, thence removed to Michigan and set- 
 tled in Genesee County, purchasing an improved 
 farm, upon which he remained until his death, 
 which occurred in 1854. 
 
 The mother of our subject,* before her marriage, 
 was Miss Orpha Shepard, of Massachusetts, and by 
 her union with Joseph Chamberlain she became the 
 mother of seven children, of whom Manlius 8. was 
 the sixth in order of birth. He was reared to 
 habits of industr}', and as soon as old enough as- 
 sisted in the lighter labors of the farm and attend- 
 ed the district schools. He remained with his par- 
 ents until his marriage, then purchased a farm in 
 Genesee County, Mich., wheie he remained until 
 1 85.S, and then, changing his occupation, went to Ft. 
 Madison, and was employed as a clerk in the mer- 
 cantile establishment of E. G. ^^'ilson, with whom 
 he remained for ten years, and then set u]i in busi- 
 ness for himself. He carried on mercantile pur- 
 suits for eight j'ears, and since then has been var- 
 iously employed, and represents six different com- 
 panies as insurance agent. 
 
 AVherever he has been the natural genius and 
 talents of JMr. Chamberlain have won for him the 
 highest approval, and he has uniformly been ten- 
 dered positions of trust and responsibilitj'. He has 
 served as Justice of the Peace and City Clerk, and 
 has held his present position as City Assessor for 
 the p.ast five ^-ears. He possesses detective quali- 
 ties of a high order, and was detailed upon deli- 
 cate and important business connected witli the 
 Graser murder case, discovered the murderer, and 
 received the proffered award of #200 from the 
 Governor of Iowa and $.'500 from the brother of 
 the murdered man. The murderer is now serving 
 
 a life sentence in the State Penitentiary at Ft. 
 Madison. 
 
 Manlius S. Chamberlain and Miss Harriet Ball 
 were united in marriage in November, 1848. Mrs. 
 C. is a native of New York, and was born Aug. 28, 
 1828. There are four children living, viz: Au- 
 gusta, the wife of Bayard T. Wise, of Ft. Madison; 
 Edwin M., Jay and Carrie. The3' occupy a pleas- 
 ant home on Fifth street, and are surrounded by 
 hosts of friends and well-wishers. 
 
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 \fp^ LISHA B. KELLOGG is a carpenter and 
 mer combined, and occupies a comfort- 
 le homestead in Van Buren Township, 
 this county, where he is engaged partly in agricult- 
 ural pursuits and follows the carpenter's trade at 
 his convenience. Mr. Kellogg is a native of the 
 Empire State, born in the town of Austerlitz, Co- 
 lumbia County, May 24, 1818, and is the son of 
 Elisha and Olive (Mallory) Kellogg, natives of 
 New York and Connecticut respectively. Elisha 
 Kellogg was born Aug. 4, 1779, and departed this 
 life in 18C6, at the advanced age of eighty-eight 
 years. The wife of his youth did not long remain 
 his companion, but yielded up her life in 1824. 
 He was married the second time to Eunice Dewey, 
 who died in 1855. Of the first marriage of Elisha 
 Kellogg, Sr., there were born eight children, namely : 
 Dennis, James D., Olive, Benjamin, Elisha B.,Lucy 
 A., Eliakim M. and Harriett. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was married Jan. 21, 
 1851, to Miss Berenice C. Underwood. She is the 
 daughter of Arch and Rhoda (Chapin) Under- 
 wood, natives of Massachusetts, and was born in 
 1821. Her father died in 1851, and the mother in 
 18G0, leaving a faniilj' of eight children — I'aul 
 Chapin, Phylinda, Almeda, Mercy, Henry W., 
 Berenice C, James and John. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Elisha B. Kellogg have become the parents of three 
 children : Berenice E. is the wife of Henry Richey ; 
 Mary A. died at tiie age of three years; and 
 Charles B. M. died in 18G4, at the age of two and 
 one-half years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. K. occupy a comfortable residence, 
 surrounded by all the couiforts <>f life. They eu- 
 
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 joj' the friendship f)f a large circle of acquaintances, 
 .mil swc nicnil)crs in good standing of the Pres- 
 hvterian Churcii. Soon after coining here, in April. 
 IHoH, tiic good (iiialities of Mr. Kellogg received 
 ample recognition, and lie became one of the 
 leaders of his community. lie lias held the various 
 town.ship o(flces, having lieeu Clerk for a number 
 if yeai-s, and Director and Secretary of the School 
 Hoard. Toliticaliy he atliliates with the Kei)ublican 
 party, and uniformly casts his vote in support of 
 its principles. 
 
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 :pX liO''"- -'^'ll^' A- ^^ll'i'H. of Ft. Madison, 
 tlic educational element of 
 md has attained to eminence 
 \ in his profession. He is a native of the 
 Kingdom of IJavaria, and was born Sept. '■), 18-20. 
 lie was educated for a teacher in his native land, 
 and before emigrating to the I'nited States had en- 
 tered the Normal College and was receiving the 
 most careful instruction from eminent and experi- 
 enced tutors. On account of failing health, how- 
 ever, his physician advised him to abandon his 
 studies and go to America, which advice he con- 
 cluded to follow, and after a prosperous voj-age 
 landed at New Orleans, Dec. 22, 1 S4(;. He at once 
 proceeded to Scioto County, Ohio, wiicre he had 
 relatives living. In the fall of 1847 he commenced 
 teaching in Pike County, having under his instruc- 
 tion classes in (Jerman and music, and was thus oc- 
 cupied f(n' a period of six years, when he came to 
 Iowa, making his first location at Keokuk. Here 
 he engaged as clerk and book-kcejjer of a hotel for 
 two j'cars, having also the principal management of 
 the house. He .afterward came to Ft. Madison, 
 and received the appointment of Deputy Clerk of 
 L the county, under Itobert McFarland. Treasurer 
 and Recorder. Prof. Smith is a fine ]5eiiinan and 
 kept the records of the county until |S(;i. 
 
 The Late Civil \Var was now in progress, and Mr. 
 .Smith, laying aside personal interests, resolved to 
 proffer his services for the preservation of the 
 rnioii. lie recruited a company of forty-seven 
 men, known as Fremont Iluzzars. which afterw-ard 
 became tiie ."it h Iowa ('av;ilr\-. With these Prof. 
 
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 Smith entered the service, and when the regiment 
 was organized he was commissioned Second Lieu- 
 tenant, serving as such for two years, when, on ac- 
 count of injuries received, he obtained an honora- 
 l)le discharge. He had participated in various bat- 
 tles, among them those of Ft. Donelson, O'liien 
 River, Clarksville, Tenn., and various minor en- 
 gagements. At the close of liis military service 
 Prof. Smith returned to Vt. Madison, and engaged 
 as a teacher in the public scliools, and has been thus ^^ 
 occupied since that time. He is one of the oldest 
 teachers in the State, and has made for himself .an 
 excellent record, both as a gentleman of culture 
 and a valuable instructor. 
 
 Prof. Smith w.as married, in l.S;")7, to Miss Jo- 
 anna W. D., daughter of Cliristian and Caroline 
 Rhoda. Mrs. Smitii is a native of the same coun- 
 try as her husband, and came to the United States ; 
 when a young girl. Of their union have been born : 
 seven children; William H., a stenographer in Clii- : 
 cago; Ida A., who lives at home; Adelia C, the z] 
 wife of Ilenrj' Martin, of Chicago, III. ; Walter S., g 
 a student at Eliot Business College, at Burlington; Bi 
 Phillip \'iele is connected with the Iowa Farming Bii 
 Implement Company, and two young sons, Charlie gl 
 and Henry, are with their [)areiits at home. Pi 
 Smitli is connected witii the Lutheran Cliiireli, and §f. 
 socially is a member of the (I. A. R. 
 
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 Cedar Township, and one of its most re- 
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 here at an early day when there was the greatest 
 need for strong hands and brave hearts, and per- 
 formed the duties that devolved upon iiim most 
 manfully and courageously. In his ple.a.sant Inune 
 of to-day, surrounded by a large coinpau}- of warm §} 
 and sympathizing friends, he is enjoying the fruits 
 of his early toil, and presents a picture of well- 
 earned peace and contentment. 
 
 The birthplace of Mr. Doaue was Chatham §|' 
 Countv, N. C, and the date thereof Aug. 14, I.S13. ij 
 Ilis fatlier, Jesse Doaiie, was a native of the same hM^ 
 State, and his yraiidf.-ither, John Doane, was from 
 
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 Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather, .Joseph 
 Doane, was of English descent and parentage, and 
 came to America as a member of William I'cnn's 
 colony, and settled in Bucks C'ountj% Pa. He was 
 a raemlier of the Society of Friends, and the sev- 
 eral generations of the family since that time have 
 adhered loyally to the religious faith of their fa- 
 thers. .John Doane moved to North Carolina be- 
 fore the Revolutionary War, and settled in Chat- 
 ham County upon a tract of timber land. He 
 I'leared t\ farm from the wilderness, established a 
 permanent home, and remained there until his 
 ileath. His son, Jesse, the father of our subject, 
 was reared in his native county and was there mar- 
 ried. In 18:^7 he sold his possessions and, remov- 
 ing to Tennessee, settled near Ivnoxville, where he 
 purchased an improved farm, upon which he passed 
 the remnant of his days. In early manhood he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah Whiner}', a na- 
 tive of North Carolina. She went with her hus- 
 band to Tennessee and died there in 18.58 or 1859. 
 The parental household consisted of twelve chil- 
 dren, of whom the subject of our sketch was the 
 fourth in order of birth. 
 
 Robert Doane was reared on the farm of his par- 
 ents, and remained with them until he had attained 
 to years of manhood. He was a thoughtful and 
 ambitious j'outh, and as years progressed developed 
 those characteristics which have since made a suc- 
 cess of his life. He was independent and self-re- 
 liant, and at the age of twenty-three years started 
 out to seek his fortune. He journeyed northwest 
 to Morgan Count}% Ind., and leased a tract of land, 
 which he cultivated for the space of eleven years, 
 with fair success. In 1 847 he crossed the Father 
 of Waters, making his journey to the river with a 
 span of horses and a carriage. After arriving upon 
 the soil of Iowa he purchased land on the south- 
 east quarter of section 10, in Cedar Township, and 
 made preparations to receive his family. One of 
 his first duties was the building of a log cabin, and 
 he made such improvements as he could during 
 this j-ear. The following spring he commenced to 
 put in his crops, and as time progressed received 
 the reward of his labors in the smiling meadows 
 and flelds of growing gi-ain. He added to his pos- 
 sessions as his means permitted, and is now the 
 
 proprietor of 212 acres, all in one liodj' and under 
 improvement. He also has ten acres of timber in 
 Henry County. 
 
 The marriage of Robert Doane and Miss liaciiel 
 Doane was celebrated in Orange County', Ind., 
 .Tune 12, 1838. Mrs. Doane was the daughter of 
 David and Ruth (Atkinson) Doane, natives of 
 North Carolina. Her father came to Cedar Town- 
 ship in 1 S49, and improved a farm on section 15, 
 establishing a comfortable homestead, upon which 
 he remained until his death. Mrs. Rachel Doane 
 was born in Orange County, Ind., Sept. 3, 1821. 
 and came to this section with her husband, but 
 only lived a little over four 3-ears after coming 
 here, her death occurring March 20, 1852. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Doane became the parents of seven 
 children: David lives in Cedar Township; Mary A., 
 the wife of John Meadows, also lives in this town- 
 ship; Eleazer, now deceased, was born April 24, 
 1840; he served in the late war, in the 19th Iowa 
 Infantrj', and marched to the scene of action with 
 his regiment. He displayed more than ordinary 
 aptitude for the duties of his position, and was soon 
 afterward returned to the State of Iowa as recruit- 
 ing officer. He raised a company, and was then 
 transferred to the 8th Cavalry with a Captain's 
 commission. He participated in many important 
 engagements, and in 1864 was taken prisoner and 
 confined in the rebel prison at Charleston, where 
 he remained for nine months and was then paroled. 
 After an honorable discharge he returned home, 
 and settled in Cedar Township for a few years, go- 
 ing thence to Osborne County', Kan. There he 
 purchased a tract of land and successfull3' engaged 
 in farming pursuits. He was cut down in the 
 prime of life, his decease occurring Oct. 0, 188{;, 
 at the age of forty-six years. By this sad event 
 ten children were rendered fatherless. The maiden 
 name of his wife was Amelia Cahill, and she was a 
 native of Ohio. She still survives and resides in 
 Osborne County, Kan. Ithamar was born Aug. 10, 
 1841; he was also a soldier, and enlisted with his 
 brother in the same regiment; shortly afterward he 
 was taken sick, sent home on a furlough, and died 
 one week after his return. Tiie three children buiii 
 subsequently died young. 
 
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 fjire of his eliildren, and lli(>.sf wlio lived until of 
 [iruper age received a good education. lie is an 
 intelligent and well-read man, and takes an active 
 interest in public affairs, contributing as his time 
 and means permit to the success of every worthy 
 object pertaining to the welfare of his community, 
 and is in all respects fulfilling the obligations of a 
 good citizen. He reniains loyal to the religious 
 faith of his ancestors, and is connected with the 
 Society of Friends. The homestead of Mr. Doane 
 is a model one in every respect, consisting of a 
 haildsonii' f;irni dwelling, a good liani. an<l all 
 necessary and convenient oiithonscs. 
 
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 KRKMI.MI F. HUNT, a retired farmer of 
 C'h:ulcston Township, is in possession of a 
 eomfoi'lable homestead on section 0, and in 
 the sunset of life is enjoying the frnits of 
 the toil of earlier years and the respect and confl- 
 <lence of his fellow townsmen. The subject of this 
 history is a native of Massachusetts, born in North- 
 boro, Feb. 21, l!S()(). AVhen a child (jf six months 
 old his parents removed from his native town to 
 Palmer, Mass., where he lived until he attained his 
 majority. His fatlicr was a shoemaker by trade, 
 ami during the winter months our subject .assisted 
 him in the shop. After becoming of age lie was 
 engaged in farming and other occupations, and at 
 times was employed in the dj-eing business in Hart- 
 ford, Conn., Lynn, Mass., and other prominent 
 towns in the Bay fState. 
 
 Tiie early education of Mr. Hunt w.as obtained 
 
 in the public schools of Palmer, and in later ^-ears 
 
 he was sent to .school iii Maine, and in A]idover, in 
 
 his native .State. In the fall of IHSiS he turned his 
 
 face westward, came into Lee County, Iowa, and 
 
 purchas^l a claim in what is now .section (),Charles- 
 
 } ton Townsliip. Heing still a single ni.an he Iioarded 
 
 ; with a family near, and split rails during tiie tirst 
 
 winlei-. In the spring he returned to his Eastern 
 
 home, and remained there during the following 
 
 5 summer; then, in the fall of l.s.'i'.), returned to Lee 
 
 County with a team of horses and sucii articles as 
 
 •^ he could nut readily |)ro(nre in the m^w country. 
 
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 of his purchase, and added to his acreage as time 
 and means permitted. He was prospered in his ag- 
 ricultural pursuits and business transactions, and 
 became one of the leading farmers of this section. 
 
 Mr. Hunt is a man of large benevolence, and 
 from the time of coming here has identilied him- 
 self with the interests of his adopted county, and 
 has always been willing to contribute of his time 
 and means for the promotion of every worthy en- 
 terprise. He is a firm believer in the Christian re- 5fH 
 ligion, and polir-ically uniformly casts his vote with ~'n 
 the Repuijlican party. Mr. H. has never married, 
 and consequentlj' has had much time to devote to 
 public matters, in which he has always taken an act- SEi 
 ive interest. He has been an intelligent reader, is 
 well informed, and can relate hosts of interesting 
 incidents connected with the pioneer days when he 
 first became a resident of the Hawkeye State. 
 
 The parents of our subject were John and Huldah 
 (Allen) Hunt, natives of Massachusetts, where they 
 spent their entire lives, both dying in the town of 
 Palmer. Their household circle included eleven 
 children, of whom Jeremiah F. is the only surviv- 
 ing member. 
 
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 DWARl) H. THOMAS, late editor and i)ro- 
 prietor of the West Point Appeal, is a na- 
 tive of Louisa County, Iowa, and was born 
 .Sept. 14, 1841. His father, William H. R. Thoni.as, 
 of Philadelphia, Pa., came to Louisa County, Iowa, 
 at an early period in its history, in 183G, and served 
 as Sheriff of that county for twelve j'ears. In 1850 
 he crossed the plains to California, where he died. 
 In early manhood, in the fall of 183G, he was mar- 
 ried to Miss Marj' R. E.agans, at Wapello, Iowa. 
 She was born at Connersville, Ind., and came to 
 Iowa in I'S.iO. That, same year she was married to 
 the f.atiicr of our subject, and is still living. Of 
 this union there were born three children — Edward 
 H., Cicero 15. and Louisa. Cicero 15. was a soldier 
 in the late war and a mcmlier of Co. F., IDth Iowa 
 \'ol. Inf.; he w-as killed in battle at Spanish Fort, g] 
 Ala.. Ai)ril s, ISlio. 
 
 Edw.ard H. Tiionia> received a common-school 
 education, and in the ye;ir 18,53 entered the ollice 
 
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 of the Intelligencer at Wapello, Iowa, where he 
 served an apprenticeship of four years at the print- 
 ing business, at which he was occupied until Aug. 
 8, 18G2, when, with his brother Cicero B., he en- 
 listed in Co. F., 19th Iowa Vol. Inf., and served un- 
 til the close of the war. He participated in about 
 twenty -five battles and skirmishes, being on duty 
 with his regiment constantly from the time it left 
 Iowa until its return in 18G5. He was captured at 
 the battle of Sterling Farm, La., on the 2'Jth of 
 September, 1863, and taken by the Confederates 
 to the prison pen near Tyler, Tex., where he was held 
 for nearly three months. He was finally exchanged, 
 and with his regiment received an honorable dis- 
 charge at Davenport, Iowa. 
 
 After his return from the army Mr. Thomas re- 
 sumed the printing buisness, which he followed un- 
 til 1867, and then became pilot and master of a 
 steamer on the Mississippi River, at which he was 
 employed for tiie following eight years. He then 
 resumed his early occupation, and became the pub- 
 lisher of various newspapers iu different parts of the 
 country. He is a thorough-going business man, 
 an expert •practical printer, and a journalist of 
 marked ability. 
 
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 eHARLE.S O. BAKER, M. D., a rising physi- 
 cian of Ft. Madison, is attaining an enviable 
 position among his brethren of the profes- 
 sion in this vicinity as a close student, an extensive 
 reader, and a man thoroughly acquainted with the 
 intricacies of his profession. Aside from his evi- 
 dent skill as a practitioner, his genial qualities and 
 courteous demeanor have secured for him the friend- 
 ship and patronage of a large proportion of the 
 intelligent people of the Gem City. 
 
 Dr. Baker is a native of the P^mpire State, and 
 was born in Chenango County, June 8, 18-19. His 
 father, Andrew Baker, was born in Steuben Conntj', 
 the same State, in 1804, and his grandfather was 
 also named Andrew Baker. The father of our sub- 
 ject was a graduate of the Medical College of Ge- 
 neva, N. Y., and practiced in Norwich, Chenango 
 County, for many years, where his life terminated 
 in December, 1K63. His wife w.as Miss Ruth K. 
 
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 Marshall. She preceded him to the better land in 
 .about isr)4. They were the parents of ten chil- 
 dren, of whom Charles O. was the sixth in order of 
 l)irth. 
 
 Dr. Bak«r of this history received his primary 
 education in the district schools of his native State, 
 and was carefully trained by his parents at home. 
 After his father's death he went to live with an un- 
 cle, C. T. Baker, M. D., iu Michigan, where he pur- 
 sued his school studies, and in due time graduated 
 from tlie Decatur High School in ^'an Burcn County. 
 He then entered an advanced class, where he was 
 engaged in the study of Greek and Latin for one 
 year, and then entered the University of Michigan 
 at Ann Arbor, from the classical department of 
 which he graduated with the degree of B. A. and 
 later that of M. A. Soon afterward he entered the 
 medical department of the same institution, gradu- 
 ating from this also with honors, and in the spring 
 of 1878 commenced the practice of his profe.ssion 
 in Keokuk, coming thence in the fall of that year 
 to Ft. Madison, where he has since pursued his pro- 
 fessional duties witli unqualified success. 
 
 The marriage of Dr. Baker and Miss Mary J. 
 Armstrong was celebrated on the 2;')th of Septem- 
 ber, 1879. Mrs. B. is the daughter of Bennett and 
 Eliza J. (Vance) Armstrong. Of this union there 
 has been born one child, Charles A. Tlie Doctor 
 and his wife are highly esteemed members of the 
 Episcopal Church, and their pleasant home is the 
 resort of the most cultivated people in the Gem 
 City. 
 
 OBERT S. RANSON, editor of the Keo-, 
 kuk Democrat, a daily and weekly, is junior 
 member of the firm of Warwick & Ranson, 
 and with his partners is successfully en- 
 gaged in CI inducting one of the best journals of 
 Southern Iowa. Our subject was born in Cynthi- 
 ana, Kj'., -Jan. 16, 1854. His parents, Thomas and 
 Ellen (Neeley) Ranson, two years later came to 
 Keokuk, where they iiermanently located. They 
 were of Irish birtli and parentage, and came to the 
 United States iu tlieir ^-outh. The father departed 
 this life iu Keokuk on the 2.5th of August, 1870. 
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 pursuits, which he followed for several yeai-s, and Legislature, helping to frame it? laws. HeisPresi- 
 
 thcn eugjigcd iu liiiiikiiig with Alc.v. Barclay, under 
 the tirni name of Alex. Harday ct Co., succeeding 
 to the liusiuess of (ioorgc C. Anderson iV Co. 
 
 After arriving at suitable years, our subject l)c- 
 gan to do l)usiuess on his own account, and was 
 variously occupied. For several years he was 
 clerli on a stcauilioat iu tlic employ of the Keo- 
 1 kuU Northern l-iiic Packet Company, and after- 
 ward engaged with the Keokuk it l)es Moines Rail- 
 road Co., before it passed into control of the C. R. 
 1. iV W Co., and continued on the road with the 
 latter coriioration for seven years as Sui)erintend- 
 ent's clerk, and iu other positions of respousibilitj'. 
 lie cMlcrccl upon his present line of work in the 
 summer of IK^O, being first connected with the 
 Oatf City, as amusement and sporting editor and 
 general writer, in which he vvas engaged for several 
 years. He is a talented and able journalist, and 
 has Itecome one of the lights of the editorial pro- 
 fession in tliis locality. 
 
 Onrsnliject was united in marriage with Mis.s 
 Kuinia S. Cunningham, of Keokuk, on the 2oth of 
 December, 1883. They are valued members of 
 the cultured society of the (late City, and our 
 subject has before him the prospect of a bright and 
 successful future. 
 
 .^.MITH IJAMILL, of the tirui of S. llamill 
 & Co., wh(jle.sale grocers of Keokuk, is the 
 oldest continuous grocery dealer iu the 
 Gate City, llis present business was es- 
 tablished iu the spring of 1 S,")2, when he started a 
 small r('t;iil trade, which Inter vvas merged into 
 the wholesale, and is now operating extensively in 
 the latter business. Mr. llamill came to Keokuk 
 in lH4(i, the same year that Iowm w.as admitted into 
 the I'uion .as a State, lie was born iu Lawrence 
 County, Pa., .lul}- 2:5, IHl.'t, his father being John 
 llamill. a well-to-do farmer of the Ke3'stone State. 
 lie rem.aincd with his parents until manhood, and 
 then, crossing the Mississi|ipi, located in Keokuk, 
 
 H where he has since resided and become uroi entiy 
 
 y idenlilied with its business interests, 
 
 .Mr. llamill was a member of the first Iowa State 
 
 dent of the Iowa State In>ui:u)ee Company, lie- 
 sides h(»lding positions of trust iu other promiueni 
 institutions of the city. Religiously he i.~ con- 
 nected with the United Presbyterian Cliurrh, of 
 Keokuk, and is an Elder in the same. 
 
 AMUKL E. CAREY is senior memlier of 
 the firm of Samuel E. Carey A- Co., im- 
 porters and dealers in glass and (pieeus- 
 ware. located at No. 310 Main street, 
 Keokuk, and doing a thriving and lucrative tiade. 
 When Mr. Carey established his business at this 
 point in August, 18.^3, it was the first of the kind 
 in the State of Iowa, and his traus.actious have ex- 
 tended throughout the greater part of the West. 
 He has been a straightforward business man. system- 
 atic and prompt to meet his obligations, and is ac- 
 counted one of the valued factors of the business 
 community. 
 
 The subject of this history was liorn in Bni-k.- 
 Count}-, Pa., Jan. Iti, 1824, and completed his edu- 
 cation at Woodward College, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 His mercantile experience began when he was a 
 ^dutli of eighteen years, at which time he started iu 
 business on his own account in Lancaster, K3'., as a 
 retail dealer in general merchandise, in which place 
 he operated until his removal to the (iate Citj'. 
 He established his business here .as both whole- 
 sale and retail, and has had men upon the road for 
 the last twenty-tive years, his trade reaching into 
 the States of Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska and Kan- 
 sas. He began business in a small frame building 
 which stood upon the ground now occupieil by his 
 present handsome ar.d commodious business block, 
 which was built by the Comstock Stove Works, and 
 covers an Mica of 20x1 4t) feet, with four stories 
 and liasement, all of which is occui)ied liy the firm 
 of.Sjuuuel E. Care}' A- Co. 
 
 Mr. Carey has contributed his full (piotn toward 
 the business and industrial interests of this section, 
 has been lil)eral and public-siiirited, and warndy 
 iutel'ested iu the prosperity of the (Jate City. He 
 is one of the Directors of the Keokuk National 
 iiank, and is- \' ice-President of the Huildii'g and 
 
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Loan Association. He has been connected with 
 the Iowa State Insurance Company as Director an<l 
 Treasurer for a perioil of twenty years, and was a 
 member of the School Board for seventeen years. 
 He is President of the Keokuk Liltrary Association, 
 and was first President of the Okl Settlers' As- 
 sociation. He is also a member of Westminster 
 Presbj'terian Church, and has been an Elder for 
 many years. 
 
 Mr. Carey was married in 1853 to Miss Lucy 
 Garfield, a native of Massachusetts, and they have 
 liecome the parents of two children: Lucy, the 
 wife of Dr. Bacon, of Biddeford, Me., and Janie, 
 who is at home with her parents. 
 
 LEXANDER BULLARD, a successful 
 farmer and stock-grower of Jefferson Town- 
 ship, owns and occupies a fine estate on 
 ^jf' section 2. He is the possessor of 87ti acres 
 
 of land, most of which is on the first bottoms 
 of the Mississippi River, and a large portion of 
 it in the old "half-breed" tract. It consists prin- 
 cipall^" of the quality of soil which produces in 
 abundance all kinds of vegetables and cereals 
 grown in this climate. He has one of the best 
 locations for general farming purposes in the count}', 
 and as a stock-raiser makes a specialty of Norman 
 horses. He is half owner of two valuable horses 
 well known in this section of country, and regis- 
 tered as follows: Leon Gambetta was foaled in 
 France in 1879, and weighs 1,900 pounds; he is 
 recorded in N. II. S. B. 2825, and was imported b}' 
 A. C. Lawrej' of Bloomington, 111., in 1884. Prince 
 Albert weighs 1,680 pounds, was foaled in France 
 in 1881, and is recorded in N. H. S. B. 2833. He is 
 a dark steel-graj-, of beautiful proportions, and was 
 obtained at a great price. Both horses are of kindly 
 disposition and fine stjde of movement. Mr. Bul- 
 lard has been at great pains to improve the breed 
 of horses in his locality and has competed success- 
 fully at the fairs of this and other counties. 
 Besides his horses he exhibits some fine specimens 
 of thoroughbred cattle and hogs. 
 
 Mr. Bullard is a native of Putnam Countv, Ind., 
 and was born on Christmas Day, 1835. His father, 
 
 James Bullard, was a farmer by occupation, a native 
 of ^■irginia and of Southern parentage. He was 
 mairied in his native county of Grayson to Miss 
 Kittie Wilson, a native i>f the same county, and also 
 of Southern i)arcntage and ilescent. After their 
 marriage and the birth of one child, now Mrs. 
 Mary Mitchell, of Jefferson Township, Mr. and 
 Mrs. B. removed from N'irginia to Indiana, and 
 two months later their first son and second child, 
 our subject, first saw the light. In the fall of 1837 
 the little family crossed the Mississippi and came 
 into Lee Count}'. Iowa, making the journey across 
 the wild prairie with teams. They at once settled 
 upon a farm of 260 aci'es in the Mississippi Valley, 
 two and a half miles fi'om Ft. Madison. Two 
 years after their removal the faithful wife and 
 affectionate mother was called to leave her loved 
 ones, and yielded up her life in the fall of 1839. 
 She was a sincere Christian, a good neighbor, and 
 gi-eatly beloved by all who knew her. The father 
 survived her about twelve years, dying in 1851, at 
 his home in Jefferson Township. 
 
 Thus, by the death of his parents, Alexander 
 Bullard, his two brothers and one sister were left in 
 lonely orphanage. Alexander was fifteen years old 
 at that time and accepted such employment as he 
 could find in order to obtain a livelihood. He 
 continued following farm pursuits until he was 
 twenty-four jears of age. He had been prospered 
 in his labors, was industrious and economical, and 
 now felt justified in forming domestic ties of his 
 own. He was accordinglj' married at the home of 
 the bride's parents in Jefferson Township, to Miss 
 Martha A. l)t)dsou. Mrs. Bullard is tiie daughter 
 of Daniel and Rebecca (Jestus) Dodson. The 
 Dodsons were originally from North Carolina, and 
 the Jestus famii}' were natives of Pennsylvania. 
 They came to Iowa before their marriage, and 
 settled in Jefferson Township, where Mr. Dodson 
 and Rebecca Jestus were married in 1839, and there 
 the mother died some years later. Mrs. Bullard was 
 born Sept. 15, 1840; her father is still living, and 
 is a resident of Pawnee, Kan., having .arrived at 
 the advanced age of seventy-one years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. B. have become the parents of nine 
 children, one of whom. James, the eldest, died at 
 the age of three years. The living are : Frances R., 
 
 
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 the wife of Edward Richardson: l.aiini K., the wife 
 of Kr.-mcis llarsliinaii, lives with iier iiiisliaml on a 
 farm in .lefterson Township; Alexander, Mary, 
 ^iicretia, W'iiliani, Roy and Arcliic are at hi^nie. 
 'I'lie family are members of the Jlelliodist I'rotesl- 
 .'iMt (iuireh, in whieh denomination Mr. B. is promi- 
 nent .as a Trustee. He is highly respected in his town- 
 shij) for his sound judcfmentand intelligence, and has 
 held the minor oflices in the gift of his townsmen. 
 He is a reliable Democrat, and casts his vote in 
 support of the principles of the part3' of his clioice. 
 The two brothers and the sister of Mr. Bullard are 
 all living in comfortable homes in Jefferson 
 Townshi]). A lithographic view of the resideiu'e 
 and stock of Mr. Bullard is shown elsewhere in this 
 work. 
 
 ON. JOHN VAN VALKENBURC;, senior 
 member of the law firm of Xnn Valkenburg 
 \- Ilaniilton. of Ft. ^Mailison, Iowa, isagen- 
 ^) tlem.'ui in the prime of life, and a Canadian 
 b}' birth. He was born at St (leorge, Ontario, 
 April 10, 1>^32, and located at Ft. Madison in 1 «;").!. 
 \\lien our subject was but a lad his parents re- 
 moved from his native Canada to the United States, 
 crossing the Father of Waters and locating in Iowa 
 in 184G, the same year in which it was admitted 
 into the Union as a State. The ])rairies of this now 
 rich and powerful comniouwcalth at that time were 
 almost withcjut habitation. These pioneers wei'e 
 not burdened with means, but they had a rich fund 
 of determination, and were industrious by habit and 
 principle. In the course of time they were en- 
 aliled to acquire a small tract of land, upon which 
 they erected an humble home, where they reared 
 their family as best they could with the limited 
 educational facilities at hand, public schools at that 
 time not b<-ing numerous or eiisily accessible. 
 
 Each evening within tliat humble home upon the 
 broad prairie might have been seen young Van 
 Valkenburg, after the day's labor had been per- 
 formed, in front of a log fireplace, struggling with 
 ^ the elementary branches of education. He jjursued 
 his course of study almost unaiiled for sever.al 
 years, in the meantime assisting his father upon the 
 farm, and from his small earnings saved wlialcver 
 
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 he could, until by the severest toil and closest econ- 
 omy he had accumulated sufHcient funds witii 
 which to enter upon a collegiate course. 
 
 At the age of seventeen years our subject en- 
 tered the prejiaratory school of Prof. Howe, of 
 Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and pursued a course of studj' 
 there for the following three years. He then StR 
 spent one year at Oberlin College, Ohio, then 
 went to Galesburg, 111., and completed his educa- 
 tion in Knox College. At the expiration of this 
 time he was elected Principal of tlie State Normal 
 School of Iowa, in which position he served one 
 year, but declined the appointment for the succeed- 
 ing term, as his training and tastes inclined him to 
 the profession of the law. He now proceeded to 
 Chicago, III., and engaged in the stud}- of law in 
 the office of (^oudy, Waite & Jamieson, the lead- 
 ing attorneys of the Northwest, where he remained 
 for one year, thence returned to his h(jme in his 
 adopted State, and completed his professional stud- 
 ies with the distinguished firm of Miller & Beck, of 
 Ft. Madison. He was soon afterward admitted to 
 the bar. His natural endowments, literary culture 
 and thorough knowle<lge of the law, soon procured 
 for him a profitable and extensive practice in the 
 State and F^ederal courts, which he retains to this 
 daj'. He has alwaj's been interested in political mat- 
 ters, and casts his vote uniformly with the Repub- 
 lican party. He was a Congressional elector and 
 Presidential elector at large, in lt<7G and 1 S80. 
 He was candidate for Congress in 1874, and after 
 147 ballots was defeated bj' only one vote, George 
 W. McCrary being the successful candidate. Mr. 
 \:m \'alkenburg was never an office-seeker, but 
 has many times been honored with important ]K>si- 
 tions of trust, and has been especially noted as be- 
 ing free from acrimony and partisan bitterness. 
 
 Mr. \'an A'alkenburg has been a verj' prominent 
 member of the I. O. O. F. in the West. He was 
 initiated into the mysteries Jan. 22, 1868, in Ft. 
 Madison Lodge No. 157, of which he is still a mem- 
 ber. In 1880 he w.as elected Grand Master of the 
 order in Iowa, and in June following was elected 
 (irand Representative to the Sovereign (Jrand 
 Lodge, taking his seat in September, ltS83, in the 
 S. {;. L. at Providence, R. I. He was re-elected 
 (iraiid Representative without opposition, by the jli} 
 
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 Odd Fellows of Iowa in June, 1884. Preceding 
 this he had been knighted as a charter memlier 
 of C4era City Lodge No. 21, of Ft. Madison, and 
 was its first Vice Chancellor. He was elected 
 Grand Chancellor from the floor in 1875, and re- 
 elected two years later. He has been an iutlueii- 
 tial and efficient member of the Supreme Lodge of 
 the World for seven consecutive sessions, having 
 first taken his seat at the memorable session in 1876, 
 at Independence Hall, Philadelphia. 
 
 Mr. Van Valkenburg is an ardent advocate of 
 the principles, practices and usages of Pj'thianism, 
 and by his consistent life and writings, and elo- 
 quent tongue, has lieen instrumental in working up 
 a strong and powerful organization in his State, 
 which to-day carries the banner as the most pros- 
 perous jurisdiction in the Union. His speeches 
 and essays are embellished with poetic eloquence, 
 and he is i-egarded as one of the leading orators of 
 his State. His prolific and versatile pen has been the 
 means of adding many folios to Pythian literature, 
 being the author of "The Knights of Pythias Com- 
 plete Manual and Text Book," "Jewels of Pythian 
 Knighthood," "Official Digest of the Laws, Decis- 
 ions and Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, K. of P., 
 of Iowa," besides numerous lectures and essa3's. He 
 has been welcomed not only by the press, but by emi- 
 nent scholars, as a writer of acknowledged ability. As 
 a lawyer Mr. Van ^'alkenburg is a strong advocate, 
 possessed of sound judgment and peculiar argu- 
 mentative powers. As a citizen he is liberal and 
 enterprising, making the interests of his community 
 those of his own, and assisting, both by his influ- 
 ence and more sul)Stantial means, every wortliy 
 public enterprise, moral, religious or educational. 
 
 Hon. John Van ^'alkenburg and Miss Mary J. 
 Douglass were married July 3, 1861, in Ft. Madi- 
 son, Iowa. Mrs. Van V. is a native of this cit3', born 
 in 1838, on the same block where she now lives. 
 Of this union there have been born three children 
 — Edwin D., Clement L. and Joel W. 
 
 The career of Mr. Van Valkenburg is a striking 
 example of what determination and perseverance 
 may accomplish in the midst of difficulties. The 
 char.acter and disposition of the studious boy pur- 
 suing his studies b3' the winter firelight in the 
 lonely cabin of the [irairie, alnmst unmistakaldj' 
 
 foretold his future career, and well fitted him for 
 those duties in later life which he could not well 
 have assumed under anj' other circumstances. He 
 has noblj' worked his way from obscurity to promi- 
 nence, and receives ample reward in the esteem of 
 his fellow-citizens. The famil}* occupy a fine dwell- 
 ing, surrounded by all the evidences of cultivated 
 tastes and ample means, and the homestead is one 
 of the handsomest spots in the cit^- of Ft. Madison. 
 
 ETER HAUBERT, one of the prosperous 
 l)usiness men of the (Jate City, is success- 
 fully conducting a meat-market at No. 1124 
 Main street. He is a native of Montrose, 
 this county, and was born Jan. 19, 1854, his parents 
 being Peter and Catharine (Gerard) Hauljert, 
 natives of Germany, who emigrated from their 
 native land in 1848, crossed the Mississippi, and 
 came directly to Iowa two years after its admission 
 into the Union as a State. Peter Haubert was a 
 brewer by occupation, and followed this business 
 for some time after coming to Iowa, having first 
 settled in Keokuk. From here he went to Mont- 
 rose, where he was engaged for a time in a distil- 
 lerj-, then returned to Keokuk and erected a 
 In-evvery, which he sold out in 1860. He returned 
 to Montrose and engaged in hotel-keeping for the 
 following sixteen years, after which he came back 
 to Keokuk, and is still engaged in the same busi- 
 ness, his hotel being located at the intersection of 
 Second and Johnson streets. The parental family 
 consisted of nine children, as follows: Catharine, 
 Peter Christine, Carrie, John, Joseph, Henry, 
 Charles and Bertha, all residents of Keokuk. Mr. 
 Haubert, the elder, is an enterprising business man, 
 and enjoys the cordial esteem and confidence of his 
 fellow-townsmen. He was Road Su|)ervisor and 
 Alderman at Montrose, and politically affiliates 
 with the Democratic party. 
 
 Peter Haubert, the subject of this biography, 
 attended school until he was fifteen years of age, 
 when he went to Burlington, and served an ap- 
 prenticeship of two years at the butcher's trade. 
 From there lie went to Ft. Madison, remaining also 
 twi) years; thence to Montrose, and opened a meat- 
 
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 market, in the business of wliich he was engajjed 
 until 1H81. Hi' then (lisi)osed of his interests there 
 and Ciiine ti) Keoi<ui<, wliere he now has two sho])s, 
 and is doing a Uiriving and steadily increasing 
 liiisiness. 
 
 Tliomas Ilaiiberl was married in liS7'.), to Miss 
 Isadora Neiise, a native of Montrose, and daughter 
 of Henry Neuse. Of this union there have been 
 born t«'(j children — Isadora Pauline and Frankie. 
 Politically Mr. llaiibert, like his father, is a stanch 
 adherent of the Democratic part}', and socially he 
 belongs to the A. V. it A. M. 
 
 /p^jEORCl': n. CURTIS is a successful agriciil 
 'f[ (=^ iirist of Montrose Township, where he owi 
 ^Jsi a fine farm of •22;> acres. He is a n.ative < 
 
 ,^^EOR(;i': n. CURTIS is a successful agrlcult- 
 
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 _ ve of 
 Livingston County, N. Y., the date of his birtli 
 being May 12, 1.S31. His parents were Daniel and 
 Emily (Woodford) Curtis, natives of the same State 
 as their son. Daniel Curtis was born in 1803, and 
 his wife in 1X05; tliey were married in 1828, and 
 moved to Ohio in 18;34, and the same year moved 
 to Genesee County, Mich., and in 1856 came to Lee 
 County. Both died in Iowa in tin- year 18.59. 
 They became the parents of si.x children, viz., 
 (ieorgo D., Charles H., Charlotte W., Lucretia F., 
 Edward R. and Rupert M. 
 (ieorge D. Curtis remained with his parents dur- 
 
 IjT ing his youthful years, and came with them from 
 i Michigan to Iowa in 1 «.'>(;. He was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Mary F. Wollfit, in January, 1855. 
 Mrs. Curtis is a native of England, born Dee. 13, 
 1H32, and is the daughter of Williaui and Hannah 
 (Skins) Wolltil, of English ancestry and parentage. 
 Her father (lied in l.sT'.i, but her mother is .still liv- 
 ing. The parental household included six ehildicM 
 — .Mary F., Betsey, .lohn, Thomas, Harriet and 
 William; the latter died in infancy. 
 
 The household circle of Mr. and Mrs. Georu-e 
 Curtis has inelude<l eight children, as follows: 
 llani.'l I,., b(,ni .\uv. 11, 1855, died Oct. 22, 1»71, 
 when sixteen years old; Wiiliani 1). was bi>rn May 
 15. 185!); Clara W., lioru .Inly 211, iMdl, only lived 
 two mouths; Edward T. was born Nov. 7, IS(;3; 
 Charles H., Dec. 24, 1805; Mary A., .June 10, l.-SOS; 
 
 Samuel L., April 1 3, 1870 ; (ieorge D., June 15, 1873. 
 The subject of our sketch came to Iowa in 185G, 
 making his first location in Montrose Township, and 
 has been a resident of Lee County since that time. 
 \\^lien a young man he learned the trade of harness- 
 making, and followed this calling three years in 
 (ienesee County and Lapeer, Mich., to which place his 
 father moved from Ohio in 1834, thence coming to 
 Lee County. Beside the ordinary duties of the 
 farm, Mr. Curtis is quite extensively eng.aged in 
 the breeding of Poland-China hogs. He has a com- 
 fortable farm dwelling, a good barn, and all the 
 necessary outhouses, and the homestead is a model 
 one in every respect. Its proprietoi' has enjoyed 
 in a marked degree the confidence of his fellow- 
 citizens, and has held the office of Township Trus- 
 tee for two terms in Des Moiues Township. He 
 has alw.'13'S been an active temper.ance man, and is 
 a niend)er in good standing of the New-School 
 Presbyterian Church, with which he has been con- 
 nected for thirt3'-one years. In politics he uniformly 
 easts his vote in support of the principles of the 
 lir|iul)lic;in pai-ty. 
 
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 7OSIAH HEMINGWAY, Postmaster at Gal- 
 land, is also engaged in agricultural pursuits, 
 and is the possessor of a fine homestead in 
 Montrose 'I'ownship, located on section 25. 
 He came to Iowa in 1845, one year previous to its 
 adnnssion into the Union as a .State, and hasconse- 
 (piently witnessed many and remarkable changes, 
 and with other brave pioneers of that day, eontrib- jj: 
 uled his share toward the development of the 
 country, lie oi)ene(l a farm, established a home- 
 stead, and is now one of tiie substanti.il and highly 
 respected citizens of Lee County. 
 
 The snl)ject of our sketch is the son of .loliu anil 
 Maiy (Seeley) Hemingway, natives of Canada, 
 born at Tt>ronto, where they attained to 3'ears of 
 maturity, and were there married, and in 1845 came 
 to Iowa, making their first location in N.ashville, 
 Lee C'ounty. There they purchased ICd acres of 
 land, established a home and spent the remainder 
 of their days. .John Hemingway departed this life Jri 
 

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 in February, 1H78; his wife, Mrs. Mary S. Heming- 
 way, survived him three years, and died in 1881. 
 Of their union there were born the following' 
 children : Miranda became the wife of James Mar- 
 shall ; Mary was married to Alfred Pettit, and Har- 
 riet, who married Mr. Anderson, is now deceased. 
 Three children died in infancy. 
 
 Josiah Heniingwa}' spent his earlier years under 
 the parental roof, and received a fair education in 
 the common schools. In enrlj- manhood he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Martha Gore, their 
 union taking place in February, IS.tG. Mrs. H. was 
 born in Hancock County, 111., in 1834, and is the 
 daughter of J. D. and Mar}- (Peterson) (iore, both 
 natives of Tennessee. Mr. Hemingway has fol- 
 lowed agricultural pursuits all his life. Besides 
 the homestead he has 17,') acres of land at or near 
 Burnside, Hancock Co., 111., and thirty acres 
 separate from the homestead in Lee County, Iowa. 
 In addition to his duties as Postmaster lie is also 
 Station Agent at (Jallaud. While working upon 
 the farm he met with an accident by which he lost 
 his left arm, having been caught in the gearing of 
 a threshing-machine, and he is practically unfitted 
 for hard labor. 
 
 In 1852 Mr. Hemingway crossed the Rocky 
 Mountains with an ox-team, and engaged for eight- 
 een months mining in California. He returned 
 home by way of the Isthmus; was thereafter mar- 
 ried, and settled jjermanentl}' upon his farm. He 
 is Democratic in politics, and is ampl}' entitled to 
 be termed an honest man and a good citizen. 
 
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 ,APT, THOMAS WATERHOUSE, of Mt. 
 Haniill, is one of the prominent business 
 J' men of this section, and engageil in general 
 merchandising, wliicli he is conducting successfuUj' 
 Mud profltabl}'. He established his present business 
 in Ajjril, 1881, and was the first merchant in the 
 place. He erected the first store Ijuilding in Mt. 
 llamill, which was a one-stor^' structure, 20x.S(t feet 
 in dimensions, and tlie following j'ear jiut up an- 
 other, 20x.oO feet, and two stories; this latter, with 
 its stock, was destroyed b}' fire on the 13th of April, 
 ISS."). He then purchased another [building, to 
 
 which he put an addition. The Captain is a straight- 
 forw.ard business man, and by his geni.al .and cour- 
 teous manner has built up an extensive patronage. 
 Capt. Thomas Waterhonse was born in Cheshire, 
 England, Feb. 24, 181',), and is the son of James f^ 
 and Martha VVaterhouse, both of whom died in 
 1 825, when their son was l)ut six years of age. He 
 was then taken care of by his elder brother James, 
 and at the age of seven years commenced to work 
 in a woolen-mill, where he remained until he was 
 seventeen. He learned to weave, and afterward ac- 
 quired the trade of " dresser," and sewed for three 
 years following. Then, in 1839, at the age of 
 tnenty years, he resolved to emigrate to America. 
 He accordingly set sail from Liveri)ool on the 21st 
 of February on the good ship " Cambridge,'' and 
 after a prosperous voyage landed in New YorkCitj' 
 on the 7th of April following. He soon afterward 
 obtained emplo3'nient as "dresser" in a cotton fac- 
 tory at Seneca Falls, N. Y., where he remained one 
 year, then went to Auburn for twenty months, and 
 was thereafter employed at his trade as dresser and 
 weaver until 1844. He then went to Boston and 
 engaged with the firm of Baldwin & Parks, and as- 
 sisted in erecting looms in various manufactories 
 in the New England States for the following two 
 years. During this time his duties led him into all 
 the princip.al manufacturing districts in New En- 
 gland, and he obtained a valuable experience in 
 this department of business. 
 
 About this time the country along the Mississippi 
 Valley was attracti 
 people on account 
 and the inducement: 
 
 enterprising emigrant. Young Waterhonse resolved 
 to cast his fortunes with the great caravan which 
 was moving westward, and in 1846 found himself in 
 the j'oung State of Wisconsin, and located near the 
 town of Utica, Winnebago County, where he pur- 
 chased a claim of Government land, upon which he 
 erected a frame house, planted an orchard, and in 
 the course of time made other valuable improve- 
 ments. In l^i.5() he sold out at a good profit, went 
 to Missouri, and purchased KiO acres of partly im- 
 proved land in St. Louis County, where he remained 
 until the war broke out. 
 
 In April, 18G1, our subject became a member of 
 
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 ing much attention from Eastern t H 
 
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 the Home Guards, and in August of the same 3'eai- 
 he was commissioned, in oonipiiny with six others, 
 as the bearer of despateiu's to Alliens, Mo. He was 
 captni-ed hy tlie rebels at Fairmont, Mo., taiven to 
 their camp, and tiied and convioted for taking up 
 arms iigainst the State of Missouri. Tlie party had 
 appropriated to their use some liorses belonging to 
 the rebel commander, Martin Greene, and for this 
 otfense our .subject was held to appear before a 
 higher tribunal, and was taken on the march with 
 the retreating rebels, many <<( whom were his old 
 neighbors. When they stopped at night near the 
 eastern liank of the Missouri River, Mr. Water- 
 house and the three others were confined in a small 
 building, with a sentinel at the door to prevent their 
 escape. In the night, however, he and one of his 
 comrades (the other two being asleep) escaped 
 thiongh the window, and hid in the hazel bushes 
 1^^ near by until the rebels started out of camp in the 
 morning and marched aw.ay. Mr. Waterhouse and 
 his companion then started to join their comrades 
 at Mason City. They kept their eyes open and fled 
 to cornfields upon the approach of danger. They 
 slept in straw-st.acks at night, and confiscated what- 
 ever they could find to eat in the fields during their 
 journej'. At one time they boarded a railroad 
 train, but having no money to pay their fare were 
 soon put off. They finally reached Mason City in 
 safety. 
 
 The Home (uiards were then organized .as the 
 21st Missouri Infantry, and were mustered into 
 service at Canton, Mo., Feb. 2, 1862. Mr. Water- 
 house was made Orderly . Sergeant, participating 
 with his comrades in the fortunes of w.ar for the fol- 
 lowing three years; he was in the battles of Shiloh, 
 Corinth .and Inka. In .M:uch, 1H(J2, he was returned 
 t(.> .Missouri .as a recruiting ofHcer, and after a month 
 returned to the scene of conflict with his company. 
 In December, 1 «t;.!, he was transferred to the tilth 
 United States Infantr}', and commissioned Captain 
 of Comi)any 1). in which position he served until 
 the close of the war. linving made a brave and 
 courageous record. While a captive in the hands 
 of the Confederates he was proffered an officer's 
 commission if he would join the rebel army, but 
 he indignantly refused. He was wounded three 
 times in the service and is now a pensioner. At the 
 
 close of his militarj' career, in the summer of 1865, 
 Capt. Waterhotise returned home to Missouri and 
 engaged in farming until 1881 , and shortly after- 
 ward disposed of his farm |)roperty and established 
 his i)resent business in Mt. Ilamill. 
 
 Capt. ^Vaterhouse was married to Miss Sarah H. 
 Kirker, Oct. 2;», 1.S4(;. Mrs. W. was a native of 
 Massachusetts, and of her union with our subject 
 were liorn five children, the record of whom is as 
 follows: Sarah is the wife of David Day, and lives 
 in Eaton. Col.; Emma F. is with liei' sister Sarah: 
 .Mary became the wife of .lames F. Day, and lives 
 in Mianu Count}', Kan.; Callie is the wife of Coon 
 Goodwin, of Eaton, Col.; Frank is with his brother 
 .at the latter-named place. The second wife of 
 Capt. U'atcrhouse, to whom he was married .luuc 
 21t, 188.5. was Mrs. Sarah Leenian, of Birmingham, 
 England, who came to America in ls47.and by her 
 first nuirriage had two children — William and Anna. 
 
 As a prominent citizen of the county, and a rep- 
 resentative business man, the publishers of this 
 Ai.BiM are ple.ased to present in their galax}- of 
 portraits that of Capt. M^aterhouse. 
 
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 ILBEUT COMSTOCK,of Keokuk, .Secretary 
 of the Central Stove Works, has been an 
 ^^41 honored citizen of the (iate City since 1849, 
 and in a residence of over thirty-five years has ma- 
 terially aided the industrial interests of this sec- 
 tion. He has been a gentleman of unbounded per- 
 severance and energy, and from the beginning 
 manfully invaded the wide field of operation pre- 
 sented to him, the results of which can scarcely be 
 detailed within the brief columns of a biograph}'. 
 
 The subject of this narrative received his first 
 impressions of life among the New England hills, 
 and is the son of Isaac .and Corinda (Cooper) 
 Comstock, natives of Massachusett-, in which State 
 also occurred the birth of their son. Isaac Corn- 
 stock was a farmer by occupation, and with the ex- 
 ception of a few years at the close followed agri- 
 cultural pursuits during his lifetime. He was a 
 man of great force of character, was an extensive 
 reader, and prominent in the councils of his State 
 
and section. He served as a member of the Massa- 
 chusetts Legislature, and held the important offices 
 of his own eoiinty and township. Both parents 
 were connected with the Congregational Church, 
 ;lj in which the father of our subject was one of the 
 leading pillars. The parental household 0(jnsisted 
 of thirteen children, all of whom lived ti^ 3'ears of 
 maturity, but ten are ni)w deceased : William II. is 
 a resident of Chiekopee, Mass. ; Elvira, Mrs. E. H. 
 Parish, is a resident of Hinsdale, Mass. ; the third 
 remaining is the subject of this sketch. Isaac 
 Comstock departed this life in 1 840, and Corinda, 
 his wife, survived him thirty-four years, and folded 
 her hands for her final rest in 1880. 
 
 (iilbert Comstock remained upon his father's 
 farm until he was sixteen 3'ears old, receiving his 
 primary education in the public schools. He then 
 attended Lennox Acadeni}', and after a thorough 
 course in this institution, started out into the busi- 
 ness world for himself. He then went to N3'aek on 
 the Hudson River and served an app;enticeship at 
 the manufacture of stoves with Richard P. Eells, 
 with whom he remained for three 3"ears. He was 
 an enterprising and ambitious 3'oung man, and not 
 being quite satisfied with his condition and pros- 
 pects in the East, he resolved to cross the Missis- 
 sippi and test the reports which were then coming 
 from the 3'oung and rapidl3- growing State of Iowa. 
 His first objective point was Keokuk, where he ar- 
 rived in the fall of 1849, and engaged as a retail 
 dealer in stoves and tinware. He had associated 
 with him his next elder brother, Theodore, and 
 they operated under the firm name of Comstock & 
 Bro. To their retail trade they added a jobbing 
 business, and continued operations here until 1865, 
 operating over a large extent of territory. In due 
 time they commenced the manufacture of stoves; 
 the firm was re-organized, and the business finall3- 
 extended throughout the South and Northwest, for 
 which their goods were especially manufactured, 
 their output being about 1.5,000 stoves annually, 
 in the manufacture of which they frequently em- 
 ployed a force of ninety to 100 men, being one of 
 the most important manufactories in this section. 
 
 The marriage of Gilbert Comstock and Miss 
 Helen M. Graham was celebrated in 1854. in the 
 eit3- of Keokuk. Mrs. Comstock is a daughter of 
 
 William C. Graham, of Keokuk. They occupy a 
 handsome residence at No. 116 Concert street, and 
 their large circle of friends and acquaintances com- 
 prises the most cultured people of the Gate City. 
 Mr. Comstock is Republican in politics, and with B 
 his wife is connected with the Presbyterian Church, i 
 He is highl3' esteemed in social as well as business 
 circles, and is looked upon as one of the impor- 
 tant factors of the business commuuit3' in having 
 established an institution which is at once of incal- 
 culable benefit, both to the State at large and to 
 the large number of men who are given employ- 
 ment, and by this means provided with the neces- 
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 ENRY SCHARFENBERG. The gentleman 
 whose name stands at the head of this sketch 
 occupies a prominent position among the 
 industrial interests of the Gate City, being 
 a first-class manufacturer of saddlery, harness, etc., 
 in which he is a retail dealer. He is located at 
 No. 721 Main street, and is doing a prosperous 
 and steadily increasing business. Our subject is a 
 native of Prussia, and was born ,Ian. 15, 1842. 
 His parents were Henry and Wilhelmina Scharfen- 
 berg. His father was a weaver by trade, and fol- 
 lowed this calling all his life, dying in 1850. The 
 parental household consisted of ten children, of 
 whom only two are living — Antonetta and the sub- 
 ject of this biograph3'. 
 
 Henry Scharfenberg began his education in the 
 public schools of his native land at the earl3' age 
 of six 3'ears, and pursued his studies continuouslj- 
 for the space of eight 3-ears thereafter. He was an 
 ambitious bo3' and intensely interested in the ac- 
 counts coming from the New ^Vorld as regarded 
 the inducements held out to the enterprising emi- 
 grant. He therefore determined to seek his fort- 
 une there, and at the age of fourteen years left the 
 parental roof to come to America. After reach- 
 ing New Orleans he proceeded to St. Louis, Mo., 
 where he engaged to learn the saddlery and har- 
 ness business, and served an apprenticeship of five 
 years. He then worked one year as journe3'man, 
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 wine, which wa;^ located on Main street, between 
 Seventh and Kif,dith. nnd has since continued the 
 business at the same i)iace. He employs from one 
 to five men, and is the largest manufacturer of this 
 line of goods in the (iate City. He put up his new 
 building in 1872. It is a two-story brick, 2(>x.'.o 
 feet, and was erected at a cost of fully ii3,0()(). 
 
 Mr. Scharfenborg was married in 1802 to Miss 
 Krnestine Sehwarner, a native of his own country, 
 and daughter of Casper .Sehwarner, of Germany. 
 Their union has been blest by the birth of four 
 children— Emmie, Mina (deceased), Harry and 
 Aimer. Thej' occujiy a handsome residence .at No. 
 Ill;} Concert street, which Mr. .Scharfenberg put 
 up iu 1877. and the homestead is surrounded by 
 all the evidences of a cultivated taste and ample 
 means. During his residence here of nearly a quar- 
 ter of a century he has established himself iu the 
 confidence of his fellow-citizens, and has occupied 
 an important position among tlic business and so- 
 cial elements of the city. He is Republican in pol- 
 itics, liberal minded .and public spirited, and con- 
 tributes cheerfully of his time and means to the ad- 
 vancement of every worthy object jiertaining t(» 
 the welfare of his communitj'. 
 
 .Mr. Scharfenberg belonged to the State Militia 
 of Missouri during his residence in that State, and 
 served two months in the 1 Ith Regiment as a mem- 
 ber of the guard, under command of Col. Curtis. 
 A lithographic view of the cottage and business 
 block of Mr. Scharfenberg is shown on another 
 IMVge of this work. 
 
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 KNKV .IKFFKRSON, the -honest miller" 
 of \\'est Point, is a successful dealer in 
 tlour and grain, and since 188;^, as the 
 successor of .Mr. Valentine, has done an 
 excellent and steadily increasing trade. The mill 
 was erected l)y Hibbard <fe .Scliulte in 18.t1), who at 
 different times leo.sed it to various other parties. 
 It has a grinding capacity of 150 bushels per day. 
 and the business of Mr. Jefferson is principally 
 from regular customers. Our subject located in 
 West Point in 1857, and assisted in building the 
 
 mill which he now operates, having been a practi- 
 cal engineer since a young man. He was employed 
 in the mill much of the time since it has been built, 
 and has managed its various departments with skill 
 and good judgment. 
 
 Henrv .left'erson is of English descent and i)ar- 
 cntage, and was born in Yorkshire. England. .Ian. 
 20. 182!). He comes from a good family, and both 
 his i)arents siient their lives in their native country 
 and died in Vuikshire. Soon after attaining his 
 majority. Henry .(efferson emigrated to the I'nited 
 States, arriving here in 18,')2. He located at Pitts- 
 burgh. Pa., and although without friends, relatives 
 or intlnence, soon obtained a good position as 
 fireman in a lai'ge tlouring-mill. of which he after- 
 ward became engineer. After leaving Pennsylva- 
 nia he went into Illinois, and operated a niiil at 
 Georgetown, McDonough County, afterward cross- 
 ing the Mississippi and settling in West Point 
 Township in 1857. 
 
 Four years later the rebellion of the Southern 
 States began to assume alarming proportions, and 
 Mr. Jeft'erson, having become deeply interested in 
 the welfare of his ado|)ted country, enlisted as a 
 soldier of the Union at Burlington, Iowa, becom- 
 ing a member of the 1st Iowa Cavalrj', of the 
 Western Division. With his regiment he |)nrtici- 
 pated in their manj- engagements and skirmishes, 
 being in the battles of Perry Grove and Little 
 Rock, Ark., and at .lohnstown. Mo., wheie he was 
 wounded by two riHe-halls, and at the same place 
 had his horse shot from under him. As the animal 
 fell Mr. Jefferson's left leg was caught beneath it, 
 which resulted in a painful injur}-, and necessitated 
 his confinement in the hospital for two months. 
 At the expiration of this time he rejoined his regi- 
 ment iind remained with his comrades until the 
 close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge 
 at Davenport, Iowa. He then returned to the 
 scenes of his former peaceful labors in West Point, 
 where he has remained since that time. 
 
 Mr. .Feft'er.sou was married, Nov. 17, 1870, to 
 .Miss Mary A. Walters, of Pennsylvania, where she 
 was born iu the year 1830. She came to Iow:i 
 with licr parents in 1857, and they located upon h 
 farm. They are still living and reside at Dover, 
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 come the parents of two children — Gustavus W. 
 and William H. Jlr. Jefferson is connected with 
 the Baptist Church and his wife with the Methodist 
 Episcopal. He is Republican in politics, and so- 
 cially is Senior Vice-Coniniander of tlie (i. A. R., 
 Lodge No. 34.5. 
 
 II. KELLO(iG,of the firm of Kellogg Bros., 
 of Keokuk, is one of the enterprising busi- 
 ness men of the Gate Cit^', and in con- 
 nectit)n with his partner is prosperouslj- engaged 
 in carrying on a livery, sale and feed stable, located 
 at No. 120 South Third street. The subject of this 
 biograiihy is a native Hawke^'e, and was born in 
 Decatur County, March 8, 1854. He is the son of 
 Charles L. and Susan L. (Crippin) Kellogg, na- 
 tives respectively' of New York and Ohio. 
 
 Charles L. Kellogg emigrated from his native 
 St;ite to Ohio in 1850, and engaged in fishing and 
 farming. Five 3'ears later he crossed the Mississippi 
 and came into Decatur County, Iowa, where he 
 located upon a farm, and was engaged in agi'i- 
 culture and stock-raising and shipping. In 1808 
 circumstances arose which induced him to re- 
 turn eastward, and he made his home in East 
 Tennessee for the following four years. He then 
 retraced his steps to the Hawke^ye State, and in 
 1878 settled near Keokuk, where he engaged in 
 fnrming until his decease, which occurred in 1884. 
 The parental household consisted of seven children, 
 viz: Fi"ed H., Bird C, Lucy L., Eugenia, Susan B., 
 (irant P., and the siil>ject of our sketch. 
 
 Mr. Kellogg of this notice remained with liis 
 father's familj' through all their journeyiugs, in the 
 meantime receiving a good education in the public 
 schools, and assisting in the various duties around 
 the home. After going to Tennessee with his par- 
 ents he was engaged as clerk and student alter- 
 nately, and was appointed by Lawrence Spears, 
 County Director, as one of the fortunate ap])lieants 
 to attend the East Tennessee University, a uiili- 
 tar^' school locatetl at Knoxville. He received 
 valuable instruction in tliis institution for tiie s|)ace 
 of two years, and after his graduation went to 
 • ^uincy, 111., where he was induced to go into the 
 
 dairy business, which he followed with fair success 
 for the succeeding four years. He then crossed 
 the Father of Waters, and engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits near the city of Keokuk, where he con- 
 tinued for two j-ears, and then, in company with 
 his brother. Bird C, engaged in his present busi- 
 ness. 
 
 The livery outfit of Kellogg Bros, is exceeded 
 by none in the city. They keep about fifteen head 
 of valuable horses, and their vehicles are stylish 
 and comfortal)le. Their straightforward methods 
 of doing business have won them the patronage of 
 tlie best people in the city, and they are on the 
 high road to a competency. 
 
 Mr. Kellogg was married in 1870 to Miss E. R. 
 Slee, daughter of Frank and Martha Slee, of (^uincy, 
 111., and the household has been brightened by the 
 birth of three children — Bryan, Charles and Freddie. 
 The3" occupy a pleasant home at No. 323 South 
 Fourth street, and enjo^* the friendship of a large 
 circle of acquaintances. In polities Mr. Kellogg is 
 Republican, and as a citizen he is activelj^ inter- 
 ested in every good work and purpose calculated 
 to be of benefit to his community. He has con- 
 sideraljle property, being the possessor of six lots 
 in Chicago, 111., and 1,250 acres of land in East 
 Tennessee. 
 
 /^Jft ICHAEL McDERMOTT Js SONS, of Keo- 
 kuk, are extensive dealers in hard, soft 
 and smithing coal, and carrj'ing on a suc- 
 cessful and steadily increasing trade. Our 
 subject is a native of Ireland, and was born Sept. 
 1, 1812. His parents were Solomon and Mary 
 (Clark) McDermott, also natives of Ireland, to 
 whom was born a family of eight children, of whom 
 the subject of our sketch was the seventh son. 
 
 Michael McDermott remained with his parents 
 during his earlier years, and in 1839 determined to 
 seek ins fortune in America. He accordingly 
 sailed for the United States, and after a prosperous 
 vo^'age landed in New York City, afterward set- 
 tling in Ulster County, in the Empire State. He 
 engaged in the manufacture of cement on the Del- 
 aware and Hudson Canal, and remained in the 
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 residing in that locality for fmir years. He then 
 came up the river to Keokuk, and eiigaf,'cd in such 
 employineiit as he could obtain, working industii- 
 ously, and saving his earning.^, and finally accum- 
 ulating sufficient means to set up in business for 
 himself, which he eslal)lished on the levee in 1878, 
 jind in wliicli he has since continued with gratify- 
 ing results. 
 
 Mr. McDennott was )narried in .New Orleans in 
 183'J. Of this marriage five children were born, 
 of whom the record is as follows: Marj', Mrs. Con- 
 nelly, is a resident of St Louis; Ellen, Mrs. Rooney, 
 lives at Savannali. Ind. Tcr. ; the third child was 
 Charles; Frances, Mrs. Farrell, also resides at 
 Savannah, Lid. Ter. ; Edward is tiie youngest son. 
 He and his brother diaries are associated witli 
 their father in business. Tiiey emplo}' about four 
 men upon an average. 
 
 The residence of Mr. McDennott is at Nt). 2(1.'5 
 Fulton street, adjoining which are two other 
 dwellings, of whidi he is tiic owner. He is a faith- 
 ful adherent of the Catholic faitli of his fathers, 
 and, with his two s<ins. niiiforinly votes with the 
 Democratic party. 
 
 
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 ILLIAM H. ORISWOLD, .lu., a leading 
 farmer and stock-grower of Jefferson 
 '^^' Township, owns ;ind occupies 200 acres of 
 land on section 20. The lionicstead consists of a 
 good brick residence with basement, and the build- 
 ing is finished and furnished in excellent style. He 
 has good barns and outhouses, valuable farm 
 machinery and implements, and all the a[)pliances 
 for carrying on agriculture and stock-growing in a 
 first-class manner. Mr. (iriswi >ld makes a specialty of 
 Clydesdale horses, of which he lias some of the finest 
 specimens to be found in the Hawkeye State, and all 
 his farm operations and business transactions are 
 conducted with the method and despatch which 
 are the sure forerunners of success. 
 
 AL\ Griswold came to Lee County in tiie spring 
 of LH.51, from Nauvoo, 111., wiiere lie had located a 
 short time previunsly. He is a native of the Em- 
 pire State, born in Wayne County, Aug. (i, 1 82i). 
 
 His father, William H. Griswold, Sr., was a native 
 of Herkimer Countj% the same State, of English S|} 
 descent and New England parentage. In early 
 manhood he was married in \\'ayne County, N. 
 Y., to Miss Sallie Onderdonk, of Rockland County, 
 who came with her parents to Wayne County in her 
 girlhood. After the birth of eight children in the ffi 
 latter-named county, where the father had been 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits, they resolved to 
 change their location and seek a home liev(jnd the 
 Mississippi. The^' accordingly came into Iowa 
 and located in Jefferson Township, Lee County, 
 upon a good fai'in. A few years later ^\'illialn H. 
 (Jriswold, Sr., was elected to represent this c<»unty 
 in the State Legislature which then convened at 
 Iowa City. At the expiration of his term of 
 ollice ho returned to the farm and engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits while, at the same time, he Wiis 
 pidminentl_v connected with the general and polit- 
 ical affairs of his community. He served as Justice 
 of the Peace and Deputy' Sheriff and filled other 
 important jiositioiis in the county. He departed 
 this life March 14, L'^8.5, at the advanced ;ige of 
 eighty-one years. His wife, the mother of our 
 subject, is }-et living on the old iioinestcad. Her 
 birth occurred on the 22d of March, isio, mid she 
 is conscquenth' now seventy-seven years old. She 
 and her husband were active members of the Epis- 
 copal C'hurch, and the latter, in his political beliefs, 
 was a stanch supporter of the Democratic p;irty. 
 
 William II. (iriswold, Jr., remained with his 
 parents until he was twentj-two years old. He 
 received his early education in his native county, 
 came West with his parents before his marriage, 
 and engaged in farming on his own account. He 
 w.as married in November, 1S.')4, in Jefferson 
 Townshiii, to iSIiss Sybilla Oberly, who was born 
 and reared in Eaton, I'a. She received her educa- 
 tion in her native town, and when a yoinig woman B: 
 came with her parents to Ft. Madison. Her father 
 Andrew Oberly, now deceased, was formerly a tan- §i 
 ner, but during the last years of his life was 
 engaged in farming. Mrs. Griswold dejiarted this 
 life at lier home in Jefferson Township. .lune 2, 
 1(^7;$. She iiad become the mother of four ehildren, 
 three of whom aie living: Willard is at home with ► 
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 Anna was fatall3' burned when two years of age 
 from a newspaper having been lighted by a candle. 
 The second marriage of Mr. Griswold occurred 
 in Jefferson Township on the 6th of May, 1S84, 
 with Miss Lizzie Glancy. She was born in Cler- 
 mont County, Ohio, July 6, 183(j, and came with 
 her parents when a young woman to Lee County. 
 Her father, Augustus C. Glane^', now deceased, 
 was a farmer by occupation, and departed this life 
 in Jefferson Township Aug. 21, 1S85. Her mother 
 is yet living at an advanced age. Of this marriage 
 theie lias been born one child. Mrs. G. is a meni- 
 lier in good standing of the Baptist Church. Polit- 
 ically Mr. (iriswold is a liberal Democrat, a gentle- 
 man of sterling M'orth of character, and highly 
 respected in his community. 
 
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 K. WILLIAM A. GEOUXtK, editor and 
 proprietor of the Keokuk Constitiitioi), is 
 conducting one of the finest journals in the 
 State of Iowa, and in all respects is on the 
 high way to prosperity, and a name and rei)utati(m 
 which will be remembered after he has laid down 
 his facile pen and his place is taken \>y another gen- 
 eration. The sul)ject of this liistor^'. a native of 
 the Hawkeye State, was born in the village of 
 Bonaparte, on the Des Moines River, in Van Buren 
 Count}', Jan. (J, 18.5.5. His father, Dr. Oliver (t. 
 George, was one of the leading physicians of that 
 locality, a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, 
 and a gentleman highl}' esteemed socially as well 
 as professionally'. He was born in Westmoreland 
 Count}', Pa., in 1820, and after arriving at years of 
 manhood was united in marriage with Miss Nannie 
 Powers, a cousin of Hiram Powers, the noted 
 sculptor. Mrs. Nannie George was born in Wind- 
 ham County, Vt., and came from old Revolutionary 
 stock. She was a lady of fine character and iiolile 
 principles, and a fit companion for a man [lossessed 
 of the talents of her husband. After their marriage 
 the}' located in Olne}', 111., and in 18.51 came to 
 Bonaparte, Iowa, where Dr. (ieorge, Sr., practiced 
 his profession, and departed this life in-IH74. The 
 mother is still liying, making her iiome in Keokuk. 
 
 William A. George, of this sketch, at the com- 
 pletion of a literary course of study, began reading 
 medicine under the instruction of his father, and 
 after m.aking suitable progress entered Bellevue 
 Medical College in New York City, from which he 
 graduated, taking the honors of his class. His 
 diploma is from one of the few colleges in the 
 United States which is recognized bj' European au- 
 thorities. Dr. George, however, never entered pri- 
 vate practice, but turned his attention to literar}' 
 pursuits, which indeed seems to be the field best 
 adapted to his talents and genius, and he is now 
 considered one of the most brilliant journalists of 
 Iowa. He is also a successful business man, and as 
 a citizen has contributed materially to the credit 
 and intelligence of his community. 
 
 Dr. George was married in Hannibal, Mo., on the 
 1.5th of September, 1886, to Miss Lucy Munger, of 
 that city. Bishop Burgess, of (.^uincy, officiating. 
 The parents of Mi's. G., now deceased, were of an 
 old and prominent Vermont family, and her broth- 
 ers are among the foremost citizens of Hanniljal. 
 The many and flattering notices of the marriage of 
 Dr. George by his brother journalists throughout 
 the State, testify to his popularity and the esteem 
 in which himself and his accomplished and talented 
 lady are held. Mrs. G. is a lady of fine education, 
 and most worthy and lovable traits of character. 
 
 e~ APT. THEODORE DEAMUDE, a respected 
 resident of Ft. Madison, is a native of this 
 town, and was born Sept. 27, 1842. His 
 father, Jonathan Deamude, was born in Licking 
 County, Ohio, and was of French descent. He was 
 raised in the county of his birth, served an appren- 
 ticeship at the lil.acksmith trade, and remained a 
 resident of the above-named county until 1836. 
 He then set his face westward, journej'ing overland 
 with teams. He was yet unmarried, and made his 
 first location at Danville, 111., where he remained 
 for.^jiie year, and then came to that jiart of the 
 Territory of Wisconsin which is now the State of 
 Iowa. He located upon the site of Ft. Madisou 
 and remained there one year, engaged at his trade. 
 He then opened a shop on his own accounl, and 
 
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 continued in business until 1854. Jn the meantime 
 he made a claim three miles below the [)resent site 
 of the town, abandoned blaeUsmithing, and adopted 
 the pursuit of agriculture, wliicli lie followed the 
 remainder of his life. Ilis decease uccuired April 
 •20, 1871. 
 
 Jonathan Deamude wa? lu.-irried in cnrly man- 
 hood to Mi.ss Sophia Keliu.s, a native of Ger- 
 many, and they became the parents of eight 
 children, seven of whom grew to years of ma- 
 turity. One son, Cornelius, was drowned at the 
 age of eight years; Mary .1. became the wife of 
 Thomas Bell, of Ft. Madison ; Sophia m;uried 
 Lloyd Iviinliall, and lives in Sacramento, Cal. ; 
 Katie became the vvife of Jefferson McKaig, who is 
 no" deceased ; Margaret married John Marshall, 
 and they live on the old homestead; Carrie and 
 .Jessie are at home with their mother. 
 
 The subject of our sketch, in his earlier years, 
 assisted in the work of the farm and attended the 
 district schools, lie remained under the |)arent:d 
 roof until his father's death, and then look charge 
 of the farm and <ji)erated it until the spring of 
 1881, when he removed to Ft. Madi.son, and was 
 engaged in various pursuits until 1884. lie then 
 engaged with the Ft. Madison I'acket Compan}' to 
 Uike charge of their ferr^-boat, plying between 
 Ft. Madison and Appanoose, until 188.'). In Febru- 
 ary of the following year he purchased the boat 
 and operates it on his own account. He is a gen- 
 eral favorite with river men and the citizens of his 
 vicinity. Always obliging and accommodating, he 
 is building uj) a |)rosperous business, the rcs<ilt of 
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 ship, is industriously engaged in faiining 
 pursuits on section 18. He has been a 
 resident of Lee County since 1842. coming 
 into low.'i while it was yet a Territory', and. in com- 
 mon with the pioneer .settlers of that i)eriod, en- 
 countering all the didiculties and privations of a 
 pioneerlife. Ills homestead consists of l-JO acres of 
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 of his early toil and industry. 
 
 Mr. Black is a native f>f Kentucky, and was born 
 March 28, 1810, his parents being James and Nancy 
 (Clark) Black, natives respectively of Ireland and ; i 
 I'enn.-^ylvania, both of Irish parentage and ancestry'. 
 Their family consisted of four sons and four daugh- p 
 tors, Hamilton M. being the sixth child. Our sub- ^ 
 ject w^as a lad of si.x 3'ears old when his parents re- S 
 moved from Kentucky to Indiana and settle<l in : 
 Floyd Count3'. He remained under the parental roof 5 
 until 1841, and then started for the farther West. : 
 In cr<.issing the .State of Illinois he remained in :: 
 Warsaw for five months, and then, in the spring of ; 
 1842, crossed the Mississippi with his wife and two : 
 children, and coming into l.,ee County, located in 3! 
 Jackson Townshi|), purch.asing a tract of land which : 
 is embiaced in the present homestea<l. At that : 
 time this section w.as comparatively new^ and un- : 
 cultivated, and Mr. Black, in common with his ; H 
 brother pioneers, set about the improvement of his 
 land and the establishment of a permanent home. 
 He was eminently successful in his undertaking, 
 and ere long received his reward in the pii'lure of 
 smiling fields and growing grain around him, with 
 fat farm stock, a comfortable dwelling-house, good fi 
 barns and outhouses, and all the appliances of a ;■: 
 first-class modern farm estate. 
 
 The marriage of Hamilton .M. lilack and .Miss Mar 
 tha .1. llollis was celebrated in Floyd Comity, Ind., ^jij 
 on the stii of .June, 18.>7. Mrs. Black w.as the 
 daughter of Lewis and Ilaney (Trueman) Hollis, ^i 
 natives of Mrginia, and i)arents of a family of nine El; 
 children, of whom the wife of our subject was the : 
 next to the eldest born. Her l)irth took place near 
 I.,ouisville, Ky., May 17, 18111. Slut was reared 
 under the jiareiital roof, received a fair education 
 in the common schools, and lived in her father's 
 hou.se until her marriage. By her union with our ^.\ 
 subject she has become the mother of ten children. pE 
 whose history briefly is as follows: Lewis C. died 
 Aug. 24. 18,52, at the age of fourteen years; .lames 
 F. married Miss Sarah J. Laypt)rt, and died Aug. 
 18, 1880, leaving his widow and two children — 
 William and Hester; Mary J. is the wife of O. C. 
 Sage, and resides in Clark County, Mo. ; Sarah A. 
 is the wife of Capl. I'homas O'Bleneso, of Alexan- 
 
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 dria. Mo. ; Henry H. married Miss Carrie Parsons, 
 
 and is a physician of Page County, Iowa; William 
 N. is First Lieutenant of Co. R, 24^1 U. S. Lif. ; 
 Caroline E. married John Haiseh, and resides in 
 Page Count}-, Iowa; Ellen A. died .hine 4, 1«H(), 
 at the age of twenty-six years; Olive E. and Fran- 
 ces R. are at home with their parents, the latter be- 
 ing engaged as teacher in the public schools. 
 
 Mr. Black has been Townshiii Trustee for a num- 
 ber of years, and has lieen prominent in matters' 
 pertaining to the general welfare of hisconiinunity. 
 He was a strong admirer (jf Henr}' Clay; he is now 
 a stanch Republican. 
 
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 ILWARD H. ROGERS, one of the prosper- 
 ous and influential farmers of Lee County, 
 owns and occupies a fine homestead in Green 
 Bay Township, where he has distinguished 
 himself as a worthy and energetic citizen, and en- 
 jt>ys tiie confidence and esteem of the people of his 
 township. The parents of our subject were Thomas 
 and Elizabeth Rogers, natives of England, where 
 they were married and where the father engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits. They remained in their native 
 Elngland until the fall of 1 8.32, and then emigrated 
 to the I'nited .States. They remained in New York 
 City during that winter, and the following spring 
 went to Delaware Countj', Ohio, the father living 
 only a few months after their arrival there, his 
 death taking place in .September, 1833. The mother 
 survived her husband forty-nine j'ears. departing 
 this life in (ireen Baj' Township, Lee Count}', at the 
 residence of her son, Milward IL, .lune 23, 1882, 
 at the advanced age of ninety-one years. She had 
 passed a very eventful life, and had traveled much 
 on the continent of Europe and also through the 
 United States. She was a lady of tine mental cul- 
 ture, her husband being also well educated. 
 
 The parental household included ten children, 
 of whom the subject of this sketch was the third 
 in order of birth. He was born in the city of Lou- 
 don, England, March 19, 18111, and attended the 
 conunou schools of his native city until twelve 
 years of age, which completed his education. His 
 - parents then came to America. He was reared to 
 
 farming pursuits, and engaged in agi-ieulture on his 
 own account soon after coming to this county, in 
 1840. His first purchase of land was forty acres 
 on section 13, in Green Bay Township, of which he 
 took possession in 1 843. He also purchased the 
 spot of ground known .as Rogers Isl-uid, which con- 
 tained aliout 32.5 acres, from which he cut the tim- 
 l)er and sold wood to the steamers plying on the 
 Mississippi River for about seven years, and then J 
 sold the island. He has since lieen quite extensively 
 engaged in the buynig and selling of land, in which 
 transactions he has been remarkably successful. 
 His homestead includes UOO acres, and the family 
 residence is a fine brick structure, both tasteful and 
 convenient, being the first of a series of buildings 
 which are complete in all their appointments and 
 admiiably adapted to the purposes of a first-class 
 farmer. Mr. Rogers keeps about sixty head of 
 cattle and twenty head of horses and mules. Every- 
 thing about the premises is "ship-shape," and in \^^ 
 good order, and the farm, with its appurtenances, t Dj 
 forms one of the most attractive spots in this .Iw N. 
 locality. A view of it will be found on another 
 page. 
 
 Mr. Rogers was married inCireen Bay Township, 
 March 24, 1842, to Miss .Susan, the daughter of 
 Shepherd and Ann (McDaniel) .lohnson. The par- 
 ents of Mrs. R. were natives of Long Island and 
 Pennsylvania respectively, and after their marriage 
 settled in Hamilton County, Ohio. They crossed 
 the Mississippi in 1840, and located in Green Bay 
 Township, this county, vvhere the father died two 
 weeks after tlieir arrival, Se|)t. I'J, 1x40. The mother 
 only survived about four years, dying also in Cireen 
 Bay Township, at the residence of her daughter, 
 Mrs. Rogers, April 23, 1844. Of their sis children, 
 .Susan, Mrs. Rogers, was the second, and born in 
 Whitewater Township, Hamilton Co., Ohio, (Jet. 
 21, 181il. She came to Lee County with her par- 
 ents on the 19th of June, 1840. By her marriage 
 with our subject she became the mother of eight 
 children, of whom only four survive — Milward 
 H., Jr., Johnson, (ieorge E. and Arthur. The de- 
 ceased are Milward S., Monroe, Rebecca A. and 
 Thomas. Milward H. married Miss .Sarah E. Fry, 
 and resides in New Boston, III.; .Johnson married 
 Miss Mary J. Graham, and they live on one of his 
 
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 father's farm.? in this towiij-hip; (ieorge E. married 
 Miss Corfleliii M. Vogt.aml tiiey reside on a portion 
 of tlie homestead; Arthur married Mis> Ida Marsh, 
 and they likewise live on a portion of tiie home 
 farm; Monroe married Miss Ann Berry, ami dieil 
 In (ireen Bay Township, Aug. 2, I.hTO. 
 .^=, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are worthy iiiemlier.> of tiie 
 m3 Christian Cliurcii. in wiiieh our subjeet lui.s been 
 Elder sinee the summer uf \><-lx. lie was elected 
 Drain Commissioner and served twoyear?, and has 
 also served as Township Supervis(jr. Me was made 
 .lustiee of tlie Peace about tlie year l.sr)2. an<l lias 
 iield tlie ottiee most of tiic time since. Politically 
 lie is an uneompromisini;- i)enn)crat. Mr. Rogers 
 lias witnessed many changes in the IlawUeye State 
 during tlie last forty years, ami has contributed his 
 full share toward her advancement and prospei-ity. 
 Ill" has set a good exam|)le of thrift and industry, 
 and is a liright illustration of what can be accom- 
 plisheil by the exercise of resolution and persever- 
 .'ince. 
 
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 H.IId.lA.M BALidN(;EU, attorney at law, 
 and President of the Keokuk Canning 
 Works, is also manager of the same and 
 Presiiient of the Western Packers' Canned (!oods 
 Association. Mr. Ballinger is a native of Kentucky, 
 born in 1H44, and the son of Frank and .lane (Ad- 
 ams) Ballinger, also natives of the same State. The 
 former was one of the leading attorneys of that 
 *ectit>n, and .Indge of the Circuit Court for some 
 year>. lie removed from his native State to Iowa 
 in 1 «.■).'!. an<l located near Keokuk, where he re- 
 mained until his death, which occurred in 1870. 
 The mother of our snbjeet departed this life in 
 1866. Of their family of thirteen children, seven 
 are now living, the record of whom is as follows: 
 n Frank M., of I^ee County, is a prominent and 
 wealth}' farmer, and the proprietor of 1, ;')()() acres 
 of land ; Wcbstei' is a leading attorney of Como, 
 Col.; William lives in Keokuk, Iowa; .Jennie B., 
 now Mrs. Rowell, is a resident of Kansas City, Mo.; 
 yj^jj 'P t Madison A. is an attorney of Washington, D. C; 
 Lucy is in Kansas City; Adams is a prominent 
 railroad attorney, and a resident of Gallatin, Mo. 
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 removing with hi> parents to the Ilawkeye State, 
 and remaining with iheni until he was eighteen 
 years of age. He received his piimary edncalion 
 in the public schools, and afterward giailuated from 
 the college at Lexington, K}'. At the time his 
 stu<lies were completed the late Civil War wa,- in 
 l)rogress, an<l in 1862 he enlisted in Co. A, 1 lUh 
 Iowa \'ol. Inf. He went in as a private, then be- 
 .cann' a non-commissioned otHcer, then Lieutenant, 
 and remained in the service three years, participat- 
 ing in all the engagements of his regiment, ami 
 enduring with true soldierly fortitude all tiie vicis- 
 sitinU's of war. lie was at the siege and capture of 
 ^■icksbul•g, and at the sieges of Mobile and other 
 iiiil)ortant fortifications, and at the close of the war 
 received an lionoralile discharge. 
 
 ,\fter his return from the arm}' .Mr. HuUiiiger re- 
 sumed part of a course of stnd\' which had been in- 
 terrupted thereby, and in addition comineneed in 
 earnest the study of law under the instruction of his 
 father, ne.ar Keokuk. He was admitted to the bar 
 in 18()<S, and has been engaged in the practice of 
 his profession in Keokuk since that time. He was 
 appointed to his present position in 1 S84, and is 
 the largest stockholder in the concern. 
 
 In 1870 Mr. Ballinger was iiiiiteil in marriage 
 witli Miss Ellen, daughter of William A. Conn, of 
 Ohio, and of their union have been born four chil- 
 dren — Mamie, Ella, Willie and Lees. Mr. B. and 
 his family are established in a pleasant home at No. 
 223 Morgan street, and their circle of friends and 
 acquaintances embraces the best and most highly 
 cultivated people of the (i.ate City. In politics 
 Mr. B. is strongly Repuliliean, and socially is a 
 valued member of tlie (i. A, R. 
 
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 PUBLISKY, of West Point Township, 
 is an important factor among the industrial 
 interests of his community, being a general 
 merchant and broom manufacturer, and is located 
 on the south side of the public square. He estab- 
 lished his business at this place in 1872, dealing 
 then mostly in brooms, to which he afterward add- 
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 has operated successfully in his joint business. 
 The produce of his manufacture is considered to be 
 the best of its kind in tliis locality, from the fact 
 that he obtains the highest market price. He is 
 upright and straightforward in his business trausac- 
 ions, and h.as gained a large circle of patrons and 
 friends. 
 
 Mr. Publisky is a native of Austria, and was 
 born Sept. 4, 1851. His parents came to the United 
 States when he was a child three years of age, first 
 settling in New York whence, in 1870, they crossed 
 the Mississippi, and coming into Iowa, located at 
 West Point, which has remained their home since 
 that time. They are both living, the father having 
 attained the age of seventy-eight years, and the 
 mother ten years his junior. Their household in- 
 cluded six children, of whom the subject of our 
 sketch was the fourth in order of birth. He was 
 educated in New York State, and completed his 
 studies in the Business College of Bryant & Strat- 
 ton, in the city of Buffalo, where he afterward made 
 his first venture in business and met with success. 
 
 Mr. Publisky was married, Feb. 14, 1878, in 
 West Point, to Miss Louisa, daughter of William 
 Torley (see sketch). INIrs. P. was born and reared 
 in Burlington, Iowa, and by her union with our 
 subject has become tlie mother of five children — 
 William, Eliuora, Louisa, Orville and Leon. 
 
 Mr. P. has been a prominent man in his township, 
 having served as Constable for some years, and was 
 delegate from his county to the State Convention 
 and the sole delegate of his township to the County 
 Convention, these bodies being called in the inter- 
 est of the Democracy, of which Mr. P. is a loyal 
 adherent. 
 
 EV. WILLIAM HENRY WILLIAMS was 
 
 born at Argyle, Washington Co., N. \'., 
 ■lls\\\ Nov. 18, 1803. He descended from godly 
 
 Puritan ancestry, and at the age of thir- 
 teen united with the Associate Reformed Presby- 
 terian Church in .Salem, N. Y. After studyhig 
 three years in Columbia College, New Y'ork, he 
 removed to Dickenson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 
 order to enjo.y the high privilege of pursuing his 
 senior studies under the eminent Dr. .loim M. 
 
 Mason, then President of that institution. Here 
 lie graduated at twenty years of age, receiving 
 next to the highest honor; in the class of 1823. 
 
 Mr. Williams pursued his theological studies 
 under tlie beloved and revered Dr. Archibald 
 Alexander, at Princeton, N. J., where after a full 
 course lie was regularly graduated in 1820. After 
 spending some two ye-Avs in the State of Georgia, 
 in missionary work extending over a field of nine 
 counties, he accepted a call to the pastorate of the 
 Third Presbyterian Cluirch in Albany, N. Y., where 
 he was ordained and installed bj' the Presltytery 
 of Albany Dec. "J, 1828. But so great was his love 
 for missionary' work, that after two years of pastoral 
 labor there, in which he greatly endeared himself 
 to his people, he relinquished a city pastorate, and 
 chose the fatigues and privations of pioneer work 
 in the South. In a history of this church, written 
 years afterward, he is spoken of as "The beloved 
 Williams, whose influence over the j'oung was 
 equally powerful and salutiuy. and under whose 
 ministry the church received signal tokens of 
 divine favor." 
 
 Going to Alabama as a missionary of the Ameri- 
 can Sunday-School I'nion, Mr. W. was soon called 
 to be the first pastor of the Presbyterian Cluirch in 
 Tuscaloosa, a relation which he held from 1831 to 
 1830. He not oiil}- perfornied the duties of this 
 office most acceptably, Imt traveled thousands of 
 miles during liis stay there, doing missionary work, 
 and imiiartiug a knowledge of the (Josjiel in the 
 then destitute portions of Tuscaloosa County and 
 the counties adjacent. 
 
 During this pastorate, our subject was married, 
 June 20, 1832, to Miss Abby L. Wiiite, daughter 
 of Hon. Phineas White, of Putney, Vt. At the 
 urgent solicitation of the citizens of Tuscaloosa, 
 then the capital of the State, he established, and 
 for eight years conducted a Seminary for Young 
 Ladies, long known as the "Alabama P'emale Insti- 
 tute," which proved an ornament and a blessing to 
 the town. One who well knew him, and liis work 
 ill those long, past days, wrote from Alabama sot>n 
 after his death as follows: "To the cause of educa- 
 tion in this State, Mr. Williams gave an impulse 
 tliat is felt to this day." But wliile warmly ;iltaclii(l 
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 influence of slavery upon the white race, that he 
 \va.< unwilling to rear a farail}' in a social atniu- 
 s|)hcre destitute of a proper recognition of the 
 nobleness of toil. 
 
 In the autumn of 1841, Mr. William^ tKcepted 
 a call to the First Presbyterian Church of .lackson- 
 yille, 111., where he remaineil for seven years. 
 Here again his finished scholarship, and his experi- 
 ence as an educator, together with the pressing 
 needs of the Jacksonville Female Academy, led 
 him to accept the principalshii) of that institution, 
 a position which he most satisfactorily filled for 
 five years. But the Macedonian crj- of Iowa to 
 the States east of the Mississippi had reached his 
 ear, and his ardent and generous nature made quick 
 response. He accordingly removed to Keokuk in 
 the fall of 184H, mid for the third time prosecuted 
 tlie double work of preaching and teacliing. As 
 stated supply of tlie First I'resljyterian Church in 
 Keokuk, and as principal of a .Seminary for Young 
 J.,adies. his influence for good was most efficient 
 and salutary. After about eight years, the coming 
 of his brother. Uev. Charles A. Williams, having 
 relieved liim of the necessity of longer superintend- 
 ing the school, he was at liberty to devote himself 
 to that which was more distinctively missionary 
 Work — the establishment of .Sabbath-schools and 
 the oi-ganizing and supplying of new churches. 
 The forniei- he did as agent of the American Sun- 
 day-School Union, and the latter as Presbyterial 
 
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 twenty counties. From conviction, and by tempera- 
 ment, he was a worker. Activity was liis element, 
 usefulness his happiness. He was ever cheerful and 
 indefatigable. To him to love, and be loved, by 
 his fellow. beings, and to laboi- for their ui)lifting, 
 was that which gave to life its highest value, its 
 only completeness, and to these ends he gave liini- 
 self with a self-forgetfulness rarely to be witnessed, 
 with tireless assiduity and unflagging ardor. 
 
 As a citizen of Keokuk, Mr. W. was public 
 spirited, and ))rouipl .and generous in his aid of 
 ever^- enterprise which, in ids view, promised to 
 advance the prosi)erity of the city. Positive in his 
 convictions, and intense in his feelings, scrupu- 
 lously accurate in his dealings, and punctual in his 
 
 hj M missionary for territory embraced by t 
 Jr._R, tery of Keokuk, then e.vtending over 
 
 habits, he had little patience with indolence and 
 inefficienc3', and j'et so generous and tender were 
 his .sympathies, that he welcomed every fellow- 
 being to the embrace of his loving nature, and 
 greeted and treated all with a gentleness andi-ordi- 
 ality that were delightful. Deeply pious, and tiior- 
 oughly polished, impartially- considerate and atten- 
 tive to all his flock, he was a model pastor, and 
 was greatly beloved. Delighting to feed the Master's 
 sheep, he cared even more tenderly for the laml)s. 
 Ilis last i)nl>lic labors in Keokuk were ministering 
 in the hospitals during the war, as aid to his 
 brother, then Militar}' Chaplain at this point. 
 
 Finding at length that the incessant labors and 
 extended traveling connected with the work ol 
 Presbyterial missionarj', were rapidl3' and seriously 
 exhausting his physical powers, and feeling that his 
 u.sefulness might be prolonged by his occupancy 
 of a more quiet sphere, he concluded to give up 
 his beautiful home in Keokuk and accept a call to 
 take charge of the First Presbyterian Church in the 
 village of Peiry, 111. In the autumn of 1K()4 he 
 moved his family to that place, and there labored 
 zealously and successfully for six years. 
 
 The intirmities of advancing years, however, and 
 the hope that the climate of western North Caro- 
 lina might save the life of a beloved son, Theo- 
 dore S. Williams, ensign in the United States 
 Navy, already in the first stages of consumption, 
 led to the removal of our subject to that mountain 
 region in the summer of 187<i. Locating at llen- 
 dersonville, Henderson County, a high and healthy 
 plateau, he continued to reside there until his 
 death. Impaired ej'esight and failing health pre- 
 \ented him from any longer engaging in i-egular 
 ministerial work; but whether .assisting in social 
 meetings and special services, whether as a volun- 
 tary Sunday-school missionary or Bible distributor 
 in those destitute mountain regions, or ministering 
 tenderly at the bedside of the sick and dying, and 
 in the house of mourning, it was, to the end, his 
 delight and his life to be always aboiniding in the 
 work of the Lord. This labor of love continued 
 for six ye.ars. Having passed his threescore years 
 and ten. and having led an intensely and sometimes 
 doubly active life, his decline was at the last some- 
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 pressed wish, soon after he ceaseil to lalior lie was 
 ealled to his rest. He died Dee. 21. ISTC, aged 
 seventy-three. His memor3' cannot cease to be 
 cherished by many in Lee County who will forever 
 thank (iod for the iiiflnence of his example and his 
 preaching. His widow and six children survive 
 him ; two of the latter are residents of this county, 
 L. E. Williams. Esq., of Keokuk, and Chaplain C. 
 F. Williams, of Ft. Madison. 
 
 ONA.S RICE, one of the h<jnored pioneers 
 of the Hawkeye State, is a resident of Wash- 
 ington Ti iwnship, and is located on the ht>nie- 
 stead of his father, which consists of ;iH.5 
 acres of v.ilual)le land laying on section .5. He was 
 born Nov. iH, 1823, and is a native of Hubbards- 
 ton, Worcester Co., Mass., where he lived until 
 al)Out four years old. His parents then removed 
 to Templetou, and his life thereafter, until he was 
 sixteen years old, was spent mostly among the New 
 England hills. Then, in 1839, he accompanied his 
 father's family to Iowa and to Lee Count}', where 
 they settled in AVashington Township. Here his 
 father purchased a claim embracing a quarter sec- 
 tion of land, which constitutes our subject's present 
 homestead, and upon which he has continuously 
 lived since that time, engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits. 
 
 Iowa was still a Territory when the father of 
 .lonas Rice crossed the Mississippi and selected this 
 township for his location. The land was wild and 
 unimproved, and neighbors were few and far be- 
 tween. They were prepared, however, for any and 
 every emergency, and set about the improvement 
 and cultivation of their land with a courageous 
 perseverance which met with abundant success. 
 Jonas Rice was reared to habits of industry and 
 economy, and w.as fully prepared to .assume the 
 charge of the property which his father had ac- 
 cumulated, when the latter folded his hands for his 
 final rest. 
 
 In addition to general farming pursuits Mr. Rice 
 has been, to a considerable extent, engaged in the 
 breeding of fine stock. He h.as a herd of about 
 sixty-tive head of cattle, six valuable horses, and 
 
 fattens al)out twcuty-ftvc head of hogs annually. 
 The proceeds from these yield him a handsome in- 
 come. He is also engaged in dairying, making a 
 specialty of cheese. 
 
 .lonas Hice and Miss Harriett N. Cowles were 
 united in marriage at Ft. Madison, Iowa, June 14, 
 184!). Mrs. Rice was born in Cattaraugus County, 
 N. v., Oct. 22, 182H, and by her union with our 
 subject has become the mother of six children: 
 Hattie A. is the wife of William Beubow, and re- 
 sides in Washington Township; Phiebe L. married 
 Ml-. Ira Dow, als<i of Washington Township; Ida 
 L. became the wife of G. H. Colvin, of Washing- 
 ton Townshii); the others are Oscar J.. John G. 
 .^ud Edward .1. 
 
 Our subject and wife are prominently connected 
 with tlie Christian Church, and |)olitically Mr. Rice 
 is a stanch Republican and an earnest temperance 
 worker. He is one of the foremost men in the pro- 
 hibition movement in this locality, and is the earn- 
 est supporter of sobriety and good order. He was 
 a strong L'nion man during the war, and althougli 
 not serving in the field, contributed generously of 
 his means in assisting to support the cause and by 
 his influence in keeping alive the sentiments of pat- 
 riotism. As one of the earliest pioneers of this 
 section, he is held in peculiar reverence, and his ex- 
 cellent personal traits of character have secured foi- 
 him the confidence and esteem of a large circle of 
 friends and acquaintances. 
 
 <if/ACOB FANKHOUSER, of Jackson Town- 
 ship, is the owner of 100 acres of valuable 
 land on section 17, upon which he has made 
 I good improvements and established a com- 
 fortable homestead. He is of Swiss parentage and 
 ! ancestry, the son of Daniel and Mary (Whaley) 
 Fankhouser, and born on the Atlantic Ocean dur- 
 ing the passage of his parents from their native 
 Switzerland to America, M.ay .5,1819. They landed 
 in Amboy, N. J., then came across the country to 
 I Ohio, locating in Monroe County, on the Ohio 
 River, and in that vicinitj' the subject of our sketch 
 renin iaed until he was twenty-three years old, eu- 
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 family consisted of fifteen cliildrcM. ten hoys and 
 live gills, some of whom are now decea.sed. and the 
 lialanee settled In Ohio. The parents are deceased. 
 In ISl.i Air. F. of our sketch turned his face to- 
 ward the farther West, and crossed the Mississippi 
 into Chariton County, Mo., where he lived for the 
 following four years, coming to Keokuk, Iowa, in 
 1^ the year 1847. He located in that vicinity, and re- 
 mained a resident there for nearly sixteen years, 
 engaged in farming and dairying. In IHOS he 
 came into .Jackson Townshii), and i>urchased the 
 homestead upon which he has since resided, a 
 view of which Is sho*vn on another page. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was married in Mon- 
 roe County, Ohio, Aug. ."), 1841, to Miss Anna 
 I'.urgenthall, a native of his own country, who came 
 with her parents to the I'nited States In 182(1. 
 They became the parents of thirteen children, the 
 record of whom is as follows: Mary is the wife of 
 
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 William Lui)ton, and died, leaving two children- 
 Ilanv ;in<l .Mamie; Pauline is also deceased; Ma- 
 lissa is the wife of Edward IJreitenstein ; Julia mar- 
 ried .lohn Beadles; the others are Millie, David, 
 Addle, Lyda and Lucy. The wife of our subject 
 departed this life July 16, 1886. .She was a mem- 
 ber in good standing of the Presbyterian Church, 
 as is also Mr. F. He Is a Republican in politics, 
 and in all respects an honest man and a good citi- 
 zen. 
 
 lj(^_^ ON. PATRICK GIBBONS, Postmaster of 
 the city of Keokuk, and a gentleman known 
 far and wide for what he has done in the 
 past as regards the upbuilding of the city, 
 is a native of the Emerald Isle, where he first saw 
 light June 20, 1832. While yet a resident of the 
 land of the shamrock he attended the private 
 schools, receiving a primary education, and supple- 
 mented the same by an academical course at Lon- 
 donderry. In 18,50 he sailed for the United States, 
 and that same year took up his residence at Lib- 
 erty, Ind., and about eighteen mouths hater went to 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. There he accepted the position 
 
 as manager for 
 
 the wholesale 
 
 liquor 
 
 house of S. S. Boyle, and held the position until r 
 18.")7. At the e.\pirati(jn of this time he started ■: 
 West, seeking newer fields in which to obtain a 
 competency. Crossing the Mississippi River he ter- 
 minated his journe}' at Keokuk. 
 
 Mr. (ilbbons on lirst locating at Keokuk engaged 
 in the wholesale liquor business, and was thus occu- 
 pied until 18(57, when for twelve years he retired 
 from active labor. We next hear of him visiting 
 the mountains of California, where his time was oc- 
 cupied in pleasure for aljout two years and then, 
 after spending two 3ears in Indiana, where his chil- 
 dren were attending school, he once more returned 
 to the cit}' of his adoption, Keokuk. Mr. (ribbons 
 was elected to the State Legislature in 18G9, and 
 while there was one of the prominent supporters 
 for the State Ca|)itol, and was also projector of the 
 bill for damage to baggage during transportation, 
 as well as many other bills of interest to the travel- 
 ing public and to the citizens of the State. He 
 served on the committee on federal relations, 
 schools and inter-national affairs. 
 
 In 1882 our subject embarked in the stove busi- 
 ness, next door to the post-office, and w.as thus en- 
 gaged when he was appointed, under President 
 Cleveland's administration, Postm.ister of the city. 
 Mr. (ill>l)ons was one of the first to organize a pub- 
 lic llbr.'iry at Keokuk, and was also a Director of 
 that institution. He was likewise one of the cor- 
 porators of the water- works. In 18G7 he erected 
 on Main and Sixth streets a block known as the 
 Oibbons Opera House, and the post-oltice is located 
 in this block. Mr. Gibbons has for years beeu an 
 extensive ojjerator in city property at Keokuk, and 
 to him is attributable in no small measure the suc- 
 cess, or rather the advancement, which the city has 
 made during the last twenty years. 
 
 Patrick Gib])ons was married to Miss Celestine Le- 
 Faivre, at St. Louis, Mo., in 1802. She is a native of 
 St. Louis, and has borne our subject seven children 
 — John A., Cecelia A., Mary Celestine, Louisa, Pat- 
 rick Henry, William F. and Charles. John is a 
 physician; Cecelia became Mrs. Agnew, and is a 
 resident of Keokuk. In politics Mr. (iiblioiis is a 
 Democ-rat. He and his family are members of the 
 Roman Catholic Church, and their residence Is 
 pleasantly located at No. 81 1 Exchange street. Mr. 
 
 
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 men of Keokuk and Lee County, but is a liberal 
 giver to all benevolent objects. He is universally 
 respected by all who know him, and is capable of 
 holding any office within the gift of the people of 
 his county. What he possesses of this world's 
 goods he has made through liis own energy' and 
 perseverance, and not as the reci|)ient of any 
 legacy. 
 
 OHN T. PERKINS, a prominent and es- 
 teemed resident of the Gate City, is carry- 
 ing on the business of an undertaker at No. 
 2.0 Third street, Keokuk. Mr. Perkins is a 
 native of Kentuckj-, and was born Oct. V-i, 1842, 
 his parents being William B. and Sarah A. (Mc- 
 Clahan) Perkins, both natives of Bracken County, 
 Ky. The jjaternal grandfather of our suliject, 
 Henry \. Perkins, was a native of Connecticut, an 
 extensive farmer, and raised large quantities of to- 
 bacco in his native .State. He afterward went to 
 Louisville, Ky., where he engaged in the manufact- 
 ure of medicines, and died in about IHoD. The 
 maternal grandfather of our suliject was Elijah Me- 
 Clahan, a native of Vu-ginia, who was als(t engaged 
 in the cultivation of the tobacco plant. He and his 
 wife became the parents of a large family, who af- 
 terward constituted some of the worthiest and 
 most wealth}' residents of the State of Kentuckj'. 
 He departed from the scene of his earthly laburs in 
 1835, and his memory was held in respectful re- 
 membrance bj' all with whinn he had been a.s.so- 
 ciated. 
 
 The father of our subject, William B. I'erkins, 
 was reared on his father's farm, where he remained 
 until he attained his majorit}'. He then went to 
 Brookville, the county seat of Bracken County, 
 and was there engaged in the coopering business 
 until after his marriage, wheii he removed to Lewis 
 County, and in addition to his former occupation, 
 became connected with an undertaking establish- 
 ment. He is still living, but now carrying on his 
 business alone. He and his wife are members in 
 good standing of the Christian Church, and politi- 
 cally ilr. Perkins casts his vote with the Democratic 
 party. Their household consisted of eleven chil- 
 
 dren, six of whom are deceased. The living are : 
 John T. ; Elizabeth, who married Thomas Furman, _ 
 of Mason County, Ky.; William .L, who is with | 
 his brother, our subject, in Keokuk; Eliza, who lives 
 in Kentucky, and \'inceut H., connected with 
 Government store at Paris, Ky. 
 
 John T. Perkins was the second child of thefam- ^^j 
 ily, and remained with his parents until he was 
 twenty years of age, attending school in the winter 
 season and working on the farm in summer. In 
 1863 he set his face westward, crossed the Missis- 
 sippi, and located in Keokuk. He made his home 
 with his uncle, ^'. T. Perkins, and engaged with 
 him in the undertaking business, which he pursued 
 for six years following. He then withdrew from 
 his uncle's establishment, and associated himself in 
 partnership with J. W. Johnson, the firm becoming 
 J. W. Johnson & Co. They located on Third street 
 and continued in partnership for nine years, or until 
 I STO, when Mr. Johnson was accidentally killed. Mr. 
 Perkins then jiurchased the business from the heirs 
 and has since operated alone, and is doing the largest 
 business of his kind in the city. 
 
 John T. Perkins and Miss Henrietta Brown were 
 united in marriage June 1, 1871, at Keokuk. Mrs. 
 Perkins is a native of Louisville, Ky., and the 
 daughter of Jeremiah Brown, of Kentucky. They 
 have become the parents of two daughters — Lillie 
 M. and Grace L. The family occupies a beautiful 
 residence at No. (5-28 Franklin street, which was 
 erecte<l in 1885. Politically Mr. Perkins affiliates 
 with the Democratic party, and socially belongs to 
 the A. F. & A. M. and L O. O. F. He is a stock- 
 holder of the Keokuk City Opera House, and Presi- 
 dent of the company. In connection with his 
 brother William J., he became proprietor of his 
 present business property in 1876. He is a straight- 
 forward business man and held in the highest es- 
 teem by his fellow-townsmen. 
 
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 R. B. F. BAILEY, homeopathic physician, 
 is one of the leading citizens of Keokuk, 
 and as a practitioner occupies a high posi- 
 tion. He has always been a close student 
 and an extensive reader, and is credited with an in- 
 timate knowledge of the duties of his profession. 
 
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 Dr. Haik-y i- a n.itive uf Miciiigaii, .-iinl «;is liorii 
 in the town of Troy, Oaklaiul County, Oct. 2o. 
 1h:j(I. lie iji a son of B. F. an<l Maria (Hunting- 
 ton) Bailey, his inotiier having been a dangiiter of 
 Judge .lohn Huntington, of \'ermont. .Mrs. Maria 
 Bailey- was also l)orn in Vermont, and departed this 
 life in .Michig.an, May 1.5, l«GK. B. V. Bailey, Sr., 
 was horn in Conneeticut. and survived his wife sev- 
 enteen years, de|)arting this life in IS.S;'). He was 
 engaged in the lumber business and farming, and 
 the parental family consisted of three sons: Moers 
 H., a civil engineer; Dr. B. K ., our subject, and 
 yi William M., wlio is a physician .at Detroit, Mich. 
 The younger years of our subject, after he had 
 pas.sed his eiglith liirthday, wei'e spent in tlie woods 
 of Michigan with his parents, three miles fioni any 
 neighbor, where the^' lived until the beginning of 
 the year 184o. His early schooling was obtained 
 from his excellent mother, and at the date above 
 mentioned he went to Eaton Rapids, where he at- 
 tended school during the winter months and in the 
 suiiiuici' assisted in the worU about his father's 
 foundry and mill. At the age of fifteen years, 
 with the sum of $3 in his pocket, he started to Oli- 
 vet, Mich., to attend college. He studied during 
 three sessions of nine months each, and during the 
 tiiree months' vacation kept books for his father, 
 lie also attended college at Albion for one year, 
 but was obliged to abandon his studies for a time 
 on account of failing health. He then went home, 
 and in 1856 commenced the study of medicine un- 
 der the instruction of Dr. W. W. Collins, at Eaton 
 Kapids. During the winter of 18o7-.5H he at- 
 ten<lcd lectures .at New York Cit}', and supple- 
 mented the instruction here received by attendance 
 upon two courses of lectures at the Western Home- 
 opathic College (;f Cleveland, Ohio, from which 
 he graduated in February, isou. 
 . Dr. Bailey entered upon the practice of his pro- 
 fession at Bellevue, Mich., where he remained three 
 years. From there tie went to lousing, and in 
 1870 founded the Homeopathic College in that city, 
 and lectured in the college upon the subject of 
 Theory and I'r.actice and An;itomy for the space of 
 four years. From Lansing he removed to Detroit, 
 and wasapi)ointed by the .State Medical College to 
 lecture on Theory and Practice, which he contin- 
 
 ued for anothci' foui' years, and then returning to 
 Lansing remained there until May, 188."). He was 
 President of the Medical Society of Michigan in 
 1871 and 1873-75, and was the author of the bill 
 which provided for the establishment of the home- 
 opathic department in the Cniversity of .Michigan 
 at Ann Arbor. 
 
 Dr. Bailey came to Keokuk in 1885, and at once 
 engaged in practice in this eitj". His talents and 
 ability obtained read}' recognition, and his future 
 jiromises to be eminently successful. He w.as mar- 
 ri(Hl in 18(!1, to .Miss Mary .1. Goodale, .ind by his 
 union with this ladj' became the.father of one child, 
 a daughter, Frankie J. Mrs. Mary Bailey departed 
 this life in 187;i. In 1884 Dr. Bailey married for 
 his second wife. Miss Emma Smith, of Lansing, 
 .Mich. 
 
 Politically the Doctor is a Jeffersonian Demo- 
 crat. He belongs to the State Medical .Society of 
 Michigan and the American Homeopathic Associa- 
 tion, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. He is a 
 liberal-minded citizen, and always ready to con- 
 tribute of his time and means for the promotion 
 of worthy objects. 
 
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 ILIJAM EWERS, a highly res|)ected Oer- 
 )f Keokuk, is successfully con- 
 well-appointed meat-markets 
 at 1122 Main street and on Fourth street between 
 Main .and .Iohnstt)n, and is one of the straightfor- 
 ward business men of the Gate Cit}'. He emi- 
 grated from his native country in 1854, and for a 
 time was engaged in Baltimore, Mil., in the butch- 
 ering business, thence came to Keokuk in the fol- 
 lowing year. He first opened a shop on the levee, 
 removed from there to Twelfth street, and tinally, 
 .as his business prospects enlarged, removed to his 
 present quarters in 1878. Besides liis two sons he 
 employs two other men, ami deals in only the lirst 
 (pialit^v of meats. 
 
 The father of our subject w.as a farmer in his na- 
 tive land, ill which he passed his entire life. The 
 parental household consisted of twelve children, of 
 whom the subject of our sketch was the third in 
 
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 order of birth. In accordance with the laws of his 
 counti-y he was placed in school at the early age of 
 six 3'ears, and remained until he was fourteen. He 
 then served a three j^ears' apprenticeship at his 
 trade, and was engaged in traveling the succeeding 
 three years, when he entered the army, remaining 
 in the military service from 1850 to 1853. Four 
 years later he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Annie Arnold, he having in the meantime become 
 a resident of the United States. Their marriage 
 took place in Keokuk, of which city Mrs. E. was at 
 that time a resident. She only remained the com- 
 panion of her husband about nine years, her de- 
 cease occuring Aug. 30, 1866. She became the 
 mother of three children, all living, as follows: 
 Annie, Mrs. Walzam, is a resident of Warsaw, Han- 
 cock Co., 111. ; William and Amelia are living with 
 their father at home. 
 
 Mr. Ewers was married a second time, Maj^ 28, 
 1867, to Miss Annie Paffer, a native of Germany, 
 and of this union there have been born nine chil- 
 dren, viz., Frank, George, Pauline, Pulaski, Albert, 
 Mary, Katie, Robert and Lawrence. They occupy 
 a comfortable dwelling located on Main street, be- 
 tween Eleventh and Twelfth, and rank among the 
 highly respected residents of the Gate City. In 
 politics Mr. Ewers uniformly votes with the Dem- 
 ocratic party, and religiously he and bis family are 
 loyal adherents of the Catholic faith. 
 
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 APT. RUFUS GOODNOUGH, an honored 
 resident of Montrose, and an experienced 
 and skillful pilot of the Mississippi River, is 
 a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, and was born on 
 Christmas Daj', 1816. He is the son of Asa and 
 Elizabeth (Brown) Goodnough, natives respectively 
 of Vermont and Ohio. They were the parents of 
 two children — Rufus, the subject of our sketch, and 
 William. 
 
 Capt. Goodnough turned his face westward in 
 1828, crossing the river to St. Louis, Mo., where he 
 embarked on the steamer " Warrior," and came up 
 the river as far as Galena. The country at that time 
 was wild and uncultivated, and he well remembers 
 the solitude of the lonely scenery along the banks 
 
 of the Mississippi upon which now stand flourishing 
 cities, before which are anchored the proud and 
 beautiful modern craft that now navigate the Father 
 of Waters. During the Texan troubles, in 1835, 
 he went to the Lone Star State, remaining about 
 seven years, and afterward returned to St. Louis, 
 where he engaged as a pilot on the Upper Missis- 
 sippi, oceupj'ing this difficult and responsible posi- 
 tion for the next twenty years. This included the 
 date at which Ft. Sumter was fired upon by the 
 rebels, and he resolved to enter the service of his 
 country. With the assistance of Capt. Gallend he 
 raised a company of volunteers, which became Co. 
 H, 6th Iowa Vol. Inf., and was appointed First 
 Lieutenant. He resigned his commission in the 
 winter of that same year, and coming home pro- 
 ceeded to raise another company, enlisting his men 
 in the 30th Iowa Regiment, in which company he 
 served as Captain until April 9, 1863. At this 
 time, on account of ill-health, being afflicted with 
 asthma and bronchitis, he resigned and received an 
 honorable discharge. During his itiilitary career 
 he participated in the engagements at Arkansas Post 
 and Chickasaw and Mississippi Bayou. He was 
 never wounded while in battle, but on account of 
 impaired health is drawing a small pension from the 
 Government. 
 
 Capt. Goodnough was married in October, 1855, 
 to Mrs. Nancie (Pierce) Hardisshell, an Arkansas 
 lady. She remained the companion of her husband 
 for a period of twenty-three years, and departed 
 this life April 1, 1878. Of this union there were 
 no children. He was the second time married in 
 1880, the ladj' of his choice being Mrs. Lovina 
 Wallace, widow of John Wallace, and born in Iowa; 
 in 1840. Of this union there has been one child, a 
 daughter, Fannie R., the date of whose birth was 
 Aug. 21, 1881. 
 
 Capt. Goodnough is represented in many of the 
 societies and orders of the present day, and is a 
 great favorite among his brethren of the different 
 fraternities. He became a member of the A. F. & 
 A. M. in 1856, and has filled the various offices of 
 the Blue Lodge. He also belongs to the Royal Arch 
 and Council degrees; is a member of Joppa Lodge 
 No. 136, at Montrose, Iowa, and the Royal Arch 
 and Council degrees in the Potowonock Lodge at 
 
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 Ft. Madison. Iowa. He is also connected with the 
 Cascade Lodge No. 6fi. f. O. O. F., at Montrose, 
 and is a (iood Templar. Besides this, he is also a 
 member of the Knights of Labor Lodge at Mon- 
 trose, and of the Tip Best Post G. A. R., at Mon- 
 trose. He also lu-longs to the .Sir Knights of the 
 Palm and Shell, and the Cliaptej- of the Eastern 
 Star. C'ai)t. (Joodnough is a member in good 
 standing of llio Lpiscopal C'liiirfh of Montrose, to 
 the support of which he contril)utes liberally and 
 cheerfully. Besides his river interests he is the 
 possessor of real estate inside the city limits of 
 Montrose, and occupies a handsome and comforta- 
 ble home. As a river man he is exceedingly' popu- 
 lar, and as a townsman is held in high respect bj' 
 his fellow-citizens. The ))ortrait of Capt. Good- 
 nough. which accompanies this sketch, will be 
 viewed with pleasure by his many friends. 
 
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 ■ip^.OBERT McHENRY, deceased, was an early 
 llj^ settler in this part of the Hawkeye State, 
 i^\Vi coming here while it was still a Territory, 
 ^^anil during a residence of over forty years 
 built up for himself a name which will remain im- 
 perishiible in the memory of the passing as well as 
 the rising generation for long years to come. He 
 was a man of noble impulses and kindly deeds, 
 and left the impress of a worthy ch.aracter upon 
 those with wiioni he came in contact. He came of 
 stanch Irish ancestry, and inherited from his fore- 
 fathers those generous qualities for which the Celtic 
 race have so long been celebrated. He was a man 
 slow to anger, generous to the faults of others, and 
 
 I ;: I throughout his life endeavored to set an example 
 
 ^TtM worthy of iniiUition. 
 
 The subject of our history was born in County 
 Antrim, Ireland. Aug. h. 181.5. His father, Daniel 
 McHenry, vras of Scottish parentage and descent. 
 He emigrated to Ireland, settling in County Antrim 
 for a few years, thence coming to the ITnited States, 
 and died here only a short time after his arrival. 
 
 ^^S'n His son Robert, the subject of our sketch, w.is a 
 youth of seventeen years when he came to this 
 country, after the death of his father, and located 
 in New York City. He was soon afterward appreu- 
 
 
 ticed to learn the trade of stone-cutting and mar- 
 ble-dressing, and afterward vtent to Philadelphia, 
 remaining there until 1840. when he decided to 
 seek his fortunes beyond the Mississippi. He came 
 into the Territory of Iowa, and located at Ft. Mad- 
 ison, being among its earliest settlers. He at once 
 commenced to work at his trade, and was the con- 
 tr.actor for building the walls and stonework of the 
 Iowa Penitentiary. He became very successful in 
 his operations in this line, in which he was contin- 
 uousl.v engaged until within a few years of his death, 
 when, on account of ill-health, he retired from act- 
 ive labor. 
 
 In 1871 Mr. McHenry went to California upon a 
 visit to his sons, and upon his return in the fall 
 of the year, removed to his farm in Xan Buren 
 County, whence, after a residence of two years he 
 returned to Ft. Madison, and folded his hands for 
 his final rest on the 1st of August, 1 87;"). He was a 
 prominent member of the Presbyterian Church, in 
 which he had been an elder for thirty-four years. 
 
 Mr. ^McHenry was twice married, the first time 
 to Miss Isabella McLain, a native of his own coun- 
 try, and also of Scottish ancestry. She became the 
 mother of five children, .and dep.arted this life in 
 18.52. Of her children, Daniel, Robert and Alexan- 
 der were born in Ft. Madison; the two older ones 
 live in California, and Alexander in Oregon. The 
 daughters were Isabella and Letitia; the former be- 
 came the wife of H. B. Thompson, of Lincoln, Neb., 
 and Letitia married George Kemper, of Burlington. 
 
 The second marriage of Mr. McHenry occurred 
 on the 2.5th of December, 18,57, when he was wed- 
 ded to Miss Letitia McLain, a native of County 
 Tyrone, Ireland, born Aug. 8, 1829. Iler f.ather, 
 Allen McLain, was a native of Scotland, and went 
 with his parents when young to Ireland. He was 
 there married, and remained there until 1834, when 
 he emigrated to the United States, locating in Phil- 
 .adelphia, where he spent the last years of his life. 
 The maiden name of Mrs. McLain was Ann Neil, a 
 native of Irel.and, of Scotch parentage. She died 
 in her native country in 1832. 
 
 Mrs. McHenry lived in Philadelphia until 1850, 
 and then removed west to Ft. Madison. .She has 
 one child living, a daughter, Vallie. Charles B., 
 the only son, died at four years of age. Mrs. Mc- 
 
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 terian Church, of which she has been a member for 
 many j^ears. 
 
 From an obituary notice of Mr. McHenry, writ- 
 ten by a friend, and published a few days after his 
 death in the Ft. Madison Plaindealer, we make the 
 following- extract : ■• He was a man of strong re- 
 ligious faith, strict morals, more than average intel- 
 ligence, and sound judgment; was industrious, pru- 
 dent and benevolent, a kind and loving husband and 
 father, a true friend, and a just citizen in all re- 
 spects." These words, from one who knew him in- 
 timately, are more forcible than anything which 
 could be written by the pea of the general biogra- 
 pher, and without doubt are a most truthful de- 
 lineation of his character. 
 
 "iflAMES H. BACON is well known through- 
 out Lee County as the proprietor of the 
 beautiful Baj- View Farm, and one of the 
 finest herd of Short-horns in the Hawkeye 
 State, familiarlj' known as the Bay View herd. He 
 occupies a part of the homestead established bj' his 
 father before hini, which constitutes one of the 
 prettiest spots in the landscape of this section, and 
 in the prosecution of his agricutural pursuits and 
 stock breeding, has been remarkabh' successful, 
 the result of wise judgment and ample means. 
 
 James H. Bacon is a native of the Prairie State, 
 having been born in Macomb, June 13, 1849. His 
 father, James H. Bacon, was a native of Nashville, 
 Tenn., and his birth occurred July 19, 1816. His 
 grandfather, Joseph Bacon, was a native of Ken- 
 tucky, and a farmer by profession and training, 
 making of this honorable calling a matter of pride 
 and skill, and becoming remarkably successful. 
 After leaving his native State he went to Tennessee, 
 where he still followed agricultural pursuits, and 
 thence removed to Illinois, becoming an earlj' set- 
 tler of McDonough Count}'. He purchased a tract 
 of land from the Government, from which he im- 
 proved a farm, and gave a portion of the land for 
 the site of the present town of Tennessee, naming 
 the town after his native State. His farm joined 
 the corporation, and he made his home there until 
 
 his de.ath. He was a large-hearted, liberal-minded 
 man, and thoroughly identified himself with the in- 
 terests of his adopted count}', giving of his means 
 to every good jjurpose calculated for the benefit 
 of the community. The subject of our sketch now 
 owns a part of that old homestead. 
 
 James H. Bacon, the father of our subject, as- 
 sisted his parents around the homestead and availed 
 himself of the very limited opportunities for an 
 education. He was a bright and studious boy, 
 however, keenly observant, and obtained such books 
 as he could for study by the evening fireside, after 
 the close of his day's labors. As he passed from 
 boyhood and began to do for himself, he split rails 
 for the munificent salar}' of twenty-five cents a daj', 
 and emploj'ed his evenings in study. He was in- 
 clined to the medical profession, and at the age of 
 eighteen years entered the office of Dr. Lester at 
 Nashville, with whom he remained until competent 
 to enter upon his practice. In 1 840 he returned 
 to Illinois, and engaged in practice until 1851, 
 when he removed to Ft. Madison, and followed the 
 duties of his profession there for about ten years. 
 He was remarkably successful and popular, and ac- 
 cumulated considerable means. He then engaged 
 in banking, and was thus occupied until failing 
 health compelled him to retire. At the time 
 of his death, which occurred June 20, 1882, he was 
 the owner of 2,500 acres of land in Lee County. 
 Most of it he had entered from the Government, 
 and had also purchased tax titles, and while attend- 
 ing personallj' to the banking business, he em- 
 ployed men to improve his farms. 
 
 In early manhood, James H. Bacon, Sr., was 
 married to Miss .Sarah Coffman, who died on 
 Christmas Day. 1878. In addition to his other 
 duties, Mr. Bacon, who was of a deeply religious 
 turn of mind, was closely connected with the 
 Christian Church, and was a preacher in that de- 
 nomination for many years. He is well remem- 
 bered in this county as a man of great force of 
 character, with peculiarly clear and intelligent 
 views upon all subjects. He was a deep thinker, 
 and had the rare gift of expressing himself in an 
 impressive and pleasing manner. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was a child of only 
 two years old when he came to Ft. Madison with 
 
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 at home, and his primary education in the city 
 schools. At the a<re of fourteen years he entered 
 Abingdon College. at Abingdon. III., and graduated 
 from that institution in 1m7(). His first business 
 venture consisted of a stock of hardware, which 
 he opened at Kt. Madison, and at which he con- 
 tinued for eighteen months, when he sold out to 
 engage in tlie grocery business at Burlington, Iowa. 
 This he abandoned after eighteen months, and 
 then returned to Ft. Madison, settling on a tract 
 of land which i.=i now known as Bay View Farm. 
 The farm contains 1,320 acres, and is located eight 
 miles northeast of Ft. Madison. His operations 
 are chiefly among the Short-horn cattle, and Ham- 
 bletonian and Clydesdale horses. His herd of 
 ijhort-horns numbers about 100 head. They are 
 thoroughbred, and for lieauty and symmetry will 
 compare with any iierd of cattle west of tiie Mis- 
 sissippi. Upon the farm stands a handsome resi- 
 dence, with first-cl.ass barns and out-buildings, and 
 all the appliances necessary for the carrying on of 
 agriculture and stock-breeding in a first-class man- 
 ner. The stables for horses and cattle are cleanly 
 and well ventilated, and finely calculated for the 
 uses to which they are adapted. Bay View Farm 
 is visited bj' people from far and near, who come 
 to admire its natural beauty of location, and the 
 system and order with which its simplest oper- 
 ations are conducted. It is a model in every way, 
 and rctlects great credit upon its owner, who is 
 likewise its main head and superintendent. 
 
 James II. Bacon was united in marriage with 
 Miss Lizzie JI. Case, May 10, 1871. She is the daugh- 
 ter of Mourton and Louise (Cumming) Case, a 
 sketch of whom is given in another part of this 
 volume. Mrs. Bacon is an intelligent and highly 
 accomplished lady, and has become the mother of 
 two children, a son and daughter, James M., born 
 July «. 1H72, and Alpha, Jan. 1, 1874. Mrs. Bacon 
 is a member in good standing of the Episcopal 
 Church of Ft. Madison. Mr. Bacon i)oliticall3', 
 aHiliates with the Democratic party, and casts his 
 vote to uphold the principles of that part}-. He is, 
 in .all respects, a vahied citizen of the Hawkeye 
 Estate, and has materially aided its industrial inter- 
 ests as well as its progress educationally. 
 
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 ERMAN BRINCK. a highly respected citi- 
 zen of West Point, is successfully engaged 
 in general merchandising, and since his es- 
 tablishment here in 18.50 has commanded 
 the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. 
 He has a good underst.-uiding of blacksmithing. and 
 in 18.')8, in partnership with another man, was en- 
 g.aged in the drug business. He was unfortunate, 
 however, in his selection f>f a partner, by whose 
 unserupulousness he met with great loss. He was 
 not discouraged, however, but gathered up his 
 broken fortune in the best manner he could, again 
 started at the fot>t of the ladder, and is now mak- 
 ing good strides toward the top. 
 
 The marriage of Herman Brinck and Miss Mar- 
 garet Dingman was celebrated in 18,iS(. Two years 
 later, with a small capital of $1,.500, he purchased 
 a stock of general merchandise. In 1804 he secured 
 possession of the West Point Flour Mills, which he 
 successf nil}' operated, and the following year estab- 
 lished a pork-pncking business, wliich he carried on 
 profitably, and a year later established the brewery 
 at this place, and did a business of $125,000 
 j'early. At this time, owing to the changes brought 
 about by the building of the B. & S. W. R. R., 
 contiguous to this vicinity, business of all kinds re- 
 ceived a great set-back, and ;Mr. Brinck suffered a 
 great loss in common with his neighbors, and it 
 finally became necessarj' for him to abandon all his 
 projects except his trade in merchandise. The 
 failure to have this road built through West Point 
 was the greatest disaster that ever occurred to the 
 people of this vicinity. Before this the village had 
 ever}' indication of becoming one of the foremost 
 business points in the county, but now, with the 
 exception of a few men of grent energy and enter- 
 prise, its progress is practieall}' at a standstill. Mr. 
 Brinck bore his disasters with manly cour.age, in 
 due time recovering from the effects of them, and 
 by his straightforward business methods h.as se- 
 cured a large circle of friends and patrons. He 
 carries about ?< 12.000 stock, from which he receives 
 :i fine income. 
 
 Mr. Brinck is a native of the German Empire, 
 and was born in the little Kingdom of Hanover, 
 Sept. 13, 1832. He was a child of eighteen months 
 when his parents emigrated to the United States, 
 
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 first locating in New York City, and comparatively 
 without means. The first money they secured was 
 iSil given them for a small pair of wooden shoes 
 belonging tu their son, our subject. These were 
 subsequently purchased by a gentleman who wished 
 to preserve them as curiosities. Later, the father 
 secured work, and the mother became engaged in 
 cooking for railroad men, and thej' thus earned 
 enough money to get to Pittsburgh, Pa., where in 
 due time the father started tlie third match factor^' 
 in the United States. He gave it the name of 
 Locofoco in honor of one of the political factions 
 of that time. He was thus occupied for four years 
 with success, and secured enough capital to cross 
 the Mississippi and establish a similar factory at 
 St. Louis, Mo. This was in 18.39. When they had 
 got within thirty miles of their destination, the 
 l)oat caught fire and burned up, and the father, 
 with |;-1:,000 in gold on his person, was drowned ; 
 the treasure went to the bottom, and was never re- 
 covered. In connection with this catastrophe the 
 f.amily lost all their belongings, both clothing and 
 furniture, the mother and two children barely es- 
 caping with their lives, the mother's clothes having 
 already taken fire as she was being rescued and 
 taken onto another boat. The steamer destroyed 
 was the " McNevel," and accounts of the disaster 
 were widely published in papers of the East. 
 
 The stricken and widowed mother and her two 
 children were landed in St. Louis entirely destitute. 
 Mrs. Brinck was compelled to put our subject in an 
 orphan asylum, and obliged to earn her own living 
 bj' washing. Her bereaved condition and worthy 
 character soon obtained for her friends and helpers, 
 and in due time she recovered from the terrible 
 disaster of her lifetime. She was finally married to 
 Mr. D'Lampe, a blacksmith by occupation. They 
 removed near Hanover, 111., and our subject was 
 taken from the asylum and joined his mother and 
 stepfather at their new home. 
 
 After a time the familj' returned to their na- 
 tive countrj-, where they remained for a period 
 of three years. They then set sail again for 
 America, and returning to Illinois, settled at t^nincy , 
 where thej' remained for three years, and then 
 went to Dubuque County, Iowa. After our sub- 
 ject had attjiiued his majority, he came into West 
 
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 Point, and two years later was joined by his mother 
 and stepfather, who remained there until their 
 death. 
 
 Mr. Brinck was married at West Point, Jul3^ 5, 
 1859, to Miss Margaret Dingman, who is a nativer ^SSj; 
 of this place, born in 1843. She was reared and 
 educated here, and lived in the vieinit}' until her 
 marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Brinck have become the 
 parents of thirteen children, of whom one is de- 
 ceased : Theodore is engaged as a clerk in his fa- 
 ther's store; Henry is a book-keeper in the whole- 
 sale house of Lesem & Co., at Quincy, 111.; Mary 
 is engaged in the millinerj' business in her father's 
 store; Elizabeth is at Cincinnati, Ohio, with rela- 
 tives; those at home are, Anna, Louisa, Rosa, Ber- 
 nard, Josephine, William, Alice and Edward. 
 
 The family is connected with the Roman Cath- 
 olic Church. Mr. Brinck has been a prominent 
 man in this vicinity, and takes a lively interest in 
 all matters affecting the welfare of his township and 
 count}'. He has been Mayor of the citj- for two 
 years, and President of the District Fair, which em- 
 braces four counties. He is always willing to con- 
 tribute of his time and means for the promotion of 
 everj' worth}' object, and in all respects is ful- 
 filling the duties of a good citizen. 
 
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 ^^^ VON DER HAAR, a successful blacksmith 
 III ,-— , and carriage-maker of West Point Town- 
 ^^ijj ship, is a native of Hanover, born Jan. 4, 
 1 s43, and came to the United States when a young 
 man, iu 181)6. After reaching American shores he 
 remained for a brief time in Chicago, then pro- 
 ceeded westward, crossed the Mississippi and came 
 into Ft. Madison, arriving here on the 3d of No- 
 vember. In the December following he started in 
 business as a blacksmith and carriage-maker, and l^ 
 
 successful from the start. His father and 
 grandfather before him were expert in the same 
 calling, and their mechanical skill seems to have de- 
 scended to their representative in a remarkable de- 
 gree. He had two uncles also, who followed black- 
 smithing, one of them especially being celebrated 
 as possessing more skill at his trade than anj' man in 
 that section. 
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 lives in their native countrj', and were there laid to 
 their final rest. Our subject received his early in- 
 struction in blacksmithing under the tuition of his 
 father, and when he had determined to emigrate to 
 the United States he set out unattended by either 
 relatives or friends. In 1 HGT he was married, in 
 Iowa County, Wis., on the 9th of February, to 
 Miss Christina Lambert, of (ialena, III., and born 
 in 1850. Her father, a merchant, was of (ierman 
 parentage and descent, and came to this countrj' 
 when a j'oung man, before his marriage. After 
 this event he made his home in Gal-ena for some 
 j'ears, and then removed to Wisconsin. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Von der Haar are the jjarents of 
 eight children, five sons and three daughters, as fol- 
 lows: Joseph, Henry, William, Adeline, Bennett, 
 Margaret, George and Mary. Mr. V. is the owner 
 of valuable property, which includes twenty-four 
 lots, most of them being supplied with good build- 
 ings. His business is conducted with discretion 
 and judgment, and the i)roducts of his shops are 
 second to none in the Ilawkeye State. He is a 
 prominent man in his community and a ^'illage 
 Trustee. Politically he casts his vote with the 
 Democratic party, and the various members of the 
 family are connected with the Catholic Church. 
 
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 RANKLIN HAKSHMAN began mercantile 
 ™^j life in Preble County, Ohio, but is now a 
 jt^ prosperous and successful farmer, occupy- 
 ing a fine tract of land in Montrose Township 
 on section 10. He is a native of the Buckeye State, 
 having been born in Butler County on the 80th of 
 October, 1823. His parents were John and Susanna 
 (Pence) llarshman, natives of Rockingham County, 
 Va. The father, born in 1791, departed this life 
 May 7, 1850, in Preble County, Ohio, to which 
 place he had emigrated from his native State in 
 I early manhood. He was a farmer by occupation, 
 highly respected in his community, and a member 
 in good standing of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. 
 Susanna llarshman was born June 19, 1798, and 
 married in 1820; she became the mother of five 
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 her husband fourteen years. The record of their 
 children is as follows: Rebecca J. became the wife 
 of Arthur Duflield; F'ranklin. of our sketch, was 
 the second child; Daniel W. married Mary J. 
 Curry, and is now deceased; William married Miss 
 Elizabeth Clawser, and is living in Missouri; Mary 
 A. died in infancy. 
 
 Franklin llarshman was united in marriage with 
 Miss Elizabeth Tweedy in 1851. Mrs. H. was born 
 in Butler County, Ohio, March 15, 1830, and is the 
 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Morrison) 
 Tweedy, natives of County Down, Ireland. The 
 former was born in 1790, emigrated to the United 
 States, and located in Butler County, Ohio, where 
 he passed the remainder of his life, his death occur- 
 ring in 1870. Mrs. Elizabeth Tweedy was born in 
 1787, and preceded her husband to the better land 
 twenty -seven years, dying in 1843, after having 
 become the mother of nine children, as follows: 
 Elinore, Andrew, Jane, Marj', Grizella, John, 
 Jane, Nathan and Elizabeth; Jane and Marj' are 
 deceased. 
 
 Mrs. llarshman was the youngest member of her 
 parents' family, and bj' her union with the subject 
 of our sketch has become the mother of five chil- 
 dren : John D.. born Dec. 21, 1852, married Miss 
 Mar}' Elizabeth Bliss in 1877, and became the 
 father of four children — Willie died at the age of 
 seven months; Fletcher G. was born Sept. 7, 1880; 
 Clifl'ord, born Feb. 7, 1883, died Sept. 24, 1885; 
 and an infant died unnamed. Robert T., born Oct. 
 25, 1854, is now living in South America; Iluldah 
 was born Aug. 10, 1861, and is a graduate of Penn 
 College at Oskaloosa ; Frank X., born Aug. 17,1 863 ; 
 William D., now a resident of St. Paul, Minn., was 
 born Feb. 13, 1866. 
 
 The homestead of Mr. llarshman consists of 160 
 acres of highly cultivated land, a fine farm dwell- 
 ing, good barns and outhouses, equipped with all 
 the conveniences for the raising of stock and the 
 storing of grain. He has been a resident of the 
 Hawkeye State since 1855, removing his family 
 here the following year. Besides the ordinary 
 duties of the farm, he is largelj' interested in stock 
 breeding, and has shipped many cars of cattle and 
 hogs to the Eastern markets. He has a number of 
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 Mr. Harshmaii has been a prominent man in his 
 community, and has held various offices of the 
 township. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. 
 in good standing, and has attained to tlie Com- 
 raandery, having held the various offices of the in- 
 tervening lodges. As a man and a citizen, he is 
 faithfullj' performing his duties in life, and enjoys 
 the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. 
 
 yW. .JAMIESON, Superintendent of the 
 City Schools of Keokuk, is descended from 
 an ancient Scottish family, although of 
 Penusylvauia parentage. He was born in Washing- 
 ton Count}', Pa., Oct. 11, 1824, and is the son of 
 Robert and Jeane (Hill) Jamieson, natives of Wyo- 
 ming, Pa. His father was a farmer by occupation, 
 a large landed proprietor, and in addition to his 
 agricultural pursuits, was interested in the breeding 
 of fine horses and sheep. The parents of our sub- 
 ject departed this life in 1*^32 and 1H29, respect- 
 ively. They were most worthy and excellent 
 people, and members of the Associated Synod of 
 North America. Their familj- of five children 
 received careful home training and a fair education 
 in the public schools. 
 
 Supt. Jamieson remained on his father's farm 
 until he was twelve years old, receiving his primary 
 education in the district school. He then pursued 
 his studies in the Classical School at Wheeling, W. 
 A'a., where he remained for two years, and then 
 entered Washington College, Pa., from which insti- 
 tution he graduated in 1S51. In the meantime he 
 also engaged in teaching, and after his graduation 
 became preceptor of the Monongahela Academ}' at 
 Morgantown, W. Xa.., which position he occupied 
 for three years. It now seemed advisable to change 
 his occupation and he became engaged in merchan- 
 dising and the purchase and sale of wool, which 
 business he followed for three years in Washington 
 County, Pa. 
 
 Prof. Jamieson, however, seemed admirably 
 adapted as an instructor and educator, and in April, 
 1858, he crossed the Mississippi, came into Keokuk, 
 
 and organized the Keokuk Classical School of this 
 city, where he occupied the position of teacher and 
 manager continuously for ten years. During this 
 time he had become deeply interested in all matters 
 pertaining to the welfare of the cit}- schools, and 
 developed a remarkable aptitude as an instructor 
 and leading spirit. He was appointed Superintend- 
 ent of the city schools July 1, 1868, and has held 
 the position since that time, having been also 
 appointed Secretary of the City School Board April 
 1, 1879. He is possessed of excellent judgment, 
 and fulfills the duties of his responsible position 
 with credit to himself and satisfaction to all con- 
 cerned. 
 
 The marriage of Prof. Jamieson with Miss Mary 
 McCall Stewart was celebrated in Washington 
 County, Pa., in 1851. Mrs J. is the daughter of 
 William Stewart, of West Virginia, and a ladj' ad- 
 mirably adapted to be the companion of a gentle- 
 man possessing the talents and the cultivation of 
 our subject. Prof. Jamieson occupies a fine dwell- 
 ing at the corner of Eighth and Blondeau streets, 
 which he erected in 1863. The homestead is replete 
 with the appliances of refinement and cultivation, 
 and is the resort of the best people in the city. 
 The Professor and his wife are members in good 
 standing of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics 
 our subject affiliates with the Republican party. 
 
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 R. ¥. W. WYMAN, a successful practic- 
 fi ing physician of Keokuk, is a native of 
 the Hawkeye State, and was born in Bona 
 parte in 1848. He is the son of Dr. R. H. 
 and Susan (Moore) Wyman, natives of New York 
 and Pennsylvania respectively. Dr. W3'man, Sr., 
 emigrated from his native State in 1842, and set- 
 tled in Bonaparte, Iowa, where he engaged in the 
 practice of his profession. He was a graduate of 
 the Philadelphia Medical College, and after com- 
 ing West became a member of the State Medical 
 and 'the Keokuk Medical Societies. He removed 
 from Bonaparte to Keokuk in 1851, and became a 
 prominent resident of the city. He was Alderman 
 of the First and Third Wards, a member of the 
 Masonic fr9,ternitj>- ajid of the I. (). (). F, He was 
 
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 also Treasurer of the Damascus Commanderj' of 
 Keokuk. In company with Dr. John F. Sanford, 
 he established an eye and ear infirmary in this 
 city, and obtained considerable reputation for his 
 skill in these specialties. His death occurred in 
 February, 1881. The parental household consisted 
 of four children, all of whom are living: Jessie H., 
 now Mrs. Carver, is a resident of Chicago; Laura, 
 Mrs. Maxwell, lives in San Francisco, Cal. ; Mamie, 
 Mrs. Williams, is in Chicago, as is also tlie mother 
 of our subject. 
 
 Dr. Wynian of our sketch received his early edu- 
 cation in the citj' schools of Keokuk, and later at- 
 tended the college at Notre Dame, Ind., where he 
 took a three years' course and graduated in 1879. 
 He then engaged in the drug business in Keokuk, 
 and took up the study of medicine under the in- 
 struction of his father. He subsequently entered 
 upon a course at the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons, from which he graduated in 1870, when he 
 entered upon the practice of his profession, in which 
 he has been continuously engaged since that time. 
 He has been County Physician for the last six 
 years, is a member of the Keokuk Medical Society, 
 and also belongs to the Druids. His office is lo- 
 cated at No. 10 Third street, and after a success- 
 ful practice of ten years he has gained the full con- 
 fidence and esteem of his communitj'. 
 
 Dr. Wyman uniformly casts his vote with the 
 Democratic party, and is thoroughly interested in 
 everj^ question pertaining tr) the welfare of his lo- 
 cality. He is esteemed by all as an intelligent and 
 valuable citizen, and enjoys the resjiect and esteem 
 of his fellow practitioners. 
 
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 ^^^ERHARD SANDERS, a successful farmer 
 jll g-p and cattle dealer of Marion Township, is 
 ^^5) one of the most prominent and intelligent 
 residents of this section, and in his department of 
 the business world has uniformlj' met with success. 
 He is one of the factors of that useful element 
 which has contributed so much to the development 
 and prosperity of the Great West, having been born 
 in the Empire of (iermany, and descended frimi a 
 line of excellent ancestry. He lii-st opened his eyes 
 
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 to the light in 1840, and in accordance with the z,\ 
 laws and customs of his native land, was placed in E j; 
 school at the early age of six years, and continued :;} 
 until fourteen. He was then employed upon a farm, 
 following agricultural pursuits for three years in his 
 native countr3\ When seventeen years old, not 
 being satisfied with his condition or prospects in 
 the land of his birth, he resolved to emigrate to the 
 New World. He accordingly boarded a sailing- 
 vessel, and after a prosperous voyage landed in the 
 city of New Orleans. From this place he came to 
 Ft. Madison, Iowa, and thence to Marion Township, 
 where he resumed his old-time occupation on a ^|j{ 
 farm, and followed this for nine years. 
 
 Upon arriving in Marion Township, in 1857, j 
 Mr. Sanders was in debt to the extent of ^'S6, which 
 he borrowed from a friend in Ciermanj' before sail- 
 ing for the United States. This debt he paid in 
 full, and in 18ij8, after having worked industriously 
 and saved his earnings, he found himself with suffi- 
 cient means to purchase a small tract of land. He 
 secured thirty-five acres, and began farming on his 
 own account, applying himself diligently to the 
 improvement and cultivation of his land, and was B| 
 rewarded with success. As his means accumulated 
 he added to his first purchase, and is now the 
 owner of 280 acres, all finelj' improved and in a 
 high state of cultivation. This is situated on sec- 
 tion 7, and with its handsome farm residence, good 
 barns and out-buildings, and tasteful surroundings, 
 forms one of the prettiest spots in the landscape of 
 Lee Count3'. A portion of his land is devoted to 
 pasture, and he fattens from tw(j to three carloads 
 of cattle annually. Of these he now has a herd of 
 forty head, and exhibits some of the finest animals Ep 
 in this section. He has also been very success- 
 ful in raising hogs, and although the cholera has 
 raged among the farmers around him his animals 
 have happily escaped the scourge for the past seven 
 3-ears, owing probably to the good cai'e taken of 
 them and their cleanly surroundings. 
 
 Besides the barns and cattle-sheds on the farm 
 of Mr. Sanders, he has a costly and valuable wind 
 pump for hoisting water for his stock and for other 
 farm purposes. He is the principal stock shipper 
 of his township, and the pri>ceeds of his operations 
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income. He has not been without his drawVjacks, 
 having for a period of eight years been in feeble 
 health, but finall}' regained his strength and pros- 
 pered as before. 
 
 The marriage of Gerhard Sanders and Miss Mary 
 Huchton was celebrated in St. Paul, this count}', 
 in 1866. Mrs. Sanders is the daughter of Christ 
 Huchton, one of the pioneer settlers of J^ee County, 
 and was born in this count}" in 1852. She is a lady 
 of rare virtue, greatly esteemed in the community, 
 as au excellent wife, mother, neighbor and friend. 
 Of her union with our subject there were born eight 
 children, six boys and two girls — Maggie, John, 
 Mary, Joseph, Henry, William, Barney and Christ. 
 Mr. Sanders and his family are members of St, 
 James' Catholic Church at St. Paul. In politics he 
 votes the Democratic ticket. A lithographic view 
 of Mr. Sanders' residence is shown on another page 
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 H. NICHOLS, a popular contractor and 
 builder, of Keokuk, comes of warm-hearted 
 rish stock, although a native of the Key- 
 stone State. The date of his birth was Oct. 5, 1831, 
 and he is the son of James and Sarah (Hamilton) 
 Nichols, natives of the Emerald Isle, who emigra- 
 ted to America in 1831, and settled in Pennsylva- 
 nia. James Nichols was a farmer by occupation, 
 and was engaged in agricultural pursuits all his 
 life, which terminated in 1884. The wife and 
 mother had preceded him to the better laud in 
 1882. Their family consisted of four children — 
 William H., John, James and Mary J. The three 
 last named live in Pennsylvania. 
 
 William H. Nichols remained under the parental 
 roof until he was eighteen years of age, in the 
 meantime receiving a practical education and as- 
 sisting in the labors of the farm. He then left 
 home and served an apprenticeship of three years 
 at the carpenter and joiner trade, in Greensburg, 
 Westmoreland Co., Pa., and then, turning his steps 
 westward, he crossed the Mississippi and came inco 
 Keokuk, where he located and determined to estab- 
 lish a permanent home. He was skillful as a me- 
 chanic, and soon established a business which has 
 
 now grown to extensive proportions, and gives em- 
 ployment to from six to twelve men. 
 
 Soon after coming to the Gate City the evident 
 talent and enterprise of Mr. Nichols obtained ready 
 recognition, and he was marked out as one fitted top 
 become a leader in the community. He has been i 
 actively interested in every W(jrk and purpose cai 
 culated to benefit his city or county. He is serving' 
 his second term as Alderman of the Third Ward, 
 and is a stockholder in the Lee County Loan and 
 Building Association. Socially he is a member in 
 good standing of the I. O. O. F., with which he has 
 been connected since 1854, being now the Treasurer 
 and Past Grand, and has held all the offices of the 
 lodge in this city. He was one of the principal or- 
 ganizers of the Chatham Square Metliodist Episco- 
 pal Church, and his name occupies a prominent 
 position on the corner-stone of that church, which 
 was erected in 1854. 
 
 Mr. Nichols was united in marriage with Miss 
 Julia E. Johnston, in 1854. This lady is a native 
 of Westmoreland County, Pa., and the daughter of 
 William and Julia Johnston, natives of the same 
 State. Of this marriage there have been born five 
 children, two living — William J., who is Collector 
 for the ^\'ater \Vorks of Sioux City, and Joseph C 
 Jennie E., James and John died in infancj'. Mrs. 
 Nichols is also connected with the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, and is a lady highly esteemed in the 
 communit}-. The}' occupy a handsome residence 
 at No. 1022 High street, and the business office of 
 Mr. Nichols is located on Seventh street, between 
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 If/OSEPH A. ]MILES. au early pioneer of 
 Iowa, crossed the Mississippi while this State H^ 
 was yet a Territory, and has been a resident 
 of Lee County, and Charleston Township, 
 since that time. During a period of forty-seven years 
 he has watched with unabated interest the changes 
 which have been going on around him, and in com- 
 mon with the other early settlers of this region has 
 marveled at its growth and rejoiced at its prosper- 
 ity. In common also with others who came here 
 at that time, he lias materially assisted in bringing 
 
about this present prosperous cfimlitic^n of agricult- 
 ure an<l the iiKlustrles. aud as such has been au 
 inportaiit laiiduiaiii in the history of tiiis section. 
 
 Mr. Miles is a native of Erie County, N. Y., aud 
 was born .lime i), IH20. his parents being Silas and 
 .Martlia (Harrington) Miles, natives of Massaolui- 
 setts. After tlieir marriage they removed to Erie 
 Co., N. Y., and were engaged in fnrniing pursuits and 
 sheep-raising, and lived there until tlie fall of 183-1. 
 They then proceeded fuilher westward to Morgan 
 County, 111., wliere they lived for two years, and 
 then, crossing tlie Mississip|)i, purcli.ased a claim in 
 Charleston Townsliip. Lee County, upon whicli 
 they settled in llie spring of 1m;J'.). Tiii> became 
 their permanent home, and they remained liere the 
 balance o! their liNc?. Tlie niotiier deiiarled this 
 life Jan. 27, l.Soo, and the father survived lier 
 twelve 3'ears, passing to his linal rest on tiie 4th of 
 March, IBO.J, at the advanced age of eigiity -three 
 years. The parental household consisted of eight 
 children, six sons and two daughters. 
 
 The subject of our sl<etcli was the si.xth cliild of 
 his parents' family. He was leared to farming pur- 
 suits, and reniained with ids parents during tlieir 
 O removals to Iliinoi> and Iowa. He settled with 
 r^^^^^ them upon tlie luunestead in Chai'leston Township, 
 of which he has been a resident since that time, 
 and has licen conlinuousl3' engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. Since casting his first vote he has at- 
 tended cver^' election where he was entitled to a 
 ballot, and lias not once missed the oiiportunily of 
 casting his vote in support of the principles of the 
 Democratic i)arty. 
 
 The homestead of .Mr. .Miles consists of 160 
 acres, 120 of which are in a tillable condition. He 
 make* a si)ecialty of the breeding of fine horses 
 and sheep, and exhibits .some of the finest animals 
 q PJ in the Ilawkeye State. He has been prominently 
 H-J^Ict connected with the affairs of his township and 
 } county, and in the spring of 1880 was appointed 
 I Superintendent of the County Poor Farm, of 
 "which institution he has had <-liarge during the last 
 six years. In this time he has brought about sub- 
 ^S&CT Stiintial ini|)rovemeiits in the management of the 
 farm and the construction of the buildings. He 
 has also held various other offices of importance in 
 his township, and has been .Supervisor and Con- 
 
 stable for six years; he was elected .lustice of the 
 Peace but would not qualify. He was School 
 Director of this township for twenty years. He 
 was also a member of the last Grand .huy which 
 assembled at Ft. Madison -ft-hen the state was a 
 Territoiy, over forty years ago. 
 
 The marriage of Joseph A. Miles and .Miss 
 Clarissa, daughter of Phineas and Clarissa (Hamil- 
 ton) Young, was celebrated in Scott County, III., 
 Jan. 27. 1842. The parents of Mrs. M. were na- 
 tives vf .Massachusetts, and after their marriage 
 settled in the State of New York. Her father, a 
 brother of Brigham Young, in former years was a 
 minister of the Methodist Church, but in 18;J2 he 
 and his wife united with the Mormon Church, of 
 which the father became an Elder and an impor- 
 tant man among the councils of the Latter-Day 
 Saints. The mother ni Mrs. Miles died when the 
 latter was a child of seven years old, in 1833, in 
 Kirkland, Ohio. Her father afterward removed to 
 Salt Lake City, and died there in Se()tember, 1879. 
 The parental household consisted of five children, 
 one son and four daughters, of whom Jlrs. Miles 
 was the fourth in order of birth, .she is a native of 
 ()ntaiii> County. N. Y.. and was born Oct. 13, 
 1820. 
 
 Our subject and wife have become the parents of 
 six children, as follows: Avries II. married Miss 
 Jane Huntington, who is now deceased; he resides 
 in New lioston, I.,ee Count}'; Hai'riet is the wife of 
 Z. T. Lyons, and lives in Jefferson Township; 
 Phineas (i. married Miss Sarah Sluty, and is a resi- 
 dent of Kansas; Fannie is the wife of C. W. Holmes, 
 of Keosauqua, Van Hureu Co., Iowa; Joseph mar- 
 ried Mi.ss Julia Walirer, and lives in Charleston 
 Township; Susie married John Hopp. of Charleston 
 Township. 
 
 When Mr. and Mrs. Miles began housekeeping 
 in Iowa they had just .seventy cents in cash and a 
 limited assortment of household goods. They had 
 been reared, however, to habits of industry and 
 economy, and were not dismayed by their cir- 
 cumscribed possessions, but bravely set to work to 
 improve the farm and establish a comfortable home. 
 They " pulled together, " courageously' met and 
 overcame the difficulties which surrounded them, 
 and in due time received their reward. Seven 
 
 
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 years previous to the late Civil War, Mr. Miles was 
 engaged in keeping a public-house upon the site of 
 his present homestead, where verj' often as many 
 as fortj- guests at one time obtained *' rest, shelter 
 and food, " and many of them are still living, and 
 often refer with pleasure to the hospitable landlord 
 and his lady who presided with such genuine kind- 
 ness and courtes}' over the affairs of that quiet, 
 comfortable inn. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Miles are liberal in their religious 
 belief, and their pleasant home is the resort of the 
 best people of this vicinity'. During their long 
 residence here they have endeared themselves to a 
 large circle of friends, and are widely known 
 throughout this section for their true courtesy, 
 genial hospitalitj', and many other worthy traits of 
 character. Aurong the band of honored pioneers 
 who assisted to mark out the path of a future civ- 
 ilization, Joseph Miles and his wife occupy a prom- 
 inent and enviable position. 
 
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 it Ridge Township, who is com- 
 rtably located on section 27, and carry- 
 * ing on the peaceful occupation of a farmer, 
 
 is a native of Zanesville, Ohio, and was born Aug. 
 21, 1842. His father, Michael Kilbride, was of 
 Irish nativity and parentage, and emigrated to the 
 United States when a j'oung man. On reaching 
 American shores he remained for a brief time in 
 New York City, and then proceeded to Zanesville, 
 Ohio. While stopping in the Empire City, he was 
 united in man-iage with Miss Bridget Salmon, a na- 
 tive of his own countrj', who accompanied him to 
 Zanesville, where the^' lived until the year 1845. 
 They then removed to Cincinnati, and two 3'ears 
 later crossed the Mississippi, and coming into Lee 
 Count3', located upon a tract of land in Pleasant 
 Ridge Township, where they remained until his 
 decease, which occurred in 1884. after he was 
 seventy-two j'ears old. Mrs. K. is still living 
 (1886), and is seventy-four years of age. The 
 parental household included the following chil- 
 dren, six of whom are 3'et living: .John is in 
 California: the second son was Michael: Turns 
 
 is in Arizona; James is in Missouri; Timothy 
 died in the last mentioned State in Februarj', 1S8.5, 
 at the age of thirty-five years; Andrew and Owen 
 are in Colorado; Rose Anne is the wife of Delplios 
 Hallock, of Lee County. 
 
 Michael Kilbride, Jr., came with his father's 
 family to Iowa when he was a child of five years 
 old. He remained with his parents until he was 
 twenty-two, and then went over the plains to Cali- 
 fornia with a team of cattle. He engaged in min- 
 ing for the space of nine years, and when he was 
 ready to return, was transported hither by steam- 
 quite an improvement on the former method of 
 travel. He now has charge of the homestead of 
 IGO acres which is owned by his mother, the affairs 
 of which he is conducting in a successful and credit- 
 able manner. 
 
 eHARLES S. PRICE, of Ft. Madison, of the 
 firm of C. S. Price <fe Co., with his partners 
 is successfully engaged as a dealer in agri- 
 cultural implements, buggies and heavy hardware. 
 He is a highly esteemed citizen and a straightfor- 
 ward business man, and a gentleman who is giving 
 material aid to the industrial interests of his com- 
 munity. Our subject is a native of Austria, born 
 in 1848, and tiie son of Edward and Erta (Good- 
 field) Price, natives of the same countr}' as their 
 son, where they were united in marriage in 1824. 
 They became the parents of four children, and 
 twenty years later emigrated to the United States, 
 making their first location in Lancaster County, Pa. 
 There they remained for ten years, and then removed 
 to Minnesota, settling in Mendota, where the father 
 departed this life in 1S60, leaving his widow, three 
 sons and one daughter. The mother subsequently 
 married again, and soon after this event the subject 
 of our sketch, although but thirteen years old, left 
 his home, and since that time has " paddled his own 
 canoe." He first boarded a steambf)at on the Upper 
 Mississippi, where he was employed until after the 
 outbreak of the Rebellion, and in 18(33 enlisted in tlie 
 United States service, and was mustered in as ;i 
 bugler in the 'i'Jtli Minnesota Cavalry. He serve<l 
 until 1 86t), and tlien received an honorable dischar";e 
 
 
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 with liis corprades. His service in the army was 
 rather etijoyable than otherwise, as he possessed 
 many agreeable traits of character and was the pet 
 of his regiment. 
 
 After his return from the army, j'oung Price 
 again engaged in steam boating on the Mississippi, 
 and in the course of time had accumulated a snug- 
 little sum of money. In the fail of IKGH he came 
 to Ft. Madison, and established himself as a barber, 
 having learned the trade while on the river. He 
 was thus occupied until 1884, when he established 
 his present business, and two years later associated 
 himself in partnership with Mr. C K. Kern. 
 
 Mr. Price was nuirried in 1871, to Miss Lena 
 Soechtig, of Ft. Madison. Mrs. Price was born in 
 1854, and is a lady of great energy of character, 
 and with more than ordinary talent for business. 
 She is a manufacturer of and dealer in theatrical and 
 masquerade goods, and, as Madame Price, carries 
 on the largest business of the kind in the State. By 
 her union witli our subject she has become the 
 mother of two cliildren — Etta and Charles. They 
 (iccuity a pleasant residence, and are surrounded 
 liy all the evidences of cultivation and refinement. 
 Mr. Price is a Knight Templar and member oi the 
 I. O. O. F., also a member of the K. of P., and is 
 connected with the Luthei-an Church. 
 
 ,>^E0K(;K LAYTON, a highly respected and 
 'll '^ successful farm'er of Des Moines Township, 
 
 ^^iJi is the possessor of a fine estate of 360 acres 
 located fin section 22. It is well stocked and mostly 
 under a good state of cultivation, and presents one 
 of the i)rettiest spots in the landscape of the county. 
 Our subject is a native of the i)roud old common- 
 wealth of Ohio, and was born in Pike County, Nov. 
 25, 1830. His father, James Lay ton, was a native 
 of the same county and State, and a farmer by oc- 
 (Hipa4,ion. He was married in his native county in 
 early manhood to Miss Filizabeth Cartwright, a 
 Virginia lady, whose parents removed to Pike 
 County at an early day, and there passed the re- 
 mainiler of their lives. They reared a family of 
 eight children, three sons and five daughters, of 
 
 whom the subject of onr sketch was the youngest j 
 but two. He was a lail of onl}' eleven years of age j 
 when he was bereaved of both parents, and his =; 
 home was afterward among strangers. His parents 5:; 
 were both from excellent old families, men and 3 
 women who had lived honorable lives, and have 5 
 transmitted to their descendants those qualities 5f 
 which would serve them well thn^ugh life, and Jt 
 which were strongly inherited l>y the subject of our zi\ 
 sketch. ': 
 
 After the death of his parents, George Layton : 
 was compelled to look out for himself, and he was ; 
 engaged industriously at whatever his hands could i 
 find to do, working priiicijially upon the farn)s in E 
 his immediate neighborhood and on the Ohio River ; 
 with fiatboats. At the age of sixteen years he vi 
 went to Scioto County. Ohio, where he lived until ■ 
 his marriage. The maiden of his choice was Miss : 
 Sarah A. Smith, the daughter of James and Susan 3| 
 (Thomas) Smith, natives of Ohio and Kentucky En 
 respectively. The wedding occurred Feb. 2t), 1850. ; 
 The parents of the bride were married in Lewis j 
 County, K_y., and settled ii[)on a farm at Sandy i. 
 Spring, Adams Co., Ohio, where they were early & 
 l)ioneers, and kept the post-oflice for the early set- Si: i 
 tiers for some time after their arrival there. Thence : ;i 
 they proceeded to Iowa, in 185G, and thereafter ^j 
 lived for a time in Missouri, but are now making : ^ 
 their home with their daughter, Mrs. La3'ton, of ; 
 this n(jtice. The father is eighty-five years of age K 
 and the mother eighty-two. 
 
 Mrs. Layton was born in Adams County, Ohio, 
 Feb. 4, 1831. She was reared and educated there, 
 and remained with her parents until her marriage. 
 By her union with our subject she has become the 
 mother of five children, one of wh<mi, William, 
 died at the age of seven months. The living are, 
 James, who was married to Miss Sarah Lee, and is 
 residing on a farm in Des Moines Township ; Charles, 
 India .-ind (ieorge are at h<.)me with their parents. 
 India is an accomplished and finely educated young 
 lady, and (Jeorge is operating the homestead for 
 his father. 
 
 After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Layton settled := 
 upon a farm in Adams County, where they remained :' 
 for four years. They crossed the Mississippi in : 
 1 850. and made their first settlement in Lee County. 3|{ 
 
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 and have consequently been residents of the Hawk- 
 eye State for a period of thirty years. In that 
 time the3' have witnessed manj- remarkable and in- 
 teresting changes, and have assisted by everj' means 
 within their power in the progress and welfare of 
 their adopted county and township. They are the 
 stanch friends of education and morality, and have 
 lent their influence, accompanied by their means, 
 to every good work and purpose. Mrs. Layton 
 was reared a Presbyterian, and Jlr. L., although 
 he does not meddle much with politics, still has his 
 decided opinions, and uniformly votes the straight 
 Republican ticket. They are posessors of one of 
 the most comfortable homesteads in Lee County, 
 and are enjoying the fruits of their early toil, as 
 well as the esteem and friendship of a large circle 
 of acquaintances. 
 
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 "^OHN E. CRAIG, of the law firm of , Craig, 
 
 McCrary & Craig, at Keokuk, Iowa, is one of 
 
 the most prominent attorne3'S of Lee County, 
 
 and stands high in his profession. He is a 
 
 native of Claysville, Washington Co., Pa., and was 
 
 born March 14, 1853. His father, Alexander K. 
 
 Craig, a native of the same county and State, and 
 
 a farmer by occupation, still resides near the place 
 
 of his birth, and is still strong and active. He was 
 
 born in 1828, and was married in earl}' manhood to 
 
 Miss Sarah McLain, who is three years the junior 
 
 of her husband, having been born in 1831, and is 
 
 still living. The household included seven children, 
 
 of whom two are deceased. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is the second child of 
 his parents' family, and his earl}' life was spent 
 upon the farm. He was a bright and studious bo}' 
 and improved every opportunity afforded him to 
 obtain an education. At the age of sixteen ho 
 |§ commenced teaching, and was occupied with that 
 and farming alternately for the following four 
 years. In the meantime he had pursued his studies 
 as closelj' as possible, and had thus become fitted 
 for admission into the Washington and Jefferson 
 College, at Washington, Pa., from which he gi'ad- 
 "c uated in 1877. He then resumed teaching, and was 
 employed in Lebanon Academy, near Pittsburgh, 
 
 until 1 878. But he was not quite satisfied with his 
 condition or prospects in his native State, and con- 
 eluded to cross the Mississippi and seek his fortune 
 in the West. He accordingly came to Iowa, and 
 began reading law in the oftice of his uncle, John 
 H. Craig, of Keokuk, and in 1879 was admitted to 
 the bar. The following year he became associated 
 in partnership with his preceptor, with whom he has 
 continued to this date. The firm is one of the most 
 prominent in this section of the State, and is trans- 
 acting an extensive and prosperous business. 
 
 .lohn E. Craig was united in marriage with iliss 
 Fame S., daughter of Moses and Susanna Coulter. 
 She was born in Allegheny County, Pa., but at the 
 date of her marriage was a resident of Washington 
 County. Of this marriage has been born one son, 
 Moses Coulter. Mr. and Mrs. C. are members in 
 good standing of the Presbyterian Church of 
 Keokuk, and in politics Mr. Craig uniformly casts 
 his vote with the Democratic party. He has always 
 taken a great interest in educational matters and 
 has Iteen a member of the School Bcjard for three 
 j'ears. He is an able "stump" speaker, and was 
 one of the representatives of his county in the 
 Twenty-first General Assembly of the Iowa State 
 Legislature. He is a man of broad, liberal views 
 and generous impulses, always ready to aid in any 
 enterprise which tends to the welfare and advance- 
 ment of his county and community. The family 
 occupy a pleasant home, and are surrounded by all 
 those elements of life which are the outgrowth of 
 culture, refinement, and a high morality. 
 
 =il/OSEPH G. ANDERSON. A. M., a promi- 
 nent and popular attorney of Keokuk, is a na- 
 tive of Ohio, born in Cincinnati, Aug. 30, 
 1 848. He is the son of Robert .James and 
 .Mary Jane (Whitney) Anderson, and came with 
 his parents to the Hawkeye State in 1857. They 
 made their first location in Keokuk and here he re- 
 ceived his earl}' education. From 1860 to 1867 he 
 lived on a farm in Clark County, Mo. Afterward 
 he entered the State University of Missouri at Col- 
 umbia, in 1867, taking a full classical course, and. 
 graduating from there in 1873, having been admit- 
 
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 ted to the bar two years previovislj', in 1871. He 
 commenced the practice of iiis profession at Keo- 
 kuk, and has been associated in partnership with 
 several of the leading attorneys of the city. He is 
 at present a member of the law firm which does 
 business under the title of Anderson, Davis k Ha- 
 garman. He h.as confined ids attention principally to 
 ^ chancery cases, otherwise following a general prac- 
 tice, with the exception of criminal cases. He 
 is a Repul)lican in politics and lias lieen iirouiinent 
 in tlie local councils of his party, having been a 
 delegate several limes to various important conven- 
 tions. He has steadily declined to become the in- 
 eundjent of any oflice, but has occupied the posi- 
 tion of City Attorney for two years. 
 
 Mr. ;Vndcrson's education has l)ecn acquired 
 mainly by his own efforts. He was remarkably 
 studious and industrious, and taught school for 
 some time in order to obtain funds to purchase 
 books and to complete his full course of study. He 
 has occupied a position as teacher in the State Tni- 
 versity of Missouri, and in the practice of his pro- 
 fession has met with fine success, the firm of which 
 he is a member being the most i)opular and success- 
 ful in the city. Mr. Anderson has invet.ted largely 
 of his means in real estate in Keokuk. 
 
 The nianiage of Mr. Anderson and Miss Emily 
 Tondinson was celebrated .Sept. 22, 1876. Mrs. A. 
 is the daughter of \V. E. Tomlinson, of Burlington, 
 and was born in Kentucky', Oct. .^I, 1856. Of this 
 union there have l)een horn five children, as fol- 
 1 lows: Joseph H.. Enuly 1'., .lames T., JNIary and 
 William E. 
 
 iSIr. Anderson has a genuine love for learning, 
 and even andd the iliitio of his profession gives 
 time to the study of logical and metaphysical sub- 
 jects, and has been the author of some articles writ- 
 ten for the '•Journal of Speculative Philosoph3\" 
 He was for many years connected with the Keokuk 
 Law .School as Professor of Code Tleadings, Law of 
 Corporations, etc. He is a niendier of the Ameri- 
 can Bar Association, and h.as been connected with 
 every important law case tried at Keokuk for the 
 last ten years. His firm is counsel for all the im- 
 portant corporations in the city, and has built up 
 an extensive and popular business. 
 
 Mr. Anderson occupies a fine residence in one of 
 
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 the [jleasantest parts of the city, and his home, \ 
 within and without, bears evidence of refinement ; 
 and ample means. .Socially Mr. and Mrs. A. oc- 2 
 cup3- an enviable position, and re[)resent the culture 
 and breeding of the first-class residents of Keokuk. 
 
 R. F. M. TATE, a prominent resident and 
 skillful jihysician of Keokuk, is a native of 
 Indiana, and was born Dec. 21, 1830. 
 His parents were James and Sarah (Dnr- 
 yea) Tate, natives respectively of Harrison and ^ 
 Mason Counties, Ky. .lames Tate removed from 
 his native .State to Indiana in 1830, where he re- p 
 mained engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1849, 
 when he crossed the Mississippi and came into the Ei 
 Hawkeye .State, locating on a farm in Monroe : 
 County, near Albia. Four j-ears later he moved ; 
 into the town, and prosecuted a general merchandise 
 business until his death, which occurred in 1866. 
 The wife and mother survived him four ^ears, dy- 
 ing in 1870. They had a family of eight children, 
 all of whom lived to be men and women, but five 
 are since deceased. Those living are: F. M., the 
 subject of our sketch; Sarah, now Mrs. Sneer, of 
 .I:isper County, 111., and Thomas B., of Alliia. this 
 State. 
 
 Dr. Tate of our notice was reared on his father's 
 farm, and received his education in the common 
 schools. He came with his father's family to Iowa, 
 and as preparatory to the study of medicine, pur- 
 sued a course of study in a select school at Albia, 
 In 1855 he commenced the study of medicine under 
 the instruction of Dr. Sherwood, of Cincinnati, 
 and pursuing his studies in the Eclectic Col- 
 lege of Medicine of that city, graduated in 1857. 
 He subsequently graduated also from the Eclectic 
 Medical Institute of Cincinnati. During these two 
 years he received clinical instruction at the Com- 
 mercial Hospital of Cincinnati. 
 
 After the completion of his college C(jurse, Dr. 
 Tate entered into partnership with Dr. ^^'illiam 
 Sherwood, which relation continued one year, 
 and Dr. Tate then returned to Iowa, and located 
 at Farniington, A' an Buren Countj% where he en- 
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 for the followins' thirteen years. In 1872 he came 
 to Keokuk, where he has since been located, and 
 has become an honored member of the profession 
 in this localit3^ 
 
 Dr, Tate was married to his present wife in Feb- 
 ruary, 1858. She was formerly JMiss Eliza S., 
 daughter of Gen. William and Josephine E. (Sim- 
 mons) Carhartt, of Roscoe, Ohio. Their union has 
 been blest by the birth of two children — Thomas 
 C. and Frederick F. The former is a civil engi- 
 neer at Peru, Ind. ; Frederick F. is at home with 
 his parents. The Doctor and his family reside at 
 No. 1206 Blondeau street, and enjo3' the friend- 
 ship and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances, 
 and as a citizen he contributes materially to the 
 social and moral interests of the eomniunit3'. 
 
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 ylLSON BULLARD, a prominent and suc- 
 cessful farmer of Jefferson Township, owns 
 and occupies a fine estate on section 14, 
 and is extensively engaged in agricultural [lursuits 
 and stock growing. His farm is finely improved 
 and adapted to the growth of all kinds of cereals 
 and vegetables, and is well stocked with finely bred 
 animals. It is supplied with a comfortable farm 
 residence, a good barn, and all the necessaiy out- 
 buildings for the shelter of stock and the storing 
 of grain, and taken all together it constitutes one 
 of the finest spots in the landscape of this county. 
 Mr. Bullard is a native of Jefferson Township, and 
 was born Aug. 19, 1838. (For parental history see 
 sketch of Alex Bullard). 
 
 The early life of our subject was spent at home 
 on his father's farm and in attendance at the pio- 
 neer schools. At the age of fourteen years he was 
 deprived of a father's support b^- death, and at that 
 early period in life started out to battle for himself. 
 He employed himself at whatever his hands could 
 find to do, and soon began to cultivate the soil 
 upon his own account. He was successful in his 
 undertaking, and March 15, 1850, was united in 
 marriage with Miss Gertrude A. Wallace, who was 
 also born and reared in Lee County. The parents 
 of Mrs. Bullard ai-e both now deceased. Her fa- 
 ther was a farmer by occupation, and a man highly 
 
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 esteemed in his vicinity. Of this union there 
 were born two children: Oracle G. is fhe vvife of 
 Barnard Rebo, and lives in Hitchcock County, Neb., 
 upon a farm; Deborah is deceased. Mrs. Ger- 
 trude Bullard died at her home in Jefferson Town- 
 ship in 1871. She was an estiinaVile Christian lady, 
 and highly esteemed bv all who knew iier, as a lov- 
 ing wife, an affectionate mother, and a kind neigh- 
 bor. She was connected with the Baptist Church, 
 and a regular attendant upon its services. 
 
 On the 17th day of October, 1870, Mr. Bullard 
 was the second time married, to Miss Sophia Mar- 
 shall, a native of Lee County, Iowa. She was born 
 at Montrose, Feb. 1 o, 1853, and is the daughter of 
 William and Roxyllaiiia (Overton) IMarshall, na- 
 tives respectively of Mrginia and Indiana. When 
 Mr. Marshall was eleven years old, his father re- 
 moved from Virginia to Washington County, Ind., 
 and there his son, the father of Mrs. Bullard, was 
 reared to manhood, and united in marriage with 
 Miss Overton, who was born and reared in the same 
 county and State. Afterward the family, consist- 
 ing of the parents and three children, came into 
 Iowa and settled on a new farm near Montrose, in 
 the spring of i 843. Very little of the land was 
 improved, but they occupied their time industri- 
 ously, and after the lapse oi a few years effected a 
 remarkable improvement in its condition. Mrs. 
 Marshall died in Jefferson Township in 1860; Mr. 
 Marsliall is living with his daughter, Mrs. Bullard. 
 The latter was the j'oungest but one of a familj' of 
 seven children, five sons and two daughters. She 
 remained at home, and after the death of her 
 mother, when she was only a child of seven years 
 old, had the principal care of her father's house- 
 hold. Mr. and Mrs. Bullard became the parents of 
 seven children, four of whom are deceased, viz., 
 John S., and three infants who died unnamed. 
 Those remaining are Lottie, Pearl M. and Bessie B. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Bullard began farming 
 operations in Jefferson Township, making his first 
 purchase of land in about 1854, and which com- 
 prises a part of his present homestead. It lies 
 along the first bottom of the Mississippi River in 
 the "half-breed " tract. Here he has pursued the 
 even tenor of his way, rendering kindly acts to his 
 neighbors as opportunitj- afforded, and in all re- 
 
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spects fulfilling the obligations of a good citizen. 
 IIo has nc^er aspired to oflice, but on the con- 
 tiar3- has been content to quietly and unobtrusively 
 attend to the affairs of his farm, although he has 
 decided views upon politics and matters in gen- 
 eral. Me is a stanch adherent of the Democratic 
 party, and uniformly casts his vote in support of 
 its principles. 
 
 eHARLKS V. LYE is senior member of the 
 firm of Lye & King, of Keokuk, retailers and 
 jobl)ers in dry goods, and occupies a promi- 
 nent position among the business men of the (iate 
 Citj'. lie is a native of Hastings, England, born 
 March 4, 1 840, and is the son of Robert and Eliza- 
 beth (Pope) Lye, also natives of the same countr}'. 
 Robert Lye was a dry-goods merchant in earlier 
 years, and later a dealer in china vvare. He re- 
 tired from active business in l.s72. The wife and 
 mother departed this life in 185.5. Their family 
 consisted of nine children, six of whom are living, 
 the record l)eing as follows: Roliert is in New 
 Zealand; Kllen, Mrs. Wheeler, is in lirighton, En- 
 gland; tiie tliird child was Charles F., our subject; 
 Mary .). is in London; Francis E., in Hrightoii, and 
 Archibald R., in Lewis, England. 
 
 The subject of our sketch remained with his par- 
 ents during his 3'ounger years, and received a good 
 education in the primary schools, which was sup- 
 plemented liy .attendance at the Bank Street Col- 
 lege of Hastings, from which he graduated at the 
 age of I'ouiteen years. lie was then apprenticed to 
 Mr. Andrews, of Newmarket, Cambridge, to learn 
 the dry-goods business. Here he remained for six 
 years, then went t(j London, and was engaged as a 
 clerk. He was employed in tlie dry -goods trade for 
 four 3'ears, and then enlisted in the Hritish army. 
 He was promoted Sergeant, and served eight years, 
 six years of this time being spent in India and 
 China. He was there in the siege and cai)ture of 
 Takoo Forts, ami was wounded in that engagement. 
 He then returned with his regiment to England, 
 subsecpiently went to Ireland, and was afterward 
 stationed at Londonderry. The state of his health 
 
 now necessitated his being sent to the hospital, and 
 he secured his discharge on account of disability. 
 
 After his discharge from the army Mr. Lye en- 
 gaged as clerk in the dry-goods business at Hast- 
 ings, and w.as thus occupied for three years. In 
 1870 he determined to seek his fortunes in the New- 
 World and came to the United States, making his 
 first settlement in Dearborn County, Ind. Here he 
 engaged as clerk in the drj'-goods business, and 
 remained for two 3'ears. In 1878 he came to Keo- 
 kuk, and accepted a position with the firm of Ir- 
 win, Phillips & Co., with whom he remained three 
 years, and was afterward connected with John Zerr 
 in the dry-goods business. Mr. Lye established his 
 present business in 1 882, on the corner of Main and 
 Eighth streets. The following 3'ear he associated 
 himself in partnership with Mr. King. They are 
 doing an extensive business, and give emploj'ment 
 to six clerks. 
 
 Mr. Lye was married in 1880, to Miss A. E. 
 King, daughter of the late James King, of Dear- 
 horn County, Ind. Of this union there has been 
 born one child — Emma E. They occup3' a hand- 
 some residence on Fulton street, and their circle of 
 friends and acquaintances includes the best citizens 
 of Keokuk. Mr. L3'e is a straightforward business 
 man, highly respected in his community, and a val- 
 uable factor among the business interests of Lee 
 County. 
 
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 eHARLES HUBENTHAL, Deputy Sheriff of 
 Lee County, Iowa, who resides at Keokuk, 
 is a native of Hesse-Cassel, German3', and 
 was born June 25, 1832. He entered school at the 
 age of six 3-ears, and continued his studies until the 
 age of twelve. He then came to America with his 
 uncle, Adam Williams, his father and mother both 
 having died when he was quite young. They landed 
 in New York City, and thence proceeded to Texas, 
 arriving there during the cholera scourge. The un- 
 cle and all of his famil3- were stricken witli this ter- 
 rible disease, which resulted fatally in each case, 
 and our subject was thus left in a strange land 
 without friends or means. He was taken to New 
 
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York City b}^ his neighbors, and became an appren 
 tice to learn the butcher's trade, which he mastered 
 . . in all its details, and soon began doing business in 
 li: this line on his own account. 
 
 :j ; From the Empire City our subject removed to 
 ],: Pittsburgh, and then to St. Louis, Mo., where he 
 ;-: remaiued until 1850, and in April of that year 
 Ij;" came to Keokuk and engaged with two different 
 .;j;: firms in this city, his former employers being both 
 ]; : now deceased. Four years later he embarked in 
 }]' ; the business here on his own account, opening a 
 .v; meat-market on Main street and another on Fourth 
 ]: ': street. These soon became the principal shops of 
 ^i;: the kind in Keokuk, and he carried on a prosper- 
 ,^; : ous and lucrative business until 1861. He then 
 Ij : went to California and opened a market in Sacra- 
 f: mento, which he continued until the following 
 i:; year, when the gold and silver excitement attracted 
 '?;■ - him to the mining regions. After working in the 
 mines at Virginia City he went into Nevada, 
 .^ locating in Clifton during its early settlement, and 
 ' - afterward started a butcher shop, in which he car- 
 : : ried on business successfully for about five years. 
 I ; He then went to Montana, where he followed the 
 ! : same, carrying on a wholesale and retail business 
 : : and coining money. In the winter of 1868 he re- 
 ', ; turned to Keokuk, and continued his meat-market 
 ; - until 1881, when he sold out, and forming a partner- 
 ' : ship with James Welch, engaged in the ice busi- 
 ness, running four wagons and employing about 
 twelve men during the summer months. This he 
 followed until the death of his partner, when he 
 sold out his interest in the business and invested in 
 a dr3'-brick machine. 
 
 Mr. Hubenthal was married, in 1856, to Miss 
 Anna Arnold, of Keokuk, who is a native of his 
 own country, and emigiated to America with her 
 parents when a little girl. They have become the 
 parents of one child— Anna Amelia, now twelve 
 years of age. Mr. Hubenthal has taken an active 
 interest in public matters since coming to this 
 State, and keeps himself well informed upon the ! 
 current events of the day. He has served as Alder- 
 man in the Fifth Ward for two terms, and is a gen- 
 tleman whose judgment is uniformly consulted in 
 ^ regard to matters of importance. Politically he is 
 I a Democrat, and east his first Presidential vote for 
 
 Franklin Pierce. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff 
 in 1885, and assumed the duties of his office in 
 January, 1886. 
 
 ^^APT. RALPH R. TELLER, a successful 
 \vl JJl ^'■'"*"o'''^^^'" ^^ Jackson Township and the 
 ^^/ suburbs of Keokuk, is a native of New York 
 City, born Jan. 29, 1827, and is the sou of Luke 
 and Julia A. (Remson) Teller, natives of the State 
 of New York, in which they lived after their mar- 
 ri.age, and became the parents of nine children. 
 They were most worthy and excellent people, 
 highly respected by the community in which they 
 lived, and reared their family to habits of industry 
 and economy, giving them such education as the 
 schools of that period afforded. 
 
 When he arrived at suitable years our subject 
 learned the trade of a shoemaker in his native city, 
 and followed his occupation there until he was 
 twenty-two years old. In 1859 he came into the 
 young State of Iowa, and made his home alternately 
 in Iowa and Missouri for the following ten years, 
 ■when he decided to settle in Jackson Township, 
 this county. Two years thereafter, when the notes 
 of Civil War began to sound throughout the land, 
 he identified himself with the thousands who were 
 volunteering their services in support of the Union, 
 enlisting in April, 1861, in the 2d Iowa Infantry, 
 in which he served for two and one-half years. He 
 went in as a private, and was promoted First Lieu- 
 tenant of the 60th Regiment of Colored Infantry, 
 in which capacity he served until the following 
 year, when he was tendered a Captain's commis- 
 sion for meritorious services while fightiuo- the en- 
 emy in Arkansas. He retained his commission un- 
 til the close of the war, and was mustered out on 
 the 2d of November, 1865. 
 
 After his return from the army Capt. Teller re- 
 turned to Jackson Township, where he lived for 
 one year, and then went South into Arkansas, where 
 he was engaged in farming for a period of seven 
 years. He then sold out and returned to Jackson 
 Township, which has remained his home since that 
 time. He has nine and three-fourths acres of valu- 
 
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able hind, which is highlj' cultivated and devoted 
 exclusively to the ciiltiirc of berries, apples and 
 peaches. 
 
 IJnIph H. Teller and Miss Nancy A. Trimble 
 were united in marriage in .Sandusky, Lee Co., Iowa, 
 Sept. 21. 1871, and have become the parents of four 
 children, three of wlioin died in infancy, William 
 T. being- the only survivor. C'apt. Teller is in all 
 respects a thorough l)usiness man and a good citi- 
 zen, and in politics classes himself among the Inde- 
 pendents, although strongly' in sympathy with the 
 Republican party. Socially lie is connected with 
 Torrence I'ost No. 2. ft. A. H. 
 
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 /OSKl'H A. LUPTON, a prominent and 
 
 highly I'espected farmer of .lackson Town- 
 ship, owns and occupies a valuable home- 
 stead pleasantly located on section 19. It 
 consists of 440 acres of finely cultivated land, a 
 q HJ IwTidsome farm dwelling, good barns and out- 
 ^ - houses, and all the necessary appliances for the stor- 
 inif of grain, the slielter of stock, and the carrying- 
 on of agriculture after the most improved methods. 
 He lias valualile farm machiuerv and implements, 
 and all the aijpliaiiees of a lirst-class modern farm 
 estate. 
 
 The subject of this biography is a native of the 
 Huckeye State, and was born in Highland County, 
 July 12, 1.S27. lie is the son of David and Ruth 
 (Adams) Lupton, natives of Virginia, where they 
 were married, and settled for a time, afterward re- 
 moving to Highland County, Ohio. They removed 
 from this latter State in 1844, crossed the Missis- 
 lippi into Lee County, Iowa, were residents of 
 veokukand .Jackson Township for a time, and then 
 
 •emovcd to rnionville. Mo., where their lives ter- 
 minated. The parental family consisted of eleven 
 children, of whom our subjetrt was the fourth in 
 ^Jjorder of l)irtli. 
 
 Ml'- Lupton w:is about seventeen years old when 
 
 I this parents came to Lee County, in 1S44. He had 
 
 received excellent liome training and a fair educa- 
 
 tion in the public schools. During his youthful 
 years he a.ssisted his parents in the duties around 
 the homestead, and has been eng.aged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits all his life. He was married in Jack- 
 son Township, Feb. 26, 1852, to Miss Annie, 
 daughter of John and Sarah (Slayter) Lancaster, 
 who were of English descent and parentage. They 
 emigrated to the United States in 1847, and com- 
 ing directly to Lee County. Iowa, settled in J.ack- 
 son Township, where the death of John Lancaster 
 occurred Sept. 29, IB.'iO. His wife survived him un- 
 til May .'), 18.50, and came to her death by a rail- 
 road accident on the Isthmus of Panama, while on 
 a journey to California. John Lancaster wa-s a 
 wholesale butcher and cattle dealer in Liverpool. 
 
 Mrs. Lupton, wife of our subject, was born in 
 Liverpool, England, June 14, 183.5, and by her 
 marriage Ims become the mother of ten <'hildren: 
 \\^illiam and .loseph are deceased, the former was 
 married to Miss Fankhouser, located in Jackson 
 Township, and died there in March, 1879, leaving 
 two children — Horace and Mamie; the others are 
 John C, David A., .S.ar.ah E., Louis E. (in Califor- 
 nia), Mary B., Annie R., Asa F. and Charles N. 
 
 M)-. Lupton has taken an intelligent interest in 
 the affairs of his adopted countj'. and acted as 
 Board Supervisor of his townshij). He is Repub- 
 lican in |)olitics, and with his wife is prominently 
 connected with the Presbyterian Church. In 18(;i 
 Mr. L. went to California, accompanied by his fam- 
 ily, where they remained i\ve years, anil were en- 
 gaged in agricultural imrsuits, the climate of that 
 region and the change in condition and location 
 proving of great benefit to them, and a most val- 
 uable experience. 
 
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 ENRY DANIEL McCONN, a highly re- 
 spected citizen and successful banker of 
 Ft. Madison, is C^ashier of the (^erman- 
 American Bank, the duties of which position 
 he is trans.acting with ability' and success. Mr. 
 McConn is a native of Ft. Madison, born March 7, 
 1849, and is the son of Daniel and Caroline (Cat- 
 termole) McConn. He received his primary educa- 
 tion ill the pultlic schools of his native place, and 
 
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 eiitficil the St. l^ouis Uiiiveisit}' of St. Jjuiiis, Mo.. 
 fi'oiii which he graduated with honors in 18(!4. His 
 i^studies had materiallj' impared his health, and after 
 jigthese were completed be entered the tlonring-mill 
 in whieh his father was engaged, and there became 
 recuperated and was prei)ared to enter upon a com- 
 mercial course in the Business College of Burling- 
 ton, Iowa. He then entered the banking-house of 
 EJ. H. Bacon, and when this was merged into the 
 :Ft. Madison National Bank, he became Assistant 
 i'aCashier. This was succeeded by the Bank of Ft. 
 Madison, of which he was chosen Cashier, and from 
 which he withdrew to organize a German-American 
 .Bank, with which he has since been connected. 
 
 The marriage of Henry Daniel ISrcConn and Miss 
 Marie Louise Chauvin was celebrated in the spring 
 of 1.S77. Of this union there have been born three 
 children, of whom Mary C. died at the age of six 
 ■■Eyears; the two remaining are Eugene C. and Julia 
 llowse. Mr. and Mrs. McConn occupj' a high 
 position in the community, and their home is replete 
 witli all the comforts and many of the luxuries of 
 Elife. 
 ir:;: Mr. McConn is Democi'atic in politics, and 
 OE socially is a member of the I. O. O. F. He gives 
 <losc attention to his business, is honorable and up- 
 right in his transactions, and is rapidlj- accumulating 
 a competency for the future. Although not con- 
 pjljEnected with any religious denomination, he is a 
 "^ "stanch friend of morality and education, and by 
 ins means and influence assists in the support of 
 lit every good work and purpose tending to the wel- 
 
 1 lEfare of his city and county. 
 
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 i ^ C. ARMENTROUT, M. D., of Keokuk, Pro- 
 fessor of Physiology, Histolog}', and Diseases 
 of the Nervous System in the College of 
 Physicians and Surgeons, is a native of the 
 Ilawkej-e State, born in Cedar County, Sept. 25, 
 I'Sol. He is the son of Joseph C. and Maiy (Long) 
 Armcntrout, natives of ^'irginia. The father was 
 I'ngaged in mercantile pursuits during his younger 
 years, but in 1850 came to Iowa, located in Cedar 
 County, and engaged in farming. He is still living, 
 and has all his life been a prominent man wherever 
 
 his lot has been cast. Soon after coming into Ce- 
 dar County he was appointed Postmaster, and has 
 held other important offices in this locality. He and 
 his excellent wife are members in good standing of 
 the .Alethodist Episcopal Church, to the support of 
 which they have contributed liberally and cheer- 
 fully, and in which Mr. A. has been Class-Leader 
 and Superintendent of the Sabbath-school. They 
 have been the parents of a family of eight children, 
 of whom two are deceased, and of the living 
 the record is as follows: J. C, the subject of 
 our sketch, was the eldest child; Mary became 
 the wife of John Rorick, and resides in Cedar 
 County ; Ella V. married Ira Miller, a resident of 
 Cedar Rapids; Rosa B., now Mrs. Marshall Butter- 
 field, is a resident of Milton, AInscatine County; 
 her husband is an attorney and a graduate of the 
 State University of Iowa; George is a student of 
 medicine in Keokuk Medical College ; Amanda B. 
 is a teacher in the public schools of Cedar County. 
 The younger days of the subject of our sketch 
 were occupied in attending the public schools and 
 assisting in the lighter duties around the home- 
 stead. He pursued his studies during the winter 
 seasons until he was nineteen j^ears old, when he 
 attended the school at Montrose for two winters. 
 He then taught in Benton County one term, and 
 afterward entered McClain's Academy at Iowa City, 
 where he remained one term, taught school for two 
 terms in Cedar County, took a brief course of 
 study at Wilton Academy in Muscatine County, 
 and then entered the State University at Iowa City, 
 remaining there two terms, when he was proffered 
 the position as Principal of McClain's Academy, 
 which he held for the following three j'ears, having 
 charge of from 300 to 500 students. At the ex- 
 piration of this time he commenced the study of 
 medicine under the insti'uetion of Prof. G. O. Mor- 
 gridge, M. D., of Muscatine, and subsequently 
 spent one summer with Prof. Middleton, of Daven- 
 port, in his ofHce and in the hospital at that place, in 
 the meantime teaching and lecturing throughout the 
 State, and before Teachers' Institutes on phj'siology. 
 He continued under the instruction of Prof. Moi'- 
 gridge until he entered the medical department of 
 the Iowa State Unversity, from which he graduated 
 in 1883. He was a close student and made the most 
 
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 of his opportnnitics, aud became a writer of consid- 
 erable note. While yet a student he became the 
 author of a work entitled, " Outlines in Anatomy, 
 Physiology and Hygiene," which was published in 
 1881, and was received with great favor. He com- 
 menced the i)ractiee of his profession in Iowa City, 
 where he remained for one year, and in the spring 
 of 1884 went to South Bend, Ind. Here he en- 
 joyed a fine practice from the start, and the follow- 
 ing summer was proffered his present position, 
 which he accepted, aud removed to the Gate City 
 in October, 1 8K.5. 
 
 Dr. Aruientrout was married in 1883, to Miss 
 Esther Vinall, a native of Davenport, Iowa, and 
 daughter of Henry Vinall, Esq. The Doctor, bj- a 
 former marri.-ige, has one son living — Coral R. Dr. 
 Armentrout stands high in his profession in this 
 city, and as a member of the community is highly 
 esteemed for his social and intellectual endow- 
 ments, and is a member of the Keokuk Medical 
 Association. He takes an active interest in all mat- 
 ters pertaining to the welfare of the city, educa- 
 tionally and religiously, and with his wife is a 
 member of Chatham .Square Methodist Episcopal 
 Church of Keokuk. Mrs. A. is a teacher in the 
 Sabbath-school, and the Doctor has served as Su- 
 perintendent in other localities for a number of 
 years. Their pleasant home is situated at No. (JOG 
 North Fourth street, and they have gathered about 
 them a circle comprising the best and most cultured 
 people of the city. 
 
 fclLLIAM B. FREDERICK, a highly re- 
 s|>ected and well educated citizen of Ft. 
 
 Madison, is a luttive of Lee County, born 
 in the town where he now resides, on the 17th of 
 March. 1 «,')(>. He is the third son of Charles and 
 Rosanna Frederick (see sketch in another part of 
 this volume.) He was but two years old wiicn his 
 parents removed to the farm in Madison Township, 
 and they lived there until he was fourteen j-ears 
 old. He then returned to the city of which he 
 has since been a resident. He received his educa- 
 tion in the public schools, and soon after his re- 
 turn to the city engaged as a clerk in a grocery 
 
 store, where he remained for six years, and then 
 set up business on his own account in the same line 
 of merchandise. He has been in the grocery busi- 
 ness since that time, with the exception of three 
 months, and has prospered. 
 
 Mr. Frederick was married, .June 10, 1880, to 
 Miss Fannie Anderscm, a native of Montrose, Lee 
 County-. Her parents were Benjamin and Louise 
 (Davis) Anderson, and she remained with them 
 until her marriage, receiving a good education. 
 Mrs. Frederick, in earlier years, was a popular and 
 successful teacher in the ]iublic schools of Ft. 
 Madison. 
 
 Mr. Frederick is independent in politics, and 
 while not connected with any church organiza- 
 tion, is a stanch friend of morality and good order, 
 and the encourager of every good work and pur- 
 pose, to which lie zealously contributes by his in- 
 fluence and means. 
 
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 \f/AMES McNAMARA, who is prominent 
 among the Inisiness men of Keokuk, is an 
 extensive dealer in coal, lime, cement, plaster 
 paris, sewer pipe, land tile, fire brick, mixed 
 paints, alabastine, etc., and is located at Nos. 426 
 and 42.S .lohnson street. He is also a very prom- 
 inent coutr.ictor. Our subject is a native of the 
 Emerald Isle, and was born in Count}' Clare, near 
 the Lakes of Inchiquin about seven miles from 
 Ennis, in April, 1830, his parents being James and 
 Mary (Barrett) McNaniara. natives of the same 
 country and locality. The father was a farmer by 
 occupation, and not being satisfied with his condi- 
 tion or prospects in his native country, resolved to 
 emigrate to America. Accordingly, in 1852, he 
 left his native land, and after a safe voyage, landed 
 in New York City, whence he proceeded to Indiana, 
 and remained in that State for five years. Thence 
 he came with his family to Keokuk, and eng.aged 
 in the grocery business with his son, .lohn li,, until 
 his decease, which occurred in 18U'J. The wife and 
 mother had preceded liini three 3'ears, dying in 
 186G. He was a stanch supiiorter of the Democratic 
 party, and with his wife adhered to the Catholic 
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ten chilflren, of whom nine are still living: Bridget, 
 Mrs. McNainara, resides in Indiana; Patrick is 
 engaged in the grocery business in Keolvuk; Nora, 
 now Mrs. Murphy, resides in I>uuisville, Ky. ; 
 Michael is a resident of Keokuk, as also are James, 
 Maggie, Mary, and John, who is Clerk of the District 
 Court; Annie lives in Missouri. 
 
 The younger years of Mr. McNamiira were spent 
 upon his father's farm and in attendance at the 
 c<jmnK)n schools. At the early age of eighteen 
 years, he left the parental roof and his native land 
 and set sail for the New World. Aftei' a prosperous 
 voyage he landed in Boston, and for a time was 
 employed on a farm, lie then set his face west- 
 ward, going to New Alliany, Ind., and after he had 
 attained to years of manhood, engaged in contract- 
 ing and building, having under his charge from 100 
 to 150 men. In 1857 he came to Keokuk and 
 pursued the sarne occuijation for two years, when 
 he went to St. Louis, engaged there in the same 
 business, and remained until 1861. Me then re- 
 turned to Keokuk, and during the building of the 
 (iovernment canal in this section, took a contract 
 for 120,000, which involved the employment of 100 
 men. When this wa completed, he still continued 
 as a contractor and builder, in which he was very 
 successful, and accumulated sutticient means to 
 establish his present business, in which he became 
 engaged in 187(). His business otlice is located in 
 the building which he eretted in 1 882, and besides 
 his own handsome residence, he owns three other 
 dwelling-houses wiiich are occupied by tenants. 
 
 Mr. McNamara was married in 1855, to Miss 
 Anne, the daughter of Patrick and Bridget Morau, 
 of Bedford, Ind. Of this union there have been 
 born six children, of whom the following are living: 
 Cornelius, Frank, John and Charles. The three 
 first-named are associated with their father in his 
 business, and Charles is connected with the hard- 
 ware firm of A. Weber & Co. The family residence 
 is located at No. 812 Bank street, where its inmates 
 enjoj' all the comforts and many of the luxuries of 
 life. The family is connected with the Roman 
 Catholic Church, and politicallj' Mr. McNamara 
 casts his vote with the Democratic party. He is 
 one of the prominent and substantial l)usiness men 
 of Keokuk and takes a livelj' interest in everj'thing 
 
 that pertains to the welfare of the Gate City. 
 F'ormerly he was a member of the Board of Super- 
 visors, and is now one of the Park Commissioners, 
 and contributes cheerfully and liberally to every 
 good work and purpose in his vicinity. 
 
 ICHAKD E. GRIFFIS, a highly esteemed 
 resident and farmer of Cedar Township, 
 was born in Kentucky, Oct. 10, 18;3t). His 
 ^©; father, William GrifHs, was also a native of 
 the same State, and his grandfather was a native 
 of Wales, who came to America with his parents 
 at an early period in the history of this coun- 
 try, and located in Kentucky. They removed 
 from this State to Indiana in about 1836, settling 
 in Clay County, on a tract of timber land. There 
 were few inhabitants in the region at that day, but 
 those hardy pioneers were brave and persevering, 
 and in due time cleared a farm and established a 
 home in the wilderness. There they lived until 
 1859, then sold out, and sought a home farther 
 West, beyond the Father of Waters. Coming into 
 Iowa, they purchased a farm in Jasper County, and 
 here the grandparents of our subject passed the re- 
 mainder of their lives. 
 
 William Griffls, the father of our subject, was 
 roared in Kentucky, and removed from his native 
 State with his parents to Indiana. The renK)val 
 was accomplished by means of four horses and a 
 wagon. In the latter they loaded their household 
 effects, and during the journey camped and cooked 
 by the wayside. They built a hig liijuse upon a 
 tract of timber land in Clay County, and became 
 the possessors of a large acreage. The log cabin 
 in due time was replaced by a substantial frame 
 house, and they were prospered in their labors of 
 clearing the land and tilling the soil. In 1851, ac- 
 companied bj- his family, William Griftis started 
 on an overland journey to Missouri. He only re- 
 uuiined in that State, however, for one year, and 
 then coming into Lee County, Iowa, rented a 
 farm in Washington Township, upon which he con- 
 tinued one year, and then purchased a tract of 
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 In early manhood William Grittis w;is united in 
 marriage with Miss Uutli Klsen, a native of Kcn- 
 tiu;ky. She accompanied her husband through all 
 his wanderings and shared in iiis toils and anxieties. 
 She finally came with hiui to this county, and died 
 in .Jefferson Townsliij). Of their union there were 
 born six children, as follows: Ilezekiah lives in 
 Crystal City, Dak. ; the second son is the subject of 
 our sketch, and following came his brother James; 
 .bihn lives in Pottawattamie County, Iowa; Mary 
 A., the wife of .John 15ullard, lives in AVayne 
 County, Iowa; the youngest child died in infancy. 
 
 The subject of this history was but three years 
 old when his parents removed from his native 
 State to Indiana, and sixteen when thej' came to 
 Lee County. He was reared to farming pursuits 
 and remained under the parental roof until his 
 marriage. He then rented a farm in A\'ashington 
 Township, where he remained for two years, and 
 then purchased a farm in Wayne County, which he 
 occupied three years, then returned and settled on 
 the old homestead in Lee County, which he oper- 
 ated until 1.S07. He then purchased his present 
 homestead. It was a tract of wild and unimproved 
 land when he took possession of it, but through 
 the exercise of ceaseless industry he has brought 
 it to a high state of cultivation, and supplied it 
 with valuable farm liuildings. The homestead con- 
 sists of IGO acres, and Mr. (Triffls also has a finely 
 improved farm of 181 acres in Marion Township. 
 
 Hichard K. GrifHs and Miss Mary .Sawyer were 
 united in marriage on the .^th of August, 1860. 
 Mrs. G. was a native of this county, her birth oc- 
 curring in Washington Township, Aug. 7, 1H41. 
 Her father, .Tohn Sawyer, was a New Englander, 
 born in Wendell, Franklin Co., Mass., where he was 
 reared and married, and there remained until l«;i2. 
 He then went to Ohio with his familj', remaining 
 in that State four years, and from tliere went into 
 the Territory of Wisconsin, settling on the Black- 
 hawk Purchase, and soon thereafter in.ade a claim 
 in Washington Towjisliip, this county. The laud 
 - was not then even surveyed, but wiieii it came 
 into market he located U)k»ii il and remained there 
 until his de:itli. .Mrs. .Ipininja Sawyer, the niotliei- 
 
 her husband, and coming West with iiim. departedj 
 this life in Washington Township in 1.S.H4. Th 
 parental househohl consisted of six children, as fol 
 lows: Franklin is in Texas; Ashel is deceased 
 William C. enlisted as a soldier in isiil, and die 
 while in the, service in October of the same year 
 Sarah M., the wife of Hezekiah tirillis, lives inm 
 Custer City, Dak.; Martha .1., now Mrs. llaniill.''"''' 
 lives in Mt. Ilamill; A'athaniel (i. is in Kansas. = {} 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Griffls of our sketch became lii 
 parents of three children — Sylvester, Kilith an 
 Herbert. Mrs. Griffls died Feb. -J, Is.sT. 
 familj' is highlj' respected in this community, and; 
 Mr. G. is faithfully fulfilling the obligations of ar 
 good citizen. Politically he affiliates witli thej;3 
 Democratic party, and is the friend of good order; J 
 education, morality and religion. 
 
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 R. T. J. MAX\\KLL, of Keokuk, Iowa 
 has been a resident of the Gate City sine 
 1882, and during this comparatively lu'ie 
 j)eriod has taken rank among the first o 
 his profession in this vicinity. He is a native officii 
 Ohio, born in New Athens, Harrison County, or 
 the Oth of March, 1837. His parents were Johi£|K 
 and Jane (Orr) Maxwell, natives respectively' ofiei 
 West \'irginia and Pennsylvania. 
 
 Thomas Maxwell, the grandfather of our subject^; 
 removed from his native .State to Ohio in 1804, an 
 there engaged in farming pursuits. There the fa- 
 ther of our subject was reared, and was engage 
 with his father upon the farm until he attained Uit 
 years of maturity, when he became a skilled me 
 chanic, and w.as engaged in the building of mills an 
 other important structures until 1842. He the 
 crossed the Misssissippi to look over the conn 
 try, and l)eing pleased with the prospect, renH)vef^ 
 his family here in 1844, and located in Washingtor 
 County. Here he pursued his building operations ii{| 
 and around Crawfordsville until he ceased from hi| 
 earthly labors in 18(;y. The wife of his youth surflE 
 vived him sixteen years, dying in 188;'). They wer 
 the parents of nine children, one of whom died i 
 infancy. The others lived to mat ure years, anil six oj 
 
these latter are still living : Mary, Mrs. Allen, and 
 ZipporaU, Mrs. Walker, are residents of Kansas; 
 the fourth child was T. J., the subject of our 
 sketch ; Emma, Mrs. McCall, and Elizabeth, Mrs. 
 Anderson, are in Washington, Iowa; Rachel A., Mrs. 
 Brook, is in Kansas. 
 
 Dr. Maxwell of our sketch spent the greater part 
 of his early years obtaining a primary education 
 in the district schools. At the age of fourteen years 
 he engaged as clerk in a store, and a part of the 
 time attended the academy at C'rawfordsville. He 
 then engaged in the furniture business for about 
 one year, after which he sold out, and for the same 
 length of time was occupied in teaching school. 
 lie had been studious and ambitious, and now de- 
 cided to take up the study of medicine. He ac- 
 coidingly entered the office of Dr. Miles, of C'raw- 
 fordsville, and remained for three years under the 
 instruction of this eminent physician, in the mean- 
 time being a close student of the best medical 
 works extant. He then entered the Keokuk Col- 
 lege of, Physicians and Surgeons, from which he 
 graduated in 1861, and engaged in the practice of 
 his chosen profession in Richmond, Washington Co., 
 I(jwa. After a year's practice, the war then being 
 in progress, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon 
 of the 3d I(.)wa Cavalry, and joined his regiment at 
 Helena, Ark. He participated with his regiment 
 in its various battles and marches, and in .July, 
 1865, was commissioned Surgeon of the i;i8th 
 1'. S. C. T., and was stationed at Atlanta until Jan- 
 uar}' of the following year, when he was mustered 
 out with his regiment and returned to his home at 
 Crawfordsville. From this latter place Dr. Max- 
 well removed to Washington, Iowa, thence to 
 Olena, Henderson Co., 111., where he remained un- 
 til 1878, engaged in the practice of medicine and 
 surgery. From there he removed to Biggsville in 
 the .same count}-, practicing in that vicinit}' for 
 four years, and then re-crossed the Mississippi and 
 located in the Ciate City. 
 
 Dr. Maxwell was married, in 1866, at Crawfords- 
 ville, Washington Co., Iowa, to Miss Elizabeth S. 
 Riley, of Ohio. The household circle consists of 
 foui' children living — .lohn R., Mabel ('., .Maude B. 
 and Helen .].; two, Ralph S. and Nellie (i., having 
 died in infancy. Their hiind^ome home is located 
 
 at No. 727 Ninth street, and is the resort of th( 
 most highly cultivated people of the city. Th( 
 Doctor is Republican in politics, and a member ol 
 the G. A. R. He occupies a high position among 
 his professional brethren of the city ; he belongfc 
 to the City Medical .Society, the Illinois Medic; 
 Society, the Iowa Medical Society, and the Ameri 
 can Medical Association. He is Surgeon on thci 
 staff of the St. Joseph Hospital, and Professor of 
 Anatomy at the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons of Keokuk, also local surgeon for the C. R. 
 I. & P. R. R. Co. 
 
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 of the honored 
 
 f^EYTON DAWSON, one 
 Jl pioneers of Lee County, is a resident of 
 Cedar Township, and as a fine representative 
 of that brave and courageous baud who 
 first ventured into the country beyond the Missis 
 sippi with the determination to establish a home, is' 
 held iji deep veneration and respect. Not alone 
 for this, however, is Mr. Dawson thus esteemed, 
 but for his excellent personal traits of character 
 which have gained for him the reputation of ai 
 honest man and good citizen. 
 
 Mr. Dawson is a native of Shelby County, Ky.Jjp^ 
 born on the ;Jth of March, 181 'J. His father, Elijah jj 
 Dawson, and his grandfather, John B. Dawson, jj [ 
 were both natives of ^'irginia, and the latter, a boy | 
 with CTCorge Washington. He also served as s 
 soldier under the Father of his Country, and during 
 the last years of his life enjoyed the benefits of 
 pension from his Goverinuent. John B. Dawso: 
 removed from his native State to Kentucky '• | ^ .^ 
 about 1816, and settled in Shelby County, where h« ;i 
 lived for sixteen years. Then, in 1832, he removed VM^ 
 to Illinois and located near .Jacksonville, where h4|3p 
 passed the last years of his life, and was buried 
 with military honors, the trtiops of that military 
 post being then under the command of Gen. J. J. 
 Harding. 
 
 Elijah Dawson, the father of our subject, was 
 reared in bis native State of Virginia, and when 
 young man went to Prince William County as over- 
 seer on ft plantation lielonging to a Mr. (ieorge,!; 
 whose grand-daughter, Miss Anna Colvin, he nfter-. 
 
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 ward married. In 1815 he removed to Kentucky 
 with his wife and two children, and leased land in 
 Shelby County. The whole distance, 700 miles 
 through the wilderness, was made with teams, and 
 after a residence of about seventeen years in Ken- 
 tucky, Elijah Dawson once more iniUed up stakes, 
 and repeating his former experiment set out over- 
 land for Illinois. They cooked and camped by the 
 wayside as before, and settled up<jn Morgan County 
 as their first location, Mr. 1). purchasing land about 
 five miles from Jacksonville. His purchase was 
 unimproved, and he at once set about establishing 
 his famil3' comfortably in a liy no means modern 
 dwelling, and then beg.aii to prepare the soil for the 
 first croi). Here they lived until the farm was 
 brought to a good condition and saleable, and then 
 Elijah Dawson solil his second homestead, and 
 probably with the desire of Daniel Boone for "more 
 room" determined to cross tlie Father of Waters 
 and establish himself beyond the Mississip|)i. This 
 journey, like the others, was made overland with 
 teams, accompanied by his family and household 
 possessions. Thej- stopped foi- one year in West 
 Point, and afterward removed to the present site of 
 Summitville, being the first to make a settlement 
 in that region. Their cabin stood on the ])rairie a 
 quarter of a mile north of wiiere the town now 
 stands. Mr. D. purchased a claim of 300 acres on 
 the "half-breed" tract, built a double log iiouse, 
 and remained there until his death, which occurred 
 in September. 1 84.5. 
 
 The mother of our subject, before her marriage, 
 was Miss Anna Colvin, of Prince William County, 
 Va. She remained the faithful companion of her 
 husband in all his wanderings and removals, and 
 fulfilled the duties of a pioneer's wife with courage 
 and patience, .she crossed the Mississippi with her 
 husliand and cliildren, and juissed her last da3-s on 
 the old homestead near Summitville. She and her 
 husband were separated bj' death for on I}- the short 
 space of twenty-f(jur hours, after which she followed 
 him to the better land. The day following the 
 death of the mother, the devoted household experi- 
 TjTTJi^ q enced a third attiiction in the death of a sister, 
 Eliza E., an interesting little girl of eleven years 
 old. The three were buried in tme grave. 
 
 Peyton Uawson of our sketch was the fourth child 
 
 of his parents, and was twelve years old when the 
 family removed from Kentucky to Illinois. He re- 
 members all the interesting incidents connected with 
 the overland journej', and entered into the spirit of 
 the adventure with boyish enthusiasm. He assisted 
 his father in the duties around the homestead, and 
 as his mother was in ill-health for nearlj' three 
 years, he was largely (jccupied in household duties. 
 He came to Iowa with his parents, and after they SIH 
 
 had been here one year he was married and com- Hu 
 
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 menced life on his own account. He purchased a Be i 
 
 claim of 200 .icres of land which is now included fiti 
 
 Ctl 
 in the County Farm in Jackson Township. There K?i 
 
 . . StP 
 
 was a great deal of uncertainty in coimection with 
 
 these claims in the half-breed tract, and Mr. D. 
 
 hatl purchased his claim of a Mormon from Nauvoo, 
 
 by whom he was assured that the title was perfect. 
 
 He learned, however, before he moved upon it that 
 
 it was to be "jumped." He called his neighbors to 
 
 his assistance, and put up a log cabin in a liurry 
 
 and moved into it. After living there two weeks 
 
 two men called upon him and ordered liim to 
 
 leave, but he took down his gun and made the same S|} 
 
 suKtcestion to them, w-hich they followed uncon- | 
 
 ditionally. The following week a companj' of eighty g 
 
 men came to his place, and, halting a short distance Ij 
 
 awaj', sent a delegation C)f twelve to parley with the i 
 
 occupant of the new cabin. When they f(jund that i 
 
 he would not be bullied but would fight to the 
 
 death, they retreated, and he afterward "held the 
 
 fort" unmolested. n 
 
 Two years later Mr. Dawson sold his eight}' acres '^ 
 
 and build a double log house on the spot now 
 
 occupied by the county house. This he occupied 
 
 one year, then sold out and removed to Jefferson 
 
 County, and after a year spent at the latter place 
 
 came into Lee County. Then, after the death of 
 
 his parents, he purch.ased the old homestead and 
 
 occupied it until 18;jl, when he sold this also, and 
 
 two years later purchased the farm which he now 
 
 owns and occupies. Mr. Dawson possessed con- ||; 
 
 siderable of the adventurous spirit of his father, 
 
 and seemed to delight in taking up a piece of wild 
 
 land and oi)eiiing up a farm out of the wilderness. 
 
 His last purchase was also wild prairie, upon which 
 
 he erected a small frame house, which has since 
 
 given place to a commodious farm residence. The B 
 
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RESIDENCE OF J05EPH KRICHEL, 5EC5. 11 & 12. JACKSON TP. 
 
 BUSINESS HOUSE AND RESIDENCE OF HENRY SCHAR F EN B ERG , KEO KUK .10 WA . 
 
 REHIDENCE OF HENRY GARVE R IC H , SEC . 17. DES MOINES TP. 
 
homestead is now supplied with good barns and 
 outhouses, amply suitable for the storing of grain 
 and the shelter of stock. He is the possessor of 17(5 
 acres of finely improved hind and pasture, and be- 
 sides this owns forty acres of valuable timber in 
 Van Buren t'ounty. 
 
 Mr. Dawson was marrieil in 1)S42, to Miss Ellen 
 A. Stoddard, a native of Xew Hampshire. Mrs. 
 Ellen Dawson f>nlv lived five years after her mar- 
 riage, and l)ee;nne the nxjther of three children, one 
 son and two daughters: Eliza E. became the wife 
 of James Kennedy, the present Assessor of Cedar 
 Township; Martha A. and E. P. are deceased. The 
 second wife of Mr. Dawson, to whom he was mar- 
 ried in 1S48, was Miss Sarah Sartore, of New York. 
 She was born in Alleganj^ County, N. Y., Jan. 
 26, 1826, and is the daughter of Zebulon and 
 Nancy A. (Hoglan) Sartore, both natives of New 
 Jersey'. They emigrated from their native State 
 to Iowa in 1845, and located in Summitville, where 
 Mr. S. purchased a tract of land and improved 
 a farm, upon which he lived until 1851, and then 
 sold out and removed to Clarke County, where 
 both parents passed the remainder of their lives. 
 
 By the second marriage of our subject have been 
 born the following : Wesley lives in Henry County, 
 Iowa; Linsej' M., in Cedar Township; the next was 
 a daughter, Lucinda J. ; Commodore and Isadore 
 were twins, and the two youngest are William Sher- 
 man and ^linnie Bell. IMr. and Mrs. Dawson are 
 prominently connected with the Christian Church, 
 and Mr. D., who cast his first vote for Gen., Harri- 
 son for President, is a stanch supporter of the Re- 
 publican party. 
 
 ylLLIAM TORLEY, a highly esteemed citi- 
 zen of West Point, is successfully engaged 
 as a dealer in boots, shoes, leather and gro- 
 ceries. He came to this localitj- in 1872, at once 
 establishing himself in business as a general mer- 
 |a chant, and afterward confined his operations to his 
 ■^ present line of goods. He had had a ripe experience 
 in trade, having been for twenty-two years clerk 
 for A. (i. Adams, the well-known boot-and-shoe 
 merchant of Burlington, Iowa. After leaving the 
 
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 service of this house he spent four months as a 
 traveling salesman, and became one of the most 
 popular men on the route. 
 
 'J'he subject of our sketch is a native of the Em- 
 pire of Germany, born in Prussia, Jan. 2, 1831. 
 His father, who all his lifetime w;is eng,aged in 
 farming i)ursuits, emigrated to this country in 1848, 
 and is still living, at the age of eighty years, at 
 Oquawka. 111. His son, our subject, came with the J 
 balance of the family, and they all first settled in 
 Des Moines County, Iowa. They were located on 
 a farm near Burlington until 1850, wiien the father 
 went across tlie phiins to the mining regions of 
 California, and was there engaged three years with 
 fair success. He then returned and retired from 
 active labor, and is now living with his children. 
 
 Mr. Torley is the owner of six lots and one good 
 building beside his store. He has pursued a 
 straightforward course, and his business has been 
 conducted with system and good order. He was 
 married in 1854, to Miss Maggie Bishop, of Bur- 
 lington, a lady of German parentage and descent. 
 Of this union there have been born eight children, 
 six now living: Matilda and Louisa are married, 
 and Julia, Emma, Libbie and May are at home 
 with their parents. The deceased are Etta and an 
 infant unnamed.. Mr. and Mrs. Torley are mem- 
 bers in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. Politically Mr. T. is solidly Republican, 
 and has been Village Trustee for two terms. 
 
 HOMAS DOBSON, one of the early settlers 
 of Lee Count}', came to this section in the 
 fall of 1855, from Quebec, Canada, to which 
 he had emigrated from his native England nine 
 weeks before. He first settled with his family in 
 West Point Township, where they lived until 1870, 
 and then removed to Washington Township, which 
 has since been their home. The farm estate of Mr. 
 D. comprises 120 acres, pleasantly located on section 
 17, eighty of which is tillable and under a good 
 state of cultivation. 
 
 Thomas Dobson was born in Westmoreland 
 County, England. Aug. 8, 1820, .-ind is the son of 
 Isaac and Hannah (Garner) Dobson. He was 
 
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 leared on a farm in his native country, and was 
 there married, April 22, 1855. to Miss Elizabeth 
 Campbell, a native of Y<>rkr*hire, who was born 
 Sept. 2;3. 1«;30. They became the parents of four 
 children, of whom the record is as follows: Eliza- 
 lieth died in Washington Township, Sept. .'). 1K77; 
 ThomnsC. married Miss Amanda Mills, and resides 
 ill Washington Township; Mary J. is a teacher; | 
 Kdward W. married Miss Libbie I'atten, and 1 
 resides in Albuquerfpie, N. M. Mr. and Mrs. ! 
 I), are connected with the Methodist Church, 
 and politically our subject uniformly votes with 
 the Republican party. 
 
 Dnrinii their passage to America Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dobson met with a thrilling adventure and a mir- 
 aculous escape from death. The vessel, containing 
 over 700 passengers, was shipwrecked near the banks 
 of Newfoundlaiul, and those who were on board 
 liarely escaped with their lives. The vessel became 
 a total wreck and, with many others, Mr. and Mrs. 
 1). were taken into lifeboats, and landed in Quebec 
 nearly destitute, having lost all their clothing and 
 money. Through the aid of friends, Mr. 1). obtained 
 sufficient means to reach this section, and thus, as it 
 will be seen, commenced at the foot of the ladder 
 ill common with many of the other early settlers of 
 this region. He was not by any means dismayed at 
 the disaster which had overtaken him, but put to 
 good use his natural talents of energy and industry, 
 and ill due time was rewarded with success. 
 
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 present position by the exercise of his own indns-a 
 
 try, the circumstances which suri-ouiidetl iiis youth; 
 
 com|)clling him to make his own way in tlic world.: 
 
 Dr. Ingersoll was born in Ogdeii, Monroe Co.,: 
 
 >.'. Y., Sept. 26, 1823, and is the sou of Theodore: 
 
 S. and I>ydia (Brewer) Ingersoll, natives of Massa-^}; 
 
 chusetts. His f;ither in early life was engaged in 
 
 the shoe business, and subsequently in agricultural §;;} 
 
 pursuits, and during the last thirt\' years of his lifeE i 
 
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 was occupied in the jewelry business at OI)erlin;;i 
 
 and at Elyria, Ohio. He was induced to emigrates i 
 
 to Oberlin in conipany with a colony w^liich had: ^i 
 
 been formed for the purpose of settling up that: ji 
 
 section, and was one of the founders of Oberlin -jti 
 
 College, which h.as since obtained such a wide repu-;ii\ 
 
 tation as an institution of learning. For the estab-ar-n 
 
 lishment of this, he gave of his means liberally', butHlii 
 
 in the crisis of 1837 lost the greater part of hisiii 
 
 property, and his son, our subject, was consequently 31; i 
 
 thrown ui)on his own resources. aln 
 
 The parental fainilv consisted of six children, tive;-! 
 
 ■ ;n 
 
 of whom are still living' — Harriet N., Timothy D.,:ii 
 
 William 15., W. Willshire and the subject of thisSji 
 
 narrative. Sli 
 
 Luman C. Ingersoll was naturally studious and^Ei 
 
 ambitious, and notwithstanding his father's reverseCEi 
 
 of fortune, determined to pursue his education.:^! 
 
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 After the completion of his primary studies he en-p^i 
 
 tered Oberlin College, from which he graduated in^B 
 
 184(;. After spending a few years in general edu-5ci 
 
 cational pursuits, he entered the dental office ofgs} 
 
 his brother at Oberlin, where he remained untilll} 
 
 1853, and was then in the employ of Robinson <feg'" 
 
 Ambler, of Cleveland, Ohio, for the space of six 
 
 months. He then engaged in business for himself 
 
 in that city, following the practice of his profession 
 
 there for ttve years, after which he sold out and 
 
 came to Keokuk. Of the dentists who were here 
 
 R. LUMAN C. IN(;ERS0LL, of Keokuk, 
 Iowa,. is one of the leading dentists of the 
 Mississii)pi Valley, and in ever}' respect 
 has mastered the science which admits of I at the time of his coming, he is the only one re-6|} 
 
 so much skill. He is not only highly educated in 
 the profession of dentistry, but has been student 
 of a wide range of subjects, and possesses literary 
 attainments of more than an ordinary' degree. In 
 his studies jind practice he has taken rank above 
 mere mechanical dentistry, and has made of it an 
 art ill .st'cking to preserve the symmetry of the face 
 :inil the tones of the voice. He has arrived at his 
 
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 mainnig. and has closely followed this i)usuiess, 
 in tiie meantime securing every valuable workbear-3|} 
 ing upon the subject, and all the appliances which 
 would assist him to excel. In addition to his ex 
 tensive reading, he has become the author of many; 
 valuable articles pertaining to this branch of sur-g 
 gery, and luis recently published a book called; 
 " Dental Science, or Dent'il .Materia Medica, Deii-r'^ 
 
 „..,..., , ^AfUUL^s^ pasggg, 
 
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 LEE COUNTY, 
 
 tal Physiology, Dental Pathology and Therapeu- 
 tics." 
 
 Dr. lugersoll is a member of the State Dental 
 Society, and was President for three years. He 
 also belongs to the American Dental Associiition. 
 He received the degree of Master of Arts from 
 Oberlin College in IKGO. In 1882 he was elected 
 Dean of the Dental Department of the State Uni- 
 versity of Iowa, at Iowa City, which position he 
 still holds. As a citizen he has been actively in- 
 terested in everything pertaining to the welfare of 
 his communit}', and has contributed of his time 
 and means to advance its industrial interests. For 
 two years he was President of the Library Asso- 
 ciation, and lie is a Director of the Keokuk Stove 
 Works, which are prominently located on the cor- 
 ner of Twelfth and Johnston streets. He has ac- 
 cumulated considerable property. 
 
 Dr. Luuian C. Ingersoll and Miss Maria Porter 
 were united in marriage in the State of New York, 
 in April, 1 8.50. Mrs. lugersoll is a highlj' accom- 
 plished lad}- and the daughter of Judge T. H. Por- 
 ter of Cattaraugus County, N. Y., who for many 
 3'ears served the State in the Legislative Depart- 
 ment, serving also one term in the United States 
 Congress. The Doctor and his lady occupy a beau- 
 tiful residence at the intersection of Seventh and 
 Orleans streets, whicli is one of the finest dwellings 
 in this sectiou, with beautifully ornamented grounds 
 and all the appliances of cultivated taste and am- 
 ple means. 
 
 Dr. Ingersoll and his wife are the center of a 
 large cii'cle of friends and acquaintances, who com- 
 prise the most highlj' cultivated people of the Gate 
 City. His long residence here has made his name 
 a familiar one throughout this section, and his 
 genial disposition, kindly manners and straightfor- 
 ward business methods have attained for him a 
 standing second to that of no man in the State. 
 He is a liright example of what a worthy ambition 
 and steady perseverance will accomplish. His 
 worldlj- possessions have been the legitimate re- 
 sult of honest labor, whicli has been conducted b}' 
 more than ordinary intelligence and researcii. To 
 aid him in going through college he taught and 
 studied at tiie same time, giving special lessons in 
 those branches in which he was most proficient. 
 
 He has been paid the high compliment of an invi 
 tation to prepare a paper for the Dental and Ora i? 
 Section of the Intei-national Medical Congress whicir 
 meets at Washington City in September, 1887, and 
 has consented t<j do so. 
 
 ill 
 
 VOHN B. KIEL, a successful hardware mer- 
 chant of Montrose, is a native of Lee 
 County, and was born in December, 1845. 
 He is the son of George and Charlotte 
 (Trump) Kiel, natives of Germany, who came toj 
 America and located at P't. Madison, Iowa, in' 
 about 183G. George Kiel was a piano and organ 
 maker by trade, and manufactured the first musical 
 instrument in the State of Iowa, in the year 1838 
 The date of his birth was 1 803, and he died in Ft 
 Madison in 18(51. The mother, Mrs. Charlotte 
 Kiel, was born in (iermany in 1823, and is still liv- 
 ing at Montrose. The parental household eon- } P 
 sisted of four children — John B., George AV., Adol-r''^ -" 
 phus E. and Edith M. D. 
 
 The subject of our sketch remained under the 
 parental roof uutil manhood, receiving a fair edu- 
 cation in the public schools of Ft. Madison. On the 
 
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 14th of December, 1870, he was united in marriage l[^S 
 with Miss Mary Wilson. Mrs. Kiel is a native of|: 
 Iowa, born in Lee County, July 28, 1848, and is ai i 
 daughter of Joim and Rebecca S. Wilson, the for- i \ 
 mer of whom died when Mrs. K. was about sixlMsl 
 months old. She was about seven j-ears of age! 
 when her mother came to Montrose, and remainecii 
 at home until her marriage. Of her union with oui*!! 
 subject there have been no children. 
 
 At tiie age of eigiiteen years Mr. Kiel learnec 
 the tinner's trade in Ft. Madison, and three ^-ear^jjip 
 later, in 186G, he set uji in business under the namd 
 and style of Miller & Kiel, at Montrose. In January, 
 18(i9, our subject purchased the interest of his I 
 partner and assumed the management of the busi- 
 ness. In connection with his tin stock he added 
 stoves, hardware, and everything pertaining to I 
 that line. He has been prosperous in his undertak- 
 ing and is one of the representative business men 
 of Montrose. 
 
 Mr. Kiel is popular uuiong his associates, and'^ 
 
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socially is connected with the A. F. & A. M., belong- 
 ing to .loppa lAxXge No. i;:!G, at Montrose, of which 
 he has been Woi-shipful Master for several terms. 
 He is also P. 11. P. of Potowoiiok Chapter No. 
 2^, R. A. M., at Ft. Madison, and a nienil)er of 
 
 Damascus C iiiamUMy No. .">. K. '!"., at Keokuk, 
 
 and was a charter nicmher of Cascade Lodge No. 
 GO. I. O. O. F., Iiaving also occupied the chair in 
 that order. In .idditioii to these, he also belongs to 
 the K. of P.. Aluvipetuck !,odge Nt). 115, at .Mont- 
 rose, of which he was First P.ist Chancellor, and 
 also a nienilicr of M;iilh.-i Cliaptel- No. ;'), (). K. S., 
 at Jlonlrosc. 
 
 Mr. Kiel is a incnilier of tlie Kpiscopal Cluu-ch, 
 and lias been Supcrintrndciil of tlic Siibliath-school 
 for ten years, lie was the Mayor of .Montrose in 
 1873, has held the odicc of City Recorder, and also 
 tliat of City 'rre:i>incr for fourteen years, lie is 
 most intimately idenlilied witli the interests of 
 Montiose Townshii), not only from an industrial 
 point of view, but because he has been the warm 
 I supporter of every movement tending to her wel- 
 I fare, whether morally, religiously or educationally. 
 
 ON. A. II. EVANS, of ilu' lumber firm of 
 Evans ct Sheppard, located on B and Rail- 
 road streets, Keokuk, tiist came to this cit3' 
 in 1877, and with his present partner pur- 
 chased a retail grocery store on Main street. Thej- 
 continued in the business for about two 3'ears, 
 when the_v disjwsed of the same, ;ind embarked in 
 the enterprise in which they arc at present engaged, 
 and in which they have met with far more than or- 
 dinary success. 
 
 A. II. Evans was born in New .Jersey, in 1840, 
 and is the son of Lewis S. and Elizabeth (Hart) 
 3 Evans, also natives of the same State. The father 
 was a school teacher by profession, and also p.assed 
 a portion of his years m merchandising. He de- 
 parted this life in KSf."), and the demise of the 
 mother of our subject occurred in 18(!7. The par- 
 ental family comprised tliiee children, of whom A. 
 II. is the oul}' one who survives. His father died 
 when he was about live years old, and on reaching 
 the .age of ten years he left the home and went to 
 
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 work on a farm, receiving as remuneration for his 
 
 services his board and clothes, and three months' 
 schooling each j'ear until he was sixteen years of 
 age. Arriving at this age he apprenticed himself 
 to learn the cabinet business, which he mastereil. 
 and at which he labored until the breaking out of 
 the late Civil War.^ At the first call for 75,0(iii 
 men our subject enlisted. He served out his term 
 of eidistment, three months, and returning home 
 re-enliste 1 in the yth New Jersey Regiment, and 
 served through the war, coming back home when 
 the terrible conflict was ended, in 1Mb, a CaiJtain. 
 He was engaged in the following battles: Roanoke 
 Island, N. C. : Newburn; Drury's Bluff; Cold Har- 
 bor; siege of Pittsburg, and was taken prisoner at 
 Wise's Fork, and after four days made his escape, 
 returning to the Union lines after an absence of 
 twelve da3's, which was accorapli.shed by hiding 
 during the da.ytime and traveling under cover of 
 darkness at night. 
 
 After the close of the war Mr. Evans settled in 
 Arkansas, and was engaged in raising cotton and 
 mcicli.indising, and also in lumbering. He has 
 been in comi)an3' with his present partner since 
 18G5. Tlic\' were in business in Arkansas from 
 l^G;-) to 1877, when thej' sold most of their interests 
 there and c.-ime to Keokuk, and have since, with 
 tha exce|)tion of two years, conducted the business 
 in whieh they are at present engaged. They have 
 in their employ in the busy part of the season from 
 twent}' to forty-five men. 
 
 While a resident of Arkansas Mr. Evans was a 
 member of the Constitutional Convention at Little 
 Rock, and in 18G7 he was elected to the State Sen- 
 ate. At the present writing he is Alderm.Tn froni 
 the Third Ward, and is also one of the Directors of 
 the Loan and Building Association at Keokuk. He 
 is a Repulilican in politics, and socially is ;i niem- 
 bei- of the Masonic fraternity-. Mr. Evans was 
 united in marri.age with Miss R. M. Sheppard, a na- 
 tive of New Jersey, and daughter of William K. 
 .Sheppard, in 1869. Their union has been product- 
 ive of live children — Mabel, Louis S., Elizabeth II., 
 George C. and James R. ; the last named is de- 
 ceased. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Evans are both members of the 
 Presbyterian Church. He has taken a deep inter- 
 
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 LEE COUNTY. 
 
 est in the affairs of State and nation, and is one of 
 the foremost citizens of the city in which he lives. 
 His residence is on the corner of Seventh and 
 Franlvlin streets, where, surrounded by his happy 
 children and loving wife, he is enjoying the pleas- 
 ures of life. 
 
 ^OHN MITCHELL, a prosperous and enter- 
 prising fanner residing on section 10, Wash- 
 ington Township, owns and occupies a com- 
 fortable homestead which he has acquired by 
 the exercise of his native industry and the stanch 
 perseverance of the warm-hearted Celtic race. The 
 subject of our sketch is a native of Ireland, and 
 was born Maj' 13, 1823. His earl}' life was spent 
 on a farm, and then from the age of fourteen until 
 nearly twenty-one, he was engaged as a weaver of 
 linen. Not being satisfied with his condition or his 
 prospects in his native country, he then decided to 
 emigrate to America, the western part of which 
 was holding out rare inducements to the young 
 and enterprising emigrant. He accordingly set 
 sail from Portrush, and after a prosperous voyage 
 landed in New York City and obtained emplojnnent 
 as a carpet weaver, which he followed for the suc- 
 ceeding thirteen months. He then went to Phila- 
 delphia, and was similarly' <KCupied until the spring 
 of 1851, when he turned his steps westward, and 
 crossing the Mississippi, came into Van Buren 
 County, Iowa, where he purchased a farm and 
 ■located for one year. He then sold out, and the 
 J following spring came into Lee County and settled 
 : in Washington Township. Here he provided com- 
 fortably for his wife and child, and then started on 
 an overland trip to California. He spent about 
 four years in the mines, met with fair success, and 
 in the spring of 1856 returned to Ins family in 
 |E Washington Township. He then purchased the 
 ! homestead which he has since occupied, and has 
 ; been successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits 
 ■ and stock-raising. The homestead comin-ises 213 
 acres, finely cultivated, a handsome brick residence, 
 good barns and out-buildings, valuable farm imple- 
 ments and machinery, and all the appliances neces- 
 sary for the carrying on (.)f agriculture and stock- 
 raising after the most approved methods. 
 
 Mr. Mitchell wns married in Philadelphia, Pa., 
 .July 3, 1849, to Miss Jane Brewster, a native of 
 his own country, liorn Nov. 25, 1830. Of this 
 union there have been liorn seven children, of 
 whom the record is as folhjws : Two died in infancj' ; 
 John married Miss ^lary Shay, who died in Jeflfer- 
 son Township; Martha is the wife of James McAlis- 
 ter; Charles and John are residents of Leadville, 
 Col. ; Mary is the wife of Alvin L. Murphy, and 
 resides in Denmark Township, this county; Maggie 
 is at home with her parents. Mr. Mitchell has 
 taken an active interest in the welfare of his com- 
 munity, and has held some of the minor township 
 offices. The parents, with their two daughters, 
 ■Martha and Mary, are connected with the Presby- 
 terian Church, and politically Mr. Mitchell affiliates 
 with the Republican party. 
 
 ^^^ HARLE.S KLINGLER, an industrious and 
 [1 enterprising German farmer of Charleston 
 
 ^^^J Township, is comfortably located on section 
 10, and enjoying the fruits of his honest labors. 
 The date of his birth was Oct. 16, 1830, and he re- .. . . 
 raained in his native Germany until he wasaj'oung [ m 
 man twenty-two years of age, and his mind oc- 
 cupicd with plans for the future. Not being satis- 
 fied with his condition or his prospects in his na- 
 tive land, he set sail for America, and in the spring 
 of 1852 established himself in Erie Count}', N. Y., 
 where he remained for about nine ye.nrs. Thence 
 he removed to Lake Count}', 111., and purchased a 
 farm, which he occuiiicd and cultivated for about 
 six years. He then sold out, crossed the Missis- 
 sippi, and came into the Hawkeye State. He pur- 
 chased a farm of 102 acres located on section 10, 
 in Charleston Township, Lee County, where he es- 
 tablished a home and has since remained. In due 
 time he added to his first purchase, and now has 142 
 acres of tillable land, the most of it under a good 
 state of cultivation. 
 
 During his residence in Erie County, N. Y., Mr. 
 Klingler was married, June 9, 1853, to Miss Sallie 
 M. Reinhart, a native of France, who was born 
 Oct. 8, 1835. She was about six years old when 
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 Mrs. K. arc the parents of eight chihhen, the liricf 
 history of whom is jus follows: Keinhart mariieil 
 Miss Christine Theroflf, and resides in Franklin 
 Township ;Sallie is the wife of Jacob Renty. of 
 Charleston Township: Magdalena, Mrs. George 
 Weber, resides in the latter-named township; the 
 remaining children are Charles, (leorge, Albert, 
 Lucy and John. 
 
 Mr. Klingler has lieen (piite prominent in the 
 
 I public affairs of his townsiiii), having held the 
 
 oflices of Road Supervisor, T(jwnship Trustee, and 
 
 .other minor positions. He and his wife are mem- 
 
 h bers of the German Lutheran Church, and politi- 
 
 S^]c-ally Mr. K. affiliates with the Democratic party. 
 
 HOM AS HARTLEY, of Montrose Town.ship, 
 is head engineer of the (iovernment Ouard, 
 or I'pper Lock, (jn the Des Moines liapids 
 Covernment Canal, a position requiring the exer- 
 cise of large experience and a cool head. Mr. 
 sU Hartley is considered peculiarly well qualified for 
 3 this res]ionsible position. The subject of this biog- 
 raphy is the son of George and Elizabeth (Moat) 
 Hartley, natives of Yorkshire, England, where thej- 
 were married. They came to America in 1833, 
 proceeding at once to Wheeling, W. \'a., where the 
 died three j'cars later, in 183G. George 
 was a brewer by occupation, and survived 
 thirty-two years, dying in 1868. They 
 were the parents of eight children — Charles, Will- 
 iam, Ann, Moses, Thomas, John, George and Henry. 
 Thomas Hartley is tlie fifth child of his parents' 
 family, and w.as born April 12, 182^. He remained 
 under the parental roof until he arrived at years of 
 manhood, and was united in marriage with Miss 
 nn Goss. Mrs. Hartley was born in 183G. Of 
 ;heir union has been born one child, Charles, who 
 i narried Miss Mary Mathena, and is now engaged 
 as a machinist in Burlington, Iowa. 
 
 Thomas Hartley came to the Hawkeye State in 
 
 ^^^^11854 and located in Keokuk. He had learned the 
 
 ade of machinist and also that of engineering, in 
 
 Wheeling, W. Va., in 1847. He took charge of the 
 
 Upper Lock as head engineer in 1 H7it, and since 
 
 that time has thus been continuously engaged. He 
 occupies a comfortable homestead and enjoys the 
 esteem of his fellow townsmen. In politics he af- 
 filiates witli the Republican party. 
 
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 APT. GKORtiE E. DAVIS, of Ft. Madison, 
 is a member of the firm of Davis. Dodd A' 
 Co., dealers in real estate, loans and insur- 
 ance. The firm is transacting a profital)le business, 
 and its members are composed of some of the best 
 men of Ft. Madison. Capt. Davis is a native of 
 Massachusetts, Ijorn in Worcester County, Sept. 
 6, 18311. His parents were George and Nancy H. 
 (White) Davis, also natives of the Bay State, where 
 thej' passed their entire lives. The household con- 
 sisted of four children, of whom two only are liv- 
 ing, Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Schakley, of Bos- 
 ton, Mass., and George E., the subject of our 
 sketch. Capt. Davis was deprived of a mother's 
 care at an early age, and when a lad of thirteen 
 years was thrown upon his own resources. He was 
 without money, but he determined to obtain a good 
 education, and after a primary course in the public 
 schools, he entered an academy and attended three 
 terms, during which time he took care of the build- 
 ings and sawed wood to pay for his tuition and did 
 "chores" for a farmer to paj' his board. 
 
 After comiileting his education, young Davis be- 
 came employed in a chair manufactory. In May, 
 1861, he responded to the call for troops by enlist- 
 ing in the United States service, and was mustered 
 into Co. G. 21st Mass. Vol. Inf. He was soon 
 promoted to the rank of Orderly Sergeant, after- 
 ward to Sergeant Major, and in April, 1863, was 
 commissioned First Lieutenant. In January, 1864, 
 he w.as commissioned Adjutant, and held this rank 
 until he received an honorable discharge from the 
 service, and was then breveted Captain. He en- 
 dured with his regiment bravely and courageouslv 
 the vicissitudes of war, and participated in the bat- 
 .tles of Roanoke Island, Newbern, Camden, Bull 
 Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Freder- 
 icksburg, the siege of Knoxville, Lenoirs, Camp- 
 bell, Strawberry Plains, the Wilderness, the perilous 
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 disciiarged from the service. 
 
 At the close of his military career, Capt. Davis 
 eturned to Massachusetts. His wounds remained 
 for a long time unhealed, and he was onlj' able to 
 do very light work, but was variously employed 
 las he was able, and at the expiration of five j^ears 
 resumed his former employment in a chair manu- 
 ifactory. In 1877 he came West, making his loca- 
 ion at Ft. Madison, and for seven years thereafter 
 was occupied as foreman in the Ft. Madison chair 
 manufactory, after which he became engaged in 
 his present business. 
 
 While home on a furlough in February, 1 864, 
 jCapt. Davis was united in marriage with Miss 
 Helen M. Puffer, a native of his own State, born in 
 A\'orcester County. The household circle includes 
 three children — Winnefred, Herl)ert and Ethel. 
 Capt. Davis is held in high regard by his fellow- 
 townsmen on account of his straight business tran- 
 sactions, and his genial social disposition. Politi- 
 cally he is a stanch supixirter of the Rei)iil)liean 
 party, and socially is a Royal Ai-ch Mason, and has 
 been connected with the G. A. R. since 1 S68. He 
 is enterprising and liberal minded, and contributes 
 cheerfully of his means to the support of any 
 measure calculated to be for the general welfare of 
 his community. Capt. Davis was elected and com- 
 |nmissioned Captain of Co. F, '2d Regiment, I. N. 
 i?(T., March 5, 1887. 
 
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 F/rn JOHNSON. The subjei't of the fol- 
 lowing history is one of the most honored 
 residents of the Hawkeye State, and has 
 been favorably' known in this secti<ni for 
 Emore than thirty years. He first opened his eyes 
 sto the light among the rugged New England hills, 
 having been born in Middletown, Conn., on the sth 
 of August, 1798. He is tiie son of Daniel and Lu- 
 Ecretia (Prout) Johnson, natives of the same State 
 Sas their son. wliere they remained until after their 
 In aliout l.SO-2 the familv removed to New 
 
 Hampshire, and ten years later to Oneida County, 
 N. V. Thej' afterward went into Herkimer County, 
 where the lives of the parents terminated, the fa- 
 ther having arrived at the advanced age of ninet}'- 
 four years, and the nu)ther at eightj'-eight years. 
 The household circle included six children, all of 
 whom grew to years of maturity, but are all now 
 deceased except the subject of our sketch, wlio was 
 the eldest of the family. 
 
 Seth Johnson assisted his father in opening up 
 a farm in the woods of Herkimer County, and re- 
 mained under the parental roof until his marriage, 
 which took place Sept. 9, 1821. The maiden of his 
 choice was Miss Lavina A. Adams, of Oneida 
 County, N. Y., who was born March 1(3, 1804. 
 After their marriage they resided in Herkimer, Jef- 
 ferson and Oneida Counties, where Mr. .Johnson 
 was variously engaged uutil the year 1834. He 
 then removed to Huron County, Ohio, and there 
 they resided until 1854, at which time they crossed 
 the Mississippi and came into the Hawkej'e .State. 
 Mr. Johnson had purchased a large tract of land in 
 Jasper C<junty, and here they settled for a time, 
 and then removed into Lee County, locating upon 
 a tract of 240 acres which Mr. Johnson had also 
 previouslj- i)urchased. There they established a 
 homestead and remained permanently. For many 
 years they were industriously' employed in beauti- 
 fying and improving their farm, until it became a 
 point of attraction for all travelers through that 
 section. The proprietors of the farm also became 
 prominent in their locality, and highly esteemed 
 on account of their admirable traits t)f character. 
 They proved kind neighbors and excellent friends, 
 and assisted materially in the progress of moralitj' 
 and religion. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Johnson became the pai-ents of ten 
 children, of whom the record is .as follows : Daniel 
 died in infancy; Reuben A. is a farmer of Custer 
 County, Neb.; Natlianiel II. served as a soldier of 
 the Union in the 13th Iowa Regiment, and yielded 
 up his life at the liattlc of Shiloh, April 7, 1862; 
 Seth, Jr., died in Ohio; Robert left home at the age 
 of twenty-one yeai-s for California, and is supposed 
 to have died there ; .John is a resident of Lee 
 County, Iowa ; Lucretia became the wife of Lewis 
 Keeler, of this count}' ; Rosella married Benjamin 
 
F. BaiT, who was a solilicr in llif Kir.-t Iowa Cav- 
 alry, and (lied at Moinphis, Teiin. ; she resides with 
 her parents; ClKiuncy is operating a farm in Lee 
 County; Nelson resides at Ft. Madison. 
 
 .Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have lived together as- 
 husband and wife f(jr the long period of sixty -five 
 years, and are l)Oth in good health and enjoying 
 the fruits of tiieir early labors. They are sincere 
 Christians, and for long years have been connected 
 with the Methodist Episcopal Church, to the sup- 
 port of which they have contributed liberally and 
 (■heerfidly. Mr. .1. has uniformly cast his vote 
 
 MM} with the Kepul)lican party since the election of 
 Franklin Pierce. He has been active in the affairs 
 
 — — . of his township, and much interested in the cause 
 
 |;-: I of education. 
 
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 77th Pa. \iil. Inf.. and served until the close of E 
 
 the war. He participated with his comrades in all 5 
 
 the i)rincipai battles; was at Shiloh, the siege of St 
 
 Corinth, the battles of Stone River. Liberty Gap, ||; 
 
 Perrvville, Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain, 
 
 and joining the command of Gen. Sherman, was in 
 
 all the important battles of the Atlanta campaign, ^ fii 
 
 including the siege and caj)ture of the latter citj', 5 KI 
 
 and the battles of Franklin and Nashville which : iJ 
 
 followed. Ho bears an honorable sear from a : ' 
 
 wound received at Stone River. Mr. Spreen had : . 
 
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 Sergeant Major of the regiment, and after the close Elf 
 
 of the war went to Texas with his regiment, remain- : '. 
 
 
 n,|j^^ KNRY C. SPRKEN, a highly esteemed citi- 
 Ir^i zcn of Ft. Madison, is a native of Prussia, 
 born in the Province of Westphalia, Sept. 
 13. 1«4;5. His father, Charles L. Spreen, 
 was a native of the same Province, a weaver by 
 trade, and followed that (jccupation in his native 
 country until 1H,t9, when, accompanie<l l>y his wife, 
 he emigrated to the Fnited States, where his chil- 
 dren had previously located. He settled in Pitts- 
 liiirgh. Pa., where he spent his last days, I'etired 
 from active labor, in the society of his children. 
 "Tg— kt Of these the household circle included seven, two 
 C H of whom died in (iermany and the rcTuaining five 
 came to America: Frank W. is a wholesale grocer i 
 of Pittsburgh, Pa.,' Frederick, a merchant tailor, 
 died there in I)ecend>er, 18«.5; Henry C, our sub- 
 ject, was the fifth in order of birth; \\'ilhelmina, 
 now .Mrs. Mi hlnian. lives in Pittslairgh, and Dora, 
 Mrs. Lampe, is deceased. 
 
 The subject < f our sketch attended school in his 
 native country until he was fifteen years of age, 
 and soon afterward set sail for America, embarking 
 at liremen August 1. and lauded in New York 
 City on the 17th of September following. He 
 joined a brothei' at Pittsburgh, and remained in his 
 employ as clerk for three jears folkjwing, or until 
 about the time of the breaking out of the late war. 
 He then enlisted as a soldier of the Union in Co. B, 
 
 ing in service until December of the foUowin 
 year, and was mustered f)ut .Ian. 1(1, 1866. He had S:ji 
 perhaps, not been conspicuous for an3' brilliant ac- ^'') 
 tion during his long term of service, but he had : 
 faithfully and patiently performed all the duties of -: 
 a soldier, and received an honorable discharge at 
 the close. 
 
 After Mr. Spreen had once more l)ecome a civil- 
 ian he returned to Pittsburgh, and was engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits for the following nine years. 
 He then disposed of his interests in the East, ||;} 
 crossed the Mississippi, and came into Ft. ftLadison, E;} 
 where he decided to locate permanently, and has 
 remained here since that time. The marriage of 
 Henr^v C. Spreen and AHss Sophie \'oight w.as cele- 
 brated on the 4th of September, 1KG7. Mrs. S. is 
 a native of the same Province as her husband, and 
 came to this country before her marriage. 
 
 Mr. Spreen is a prominent man among his coun- 
 trymen in this vicinity. He is a member of Ger- 
 mania Loilge No. 509, A. F. <fe A. M., of Pitts- 
 burg, and Potowonok Chapter No. 28, Ft. Madi- 
 son, R. A. C. He also belongs to -Damascus Com- 
 manderj' No. .5. Keokuk, Humboldt Lodge No. 42, 
 K. of P., and was ?'irst (irand Chancellor, and is 
 now Past (irand of Concordia Lodge No. 133, 
 L (). (). F. He also belongs to the A. O. W. D. of 
 Druids, No. 2tS, of Burlington; V. A. S. fraternity 
 of Coleguim, No. .51, Ft. Madison; and James B. 
 Sami)le Post No. 171, G. A. R., and was Com- 
 mander of Will Adams Post, the first one organized 
 here. 
 
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 and adheres loyally to the religious faith of his par- 
 ents. He is a straightforward business man, honest 
 and upright in his transactions, the friend of law 
 and order, and is fulfilling with credit all the obli- 
 gations of a good citizen. A view of the fine three- 
 story brick business house of Mr. Spreen is pre- 
 sented on another page. 
 
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 (^ J/7ILLIAM H. TURNER, M. D., a prominent 
 tizen and physician of Jackson Township, 
 he proi)rietor of a fine homestead con- 
 sisting of l.o7 acres of valuable land, a handsome 
 brick dwelling-house, good barns and outhouses, 
 and everything necessary for the comfort and con- 
 venience of himself and family. This property is 
 pleasantly located on section 28, and in his char- 
 acter, both as physician and farmer, Dr. Turner is 
 widely and favorably known throughout this 
 section. 
 
 Our subject is a native of Scioto Count}', Ohio, 
 and was born Sept. 10, 1834. His parents were 
 John G. and Elizabeth C. (Smith) Turner, natives 
 respectively of Maryland and Kentucky. They 
 were married in Adams County, Ohio, and settled 
 in Bracken County, Ky., where they lived for about 
 three years, and thence removed to Scioto County, 
 Ohio, which remained their home ft)r several years, 
 when they returned to Kentuckj' and located in 
 Lewis County. From there, in 18.52, they crossed 
 the Father of AVaters, and came into Lee County, 
 Iowa, locating in Jackson Township, where the 
 father died in 1863. The mother afterward 
 removed to Keokuk, where her decease occurred 
 in about 18i!7. 
 
 The parental familj* of our subject included ten 
 children, six sons and four daughters, of whom 
 William H. was the fourth in order of biith. He 
 was eighteen years of age n-hen he came to Lee 
 County with his parents. Before coming to Iowa 
 he was employed as a pilot on the Ohio River, and 
 while in that capacitj^ improved all his leisure 
 moments in study, and by that means mostly, 
 obtained his elementarj- education ; he afterward 
 attended college at Ma^'sviUe, Ky. Before coming 
 West he had taken up the stud}' of medicine, which 
 
 he pursued after coming to Iowa under the in- 
 struction of John F. Sandford, M. D., of Keokuk, 
 with whom he remained for about four years. At 
 the expiration of this time he began to practice, 
 and finally located in Keokuk, remaining there^for 
 about three j-ears, and subsequentl}- removed into 
 Jackson Township, where he has since lived upon 
 his farm. 
 
 During the progress of the late Civil War, Dr. 
 Turner was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the 
 2d Iowa Infantry, and remained in the service from 
 the summer of 1861 until the close of the war in 
 1805. He then returned to Jackson Township and 
 resumed the practice of his profession, whicli ho 
 has alternated by the supervision of his farm and 
 engaging in its lighter pursuits. The Doctor is a 
 graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
 .nt Keokuk, and also of the Iowa Medical College, 
 receiving his diploma from the former in 1856. 
 During President Arthur's administration he was 
 appointed Medical Examiner on the Board at 
 Keokuk, and held that position until a new board 
 was organized under the Cleveland administration. 
 
 Dr. Turner was married in Jackson Township, 
 March 26, 1866, to Miss Ruth M. Chambers, of 
 Marietta, Ohio. They have become the parents of 
 four children: L. Jean, William D., Mary E. and 
 Donna E. ; the latter died at the age of six years. 
 The Doctor takes an intelligent interest in all 
 matters pertaining to the welfare of his county and 
 townshi]), and contributes of his time and means 
 to the support and encouragement of every worthy 
 enterprise. He is an intelligent phjsician, and takes 
 great pleasure in the prosecution of his agricultural 
 ])ursuits and all the business pertaining thereto. 
 In politics he is a Republican. He and his wife 
 are lioth members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. A portrait of Dr. Turner appeal's in con- 
 nection with this sketch. 
 
 /^ APT. WILLIAM SAMPLE, who was -an hon- 
 (l( °^^^ pioneer of Ft. Madison, was a native 
 
 ^^7 of Westnioi-eland County, Pa., born near 
 Greensburg, Sept. 23, 1786. His father, David 
 .Sample, was devoted to the practice of law in West- 
 
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 tler, and in the cciurse of a long and busy life at- 
 tained to a position of high standing in his profes- 
 sion. He died at Greensburg in that county while 
 attending a session of eourt. 
 
 William Sample was a brigiil and ambitious boy, 
 studious and more than ordinarily intelligent, and 
 excessively fond of iiis liooks. At an early age he 
 had attained a good education, and when onl^' 
 twelve years old commenced to learn the trade of 
 a printer in (ireensbnrg, at which he served for 
 seven years continuously'. He tiien went to Pitts- 
 burgh, and became employed in a printing-oflice 
 there, and subsequently established the Washing- 
 ton Reporter in Little Washington in the year 1808. 
 His daughter, Mrs. Malconi, of Ft. Madison, has 
 in her possession tlie files of the paper which he 
 published the first and second 3'ears. They are 
 carefully bound, and preserved with the greatest 
 care as relics of nearly a century gone. Young 
 Sample remained connected with this paper until 
 18.33. He had become greatly interested in politi- 
 cal aflfairs, and during the War of 1812 left his 
 business in cliarge of his foreman, and recruited a 
 company of which he became Captain, and was en- 
 gaged with it in active service for three months. 
 He sold out his paper in 1833. He had been 
 prominently connected with the affairs of the 
 county and served as Clerk of the District Court 
 for the space of twelve years. He became intim- 
 ately acquainted with Henry Clay, and for many 
 years was in perfect accord witii the political views 
 of the illustrious statesman, and ranked among the 
 first Abolitionists in that section. 
 
 Capt. Sample visited the Territory of Iowa in 
 1831), making the entire journey here and the re- 
 turn trip to Pennsylvania on horseback. He was 
 gi-eatly pleased witii the prospects west of the Mis- 
 sissippi and the following year returned to the 
 Territory, accompanied by his family. They set- 
 tled at Benton's Fort, in Van Buren County, 
 whence they removed in 1 842 to Ft. Madison, and 
 purciiased a farm in W.asiiington Township. Upon 
 this tliey remained for the following eight years 
 engiiged in agricultural pursuits, and thence re- 
 moved to the city of Ft. Madison, Capt. Sample 
 '^ having received the appointment of Postmaster 
 
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 from President Filmore. His lieaith at tiiis time 
 was in a precarious condition, and lie soon retired 
 from the duties of office an<l folded his hands for 
 his final rest on tlie 1,5th day of January-, 18G2. 
 
 i-"or his first wife Capt. AVilliam Sample married 
 -Miss Margaret, daughter of Hugh Workman, of 
 Washingt(m, Pa., and of this union there were born 
 nine children, of whom only one is now living, 
 Margaret, who becaTiie the wife of .1. \). Sanford, 
 of Van Buren County, and is now living with her 
 son, S. S. Sanford. in Salt Lake City. Capt. Sample 
 for his second wife was united with Miss Jane Blaine. 
 She was a native of Carlisle, Pa., and daughter of 
 .James and Margaret (Lj'ons) Blaine, the grand- 
 parents of Hon. J. G. Blaine, and was horn in the 
 first year of the present century. Of this union 
 there were born five children, of whom two are liv- 
 ing, viz., Eliza Ewing, widow of Frank Malcolm, 
 and now living in Ft. Madison, and Mar}', who be- 
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 »] County, is one of its most efficient oflBcers, 
 l^^^ and makes his present home in Keokuk. He 
 was born in Holland on the 1 7th of March, 1826, and 
 received a fair education in the common schools of 
 his native country. After he had attained his ma- 
 jority he set out for the United States, accompan- 
 ied by his wife, mother and two sisters. He had 
 been married a short time before leaving Holland, 
 and after reaching the shores of the New World 
 proceeded directly westward with his family, and 
 came to Keokuk on the 1st of November, 1849. 
 His wife died the following year, leaving one child 
 — Mary. 
 
 After coming to Keokuk Mr. Jlumm engaged as 
 book-keeper for the firm of Deming it Walcot, 
 with whom he remained two years. He then en- 
 gaged in the same capacity with James E. Burke, 
 and while in the employ of the latter was ap- 
 pointed Deputy Clerk of the District Court of Lee 
 County, which position he occupied for a period of 
 eight years. At the same time he also served as 
 Deputy Clerk of the United States District Court. 
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 tions and becoming well posted in local matters he 
 engaged in the practice of law, which profession he 
 followed for the ensuing five years. In 1808 he ac- 
 cepted the position as book-keeper in the Keokuk 
 Savings' Bank, which he held for five years. He 
 was appointed Deputy Auditor of Lee County, re- 
 maining in this position four years, at the expira- 
 tion of which time he was appointed to his present 
 office, assuming its duties on the 1st -of July, 1883. 
 In 1870 he was appointed Commissioner of Emi- 
 gration for the State of Iowa, under Gov. Merrill. 
 He served four years as a member of the City 
 Council of Keokuk, and has in all respects been one 
 of the most worthy and valued citizens of his com- 
 munity. His industry and energy have been pro- 
 verbial, and he has taken pride in keeping himself 
 well informed as regards all matters of public inter- 
 est and legal questions. 
 
 Mr. Mumm was married to his present wife, 
 formerly Miss Elizabeth Zwart, of Keokuk, in 
 1851. Mrs. M. is a native of the same country as 
 her husband, and thej'^ have become the parents of 
 five children — Edward J., Augustine, Cecelia, Fran- 
 cis and Bernard. All the members of the family 
 belong to St. Francis de Sales Church, of Keokuk. 
 
 JOSEPH KARHOFF, who is engaged in gen- 
 eral merchandise at the village of Houghton, 
 this county, is worthily performing his part 
 as a useful factor among the business inter- 
 ests of this section, and is a representative of that 
 valuable German element which has aided materially 
 in developing the resources of the West. Our sub- 
 ject is a native of the German Province of Hanover, 
 and was born on the 6th of .January', 1840, his par- 
 ents being William and Catharine Karhoff, also of 
 Cierman ancestry and parentage. 
 
 At the age of fourteen years Joseph Karhoff was 
 apprentii'ed to learn the tailor's trade, at which he 
 served three years. In August, 1857, he received 
 the necessary credentials from the Imperial Govern- 
 ment allowing him to leave his native land and 
 come to America. He accordingl3' set sail from 
 Bremen, and after a lengthy voyage of nine weeks 
 landed in New Orleans. He had an uncle living in 
 
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 Lee County, Iowa, and from the Crescent City he ij^B 
 proceeded directly to this vicinitj'. He remained ihH 
 with his uncle on the farm of the latter for one iim^ 
 year, thence went to St. Louis, and was there em- 
 ployed at his trade for eighteen months, and thence fj 
 went to Illinois, where he spent a few months in the 
 town of Hanover, then recrossed the Mississippi 
 into St. Louis, and remained there until 18G1, when 
 he went back to Illinois and stayed in Jersej'^ville 
 until August of that same year. 
 
 About the time when many volunteers were join- 
 ing the United States Army to assist in the preserv- 
 ation of a threatened Union Mr. Karhoft', deeply 
 interested in the welfare of his adopted country, 
 resolved to unite with the balance of the loyal 
 North, and proffered his humble assistance as a sol- 
 dier. He returned to St. Louis and enlisted in Co. 
 D, 17th Mo. Vol. Inf., and marched with his com- 
 rades to the scene of conflict. He was in fourteen 
 regular engagements, besides various skirmishes, 
 sorties and dangerous marches, and was at the bat- 
 tles of Pea Ridge, Arkansas Post, the siege and 
 capture of Vicksburg and Jackson, was at Mission 
 Ridge and Lookout Mountain, or the " battle 
 above the clouds," finally going to Chattanooga, 
 where his regiment, under the command of (ien. 
 Sherman, participated in his famous march south- 
 westward. At the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, 
 he was wounded by a rifle ball in the left thigh and 
 taken to the hospital at Jeffersonville, Ind ; thence 
 was removed to St. Louis, and at the expiration of 
 his term of service received an honorable discharge. 
 He was also injured at ^^icksburg and during a night 
 march to Young's Point, being wounded in the right 
 shoulder. This, although not considered serious at 
 first, began to trouble him shortly after his arrival 
 home. For two 3'ears he was unable to work, and 
 has partially lost the use of his arm. On account 
 of this wound he now receives a jjension of $16 per 
 month. 
 
 As soon as he was able to do business Mr. Kar- 
 hoff commenced to work at his trade. He did not 
 follow this very long, however, but purchased a 
 team, went up to St. Paul, Iowa, and engaged in 
 buying butter, eggs and rags. He sold his butter 
 and eggs at Keokuk, and realized a handsome profit 
 from his speculations. In 1880 he opened a store 
 
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 in the southwest corner of Cedar Township, from 
 wliicii he iciiKived in 1881 to his present location 
 in Iloiifiiiton. lie carries a general stock of all the 
 commodities that can be made available around the 
 homestead, and receives a good income from his 
 business transactii ms. 
 
 .Iosei)li Kariioff and Miss Mar_v Hesse were mar- 
 ried at Ft. Madison on the 23d of May, 1871, by 
 Rev. Ivather Aloysius Meis, in St. Mary's Church. 
 Mrs. K. is a native of the same country as her hus- 
 l)and, and the daughter of Joseph and Theresa 
 (Steffensmeyer) Hesse. She came to America with 
 her parents at the age of six years (in 1850), and 
 they located at Ft. Madison, where Mrs. K. was 
 reared and ('(bicated. 
 
 Our subject and wife have become the parents of 
 six children, two of whom, Willie and Clara L., died 
 in infancy; the living are Theresa, Josie, Stephen 
 and Katie. iMr. Karhoff has a pleasant home, and 
 his family is surrouniled liy all the comforts and 
 many of the luxuries of life. They are connected 
 with the St. .James' Catholic Church, and are highly 
 respected in their community. JJuring the latter 
 years of tlieir lives Mr. Karhoff's parents resided 
 with liim. The father departed this life in 18(1!); 
 the niotluM- survived him thirteen years, dying in 
 1H«2, and tiieir remains are interred in the cemetery 
 at St. Paul. 
 
 ENHV .H"1)Y is one of the honored pioneers 
 of West I'oint Township, having crossed 
 the Mississippi at an early period in the his- 
 tor3' of the Hawkeye State, and while it 
 was yet a Territory, in 1834. During that time he 
 has been an interested witness of the remarkable 
 ji changes which have taken place along the Missis- 
 gsippi ^'alley. From the time of his coming here 
 I Mr. Judy has identified himself with the interests 
 gof this community-, and has aided materially in de- 
 veloping the natural resources of this section. He 
 h.as led an li()norMblc and upright life, and enjoys 
 in a marked degree the confidence and esteem of 
 his fellow-citizens. 
 
 Mr. Judy was born in Montgomery County, 
 (Jhio, .Ian. 21. 1S17. His father, John Judy, was 
 
 of Pennsylvanian birth, and American ancestry f(n- 
 
 several generations. He was Itorn on the '2d of 
 
 June. 1793, and his birthplace is supposed to have 
 
 been in Center County, Pa. He removed from his 
 
 native State to Montgomerj' County when a young 
 
 man, and was among the early settlers of Ohio. 
 
 He was there married to Miss F^lizabeth Moj'er, a 
 
 native of Rockingham County, ^'a., of German ji } 
 
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 tablished themselves upon a tract of land in Ohio 
 in Montgomery Count}', and j)ursued the occupa- 3,: 
 tion of agriculture during their lifetime. They S 
 were most worthy people and highly resi)eeted in j 
 that section of the State. 8i^ 
 
 Henry Judy was the second of a family of six 
 children b(jrn to his parents. Three of these died 
 in Ohio, and the parents afterward, in the fall of 
 182'), with the three children remaining, removed 
 from Ohio t() Sangamon County, 111., locating near 
 what afterward became the city of Springfield. At 
 that early period the prairies of Illinois were com- 
 paratively uncultivated, and Mr. Judy and his 
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 ous of crossing the Father of Waters, and in 1 8;!4 gp 
 Mr. Judy came into Lee County,' and purchased a 
 claim of 1(10 acres on what is now the west end of 
 the city of Ft. Madison. He then returned home 
 to Illinois, and in the fall of the year came liack to 
 Lee County, accompanied by his son Henry, our 
 subject. They remained there through that winter, 
 and in the spring were joined by the balance of the ^''■ 
 family. They establishetl themselves comfortably :^: 
 upon the tract of land before mentioned, where 
 they remained for four years, then sold out, coming 
 to West Point Township, and located themselves 
 upon the present homestead on section 32. This laud 
 w,as alst) unimproved, but the male members of the 
 family industriously set themselves to work to cul- 
 tivate the land and supply it with fences, outhouses, 3|{ 
 and such improvements as were necessary for their 
 comfort and profit. In due time they received the 
 reward of their labors in the smiling fields around 
 them and the enjoyment of a comfortable home. 
 
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 pioneer schools and assisting in the labors of the 
 farm. He was married, Jan. 8, 184;>, in West 
 Point Township, to Miss Rebecca D. Cooney, a 
 3-oiing maiden of fourteen years. Mrs. Judy was 
 a native of Indiana, and the daughter of Dr. Mat- 
 hew Cooney, who came to Iowa and settled in 
 AVest Point Township. Mrs. Rebecca Judy be- 
 came the mother of four children, and departed 
 this life Sept. (J, \^oO. Of her children, Mathew 
 J. died in infancy; Mary became the wife of Henry 
 Ilorton, who resides in West Point; Emily married 
 James Ballard, Jr., and died in I88G; Henry II. 
 married Ann Wilson, and is a farmer on section 
 o'.i. of West Point Township. 
 
 The second wife of Henry Judy was Miss Eliza- 
 beth Emmett, to whom he was married July J, 
 1851. She is a native of Henry County, Ind., and 
 was born Aug. 0, 1833. Her father was a distant 
 relative of the famous Irish orator and patriot, 
 Robert Emmett, who was executed during the 
 troubles of his time. The grandfather of Mrs. 
 Judj' was a native of Ireland, wlio emigrated to 
 this country at an early period in its history, and 
 settled near Cincinnati, Ohio. The maiden name 
 of the mother of Mrs. J. was Nancy Dukes, who 
 came from a prominent Southern family, who re- 
 moved to Indiana, where she was married to 
 George Emmett, and with her husband came to 
 Iowa in 1839, and settled in West Point Township. 
 Here they jiassed the remainder of their lives and 
 folded their hands for their final rest. 
 
 Of the second marriage of our subject have been 
 born ten children, five of whom are living. The 
 record is as follows : (^eorge W. married Lucinda 
 Ann Hart, and they reside in Jefferson Township, 
 near Viele, upon a farm; John was married, and be- 
 came the father of four children, and now resides 
 on the old homestead; Martha E. is at home; Will- 
 iam S. is attending school at Denmariv Academy', 
 and James G. is assisting in the management of the 
 farm. Mr. and Mrs. J. have occupied tlieir pres- 
 ent homestead continuously since their marriage. 
 Mr. J. has been fairly successful in his farming and 
 other enterprises, and is the owner of 290 acres of 
 land, about half of which is under cultivation. In 
 1850, in company with his brotlier George, he 
 erected a sawmill in this vicinity, which has been 
 
 in operation most of the time since and yields a 
 fair income. Politically Mr. J. is a solid Repub- 
 lican, and religiously is connected with the Baptist 
 Church. He is highly esteemed by his fellow- 
 townsmen, and considered one of the importantpl 
 factors of a first-class comniunit3'. 
 
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 R. J. C. HUGHES, of Keokuk, Iowa, 
 occupies a promminent position in the 
 medical fraternity of this section, being a 
 skilled surgeon and a valued citizen. His 
 birthplace was Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and the date 
 thereof March 4, 1849. He is the son of Dr. J. C. 
 and Amanda T. (McGugin) Hughes, natives of 
 Washington County, Pa. The former was born in 
 April, 1821, and removed to Mt. A'ernon, Ohio, 
 twenty-four years later, where he was married in 
 1848. After this event he removed to Iowa, and 
 settled in Keokuk in 1850. He received his medical 
 education at Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Pa., 
 and afterward graduated at the University of Mary- 
 land, in Baltimore. 
 
 After coming to Keokuk Dr. Hughes associated 
 liimself with the Faculty of the College of Physicians 
 and Surgeons, then the medical department of the 
 Iowa State University, and was Demonstrator of 
 Anatomy and afterward Professor of Anatomy, 
 following which he became Professor of Surgery 
 and Dean of the Faculty, in which position he 
 remained until his decease, which occurred in 1881 
 He was twice President of the State ISIedical Society- 
 was Associate Editor of tiie Iowa Medical Journal, 
 and one of the representatives of the American 
 Medical Association to the international meeting of 
 that body in Europe in 18()(). He was also Surgeon- 
 General of the State of Iowa, and President of the 1^ 
 Board of Medical Examiners of the State during 
 the war. His widow is still living in Keokuk. Their 
 household included four children. 
 
 Dr. J. C. Hughes, Jr., was the oldest child of his 
 father's family ; he received his primary education 
 in the public schools, and in later years attended 
 the State University at Iowa City. He entered 
 upon the study of medicine in 18(!8, and graduated 
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 the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. 
 Hughes was elected Demonstrator of Anatomy in 
 the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons 
 in 1871, and occupied that position for the four 
 years following. He then succeeded to the Profes- 
 sorship of Anatomy, and during one year of this 
 time attended the Iniversity of Edinburgh in Scot- 
 land, serving under Lister and Spencer, two of 
 the most prominent surgeons of Scotland, and w.is 
 also one of the House Surgeons in the Royal In- 
 firmary. Ipon his return to Keokuk he resumed 
 the chair which had been tilled while he was absent 
 by Dr. North. He continued to hold this position 
 until 1881, when he was elected Surgeon to fill the 
 place made vacant by his father's death. The fol- 
 lowing year he was made Dean of the College and 
 Secretary and Treasurer of the Faculty. He makes 
 a specialty of surgery, and is considered one of the 
 most skillful young surgeons of the Mississippi 
 A'alley. 
 
 In 1880 Dr. Hughes was united in marriage with 
 iMiss Lillie Withrow, of Midway, Ky., and daugh- 
 ter of John S. Withrow. Of this union there has 
 been born one son, Joseph C. Their residence is 
 located on Seventh street, adjacent to the college, 
 and thej' are the center of a large circle of warm 
 friends and acquaintances. Politically Dr. II. 
 affiliates with the Republican party. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Sttite Medical, and the Keokuk Medical 
 Societies, also the American Medical Association. 
 Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity 
 and the I. O. O. F. 
 
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 APT. ENOCH HINKLEY, of Keokuk, is 
 junior member of the firm of Hinkley & Dun- 
 lap, who arc prospeiously engaged as com- 
 mission merchants, and wliolesale dealers in flour, 
 l)aper bags, twines, etc., and also transacting a profit- 
 able business in anthracite and liituminous coal. The 
 business of the company, which is located at Nos. 
 17 and 19 South Second street, was purchased by 
 'JSi q the present firm in l«8f), having been established 
 by Mr. D. P. White several years ago. 
 
 Capt. Hinkley is a native of the State of Maine, 
 
 AMmi the date of iiis l)irtli lieing Sept. ■_', 1 S2t, .■uul is the 
 
 son of Hon. Josiah and Sabra (Works) Hinkley. 
 both also natives of the above State. The father 
 was a farmer by occupation, and cleared 320 acres J.; 
 of a heavy growth of beech, hemlock and maple, § 
 and upon the homestead thus established lie re- ; 
 niained until the close of his life. He was twice ; 
 married, and became the father of nine children, p} 
 five by the first, and four b>' the second marriage. : 
 He was a man of great force of character and ;.: 
 decided views, and held a prominent position in E§|i 
 his localitj-, most of the time being the incumbent 
 of some office. He served one term in the Legis- 
 lature and as County Clerk, and in his town occu- 
 pied the office of .Selectman aTid other minor at 
 positions. He took a deep interest in public affairs, 
 and contributed generously of his time and means 
 to promote the educational and moral interests of i'- 
 his community. He donated generously to objects 
 of charitj', and at his death, which occurred in 
 1877, was lamented bj' all who knew him. The 
 mother of our subject, Mrs. Sabra Hinkley, died in 
 1832. 
 
 Pviioch Hinkley remained on the parental home- 
 stead until he was twent^'-five years old, in the 
 meantime having received careful training, and a 
 good education in the public schools. In 1K49 he 
 determined to seek his fortunes in the wide West, 
 and going to Illinois, located at Leland, La Salle 
 County, where he remained one year, 
 crossed the Father of Waters and went over to i^^ 
 Alexandria in Missouri, where he engage<l in the 
 commission business, in the employ of H. E. Hill |E 
 <fe Co., with whom he remained four j'cars. He P^ 
 was then admitted into partnership with the firm, g; 
 which retained its former name, and continued ;: 
 with them until 1870. Mr. Hinkle}' remained in |i 
 Alexandria until 1880, and then came to Keokuk, 
 where lie purchased a half interest in a steamer, 
 which plied between Alexandria and Keokuk, and 
 of vvhicii he assumed the management for the fol- 
 lowing tliree years, after which he disposed of his 
 interest therein and gave his attention to the busi- 
 ness in which he is now engaged. 
 
 In 185-lCapt. Hinkley was united in marriage 
 with Miss Elvira A. Fellows, of Pennsj-lvania, and 
 daughter of Asa and Susanna Fellows, also natives 
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 the birth of four children, of whom the oldest, a 
 son, Oto, is now a young man and book-keeper 
 for the firm of Ilinklej' & Dunlap; the second child 
 is a daughter, Ina. The family residence is pleas- 
 antly located at No. 317 Second Street North, and 
 is the abode of refinement and cultivated tastes. 
 In politics Mr. Hinkley conscientiously casts his 
 vote with the Democratic partj', and socially is a 
 member of the I. O. O. F. 
 
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 @/lI| | occupies a fine homestead on section 3 in 
 \'an Buren Township, has been a resident 
 of the Hawkeye State since 1836, and is 
 fully entitled to be classed among the honored pio- 
 neers. He has watched with interest the remark- 
 able growth and development of this section of 
 country, and has aided materially in the changes 
 which have been brought about, and which have 
 substituted smiling fields and civilization for the 
 bleak prairies and untrodden forests. 
 
 Amos Henkle is a native of Pendleton County, 
 Va., and was born June 15, 1817. His parents 
 were Abraham and Mary (Harper) Henkle, both 
 natives of Virginia, but descended from the Ger- 
 man. Abraham Henkle was born Nov. 7, 1784, 
 and died in Taylor County, Iowa, in 1873. Mrs. 
 Mary H. Henkle was born in the same j'ear as her 
 husband, and survived him ten years, also dying in 
 Taylor County, in 1883. They were the parents 
 of eleven children — Sidney, Josiali, Zebediah, Mar- 
 garet, Amos, Miles, Henry, Moses, Abraham (who 
 died in infancy), Sallie and Mary A. 
 
 The marriage of Amos Henkle and Miss Martha 
 McGreer occurred Feb. 21, 1839. Mrs. Henkle 
 was a native of Fayette County, Ind., and was 
 born Feb. 13, 1821 ; she died Nov. 20, 1848, hav- 
 ing become the mother of three children: Anna be- 
 come the wife of John Warner; John married Miss 
 Melissa Simons; one child died in infancy. Mr. 
 Henkle for his second wife married Miss Sarah 
 McGreer, and of this union there have been born 
 three children : Mary J. became the wife of Butler 
 Chapman ; Albert mai'ried Miss Seward; the third 
 and youngest child was named Washington Lincoln. 
 
 Mr. Henkle is the owner of 585 acres of land in 
 Lee County, 200 of which is under good culti- 
 vation. He is extensively engaged in the breeding 
 of graded stock, and has a herd of ninety-three 
 head of cattle. In the year 1859 he constructed a 
 fish-pond, and placed therein a good supply of the 
 finny tribe. He now has fish twenty-six inches long, 
 and a cat-fish which weighs four pounds. 
 
 The homestead of Mr. Henkle forms an attract- 
 ive feature of the landscape in this section of 
 country. He has a fine dwelling, good barn, and 
 all the conveniences of agriculture and stock-grow- 
 ing. He has always taken a deep interest in the 
 moral and educational welfare of his community, 
 having held the various township offices. He has 
 been connected with the School Board and served 
 as Justice of the Peace. Politically he affiliates 
 with the Democratic party. 
 
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 j ] SAAC L. MARSH, a prosperous and influential 
 farmer of Washington Township, is the pro- 
 /ll prietor of a valuable homestead finely located 
 on section 2. He is a native of Preble County, 
 Ohio, and was boru Dec. 23, 1817, his parents be- 
 ing AVilliam and Lodica (Knight) Marsh, natives 
 of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts respectively. 
 After their marriage they located in Preble County, 
 Ohio, whence they removed to Lee County, Iowa, 
 in the fall of 1839, settling in Washington Town- 
 ship. They were the parents of eight children, and 
 speut the remainder of their lives in Lee County. 
 
 The subject of this history was brought up oil a 
 farm, and lived in Preble County, Ohio, until his 
 marriage. He accompanied his (parents to Iowa 
 and entered 160 acres of land in Washington 
 Township, where he engaged in farming and stock 
 raising, and still owns and occupies his first pur- 
 chase. He improved and cultivated his land, 
 erected a good farm dwelling, and has been re- 
 markably prosperous. One hundred acres of the 
 present homestead is in a tillable condition, and the 
 balance is devoted mostly to pasturage. 
 
 Mr. Marsh was married in Preble County, Ohio 
 July 27, 1836, to Miss Martha A. William; 
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Her parents were Samuel and Haimali (Tliorp) 
 Williams, and tliey died while the wife of our sub- 
 ject was a young child. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have 
 become the parents of eleven children, six sons and 
 live daughters, whose liistory in brief is as follows: 
 llebecca is t-tic wife of Amos Sniff, and resides in 
 Nebraska; Eurena K., the wife of Ephraini Snift', 
 died in Washington Tnsvnslii|) Jan. 8, IHU:); Jasper 
 married Miss Xaucy .Saunders, and resides in 
 Poweshiek County, Iowa; Wesley married Miss 
 Mary Groat, and resides in Des Jloines County, 
 Iowa; Uansom married Mi,ss Sarah J. McGriff, and 
 resides in Nebraska; Monroe married Miss Alice 
 Pitman, and lives in Pleasant Ridge Townsliip; 
 Maria Louise was the wife of Irvin Saunders, and 
 died in Poweshiek County, Iowa; Martha married 
 William (). Liddie, and resides in Washington 
 Township; Edward, Joseph and JMary Belle are at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. Marsh has been prominentlj- identified with 
 the affairs of his community, and has held the var- 
 ious offices in the township. He and his wife, with 
 Josoi)h, Mary B., Martlia and Jasper, are members 
 of the Ciiristian Church. In politics Mr. Marsh is 
 a Democrat and a strong temperance man. 
 
 During the war Jasper N., the son of our sub- 
 ject, enlisted in Co. F, IGth Iowa Vol. Inf., and 
 veteranized two years later, in 1864. He was taken 
 prisoner near Atlanta, Ga., and for nearly nine 
 months experienced the horrors of Andersonville 
 Prison. Another son, Wesley H., was a member of 
 Co. M, Dth Iowa Vol. Cav., served his term of enlist- 
 ment, and received an honorable discharge in Jul^', 
 1803. Amos Sniff, the husband of the daughter, 
 Ueljecca J., was a member of Co. I, ICth Iowa Vol- 
 unteers; he was taken prisoner near Atlanta, Ga., 
 and also held a captive for about nine months in 
 Andeisonville. Ephraim Sniff, who married p]urena 
 E., enlisted in tlie same regiment as his brother, re- 
 mained in service until the close of the war, and 
 returned home unliarmed ; he afterward went to 
 Kansas and died there. 
 
 Saniuel M. Marsh, a liruliier of Isaac I,, of tiiis 
 biograpiiy, was a Sergeant of Co. I, .^Olii Iowa Vol. 
 Inf.; he enlisted Aug. 22, l.S(j2,and was disciiarged 
 June 5, 18G5. He returncil home shortly after- 
 ward, and died of consiiniiil ion {■'cb. 22, I S77, leav- 
 
 ing a widow and four children — William, Ellen, Sjji 
 Vandale and Martha. These cluldren, witli the ex- 
 ception of the eldest, have made their liome with 
 our subject since the deatii of their fallier, and 
 have received the kindest of care. 
 
 The Marsh family are of excellent parentage and 
 ancestry, and are widely known tlironghout this 
 section for their straightforward business transac- 
 tions, their moral, social and religious worth, and 
 the material aid which the3- have rendered to the 
 industrial and agricultural interests of this section. 
 The _younger members of the family have been 
 carefully trained and well educated, and possess in 
 a marked degree, the worthy characteristics of their 
 progenitors, and there is no doubt they will \>er- 
 petuate the family name in tlie same maimer l)y £!;} 
 wliich they have been brought to their present E|[ 
 honorable and prominent position among the best 
 citizens of the Hawkeye State. 
 
 OHN FOWLER, a highly respected resident 
 of Jackson Township, is pleasantly located 
 on section 1, and successfully engaged in 
 "eneral farming. He is of English birth 
 
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 His parents were John and Harriet (Hammond) 
 Fowler, also natives of England, where the mother 
 died when our subject was a young boy. After 
 llie deatli of the mother his father came to America, & 
 and [jroceeding directly to Iowa, settled in Jackson ;j|i 
 Township, where he still resides, and is now eighty- 
 two j'ears of age. 
 
 John Fowler of our sketch was the second of his 
 parents' family of three children, and was fifteen 
 j'ears old when his father emigrated to the llnitcd 
 States. He crossed the Mississippi, accompanied 
 by his father, but parted company with the latter 
 and went to Keokuk, where his earlier days were 
 spent, and where, when lie arrived at years of man- 
 hood, he became engaged in operating a sawmill at 
 Sandusky. He was afterward occupied at farming 
 and butchering, and during the construction of the 
 Goverinnent Canal, cstablishe<l a liutcher shop in 
 that vicinity, which he carried on i)roHtably until 
 this work was comjjleted. 
 
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 which lie carried on for about four years and then 
 purchased. It consists of 200 acres, all exceptnig 
 lifty of which is in a good state of cultivation. He 
 has greatly iini)r(jved its condition since he became 
 its possessor, and has now a good house built of 
 stone and concrete, and all the necessary implements 
 and machinerj- for prosecuting agriculture after the 
 most imprt)ved methods. He is also engaged in 
 breeding tiioroughbred Short-horns. 
 
 The marriage of John Fowler and Miss Esther 
 A. MeCord took place Oct. 24, 1860. Mrs. F. was 
 born in Preble Couuty, Ohio, Feb. lit, 1.S43, and is 
 the daughter of Joseph S. and Martha McCord, 
 natives of the same State. Mr. and ilrs. Fowler 
 have become the parents of six children, of whom 
 one, James W., died at the age of eighteen years. 
 Those surviving are : Edwin McCord, John C, Hat- 
 tic H., Ida and Lillie. 
 
 \Vheu Mr. Fowler first came to the couuty he had 
 but verj' little means, and what he now has is the 
 result of his own industry' and energy. He has 
 been identified with the temperance movement in 
 his vicinity. In politics he is independent, and 
 votes for the man he believes to be right, irrespect- 
 ive of party. 
 
 A view of the home farm and fine stock of ]SIr. 
 Fowler is shown on another page of this work. 
 
 ' W. HOBBS is Secretary and Treasurer of 
 the Keokuk Stove Works, and has the entire 
 management of the business. He is v.ell 
 (^jl/ fitted for this responsible position, both by 
 education and natural aliilities, and is an important 
 factor among the industrial interests of the Gate 
 Citj'. Mr. Hobbs is a native of the Buckej'e State, 
 having been born in Mt. ^'ernon, in the year 1S43. 
 He is the son of John and Annie (Shipley) Hobbs, 
 natives of Burgettstown, Washington Co., Pa. His 
 father, John Hobbs, was a farmer hy occupation 
 until 1858. Eight years prior to this he cro.ssed 
 the Mississippi and came into Iowa: he invested in 
 50,000 acres of land in the counties of Appanoose, 
 Wayne, Decatur, Ringgold, Union, Adair, (iuthrie 
 and Carroll, aad improved lands in Illinois. He 
 
 finally settled in the latter State, at Nauvoo, where 
 the latter daj's of his life were passed in retirement 
 from active labor. He departed this life in 1871. 
 The companion of his youth had passed to her final 
 rest seventeen years previouslj', in 1854. They 
 were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, to the support, of which they contril)uted 
 liberallj' and cheerfully. John Hobbs was a man 
 universally respected, not only on account of his 
 ready kindness and sympath3' for all creatures, but 
 for his straightforward and upright course during 
 a long and eventful life. 
 
 The subject of this history- was tlie youngest son 
 of a family of ten children, of whom four are now 
 deceased. The record is as follows: Milton is a 
 resident of Arnold, Custer Co., Neb., where he is lE^ 
 engaged in farming; Amanda, now Mrs. Randolph, i| 
 is a resident of Ft. Worth, Tex.; Leonard is en- NJ 
 gaged in fanning in Hancock County, 111. ; Ethe- 
 linda, Mrs. Larison, resides in Malvern, Iowa; 
 JNIaria, Mrs. Lacroix, is a resident of Appanoose 
 County. Iowa. 
 
 Mr. Hoblis attended the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- 
 sity' at Delan'are, Ohio, but on account of ill-health 
 was obliged to abandon his studies while in the 
 Junior Class. After leaving college he went to 
 C'arthage, 111., and Itecanie Deputy in the oflice of 
 the County Clerk, which position he occupied for 
 four j'ears. He then came to Keokuk, in 1868, and 
 was appointed Cashier of the Commercial Bank, 
 with which he was coiniected for eight 3-ears. He 
 then engaged in the loan and brokerage business, 
 and in April, 1884, became interested in the Keokuk 
 Stove Works, as before mentioned. 
 
 The firm of which Mr. Hobbs is Secretary and 
 Treasurer gives employment to about sixty-tive 
 men in this city. They have a branch house at 
 Minneapolis and another at Kansas City, and from "■"^KiST 
 three to seven men are continuously on the road in C H 
 the interests of the liusiness. They put out 12,000 
 stoves annually, and even then are not able to 
 supply their trade, being oliliged to purchase 
 largely from the I-]ast. The works extend over 
 half a block, and for their storage house, they 
 occupy the old Virginia Tobacco Works building 
 on the levee. In liSSI! they put up a brick building 
 for offices and .storage, at a c(.>st of ^s,000. 
 
 
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.1. W. Iliilihs .iinl Mis> Sue Somerville were 
 uiiiU'fl ill iii:inia<^e in IJSOT. Mrs. Ilobhs i* :i native 
 of Indiana, and the daughter of James Sijinervilh' 
 
 M- of Pennsylvania. By her union with our subject 
 she has l)econie tiie mother of four children : John 
 r., a cadet at the United States IMilltary Academy 
 at West Point. N. V. ; Jessie R., Ilallie 8. and 
 Hevcrly are at lioine with their parents. The 
 family residence is located at No. 718 Exchange 
 street, and in all its surroundings gives evidence 
 of refined taste and ample means. Mr. llobbs has 
 i! I been a i)rominent man in his coniiiiunity, as a 
 ^^ member of the City Council, and with his wife is 
 hj R connected in membersiiip with St. John's Ki)iscopal 
 
 f^ J}L Church, and takes a i)rominent part in its councils. 
 ^ lb' is Democratic in politics, and socially is a mem- 
 lur of the Masonic fraternit}'. 
 
 ?RANlv llEKli, a successful merchant of Ft. 
 
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 Westphalia, Prussia, and was born March 
 20, 183!). His father, Lawrence lleer, a native of 
 the same country and Province, was reai-ed on a 
 farm, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until our 
 subject was a youth si.vteen years old, when he re- 
 solved to emigrate to America. He set sail from 
 lircmcn March '23, 18.t."), aecompaniod liy his wife 
 and six children, and landed in New Orleans on the 
 Kith of May following. They came directly to Ft. 
 Madison, and here the father remained a resident 
 until his death. lie was a worthy man and a good 
 citizen, and held in high esteem by the friends 
 whom he had made in the New World. 
 
 The subject of this history was the second child 
 of the parental family, and received a good educa- 
 tion in his native country. lie was an ambitious 
 lad and resolved to become a man among men. 
 i After coming to this country, although he did not 
 I regularly attend school, he pursued his studies in 
 English as time and opportunity afforded, and has be- 
 come one of the most intelligent and well-informed 
 citizens of this locality. He has been keenly observ- 
 ant of what was going on around him and has 
 availed himself of every opportunity to gain valu- 
 able iiifonn.ilioii. With very little instruction he 
 
 has obtained an excellent English education, and is 
 a striking example of what perseverance and energy 
 may accomplish. 
 
 Upon first coming to Ft. Madison Mr. Ileer was 
 employed in a T)rick3'ard at a salary of ^H a montii. 
 He was thus occupied for one season, and then en- 
 gaged as a molder in a foundry, serving an .ip- 
 prenticeship of two years, and followed his trade 
 for seven years thereafter. He then abandoned his 
 trade and engaged in buying and selling country 
 produce until 1870, when he purchased a stock of 
 drj- -goods and turned his whole attention to this 
 department of trade. After he had become fully 
 established and there was a prospect of prosperity 
 and success, his store and dwelling-house were de- 
 stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $13,000. This 
 disaster occurred on the 1st of February, 1885. He 
 was not dismayed or discouraged, how^ever, but im- 
 mediately set about repairing the catastrophe. He 
 purchased the building he now occupies, put in an- 
 other stock of goods, and in the course of time was 
 upon his feet again, and is now on the high road to 
 a competency. He has been straightforward in his 
 business transactions, and enjoj's the confidence and 
 esteem of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 Mr. Ileer was married in 1868 to Miss Wilhel- 
 mina Schoeling, a native of his own Province, who 
 emigrated to the United States with her parents be- 
 fore her marriage. Of this union there have been 
 born six children, viz., George, Frank, Theresa, 
 jMary, Margaret and Mena. The family are con- 
 nected with St. Marj^'s Catholic Church, and in 
 politics Mr. Heer is a conscientious Democrat. Mr. 
 Heer was elected Alderman of the Fourth Ward, 
 and also served two terms on the School Board. 
 
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 ARON JOHNSON, a native of the Buck- 
 eye State, was an early pioneer of Ft. Mad- 
 ison, coming here before it li;id even at- 
 tained to the dignity of a village. In that 
 time lie has witnessed remarkable and pleasing 
 changes, and has contributed materially to the ad- 
 vancement of this locality. He unselfishl}' identi- 
 li('<l liiinself with the interests of the conimniiily 
 
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 from the beginning, and is now counted among its 
 most highly respected and vahied citizens. 
 
 The birthplace of Mr. Johnson was nenr W:ish- 
 iiigton, Fayette Co., Ohio, and the date, March 30, 
 1816. His father, Isaac Johnson, was born in A'ir- 
 ginia. on the banks of the Potomac River, and his 
 grand f;ither, Arthur Johnson, was also a native of 
 Mrginia, and of English descent. He was a sol- 
 ilier in the Revolutionary AVar, and after the ter- 
 mination of the conflict removed to Ohio, and was 
 one of the early pioneers of that Territory, settling 
 there in 1804. He made his location in Fayette 
 County, and a few years later removed to Indiana. 
 Thence he came to Illinois, and spent his last da3^s 
 in Grand View, Edgar County. 
 
 Isaac Johnson, the father of our subject, was 
 about ten years old when his parents removed from 
 Virginia to Ohio. He was also a soldier in the 
 War of 1812, having enlisted at two different times. 
 He was married in Ohio and remained a resident 
 of P'ayette County, that State, until 1820. He then 
 started, with his wife and two children, for the 
 farther West, their outfit consisting of four horses 
 and a wagon, and thej' camped and cooked by the 
 way. They stopped for a time in Indiana, and on 
 the 21st of March started for Illinois. The father 
 in the meantime, had traded one span of horses 
 for a yoke of oxen, and then, with oxen, horses 
 and wagon, they made their way overland. They 
 made settlement in Edgar County, upon land which 
 iiad been survej^ed Ijut was not yet in the market. 
 Mr. Johnson made his claim, built a small log cabin, 
 into which the family moved and made themselves 
 as comfortable as possil)le, and then he commenced 
 l)reaking the land. Although it was rather late in 
 the season, he put in a crop on the upturned sod, 
 and raised sufficient grain and provisions to last 
 until another season. In the fall he sowed some 
 wheat and put up a hewed-log house, and the fol- 
 lowing year his land came into market. His loca- 
 tion then became section 14, and he afterward en- 
 tered more land as fast as he could raise the money. 
 With the exception of one family that had come 
 with them, these courageous pioneers seemed quite 
 isolated from the balance of mankind, there being 
 no white familj- within fifteen miles. Indians, to 
 be sure, were plenty, and the smoke of their camp 
 
 fires could often be seen three or four miles away. 
 Thej- were obliged to have their milling done in 
 Indiana, which was forty miles distant. Wild 
 game was plenty, especially deer, and the father 
 was enabled to keep his family well supplied with 
 venison; they also obtained honey in great abund- 
 ance, and lived full}' as well as many people who 
 were surrounded by more of the modern luxuries 
 of life. Mr. Johnson resided on this land until 
 1836, and brought his farm to a good state of cul- 
 tivation. But he was of an ambitious and advent- 
 urous turn, and now decided to cross the Missis- 
 sippi to see what lay beyond, and what were the 
 prospects for the emigrant thei'e. He according!}' 
 started out and went into Texas; this was during 
 the struggles upon the frontier, and he joined the 
 " Regulars " and did good service in assisting fam- 
 ilies to escape to places of safety, and in removing 
 their household goods. He was near the scene of 
 Santa Anna's capture at the time the noted Gen- 
 eral was taken, and witnessed many other stirring 
 and thrilling events during the few months of his 
 stay in that region. In the fall of the year he re- 
 turned to his home, sold his farm, and determined 
 to go into Iowa. He accordingly started overland 
 with his famil}', and crossed the Father of Waters, 
 making his first location in Lee County, in what is 
 now AVashingtou Township. There he purchased 
 a claim upon which was a log cabin, into which the 
 family removed. The wife and mother did not 
 long survive this removal, dying the following 
 spring, and the same year Mr. Johnson removed to 
 Ft. Madison and made a location diagonally aci'oss 
 from what is now the southeast corner of Upper 
 Park. He purchased a lot and built a house, re- 
 mained there for a few years, and then removed to 
 his farm in Washington Township. 
 
 In the fall of 1849 Isaac Johnson, accompanied 
 by two sons, started for California. The}' made 
 the trip down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, 
 thence to the mouth of the Rio (irande, and from 
 there up that river ten miles, where they purchased 
 ponies and completed the trip overland to the 
 Golden State. Here they entered the mines and 
 were employed in digging for the precious metal 
 until 18.50. The father then returned to Ft. Mad- 
 ison, where he settle<l down ;iiid ivniaineil for sev- 
 
 
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 He afterward removed to Osceola and ifiimined 
 until liis death, in 1871. 
 
 Isaac .lolmson was twice married, his first wife, 
 the motiicr of our subje(;t, boina- Miss Sarah Kerns, 
 a native of Fayette County, Ohio. The parental 
 liniiscliold consisted of ten children, live of whom 
 grew to j'ears of maturity. Mrs. Johnson carefully 
 trained her family and was a good example of the 
 faithful wife and mother. She departed this life 
 ^in February, 18;57, deeply lamented by her affec- 
 tionate family. Mr. Johnson's second marriage 
 was with Miss Delilah Wilson, and their eight chil- 
 dren lived to become men and women. 
 
 Aaron Johnson, the subject of our sketch, was 
 but five years old when his parents removed from 
 ( >liio to Illinois. He remained under the parental 
 roof until lie had attained to years of manhood, .as- 
 sisting his father in clearing the farm, and obtain- 
 ing a limited education in the pioneer schools. He 
 came to Lee County, Iowa, with his father in the 
 fall of l.S3(;. The boundaries of this State were 
 tlu'u included in the Territory of Wisconsin, and it 
 was ten yeais before it was admitted into the 
 Union as a State. In the winter of 1830-37 Mr. 
 
 I Johnson assisted his father in getting out rails and 
 
 [ limtier for fencing, and in the following spring he 
 I purchased a part of the lot which he now owns and 
 illn occupies, and upon it erected a small frame house. 
 ^^ That same j'ear also, he commenced to learn the 
 trade of carpenter and joiner, which he followed 
 -M ^ for ten years afterward. He had been married in 
 the meantime, and in 1849 located u[)on the farm 
 of his falhcr-in-law, and afterward purchased eighty 
 acres of this, and subsequentlj' bought the balance 
 of the farm, making a total of 220 acres, and for 
 |y twenty years afterward devoted the greater part of 
 his time to agricultural pursuits. He then left his 
 
 3 children in charge of the farm, removed to Ft. 
 
 [ Madison, and erected the line brick residence which 
 
 j he now occupies. 
 
 The marriage of Aaron .Johnson and Miss Mary 
 Wilson was celebrated in March, 1842. Mrs. John- ' 
 son was a native of Windsor County, \t., and was I 
 born in 1«10. After being the faithful companion 
 of her husband for thirty -seven years, she departed 
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 lows: Edward, the eldest son. occupies the home 
 farm in Washington Township; Albert died in in- 
 fancy; Ellen M. is the wife of A. D. Shepard. of 
 Ft. Madison; George lives near Albany, Tex. 
 
 As one of the valued old landmarks, Mr. .lohn- 
 son is reg.arded with great veneration and resided, 
 beiug also entitled to this on account of his excel- 
 lent qualities of character, which have obtained for 
 him a high place among the substantial men of Lee 
 County'. He was enterprising and ambitious as a 
 young man, and labored industriously for the good 
 of his famil}', while at the same time he was always 
 willing to contribute of his time and means to any 
 good work or purpose instituted in his community. 
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 share toward the building up of the business inter- 
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 [(OSEPH R. TEWKSBURY, photographer, is 
 one of the most skillful artists of Ft. Madi- 
 son, and is carrying on a successful business. 
 (j^J^ He is a native of the Old Granite State, hav- 
 ing been born near Concord, May 17, 1831. He is 
 a son of William and Content (Chapman) Tewks- 
 bury, natives of New Hampshire and New York 
 respectively. The great-grandparents of our sub- 
 ject came from Tewksbury, England. While Jo- 
 seph R. was yet an infant his parents removed to 
 Livingston County, N. Y., where our subject re- 
 ceived a good common-school education and devel- 
 oped into manhood. He then went to New York 
 Citj', became an exjiert stenographer, and subse- 
 quently kept books for a wholesale grocer3- in Roch- 
 ester. Not being quite satisfied with his condi- 
 tion or prospects in the East, he joined a company 
 who were about to emigrate to Kansas, and they 
 arrived there in time to vote at the election of the 
 first Territorial officers. There was too much dis- 
 turbance, however, in th.at portion of the Union to 
 suit Mr. Tewksbury, and he accordingly retraced his 
 steps lis far as the Mississippi River and located at 
 Keokuk, where he served for a time as local editor 
 and financier of a newspaper. 
 
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 the employ of the C, B. <fr Q. R. R. Co.. ami in the 
 following spring became their general Western 
 .agent at Keokuk. In this capaeitj' he sold the first 
 railroad ticket in Keokuk. He was connected with 
 this company' for about six j'ears, bnt the confine- 
 ment indoors becoming injurious to his health, he 
 decided to obtain more active occupation, and con- 
 sequently' became engaged in nursery and fruit- 
 growing at Hamilton, 111. In 1.SG4 an excellent po- 
 sition was proffered him by a railroad company at 
 Omaha, and he went thither to accept. Upon his 
 arrival, however, he found a large number of the 
 people greatly excited in regard to the discovery of 
 gold and silver in Idaho and Montana, and so in- 
 stead of accepting the. situation offered him he con- 
 cluded to join the general rush westward. He had 
 considerable money with him, and being a shrewd 
 financier was alwaj^s ready to avail himself of an 
 opportunitj' to make more. He therefore, instead 
 of buying a ticket across the plains, purchased two 
 span of mules and a wagon, and started (.)ut with 
 his own conveyance, at the same time carrying with 
 him five passengers, each of whom paid him i^lOO in 
 advance. They headed for Virginia City, Mont., 
 and also visited Idaho. Mr. Tewksbury was pleased 
 with this section of country and concluded to lo- 
 cate here. He turned about to go East for his fam- 
 ilj-, but on his way back found that the Indians 
 were verj^ troublesome, and therefore concluded to 
 remain in the f^ast. 
 
 Mr. Tewksbury' now bought a twelve years' 
 lease on a fruit farm in Southern Illinois, and 
 made a purchase of land. This he sold out in Au- 
 gust, 1866, and visited New York Citj', investigat- 
 ing a patent right. In the space of three months 
 he found his cash account increased by several 
 thousand dollars, and he then became .Secretary 
 and Financial Agent for a Joint Stock Manfactur- 
 ing Comp.any, with a capital stock of #300,000, and 
 held this position two years. In the winter of 
 1868-69 Mr. T. returned to Iowa, located at Farm- 
 ington, and engaged in the clock, jewelry and pho- 
 tograph business. He operated this until 1876, 
 when, leaving an assistant in charge of his business 
 at Farmington, Mr. T. went to Ft. Madison and es- 
 tablished his present business. Everything worked 
 successfully, and he then sold out his business at 
 
 Farmington. Besides his property in Ft. Madison 
 he owns a i)hotograph galler}' at Nauvoo. 111., and 
 is accumulating a comijetency. 
 
 Joseph R. Tewksbury and ^liss E. C. Crubb 
 were united in marriage May 27, 1856, in Farming- 
 ton, Iowa. Mrs. T. is a native of Ohio, having 
 been born at McConnellsville, Morgan County, in 
 18:M. Her father, Walter W. Grubb, came to 
 Iowa in 1841, and was for many years Postmaster 
 at Farmington. Of this union there were born two 
 children, twin girls, one of whom died in infancy; 
 the one living is Carrie, now the wife of L. C. 
 Pike, a wholesale boot-and-shoe dealer of Chicago, 
 111. 
 
 Mr. Tewksbury is a gentleman of more than or- 
 dinary intelligence, and wherever he has been was 
 at once recognized as a man fitted to become a 
 leader in the community. He has had a large ex- 
 perience in business matters, and has met with ver3' 
 fair success in the various enterprises in which he 
 has been engaged. He has declined some respon- 
 sible positions, among them that of General Ticket 
 Agent of the Keokuk & Des Moines A^nllej- Railway-. 
 He is extremely gentlemanly and courteous in his 
 demeanor, and appears to be eminently fitted for 
 the peculiar and delicate business in which he is 
 now engaged. As an artist he is a gentleman of 
 fine tastes and original ideas, and his gallery is fit- 
 ted up in an exceedingly elegant manner, and is the 
 resort of the best class of citizens in Ft. Madison. 
 
 vf, OSHUA HARLAN, a prosperous farmer and 
 influential resident of Cedar Township, is a 
 native of Darke Countj', Ohio, and was born 
 ^m) July 23, 1838. His father, Nathan Harlan, 
 of Barren Count}', Ky., was born Jan. 25, 1799, 
 and his grandfather, .Tames Harlan, first opened his 
 e3'es to the light of day in the vicinity of Phil;i- 
 delphia. Pa. His great-grandfather, Aaron Harlan, 
 was conscripted during the progress of the Revo- 
 lutionary War, and wounded in the ■• regulation 
 battle." His buildings and property were de- 
 stroyed by the British, and as soon as he was able 
 after being wounded, he tied to South Carolina and 
 spent the last yeai-s of his life in Chatham Countj'. 
 
 
James Harlan, tlie son of the latter, and the grand- 
 {■Mhi'v i<{ <iiir siiliject. was not then old enough to 
 be coiisciiptcd, but he volunteered and was en- 
 wao-ed in one bnttle, iiftcr wliieli he went to South 
 Carolin;i with his f:ither, ;uid lived with iiiin until 
 his marriage. The maiden of liis choiee was Miss 
 Edie Howard, of Pennsylvania, and after their 
 marriage the}' removed to Kentucky in the fall of 
 171I8, and were among the early pioneei's of Bar- 
 ren County. Tiiey set up liousckoeping, :ind strug- 
 gled with all the ditheulties and jjdvations inci- 
 dent to the life of the early settler. They had lo- 
 !^^ eated ujion a tract of timberland, and while pre- 
 paring to put in the crops Mr. Harlan was obliged 
 to tr;ivel sixty miles to buy corn and provisions 
 for his family. They remained there until 1818, 
 ;nid iiinde considerable headway toward clearing 
 the farm. They then sold out and removed to 
 Darke County, Ohio, and purchased 460 acres of 
 
 Kiieavy timber. They went through the same pro- 
 cess as bef(n-e, built a log cabin, and by slow de- 
 grees prepared acre after acre for the putting in of 
 crops. Here James Harlan established a perma- 
 nent iiomc, and remained until his death. 
 
 The father of our subject, Nathan Harlan, had 
 preceded his parents to Ohio with an elder brother, 
 and had built a cm bin upon what afterward became 
 the family homestead. Tliey rived boards to cover 
 the roof, and the Hoor was made of puncheons, and 
 by the time the family arrived tiie two dutiful 
 sons had four acres of tlie land cleared and read}' 
 to put in a crop. Nathan lived with his parents 
 until 1821, and then, at tlie age of twenty-two 
 years, was married and settled upon land adjoining 
 that, of his father, who had presented him with fifty 
 acres. To this he adiled fifty more by purchase, 
 and entered eighty acres of (lovernment land. 
 The young cou|)le commenced liousekeeping in a 
 dwelling built of rails and covered witli rived 
 boards. In due time, as their circumstances im- 
 proved, a log house was put up, whicii they occu- 
 pied until bs,')!, and about this time Nathan Har- 
 ! Ian feeling, perhaps, like Daniel Boone, that "the 
 3 neighbors were getting too thick," determined to 
 move to a country where there was nn>re room, 
 and iiceordingly, with liis f;imily and an outfit con- 
 sisting of four horses, and two wagons, started West 
 
 across the Mississippi. They carried their house- g 
 iiold goods and provisions with them, and camped 
 and cooked by the wayside. There was plenty of 
 wild game idong tiie route, and they had man}' a 
 feast which might well be envied by many of the 
 denizens of the now populous cities of that region. 
 
 After crossing the Father of Waters, Nathan 
 Harlan purchased a farm in Jefferson Township, 
 Hemy County. Upon this he and his family lived 
 for two 3'ears, and then sold out and purchased a 
 f:irtn in Harrisburg Township. The place which 
 lie now owns and occujiies is in the same township 
 on section 1, and he still owns the farm on which 
 he first located on section 2. The home farm con- 
 tains 240 acres, finely improved, and is now under 
 tlie management of his 3'oungest son. The maiden 
 name of the mother of our subject was Sallie An- 
 derson, and her marriage with Natlian Harlan oc- 
 curred in 1821. Mrs. Harlan was a native of 
 Christian County, Ky., and departed this life in 
 1 839, at the age of thirty-eight years. 
 
 Nathan Harlan was married the second time in 
 1841, to Miss Isabella I'olly, of (Jreene County, 
 Ohio, and she died on the 1st of J.anuary, 1884. 
 The children of Nathan Harlan by his first marriage 
 were : George, now in Clarke County, Iowa ; David, 
 of Reno, Neb. ; Joshua, the subject of our sketch ; 
 Anna, Mrs. (iarretson, wiio lives in Des Jloines, 
 Iowa. Of the second marriage there were born 
 seven cliildreu, tlie record of whom is as follows: 
 Enos lives in Winfield, Kan.; Hiram and Hufus in 
 Warsaw, 111. ; Elisha in .Sumner County, Kan. ; 
 Whitson K. and Miriam are at home; Howard lives 
 in Van Buren County. ]Mr. and Mrs. Harlan are 
 connected with the Christian Church, with which 
 Mr. Harlan was connected in 1814, and of which 
 he has been Deacon for manj' years. \Vhile the 
 Whig party was in existence it remained the party 
 of his choice, politieall}', but since the abandon- 
 ment of the old by the substitution of the new Ke- 
 pnblican party, he has cordially endorsed the prin- 
 ciples of the latter, with which he >iniformly casts 
 his vote. 
 
 Joshua Harlan of this sketch was a lad of thir- 
 teen years old when he accompanied his parents tm 
 their overland journey to Iowa, of which he has 
 been a resident since that time. His mother hav- 
 
 
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 ing died when he was an infant, he was reared by 
 an elder sister, and after her marriage continued- to 
 live with her until coming to [owa, when he was 
 taken into the household of liis brother Nathaniel, 
 where he remained one year. He then returned to 
 his sister for tw(_i years, and after that made his 
 home with an uncle until he was twent^'-four years 
 of age. This uncle some time previously had en- 
 tered eighty acres of land in Clarke County, Iowa, 
 and our subject was employed l)_y him at a salary 
 of 110 per month, and in due time became the pos- 
 sessor of this land. He never occupied it, however, 
 but four years later sold, and purchased forty acres 
 in Van Buren County. After his marriage he pur- 
 chased lOO acres in Cedar Township, a small part 
 of which was improved. Upon this he built a good 
 house, where he and his wife lived for two 3'ears, 
 and then, in lb!66, purchased the present home- 
 stead, and now has 200 acres in all. 
 
 Mr. Harlan was trained to habits of industry and 
 economy, and now, established in a comfortable 
 home, and surrounded by the good things of life, 
 he is enjoying the fruits of his earlier toils. He 
 has a handsome dwelling, good barns and out- 
 houses, and all the appliances for a first-class mod- 
 ern farm estate. The grounds around the resi- 
 dence are beautified bj' handsome shade trees, and 
 in the rear are orchards of fine fruit. It forms one 
 of the handsomest locations in Lee County, and in- 
 variablj' attracts the eye of the traveler through 
 this section. 
 
 The marriage of Joshua Harlan and Miss Martha 
 E. Fender was celebrated Sept. 4, 186.3. Mrs. Har- 
 lan is a native of Wayne Count}', Ind., and was 
 born Dec. 22, 1H44. Her father, Gabriel Fender, 
 was also a native of the afore-mentioned county 
 and State, and her grandfather, Henry Fender, a 
 native of South Carolina, was a soldier of the Rev- 
 olutionary War, who at the close of his military 
 services, emigrated from his native State to Indi- 
 ana, and located in Wayne County, where he spent 
 the last years of his life. The father of Mrs. Har- 
 lan died when she was eight years old. Her mother 
 was Miss Sarah McMahon before her marriage, and 
 did not long survive her husband. Mrs. Harlan 
 was reared by her elder sisters, and came to Iowa 
 in 1H55 with her brother and brother-in-law. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Harlan of our sketch have become p 
 the parents of three children — Flora B., Laura M. 
 and Mabel L. Flora 15. Harlan became the wife of 
 Loxey Holmes, and lives in Harrisl)urg Township, 
 Van Buren County; Laurn M. married Mr. Aaron ^ 
 Ilildebrand, a resident of Cedar Township, Van 
 Buren County. The parents are connected with ^ 
 the Christian Chureii, and Mr. Harlan is Repub 
 lican in politics. 
 
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 lr70HN W. BONNELL, an honored pioneer 
 of Ft. Madison, came to Iowa while it was 
 yet a Territory,' and for the space of over 
 forty years has been an interested witness of 
 the important changes whicli liave taken place along 
 the Mississippi Valley. His birthplace was in Essex 
 County, N. J., and the date thereof July 14, 1812. 
 His father was Sylvanus Bonnell, a native of the 
 same State, and his grandfather, John Bonnell, was 
 a farmer by occupation, and a native of New Jerse}', 
 who spent the last years of his life in the State which 
 was the birthplace of his son and his grandson, our 
 subject. Sylvanus Bonnell was, what might be 
 termed, a natural mechanic. He was the inventor 
 and patentee of the circular saw, which has come 
 into such general use in this countiy , and in company 
 with a brother-in-law, Foster Day, built and oper- 
 ated the sawmills near Elizaliethtown. Thej' also 
 manufactured veneering, and the father of our sub- 
 ject adhered closely to his peculiar branch of 
 business until his death in New Jersey, in 1824. 
 In early manhood he was married to Miss Nancy 
 Bonnell, who departed this life at Springfield, Essex 
 Co., N. J., in 1824 or 1825. 
 
 John W. Bonnell, of this sketch, was only twelve 
 years old when he was deprived by de.ath of the 
 protecting care of a father. The bereaved mother 
 kept her young family together until they were 
 married and established in homes of their own. 
 John W.aud his bi'Other Harvey became extensivelj' 
 engaged in the manufacture of cider vinegar at 
 Springfield, N. J., until 1843, and then crossed the 
 intervening States into the Territory of Iowa, and 
 located at Ft. Madison. They were accompanied 
 
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LEE COUNTY. 
 
 liV tlli^ li;il;ilic(: nf tllc liousfhdld. .•mil \\w five 
 bi'otliers engageil in iiiercaiililo pursuits t'nr alioiit 
 tliree years, when' they sold oiit and purchased a 
 large tract of wild land near Dover, and engaged 
 in general farming and stock-raising, and speculated 
 considerably in land. The brothers ojierated thus 
 in Lee Countj' for some j'ears, then dissolved part- 
 nership, and three sought other localities, while 
 John W. and his brother William have continued 
 operating together until the present time. They 
 have been reniarkalily successful in their under- 
 takings, and arc now the possessors of three farms 
 of 200 acres each, which they lease to other parties. 
 William makes his home with his brother Harvey 
 in l)o\er, this count}'. .I(»hn W. lived on a farm 
 until IS7(i, when he came to Ft. Madison and liuilt 
 his present residence. It is beautifully situated on 
 the bluffs, overlooking the cit}', and commanding 
 an e.xtensive view up and down the Father of 
 Waters and across to Illinois. 
 
 John W. Bounell and JMiss A. Rosanna Hoover 
 were united in marriage near Dover, Oct. 0, 1857. 
 JMrs. B. was a native of South Carolina, born Aug. 
 11, 1833, and the daughter of John and Barbara 
 Hoover, who settled near Dover at an early day in 
 the history of this section. Of this union there 
 was born one son, Arthur F., who died in infancy. 
 Mrs. Rosanna Bonnell died Sept. 9, 1858. The 
 second wife of Mr. Bonnell was Miss Eliza M. Pit^ 
 man, to whom he was mairied May 27, 1803. This 
 lady is a native of Lee County, and was born July 
 l',), 1839. ■ Her father, Lewis Pitman, was a native 
 of Kentucky, and her grandfather, Richard Pitman, 
 of Tennessee, was of English ancestry and parent- 
 age. Her great-grandfather, Alex Pitman, was born 
 in England, and emigrated to this country when a 
 young man. 
 
 Lewis Pitman was born in Laurel County, Ky., 
 June 11, 1794, and was reared in his native State. 
 In 1 835 he removed with ox-teams to Lee County, 
 Iowa, which was then a wilderness, and included in 
 the Territory of Wisconsin. He was accompanied 
 by his family, and they camped and cooked by the 
 wayside and took shelter under the cover of their 
 wagon at night. Lewis I'itnian made a claim in 
 what is now West Point Township, built a mill, and 
 established a homestead, upon which he remained 
 
 is(;2. 
 
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 iiiilil his (Icalh. uhii-h occurcil Feli. 21 
 was married, when a young man. tv Miss Permelia 3n} 
 Warren, of Fast Tennessee, who was born Aug. 30, 
 1804. She survived her husband initil 1875, 
 dei)arting this life on the 29th of December of that 
 year, after having become the mother of eleven 
 children. She left behind her a record of womanly 
 virtues and kind deeds, ami at her death was 
 mourned li_v a large circle of friends. 
 
 Of the union of ]\Ir. and Mrs. B. there have been 
 born four children, old}" one of whom is living. 
 Bertram L. Mrs. B. is i)rominently connected with 
 the Methodist Church, and Mr. Bonnell, politically, 
 affiliates with the Rei)ublican part}-. He has been 
 an imi)ortant factor in the growth and develop- 
 ment of this section of the country, and has aided 
 materially in bringing it to its present position. 
 As one of that honored band, who are passing awaj' 
 one b}' one, he is viewed with peculiar reverence 
 and respect as the representative of almost a l)y- 
 gone age. He is still a hale and hearty ol<l gentle- 
 man, with much of the industry and energy of his 
 early manhood, and affords a worthy examjile, 
 which many a yoiinger man might follow with good 
 results. 
 
 '^ OSEPH G. BERSTLER, a highly respected 
 citizen of Ft. Madison, is Clerk of the Iowa 
 State Penitentiar}', and is fulfilling the du. 
 ties of his position with credit to himself 
 and satisfaction to all concerned. Our subject is a 
 native of Chester County, Pa., and the date- of his 
 birth was July 4, 1832. His father, John Berstler, 
 was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and was a 
 schoolmate of James Buchanan, but they never 
 agreed upon political questions. He was a paper- 
 maker by trade, and in early manhood was united 
 in marriage with Miss Anne Strain, a native of the 
 same State and county as her husband. They re- 
 moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1834, being 
 among the first settlers of Ouernsey County, from 
 which they afterward removed to Belmont County, 
 where the mother died in 1858. 
 
 There were nine children in the parental family, 
 seven sons and two daughters, all of whom are liv- 
 iu"-. Five of the sons enlisted in the I'liitcd States 
 
service, remaining in tlie army until the close of 
 the war, and all returned home in safety. One of 
 the daughters, Mary A., became the wife of Robert 
 Mack, and lives in Guernsey Countj-, Ohio; Eliza 
 J., Mrs. Thomas Burris, is a resident of Texas 
 County, Mo. ; the next in order of birth was our 
 subject, Joseph G.; John M. was a private in the 
 ■2d Illinois Cavalry, and is now engaged in farming 
 in Keokuk CouiUy, Iowa; Francis M. was a mem- 
 ber of the 30th Ohio Infantry, and is now in 
 Guernsey County; Oliver H. is a resident of Iowa 
 County, Iowa; George H. was in the 65th Ohio In- 
 fantry, and resides in Belmont County, Ohio; .Sam- 
 uel C. was a member of the 28th Iowa Regiment, 
 and is Guard in the penitentiary; Anson L. resides 
 in Iowa County. The father removed to Iowa in 
 1861, locating in Iowa County, where he remained 
 until the close of his life, in 1882, at the advanced 
 age of eighty-four years. 
 
 Joseph G. Berstler was brought up to the trade 
 of a wool manufacturer in Ohio, and afterward 
 pui'sued the same occupation one j-ear in Massachu- 
 setts, lie came to Iowa in 1855, and located at 
 Cedar Rapids, engaging at his trade until 1857. He 
 then went to Iowa County, and followed farming 
 for the next four years. At the outbreak of the 
 ■M Rebellion in 1861 he enlisted in the Union service 
 iis Fourth Sergeant of Co. I., 13th Iowa Vol. Inf. 
 In 1863 he was promoted to the rank of Orderly 
 Sergeant, and two years later to Second Lieutenant, 
 with which rank he was mustered out in 1865. He 
 participated in all the engagements of his company, 
 and at the battle of Atlanta received a gunshot 
 wound in the head that disabled him for some time. 
 He was at the battle of Shiloh, the siege of Vicks- 
 burg, and went with Sherman through the Atlanta 
 campaign and the march to the sea. 
 
 After his return from the army Mr Berstler re- 
 turned to Iowa, and followed farming until 1869. 
 il He was then elected Auditor of Iowa County, 
 '|e when ho filled .in unexpired term and by re-election 
 1^ served a full term. He afterward served two full 
 
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 terms. He was afterward Clerk in the office of the 
 
 jt State Superintendent of Public Instruction for 
 :E eight months, and was appointed to his present po- 
 sition in 1884. 
 
 Mr. Bei-stler was married, Jan. 1, 1857, at Cedar 
 
 Rapids, to Miss Mary E. Plummer, of Bangor, Me. 
 Of this union there were born seven children, one 
 of whom died at the age of six vears. The living 
 are Annie L., Jennie E., Wallace F., Charles S.. 
 
 Ellen C. and John. Mrs. Berstler departed this r 
 
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 life iu March, 1883. .In politics Mr. B. is strongly 
 Republican. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and a 
 member of Social Lodge No. 231, and of Jerusalem 
 Chapter No. 72, R. A. M. He is also a member of 
 John Dillon Post, G. A. R., at Marengo. 
 
 l/OHN G. KENNEDY, a pioneer resident of 
 Ft. Madison, is the only man living in this 
 vicinity who was here at the time he made 
 his first settlement in Lee County, in 1836. 
 He is possessed of a rich and peculiar experience, 
 and the changes which he has witnessed since his 
 first arrival here have been as remarkable as they 
 are pleasing. The country was wild and unsettled 
 at that time, and only wild animals and Indians 
 roamed over the plains and through the forests. 
 Here and there, to be sure, was the cabin of a lonely 
 but adventurous settler, but thej- were few and far 
 between, and it required a courageous spirit to 
 decide upon making a location in such a wild region, 
 and wait for the slow advance of civilization. The 
 pioneers of the olden time, however, were made of 
 stern stuff, and John G. Kennedy was a fine example 
 of the men of that day. He came here to stay, and 
 had no thought of going back after he had once 
 put his hand to the plow. 
 
 .John G. Kennedy- was a native of Granville 
 County, N. C. and his birth occurred April 17, 
 1812. His father, John Kennedy, was born in the 
 same county, and his grandfather, James Kennedy, 
 was a native of Ireland, who emigrated with his 
 parents to America when a small child. They 
 made their first location in Granville County, N. 
 C, being early settlers in that locality. Their son 
 James grew to manhood there, was married in that 
 county, and remained there all his lifetime. John 
 Kennedy, the father of our subject, became a soldier 
 iu the War of 1812. He was united iu marriage 
 with Miss Elizabeth Mangi-um, a lady of English 
 parentage and nativity, who emigrated to this 
 
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 LEE COUNTY. 
 
 country with her parents, lived with her husband 
 in Granville County, and died there in about 1816. 
 The parental family fonsisted of nine children, and 
 soon after the death of the wife and mother, John 
 Kennedy- sold liis farm and started with four horses 
 
 ^ "° and a wagon, accompanied by his children, for 
 Tennessee. lie purchased a farm in Henderson 
 
 JHiH County, and engaged in the culture of cotton, 
 tobacco, grain and potatoes, and was thus engaged 
 for the remainder of his life. His decease occured 
 in about the year 1 84(i. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was the j'oungest child 
 of his father's family, his brothers and sisters being 
 as follows: Sylvia, Jemima, William, James, Mary. 
 Elizabeth, Lucy, Alfred F. John G. was but four 
 years old when he was deprived of the affectionate 
 care of his mother, and seven years old when his 
 father removed to Tennessee. He remained with 
 his father until the age of seventeen, when he 
 engaged to learn the carpenter's trade at Lexington, 
 where he served for three years. In 1 833 he set 
 his face westward, going into Illinois, and making 
 his first location at Rushville, Schuyler County, 
 where he commenced to work at his trade. In the 
 
 Pj C spring of ISSr) he went tci Galena, making the trip 
 ri^=T via the Mississippi River. The boat touched at 
 Burlington, and during the few moments of its 
 delay there he, with others, went ashore and assisted 
 in raising the first frame house erected in that now 
 thriving and ])rosperous city. He remained at 
 Galena two months, then returned to Rushville, and 
 lived there until the following ^ear, when he set out 
 to cross the Mississiijpi, and on the 12th day of 
 April found himself at Ft. Madison, where he soon 
 found employment at liis trade. He pursued this 
 for some years, and in 1852 started for California, 
 via the Mississippi River and Isthmus of Panama. 
 He entered the mining regions there and was 
 'noccnpied for a time, thence proceeded to San 
 t Francisco, and was again emphjyed at his trade 
 [until 18.')4. Then, longing for the sight of old 
 friends and old associations, he returned to Ft. 
 Madison and settled down, resuming his former 
 ^^^joccupation. 
 
 When Mr. Kennedy first came to Ft. Madison 
 there were onl^- a few cabins in the town, in fact it 
 Tiad hardly assumed the dignity of a village. It 
 
 must seem to him like the dream of a night when 
 he compares the scenes of that time with those of 
 the present. He has been a useful man in his com- 
 munity and has assisted b3' every means in his 
 power toward advancing its interests, concluding 
 rightlj' that the interests of the community were 
 also identified with those f,f each iiKli\idual mem- 
 ber. He enjoys the highest respect and esteem of 
 his fellow-citizens. 
 
 Mr. Kennedy was married, Jan. 10, 1837, to Miss 
 May C. Vance. ]Mrs. Keiniedy is a native of 
 Kentucky, and was horn July 20, 1817. Her father 
 was Andrew Vance, a well-known pioneer of Han- 
 cock County, 111. Of this union have been born 
 seven children. The record is as follows : Lucretia. 
 now deceased, w.as born Sept. 16, 1838; Eliza J., 
 born Aug. 27, 1841, is the wife of A. Johnson, and 
 lives in Sacrnmento; George J., born Sept. 12, 
 1844, is a resident of Ft. Madison: Emma A., born 
 Nov. 12, 1847, is the wife of Dennis Morrison, of 
 Ft. Madison ; Katie E. is deceased ; Mary E. became 
 the wife of F. Morse and lives in Nebraska City; 
 Thomas B. was born July 29, 18.59, and lives in 
 Ft: JIadison. The faithful wife and mother de- 
 parted this life June 18, 1880. 
 
 In politics Mr. Kennedj' always votes with the 
 Democratic party. He has been a man of prom- 
 inence in his communitj-, and has held the various 
 offices of trust within the gift of his fellow towns- 
 men, among others holding the position of Deputy 
 Sheriff. Constable and City Marshal. In present- 
 ing the )3ortrait of this veteran pioneer, which we 
 do in this connection, we know it will be ai^preciated 
 as that of the features of one uf the grand old men 
 who did S(i much in the early history of this section 
 toward its development. 
 
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 C. DAVIS, one of the earlier residents of 
 f< Ft. Madison, is a native of Frankfort, Ky., 
 and first opened his eyes to the light July 
 30. 1846. Mis fatiier, William H. Davis, 
 was a native of Ohio, and his grandfather, William 
 Davis, was also for many years a resident of the 
 latter State, spending bis last d.ays at Fostoria, 
 where his remains were finally laid to rest. Will- 
 iam H. Davis grew to manhood in Ohio, and was 
 
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 thei'e iiiairied to Mis'- Margaret Davis. He re- 
 ceived a good education in the public schools, and 
 entered upon the studj' of medicine, graduating at 
 the Cincinnati Medical College, and entered upon 
 the practice of his profession at Dublin and Bell 
 Point, in Franklin County. Ohio. From there he 
 took a trip .South and bejond the Gulf into Cen- 
 tral America, returning to the United .States in 
 about two 3ears, and to his old home in Ohio. 
 Thence he removed to Kentucky in 1K44, remained 
 there three years, returned once more to Ohio, and 
 in 18.55 crossed the Mississippi and came into the 
 Hawkej'c State. He made his first location at Ft. 
 Madison, where he practiced for one j'ear, and then 
 became interested in railroad matters. Thereafter 
 he assumed the management of a hotel, and was 
 thus occupied until 1861. At the breaking out of 
 the late Civil War he resolved to lay aside his per- 
 sonal interests and business matters and become a 
 soldier of the Union. He accordingly enlisted in 
 the 21st Missouri Regiment as Assistant Surgeon, 
 and was engaged with his regiment at the battle of 
 Shiloh, after which he was transferred to the 18th 
 Missouri, and remained as Acting Surgeon until his 
 death, which occurred July '27, 1862. His remains 
 are buried at Corinth, Miss. 
 
 The p.irental household included six children, 
 five of whom grew to maturit3^ The subject of 
 our sketch was the eldest child, and was nine years 
 old when his parents removed to Iowa. At the age 
 uf fourteen years he started out for himself, and 
 engaged as a second clerk on the steamer Pomroy. 
 He was thus occupied for four seasons, and in De- 
 cember, 1864, while the Civil War was in progress, 
 he enlisted in Co. G, 147th 111. Vol. Inf. The regi- 
 ment first proceeded to Nashville, thence to Ameri- 
 cus, Ga., and from there to Savannah, where they 
 remained until the close of the war, when Mr. 
 Davis received an honorable discharge. 
 
 Upon his return home from the armj' Mr. Davis 
 engaged as a traveling salesman for a Chicago no- 
 tion house, and was thus occupied for a space of 
 four years. He then engaged as clerk on a river 
 steamer, the Little Eagle, which plied between 
 Stillwater, Minn., and St. Louis, Mo., and followed 
 the river each season until the fall of 1 884, when he 
 decided to make a permanent location upon terra 
 
 firma, and in January-, IHHo, established a boot and 
 shoe store, in which business he has since been en- 
 gaged. 
 
 The marriage of B. C. Davis and Miss Lizzie 
 Brown took place Jan. 30, 1879. Mrs. Davis is 
 the daughter of Daniel T. and Maria (Foster) 
 Brown, and of her union with our subject three 
 children have been born — Daniel C, Bessie Lee 
 and Frank. Mr. Davis is a prominent member of 
 Ft. Madison Lodge No. 157, I. O. O. F. ; of the 
 A. O. H. No. 162; Star Lodge No. 154, A. O. U. 
 W., and James B. Sample Post, G. A. R. He is 
 popular among his comrades and a man generally 
 respected in the community. He is building up a 
 good business, and by his genial and obliging man- 
 ners securing first-class patronage. 
 
 Mr. Davis has two brothers living — Charles J., a 
 resident of Beloit, Kan., and engaged as a telegraph 
 operator; and H. Lee, a dentist, who is a resident 
 of Pemberville, Ohio. William H., a younger 
 brother, was brutally murdered at Pine Bluff, Ark., 
 Feb. 21, 1879. 
 
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 ENJAMIN MILES, of Cedar Township, is 
 Superintendent of White's Manual Labor 
 
 Institute, and is fulfilling the duties of this 
 important position with credit to himself 
 and satisfaction to all concerned. This institution 
 is one of the most important in the Hawkeye State, 
 and destined to accomplish a vast amount of good. 
 An interesting history of it will be found on an- 
 other page of this work. 
 
 Superintendent Miles is a native of Ohio, and 
 was born in Newton Township, Miami County, 
 Nov. 3, 1819. His father, William Miles, was a na- 
 tive of South Carolina, born in the Newberry Dis- 
 trict, and his grandfather, David Miles, was a 
 native of Pennsylvania; his great-grandfather, 
 AVilliam Miles, a native of Wiltshire, England, 
 emigrated to the United States, accompanied by 
 two brothers, and purchased a part of the land now 
 included in the city of Philadelphia. Jonas was a 
 merchant, and Thomas a ship captain, who engaged 
 in merchant trade among a fleet of vessels. Will- 
 
 
384 
 
 LEE COUNTY. 
 
 iam Miles finall}' settlerl in South Carolina, where 
 he spent the remainder of his life. His son David, 
 the giandfflther of our siiliject. removed from South 
 Carolniii to Ohio in l«();i, being among the early 
 settlers of Miami Countj'. He purchased a tract 
 of timber land, cleared a farm from the wilderness, 
 and established a home, where he remained until 
 his death. His son William, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was nineteen years old when his parents re- 
 moved to Oliio and settled in Newton Township. 
 He remained with them until his marriage, and then 
 purchased a tract of timber land adjoining the farm 
 of his father, which he cleared, cultivated, built a 
 comfortable dwelling and out-buildings upon it, 
 and remained there the l)alance of his lifetime, 
 with the exception t)f the last two 3'ears, which were 
 spent about a mile distant. His wife, before her 
 marriage, was Miss Mary I'earson of South Caro- 
 lina, and of English descent. Her grandfatiier was 
 Ma native of Standing Stone, England, whence he 
 emigi-ated to America and settled in South Caro- 
 liua. The mother of our subject died at the home 
 of her daughter in Cedar County, Iowa, in about 
 1877. The |)areutal household included eleven 
 children, all of whom grew to mature j'ears. The 
 parents weie leared iu the Friends' Church, and 
 during their entire lives remained loyal to the re- 
 ligion of their forefiithers. 
 
 Benjamin Miles of this sketch was the fifth child 
 of his parents' family, and was reared on the farm, 
 being educated in the Society schools. He made 
 his home with his parents until he was twenty-two 
 years of age, and then rented a farm near the par- 
 entiil homestead, which he cultivated for six j'ears. 
 His father then gave him forty acres of heavy tim- 
 ber land, and he purchased fortj- more of his 
 brotiier. He t)uilt a house, cleared sixty iicres, and 
 remained ujion it until l.s.tG. In the meantime he 
 had added to iiis landed possessions, until at this 
 date he was the owner of 200 acres. He now sold 
 out, and determined to seek the countrj' beyond 
 the Mississippi. He accordingly crossed the P'ather 
 of Waters and located in Springdale Township, 
 Cedar County, purchasing a farm there, which he 
 occupied until 1 son. From there he went to the 
 town of West Branch, in the same county, and in 
 January, 1873, he and his wife decided to abandon 
 
 the business and pursuits of farm life in order to 
 become connected with the Government school at 
 the Osage Reservation, in the Indian Territory. 
 .Mr. Miles was proffered the position of Superin- 
 tendent, and Mrs. M., of Matron, which positions 
 they held in this institution for three years. They 
 then returned home for a brief rest, and in 1S78 re- 
 turneil to tiie Reservation, and were employed 
 there foi' another three years. Mr. Miles as .Supei'- 
 intendent, and Mrs. M. occupying her former po- 
 sition as Matron. At the expiration of tiiis time 
 they returned to Cedar County, and in lanuary, 
 1H8;3, Mr. Miles established an Indian School at 
 West Branch, Cedar County, anil after getting this 
 fairly up(ni its feet, moved the institution tn thi^ 
 pl.ace the following year. Mr. Miles establisiieil 
 the Indian School at "West Branch as a Government 
 institution, but in l!-i8;3 he deemed it.advisable to 
 make a change, and accordingly arranged with the 
 Trustees of White's Manual Labor Institute t.. 
 transfer the school there, and it was done, with ex- 
 cellent results. 
 
 Mr. Miles has been twice married, the first time 
 on the 21st of September, 1841, to !Miss Prudenc. 
 J<mcs, a imtive of Montgomery County, Ohio, ami 
 daughter of .lohn .lones, of Georgia, and of En- 
 glish descent and parentage, liut living in Ohio :ii 
 the time of Mr. M.'s marri.age. .Mrs. Prudence 
 Miles, after remaining the companion of her hus- 
 band for fifteen years, departed this life on tbr 
 2.')th of .lanuary, 18.t(;. Of this marriage there wen 
 born three children: Is.aiic N., who is associated 
 with his father in the school; Laban .1., an Indian 
 Agent of Ai'kansas City, Kan., and Laura E., wiio 
 became the wife of H. J. Minthorn, of Newberg, 
 Ore.; they are connected with the Pacific .\cademy 
 as Superintendent .and Matron, resi)ectively. 
 
 The second marriage of Mr. Miles was witli Mis- 
 Eli/.nlieth R. Bean, and took place Jan. 14, 18.'i.s 
 Mrs. Miles is a native of New Hampshire, born in 
 Str.«ifford County, Dec. 6, 1827. Her father. .Tolm 
 Bean, was a native of the same county, .as also wn- 
 hei- grandfather, Joel Bean. The latter was m 
 farmer of Strafford Count}', where he spent tin' 
 last years of his life. His son John, the father ot 
 Mrs. Miles, remained there until 1854. ami then 
 made bis home with his son until his deatli. John 
 

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 Bean, in earl}' inanhoufl. was united in marriajie 
 with Miss K;iizabeth Hill, a native of Alton. .She 
 now lives with her son in San Jose, Cal. 
 
 Benjamin and Mrs. Elizabeth Miles have beeonie 
 the |)arfnts of two children — Mar}' K., n Principal 
 of the Alanual Labor Listitute, and Benjamin C, 
 who is now teacher in the Pacific Academy at New- 
 lierg, Ore. The family are all connected with the 
 Society of Friends. Mrs. Miles is a highly educa- 
 ted and acct)niplished lady, with fine literary tastes, 
 and a great favoi-ite among the cultured people of 
 Cedar Townshii). She is peculiarly fitted for the 
 difiicult and responsible position, and fully adapted 
 to be the coinpaiuon of her husband in his labors 
 .as a tutor, educator and superintendent. Their 
 children have been carefully trained and finel}' ed- 
 ucated, and bid f;iir to do honor to their gifted 
 parents. Mr. Miles is singularly unassuming in his 
 manner, a genial c<inipainou and fine conversation- 
 alist. Both ih'. and Jlrs. M. have great responsi- 
 bilities, and it would l)e dilHcult to find a lady and 
 gentleman l)etter fitted for their self-imposed tasks. 
 
 JOIIN A. HENZEL, editor and publisher of the 
 Keokuk Post, is conducting his paper with 
 abilitj' and success. The Post occupies a 
 prominent place among the German news- 
 papers of this section, and is highlj' valued among 
 the class of population for which it is especially in- 
 tended. Our subject is a native of Darmstadt, 
 capital of the Grand Duch}' of Hesse, and was born 
 July i, 1 840, his parents being John A. and Catha- 
 rine (Gassenberger) Henzel, of German ancestrj- 
 and nativit}'. John Henzel, Sr., was engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits during his entire life and died 
 in 1852. The wife survived her husband two 3'ears. 
 They were members of the Lutheran Church, and 
 John Ik'uzel took a deep interest in both the re- 
 ligions and political affairs of his native country. 
 The\' became the parents of eight children, five 
 now living and in the United States. They are 
 Fred, Wilhelniina, Caroline, John A. and George. 
 
 The subject of this biograph}' was placed in 
 school at the earl}' age of six years, and pursued 
 his studies uninterruptedly until he was fourteen. 
 
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 He was an ambitious boy, with an eye to the future, 
 and soon after leaving school set sail for the United 
 States. After reaching Americau shores he pro- 
 ceeded to St. Louis, Mo., where he remained one 
 year, and then going to St. Charles, engaged to 
 serve an apprenticeship of three years at the print- 
 er's trade. After becoming a journeyman he re- 
 turned to St. Louis and worked two years, and 
 then songlit rest and recreation in a pleasure tour 
 throughout the States of Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, 
 Kaiisas, Nebraska and Colorado, finally locating in 
 Nebraska City, where he purchased and published 
 the Xe/jraska Staats ZeituiKj for five years. He 
 then sold out, and returned to St. Louis and en- 
 gaged in the newspaper business for the ten years 
 following, when he purchased the Alton BantiPr at 
 Alton, Madison Co., 111., and removing there con- 
 ducted his paper for three years. At the expira- 
 tion of this time he .sold out, and in 1866 came to 
 Keokidc, purchasing the Post, the only German pa- 
 per in the county. 
 
 Mr. Henzel was married in Alton, 111., in 18,H4, 
 to Miss Anna, daughter of August Luetke, a na- 
 tive of Germany, and of their union has been born 
 one child, a son, Eugene T. Socially Mr. H. is a 
 member of Germania Lodge No. 299, I. O. O. F., 
 at Alton, 111. 
 
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 7^ RANK HA(iERMAN, of the law firm of 
 Anderson, Davis & Hagermau, Keokuk, 
 /1|, ^^ Iowa, is considered one of the brightest at- 
 torneys among the younger members of the bar in 
 this city. He is the sou of B. F. and AnnS. Hager- 
 mau, and was born in Clark County, Mo., April 
 27, 18.')7. His family removed to Keokuk when 
 he was a child of seven years, and he was educated 
 in tiie public schools of the city, graduating from 
 the High School department in 1874. He then 
 con)menced the study of law under the instruction 
 of P. P. Lomax, and was admitted to the bar two 
 years later, in August, 1876, before he was twenty- 
 one years old. He immediately entered upon the 
 practice of his profession, doing business alone for 
 the following three years. He was then admitted 
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 ruary, 1886, when he became a member of the firni^ 
 the name of which is given above. 
 
 Mr. Hagerman has served as City Attorney for 
 two years, and is a Democrat in politics. Although 
 having been in practice for some years he does not 
 relax in his study of his profession, and takes pride 
 in striving to excel. There is apparently an ex- 
 ceptionall}" bright career before him. His studious 
 habits and close application liave won for him the 
 respect and admiration of the profession in this 
 county, and he ma}' with reason aspire to almost 
 anj' position within the gift of the people of this 
 section. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1887, occurred the happiest event in 
 the life of our subject, his marriage. The ladj' 
 whose affection he gained and who consented to ac- 
 company him thrtiugh life was Miss Ella C'omstock, 
 the highly accomplished and intelligent daughter of 
 F. J. Comstoek, of the extensive furniture firm of 
 Burrell, C'omstock ifc Co., of St. Louis. The cere- 
 mony was performed at the residence of the bride's 
 parents, 3447 Lafayette avenue. Rev. Dr. Boyd of 
 the Second Baptist Church officiating. 
 
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 RS. LOTTIE W. REED, widow of .lames K. 
 Reed, owns and occupies a pleasant home- 
 stead on section 25, in Montrose Township, 
 and since the decease of her husband has 
 conducted her landed interests in a judicious and 
 praiseworthy manner. She is the possessor of eighty 
 acres of finely cultivated laud, which she leases, and 
 has a handsome farm dwelling, good barns and out- 
 houses, and a tine selection of stock. 
 
 Mrs. Reed is a native of Michigan, and was born 
 in Flint, Genesee County, April 18, 183C. Her 
 parents were Daniel and Emily (Woodford) Curtis, 
 natives of New York. The former was born in 
 1802, passed his childhood and youth in his native 
 State, and after his marriage emigrated to the State 
 of Michigan, living there until 18o0, when he re- 
 moved to Iowa, where he resided until his death, 
 which occurred at the age of flfty-six years. Tlie 
 mother, born in 1801, departed this life four days 
 before the death of her husband. Of Iheir union 
 
 there were born six children — George D., Charles . 
 II., Lottie W., Lucretia, Edward R. and RubertM. E 
 The youngest died some years ago. : 
 
 Mrs. Reed has been twice married; first to : 
 Lewis Adams, Dec. 12, 1861. .Mr. Adams was a : 
 native of \'irginia, and enlisted as a soldier in Co. E 
 A, 30th Iowa \"ol. Inf., in August, 1862, for three : 
 years, or during the war. He participated in all : 
 the engagements of his regiment, and at Oquawka 
 Junction received wounds which proved fatal, and 
 he died in the arm}' in November, 1863. Previon- 
 to this he was at the siege of Vicksburg and had j 
 been promoted Orderly Sergeant. He was a brave j 
 and courageous soldier, and endured the hardships 
 of war without murmuring or complaint. He never ' 
 saw his wife after the day of his enlistment, and 
 after his departure for the field a son was born. 
 Clarence H., who never saw his father, the date "( 
 his birth being Dec. 20, 1862. He is still living. 
 
 Mrs. Lottie W. Adams' second marriage w.i- 
 with James K. Reed, and was solemnized April 10, 
 1871. Mr. Reed was a native of Preble Count}', Ohio, 
 born Oct. 22, 1836, and was a son of Robert and 
 Sarah (Kennedy) Reed. He was a farmer by oc- 
 cupation, and in 1852 left his native State for the 
 farther West. He came into Iowa, purchased land 
 and established a homestead, and departed this life 
 Jan. 15, 1876, after having been married to the 
 subject of our sketch only five years. Of their un- 
 ion was born one child, Robert, the date of whose 
 birth was Feb. 16, 1875. 
 
 Mrs. Reed is a well educated and highly re- 
 spected lady ; she enjoys the esteem of a large circle 
 of friends and acquaintances, and is a member in 
 good standing of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
 Reed was a Republican in politics. 
 
 ^OHN W. BEN BOW, of Ft. Madison, is suc- 
 cessfully engaged as a grain dealer at this 
 point, and comprises one of tlie im|)ortant 
 factors of the business community. He is 
 of English descent and parentage, and was born in 
 Staffordshire, near Dudley. July 16. 1S31. His fa- 
 ther, William Benbow, was ;i native of Hereford- 
 shire in the ?auie country, and was reared to farm- 
 
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 ing pursuits. He remained in his native shire one 
 year after marriage, then removed to Staffordshire, 
 and engaged as a dealer in malt liquors, eider and 
 porter for the following six years. He then pur- 
 chased a stock of groceries and carried on this 
 branch of the business until 1840, but not being 
 satisfied with his condition or his prospects in his 
 native country', resolved to emigrate to the New 
 World. Accordingly, with his wife and four chil- 
 dren, he set sail from Liverpool in April, and after 
 a voyage of five weeks landed at New York City 
 in June. After a few da3^s spent in the latter city 
 they started via the Hudson River, Erie Canal and 
 Lake, to Cleveland, thence \)y the Ohio Canal to 
 Pcn-tsmouth, and from there by the Ohio and Mis- 
 sissippi Rivers to Nauvoo, III., where they decided 
 to locate. Mr. Benbow purchased a tract of wild 
 land and engaged in farming until 1843. He then 
 disposed of his proi)erty, proceeded north to Ra- 
 cine, Wis., and purchased 240 acres of wild land at 
 Yorkville, and set about its improvement and cul- 
 tivation. 
 
 Mr. Benbow remained at the latter-named place 
 for about eleven years, then sold out and started 
 on the lake for Chicago, going thence by rail to 
 La Salle, 111., from there by the river to St. Louis, 
 and at that point purchased a wagon, vvhich he 
 loaded with groceries and a quantit}" of furnishing 
 goods, and started up along the Missouri River to 
 St. Joseph. There, he purchased twenty yoke of 
 o.xen, and proceeded overland to Salt Lake City, 
 where he purchased 320 acres of land, upon which 
 he farmed for two years and then, in 185(j, re- 
 turned East, accompanied by his wife, one son and 
 Judge Kinne. They came into Iowa, purchasing a 
 farm near Denmark, upon which Mr. Benbow set- 
 tled with his family and which they occupied until 
 1873. He then sold out and removed to Ft. Mad- 
 ison, where the3' remaine<l for two years, then went 
 to Clarke County, Iowa, and remained there two 
 years with a son, whence they returned to Ft. Mad- 
 ison and spent a period <jf two years, since which 
 time Mr. Benbow made his home with his children, 
 and died at Mt. Pleasant on the I'.lth of December, 
 I8bG, aged eightj'-four years. 
 
 In early manhooil .Mr. Benliow was united in nnir- 
 riage with Miss Ann Bagley, of .Slatiordshire, En- 
 
 gland, who came with her husband to this country, 
 accompanied him faithfull}' in all his various wan- 
 derings, and died in Ft. Madison, Aug. 26, 1879. 
 Their family- consisted of five children, four born 
 in England and one in Hancock Couut3', 111. The 
 subject of our sketch was the eldest; Louisa, the 
 wife of Cornelius Scott, lives three miles from 
 Salem, Henry Co.. Iowa; Ann, a daughter, died 
 near Salt Lake City, Utah ; Marian H. is the wife 
 of William H. Bell, and lives in Burlington, Iowa; 
 Edmund B. lives near Osceola, Clarke Co., Iowa. 
 
 The subject of this history was a child of nine 
 years old when his parents emigrated to America. 
 He accompanied them to Hancock County, 111., 
 and assisted in the improvement of the farm there, 
 and when they removed to Racine Countj% Wis., 
 he drove the stock across the prairies of Illinois, 
 which at that time were inhabited principally bj- 
 wild animals, and occasionally upon the lonely 
 scene would appear the forms of a scattering troop 
 of wild Indians. He made the overland journej' 
 to Salt Lake, driving six yoke of oxen, and when 
 his father returned eastward, in 18.56, our subject 
 remained behind to dispose of his stock, lauds and 
 farm machinery, which he did to good advantage, 
 and the following year returned to his father, and 
 assisted him during the harvest season. He then 
 purchased a farm five miles south of New London, 
 Henr^' Co., Iowa, and engaged in its improvement 
 and cultivation until the spring of 18.59, when he 
 removed to Des Moines Count}-, and settling five 
 miles north of Burlington, took charge of the farm 
 of his brother-in-law and superintended the ini- 
 IM'ovements going on. Here he remained for about 
 foui- years, and in 1863 returned to Lee County 
 and rented a farm in Pleasant Ridge Township. 
 He operated this the following three 3^ears, and in 
 l.sOU purchased a farm in Washington Township, 
 where he lived until 1872. He then concluded to 
 change his occupation, and coming to Ft. Madison. 
 jKirchased the Union Warehouse, and has beensuc- 
 cessfuUj- engaged in the buying and shipping of 
 grain since that time. He is still in possession of 
 his last purchase of land, upon which his son is 
 carrying on farming. 
 
 Mr. Benbow was married to Miss Sarah M. Cole, 
 April 28, 1854, Mrs. Benbow is a native of Lon- 
 
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 don, England, bom in August, 1836, and the daugh- 
 ter of William ;iiul Sarah ((;<«lin) Cole, also of 
 Knglish ancestry and parentage. Of this union 
 there have been born seven cliildreii — Williaui II.. 
 Ray F., Henrietta M. (the wife of J. B. Williams, 
 Jr.), Edmund C. Alfred .]., John L. and All)ert U. 
 The3' occupy a comfortable home, and enjoy the 
 confidence and esteem of a large number of friends 
 and acquaintances. Mr. Henbow is a straightfor- 
 ward business man, Republican in politics, and re- 
 ligiousl}' he and his wife are connected with the 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
 Vf? AMES E. BRICKER, of Ft. Madison, is one 
 
 of the oldest settlers of Lee County, and is 
 
 regarded with that i)eculiar veneration and 
 
 respect which is tacitly accorded the honored 
 
 pioneers of the liawkeye State. Mr. Bricker is a 
 
 native of Johnson County, Tenn., and the date of 
 
 his birth was July 25, 1 832. His father, Ira Bricker, 
 
 was a native of the same State, and his grandfather, 
 
 David Bricker, of Virginia, was an early pioneer of 
 
 East Tennessee, where he spent the last years of 
 
 his life. 
 
 Ira Bricker, the father of our subject, was reared 
 to manhood in his native State and learned the 
 trade of cabinet-maker. He lived in Tennessee until 
 1837, in the meantime iiaving married and become 
 the father of three chihhcn. Then, not being quite 
 satisfied with his condition and prospects in Tennes- 
 see, he set out for Indiana, accompanied by his 
 wife and children, making tlie journey with horses 
 and wagon. T1k'3- were equipped with their house- 
 hold goods and kitchen utensils, and camped and 
 cooked by the wayside. They spent that winter in 
 Indiana, and in the spring determined to move into 
 the liawkeye State. Tliey accoi-dingly started on 
 I a boat, via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and 
 I landed at Ft. Madison on the 7th of April. Here, 
 after having established his family- comfortably, 
 he worked at liis trade, and two jears later was su 
 k| well prospered that he purciiased a town lot, upon 
 whicli he built a liouse and removed into it with 
 his family. Here lie passed the remainder of his 
 life, his decease occurring In 1872. The niaiileu 
 
 name of his wife, the mother of oui' subject, was 
 Sarah Riddle, also a native of Tennessee. She pre- 
 ceded her husband to the better laud in 1847, ami 
 died in Ft. Madison. The parental family consisted 
 of seven children, four of whom are now living: 
 Thomas L. is in Ilenr}- County. Mo.; John S. died 
 in Ft. Madison in l»So8; Mary became the wife of 
 John Whitaker, and lives near Columbus. Neb.; 
 Sophia married William Stillwttll, and died in Ft. 
 Madison; Louisa is the wife of Uavid Scott, and 
 lives in Green Bay Township, this county. The 
 other children of the family died in childhood. 
 
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 child of his parents, and was but four years old C 
 
 when they removed from Tennessee to Indiana. W; 
 
 Young as he w.as then, he still remembers all the ! 
 
 incidents of the overland journej' and the scenes E'i 
 
 along the route, which he viewed with childish in- ['; 
 
 terest. Ft. Madison was then a small village of log C; 
 
 and frauic houses, and Mr. B. has watched with p 
 
 interest the growth and develoi)ment of the city E 
 
 which h.as been his home for the greater part of his E;} 
 
 life. After .attaining a proper age he learned the »|;} 
 
 trade of cabinet-maker under the instruction of his " 
 
 father, but < nl}' pursued it a few j-ears, choosing i 
 
 instead the trade of a uulhvright, which he after- : 'A 
 ward learned thorougiily. serving an apprenticoslii|i 
 of four years, and whicli he has followed since lie 
 was twenty years oi age, with the exception of one 
 year. He attained great skill in this department of Bf 
 
 business, and has assisted in putting in the inachiu- t'^ 
 ery of many importiint structures in Lea County. 
 
 lames E. Bricker and Miss Jane Foster were united 3 
 
 in marriage in Ft. Madison in November, 1857. 
 Mrs. B. is a native of Ohio, and the daughter of 
 Abiier and Mary (Wallingsford) Foster, natives 
 respectively of Virginia and Maryland. The grand- 
 father of Mrs. B., Seth Foster by name, was also 
 a native of Virginia, of excellent Scottish ancestiy. f■^ 
 He removed from his native Stale to Kentucky " 
 after the Revolutionary Wnv. and afterward to 
 Oliio, where he s|)ent a few years, after whicli he 
 returned to Kentucky and passed the remainder of 
 ills thu>. His son. Abiier Foster, the father of Mrs. 
 B., was a young man when his parents removed to 
 Ohio, and settled in Adani> County at an earlj' 
 [jiiiod in tlie lii.stuiy i>( that section. He lived t' 
 
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 there until 1 844, and then came to the Territory of 
 Iowa, via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, making 
 liis first location three miles from Ft. Madison. lie 
 only lived two years after coming here, his death 
 occurring in 1S4G. The parental familj' consisted 
 of ten children, all of wlioni were living at the 
 time of their father's death. Eight years after- 
 \vard Abt<alom Foster purchased a farm in Appa- 
 noose County, and the mother of Mrs. B. spent the 
 last j-ears of her life with this son. 
 
 Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bricker tliere were 
 born five children, two of whom died in infancj'; 
 Clarence A. died at the age of sixteen years ; those 
 living are Viola S., who married William Hayes, of 
 Jefferson Township, and Florence A., who is at home 
 with her parents. Mr. Bricker has been prospered in 
 his business as a millwright, and has become one of 
 the landed proprietors of Lee County. Li 1868 he 
 purchased a farm of 240 acres in Jefferson Town- 
 ship, which under his management, has ))ecome 
 verj' valuable; it is occupied by tenants, lie has 
 ijeen a straightforward business man, and from the 
 time of coming here has generously identified him- 
 self witli the interests and welfare of his adopted 
 home. He has contributed of his time and means 
 to the promotion of every worthy object, and is 
 held in high esteem bj' an extensive circle of 
 acquaintances throughout this section of the State. 
 He occupies a pleasant home in Ft. Madison, and is 
 in the enjoyment of all the comforts and many of 
 the luxuries of life. 
 
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 ^^^ HARLES HU8SEY, a prominent and enter- 
 j'oung farmer of Marion Township, 
 second sou of Christopher and Rachel 
 R. Hussey. He was born in Highland County, 
 Ohio, March 11, 1844, and when al)out eleven 
 years of age, accompanied his parents to Henry 
 Count3', Iowa, and there lived until he attained to 
 man's estate, receiving a fair educaticjii in the com- 
 mon schools. 
 
 In 1801, almost at the beginning o! the late 
 Civil War, our subject enlisted in Co. K, Otli 
 Iowa \ol. Inf., and served his country faitiifully 
 and well for four years. He particip.ated in Lwent} - 
 
 eight battles and skirmishes, a few of the more 
 important ones being Shiloh, Corinth, Memphis, 
 siege of Vicksbnrg, Jackson, Miss., Chattanooga 
 and others, and was with Sherman in his never-t(.'- 
 be-forgotten march from Atlanta to the sea. He 
 was mustered out of the service in July, 18(lo, at 
 Davenport, Iowa. He had bek)nged to the 2d 
 Brigade, 1st Division, l.ith Army Corps, and 
 participated in every battle in which his regiment 
 was engaged. At the battle of Shiloli he was in 
 Gen. Sherman's division. 
 
 After receiving his discharge, our subject returned 
 to Henrj' Count}', Iowa, and lived there until his 
 parents" removal to Marion Township, tliLs county, 
 when he accompanied them. He has not as j'et 
 joined the army of Benedicts, and claims to have 
 j found peace, pleasure and happiness in single 
 blessedness. 
 
 TLLIAM D. GRIPTITH, [deceased, was 
 formerlj' a prominent merchant of Vin- 
 cennes, Iowa, and also interested in agri- 
 cultural pursuits. He was a native of Cleveland, 
 Ohio, born April 22, 182o. His father. Duty Grif- 
 titli, was a native of Albany, N. Y., and was 
 married in his native State to Miss Barbara Over- 
 acker. They subsequently- settled near Cleveland, 
 where they became the parents of twelve children, 
 of whom the subject of our sketch was the young- 
 est but one. They lived to an advanced age, and 
 their lives terminated in Des .Moines Township, 
 whither they had removed a good many years pre- 
 viously. The mother died at the age of seventy 
 3'ears, in about 18rj2. The father survived lier 
 twent}' years, and made his home witii his son, the 
 subject of our sketch, finally passing away in 1872, 
 at the age of ninety years. 
 
 Duty (irifflth was a native of Berksliire, Mass., 
 born in 1782, and cast his first Presidential vote 
 for Thomas Jeffeison. He heard Martin Van 
 Buren deliver his maiden speech at the bar, and 
 lemoved to New York State in tile early settlement 
 of that r,ection of tlie country. Thence lie pioceeded 
 lo Ohio before that Territory had become a State, 
 and a few years latei' laboriously made his way to 
 liuliann with teams, tlienee lo Illinois, where he 
 
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 assisted in breaking the soil of that new State, and 
 then, not yet satisfied with his experience as a 
 pioneer, crossed the Father of Waters Miid landed 
 uijon the soil of Iowa. He was a niiin of great 
 force of character and remarkably kind and aniiahle 
 in his disposition. ■• None knew him luit to love 
 him. none named him but to praise." Ili.s last 
 Piesidential vote was cast for U. S. Grant. From 
 early manhood he had been connected with the J^at- 
 ter-I)ny Saints, and remained faithfnl in his adhesion 
 to tiiat religions sect until his latest breath, lie 
 passed away, having- enjoyed the respect of the 
 whole community and having been a good citizen. 
 fninUing all the duties of life. 
 
 William 1). (irifflth, although :\ native of the 
 Buckeye Stale, was educated principally in Illinois, 
 to which State he had come with his parents in 
 early youlii. He was ambitious and adventuious, 
 and in llSoO crossed the Mississippi and the plains, 
 and proceeded to the mining regions of California. 
 He subsequently purchased a farm about ten miles 
 from Stockton, Cal., and was engaged in agiicult- 
 nral pursuits for about ten years. He then 
 journeyed eastward and tarried for a time in Iowa. 
 'Thence he proceeded to Detroit, Mich., where lie 
 was married, June 12, 18U2, to Miss Ellen Ilolman. 
 a native of Keene, N. H., born Oct. 27, 1843, and 
 the daughter of Oliver and Caroline (Reddington) 
 Ilolman, natives of the same State. Ilei' parents 
 were born and leaicd near the town of Keene, and 
 were there mairicd. The household circle included 
 the following children : K. D., wh(j resides in New 
 York City, and is engaged in mercantile pursuits; 
 Klsie, who lives in Chicago, 111. ; Louisa was the 
 third child; Henry lives in M.acon, Oa. ; Mrs. (irif- 
 fith was the youngest child of her parents' family. 
 Her father was a glass manufacturer, and when she 
 was tifteen years of age, lu^r pai-ents emigrated to 
 Iowa. 
 
 After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. (iriflith re- 
 mained three years on the farm of his father. .Mi'. 
 (i. established a storfe in V'incennes, Iowa, and Si, 
 Francisville, Mo., linally consolidating his business 
 br-Hf-g jit Vincennes, where he remained until his death, 
 engaged in general merchandise. He was strongly 
 Itepublican in politics, and was the Postmaster of 
 \ iiiceinies for twelve years. Ht became a member 
 
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 of the Church of the Latter- Day .Saints a short time 
 before his death, and Mrs. (J. is a member of the 
 .same organization, earnestly and actively engaged 
 in its support and success. Mr. (iriflith was highly 
 esteemed in his comnuinity, and held various otiices 
 of trust in his township, serving as Notary I'ublic 
 f(jr fifteen years with great credit to himself and 
 satisfaction to all concerned. He was alwaj's 
 interested in educational matters and everything 
 pertaining to the welfare of his cominunity and 
 county. 
 
 Mrs. (iriftith was the worthy helpmeet of such a 
 man .as her husband, and since his decease has 
 carried f)n the affairs 'of the homestead with more 
 than ordinary ability. She has one child living, a 
 son. Ferdinand W., engaged in the lumber business 
 at Lincoln, Neb., for the Arm of Howell Bros. 
 He is a bright and promising young man, possessing 
 marked business ability. Mrs. Orifiith is the pro- 
 priett)r of twenty acres of improved land, all under 
 a good state of cultivation. She ciccupies a sub- 
 stantial farm dwelling and has good barns and out- 
 houses. The homestead is one c>f the finest in this 
 section of the country, and is replete with all of 
 the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. 
 
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 ^^ jMLLlAM W. ALLEN is a leading land- 
 owner ;ind stock-grower of l)es Moines 
 
 
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 *4?\^ Township, owning and occupying a fine 
 estate of 297 acres on section 7. Mr. Allen is a 
 native of Mason County, Ky., born Feb. 17, 1843. 
 His father, \V. S. Allen, was born in Mason Countj-, 
 Ivy. The maiden name of his mother was Elsie 
 l!ond;she was a Kentucky lady, born and reared in 
 the same county as her son and of Welsh descent. 
 She became the mother of seven children, of whom 
 our subject was the third in order of liiith. His 
 p:ireiits set out for the State of Iowa in 186(1. and 
 made their first location on the tract of land which 
 i> now occupied by tiieii' son, the sidiject of our 
 sketih. It was only paitly improved when it came 
 into their possession, but they sucitessfuUy culti- 
 vated the land, established a comfortable home, 
 and remained upon it the balance of their lives. 
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 mother survived him seven years, d^'ing in 1872. 
 She was a member in good standing of the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church, and her husband politically, 
 was a conscientious Democrat. 
 
 When the parents of William Allen emigrated 
 to the Hawkeye State he harl not yet attained his 
 majority. Me remained under the parental roof, 
 receiving careful training at the hands of both 
 father and mother, and a fair training in the com- 
 mon schools. He was married in Clark County, 
 Mo., March 29, 1866, to Miss Eliza Cherry, a na- 
 tive of Ohio, born near Columbus, and of American 
 parentage. Her father was a farmer by occupation, 
 and emigrated to Missouri in the fall of 1856. They 
 both still reside in that State, making their home 
 at Alexandria, Clark County, and have succeeded 
 in their farming operations, and are now living 
 in comparative ease and comfort. Mrs. Allen 
 remained at home with her parents until her mar- 
 riage, receiving her education in the public schools. 
 Of her union with Mr. Allen five children have 
 been born, namely, Thomas C, at home; Alice, 
 Ollie, Anna (deceased) and Bertha. 
 
 Shortly after the death of his father, William 
 Allen took charge of the homestead, and has since 
 conducted its operations in a successful manner. He 
 has also added 118 acres to the original tract, and 
 it nov^f constitutes one of the finest bodies of land 
 in Lee County. As a citizen, Mr. Allen enjoys the 
 confidence and esteem of his townsmen, and has 
 filled the offices of Assessor and Township Clerk 
 two terms. He is Democratic in politics, and Mrs. 
 Allen is a membei' in good standing of the Presby- 
 terian Church. 
 
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 ylLLIAM DAVIS, a pioneer settler of the 
 llawkeye State, came to this part of the 
 country while Iowa was still a Territory, 
 and while watching the rapid and remarkable de- 
 velopment of this section identified himself with all 
 its interests and assisted his brother pioneers in 
 marking out a path for the advance of civilization. 
 Mr. Davis i? a native of Indiana, and was born in 
 a log cabin a quarter of a mile north of the village 
 of Economy in Wayne County, on the ITth of 
 
 September, 1820. His father. John Davis, and his 
 grandfather, William Davis, were natives of North 
 Carolina. .John Davis removed from his native 
 State to Indiana in about 1814 or 181.'). William 
 Davis, the grandfather, spent the last days of hisCtS 
 life with his children, and died at the home of his }: 
 daughter in Ohio. He was a remarkable man in 
 many respects, the humane element in his character 
 being largely developed. He was bitterly opposed 
 to human bondage, and spent the greater part of 
 his property in behalf of colored people who were 
 illegally held in bondage, defending their rights in 
 the courts. 
 
 .John Davis, the father of our subject, was reared 
 in his native State, and when a young man came 
 north and worked at the hatter's trade in Ohio and 
 Indiana. He then returned to North Carolina, and 
 was married in about 1814 or 181.0. He returned 
 to Indiana with his bride while it was yet a Terri- 
 I tory, and was among the earliest settlers. He 
 bought a tract of timber land, built a log cabin, 
 cleared a few acres, and remained there until 1833, 
 when he sold out and removed to Henrj' County, 
 Ind. He there purchased a partly improved farm, 
 and lived upon it for several years, and after he had 
 made considei'able improvement in its condition 
 sold this also, and going into Wabash County pur- 
 chased another tract of timber land, and went 
 through the same laborious process as he had with 
 the other two. This last constituted his home dur- 
 ing the latter years of his life, and he died there at 
 the advanced age of -nearly ninety-four years. 
 
 The maiden name of the mother of our subject 
 was Ruth Hadley, a native of the same State as her 
 husband. After their m.arriage she i-emoved with 
 him to Indiana, where they reared their family, 
 carefully trained their children at home, and gave 
 them such advantages as the pioneer schools af- ^| 
 forded. The faithfid wife and mother departed 
 this life about the year 1824, while ovir subject was 
 a child three or four years of age. 
 
 William Davis was the third child and second 
 son of his parents' family. He was thirteen years 
 old when they removed to Henry County. Ind., 
 and remained at home until he was twenty year.* 
 of age. He then commenced to work at the car- 
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 that event started with his wife to establish a home 
 i)e3'ond the Mississippi. They accimipanied a 
 friend, .lohii .Marshall, and made the trip overland 
 with a double team of horsi's, taking with them 
 their hou.sehold goods and eainpingand cooking by 
 the wayside. They drove two cows and .Mr. Davis 
 had ^iW) in i^ash. He located upon rented land in 
 Henry County, where he remained for two years, 
 in the meantime entering Hid acres, eighty on sec- 
 tion Vi of Cedar Township, and another eighty on 
 section 11. In 1H48 he settled ni)(iu the first men- 
 tioned tr.ut. l)uilt a small frame house, and lived 
 there until 1H.')2, al which time he stild it and 
 moved to the place which he now owns and occu- 
 pies on section 1 1. The present homestead is finely 
 improved ami cultivated, witii a good set of build- 
 ings and all the appliances for carrying on agricult- 
 ure after the most approved methods. 
 
 Mr. Davis was married in I.S42 to Mis.s lluldah, 
 laughter of Ira Hough, of Indiana (see sketch of 
 ough). Mrs. lluldah Davis leniained the 
 faithful eom[)anion of her husband for tlie space of 
 si.xteen years, and departed this life in 1S;1S. He 
 was mai'ried the second time in lWr>. to .Miss Beu- 
 iali (Jray, a native of Randoli)h County, Jnd., who 
 was born Sept. (!, 1 840. Her father, Absalom (iray, 
 was a native of Guilford County, N. C., .ind her 
 grandfather, James Gray, of English birth and par- 
 entage, was a soldier in the Uevolution.ary War. 
 He spent the last years of his life in Wayne County. 
 [■' Absalom Gr.ay was a young bo3' when his sisters 
 removed from North Carolina tti Ohio, and three 
 years later to Indiana. Me grew to manhood in 
 the latter State, and after his jnarriage settled in 
 Handoli)h Count}', where he remained until 184.3. 
 Then, with his wife and eight children, he started 
 for the Territory of Iowa. The^' located in Henry 
 County, established a comfortable home, and there 
 a the fatlier died in 187.S. The mother of Mrs. Da- 
 I vis, whose maiden name was .Mary Pickett, was a 
 I native of Orange County, N. C, and was born 
 Feb. 1. ISO,"). She is still living, and m.-dio her 
 honu- with h(-r daughter, .Mrs. Davis. 
 
 Of the lir>l marriage of .Mr. Davis there were 
 
 seven children, three now living: .Melinda, Mrs. 
 
 Hinshaw. of Cedar Township; Elizabeth. .Mrs. 
 
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 Marion Townshij). By the second marriage there 
 is one child, Macy S.. whu lives on section 11 of 
 Cedar Towiislu|). Religiously .Mr. and .Mrs. Davis 
 are connected with the Society of Friends, and Mr. 
 Davis is a Prohibition Republican in politico, lie 
 is a gentleman of strictly temperate habit>. never 
 having used spirituous liquors in any form, and 
 .abandoned the use of tobacco fourteen years ago. 
 He is the friend of morality and good order, 
 straightforward in his busines:^ methods, and in all 
 respects is fulfilling the duties of a good citizen. 
 
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 .M. COt)K, a gentleman prominent among 
 the industrial enterprises of Keokuk, is suc- 
 cessfully carrying on the manufacture of 
 harness and saddlery goods and everything per- 
 taining to this department of business. Mr. C(jok 
 is a native of Knox County, Mo., and was born 
 Jan. 11, 1852. His parents were Richard V. and ; K 
 Margaret A. (Waugh) Cook, natives of Maryland ;; 
 and Virginia, respectively. Richard \'. Cook re- z-. 
 moved from his native .SUite to Missouri in 1833, ;; 
 being among the early settlers of that section. He 5 i 
 became proprietor of a farm of 320 acres and was ; ! 
 the owner of four slaves. He carried on agricidt- ;; 
 iiral pursuits and was also engaged in the bujing :; 
 and selling of stock, and accumulated a good prop- 
 erty. He departed this life in 18S4 at the age of 
 seventy years. He was a stanch adherent of the Dem- 
 ocratic part}', and he and his wife belonged to the 
 Catholic Church. The mother passed away from 
 earth two years prior to her husband, in 1882. 
 After first settling upon his purchase in Missouri 
 Richard Cook erected a log house in which the B|j 
 family lived for eighteen years, and then put up a 
 line frame house. The father was a man highly 
 respected in his community, .'ind led a strictly hon- 
 orable and upright life. 
 
 The parental household included thirteen ehil- Sri 
 dren, of whom eight are still living. The record is Bj 
 as follows: Richard H, is engaged in farming in Ij 
 .Missouri; Mary E., now Mrs. Cody, married a far- a; 
 mcr of Adair County, Mo.; William F. is the m 
 County .ludgeof Kno.x County, .Mo.; Clement i^ a ^ 
 farmer of thai .State; Dennis, who was a traveling ; 
 

 salesman for the .St. Joe Milling Company, departed 
 this life Oct. 14, 1886; the next son was the sub-' 
 ject of our sketch; Andrew L., of Keokuk, is em- 
 ployed as a clerk b}- W. G. Davis; America J. mar- 
 ried Mr. Miller, a farmer of Missouri; Thomas J. 
 is engaged in harness-making at Canton, Mo. 
 
 The subject of our sketch remained with his par- 
 ents and attended school until the age of seventeen 
 years. He then commenced working on the farm, 
 and was thus occupied for the following Ave years, 
 where he concluded to change his pursuits, and go- 
 ing to Edina, Mo., served an apprenticeship of one 
 year at harness-making, and in 1874 came to Keo- 
 kuk. Here he completed his apprenticeship, and 
 after three years' service commenced to work as a 
 journej'man, and in liS77 returned to Edina, spend- 
 ing two years, whence he came back to Keokuk and 
 established the business in which he has since been 
 occupied. He is conducting a thriving and pros- 
 perous trade, and a large jmrt of the time gives 
 emploj'ment to eight men. The goods of Mr. 
 Cook's manufacture will bear comparison with any- 
 thing of the kind west of the 3Iississippi. 
 
 In 1878 C. M. Cook was united in marriage 
 with Miss Helen B. Griffey, of Keokuk, and the 
 daughter of Jonathan C. Griffey. Of this union 
 there have been born four children — Lawrence B., 
 Charles C, Beulah V. and Ethel L. They occupj- 
 a handsome residence at No. 1314 Orleans street. 
 Mr. Cook is Republican in politics, and is one of 
 the representative men of the Gate City. 
 
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 M. INGERSOLL, a prominent and popular 
 business man of Keokuk, is engaged in mer- 
 chandising at No. 1229 Main street, and 
 deals in groceries, feed and wood. He is doing a 
 prosperous and increasing business, and both as a 
 business man and a citizen is a general favorite 
 among his neighbors and t(jwnsmeu. Our subject 
 is a native of Nauvoo, 111., and was liorn March 5, 
 1837. His parents were William and Hannah 
 (Moore) Ingersoll, of New Jersey and Ohio, respect- 
 ively. They came to Iowa in is;3(j, when our sub- 
 ? ject was an infant three weeks old, making their 
 ; first settlement in Des Moines County, abciut twelve 
 
 miles from Burlington. This State was then a Ter- 
 ritory and remained so for ten years thereafter, and 
 the country was inhabited principally by wild ani- 
 mals and Indians. 
 
 ^\'illiam Ingersoll was a courageous and enter- 
 prising man, and after arriving here set about pick- 
 ing up a load of furs and other goods from the na- 
 tives, and loading them upon a wagon, started with 
 an ox-team overland to Chicago. He was gone 
 nearly all winter, his family in the meantime being 
 at Nauvoo. Upon his return he went to his 
 claim of IGO acres of Government lanil, upon whicii 
 he erected a log house and commenced the improve- 
 ment of his purchase. He was of a speculative 
 turn of mind, and began to deal in land and doing 
 whatever else he could to turn an honest penny. 
 He remained in this locality for ten j'ears, and in 
 184(j purchased a small farm west of Keokuk, to 
 which he removed with his family', and the}' re- 
 sided there until 18.50. He then started across the 
 plains for California, and entered the mines in 
 search of gold, where he was accidentally killed in 
 1S.51. 
 
 William Ingersoll had been a prominent man in 
 liis community, and was second in command of the 
 train which crossed the plains, the members of the 
 company being made up from residents of Jeffei'- 
 son Count}', Iowa. During their journey, while 
 encamped ne.ar Humboldt River, a party of Indians 
 came marching up with the intention of stampeding 
 the cattle and murdering the men. Capt. Walker, 
 first in command, ordered his men out to meet the 
 enemy. Upon coming within gunsliot they fired 
 upon the Indians and uniformly retreated in order 
 to escape the arrows fired by their enemies. Mr. 
 Ingersoll assured tlie Captain that this policy was 
 a great mistake antl that the train would fall into 
 the iiauds of the foe by pursuing this course. The 
 Captain replied, " Uncle Billie, if you know more 
 about the Indians than I do, take charge. " " Un- 
 cle Billie '■ did as requested and ordered a charge 
 without retreat, which routed the Indians into the 
 Humboldt River, wliere they were nearly extermin- 
 ated. This journey across the plains occupied 
 about five months. At his death the family of 
 William Ingersoll consisted of a wife and eight 
 chiklren. The mother still survives, and is living 
 
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 is now Mis. Stnlts. of Keokuk: the next child was 
 William 11.: Mary E. is now Mrs. Reed, of Council 
 Grove. Kan.; K. M.. the subject of our sketch, was 
 the next in order of birth: Emmie A. is now Mrs. 
 \&n Deventer, of Kansas: then followed Alain T.. 
 and Joseph M., who is in Kansas: Sarah C, Mrs. 
 Roberts, lives in Nebraska. 
 
 The subject of our sketch remained with his 
 widowed mother until he w.as twenty-five j'ears old, 
 in the meantime receiving a good education and 
 assisting in the care of the household. In 1858 he 
 went to Kansas, and engaged in farming until the 
 fall of 18();i. He then returned to Keokuk and 
 was employed as traveling salesman for about five 
 months. lie afterward traveled for the Gate City, 
 a Republican paper, for one season. He then be- 
 came employed in a grocery house as clerk, and at 
 the commencement of the war he was one of an in- 
 dependent organization wh(j did good service in 
 driving out rebels from Kansas and preventing 
 them from coming across the Missouri River. In 
 1864 he enlisted in Co. C, 4.Tth Iowa Vol. Inf., and 
 was honorably discharged at the expiration of his 
 term of enlistment. He then returned to Keokuk. 
 was engaged in the grocery business for a short 
 time, and then, in 1866, became interested indairj'- 
 ing for thirteen years, and was very successful. 
 After aliandoning this he engaged in the real-estate 
 business, which he has continued to this time in 
 connection with his merchandising. 
 
 Mr. Ingersoll is Re[iubliean in politics and takes 
 a deep interest in the affairs of his State and nation. 
 He is a prominent man in Ills party, and has served 
 frequently as a delegate to the various County Con- 
 ventions. He is the supporter and encourager of 
 education, and has served as School Director. So- 
 cially he l)elongs to the Iowa Legion of Honor: he 
 jgis a stockholder in the Loan and Building Associa- 
 tion. He is a memlier in good standing of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, and ftir two years was 
 SuperinliMident of the I'nion Sahbath-school at 
 Pleasant (irovo, Des .Moines Township, which under 
 ^his management Ijccame very flourishing, with a 
 membership of about fifty-five scliolarsand teachers. 
 
 The marriage of K. M. Ingersoll and Mrs. Mary 
 A. Seymour, of Keokuk, was celebrated in 1865. 
 
 and of this union there have been born four chil- 
 dren — Edgar L.. who is now a young man. and as- 
 sociated with his father in the grocery business; 
 Lucj' C. Ida M. and Walter .\. Mrs. Ingersoll is 
 connected with the Congregational Church. Mr. 
 I. is a thorctugh-going business man and the posses- 
 sor of a large amount of property. He has two 
 farms in Jackson and Montrose Townships, this 
 county, and some propertj' withiu the city limits. 
 He also owns land in Juneau Countj', Wis. He 
 has all his life been enteri)rising, ambitious and in- 
 dustrious, and has added materially to the business 
 interests of Lee Countj'. 
 
 \*^^ ANIEL SLATTERY, a prosperous farmer 
 ]^ of Montrose Townshii), occupies a com- 
 fortable homestead on section 8. Besides 
 the ordinary duties of agriculture he is 
 considerably interested in the breeding of fine 
 stock, and has some fine specimens of thoroughbred 
 Clydesdale horses, Short-horn and Durham cattle 
 and Poland-China hogs. His farm is all improved 
 and under a good state of cultivation, and he is a 
 representative farmer and citizen of this section. 
 
 The subject of tliis sketch is a native of Lee 
 County, born at Viele, Jan. 7, 18.59. His parents 
 were Daniel and Ellen (Welch) Slattery, natives of 
 Ireland. Daniel Slattery, Sr., was born in County 
 Kerry, June 22, 1822, and emigrated to the United 
 States, landing at New York City in the year 
 1845. He was eng.aged at public work until 1860, 
 when he came west to Iowa, and here purchased 
 eighty acres of land. He at once set about its cul- 
 tivation and improvement, and added to his 
 acreage as his means permitted. He soon after- 
 ward purchased fifty-five acres more, and subse- 
 quently added forty, and before his death had es- 
 tablished a comfortable home, and was in possession 
 of 175 acres of finely improved land. Here he 
 passed the remainder of his d.aj's, his decease oc- 
 curring April 27, 1885. He was a conscientious 
 adlierentof the Catholic faith, and in polities voted 
 the Democratic ticket. 
 
 Daniel Slattery. Sr.. was married in 1844, to Miss 
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 in County Kerry, the birthplace of her hiisliand. 
 Her parents dierl when she was but a child, and she 
 made her home among relatives and friends until 
 her marriage. The parental household consisted of 
 eight children, two of whom died in infancy and 
 were both named John, one having died before the 
 other was born. Mary, the eld.est daughter, died 
 when a young lady twenty-three j-ears of age ; the 
 next two were Charles, and Catharine (now Mrs.. 
 Lepper^ ; the subject of our sketch was tlie young- 
 est child. The Slattery family for several genera- 
 tions were intensely loyal to the faith of the Cath- 
 olic Church. 
 
 Mr. Slattery of our sketch is a gentleman of 
 enterprise and industry, and has met with suc- 
 cess in the diflferent branches of his calling. He 
 attends strictly to his own affairs, is upright and 
 honorable in his transactions, and is highly re- 
 spected by his townsmen. He is Democratic in 
 politics, and uniformly casts his vote in support of 
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 /AMES C. PARROTT. one of the early pio- 
 neers of Lee County, came to this vicinity 
 m September, 1834, in company with a de- 
 tachment of United States troops known as 
 the 1st United States Dragoons, Mountain Men, who 
 were stationed at Ft. Des Moines, which is now 
 Montrose, in this county. At the expiratif>n of his 
 term of service, three years later, our subject en- 
 gaged in mercantile business at Ft. Madison, inaug- 
 urating the first establishment of the kind in the 
 city, which was then a town in embryo, and the 
 ti'ading principally carried on with roving tribes of 
 the Sac and Fox Indians. 
 
 Mr. Parrott continued in business at that point 
 for about four years, and until the first land sales, 
 which found many without money. The squatters 
 sold out as best they could, and left the country. 
 Mr. P. remained in Ft. Madison until 1852. at 
 which time he came to Keokuk and engaged as a 
 clerk in the mercantile establishment of A. Walcot 
 & Co., continuing until the firm sold out. He then 
 became partner with the head of the late firm, and 
 
 they carried on business until the financial crasli of 
 1857. Oui- sulijcct then carried on Inisiness alone 
 until isdi, and the Ineaking out of the late war. ^h^^ 
 He then commenced recruiting a company, of which 
 he was selected Cai)t:iin. and went into camp at Bur- 
 lington. They were afterward attached to the 7th 
 Iowa Infantry, and went to the front earl}' in Au- 
 gust, the first campaign of Capt. Parrott lieing from 
 St. Louis to fronton, and Cape (jirardeau, JIo. The3' 
 then proceeded by steamer to Cairo, and in No- 
 vember proceeded down the river by steamer, and 
 made an attack on the enemy at Belmont, Mo., 
 wliich was one of the first battles of the war, and at 
 which Gen. (Jrant was present as commander. 
 Here Capt. Parivjtt was disabled for several months 
 l)y a gunshot wound, but rejoined his regiment 
 tile following Uecembcr, and soon afterward was 
 promoted Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment. He 
 afterward participated in the fight at Ft. Donel- 
 son and Pittsburgh Landing, was in the two days' 
 blood}' fight at Shiloh; afterward at Corinth and 
 luka, Miss., and in 1864 joined in the siege and 
 capture of Atlanta. Thence he went with Sher- 
 man's army on the march to the sea, going through 
 the Carolinas, and being present at the final surren- 
 der of .Tohnson at Rolla, Mo., whence the troops 
 went to Washington City, flhere the grand re- 
 view took place, and thence to Louisville, Ky., 
 where the regiment was mustered out. Lieut. Col. 
 Parrott then returned to Keokuk, and was ap- 
 pointed route agent on the Des Moines Valley 
 Railroad, which position he held until :\Iarch, 
 l.S(i7. He was then appointed Postmaster at Keo- 
 kuk, which i)osition he occupied for the following 
 twelve years. After retiring from this office he 
 was elected Justice of the Peace, and has served as 
 such since that time, and is also engaged in life and 
 fire insurance. 
 
 The subject of this history was born in Easton, 
 Talbot Co., Md.. on the 21st of May, 1811. His 
 father, Thomas Parrott. was extensively engaged 
 as a dealer in wood and lumber, and agent for a 
 line of iinckets which ran from P^aston to Baltimore. 
 His death occurred at the former place in 1832. 
 The mother, formerly Miss Elizabeth Corner, also 
 a native of Maryland, was of excellent Irish and 
 English ancestry ; she departed this life at Easton, 
 
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 in 1816.- The parental family includofl six .hil- 
 (Iren. two diUighters and four sons. 
 
 The youth rvnd boyhood of James C. Parrotl wuw 
 passed in his native State, where his education was 
 conducted, first in private schools, and later at 
 Kaston Academy. His mercantile experience lie- 
 jran when lie was a boy of fourteen years old, and 
 continued four years from tiiat time, in Easton, 
 Md. He then went to Baltimore and engaged as a 
 -hi|)piug clerk in a wholesale grocery, at which he 
 |l!|Hjl!j was employed until ls;!l. He then joined an ex- 
 |ij-: |l ploring expeditior, to Wheeling, W. V., and finally 
 landed in Cincinnati, where he remained two 
 months, and in February, 1834, enlisted in the 1st 
 United States Dragoons, at Wheeling, W. Va., and 
 proceeded with his company to Jefferson Barracks, 
 St. Louis, Mo. Here the ti'oops were ordered to 
 the Uocky .M(juntains, and afterward went to 
 Ft. (libsou and into the Indian Territory, thence 
 to Ft. Des Moines on the Missi.ssippi River, arriv- 
 ing there in September, 1(S34, which brings our 
 subject up to about the time when he became a 
 resident of Keokuk, lie has been the hero of 
 many thrilling scenes, and has learned much and 
 made good use of his wide exi)erleuces. 
 
 C'ol. Farrott was married in the city of Ft. Mad- 
 ison, Sept. I, L.s;3,H, to Miss Henrietta Buckhalt'r, a 
 most amial)le and excellent lady of good family. 
 Of this union there were born eight children, of 
 whom five survive: T. J. is a resident of Ne- 
 braska; Betty became the wife of Frank L. Brown, 
 and li'" ;s in Keokuk; Robert C. is connected with 
 the Canada Tacific Railroad; William fi. is con- 
 ductor on the Rock Island Divisii^n of the C, R. L 
 cV- P. R. R., his residence being in Keokuk; Clara 
 L. became the wife of Frank .1. Warren, and resides 
 in San Francisco. Cai. 
 
 RANCIS II. SKMFLE, attorney at law of 
 )i Keokuk, and successfully engaged in insur- 
 ance, is n liighl>' respected resident of the 
 (late City, and a useful and \alued citizen. Mr. 
 Semple is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born 
 in Bradford County on the North Pennsylvania 
 Canal, his father being one of the contractors and 
 
 .■I memlier of the firm familiarly known as SiMnple. 
 \\'agner Sz Co. He was also an attorney at law. 
 .and familiar to a remarkable degree with all kinds 
 of legal business. After arriving at years of man- 
 hood Francis iSemi)lc, Sr., determined to make his 
 home in the \Yest, and accordingly emigrated to 
 Iowa in about 1845, making his first location in 
 Franklin Township, this county. Here he built 
 up a good practice and became the possessor of a 
 fine farm, fi'om which he removed to Ft. Madison 
 in 1H74, where ho died in July of the following 
 j^ear. The parental family consisted of four chil- 
 dren, three sons and one daughter, and our subject, 
 Francis LL, is the only surviving member left to 
 pei'petnate the family name. 
 
 Mr. Semple of our sketch passed his boyhood on 
 his father's farm near the town of F"ranklin, and at 
 the age of twenty-one years, the Civil War being 
 then in progress, enlisted as a soldier in Co. E, 19th 
 Iowa \'(il. Inf., serving as private for a term of 
 three years. He p.articip.ated with his comrades in 
 the siege and capture of ^'icksburg■, the engage- 
 ments at Springfield, Mo., at Spanish Fort and the 
 capture of Mobile. His regiment planted the first 
 I'nion fiag on the Rio (ir.ande River, and our sub- 
 ject after serving bravely and faithfully his allotted 
 time, received his honor.able discharge at the close, 
 and was mustered (uit in July. ISd,"), at Davenport, 
 Iowa. 
 
 After he became a civilian once more ]Mr. .Sem- 
 ple returned to the family homestead, and in due 
 time was united in marriage with Miss Kate Wal- 
 ters, of Franklin Township. Mrs. Semple was born 
 in Venango County, Pa., and came with her par- 
 ents to Lee County, Iowa, in 1 855, where they 
 settled, and established a home, and lived to see 
 the march of progress and the country around 
 them transformed into lieautiful farms. After his 
 marriage Mr. Semple began the studj' of law with 
 his father, and was .admitted to the bar at F't. Mad- 
 ison in December, 1869. He then located on the 
 farm with his father until 1874, when the family 
 removed to Ft. Mailison. There Mr. Semple 
 opened an office and gave his whole attention t( 
 the |)racticc of his profession. In March, 1881, he 
 removed to Keokuk, and added to his law pr.actiee 
 the business of insurance. He now represents 
 
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 YMAN W. BUELL. The late Lyman W. 
 Buell was an honored resident of the Hawk- 
 eye State for a period of thirty years, and 
 was successfully engaged as a farmer of Jackson 
 Township, where he owned and occupied a com- 
 fortable homestead on section 1. He was promi- 
 nently identified with every reform and good work 
 of his community. 
 
 Mr. Buell first opened his eyes to the light among 
 the rugged hills of New England, being a native of 
 Watertown, Conn. He was born July 28, 1832, 
 and died Jan. 15, 1887. He received careful home 
 training, and his primary' education was received in 
 
 3 the public schools, afterward attending the High 
 School at "Watertown for a period of six months. 
 He was the son of Augustus and Margaret (War- 
 
 j ner) Buell, natives of the same State as their son. 
 
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 : spent their entire lives there. Tiie family consisted 
 of five sous, who all lived to years of manhood. 
 Only one, however, is now living, \Villiam A. Buell, 
 of Litchfield, Conn. 
 
 The subject of our sketcii was the second son of 
 his parents, and was deprived of a father's care at 
 the age of nine j'ears. He then went to live witii 
 .an uncle upon a farm, where lie i-emained until he 
 was eighteen years ok4, and then learned the da- 
 guerreotype business, which he followed for several 
 years, until he left Connecticut and went to the 
 State of New York. He remained in the latter 
 State about one 3'ear, and then removed West to 
 Keokuk, Iowa. He was iiccompanied by his two 
 brothers and the young lady who afterward became 
 liis wife, and they settled in Keokuk, where he fol- 
 lowed his former business until the breaking out of 
 
 the Rebelliou, when he followed the army with his 
 artist's apparatus, and was engaged in taking pic- 
 tures at Memphis, Little Rock, and other points in 
 the South. In the meantime he liad availed him- 
 self of the various improvements which were con- R 
 stantly being made in connection with his art, and 
 as the old process gave way to that of photogra- 
 phy, he abandoned the former and perfected him- 
 self in the latter in all its details. At the close of 
 the war he returned East, where he remained OJie 
 year, visiting among old friends and acquaintances, 
 after which he again crossed the Mississippi. He then 
 decided to change his occupation, and accordingly 
 purchased seventy-five acres of land in Jackson 
 Township, Lee County, upon which he settled and 
 resided until his death. He was successful in his 
 farming operations, and aside from the homestead 
 became the joint possessor with his son-in-law of a 
 large tract of land in Lucas County, Iowa, whicli is 
 operated as a stock farm. The home farm is highly 
 cultivated and supplied with a fine residence and 
 all necessary and convenient out-buildings. He 
 conducted his agricultural operations wisely and 
 judiciously, and was reckoned among the enterpris- 
 ing business men of his locality. 
 
 Mr. Buell was married, in Keokuk, Iowa, Jan. 'J, 
 1855, to Miss Nancy H. Doolittle, a native of New 
 England, and the daughter of Elezer and Ruth A. 
 (Riggs) Doolittle, natives of Connecticut. Her fa- 
 ther is the oldest surviving Mason in the State of 
 Connecticut; her mother is deceased. Mr. and 
 Mrs. B. liecame the parents of two children,^ both 
 daughters: Margaret is the wife of J. F. Smith, 
 an attorney of Keokuk ; Hortense married Francis 
 Williamson, and resides in Montrose Township, 
 within a stone's throw of her old home. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Buell have an adopted son, Robert A. Buell, 
 who resides at home and is now carrying on the 
 farm. 
 
 Mr. Buell filled the office of Assessor of Jack- 
 son Township for three terms, and was Census- 
 taker in 1880. He was Republican in politics, and 
 in .all respects fulfilled the obligations of a good 
 citizen. He was a man of more than ordin.iry in- 
 telligence and enterprise, and w.as known as a kind- 
 hearted man and one whose ever3'day life was pure. 
 He was conspicucnis .among Siuid.ay-school workers 
 
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 during the last 3'ears of his life, and during the 
 red-ribbon temperance movement was thoroughly 
 identified with it, and in fact was always an active 
 worker for and a stanch advocate of temperance 
 and morality. Oiiu of his most striking as well as 
 commanding characteristics was his love for young 
 people, and his desii'e to contribute to their mental 
 and moral development. lie was never more 
 happy then when in the midst of a throng of young 
 persons, talking to and instructing them in the paths 
 of rectitude, and in leading their minds to higher 
 planes of thought. He was always a leader in 
 the literary societies of his community, and in the 
 little village where he resided, and was President 
 of the society at Sandusky at the time of his death. 
 The circumstances of that sad event are briefly re- 
 lated as follows: He had just finished a most fervid 
 and eloquent address to his society and taken his 
 seat, when, in a few moments he suddenlj' threw his 
 head back and breathed his last, passing away in 
 the arms of his old neighbors and friends, on the 
 15th of January, of the present year. He is cer- 
 tainly sadlj' missed by the community that had 
 grown up to love and respect him. He was a most 
 fluent and pleasant speaker, and being a man of 
 unusual good judgment and ability his argument 
 always carried great weight with his audience. 
 He was a kind and indulgent father and husband, 
 as well as a most estimable citizen. 
 
 Mrs. Buell has been a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church since she was eighteen years of age. 
 Her husband was also a consistent Christian and a 
 regular attendant of the church, and in presenting 
 his portrait, which we do in this connection, we 
 give the features of one of the best men, in all that 
 goes to make up a good man, known in the history 
 of the county. 
 
 eHlHSTOPIIKR IIUSSEY, Sn., one of the 
 substantial farmers of Marion Township, 
 and an old resident of the State of Iowa, was 
 
 born in Highland County, Ohio, July 26, 1816. His 
 father, also Christoiiher llussey, was born in llan- 
 dolph County, N. C, and emigrated to Ohio at an 
 early day. The mother of our subject, whose maiden 
 name was Kachel Jackson, was also a native of 
 
 North Carolina, and by her union with Mr. Hnsse}' 
 became the mother of two children, a son and daugh- 
 ter; the latter died some fifteen j'ears' ago. The 
 father departed this life at the advanced age of 
 eighty yeai-s, at the home of our subject. 
 
 Christopher llussey, Sr., was reared to manhood 
 on a farm. He was married, in 1 836, to Rachel R. 
 Jloberly, of Highland County, Ohio, and after this 
 event he settled on a farm, and followed his calling 
 in Highland County until 1819. He then removed 
 with his family- to Henry County, Iowa, and loca- 
 ted on a farm near the village ot Lowell. There 
 he continued to follow his calling of a farmer until 
 1875, when he removed to the farm ou which he is 
 at present residing in Marion Township. His place 
 is a model one, well improved, with a good barn 
 and numerous substantial out-buildings. He has 
 240 acres of choice land in one bodj', and has made 
 a success in his calling. He has dealt quite exten- 
 sively in cattle and hog raising. 
 
 The children of our subject are eleven in number, 
 three sons and eight daughters; five of them are 
 married, have families of their own, and are doing 
 well in life. Mr. Hussey is a member of the 
 Protestant Methodist Church, and Mrs. Hussey of 
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 (l( proprietor of the Kasten House, one of the 
 
 ^^^' most popular and prosperous hotelrics of this 
 section. He is a native of German^', and was born 
 near the castle of the Duchess of Braunschweig, 
 JMarch G, 1842. His parents were Christian and 
 Johanna (Moehle) Kasten, both natives of the same 
 Province and still residents there. The subject of 
 our sketch, in accordance with the laws and customs 
 of his native country, was placed in school at ;i 
 very earl}' age and remained until he was fifteen. 
 He was then apprenticed to learn mercantile busi- 
 ness in the city of Wolfenbuttel, a historic town 
 eight miles south of Brunswick on the Ocker River. 
 This town is celebrated for its fine churches, its 
 two old castles, its excellent schools, and a library 
 containing 300,000 volumes and 10,000 manu- 
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 mained for the space of tliree .years. He was then in- 
 duced by circumstances to change his plans, and 
 abandoning mercantile pursuits engaged as steward 
 on the North German Liuyd, a steamer pl3'ing be- 
 tween Bremen and New York City. In this capacity 
 lie continued until November, 1 86 1 , in the meantime 
 crossing the ocean thirty-seven times. He finally 
 resigned his position upon making his last voyage 
 to New York, and from that city proceeded to 
 Chicago and soon afterward to Milwaukee. The 
 late Civil War was then in progress, and he had 
 only been in America six weeks when he enlisted 
 as a soldier in Co. A, 18th "Wis. Vol. Inf. After 
 serving out the time of his enlistment he veteran- 
 ized in October, 1 864, became a member of Co. B, 
 35th Wis. Vol. Inf., and served until the close of 
 the war, being mustered out at Brownsville, Tex., 
 on the r2th of April, 1866. During his militarj' 
 service he participated in seventeen regular engage- 
 ments, being at the battle of Shiloh, the siege and 
 capture of "\Mcksburg, the battle of Corinth, Cham- 
 pion Hills, Jackson, Miss., was with Sherman at 
 Chattanooga, and in the 17th Army Coi'ps under 
 Gen. McPherson. At the battle of Atlanta several 
 members of his regiment were taken prisoner, but 
 Mr. Kasten fortunately escaped, and was afterward 
 at the battle of Spanish Fort and in Mobile at the 
 time of the terrible explosion there. At the close 
 of the war he was with the ti'oops stationed at 
 Brownsville, Tex., for the pi'otection of the fron- 
 tier. He was mustered in as Corporal, when he 
 veteranized, and at the time of his discharge from 
 the service had been Regimental Commissary Ser- 
 geant. 
 
 After receiving his honorable discharge from the 
 army iNIr. Kasten came to Ft. Madison and engaged 
 with his uncle in the management of the Kasten 
 House, having sole charge of the hotel for three 
 months. He then went to St. Louis and became 
 steward of the famous Lindell Hotel, which position 
 he held until the building was destro^'ed by fire a 
 few months later. He then returned to Ft. Madison, 
 again assumed charge of the Kasten House, and 
 conducted it on his own account for the five years 
 following. In May, 1872, he leased the Metropoli- 
 tan House for two and a half 3'ears, then sold out 
 
 and opened a restaurant. He disposed of this busi- 
 ness not hmg afterward to engage in fire insurance, 
 which he has successfully followed since that time, 
 and afterward added life insurance. He now repre- 
 sents seven of the best fire and life insurance com- 
 panies in the United States, the latter of which in- 
 cludes accident and sickness, and is also general 
 agent of Iowa of the G. A. R. Insurance Company. 
 Mr. Kasten was married on the 16th of January. 
 1 867, to Miss Dora Henrietta Kasten, a native of the 
 same country as himself and born five miles from 
 his birthplace. She came to America when a child 
 three years old with her jjarents, Charles and Dora 
 (Elsraann) Kasten. Mr. and Mrs. K. of our sketch 
 are the pai-ents of six children : Charles, who man- 
 ages the hotel for his father; Dora and Amelia, 
 twins; Christina, Adolph and Henry. They have 
 a handsome home and are surrounded by all of the 
 comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Mr. K. 
 is a thorough-going business man, honest and up- 
 right in his transactions, and enjoys the confidence 
 and esteem of his fellow-citizens. He is a member 
 of James B. Sample Post No. 170, G. A. R., at Ft. 
 Madison. 
 
 bEONARD EOFF. This highly esteemed resi- 
 dent of Washington Township owns and 
 occupies a fine farm estate on section 9. 
 He has been a resident of Lee County since the 
 spring of 1841, to which he removed from Wash- 
 ington County, Ohio. Mr. Eoff was born in Pike 
 County, Pa., March 23, 1810, and is the son of 
 Jacob and Sarah (Towney) Eoff. When about six 
 years old he removed with his parents to Washing- 
 ton County, Ohio, and remained there until their 
 removal across the Father of Waters to the Terri- 
 tory of Iowa. While living in Ohio our subject 
 was engaged for several years as a trader along the 
 Ohio River between Marietta and New Orleans, 
 and with the exception of that period, he has been 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits the greater part of 
 his life. 
 
 Mr. Eoff was married in Washington County, 
 Ohio, Sept. 20, 1840, to Miss Hannah M., daughter 
 of William and .Sarah (Mechman) Williamson, 
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 a native of tiu' aforesaid county. l»iiii .hily l>. 
 1812. Of this union thcie liavebeen fniir children, 
 as follows: Sarah, l)orn Dec. 0, 184a, died in Wash- 
 ington Township Fcli. 1, 18«-2, at the age of thirty- 
 nine 3'ears; William S. married Miss Rebecca Lou- 
 ther, and resides in Washington Township: Mary 
 is the wife of Walter L. Gamage, and resides in Mt. 
 Pleasant, Iowa. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a member in good 
 standing of the Methodist Church, and politically 
 is a staiH'h Republican. His homestead consists of 
 200 acres of finely improved land, supplied with a 
 comfortable farm dwelling, good barns and out- 
 buildings, and all the appliances of a first-class 
 agriculturist. 
 
 H. A. T. WEISMANN has been an honored 
 jjl resident of the Gate City since 1JS.5G, a 
 
 period of thirty-one years, and in that time 
 has built up for himself a reputation as a 
 citizen and a physician which is second to none in 
 the State. lie is a fine representative of that stanch 
 German element which has so materially aided in 
 developing the resources of the New World, and 
 his character is in keeping with those qualities of 
 honesty and integrity which almost invariably dis- 
 tinguish his country-men. 
 
 Dr. Weismann was born in the Kingdom of 
 Wurtemberg, Germany, on the 24th of June, 1833, 
 :uid is the son of John G. and Fredrica F'. (Rut- 
 hardt) Weismann, natives of the same country, and 
 uf pure German ancestry. John G. Weismann was 
 engaged in mercantile business all his life in his na- 
 tive conntrj', and died there in 1834. The mother 
 survived him for ten years, her decease occurring 
 in 1 844. The household circle included eight chil- 
 dren, only two of whom are living — A. T., the sub- 
 ject of our sketch, and his brother Charles, who is 
 still in (iermanj-. 
 
 In confoi-mity with the laws anil customs of the 
 Fatherland Dr. Weismann was placed in school at 
 the tender age of six years, and pursued his studies 
 continuously until he was fourteen. During this 
 time he w.as also a i)upil of the famous Latin School 
 
 of that section, and became highlj' proficient. After 
 liis studies here were completed he became an ap- 
 prentice to learn the drug business, at which he 
 served four years, and was afterward engagerl in a 
 drug-store at Baden, in the meantime attending a §[ 
 course of lectures in the I'ni versify of Heidelberg, 
 remaining untler the instruction of the tutors of 
 that institution fur two years. 
 
 After eonn)k'ting his studies, young Weismann, 
 filled with the worth}' amliition of youth and desir- 
 ing to see something of the world and avail himself 
 of the opportunities pioffered the enterprising emi- 
 grant to the L'nited States, set sail from his native 
 country, and after a prosperous voyage, arrived in 
 New Orleans on the 2d of February, 18.»3. From 
 there he proceeded to Cincinnati, and engaged as 
 clerk in a drug-store for two years, at the expira- 
 tion of which time he had become the proprietor of 
 the business. He carried this on for another year, 
 then sold out, and crossing the Mississippi, came 
 into the Ilawkeye .State. He located in Keokuk, 
 and opened a drug-store on Second street, between 
 Main and Johnston, which he operated until 1859, 
 when he moved his stock to the corner of Main and 
 Eighth streets, continuing there until 18{;3. He 
 then took a course of medical instruction at the 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he 
 gmduated the following year, receiving his diploma 
 and being admitted to practice. 
 
 Dr. Weismann was married, in 1854, to Miss Bina 
 Stuckert, a native <)f Baden, and daughter of the 
 Rev. George Stuckert. They have become the 
 parents of ten children, eight of whom are living, 
 viz., Adolphe, Bina, Charles, George, May, Ida, An- 
 nie and Edwin. Adolphe married Miss Christine 
 Mittenmeir, and they have three children — Albert, 
 Oscar and Frank, the latter twins; Bina became the 
 wife of Edwin Townsend, and they have one child 
 — Ralph; Charles married Miss Kate Hubinger, and 
 they have two children — Arthur and Charles; 
 George married Miss Kate Schott; May became 
 the wife of A. Noeleke, and Id.i married William 
 H. Grupe. 
 
 Dr. AVeismanu is a Republican in politics, and so- 
 cially belongs to the Odd Fellows, the Druids and 
 the Knights of Honor. He is also a member of the 
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 ciety. The IJoctor has been President of the 
 Board of Health, and takes a generous interest in 
 everything that pertains to the welfare of this vicin- 
 ity. As a iirofessional man lie is greatly respected 
 by the fraternity, and as a citizen commands an 
 cnvial)le position. 
 
 COL. WILLIAM PATTERSON. Among the 
 citizens of Keokuk who have attained pronii- 
 ^^ nence through their course of action in the 
 past, both as citizens, soldiers, business men and 
 agriculturists, and who are enabled to pass the sun- 
 set of life in peace and quiet, retired from active 
 labor and in the enjoyment of a handsome compe- 
 tency obtained by honest endeavor, we take [jleas- 
 ure in presenting a few facts connected with the 
 life of the gentleman whose name heads this bio- 
 graphical notice. 
 
 Col. Patterson is a native of Wythe County, 
 Xa., and was born March 9, 1802. His parents 
 were Joseph and Jane (Walker) Patterson, natives 
 of Virginia. The father was born in Rockbridge 
 County, that State, in .1767, and was brought up 
 t)n a farm. His father, our subject's grandfather, 
 was born in Bonnie Scotland, and on attaining to 
 the age of maturit}' emigrated to the United States, 
 and settled on a farm in Virginia, where he contin- 
 ued to live, working at his vocation, during the re- 
 maining years of his life. He had a familj^ of five 
 children, and Joseph Patterson when lie attained 
 the age of manhood received a small piece of land 
 on which he located, lived and labored until l.SOO. 
 He then sold his pl.ace for £2,2(1(1 and. moving to 
 Adair County, Ky., purchased a large improved 
 farm, aud there lived until 1829. During that 
 year he, in company with his son William, our sub- 
 ject, went to Marion Comity, Mo., near Hannibal 
 and Palmyra, and there our subject's father con- 
 tinued to live until his removal to Keokuk, where 
 he died in 1 .s.')0, at the residence of our subject. 
 The mother passed to the home beyond while a 
 resident of Kentucky, in 1810. The parental fam- 
 ily consisted of eleven children, William being the 
 eighth in order of birth. 
 
 When William Patterson was about four years 
 
 of age his father, as stated, moved to Kentucky, { 
 and it was there that William was brought up and [ 
 received the advantages of a common-school educa- '^• 
 tion. In 1822 he was united in marriage with Miss 
 
 Eleanor Johnson, a native of Maryland. From that rr 
 date until 1829 he took charge of his father's farm 
 in Kentuck}', which he conducted with more than 
 ordinary success. It was during the year 1829 
 that he, in company with his wife and four chil- 
 dren, moved to Marion County, Mo. After a resi- 
 <lenee there of three 3'ears he settled on a farm which 
 he had ])urchased in Sangamon County, 111. There he 
 continued to reside until 1837, when he came to 
 Iowa, and located at West Point, this count}'. 
 There he and two brothers-in-law i)urchased the 
 town site of West Point, all 
 farms adjoining the town site. 
 
 improved the site, and our subject remained a resi- 
 dent there until 1840, when he disposed of the ma- 
 jor portion of his interests in that localitv and 
 moved to Keokuk. "DT S 
 
 On taking up his residence in Keokuk, Col. Pat- Ji_3. 
 terson engaged in pork cutting and packing and 
 also in merchandising. The latter business he con- 
 tinued for a number of years, when he withdrew 
 
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 from it, but kept on the pork-packing enterprise i hj 
 
 until 1882. He was the first one to engage in that ' ^ 
 
 business at Keokuk, and for over thirty years there 
 has never been a 3'ear that he has not packed from 
 5,000 to 30,000 hogs. He gives employment to as 
 high as seventy-five men. and the result of his 
 steady perseverance and good management is seen 
 in the large and lucrative business which he has 
 built up, which not only affords him and his part- 
 ner a handsome income, but adds an important in- 
 terest to the trade of the city. He built an exten- 
 sive packing- house at the end of Fourth street in 
 1853. 
 
 In 1850 Col. Patterson purchased what is now 
 known as the Patterson House, and also built the 
 stone house on the levee, which is now the Wabash 
 Railroad depot. He was the first instigator of 
 building a Presbyterian Church, and contributed 
 *o,000 for the erection of the same. He has also 
 subscribed liberally toward all the roads, and proba- 
 bly has done more than any other one man to de- 
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 to Mt. Pleasant, and has been three times elected 
 Mayor of Keokuk, first in I860, then in 1805 and 
 
 . again in 1866. lie was also Alderman for three 
 
 RKi years in that city. In 1838 he was elected a nieni- 
 
 ^n] ber of the first Legislature of the Territorj- of Iowa, 
 
 HHI and has been several times elected to the Upper 
 
 iK and Lower House of that body. He was a member 
 
 of the Constitutional Convention which convened 
 
 in Iowa City in 18.')7, and has been Postmaster of 
 
 Keokuk seven years, holding that office under 
 
 Pierce and Buchanan's administrations. 
 
 In the church of his adoption Col. Patterson has 
 been a leading member for fifty-eight years. He 
 was the first Elder of the Old-School Prcsl)3'terian 
 Church, which was the first in Iowa, having been 
 organized in 1837, having been chosen to that of- 
 fice while a resident of West Point, in 1837. He 
 was one of the chief movers and most liberal do- 
 
 nors to the erection of Westminster Church in this 
 
 city, which is one of the most beautiful church edi- 
 
 fices in the State. 
 
 In 1839, a controversy having arisen between 
 the citizens of Clark County. JMo., in regard to the 
 extension of the northern boundary of that State, 
 the people of Iowa resisted the claim, and deter- 
 mined that the boundary line should follow the 
 J)cs Moines River to its mouth. The Sheriff of 
 Clark Count}-, in undertaking to serve legal pro- 
 cesses for the collection of taxes over this Terri- 
 
 lory, was arrested by the Sheriff of \'an Ruren 
 
 County, liiis State, and lodged in jail. Thu con- 
 test grew so hot that war butween the contending 
 parties seemed imminent, and Col. Patterson was 
 commissioned Colonel of Militia by Gov. Lucas, of 
 Iowa, and authorized to raise a regiment of troops. 
 In accordance with the Governor's ordinance '"Gen- 
 jjj DT eral Order No 1," the company was raised and 
 jl ,H|„ ordered forward, but the matter was amicably ar- 
 ranged without the shedding of blood, and the 
 boundary line established in accoidance with the 
 «3 claim of Iowa. It is not saying too much, but is 
 simply stating plain facts, when we assert in this 
 n. jX^ iq notice that the settlement of the difficulty referred 
 
 1} to was duo in a great measure to the inlkience and 
 } energetic action of Col. Patterson. 
 ^ 'I'he wife of our subject was a daughter of Will- 
 
 iam and Ann Johnson, natives of Maryland, and- 
 bore her husband eleven children, eight of whom 
 are yet living: Mary A., Mrs. Creel, of Keokuk, is a 
 widow, her husband d^'ing in 1882; she is the 
 mother of six children — Mary E., Abbie, Edwin E., 
 Joseph P., Margaret and John; Louisa became Mrs. 
 JIarshall, and has borne her husband six children — 
 Robert M., William P., Albert T., Chapiu II., 
 M.aude M. and Saburt T. ; William A. is a resident 
 of Keokuk ; he is married, and has three children — 
 Mar}', William A. and Lizzie S. ; Joseph C. and Sa- 
 biu't are both living in Keokuk: Margaret E., now 
 Mrs. Starkweather, of Keokuk, has four children — 
 Essie, Eleanor, Samuel D. and Kate S. ; M. Eleanor 
 and Thomas B. are both single and residing at 
 home. The good wife and mother departed this 
 life April 2, 1880, on the fift3'-eighth anniversary 
 of their wedding, mourned by a host of relatives 
 and friends. On the fiftieth anniversary of their 
 marriage Col. Patterson and wife telcbrated their 
 golden wedding with a large number of friends, 
 five of whom were present on the occasion lift}' 
 years before. Two great-gi-andchildren also par- 
 ticipated in the festivities. Col. Patterson is one 
 of the most prominent, as well as influential and 
 st)lid men C)f Keokuk and, as stated, has (b ne much 
 toward its advancement, as well as for the prosper- 
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 most enterprising farmers of Marion Township, 
 J and b}' his industry' and economy secured for 
 himself and family a comfortable home, with a 
 generous share of the good things of life. After 
 building up a worthy record as a citizen, neighbor 
 and friend, he departed from the scene of his earthly 
 labors at his home, in Marion Township, in May, 
 1 886, having arrived at the advanced age of seventy- 
 two years. 
 
 The subject of this brief history' was born in 
 England, Jan. 14, 181-1. He received his educa- 
 tion in the common schools, and was reared to 
 farming pursuits. After arriving at years of man- 
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 .City ill 1852. He became a resident of this county 
 the same year, and located on a farm in Marion 
 Township, which he had purchased and which con- 
 sisted of U)4 acres. Upon this he built a good 
 briclv dwelling, and in 1867 was married to his 
 second wife, wiio was Miss Lockey Darby, a native 
 (if Ohio, and descended from an excellent family. 
 She came with her parents to Lee Count}' when a 
 maiden of sixteen years. By her marriage with 
 our subject she became the mother of five children, 
 three boys and two girls, viz.: Hannah B., William 
 L., Isaac N., Charles B. and Daisy L. 
 
 Mr. Dickins was uniformly prosperous in his 
 agricultural pursuits, and an excellent financier. 
 At his death he left a fine estate to his widow 
 and children. Upon the farm is a fine residence, 
 with good barns and out-bnildiugs, and it is well 
 stocked with sheep, horses, cattle and hogs. He 
 commenced life at the foot of the ladder, and 
 made his way solely by the excercise of his own 
 industry and resolution. He was a kind husband 
 and father, a generous neighbor, and in all respects 
 fulfilled the obligations of a good citizen. He 
 was brought up in the Church of England, and 
 throughout his life kept in view the principles in 
 which he had been trained by excellent parents. 
 His name is held in kindlj' remembrance by all 
 who knew him. Mrs. Dickins is a lady of excellent 
 judgment and worthy character, and since the 
 death of her husliaud has managed the farm in 
 a capable manner, with the assistance of her two 
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 ETER KELLEY, a prosperous and enter- 
 prising farmer of Cedar Township, is 
 T pleasantly located on section 35. He is 
 a gentleman who has risen by his own ex- 
 ertions to his present position. He began life a 
 poor boy at the foot of the ladder, but possessed 
 a rich fund of determination and perseverance, 
 and progressed slowly but surel}', and is novy in 
 the enjoyment of a large share of the good things 
 of this life. 
 
 Mr. Kelley comes from good old hish ancestiy, 
 and possesses in a marked degree the generous and 
 
 warm-hearted disposition of the Celtic race. He 
 was born in Comity Louth, Ireland, in July, 1824, 
 and is the son <if Bernard and Mary (Kennon) 
 Kelley, who spent their entire lives in their native 
 Ireland, and are both now deceased. Bernard 
 Kellej' was a farmer by occupation, and the record 
 of the parental household is as follows : Two 
 brothers, Bernard and Patrick, came to America, 
 enlisted as soldiers, and yielded up their lives in 
 the service of the Union. Bernard w.as killed at 
 Murfreesboro, on the first day of the memorable 
 battle at that place. Patrick was in the South 
 during the war, and it is supposed that he was 
 killed in the army. A sister, Ann, came to America, 
 and settled in Edina, Knox Co., Mo., as the wife of 
 Peter Connell. 
 
 The subject of our sketch grew to manhood in 
 his native country, and lived with his parents until 
 he was twenty-one years old. On the 1st of Janu- 
 ary, 1850, he set sail from Liverpool for the United 
 States, and after a long and tedious voyage, landed 
 in New Orleans upon the 9th of the following 
 ]\Iarch. From the Crescent City he proceeded to 
 Ohio, having friends in Xenia, Greene County. At 
 the end of his journey he found himself possessed 
 of a half-crown, or sixty-two and one-half cents. 
 His friends, however, secured employment for him, 
 and his first work in America was as a repair hand 
 on a section of the Cincinnati & Columbus Rail- 
 road. He was thus engaged for nearlj' three years. 
 He had saved his earnings in the meantime, and had 
 sent money to the old country so that his two 
 brothers and sisters could come over to America. 
 In 1853 he resolved to seek his fortunes in the 
 country beyond the Mississippi. He accordingly 
 started westward, and coming into the Hawkeye 
 State, engaged as a farm laborer in Lee County. 
 He worked in this capacity for the following nine 
 years, and then found himself possessed of sutHcient 
 means to purchase forty acres of land, which now 
 constitutes a part of his present homestead. His 
 first purchase was neither fenced nor supplied with 
 any building, and one of his first duties was the 
 erection of a small house, into which he moved his 
 family, and then commenced the improvement and 
 cultivation of his land. He prospered in his labors, 
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 Mr. Kellcy waj* married in 18.'>S, to Miss Margaret 
 Deviue, a native of C'onnty ICerry. Ireland. Their 
 union has Ijcen lile.st by the birth of seven children, 
 of whom the record is as follows: Bernard is a 
 student in Hahnemann Medical College of Cliicago; 
 Mary is a teacher in the public schools; John is 
 clerl<ing for a general merchant at Pilot (hove, this 
 county; ilaggie, the wife of Henry Meierotto, 
 lives at Pilot Grove; James, Sarah E. and Willie 
 are at home. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. K. were natives of County 
 Kerry, Ireland, and her mother came to America 
 ill 1871 or 1872, locating at Burlington. The 
 father died in Ireland. JMrs. K. is the seventh 
 daughter of a family of seven children, all girls. 
 Jlr. Kelley is a self-made and self-educated man, 
 and an extensive reader. He keeps himself well 
 posted on current events, and as a conversational- 
 ist is verj' interesting. 
 
 ^RANCIS SEMPLE, deceased, formerly a 
 
 Phighlj' respected resident of Lee County, 
 was born near the " Blue Juniata " in Mif- 
 flin Count}', Pa., twelve miles from Lewistown, the 
 ctmnty seat, in 1807, and is of' Scotch-Irish parent- 
 age and ancestry. His progenitors emigrated from 
 their native country to the United States at an 
 early day, and the subject of our sketch was one of 
 a family of six children l)orn to his parents, and 
 even in his early years, having been a witness of 
 the evils of spirituous liquors, learned to be a I'ro- 
 hibitionisl, and expressed his views upon every oc- 
 casion, and sought to cast the whole weight of his 
 q R influence in opposition to the beverage which '-makes 
 "-''*^ men mad." In early youth he learned the trade 
 of a stonemason and bricklayer, and having a 
 brother who had devoted himself tv the profession 
 of law, he availed him.self of the advantages offered 
 „ ^^ , liy the perusal of books treating of the profession, 
 ^■iii'^n '*■"'' after the space of eighteen months had gained 
 ^^^ I a good insight into its intricacies, and in the politi- 
 l| cal excitement which (X'curred about that period, 
 <1elivered his maiden speech, which w.as received 
 
 with great admiration and at once made him pop- 
 ular. 
 
 The winter following, the lirother mentioned was 
 made Collector of Tolls on the Pennsylvania Canal, 
 at Lewistown, and in the following summer bids for 
 an important caaial contract were let to Semple, 
 W.agoner <fe Co., the first mentioned party lieing the 
 subject of our sketch. The contract was accepted, 
 the move affecting the whole after life of our sub- 
 ject. He went to Bradfonl County, Pa., in the fall 
 of 1836, and remained there the following nine 
 years, spending the best i)art of his life and losing 
 a large amount of money, in connection with can;il 
 contracts. 
 
 Mr. Sehiple came to the Territory of Iowa in 
 September, 184.'). and made his first settlement 
 near what is now Franklin Station, on the C, B. it 
 K. C. R. R., having half a dollar and a five-franc 
 piece after reaching here. When passing through 
 Keokuk lie iiad taken occasion to ascertain the 
 number of lawyers in that vicinit}-, and found there 
 were about twent^'-eight, being nearly three times 
 as many as could be comfortably supported. He 
 then resolved to abandon the profession of law, 
 and soon afterward resumed his trade as builder. 
 He had been accompanied on this trip l)y iiis fam- 
 ily and his aged mothe/, whose remains now lie in 
 the burying-ground near the old Everhart Farm. 
 B}- slow degrees he succeeded in establishing a 
 comfortable lioine. and it becoming known by the 
 array of books which were placed upon the shelves 
 of his study, that he had given much attention to 
 the legal profession, he was often called upon to 
 settle matters of dispute, and to transact other legal 
 business, which he accomplished with credit to him- 
 self and satisf.action to all concerned. In due time 
 he invested in land and made additional purchases 
 fr(jm time to time, and at his death, which occurred 
 in .July, 1875, left a comfortalile farm homestead, 
 which is under cultivation andcpiite valuable. F. H. 
 Semple, the son of our subject, was born at the head 
 of the " Ulster Meadows, " opposite Sheshecpiin, in 
 Bradford County, Pa., on the west bank of the 
 Susquehanna River. He came to Iowa with his 
 father when a 3'oiing lad, is now married, and has 
 four living children : Eliza, Mrs. Paxton, died in 
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 army in 1862. F. H. retunietl unharmed at the 
 close of thi' conflict, but the remains of William 
 II. lie in the Soldier's Cemetery at St. Louis, he 
 having died at of acute pneumonia at St. Louis, on 
 the 1 -tth of .Tannar)-. 1863. Alexander was killed 
 in Pennsylvania by juni|)ing friim tlie ears while in 
 motion. 
 
 An old experienced lawyer of Lee County, who 
 knew the deceased in his lifetime intimately and 
 well, and who practiced at the bar thirty years or 
 more with hini, gives this testimony concerning 
 him: "I regarded him as the soid of honor in all 
 law and business affairs. He was not as well read 
 in the law as some others I have met at the bar, but 
 I question if I ever met in Iowa one lawyer who 
 possessed more natural gifts of oratory. In jury 
 trials he was a power that all lawyers feared. Nat- 
 urally of a Ijenevolent and S3'mpathetic turn of 
 mind, he took an active part in the ' half-breed ' 
 troubles of Lee County, in behalf of the former 
 settlers, and in the long legal struggle of Lee 
 County against the railroad bond taxation, he was 
 the leading lawyer of the State in defending 
 against them. He was also a bold advocate of 
 all moral reforms, and frequentlj' advocated tem- 
 perance and anti-slavery doctrines, when but few 
 yet sympathized with him in his views. An ar- 
 dent Republican, he was twice nominated by the 
 Republicans of Lee County for public positions; 
 first for Count}' Judge and next for the Legisla- 
 ture, but his party being in a hopeless minoritj' in 
 the county he failed of election, though he received 
 an honorable vote each time. Taken all in all he 
 was a very good and noble-hearted man." 
 
 NDREW WYLLIE, a leading citizen and 
 successful farmer of Lee County, is pleas- 
 antlj' situated on section 3, Des Moines 
 Township, where he has resided for the 
 last eight years, and carried on the i)ursuit of farm- 
 ing in a successful manner. Mr. AVyllie is a native 
 of " bonnie Scotland," and was born April 22, 
 1840. He comes of good Scottish ancestry, his 
 father before iiim being a native of tiie same coun- 
 try, and was there married in early manhood to 
 
 Jane Lowrey, also a native of Scotland. They be- 
 came the parents of four children, two sons and 
 two daughters, of whom the sulijcct of our sketch 
 is the un\y one living. The mother and two of 
 the children departed this life in their native land, 
 the father, with the remaining two, Andrew and his H 
 sister, Jennette, coming to the United States in 
 1845. They at once proceeded to Iowa, and lo- 
 cated on an unimproved tract of land in Des 
 Moines Township. The settlers' title proved to be 
 of no account, and the land at one time was lost to 
 the famil_v, being a part of the "half-breed tract." 
 The father, however, remained upon it until his 
 death, in 1840. 
 
 After the death of his father, the subject of our 
 sketch made his home with his uncle until twenty- 
 one years of age, they having still retained posses- 
 sion of the tract of land upon which the father first 
 settled. At that time young Andrew set out on 
 his own account. No legacy had been bequeathed 
 him, and he had nothing but his honest hands and 
 his resolute character ^vith which to begin the bat- 
 tle of life. These qualities served him abundantl}-. 
 however. He prospered in his undertaking, saved 
 his mone}', and in 1878 was enabled to purchase 
 and obtain a clear title to the land upon which his 
 father had first located and which he has since oc- 
 cupied. He has made gieat improvements in its 
 condition, and his landed possessions now comj)rise 
 390 acres, he having obtained additional acres as 
 his means justified, ills land is now divided into 
 two lots on different sections, all well improved 
 and under a good state of cultivation. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Wyllie and Miss Fannie 
 Ogle was celebrated in 1K6.5, in Jackson Township. 
 Mrs. AVyllie is a native of this township, born in 
 December, 1844. Her parents settled in Missouri 
 when she was onlj' a child, and she was there reared 
 to womanhood. Her father was a \'irginian. and a 
 carpenter by trade, but in later 3-ears devoted his 
 attention chiefly to farming. The maiden name of 
 iier mother was Elizabeth Oreen, a native of Ten- 
 nessee, of Southern parentage. She became a resi- 
 dent of Missouri before her marriage. Her parents 
 were among the early settlers of Lee County. Her 
 father died in 1)S77; the mother still survives, and 
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 of Mr. and Jlrs. Wyllie have been born eight ehil- 
 flren, six daiigiiters and two sons, of whom one son 
 and four daugiiters are now deceased, namely, 
 .lames, Addie, Arrabana, Mamie and an infant un- 
 named. Tiic living are Fanny, Albert and Pearl. 
 
 The family are highly respected in this county, 
 and Mr. Wyllie is considered one of the valuable 
 business men of the community. He has been 
 greatly prospered in both his agricultural and stock- 
 breeding operations, and has accumulated a com- 
 petency. He is Republican in politics, and in all 
 respects is fulfilling the duties of a good citizen. 
 
 A view of Mr. Wyllie's fine farm residence and 
 surriiundiugs, together with his stock, is shown in 
 comiection with this sketch. 
 
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 AMES BULLAIU), Si;., of Jefferson Town- 
 ship, is the possessor of a beautiful home- 
 stead, which is very finely located on sec- 
 
 tion 1. His farm comprises 300 acres of 
 
 H Rj highly cultivated land, and is stocked with high- 
 rM=i] grade cattle and horses, the breeding of which he 
 jjIliji makes a specialty. Of the latter he has fine speci- 
 ijllijn mens of the Morgan and Norman stock, which 
 jj j-; I p include two magniticant stallions, '• Louis Oscar " 
 mm =1'"^ ■■''• I'uke, Jr." and are from the best breeds of 
 these' crosses, the former being the only registered 
 animal of this description in the United States. 
 With these Mr. B. has carried off nearly all of the 
 (irst prizes at the various fairs in this section where 
 the^' have been exhibited. His tine licrd of cattle 
 includes two thoroughbred Sluirt-liorus of great 
 beauty and value. 
 Ii The homestead of our subject lies on the tust 
 
 -^— bottomsof the Mississippi, and is admirably ad.'ipted 
 to the raising of all kinds of cereals and vegetables. 
 It is all under good cultivation txcept a few acres 
 of pasture and timber. Its proprietor has been one 
 of the most progressive citizens of the county, and 
 ^■tii^'n '^'* example of enterprise and industry has been a 
 stimulant for many of his neigliliors to push ahead 
 and contribute, in a like manner, to the develop- 
 luciil of the .igi k-ultMr:il interests (.>t' tlieii' coMnty. 
 
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 Mr. Bullard is a native of Jacksonville, Morgan 
 Co., 111., and was born May 2'2, 182.T. His father. 
 Theophilus Bullard, came from Virginia parentage, 
 and traced his ancestry back to families of England, 
 Ireland and Germany, who combined to produce a 
 race with many admirable traits of character. After 
 arriving at j'ears of manhood, he went to Nashville, 
 Tenn., and was there married to Miss Lucy Arm- 
 strong, a ladj' of Mrginia birth and parent.age. 
 His grandfathers, on both sides of the house, were 
 soldiers in the War of 1812, and were named 
 James Bullard and Thomas Armstrong, .lames 
 Bullard was a farmer by occupation, and after the 
 close of the war came West to Illinois, and located 
 in Brown County, where his life terminated. 
 Thomas Armstrong was a master mechanic, and 
 was prominently known as a man of unusual skill 
 in his calling, and erected many important iron 
 furnaces and forges near the place of his residence 
 in Tennessee. 
 
 Theophilus Bullard, after his marriage, engaged 
 at his trade as a millwright, in which he had become 
 proficient under the instruction of Benjamin Hen- 
 son, of Grayson County, \'a. After the birth of 
 their first child, a daughter, Jane, they went to 
 Morgan County, 111., where he built his first grist- 
 mill on the Morvestar Creek, which is supposed to 
 be one of the first mills in the State of Illinois; tlii> 
 was in 1824. It was there our subject was born 
 and reared, and his father became a volunteer in 
 tiie Blackhawk War, and served as a soldier during 
 the Indian troubles. After being discharged from 
 the army he left Illinois with his family, crossed 
 the Mississippi, and came to Hurlington, Iowa, arriv- 
 ing March 12, 1834. He soon began the acquisi- 
 tion of land in the Blackhawk Purchase, and soon 
 became the possessor of five farms in that locality. 
 He was a man of nioie than ordinary ability and 
 intelligence, and assisted in the first local survey 
 of this part of the county. He was the first Justice 
 of the Peace in this section, while Iowa was yet a 
 Territory, and held the office for twenty-five years. 
 He was always interested in ever3thing pertaining 
 to the welfare and development of his adopted 
 county, and was a leader in every worthy enter- 
 prise. He assisted in the organization of .lefterson 
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 tending to its development and prosperity. 
 
 Theophilus Bullard was born March 13, 1798. 
 His parents both died on the old homestead in 
 Brown County, 111., where they settled in 1833. 
 Theophilus B. settled in Madison Township in 1836. 
 The mother survived this removal nine years, her 
 decease occuring in 1845. The parents were most 
 excellent and W()rtli3' people, and carefully trained 
 their children to habits of industry and economy. 
 Their son, our subject, was the second child of the 
 family, and was reared and educated, remaining at 
 home until his marriage. This interesting event 
 occurred in Jefferson Township, the maiden of his 
 choice being Miss Sarah A. Wallace, a native of 
 Northumberland County, Pa., who was born June 
 1, 1834. She came with her parents to Iowa when 
 a young lady, and remained with them until her 
 marriage to Air. Bullard. Of this union there were 
 born seven children, two only of whom are living, 
 a son, Robert Rolla, a promising young man, suc- 
 cessfully engaged in farming, and Eugene G., who 
 assists in the management of the homestead. 
 Theophilus died at the age of twenty-one years; 
 Frances died when live years of age, and Joseph 
 when one year old; two infants died unnamed. 
 These children were stricken down by measles and 
 scarlet fever, and their loss was a terrible blow to 
 the bereaved parents. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah A. Bullard departed this life June 
 25, 1884, at the home of her husband. She was a 
 lady greatly beloved and respected by all who knew 
 her, for her intelligence and charming social traits, 
 and was a member in good standing of the Baptist 
 Church, with which the remaining members of her 
 family are connected. Politically Mr. Bullard is a 
 reliable Democrat, and uniformly casts his vote in 
 snpport of the principles of his party. 
 
 |p55) DWARD A. GIBBS is one of the honored 
 jW] pioneers of the Hawkeye State, coming 
 ji' — ^ witliin its boundaries while it was yet a Ter- 
 ritory. He came here in the year 1839, and located 
 in Ft. Madison, which has been his home now for a 
 ! period of forty-seven j^ears. His journey was 
 
 made from the far East, he having been born in 
 Connecticut in 1811, and he started out when a 
 j'onng man for the western wilds. 
 
 The father of our subject, Ashley Gibbs, was 
 also a native of Connecticut, born in New London, r 
 and the grandfather, Herman Gibbs, was a nativeti 
 of the same State, but his birthplace was in Groton. 
 He there married Miss Elizabeth A. Stoddard, and 
 spent the remainder of his da3's in that section. 
 His son, Ashley Gibbs, the father of Edward A., 
 was a ship-builder by trade, and also a sailor liy 
 occupation. He loved the sea, and early in life 
 was promoted Captain of a merchant vessel, of 
 which he eventually became part owner. In 181 G 
 he abandoned the sea and determined to settle 
 down finally upon terra firma, but not in his native 
 State. He wished to see something more of the 
 world, and accordingly emigrated to Ohio, where 
 he located in Jackson County and worked as car- 
 penter and joiner. 
 
 The first year of his labor in the latter- named 
 State, Ashley Gibbs erected the first jail in Ross 
 County, which was located at Chillicothe. It was 
 built of large square hewn timber, placed on end, 
 and supported by heavy iron bars crossways, and 
 proved an effectual means against the escape of 
 culprits of all kinds. In 1823 the elder Gibbs 
 removed to Gallipolis, and remained there about 
 six or seven years. Thence he went to Chester, 
 Meigs Countj', and was employed as contractor 
 and builder for some years. There are still many 
 buildings in existence whicli were erected by him 
 and stand as monuments to his skill and handiwork. 
 He finally returned to Gallipolis, removing from 
 there to Miller's Bottom, on the Ohio River below 
 Gallipolis, where his last days were spent, and 
 his remains were finally laid to rest. The maiden 
 name of the mother of our subject w.as Parnell 
 Roberts. She was a n.ative of the same State .ind 
 eountj' as her husband, and was well fitted to 
 become the helpmate of a good man. She remained 
 faithful to him througii all his wanderings, and 
 departed this life in 1870 or 1871. 
 
 Edward A. Gibbs was but a boy of six or seven 
 years when his parents removed from Connecticut 
 to Ohio. They were early pioneers of the Buckeye 
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 a new country. Free f^eliools were tln'U unknown, 
 l)Ut a suliscriplion school vvas here and there estah- 
 lisheil for six months in the year, and during the 
 days of his boyiiood our subject availed himself 
 of the instruction thus given, until he was about 
 nineteen years of age. When his parents removed 
 to Meigs County, he engaged as clerk in a general 
 store at Chester, where he remained for six years. 
 lie then went to Athens County, Ohio, and was 
 engaged in a similar manner in the store of Col. 
 William Stewart, and also occupied himself in gain- 
 iiii; the affections of the daughter of his employer, 
 who afterward became his wife, lie remained 
 there also six years, and then associated himself in 
 partnership in the same business for two or three 
 years at Coolville, Athens Co.. Ohio, and was thus 
 occupied until 1839, when he resolved to go fur- 
 ther West, and started for Iowa, via the Ohio and 
 Mississippi Rivers to Keokuk, thence on foot to 
 .Montrose, and from there procured a ride to Ft. 
 .Madison, arriving at that place in October, 1839. 
 ^^1 lie was greatly pleased with the appearance of the 
 countrv, although it was still unsettled, and located 
 a claim in Pleasant Ridge Township, Lee County. 
 The only improvement upon his land was a claim 
 l)ole cabin, fourteen feet square, but hardly fit for 
 habitation. His wife had accompanied him upon 
 his travels and there they spent the winter. In the 
 spring Mr. Gibbs erected a substantial and com- 
 modious hewed log house, which vvas considered 
 (piite an inii)osing structure at that da^', and was 
 liiiished off quite handsomely', being chinked and 
 daubed with mud. He then commenced the im- 
 provement of his land in earnest, and was engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits for the following ten years. 
 At the end of this time, wishing for a change of 
 occupation, Mr. Oibbs disp<jsed of his landed inter- 
 ests, and removing to West Point, this county, en- 
 gaged at his old business of clerking until the 
 election of President Filiuore, when he was ap- 
 pointed Postmaster of the village. He afterward 
 became iissociated in partnership with his brother- 
 j in-law and w.as occupied in mercantile pursuits 
 ■~ until l«.i(;. He tlien disposed of his interest to his 
 brother-in-law, and going to the mouth of the Chip- 
 pewa River, in Minnesota, look chai'ge of the gen- 
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 thence went to IJubnciue, Iowa, and was employed 
 in their lumber-yard. In UsCc; he cMme to Ft. 
 Madison, and purchased a lumber-yard for hlMi-cif. 
 which had been established here for about two 
 3'ears. In this undertaking he was joined by .bihn 5, 
 H. Knapp, and the two together operated the busi- 
 ness until 1884, when Mr. Oibbs purchased the 
 interest of his partner, and since that time has been 
 running the business alone. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Edward A. (;ibl)s and Miss 
 Emeline Stewart was celebrated in Ohio in 1837. 
 Mrs. Gibbs was born in Ohio. Feb. 14, 1X17. Her 
 father. Col. William Stewart, was also a native of 
 Ohio, and her grandfather, Uaniel Stewart, was 
 boi-n in New Jersey, and emigrated to the Buckeye jt 
 State at a very early date in its history. William 
 Steward was a soldier in the War of 1(^12, and was 
 commissioned Colonel. He was reared upon- a 
 farm, but in middle life changed his occupation to 
 that of a contractor and builder, in connection 
 with farming, in which he was remarkably skillful J ■{ 
 and successful, and superintended the erection of a ' ^ 
 few buildings in that section of the country, among 
 them being the University at Athens, Ohio. Still jilji 
 later he engaged in merchandising and milling, and ; ij 
 in the spring of 1839 crossed the Mississippi and s^fl 
 entered land in Lee County, Iowa. Here he also ?'^ 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits until his retirement 
 from active business. His last days were passed 
 at the home of his son-in-law, our subject, and he 
 departed this life April 1, 1882, at the ripe old age 
 of ninety-two years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. (iibbs became the i)ar- 
 ents of five children, the record of whom is as fol- 
 lows: William A. is a resident of Chicago, 111.; 
 Mary L. became the wife of ^\■illiam II. Bonnell, 
 
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 and died in August, 188(j; Charles became a soldier ;a 
 
 during the late Civil AVar, enlisting June 19. 18(i2. E-" 
 
 in the 19tli Iowa Infantry, and nas wH)unded at the 5 (ij 
 
 battle of Prairie Grove, from the eft'ects of which 2 A.' 
 
 he died Jan. 7, 1863; his remains were brought ;;" 
 
 home and deposited in Ft. Madison Cemetery ; S 
 
 Julia S. is the wife of Robert E. Smith, and lives a 
 
 at Ft. Madison; Lewis II. .nnd Edward A. are :it ^ 
 
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 ity where they have so long been residents, and 
 Mr. Gibbs has contributed greatly to the jn-ogress 
 and welfare of his county and township. He is 
 liberal minded and generous, and has alwa^'s taken 
 a great interest in the training of the young, labor- 
 ing faithfully in tlie Sunday-school of the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church, of which he and his amiable 
 lady have long been members in good standing. 
 He is a man of strong convictions, and conscien- 
 tiously casts his vote with the Republican party. He 
 has been the encourager and promoter of every 
 good work and purpose, and when he shall have 
 been gathered to his fathers it will be difficult to fill 
 his place. This, in a world of good and generous 
 men, is much to say, but Mr. Gibbs is fullj' entitled 
 to whatever can be said of the honest man and 
 good citizen. 
 
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 ^OHN A. SARGENT, a general farmer and 
 stock-raiser, is successfully operating his 
 fine farm in Des Moines Township, which is 
 located on section 32. He is the seventh of 
 a family of thirteen children, wliose parents were 
 Nicholas and Merriam (Sawyer) Sargent. (See 
 sketch of H. C. Sargent, Sr., for parental history). 
 The following interesting bit of family history we 
 take from an issue of the Salisbury (Mass.) 17/- 
 Inger (1870): "Wednesday night the Riverside 
 Lodge of this village made public their installation 
 of officers in Sargent Hall, after which friends and 
 invited guests partook of a bountiful supper. The 
 Sargents are a numerous family in this town, and 
 are large owners of real and personal estate. Will- 
 iam Sargent, one of the twelve men who settled in 
 Ipswich, in 1633, -subsequently went to Newbury, 
 and thence to Amesburj' in 1G43, where he died in 
 about 1675, aged seventy-three. He was the 
 founder of the family name m this town. It has 
 been the custom to have a quiet family reunion 
 each year. On the 15th a dinner party was given 
 at the residence of John 1'. Sargent, where were as- 
 assembled twelve persons, whose united ages 
 amounted to 853 years, an average of upward of 
 seventy-one years. The occasion was a reunion 
 of the children of Christopher Sargent, who died 
 is many years ago. Thej' were as follows: Nicholas, 
 
 aged 80; C3^rus, 78; .John P., 66; Benjamin F'., 
 74, jind their sister, Mrs. Jane Stickney, 74. 
 Stei)hen, another brother, died in Utah last year at 
 the age of sixty-eight, the only death in the circle 
 of children for more than fifty years. Nicholas is 
 a resident of Iowa, all the rest residing here in 
 Merrimac. There were also present Merriam, wife 
 of Nicholas, aged 80; Hanna M., wife of Cyrus, 63; 
 Caroline P., wife of John P., 57; Jnlia, wife of 
 Benjamin F., 54; Patten Sargent of Merrimacport, 
 a cousin, 83 ; Mrs. Anna Whittier, an aunt, 80, and 
 Mrs. Hannah P. Sargent, also an aunt, 75. 
 
 "Mr. Nicholas Sargent, above mentioned, came 
 into possession of some land in Millsfield, Coos Co., 
 N. H., and there he took up his residence when a 
 young man. In 1836 he was attacked with tlie 
 ' Western fever,' and procuring four horses and 
 suitable carriages, he started for the West, taking 
 with him his wife and twelve children. They were 
 five months reaching Missouri, having been de- 
 tained two months in Illinois by sickness. After 
 his departure for the West twenty years elapsed be- 
 fore any of the relatives he had left behind heard 
 anything from or of him. One evening, about twenty 
 years ago, a man ai)plied at the house of Mrs. Jane 
 Stickney for lotlging for the night. She told him 
 she did not take in strangers to lodge, but he 
 pressed his request with great earnestness, until she 
 finally told him she could not and would not take 
 him in. ' Well,' said he, ' that settles the matter ; 
 but I should scarcely have thought j^ou would have 
 refused a night's lodging to your own brother.' 
 ' My own brother ! ' exclaimed the good lady ; 
 'what, Nicholas.'' And sure enough Nicholas it 
 was. It ajipeared that he met with financial re- 
 verses in Missouri, and after a few years' residence 
 there he went to Iowa, where he purchased land in 
 Lee County, ten miles from Keokuk, and from that 
 time prospered, securing a competency before he 
 got ready to advise his relatives of his wiiere- 
 ab<nits and circumstances. He and his five sons 
 have 1,700 acres of land, 1,000 of it being the rich 
 'bottom ' along the Des Moines River. They raise 
 annually from 8,000 to 10,000 bushels of corn, and 
 large quantities of hay, all of which they feed out, 
 frequently buying more, their business being rais- 
 ing, buying and selling neat stock and swine. 
 
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 ous, and slio, not witlistanding her ciylily years, still 
 plies her kiiiltinj>- needles as hnsily as ever. They 
 made the juurney hero four weeks aj^o, being- a lit- 
 tle over two da^'s and nights on the road; the trij), 
 with sleeping-c.ars, cte., forming a pleasing contrast 
 to their wearisome journey of forty 3'ears ago, when 
 they sought a home in the (tlien) far West of Mis- 
 souri." 
 
 .lohn A. Sargent is a native of New Hampshire, 
 bo?n April 21, I,s3l, and was but a child when, in 
 l.s.'XI, his parents st;u-ted for the great West. They 
 brought with them the whole family, and after 
 ci'ossing the Mississippi made their first location in 
 Missouri, whence the^' came four 3'ears later to 
 Jowa. Here Mr. Sargent grew to manhood, assist- 
 ing in the labors of his father's farm and receiving 
 a limited education in the pioneer schools. He was 
 married, Feb. 2G, 1854, to Miss Ursula Stark- 
 weather, a native of Pennsylvania, who was born 
 Sept. 14, 1833. Mrs. Sargent is the daughter of 
 Leonard and 10m ily (Ilosmer) Starkweather, who 
 were natives of New Kngland, and removed to 
 Pennsylvania after a short residence in Michigan. 
 They came into Lee County in 1846, and settled 
 upon a tract of unimproved land consisting of 320 
 acres. They endured .all the hardships of the early 
 pioneers and shared in their successes, improved 
 the farm, cultivated the land, and lived to see smil- 
 ing fields where once had been a desolate wilder- 
 ness. The faithful wife and mother departed this 
 life in Des Moines Township, in January, 1883, at 
 the age of seventy-four years. Her husband yet 
 survives her; he is seventy-eight years old, and re- 
 sides with his daughter, Mrs. Sargent. 
 
 After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Sargent loca- 
 ted upon a tract of land and engaged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits. He became possessor of the in-esent 
 homestead in 1851). It consists of 280 acres, finely 
 cultivated, with a handsome dwelling and conve- 
 nient b.arns and outhouses ujion it, a view of which 
 is given in this work. In addition to this he has 
 forty acres in another part of the township, and 
 040 acres in Menard County, Tex., which is con- 
 sidered one of the best tracts of land in the Lone 
 Star State. He has been very successful in his 
 farming operations, and in is.si purchased a store 
 
 in ^'incennes. which is now operated successfullj- 
 by his eldest son, H. ('.. .Ir. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent 
 have had a family of eight children, of whom tw^o 
 arc deceased. They are as follows: Nettie, Hen- 
 rietta (deceased). Horace C, John II. (deceased), 
 (i. Lincoln, Lebe:iu AV., Lawrence and Earnest K. 
 Mr. Sargent has performed in a creditable man- 
 ner all the duties and obligations of life. He has 
 alwaj's been interested in the welfare of his commu- 
 nity, and has held the office of Constable in his 
 township. He is Rei)ublican in polities, tirni and 
 decided in his opinions, but never an offensive par- 
 tisan. He is held in high respect by his neighbors 
 and acquaintances, .and fully merits the title of "an 
 honest man and a good citizen." Socially he is a 
 member of Amber Lodge No. 448, I. O. O. F., of 
 Vincennes, Iowa, also of the A. H. T. A., which 
 meets at the same place. 
 
 EDWARD WALSMITH, of the firm of Narr- 
 ley & AValsmith, of Keokuk, is eng.aged with 
 his partner in carrying on a first-class meat- 
 market at No. 612 Main street. Mr. AValsmith 
 comes of an excellent family of stanch German an- 
 cestry, and was born in the Fatherland Aug. 4, 
 1840. His father was George AYalsmith, a shoe- 
 maker by trade, who emigrated to the United States 
 in 1852, and settled in Keokuk. He only lived 
 five years after coming to this country, djing in 
 1857. He was the father of seven children, only 
 three of whom are living: Robert, a resident of 
 Keokuk; Anthony, of Des Moines, and Edward, 
 the subject of our sketc-h. 
 
 Edward Walsmith remained with his parents and 
 attended school until he was twelve years old. He 
 then left home to learn the butcher's trade, .at 
 which he served three years, and was then engaged 
 as a journeyman until 1863. At this time he 
 opened a shoj) in Keokuk and carried on business 
 for one year. He then closed out and became an 
 employe in the pork house of Patterson Si Timlier- 
 mau, with whom he was engaged in the winter 
 seasons, and in the summer was engaged in butch- 
 ering. In the year 1867 he as.sociated himself in 
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 both straightforward business men and occupy a 
 leading position among the business interests of the 
 Gate City. Mr. Walsmith began at the foot of 
 the ladder, and has accumulated his possessions 
 solely through the exercise of his own industry and 
 enterprise. 
 
 Mr. Walsmith was married in October, 18G2, to 
 Miss Elizabeth Luzren, a native of his own country, 
 by whom he has become the father uf four chil- 
 dren — P^mmie, Lena, Odellia and Kosa. They have 
 a comfortable home at No. 1113 Franklin street, 
 and are held in high esteem by a large circle of 
 friends and acquaintances. Mr. Walsmitli is the 
 possessor of a moderate amount of city property, 
 and with his wife is a member in good stan<ling of 
 the Lutheran Church. He also belongs to the So- 
 ciety of Druids, the L O. O. F., the Knights of 
 Honor and the Arcanum. Politically he affiliates 
 with the Republican party, in support of the prin- 
 ciples of which he uniformly casts his vote. 
 
 )HOMA,S V. W[LSON, brother of James, and 
 third child of Thomas Wilson, is a native of 
 Jefferson Township, and was born Feb. 1.5, 
 1849. He was reared on his father's farm, and 
 during his boyhood attended school winters and 
 assisted in the duties around the homestead during 
 the summer seasons. From earlj' childhood he was 
 trained to habits of industry and economy, and in 
 early 3'outh began to save his earnings and to have 
 a care for the future. In 1870 he and his brother 
 James became partners, and have successfully man- 
 aged the affairs of tlie homestead since that time. 
 He is the possessor of a good two-story lirick house, 
 has a good barn, and is surrounded by the com- 
 forts of life. 
 
 Mr. Wilson was married, in Ft. Madison, Oct. 
 ■2o, 1872, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of .John 
 and Henrietta (Eppers) Slagenbush. of German 
 ancestry and parentage, and who remained in 
 their native country until after their marriage. 
 They then emigrated to the United States, and 
 after arriving in the New World set their faces 
 westward, and came into Iowa, locating in Jefferson 
 
 Township, this county, after a short time spent in 
 the city of St. Louis. They became residents of 
 the llawkeye State in 1851, located uiion a tract of 
 land, and engaged in farming, and established a 
 comfortable home, where they remained until their 
 death. Mrs. Wilson was born in Germ.any Feb. 3, 
 18.52, and was little more than an infant when her 
 parents emigrated to the United States. By her 
 union with our subject she has become the mother 
 of six children, as follows: William A., \'alley L., 
 Ethel O., Genevra S., Thomas C. and OIlie A. 
 
 In politics the subject of our sketch is strongly 
 Democratic. He enjo3's the confidence and esteem 
 of his fellow-townsmen, who have conferred upon 
 him the minor offices within their gift. Mrs. W. 
 was reared in the Presbyterian faith, and still ad- 
 heres to the religion of her parents. 
 
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 /^\ HRISTIAN MERTENS, a successful farmer, 
 l( ^ stock-trader and shipper of Marion Town- 
 
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 ^^(' ship, is pleasantly located on section 1 9, and 
 constitutes one of the important factors of the agri- 
 cultural and industrial community. Mr. Mertens 
 is a native of Germany, and was born on the 12th 
 of February, 1830. His father, Peter Mertens, was 
 a practical miller, and in early life was married to 
 Miss Anna M. Colman. In 184(5 they emigrated 
 to America, embarking on the sailing-vessel "Sha- 
 ron," bound for New Orleans. The voyage occu- 
 pied seven weeks, and from the Crescent City they 
 proceeded to St. Louis, Mo., and after a short st.ay 
 there located on a farm near Manchester, which 
 they occupied five years and where the father died. 
 In the fall of 1851 the mother, witii her little fam- 
 ily, removed to Lee County, Iowa, locating in Ma- 
 rion Township. 
 
 Our subject, after the death of his father, as- 
 sumed the responsibility of caring for the family 
 until he reached his majority. He then purchased 
 a farm of 120 acres in Marion Township, where the 
 family settled, and he began his careei- as a general 
 farmer and raiser of hogs and cattle for the market. 
 In this latter department he was especially success- 
 ful, this, indeed, constituting the foundations of 
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 as time passed on, and in addition to laising stock 
 began to buy and siiip to the Cliicugo market. In 
 1 8(54 lie purcluised the present homestead on sec- 
 tion lit. This includes 280 acres of choice land in 
 a fine state of cultivation, upon which is a sulistan- 
 tial farm residence, a good barn, and all other out- 
 buildings required by a first-class agriculturist. 
 
 Mr. JMertens was married, in 1853, to Miss Chris- 
 tina Schlangen, of this county, and they have be- 
 come the parents of eleven children, four sons and 
 seven daughters, all living. Mr. M. and his family 
 are worthy members of the Catholic Church of St. 
 Paul, of which lie is one of the most liberal support- 
 ers, lie is a man of note in his community and is 
 held in high regard for his persevering industry, 
 which lias acc(>m|ilishe(l such great things for him, 
 and his honest and straightforward methods of do- 
 ing business. A view of the fine farm residence of 
 -Mr. .Mertens will be found on another page. 
 
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 ILLIAM COYNE, deceased, was a pioneer 
 settler of the Territory of Iowa, and well 
 ^'^ and favorably known throughout this sec- 
 tion for over forty years. He came to Lee County 
 in 1S42 and located in Ft. Madison, which was 
 then a small village; he then went to Missouri and 
 remained ten years, and from there went to Wash- 
 ington, I). C, securing a position in the Sixth Au- 
 ditor's oftiee, returning to Lee County, Iowa, in 
 1 .s(;7, and remained a resident of .lefferson Town- 
 ship until his death. While at Ft. Madison, on the 
 (Ith of September, 1813, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Lavinia, daughter of Andrew and Sus- 
 anna (Ritter) Oberly, who were born, reared and 
 married in Northampton County, Pa. They were 
 of Swiss ancestry, who came to the United States 
 with the Penn Colony in the early history of this 
 couiitiy, and |)urchased land of William Penn near 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 Anthony Oberl}', the great-grandfather of Mrs. 
 Coyne, after emigrating to this country lived and 
 died in Pennsylvania, as did also his son John, the 
 grandfather of Mrs. C. Her father, Andrew Oberly, 
 was born .July 20, 1799. He was a farmer by oc- 
 cupation, and ill 1810 removed from I'enns^lvania 
 
 
 to Iowa, stopping a short time in Burlington, and gl 
 then locating in Lee County. He lived at Ft. §1 
 Madis(jii f(«- two years, and then jiurchased 160 
 acres from the Mormons in what was then the half- 
 breed tract. He improved and cultivated his land, 
 and remained upon it until his death, which oc- 
 curred April C, 1864, at the age of seventy-five 
 3'ears, one mouth and three da3's. His wife, the 
 mother of Mrs. C. of our sketch, survived him 
 eight years, and died at her home in Jefferson 
 Township .Jan. 2.5, 1872, aged sevent3'-six years 
 and six months. He was a prominent member of 
 the Presbyterian Church, and she was connected 
 with the Lutherans. He was strongly Democratic 
 in politics, and a man of decided views and o|iiii- 
 ions. 
 
 Mrs. Lavinia Coyne, by her marriage with our 
 subject has become the mother of four children, of 
 whom the record is as foUows: William married 
 Miss Nella Hawkins, who was born and reared in 
 Keokuk ; they are now in Sacramento, Cal., Mr. C. 
 being successfully engaged in the lumber business, 
 and they have two children — William K. and 
 Frank H. ; Mary E., a successful teacher for a num- 
 ber of years, is now living at home ; Franklin mar- 
 ried Miss Eliza C. Cale, and is engaged in farming 
 for his mother on the old homestead; Andrew mar- 
 ried Miss ^VUie M. Walker, and is a farmer of Jef- 
 ferson Township. 
 
 William Coyne of this sketch was a native of 
 Philadelphia, Pa., and was born March 29, 1817. 
 He was of Irish ancestry and parentage, and his fa- 
 ther died in Philadelphia when he was but an. infant. 
 Ill due time his mother contracted asecond marriage, 
 and our subject was reared by his stepfather, James 
 Glasgow, a (Quaker and an early settler of Philadel- 
 phia. He remained with his mother and stepfather 
 until he was of age, in the meantime learning of the 
 latter the trade of plasterer and glazier. He then left 
 the parental roof, and going West tt) Illinois, located 
 in Adams County, where he remained until 1842, 
 and became a |)rominent citizen of that localit3'. 
 He served as Deputy Sheriff under James Jasper of 
 Adams County. He came to Ft. Madison in 1842, 
 where he remained for three 3'ears, .and then went 
 to Missouri, settling in Siiringfield, and lived there 
 ten years. Here, also, his intelligence, force of 
 
 
character, aud general excellent qualities, received 
 ready acknowledgement, and he became promi- 
 nently connected witli the affairs of his locality. 
 He was appointed by President Buchanan Sixth Au- 
 ditor of the Post-OfHce Department, which position 
 he occupied for four years, and when the war broke 
 out he joined .the Confederate army and fought for 
 what he believed to be the right until the termina- 
 tion of the conflict. He then returned to Lee 
 County and to lais home in Jefferson Townsliip, 
 where he passed the remainder of his life, dying in 
 September, 1875. 
 
 Mr. Coyne was reared in the Catholic faith, to 
 which he remained loyal until the end of his days, 
 and politically was a stanch adherent of the Demo- 
 cratic party. Mrs. Coyne, who survives her hus- 
 band, is a lady highly esteemed in her community, 
 and a prominent member of the Episcopal Church. 
 Her homestead is pleasantly located, and comprises 
 a handsome farm dwelling, with barns and out- 
 buildings, and IGO acres of valuable land. She is 
 also the possessor of IGO acres of timber in another 
 part of the county. 
 
 |t^ R. R. M. PARKER, homeopathic physician 
 and surgeon, and a representative citizen 
 of Montrose Village, is a native of the Em- 
 pire State, born in Madison Count^', March 
 21, 1818. He is the son of Leonard C. and Betsy 
 T. (Bennet) Parker, both natives of Massachusetts, 
 who passed their lives in their native State and 
 tliere died at a ripe old age many years ago. 
 Leonard C. Parker was a farmer by occupation, 
 and he aud his excellent wife became the parents 
 of ten children, whom the^^ carefully trained and 
 to whom they gave the best advantages within 
 their power. They were named as follows : Har- 
 vey, Jane, Elizabeth, R. M. (our subject), William, 
 Sophia, Sarah, Jamnes, Caroline and Allaseba. 
 
 The subject of this biography remained under 
 the parental roof, receiving careful home training 
 and a fair education in the common schools, and 
 assisted his parents in tlie duties around the home- 
 stead until his marriage with Miss Angelina Swan, 
 in 1863. Mrs. Parker was a native of Ohio, born 
 
 in 1830, and after being the companion of her hus- 
 band for fifteen years departed this life in Hancock 
 County, 111., in 1878, leaving two children, a son 
 and daughter, James W. and Bessie O. 
 
 Dr. Parker received his primary education in 
 New York State, and coninieneed reading medicine 
 in 1838, entering u|)on the practice of his profes- 
 sion in 184.0. He makes a specialty of the dis- 
 eases of women and children, and is the only prac- 
 titioner of the kind in this vicinity. He claims to 
 be a resident of Hancock County, 111., but his prac- 
 tice while there became so large that he was obliged 
 to effect a removal in order to be more centrally 
 located. In addition to his professional duties he 
 has always had a taste for agriculture and horticult 
 ure. He went to Nauvoo, 111., in 18GG, where he 
 purchased 1 30 acres of land, which is now within 
 the city limits and very valuable. He has a fine 
 residence, two stories in height, and built of brick, 
 which was once the property of Brigham Young. 
 Upon this farm is a vineyard of forty acres, and 
 he also carries on grape culture on another five 
 acres. 
 
 The subject of our sketch has been a prominent 
 man in this locality for many years. He is an ex- 
 tensive reader and has made the most of his oppor- 
 tunities. In 18G7 he became a member of tlie A. 
 F. & A. M. at Nauvoo, Ijelonging to Reclamation 
 Lodge No 54, and has filled the various offices of 
 this lodge with the exception of Master. His wife 
 was an earnest and conscientious memljer of the 
 Episcopal Church, witli which the Doctor is also 
 connected, and to the support of which he contrib- 
 utes to the extent of his means. In politics he uni- 
 formly easts his vote in support of the principles of 
 the Repulilican party. Tlie portrait of Dr. Parker, 
 which accompanies tiiis sketch, will, it is hoped, be 
 regarded as a faithful likeness of an honored citizen. 
 
 
 ^j^^. D. HARTLEY, deceased, was a prominent 
 I IJIJ and highly esteemed resident of Cedar 
 li\J^ Township, and l)y his excellent traits of 
 character and genial disposition iiad gathered 
 around him a large circle of friends who hoUl his 
 name in kindly remembrance. Our subject was 
 
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 Ixjiii in Washington County, I'a., Dec. 1, 1H15, and 
 was the son of Tlioniiis and Harliara (I, an) Hartley, 
 botii natives of Biiciis County, I'a. Thomas Hart- 
 ley was a shoemaker l)y trade, and followed this 
 occupation in I'ennsylvania until his removal to 
 Kandolpii County, hid., where he was employed in 
 a similar manner until the last years of his life. 
 
 Norton I). Hartley was but two years old when 
 his parents removed from Pennsylvania to Indiana. 
 They were among the pioneer settlers of that region, 
 and located near Lawrenceburg upon a fai'm, which 
 they occupied for some years and then removed to 
 Randolph County. The boy was reared to farm 
 pursuits, and after the lapse of several j'ears left 
 his home for Preble County, Ohio, where he pur- 
 chased and settled upon an improved farm, which 
 he occupied until 1H48. He then returned to In- 
 diana, and purchasing a farm in Morgan C^ount^', 
 carried on farming pursuits there for the following 
 six years, and then selling out, crossed the Father 
 of Waters, and coming into Iowa by way of Keo- 
 kuk, proceeded from there by wagon to Cedar 
 Township. There he rented land for two j'ears of 
 the White Labor Institute, and subsequently pur- 
 chased eighty acres on section 2. He occupied 
 this also about six years, then sold it, and pur- 
 chased another tract of land on section 1 of the 
 same township. This consisted of eighty acres, 
 and upon it he remained until his death, which 
 occurred IS'ov. 11, 1870. 
 
 Mr. llartlej' was married, April 20, 1837, to 
 Miss Deborah A. Jones, a native of Preble County, 
 Ohio, who was born Jan. 20, 1820. Her father, 
 William Jones, was a native of Georgia, born in 
 17'JH, and the son of George and Lydia (Hobson) 
 Jones. William Jones was six years old when his 
 parents removed from Georgia to Preble County, 
 Ohio, and were among the early settlers of that 
 region. There he grew to manhood, married, and 
 settled on a farm, where he passed the remainder of 
 his days. The maiden name of his wife was Deb- 
 orah A. Conaroe, a native of Nevy Jersey, born in 
 1802. Her parents removed to Butler County, 
 ^and she remained with them until her marriage, and 
 died in Preble County, Ohio. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hartley became the parents of 
 twelve children, ten of whom are yet living: Will- 
 
 iam .1. and Thomas C. live in Cherokee County, 
 Kan.; .lohn is in Des Jloines. Iowa; (JeorgeN., in 
 Fountain City, Iiul.; Lydia Caroline became the 
 wife of Evan Mendenhall, and resides in Wichita. 
 K.an. ; Lindley M. lives in Cedar Townshij); Susan 
 D. II. is married and resides in Kenosha County, 
 Wis.; David Alvin is in Cedar Township; Charles 
 K., in Osceola County, Iowa; and Daniel N. is a 
 student at Union Park Seminary, Chicago; one son 
 died in infancy; Elizabeth was born June 28, 1839, 
 married a Mr. Smith, and died in Cherokee County, 
 Kan., July 18, 1881. 
 
 Mrs. Hartley is a niembei' of the Society of 
 Friends, and a lady held in the highest esteem in 
 the communit}'. Her husband was reare<l in the 
 same faith, and was Republican in polities. The 
 homestead is one of the most pleasantly located in 
 this vicinit}', and since the death of her husband 
 Mrs. Hartley has conducted its affairs in a highly 
 creditable manner. Her children have been care- 
 fully trained and well educated, and in all respects 
 she is fulfilling faithfully the duties of a careful and 
 judicious manager of her household, and as a mem- 
 ber of societj- is surrounded bj- a large; circle of 
 friends and acquaintances. 
 
 ECTOR JANSE, a prominent dairyman and 
 farmer of Washington Township, is the 
 owner of a comfortable homestead on sec- 
 tion 27. He has been a resident of the 
 Hawkeye .State since 18G7, and during a period of 
 nearl}' twentj' years has become one of the solid 
 and respected citizens of the township. Our sub- 
 ject is a native of Holland, and was horn Oct. 23, 
 1833. His father, John Janse, was .also of Holland 
 parentage and ancestry, and emigrated to the 
 United States with his family in 185G. The}' set- 
 tled first in Boston, Mass., where the parents sub- 
 sequently died and were there buried. 
 
 The subject of this history remained in Boston 
 for ten years after the death of his parents. He 
 was the youngest but one of five children, three 
 sons and two daughters, and was twent3'-three years 
 old when he landed in the United States. He was 
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 came to the United States at the age of sixteen 
 j'ears with her parents. They also settled in 
 Boston and remained there until their death. Mrs. 
 .Janse remained with her parents until her mar- 
 riage. She and her husband are the parents of 
 eleven children, two of whom are deceased, viz., 
 Katie and Velie. The living are, Cynthia, Mare- 
 nus, John, Edward C, Katheriue, William, Anna 
 J., Mary L. and Phillip Velie. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Janse remained iu Boston for some 
 time after their marriage, Mr. Janse being employed 
 in a rope factory for seven years. He then deter- 
 mined to seek his fortunes in the wild West, and 
 accordingly crossed the Mississippi and came into 
 Lee County, which has since been his home. They 
 first located in Keokuk, from which they removed 
 to Washington Township. Mr. Janse is now the 
 possessor of 206 acres of finely cultivated land, and 
 besides the ordinary duties of agi-iculture has a 
 dairj' of twenty-five milch cows. He has a profit- 
 able milk trade with the people of Ft. Madison, 
 and is considered one of the solid and substantial 
 business men of this locality. He is a stanch Repub- 
 lican in politics, and he and Mrs. Janse are con- 
 nected with the Presbyterian Church. 
 
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 mire. His mother was a native of Hamburg, Ger- 
 many, and came to the United States when a small 
 girl. She married Mr. Denm ire in Ohio, and be- 
 came the mother of three children : F^dward, the 
 subject of our sketch; Benjamin, who married Miss 
 Eliza Smith ; and Eliza, now the wife of E. P. 
 Smith. 
 
 Edward Denmire was born March 4, 1820, and 
 was the eldest child of his father's family, remain- 
 ing under the parental roof until he had attained to 
 years of manhood. He was married, Dec. 31, 1851, 
 to Miss Emily Kyle. Mrs. Denmire was born in 
 Trumbull County, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1820, and of her 
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 children, a son and daughter, Altha E. and Law- 
 rence E. Mr. Denmire came to Iowa in 1853, 
 making his location in Montrose Township, where 
 he remained until the Rebellion necessitated the 
 call for troops to aid in the preservation of the 
 Union. He at once began to arrange for respond- 
 ing to the call, and in due time enlisted as a soldier, 
 becoming a member of Co. D, 30th Iowa Vol. Inf., 
 entering the service as wagoner. He remained 
 in the service three years, carried the musket some 
 months, and participated in several general engage- 
 ments. He was at Vlcksburg, Arkansas Post, 
 Chattanooga, and all the battles and skirmishes of 
 the Western Army until Sherman started to the 
 sea. He was taken prisoner near Cave Springs, 
 Ga., about fifteen miles from Rome, and was 
 held five months and eighteen days atCahaba, Dal- 
 las Co., Ala. At the expiration of this time the 
 war terminated, and he was mustered out, with his 
 regiment, at Davenport, Iowa. 
 
 Mr. Denmire and his companions suffered severely 
 during their imprisonment. Their rations consisted 
 of a pint of corn meal per day, ground with the 
 cob, and all the meat they saw during their tedious 
 imprisonment was upon three occasions; once a half 
 pound of beef was divided up among five men; at 
 another time one hog ear was divided among the 
 same number, and at another time a part of a hog's 
 nose furnished a luxury to the five men. They 
 were confined in a cotton house, and at one time 
 they raised a mutiny, captured the sixteen men who 
 stood as guard, and held the position for four hours, 
 when they were obliged to surrender. They were 
 then starved more than usual for six days in re- 
 turn for their insubordination. Mr. Denmire still 
 preserves an old spoon as a relic of those days. It 
 was carved out of wood by one of the boys in tlie 
 prison and was esteemed quite a luxury. 
 
 After his return from the army, Mr. Denmire re- 
 turned to Iowa, and engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits. He is now the possessor of 224 acres of 
 finely cultivated land, upon which he has erected a 
 fine dwelling-house and good barns. The home- 
 stead is replete with all the appliances that consti- 
 tute a first-class modern farm estate, and its in- 
 mates are among the most highly resjiected citizens 
 of Lee County. Mrs. Denmire is a member of the 
 
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 Christian Church, and Mr. I), in politics is Repub- 
 lican. Mr. Denmire has lieen a member in good 
 standing- of the A. F. & A. I\I. for twenty-live 
 years. As a business man he is considered one of 
 the most thorough-going and straightforward in his 
 community. As a neighbor and citizen, he is highly 
 esteemed and respected by all who coine in contact 
 with him. 
 
 GARRETT FUEKER, one of tlie oldest set- 
 tlers of Marion Township, came to Iowa in 
 the summer of 18.37, and has been an inter- 
 ested witness of the remarkable changes which have 
 occurred since that early time. Iowa remained 
 a Territory nine years after our subject crossed the 
 Mississippi, and in common with the other pioneers 
 he has been materially interested in its development 
 and growth, and has assisted in bringing it to its 
 present proud position among the .States west of the 
 Mississippi. 
 
 Mr. Fueker was born in Germany, June ItJ, 1811, 
 and at the age of seven years was placed in school, 
 where he continued until fifteen. He then went to 
 work on the farm of his father, Barnard Fueker, 
 and was thus eugaged until twenty-six years old, 
 when he emigrated t(j America, landing in the city 
 of New York. From there he proceeded to St. 
 Louis, Mo., thence to Ft. Madison, where he re- 
 mained for a time with his brother, and fi'om there 
 went to Galena, 111., and for a period of eight years 
 following was employed in the lead mines. He 
 then returned to Lee County, Iowa, and com- 
 menced farming upon .'iOO acres of land, for which 
 lie contr.'icted to pay with borrowed money at 75 
 per cent interest. Money at that time was almost 
 impossible to obtain, but in spite of this ruinous in- 
 terest he went to work and pulled through in 
 safety. His first house was a small log cabin, which 
 he occupied with his family for several years. 
 
 Our subject was married in 1846, to Miss Aldine 
 Moorehousc, who only lived a short time after their 
 marriage. His second wife was Miss Elizabeth 
 Sanders, to whom he was married in 18G0. Of this 
 union there were Ixjrn six children, four now de- 
 ceased. The two liviu<;- are Elizabeth, llie wife of 
 
 .Iiilm lA'mmaes, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, ami Henry, ; 
 .•it home with his parents. ; 
 
 In connection with general farming our subject j, 
 has been successful .as a stock-raiser, and sells large Ji 
 numbers of cattle and hogs a]nnially. In conmum 
 with most German farmers he i)rides himself upon 31 
 his good horses, which are well fed ami well eared 3t- 
 for. lie still owns his original .JDit acres, which he :[: 
 purchased against such odds when coming to this 5i 
 countj', and has a fine competenc}' for his old age. 3f: 
 
 Mr. Fueker h.as been a liberal-minded citizen, a[ 
 and the encourager and snp|)orter of every meas- 'l 
 ure tending to the welfare of his eoniinunit}'. He i\ 
 is a member in good standing of the Catholic S 
 Church, and contributed ^1,01)0 toward the erection « 
 of the church edifice in St. Paul. Although now S! 
 nearly seventy-six years of age, he is hale and 
 hearty, and is in full possession of his mental fac- 
 ulties, as well as sight and hearing. He has never 
 laid .aside his early habits of industry and economy, 
 and still busies himself with the lighter duties 
 around the farm. 
 
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 ^^NTOINE .1. LkFAIVRE, a successful horti- 
 0fu culturist of Jackson Township, is pleas- 
 li an tly located on section 19. He has been 
 a resident of this section since 1875, and 
 is principally eng.aged in the culture of the finer 
 fruits and vegetables. The subject of this histor3' 
 is the son of Antoine and I'elagie (Premain) 
 LeFaivre, natives respectively of Canada and St. 
 Louis, Mo., of French ancestrj- and parentage. 
 Our subject was the only son of his parents, and 
 was born in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 8, 1841, which re- |j 
 mained his home until he w.as twenty-two years of 
 age. His education was mostly obtained in the 
 Academy of the Christian Brothers at .St. Louis, S 
 and after completing his studies he engaged in the 
 commission business in that city for about one year. 
 In December, 18(53, Mr. LeFaivre came to Keo- 
 kuk, and eugaged in the queensware trade with 
 Samuel E. Carey, under the firm name of Carey & 
 LeFaivre. They carried on business in partner- 
 shijj for ten j-ears, and then Mr. LeFaivre sold out 
 liis interest to his partner and assiinie(l ciiarge l)f 
 
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 (ribbon's Opera House until l.sTo. He then pur- 
 chased fifty-live iioies of land in Jackson Township, 
 and turned his attention to gardening. On the 6th 
 of August, 1884, his house with its entire contents 
 was destroyed b}' Are, and was only partially in- 
 sured. He was not discouraged, however, by this 
 calauiit}', and had plent}' of friends to assist him. 
 He at once rebuilt and resumed his business as soon 
 as possible. He now occupies a fine modern dwell- 
 ing, and is surrounded I13' all the comforts of life. 
 Antoine LeFaivre was married in Keokuk, Iowa, 
 to Miss Mary C. Burke, a native of Marietta, Ohio, 
 and the daughter of James E. and Jlargaret Burke, 
 and of this union there were born five children: 
 The three eldest are deceased, those surviving 
 being Burke and Margaret. The wife of our sub- 
 ject departed this life on the Gth of March, 187G. 
 She was an earnest adherent of the Catholic faith, 
 and a lady greatly respected for excellent traits of 
 character. Mr. LeFaivre has been prosperous in 
 the management of his business, and the products 
 of his garden are the finest in this vicinity. He is a 
 quiet and unostentatious citizen, attending strictly 
 to his own affairs, and in politics uniformly casts 
 his vote with the Republican party. 
 
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 VILLIAM J. MILLER, a prosperous farmer 
 of Charleston Township, who owns and 
 occupies a comfortable homestead on sec- 
 tion 17, came with his parents to Iowa and settled 
 in Lee County, in 18,52, and in a residence of over 
 thirty years has established himself in the confi- 
 dence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 Mr. Miller was burn in Fulton County, 111., Nov. 
 8, 183G, and is the son of John and Lucinda 
 (James) Miller, natives of Kentuck}'. After their 
 marriage thej' removed from their native State to 
 Indiana, settling in Scotland County, whence they 
 removed to Fulton Count3', 111., in about 18i5.j, and 
 seventeen years later cr(jssed the Mississippi, and 
 came into Lee County, Iowa, and settled in Jeffer- 
 son Township, whence they removed two years 
 later to Montrose, where .John .Miller departed this 
 life in 1854. His wife, the mother of our subject. 
 
 survived him eight years, dying in Van Buren 
 Township, in 1862. The parental household in- 
 cluded eight children, of whom the record is as fol- 
 lows: Elizabeth, INIary, Esther and Hannah are de- 
 ceased ; Martin is a farmer of Harrison Township; 
 George resides in Charleston Township; Sarah is 
 the wife of John Van Pa]), and resides in Keokuk ; 
 William J. is our subject. 
 
 Mr. Miller has been continuously engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits. His homestead comprises 
 eightj' acres, of which he is part owner with his 
 brother George. He is a member of the Baptist 
 Church, is Democratic in politics, is a law-abiding 
 citizen, and takes an active and intelligent interest 
 in the welfare of his community. 
 
 •^ )*.1LLIAM FULTON, senior member of the 
 \^// ^''" ^^ Fulton & Fulton, attorneys at law 
 W^ and dealers in real estate, at Keokuk, is a 
 native of Westmoreland County, Pa., born near 
 West Newton on the 4th of June, 1829. His par- 
 ents were William and Nancy (Peairs) Fulton. The 
 former was a native of Westmoreland County, Pa., 
 and traced his ancestors back to Ireland, his grand- 
 father being Abraham Fulton, from whom descended 
 Robert Fulton, the father of William, Sr., who 
 served in the Revolutionary War. The father of 
 our subject was in the War of 1812, and at the 
 close of the conflict retired to Westmoreland County, 
 and there died in 1851. The parental household 
 included six children, three of whom grew to years 
 of maturity, and of whom our subject is the 
 eldest living. The mother of our subject, who be- 
 fore her marriage was Miss Nancy Peairs, was born 
 in 17'Jl, and departed this life in 1882, at the 
 advanced age of ninety-two years. 
 
 William Fulton, our subject, pursued his primary 
 studies in the common schools, and later attended 
 Washington College, from which he graduated in 
 1854. He then went to the State of Louisiana, 
 and after two years spent there as a teacher came 
 to Keokuk and completed his law studies with the 
 firm of Ilornish & Lomax. He was admitted to 
 practice in 1 858, and to a partnership with his pre- 
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 Since that time he has beeu mostly engaged in the 
 purchase and sale of real estsite and in fire insurance, 
 representing about fifteen of the most relial)k' com- 
 panies in the countr3-. lie has served as Alderman 
 of the city for two j'ears, and was a member of the 
 School I5oard four years, lie is a charter member 
 of the Keokuk Library Association, in which body 
 he has served as Secretary, Treasurer and Director. 
 He is actively interested in all measures for pro- 
 moting the welfare of his adopted city, and in all 
 respects is a self-sacrificing and conscientious citizen. 
 Mr. Fulton was married in June, 186.5, to Miss 
 Elizabeth Dalzcll, of IMttsburgh, Pa., and their four 
 children are : Nannie Peairs, Robert Dalzell, ,Iamcs 
 Mc(,^ueen and Mnry E. The famil}' oceup}' a pleasant 
 and attractive liome, and enjoy the association and 
 friendship of the cultured people of the city. The 
 entire family are members of the Presljyterian 
 Church, in which our subject has been an Elder 
 six years and Deacon twelve years. Socially Mr. 
 F. belongs to the I. O. O. F. 
 
 ^<?=^EORGE HOTT, the subject of this biog- 
 III (-— , raphy, an honored pioneer of the Hawkeye 
 ^^ijj State, crossed the Mississippi from his na- 
 tive State of Ohio at an early day, 1840, and came 
 into Iowa while it was yet a Territory. The 
 changes which lie has witnessed since that time 
 would make a most interesting volume could the}' 
 be related by our subject, as he is a man possessed 
 of more than ordinary intelligence, and has been 
 keenly observant all his life (;f what was going on 
 around him. 
 
 Mr. Hott vvas born in Pickaway County, Ohio, 
 F'eb. 23, 1812. His father, Peter Hott, was a na- 
 tive of Virginia, and removed from his native State 
 to Ohio at an early period in the history of that 
 section. He was possessed of limited means, but a 
 large fund of industry and ambition, and after go- 
 ing into Ohio, he cleared quite an extent of land 
 bj' leasing, and in the course of his life built twen- 
 ty-two log houses, in wliich lie lived while perform- 
 ing the leases. lie departed from tlie scenes of his 
 earthly labors at the age of ubnut sixty years. 
 
 The parental family of uiir subject consisted ol 
 
 eleven children, and as soon as George Hott was 
 large enough to be of assistance, he was put to work, 
 and aided in liurning brush, rolling logs, clearinu 
 land and building fences. At the age of seven 
 teen ^-ears, desiring to change his occupation and 
 see something <>f the world, iie engaged as a i.i 
 borer on the Ohio it Erie Canal, winch was then in 
 process of construction. He was paid ijH> [ni 
 month, and was thus occupied for the greater i>:iil 
 of three 3'ears. He then returned to his old lionn'. 
 and engaged in farming for the same wages, and 
 continued a resident <>f that section until 1840. in 
 the meantime he had formed domestic ties, ami 
 had a familj' consisting of a wife and four ciiildn n. 
 He also made a lease for seven years, and carried 
 on coopering, bj' which means he was afterwm I 
 able to go to Iowa. He now resolved to change 
 his location, and accordingly, with his family, 
 started for the Territory of Iowa. They were 
 equipped with two horses, and a wagon loaded with 
 their household goods. They cooked and camped 
 by the wayside, and after four weeks of travel 
 landed in Lee County. Thej- located in Harrison 
 Township, and set up housekeeping in a humble 
 log cabin, wliich was .also occupied bj' another fam- 
 ily of the name of Reesman. There they spent the 
 following winter, and in the spring Mr. Hott pur- 
 chased eiglity acres of land in Harrison Township, 
 upon which he erected a hewed-log house. 
 
 Upon leaving Ohio Mr. Hott had less than !fi300 
 in cash. After building his house in Iowa, the 
 famil}' met with a great affliction in the death of 
 the wife and mother, which compelled them to 
 abandon their idea of establishing a home at that 
 time. Mr. Hott engaged at coopering in Van Bu- 
 ren Count}- during one winter, .and then purchased 
 the place which he now owns and occupies. Upon 
 it there vvas a small log cabin, and twenty-six acres 
 were fenced. In .lanuary, 1K42, he moved into 
 the log cabin with his little family, and commenced 
 the improvement of his land. They occupied this 
 a few years, when Mr. Hott secured a desirable 
 tract of forty acres adjoining, iqjon wliich he built 
 a more substantial house, into which they removed 
 from the old ^n^Q and remained tliere until 1868. 
 They were prospered in their labors, and Mr. Hott 
 subsequentlj' erected a good set of frame l)uild- 
 
 
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 ings. He has since purchased additional land, until 
 lie is now the possessor of 414 acres. His farming 
 operations have been conducted in a sj'stematic 
 manner, and for a long period of j'enrs he has been 
 accounted one v{ the most intelligent and success- 
 ful agriculturists of this section. 
 
 The first wife of the subject of our sketch was 
 Mif^s .lane Dean, of Pickaway Count}-, Ohio, to 
 whom he was married in 1832. .She became the 
 mother of seven children — Isaac, Peter, Aaron, 
 Henr_y, and three unnamed. All except Peter are 
 deceased. Mrs. Ilott died in 1841. Peter was 
 born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1834. 
 He was a little lad of six years when he came to 
 Iowa with his parents, and lived with his father 
 until his marriage with .Miss Mar}- Harlan, of Darke 
 Count}-, Ohio, which occurred .Jan. 18, 185.5, and 
 by this marriage there were three children. His 
 wife only lived ten years after her marriage, dy- 
 ing March 6, 1 865. He was married the second 
 time, Dec. 7, 181)5, to Miss Anna Lane, a native of 
 Highland County, Ohio, born Sept. 26, 1845, and 
 the (laughter of .lacob and Charlotte (Cule) Lane. 
 Of the second marriage one child was liorn, Isaac 
 Henry. Peter Hott is a successful farmer and the 
 only child of our subject now living. He is emi- 
 nently a " chip of the old block," and possesses in 
 a marked tlegree many of the worthy characteris- 
 tics of his sire. He is a thorough-going business 
 man, energetic and wide-awake, and whatever he 
 undertakes is sure to be done well. He is a highly 
 esteemed resident of the Hawkeye State, and pos- 
 sesses one of the finest farm estates in this section. 
 The second marriage of Mr. George Hott was 
 , with Mrs. .lane M^arren, daughter of .Tohn lluddle- 
 >on and widow of William AVarren, and took place 
 in .January. 1842. Of this mairiage there were no 
 children. Mrs. Hott died Feb. 27, 1.S84. She 
 came to Lee County with her first husband in 1834, 
 while this section was a part of the Tenitory of 
 Wisconsin, and they made their location before the 
 laud was surveyed, on what was afterward sections 
 6, 7 and 8 of Cedar Township. Mrs. Hott was a 
 member of the Congregational Church, with which 
 our sul)ject has been connected for many years. 
 
 Till' history of Mr. Hott is a striking illustration 
 of what an abundance of energy and perseverance 
 
 may accomplish. The advantages of his childhood | 
 were exceedingly meager, but this fact would not [ 
 be suspected in conversing with the present intelli- 
 gent proprietor of one of the finest homesteads in 
 Lee County. 
 
 
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 EV. FATHER MOBRLS HOWARD, late 
 Priest of St. Francis' Church, Keokuk, came 
 to this city in 1878. He was born in Ire- 
 laud on the 4th of January, 1813, and 
 emigi-ated to America in 1836, landing at New 
 York City. There lie entered a theological col- 
 lege, and prosecuted his studies for six months, 
 when he left school and went to work in the mines at 
 Pottsville, Pa., at $8 per week, being thus occupied 
 until the winter of 1837. He then left and was 
 employed elsewhere, and in due time re-entered col- 
 lege but was not admitted to the priesthood. After 
 this we find him at Mobile, Ala., where he was 
 made the overseer of negroes. After six months 
 he went into Perry County, Mo., and entered St. 
 \^incent's College at Cape Girardeau on the Missis- 
 sippi, where he remained from July, 1838, until 
 October, 1841. Then, on account of failing health, 
 he went South and remained until July, 1842, his 
 health in the meantime becoming very much better. 
 He then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and on the 23d 
 of October, 1842, was ordained priest by Bishop 
 Purcell. His first station was at Doylestown in 
 Wayne County, Ohio, where he remained until 
 1846. Thence he went to Tiffin, Ohio, and in May, 
 1850, removed to Springfield, whence he went to 
 Galesburg, 111., in 1864. He remained there until 
 August, 1877, removed thence to St. Augustine, 
 and in May, 1878, came to Keokuk and took charge 
 of St. Francis' Church, where he remained until his 
 death. He was well fitted for the responsibilities 
 connected with this charge and highly esteemed 
 both in his own parish and outside. 
 
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 L. CONNABLK, a retired merchant and 
 capitalist, residing at Keokuk, and a self- 
 made man in every respect the word implies, 
 is a native of Massachusetts, and was born in 
 1811. The parents of our subject. Ezra and Nahbie 
 
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 (.Stephens) Coniiiible, were likewise lioni in Massa- 
 chusetts. The fiither w:is a farmer I)y occiipalion, 
 and departed this life in 1X40. Mis good wife pro- 
 
 M. ceded him to the land <>f the hereafter in ISi;!. 
 Tile parents iiad two cliildren, llic siihjcet of this 
 " slvctcli lieing the j'oungest. 
 
 A. L. Connable remained on ins f:itlier'.s farm 
 until he was twenty years of age, when he set out 
 to do for himself, by engaging his services to an 
 author and publisher of a grammar, and for a 
 year was occupied in canvassing for that work in 
 Ohio. We next hear of him at Eaton, Preble 
 County, Ohio, engaged in mail contracting, in 
 which business he continued for about four years, 
 furnishing horses, stage-coaches, etc., and taking 
 c<jntracts for the carrying of the mail over different 
 routes. 
 
 In 1.S42 our subject disposed of his personal 
 property, ctmsisting of horses, coaches, etc., and 
 
 M abandoning the mail contract business, purcliased 
 a large number of sheep. Starting with 3,000 
 head, he drove them through the country to the 
 then Territory of Iowa, being on the route fort^'-six 
 days. Arriving in this State he settled in Jefferson 
 County, where he purchased 600 acrgs of land, and 
 at once began the improvement of the same, and 
 for seven years kept his sheep and cultivated his 
 land. He then disposed of his farm and all his per- 
 sonal property', and moving to Keokuk took some 
 large contracts on the Des Moines River, for im- 
 proving the same. He was thus engaged for about 
 two years, having in his employ from seventy-five 
 to 100 men. 
 
 In 1849 Mr. Connable embarked in the wholesale 
 grocery business, together with that of dealing in 
 iron on the levee in Keolcuk. This enterprise he 
 continued for about fifteen years, meeting with 
 signal success, which was brought about, undoubt- 
 edly, by energetic endeavor and close attention to 
 n business. At the expiration of this time Mr. Con- 
 } nnble engaged in p.-icking pork and beef. He erected 
 " a packing-house on Fifth street and slaughtered from 
 ;50,000 to 40,000 hogs and 3,000 beeves per annum. 
 This latter business he continued for about seven 
 years when he sold out, having accumulated a suf- 
 ficiency in vvhich to pass the remaining years of his 
 life in peace and quiet, retired from active labor. 
 
 Mr. Connable is a gentleman who has never | 
 soiiglit office, yet, while residing in .Icffcrsc)n County, = 
 he was elected Supervisor, and has also served in «: 
 the same capacity while a resident of Keokuk. He ? 
 has spent over *10(),00(i in tiie erection of build- : 
 ings in his adopted city and has done much towiird : 
 its advancement and prosperity. In 1856 he erected 3 
 his present residence, whieii is located on Concert ; 
 street, between Second and Third. In politics he E 
 votes the Democratic ticket, and religiously belongs :' 
 to the Unitarian Church. He has always been a E" 
 supporter of every laudable enterprise that was H 
 calculated to advance the interest of his city or the 5; 
 prosperity of the people. : 
 
 Mr. Connable was married to Miss Sarah II. Fin- \ 
 ney in 1849. She was a native of Baltimore, and : 
 the daughter of Lewis H. F'inim'. They have :• 
 become the parents of three children, all sons: » 
 Albert E. married Miss Rose Franklin, of Keokuk, | 
 and the3' have three children — Saddle, Lulu and E; 
 Franklin ; the family reside in Hancock County. J; 
 HI., where the father is extensively engaged in farm- 
 ing; Edwin H. is farming on 600 acres of land in 
 Clark County, Mo.; Howard L. is living in Keokuk, 
 and formerly was engaged in the clothing business. 
 The wife and mother departed this life in Januaiy, 
 1885. She was a sincere Christian woman, a loving 
 wife and kind mother, and was respected by all 
 who knew her. Mr. Connal)le is one of the fore- 
 most citizens of Keokuk, and respected and honored 
 for his straightforward dealings with his fellow- 
 man and his strict integrity. 
 
 APT. ROBERT S. OWEN is one of the pio- 
 neer boatmen of the Mississippi, having 
 plied the rapids between Keokuk and Mont- 
 rose for the last thirty-nine years, and is part 
 owner of the steamboat "Park Bluff," belonging to 
 the Des Moines Rapids Towing Company, and the 
 steamer " Prescott." He also has an interest in 
 other river craft, and among the members of his 
 calling occupies a prominent and enviable position. 
 He is skillful and popular, and is well and favor- 
 ably known for miles up and down the river. 
 
 Capt. Owen is a native of Indiana, and was born 
 
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 at Point Commerce, Greene County, Oct. 9, 1830. 
 He is tlie son of EpJiraim and Mary (Kern) Owen, 
 natives of Ohio and New Jersey respectively. 
 Epliraiin Owen removed from his native State to 
 Iowa while it was yet a Territory, in 1839, and in 
 that 3'ear his life terminated, at tlie age of fifty 
 3'ears. lie was a farmer by occupation, and con- 
 nected with the church of the Latter-Day Saints. 
 His wife came with him to this State, and survived 
 him until 1845 or 1846. She was reared in the 
 faith of tlie Christian Church, Ijut after her mar- 
 riage went with her husband to tlie church of his 
 choice. 
 
 The parental family of our subject consisted of 
 two sons and three daughters, the record of whom 
 is as follows: Robert S., our subject; Camara O. 
 went to Utah Territory, and died there in 1 865 ; 
 Ferniina V. became the wife of George Powers; 
 Persilla died in about 1840, in the spring of the 
 year; Ephraim F., also a steamboat Captain and 
 pilot on the lower Mississippi, was married in 18G7, 
 to Miss Marj' Barnett, of Mobile, Ala. ; he died in 
 St. Louis on the 18th day of September, 1867, of 
 yellow fever. He had started from St. Louis in 
 command of the steamer " Bee," belonging to the 
 Mississippi Valley Transportation Company, made 
 his trip in safety, and was stricken with the plague 
 in Baton Rouge, La., and brought to St. Louis. 
 His first trip up the river as pilot was to St. Paul 
 in 1854, and he followed the Upper Mississippi as 
 pilot until 1863, when he went below and followed 
 the Lower Mississippi trade for the following two 
 years, then purchased an interest in the steamer 
 " War Eagle," running her as Captain 'one year. 
 He then became employed by the above-named 
 transportation company, and secured a life insur- 
 ance to the extent of $5,000, which after his death 
 was paid to his widow. 
 
 Capt. Owen of this sketch was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Eliza A. Peck, Nov. 5, 1856. Mrs. 
 Owen is a native of South Adams, Mass., born June 
 11, 1835. Her parents were Cyrus and Ruth T. 
 (Hoxie) Peck, natives of New York and Massachu- 
 setts respectively, and she was their only child. 
 Her father was born Feb. 21, 1804, and departed 
 this life Nov. 12, 1858, in Hancock County, 111. 
 Mrs. Peck died Oct. 28, 1835, in Massachusetts. 
 
 Of the union of Capt. and Mrs. Owen there 
 been only one child, a son, Zack, born Aug. 
 1857. He has received a fine education, and is an 
 intelligent and successful business man. Mrs. 
 Owen is a highly cultivated lad3', and of remark- 
 ably attractive personal appearance. She comes of 
 an excellent family, and is a cousin of the late II. 
 M. Hoxie, of St. Louis. Capt. Owen and his fam- 
 ily occupy a fine residence in Montrose, and are 
 surrounded by the evidences of a refined and cul- 
 tivated taste. 
 
 Besides his town property, Capt. Owen is the 
 proprietor of 350 acres of land in Montrose Town- 
 ship. He is a gentleman of jjleasing manners, a 
 great favorite among river men, and highlj' es- 
 teemed in the town where he makes his home. He 
 is a member in good standing of the I. O. O. F., 
 Cascade Lodge No. 66, and also belongs to the A. 
 F. & A. M., Joppa Lodge No. 136, at Montrose, 
 and to Potowonok Chapter; also Damascus Com- 
 mandery No. 5, at Keokuk, the Eastern Star, and 
 the Knights of Pythias, No. 115. He casts his vote 
 uniformly in support of the principles of the Re- 
 publican party, and takes an intelligent interest in 
 all matters of local and general importance. 
 
 Capt. Owen is a thorough business man, and is 
 President of the Des Moines Rapids Towing Com- 
 pany, the members of said company being, R. S. 
 Owen and Capt. Samuel Speake, of Nauvoo, F. A. 
 Whitnej', of Sandusk}', Iowa, and Thomas Peel, of 
 Burlington. 
 
 EY. ALOYSIUS MEIS, pastor of St. Mary's 
 Church, of Ft. Madison, is an esteemed 
 
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 resident of the city, and occupies a prom- 
 inent position as a minister of the Catholic 
 faith. Father Meis -is a native of Westphalia, 
 Prussia, and was born in December, 1833. He is 
 the son of Henry and Margaret (Happe) Meis, and 
 his father departed this life before the. birth of his 
 sou, our subject. The parental family consisted of 
 four children, all of whom came to the United 
 States. The eldest son, Barney, was a farmer by 
 occupation, and died in Dubuque County, Iowa, 
 some years since. Ferdinand resides near Dj'ers- 
 ville, Duliuque County, and is engaged in agricuit- 
 
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 ural pursuits; Frmik is also carrying mi f.anniiii^ in 
 the same lucality. The youngest son. Aloysius, is 
 the subject of our si<etch. 
 
 In due time after the death of her hiislitnid, tlic 
 mother of our subject contracted a sec(jnd inar- 
 riaae, about l»;iti, becoming the wife of ^Villi!lm 
 Pape, and by this marriage tliere were boni four 
 sons, namely, Conrad, who resides in Duhuciue 
 Cnunty, Iowa; Henry, whose home is in Carroll 
 County; Herman, a merchant of Carroll City, Iowa, 
 and William, who is .■! priest in the Catholic Church 
 stationed at New Vienna, Dubuque County. 
 
 The family came to the United States in l.s4'.i, 
 landing at New Orleans. an<l soon afterwiird settled 
 in Duljuijue County. Iowa. There the mother died 
 in IsOo, atthe age of sixty-two years, and the 
 step-father died at the same place. The subject of 
 our sketch, in early youth, was emi^loyed upon a 
 farm and went to Kentucky. He was a bright and 
 aml)itious lad of studious habits, and determined 
 to secnire an education. He made the most of his 
 opi)ortunities. and in due time entered St. Thomas 
 College, near B.-irdstown, Ky., and in 1M55 gradu- 
 ated fnjm there and entered upon a course of study 
 in the college of Cape Girardeau, Mo., where he 
 received the instructions which fitted him for the 
 position of a priest in the Catholic Church. He 
 was ordained in 1863, his first charge being at 
 Lyons, Iowa, where he remained for nearly two 
 3-ears, and then wiis located atDubuiiue until 1871. 
 During this time he was instrumental In the build- 
 ing of St. M.-iry's Church, which is a beautiful edi- 
 fice costing a sum of over $70,000. 
 
 Father Meis came to Ft. Madison in Feliruar^-, 
 1871. At that time the parish consisted of about 
 200 families, and their new church edifice was beina- 
 constructed. Father Meis materially assisted in 
 securing the means recjuisite to its completion, its 
 total cost being about |i40,0()(). It was demolished 
 by a wind storm .July .3, 187G, and was re- 
 paired at a cost of !S;-20,()()(l, which has now been 
 nearly paid and the church almost out of debt. In 
 connection with this church is a school in which are 
 employed live teachers and four sisters, and which 
 has an attendance of over .'500 pupils. There is 
 also in connection with this parish a fine parsonage 
 and a home for th(> sisters. 
 
 Father Meis has been a diligent Inliorcr for the 
 good of his church, and is eminently litteil for lii~ 
 life work. He is a man of line educalioii and ex- 
 tensive reading, and is hel<l in liiuli esteem in the 
 cit}' of Ft. Madison. A lithographic view of M. 
 Marv's Church is shown in this connection. 
 
 \lr*>5i(^ AVID T. McCULLOCH, a resident of H.sr- 
 iv rison Townshi]), who owns and occupies a 
 fine homestead on section 2L is a native 
 of South Carolina, and was born in 180(1. 
 His parents were Robert and Sarah (Thompson) 
 MeCuUoch, natives of the same State as their son. 
 Robert McCulloch was born in 1770, reared in his 
 native State, and learned the trade of a blacksniilli, 
 which he followed principally during the reniaindcr 
 of his life. He emigrated from his native State in 
 1836, and located in Lee County, where he died in 
 April, 18.54. Mrs. Sarah McCulloch was born in 
 1768, and departed this life in September, 18,52. 
 .She had become the mother of five children, and 
 with her husband, the father of our subject, was a 
 consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church. The record of their children is as follows: 
 John, the eldest son, m.arried Miss Jones; David 
 T., of our sketch, is a bachelor; William married 
 Miss Johnson; E. S. m.arried Mi,ss Minerva Paisley; 
 Mary became Mrs. McGuire. Of this family only 
 two are now living— AVilliam, who resides in Ore- 
 gon, and David T. 
 
 Mr. McCulloch of our sketch is one of the pio- 
 neers of Iowa, having crossed the Mississippi with 
 his i)arents in 1836, when he was thirty years old. 
 His father, after removing from South Carolina, 
 located for a time in Tennessee, thence after a time 
 went to Illinois, where he remained for eight years. 
 In the meantime David T. and his brother Exum 
 and their father were engaged as soldiers in the 
 Llackhawk War for a period of three mouths, dur- 
 ing which time, among other engagements and 
 skirmishes, they participated in the battle of Bad 
 Axe, Wis. Thej' remained in Illinois until I8;i6, 
 thence removed to Lee Count}-, Iowa. 
 
 After coming into the young Territory l)a\id 
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 market. Finally, when the land-office was opened, 
 he [mrchased IGO acres. The present homestead 
 consists of 13G acres, which is improved and under 
 a good state of cultivation. Mr. McCulloch has 
 been a good citizen and a friend of morality and 
 religion. He received his earlj' educ<Ttii)n in the 
 common schools, and made the most of his oppor- 
 tunities. He has lieen a member of the Cumber- 
 land Presb3'terian Church for forty 3'ears, and 
 during that long i)eriod has made many valuable 
 contributions to the support of the church of his 
 choice. Political!}' he is a stanch Democrat, and 
 uniformly casts his vote in support of the princi- 
 ples of that party. 
 
 ■^f/OHN HOLDEFER, a respected citizen of 
 Harrison Township, is carrying on the joint 
 business of blacksmithing and farming, and 
 is comfortably' situated on section .36. Mr. 
 Holdefer is a native of the Kingdom of Bavaria, 
 and was born Jan. 13, 1815. He came to the 
 United States when a young man of twenty-two 
 j'ears, unaccompanied by any friend or relative, 
 lauding in New York Cit}', and traveled over the 
 greater part of the United States in the three years 
 following. In 1840 he landed in Ft. Madison, 
 Iowa, and thence removed to Franklin, Lee County, 
 where he worked at his trade for four years, and 
 then moved onto a farm on the prairie, alternately 
 pursuing his tr.ide and cultivating his land for a 
 period of eight 3'ears. At the expiration of this 
 time he parted with his first purchase, and selected 
 eight}' acres further north, upon which he remained 
 for a few 3'ears, and then purchased 160 acres on 
 section 36 of Harrison Township, where he has 
 since remained, and upon which he established his 
 present homestead. 
 
 lilr. Holdefer has been twice married, the first 
 time in Pittsburgh, in 1839, to Miss Mar}' Weigel, 
 who became the mother of eleven children, and 
 depaited this life in 1862. Their children were 
 named Jacob, John, Lucinda, (ieorge, Elizabeth, 
 Daniel, Phillip, Charlie, Henrj', Phctbe and Mar}-. 
 The latter died at the age of two j'ears. Daniel 
 
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 and Ph(jebe are married. 
 
 Holdefer, in 1865, married Mrs. F. Rhoda, widow Djl} 
 
 of Fred Rhoda. The present Mrs. Holdefer is a "^^S^ 
 
 native of Wurtemberg, and was born in 1805. Mr. 
 
 Holdefer is connected with the Evangelical Luth- p 
 
 eran Church, but takes no part wliatever in politics 
 
 He is a straightforward business man, and held in ■'*' 
 
 respect by his neighbors and acquaintances. 
 
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 I'^^^^ACHARY T. BELL, a prominent and re- 
 spected farmer of Cedar Township, is 
 pleasantl}' located on section I G, where he is 
 
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 following the peaceful pursuit of agriculture sys- 
 tematically and industriously, and is meeting with 
 success. Mr. Bell comes from an excellent family, 
 and is a native of Huntingdon Count}', Pa. The 
 town of his birth was Ennisville, and the date 
 thereof June 16, 1848. His father, Hon. David 
 Stewart Bell, was a native of the same State, but 
 born in MifHin County, on the banks of the Juniata 
 River, Nov. 15, 1811. His grandfather, David Bell. 
 is believed to haye been a native also of Pennsylva- 
 nia, and his birth occurred in 1 769. He was a farmer 
 by occupation, and spent the last years of his life 
 in the Keystone State. When Hon. David Stewart 
 Bell, the father of our subject, was still a youth, he 
 engaged as clerk in the general village store of the 
 town of McYey, and afterward went into business 
 of the same description himself. He was ambitious, 
 and at an early age had partially marked out a fu- 
 ture for himself. He was not satisfied with his 
 condition or his prospects in his native State and in 
 the fall of 1837 he started West, and after reach- 
 ing Illinois, spent the winter in Joliet. 
 
 In the following spring (1838) Mr. Bell crossed 
 the Father of Waters, came into the Territory of 
 Iowa, and located at Ft. Madison. He there re- 
 sumed his former occupation as clerk, and that 
 same year attended the first land sale at Burling- 
 ton and made a purchase < m sections 8 and 9, Cedar 
 Township. Meanwhile he continued his duties as 
 clerk, and was gradually working himself into the 
 confidence and esteem of the community. He was 
 at iince recognized .as a young man of more than 
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 chief iind first Clerk of the cDuiity. The duties of 
 this position he fulfilled with credit to himself ;ind 
 s;itisfacti(jn to all c<^neerned, and paved tiie way to 
 rise still Jiigiier. 
 
 Hon. David S. Bell .and Miss Sarah Stewart 
 Ki'igell were united in marriage in Ft. Mailison on 
 the 1st of .lanuary, l.s tO. Mrs. Bell was a native of 
 Dauphin County, Pa., her birth oeeurring Sept. 22, 
 ISI'J. After marriage ]\Ir. and Mrs. Bell remained 
 in Ft. Madison until the folhming year, then re- 
 turned to Knnisville, Pa., where Mr. B. engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits for the following seven 3'ears. 
 During this time the country lying around the tract 
 of laud which he had purchased in Iowa w.as being 
 slowly improved and develoiied, and in 1848, hav- 
 ing sold his liusiness in Ennisville Mr. B. resolved 
 to return to Iowa and .settle upon his claim. Ac- 
 cordingly, accompanied by his family', he once 
 more came into Lee County and made preparations 
 for the establishment of a permanent home. One 
 of his first duties was the con>truction of a dwell- 
 ing, which was built of logs. Into this the fan)ilv 
 moved, and it remained their home for about three 
 3'ears, giving i)lace at the expiration of that time to 
 a commodious brick residence. Mr. Bell was suc- 
 cessful in his farming operations, and added t<j his 
 first jmrchase as time passed bj*. He finally be- 
 came the possessor of 480 acres, nearly all of which 
 was finely improved. He remained upon this farm 
 the remainder of his life, and was gathered to his 
 final rest on the 12th of .lanuary, 1878. 
 
 Mr. Bell was a man highly- esteemed in his com- 
 munity, and always ready to .assist in the promo- 
 tion of ever>' worthy- object. His judgment and 
 opinions were eagerl3- sought, and his advice con- 
 sidered safe to follow. He was decided in his 
 views, but lirm and temperate in the expression of 
 them, and made no enemies of those who differed • 
 from him in opinion. He held the various offices 
 of his township, and in 1870 rejiresented his county 
 in the Iowa Legislature. During his earl^' man- 
 hooil he belonged to the Whig party, but latterly 
 affiliated with the Democracy. Mrs. Sarah Stewart 
 Bell was the fit companion of her husband in his 
 early toils and struggles, ^jympatliizing with his 
 worthy and)ilions and rejoicing in his successes. 
 
 The household circle consisted of seven children, 
 as follows: Helen, born ii] Iowa Oct. .io, islo, died 
 in Pennsylvania, in >Iay, 184;i; Benjamin .V.. born 
 in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1812, died May 11, 
 1843; Agnes S. became the wife of Isaac Reeves, 
 and lives in .Salem; Thomas A. resides on the old 
 homestead ; Zaehar3' T., our subject, was the next 
 in order of Ijirtli; Lucretia C, born April 27, 18.51, 
 died in l.sii.j; the ^youngest child, a daughter, died 
 in infancy. The faithful wife and mother departed 
 this life in February, 187.j. Mr. Bell was the sec- 
 ond time married, to Sarah A. Coleman, in the fall 
 of 1873. She now resides in Nebraska. 
 
 Zachary T. Bell was the fifth child and third son 
 of his parents' familj', and was but four months old 
 when they came to Iowa. His early 3'ears were 
 passed in attendance at the pioneer schools and as- 
 sisting in the lighter duties around the homestead. 
 With his brothers and sisters he received careful 
 training from his excellent parents, and remained 
 under the [jaiental roof until his marriage. The 
 maiden of his choice was Sarah .S. Alexander, of 
 Jefferson County, Ohio, with whom he w.as united 
 March 27, 1873. Mrs. Bell was Vxirn May 28, 1 84(;, 
 and was the daughter of John and Hannah (Rob- 
 ertson) Alexander, both natives of Ohio. They 
 remained in their native .State until after their mar- 
 riage. In 1851 Mr. Alexander crossed the Missis- 
 sijjpi for the purpose of establishing a permanent 
 home in the Hawkeye .State. He made the entire 
 journe3- on horseback, selected his location, re- 
 turned East in the same manner in which he had 
 come, and the following j-ear set his face westward, 
 this time accompanied b3' his famil3-. His farm Lay 
 in Cedar Township, and after his final return he set 
 himself industriously to improve and cultivate his 
 land. He was successful in his farming operations 
 and remained a resident of the Hawke3'e State un- 
 til his death. About 187.5 ]Mr. and Mrs. Alexander 
 moved to Wayne Count3', Iowa, where his widow 
 still resides. John Alexander folded his hands for 
 his final rest on the 12th of October, 188(!, at the 
 advanced age of eighty-two 3'ears. 
 
 After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bell settled 
 upon a part of the homestead which Mr. B. now 
 owns and occupies. They have become the ymr- 
 ents of four children — Aiuia J., Charles E., Hugh i 
 
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 hi every respect, and its inmates are surrounded 
 by all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of 
 life. Mr. Bell is an honest man and a good citizen, 
 having an intelligent interest in the welfare of the 
 community and the indorser of ever_v good "vork 
 and purpose. Religiously he is inclined to the 
 Presbyterian faith, and politically uniformly casts 
 his vote in support of the principles of the Demo- 
 cratic party. Socially Mr. Bell is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, Salem Lodge No. 17. Mrs. 
 Bell is a member of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
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 ^k^ OURTON CASE, a prominent and esteemed 
 ill iW '^''''^®" *^^ ^^- Madison, has been a resident 
 jjl 1^ of Lee County for the past thirt}' 3'ears, 
 ^ and in that time has witnessed remarkable 
 
 and pleasing changes, and having been intimately 
 identified with the interests of his city and com- 
 munity, he has done what he could toward their 
 development and progress. Mr. Case is a native 
 of Connecticut, and was born March 12, 1827. 
 His parents were Pinney and Lovina (IMoore) Case. 
 natives of New England. The father was a farmer 
 by occupation, and in 1836 the family' removed 
 from Connecticut to Ohio, and were among the 
 early settlers of Wayne Count}', that State. I'hey 
 afterward removed to Franklin Countj', where the 
 death of the father occurred at the age of sevent}'- 
 seven years. The companion of his married life 
 still survives, her home now being in Ft. Madison. 
 She was born in 1808, and has consequently arrived 
 at the good old age of seventy-nine j'ears. She 
 and her husband were the parents of but two chil- 
 dren, a daughter who died at the age of fifteen 
 years, and Monrtou, the subject of our sketch. 
 
 Mourton Case received his early education in 
 the common schools of Connecticut, and at the age 
 of seventeen years engaged as clerk in a dry-goods 
 store, which occupation he followed until December, 
 18.55. He then abandoned it on account of failing- 
 health, crossed the Mississippi, and came into Iowa, 
 settling at Ft. Madison, where he established him- 
 self in the grocerj' busiiiess, which he has continued 
 until the present time, with the exception of the 
 
 year 1864, during which he was not engaged in any 
 business. Mr. Case was the pioneer grocer of Ft. 
 Madison, and has for several years been extensive- 
 ly engaged in tlK' wood and coal trade. He is the 
 possessor uf a line farm of 400 acres in Green Bay 
 Township, and is largely interested in the breeding 
 of Short-horn cattle. He is Democratic in his be- 
 lief and princii)les, although he takes no active part 
 in politics. Mr. Case has always been deeply inter- 
 ested in educational matters, and the friend and 
 supporter of whatever affected the interests of his 
 city and community'. .Socially he is connected with 
 the Masonic fraternity, in which he is a Knight 
 Templar. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Case occurred in 1849, 
 at Columbus, Ohio, when he was wedded to Miss 
 Maria L. Cumming, a native of New York. She 
 became the mother of four children, and departed 
 this life at Ft. Madison in 1.S71. Their family were : 
 Lizzie M., who became the wife of James H. Bacon; 
 Frank Eddie, who died at the age of two years; 
 Edward M. and Robert M. Mr. Case was a 
 second time married, in 1873, to Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Jane (Eads) Lawrence. JMrs. Case was born in 
 Indiana, in 1838, and of her union with our sub- 
 ject has become the mother of one daughter, Maria 
 Louise, born in November, 1874. The family oc- 
 cup}- a pleasant homestead in Ft. Madison, and are 
 highly' respected members of the community. 
 
 lERNARD B. HESSE, one of the leading 
 \Yir>^ clothiers of Ft. Madison, is a fine example 
 /^) |l' of the self-made man. He has made of 
 himself a man among men in one of the 
 most intelligent communities of the llawkeye State. 
 Our subject is a native of Prussia, born in the vil- 
 lage of Field, the date of his birth being July l;j, 
 1842. His father, Francis Hesse, was a native of 
 the same village, born Jan. 19, 1812. He was edu- 
 cated in the parochial schools, and after he had 
 grown to manhood, engaged in the flour and lin- 
 seed oil business until 1853, when he emigrated to 
 America, accompanied by his wife and six children. 
 After reaching the shores of the New World he 
 proceeded directl}' West and via the Mississippi 
 
 

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 River to Keokuk, while the river wns frozen, and 
 from there wont t<i Ft. Madison. I lore lie first 
 engjiiied in chui)|)ing wood on tlie Ijliiffs, :uh1 then 
 engaged as clerk on a steamboat on the Mississippi 
 River, lie did nul long snrvive his removal to 
 this country-, bnt died in the spring of IH.'js. leav- 
 ing a widow and six children. 
 
 The parental family consisted of tlic following 
 children : Mary became the wife of Ignatins West- 
 
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 t '}r phalen, and lives in Ft. Madison : Ottemyer also lives 
 
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 the next son was the subject of our sketch, and 
 
 his two younger brothers, Frank R. and John, both 
 
 live in Ft. Madison. In early manhood, in his na- 
 
 W^ t've land, the father of our subject, Francis Hesse, 
 was married to Miss "Francesca Hesse, a native of 
 the same place as her husband, who was born 
 .March 4, ISOIJ. She survived him twenty years, 
 dying .March 1, 1.S78. 
 
 Bernard B. Hesse was eleven years old when he 
 came to America with his parents, and located with 
 them at Ft. Madison. In early years he assisted 
 his father in chopping wood, and was variously 
 em|)loycd until nearl}' thirteen years old, when he 
 commenced to learn tiie tailor's trade. He served 
 foui' years for his board and clothes, and afterward 
 worked here as "jour" for six months. He then 
 went to St. Louis, working there as "jour" for two 
 years, and afterward became cutter in one of the 
 -. J tirst-class shops of the city, after which he became 
 
 } ij a partner in the firm of J. H. McAl[)ine, of St. 
 ^ — ^ Louis. He remainccl in the latter city until 1868, 
 and tlien assf)ciate(l himself in partnership at Ft. 
 .Ma<lison, doing business under tlie lirm name of 
 Hesse & Sand, as a retail clothier foi' ten j'ears, three 
 months and five days. He then sold iiis interest in the 
 business on his own account, and soon afterward 
 purchased the building which he now owns and oc- 
 cupies, and which is located on the northeast cor- 
 ner of Pine and Second streets. In 1880 he changed 
 yhis location U) his present quarters, at first oc- 
 cupying only the ground tlofir. He now has' three 
 rooms on the ground tloor and two above, and is 
 doing a thriving business. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Hesse and Miss Amelia 
 Xabers occurred Aug. 9, 1870. Mrs. H. was born 
 in Ft. Madison, and is the daughter of Theo- 
 
 dore and Catharine Nabers, natives of Germany . 
 Of this union three sons have been born — Bernard - 
 B., Frank II. and .1. Clement. Mr. and Mrs. H. 
 arc mcnii)ers in good standing of St. Joseph's 
 Church, and in politics Mr. II. uniformly votes the 
 Democratic ticket. 
 
 Mr. Hesse is a striking example of what a 
 young man of energy may accomplish. He started 
 out without means and has arisen to his present 
 position solely by his own exertions. He has a 
 comfortable home and a good business and enjoys 
 the confidence and esteem of his fellow -citizens. A 
 view of the fine store vf Mr. Hesse is shown on an- 
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 ^ f^ILLIAM BLOM, who is prosperously en- 
 gaged in mercantile pursuits in the city of 
 Keokuk, deals in Hour, soaps and lye, hav- 
 ing commenced a modest retail trade which has now 
 developed into an extensive wholesale business, 
 and is located at Nos. 27 and 29 Main street. Our 
 subject was born in the village of Mydrecht, Hol- 
 land, on the l.'ith of November, 1834. He at- 
 tended school until eleven years of age, and re- 
 mained in his native country until he was twenty- 
 one, when lie boarded a sailing-vessel, accompa- 
 nied by his p.irents, and after a prosperous voyage 
 landed on the shores of the New World at the city 
 of New Orleans. Thence the^' proceeded to St. 
 Louis, Mo., and afterward to Keokuk, arriving here 
 on the 17th of June, l.S;)7. The father of our sub- 
 ject, Peter Bloni, followed a seafaring life, and was 
 married to Miss Disked Vanderhelm ; both died in 
 Keokuk. 
 
 After arriving in this count}' William Blom be- 
 gan sawing wood, carrying brick and mortar, and 
 employed himself at whatever his hands could find 
 to do. In due time he became a clerk in the store 
 of C. Obertop, where he continued for twenty-two 
 months, and then became yard man in the Patter- 
 son House at $2 per week, being thus emploj'ed 
 four mouths. He then became clerk in a retail 
 
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 groceiy store at the same wages, and afterward en- 
 gaged with Kellogg, Biegle ife Co. for the next 
 three years. Notwithstanding these small wages 
 he had now saved $80, which he invested in a soap 
 factory, becoming a partner of the same, and at 
 the death of the other member of the firm assumed 
 full charge of the business. He operated this a 
 number of j'ears, and in the meantime built a small 
 grocery store, which afforded good headquarters 
 for his soap business. He was soon obliged, to in- 
 crease his facilities for manufacturing. In addition 
 to his arduous labors at home, he was his own trav- 
 eling salesman, and introduced his goods in vari- 
 ous places, at the same time taking orders for hams 
 and other meats for different firms. In this way 
 i^radually worked into the provision business, 
 and finally abandoned the retail grocery. He also 
 engaged in pork packing, which he continued for 
 several years, and which yielded him a handsome 
 income. He purchased the building in which he 
 now operates in 1881. It c(^vers an area of 40x70 
 feet, is four stories in height with a basement, and 
 he has added a smoke house with a capacity of 100,- 
 000 pounds of meat. This enables him to smoke 
 anj' ordinary amount of meat on short notice. In 
 1870 Mr. Blom disposed of his soap factory to his 
 brother Nicholas, by whom it is still conducted, 
 .and the product of which our subject handles ex- 
 tensively. 
 
 Mr. Blom was married on the 3d of April, 1862, 
 to Miss Carrie Teloft', of .Sweden. The}- have no 
 children. Mr. and Mrs. Blom are worth3' members 
 of the Chatham .Square Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 ■with which our subject has been connected for 
 3c twenty years, and served as Trustee and Stevvard 
 ■ for the last fifteen, and Superintendent of the .Sab- 
 ; bath-school for five. He has also been a member of 
 : the City Council. He was one of the originators 
 ; of the Mississippi River Rapids Bluff Pork Associa- 
 ;; tion, and is now Trustee and Treasurer. 
 c The residence of Mr. Blom is a fine, substantial 
 p structure located at No. 611 Grand avenue, where 
 " he is surrounded by all the comforts of life, and en- 
 joys, as a just reward of his labors, the fruits of 
 early industry and economy. He provided wTih 
 filial care for his parents during their lifetime, and 
 enabled them to pass their declining days in peace 
 
 and comfort. He has fulfilled all the obligations 
 of a good citizen, and is held in the highest esteem 
 by both social anfl liusiness acquaintances. 
 
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 'if/ AMES H. DUFFUS, editor .and proprietor of 
 the Ft. Madison Plaindea/cr, which he is 
 conducting with signal ability and success, 
 is a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and 
 his birth occurred May 24, 1840. His father, 
 James Duffus, was born in the same country as his 
 son, in 1816, was reared upon a farm, and followed 
 agricultural i)ursuits until 18.54. In April of that 
 year he started with his famil}' for America. They 
 set sail from Aberdeen, landing at (Quebec, thence 
 proceeded directly to Ohio. They had relatives in 
 Ashland County, and located there, remainiug, 
 however, but one year. In the meantime Mr. 
 Duffus had visited the Ilawkeye State, and being 
 charmed with the appearance of the country, pui-- 
 chased a farm in Union Township, Poweshiek 
 County, and in April of the following year moved 
 there with his family. He cultivated and improved 
 his land and established a comfortable home. In 
 1868, however, he sold out and removed to .Alal- 
 com, the same county, and engaged in mercantile 
 pursuits for one year. He then resumed farming 
 upon another tract of land which he had purchased 
 near Malcom, continuing there one year, then re- 
 turned to M.alcom .and kept a public-house there 
 for several years. He subsequently retired from 
 active business, and is now living at Des Moines. 
 
 When Mr. Duffus removed from Ohio to Iowa lie 
 made the trip via railroad to Rock Island, thence 
 by river to Davenport, and from there overland to 
 Poweshiek Count}'. The land he purchased was 
 totally unimproved, and he marketed grain and 
 provisions to Iowa City, a distance of sixty miles, 
 and in the winter seasons transported merchandise 
 on his return trips. 
 
 The maiden name of the mother of our subject 
 was Ann Auelimae; she was a native of the same 
 country and shire as her husband. The family cir- 
 cle included seven children, all of whom were born 
 in Scotland, and of whom the record is as follows: 
 
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 Margaret liefiiiiie tlie wife of M. Daly, ami tliev 
 live in Neligh. Neli. ; Jane married Maliloii Wol- 
 verton, who was a soldier in (lie Mexican War and 
 raised a company f<n' tiie late war, Imt was taken 
 fatall}' ill and died at his home in Montezuma be- 
 fore engaging in any scrviee; she was married the 
 second time, to .1. W. I'ligli, who was a soldier of 
 the I'nion, and died at his home in Malcom, Iowa; 
 Elizabeth became the wife of A. M. Hardin, and 
 lives in Deadwood, Dak; the sniiject of our sketch 
 was the fourth child; Alexander lives in Des 
 Moines; Mar}' A. married B. S. James, and is a 
 resident of Buena Vista County, Iowa; Isabella be- 
 came the wife of Marcus Green, and they live in 
 Des Moines. 
 
 James H. Duff us was a lad of nine years old 
 when he came to America with his parents. He re- 
 ceived his early education in the district schools and 
 assisted in the lighter duties of the farm. During 
 the progress of the late Civil AVar he became a 
 soldier of the Union, enlisting in May, 18G4, in Co. 
 B, 4Cth Iowa Vol. Inf., and served until the close 
 of the war, receiving an honorable discharge. 
 
 After his return from the army Mr. Duffus at- 
 tended college at Grinnell, Iowa, and afterward 
 taught school for several terms. In 1H()7 he started 
 a harness-shop in Malcom, which, however, he op- 
 erated for only a few months when he sold out, and 
 the following year opened a drug-store in the same 
 place, and was occupied with this for Ave years. In 
 the meantime he established the Malcom Gazette, 
 the lirst paper ever published there, and with the 
 exce])tion of two years, conducted it for thirteen 
 years. In the meantime he had also engaged in the 
 sale of hardware and farm machinery. He disposed 
 of his hardware interests in 1880, but continued his 
 operations in agricultural implements and carriages. 
 The tornado of 188-2 destroyed his storehouse and 
 completely demolished two dwelling-houses which 
 he owned. From this disaster he suffered "more 
 than any one man in the State. He was the owner 
 of the amphitheatre at the fair grounds, which was 
 also destroyed, together with a fine business block. 
 
 In 188;i Mr. Duffus disposed of his property in 
 Malcom and removed to Des Moines, where he pur- 
 chased a half interest in the Iowa Homestead, the 
 agricultural paper of the State, and in October of 
 
 the same year jjurchased the remaining interest. In 
 January, l.s.si, lie purchased the loim Cnpital, a. 
 daily and weekly pa[)er, and conducted it until the 
 following year, when, on account of ill-health, he 
 was obliged to abandon flie business and dispose 
 of his interest in it. He then came to Ft. Madi- 
 son, purchasing the Ft. Madison Academ}' property 
 and a business block on Front street, corner of 
 Pine, and at the same time also the Plaindealet; a 
 daily and weekly publication. He now entered 
 with energy upon the business of building up and 
 improving his paper, and has been remarkably suc- 
 cessful in his management of it, it having become 
 one of the leading journals of this section. 
 
 James II. Duffus and Miss Mary E. Carroll were 
 united in marriage Feb. 1,5, 1870. Mrs. Duffus is 
 a native of Ohio, born in Keene, Coshocton County, 
 Aug. 24, 1851. Her father, George Carroll, was a 
 native of Ireland, possessing the warm and enthu- 
 siastic nature peculiar to the sons of Erin, and her 
 mother, whose maiden name was Mary Barton, was 
 also a native of Ireland, but of Scotch parentage. 
 The}' were married in Ohio, and came to Iowa in 
 1885, settling in Poweshiek County, where the 
 father died the following January. Her mother 
 was married the second time, to John Gwin, who is 
 now deceased. Mrs. Mary Gwin still survives, and 
 lives with her son in Poweshiek County. 
 
 Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Duffus have been 
 born three children — Arietta O., Harry C. and Ma- 
 rie Ethel. Mr. Duffus is a prominent member of the 
 A. F. it A. M., having taken all the degrees from 
 Blue Lodge to Consistor}'. He is also connected 
 with the 1. O. O. F. and K. of P. In politics he 
 uiiiforndy casts his vote with the Republican party. 
 
 REDERICK LANG, dealer in general mer- 
 chandise at Franklin Village, lias been a 
 resident of the Hawkeye State since 1 850, 
 and established his present business in l.S7.'5. By 
 the exercise of energy and economy he has been 
 successful, and enjoys in a marked degree the re- 
 spect and confidence of his fellow-townsmen. Mr. 
 Lang, was born in Rhine Province, Bavaria, May 
 12, 1833. His father, A'aleutine Lang, was a farmer 
 
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 l)y occupation, anrl passed his whole life h\ his na- 
 tive land. 
 
 Our subject remained with his parents until he 
 was about eighteen years tild, and then, in com- 
 pany with friends if the familj^, emigrated to the 
 United States. After reaching the shores of the 
 New World, they proceeded directly westward, 
 crossed the Father of Waters, and located in Lee 
 County, coming into Franklin Township in the fall 
 of 1850. Here young Lang was engaged in farm- 
 ing for the following three years, and then became 
 an engineer. He was thus occupied for several 
 years, and during this time gained valuable knowl- 
 edge in respect to the transaction of business. He 
 then established his present store, in which he has 
 since been engaged. He carries a good stock and 
 has made a comfortable living, although the busi- 
 ness is such that there is not much of a field for en- 
 larging it. 
 
 Mr. Lang was married in Franklin Township, Dec. 
 29, 185G, to Miss Katie Armkneeth. Mrs. Lang 
 is a native of the same country as her husband, 
 having been born in Bavaria, May 7, 1837. She 
 came to the United States with her parents when a 
 young girl. Her father was a farmer, and they 
 settled in Franklin Township, afterward removing 
 to the village, where the mother died in 1883. Her 
 father is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Lang li.ave be- 
 come the parents of two children : Mary F., the 
 wife of Phillip Seyb, resides on a farm with her 
 husband, in Franklin; Katie is the wife of Chris 
 Trump, the Deputy Sheriff of Ft. Madison. 
 
 Mr. Lang is highly esteemed in his community, 
 and he and his excellent lady are members in good 
 standing of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He 
 has held the minor offices of his township, and is 
 always interested in m.atters pertaining to the pub- 
 lie welfare. In politics he is strongly Democratic. 
 
 ^ONAS W. GOODRICFL one of the honored 
 pioneers of Lee Count}', comes of good old 
 New Jersey stock, his ancestry for many 
 generations having homes in the northeast- 
 ern portion of the United States. They were mostly 
 farmers by occupation, and during long, honorable 
 
 and peaceful lives built up for themselves a reputa- 
 tion in that sectit)n second to none of any family 
 in the country. The paternal grandfather of our 
 subject, Sheldon fJoodrich, was a very early settler 
 of Auburn, N. Y., where he spent the greater jjart 
 of his life, and died in the ninety-eighth year of his 
 age. He was a carpenter by trade, married in 
 early life, and he and his good wife lived to be a 
 mutual comfort .and support to each other for the 
 space of over half a century, the wife attaining to 
 the same advanced .age as her husband. Their son, 
 Sheldon, the father of our subject, w.as a native of 
 New Jersey, of Scottish descent. 
 
 Sheldon Goodrich remained in his native State 
 until he became a j'oung man, and then went to Caj'- 
 uga County, N. Y., where he was married to Miss 
 Phoebe Ward, whose history is connected with one 
 of the first families of New England. Her father 
 removed from New Jersey to N;w York at an 
 early period in the history of the latter State, and 
 secured 640 acres of land in Cayuga County, which 
 he improved and cultivated, and at his death gave 
 to each of his children a good farm.- He had only 
 one son, Hiram, who was a private in the AVar of 
 1812. The family had been prominent in the 
 political questions of that period, and were well 
 known in social and wealthy circles. 
 
 The parents of our subject were born in 1777, 
 and were reared and married in Cayuga County, 
 N. Y. The}' were stricken down in the prime of 
 life, the mother dj'ing at the age of thirty-six, and 
 the father in 1803, when his son, the subject of this 
 history, was a child two years of age. Sheldon 
 Goodrich was a skilled mechanic, a carpenter by 
 trade, and highly esteemed for his many manly and 
 social qualities. 
 
 Jonas W. Goodrich of this sketch was born M.ay 
 20, 1801, and after the death of his father was 
 taken to live at the home of his uncle. Smith Ward. 
 This gentleman was [irominent in business and poli- 
 tics, and held manj' of the offices in his locality. 
 He was a wide-awake business man, and when quite 
 young became an extensive contractor on the Wel- 
 land Canal, being the first to take the contract of 
 that portion of the canal known as the " deep cut." 
 Young Goodrich was soon initiated int(j business 
 methods and proved a very apt pupil, ^\■hile still 
 
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 under age he was trusted to superintend the work 
 for his uncle, sometimes having chnige of more 
 than 200 men. He devoted some of his time to 
 farming in Seneca County, N. Y., from which he 
 afterward removed to Lyons, Wayne County, and 
 while there, at the age of twenty-seven years, was 
 married to ^liss Eliza l)cth Ely, of the latter-named 
 county. After their marriage Mr. O. ojjened a 
 store in Lyons on the banks of the Erie Canal, and 
 was engaged in a grocery trade and general com- 
 mission business, also operating extensively in 
 grain. He remained here for thirty years and 
 accumulated quite a little fortune. 
 
 In 1846 Mr. Goodrich sold out his business in 
 L^'ons .and t<]()k a contract on the New York & Erie 
 Kailroad; then .sold his interest in that, and in 1847 
 took a contract on the Erie Canal, after the com- 
 pletion of which, in 1852, he started for the West 
 and made his first stopping-place at Centralia, 111. 
 There he contracted with David Brigham & Robert 
 Law, now of Chicago, to build forty-four miles of the 
 Illinois Central Railroad running through the south- 
 ern portion of the State. After the completion of this, 
 in 1 855, he cro.ssed the Mississippi and came into 
 Keokuk, Iowa, where he engaged in real estate busi- 
 ness for the following four years. This was a period 
 when speculation ran high, and many n man parted 
 with a greater part of his possessions. Mr. (lood- 
 rich, however, passed safely through, and if he did 
 not gain iihicIi, was satisfied to know that he had 
 not lost. 
 
 In IMo',) Mr. (ioodrich removed from Keokuk 
 and settled upon a farm in .Jefferson Township 
 which has remained his home since that time. It 
 includes 240 acres of valuable land which is all im- 
 proved, and he also owns 200 acres on the Des 
 Moines River, in this county. His wife, Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Goodrich, departed this life on the 9th 
 of Novemlier, 1839, leaving two children, one of 
 whom, Melvin, died in Keokuk in 18()8: Smith E. 
 now lives in C'orry, Pa. 
 
 Mr. Goodrich was married the second time at 
 
 Lyons, N. Y., to Miss Sarah Veaumont, a lady of 
 
 Sg English parentage, and of this mari-iage there were 
 
 born eight cliildren, four of whom are deceased; 
 
 the living are Elliot, Mary A., Willard and Charles. 
 
 fiwSmThe latter operates his father's farm. The family 
 
 oecupj' a comfortable farm dwelling and are sur- 
 rounded by all the comforts and many of the lux- 
 uries of life. Mr. Goodrich has been prominently 
 identified with the affairs of his community, and 
 has always been willing to contilbute of his time 
 and means for the promotion of every worthj' 
 object. He has held the odicc of Toivnship Super- 
 visor for five years and also other import.ant posi- 
 tions in this locality. He is an uncompromising 
 Jacksoni.nn Democrat, and in all resix'cts an honest 
 man and a good citizen. 
 
 The character of Mr. (Joodrich <as a pioneer, 
 prominent citizen and public man, is such as to 
 demand his portrait in this Aiium, and accordingly 
 it is here given, as a most appropriate .accompani- 
 ment to this brief sketch. 
 
 ^p«) DWARD JOHNSTONE, of Ke 
 l^ was born in Kingston, on the 
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 paternal ancestors of our subject w-ere originally 
 from Annandale, Scotland, and the first of his ini- 
 medi.ite family who immigrated to Ireland was Rob- 
 ert Johnstone. This was in the reign of Queen Anne, 
 or King William. The name was always spelled in 
 Scotland with a final " e," but in Ireland, as time 
 passed, it was gradually dropped, though sometimes 
 retained. Alexander Johnstone, the father of thf 
 subject of this notice, was born in Country Kerman- 
 augh, Ireland, in .Inly, 1772. an<l immigrated to 
 the United States with the intention of making il 
 his future home, in 179G. Our svibject's mother, 
 Elizabeth Ereanic, was born in Franklin County, 
 Pa., in November, 1781, and Imth of her parents 
 were from the North of Ireland. 
 
 The parental family of our subject included ten 
 sons and two daughters. The two eldest sons were 
 educated at AVe.st Point, and served in the regular 
 army; another son, William F. Johnstone, was the 
 third Governor of Pennsylvania, under the con- 
 stitution of 1838; another son. James Johnstone, a 
 scholar and poet, served through the Mexican 
 War, and was one of the first literar}' men of West- 
 ern Pennsylvania ; Col. John W. Johnstone, another 
 brother, served as a Captain of infantrj' through 
 
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the Mexican War, and in the late Civil War was 
 nj 5 Colonel of the 14th Regiment, three mouths' Penn- 
 sylvania Volunteers, and Lieutenant Colonel and 
 }|jS Colonel of the 93d Regiment, of the three years' 
 M service. The youngest son in the family, Richard, 
 j;§ was a volunteer in the Mexican AVar. Before the 
 close of the war he was appointed a Lieutenant in 
 the regular army, and was killed at the head of his 
 company, while storming the enem^^'s works, at the 
 C battle of Molino del Rey. 
 
 The physical stature of the brothers of our sub- 
 ject was remarkable, varying in height from six feet 
 to six feet four inches, and in weight from 200 to 
 :§ 250 pounds. The father, Alexander Johnstone, lived 
 igfar beyond the period allotted to man, dying July 
 15, 1872, in the one hundredth j'ear of his age. At 
 the time of his death he was the oldest Free Mason 
 in the United States, having been initiated sevent}' 
 years previous to his demise, in Ireland. 
 
 The publie life of Edward Johnstone is almost 
 
 ; contemporary with the settlement of Iowa. Before 
 
 Iowa was a State, or even a Territory separated 
 
 j from Wisconsin, he began his career at the capital, 
 
 and for more than a third of a century has been 
 
 ; intimately connected with the progress of the 
 
 : country. Of his influence in his own immediate 
 
 county and city it is hardly necessary for us to 
 
 ; speak, as his character and talents are so well 
 
 3 known, and his qualities displayed in social life 
 
 ; are no less familiar to his fellow-citizens. In early 
 
 < manhood he studied law in Greensburg, his native 
 
 ; State, and in 1837 was admitted to the bar. During 
 
 that same year he moved West, locating at Mineial 
 
 ; Point, Wis., where he remained only during that 
 
 fall. He then went to Burlington, Iowa, and served 
 
 i£ as Clerk in the Territorial Legislature during the 
 
 session of 1837-38. During that time he was also 
 
 ; appointed one of the three commissioners to collect 
 
 ■ testimony- with regard to the titles to the half-breed 
 
 • land, and report the same to the district court. To 
 
 |p facilitate the performance of this duty, he moved to 
 
 in 
 
 is Montrose in the spring of 1838, and there remained 
 
 I until January, 1839. He then went to Ft .Madison, 
 
 - having been employed by the St. Louis claimants 
 
 of half-breed land, and instituted proceedings in 
 
 connection with Gen. Hugh T. Reid for the division 
 
 of said land, which resulted in the "Decree Title" 
 
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 by which the lands are now held. In the summer 
 of 1839 Mr. Johnstone was elected to the Legis- 
 lature, and for two successive terms was Speaker of 
 the House. In 1 840 he was elected to the Council, 
 and was United States District Attorney under 
 President Polk's administration. 
 
 In 1851 Mr. Johnstone was elected Judge of Lee 
 County, and served in that capacity for four years. 
 He was elected to the Constitutional Convention 
 in 1857, on the same ticket with Col. William Pat- 
 terson, and took a prominent part in the delibera- 
 tions of that body. In 18G8 Judge Johnstone re- 
 moved to Keokuk, where he took charge, as cashier, 
 of the Keokuk Savings Bank, in which position he 
 still remains. As a financier, he possesses a high 
 order of talent, as his success in business for the 
 last twenty years abundantly shows. He is carefid 
 and accurate in his judgment, and has a habit of 
 looking at a subject thoroughly and on all sides. 
 As a lawyer and statesman he displays more than 
 ordinary abilitj'. He has never been what may be 
 termed an off-hand speaker, either in court or 
 the Legislature. He is naturally too cautious to 
 allow himself to rush into speechmaking unprepared. 
 Hence his speeches always evince thorough prepara- 
 tion and a comprehensive knowledge of his subject, 
 and often blaze and sparkle with the rhetorical 
 flights of eloquence. Being a man of literary 
 culture and extensive reading, his speeches and 
 pleas have often been garnished with gems of 
 imagination and quotations from poets. Judge 
 Johnstone has always responded liberally to the 
 many and oft repeated calls for charity, and what- 
 ever is calculated to improve the city in which he 
 lives, or for the good of the people, our subject is 
 always found among those championing that cause. 
 
 Judge Johnstone is a man of stalwart proportions, 
 being six feet four inches in height, and weighs 250 
 pounds, and has not varied ten pounds from the 
 weight mentioned during the last twenty years. His 
 stature and appearance would single him out among 
 a thousand as a man of mark. In manners and con- 
 versation he is one of the most affalile and friendly 
 of men, carrying in his beaming countenance the 
 insignia of a warm and genial nature. He is a good 
 writer, clear, forcible and fluent, and has a faculty 
 for making and holding friends, which is most re- 
 
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 niai-kable. This is known by the friendship of the 
 people for liiin, notwitiistaniling the litigations in- 
 volving their interests, in which he has so long and 
 often been eugaj>:e<l. Throiiiih all the coniplieations 
 and dillieulties res[)ecting the half-breed lands, in 
 which he took, from the first, a leading part, he 
 seems never to have incurred the ill-will of the 
 people; but, on the contrary, pursued such a course 
 as to preserve their friendship, and ni:ike them warm 
 supporters of him at the polls. 
 
 Judge . Johnstone was married to Miss Elizabeth 
 \'. Uicliards, in Ai>ril, l>i4;i, in St. Louis County, 
 Mo., and of this union four children are yet living, 
 namely, Alexander Edward, Mar3' JNIillburn, Ed- 
 ward Richards and Hugo Richards, all of whom are 
 residing in Keokuk. 
 
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 ^:NRY R. ALTER, deceased, was one of the 
 most wealthy and successful farmers of 
 West Point Township, and uuiversall}- re- 
 spected for his honest and upright character 
 and straightforward dealings with his fellow-men. 
 lie was a native of Washington County, Pa., his 
 3=1 birth occuiTing Jan. 20, ISlo, and was the second 
 son and fifth child of llenrj- and Elizabeth (Rein- 
 hard) Alter, who were of German parentage and 
 aucestrj'. His mother died at the age of forty-nine 
 years, in 1835: his father was married a second 
 time. ;ind departed this life in Tuscarawas County, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Li 1840 Mr. Alter removed from the place of 
 his birth into Beaver Count}-, Pa., where he became 
 ipiite extensively engaged in the oil business, but 
 liaviug ;iu opportunity to dispose of his interests 
 at a good jjrofit, he sold out and resolved to seek a 
 home beyond the Mississiiipi. It was not until 
 1865, however, that lie finally established himself 
 in Lee County. He purchased a good farm in West 
 Point Township, and subsequently became the pro- 
 l>i-ietor of 800 acres, most of which lie on section 3. 
 It is nearl_y all jirairie laud, and the greater part of 
 g|it improved. Mr. Alter was remarkably successful 
 in his agricultural pursuits, and during the latter 
 |):irt of his life was extensively engaged in the buy- 
 ing and selling of cattle. 
 
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 The subject of our sketch, in early manhood, 
 was iii;uried to Miss Elizabeth Weirich, ami <)f this 
 union lliere were born two children — Henry II. 
 and Frances E. The mother of these children died 
 in 1.S41. She was of (German descent, and was 
 reared and educated in AVashington County, Pa. 
 In 1842 Mr. Alter was married a .second time, to 
 Miss Marj- Anna Ilazen, of Beaver County, Pa. 
 Of this marriage there were born six children, one 
 of whom, Samuel II., is deceased. The living are 
 Christmas E.. Eliza A. and Luzetta (twins), Jo- 
 sephus and David R. The mother of these cliildreu 
 died in Reaver Countj', Nov. 10, 18o9. 
 
 Mr. Alter was married the third time, to Mrs. 
 Nancy (Dean) McCreary, daughter of Noah and 
 Elizabeth (Emery) Uean, natives respectively of 
 Huntingdon and Mercer Counties, Pa. They spent 
 their entire lives on a farm, and died in Pennsyl- 
 vania, in that part of Lawrence County which was 
 formerly a part of Mercer Count}'. The father de- 
 parted this life in 1 870, at the age of sixty -six years ; 
 the mother survived him fourteen years, dying on 
 the 7th of October, 1884, at the advanced age of 
 over eight3'-three years. Thej- were most worthy 
 and excellent people, highly esteemed in their 
 c(jmmunity, and were prominently connected with 
 the Baptist Church, Mr. Dean was a very suc- 
 cessful man in his .agricultural and l)nsiness pursuits, 
 and accumulated a large property. He was a solid 
 Republican politically, a nian of great foi'ce of 
 character, and used his influence in support of 
 whatever he believed the truth and right. 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Alter was born ujion the homestead 
 of her parents in what is now Lawrence County, 
 Pa., Ma3' 12, 1832. She received a good educatitm 
 in tlie public schools and remained with her parents 
 until she was \uiited in marriage with Mr. I'earson 
 McCrear^-, who died in Lawrence County, leaving 
 his widow with two children, one of wliom, William 
 N., is now deceased. The other son, Willis P., was 
 married to Aliss Mary B. Green, and is practicing 
 law in Hastings, Neb. She was united in mar- 
 ri.age with .Mr. Alter Oct. 6, 18.51). and by this last 
 union became the mother of five children, of whom 
 the record is as follows: Lizzie A. is the wife of 
 Fred Davis, and they live near Earned, Kan., on a 
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are deaf; Mr. Davis lost his hearing at the age of 
 seven years from scarlet fever; his wife became 
 (leaf at the age of five years from spotted fever. 
 They were both well educated at the Ucaf and 
 Dumb Institute at Iowa City and were also in the 
 school at Council Bluffs. Elmer T. is married to 
 Nettie L. Martin, and manages the homestead for his 
 mother. Emma L. and Eva L., twins, are flnel3' 
 educated and reside at home; Minnie R. is attend- 
 ing .school at Danville, Iowa. Mr. Alter was killed 
 by a horse on the 20th of August, 1885. 
 
 A large part of the members of the family are 
 connected with the Baptist Church, and are well 
 known thioughout Lee County, and held in the 
 highest esteem. They occupy a fine dwelling, and 
 the land is supplied with all the appliances for car- 
 rying on agriculture in a first-class manner. It is 
 beautifully located, and forms one of the pleasantest 
 spots in the landscape of Lee County. 
 
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 ylLLIAM T. HUMES was born in Washing- 
 ton County, Pa., June 18, 1834. lie en- 
 joj-ed the advantages of a good common- 
 sciiool education and remained in his native State 
 until twent}' years of age, when he drifted west- 
 ward, first coming to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where 
 he was employed as a salesman in the store of 
 Babbitt & Ross, and subsequently in the registry 
 department of the Government Land-OtHce. He 
 then took a trip through the territories of Nevada, 
 Oregon, New Mexico and Central America, and 
 finallj' returned to Iowa. 
 
 ENDLETON BURTON MARCEV, de- 
 ceased, was a highly esteemed resident of 
 Ft. JIadison, and departed tliis life Nov. 
 1."), 1.S81, deeply lamented by all who had 
 enjoyed the honor of his fricndsliiii and acquaint- 
 ance, for he had fuUilled all the obligations of a 
 good citizen. The sul)ject of this notice was burn 
 in Washington, D. C, April 2.s, 1812. lllsfatiicr, 
 Thomas Marcey, was a native of .ALaryland,and en- 
 gaged the greater part of his life as a contr.actor 
 
 and builder. He removed from his native town to 
 Washington when the latter was an embryo city, [i 
 and purchased property within the corporate limits. 
 He also secured possession of a farm seven miles 
 out, and transacted with ability the joint busiuessesp 
 of farmer, contractor and builder, until he retired J 
 from active labor, at an advanced age. He lived 
 to see remarkable changes transpiring around him,'^ 
 and folded his liands for his final rest In the capi- 
 tal city, where his remains are buried. The maiden 
 name of his wife was Elizabeth Richie, and they 
 became the parents of seven children, of whom the 
 subject of our sketch was the j'oungest. 
 
 Pendleton B. Marcey was reared by his i»arents, 
 and received a fair education in the common 
 schools. In earl^- life lie learned the cabinet-mak- 
 er's trade in Washington, and lived there until 
 1831, when he went to Wheeling, W. Va., worked 
 as a journeyman for two years, then proceeded to 
 Columbus, Ohio, and snccessfuUy engaged in the 
 furniture business on his own account for the fol- 
 lowing nine years. In 1842, hearing much of the 
 glowing reports that came from the country be- 
 yond the Mississippi, he concluded to emigrate 
 thither. He accordingly started via canal to Ports- 
 mouth, and thence on the Ohio and Mississippi 
 Rivers to Ft. Madison, which journey consumed 
 one month's time. He arrived here in the fall of 
 the year before mentioned, first opened a furniture 
 store, and after a few years engaged in the dry- 
 goods business. In 1.S59 Mr. Marcey went into 
 Davis County, Iowa, and, in company with Mr. 
 Deake, laid out the town of Deakesvllle, and remov- 
 ing his stock of goods thither, added to it such ar- 
 ticles as were necessary, and established a store, 
 which he operated for about eight years continu- 
 ously. Then, on account of failing health, he re- 
 turned to Ft. Madison and lived In retirement un- 
 til his death. 
 
 Pendleton lUuton Marcey and Mrs. Jane Jones 
 were united in marriage March 7, 1830. Mrs. Mar- 
 cey was born in Belmont County, W. ^'a. Her fa- 
 ther, John Jamieson, was of Irish birth and parent- 
 age, and came to America when a youth, .settling 
 in Virginia, and was engaged in farming i)ursuits 
 until his death. He w;is inairied in early manhood 
 to Miss Ann Overtush. a laily wiiose birthplace 
 
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 when a small child. 
 
 Mrs. Marcey, when a iiijuden of sixteen years, was 
 united in marriage with John Jones, a native of 
 Bristol, Wales, who died of yellow fever a short 
 time after their marriage. Of this union there was 
 born one child, Mary, who is now the wife of 
 John Beard, and lives in Carthage, Mo. Mrs. Mar- 
 cey is a prominent member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, of Ft. Madison, and owns and occu- 
 pies a pleasant home on Fifth street. She is a lady 
 of many excellent traits of character, and is highly 
 esteemed in the communitj- where she has so long- 
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 f] AMES KENNEDY, a highly respected citi- 
 zen of Cedar Township, occupies the posi- 
 tion of Assessor, and in this, as well as other 
 duties pertaining to a good citizen, is fulfill- 
 ing his obligations with credit and fidelity. Mr. K. 
 was born in Marion Township, Lee Co., Iowa, 
 April 1 2, 1 f<44, and is the son of Josiah and Julia 
 Kennedy. He was but two wcelvs old wiien iiis pa- 
 rents came to Cedar Township, and he has been a 
 resident hero since that time. He received careful 
 liome training and a fair education in the subscrip- 
 tion schools. Tiie youthful students of those days pe- 
 rused their l)ooks and recited their lessons under 
 the instruction of a teai-iier in a private house, and 
 our subject, in common witii most of tiie boys of 
 that pericjd and section of country, was carefully 
 trained to liabits of industry and economy, and 
 when not engaged at his lessons, assisted his par- 
 ents in the duties around tiie homestead. At the 
 close of iiis primary course of study lie entered 
 Howe's Seminary at Mt. Pleasant, and emerged 
 from tliis institution prepared to talve up the duties 
 of a pedagogue. 
 
 At this period, the Civil War being in progress, 
 our subject only taught a few terms, and then en- 
 listed as a soldier in Co. E, 4.itli Iowa \ol. Inf., 
 ;ind was soon thereafter made Orderly Sergeant. 
 He then received a recruiting commission from 
 (ien. Balier, and raised a company of tliirly-one 
 men, liim.^elf c'nli>tiug as a private willi Uieni. 
 
 The3^ were attached to the 16th Army Corps and 
 
 operated mostly in the Southwest. The regiment 
 was discharged at Keokuk in September, lf(G4, Mr. 
 Kennedy returning home in ill-health, and was un- 
 fitted for .active labor for several montlis afterward. 
 In the spring of the following year he engaged in 
 farming, and in 1870 located upon the homestead 
 which he now owns and occupies, on section 29, 
 adjoining his father's farm in Cedar Township. 
 
 The marriage of James Kennedj' and Miss Eliza 
 E. Dawson was celebrated on Julj' 4, 1872. Mrs. 
 K. is a native of Lee County, born at Summitville, 
 and the daughter of Pej'ton and Ellen (^Stoddard) 
 Dawson, who settled in Lee County at an early ; a 
 day. Of this union there have been born seven ; 
 children — May, Bessie, Jessie, Viola, AVillie, James ; 
 and Dwight. Mr. Kennedy is Republican in politics, E 
 has served fifteen 3'ears as Assessor of his town- ; 
 ship, is President of the District School Board, and t 
 for long years has been a iirominent man in tiie nf- £ 
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 ship, has contributed his full quota toward the ^^ 
 development of the resources of the Hawk- 
 eye State. He was born in Orange Count}", 
 Ind., March 27, 1820, and is a descendant of Joseph 
 Doane, a native of England, who came to America 
 with the Peun Colony, settling in Pennsylvania in 
 the colonial days. David Doane, the father of our || 
 subject, grew to manhood in his native State, North 
 Carolina, whither his i)arents had removed before 
 his birth, and at the age of twenty-one years ap- 
 prenticed himself to learn the trade of fuller. He 
 served for two years, and wlien his parents removed 
 to Indiana he accompanied them. He had no means Bj 
 of his own, and engaged at whatever employment c; 
 he could procure, sometimes as a carpenter, and at ^ 
 other times at his former trade. He saved what- 
 ever he could of his earnings, so tliat in the course hf 
 of time lie was enabled to put up a small fulling 
 mill, wiiii'li lie operated for a few years, and then SiiK 
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 timber land at White Lick. Here he erected a 
 hewed-lt)" house, and was alternatelj' employed at 
 the carpenter's trade, inillwrighting and the im- 
 provement uf his hiiu). lie built a number uf card- 
 ing-mills in that county, and in the course of time, 
 with the assistance of his sons, had 120 acres of his 
 land under o()od cultivation. 
 
 David Doanc remained in possession oi the above 
 property until 1)->4(I, in the meantime having- visited 
 tiie Territory of Iowa, and decided upon locating 
 in that State. His first visit was in I.s-iS, when he 
 came into Lee County, and entered lliO acres of 
 land in Cedar Township, on section 1.5, wiiere, in 
 18.50, he permanently settled, and remained until 
 his death in 18G2. In earl>' manhood he was united 
 in marriage with iliss Knth Atkinson, who remained 
 his faithful companion through all his labors, and 
 survived hini for a period of thirteen j'ears, de- 
 parting this life in Iowa, in 1875. The3' were the 
 parents of fourteen children, of whom the subject 
 of our sketch was the first-born. 
 
 Joseph Doaue was reared in Morgan County, 
 Ind., remaining under the parental roof until he 
 had attained to years of manhood. He received 
 careful training at the hands of his parents, and a 
 good education in the district schools, from which 
 he graduated at an earlj' age, and began to assist 
 his parents in the duties on the farm. He remained 
 with them until his marriage, and then took a part 
 of the farm which was unimproved and began to 
 clear and cultivate it. He subsequently purchased 
 ten acres of his father, upon which stood a hewed- 
 log house, which he occupied for a number of 
 years, and then resolved to cross the Mississippi 
 and seek his fortunes further westward. He came 
 into Iowa in 1848, the journej- l)eing made over- 
 laud with three horses and a wagon. They were 
 equipped with their household goods and cooking 
 utensils, and camped b}' the wayside. After com- 
 ing into Lee Countj* he moved his family' into a 
 rented cabin. He was soon afterward taken ill, and 
 remained disabled during all that winter. In the 
 meantime his funds were nearly exhausted, and he 
 was forced to abandon his plans for the purchase 
 and improvement of a farm. He cultivated rented 
 land for five years thereafter, in the meantime 
 working at his trade as a carpenter and for his 
 
 neighbors at harvesting. His first purchase was the 
 north oue-half of section 1.5, which he improved 
 and still owns. In 1873 he removed to his father's 
 old home, which he has occupied since that time, 
 having purchased the interest of the other heirs. r 
 
 The marriage of .Joseph Doaue and Miss Rebecca i 
 HauHuer took place Dee. -i, 1840. Mrs. D. is a na- 
 tive of Highland County, Ohio, born Jan. 1.5, 1821. 
 Her father, .Jonathan Hammer, was a native of 
 Tennessee, and removed from his native- State to 
 Ohio at an early day. He afterward went to Ham- 
 ilton County, Ind., where he and his wife spent the 
 remainder of their daj's. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Doaue have become the parents of 
 the following-named children : Matilda is the wife 
 of .Jeremiah Oj'ler, and lives in Gentry Countj', 
 Mo.; Susanna, Mrs. Collins, lives in Grundj- 
 Count}', Mo.; J. Franklin was the next in order of 
 birth; Jane became the wife of Thomas Henry, of 
 Gentrj' County, Mo., and Joseph is a resident of 
 Cedar Township; Lydia married David Hixon, and 
 is now deceased; Levi died at the age of twenty- 
 four 3'ears; Thomlis at eighteen, and Amos at 
 twenty-one. Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Doane are 
 connected with the Society- of Friends, and in poli 
 tics Mr. D. is a stanch Republican. He is a sup 
 porter of temperance and good order, and is fulfill 
 ing his various obligations in life as becomes a wise 
 father, a judicious friend and a good citizen. 
 
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 =^ AMUEL DOYLE, Jr., a native of the 
 Prairie State, is one of the prominent rep- 
 resentatives of the Ft. Madison lumber in- 
 terests, and is successfully engaged in a 
 prosperous and increasing- business. Mr. Doyle was 
 born in Plymouth, Hancock Co., 111., Aug. 25, 1841. 
 He was educated in the public schools of Cincin- 
 nati and Dayton, Ohio, as his parents resided in 
 these cities during his boyhood. In 18;57 he came 
 with the family to Ft. Madison, and so(m became 
 engaged as clerk in a grocery store. He was an 
 ambitious and enterprising young man, strictly 
 honest, and made friends among the best class of 
 people wherever he wei't. 
 
 In l.'^lil Mr. Doyle enlisted a.- a >oldier of the 
 L niuu in Co. K, 19th Iowa \'ol, Inf., but wa> re- 
 
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 jectcd \>y the exiuniniiig Ijoiud of pliysicians. He 
 was determined, lunvevcr, to serve his country in 
 some capiicity during the wsir, :ind accordingly en- 
 tered tiie employ of the (jovcrnment as carpenter, 
 working several niontlis at Nashville, Tenn. llis 
 health failed, however, and (ihysicians advised him 
 to return North. There was no other course for 
 him to pursue, so lie returned to Iowa, and liecorn- 
 ing a member of the firm of George L. Coleman k 
 Co., engaged with them in the grain business. 
 They were also agents for steamboat lines and rail- 
 road companies, ami the firm continued their oper- 
 ations until 18G9, when they disolved partnership, 
 and Samuel Doyle became book-keeper for the firm 
 of Soule, Davis & Co., with whom he remained one 
 yeas. He then returned to the grain trade, and 
 three years later engaged with a lumber company 
 as book-keeper and traveling salesman, for the firm 
 of John AVilson and S. & J. C. Atlee, with whom 
 he continued until 187.5. He then became book- 
 keeper for Weston & Co., and in 1878 was ap- 
 pointed Superintendent of the business. 
 
 In liSHl the Ft. Madison Lumber Company was 
 incorporated, Mr. Doyle taking$10,000 stock there- 
 in. He was also chosen Secretary and Treasurer of 
 the company, and has been (5eneral Superintendent 
 of the business since that time. The company now 
 has a capital stock of «!i:!0,00(). In 1883 Mr. Doyle 
 |iurchased the sawmill property on the levee, which 
 he lebuiltata cost of $22,000, and equipped with all 
 necessarj^ machinery, its cajjacity being 40,000 feet 
 of lumber, 100,000 shingles and 20,000 l.-ith daily. 
 
 The marriage of Samuel Doyle and Miss Jennie 
 H. Bates took place in January, 1807. She lived 
 onl}' two and a half years after her marriage, her 
 death occurring July 23, 1801). Mr. Doyle was 
 married a second time, to Miss Sierra Nevada, 
 daughter of John Wilson, Oct. 2, 1872. This lady 
 died Oct. 7, 188;), leaving one son, Charles S. She 
 was an earnest Christian, and from the date of her 
 marriage to the Sabbath prior to her death sang 
 in the choir of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
 Doyle is also a member of the same church, having 
 been connected with it for over twenty years. He 
 has been a teacher in the prison Sabbath-school 
 since its organization, and was for ten years its As- 
 sistant Superintendent. 
 
 Mr. D. has contributed liberidly and cheerfully 
 to every good work and purpose in his community, 
 and is one of its most liighly esteemed citizens. 
 Espeeiallj' has he materially aided the industrial in- 
 terests of Lee County by the erection of his mills 
 and the giving of eniplo3inent to those who needed 
 it. In this respect he i>as been one of the most 
 valued factors in the business circles of Ft. Mad- 
 ison. 
 
 eHAKI^ES STAHL, a respected citizen of 
 Keokuk, is successfully conducting the busi- 
 ness of a meat-market at No. 1020 Main 
 street, and is a line representative of that enterpris- 
 ing German element which has so largely entered 
 into the industrial interests of the West. Mr. Stahl 
 was born in Germany Feb. 3, 1842, and is the son 
 of Peter and Catharine (Schumacher) Stahl, of 
 German ancestry and nativitj'. Peter Stahl was 
 a farmer by occupation, and also engaged largely 
 in the manufacture and sale of fine wines. He was 
 a prominent man in his native country, and for a 
 period of years was an official of the Empire and 
 collector for the King. He spent his entire life in 
 his native land, and died in 1880, aged seventy -nine 
 years. His faithful wife and the mother of his 
 children preceded him to the unknown country 
 thirty-four years, her death occurring in 1840. 
 They were the parents of four children, of whom 
 the i-ecord is as follows: Barbara, Mrs. Dull, lives 
 in Germany; Joseph also remains in his native 
 land ; our subject and Catharine came to the United 
 States, and she is a Sister in the Convent of Syra- 
 cuse, N. Y. 
 
 Charles Stahl^ ctniforming to the customs and 
 laws of his native country', commenced to attend 
 the public schools at the early age of six years, and 
 remained as a pupil continuously for eight years 
 afterward. lie was .an ambitious and studious boy, 
 and for four years after leaving the day schools, 
 pursued his studies evenings and Sundays, and 
 was employed by his father on the homestead until 
 he attained his majority. He then went into the 
 arm}', serving .as a soldier for six years, and was 
 promoted Corporal. 
 
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 termined to seek his fortunes in the New World, 
 lie aecordinglj^ set sail from Bremen, and after a 
 prosperous voyage, lauded in New York City, 
 wheuee he went to Williamsburg, and soon after- 
 ij 3 ward proceeded westward, crossed the Mississippi, 
 and came into Keokuk. He worked for a short 
 time as a butcher, and in the fall of 1871 went into 
 ))usiness for himself, and has continued until the 
 present time. He is skillful in his operations as a 
 butcher, and transacts his business in a straightfor- 
 ward manner. He is Democratic in politics, and is 
 held in high respect by his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 Mr. Staiil was married in 1869 to Miss Helena 
 Korz, a native of the Fatherland, who came to the 
 United States in 1868. Of their union have been 
 born live children — George, Albert, Louisa, Josie 
 and Pauline. They occupy a comfortable home, 
 and have gathered around tliem a large circle of 
 
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 B. NEWBERRY is a fine representative 
 of the pioneer element of the Hawkeye 
 Hi .State, who came here at an early day 
 and assisted, with others, in opening the 
 wa^' for a grand civilization. He has seen great 
 changes in his time, and his experiences would fill 
 a volume. He has contributed largely to the 
 growth and development of this section of country, 
 and is regarded with that peculiar veneration and 
 respect which is accorded the little band of pioneers 
 who are now fast passing away. 
 
 Mr. Newberry settled in Des Moines Township 
 in 1838, making his first location on section 5, upon 
 which he has remained since tliat time. He is a 
 native of Orange County, N. Y., b(jrn March 1, 
 1810. His father, James A. Newberry, was a native 
 of the same State and county, and engaged all his 
 life in agricultural pursuits. He- was married in 
 early manhood to Miss Mary Smith, whu, like iier 
 luisband, was born and reared in New York State. 
 Both families came of excellent stock, and were 
 early settlers of the Empire State. Their marriage 
 was celebrated in Orange Count}', and they became 
 the parents of four children, tlie subject of our 
 sketch being tiie tinrd in order uf birtli. 
 
 A. I). Xewl)erry ivas a child of only five years of 
 
 age when his parents left their native State and 
 county, and went into Pennsylvania. There another 
 child was born, and subsequently the family re- 
 moved to Lorain Countj', Ohio, wiiere they lived 
 for a few years, thence turned their faces westward, 
 crossed the Mississippi, went into Mis.souri, and(}|J 
 located in Clay County, on a tract of new and un 
 improved land. They remained there for only two 
 years, removing to Caldwell County, the same Jl 
 State, where they located upon another new farm, 
 and from there removed into Iowa, and located 
 upon the land which now constitutes the family 
 homestead. Here the children were reared to years 
 of maturity', and the father afterward went to Mills 
 County, Iowa, where he died in 1883, at the age of 
 ninety years. In 1838 tiie family made their home 
 in Hancock County, 111., and there the mother de- 
 parted this life at an advanced age, in 1842. 
 
 After becoming of age, the subject of our sketch 
 began farming operations on his own account. He 
 was married in this township, on New Year's Day, 
 1842, to Miss Eliza Duty, a native of Newbury, 
 Vt., who was born Oct. 24, 1824. She came with 
 her parents to Iowa in about 1839, and they located 
 in Des Moines Township. The name of her father 
 was Israel Duty, and the name of her mother, 
 Mehitable Saw3'er. They were both natives of 
 Vermont, and became very successful in their farm- 
 ing operations in the West. The father died in 
 Missouri, near Peaksville. and the nn)ther is still 
 living at the age of ninety years. 
 
 Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Newberry have 
 been born three children, one of whom is deceased ; 
 Orson O. married Miss V. H. Gray, a native of 
 JNlissouri, and they occup3' part of the Newberry 
 homestead, and have three children — Rosa, Bessie 
 and Ollie; Charles is married and lives at Montrose; 
 he is owner and manager of the steamboat Hope, 
 on tlie Mississippi River; his wife's maiden name 
 was Miss Jennie Bellany, and tiiey have one child. 
 Ell la. Rosaline is deceased. 
 
 Mr. Newberry is the proprietoi- of 1 ,800 acres of 
 land, lying in what is known as String Prairie, and 
 belonging to the old "half-breed" tract. Apart 
 of this land is under good cultivation, and besides 
 his .agricultural interests, Mr. Newberry is largely 
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 uniforuily successful. He makes a specialty of 
 mules and horses. He is a man of prominence in 
 iiis eomniiinitv, has held the minor ofliccs of his 
 tounship, and in politics is a relial)le Republican. 
 A view of the fine farm residence and sin-round- 
 ings of Mr. Newberry is shown in connection with 
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 AMES \\. FKOW, ;i liiglily respected resi- 
 dent of Ft. iladison, is a native of Juniata 
 County', Pa., and was born .Tan. 20, 182X. 
 llis father was James P'row, a native of the 
 same Stale, and our subject remained under the 
 parental roof during his earlier 3'ears, receiving 
 cMrcful training from his parents and the first rudi- 
 ments of his education in the public schools. At 
 llieageof twenty-one years he commenced teach- 
 ing, following this profession during the winter 
 monliis for twelve years, and in summer was vari- 
 ously occu|)ied, much of tiie time as a mechanic. 
 Ill ISoT lie started for tiic West, and coiiiiug into 
 Ibe llawUcye State, h)caled at \\'est I'oint in Lee 
 County, and has been a resident of the county since 
 tliat time. 
 
 From the time of Mr. Frow's coming, his (inalifi- 
 cations as a leader obtained read}' recognition, lie 
 was siMjii made Secretary of the Lee County Agri- 
 cultural Association, and in IH64 was appointed 
 Assistant Ti'easurer of the count}', which jMjsition 
 he held for four yearS, and was then elected first 
 Recorder of Deeds under the present law, which 
 office he held for two years. He then engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits, in which he has been occupied 
 until the present time. Me was aiipointed Post- 
 master of Ft. Madison in 1 «7(;, by President (i rant, 
 which office lie iield for a peritid of eight years, 
 with great credit to himself and satisfaction to all. 
 He was for eighteen years agent of tiie American 
 Express Company, the only company repiesented 
 in this city during that time. 
 
 Mr. Frow was married on the l.Hh of .March, 1«52. 
 to Miss Susan Davis, of Miami County, Ohio. Of 
 this marriage there were born three children : Eliz- 
 alieth, the wife of (J. \V. lionnell, who lives in Lin- 
 coln County, N'eb. ; Kninia I., and Otto II. Mr. 
 
 and Mrs. Frow arc prominently connected with the 
 Baptijt Church, of which Mr. Krow has been Clerk 
 and Trustee, and is at present Trea?urei'. 
 
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 OHN DOWNEY, of Charleston Township, 
 is finely located on section 21, and has a 
 good farm, consisting of 280 acres, supplied 
 with a good residence, barn') and out-build- 
 ! ings. and everj'thing necessary foi' comfort and 
 I convenience. .Mr. Downey has been a resident of 
 ! Lee County since the spring of 1857. ;ind in a 
 I residence of thirty years has built up for him.self a 
 re[)utation as an honest man and a good citizen. 
 The subject of this history comes of e.\cellent 
 [ Irish ancestry and parentage, and possesses all the 
 I warm and generous qualities of the Celtic r.ace. 
 He was born near Belfast, in 18;3'l, aTid at the age 
 : of t went}' years set sail for the New AVorld. After 
 reaching the Unitetl States, he lived in the State of 
 New York for about two years, then went to Ohio, 
 and soon afterward cro.s.sed the Missi.-^sippi into the 
 Hawkeye State, .settling in Lee County, of which 
 he has since lieen a resident, and coutinuousl}' 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits. After first coming 
 to Lee County he located in Montrose Township, 
 I of which he was a resident for ten 3'ears, and in 
 18(i7 came into Charleston Townshii), and estab- 
 lished a permanent home. 
 
 In early manhood Mr. Downey was married in 
 Montrose Township, in March, 18.VJ, to Mi.«s Ann 
 J. Tate, of Belmont County, Ohio. Of this union 
 there were born four children : Isabella is the wife of 
 Edward McManus, of Charleston Towii.-.hip: Will- 
 iam T. resides at home; the others were Elizabeth 
 and .lane. .Mrs. Ann .1. Downey departed thi.-- life 
 in the fall of 18(i'.t, in Charleston Township. .Mr. 
 Downey was married the second time, in .lackson 
 Township, Oct. 1(), 1873, to Miss Ruhamah Cheno- 
 weth of Jackson Township, born Oct. 4, 1845. Of 
 this union there have been born five children — 
 Albertie, Webster J.. Mary M., Robert R. and 
 Bessie M. 
 
 Mr. Downev w.-is elected Justice of the Peace 
 in lx7ii. wliich office he li:is held until the pre>ent 
 
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 LEE COUNTY. 
 
 time. He has been Township Trustee, and in 1886 
 was Chairman of the Lee County Democratic Central 
 Committee, being identified, politicallj', witli the 
 members of this party. He has always taken an 
 active interest in the welfare of his county and com- 
 munity, and in all respects is one of its best citizens. 
 
 ,AUL M. MATIIEW-S, a well-to-do farmer 
 of Lee Count}", occupies a fine estate in 
 ^'an Buren Township, located on section 2. 
 He comes of stanch old Pennsylvania stoclv, 
 lumself a native of the Keystone State, the 
 date of his birth being March 29, 1842. His parents 
 were Paul and Nancy (Spear) Mathews. Paul 
 Mathews was born March 16, 1811, came to Iowa 
 when in the prime of life, was engaged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits, and died in this State Jul}* 15, 1884. 
 Mrs. Nancy S. Mathews was born Maj^ 18, 1816, 
 and preceded her husband to the land beyond, dy- 
 ing July 17, 1873. They were both earnest, active 
 members of the United Presbyterian Church, and 
 in politics Paul Mathews was strongly Republican. 
 The parental household included eleven children, 
 whose record is as follows : Jane became the wife 
 of Thomas Moore ; James was a soldier in the late 
 Civil War, and was killed at the battle of Polk's 
 Plantation, Arkansas, May 25, 1863; Boyd died in 
 Missouri about fifteen years ago; Paul M., the sub- 
 ject of our sketch, was the fourth child ; John was 
 a soldier and died in the army; Isabelle and Eliza 
 died at the ages of two and five years respectively ; 
 William P. married Miss Martha J. Herron ; Albert 
 L. married Miss Carrie DeLamater; Edward C. 
 married Miss Pauline McCord ; Cora E. became the 
 wife of G. T. Powell. 
 
 Paul M. Mathews and Miss Aurilla Powell were 
 united in marriage Feb. 4, 1870. Mrs. Mathews 
 was born Nov. 18, 1840, in Franklin Count}', Ohio, 
 and is the daughter of George W. and Nancy (Mc- 
 Craekeii) Powell, natives of Ohio and Pennsylva- 
 nia respectively. George W. Powell was born in 
 1815, and departed this life May 5, 1883. Mrs. 
 Nancy Powell was born in 181'j. and is still living. 
 They became the parents of eleven children, ten of 
 whom survive, the record being as follows : Clarissa 
 is now .Mrs. Gesse; Maitlia S. is -Mrs. Newby ; .Fo- 
 
 seph T. married Miss Clara Miller; David L. mar- 
 ried Miss Ara L. Overton ; Aurilla J. is the wife of 
 our subject; John W. was married to Miss Sarah 
 Overton; William L. married Miss Julia Court- 
 wright; George T. married Miss Cora Mathews ;r 
 
 Nancy O. died when a little over two years old; 
 Oliver married Miss Hattie Beeler; Laura A, 
 came the wife of Dr. Todd. 
 
 Of the marriage of Paul M. and Mrs. Aui'elia P. 
 Mathews eight children were lioni, one deceased. 
 The living are Charles B., born in 1S72; Floyd M., 
 in 1873; .Jessie P., in 1874; Nancy L., in ls7(!; 
 Emma and Paul E., twins, were born Julj' 3, 1880, 
 the latter died in 1883; Mar}' A. was born .June 17. 
 1SS3, and George W., June 13, 1885. 
 
 The second year after the outbreak of the late 
 war Mr. Mathews enlisted as a soldier in Co. B. 3d 
 Iowa Vol. Cav., at Keokuk, .as private, and served 
 three years. He participated in several general en- 
 gagements, am(mg them the seige of ^'icksbnrg. 
 He was never wounded, but his health was seri- 
 ously impaired by exposure and hardships. His 
 regiment went to Little Rock, Ark., and while at 
 Memphis it participated in several engagements. 
 He performed all the duties of a soldier in a faith- 
 ful manner, and received an hi>nor.able discharge at 
 the close of the war, being mustered out at Daven- 
 port on the 2 1st of August, 1865. 
 
 Paul M. Mathews first arrived in Iowa in 1851, 
 and has since been, with the exception of his mili- 
 tary service, prosperousl}' engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. He has 200 acres of finely cultivated 
 land, all in one liody, and is giving considerable 
 attention to the breeding of high-grade cattle and 
 sheep. He has been a man of influence in his com- 
 munity, and has been honored with the various of- 
 fices in his township. He is a member in good 
 standing of G. A. R. Post No. 152, at Farmington. l!^ 
 In politics he is a Democrat, and his wife is con- 
 nected in membership with the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church. 
 
 ON. JOHN D. M. IIA.MILTON, of Ft. Mad- 
 ison, junior member of the law firm of ^'an 
 Valkenburg it Hamilton, and an old and 
 highly respected citizen, having lived here 
 neiuly all his lifetime, is one of those persevering; 
 
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!iiul energetic characters, who, commencing at the 
 loot of the ladder, has risen to eminence. He lias 
 l)een a close student and an extensive reader, and 
 takes (irst rank among the members of the profes- 
 sion ill the llawkeye State, lie is a native of 
 IVnnsylvaiila, horn in Pittslnirgh, July 18, 1851, 
 and is the s(ni of Hon. John S. Hamilton, who was 
 al>o born in the Smoky City and was there reared 
 ti) manhiiiid. He was a lawj-er by profession and 
 liecame a prominent Democratic politician, at one 
 time representing Allegiieny County in the State 
 Legislature, an<l was a man |)rominent in all public 
 matters in his locality. He came to Iowa in 18.')1, 
 and settled at Ft. Madison, wiiere he was .at once 
 recognized as one fitted by nature to become a 
 leader among his fellow-men. Four years after 
 coming iiere he was elected a mcmlier of the Iowa 
 State Lcgislatuie, and introduced some of the most 
 important measures of that session. He was acci- 
 dentally killed while making a speech at a Demo- 
 cratic rally, by the premature explosion of a cannon, 
 lie was a member of the lAIasonic fraternity, and 
 lii> dentil was dee|ily lamented liy all \vlio knew 
 him. His wife, Sarah (Miller) Hamilton, w;is also 
 a native of Pittsburgh, and a daughter of John D. 
 Miller, a (lioneer of Lee County. B}' her marriage 
 with Mr. Hamilton she became the mother of four 
 cliildren, of whom our subject was the eldest; 
 James M. is a [iracticing attornej- at Oxford, Neb.; 
 Lizzie, now Mrs. Harrison, is a resident of Ft. Mad- 
 ison, and William S. is practicing law at Lincoln, 
 Neb. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Ham- 
 ilton was united in marriage with Isaiah Hale, of 
 Ft. Madison. 
 
 The subject of this history was but, an infant 
 when his parents emigrated to Lee County. He 
 received his primaiy education in the schools of 
 Ft. Madison, and took a literary course in Knox 
 College at (Jalesburg. He afterward entei'ed the 
 law department of the Washington I'niversity of 
 St. Louis, from which he graduated in 187;j, soon 
 afterward becoming associated with his present 
 partner, and has since given his close jittention to 
 the practice of his in-ofcssion. He commenced life 
 without means, but by close attention to business 
 and a sti;iightforw!ird course, secured a large pat- 
 roii.'tgc, and is now the pos-^essor of some propertj". 
 
 Mr. Hamilton, following in the footsteps of his 
 honored father, is Democratic in politics, and dni*- 
 ing the various campaigns has materially assisted 
 the cause by making stump speeches. For four 
 years he was City Attorney of Ft. Madison, and was 
 a member of the State Legislature in 1878. He was 
 Pre>idential Elector for the First District of Iowa 
 in 18S0, and was appointed by Gov. Jjherraau, a 
 member of the commission to locate and build the 
 Southwestern Hospital for the Insane. They sel- p 
 ectcd a site at Clarinda, Iowa, and the building is B^ 
 now in process of coii>tructioii. Be 
 
 In 188G Mr. Il.amilton was Chairman of the Com- §c 
 inittee on Resolutions at the State Democratic Con- 
 vention, and at the convention of his Senatorial 
 District was tendered the nomination for State Sen- 
 ator almost unanimously, but respectfully declined 
 to accept. On the 7th of March, 1887, Mr. Ham- 
 ilton was elected Mayor of Ft. Madison, for the 
 term of tw^o years, bj- a large majority. Socially, 
 he became connected with the Knights of Pythias ;!: 
 in 1874, as a member of the Gem City Lodge No. ;;; 
 21, in which he has passed all the Chairs, and in Siii 
 1884 was Grand Chancellor of the State. During :ii 
 his term of office, 1,500 members were added to ~z\\ 
 the order, and in connection with tins, he made the !;!; 
 most brilliant record known to the order at this :Ei 
 point. He is also a member of F^mporia Lodge KEi 
 No. 31, I. O. O. F., of which he is at present Noble ci: 
 Grand. 
 
 Mr. Hamilton was married in 1878, to ^Miss Mary 
 M. Rice, of Keokuk, and ilauglitcr of .1. M. and Siti 
 Katie Rice. Of this marriage has been born one Sijd 
 son — Hale Rice. The^- occupy a beautiful home s^ 
 in F"t. Madison and are the center of a large circle ]| 
 of warm friends, iiumberiiig among their acquaint- J 
 ances the most higiily cultivated peojile of the city. 5| 
 
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 /OHN RIX, D. S., of Ft. Madison, is not only p| 
 a skillful iir.actilioucr of dental surgery, but sj 
 
 a highly esteemed 
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 1 prominent citizen, ;•"} 
 
 has been a resident of thi> citv since C^, 
 July, 187 1. Our subject is a native of (,)nebec, 2|J 
 Canada, and was born in Coiiiptou. .Ian. 1, 18;iy. 
 His parents w<u-e (iiiy Carleton and Martha Rebecca 
 
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LEE COUNTY. 
 
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 (Gates) Rix, natives of New Hampshire and Ver- 
 [ moiit respectively. His paternal grandfatlier, Na- 
 thaniel Rix, was one uf the must prominent cdtizens 
 I of the Old (iranite State. For fourteen years he 
 I was an honored member of the State Legislature. 
 (tU3' C'arleton Rix, the father of our subject, was 
 I finely educated, and a man of extensive reading 
 and retentive memorj', and onlj' a short time before 
 his death delivered a series of lectures on Self- 
 I Culture, which were afterward published and 
 widely circulated. The companitin of his early 
 I youth still survives, making her home at Dowagiac, 
 I Mich., whither they had removed. She retains her 
 mental faculties to a remarkable degree, clings to 
 her early habits of industry, and is never so happy 
 I as when engaged in some useful employment. 
 
 The subject of this biography remained with 
 I his parents until he had attained to years of man- 
 hood, receiving a good common-school education, 
 and assisting in the lighter duties of the homestead. 
 Aug. 28, 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 4th :Mich. Vol. 
 Cav., and was at once appointed Lieutenant. This 
 regiment was engaged in the capture of Jefferson 
 Davis, and Mr. Rix has now in his possession a 
 I revolver taken from Gen. Johnson, a staff officer of 
 the Confederate leader. Our subject served with 
 his regiment until the close of the war, and with his 
 I comrades was mustered out at Nashville, July 1 , 
 1805. 
 
 Mr. Rix returned to Michigan at the close of his 
 
 I military career and decided upon becoming a deu- 
 
 jtist. For a time he conducted his studies unaided, 
 
 I and then took a course at the University of Mich- 
 
 ; igan, receiving the necessary instruction which en- 
 
 labled him to commence practice. His first location 
 
 was in Dowagiac, but in 1874 he removed to F't. 
 
 Madison, where he has since remained. Here he 
 
 I has carried <;in the practice of his profession with 
 
 i great credit to himself and satisfaction to a large 
 
 i number of patrons. He is scientific and skillfid in 
 
 his calling, and stands high in the profession in Lee 
 
 I County. 
 
 John Rix was married to Miss Marie E. Hazlit, 
 
 in 1867, and of this union there has been born a 
 
 I daughter, Lottie. Mr. Rix is a cliarter member of 
 
 j Stella Lodge No. 440, A. F. & A. M., of which he 
 
 j is Master, and he is acknowledged to be one of the 
 
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 ablest men in the State filling this position, lie is 
 also a member of Potowonok Chapter No. 2.s, R. 
 A. 1\L, I if which he has been High Priest, and he is 
 also a member of Damascus Commandery No. 5, 
 Knights Templar. 
 
 jAMES EWING, a wealthy and prosperous 
 farmer of Montrose Township, is finelj- lo- 
 cated on section 6, the home of his father 
 ^^^J before him. Mr. Ewing is unmarried, and 
 is enjoying the latter days of his life retired from 
 active labor, in the companionship of his sister, 
 Miss M. J. Ewing. Our subject is a native of Penn- 
 sylvania, born in Beaver County, Sept. 22, 1840. 
 His parents were William and Frances (Johnson) 
 Ewing, natives of the same county and State- 
 William Ewing was born July 4, 1802, removed 
 from his native State in earlj- manhood to Iowa, 
 and died at or near Keokuk in 184.S. His wife was 
 his junior b}' three years, born in July, 180.5, and 
 was the daughter of Robert and Jennie (Reed) 
 Johnson. She survived her husband thirty-four 
 years, dying in Montrose Township, March 31, 
 1882. These excellent people were members of the 
 United Presbyterian Church, and carefully trained 
 their family of seven children, giving them all a good 
 education and leaving them comfortably settled in 
 life. The record of the family is as follows : Ma- 
 linda was drowned in her twentieth year ; Robert 
 was unmarried, and died in 18.54; Margaret Jane 
 is living with her brother, the subject of our 
 sketch ; Ann Eliza became the wife of Robert 
 Hamilton, and lives in this county ; James, of this 
 notice, was the youngest son. 
 
 The homestead of James Ewing and his sister con- 
 sists of 11)7 acres i>f land, all under fence, the greater 
 part of which is highly improved and cultivated. 
 Besides his agricultural pursuits he is largely in- 
 terested in the breeding of fine cattle, of which he 
 has a herd of thirty head of as fine animals as are 
 to be found in Lee County. He also makes a spe- 
 cialty of Poland-China hogs, which he disposes of to 
 the farmers of this locality for breeding purposes. 
 
 George W. Ewing died of consumption in 1864, 
 in the nineteenth year of his age. A younger 
 
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 Six. 
 
brother, Walter L., became a TTnion solrlier in 1863, 
 enlisting in Co. H, ;3d Iowa Vol. C'av. Through 
 fatigue and privation, and llie utiier liardships inci- 
 dent to the life of a soldier, his health failed, and 
 he eanie home to die, passing away in March, 1866, 
 in the twentieth jear of his age. Miss .Alargaret .1. 
 Kwing is an intelligent and cultivated lady, and a 
 L, member in good standing of the United Presbyte- 
 rian Church. She is highly respected in the com- 
 inunitj', and with her brother .lames, by their up- 
 right and useful lives are doing honor to the mem- 
 il!i£in '"'^ '^^ thaiv excellent i)arcnts. Mr. Ewing in poli- 
 i^&!l tics is a conscientious Republican, and uniformly 
 casts his vote in support of the principles of that 
 party. 
 
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 ENRY (;AR\'ERICH, a highly respected 
 farmer and stock-raiser, is operating suc- 
 cessfully on his fine estate on section 17, 
 l)es Moines Township. Mr. Garverich is a 
 native of l)aui)hin County, Pa., and was born April 
 IG, 1.H34. His father, (ieorge flarverich, was a 
 native of the same State and county, and pursued 
 the occupation of farming; he is still living and a 
 resident of his native county. His wife, the mother 
 of our subject, died in about 1840, at the age of 
 forty-seven years. She had become the mother 
 of eight children, of whom Henry was the 3'oung- 
 est. Three sons and two daughters are yet living. 
 The eldest son after he had attained the age of 
 forty-seven years was thrown from a wagon and 
 killed. 
 
 Henry ( Jarverich remained under the parental roof 
 until he had attained to ^ears of manhood, receiv- 
 ing careful iionie training and an excellent educa- 
 tion in the i)ublic schools. Before the breaking 
 out of the late Civil War he had been living upon 
 land belonging to his fathe- which was being culti- 
 vated by an elder brother, but during the war he 
 Jjdetermined to become a soldier of the Union, and 
 accordingly enlisted Aug. 20, 1864, in Co. H, 201st 
 Pa. Vol. Inf., commanded by Capt. B. F. Ashen- 
 felter, of Dauphin County. The regiment was de- 
 tailed to special duty around Alexandria, Orange, 
 and along the railroad — in fact our subject was 
 upon special duty the most of the time, and did not 
 
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 receive any wounds during his service. He wa> 
 honorably discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., June 2(i. 
 1865, and immediately returned to his old home, 
 soon thereafter setting his face westward with the 
 view of establishing a permanent home beyond tiic 
 Mississippi. He came into Lee County, Iowa, and 
 decided to make his final location here. He pur- 
 chased land some time afterward, and was prospereil 
 in his undertaking. He is now the owner of 32ii 
 broad acres, 240 of whicii are in a good state of cul- 
 tivation, and has a fine dwelling, good barns and 
 outhou.scs, and all the appliances of a first-clas- 
 farmer and stock-grower. He is held in high re- 
 spect by his neighbors and acquaintances, and ha-^ 
 abundant reason to feel that he has made a success 
 of life. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. (iarvcrieh was celebrated at 
 his present home, which had been the birthplace of 
 his bride, Miss Janetta Sargent, and at that time 
 belonged to her maternal grandfather, Leonard 
 Starkweather. Their wedding took place April 29, 
 1869. The birth of Mrs. Garverich occurred Oct. 
 8, 1850, and her parents were John A. and (h-sula 
 Sargent (see sketch). vShe was reared and educat- 
 ed in her native township and well fitted for the 
 future duties of life. ]Mr. and Mrs. Garverich have 
 become the parents of six children, namely, Minnie 
 J., (4eorge H., Nellie I., F. E., Ola JI. and Cecil 
 Ray, all at home. The family are highly respected 
 in the communit3' and are stanch friends of educa- 
 cation and moralit3'. 
 
 Mr. G. enjoys in a marked degree the esteem 
 and confidence of his townsmen, and for six years 
 h.as been Justice of the Peace, and has occupied 
 other important otHces in the local concerns of the 
 township. He affiliates with the Republican party, 
 and uniformly casts his vote in support of its prin- 
 ciples. He is in all respects an h(jnest man and a 
 good citizen, and is fulfilling the obligations of life 
 with credit and fidelity. 
 
 The father of our subject, George (iarverich, 
 more familiarly known as " Grandpap Garverich, " 
 recently reached his eighty-ninth birthday. The 
 occasion was made one of general rejoicing, and 
 from the Morning Call, a daily paper published in 
 Hamburg, Pa., we glean the following facts in re- 
 gard to the festivities: Farlj- in the evening his 
 
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 LEE COUNTY. 
 
 house at 1223 Derry street, was entererl b}- a large 
 number of liis old friends, together with his chil- 
 dren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and 
 he was made the victim of a genuine surprise party. 
 He was notified that a " few visitors " wished to see 
 him, and on going down to the parlor found scores 
 of guests who had come to congratulate him upon his 
 accession of nearly fourscore j'ears and ten. In 
 their effort to make " grandpap " young again, thej' 
 succeeded admirably, and many a pleasant jest 
 went around as the company refreshed themselves 
 at a table groaning with all the delicacies of the 
 season. It was an occasion long to be remembered, 
 and illustrates in a marked manner the esteem 
 in which this worthy old gentleman is held bj' the 
 friends who have known him, some of them for 
 half a century. 
 
 In connection with this sketch is a well executed 
 view of the fine homestead of Henry (xarverich, 
 which invariablj- attracts the attention of the pass- 
 ing traveler. 
 
 /OSEPH B. ATLEE, foreman of the S. & J. 
 
 I C. Atlee Lumber Company, is a native of 
 Penns3'lvania, born in Dauphin Count}', 
 Sept. 1, 18;57, When he was but four years 
 old, the famil}' removed to Lancaster County, and 
 there .Toseph B. was educated in the common school, 
 and afterward served an apprenticeship to the trade 
 of house carpenter, at which he worked for a short 
 time in his own neighborhood, and then entered 
 the employ of Marsh Bros., manufacturers of the 
 Marsh Harvester, and assisted in making the first 
 pattern for the iron work of that machine, which 
 has become so celebrated throughout the United 
 .States. Mr. Atlee remained with the Marsh Har- 
 vester Company until ISGG, and then entered the 
 employ of the Harrisburg Cotton Company, re- 
 maining for a period of ten years as foreman of 
 their repair shops. 
 
 Mr. Atlee, now considering that he was entitled 
 
 to a vacation, concluded to make a visit to the 
 
 West. Its broad fields and generous promises to 
 
 ] the man of enterprise and perseverance proved an 
 
 irresistible uttr.ictiou, and he was desirous of trying 
 
 his fortune there. .So, bidding adieu to old friends 
 and associates, he .set his face toward the Missis- 
 sippi River, and soon found himself in the Hawkeye 
 State. He was provided with excellent recom- 
 mendations, and was personally known to some of 
 the residents of this section, and at once entered 
 the emjjloy of the S. & .T. C. Atlee Company, and 
 has now been with the firm for ten j'ears. It is 
 hardly necessary to say that Mr. Atlee is a man 
 highly skilled in his calling, as the position which 
 he occupies could be filled satisfactorily by none 
 other. As a superintendent, having large numbers 
 of men under bis charge, he is a success, possessing 
 that wise judgment without which no man in 
 authority can succeed. 
 
 In early manhood the subject of our sketch was 
 married to Miss Susan Waltman, the wedding 
 being celebrated in 1860. (Jf this union there was 
 one son, Walter S., and the mother departed this 
 life in 1880. Mr. Atlee was a second time married, to 
 Mrs. Lucy Hawley, a native of Lee County, Iowa, 
 and the daughter of Col. William Stewart, a resident 
 of Ft. Madison. By her first marriage Mrs. Atlee 
 had become the mother of twf) children, Estella 
 and Hosea. 
 
 Mr. Atlee takes an intelligent interest in the 
 general welfare of his comnnmity, and fulfills all 
 the obligations of an honest man and good citizen. 
 In politics he is strongly Republican, and uniformly 
 casts his vote in support of the principles of that 
 part}'. While generally interested in the success 
 of those principles which will result in the best good 
 to his country and community, he takes no 
 active part in politics. He cast his firsfPresidential 
 vote for Abraham Lincoln. Socially Jlr. Atlee 
 stands high in his community, and is a member in 
 good standing of the A. F. & A. M. 
 
 ,^s^ HAPLEY MOORE, a pioneer settler of the 
 Hawkeye State, crossed the Mississippi 
 while Iowa was still a Territory, and has 
 been a resident of this section the greater 
 part of the time since. He owns and occupies a 
 fine homestead in Charleston Township, on section 
 22, and is passing the later years of his life in the 
 
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 enjoyment of the fruits of early industry. IMr. 
 Moore is ii native of Kentucky, and w:is Ikhii in 
 Lincoln ('..nnty, ^I;iy 10, 18-20. lie is the son 
 of Cforge and Hlioda (Klhnore) Moore, natives of 
 the same State as their son, and who, in 1 s'M, emi- 
 grated from tlieii' native State to Iowa, locating in 
 Charleslim T<)wnshii), Lee County, where the}' 
 lived the remainder of their days. They were 
 among the earliest settlers of this region, and bore 
 with Courage anil |)atience the privations and ditli- 
 cidties of a pioneer life. The}- were the parents of 
 nine children, four sons and five daughters, of 
 whom the suliject of our sketch was the fourth in 
 order of liirth. 
 
 Sh.'ipley iMoore was a lad of seven years old when 
 ills parents removed from Kentuck}- to the Terri- 
 tory of Iowa, arriving here in June, 1836. He re- 
 mained under the parental roof until he was twenty- 
 three years of age, and then, in 1852, embarked 
 on a sailing-vessel from New Orleans, via the Nic- 
 aragua route, to California. After passing the 
 (•olden (iate he entered the mines, and for twenty 
 years was emplo.yed in digging for the yellow ore. 
 He was successful in his Tenture, and when he re- 
 turned to Lee County purch.ased the old homestead 
 of his father in Charleston Township, upon which 
 he settled and has since remained. It consists of 
 120 acres of valuable land, eighty of which are in 
 good, tillable condition. It is supplied with a com- 
 fortable frame dwelling, good barn and outhouses, 
 and everything which pertains to a first-class farm 
 estate. 
 
 Ml-. .Moore w.as married in Charleston Township, 
 Nov. ;'», 1871, to Mrs. Malvina Frikle, the daugh- 
 ter of (ieorge and Katie (Hauk) Ililer, natives of 
 Ohio. They came to Iowa in 1858, and settled in 
 Charleston Township, this county, where thej' have 
 since resided. They had a family of nine children, 
 two sons and seven daughters, of whom Mrs. 
 .Moore was the eldest. She was born in Brown 
 County, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1841, and when a young lady 
 was married to William Frikle, who died in 
 Charleston, Iowa, June 28, 1S(;7. By this marriage 
 she became the mother of four children, the brief 
 history of whom is as follows: Frank married 
 Miss Ada Bety, and resides in (iuthrie Count}', 
 low-a; Minnie is the wife of William Allen, of 
 
 Charleston, Iowa; Chris W. and Clara are with 
 
 llieir mother. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. M(n>re are connected with the Bap- 
 tist Church, and in politics Mr. M. is a stanch Ke- 
 puldiciii. Their union has been blest by the birth of 
 two children — Lnla and f Jeorge A. Their pleasant 
 home is replete with all the comforts and many of 
 the luxuries of life, and they enjoy in a marked 
 degree the esteem and friendship of a large circle 
 <)f acquaintances. 
 
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 ■^ AMES M. CALF, a highly rcspecteil citizen, 
 is engaged in general f.arming and stock- 
 raising on section 2, West I'oint Township. 
 He has been a resident of the county for .-i 
 period of thirty-eight years, and in that time has 
 established for himself a reputation as an honest 
 man and a good citizen. He has been successful 
 in his business enterprises, and has borne an im- 
 portant part in the development and progress of 
 this locality. 
 
 Mr. Cale was born in Preble Count}', Ohio, March 
 1, 1830. His father, Ceorge Cale, was a native of 
 Virginia, a farmer by occupation, and came to 
 Ohio before his marriage. His wife was Mi.ss Hen- 
 rietta McCabe, of Preble County, Ohio, and they 
 remained in that locality until the death of George 
 Cale, after which the mother, with her children, 
 crossed the Mississippi and settled in West Point 
 Township, removing to Pleasant Ridge Township 
 in about 1848. The household included six chil- 
 dren, four of whom are now deceased. 
 
 The subject of this history was the oldest of his 
 parents' family, and was a lad of nine years when 
 his mother came to Iowa with her five sons, one 
 child having died in Ohio. He grew to years of 
 maturity on the farm in Pleasant Ridge Township. 
 During the progress of the late w-ar three of the 
 sons enlisted in the army, one for five years and 
 the others three years each. William died of camp 
 fever shortly after his return home on a furlough; 
 Erastus is a farmer in Pottawattamie County, Iowa; 
 Freeling H. returned from the army, and died two 
 years later of consumption contracti^d through ex- 
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 West Point Township in 1861. 
 
 James M. Cale was educated in the public schools, 
 and lived at home with his mother until his mar- 
 riage with Miss Clarinda Vanhyning. which took 
 place April 19, 1860. Mrs. Cale is a native of 
 Ohio, born in Summit County, June 31, 1832, and 
 is the daughter of Thomas Vanhyning, who came 
 to Iowa in 1845, and with his family settled in Lee 
 County. He only lived three years thereafter, dy- 
 ing of cholera. The mother, Mrs. Affa (Miller) 
 Vanhyning, was a native of Connecticut. She 
 came with her parents to Iowa, and survived her 
 husband until Jan. 16, 1881, her death occurring 
 in West Point Township at the advanced age of 
 nearly eight3'-four years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cale are the parents of one child, 
 William, who resides at home. The liomestead 
 consists of 150 acres, and is all improved. Mr. 
 Cale has been a successful farmer and business man, 
 and enjoys a handsome income from his various 
 transactions as a farmer and stock-grower. He and 
 his wife are members in good standing of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Cale is now 
 Steward, and has been Superintendent of the Sab- 
 bath-school for a number of years. He is a first- 
 class Eepublican in politics, and has held tlie minor 
 offices of the township. 
 
 eOL. JAMES BLAINE SAMPLE, whose life 
 ended nearly twenty years ago, and whose re- 
 mains were laid to rest with military honors 
 by the G. A. K. in the cemetery at Ft. Madison, on 
 the 30th of March, 1868, was the son of William and 
 Jane (Blaine) Sample, and was born in Washing- 
 ton, Pa., Nov. 13, 1834. He came to Iowa with 
 his father's family in 1840. He received a liberal 
 education, and upon the completion of his studies, 
 when nearly seventeen years of age, up to the time 
 of his enlistment in the army, had been engaged in 
 mercantile business in the Des Moines Vallej', in 
 company with Hon. Edwin Manning, of Keosauqua. 
 In personal characteristics our subject was amia- 
 ble and above reproach, and by his upright and 
 Christian deportment won the confidence and es- 
 
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 teem of his fellow-citizens. In private life he en- 
 deared himself, not only to his own family, but to 
 all l)y whom he was known. When the war broke 
 out, in April, 1861, he was among the first to sig- 
 nify his intention of enlisting in the volunteer p; 
 service, and was largely instrumental in tlie organ- 
 ization of Co. D, 7th Iowa ^^ol. Inf., by wliom he 
 was esteemed as a model officer and noble man. lt\ 
 tlieir engagement at the battle of Belmont, Mo., 
 Lieut. Sample had command of his company, .and 
 with his own hands captured a beautiful rebel Hag, 
 in doing which it was said he went up the flag-staff 
 to the halyards like a cat. AVhen in the act of 
 pulling it down there were not less than 100 guns 
 pointed at him, and in order to secure the flag as a 
 trophy he wrapped it around his body, thus making 
 a target of himself while running a gauntlet of 
 rebel fire for a distance of nearly half a mile. In 
 mentioning this circumstance afterward he re- 
 marked, " How one man got through there witliout 
 a shot is more than I can understand." This flag 
 is preserved by his family as a precious memento, 
 being now in possession of his sister, Mrs. Malcolm. 
 
 Col. Sample was successively the honored and 
 trusted staff officer of some of the most efficient .. ..■ 
 Generals commanding, and served as Adjutant p } 
 General with rank of Major, displaying upon var- 
 ious occasions a degree of patriotism seldom sur- 
 passed by any of the brave men who have made 
 the military annals of Iowa immortal. He partici- 
 pated in the strife of twenty-one ensanguined bat- 
 tle-fields, from that of Belmont, Nov. 7, 1861, to 
 that of Blakely, near Mobile, April 9, 1865. He was 
 twice wounded severely, once at the taking of Ft. 
 Uonelson, and once at Henderson Hill on the Red 
 River. Gen. Mower in his official reports of this 
 expedition speaks of Lieut. Sample in most compli- 
 mentary terms. In succession his commissimis 
 ranked from Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel. 
 After a protracted illness, accompanied by much 
 suffering, at Montgomery, Ala., he died on board 
 the steamer "Jewess," March 24, 1868, while pass- 
 ing down the Alabama River. 
 
 Though comparatively a young man, the life of 
 Col. Sample, measured by experience and by his- 
 torical record, was a long and eventful one, and he 
 has left as a precious legacy to tlu)Se who mourned 
 
 
 
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 his loss, an unsullied uanie, bf>th as a soldier and 
 a gentleman, lie was pionipt, reticent, lirave an<l 
 modest, relnclMul to speak of his personal exper- 
 iences and the dangers he liad passed thiwigli, even 
 to his most intimate friends. 
 
 A full, rich iiuliiro. f|-cc In trust, 
 'rrulliliil. :uiil almost slcnily Just ; 
 Impulsivi'. canicst, proiupt to :u-t, 
 Aiul uiakc liis generous thought a fact. 
 
 His comrades in Ft. Madison have honored his 
 name by giving that of .lames H. Sample to their 
 Post of the (r. A. H. 
 
 Frank Malcolm, brother-in-law of Col. Sample, 
 went into the late war as a recruit, in January, 
 1864, joining Company 1), of the 7th Iowa Regi- 
 ment, with which he continued until the close of 
 the war, having passed througli all the hardships 
 and perils of Sherman's famous march from Atlanta 
 to the sea. He had been a merchant the greater part 
 of his life, was a good accountant and book-keeper, 
 and made a faithful soldier in everj^ position of 
 trust in which he was placed in the service, only re- 
 turning iioine when the war was over and all mus- 
 tered out of service. Mrs. Malcolm, a highly re- 
 spected lady of Ft. Madison, and sister of Col. Sam- 
 ple, is the possessor of Grandfather Blaine's clock, 
 a majestic piece of furniture, at least 100 years old, 
 which still keeps as good time as ever. It stands 
 about eight feet high, and is a valuable relic of 
 days gone liy. This estimable lady is to be com- 
 mended for her devotion to the memory of her 
 loved ones who have already finished life's labors. 
 Accompanying this sketch is a fine lithographic 
 portrait of Col. Sample, which we know will be rec- 
 ognized with pleasure by the old-time friends and 
 acquaintances of this brave defender of his coun- 
 try's honor and integrity. 
 
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 KS. ELIZA EWING MALCOLM, a highly 
 esteemed resident of Ft. Madison, is well 
 known in this vicinity as a lady of rare 
 musical talent, and somewhat of an artist, 
 
 ■~ combined with literary tastes and kindly Christian 
 ohaf.'ictcr. Slio is descended on both sides of her 
 house from famous and talented families, and is 
 " own cousin to Hon. James <i. Blaine, the late Re- 
 
 publican candidate for the I'resideney of tlie United 
 States. 
 
 Mrs. Malcolm was born Feb. 3, 18;)3, and came 
 to Iowa with her parents when seven years of age. 
 She received her primary education in the i)ublic 
 schools, and afterward attended W.ashington Sem- 
 inary. At the age of nineteen years site com- 
 menced teaching in Ft. Madison, an<l was thus oc- 
 cupied until l.S.'jC), in whicii year site was united in 
 marriage witii Mr. Frank .Malcolin, a native of 
 Rush County. Iml.. hut of N'irginia parentage. He 
 was for many years engaged in mercantile jiur- 
 suits and departed this life .Ian. KS, 1884. With 
 his wife he was connected with the I'resbj'terian 
 Church, and was a gentleman higlily respected in 
 the community, both on acccount of his straight- 
 forward business methf)ds and his high personal 
 character. 
 
 Mrs. Malcolm uf our sketch is a native of Little 
 Washington, Washington Co., Pa., and the daughter 
 of Capt. William and Jane (Blaine) Sample (see 
 sketch of William Sample elsewhere in this book). 
 She lias inherited the talents of her ancestors to a 
 large degree, is finely educated, an extensive read- 
 er, and i)0ssesses the command of language and 
 the use of the pen to an extraordinary degree. For 
 many years she has been one of the brightest lights 
 in the social circles of this city, and is the favorite 
 of both young and old among the people who have 
 known her so long and so well. She occupies a 
 prominent positiim as a literaiy genius of the West, 
 and her written thoughts have been perused by 
 hundreds of readers with both profit and delight. 
 
 Mrs. Malcolm occupies a pleasant homestead in 
 Ft. Madison, and is the center of a circle of the 
 most cultured people in this vicinity. 
 
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 0-^ IIARLES MARTIN, a successful general 
 merchant of West Point Township, is one of 
 the leading business men of Lee Countj-, 
 and is doing an extensive and steadily increasing 
 trade. He became established in his present (juar- 
 ters in 186,5, and .started out with a moderate stock 
 of goods. This he has steadily added to, as his 
 
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 trade extended, aud his establishment is now 
 eqiiip|ied with all the necessaries of ordinal-}' do- 
 mestic life. He commenced near the foot of the 
 ladder, and b}' persevering industry and economy, 
 assisted b}- his natural good judgment, has slowly 
 but surely climbed up to success. In 1875 he 
 erected a new store building, which is built of 
 brick, and as a business house is handsome and com- 
 modious. He carries a stock of general merchan- 
 dise, and his annual receipts bear a flattering com- 
 parison with those of other houses in this line and 
 localit}". 
 
 j\Ir. Martin was born in the Kingdom of Prussia, 
 Oct. 20, 1839. His father, Henrj- Martin, a sur- 
 geon, was descended from pure German ancestry, 
 and in earl}" manhood was married to Miss Anna 
 Geib, a native of his own Province. After the 
 birth of nine children, they emigrated to the United 
 States, aud proceeding directly westward, crossed 
 the Father of Waters and came into Lee County, 
 locating not far from the village of West Point, 
 where the father died, and was followed by the 
 mother a few weeks later, in 1855. The mother's 
 death was soon followed by that of her eldest son, 
 all being the victims of tj'phoid fever. The re- 
 maining members of the family were now obliged 
 to look out for themselves, aud most of them set- 
 tled down in West Point Township. 
 
 Charles Martin was the youngest child in the 
 family, and received a good education in the public 
 schools of his native country. After the death of 
 his parents he was emploj'ed as a clerk bj' W. K. 
 Stewart, of West Point Village, who was then ex- 
 tensively engaged as a dr3'-goods merchant. He 
 remained with Mr. Stewart for ten j'ears and made 
 for himself a good record. He then established 
 himself in business on his own account, and pre- 
 sents a striking example of what ma}' be accom- 
 plished b\' persevering energy and an upright course. 
 
 Mr. Martin was married, Nov. 1, 18G0, at the 
 home of the bride's parents in Marion Township, 
 to Miss E. L. Jarrett, a native of North Carolina, 
 who was born Aug. 10, 1837. She was of Southern 
 parentage, and her father and mother came to Iowa 
 in 18.J0. Her father died in 1883, at the ad vauced 
 age of eighty-four years; the mother is yet living 
 and is over eighty. 
 
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 Mr. and Mrs. Martin became the parents of seven 
 children, two of whom are deceased: Nettie is the 
 wife of E. T. Alter, a farmer of West Point Town- B^ggg^ 
 ship; Hattie married W. H. Smith, a stenographer 
 for an iron and ore firm of Chicago; Edward is a 
 clerk in his father's store; William is attending 
 school at the Business College in Ft. Madison; } 
 Emma is with her parents at home. The deceased" 
 are Ina and George. The children of Mr. Martin 
 are well educated, and have received careful home 
 training. The family are highly respected aud are 
 connected by membership with the Presbyterian 
 Church. Mr. ilartin enjoys the confidence of his 
 townsmen to a marked degree, and has held the va- 
 rious offices of the township. He is interested in 
 all matters connected with the public welfare, and 
 has served as Secretary of the Agricultural Society 
 of Lee County. 
 
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 ^^^ AMUEL DOYLE, Sk., deceased, formerly 
 ^^^ an honored resident of Ft. Madison, was a 
 
 lil/l| native of Kentucky, born near Covington, 
 Jul}' 4, 1803. His parents died when he 
 
 was a lad of eight or ten 
 
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 ing a young man, crossed the umo ixivci lu i^iiium- ih 
 
 nati aud engaged in the business of a merchant '"' 
 
 tailor. In 1826 he was united in marriage with 
 
 Miss Abigail Burt, who was born in Cincinnati jj|[i^| 
 in 1812. l-^J 
 
 Samuel Doyle turned his face toward the farther 
 West in 1839, aud sought the prairies of Illinois. ^- 
 His fli'st location was in Plymouth, Hancock Count} , 
 
 where he purchased 400 acres of laud aud also a 
 saw and grist mill. He disposed of the product of 
 his mill to the Mormous, who at that time were 
 established at Nauvoo, and were a flourishing and 
 wealthy community. The county at large was gen- 
 erally settled by the followers of the Mormon 
 Prophet. Several years later, in 1842, while still a 
 resident of Plymouth, Mr. Doyle purchased lots in 
 Ft. Madison, and in this manner became one of the 
 founders of the city. He eventually sold his prop- 
 erty in Illinois, sojourned for one year in St. Louis, 
 and then returned to the olil camping-groum 
 
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 about that time Cincinnati was visited by that 
 dreaded disease, tiie cholera, and Mi: Do3ie was 
 attacked bj' the plague, whicii so affected his eye- 
 sight as in after years to cause total blindness. 
 
 In 1849 Mr. Doyle removed to Dayton, Ohio, 
 and later to Winuetka, 111. Thence after four 
 years he proceeded to Ft. Madison. He was now 
 in feeble health and his finances were greatly 
 reduced. He still had, however, about $2,000 cash, 
 beside some property', and retired from active busi- 
 ness. He was an earnest Christian, a member of 
 the Presbyterian Church, and departed this life 
 July 27, 1884. Mrs. Doyle survives her husband, 
 and continues to reside in Ft. Madison. She is a 
 Christian lady of high character, greatl3' respected 
 bj' all who know her. .She and her husband became 
 the parents of eight children, three of whom are 
 deceased; the survivers are, John V. B., Julia A., 
 .Samuel, Jr., James E. and Nanej'. 
 
 ^^ ICHARD .SHADWELL, a highly respected 
 citizen of West Point Township, is a dealer 
 in fine wines, liquors, etc., and established his 
 
 ^present business July 3, 1880. He has built 
 up a prosperous and thriving trade, and is considered 
 an honorable and straightforward business man. Mr. 
 Shadweil is of English hirth and parentage, and was 
 born in Wiltshire, England, Jan. 20, 1850. His 
 father, John Shadweil, is still living in Great 
 Cheverell, Wiltshire, and is a blacksmith by occu- 
 pation. 
 
 The subject of this history was the second of a 
 family of four children born to his parents. The 
 eldest is in Australia; the third is in New Zealand, 
 and the youngest is at home in England. Richard 
 was educated in the schools of his native country, 
 and was about twenty-one years of .age when he 
 came to the I'nited States. He located in Ohio fur 
 a short time, and afterward went to Kansas, and 
 traveled over nearly every portion of the State. 
 He finally returned eastward to Iowa, and deciding 
 that this was about as fine a location as any which 
 he could secure, he concluded to settle here. He 
 first beeanie engaged in running a gristmill at this 
 
 point, where he remained for one year, and then \\ 
 
 established his present business. He owns property 3 
 in Kansas, which yields him a handsome income. 
 He is still unmarried, and in politics is a conscien- 
 tious Democrat. 
 
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 R. PASCHAL DAVIS, an honored citizen gt 
 and esteemed physician of Keokuk, has C- 
 been a resident of the Gate City since ;'; 
 18G0. He is a native of Virginia, and was Bi: 
 born on the 28th of July, 1837, his parents being s!f 
 Paschal and Mary (Carlisle) Davis, also natives of ;; 
 the Old Dominion, where the father was engaged : 
 in agricultural pui'suits. He subsequently removed ; 
 from his native State, and is now living in retire- = 
 ment in Shelby County, Mo. The partner and g^ 
 companion of his married life died in 1876. Their 
 family consisted of four sous and two daughters, of 
 whom, the record is as follows : Paschal is the sub- 
 ject of this sketch ; John E. is a resident of Shelby 
 County, Mo.; Phoebe A., now Mrs. Broughton, re- 
 sides in Paris, Mo. ; James C. is a resident of Cali- 
 fornia, and Christopher L., in Henry County, Mo. 
 Frances F., who married John Turner, is deceased. 
 The younger years of Dr. Davis were passed 
 upon the farm of his father and in receiving in- 
 struction at the common schools. The family came 
 to Missouri in 1854 or 1855, remaining one year 
 on the farm, and our subject was then sent to the 
 Shelby High School, thence to Palmyra, and at- 
 tended a course of study at St. Paul's College one 
 year. He then came to Keokuk, and after two a 
 courses of instruction in the College of Physicians g 
 and Surgeons, under D. L. McGugin, graduated on B] 
 the lOth of February, and received his diploma. | 
 About this time the (iovernment Hospital was r. 
 established at Keokuk, and Dr. Davis received the g; 
 appointment as Medical Cadet, which position he & 
 occupied for eighteen months, and since tiiat time Bj 
 has been engaged in general practice. He ofticiated a 
 as City and Township Physician for the county k 
 poor from iMO.i to the present time, with the 
 exception of two years. He stands high in his pro- 
 fession and liclongs U> the Keokuk Medical Associ- 
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 tlie Board of Health for a mimljer of years, and in 
 187G President of the same. In 1865 he estab- 
 lished a quarantine cholera hospital south of the 
 city on what is called the Nassau Slough. He has 
 been identified with all public matters tending to 
 the welfiire of the comnninit}', and has contributed 
 generouslj' of his time and means for the promotion 
 of ever}' good object. 
 
 The marriage of Dr. Davis and Miss Catharine 
 Shepherd, of Keokuk, was celebrated Oct. 3, 1861, 
 and I if this union there have been born two chil- 
 dren, daughters — Annie Belle, who died at the age of 
 fifteen years, and Lizzie F., who is tinelj' educated 
 and a graduate of the class of '83, in the Keokuk 
 High School. They occupy a handsome residence 
 at No. 1003 Blondeau street, which is the resort of 
 the cultured and educated people of the city. 
 
 Politically Dr. Davis is an uncompromising Demo- 
 crat, and deeply interested in local and general 
 matters. He is an extensive I'eader and a man of 
 decided views, and his endorsement of anything 
 affecting the welfare of his community is usually 
 safe to follow. 
 
 RICHARDSON, a prosperous 
 reen Bay Township, and whose 
 >iven on the opposite page, is 
 pleasantly located on section 8, and con- 
 ducting the affairs of his farm estate intelligently' 
 and in a straightforward business manner. He is a 
 native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and was born 
 Feb. G, 1833. His parents, David and Jemime 
 (Foster) Richardson, were born in New Jersey and 
 Maryland respectively, and when single removed 
 to Ohio with their parents, and settled in Hamilton 
 County, near Cincinnati, where they became ac- 
 quainted and married. They then removed to Han- 
 cock Count}', Ind., and lived until 1846, when they 
 crossed the Mississippi and located in Lee County, 
 upon a farm near Ft. Madison, and engaged in ag- 
 ricultural pursuits. There the}' remained the bal- 
 ance of their lives, faithfully performing uU tiie du- 
 ties devolving upon them and enjoying the confi- 
 dence and esteem of a large circle of frienils. 
 Their family consisted of six children, three sons 
 
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 and three daughters, of whom our subject, Samuel 
 P., was the fifth in order of birth. Two sons and 
 two daughters are still living. 
 
 Mr. Richardson of this biography was a lad of 
 four years old when his parents lemoved from Ohio 
 to Indiana, and thirteen years old when they 
 crossed the Father of Waters and came into this 
 county in 1846. He received careful home train- 
 ing and a fair education in the common schools, 
 and remained under the parental roof until twenty- 
 one years of age, when, wishing to see something 
 moi-e of the Western country, he contracted to go 
 across the plains, having in charge a large drove of 
 cattle. He was absent about one year, and being 
 satisfied with his experience among the farther 
 western wilds, returned to Lee County, and settlnig 
 upon a tract of land engaged in farming and stock- 
 raising. He had been trained to habits of industry 
 and economy, and became very successful in his 
 agi'icultural pursuits and business transactions. Be- 
 sides his farming operations Mr. Richardson is en- 
 gaged in breeding thoroughbred Short-horn cat- 
 tle, and high-grade Clydesdale and Hambletonian 
 horses. He is now the possessor of 200 acres of 
 valuable land, has a fine brick farm residence, ex- 
 cellent barns and out-buildings, and is enjoying in 
 a large measure the good things of this life. 
 
 Mr. Richardson was married in Green Bay Town- 
 ship, Sept. 21, 1850, to Miss Caroline Hyter, 
 daughter of Abraham and Nancy A. (Phares) Hy- 
 ter, natives of Maryland and New Jersey respect- 
 ively. They settled in Green Bay Township in 
 1845, and remained there until the close of their 
 lives. The parental family included eight children, 
 of whom ilrs. Richardson was the youngest. She 
 was born in Dearborn County, Ind., Oct. 1, 1833, 
 and remained with her parents until her marriage 
 to our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Richard- 
 son became the parents of nine children, of whom 
 five are living, and residing with their parents, viz., 
 Roscoe A., Alice, Ida, Caroline and Samuel C. 
 The deceased are Angeline, Clara, William F. and 
 Clement C. 
 
 Mr. Richardson enjoys the respect and confi- 
 dence of his fellow-townsmen, and has lield the 
 offices of Trustee and School Director. He is 
 Democratic in politics, and always t:d<es an iuterest 
 
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 in the affairs of his commuuity and the country at 
 large. Mrs. Richaidsoii is prominently connected 
 with the Christian C'liiiich at " Lost Creek," and is 
 a lady held in tlic highest raspect by a large circle 
 of friends and acquaintances. A lithographic view 
 of the handsome residence, farm huildiugs, and fine 
 stock of Mr. Hicliardsun, is shown elsewhere in this 
 work. 
 
 A. MORRISON, of the firm of Morrison 
 Bros., one of the most poi)uIar and pros- 
 perous business houses of Ft. Madison, is 
 a native of the Buckeye State, and was born 
 in New Holland, Ross County, Oct. o, 1839. His 
 father, Samuel D. Morrison, was a native of New 
 York, born in Orange County, and when quite 
 young removed fi'om his native .State with his 
 parents to Ohio, where he grew to manhood. He 
 served an apiireuticeship at blacksmitliing at Chil- 
 licothe, and worked as a journeyman in Cincinnati, 
 and other important Ohio towns. He finally located 
 in Frankfort. Ross County, where he established 
 business for himself, and was thus occupied until 
 184«, wlieu he came to Ft. Madison, making the trip 
 Liy canal from Chillicothe to Portsmouth, thence by 
 the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis, thence 
 to Alton, where he spent the winter, and in the 
 spring of 1849 came to Ft. Aladisou. Here he 
 worked at his trade for a year, and then went to 
 Augusta, Des Moines County, and opened a shop. 
 Li the spring of 18.55 he returned to Ft. Madison, 
 and commenced the manufacture of plows. His 
 business was inaugurated on a small scale in a one- 
 story brick building, and lu' liml one man only as 
 his assistant. He was occiiincd in this manner un- 
 til the breaking out of the late Civil War, and in 
 18G2 the shop was closed luitil the Union army 
 came out victorious and peace was restored. 
 
 After the close of the war and the return home 
 of the soldiers, Mr. Morrison again opened his shop, 
 and his first plows were shipped in 18(;G. From 
 that time the business gradually increased, Mr. 
 Morrison taking an active part in its management 
 until within a few years before his death, which 
 oceured in August, 1 .ss 1 , When a young man ho had 
 
 become united in marriage with Miss Maria Blackef , 
 
 a native of Chillicothe, Ohio, and of this union 
 there were born four children: William W . was a 
 member of Co. I, 2d Iowa \'ul. Lif., and ilicd in the 
 service at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, in the fall 
 of 1861, at the age of twent}--four years: the sub- 
 ject of our sketch is the second son ; the next was 
 .loscph B. ; Samuel I), died at Portland, Ore., in 
 December, 18.s.'), when thirty-four j'ears of age. 
 
 I). A. Morrison at an earlj* age engaged with his 
 f.'itlier at work in the blacksmith-shop, and was thus 
 emploj-ed until 1802. The war was then in prog- 
 ress, and he determined to become a soldier of the 
 Union. According!}', in that >'ear he enlisted in 
 Co. 1), 7th Iowa Vol. Lif., and served until the 
 close of the war. He received the aii[)ointment of 
 Acting C^uartermaster Sergeant, and participated 
 with his regiment in the march from Chattanooga 
 to Atlanta, thence to the sea, through the Carolinas, 
 and via Richmond to Washington, and was there 
 at the final grand review. He received his discharge 
 in June, ISGTj, returned home, and engaged in pait- 
 nership with his father, under the firm name of S. 
 1). Morrison & Sons, and commenced the manufact- 
 ure of plows. The work was done by the father, 
 two sons and three other men, and the business in- 
 creased lapidly, becoming very profitable. It is 
 now one of the important industries of Lee County, 
 and gives employment to 100 men. The shops 
 cover an area of 150 to "250 feet, and in connection 
 with these they have a commodious storehouse. 
 The principal articles of manufacture are walking 
 sulkies, gang plows and cultivators. These goods 
 now obtain a readj- market in all the Western and 
 Southwestern States. 
 
 The marriage of D. A. Morrison and Miss Knnna 
 Kennedy was celebrated Oct.- 29, 18G8. Mrs. Mor- 
 rison was born at Ft. Jladison, and is the daughter 
 of John (i. and Mary (\'ance) Kennedj-. Of this 
 union liave been born three children — Maude K., 
 Ivl. Iv. anil Don D. Politically Mr. Morrison uni- 
 formly casts his vote with the Republican party, 
 and socially he is a member in good standing of 
 James Sample Po.st, G. A. R. The family occupy 
 one of the handsomest homes within the citj' limits 
 of Ft. Madison. They are highly respe(;ted within 
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 3 <« J^ILLIAM BEARD. This gentleman ranks 
 3 \/jJ// ^^"^^S ^'^'^ honort'd pioneers of Cedar 
 H VTxP Township, and is held in tiie highest es- 
 : teem by a large circle of friends and acquaintances 
 S in this section, where he has lived for the greater 
 H part of forty 3'ears. He came here when the coun- 
 : try was comparativelj' wild and unljroken and, put- 
 5 ting his shoulder to the wheel, in common with his 
 ; brother pioneers, aided materially in the develop- 
 ment of the soil and in the onward march of civili- 
 ja zation. lie has watched with unabated interest the 
 g remarkable changes along the Mississippi Valley 
 since he first viewed with admiration the majesty 
 o£ the Father of Waters, and the undoubted re- 
 sources of the country along its valley. He has 
 rejoiced in its prosperity as a father rejoices over 
 the health and strength of a favorite child. 
 
 Mr. Beard is of English birth and parentage, a 
 native of Parish Lambeth, Surrey County, En- 
 gland, and was born on the 29th of July, 1819. He 
 is the son of AVilliam and Marj" (Wilson) Beard, 
 who spent their lives in their native England. 
 Their son William was but one year old when he 
 j was bereft of the tender care of his mother, and 
 I five years later he was fully orphaned b}^ the death 
 ! of his father. He then went to live with his pater- 
 nal grandmother, and two years later she also died. 
 He was then placed in the care of his uncle, 
 I Thomas Beard, who provided a good home for the 
 lonely boy, and exercised over him a father's care. 
 With his uncle he remained until he was seventeen 
 years of age. He was now desirous of starting out 
 to battle for himself, and going to London boarded 
 a whaling- vessel, the " Folkstone," owned by Ma- 
 jorah Banks and commanded by Capt. Andrew 
 Bliss. His first trip occupied thirty-three months, 
 and the next was made on the vessel •' Fawn," and 
 embraced a cruise of forty months. Young Beard 
 now became satisfied with his experience as a 
 sailor, and after reaching terra firma decided to 
 change his occupation. He was first engaged as a 
 
 clerk in an establishment foV the manufacture of 
 enameled leather, which position he occupied until 
 lH4r), and then embarked for America. He set sail 
 from London in April, and landed at New Orleans 
 in Jlay. From the Crescent City he proceeded di- 
 rectly to St. Louis, thence to Keokuk, and soon 
 afterward came into Cedar Township, Lee County, 
 rented land and engaged in furniiug. He was thus 
 occupied for one season, then went to St. Louis and 
 engaged in steamboating for the following t\v 
 years. He then became engaged in that city with 
 the firm of (iatz & McCune, as a workman in their 
 machine-shops remaining two^'cars, and then clerked 
 for Wilson & Robertson, dealers in and manufactur- 
 ers of hydraulic presses and patent lead pipe. 
 
 Li 1.S48 Mr. Beard returned to Cedar Township 
 and resolved to settle down permanently to agri- 
 cultural pursuits. He purchased fifty acres of land 
 on section 29, which forms a part of his present 
 homestead. Twenty acres of this were broken and 
 fenced, and there was a log cabin upon it, which 
 was covered with clapboards. Into this he removed 
 with his family, where they made themselves as 
 comfortable as possible. He industriously set him- 
 self to work to improve and cultivate his little 
 farm, and as time passed by added to his acreage 
 until he is now the possessor of 150 acres, all under 
 a good state of cultivation. The log cabin has been 
 replaced by a substantial frame residence, and 
 the homestead is beautified by ornamental shade 
 trees. He has a good barn, valuable farm imple- 
 ments and machinery, and everything necessary for 
 the carrying on of agriculture after the latest and 
 most improved methods. 
 
 William Beard was united in marriage with Miss 
 Mary Bristow, Oct. 2.3, 1847. She is a native of 
 London, England, horn in Thames street on the 1st 
 of March, 1829. Her father, James Bristow, was of 
 English birth and parentage, and was engaged as a 
 wholesale fish merchant with the firm of Linn, (iib- 
 son <fe Co., of London. He died when his daugh- 
 ter, the wife of our subject, was a babe of ten 
 months old. The maiden name of tiie mother of 
 Mrs. Beard was Jane Arnold, and she was a native 
 of Oxfordshire. England. In due time after the 
 death of her first husband she was married to Will- 
 iam Bateman. They came to America in 184 4, and 
 
settled in Cedar Township, wlieie Mr. Bateman pur- 
 chased an Improved farm on section 32. They aft- 
 erward removed tu Van Huron County, tlience to 
 Farmington, where he spent the last j'ears of his 
 life. His wife, the mother of Mrs. Beard, died in 
 Cedar Township in IBIJT. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Beard huvt^ become tlie parents of 
 twelve children, as follows: Mary J., William S., 
 Elizabeth, Emma, Jessie, Ciiarlesand Henry (twins), 
 Fremont I.,., Annie, Arnold, Thomas B. and Rosa 
 Belle. This fine family of children are all living, 
 have received careful home training and good edu- 
 cations, and are an honor to their proud parents. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Beard are members in good standing 
 of the Christian Church, and politically Mr. Beard 
 afliliatcs with the Republican part3\ 
 
 MZI MORRISON, the subject of this his- 
 tory, occupies a prominent position among 
 the business interests of Ft. Madison as a 
 dealer in coal, wood and flour. He is an 
 ■pr-CT- energetic and straightforward business man, up- 
 Iq H right in his dealings, and enjoys in a marked degree 
 the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. 
 Our subject comes of e.xcellent Pennsylvania stock, 
 and was born in Beaver, Pa., Aug. 29, 1843. His 
 father, Joseph Morrison, was a native of the same 
 town and county, and was reared to agricultural 
 pursuits in his native place. He was married there 
 in early manhood and remained a citizen of that 
 locality until 1848, when, accompanied by his fam- 
 ily, he started for the State of Iowa, via the Ohio 
 and Mississippi Rivers irom Pittsburgh. He first 
 located in Summitville, Lee County, and then 
 moved upon a farm which he rented for one year. 
 From there lie removed to Charleston, where he 
 [ rented land for a time, and afterward purchased a 
 [ farm, upon which he lived until 1868, thence re- 
 ; moved to Scotland County, Mo., where he re- 
 mained until his retirement from active labor. He 
 now lives with his daughter, Mrs. M. J. Spencer, in 
 Warren County, k)wa. The maiden name of his 
 wife was Eliza McClure, a native of his own State. 
 She accompanied him on his journey West, and de- 
 parted this life while they were in Charleston. 
 
 Amzi Morrison was a lad of five years old 
 wlicn he came to Lee Countj' with his parents. 
 Here he grew to manhood on the farm, and re- 
 ceived a fair education in the district schools. Ilr 
 remained with his parents until he was twenty 
 years of age, and in isfifi came to Ft. Madison .iml 
 has been a resident of this city since that time. He 
 was an enterjH'ising and energetic j'oung num. 
 anxious to " hoe his own row, " and took pride in 
 accomplishing, unaided, what man j' others failed to 
 do with the assistance of friends and relatives. For 
 many years he was engaged in draying, and in 188,5 
 established his present business. He has been 
 prominent in the local affairs of the vicinity, and 
 has served as Citj' Marshal and Constable. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Morrison and Miss Marga- 
 ret J. Huffman took place in 1805. Mrs. M. is a 
 Virginian lady, and of her marriage with our subject 
 there have been born five children, as follows: 
 Nancy J., Enoch A., Minerva J., Cora B. and 
 Burdie A. They occupy a pleasant home, and are 
 surrounded by all the comforts of life. Mr. and 
 Mrs. M. are connected with the Baptist Church. 
 Mr. Morrison is a member of Ft. Madison Lodge 
 No. 157, I. O. O. F., and Gem City Lodge No. 21, 
 K. of P., also of Camp No. G, Triple Alliance. He 
 is Democratic in politics, and conscientiously casts 
 liis vote in support of the principles of that party. 
 
 ^T^jOBERT E. SMITH (deceased), late of Ft. 
 jL^ Madison, and occupying the position of 
 ttUV head book-keeper for Knapp, Stout ife 
 ^^Compau}', departed this life Jan. 13, 1887, 
 in that city. Mr. Smith was a native of Rounds, 
 England, and was born Oct. 0, 183JS. His paients 
 were Thomas and Mary (Ekins) Smith, both natives 
 of the same countrj', who came to the United States 
 in 1848, and settled at Ft. Madison, Iowa. Their 
 son received a fair education in the common 
 schools, and in 1860 commenced business for him- 
 self as clerk on river boats, following this for about 
 ten years. He then became associated with E. A. 
 (iibbs in the lumber tr.ade, remaining with him 
 until July, 1885, when he entered upon tlie duties 
 of the position he occupied until his death. 
 
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 The inaniage of Robert E. Smith and Miss Julia 
 S., daughter of Edward A. and Emeline Gibbs, was 
 celebrated Sept. 30, 1866. Mrs. Smith was born in 
 Lee County, Oct. 27, 1844, and by her marriage 
 with our subject became the mother of one daugh- 
 ter, Valhe M. 
 
 Mr. Smith was of a pleasant and genial disposi- 
 tion, and highly esteemed among his friends and 
 acquaintances. He was Treasurer of the Episcopal 
 Church, with which he was connected for a number 
 of years, and Secretary of Stella Lodge No. 440, 
 A. F. & A. M. ; also a member of Potowonok 
 Chapter No. 28, E. A. M., and Damascus Com- 
 mandery No. 5, K. T. 
 
 EV. ELIJAH WILLIAMSON, one of the 
 most honored residents of Montrose Town- 
 lAs 'A\ ship, owning and occupying a comfortable 
 ^©) homestead on section 36, has been a resi- 
 dent of the Hawkeye State since 1856. He made 
 his first location in Van Buren County, where he 
 purchased 200 acres of land, and in 18511 removed 
 from there to Lee County. Here he is the pro- 
 prietoi' of forty-seven acres, finely improved, upon 
 which he is spending his later days, practically re- 
 tired from active labor, though he officiates as a 
 minister of the Gospel every Sabbath. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a native of Hert- 
 ford County, N. C, and was born May 2, 1804. 
 His parents, Francis and Elizabeth (Worrell) Will- 
 iamson, were natives respectively of Southampton 
 County, Va., and Hertford County, N. C. Their 
 household consisted of seven children, namely, 
 Elijah, James, Francis, John, Benjamin, Daniel and 
 Mary E. Our subject and his sister Mary E., who 
 became the wife of Ornian Bryant, are the only 
 ones living. Elijah remained with his parents dur- 
 ing his earlier years, receiving careful home train- 
 ing, and a good education in the subscription 
 schools, which was supplemented by attendance 
 several terms at a select school in the city of Mur- 
 freesboro, N. C. 
 
 After reaching manhood Mr. Williamson was 
 united in marriage, June 15, 1823, with Miss 
 Charlotte Keene. who was a native of Nansemond 
 
 County, Va., and was born Feb. 15, 1796. ShelJ 
 remained the faithful and affectionate comp.inion ( 
 of her husb.and thirty-one years, and departed this flH|{ 
 life Jan. 3, 1 854, deeply lamented by her family ||Hj 
 and a large circle of friends. She was an amiableE 
 and worthy lady, and a member oi the New 
 Light Christian Church. Of the four children born 
 
 of this union, two died in childhood. Those surviv- C 
 
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 ing are, Elislia T., a druggist in Montrose, and Mary 
 E., who became the wife of John A. Hiller, a far- 
 mer of Van Buren County. Mr. Williamson con- 
 tracted a second m.arriage, Nov. 14, 1854, with 
 Miss Susannah Sample, a native of Frederick 
 Count}', Va., the date of her birth being M.ay 11, 
 1813. Of this marriage there have been no chil- 
 dren. 
 
 The greater part of the life of our subject has 
 been spent in the Christian ministry. He com- 
 menced his ministerial labors when but eighteen 
 years of age, was ordained in 1832, and has occu- 
 pied the pulpit for the last fifty-six ^-eais, his labors 
 having been mostly confined to the Christian 
 Church. During the war lie was a stanch Union man, 
 and no prayers were m<jre fervent than his in be- 
 half of the success of the Union troops and the aboli- 
 tion of slavery. The existence of the Latter in his 
 native State w.is the chief cause of his removal from 
 there, together with the law which had recently been 
 passed and which infringed upon the right of free 
 speech wherever it conflicted with the institution 
 of slavery, cutting him off from the safe expression 
 of views antagonistic to the peculiar institution. H hi 
 In politics he was early identified with the Whig [f^^i 
 party, his first Presidential vote being cast for 
 Henry Clay. Since the organization of the Repub- 
 lican party he has cordially endorsed its principles, 
 voting twice for the inimortal Lincoln, and prob- 
 ably no man or Christian minister in all this liroad 
 country was Ijetter pleased than Mr. Williamson 
 when Lincoln with his Emancipation Proclamation 
 struck the shackles from 4,000,000 slaves. 
 
 After leaving his native State Mr. Williamson 
 first located in Darke County, (^hio, where he 
 served as a Christian minister for twenty-three 
 years without compensation, in the meantime labor- 
 ing with his hands for his subsistence. In 1856 he 
 came into this State, settling in Van Buren County, 
 
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 whence lie reinoverl, ill 1H;')',I, to Lee County. Al- 
 though, as before stated, he has declined receivinji' 
 remuneration for his pious services, he states in his 
 quaint way, " That Piovideiiee has amply provided " 
 forhiin. He has always been industrious and frugal, 
 and fiuni iiis earnings has secured a comfortable 
 home. To each of his two children lie has pre- 
 sented $1,700, and still has quite a generous sum at 
 his disposal. 
 
 Ill early manhuod Mr. Williamson was strong 
 and robust, but in 185'J was attacked with a chronic 
 ailment, from the effects of which he has never fully 
 recovered. He has taught and preached in this lo- 
 calit}' for twenty-seven years, and aided by every 
 means in his [lower the progress of religion, mor- 
 ality and temperance, and now in his closing days, 
 surrounded by his grandchildren and his gi-eat- 
 grandchildren, who tender him the most affection- 
 ,ate attention, he is slowly and happily descending 
 the sunset hill of life. His grandson, with the 
 amiable and loving wife of the latter, carefully look 
 after his every want, and he in turn regards them 
 with the paternal love of the old patriarch who 
 realizes that tlie sands of life are nearly run out. 
 They together constitute a happy household, and 
 now at the advanced age of eightj^-three years, with 
 his mental faculties unimpaired, and happy in the 
 companionship of his aged wife, he is quietly await- 
 ing the summons which shall transplant his soul to 
 realms of eternal happiness. 
 
 The accompanying portrait of Mr. Williamson we 
 know will be hooked upon with pleasure by the 
 scores of friends among whom he has walked for 
 the last half century, and whose familiar lines they 
 have always been pleased to gaze upon. 
 
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 !J^E0R(4P: SCHAEFER, residing at Keokuk 
 is Deputy Treasurer of Lee County, and 
 [las his ofiice in that city. He is a native of 
 (Germany, and was born Oct. 9, 1833, in the village 
 of Seckbach, near Frankfort on the Main. He en- 
 tered the coniinon schools of his native country 
 when six years of age, and continued his studies 
 there until he was twelve years old, when he set 
 psailforthe L'nited .States, in company with his 
 
 father and mother. Arriving in Xew York City in 
 .lune of the same year, they went immediately to 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. In l!S.'i(;, when in his twent\ 
 third year, our subject came to Keokuk, this couiity. 
 and located. Soon afterward he engaged in the 
 cigar and tobacco business, and was thus occupicl 
 for some years, meeting with sign.al success. 
 
 In April, I Sill, Mr. Schaefer enlisted in the Isl 
 Regiment, Iowa Vol. Inf., with the rank of Ser- 
 geant. He was City Collector for the years of 
 1 877-78-70, .and also served as a member of the 
 City Council of Keokuk for six years. He w:i- 
 also on the Board of School Directors one year. 
 Mr. Schaefer was apjiointed Deputy Treasurer of 
 Lee County, Jan. 1, 188G, and h.is filled that office 
 with honor to himself and entire satisfaction to all. 
 
 In I.So7 Mr. S. was united in marriage with Miss 
 Mary A'enthur, of Keokuk. She died in 1885, 
 leaving five children: Emma, Mrs. William Heller; 
 Amelia, (ieorge, Albert and Herman. Our subject 
 was married the second time, in October, 1886, at 
 which time ]\Irs. W. Laehm became his wife. Mr. 
 Schaefer is a member of St. Paul's Church, German 
 Lutheran, and is one of the well-known and re- 
 spected citizens of the city of his adoption. 
 
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 ENRY REITZ, who is located on a tine 
 homestead on section 1.5, in \an Bnren 
 Township, is carrying on farming operations 
 in a highly creditable and successful man- 
 ner, and is one of the highly respected citizens of 
 Lee County'. Mr. Reitz was born in Williamsburg, 
 L. I., in November, 1854, and is the sou of 
 Conrad and Frances (Gurmer) Reitz, both natives 
 of (ierniany, who came to America before their 
 marriage, the father in 1 846, and the mother in 
 1H.52. They are both living and are residents of 
 Franklin Township, Lee County. The parental 
 household consisted of eleven children, of whom 
 the subject of fiur sketch is the eldest; Katie is de- 
 ceased ; Sopiiy R. became the wife of A. C. Rncliol/. ; 
 the others are Fred M., Conrad J., Maiy A., Charlie, 
 Adam, Magdalena, Wilhelmina and Matilda. 
 
 Mr. Reitz came to Iowa in 18C7, and kicated at 
 Ft. .Madison, where he remained one month, and 
 
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 then came tu Franklin. Here he lived for several 
 years, and in 187(j was united in marriage with Miss 
 ]\Iatilda Vornkahl, the wedding taking place on the 
 (;th of August. Mrs. Reitz is a native of Lee 
 C'ount3-, and was born in Harrison Township Aug. 
 21, 1854. She is the daughter of Henry and Wil- 
 lielniina Vornkahl, her mother having been Miss 
 (i raves ljef<.)re her marriage. The parents of Mrs. 
 Reitz were natives of Hanover, Germany, and their 
 family consisted of ten children, as follows: 
 Louise, Sophia, Emma and Julia (twins), Frederick, 
 Matilda, Eleanor, Martha and Magdalena (twins), 
 and Wilhelmina. 
 
 Mr. and Jlrs. Henry Reitz have become the par- 
 ents of five children, of whom one died in in- 
 fancy; those living are Eleanor W., Fred William, 
 Emma M. and Oliver L. C. Mr. Reitz has 26U 
 acres of finely cultivated land, all in one body. In 
 18JjO he erected a beautiful farm dwelling at a cost 
 of $3,000, and his barns and out-buildings corre- 
 spond in every respect with the residence. He is a 
 man of influence in his community, and has held the 
 uUices of Road Supervisor and Treasurer of the 
 School Board. He is a Democrat in politics, and a 
 member in good standing of the Evangelical 
 Church. 
 
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 \\l F. SMITH, attorney at law, Keokuk, and 
 also connected with the firm of J. F. & N. 
 M. Smith, dealers in real estate and abstract- 
 ors of titles, is one of the promising j-oung 
 l)rofessional men of Keokuk. Mr. Smith was born 
 on a farm near Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, Oct. 7, 
 1848. His father, who was a farmer by occupation, 
 was M. D. Smith, a native of New Jersey; his death 
 took place in Ohio. Our subject's mother, whose 
 maiden name was Minerva A. James, was born near 
 Cannonsliurg, Pa., and is still living. She became 
 the mother of two sons and one daughter — E. A., a 
 resident of Washington Territor}-, J. F. and Nan- 
 nie M. 
 
 J. F. Smith came to Keokuk in the spring of 
 1857, and located on a farm near Charleston, this 
 county. There he lived with his grandfather until 
 18(14, engaged the while in farm labor, and during 
 that year removed to Kei>kuk. It wa.s in that cit}' 
 
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 that our subject began to do for himself as an er- 
 rand boy, and was occupied in clerical work for [ 
 about eight years, gaining quite a knowledge of " jmb^ 
 mercantile business. H^ \ 
 
 In 1872 Jlr. Smith became interested in real-es- ■JSBMJ 
 tate business. While thus engaged he read law and 
 was admitted to the bar in 1876, since which time 
 he has given considerable attention to that profes- 
 sion. In 1875 he formed a partnership with N. M. 
 Smith in the real-estate business, which connection 
 still exists. 
 
 Our subject was married in the fall of 187'J to 
 Margaret, the daughter of L. W. Buell, an earlj' 
 settler of this county. Mrs. Smith was born in 
 this county, and bj' her marriage with our subject 
 three children have been born — Ralph B.. Marga- 
 ret A. and Ruth R. 
 
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 AJ. WILLIAM B. COLLINS, of Keokuk, 
 is one of the leading members of the Lee 
 County bar, and has built up an extensive 
 practice, having been located here for a 
 period jof forty-five years. He has also established 
 a reputatitm as a man of fine talent and great busi- 
 ness energ}', and as a citizen his value cannot be 
 over-estimated. His birth occurred Aug. 22, 1841, 
 and he was only two years of age when his parents, 
 Dr. F. M. and Harriet E. (Sullivan) Collins, re- 
 moved from their native State, Indiana, across the 
 Mississippi. Dr. Collins was a physician and sur- 
 geon, and an eminent member of his profession. 
 He was born in Chester County, Ind., his parents 
 being natives of Kentuckj'. He was married to 
 the mother of our subject in 1 838, and thej- be- 
 came the parents of two children, both sons, Will- 
 iam B. of our sketch, and J. A. M. They came to 
 Keokuk in 1843, while Iowa was yet a Territory, 
 and Dr. Collins engaged in the practice of his pro- 
 fession until his death, which occurred in February, 
 1880. The wife and mother had preceded her hus- 
 band to the better land in 1855. They occupied a 
 high position among the best residents of the Gate 
 City. 
 
 Maj. Collins of our sketch passed his youth in 
 the city of Keokuk, aiid received his primary edu- 
 
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cation iu the public schools. He subsequently at- 
 tended the Academy of Charlotte ville and took a 
 college course of two years in New York, where he 
 prosecuted his studies vigorously, having in view 
 the profession of law. Upon his return to Keokuk, 
 the late Civil War being then in progress, he en- 
 
 . _ . listed as a soldier in Co. F, 7th Mo. Vol. Inf., serv- 
 dhi ing iu the ariuj' over three years. His regiment 
 
 [j^^i] belonged to the 3d Division, 17th Army Corps, 
 commanded by Gen. Mel'herson, and our subject 
 took part in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, 
 Gen. Grant being in command of the forces which 
 concentrated at that point. Upon the retreat to 
 Memphis he engaged with his comrades in the bat- 
 tle of Thompson Hills, and was afterward at the 
 battle of .Jackson, Miss., Champion Hills, Black 
 River Bridge, and the various other engagements 
 of the campaign, and finally at St. Louis, Mo., was 
 mustered out with his regiment, retiring with the 
 rank of Major, after having served as Orderly Ser- 
 
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 jp^ Maj. Collins, at the ckise of his military career, 
 "' returned to Keokuk, and entered the law office of 
 the firm of Rankin & McCrary, the members of the 
 lirm l)eing .lolni \V. Rankin and Hon. George \V. 
 McCrurv, where he read law for two and one-half 
 years, after which lie was admitted to the bar. 
 opened an ofHce of his own, and began the practice 
 of Ills profession in February, 18G7. He w.as 
 elected City Attorney- in 1.S72, and soon became a 
 leader in the public affairs of tlie young and rapidly 
 gi-owing city. In addition to his profession he has 
 ^^ been largely interested in the various business en- 
 terprises of the city. He was one of the four men 
 who established and is President of the Pickle Fac- 
 tory Company, and also a huge stockholder of the 
 Keokuk Canning Company. He has been the sup- 
 porter of every worthy enterprise in this vicinity 
 since he became identified with the interests of Lee 
 ounty. 
 
 Mr. Collins was married, Oct. 4, 1.S70, to Miss C. 
 Idl';. Copelin, a lad3' of line education and rare ac- 
 complishments, and the third daughter of -lohu R. 
 L'opclin, Esq., of Keokuk. Their unit)n has been 
 lest by the birth of six ciiildren, five sous and one 
 laugliter — William C, John .M., .Joseph .S.. Harry 
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 a handsome residence, and are surrounded by all 
 the appliances of refined and cultivated tastes. 
 The}' enjoy the confidence and esteem of a large 
 circle of friends and acquaintances, composed of c; 
 the best society of the Gate City. The Major is a Ia 
 prominent member of St. John's Episcopal Church, 
 to the support of which he contributes cheerfully 
 and liberally. 
 
 ^11 L\'IN S. HIATT, a prosperous and suc- 
 @^l cessful agriculturist of Harrison Township, 
 owns and occupies a fine homestead on sec- 
 tion 2. Mr. Hiatt is a native of Indiana and 
 was born on the (Jth of .January, lH4o. His father, 
 Daniel W. Hiatt, was from Guilford County, N. C, 
 which was also the birthplace of his grandfather, 
 Isaac; Hiatt. There the latter was reared and ed- 
 ucated, and was there also married in early man- 
 hood. He removed from his native State to Ohio, 
 where he was an early pioneer, and locating at 
 Dayton, engaged in teaching, which became his 
 lifelong occupation. In 1843 he crossed the Mis- 
 sissippi, and coming into Iowa, located in Henry 
 Count}', where he f(jllowed his profession and 
 where his life terminated. His remains were laid 
 to rest in tiie cemetery of the Society of Friends. 
 
 Daniel W. Hiatt, the father of our subject, was 
 but a child when his parents removed from North 
 Carolina to Ohio. Under the instruction of his 
 father he obtained a good education, and before 
 his marriage was occupied as a teacher. After 
 this event he engaged iu farming upon rented land 
 until the fall of 1843, when, with his wife and one 
 child, he started overland for the Territory of 
 Iowa. Their outfit consisted of a team of horses 
 and a wagon, which contained their household 
 goods, and they camped and cooked by the way- 
 side. After reaching the western bank of the Mis- 
 sissippi, he located upon a tract of rented land iu 
 Henry County, where he remained for two or three 
 years, and then entered a claim on section 2 of 
 what is now Harrison Township. He l)uilt a board 
 house, into which the family removed, and which 
 remained his home until his death, which occurred 
 Jan. 24, 18,5ii. The maiden name of the mother of 
 our subject w:is Mary Hampton, and she was the 
 
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 daughter of Alu-aham and Rebecca Hampton (see 
 sketch of Abraham Hampton). (She is still living, 
 and resides in Birmingham, Van Bureu Co., Iowa. 
 The parental household consisted of seven children, 
 three of whom died in earl}' youth. Alvin S., our 
 subject, was the eldest child; Caroline L. is de- 
 ceased; Margaret is the wife of J. W. Wolf, of 
 Birmingham, Iowa; Laura E. is the wife of James 
 Corry, of Birmingham. 
 
 Alvin S. Hiatt was but an infant when his par- 
 ents came to Iowa. He was reared on the farm, 
 and educated in the pioneer schools, and was but 
 sixteen years old when his father died. Being the 
 eldest son, the care of the farm devolved upon him^. 
 and with the exception of one year, he has re- 
 mained upon the homestead since that time. He 
 was married on the 18th of October, 1876, to Miss 
 Catharine A. Dawson, a native of Wolf Island, 
 Canada, and daughter of John and Rachel (Knight) 
 Dawson, who were born in the Dominion. Of this 
 union there are four children — Orlando L., Harold 
 D., Blanche O. and Mabel I. Mr. and Mrs. II. are 
 members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 
 and in politics Mr. Hiatt is strongly Republican. 
 
 I ICE H. BELL, a well-known and respected 
 citizen of Keokuk, Iowa, whose portrait is 
 shown_on^the opposite page, is an attorney 
 ^and Justice of the Peace, having been 
 elected to this office in the fall of 1884, and re- 
 elected in 188G. Mr. Bell came to Keokuk in 1880, 
 and commenced the study of law under the instruc- 
 tion of John H. Craig, being admitted to the bar 
 two years later, in 1882. He is yet young in the 
 profession, and there is every prospect that he will 
 succeed and become a bright light among his pro- 
 fessional brethren. 
 
 Mr. Bell is a native of West Virginia, and was 
 born in Marshall County, Sept. 7, 1859. His fa- 
 ther, James R. Bell, is a native of Washington 
 County, Pa., and removed from his native State 
 when a young man to West \'irginia. He was 
 there united in marriage with Miss Mary C. Will- 
 iams, who was a native of Frederick County, Md. 
 After the death of his father, in 1805, James R. Bell 
 
 returned to Pennsylvania, ijurchased the old home- 
 stead, and resided in the place of his birth until his 
 demise, which occurred Nov. 30, 1886. The par- 
 ental family consisted of ttve children: Samuel M. is 
 a station agent and telegraph operator at West Alex- 
 andria, Pa. ; the second son is the subject of our 
 sketch; William B. was brakeman on a railroad 
 train, and was killed Jan. 15, 1884, at the age of 
 twenty-one years; John G. is station agent and 
 telegraph operator in Pennsylvania; Mary M. re- 
 sides at West Alexandria, the same State. 
 
 Rice H. Bell remained with his parents on the 
 farm during his youth and received his primary 
 education in the public schools. He then en- 
 tered the AVest Alexandria Academy, where he 
 took a full course, and subsequently attended 
 Washington and Jefferson College, from which he 
 graduated in 1880. Mr. Bell has made steady pro- 
 gress since he first entered upon the practice of his 
 profession. He is strongly Republican in politics 
 and is ready and willing at all times to labor for 
 the welfare of his party and its principles. He is at 
 present Chairman of the County Central Committee 
 and is becoming prominent in the local politics of 
 this section. He is one of the Directtus of the 
 Central Stove Works. Socially he is a member of 
 the K. of P. 
 
 Mr. Bell was united in marriage with Miss Mary 
 E. Culbertson, in August, 1883. Mrs. Bell is the 
 daughter of James and Emily B. Culbertson, of 
 Stark County, 111., and was born in that county in 
 August, 1859. Bj' her luiion with Mr. Bell she has 
 become the mother of two children, James Rice and 
 Plessie B. 
 
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 LOIS WEBER, of Keokuk, is senior mem- 
 ber of the firm of A. Weber & Co., one of 
 the substantial hardware houses of the Gate 
 City. Mr. Weber has been a resident of 
 Keokuk for a i)eriod of nearly thirty years. H 
 mercantile experience began in early life, when 
 entered the hardware store of H. Buel & Co 
 whom he remained as clerk for about seven 
 In 1868 he associated himself in partncrshij 
 James Neill, and under the style of A. 
 it Co. they engaged in the hardware trade, aiul 
 
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 the exercise of energy, industry and close applica- 
 tion to business, built up a large and flourishing 
 jtatronage. At the expiration of two years Mr. 
 Weber purchased the interest of his partner, and 
 after continuing the business for four months, took 
 in as partner Mr. C. K. Primean, the firm name 
 iieing then Weber it Primean, and the}' conducted 
 the business jointly for two 3'ears following. 
 
 The firm of Weber & Primean did not prosper, 
 and the financial crisis of 1873 aided its downfall. 
 Mr. Weber believed that by purchasing the inter- 
 est of his partner :md with tlie financial assistance 
 of his wife, he would be alile to weather the com- 
 ing storm, and this he could have accomplished 
 had not some over-anxious creditors thrown him 
 into bankruptcy. He made a satisfactory compro- 
 mise with the majority of them, and resumed his 
 business with an honest purpose to amend his fort- 
 unes and regain his former standing'in the business 
 community. His credit had remained unimpaired 
 among those who knew him best, and he was freely 
 proffered any assistance wliich he might need. He 
 recovered from his disaster in due time and paid 
 the portion of the debt which had been remitted 
 and canceled in the court of bankruptcy. The 
 manner in which the trade received this action on 
 the part of Mr. Weber is shown by the many let- 
 ters he received, a few uf which we give below. 
 
 .St. Loris, April 20, 188.5. 
 Ai.(jis Wkbkk, Es(^, Keokuk, Iowa: 
 
 Dear Sir — Your esteemed favor of the 16th in- 
 closing us a draft for § received in settle- 
 ment of old account. It is indeed refreshing to 
 receive such a letter as yours in this, the nine- 
 teenth century, and leads us to believe the world 
 is not quite so l»ad as some people endeavor to 
 make us believe. To tell you the truth we have 
 not language .at our command to express our opin- 
 ion in regard to this transaction. We feel like hav- 
 ing your letter published in every paper in St. 
 Louis, as most assuredly it goes to show there is 
 one honest man at least in America. If we can 
 serve you in any way, command us. 
 Yours truly, 
 
 L. M. RiMiSKV Miu. Co. 
 
 Per Rumsey, Sec. 
 
 Nkw Yokk, April I'O, f88;"). 
 Ml!. Alois A\ici!i;it, Keokuk, Iowa: 
 
 Dear >>ir — We are duly in receipt of your valued 
 favor of IGth iust. endorsing draft, for which we 
 
 beg to extend to yon our best thanks. AVe cci 
 tainly very much appreciate your obedience i^ 
 the higher law which has influenced your actioii>. 
 and to convey to you our estimate of worth of 
 char.acter we beg leave to say that we shall esteem 
 it a pleasure if we can in any wa>- contribute to 
 your worthy success in life, and as the only way 
 that now presents itself, we beg to advise that 3'our 
 credit is A 1 with our house. 
 
 A'ery truly j-onrs, 
 
 Ai.i'i.M'.i) FiKi.i) & Co. 
 
 RivEi;Tf>N, CoNx., May 5, 18iS5. 
 Ai.oi.s \\'ki'.i:i;. Ksi^., Keokuk, Iowa: 
 
 Dear Sir — In acknowledging the receipt of ^our 
 check fo: § we wish to congratulate the world 
 
 oil its possession of an honest man. Your example 
 will be to us an incentive to do always the siiuare 
 thing in our dealings with our fellow-men. We 
 desire to congratulate j-ou on your success in luisi- 
 ness and also upon the real satisfaction you must 
 have ill doing the almost unheard-of thing that you 
 have done, viz., paying a debt from which you 
 were legally- free. The God of heaven and eartli 
 has blest you with a good and honest heart, .aud 
 your reward is certain. 
 
 Y'ours truly, 
 
 £.\(iHi Scythe Co. 
 
 L. A. Cook, Sec'y. 
 
 GosiiKN, N. Y., M.'iy 1. I880. 
 Alois Wkheu, Es(j., Keokuk, Iowa: 
 
 Dear Sir — Yours of 23d ult. was duly received 
 and draft applied as specified. Localities, of course, 
 differ, and yours may be filled with jii.st such men 
 as you have shown yourself to be in this transac- 
 tion, but out here j-ou would be decidedly lone- 
 some. Please accept our congratulations on your 
 improved circumstances, which vve doubt not, have 
 been largely brought about by the ap]>lie:ition of 
 the principles you have exhibited in tliis matter in 
 :ill your business affairs. 
 
 Tiiankiug you for the draft, we are, 
 
 Very trul}' yours, 
 
 RlUKH EXOIXK Co. 
 
 Mr. Weber has built up a business extending 
 tliroughout the .States of Iowa, Illinois and Mis- 
 souri. He has associated with himself .John Cos- 
 grove, as partner, also his nephew, Carl Weber, and 
 these constitute a strong and active firm. The 
 business is now well established and widely known 
 .as one of the most reliable houses of its kind In this 
 section of the Ilawkeye State. 
 
 Mr. Weber w;is married in 1860, to .Miss Anna 
 King, of Keokuk, Iowa, who was reared and cd 
 
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 ented in St. Louis. Of this union there hns been 
 boin one child — a son, Frank J. 
 
 Mr. Weber is a native of Germany, and was born 
 Feb. 12, 1834. He came to America at the age uf 
 twenty years, and his business successes have been 
 tlio result of his own perseverance amid ditiiculties 
 which would have dismaj'ed most men. Although 
 taking a general and intelligent interest in the 
 affairs of his community, he has been so absorbed 
 in attending to his own business that he has never 
 iiad time for oflice-seeking or its emoluments, and 
 has lived the unostentatious life of a private citizen, 
 doing kind acts as he had opportunity and casting 
 his influence in favor of temperance, sobrietj', law 
 and order, and has thus fulfilled all the obligations 
 of a good citizen. In national politics Mr. W. 
 votes the Democratic ticket; in local politics he 
 votes for the man. Mr. Weber is a member of the 
 Roman Catholic Church. 
 
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 ^, ROF. CHANDLER H. PEIRCE, Superin- 
 tendent of the Penmanship Department 
 of the Keokuk City Schools, is a prominent 
 man in his profession, and the author of 
 several valuable works, among which are " Peirce's 
 § Progressive System of Practical Penmanship, with 
 S Methods of Instruction," and "Peirce's Philosoph- 
 ical Treatise of Penmanship," Xoh. 1 and 2 ; also 
 " Peirce's Celebrated Tracing' Exercises." He is 
 also proprietor of Pierce's Business College at 
 Keokuk. 
 
 Prof. Peirce is a native of South Charleston, 
 Ohio, and the date of his birth was June 13, 1847. 
 Jle is the son of Jacob and Miriam (Chandler) 
 Peirce, natives of Pennsylvania ai»d Ohio respect- 
 ively. His grandfather, Jonathan Peirce, came 
 from Westchester, Pa., to Ohit> in the pioneer days, 
 and became the owner of 3,000 acres of laud located 
 in Clarke C'ounty. Upon a portion of this he car- 
 5 ried on an extensive farming business and was a 
 man of great prominence in his county. His three 
 sons were flnel3^ educated, and after completing 
 their studies returned to the farm. There the 
 '- father departed this life in 1848. 
 
 Jacob Peirce became a dealer in fine stock, and 
 was thus engaged until 188U, when he removed 
 with his wife to Denver, Col., to escape her annual 
 attacks of asthma. During the war he served 
 as a soldier of the I'nion, enlisting in the 4th 
 Ohio Cavalry, of which he was a commissioned 
 officer. He was an efficient soldier and never 
 swerved from dutj-. His whole life has been de- 
 voted to good works and he has taken an active 
 interest in chinx-hes, schools, and the upbuilding 
 of every institution calculated for the good of the 
 community, morally, intellectually or socially. Both 
 he and his wife were reared in the (Quaker faith, and 
 remained loyal to their church until they were 
 sep.irated from it by lemoval to a locality where it 
 had no organization, when they united with the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. Their family con- 
 sisted of seven children, of whom only four are 
 living: Susan D., now Mrs. Blessing, of South 
 Charleston, Ohio; Prof. C. H. of our sketch; Frank, 
 of San Diego, Cal., who is engaged in real estate 
 and insurance, and William, of Denver, Col., who 
 has been Assistant State Auditor since 1878. 
 
 The subject oi oiu' sketch remained under the 
 parental roof until fourteen years of age. He re- 
 ceived his pi'imary education in the public schools 
 of his native town and assisted in the lighter labors 
 of the farm. He then started out to do for himself, 
 first proceeding to Camp Nelson, where he was 
 engaged in Government work, driving a team and 
 hauling supplies from Camp Nelson to Cumberland 
 Gap, Tenn. The novelty of this employment soon 
 wore off and he returned home and re-entered 
 school. At this time the Rebellion began to assume 
 alarming proportions, and oui- subject, although only 
 sixteen years of age, determined to enlist as a sol- 
 dier. After seven unsuccessful efforts he was finally 
 admitted into Co. D., the old 44th Ohio \ol. Inf., 
 re-enlisted as the 8th Ohio Cavalry, and remained 
 in the service three years. He was taken [)risoner 
 at Beverly, W. Va., and confined in Libby Prison 
 at Richmond, where he remained two months, and 
 during this time was book-keeper for the rebel gov- 
 ernment. He was finally paroled and received a 
 furlough of sixty days, after which he rejoined his 
 regiment and was commissioned Clerk of the com- 
 [lany in the service of the Colonel and Adjutant- 
 
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 General. Yonng Peirce participated in the Lynch- 
 burg campaiiiii and in the fighting along the Shenan- 
 doah Valley, where daily skirmishing became the 
 pastime. During his service he was detailed as 
 clerk at Ch.arleston. W. Va., for Maj. Gen. Meigs, 
 with whom he remained four months, or until 
 nearly the close of the war. finallj' rejoining his 
 regiment at Beverly, W. Va., and with his comrades 
 was mustered out of service at Clnrksburg. W. \';i., 
 in July, 18().'). 
 
 At the close of his iiiiliUuv career, Prof. Peirce 
 returned home and entered the Southwestern Nor- 
 mal School at Lebanon, Ohio, remained there foui- 
 years, and graduated in 1869, after which he 
 attended a three months' course in the Eastman 
 Business College .at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduat- 
 ing in the Penmanship Department, and developing 
 a remarkable aptitude in this branch of instruction. 
 He also taught jienmanship in the National Normal 
 School for four years, in tlie meantime also having 
 charge of a set of books for the wholesale book 
 establishment of Messrs. Holbrook it Co. During 
 intervals of his early school life he employed his 
 time teaching in the district schools. In 1871 Prof. 
 Peirce decided to change the scene of his opera- 
 tions, and crossing the Father of Waters, came to 
 Keokuk, which has remained his permanent home 
 since that time. His evident talents obtained read3' 
 recognition, and he was soon engaged as Superin- 
 tendent of Penmanship in the Keokuk City Schools 
 and also established a Normal Penmanship Insti- 
 tute. In 18«2 he purcii.ased the business college 
 previously conducted by William H. Miller, now- 
 deceased. This he luas established upon a sure 
 footing, and its friends and patrons represent many 
 of the States both east and west of the Mississippi. 
 Prof. Peirce was the first person tt) introduce 
 pennianslii|) .as a science in tlie public schools of the 
 (xate City, and thousands of joung men and 
 women now hold lucrative ])ositions iis gradu- 
 ates .and experts in this fine art, under his instruc- 
 tion. The business college of which he is pro- 
 prietor aggreg.ates an attendance of .j,()00 students. 
 ^ffi£^ ''^^ Professor possesses fine literary tastes and is an 
 author of no ordinary al)ility. He contributes to 
 various journals and has l>een a writer for the city 
 press for ten years past. He is KepLiblican in poli- 
 
 tics, and a member of the order of Knights of? 
 Pythias. ; 
 
 The marriage of Prof. C. H. Peirce and Miss Ada 
 C, daughter of the late David Crawford, of Cin- 
 cinnati, Ohio, was celebrated in 1871. Mrs. I'eirce 
 is a refined and accomplished lady, and in every 
 way the fit comp.anion of her husband in his edu- 
 cational and literary pursuits. The}- are connected 
 with the Episcopal Church, and the center of a 
 large circle of admiring friends. They have Ijecome 3 
 the parents of three sons — C. Harry, Don K. and E^ 
 Allyn Burrell. They occupy tlic resilience at N<>. E 
 41C High street, and move among the highest: 
 social circles of the Gate City. 
 
 HRISTIAN PETERS, 'an enterprising and 
 successful (Tcrman farmer, owns and occu- 
 pies a v.aluable homestead on section 28, 
 Jackson Township. He has been a resident of Lee 
 County since 1853, and during a period of over 
 thirty years has established for himself a reputation 
 as a straightforw-.ard business man and a valued 
 citizen. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was born in Brunswick, 
 Germany, Feb. 1,5, 1815, and is the son of Henry 
 Peters, of Gerinan ancestry- and parentage. Henry 
 Peters died wheu our suljject w.as fifteen; his 
 Tnother departed this life when he was seven years 
 of age. Christian Peters was reared and ed ucated 
 in his native country, and came to the United States pn 
 in 1845, landing at Galveston, Tex.. .Ian. 1, 184(). 
 After coming here he served as a soldier in a Ger- 
 man company of Texas ^'olunteers in the Jlexi- 
 can War, and after this was ended located in New- 
 Orleans for a short time, subsequently going U) St, 
 Louis, and froirf tliere to (iuincy. 111. After living 
 there a few years, until 1853, he came into Lee 
 County, Iowa, and became engaged in ti^arning in 
 the city of Keokuk for the following twelve years. 
 He then settled upon a tr.act of land in Jackson 
 Townshii), on section 28, and engaged in agricult- 
 ural pursuits. He was industrious and economi- 
 cal, and in due time became the owner of 1 '.15 acres, 
 which he has imprftved and cultivated, and supi^lied 
 with a Lfood set of farm buildings. 
 
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 Mr. Peters was married in Qninej^ 111., Oct., 
 2?>, 18.52, to Miss Hannah Renter, a native of Ger- 
 many, born Oct. .'i, 18,30. She is the danghter 
 of Arthnr and Mary Renter. They emigrated to 
 Quincy, 111., in 1S,tG, where the father died. The 
 mother died in Denver, Col. Mrs, P, came to the 
 United States at the age of eighteen, and settled 
 in St, Lonis, Mo,, and afterward went to Qnincy, 
 111,, where she met and married Mr, Peters, 
 
 Mr. and Mrs, Peters have become tlie parents 
 of ten children, six of whom are living, as follows: 
 Henry married Kate Wende, and resides in Jack- 
 son Township; Louisa is the wife of George O, 
 Bleness; Charley, Katie, Willie and Hannah are at 
 home with their parents. Our subject and wife 
 are connected with the Lutheran Church, and in 
 politics Mr, P, iniiformly casts his vote with the 
 Reimblican party. 
 
 <f]ESSE WATSON MOORMAN, M. I)„ a 
 prominent member of the medical profes- 
 sion of Ft. Madison, whose portrait is shown 
 oil the opposite page, is one of the most ex- 
 tensive practitioners of Lee County, a gentleman 
 who is thoroughly acquainted with the details and 
 the intricacies of his calling. He h.is been an ex- 
 tensive reader, and besides having faithfully pur- 
 sued his regular medical studies, he has not wholly 
 been confined to books, but has been the originator 
 of many excellent theories and ideas, and has suc- 
 cessfully introduced them into his practice. 
 
 Dr. Moorman is a native of Greene County, 
 Ohio, the date of his birth being April 10, 1828. 
 His father, Charles Moorman, was born in Camp- 
 bell County, Ya., and his grandfather, Thomas 
 Moorman, was a native of the .same county. His 
 great-grandfather, Micajah Moorman, was a native 
 of either Virginia or North Carolina, a member of 
 the Society of Friends, and a descendant from pure 
 Scotch aneesti-y. He spent the last days of his life 
 in Virginia. Thomas Moorman was a Large landed 
 proprietor, and a .slave-holder until the time when 
 the Friends established themselves in his vicinity 
 and his attention was called to the theories which 
 they advanced. He was thus induced to liberate 
 
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 his slaves, and in 1 sou he removed from that h)- 
 calitj- to Ohio, making his first location in High- 
 
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 County, and was among the pioneer settlers there. MB 
 He purchased 1,000 .acres of land in the wilderne.ss,E{: 
 built a log cabin, and in due time cleared a good 
 sized tract of land. He was an expert hunter and 
 was engaged in trade, which he followed with suc- 
 cess. Both he and his wife lived to a good old age, 
 his decease occurring at the age of ninety-two, and 
 that of his wife at ninety-nine years. 
 
 Charles Moorman, the father of our subject, was 
 twelve years old when his parents removed from 
 Virginia to Ohio. He assisted his father in clear- fg-cr 
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 til he attained to years of manhood, and w:is 
 united in marriage with Miss Matilda Watson, a 
 native of Virginia. He purchased the old home- 
 stead, which was located in Silver Creek Township, 
 and remained there until his death, which occurred 
 in 1880. The faithful wife .and mother had pre- 
 ceded him to the better land ten j'ears, hei' decease 
 occurring in 1870. They were the parents of thir- 
 teen children, eleven of whom grew to become 
 men and women 
 
 ■Jesse Watsou Moorman was the sixth child of hi 
 parents. As soon as old enough to be of assistance 
 he engaged in the lighter labors of the farm, re- 
 ceiving careful parental training and a very limited 
 school education. The nearest school-house was 
 
 one and a half miles distant, and was built of logs, 
 
 light being admitted by means of greased paper in- ]H^I}J 
 stead of glass window-panes. The school was car- ^jt, 
 ried on by subscription, and the subject of our 
 sketch only attended there occasionally. He was 
 naturally studious, however, having inherited the 
 love of learning from his mother, who was finely 
 educated and a lady of more than ordinary intelli- ^ 
 gence. He was fond of reading and obtained all 
 the books that he could. At the .age of sixteen he 
 commenced reading medicine at home. Various 
 things, however, hindered him from launching out 
 upon a prr>fessional career, and two yeai's later he 
 commenced to serve an aprenticeship at the plas- 
 terer's trade, and followed that trade until he was 
 twent_y-three years old. There seemed now to lie 
 a partial opening for gratifying his early 
 
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and he was adiiiittcfl ti> .-iliidy in the office of Dr. 
 Rush, at Washinutoii, Fayette County, lie >tn(l- 
 iefl witli him for two and a lialf years, in the mean- 
 time «-oii<ini>: at intervals at iiis trade in order to 
 obtain money to pay iiis expenses. At the expira- 
 tion of this lime he returned home and pursued his 
 studies ahnie. He coninieneed to praetiec in l>^n'> 
 at Brooi<vilie, in wliat is now Newton County, Ind. 
 He remained tiiei'e for two and one-half years, when 
 his health l)(\!>an to fail, and he suffered total blind- 
 ness for six weeks, with the gravest a,p|)rehensions 
 for the futuie. He went to an eye and ear infirmary, 
 first at Xenia, Ohio, from there to Wilmington, 
 thence to Cincinnati, where his eyesight was par- 
 tially restored by the treatment of Prof. Howe, of 
 that city. 
 
 In 18.58 Dr. Moorman located at Port William, 
 Clinton Co., Ohio, where he remained three years. 
 He then removed to Leeslnirg, and from there to 
 South Bend, where he remained a year, then re- 
 turned to Leesburg, thence, m 1870, to Washing- 
 ton County, Iowa. After three years spent in that 
 county he came to West Point, Lee County, and 
 in 1878 to Ft. Madison, where he permanently lo- 
 cated, and h.as built up a prosperous and popular 
 practice. 
 
 Dr. Moorman's first wife was Miss Lucy Yeo- 
 man, a native of Ohio, who was born in Faj-ette 
 Countj'. She went with her husband to Newton 
 Countj', Ind., and died there in i8.')7. He married 
 his i)resent wife at West Point in 18()4. The 
 maiden name of Mrs. Moorman was Anna Trevitt. 
 She is an English lady, and was born in Birming- 
 ham, of F^nglish parentage. Dr. Moorman has 
 three daughters: Elizabeth A. M., now the wife of 
 John Ilynes, of Fayette County, Ohio; Genevra, 
 a resident of Florida, and Kittle, wife of George 
 Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 Dr. Moorman was reared to principles of the St)- 
 ciety of Friends, but is not connected in member- 
 ship with any church. He is, however, in all re- 
 spects, the friend of morality, reform and good or- 
 der, and the supporter of every good work and 
 ^purpose tending to elevate the social and intellect- 
 [ ual condition of his community and county. He 
 [ has not identified himself with either of the great 
 Apolitical parties, but casts his vote and influence for 
 
 the men whom he con.siders have the best reeonl. 
 .\fter 111' h.id first entered upon the practice of iii- 
 profession Dr. .Moorman entered the Cincinnati 
 Eclectic Medical Institute, from which he gradu- 
 ated with honors in I 8.t;). He received there .-i 
 thorough course of insfruction. an<l this, supple- 
 mented by his natur.-dly studious habits and thoi - 
 ongh ;ip|ilicMtiou •■iiid practice, has i-onstitutcd him 
 one of the most reliable physicians of Lee County. 
 He takes genuine pride in his profession, .'Uid his 
 aim has .-dways ln'cn to excel. Dr. and Mrs. .Moor- 
 man occup3- one of the iileasantest homes in Ft. 
 Madison, and, .socially as well .as professionally, 
 Dr. Moormnn holds ,'ui enviable position inhiscom- 
 nninit\'. 
 
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 i)])WAHD C. MATHEWS, a young and en- 
 terprising farmer of Franklin Township, is 
 pleasantly located on the homestead of his 
 father, which consists of 328 acres, of which our 
 subject po.ssesses a one-seventh interest, and also an 
 undivided interest in property in the village of La- 
 crew. He was reared on a farm in Franklin Town- 
 ship, whei-e he was born .Tulj' 16, 18.57. His father. 
 Paul A. Mathews, was a Pennsylvania farmer, born 
 and reared in Washington Count}'. He was there 
 married to Miss Nancy Spears, of his own locality. 
 and after the birth of six children, they started to 
 Iowa in 18;)1, via the Ohio and Mississippi River>. 
 They located in Lee County, and secured the half 
 section of land which their son, our subject, is now 
 in po.ssossion of. Very little of the land was im- 
 proved, and Paul Mathews gave his entire atten- 
 tion to tlu^ cultivation of his farm and the estab- 
 lishment of a comfoitable home fc>r his fannly. He 
 was successful in his undertaking and accumulated 
 a competency. Besides the growing of grain he 
 was coiisideralily interested in stock-raising, and 
 the farm was always supplied with a herd of fine 
 cattle. The companion of his early years and the 
 mother of his children dcp.arted this life on the 
 17th of duly, 1873. He survived his wife for 
 eleven years, dying in 1884. 
 
 Edward C. Mathews wa- the youngest but one 
 of twelve cluldren. His earlier years were occu- 
 pied in attendance at the common schools during 
 
the winters and assisting in tlic lighter labors 
 aroiiud the farm in the siuiimer season until he be- 
 came of age. On the 22fl of March, 1883, he was 
 married at the home of the bride in Marion Town- 
 ship, to Miss Paulina, a daughter of Uobert and 
 .Sarah (Wolf) McCord. The parents of Mrs. M. 
 settled in Marion Township in IS.ifi, where the fa- 
 ther died in 1X74, and the mother twelve j-ears 
 later, in 1 886. They were highly respected in their 
 coramunitj', the father having been for manj' years 
 engaged as a local preacher. Mrs. M. was born in 
 Marion Township, Aug. 3, 1«G1. She was reared at 
 home and educated in the common schools, and 
 received careful training by wise and judicious 
 parents. Of her union with our subject there have 
 been born two children, one of whom is deceased. 
 The homestead of Mr. Mathews is a model one in 
 every respect, and replete with everything tending 
 to secure enjo3'ment and hajipiness. 
 
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 ^.(NUREW HAMPTON, a promnient and 
 (fi^lOl prosperous farmer of Harrison Township, 
 is the possessor of a tine homestead pleas- 
 antly located on section 1. He is a native 
 of Warren County, Ohio, and was born near 
 Waynesville, July 17, 1823. His father. Abraham 
 Hampton, was a native of Penns3lvania, and born 
 Oct. 20,1789. His grandfather, Jacob Hampton, 
 was a New Jersey farmer, wlio emigrated to Ohio 
 .before the War of 1812, and became one of the 
 early pioneers of Warren County. He purchased 
 a tract of timl)er land, and with the assistance of 
 his sons, cleared a farm frcmi tlii' wilderness. After 
 a number of years lie disposed of this property and 
 removed to Indiana, being somewhat like Daniel 
 Boone, opposed to the too close proximity of 
 neighbors. He was also a pioneer of the Hoosier 
 State while it was a Territory, and i)urchased a 
 tract of wild land, wliicli he imiir(_ivt'd ami culti- 
 vated, and ui)on wliich he remained until his death. 
 Aliraham Hampton, the father of our subject, 
 was Ijut a mere child wiien his parents removed 
 from New Jersey to West N'irginia, where his 
 childhood days were passed. He went with the 
 
 family to Ohio and thereafter to Indiana. In the 
 meantime, however, he had grown to manhood, 
 married, and become the father of live children. 
 The trip was made overland with horses and wag- 
 ons, and a carriage for the more delicate members 
 of the train. They carried their household goods 
 and camped and cooked by the wayside. Abraliaiu 
 also purchased a tract of timljer, cleared a farm, 
 and established a homestead, which in due time 
 was found to be located in New Garden Township, 
 Wayne County. He subsequently sold his lirst 
 purchase and bought another in the same locality, 
 where he lived until 1847, and then decided to 
 make the couutrj* west of the Mississippi the scene 
 of his future operations. Accordingly, in 1847, 1 H 
 he disposed of his Indiana farm, and started for -'^*-*- 
 lowa, this journey, like the previous one, being 
 made overland with teams. 
 
 After crossing the Father of Waters, the father 
 of our subject located in Marion Township, pur- 
 chasing for the third time, a tract of unimproved 
 land, and here he immediately made prei)arations 
 to establish a home. He was possessed of consider- 
 able means, and at once erected a frame house for 
 the comfort and accommodation of his family. They 
 remained here for many 3'ears, and after his chil- 
 dren were married and esfaiblished in homes of 
 tlieir own he still spent his summers upon the old 
 homestead, but at the approach of cold weather 
 retired to some one of the homes of his children, 
 and died at the residence of his son-in-law, Lewis 
 Taylor, in Cedar Township, on the 23d of Jlarch, 
 1876, a good old man full of years and honors. 
 
 Abraham Hampton, in earl}' manhood, was mar- 
 ried to Miss Rebecca Harlan, the wedding taking 
 place on the 24th of December, 1818. The wife 
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 of good healtii, retaining lier mental faculties to a }^M 
 remarkable degi-ee, and often recalling incidents of 
 the early days when, as the wife of a pioneer, she 
 was obliged to exercise great ingenuity in order to 
 keep the family machinery in motion. She is a na- 
 tive of Rowan C<mnty, N. C, born Aug. 3(», 1792, 
 and is consequently (18«6) in the ninety-fifth year 
 of her age. She became the mother of nine chil- 
 dren, of whom the record is as follows: Joini. the 
 fust-born, <lied in Marion Township, April 11, 
 
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1850; Mary became the wife of Daniel W. Hiatt, 
 aiul lives in Van Buien, Iowa; Klwood is a resident 
 of Henry County, tliis Stato; Andrew, our subject, 
 was the next in order of birth ; Hannah was married 
 to Samuel Stephenson, and lives in Harrison Town- 
 shii>; Margaret V)ecanio tiie wife of Lewis Taylor, 
 of Cedar T(iwnshi[); Elizabeth is the widow of 
 Abijali Lupton. and lives in Richmond, Ind.;.lona- 
 than and Rebecca .1. are residents of Pilot CJrove, 
 Marion Township. 
 
 Andrew Hampton of our sl<etch came to Iowa in 
 l,s4r), and entered eighty acres of land in Harrison 
 Township, then returned to Indiana for four months, 
 after whicli he returned to tlie Hawkeye State per- 
 manently. His early years were passed upon his 
 fatiier's farm, and lie received a fair education in 
 the district schools. After attaining to j'ears of 
 manhood he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Rachel M. Rich, on the 20th of May, 1847. i\Irs. 
 Hampton was born in Indiana Sept. 28, 1820, and 
 was the daughter of >.'athan and Mary (Crampton) 
 Rich, natives respectively of North Carolina and 
 Mrginia. Her father was born .lune 0, 1800, and 
 died in the prime of life on the 24th of July, 1838. 
 The mother, born Feb. 2, 180G, departed this life 
 (Jet. 11, 1833, in Judian.i. The_y were the parents 
 of five children, and the record is as follows: The 
 eldest son, Samuel, lived to the age of manhood, 
 and was married to Miss Deadem Emerson ; Rachel 
 M., the wife of our subject, was second in order 
 ■' of birth; jMerrickdied when live years old; Judith 
 A., born Dec. 22, 1830, died at the age of 
 twenty years; Susanna, now Mrs. W. B. Williams, 
 lives in Richmond, Ind. It will be seen that the 
 children of this family were deprived of both father 
 and mother at an early age. 
 
 Of the union of Andrew Hampton and his wife. 
 
 q } Rachel, there have been born six children, whose 
 history we brietly sketch as follows: Abraham Lee 
 married Miss Flora F. Lee, and both are deceased, 
 his death occurring Nov. 2G, 1878, ;iiul tiiat of his 
 wife two years before, on the 8th of September, 
 1870. This son was a practical printer and teacher 
 nof the public schools at Bonaparte. He founded 
 I the Gentry Cutinty (Jhraiiick' at Alltaiiy, ilo. After 
 
 1 the death of hi.- wife he mergei 
 "" - Brooklield (rftxeWe, which he w;is soon obliged 
 
 the stock in the 
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 abandon on account of failing health, and returns 1 
 to his father's house, where his life soon terminatcil. 
 He was highly esteemed for his upright characdi 
 and honorable conduct in all the relations of life. 
 and his death was felt to be an irreparable loss to 
 the entire community. Appropriate resolutions 
 were p.assed In' the different lodges with which he 
 was connected. 
 
 Tliougli eallcil home in Mian's early piime. 
 
 In the .-piingtime of life".* brightest joy. 
 Thou hast gainoil :i far lovelier dime, 
 
 Ne'er eiuHng Itliss time eamiot destroy. 
 Let us ever remember thee, then. 
 
 As clothed in perennial youth. 
 In luansions not builOed by men. 
 
 But eternal and lasting as truth. 
 
 Mary I). Hampton became the wife of A. H. 
 Jeffrey'. Dorrence, born Jan. 22. 1853, died in 
 CapeCiirardeau County, Mo., Oct. 28, 1870. He was 
 educated at Mt. Rleasant, was a bright and promis- 
 ing boy, and commenced teaching at the age of 
 eighteen years. Two years later he entered the 
 oflice of the Denison Meview, in Crawford County, 
 Iowa, where, after an apprenticeship of one year 
 at the printer's tr.ade, he obtained a situation in the 
 Sentinel oflice at Iowa Falls, Hardin County, at 
 journeyman's wages. He subsequently purchased 
 a half interest in this tiflice, which he sold in the 
 spring of 1875, and removed to Jackson, Mo., and 
 assumed control of the Cash Book which, under his 
 management, became a journal of great influence 
 and popularity, and was considered one of the 
 leading papers of Southeastern Missouri. He was 
 married at Iowa Falls to 5Iiss Leah A. Jones, who 
 still survives. He was a consistent member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. Samuel R. Hampton 
 married Miss Flora Gill, of Cedar Township; An- 
 nie E. died at the age of seventeen months; the 
 youngest child was named Anna D. 
 
 Andrew Hampton is the possessor of 182 acres 
 of tinely cultivated land, upon which he erected % 
 handsome dwelling-house in 1873. His Ijarns, out- 
 houses :ind farming implements are of first-class 
 description, and everything arciuiid the homestead 
 indicates the exercise of :i wise juilgment and 
 am|)le me;ins. He has been a prominent man in 
 his township since his first arrival here, having 
 been .\ssessor and .lustice of the Pea<e for four 
 
InteriorView.St.Josephs Catholic Church, Fort Madison. Father DeCailly, Priest. 
 
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 years, and has gained much distinction in the latter 
 oHioc, his decisions never being reversed by a 
 liigher court. He was a member of the Union 
 League during the war, is Republican in politics, 
 and a member in good standing of the Congrega- 
 tional Church, in which he was a teacher of the 
 Sabbatii-sehool for a number of 3'ears. JNIrs. Hamp- 
 ton was reared in the Society of Friends, and 
 adheres to her early faith. 
 
 EV. FATHER LOUIS DeCAILLY is pas- 
 tor of 8t. Joseph's Church, Ft. Madison, 
 and is a prominent light in the church of 
 ^§) his choice in Lee County, and in this sec- 
 tion of the Hawkeye .State. He is a gentleman of 
 extensive reading, well educated, and has served 
 faitlifully and well the charge over which he has 
 been appointed by his Bishop. Father DeCailly is 
 a native of Lyons, France, born March 3, 1832, 
 and resided in his native country until 1847. He 
 then came to the United States, and proceeded at 
 once westward, making his first location at Dubuque, 
 Iowa. He had already been studying for the 
 jniesthood, and was ordained as priest in his native 
 city three years thereafter by Right Rev. Fran- 
 zouie, the exiled Archbishop of Turin. 
 
 The newly appointed priest at once returned to 
 the United States, first visiting Iowa City, which 
 was about the time of the passage of the bill for re- 
 moving the capital of the State to Des Moines. 
 Father DeCailly then went to Des Moines a little 
 after New Year's, l8oi>. There he found but two 
 Catholic families, but emigration was then rapidly 
 increasing the population of the towns, and before 
 long several families of the Catholic faith had ar- 
 rived, so that in a few months Father DeCailly was 
 enabled to purchase a small area of ground, which 
 now constitutes the property of St. Ambrose 
 Church in that city. For this he paid $000, and 
 it has iacrea.sed in value until it is now estimated 
 to be worth >;.jl),000. Father DeCailly remained 
 in Des Moines but six months, and was then em- 
 l)loj'ed as a teacher in the Theological .Seminar}' 
 near Dubuque, where at that time the present Bish- 
 o[) Cosgrove was then a student. The seminary 
 was discontinued, however, after a time, and Father I 
 
 DeCailly went to Northern Iowa, being placed in 
 charge of nearly all the territory from McGregor 
 north to the State line and west to Ft. Dodge. He 
 was instrumental in the erection of at least five 
 churches in that vicinity, l)oth for English and 
 Germans, and often engaged in carpenter work 
 himself. Upon the present site of Forest City he 
 baptised at one time thirty-two children, the people 
 not having seen a priest for sixteen years. In 18.58 
 he returned to Dubuque, and was appointed pastor 
 of St. Anthony's Church at Davenport, where he 
 officiated f(^r six mouths, and was then located at 
 St. Peter's. Keokuk, for ten years, in the meantime 
 establishing schools and erecting buildings and ac- 
 complishing great good among his people. 
 
 In 1868, on account of failing health. Father 
 DeCailly went to Ohio, and was appointed b}* Bish- 
 op S. H. Roscranz, pastor of St. Mary's Church, 
 Lancaster, Ohio. Six years afterward he was placed 
 in charge of the large Catholic congregation of 
 Newark, Ohio, and after ten years of hard labor he 
 sought a smaller congregation in the State of his 
 first choice. He then came to Iowa, in 1884, being 
 most kindly held in remembrance by the citizens 
 of Lee County. He was api)ointed pastor of St. 
 Joseph's Church at Ft. Madison, and is held in t"he 
 highest respect b}' not only the members of his 
 parish, but the community at large. He is genial 
 and kind hearted, and is interested in all move- 
 ments tending to the welfare of the city and Lee 
 Count}'. He has become identified with the inter- 
 ests of this section, and was appointed Chaplain in 
 1885 for that year of the Tri-State Old .Settlers' 
 Association. The St. Joseph's Church at Ft. Mad- 
 ison has connected with it a parochial school num- 
 bering about 100 children, taught by the Sisters 
 of Mary, and a lay teacher for large boys. A 
 view of the interior of the church is shown in 
 connection with this sketch. 
 
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 J'/UDGE J. M. LOVE, Judge of the Lnited 
 .States .Southern District Court, of Iowa, 
 who first took ui) his residence at Keokuk in 
 / 1850, and who ha:s constantly been identi- 
 fied with the best interests, not only of his county, 
 but of the entire State since that time, is well and 
 
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 |>i(iiiiineiitly kii<;wii everywhere within its boiind- 
 :mv. Jiiilm' Liive was born in Virginia, March -t, 
 l.Slli. 11 is parents were John >S. and Mary (Ver- 
 million) l^ove, also natives of Virginia; the father 
 was a mail (Mjiitractor, and continued to reside in 
 his native State until his death. 
 
 The subject of this notice remained at home and 
 attended school until eighteen 3'ears of age. When 
 tiiirteen years old he moved with his mother and 
 the other children to Ohio, and in that State, after 
 leaving school, he engaged in civil engineering. He 
 followed that business about four years, and then 
 'MM] going to Zanesville, Ohio, entered the law office of 
 Judge Richard Stillwell, and under his instruction 
 continued his studies until he graduated, in 1840. 
 The young lawyer then, went to Coshocton 
 County', Ohio, and there hung out his shingle and 
 entered upon tlie practice of his profession, which 
 he continued with ordinary success until 11S4G. 
 During that year he raised a comjjanj' for the 
 Mexican AVar. The companj' joined the Sd Ohio 
 Regiment, under Col. Samuel R. Curtis, and our 
 suljject was elected Captain of the company and 
 serve<I in that-capacity for two years. Returning 
 from the field of conflict he, in 1848, again resumed 
 the practice of his profession in Ohio, and there con- 
 tinued a resident until 18.50. 
 
 During the year last named our subject, iioping 
 to lind broader fields for the dis|)lay of his legal 
 ability, and with an eye to financial success, left 
 Ohio and came to seek a home west of the mighty 
 Father of Waters. Arriving in this State he set- 
 tled in Keokuk and immediately began tlie practice 
 of law. He had constantly, ever since he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar, in 1840, been a hard student, 
 and the consequence was that after he settled at 
 Keokuk he soon l)ecame one of the leading niom- 
 ber.s of the Lee County l)iir. In 18.V1 lie was 
 elected to the State Senate, and two years later, in 
 ijjj 18.55, was .appointed Judge of the I'nited States 
 I Court for the District of Iowa. Continuing in that 
 
 m position until the division in l.S8;3, he then liecame 
 Judge -for the Southern District, comprising Coun- 
 lasecgt-il Blutt's and Des Moines. 
 
 .Judge Love was married, in l,s4(;, to Jliss .Mary 
 Tliomasson, and by this union had four cliihlren — 
 William, (Jeorge, .Man .ind llcnrv. Mrs. Lovcdc- 
 
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 parted this life in 1861, and the Judge was a sec- 
 ond time married. Miss Mary Millburn being tiir 
 other contracting party. Of this latter union there 
 have also been born four children — Milburn. Eliz- 
 abeth, Sidnc}- and James. 
 
 Politically- Judge Love is a Democrat, but jxili- 
 tics never interfere with him in the faithful dis- 
 charge of his duties as a conscientious, straightfor- 
 ward and honorable gentleman, and one well versed 
 in jurisprudence. It is said of Judge Love that 
 when he gives a decision upon a question in contro- 
 versy it is hardly necessary for the one against 
 whom the decision may be given to ever take an 
 appeal, for he is one of the most careful, as well as 
 learned Judges in the State. This is not simply 
 the assertion of a biographical writer, but can be 
 substantiated by any who choose to examine the 
 record of Judge Love's decisions since he has held 
 the position of which he is now the incumbent. 
 
 ^/OSIAH WHITE, deceased, was well known 
 in this section of countr}- as a philanthro- 
 pist, and was the founder of White's Iowa 
 Institute for Manual Labor, one of the best 
 institutions ever devised for the benefit of home- 
 less children. Our subject was a native of New- 
 Jersey, and was born at Mt. H0II3', Burlington 
 County, March 4, IT.si. He was a direct descend- 
 ant of Thomas White, of Cumberlandshire, En- 
 glanil, whence his son, Christopher, and wife, Eliza- 
 beth, came to America in 1677, locating near Salem. 
 N. J. These were the great-great-grandparents of 
 our subject. 
 
 Josiah White vvjw quite young when his father 
 dietl, and he was left to the care of his mother, 
 from whom he received careful iiome training, and 
 who kept him at scliool almost continuously initil 
 he was fifteen years of age. He was then ai)pren- 
 ticed to a hardware merchant in Philadelphia, and 
 for his services was to receive ^20 per year. He 
 attended to his duties diligently, and in less than 
 two years' time had the principal charge of the 
 books. He hail been trained to habits of industry 
 and economy, and after he had begun to work I'oi' 
 himself, sa\ed wlial he could of his earninu's, and 
 
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 at the age of twenty-one had accumulated sufficient 
 means to commence business for himself. lie pur- 
 chased a stock of hardware, opened a store in Phil- 
 adelphia, and there laid the basis for his future 
 fortune. 
 
 In 1810 Mr. White jMirchased the water-power 
 of the Schuylkill River at the falls, and constructed 
 a dam and locks which were a vast improvement to 
 the navigation of that river. He attempted to 
 lease the power, but the custom so general now was 
 then practically unknown in the United States, and 
 there seemed to be a jjrejudice against it, .so Mr. 
 White erected a large mill for the manufacture of 
 wire and a smaller one for that of nails. He was 
 one of the first men who succeeded in introducing 
 anthracite coal for general use, and was the fore- 
 most in building canals to open up the vast fields 
 of coal and iron to the markets of the world. His 
 biographer, Richard Richardson, says of him : " As 
 the name of DeWitt Clinton stands prominent in 
 New York in connection with the canal system of 
 that State, so will the name of Josiah Wliite stand 
 conspicuous in the same direction in Pennsylvania." 
 
 Josiah White departed this life in Philadelphia, 
 Nov. 14, 18.00. In his will he bequeathed $20.- 
 000 to found a school for manual labor in In- 
 diana, which is now established and doing good 
 ■work. It is located near Treaty, in Wabash Count}'. 
 This good and benevolent man also bequeathed a 
 like sum to establish a similar institution in Iowa. 
 This is also in active operation, and stands as a 
 noble monument to one of the best men which the 
 present age has produced. (See history of White's 
 Iowa Manual Labor Institute on another page in 
 this volume). 
 
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 (^^ AMUEL G. Y'OUNKIN, an honored pio- 
 ^^^ neer of the Hawkeye State, is a prominent 
 i&jflfj and successful farmer and stock- Ijreeder, 
 and occupies a fine homestead on section 4, 
 Montrose Township. He came to the State of Iowa 
 when it was in its infancy, and has marked its de- 
 velopment and progress with gr.atified interest. 
 He has also aided inateriall}' in the opening up of 
 
 this section, having been one of its most energetic 
 and enterprising settlers. His own early example 
 of indn.str}' and economy nol only stimulated his 
 neighbors to their best vxcrlions, l)iit he has given 
 cheerfully and liljerally of his time and means for 
 the encouragement of every good work and pur- 
 pose whose object has been to advance the interests 
 of his county and township, lie has met with dif- 
 ficulties and discouragements like most other men, 
 but has suffered nothing to move him from his pur- 
 pose of becoming a man am<.)ng men and a useful 
 and wortiiy citizen. That he has succeeded in this 
 is clearly indicated by the esteem in which he is 
 held among his fellow-citizens. 
 
 Tlie birthplace of our subject was Muskingum 
 County, Ohio, where he first opened his eyes to the 
 light Sept. 11, 1839. His parents were Joseph and 
 Susan (Meek) I'ounkin, natives of Mrginia and 
 Ohio respectively. He remained at home during 
 his childhood and youth, assisting in the duties 
 around the homestead, and receiving a fair educa- 
 tion in the common schools. 
 
 Our subject was united in marringe with Miss 
 Lucretia Curtis, Nov. 29, 1866. His bride was a 
 native of Genesee County, Mich., and was born 
 July 12, 1840. Her parents, Daniel and Emily 
 (Woodford) Curtis, were natives of Vermont and 
 New York respectively. Daniel Curtis was born 
 in 1804, removed to Iowa in early manhood, and 
 died in this State in 18,")9. His wife, Mrs. Emily 
 Curtis, was born in 1800, came to Iowa with her 
 husband, and departed this life also in November, 
 1859, within a few days of her husband's decease. 
 The parental household consisted of the following 
 children : George D., who married Miss Mary Woll- 
 fltt; Charles H., who chose for his life partner. Miss 
 Mary Irvine : she died, and he subsequently mar- 
 ried Miss Mary Rankin: Charlotte W. became the 
 wife of Lewis Adams, who is deceased, and she 
 contracted a second marriage with James Reed, and 
 both are now deceased; the next ciiild was Lucre- 
 tia, now Mrs. Younkin. 
 
 Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Younkin liave been 
 born four children, as follows: Henry A.. l)orn 
 Sept. 8, 1871, died March 16, 1872; Cora B. was 
 born Oct. 5, 1876; Samuel C. Sept. 11, 1878. and 
 Willia, March 28, 1880. The family homestead is 
 
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 ^'uiinkiii i,- <|iiiU' extensively engaged in the breed- 
 ing i>i liigh-gr.ule slock, consisting of Short-iiorn 
 cattle and i'leiksiiire liogs. lie occniiics a fine farm 
 dwelling, lias a good liarii, and everytliing neces- 
 sary for the convenient storing of giain, and the 
 shelter of stock. The family are held in high respect 
 in their coniniunity. In politics Mr. Vonnkin is 
 stronglv Hei>nlilican. and has lieen honored with 
 the varions township otliees. Mrs. Younkiu is aii 
 earnest and active member of the Presbyterian 
 Chnrcli. Her brother, Edward R. Cnrtis, married 
 Miss Nancy Ueed, and Rcnben M., now deceased, 
 was married to Miss Mary Hertz. He died Sept. 
 Id. issil. in Lee Conntv. 
 
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 US. JOHANNA MANG, of Keokuk, is a 
 ii.ative of the German Empire, and came 
 with her i)arents to the United States in 
 1848. They proceeded directly to Iowa, 
 and settled near Franklin, Jasper Count}', upon a 
 farm, and the father followed agricultural pursuits 
 until his death, in 18(53. 
 
 The subject- of this biography is a daughter of 
 (leorge and Caroline (Cramer) Cramer, whose 
 iniiisehold circle included three children, one of 
 whom is deceased, and besides Jlrs. Mang, there is a 
 brother who is now residing in Wisconsin. Mrs. 
 M. resided with her ])arents until she was nineteen 
 years of age, and was then married to Jacob Kraft, 
 a native of (ierinany, and son of John and Chris- 
 tina Kr.'ift. They came to the United States in 
 l.s ts, ;ind at once proceeded westward, crossed the 
 Mississippi, and settled in Keokuk, where they re- 
 mained until his death, which occurred in 1881. 
 The parental family consisted of six children, of 
 whom Jacob was the youngest but one. He learned 
 the boot-and-shoe trade, and followed this in Keo- 
 kuk until his decease, which occurred in 1880, one 
 y(^ar before the death of his father. Of this union 
 there were born four children, three now living, 
 viz. : Caroline, now Mrs. Helten, of Des Moines, 
 who lias two children — William and Johanna; 
 George married Miss Milda Mentz, and they have 
 
 one child, Alvin, and are residing in Keokuk; Lou 
 is also a resident of Keokuk. 
 
 In due time after the death of her first husbaiul. 
 Mrs. Kraft contracted a second marriage, with .Mr. 
 Gus Mang, also a native of the Fatherland, who 
 came to America in 1881. and is by trade a butcher. 
 He is the proinietor of a saloon at No. 27 .South 
 Fourth street, Keokuk. Mrs. Mang owns and oc- 
 cupies a comfortable residence at No. 1 1 4 Johnson 
 street. 
 
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 "SfjUDGE JAME.S B. HOWELL, founder (.f the 
 ■ Gate City of Keokuk, and one of the most 
 prominent citizens known in the histor}' of 
 Iowa, was born near Morristown, N. J., Jidy 
 4, 1816, and died in Keokuk, Lee Count}', on the 
 morning of June 17, 1880. The puljlic life of 
 Judge Howell presented a bright example of in- 
 tegrity of purpose, sound judgment, and an upi-ight 
 and honoral)le course. He was one of the foremost 
 men in kindling patriotism in the hearts of his fel- 
 low-men to preserve a Union, and was bitterly 
 opposed to slavery in every form, He took .an 
 active part in political affairs during the late 
 Rebellion, and cast the whole weight of his influence 
 upon the side of union and liberty. His entire 
 life, socially and politically, was a bi'ight example of 
 what may be accomplished by the influence of a 
 spotless character and an upright life. 
 
 The father of our subject, Elias Howell, settled 
 in Licking County, Ohio, in 1810, and became one 
 of the most prominent and influential men in that 
 county, being Sheriff in 1826, State Senator in 
 1830, and Representative to Congress in 18:i4. 
 The boyhood of his son, James B., was spent upon 
 the farm, but after the removal to Newark he 
 attended the High School and afterward entered 
 Miami University, fi-om which he graduated in 
 1837, and selected the profession of law, and after 
 studying two years was admitted to practice. He 
 first located in Newark, but two years later, on ac- 
 count of failing health, determined to come to the 
 Great West, with the hope that a change of climate 
 would be beneficial. In 1841 he came into Iowa, 
 and in due time became one of the Whig leaders of 
 the Territory. He finally drifted from the practice 
 
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 of law into politics, and in 184o purchased the Des 
 Moines Valley ]V7u'g, which he transferred to Keo- 
 kuk four years later and changed its name to Gate 
 City, through which he endeavored to unite the 
 elements of opposition to the pro-slavery party. 
 He labored faithfully and unremittingly against 
 opposition, and employed all his time and strength 
 working for the right, and aided in the transforma- 
 tion of Iowa from a Democratic to an overwhelm- 
 ingly Republican State. In 1 H70, his long and 
 able services to the Republican cause were recog- 
 nized by the Legislature of Iowa, which elected him 
 to the United States Senate, and after the expiration 
 of his term the President selected him as one of the 
 three commissioners to examine and report upon 
 claims for stores and supplies taken or furnished 
 for the use of the army in insurrectionary districts. 
 Judge Howell filled that place after successive 
 re-appointment.s by Presidents ftr-ant and Hayes, 
 until the commission expired by limitation of law, 
 on the 10th of March, 1880, a few months before 
 the death of Judge Howell. 
 
 The marriage of James B. Howell and Miss Isa- 
 bella Richards took place at Granville. Ohio, Nov. 
 1, 1842. After the birth of three children, Mrs. 
 Isabella R. Howell departed this life in Keosauqna. 
 Their daughter, Mary, who was the wife of Frank 
 E. Wright, was a noble and intelligent lady, whose 
 memory is still held sacred by a wide circle of 
 friends in Keokuk and elsewhere. She died Dec. 
 23, 1874, not long after her husband. Her two 
 children, James Howell and Lena Belle, were re- 
 garded by their grandfather. Judge Howell, with 
 devoted tenderness and affection. 
 
 On the 23d of October, 1850, Judge Howell was 
 married to his second wife, Miss Mary Ann Bowen, 
 who still survives and mourns him. Of this union 
 there were born — Jesse B., business man.ager of the 
 Gate City; D. L., now a Lieutenant of the Regular 
 Army ; Frederick, and one daughter, Lida. 
 
 The following estimate of his character was writ- 
 ten by one who knew him well : 
 
 "His life was strong and serviceable, yet through 
 the greater part of it what he did gave little indi- 
 cation of his real power to do. Like all able men 
 he was more than he ever did. He was a strong 
 editor — the ablest in the State — yet he did not care 
 
 all the time to prove it by his work, and men of 
 far less ability could have challenged a rivalry of 
 reputation with him in public estimation as a 
 journalist. Devoted to his editorial work when in 
 it, he was always more than a journalist. A politi- 
 cal leader by native force, l)y acquirements and by 
 sagacity, he cared nothing for the place of leader, 
 and was often only the associate and ally of men 
 and causes which he really led. He was ambitious and 
 desired office, yet through all his active life, when 
 the pinch came, he was constantly disposed to see 
 in another rather than himself, the person he would 
 force himself .and his party to take. His devotion 
 to the party he thought right was liis dominant 
 political impulse and ambition, and made himself 
 abnegatory in his relations, not to party work, but 
 to partj' rewards." 
 
 <if]AMES V. CHURCH, who departed tiiis life 
 on the 12th of December, 1880, became a 
 resident of the Hawkeye State in 1857, and 
 (^jli lived here imtil his death. During a period 
 of nearly thirty years passed within the envirt)ns 
 of this county he built up for himself a reputation 
 as an honest man and a good citizen, prompt to 
 meet his obligations, and careful to cast his influ- 
 ence upon the side of truth and justice. 
 
 Mr. Church, a native of New England, was born 
 among the hills of Berkshire County, Mass., in 
 1820. His parents were Arnold and Diantha 
 (Pelton) Church, n.atives respectively of Rhode 
 Island and Massachusetts. The parental household 
 included four children, one of whom died in in- 
 fancy; Irene became the wife of William Hall, of 
 San Francisco, Cal. ; .Tames ^'., of our sketch, was 
 the eldest of the family, and never married ; Nancy 
 is the widow of Asher Miller, who was born in 
 Connecticut in 1811. and followed farming pur- 
 suits; they were married in Hampden County, 
 Mass., came to Illinois in 1858, settling in La Salle 
 County, where they lived four ye.ars, and then, 
 crossing the Mississippi came into Lee County, where 
 Mr. Miller purchased 123 acres of land in Pleasant 
 Ridge Township. They remained here umil the 
 death of Mr. M., whicii occurre<l in ].s73. He left 
 
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 n wife .•111(1 two cliililrcii, .Imiiics niid W'illidin. wlm 
 reside with their mother. .Mrs. ]\Iiller, after the 
 death of her husband, sold licr lioiiiestead. and now 
 resides on the estate of her deceased brother, the 
 subject of this sketch. She is a most estiiunhle 
 lady, and is iionored with the good-will and confi- 
 dence of a large eii-cle of acquaintances. 
 
 James X. Church was bred to farm life, and re- 
 sided in his native State until the time of the Cali- 
 fornia gold excitement, when he went to the Pacific 
 .Slope via the Isthmus, where he remained four 
 years, meeting with fair, success in his operations 
 there. He then returned eastward, and settling in 
 Iowa engaged in the loaning of money. Subse- 
 quentlj', by foreclosing a moitgage, he became 
 possessor of a tract of Ininl in Pleasant Ridge 
 Township, to which he added by purchase until he 
 became the possessor of nearly 600 acres. He was 
 thrifty and energetic in his business life, a quiet, 
 unobtrusive man, and greatly respected for his ex- 
 cellent personal character. In politics he was Re- 
 pulilican, easting his vote thoughtfully- and con- 
 scientiously, and is i)leasantly remembered by 
 those who knew him for his genial and kindly dis- 
 position, which was slow to anger, and careful in 
 censuring the acts of men whose motives he could 
 not fully understand. 
 
 Tlie portrait of Mr. Church, shown on an accom- 
 l)anying page, will be at once recognized by the 
 friends who valued him, as the features of the man 
 who for so many years went in and out among the 
 people of Pleasant Ridge as one of their most val- 
 ued citizens. 
 
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 ip^T RANK J. SCHENK, ,Ik., of Keokuk, is pros- 
 |— toj perously engaged as a dealer in dry-goods 
 (Hi and notions, having established his present 
 msiness in 1H«(!. He was formerly of the firm of 
 rinkman & .Sclienk. Our subject is a native of 
 Hveokuk, liis birth having occurred on the 1st of 
 May, 1 8.58, and is the eldest son of F. J. and Louisa 
 rt(Kamuf) Scheiik, who became residents of the Gate 
 }[Jity over thirty years ago and a sketch of whom 
 [tvill be found on the following page of this Ai.iuiii. 
 ^ Our subject received his education in the Catho- 
 
 lir .>cbool> of K<'oknk. .iiid bcg.-m his uutcmiiI ih' life 
 as a clcii< for Thomas (^regg, witii wiiom he re- 
 mained eighteen montlis, and after occupying vari- 
 ous positions with other firms, during which time 
 lie gained a valuable experience, he formed a jjart- 
 nership with F. Urinkman, which continued four 
 years under the style of Hrinkman and .Schenk, 
 and then our subject estalilislied his present pros- 
 perous and lucrative trade. 
 
 Mr. Schi'uk was married. .Inly 10, 1 ,SS4, to Aliss 
 Katie Spieng, of Keokuk, the daughter of .lacob 
 Sjjieng, who was among the pioneer residents of the 
 (iate City. Of this union there has been born one 
 child, a dniighter — Mamie. Mr. and .Mrs. Schenk 
 are members in good standing of St. Mary's Catho- 
 lic Church, and number among their friends ant! 
 associates the best people of the city. 
 
 LBERT II. (tARRETSON is a memlier of 
 the firm of Garretson & Garretson, of 
 Keokuk, attorneys at law and dealers in 
 real estate. Our subject is a native of the 
 llawkeye State, and was born near Salem, Henry 
 County, Sept. 19, 1847. His father, Joel C. (iar- 
 retson, was one of the early pioneers of Henry 
 County, who settled there in 1837, nine years be- 
 fore Iowa w.as admitted into the Union as a State. 
 He was born in Pennsylvania, and was a farmer by 
 occu]iation, and early in life removed from his na- 
 tive .State to Highland County, Ohio, where he was 
 married to Mi.ss Elizabeth Goodson. Mrs. (J. was 
 a native of Ohio, and the ilaiighter of fieorge 
 Goodson. Of this union there were born six chil- 
 dren, all of whom are living. 
 
 Albert II. Garretson passed his boyhood on his 
 father's f;u'in, and entered upon his priniaiy studies 
 in the district school. After becouiing sulticiently 
 advanced he entered Whitticr College at S;ilein, 
 Iowa, and after a j-ear's cour.se returned to the farm 
 and engaged with his father in .agricultural pur- 
 suits an<l stock-raising. Being ambitious and in- 
 clined to literary tastes he commenced the study 
 of l;iw in ls7s, and afterward took a full course in 
 the law department of the Iowa State ITuiversity, 
 from which he giaduMted in IS71I. lie then dis- 
 
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 posed of his interests on the farm, and opening a 
 law olKce in Keokuk began the practice of his pro- 
 fession, being joined the year following b3' his 
 brother, John G., and they have operated together 
 since tliat time. They are wide-awake, enterpris- 
 ing men, and in addition to other interests are sole 
 owners of the street sprinkling contracts in the cit}\ 
 Their real-estate transactions include abstracting 
 and convej'ancing, and they also buy and sell on 
 their own account. 
 
 Albert II. Garretson was married in Uctober, 
 IS71, to Miss Emma L. Smith, of Henr}' County, 
 Iowa. Of this union there were born four chil- 
 dren, of whom Arthur G. and Earle died in infanc3-; 
 tliose surviving are Henry H. and Daisj' G. After 
 their marriage Mr. and Mrs. G. moved to the 
 northern part of Lee County, where our subject en- 
 gaged in farming and stock-raising. He finajly be- 
 came connected with the Grange movement, and 
 was prominently' identified with the < rder in this 
 count}'. He is now Secretary' and sU.iclvhulder of 
 the Keokuk Auction, a commission association of 
 the city, banded together for mutual benefit and 
 protection, and has been identified with the various 
 movements of the cit}' calculated to increase its 
 standing and jwpularity among other important 
 towns of this and other States. 
 
 ^RANK SCMENK, Sii., of Keokuk, is one 
 of the i>ioneer shoemakers (.>f the Gate City, 
 ^ ~ and although advanced in years, still plies 
 his knife and hammer with the diligence and energy 
 which were characteristic of liis earlier da3s. He 
 is a native of the Kmi)ire of German}', his birth oc- 
 curring in Baden on the 9th of March, 1S27, and 
 received a good education ^n the sciiools of liis na- 
 tive countr}'. He also sevved his apprenticeship 
 there, and worked as a "jour" for some 3'ears 
 afterward. He then emigrated to the. Lnited States, 
 reaching Keokuk in Is.jO. Eive years later he was 
 united in marriage, in St. Louis, Mo., witli Miss 
 Louisa Kamuf, who was of German nativit}', and 
 the}' became the parents of eleven eliildreu, six 
 sons and five <laughters, seven of wliom still sur- 
 vive. 
 
 .Mr. Schcnk lia:r worked failhf ull}' at his trade for 
 
 a period of fort3'-two years, and during his long 
 residence in the Gate City has established himself 
 in tlie confidence and esteem of all who know liini. 
 He has been strictly upright and honorable in all 
 his dealings, and has built up for liimself an envia- 
 ble record as an honest man and a good citizen. 
 He and his family are devoted members of St. 
 Mary's Catholic Church. 
 
 
 z^^APT. SAMUEL SPEAKE, a resident of 
 |[ Nauvoo, but making his home mostly in 
 
 ^^k^' Montrose Milage, is one of the most skill- 
 ful pilots of the Mississippi River, and has traversed 
 the '• Father of Waters" since 1854. At that time 
 he entered upon his responsible duties as pilot 
 through the rapids between Montrose and Keokuk, 
 and four years later was placed in charge of a val- 
 uable raft which he floated from Stillwater to St. 
 Louis. He worked for four months in the pineries 
 of Minnesota, and was on the .St. Croix Lake with 
 Joseph Hall, the commander of a raft from .Still- 
 water to New Boston Bay, where they were obliged 
 to lay up on account of higli water. In the 3'ear 
 1881 he purchased a one-third interest with R. 8. 
 Owen and others, in the packet steamers •' Prescott " 
 and " Park Bluff." The " Prescott " is one of the 
 finest steamers on the Father of Waters, and Capt. 
 Speake is considered one of the foremost pilots now 
 following the rapids. He has been a thorough 
 business man, owns property in Montrose and Nau- 
 voo, and is a general favorite among rivei' men, , 
 and among his fellow-citizens when he is on terra 
 firma. 
 
 Capt. Speake is a native of Marion County, Ky., 
 and the date of his birth was Oct. i'J, 1 62d. When 
 he was a lad of six 3^ears, his parents moved from 
 Kentuck}' to Illinois, and he received a very lim- 
 ited education in the schools of the Prairie State, 
 where he attendeil one week. He was a bright and 
 ambitious bo}', however, keenl}' observant of what 
 was going on around him, and luiide the most of 
 his opportunities. At the early age of eleven years 
 he started out for himself and decided upon his 
 fntui'e course, which was to follow the rivei'. He 
 was first engaged as cabin bo^-, and clind^ed up. 
 
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step by step, to his present responsible position. 
 Nov. 27, 1860, Capt. Speake was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Minerva M. DeLislc, and (jf this 
 union there are three children: Lucia A., who mar- 
 ried William W()rthington,of I^incohi, Neb.; Annie 
 li. and Franiv; the latter is a bright little boy of 
 eight years. 
 
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 BKL C. ROBERTS.M. D., editor of the 
 Ft. Madison Democrat, is a native of the 
 //rii Empire State, born in C^ueensburj' Town- 
 ''' ship, Warren County, Jan. 15, 1830. 
 
 His father, Jonathan Roberts, was a native of Co- 
 lumbia County, N. Y., and his grandfather, Philip 
 Roberts, was a native of the same State, but born in 
 Dutchess County, and removed with his parents to 
 Columbia County before the Revolutionary War. 
 He there gi-ew to manhood, married, and reared 
 his family there, where he spent the remainder of 
 his da3's. 
 
 Jonathan Roberts, the father of our subject, re- 
 moved to Warren County when a young man, and 
 purchased a farm in C^ueensbury Township. He 
 lived there until 18;!2, and then traded his land for 
 a farm in Rensselaer County, upon which he re- 
 mained some years, then returned to Columbia 
 County and established himself upon his father's 
 homestead. After a few jears he was seized with 
 a desire to see something of the western country. 
 He first proceeded to Michigan, settling in Lenawee 
 County in 1 831). The trip was made via the Firie 
 Canal to Buffalo, thence by lake to Toledo, and 
 then by rail to Adrain, Mich. He purchased a 
 farm in Lenawee County, established a home, and 
 remained there until the close of his life. In early 
 manhood he was married to Miss Melita Commins, 
 
 liqa native of New York, born in Nassau, Rensselaer 
 County. The parental familj' consisted of twelve 
 children, all of whom grew to become men and 
 women, the subject of our sketch being the fourth 
 in order of birth. He assisted his father on the 
 
 gi farm during the summer seasons and in the winters 
 attended the public schools. 
 
 Dr. Roberts coninienced the stud3' of medicine 
 in 184;), in llic ollice of Dr. .lohii C'adnian, at 
 
 
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 Adrian, Mich. He then entered the medical depart- i i 
 ment of the Michigan University, at Ann Harbor, jii 
 from which he graduated in 1853, and at once 
 commenced the practice of his profession at Otsego, 
 Allegan County, remaining there until 1859. In 
 the spring of that year he crossed the Mississippi 
 and came to Ft. Madison, and has been contin- 
 uously engaged in practice here since that time. 
 He became editor of the Plaindealer that same 
 year, and in 1862 was appointed Contract Surgeon 
 at the United States Hospital at Keokuk, and held 
 this position until 1863. In the spring of this year 
 he received an appointment by the Governor of 
 Missouri as Surgeon of the 21st Missouri Infantry, 
 and went to the field with the regiment, remain- 
 ing with them until 1 860, through the various cam- 
 paigns. He was jH-esent at the battles of Tupelo, 
 Miss., the two days' fight at Nashville, the seige 
 and capture of Mobile, and many other minor en- 
 gagements, remaining with his regiment until the 
 close of the war, when he received an. honorable 
 discharge. 
 
 At the close of his military career Dr. Roberts 
 returned to Ft. Madison and resumed the practice 
 of his profession. He wasalliicted with rheumatism, 
 which unfitted him for hard labor connected with 
 his i^rofcssional duties, and he accordingly entered 
 the field of politics and was placed in nomination 
 for Treasurer of Lee County. He was triumphantly 
 elected and served in this capacity for six years. 
 He has been editor of tiie Ft. Madison Ufmocrat 
 since the paper was first established, and has con- 
 ducted his department in a highly crediUible and 
 successful manner. While Contract Surgeon at 
 Keokuk, he delivered two courses of lectures at the 
 College of Phj'sicians and Surgeons, his subject be- 
 ing the principles and practice of medicine. These 
 lectures were considered of more than ordinary 
 merit and very instructive. 
 
 Dr. Roberts has also been quite an extensive 
 traveler, hi 188U, on account of his health he 
 crossed the ocean, and spent six months traveling 
 through England, Ireland, Scotland, (iorinany and 
 France. Two years later he made a trip around 
 the world, st;irting from New Y'ork in the spring of 
 1882, and landing at San Francisco the following 
 September, .-ind during this lri|> s;i\v man}' strange 
 
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 sights and encountered people from almost all parts 
 of the world. 
 
 Abel C. Roberts and Miss Emily A. Cole were 
 united in marriage March 2'J, 18.53. Mrs. Roberts 
 is a native of Seneca County, N. Y., where she was 
 reared and received an excellent education. Of 
 her marriage with our subject have been born three 
 children — Frances C, Nelson C. and Edward M. 
 The family occupj' a fine residence in Ft. Madison, 
 and are highly respected members of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 Dr. Roberts is a member in good standing of 
 Claypole Lodge No. 13, K. of P., he is also con- 
 nected with the K. T. and I. O. O. F. lie is a prom- 
 inent member of his profession, and belongs to the 
 Keokuk Medical Society, the Rocky Mountain and 
 the American Medical Associations. 
 
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 ETER KLOPFENSTEIN, deceased, late 
 of Pleasant Ridge Township, during the 
 perio^ of nearly thirty years spent in 
 this locality, was known as a valuable and 
 highl}' respected citizen. He became the owner of 
 a fine farm estate on section 13, comprising 370 
 acres, the larger part of which is improved and un- 
 der a good state of cultivation. It is provided 
 with tvvo farm dwellings and all the necessary barns 
 and out-buildings for the storing of grain and the 
 shelter of stock and farm machinery. The accum- 
 ulations of Mr. K. were the result of his own en- 
 ergy and industry, and as a man and citizen he oc- 
 cupied a prominent place among the leading resi- 
 dents of Lee Count}'. 
 
 On the 30th day of December, 18^6, Mr. Klop- 
 fensteiu met with an accident in Burlington, Iowa, 
 being thrown from the railroad track by an engine 
 on the C, B. & Q. R. R., and suffered injuries from 
 which he died on the 2d of January, 18H7, aged 
 sixty-five years, six months and twenty -seven days. 
 He was a native of "fair France," and was born in the 
 Province of Alsaac, .Tune 5, 1821. He was the son 
 of Christian and Barbara Klopfenstein, an<l was de- 
 prived of a father's care when a little lad of six 
 years old. Five years afterward the mother, ac- 
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 daughter, Mary, emigrated to the United States and 
 settled in Wayne County, Ohio. Eleven years after- I 
 ward they came to Iowa, and established a home i 
 in Jefferson County, where the life of the mother 
 terminated in ISOT, at the age of seventy-two 
 years. Mary, the only sister of our subject, became 
 the wife of Joseph Roth, and is now deceased. An- 
 other son, Nicholas, came to the United States two 
 years after the arrival of those- above mentioned, Ji 
 and is now a resident of Washington Territory. 
 
 The subject of this biography came to Iowa with 
 his mother and sister, but subsequently returned to 
 Ohio, where he remained until 1846, and was united 
 in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Baughman, of 
 Wayne County. Mrs. K. was born Dec. 15, 1823, 
 and is the daughter of David and Anna (Garber) 
 Baughman, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. K. and 
 his wife came to Iowa in 1850, settling first in Jef- 
 ferson County, where they remained for five years. 
 They then came into Lee County, locating near 
 West Point, and soon afterward Mr. Klopfenstein 
 purchased 240 acres of the present homestead, 
 upon which they settled and have since remained. 
 Very little of the land was improved at that time, 
 but with characteristic industry and energy Mr. K. 
 set liimself to work to increase the value of his pos- 
 sessions. He was prospered in his undertakings, 
 and subsequently added 130 acres to his first pur- 
 chase, and it now constitutes one of the finest 
 farms in the Hawkeye State. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. K. became the parents of eight 
 children, three of whomj two sons and one daugh- 
 ter, died in infancy. The five remaining are Anna, 
 the wife of William Phmk, of Davis County; Da- 
 vid, of Denmark Township; Jonathan, of Pleasant 
 Ridge Township; Katie is the wife of Joseph 
 Melcher, of Burlington, Iowa, and Lizzie M., at 
 home.' 
 
 Mr. K. became prominent in the counsels of his 
 fellow-townsmen, relating to matters of public in- 
 terest, and occupied the office of Townsliip 
 Trustee for two j'ears. Religiously he was a Men- 
 nonite, and in politics affiliated with the Demo- 
 cratic part}'. 
 
 In the portrait of Mr. Klopfenstein, which is 
 shown in connection with this sketcii, the artist has 
 striven to faithfully copy the lines of a face so long t^^ 
 
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 familiar to a large uiinilicr of lliu residents of Lee 
 Count3', as that nf a man universally esteemed for 
 his strong and upright character, and the intelli- 
 gence which constituted him a valued member of 
 the community. As an approijriate accunipan\'ing 
 portrait, that of liis wife is also presented, she who 
 remained his faitliful and affectionate cc^nipimion 
 until they were separated by death. 
 
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 M( ILWAIN, Rector of 
 St. John's Church, Keokuk, is one of the 
 oldest resident ministers of the city, and is 
 
 all ways has distinguished himself by his industrv. 
 self-sacrifice and talents. 
 
 The parochial residence is an unpretentious, ouc- 
 story building, comfortable, but by no mean> I'lc- 
 gant, and valued at the mt)dest sum of >!2.")ii. It i> 
 situated ou an alley behind two churches, witli •■m 
 inspiring outlook toward the sky. The rector h;is 
 spent only two nights in Keokuk outside of his 
 residence, having a remarkable affection for his 3-ti 
 home. He is warmly attached to his humble wig- :> 
 
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 wan), and during the last sixteen years of iiis life ; 
 has never had occasion to ask for a cent of salary, 3|^i 
 which proves in how high an estimation he is held i-i 
 by his parishioners. His frugality and economy 3i;ii 
 have enabled him to secure a competency, and h( 
 has given cheerfully of his means to all worthy en- :.n 
 
 ^^^ widely and favorably known among the terprises in connection with religious matters and 5i;li 
 
 cultured people of Lee County. He possesses fine 
 abilities, is of commanding presence and noble 
 bearing, and both mentally and physically is one 
 of the brightest ornaments of the clerical pi'ofession 
 in the West. 
 
 Mr. Mcllwain is a native of New York, and was 
 l)orii in Delaware County in January, 1.S44. In 
 early years he was destined for the ministry, being 
 carefully educated to this end, and took a full 
 course at Harvard College and also at the General 
 Theological Seminary of New York City. His first 
 charge was over Trinity Church at Woodbridge, 
 N. J., where he remained two ^ears, and in May, 
 1871, came to Keokuk as pastor of St. John's. The 
 fiW average term of his predecessors at this point had 
 been about two years, and when Mr. Mcllwain 
 took charge of the congregation the building was 
 very much dilapidated and the society depressed 
 by frequent disappointments and failures. Under 
 his ministrations both the society and the building- 
 soon began t,o improve. The old church was reno- 
 vated and enlarged, a new organ put in, and niany 
 other improvements instituted. The society soon 
 began to increase in numbers, and the refinement 
 and culture of the cit\' found this a jjleasaut resort 
 for an intellectual feast. The Mission of the Holy 
 ^ Cross was soon established, and has grown into an 
 independent parish. In addition U> otiier labors in 
 the city Mr. .Mcllwain has held occasional services 
 .■it .Montrose, Ft. Madison and Canton, Mo., and in 
 
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 those which are calculated to be of material lnMiclil 
 to society' at large. 
 
 pILLIAM 11. KRETSINGEU, \ice Presi- 
 dent and manager of the Iowa Farming 
 Imjilement Company, w.as an early settler 
 of Ft. Madison, and has been largely identified with 
 the business interests of Lee County since his first 
 arrival in tliis section of the comitry. He is a gen- 
 tleman of more than ordinary business ability, 
 genial and social in his disposition, and is one of 
 the most valued citizens of Ft. Madison and vi- 
 cinity. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a native of Herki- 
 mer County, X. Y., born in the town of Fairfield, 
 Julj' 10, IHU;. His father, (Tcorge Kretsinger, was 
 a native of Schoharie County, N. Y.. and his grand- 
 father, Jacob Kretsinger, who was born in (ier- 
 many, was of i)uie Cierman ancestry, .and emigrated 
 to America when a young man, m.-iking his first k)- 
 calion in Sclmharie County. He first engaged in 
 agricidtural pursuits, and later in trade. He spent 
 the last years of his life in Herkimer County. 
 
 (ieoige Kretsinger, the father of our suljject. 
 went from Ids native county to Albany, and be- 
 came a clerk there in .i dry-goods store. After a 
 time lie removed In I'.iii lield. Herkimer County, 
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 5 sisted of five cliildren. twci of whom died in cnriy 
 a youth. 
 
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 § member of his family. He received his early edn- 
 1 cation in the district schools, and afterward took a 
 § course at Fairfield Academy. After leaving school 
 he liecame engaged in mercantile pursuits at Fair- 
 field, and was afterward occupied in the manufact- 
 ure of farming- implements at Clayville, Oneida 
 Co., N. Y., and was thus employed for about seven 
 years. He then decided to seek a location in the 
 JJlSgreat West for the scenes of his future operations, 
 sand went to Chicago, 111., where he engaged in the 
 jsale of farming implements and other heavy hard- 
 Hware until 1871. He then came to Ft. Madison, 
 and engaged in the manufacture of farming imple- 
 iments as a member of the firm of .Soule, Kretsinger 
 I cfe Co. 
 
 In 1874 Mr. Kretsinger organized the Iowa 
 : Farming Implement Company, and was appointed 
 :its Superintendent. He is now Vice President and 
 § manager of the whole concern. The works give 
 eniplo3'meut to 1150 men, and they manufacture 
 ^ha3'-forks, rakes, hoes, cradles, snaths, etc. The 
 Ishops are furnished with all modern machinery, 
 ^; jseveralof which are the invention of the firm. They 
 I i jhave instituted great improvements in farm ma- 
 jljehinery, and their patterns are very popular .and 
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 i^iof a daugliter, M. Adelia. 
 ilj Politically Mr. K. is strongly Republican and 
 
 ■ luniformly votes with that party. He is a man 
 i^jhighly esteemed in his community, and has added 
 
 ';inaterially to the industrial interests of the county. 
 :He occupies a pleasant home and the family 
 
 arc surrounded by all the comforts and many 
 of the luxuries of life. Mr. K. has identified him- 
 self with the interests of Lee County, and has con- 
 tril)nted liberally and cheerfully to every measure 
 calculated to advance the interests of his commu- 
 nity, morally, socially or educationallj'. 
 
 ORTOX BUCK, a wealthy and influential 
 farmer of Green Bay Township, is one of 
 the most extensive landed proprietors of 
 this section, being the owner of 400 acres 
 of land on sections 19, 20 and 24. He came to the 
 Hawkeye State when it was in its infancy, and has 
 watched with the deepest interest its growth and 
 ilevelopment, aiding materially in the building up 
 of his township and eonntv. 
 
 Mr. Buck was born in Seneca County, N. Y., 
 Aug. 30, 180(j. His parents were William .S. and 
 Berrentha (York) Buck, natives of Connecticut, 
 where they were reared and married, and from 
 which they afterward removed, first to Penn- 
 sylvania, then to New York, and subsequently to 
 Hamilton County, Ohio. In this latter State they 
 were the occupants of the farm of Gen. Harrison 
 for nearly five years, in the meantime carrjdng on 
 a dairy. William Buck afterward purchased a farm 
 on the Big Miami River, in the western part of 
 Ohio, and remained there for sixteen years. He 
 then moved into Indiana, and located in Switzer- 
 land County, where his life terminated, in 1843, at 
 the advanced age of seventy-nine years. He was 
 drafted to help capture Lord Cornwallis and his 
 army near the close of the Revolutionary AVar, but 
 owing to an accident could not go. He was a man 
 of fine intelligence and decided views, and took an 
 active part in education and politics, affiliating with 
 the Whig partj'. The wife and mother departed 
 this life in Hamilton County, Ohio, at the age of 
 sLxty-five years. Their household consisted of 
 eleven sons and two daughters, three sons and one 
 daughter now living. 
 
 The subject of this history was a lad of twelve 
 years old when his parents removed from Pennsyl- 
 vania to Ohio. He went with them to Indiana, and 
 in early manhood, .Ian. 2(j, 1832, was united iu 
 
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 marriage with Miss Rebecca A. Johnson, a native 
 of his iiwii townshi|) mikI (•ouiitv, viz., Ulysses 
 Township, Seneca Co., Ind., and was born Feb. (J. 
 1812. Her parents were from New Jersey'; her 
 father, John Johnson, carrying on farming, and also 
 working as a carpenter. The maiden name of her 
 mother was Mary A. (iifford. Siiurtly after their 
 marriage they removed t(j and located in Switzer- 
 land County, Ind., where they remained for about 
 sixteen years. Mr.s. Buck was reared at home, and 
 remained with her parents until her marriage. By 
 her union with our subject she liecame the mother 
 of nine children, three of whom are deceased, viz., 
 Warren M., Ophelia and Huldah. The living are: 
 Amos, Cymantha E., Weltha A., Adelbert H., Hal- 
 sey J. and Emma J. 
 
 Upon leaving Indiana, Mr. Buck, accompanied 
 by his family, took passage on the Ohio and Missis- 
 sippi Rivers, and landed at Keokuk, March 23, 1848, 
 and made a crop about two miles west of Montrose. 
 He located upon the present homestead Dee. 2, 
 1848. Since that time he has been continuously 
 engaged in the improvement and cultivation of his 
 farm, has been successful in his undertakings, and 
 has accumulated a good property. He has been a 
 prominent man in the community since first com- 
 ing here, his rare qualities and spirit of enterprise 
 stamping him at once as fitted for a leader among 
 his fellows. He has held many of the local offices 
 of the township, and taken a prominent part in the 
 deliberations of her citizens in all matters pertain- 
 ing to the public welfare. During the existence of 
 the Whig party he was its firm adherent, and cast his 
 first vote for John C^. Adams as President. Upon 
 the organization of the Republican party he cheer- 
 fully endorsed its princi])les, and since that time 
 has uniformly east his vote for its candidates. Dur- 
 ing the war he was a strong Union man. In re- 
 Sj ligious belief the family are Universalists. 
 
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 ANIEL McCONN, one of the iionored pio- 
 neers of F't. Madison, is one of its most 
 prominent citizens, and has been largely 
 identified with tiie business interests of the 
 
 His name is familiar ail over Lee County, 
 
 and he is one of the landmarks of the Hawkey e 
 .State, coming here at a time when the country was 
 but thinly settled, and assisting, with others, in 
 m;irking out a patli for the advance of a later civ- 
 ilization. 
 
 Mr. McConn is a native of Ireland, and possesses 
 all the sturdy and generous attributes of tiie sons 
 of Krin. He was born in County Down, in Jan- 
 uary, 18i;j. His jwrents were Ncal and Ellen Mc- 
 Conn, and he remained with them until a lad of 
 twelve years <>lil, wlien he set sail for Arherica in 
 company witii his micle, the latter having com- 
 mand of the vessel in which the.y sailed. They 
 landed at New York City, where our young emi- 
 grant made but a short stop, and then boarding the 
 same vessel proceeded to Norfolk, \a., where they 
 loaded with cotton and proceeded to Bremen. He 
 followed the sea for three years, and then went to 
 Baltimore, Md., stopping there with his brother, 
 who was a large mill-owner and dealer in flour. 
 
 Daniel McConn remained in Baltimore for the 
 following twelve years, then proceeded to New 
 Orleans, and engaged in boating on the Mississippi 
 River. He followed the river between St. Louis 
 smd New Orleans until the fall of 1836, When he 
 w^as stricken down with yellow fever, from which 
 he did not fully recover until the following spring. 
 He then followed the advice of his physician and 
 came up the river, his first location being at Galena. 
 At this place there was then a hotel which was 
 nothing more than a double log cabin. He stopped 
 here a few days, but not being entirely pleased 
 with the outlook, returned to 8t. Louis. On his 
 way there he met a land-owner of P^t. Madison, who 
 induced him to return with him to that town. 
 
 In May of that same year, Mr. McConn purchased 
 a stock of merchandise, and opened a store in Et. 
 Madison, building up a business which continued 
 thereafter for the space of twentj' years. He was 
 greatly prospered in his undertakings, his genial 
 and obliging manner and straightforward transac- 
 tions securing him hosts of friends and patrons. 
 His business rapidly increased, and in due time he 
 erected a large warehouse and purchased grain, 
 pork, and other country produce, shijiping them to 
 St. Louis and New York. He was thus continually 
 engaged until 1878, and then retired from active 
 
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 business, having secured a competency. He is the 
 owner of a fine farm one mile from tlie town, which 
 is carried on by a tenant. 
 
 Daniel McCoun and Miss Caroline Naomi Catter- 
 niole were married in 1843. Mrs. McConn was a 
 native of London, England, and from excellent 
 early training and natural lialiits and disposition, 
 was well calculated to become the jiartuer of such 
 a man as our subject. After being the faithful 
 companion of her husband for the space of thirty- 
 three years, she departed this life in March, 1876, 
 deeply lamented by her family and a large circle 
 of friends and acquaintances. Their family con- 
 sisted of the following: Laura is the wife of A. G. 
 Adams, and they live in Burlington, Iowa; Henry 
 D. is Cashier of the German-American Bank of Ft. 
 Madison (see sketch in another part of this work) ; 
 Richard is a resident of Leon, this .State; Lizzie 
 married Mr. J. R. Flannigan, and lives in Ft. Mad- 
 ison ; John D. is in Kansas, and Hugh is in Topeka, 
 the same State. 
 
 Mr. McConu is not connected in membership 
 with any church, but has all his lifetime endeavored 
 to follow the precepts of the Golden Rule, and to 
 do unto men as he would have them do unto him. 
 His forrn is a familiar one upon the streets of Ft. 
 Madison, and he enjoys the highest confidence and 
 esteem of his fellow-citizens. Although strongly 
 Democratic in politics, he alwa3's votes for the best 
 men, regardless of party. 
 
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 ^/KLIX T. HUGHES, attorney at law, Keo- 
 kuk, is a native of Illinois, and was born in 
 St. Clair County, Nov. 10, 1838. His 
 father, Joshua W. Hughes, is a native of Mrginia, 
 a blacksmith and farmer by occupation, and resides 
 in Scotland County, Mo., aged seventy-nine years. 
 In early manhood Joshua W. Hughes vvas united 
 in marriage with Miss Martha Askins, a native of 
 Kentucky. She has been the faithful companion of 
 her husband for over fifty years, and is still living, 
 aged seventy-eight j'ears. The parental family con- 
 sisted of five children, of whom tiie record is as 
 follows : William, who is a farmer of Indianola, 
 Iowa; John, who is carrying on agricultural pur- 
 
 suits in .Scotland County, Mo. ; the third son was > JH 
 F. T., our subject; Joshua, an attorney at M t. i MB 
 Pleasant, Iowa; Martha, the only daughter, resides HH|} 
 with her parents. flBt} 
 
 The early life of the subject of our sketch -- iiPf •"■' 
 passed upon the farm and in attendance upon the [ 
 common schools. He also took a course at the 
 Academy of Troy, Iowa, and for several years 
 afterward studiously employed his time in the 
 reading of law. He was admitted to the bar in 
 1806, and entered upon the practice of his pro- 
 fession at Lancaster, Mo., where he remained thir- 
 teen years. He then came to Keokuk, and after 
 a time became associated with William T. Rankin 
 of that city, and they Iiave since operated under 
 the firm name of Hughes & Rankin. 
 
 Mr. Hughes is one of the prominent members of 
 the profession in Lee County. He has been the at- 
 torney of the Missouri, Iowa & Nebraska Railway 
 Company since the time of the building of their 
 road, in 1871, and also during the time it was op- 
 erated by the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway 
 Company, under lease. He is now the President 
 and General Counsel of the same road, under its 
 new name, the Keokuk & Western. Although mak- 
 ing railroad law a specialty, Mr. Hughes has also fol- 
 lowed the general practice of his profession, and oc- 
 cupies a worthy position among his legal compeers 
 in this State. He has a clear head for business, and 
 as an advocate and counselor ably represents the 
 claims of his patrons. 
 
 The marriage of Felix T. Hughes and Miss Jean 
 A. Summerlin was celebrated in the city of Mem- 
 phis, Tenn, Aug. 1, 1865. They have four chil- 
 dren living — Greta, Howard R., Rupert R. and 
 Felix H. 
 
 Politically Mr. Hughes affiliates with the Repub- 
 lican party; he was one of the Greeley' electors for 
 the State of Missouri, in 1872. He has been deeply 
 interested in educational matters, and served for 
 four years as Superintendent of public schools for 
 Schuyler County, Mo. He is a liberal-minded citi- 
 zen, and has generouslj' contributed of his influence 
 and means to encourage every work and purpose 
 calculated for the growth and advancement of his 
 city and county. At his present residence. No. 312 
 North Fifth street, he, with his family, is enjoying 
 
the (romforts of life, and the confidence of his 
 townsmen and the people among whom he li!i> Imill 
 up a valuable practice in Lee County. 
 
 As a representative member of the legal pro- 
 fession of Lee County, the publishers of this Al- 
 Br.M lake pleasure in jiresenting the poi'trait of Mr. 
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 ox. IIORACK WA.SHBL RN. The subject 
 of this biography is one of the honored old 
 settlers of Des Moines Township, where he 
 has carried on farming successfully for the 
 last thirt3'-flve years, and is consequently one of 
 the familiar landmarks in this section of the Hawk- 
 eye State. He is an extensive laud-owner, having 
 at the time of coming here purchased 900 acres, 
 whicli was thou wild ,'ind unbroken. He has since 
 that time been actively- engaged in its cultivation 
 and improvement. :uid now h.TS 3G0 acres of the 
 finest lanil in this part of the countrj', the larger 
 part of wliich is under a high state of cultivation. 
 Mr. Washburn is a native of Canada West, and 
 was born in Leeds Countj', April 13, \S\^. His 
 father, Kbenezer Washburn, was a native of \'er- 
 mont, and came of an old fa mil}' who were promi- 
 nent in the earl}- politics of the United States. His 
 f.ather took him to C'anada when a bo}%- and .he re- 
 mained there until he was married to Miss Hannah 
 Sexton, also a native of X'ermont, of German de- 
 scent and New England parentage. Thej- remained 
 three years in Canada after their marriage, and 
 until aftei- the birth of their son, our subject, when 
 the}' came back to the United States, cro.ssed the 
 Mississippi, and settled in Lee County, Iowa, where 
 the decease of tlie father occurred in Des Moines 
 Townslii|). The uiother died in 1845. They were 
 most excellent and worthy people, and highly re- 
 'St speeted wherever they made their home. 
 
 Honice Washburn c^ame into Iowa in 1842. mak- 
 ing his first location in Charleston Township, this 
 county, but shortly thereafter removed into Des 
 Moines Township, which he lias since made his 
 home. He had received careful training from his 
 excellent parents and iiad acquiic d liabits of indus- 
 try and economy, and after coming here set him- 
 self industriously to work to establish a home and 
 
 to become a man among men. His efforts, espe- 
 cially as regards the letter, were attended with suc- 
 cess. One of his first ventures was the erection of 
 a sawmill, with a grist attachment. This he had 
 operated only a short time when it was destroyed 
 by fire, and involved great loss to Mr. W. He 
 soon, however, recovered from this disaster, and 
 then turned his attention to the pursuit of agri- 
 culture, in which he has been fairly successful. 
 
 Mr. W.ashburn was married at Xauvoo. 111., to 
 Miss Caroline Mott. a native of the Dominion, and 
 of the same county as himself. She remained with 
 her parents until she became a young woman, and 
 came vvith them to Iowa. She became the mother 
 of six children, four of whom survive — Lydia, 
 (leorge, Martha and Horace M.; the deceased are 
 Tabor, and an infant unnamed. The faithful wife 
 and mother departed this life at her home in this 
 township, in about 18.56, on the 1 0th of March. 
 Mr. Washburn's second marriage was .solemnized 
 with Miss Lydia A. Hutchinson, a native of Ohio, 
 and of this union have been born six children — 
 Caroline, Sarah, Esther, Harry, Clara and Maria; 
 one is deceiised. 
 
 In politics Mr. Washburn was formerly a Repub- 
 lican, but considered that he had reason to change 
 his views, and now casts his vote with the Demo- 
 cratic party. He has represented his county in the 
 .State Legislature for one term, with great credit to 
 himself and satisfaction to all concerned. The 
 family occupy a fine homestead, everything in and 
 around it giving evidence of taste, culture and am- 
 ple means. Mr. Washljurn is a striking example 
 of what a young man with strong hands and habits 
 of industry may .-iccomplish. He has been uiainly 
 self-educated, and h.as made the most of his oppor- 
 tunities in life. All honor is due him for what he 
 has accomplished, and for surmounting dittieulties 
 which would have dismayed many a man with less 
 courage and determination. 
 
 ylLLIAM WILLIA:MS0N. a prosperous 
 merchant of Urimi'ose Vill.age, in Harrison 
 Township, has been n resident of this sec- 
 tion for over twenty years, and in that time has 
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 good citizen and a practical business man. His 
 stock consists of diy-go<.)ds, groceries, hardware, 
 boots and shoes, and everything pertaining to a 
 general dry-gouds and grocery store. lie also deals 
 largely in country produce, and has built up a 
 prosperous trade and secured a large circle of 
 friends and patrons. 
 
 Mr. Williamson is a native of the Buciieye .State, 
 having been born in Coshocton County. May 18, 
 183."5. He is the son of John and Margaret ^Cun- 
 ningham) Williamson, natives respectively of Coun- 
 ties Antrim and Donegal, Irelaud. They came 
 to the L'nited States when young people, and were 
 married in Pennsylvania. "John Williamson met his 
 death by drowning, while crossing .Sugar Creeli, in 
 a lumber wagon. There also perished with him at 
 the same time, two of his nephews. The wife and 
 mother still survives, and is living in Harrison 
 Township. The parental household included thir- 
 teen children, as foUows: Sarah J., Frank. William 
 of our sketch, Nancj-, .John, Mathew, Ebenezer, 
 .Samuel, Joseph, James, Margaret, David and Lewis. 
 Ten of these are still living. 
 
 Mr. Williamson of our sketch was married in 
 Lee County, Aug. 5, 1873, to Miss Hattie .Stinson. 
 She was born in Linn County, Iowa, in 1854, and 
 is the daughter of Robert Stiuson, a native of New 
 York State, who died in 1878. Of this union there 
 has been born one child, William. 
 
 Mr. Williamson came to Iowa in 186-i, and lo- 
 cated in Lee County. Nine j'ears later he removed to 
 Primrose, and engaged in niercantde pursuits in 
 company with Mr. Leazer. He subsequently pur- 
 chased the interest of his partner, and has been sole 
 proprietor since that time. They started witli a 
 capitid of %1,800, and Mr. Williamson now carries 
 a stock valued at S3,000. He is Republican in 
 politics, and in all respects is fulfilling the duties of 
 a good citizen. 
 
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 /^ HARLES A. WARWICK, a proprietor of 
 jlf^ the Keokuk Beinocmt, and business mau- 
 ^^f^ ager of the tirm of Warwick <fe Ransom, suc- 
 cessors to Madden. Kicliorn i IJechtold, is a na- 
 tive of Butler County, Ohio, and came to tiie 
 
 Hawkeye State in 1855. His birth occurred on the 
 25th of November, 1852, his parents being A. S. 
 and .Sarah (Smith) Warwick, who settled in Xew 
 Boston, Lee Count}'. 
 
 The subject of this biograpliy was but a child 
 tiiree years of age when lie came with his parents 
 to Lee County. His boyhood was passed on a farm 
 and in attendance at the public schools, and when 
 fifteen years old he went to Des Moines, and was 
 emplo^'ed in a grocery store for four years. He 
 then returned to Ft. Madison, where he became 
 shipping clerk for the prison contractors, which 
 position he also occupied for four years. In May, 
 187.5, he came to Keokuk, and was employed by 
 the Gat^ Citi/ office as traveling and city solicitor, 
 being thus occupied for a few years, and tiien 
 became city editor, and later took the responsible 
 post of business manager. On Aug. 1, 1886, he 
 retired from the Gate City and purchased his 
 present business. Under his judicious man.age- 
 meut the paper has become one of the leading 
 journals of this section of the .State. 
 
 The marriage of Charles A. Warwick and Miss 
 Eva M. Stranahan was celebrated in Louisville, 
 Ky., on the 5th of .September, 1879. Of this union 
 there were born two daughters — Virginia E. and 
 Alice M. The affectionate wife and mother de- 
 parted this life three short years after her mar- 
 riage,'her death occuring on the 23d of May, 1882. 
 
 Mr. Warwick, both socially and as a business 
 man, iS held in high esteem in the community. He 
 is a Republican in politics, and a member in good 
 standing of the Masonic fraternity and L O. O. F. 
 
 ON. CONRAD SCHWEER. a successful and 
 influential farmer of Harrison Township, is Ljzl 
 the possessor of a fine homestead located 
 _ on section 27. He came here with his par- 
 ents at an early day, and by the exercise of industry 
 and perseverance, coupled with a worthy ambition 
 to excel, has accumulated a tine property, and oc- 
 cupies an enviable position as one of the leading 
 men uf this locality. He is a representative of 
 that valuable (ierman element which lias assisted so 
 materially in the developiiieut of the Hawkeye State, 
 
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 and which comprises a large proportion of its most 
 valued citizens. 
 
 The subject of this history is .the son of Chris- 
 toplier and Dora (Hartnian) Schweer, both natives 
 of the (merman Empire, who emigrated to America 
 ill 1839, landing at New Orleans on the 4th of 
 March. The ocean vo^'age occupied eleven weeks 
 and three days, and they were five weeks on the 
 journey from New Orleans to Alexandria, Mo. 
 From there they proceeded to what was then the 
 Territory of Iowa, and coming into Lee County 
 made their first location in Harrison Township. 
 Christopher Schweer, in his own country, was a 
 skilled artisan, a worker in fine ivorj^, but after 
 coming to this section, there being no demand for 
 the products of his handiwork, he became engaged 
 in farming pursuits, which he followed until the 
 close of his life. His death occurred on the 7th of 
 August, 1886, on the homestead where he first lo- 
 cated, and where the mother of his children folded 
 her hands for her final rest twenty-four years before, 
 after having been a loving wife, a faithful compan- 
 ion and friend. 
 
 The parental family- of our subject consisted of 
 seven children, of whom Conrad is the only surviv- 
 ing member. He had obtained a liberal education in 
 his native countr}- after an uninterrupted course of 
 seven years' study, and after coming to the United 
 States set himself industriously at the task of ac- 
 quiring the same proficiency in the English lan- 
 guage. In this he made remarkable progress. He 
 was fond of his books, and only spent his time over 
 such works as were beneficial and instructive, and 
 the result is that he is possessed of an excellent 
 fund of knowledge, which has rendered him one of 
 the most intelligent men in his localit}'. 
 
 At the age of twenty-eight years, Conrad .Schweer 
 was united in marriage with Miss Sophia Klinder, 
 their union taking place on the 24th of June, 1852. 
 Mrs. 8. was a native of the same country as her 
 husband, and came to America in 1849, at the age 
 of nineteen years. After remaining the faithful 
 companion of her husband for twcnt^'-six years, she 
 departed this life, leaving eight children, of whom 
 six are now living. Charles married Miss Kate 
 Leisy; Mary became the wife of F. Vornkahl; she 
 was the niutlier of finii- chiklren, and is now de- 
 
 ceased ; Louis married Miss Emma Leisy; Martli.-i 
 became the wife of Adolphe Leisy ; Sophia is now 
 Mrs. Scheuerman; Christopher is unmarried, as is 
 also Conrad, the youngest child. 
 
 "Sir. Schweer has perf(jrmed a father's first and 
 best duty toward his children in giving them all a 
 liberal education, both in German and English. 
 The homestead is one of the finest in the county, 
 and besides a beautiful farm dwelling, comprises 
 760 acres of valuable land. Attached to it are good 
 barns and outhouses, costly farm machinery, and 
 all the implements for carrying on agriculture after 
 the most modern and approved methods. 
 
 Mr. Schweer has represented the people of Lee 
 County in the Iowa Legislature, being a member of 
 the Thirteenth and Fourteenth General Assemblies. 
 He is a Democrat in politics and a prominent 
 member of the P^vangelical Lutheran Church, of 
 which he has served as Trustee for a number of 
 years. As will be seen, his life has been a remark- 
 ably busy one, and in addition to his ordinary ag- 
 ricultural pursuits, he is extensivel}' engaged in the 
 breeding of high-grade Short-horn cattle, his herd 
 containing some of the finest animals to be found 
 in the Hawkeye State. As a farmer he has no 
 superior, and as a factor in the industrial interests 
 of this section, he occupies a position which could 
 scarcely be filled l)y any other man. 
 
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 \Y|ACOB RENWALD, Postmaster of Summit- 
 ville, in Montrose Township, is a large prop- 
 erty owner, and is carrying on a general 
 merchandising business. His stock in trade 
 consists of dry goods, groceries and provisions, 
 hardware, boots and shoes, etc., and he is doing a 
 thriving and prosperous business. The history of 
 Mr. Renwald is replete with interesting details. He 
 is a man of culture and education, an extensive 
 reader, and a lover of the fine arts. 
 
 Mr. Renwald is a native of (iermany, born in 
 IJaden in IS.'il, and came to America when a young 
 man, witli his mother, in l.s.').'!, his father having 
 departed this life ten years previously, on the 17th 
 of May, 184;i. .lohn Renwald, the father of our 
 subject, was born Api'il ."), 17117, and in early man- 
 
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 hood was united in marriage with Miss Barbara 
 Shaffer, who was a native of Germany. Their wed- 
 ding occurred in 1822, and they became the par- 
 ents of five children, three only of whom lived to 
 maturity, two dying in infancy. Arbogast, born 
 July 21, 1823, died Aug. 10. 187.5; .lohn was born 
 Dec. 27, 1827. 
 
 Jacob Renwald, the subject of this biography, 
 eleven years after his arrival in this country, look 
 to himself a life partner in the person of Miss 
 Elizabeth Sibert, their marriage occurring July 19, 
 1864. Mrs. Renwald was born on the banks of 
 the River Rhine, in Rhenish Prussia, Feb. 12, 1843, 
 and is the daughter of John and Catharine (Neu- 
 bauer) Sibert, both natives of Germany. They 
 emigrated to the United States, making their first 
 location in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the mother de- 
 parted this life in 1856. Mr. Sibert afterward re- 
 moved to Iowa, and died at Keokuk in 1867. Their 
 famil3' consisted of three children : Catharine be- 
 came the wife of George Appelbanm, of this 
 county, and died in 1885; Belzer was a soldier in 
 the late war, and was never heard from afterward ; 
 Elizabeth is the wife of our subject. 
 
 Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Renwald have been 
 born thirteen children, as follows: Charles F., 
 May 19, 1865; Catharine A., May 9, 1866; Theo- 
 dore F., Sept. 11, 1867; John H., Jan. 31, 1869; 
 George W., June 4, 1870; Louisa M., Feb. 23, 
 1872; Mary E., May 13, 1873; Annie E., Aug. 3, 
 1874; Jacob A., May 11, 1876; Edward J., March 
 19, 1878; Elizabeth L., July 25, 1879; Paulina F., 
 Sept. 29, 1880; Helena F., Aug. 27, 1883. 
 
 Mr. Renwald received careful home training and 
 a fine education in the schools of Aufenburg and 
 Freiburg, in Baden, attending continuously for 
 eight years. After this he took up the study of 
 medicine, but abandoned it after about three 
 months' reading. After coming to the United 
 States he crossed the Mississippi and located in 
 Keokuk, Iowa, where he engaged in the hotel busi- 
 ness for two years. About this time came on the 
 financial crisis all over the country, when many 
 men failed, and " hard times " set in in good earnest. 
 Mr. Renwald found himself at " bed rock," but in 
 1857 he purchased a stock of goods, went to Sum- 
 mitvillo and emjayed in trade. He soon had a 
 
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 prosperous business established. For some time 
 after coming here he had hoped and expected to 
 be able to return to the Fatherland and resume the 
 study of medicine, but as time pi-ogressed it seemed 
 best to abandon this idea, and instead of being a pro- 
 fessional man, he is one of the foremost merchants 
 of Montrose Township. His gentlemanly bearing 
 and courteous demeanor toward those with whom 
 he comes in contact has won for him a large circle 
 of patrons and friends, and he is rapidly accumula- 
 ting a handsome competency. He is already the 
 possessor of valuable village property, and has a 
 fine farm of 1 80 acres. Upon this is a choice vine- 
 yard, the fruit of which yields him a handsome in- 
 come. 
 
 Mr. Renwald received his commission as Post- 
 master in 1864, and has held the office since that 
 time, being as far as is known, the oldest Postmas- 
 ter in Lee County. He was appointed Notary 
 Public in 1877, which office he still holds. He has 
 been interested in every question calculated to ben- 
 efit his county and community, and has especially 
 encouraged the advancement of educational inter- 
 ests, having served on the School Board for a num- 
 ber of years. Religiously he is loyal to the Catho- 
 lic faith of his fathers, and in politics uniformly 
 and conscientiouslj' casts his vote with the Repub- 
 lican party. 
 
 SAAC VAN AUSDALL, of Jackson Township, 
 is one of the extensive landed proprietors of 
 Lee County, and the possessor of 477 acres on 
 sections 2 and 35, in Ja<tkson Township. He has 
 been a resident of this vicinity since 1853, and for 
 a period of thirty-three years has been an inter- 
 ested witness of the changes and improvements 
 which have been going on within the boundaries of 
 the Hawkeye State. Mr. Van Ausdall is a native 
 of Preble County, Ohio, and was born July 6, 1810, 
 his parents lieing Peter and Rachel (Banta) Van 
 Ausdall, natives of A'irginia, who removed to Ohio 
 after their marriage. Their family comprised five 
 sons and six daughters. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was reared in his na- 
 tive .State, and wi\en a young m.an engaged in farm- 
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future home in Iowa, and accordingly crossed the 
 Mississippi, and pmriiascMl hisiircsent farm in Jacli- 
 son Townslii]), iijjon which he settled and has since 
 remained. Since coming here he has been indns- 
 triously engaged in the lniproV(Mnent and cultiva- 
 tion of his land. He has erected a cunifortable 
 farm dwelling, good barns and outhonses, and has 
 all the appliances for carrying on agricnltnrc in a 
 tirst-class manner. 
 
 Mr. Van Ausdall was married in I'reble County, 
 Ohio, to Miss Kliza Grafft, a native of Pennsyl- 
 vania, who was born May 7, 1818. They have be- 
 come the parents of thirteen children, eleven of 
 whcJm survive: Peter; Martin married llettie 
 Marshall, and they reside in Montrose Township; 
 Rachel A. became the wife of II. H. Smith, and 
 lives in Clark County, Mo.: Mary F. married Lu- 
 man Hawkins, and their home is in Howard County, 
 Ind. ; Maria is the wife of Burnham Carrick, and 
 they live in Montrose Township; .Inlni married Ida 
 Kerl)y, and they reside in Saxton, Mo.; Ilattie is 
 the wife of Roy Brown, and lives in Adams County, 
 111.; the others are Isaac, Jr., Harvey, Lyd;i iinil 
 Lillie; David and Caroline are deceased. 
 
 Mr. \'nn Ausdall is busily engaged in his chosen 
 calling, and is the friend of good order, murality 
 and education, and iu politics sympathizes with the 
 (rreenback parly. Mrs. Van Ausdall and three of 
 her daughters are members of the Christian Church. 
 
 It is with pleasure that the publishers of this 
 work present the portrait of Mr. Van Ausdall in 
 connection with this sketch, as being that of a 
 wortliy and honored representative of Jackson 
 Township. 
 
 OHN FRANCIS KEMPKER, foi nicrly pastor 
 of St. Mary's Church, Keokuk, but now hav- 
 ing charge of Riverside Parish, Washington 
 'o., Iowa, is the son of Gerhard 11. and 
 Theresa (Achelwilmes) Kempker, natives respect- 
 ively of Kellinghausen and Swasdorf. Hanover. In 
 the early spring i>f the year 1848, the parents of 
 our subject, with their two children, Henry :ind 
 Theresa, emigrated to the United States, coming 
 directly to Iowa, via New Orleans, and settling down 
 in Lee County. Foi >oiiie weeks they shared the 
 
 hospitable roof of John II. Kempker. on Sugar 
 Creek, Marion Township, ami when .Mr. K. had en- 
 tered a homestead in Pleasant Uiilge Piairie he 
 took up Ids quarters with B. Hellmnnn. ne.ir by, 
 until his own log cabin was set up. The family 
 were soon comfortably established therein, and lie 
 set about the improvement and cultivation of his 
 land, out of which he soon created a beautiful farm, 
 and between him and his Yankee neighbors there 
 sprang up a deep and enduring friendship,-which 
 was at first commenced with sign language between 
 the American and the ■•plucky Dutchman." In 
 1 856 Mr. K. sold his farm in Pleasant Ridge and 
 purchased the Patterson farm adjoining West Point, 
 in order to secure better facilities for the education 
 of his chihlren, whose number had now been in- 
 creased by the birth of John F., Mary, Margaret 
 and Bernard. The}- also wished to be nearer a 
 Catholic Church, of which they were devoted mem- 
 bers. 
 
 John F. Kempker lirst opened his eyes to the light 
 on the 18th of May, 1848, and some weeks later 
 was given in baptijin, by Father J. G. Alleman, the 
 uanie of John Francis. His first school days were 
 entered upon after the removal of the faniil}' to 
 West Point, when he was consigned to the care of 
 Henr^' Krebs, a teacher of elementary branches in 
 the Catholic school at that point, whose place was 
 successivelj' filled by J. Meyer. T. Smithurst, and 
 finally the Sisters of Notre Dame. In the autumn 
 t)f 181)4 he commenced his Latin letters under the 
 direction of the pastor. Father Mathias Michels, 
 and in September, 1 8 (j.i, entered the Seminary of 
 St. Francis near Milwaukee, Wis., as a candidate 
 for the priesthood, continuing until 1872. But 
 from 18t)8 to 1872 hemorrhage of the lungs seri- 
 ously threatened his existence, twice bringing him 
 to the brink of the grave. However, the pursuit 
 of his studies in a more genial climate, first at 
 Bardstown and then at Cajjc (^irardeau, assisted his 
 naturally strong constitution, and he rallied from 
 this danger. On the 22d of December, 1872, he 
 was ordained to the priesthood at St. Francis Sem- 
 inary by Bishop Henni, of Milwaukee, for the Dio- 
 cese of Dubuque. He said his first Mass on Christ- 
 mas at home, and after a vacation of three months 
 was appointed the assistant of Rev. H. P. .Mt-.Meii- 
 
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 omy of Council Bluffs, where his visits to the out 
 missions extenrled over seven eonntics. After he 
 had filled his eiiarge acceptabl}- from Mareh 22. 
 187;^. till .Jan. 22, 1874, he received the appoint- 
 ment as pastor of Mt. Cavmel. Carroll City. Arcadia 
 and Hillsdale, all in Carroll County. Iowa. In 
 entering npon this appointment he found in the 
 county about 12.5 Catholic families and one small 
 church, without any real estate property. At his 
 departure on the 1st of November, is?.'), there 
 were over 300 families, with four cluirches and 
 church [iroiierty, <jne Catholic school and a two- 
 story parsonage. 
 
 At this time our subject was called tu Lyons, 
 where he gave his best care and attention to the 
 churches at Lyons and Sugar Creek. In October, 
 1877. he was appointed first resident pastor of 
 Garnavillo, Clayton Co.. Iowa, where he built a 
 pari>ehial residence and reduced the church debt 
 several hundred dollars. Then, in .January, 1879, 
 he was called to the Bishop's house at Dubuque, 
 where he was treated with marked attention ; but 
 in August of the same year, at his request to be 
 assigned a mission, was appointed pastor of St. Jo- 
 seph's, at Ft. Madisiin. 
 
 Father Kempker found this parish discouraged, 
 with a debt of $!t60. He was, however, received 
 with such confidence and enthusiasm by the good 
 people of old .St. Joseph's, and felt so happy and 
 strong in his own home county', that during his 
 three years' pastorate seveial impi'ovenients were 
 made, the old deJjt was liquidated, and a fund of 
 nearly *!2,000 on hand for the proposed building 
 of a new church. From August, 1882, until the 
 following April, he w.as the pastor of Neola, Potta- 
 wattamie County, where he built a frame addition 
 to the church; then for six months was pastor of 
 Brookl3Mi, Victor, Griunell and Searsboro, in that 
 time building a church at Brooklyn and another at 
 (irinncll. In September, 1883, he came to Keokuk 
 as pastor of St. Mary's Church. For the spiritual 
 advancement of his charges he has preached every 
 Sunday and labored without ceasing. 
 
 In addition to re-opening the school at Keokuk, 
 under charge of the Dominican Sisters, and Imild- 
 iug a parochial residence, he also, actuated b}' the 
 ove of study and desire of gaining useful knowl- 
 
 edge, attended the regular sessions of the Keokuk L 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons for two 
 complete terms, and graduated as XI. D. Feb. 
 24. 188ii. The following winter he was entrusted 
 with the important parish of St. Mathias, at Musca- 
 tine, in the absence of the pastor and the Bishop at 
 Rome, and upon their leturn was assigned to River- 
 side, in Washington County. His entrance here 
 was signalized by a terrilile burglary, inflicted upon 
 himself. Sleei)ing for a few nights alone in his 
 (piiet Country house, in the dead of night, Maj- 22, 
 18sii, three villains liroke into his room, knocked 
 him insensible with n cluli. and robbed him of his 
 money, w.ntcli and other valuables. He recovered 
 from the shock in time, thankful that his life also 
 was not taken. 
 
 Father Kempker has a tine education, extending 
 over a wide range of subjects, and comprising En- 
 glish, German, Latin, (Treek, French, philosophy, 
 theology. stenogTapliy, music, double-eutrj- book- 
 keeping and his medical studies. His practical ex- 
 perience has also taught him the science of archi- 
 tecture and knowledge of building. He is a gen- 
 tleman of fine address and polished manners, and a 
 stranger would at once be impressed by the singu- 
 larlj' fine character which is stamped upon his fea- 
 tures and is indicated in all his movements. 
 
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 HILIP SURRF;NA, a prosperous and enter- 
 prising farmer, is carrying on agricultural 
 operations on section 27, Van Buren Town- 
 ship. There he has a fine homestead, is sur- 
 rounded by all the comforts of life, and is fulfilling his 
 obligations as an honest man and a good citizen. 
 Our subject is a native of Penn.sylvania. and was born 
 in Venango County April l."), 1825. He is the son of 
 Philip and Elizabeth (Baker) Surrena, both natives 
 of Westmoreland County. The latter deiiarted this 
 life in her native State in ISa'.!. and her husband 
 survived her ten years, dying in March, 1869, also in 
 Pennsylvania. The i)arental household consisted of 
 eleven children — George, Joseph, William. Richard, 
 John. Philip, Catherine, Ann, Elizabeth, Nancy 
 and Eve. 
 
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 eye State in 1870, making his first location in Lee 
 County. He has followed agricultural pursuits all 
 his life, and carries vn his fanning operations in ii 
 methodical and systematic manner. His property 
 consists of 100 acres of land, a fine dwelling, good 
 barns and outhouses for the storing of grain and the 
 slielter of stock, good farm machinery, and all the 
 necessary appliances for carrying on agriculture in 
 a first-class manner. He was united in marriage 
 with Miss Nancy Gilchrist IJec. 27, 1853. Mrs. S. 
 is also a native of Pennsylvania, born Nov. 12, 1829, 
 and the daughter of William and Keziah ((; rimes) 
 Gilchrist, both natives of Westmoreland Count}-, 
 Pa. The faithful wife and mother yielded up her 
 lifeinl8G6; the father still survives. Of their union 
 were born eleven children, namely, Mary A., Nancy 
 J., Keziah, Elizabeth, Martha, Jemima, James G., 
 William H.. Robert 15., and two who died in infancy 
 unnamed. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Philii) .Surrena have been born 
 seven children, two of whom are deceased. Those 
 living are Mary E., wife of Warren A. Dresser; 
 George E., who married Miss Camp; the remainder 
 are Elmer E., Philip P. and S3'lvester H. The par- 
 ents are members in good standing of the Presby- 
 terian Church, and in politics Mr. S. is strongly Re- 
 publican. He has held the offices of School Treas- 
 urer and Director and Road Supervisor. 
 
 ON. JOSEPH M. BECK, Chief Justice of 
 Iowa, and a resident of Ft. Madison, is the 
 oldest Judge of the Supreme Court, and one 
 of the i)rominent landmarks of the Hawkeye 
 State. He has been prominent in ever^'thing that 
 has aided in her development and progress morally, 
 intellectually and financially. He is a man of great 
 force of character, and has been foremost in the 
 important questions of the day in his localitj' for the 
 last fort}' years, and has aided greatly in shaping 
 the destinies of a large section of country west of 
 the Mississippi. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a native of Clermont 
 County, Ohio, and was born April 21, 1823. His 
 father, Samuel Beck, was a native of Kentucky, 
 born in 1780, and his grandfather, Jeremiah Beck, 
 
 was a native of London, England, and of an old and 
 inlbiential family. He emigrated to the United 
 States when a young man, and made his lirst location 
 in Pennsylvania, near the Maryland State line. He 
 there made the acquaintance of Miss Dinah Merr}-- 
 field, who became his wife. After their marriage 
 the young people moved to Kentucky and were 
 amojig the pioneer settlers of that State. They be- 
 came the parents of four sons and three daughters, 
 of whom Samuel Beck, the father of our subject, was 
 the second in order of birth. He was reared on the 
 farm, and in early manhood went to Clermont 
 County, Ohio, where he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Hannah Morris, a native of Harrison County, 
 Va., and daughter of Rev. Isaac Morris, a Bap- 
 tist clergyman of Welsh nativity and descent. She 
 was a sister of Thomas Morris, a United States Sen- 
 ator of Ohio. Mrs. Beck departed this life in Indi- 
 ana, in 1844, at the age of sixty-four 3^ears. Her 
 husband afterward came to Iowa and died in Lee 
 County at the age of seventy-eight j'ears. The pa- 
 rental family consisted of eight children, four sons 
 and four daughters, of whom the following survive: 
 Isaac M., n physician of Brown County, Ohio; 
 Samuel H., a farmer in Kansas; Joseph M., the sub- 
 ject of our sketch ; Ann, who became the wife of J. 
 T. Saunders, of Bushuell. 111. 
 
 .Joseph M. Beck remained with his parents upon 
 the farm until he was sixteen years of age. He had 
 been a studious boy and closely applied himself to 
 his Ijooks, and was now fitted to enter Hanover Col- 
 lege at Hanover, Ind., from which he graduated in 
 1.S42. He then became engaged as a teacher, and 
 taught school in Kentucky about two j'ears, after 
 which he returned to Indiana and entered the law 
 office of Judge Miles C. Eggleston, of .Madison, and 
 under the instruction of that eminent jurist became 
 qualified for admission to the bar in the summer of 
 184G. During the winter, however, he resumed 
 teaching in Kentucky, and in 1847 set his face west- 
 ward and came to Montrose, Iowa, where he com- 
 menced the practice of his profession. 
 
 In September, 1 HoO, Judge Beck came to Ft. Mad- 
 ison, and has resided here since that time. His tal- 
 ents and fine education at once obtained ready recog- 
 nition, and he soon became one of the leading citi- 
 zens. Two years thereafter he was elected Maj'or 
 
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 of the city and Prosecuting Attorney. He advanced 
 steadily step bj- step in his profession, and the 
 various honors which had been heaped upon him 
 culminated at last in his election in 1867 to the 
 Bench of the .Supreme Court of the State, which 
 position he has held for three terms, and is now 
 serving the fourth. He has served more years in 
 this capacity than any other man in the Hawke3'e 
 State, and his decisions have been published in 
 forty-seven volumes of Iowa Reports. 
 
 Judge Beck assisted in the organization of the 
 Republican part}^ and has since that time been a 
 firm and uncompromising supporter of its princi- 
 ples. He was from the beginning an anti-slavery 
 Whig, and taught school in a slave-holding State at 
 a time when the advocacy for liberty for the black 
 man was extremely perilous. But he fearlessly at- 
 tacked the " peculiar institution " and courageously 
 defended the rights of the oppressed. 
 
 As a citizen Judge Beck has been liberal minded 
 and enterprising. He has contributed of his means 
 to every purpose tending toward the progress and 
 development of his community, and his influence 
 has been apparent in all public enterprises. He was 
 President of the Ft. Madison branch of the State 
 Bank and was oile of the original incorporators of 
 the First National Bank and Director during its ex- 
 istence. He was President of the Ft. Madison, 
 Farmington & Western Railroad Company, and was 
 prime mover in the building of their road, which is 
 now consolidated with the Burlington & Southwest- 
 ern. He has been successful in his business under- 
 takings and is the possessor of a considerable amount 
 of real estate. Judge Beck has always taken great 
 interest in educational matters, is strictly temperate, 
 and a friend of the prohibition movement. He is a 
 firm believer in the Christian religion and has been 
 an active member of the Baptist Church since 1843. 
 He was for many years Superintendent of the Sab- 
 bath-school of his church and f)rganized the prison 
 Sabbath-school of the Iowa Penitentiarj' at Ft. 
 Madison, of which he was Superintendent for four- 
 teen years. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was united in marriage 
 with Miss Clai-a C, daughter of Dr. William Rine- 
 hart, June 15, 1854. Mrs. Beck was born in Union 
 County, Pa., Aug. 25, 1833, and by her union with 
 
 Judge Beck became the mother of three children, 
 one of whom died in infancy. The living are 
 William J. R. and Vallie E. Mrs. Beck died July 
 9,1885. 
 
 Judge Beck and his family occupy an elegant 
 home, and are surrounded by the refinements and 
 comforts of life. He is most gentlemanly and 
 courteous in his manners, and at once secures the 
 respect of all with whom he comes in contact. His 
 strictly temperate habits and manner of living have 
 preserved his constitution and physical powers to a 
 remarkable degree. He has been a man of wide re- 
 search and extensive reading, and there are few 
 subjects upon which he cannot treat with profit and 
 pleasure to those who are listening. 
 
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 ^REDERICK W. JASTER, an enterprising 
 German farmei' of Montrose Township, 
 settled in this vicinity at the close of the 
 late war, and has established himself as one of the 
 worthy residents of Lee County. Mr. Jastcr was 
 born in Germany, Sept. 17, 1836, and was there 
 reared to manhood upon a farm. Mv. Jaster is the 
 second child of John and Louisa (Schaak) Jaster, 
 natives of Germany. The former was twice mar- 
 ried, and became the father of ten children ; he 
 lived and died in his native country. Mrs. Jaster 
 was the j'oungest child of Peter and Margaretta 
 ( Akell) Maurar, also natives of Germanj' ; they 
 were the parents of ten children. The father died 
 in his native land, and in 1852 the mother came 
 to this countrj\ and died at the residence of her 
 daughter in Montrose, in the spring of 1869. at the 
 ripe old age of eighty-eight years. 
 
 In the spring of 1859 Mr. Jaster sailed for Amer- 
 ica, arriving here in the month of June, and at once 
 proceeded to Wisconsin, locating in the vicinity of 
 Ripon, where he was einploj-ed as a farm laborer 
 until the l)reaking out of the war, when he became 
 a soldier of the Union, enlisting in Co. D, 8th Wis. 
 Vol. Inf. He engaged with his regiment in the 
 principal b.attles and skirmishes of a three years' 
 service. At the battle of Corinth, Miss., he was 
 wounded in the right foot by a musket-ball. Being 
 enabled to reach Keokuk, Iowa, he was placed 
 
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 the hospital there for a period of six months, after 
 which he received an honorable discharge at Madi- 
 son, Wis. lie then returned tu Lee Connty and 
 settled upon Ur' farm in Montrose Township, 
 which In- hail |ni'viously purchased, and which cdu- 
 stitntes liis present homestead. lie has made great 
 improvements upon this since it came intu his pos- 
 session, and it is now supplied with a set of good frame 
 huildinus and all nn)dern appliances. He subse- 
 quently added tu his first purchase, and is now the 
 owner of 2G7 acres, aljout half of wliicli is undei- a 
 good state of cultivation. 
 
 After his enlistment in tiie army Mr. Jaster was 
 
 f married at Keokuk, Iowa, .Inly IG, 1863, being 
 thou upon detached service and stationed in Keo- 
 kuk, where he remained for thirteen months. The 
 lady of his choice was Miss Magdalena Lenn, a na- 
 tive of his own country', who came to the United 
 States with her parents in 1852. Of their union 
 -J- there have been born four children: .John and 
 H (ieorge are still living; Katie and a babe unnamed 
 ■S died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. .1. are connected 
 M with the Protestant Church, and politically Mr. J. 
 affiliates with tlie Democratic part}'. As a repre- 
 sentative citizen of his township, and a leading ag- 
 riculturist of the count}', the publishers take pleas- 
 ure in presenting the portrait of .Mr. .Taster in this 
 volume. 
 
 ^ li. S. K. BAKER, a prominent wholesale 
 inannfactnrer of medicines at Keokuk, 
 Iowa, has been an esteemed resident of the 
 Gate City for the past eighteen years. He is a na- 
 tive of Pul.-iski, Oswego Co., N. Y., born in 1821, 
 and the son of Nathaniel and Chloe (Fitch) Baker, 
 natives of New York and Vermont respectively, and 
 fgof German ancestry. Nathaniel Baker was a farmer 
 1 by occupation, at which he continued until sixty 
 I years of age, when he retired from active labor and 
 ppent tiie last years of his life at the ht)nie of his 
 daughter. Mrs. Ciiloe Hamilton, of Berlin, Wis. 
 
 ^^He and his wife were most excellent and worthy 
 eoi>le, and transmitted to their cliildren those qual- 
 i ities which have constituted them citizens deserving 
 of the highest respect and esteem. 
 
 The parental familj- consisted of four children, 
 and the record is as follows: Lucy, now Mrs. Rob- 
 erts, is a resident of Ashtabula. Ohio; her husband 
 was a soldier in the late war, and died of wound^ 
 received while in the service; the subject of our 
 sketch was the second child; ^lary. Mrs. Balcom, is 
 a resident of Waterloo, Iowa; Chloe. .Mrs. Hamil- 
 ton, resides in Berlin, Wis. 
 
 Dr. Bakciof this sketch received his primary edu- 
 cation ill the public schools, and at the age of sev- 
 enteen years engaged in fanning for live years fol- 
 lowing. He then became interested in mercantile 
 pursuits at Berlin. Wis., where he established a busi- 
 nessanil operated there for six years. He then sold 
 out and went to I<jwa City, where he engaged in the 
 manufacture of medicines. Thence he removed to 
 Indianapolis, and spent two years similarl}' engaged, 
 in the meantime giving close attention to the sci- 
 ence and compounding of chemicals and herbs. 
 
 Dr. B.aker came to Keokuk in 1868. and since hi> 
 removal here h.as been successfully engaged in th<- 
 manufacture and compounding of medicines. Ilia 
 name has become widely known along the valley of 
 the Mississippi as a manufacturer. He has a large 
 laboratory in the city, and employs about seventy 
 salesmen. In addition to the duties of his profes- 
 sion he also bears :in important part in the industrial 
 interests of his locality. He is interested in the 
 Keokuk City Cutlery Works, and was formerly Vice 
 President and a Director of the Central Stove Works 
 of Keokuk, with which he was identified from its 
 commencement until be transferred his interest to 
 his son. who is now \'ice President of the same. The 
 Doctor is a stockholder in the Keokuk National Bank, 
 and was connected with the Keokuk Canning Works 
 for three years. Ho has, however, recently sold out 
 his interest in this latter business. 
 
 Dr. Baker and Miss Wealthy G. Buell were united 
 in m.arriage at Waukegan, 111., on the 1 4th of Sejitem- 
 ber, 1847. Mrs. Baker is a native of New York, and 
 daughter of Abel Buell, who removed to Illinois in 
 about 1841. Of this marriage there have been two 
 children, Eugene .S., born in 1850, married .Miss 
 Elizabeth Cochran, a native of Keokuk, and daugh- 
 ter of Isaac K. Cochran. They are the [larents of 
 three sons — Ross E., Jesse and M3'rle. This son is 
 connected in business with his father, the ttriu title 
 
 
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 ill liSG^, and remains at huine with her parents. 
 
 Dr. Baker is a gentleman of deeidecl views and 
 i>reat force of character, and has been a prominent 
 man in the locality nlierever his lot has. been east. 
 He is a stanch snp[Knter of the Republican party, 
 and while in Iowa City was a member of the Cit^' 
 C(.)Uiicil, and was i)ioniiiienth- connected with the 
 Baptist Chnicii, of wiiich he was Deacmi for about 
 fourteen years. lie is an extensive property holder, 
 has dealt largely in lands in Iowa, Missouri and 
 Wisconsin, and in this city owns the store between 
 P^ighth and Ninth streets, and his business establish- 
 ment on the corner of Eighth and Main, in addition 
 to the barber shop and livery stable adjoining. He 
 owns and occupies a tine residence on Fulton street, 
 between Fllighth and Ninth, and is the proprietor of 
 iither valuable residence property in the same local- 
 ity, lie has taken an active interest in the welfare 
 of his localit}', and has always been willing to con- 
 tribute of his time and means for the promotion of 
 ever3' worthy object. As a citizen he ranks among 
 the first in the Gate City, and as a manufacturer has 
 no superior in the Mississippi Valley. 
 
 R. SUTTON, proprietor of the Keokuk 
 Brass Foundry, occupies a prominent place 
 among the successful and enterprising busi- 
 ness men of the Gate Cit3', his business be- 
 ing located at the corner of .Sixth and Blondeau 
 streets. The business of this house was established 
 in 187(3, gives employment to from five to fifteen 
 men, and is an important factor among the in- 
 dustrial interests of Keokuk. 
 
 Mr. Sutton is a native of the Buckeye State, and 
 was born in Cincinnati, July 17, 1833. He is the 
 son of Tingley and Julia A. (Frost) Sutton, natives 
 of Ohio and New Jersey respectively. Tingley 
 ■Sutton, the greater part of his life, was occupied as 
 a builder and contractor, and the parental house- 
 hold consisted of eight children. 
 
 At the age of sixteen years our subject was ap- 
 [irenticed to learn tlie machinist business, serving 
 at his trade four years, and at the expiration of this 
 
 time he was employed by the Little Miami Rail- 
 road, where he continued for the following five 
 years. He then determined to seek his fortunes in 
 the farther West, and accordingly crossed the Mis- 
 sissippi in 1 «5(;, and located in Keokuk. He finally 
 l>ecaine connected with the C, B. & C^. R. R., of 
 which he was master mechanic for a number of 
 years. He seemed peculiarly fitted for his chosen 
 vocation and became athoroughl3' skilled mechanic. 
 
 Mr. Sutton was married in 1858, in Keokuk, to 
 Miss Sarah J. Knight, a native of Canada, and 
 daughter of .lohn and Rachel Knight. Of this 
 union two children were born — Ollie .M. and Willie 
 V. Mrs. Sutton died in 1880. 
 
 Mr. Sutton has l)nilt up a large and prosperous 
 business, and has the reputation of being one of the 
 finest mechanics in tlie Northwest. The house manu- 
 factures steam-heating apparatus, gas and |)lnml)er's 
 materials, steam-pipe fittings, wrought iron fencing 
 and castings, and every variety of brass goods in 
 their line. The work turned out of this establish- 
 ment is of the finest description and will bear com- _ 
 parison with anything of its kind in the United \W^ 
 States. Mr. P. -R. Snttou is a generous and liberal- IH- l| 
 minded gentleman, genial and obliging to all, and 'J^'M 
 ready to assist in any good cause or whatever will } 
 be of benefit to his cit}' and community. He is in- 
 dependent in politics, is connected with the Masonic 
 f raternity% and has held the office of City Inspector. 
 Aside from his foundry, he is the owner of a fine 
 residence on Grand avenue, and is a stockholder in 
 a Colorado gold mine. 
 
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 (OHN H. CRAlti, attorney at law, and a 
 member of the firm of Craig, McCrar}- <te 
 Craig, Keokuk, has been a resident of Lee ^ 
 _ County since 1857. He is a native of 
 Pennsylvania, and was born in U'ashingtou County 
 July 31, 1824. His father. Hugh Craig, w:us a na- 
 tive of the same county, a farmer by occupation, 
 and spent all his life in his native county, dying at 
 the age of fifty-nine years. He was a rugged and 
 robust man, and his death was caused by an acute 
 attack of something like the cholera, from which 
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 moved from this life. The mother of John H. 
 Craig was also a native of Washington County, Pa., 
 ^ and departed this life two years after the death of 
 uh] her husband, at the age of sixty years. The par- 
 ■^^ ental household cdhsisted of nine children, six sons 
 and three daughters, of whom the record is as fol- 
 lows : William, who went South at the age of 
 twenty-one years, and there died in 18.53 of the 
 yellow fever; Hugh K., who became a minister, 
 and preached in the Baptist Church until his death, 
 at the age of fifty-four years. The four sons now 
 living are, John H. ; Alexander K., a farmer in his 
 native county; Joseph, a farmer of Brown Count}', 
 Kan., and Thomas B., a merchant of Washington 
 County, Pa. Only one daughter is living, the eldest 
 of the famil}', Martha, who now resides with her 
 daughter in Kansas. 
 
 The early years of Joini H. Craig were spent 
 upon the farm, assisting in the lighter duties around 
 the homestead and receiving a good education in 
 the common schools. The ordinary studies were 
 supplemented by courses in chemistry, philosophy, 
 rhetoric and algebra. He afterwaril studied Latin 
 under the instruction of the pastor of his church. 
 At the age of sixteen years Mr. Craig left the farm, 
 taught school for one term, and then attended the 
 West Alexandria Academy for a period of four 
 years thereafter. He completed the academic 
 course in 1845, and was then engaged in teaching 
 in the academy for a year, when he entered the 
 junior class of Washington College, from which in- 
 p^jjl stitution he also graduated in 1848. He met the 
 expenses of this collegiate course by becoming a 
 tutor of Latin and Greek in the college. • 
 
 In the spring of 1849 Mr. Craig commenced the 
 study of law with the Hon. T. M. T. McKennen, 
 ex-Secretar^' of the Interior and ex-member of 
 Congress. He had, however, confined himself so 
 closely to his studies in school that his healtii would 
 not permit him to continue them further; so, in 
 jij^^'ii'the spring of 1850 he went to Natchez, Miss., where 
 [ |H| he devoted his time to literary pursuits and teach- 
 il-H.- ing. In the fall of 1853, his health being perfectly 
 restored, he returned home. The following year 
 he went to Wheeling, W. Va., and resumed liis 
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 the estate. He afterward entered the law office of jlh 
 Hon. William Montgomery, pursued his studies siS 
 one year longer, and was admitted to the bar in £-;l 
 1856. He then took a tiying trijj to the West, and 
 in the fall of that 3'ear " stumped " the western 
 part of his State for the Democratic party, and par- 
 ticularly for his old preceptor, Hon. William Mont- 
 gomery, who was then a candidate for Congress. 
 
 After the death of his mother in November, 
 1856, Mr. Craig concluded to seek his fortunes in 
 the farther West, having now no very strong ties 
 to bind him to his native State. Accordingly, the 
 following spring he crossed the Mississippi, came E^ji 
 into the Hawkeye State, and stopped in Keokuk to jih 
 visit friends there. During this visit he was in- £ 
 diiced to form a law partnership with Judge R. P. ^- 
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 has been associated with several different firms. 
 He has also been attorney for the Iowa State In- 
 surance Company since 1858, having made a special 
 study of insurance law. The first important case 
 with which he was connected was that of Nash and 
 Redoubt, for the murder of Harris(jn, with which 
 Mr. Craig assisted in the prosecution, and he has 
 been connected with man}- of the important cases 
 of Lee County since that time. 
 
 Politically Mr. Craig has been a stanch supporter bI; 
 of the Democratic party, but has uniformly declined 
 to become a candidate for any office. He likes 
 '• stump " speaking, as he considers it an excellent 
 drill for an orator. He has taken a deep interest 
 in educational matters, and was a member of the 
 Board of Education for sixteen years and President 
 of the Board for ten years. Religiously he is con- 
 nected with the Presbyterian Church, to the sup- 
 port of wliicii he contributes cheerfully and liber- 
 ally. 
 
 John H. Craig was married, in 1863, to Miss 
 Alice Read, daughter of Daniel Read, LL.D., who 
 was at that time Professor in the State University 
 of Wisconsin, and afterward President of the State 
 University of Missouri, and spent fifty-two years ;!; 
 in various educational institutions. Mrs. Craig was 
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 Daniel R., Bertha, Theodore and Hugh. Mr. Craig 
 and his family occupj one of the pleasautest home- 
 steads in the city of Keokuk. Mr. and Mrs. C. are 
 jjB highly esteemed in their community, and are prom- 
 - inent members in the social circles of the city. 
 They possess refined tastes and have gathered 
 around them a cultured circle of acquaintances. 
 II Mr. Craig 'is a man of literary tastes and attain- 
 ments, and occupies a high position among the 
 attorneys of Lee County. 
 
 ENJAMIN J. MARSH, a highly respected 
 citizen of Washington Township, owns and 
 occupies a comfortable homestead on section 
 14, and has been a resident of Lee County 
 since 1839, thus being fully entitled to be classed 
 among the earliest pioneers of this section. He is a 
 native of Preble County, Ohio, and was born 
 March 16, 1822, being the fifth of a family of eight 
 children, and was a j^outh of seventeen years when, 
 with his parents, he crossed the Father of Waters 
 and came into the Territory of Iowa. He received 
 careful home training and a fair education in the 
 pioneer schools. He engaged considerably in the 
 manufacture of split-bottomed chairs, but the most 
 of his time and attention has been given to agri- 
 cultural pursuits. 
 
 Mr. Marsh has been a resident of Washington 
 1 IS Township the greater part of the time since coming to 
 \i& Iowa. He has twenty acixs of finely cultivated land, 
 \\S and is surrounded by all the comforts of life. In 
 early manhood he was married in Greenville, Ohio, 
 to Miss Tamson Mincer, also a native of Ohio, and 
 who became the mother of one child, a daughter, 
 Elizabeth, who married Samuel F. Hays, and resides 
 in Washington Township. Mrs. Tamson Marsh 
 died in Washington Township May 4, 1847. 
 
 Mr. Marsh, for his second wife, married Miss 
 Martha, daughter of Elijah and Maria (Ashby) 
 Lake, their wedding occurring Dec. 14, 1848. The 
 parents of Mrs. Marsh were natives of Indiana, and 
 after their marriage came to Lue County, settling 
 in Washington Township in ia44. There they 
 established a comfortable home, where Elijah Lake 
 
 died on the 25th of January, 1857. The wife and 
 mother afterward went to Kansas, and died there 
 in 1871. Their family consisted of ten children, 
 of whom Mrs. M. of our sketch was the second in 
 order 'of birth. She is a native of Dearborn County. 
 Ind., the date of her birth being Kept. 21, 1829. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Marsh became the parents of eleven 
 children, only three of whom lived to mature years: 
 Laura V. became a teacher, in the duties of which 
 she was occupied for seven years in Washington 
 Township, and died June 4, 1886; Cora M. died in 
 Washington Townsiiip, Aug. 20. 1H83; Daniel is 
 the only surviving child, 
 
 Mr. Marsh has been prominent in the public 
 affairs of his township and has held the offices of 
 Ct)nstable and Justice of the Peace for a long term 
 of years. There have been few important measures 
 deliberated upon by the citizens of his locality in 
 which his opinion has not been consulted and his 
 judgment followed. He and his wife and son are 
 connected with the Christian Church, as were also 
 the daughters deceased. In politics he is a con- 
 scientious Democrat, and uniformly easts his vote 
 in support of the jirincipies of that party. 
 
 ^j^^EORGE KIRCHNER, a prosperous German 
 (ll (—J farmer of Charleston Township, is the 
 ^^jj owner of a good farm of 227 acres, finely 
 located on section 4. He has a substantial and 
 liandsome dwelling-house, a good barn, and all the 
 out-buildings necessary for the storing of grain and 
 the shelter of stock. He has valuable farm machin- 
 ery and implements, and in short, all the appliances 
 for prosecuting agriculture in a first-class manner. 
 
 Mr. Kirchner was born in Germany March 26, 
 1839, and when a lad eight years old came to 
 America with his parents. Adam and Catharine 
 Kirchner. After coming to this country in 1847 
 they proceeded directly westward, came into the 
 Hawkei^e .State, which was then in its infancy, and 
 settled in Charleston Township, where the father 
 still lives. The wife and mother died the ?ame 
 year in which they came to this country. Their 
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 drew. 
 
 Tlie .subject of <jur skuloli reniaiiieii ii|juii tlie 
 lomcstead with his father until his iuarriag:e, which 
 occurred in IsiKi. He tlien purchased the farm 
 wliicli constitutes his pi'esent homestead, and ha* 
 remained upon it continuousij' since that time, en- 
 gaged in tlie peaceful pursuits of an agriculturist, 
 attending strictly to his own affairs, and building 
 up for himself the reputation of an honest man and 
 a good citizen. 
 
 The maiden name of the wife of oui' subject was 
 Katie Speisz. She was born in Ohio Nov. 20, 184G, 
 and became the wife, of our subject April 20, l<S(;U. 
 Her parents were Henry and Mary (Kj'nian) Speisz, 
 both natives of (icrmany. They emigrated to 
 America before their marriiige, coming to Ohio in 
 1842, in which State tiiey were married. They 
 how reside in Franklin Center. Their family in- 
 cluded eight children — Katie, Phillip, Conrad, 
 Maggie, JJzzie. Mary, Henry and Annie. 
 
 Our subject and wife have become tlie parents 
 yf seven children — Mary, IjCna, Lizzie. Henry, 
 Phillip (deceased) Katie and Charlie. .Mi', and 
 .Mrs. K.areci)nnccted with the Evangelical Church, 
 ami in politics Mr. K. is a conscientious Democrat. 
 
 L\IN .1. McCRARV, attorney at law, at 
 Keokuk, Iowa, is a native of the Hawkeye 
 .State, born in \an Huren County, March 
 20. 1.S44. His father. Aimer H. McCr.ary, 
 a native of North Carolina, was born in 1814. 
 Wliilt! in his early childhood his parents removed 
 from his native State to Vanderburg County, Ind.. 
 where their s<jn grew to manhood and became ac- 
 customed to farming pursuits. In 1834, at the age 
 of twenty years, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Nercissa Mangiim, a native of Indiana, wiio 
 was born in 1817. They remained in the latter- 
 named State until 183.'), or one year after their 
 marri.'ige, and then removed to McDonougli County, 
 111., whence, after a year's time, they crossed the 
 Mississippi and came into Iowa, settling in \'aii 
 IJureii County upon a farm, and were engaged in 
 .•igricnUiiral pnrsuils until .ilioul 1«78. Tiie\- liien 
 
 went to Keosauqua. uhorc tliey are now living, re- l" 
 
 tired from the active duties of life. They celebrated : 
 
 the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding in iM.si. ;, 
 
 upon which interesting occasion there were present y:^^ 
 
 .•I large number of their friends and acquaintances. 
 
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 eluded seven children, of whom six are now living, pi;i 
 and of whom the record is as follows: William M. 3t i 
 is !i merchant doing business at Council Bluffs; 
 Miirrictta is the wife of W . .J. Carvin. of Kdgai. 
 Neb.; .lames N. is a resident of lliirlinglon. Iowa; 
 the next son is the suliject of our sketch; Curti~ 
 K. is engaged in agricultural pursuits at Keosau- 
 qua. Iowa; Ira C. is a merchant .-it Doud's .SUitiiiii. 
 Iowa. 
 
 Alvin.l. McCrary spent his childhood days upon 
 his father's farm, receiving his primary education . 
 in the common schools, and at the age of sixteen DEfi 
 became a pupil of the High School. He subse- 
 quently took a course at Oskaloosa College, and in 
 1 s(J2 engaged in the mercantile business at Des : 
 Moines, Iowa. This was during the progress of the " 
 late Civil War, and in the spring of 1864 Mr. Mc- 
 Crary enlisted in Co. F, 47th Iowa \'ol. Inf., in 
 which he served five months, and was mustered out 
 with his regiment. He then returned to Des Moines, 
 and soon afterward came to Keokuk. He had for 
 some time felt a strong inclination to enter the 
 legal profession, and accordingly entered the law 
 otiice of Rankin & McCrary, and commenced the 
 study of law under the instruction of these eminent 
 attorneys. He applied himself with diligence, and 
 was admitted to the bar in 18G6, since which time 
 he has been continuously practicing in the various 
 courts of Iowa, and also the United .States Courts 
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 the present firm being Craig, JlcCrary & Craig. 
 Mr. McCrary has given much attention to commer- 
 cial law. .Hid lectured upon this subject for two 
 years in the Keokuk Law School. The degree of 
 A. M. was conferred upon him by the Central Uni- 
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 IMr. MeCrary hns heen a prominent man in his 
 < communitj' since first coming into Lee County. 
 He lias always been a strong advocate of the prin- 
 11 ciplesof the Republican part)-, and h^' his voice and 
 vote has sought to promote the interests of the 
 party of his choice. Although he has steadily de- 
 clined to become a candidate for any political office, 
 he has been connected with most public enterprises 
 of this section for the last twenty years. He is 
 President of the Central Stove Works, organized 
 the Electric Light Company, and was instrumental 
 in getting it under headway; he assisted in the 
 oVganization of the Kookuk Law Library, and has 
 been connected for many years with the Keokuk 
 Library Association as Director. All these have 
 necessarily involved a considerable outlay of time, 
 and some means, but Mr. McCrary has contributed 
 these cheerfully, and is willing to do much more 
 for the advancement of the moral and educational 
 interests of his county and community. 
 
 Alvin J. McCrary and Miss Annie C. Ford were 
 united in marriage .June 24, l)^i!«. Mrs. McCrarj' 
 is the daughter of D. W. and Caroline M. Ford, 
 and was born in Otsego County, N. Y., remaining 
 i| there with her parents until the date of her mar- 
 riage. JNIr. and Mi'S. McCrary have become the 
 parents of two daughters, Grace and Inez. The 
 former is now in her fourth year at Elmira College, 
 N. Y. Their plea.sant home bears evidence of 
 • cultured tastes and ample means, and is one of the 
 I pleasant resorts of the society people of Keokuk. 
 ! Mr. McCrary is prominently connected with the 
 Baptist Church of this city, and for fifteen years 
 has been Superintendent of the Sabl)ath-school. 
 
 JHILETl'S COWLES, an honored pioneer 
 ) of Ft. Madison, crossed the Mississippi and 
 came into Iowa in l.sa«. He has watched 
 I \ with intense interest the growth and de- 
 velopment of his adopted State, and has witnessed 
 changes and incidents sufficient to form a large vol- 
 j unie. Mr. Cowles is a native of Otsego County, 
 N. Y., and was born on the 10th of October, 1816. 
 Isaiah Cowles, the father of our subject, when a 
 iyqung man removed from Vermont to the State of 
 
 New York, and there learned the trade of a mill- 
 wright. He pursued this occupation while in the lat- 
 ter State and after coming to Iowa. After cross- 
 ing the Father of Waters he settled in Augusta, 
 Ues Moines County, where he spent the last years 
 of his life, dying on the 1st of .Tune, ISfiS. In 
 early manhood he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Phoebe Merriman, a native of his own State, 
 who was born Oct. 20, 178(5. She preceded her 
 husband to the better land about seven years, dy- 
 ing at the home of her son. our subject, in Ft. 
 Madison, Oct. 22, 1861. 
 
 Philetus was the third child, and was three 
 j'cars old when his parents removed to Allegany 
 County. Six years later they went to Hinsdale, 
 Chautanqua County, and at the age of sixteen he 
 began work in a gristmill, which was the property 
 of his father and uncle. When he was twent3'-tvvo 
 >-ears old he starte<l West, making tiie trip by wa- 
 ter and landing at Ft. Madison, this county, which 
 was then a part of the Territory of Wisconsin. 
 After arriving hei'e he engaged as car|)enter and 
 joiner, and followed this occupation until 1863, 
 then, in company with Mr. Atlee, engaged in oper- 
 .ating a sawmill, first as letail salesman in the lum- 
 ber-yard, and the last twelve years as fireman in 
 the shingle-mill. Altogether he remained with Mr. 
 Atlee for twenty-three years, an excellent recom- 
 mendation foi- V)oth parties. 
 
 In e.arly manhood Mr. Cowles was married, Nov. 
 (i. 18;i6, to Miss .lane Simmons, a native of Mont- 
 gomery County, N. Y., born Dec. 22, 181!). Of 
 this union there was born one child, a daughter. 
 Melissa, who now lives with her father. .Mrs. Jane 
 Cowles departed this life March 8. 1,S4I. In Janu- 
 ary, 1842, Mr. Cowles w.as married the second time, 
 to Miss Diana Freeman, of Waterford, Caledonia 
 Co., Vt., who was born July 18, 1817. Of this mar- 
 riage there were born seven children, who are re- 
 corded as follows: Elijah lives in Mebraska; Calvin, 
 in Ft. Madison; Samuel, in Schoharie, Ness Co., 
 Kan. ; Alva II., in Ft. Madison; Jane, the wife of Asa 
 Cowles, in Holt County, Neb., and (ieorge and 
 Ella, with their parents at home. 
 
 .Mr. Cowles is a member in good standing of Em- 
 pire Lodge No. 31, I. O. O. F., and has always 
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 lhi,A ANNING W. STEVENS, a native of Litch- 
 field County. Conn., has been a resident of 
 Lee County since the fall of 1852. He is 
 a ijrosperous and intelligent farmer, and 
 the owner of a fine estate, consisting of 310 acres, 
 and a fine set of farm buildings, comprising a 
 handsome residence, which has been beautified l^y 
 everything which a cultivated taste and ample 
 means could afford, also good barns and out-build- 
 ings, pleasantly located in Jackson Township, on 
 section 12, and in variablj- attracts the ej'e of the 
 
 I traveler through this region as presenting one of 
 the finest views in the landscape of I^ee County. 
 
 The subject of this biograpli_y was born Dec. 30, 
 1823, and is the son of Sanford P. and Almeda 
 (Collar) Stevens, natives of New England. The 
 parental household comprised seven sons and two 
 daughters, of whom Manning \V. was the second in 
 order of birth. He was reared upon liis father's 
 farm, received a fair education in the public 
 schools, and remained under the parental roof until 
 he' was nineteen years of age, when he went to 
 Berkshire County, JLass., and was engaged as a 
 farm laborer for his uncle ten seasons continuously. 
 At the expiration of this time and when twenty- 
 eight years old, in the fall of 1852, he came into 
 Lee County, Iowa, and after six weeks spent in 
 Keokuk, purchased a claim in Jackson Township, 
 where he has been a resident since that time. Asso- 
 ciated with him in this purchase was i\L\ L. R. 
 Mellby, and it comprised an area f)f eighty acres. 
 [ They immediately set about its improvement and 
 cultivation, and were prospered in their undertak- 
 ings. To this purchase Mr. Stevens sulisequently 
 added as his means permitted until he is now the 
 possessor of one of the finest homesteads in this 
 section. 
 
 The marriage of Manning VV. Stevens and Miss 
 Julia A. Wadsworth was. celebrated in Berkshire 
 
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 County, Mass.. Sept. 7, 1854. Mrs. S. is tlie daugh- 
 ter of John P. and Mary N. (Stoddard) Wads- 
 worth, natives of New England, and was born in 
 Berkshire Co., Mass., Sept. 7, 1832. Her union with 
 our sul)ject has been blest by th« birth of seven 
 children, who are recorded as follows; Edward W. 
 died at the age of twenty years, in Jackson Town- 
 ship; Mary M. is a competent teacher, of several 
 years' standing; Celia L, Charles M., Arthur S., 
 Nellie M. and Rosa .1. are with their parents at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. .Stevens enjoys the confidence and esteem of 
 his community in a marked degree, and has held 
 the various minor offices of his township. He is 
 Republican in politics, and takes an interest in the 
 general welfare of his county and community. He 
 is a skillful farmer, a straightforward business man, 
 and has come into his present possessions by the 
 exercise of his own industry and perseverance. 
 
 (i^^HOMAS SMITH, of Et. Madison, has been a 
 f(l^^ highly respected resident of this vicinity for 
 ^^^ thirty-eight years. He comes of a cultured 
 and excellent familj', and is a native of the British 
 Flmpire, having been born in Northamptonshire, 
 England, Aug. 20, 1815. He is the son of Anthon3- 
 and Annie (Eaton) .Smith, natives of the same 
 country, and from whom he received careful train- 
 ing in those principles which have constituted him 
 a man among men and an influential and valued 
 citizen. 
 
 Thomas Smith grew to manhood in his native 
 shire, and at the age of eighteen 3'ears engaged in 
 the manufacture of boots and shoes. He was am- 
 bitious and enterprising, and determined to seek 
 his fortunes in the New World when the convenient 
 time should arrive. In the meantime he had as- 
 sumed domestic ties, and in the month of May, 
 1848, he set sail witii his family from Liverpool, 
 and after a prosperous voj'age landed at New 
 York City. He started for the West with little 
 delay, crossed the Fathei- of Waters, and came 
 directly to Et. Madison, arriving here on the 29th 
 of June. The trip from New York had been a 
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to Buffalo, by the Lakes to Chicago, from there by 
 caual to Peru, and completed the remainder of the 
 journey on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. 
 Since the first settlement here, Mr. (Smith has been 
 variously engaged. Among his first ventures he 
 established a dair3^ and supplied the boats along 
 the river night and da}' with milk, in which business 
 he has been engaged for thirty-seven j'ears, and has 
 prospered. 
 
 The marriage of Thomas fSmith and Miss Mary 
 Ekins was celebrated in Northamptonshire, En- 
 gland, June 21, 1837. Mrs. Smith is a native of the 
 same shire as her husband, and has remained his 
 faithful companion for fifty years. Their union 
 has been blest by the birth of seven children; the 
 living are, AValter, Ekin, Edwin, Mary and Sidney. 
 Charles F., the second son, departed this life Aug. 
 '20, 1861, at the age of twenty years; he was a 
 bright and promising young man, greatly respected 
 by all who knew him, and his death was a severe 
 blow to the entire family. Robert died Jan. 13, 1887. 
 
 Mr. Smith and his family occupy a fine home- 
 stead, where they are surrounded bj' all the com- 
 forts and many of the luxuries of life. Their 
 children have been carefullj' reared and well edu- 
 cated, and occupy an enviable position in society. 
 The sons are remarkably successful as business men, 
 and enjoy the respect and esteem of their fellow- 
 townsmen as the encouragers of every good work 
 and purpose tending to the welfare of the city and 
 count}'. 
 
 "^ OSEPH A. SMITH, Cashier of the Bank of 
 Ft. Madison, is a well-known and highly es- 
 teemed citizen of that city and a gentleman 
 who possesses ample means, and enjoys the 
 confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens. He 
 is of an enterprising disposition, warm-hearted and 
 liberal, and has contributed in a generous manner 
 to the progress and advancement of the business 
 interests of this city. In addition to this he is highly 
 educated, and possesses the happy combination of 
 a cultivated mind in addition to the wise judgment 
 and solidity essential to the successful business man. 
 Dr. Smith is a native of Westmoreland County, 
 Pa., having been born in Greensburg, that county. 
 
 Feb. 27, 1821. His father, Nathaniel Ruggles 
 Smith, was a native of Massachusetts, and was born 
 in Roxbury, near Boston, Oct. 15, 1874. His grand- 
 father, Ralph Smith, was also a native of the same 
 town. We learn from a history of Roxbury by 
 Francis S. Drake, that the ancestors of Mr. Smith 
 settled in Roxbury previous to 1640, and were 
 among the early settlers there. Ralph Smith is 
 there spoken of in several places as an enterprising 
 citizen, prominent in all public matters, and his son, 
 the father of our subject, is mentioned as having 
 delivered the oration at the Fourth of Julj' celebra- 
 tion in 1812. His grandfather was enrolled in 
 the Second Cavalry of Roxbury minute-men, April 
 9, 1775. 
 
 Nathaniel R. Smith, the father of our subject, 
 received the most careful parental training, and 
 after a primary course at the public school entered 
 Harvard University, and graduated from that insti- 
 tution with honors, after which he engaged in the 
 profession of a teacher. In 1822 he removed to 
 Pittsburgh, and while there established the first 
 literary magazine west of the Alleghanj' Mountains; 
 he was also its editor, and named it " Hesperus." 
 He was also the first editor of the Saturday Eoen- 
 ing Visitor, but devoted the greater part of his 
 time to teaching. He was thus engaged for about 
 twenty-five years, in the meantime having been 
 married and become the father of a family. In 
 1847 he went to Kentucky to visit a daughter 
 living at Danville, in that State, and soon afterward 
 engaged in teaching near Harrodsburg. He re- 
 mained there about five years, when he removed to 
 Farmington, Iowa, and pursued his occupation of 
 teaching until his death, which occurred .Sept. 15, 
 1859. He was the author of a grammar and 
 spelling-book, and is referred to in notes of Kirk- 
 ham's Grammar, as being a distinguished gram- 
 marian. He was connected in membership with the 
 Presbyterian Church. In early manhood the father 
 of our subject married Miss Margery Smith, a na- 
 tive of the North of Ireland, born May 12, 1788, 
 who came to this country with her parents while a 
 young child, and was married to the father of our 
 subject at West Newton, Pa. She departed this 
 life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Pollard, in 
 Ft. Madison, Feb. 26, 1871. Of this union there 
 
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 were born four chiklrcii who grew to years of ma- 
 turity: Sarah married T. H. .1. Ayres, now de- 
 ceased; our subject was the second eliihl ; .lames W. 
 \V. lives in Ohio; Rebecca JS., now Mrs. Pollard, 
 resides in Chicago, and is a lady of rare attain- 
 ments and line education. She possesses consider- 
 able literary talent, and has written under the mim 
 de plume of " Kate Harrington." She is now ed- 
 iting a new ])ublicMtion, to lie ivuown as the "Syn- 
 thetic Sound S^'steni," for use in primarj' schools. 
 
 Joseph A. Smith was carefully trained, and 
 received his early education principally under the 
 instruction of his gifted father. After arriving at 
 suitable age he entered upon a course of study at 
 Center College, at Danville, Ky., and at the age of 
 twenty-three began the study of medicine at Smith- 
 field, Ohio, under the instruction of Prof. Thomas 
 AVood, and later with Dr. Ayers, of Danville. He 
 commenced the practice of his profession in Bloom- 
 field, Ohio, where he remained for two years, when 
 he went to Berlin, Holmes Countj', the same State, 
 and after practicing there three years, started for 
 the farther West. He crossed the Mississippi and 
 came into Farmington, Iowa, located there and 
 remained until 1868. During this time he entered 
 into partnership with George Schramm, and en- 
 gaged in merchandising and pork-packing, doing 
 an extensive and successful business for a period of 
 twelve years, when he was solicited to go to Ft. 
 Madison as the contractor for convict labor in the 
 penitentiary. For various reasons he now con- 
 cluded to abandon his profession for a time, and in 
 company with others became one of the stockholders 
 of the Ft. Madison Lumber Company, also of the 
 Ft. Madison Chair Company and Ft. Madison 
 Paper Company, and the Iowa Farming Tool Com- 
 pany, and one of the original stockholders in 
 the Keokuk State National Bank, now the State 
 Bank. In 1871 he associated himself in partner- 
 sliip with Charles Brewster, and they purchased 
 the bank of Ft. Madison, of wiiich Dr. Smith has 
 been Cashier since that time. 
 
 The marriage of Joseph A. Smith .and Miss Ellen 
 E. Laws was celebrated Dec. 4, 1844. Mrs. Smith 
 is a native of Barnesville. Belmont Co., Ohio, 
 where she was born June 14, 1820. She is the 
 daughter of Panter and Mary (Moore) Laws, 
 
 natives of Delaware, who i-emoved to Ohio in 181 "i. 
 and were among the e.arly settlers of Barnesville. 
 The journey was made overland with wagons, ami 
 they met witli many interesting incidents while _ 
 making their passage over the AUeghanj' Mount- |' 
 ains. They were a brave-hearted pair, and bore s 
 cheerfully the fatigues and privations incident to p 
 the emigration and the life of the eai-ly pioneers. : 
 They remained all their lives in the place of their 
 first selection, and after their labors were over, 
 were laid to rest in the vicinity of their home. : 
 
 IMrs. Eleanore Smitii Kliart is the only daughter 
 of the Doctor and Mrs. Smith. .She was adopted ; 
 bj- them in earlj- childhood, and since that time has & 
 reigned supreme in their hearts and home. \ 
 
 She was married, Nov. .5, 1885, to Joseph C. c 
 Ehart, a substantial business man of Ft. Madison. I 
 The home prepared for her was but a step from \ 
 the old homestead, and now both hearthstones are g 
 gladdened by the coo of the fledgeling that has g 
 come to bear his grandsire's name. P 
 
 Dr. and Mrs. Smith are prominent members of " 
 the Presbyterian Church of Ft. Madison. Dr. - 
 Smith affiliated with the old Whig party previou> 
 to its abandonment, but he considers th.nt he has 
 since had reason to change his political opinion>. 
 and is now a member of the Democratic party. 
 Dr. Smith and familj' occupy .n fine homestead, and g 
 are surrounded with all the comforts and luxuries S 
 that ample means .and refined tastes can supply. 
 The portrait of Dr. Smith, wiiich accompanies this 
 sketch, will be recognized by all as that of a 
 worthy and honored citizen. 
 
 NOCH C. WILSON, an honored pioneer of 
 
 Ft. Madison, when a young man crossed tlie B 
 
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 lishing a liorne in the West. He was liorn in Cal- I 
 
 vert County, Md., July 3, 1 820. His father, George = 
 
 W. M'ilson, was a native of Virginia and settled c 
 
 in Maryland before his marriage. He was a black- \ 
 
 smith, and carried on his trade at Ft. Kepuljlic un- § 
 
 til 1. S3 1, and then emigrated to Illinois. He was 3 
 
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 tuwii and e'ngityed in farming, and there the mother 
 died. lie sold out and removed to Eau Claire, 
 Wis., in 18.">0. and tliere spent his last daj's in re- 
 tirement. 
 
 Enoch (i. \\iIson, of our sl<etch, was the second 
 child of his [larents. and was eleven jears old when 
 they removed from Maryland to Illinois? In the 
 fall of l.s;j7 he eame to Ft. Madi.son and clerked in 
 a saloon for one year, then went aboard the steamer 
 " Pizarro," commanded b}- Capt. Harris. After 
 two trii)s he was taken ill, and abandoned the river. 
 lie was then engaged as clerk for Peter Miller, Sr., 
 of Ft. Madison, with wh(jm he remained four j'ears, 
 and after serving in the same capacity for other 
 prominent merchants of this city, he, in 1849, be- 
 came associated in business with Mr. Little, with 
 whom he operated for the following eight years. 
 He then purchased the interest of his partner and 
 continued in business alone until l!S84. He carries 
 a general stock of dry-goods, groceries, queens- 
 ware, and everything pertaining to the needs of an 
 ordinary familj'. He has conducted his business in 
 ;i straightforward and honest manner, and has se- 
 cured a profitable patronage. 
 
 Mr. Wilson was married in 1M50, to iliss Mar^- 
 A. Reeves, of New York, and of their union have 
 been born two children — Eugenia C and George 
 H. ; the latter died at the age of two and one-half 
 years. 
 
 0^~ OL. RICHARD ROOT, Sheriff of Lee County, 
 and one of its most poiJular and high!}' re- 
 spected citizens, is a native of Marj'land, 
 
 having been born Jan. 27, 18;34. He is the son of 
 Bazil and Clementine Root, who were also na- 
 tives of Mar^iand. Bazil Hoot was a lawyer by 
 profession, and followed his vocation in the citj' 
 of Baltimore. He was appointed Postmaster of 
 Leavenworth, Kan., b}- President Buchanan, but 
 died in IS5S, before filling the duties of that 
 otHce. The mother died at the home of her 
 sou, Daniel, in the citj' of Chicago in 1883. 
 Daniel is engaged in business on the l>oard of 
 Trade, Chicago, and does quite an extensive com- 
 
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 mission business. The parental union was blest by 
 the birth of six children ; five of the number, all 
 sons, are still living. Their names are, Richard, 
 Daniel, John, Howard and Zach. 
 
 The subject of this notice received the .■idvan- 
 tages afforded by the common schools until he w.as 
 sixteen years of age, living the while under the 
 parental roof. He then engaged in the coast survey, 
 on the coast of Florida and South Carolina, and was 
 thus occupied for about three years. Afterward 
 he went to Denver, Col., with a supply train, from 
 Leavenworth, Kan., and continued a resident of 
 Colorado and Kansas until the first shot was fired 
 on Sumter. At the first call for troops our sub- jMd 
 ject immediately responded. He went to Henry 
 County, Iowa, in 18(il,and there enlisted in Co. 
 K, I'Jth Iowa Vol. Inf., and was elected First Lieu- 
 tenant before leaving the State. The regiment 
 passed through the State of Missouri and bivouacked 
 at Prairie drove. Ark., where they participated in 
 their first battle. Here the}- lost m.any men, and ^nfln 
 our snliject, with eight non-commissioned officers, j^Ji 
 was sent back to Iowa to recruit men to fill up the 
 regiment. It was about this time that Col. Root 
 received a commission from Gov. Kirkwood. of 
 Iowa, as Captain of the .sth Iowa Cav., and he again 
 went to the front, and soon after the battle of r j|ppj; 
 Murfreesboro was i)romoted Major and given jillliil 
 charge of the 2d Battalion of the 8tli Cavalry, and 
 served in that capacity until mustered out. After 
 being mustered out, our subject was commissioned 
 Colonel, to raise a brigade of colored troops from 
 those who followed Tien. Sherman in his famous 
 march from Atlanta to the sea and through the 
 Carolinas. This was for service on the frontier, 
 and Col. Root succeeded in raising the brigade, 
 which he .armed, equipped and clothed. Col. Root! 
 was then ordered by Secretary Stanton to take 
 charge of the 130th Colored Infantrv and move to 
 Brownsville, Texas. This he refused to do, and 
 the regiment was mustered out at Macon, (ia. 
 
 Returning home from the field of conflict. Col. 
 Root opened a hotel at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and for 
 three years acted in the capacity of genial " mine 
 host. " He was then appointed Deputy I'nited 
 States ^larshal. of Iowa, witli headquarters at Keo- 
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 President Arthur to Unitefl States Marshal of the 
 State of Iowa, and continued to hohl the position 
 for two years, when he resigned. He was shortly 
 afterward elected City Marshrd of Keokuk, and 
 held that position until he was nominated and 
 elected Sheriff of the county, which position he 
 holds at the present writing (1887). 
 
 In 1853 Col. Root was married to Miss Angeline 
 P. Brockman, who is a native of (Georgia, and the 
 daughter of Col. Calvin Brockman. Their house- 
 hold has been blest by the birth of three children 
 yet living, the record being as follows: Joseph L. 
 married ]\Iiss Julia Harrison, and resides in Keo- 
 kuk, where he is general agent for an Iowa coal min- 
 ing company; Florence L. and Dickie, the other 
 two children, arc attefiding school at Chicago. 
 
 Col. Hoot has just erected a fine residence on the 
 corner of Sixth and High streets, costing upward 
 of li^i-'iOO. It is a pleasant and beautiful home, 
 and, surrounded by his happy family and numerous 
 friends, he is passing his later years in the enjoy- 
 ment of a sufficiency and happiness. In politics he 
 is a Republican, and socially belongs to the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity and the I. O. (). F. 
 
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 OERIAH C. CAMPBELL, A. M., Superin- 
 / tendent of the Ft. Madison schools, occupies 
 ^_ ) a high social position in the city of Ft. 
 
 Madison, and as an educator is considered without 
 a superior in this portion of the Hawkeye State. 
 Under his supervision the public school sj'stem has 
 attained to a status very near perfection. Mr. 
 Campbell is a native of Pennsylvania, born in 
 Mercer County, Feb. 23, 1844. His parents were 
 John and Elizabeth (Grossman) Campbell, natives 
 also of Pennsylvania. 
 
 The childhood days of the subject of this biog- 
 raphy were jiassed upon his father's farm and in 
 attendance at the common schools. He was left an 
 orphan at the age of ten years and placed under 
 the care of his uncle, who acted as his guardian. 
 The latter not approving of jiublic schools, caused 
 the education of his nephew to be comi)leted in 
 
 private schools at Pittsburgh, Pa., and Youngstown, 
 Ohio. He was a bright and studious boy, greatly 
 interested in his studies and determined to excel. 
 In 1862, at the age of eighteen years, he entered 
 Wilmington College, expecting to take a full course 
 and graduate. The Rebellion, however, had now gcp 
 assumed alarming proportions, and the patriotic gti 
 heart of young Campbell constrained him to enlist p} 
 in the Union service, which he accordingly did, and gn 
 was mustered into the 8th Ohio Cavalry, but Se 
 only served seven months, receiving an honorable 
 discharge on account of physical disabilit}'. He 
 then returned home and lived with relatives at 
 Brookfield, Ohio, until 18()4, when he came farther 
 West, crossed the Mississippi, and took charge of 
 a milling business at Jlontieello, Iowa, for his aunt, 
 whose husband had died suddenlj', leaving his 
 business in an unsettled condition. Mr. Campbell p{ 
 remained there about eighteen months, then re- 
 turned eastward to Colchester, 111., where, with his 
 brother William, he engaged in coal-mining. 
 
 Notwithstanding his somewhat diversified occupa- 
 tions, young Campbell kept one object steadily in 
 view, namely, that of improving his mind by 
 study, and reading whenever he had a leisure hour. 
 After his arrival in Colchester he was prolfered the 
 position of Superintendent of the public schools ;il 
 that place, and the following year went to Macomb, 
 and taught three terms of school at that place. He 
 next went to Monmouth, 111., and taught as Princi- 
 pal of ward schools for three years, and as Principal 
 of the High School one year, at the end of wliicli 
 time the latter was united with the Monmouth Col- 
 lege. This institution, recognizing the learning and 
 abilitj' of Prof. Campbell, conferred upon him the 
 degree of Bachelor of Arts. From Monmouth he 
 went to ISIattoon, and had charge of the schools 
 there until 1877. He then crossed the Mississippi 
 and located in Keokuk, Iowa, where, after teaching 
 in ward schools for two years, he was chosen 
 Principal of the High School, which position he re- 
 tained for six years. He then vvent to Albia as 
 Superintendent of schools tliere, and at the close of 
 one year, resigned to aecei)t :i like position in the : 
 Academy at Denmark. In 188G he resigned there Si 
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 has taken the Post Graduate course of the Univer- 
 sity of Illinois. He possesses a full classical educa- 
 tion, and has given great attention to institute 
 work, having been the conductor of institutes in 
 Lee County for nine consecutive years. He is a 
 student of the fine arts and literature, and is an 
 author of no oi'dinary ability, having produced 
 many valuable articles on education, which have 
 been published in the leading journals devoted to 
 this cause, and his name has now become a familiar 
 one among the leading educators of the West. 
 
 Neriah C. Campbell and Miss Louise E. Welch 
 were united in marriage in 1864. Mrs. Campbell 
 was born in Carthage, 111., and is the daughter of 
 James E. Welch, who is engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits in Hancock County, 111. Of this union 
 there have been born three children: Cora I., now 
 the wife of Charles E. Atchinson, a prominent 
 broker and dealer in real estate at Albia, Iowa; 
 Myrtle and Gertrude, who are at home. The family 
 <>ccup3' a leading position in the best society of 
 Ft. Madison, and their home gives amisle evidence 
 of high education and cultivated tastes. Mr. Camp- 
 bell is connected in membershii) with the Presby- 
 terian Church, and has been an active worker in 
 the Sunday-school for many years. He is a member 
 of the Masonic fraternity, the I. O. O. F. and I. L. 
 of H. Politically his inclinations are strongly Re- 
 publican, although he has never taken a very active 
 l)art in politics. His tastes are purely educational, 
 and books are mainly his comfort and delight. 
 
 
 ,^sA AMUEL KLEIN, an esteemed resident of 
 '^^ the Gate City, is engaged with his son as a 
 |ll/_j)) dealer in hides, pelts, tallow, and every- 
 thing appertaining to their line of business, 
 the headquarters of the firm being located at the 
 corner of Main and Flightli streets. The firm of 
 Samuel Klein (fe Son established its business in 1859, 
 the subject of our sketch having come to this city 
 tiu-ee j'ears previously from Illinois. 
 
 Samuel Klein is a native of (iermany and a fine 
 representative of that element which lias so mate- 
 
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 rially assisted in the development of the industrial 
 interests west of the Father of AVaters. His birth 
 occurred in 1830, and in conformity with the laws 
 and customs of his native Empire, he was placed 
 in school at the early age of six years, and pur- 
 sued his studies continuously until fourteen. He 
 then served an apprenticeship at the tanning busi- 
 ness, and at the age of twenty-one, not being quite 
 satisfied with his condition or his prospects, set sail 
 for the New World, whose western fields were then 
 holding out rare indncements to the young and en- 
 terprising emigrant. 
 
 After landing upon American shores, Mr. Klein 
 proceeded South to Columbus, (ia., where he en- 
 gaged in mercantile pursuits for one year, then 
 came to Illinois, and locating at Pittsfleld, was 
 there engaged in trade until- coming to Keokuk in 
 1856. He carried on a clothing trade one year, 
 then purchased a grocer}' stock, and in due time 
 added to it transactions in hide and leather, pur- 
 suing the combined trade until 1865. He then dis- 
 posed of his grocer}- stock and turned his attention 
 exclusively to the present commodities. The firm 
 now occupies a fine brick block which Mr. Klein 
 erected in 1872. It consists of two stories and 
 basement, and occupies an area of lOxSO feet. 
 Besides himself and his son, the business keeps four 
 other men employed at this point and two men on 
 the road. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Klein with Mi>s M. Wolff, 
 a lady of German parentage and nativity, was cel- 
 ebrated in 1852. Of their union tiiere were born 
 five children, all living, viz. : Emmie, now Mrs. 
 Weil, of Keokuk, and Louisa W., Joseph A., Mor- 
 ris and Carrie unmarried. Our sul)ject and his 
 family occupy a handsome residence at No. 1020 
 Blondeau street, and their circle of warm friends 
 and acquaintances includes the best people of the 
 Gate Cit}'. 
 
 Mr. Klein has been a prominent man in the af- 
 fairs of his adopted city and county, and has been 
 intrusted with important positions. He was a 
 member of the Council as Alderman and Jl.ayor of 
 the city ^wo tern, and is also a Trustee of the In- 
 sane Asj'lum at .Alt. I'leasant. He is warml}' inter- 
 ested in educational matters, and contributes of 
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 1). SIIKl'PAUI), of the tirni of Evans <t 
 She|)p;n-d, lumber merchants of Keokuk, is 
 a nativi' of New .Jersey, and was born Dec. 
 23, 1841. He is the son of William K. and Sarah 
 K. (Fithian) Sheppard, natives of New Jersey. 
 William K. Shepiiard was a farmer l)_v occupation, 
 and was coutinLiously engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits until his death in ISMl. The parental family 
 consisted of ten children, all of whom grew to ma- 
 ture years. 
 
 The subject of this history remained at home, 
 attended the common schools, and assisted in the 
 labors on the farm until lie was sixteen years of 
 age. lie then learned the trade of a blacksmith, 
 and followed the same until tile lireaking out of 
 the war. He tlien enlisted as a soldier of the Union 
 in Co. F, 9th N. .1. Vol. Inf., and remained in the 
 service for four years. During this time he partici- 
 pated in all the engagements of his regiment, was 
 in the battles of Roanoke, Newberne, and the two 
 1 tattles of Kingston, was at the siege of Ft. Darling 
 and in many other engagements and skirmishes. 
 He enlisted as a private and was promoted Second 
 Lieutenant Jan. f*, 1803, First Lieutenant May 11, 
 1 .S(j4,and Ca|)taiu Feb. 28, 18G5. He was wounded 
 in the right shoulder at Ft. Darling and confined 
 for some time in Chesapeake Hospital, near Fortress 
 Monroe. 
 
 At the close of the w;ir Caj)!. Shejtpard was mus- 
 tered out of service with his comrades, and went to 
 Arkansas with Mr. A. 11. Kvans, his present part- 
 ner, where they engaged in the cultivation of cot- 
 ton and in merchandising .and the lumber business. 
 They remained there eleven years, and then dis- 
 posing of their interests in that section, came to 
 Keokuk, and engaged in mercantile pursuits for 
 two years, after which they established their pres- 
 ent business. 
 
 Capt. Shei)|):ni| isu lliiprougli-g(jing linsiness man. 
 
 courteous in his manner and upright in his deal- 
 ings, and has been successful in liis undertakings. 
 He lias taken an active part in general and p(jlitical 
 matters, is an advocate of prohibition, and casts his 
 vote with the Republican party. 
 
 L. I). Shepjiard and Miss Anna II. Lawrence 
 were united in marriage in Pennsylvania in ls;7ii. 
 Mrs. Sheppard is a native of New Jersey, and the 
 daughter of Rev. Samuel Lawrence. Their union 
 has been blest by the birth of four children — Helen 
 M., Lawrence D., Anna L. and Edna (4. They oc- 
 cupy a handsome residence at No. 7 1 2 Franklin 
 street, and enjov the esteem of a large circle of ac- 
 (luainlanccs. The Captain and Mrs. Sheppard arc 
 prominently connected with the Presbyterian 
 Ciuircli, and he is a mem))er of the Masonic fra- 
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 EWTON E. CLARK, of the firm of Clark 
 Bros. & Co., wholesale dealers in leather, 
 H\/^ saddlery and shoe findings, at Keokuk, with 
 his partners is transacting an extensive and profit- 
 able business, and is one of the representative fac- 
 tors in the industrial element of this section. The 
 business of this firm was established in the spring 
 of 1851, by .lames Clark and A. P. Thom.-is, under 
 the firm name of A. P. Thomas & Co. Mr. Thomas 
 dying soon afterward, the business was continued 
 by James Clark f<jr the space of a year, when he 
 took in as partner Mr. William Van Nastiand, and 
 they o|)erated together for two years. Mr. A^an 
 Nastrand then retired, and the firm was re-organ- 
 ized by two brothers of our subject, who continued 
 the business several years, when II. H. Clark re- 
 tired, and the present firm was established with our 
 subject as a partner, since which time it has been 
 known as Clark Bros. & Co. From a modest be- 
 ginning tliey have ni.ade rapid advances, and erected 
 a fine brick building 25x1011 feet in area, and three 
 stories in lieight, with a basement under the whole. 
 Their transactions extend over all the State of Iowa 
 and into Illinois and Missouri. They carry a large 
 and well-selected stock, and have become widely 
 and favorably known as gentlemen of correct busi- 
 ness methods and valuable citizens. 
 
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 aiifl Margaret Clark, of New .Jersey, the father 
 being a tanner 1)}' trade, which business he pur- 
 sued fur the long period of sixty-four years. The 
 parental family consisted of eleven children, six 
 sons and five daughters, of whom our subject was 
 the youngest in order of birth. He received a fair 
 education in his native State, and when a 3'outli of 
 eighteen years started out to do for himself. He 
 practically grew up in the leather business, having 
 served a thorough apprenticeship with his father, 
 and obtained a valuable knowledge of all its differ- 
 ent departments. After coming to this city he en- 
 gaged as clerk for several years with his brothers 
 before becoming a partner, and their establishment 
 is the oldest one of the kind which has continued 
 since its establishment in the State of Iowa. 
 
 The subject of this history was married in 1867, 
 the maiden of his choice being Miss Kate, youngest 
 daughter of Benjamin Jones, Esq., of Keokuk, and 
 they have become the parents of live children, three 
 sons and two daughters. In their pleasant and at- 
 tractive home they are surrounded by the comforts 
 and refinements of life, and are held in high esteem 
 bj' a large circle of acquaintances and friends. 
 
 L-^^HOMAS S. ESPY, attorney at law and Jus- 
 tice of the Peace, is a pioneer citizen of Ft. 
 Madison, coming here in 1845, when it was 
 but a small hamlet. He is a native of Crawford 
 County, Pa., and was born March 26, 1814. His 
 father, Patterson Espy, was a native of the same 
 State, and born in Faj^ette County. His grand- 
 father, also a native of the Keystone State, was 
 born in Cumberland County, and his great-grand- 
 father, Peter Patterson Espy, was a native of Scot- 
 land, and emigrated to the United States, settling 
 in Fayette County, Pa., where he sytent the last 
 years of his life, dying at the ripe age of one 
 hundred and one years. 
 
 The grandfather of Thomas S. Espy was a soldier 
 during the Revolutionary War, and after the ter- 
 mination of the conflict located in Crawford 
 County, Pa., being among the early settlers there. 
 He was a man of great energy of character, and 
 
 besides engaging in agricultural purs\iits operated 
 a sawmill, gristmill and a distillery. He was 
 pnmiinent in all the counsels of his fellow-town.s- 
 men, and served for many years as Justice of tiie 
 Pe.ace. From the Hist lie was a leader in his com- 
 munity, and his deatii, whicii occurred in 1 8;5-2, 
 was greatly lamented. His brother, Prof. James S. 
 Espy, was highly educated and a bright light among 
 professional men. A sketch of this gentleman ap- 
 jiears in Appleton's Encyclopedia. 
 
 Patterson Espy, the father of our subject, was 
 reared upon a farm, received his primary education 
 in the public schools, and afterward attended Can- 
 nonsburg College. After graduating from there 
 he engaged in the mercantile business in Crawford 
 County, and there spent the whole of his life. He 
 was married in early manhood to Miss Mercj' Free- 
 man, a lady who was born in Newark, N. J., of 
 (.Quaker parentage. .She departed this life in Craw- 
 ■ford County in 1862. .She was a lady of rare in- 
 telligence, a wise and judicious mother, and held in 
 great respect by her neighbors and acquaintances. 
 
 Thomas S. Espj' w.is the third child and eldest 
 son of his parents. He was educated in the com- 
 mon schools and graduated at Prof. Gamhel's 
 Academy, at Jamestown, Pa. He also took a course 
 at the select school of Rev. Roberts, at Andovei', 
 Ohio. He taught one term when he was twenty- 
 one years of age, and then went to Franklin, Pii., 
 and entered the law office of Judge Alexander M<'- 
 Calment, where he remained two and a half years, 
 was admitted to the bar, and in due time became 
 the partner of Judge McCalment, with whom he 
 remained until 1845. He then became convinced 
 that there was a broader field of operations beyond 
 the Mississippi, in which he could .accomplish more. 
 He accordingly came into Iowa and spent his (irst 
 summer at Iowa City. In September of the same 
 year he came to Ft. Madison, opened an office, and 
 while building up his practice here purchased a 
 rtouring-mill. the first one in the vicinity, to which 
 he afterward added a distillery, and he superin- 
 tended the management of both until 1.S56. He 
 then :idmitted partners and established a foundry. 
 The following year he sold the mill and distillery, 
 l)at continued the foundry until IK.'iT. In the 
 meantime he continued the practice of his profes- 
 
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 sion here until 1 S63, when he proceeded to .St. Louis, 
 engaged in practice, and remained there until insl, 
 when he returned to Ft. JLadison and re-npened 
 an oflice here. lie was elected Justice of the Peace 
 in 1884. He has always been deepl}' interested in 
 educational matters, and has been one of the School 
 Directors of the township. He afterward served 
 as Alderman and Mayor of the city, and in 1848 
 was elected Senator from Lee County. 
 
 Mr. P^spy cast his first Presidential vote for Mar- 
 tin \'an Buren, and has been an uncompromising 
 Democrat all his life. He was married, in 1.S40, to 
 Miss Mary A. McBrise, a native of Erie County, 
 Pa. Of their union seven children have been born, 
 three of whom are living: Elizabeth, the wife of 
 Joseph A. Nunn, lives in Washington Township; 
 Emmette resides in Ft. Madison, and William G. 
 in St. Louis. 
 
 Mr. Espy is a prominent man in his community, 
 hose judgment is highlj^ valued, and whose 
 |)inions are sought ui)on all important matters 
 concerning the welfare and progiessof the conimu- 
 uit3'. He is liberal minded and generous, and the 
 j-^ ready assistant of ever3thing affecting theadvance- 
 M ment, morally or intellectually, of his city and 
 county. He is a genuine t.yi)e of the men who have 
 aided in bringing the Hawkeye State to its present 
 position among the wealthy and prosperous States 
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 \f 8AAC A. MATTESON, one of the early settlers 
 of Lee County, came to this vicinity iii the 
 spring of 1 H.54, and has been a resident of the 
 county since, over thirty years. During this 
 lapse of years he has been an interested witness in 
 the rai)id growth and prosperity of the Ilawkeye 
 State, at which he has rejoiced in common with the 
 balance of those who have assisted in bringing this 
 section to its present condition. He is the owner 
 of a fine farm estate, including 180 acres of valua- 
 ble laud in (Jreen Bay Township, finely located on 
 section 4, and is now living in,the enjoyment of the 
 
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 good things of life, earned by the exercise of in- 
 dustry and a judicious investment and disburse- 
 ment of funds. 
 
 Mr. Matteson is a native of (iruenwich, R. L, 
 and was born Ajn-il 14, DS1!1. His parents wore 
 Greene and Sallie (Fowler) Matteson, natives of the 
 same State, where tliey were married, settled, and 
 spent their entire lives. (Greene Matteson was a 
 farmer by occupation, and the parental family con- 
 sisted of eleven children, three sons and eight 
 daughters. 
 
 Isaac A. Matteson of our sketch was the fourth 
 child of his parents' family, and as soon as he 
 reached suitable years he was emplo3'ed in the cot- 
 ton and woolen factory of his native town, and re- 
 mained there until he was twenty-six years old. 
 He then changed his occupation, and engaged at 
 carpenter work and as a machinist for several 
 years. He fiually became foreman as a builder of 
 railroad bridges, which he followed until the spring 
 of 1853, when he started westward to Chicago. 111., 
 and was engaged one year at that p(_)int in the con- I 
 struction of railroad bridges. The following spring 
 he crossed the Mississippi, and purchased the farm 
 in this count}' which constitutes his present home- 
 stead. Upon this he has remained since that time, 
 with the exception of three years passed in Ft. 
 Madison. His first purchase comprised 230 acres, 
 a part of which he has since disposed of. 
 
 Mr. Matteson was married in Smithfield, H. I., 
 May 20, 1840, to Miss Joan, daughter of Benjamin 
 and Isabella (Randall) Gage, natives of Massachu- 
 setts and Rhode Island respectivelj'. Mr. Gage was 
 a painter by occupation, and the family included a 
 large number of children. Mrs. Matteson was born 
 in Cranston, R. I., Oct. 22, 1818, and has become 
 the mother of a son, Eugene L., who is married, 
 and resides in Green Bay Township. His wife was 
 Miss Eliza Speaks, of Green Bay Township, and 
 they have a son and daughter, wlio were liorn in 
 Green Bay Township. 
 
 Mr. M. of our sketch is a member of the Board 
 of Supervisors ot Lee Count}', to which he was ap- 
 pointed in the fall of 1883, and was thereafter 
 elected for three years. He has also served as Jus- 
 tice of the Peace for manj' years, and has held the 
 other minor oHices of his township. Politically he 
 
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 attili.ites with tlie Democratic party, •ind takes nil 
 active and intelligent interest in everytliing per- 
 taining to the welfare of his township and conntj'. 
 
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 THOMAS H. ALLYJs owns and occupies a 
 snng homestead in Jackson Township, on 
 section 27, and. is at present engaged in hor- 
 ticultural pursuits. He is a native of Groton, New 
 London Co., Conn., and was born Feb. 20, 1813, his 
 parents being James and Fannie (Avery) AUyn, na- 
 tives of the same town and State as their son. There 
 were six children in the parental household, of 
 whom our subject was the 3'oungest. 
 
 Thomas II. Allj'n continued a resident of his na- 
 tive town until he was about eighteen years old. 
 His fatlier was engaged in the manufacture of fur- 
 niture, which business yonng Allyn learned and fol- 
 lowed for some time. He received his primaiy ed- 
 ucation in the common schools, and later attended 
 a grammar school for several terras. He then left 
 the parental roof, and, in company with an uncle, 
 journeyed to the southwest, and spent three years 
 around the Gulf of Mexico. He then went to 
 Buffalo, N. Y., thence to Canada, where he spent 
 two 3'ears ; afterward to Cleveland, Ohio, where he 
 became clerk in a canal office, and from there to 
 Portsmouth, Ohio, where he remained for six years 
 as Collector of the Port, where he had subsequently 
 been Inspector. In 1846 he set his face westward, 
 crossed the Mississippi, and coming into Keokuk, 
 Iowa, made arrangements to engage in mercantile 
 pursuits. Circumstances, however, induced him to 
 change his location, and going to Nauvoo, 111., he 
 opened a store for the sale of general merchandise, 
 which he conducted during that season. He then 
 returned to Keokuk, and the following winter 
 opened a store and was occupied in general mer- 
 chandising for several years afterward. He finalh' 
 sold out, and in company with Silas Ilaight, assumed 
 charge of the wharf boat for three years following. 
 In 1851, in companj- with his brother-in-law, Mr. 
 Allyn purchased the old Laclede House, which is 
 now known as the Stanbergh House, and operated 
 as "miue host" for three years. He then became 
 Deputy in the post-offlce under Col. Patterson, was 
 
 mail agent on the river from Keokuk to P 
 St. Louis, and subsequently employed as clerk on 
 the levee for about three years, being in 1857 ap- 
 pointed Police Magistrate liy Judge Boyles. He 
 fiUed the vacanc}' to which he was appointed until 
 the time of the regular election, when he was re- 
 placed in his position by the votes of his fellow- 
 townsmen for another term. He served in this ca- 
 pacit.v for two terms, and in the fall of 1859 was 
 elected Treasurer and Recorder of Lee County. 
 
 Mr. All}'!! occupied this last position for four 
 consecutive years, and at the expiration of his term 
 of office, in 1864, went South, and for one season 
 engaged as a speculator in cotton. In the fall of 
 that year he went to California, and after his re- 
 turn the year following, again went South, and en- 
 gaged in steamboating on the Cumberland River 
 for one 3^ear. He purchased the steamer Wiiiond, 
 which traded between Gulf ports and New Orleans. 
 He then came to Keokuk and engaged in the whole- 
 sale boot-and-shoe trade with a gentleman of that 
 city, the style and title of the firm being Walters, 
 Allyn <fe Co. He operated thus for one year, antl 
 was then appointed Deputy Treasurer of Lee County, 
 which position he acceptably filled for the space of 
 eight years, having his office at Keokuk. He then 
 purchased an interest in a marble-j^ard on the Illi- 
 nois side of the river, associating himself with P. J. 
 Tallon, and they operated under the firm title of 
 Tallon & Co. for two years. Mr. Allyn then en- 
 gaged as a dealer in real estate and other business 
 of a like nature in Keokuk, and in the winter of 
 1881 took possession of his farm in Jackson Town- 
 ship, upon which he has remained since that time. 
 This he has operated successfully, making the finer 
 fruits a specialty, and has two fine orchards contain- 
 ing a-variety of choice apple, peach, plum and other 
 valuable specimens of the larger fruits. 
 
 Mr. Allyn was married at Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 
 22, 1842, to Miss Mary Turner, a native of that 
 place, born Dec. 5, 1822. She is the daughter of 
 John R. Turner, who was for fifty years Clerk of 
 the Court of Common Pleas and Supreme Court of 
 that State. He w.as also Presi<lent of a bank at 
 Portsmouth, Ohio, Mayor of the city several times, 
 and also Master of Chancery. He was a man of great 
 intelligence and enterprise, and was highly esteemed 
 
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 and respected ])y his fellow-citizens. lie war^ a sol- 
 dier in the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs;. AUyn have 
 become the parents of one child, a son, Frank, wlio 
 is an attorney at law at Keokuk. Mr. Allj'n is 
 busilj' engaged in liis horticultural pursuits, is a 
 straightforward business man and highl}' esteemed 
 for his many excellent traits of character. He takes 
 an interest in everything pertaining to the welfare 
 of his community, and in polities is a reliable Dem- 
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 EV. FATHER WILLIAM JACOBY, of the 
 German (Catholic Church of the Assumption 
 at West Point, has been connected with this 
 i) parish since 1870, and has fulfilled the du- 
 ties of his high office in a worthy and acceptable 
 manner. Before coming to West Point, Father 
 .lacoby was first detailed for missionary work, and 
 subsequently' took charge of the Church of the 
 immaculate Conception at Lansing, Iowa, a position 
 which he held for nine years, and during that time 
 helped to build up the congregation to its present 
 prosperous condition. 
 
 Father Jacob}- was born .luiic 11, 1H35, inthe 
 cit}- of Ettelbruck, Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, 
 where he was reared and educated. His father, 
 Peter, and his mother, Catharina (Berg) Jacob}-, 
 were of pure German ancestrj', spent their entire 
 lives in their native land, and were there laid to 
 their final rest. Pete)' Jacoby was a successful shoe 
 Tuerchant. 
 
 Before Father Jacobj- came t»^) this country be 
 
 possessed very little means and paid his expenses in 
 
 : jl college by giving instruction to younger students, 
 
 MM\ and was for seven 3'ears Librarian of the State 
 
 Library of Luxemburg. This library contained 
 
 100,000 volumes. He completed his classical and 
 
 } philosophical studies at Luxemburg, and then came 
 
 } to this country, unattended by relatives or friends. 
 
 ■"His isolated condition would have filled many a man 
 with dismaj', but Father Jacoljy was made of stern 
 ivTijijjq stuff, and kept his high aim steadily in view. That 
 11 he fully succeeded in his endeavors his present po- 
 } sition amply testifies. After reaching the United 
 — —^States he entered the Theological Seminary at Mil- 
 
 waukee, Wis., and two years later, in 1H68, was or- 
 dained to the i^riestiiood i)y Bishop Hennessey, of 
 Dubuque. 
 
 Father .lacoby has developed remarkable talent 
 for his pious vocation, and is greatly esteemed ami 
 beloved by those who have the honor of his .ac- 
 quaintance. Since coming to West Point he hn- 
 increased his church membership very materially. 
 Their house of worship is a remarkably elegant 
 structure, the interior especially so. At the high altar 
 is an oil painting from one ()f the m<n,sters of art, and 
 a short time since, through the earnest efforts of 
 Father Jacoby, the edifice was supplied with a very 
 fine pipe organ. Through his efforts also there has 
 been erected one of the finest school-houses in the 
 State. It is located in West Point, and is an orna- 
 ment to the town and a pride to the congregation. 
 About 1.^0 pupils are in attendance at this school, 
 of which Father Jacoby is Superintendent. Father 
 Jacoby has always held aloof from politics, but so- 
 cially is one of the most agreeable and companiona- 
 ble of men. 
 
 ^,1 J. HAKDIX, Chief of Police of the city 
 LiW of Keokuk, is also engaged in an extensive 
 
 i) livery business, his headquarters being lo- 
 (^ cated on Seventh and .Alain streets, at Su- 
 
 perior Court-room. Mr. Hardin is a native of the 
 Prairie State, and was born in Mclionough County 
 Feb. 10, 1844. His parents were H. H. and Jane 
 C. (McCord) Hardin, natives of Kentucky and 
 Tennessee respectively. 
 
 The father of our subject removed from his na- 
 tive State to Illinois when the country was new 
 and comparatively unsettled. He was an attorney 
 bj' profession, l)ut subsequently took up the study 
 of medicine, and practice<l his profession in Pike 
 County, 111., afterward in Pike County, Mo. He 
 came to Keokuk in 18.")1, where he followed his 
 medical practice. He attained the age of eighty- 
 five years, and passed to his reward in 1886. The 
 companion of his earlier years, and the mother of 
 his children, departed this life in the same year at 
 the age of seventy-four. They were the parents 
 of five children, of whom four are still living: The 
 eldest son, John L., is a resident (_if Ket>kuk; A. J., 
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 County, 111. ; Harrison B. is in Keokuk. 
 
 The subject of our sketch ciimo to this city with 
 his parents at the early age of seven 3-ears. Heat- 
 tended school in the winter seasons and was var- 
 iously employed during the summer at whatever 
 he could find to do, lieing an ambitious boy, and 
 proud to earn various little sums of money, even 
 at that early age. When he was seventeen yeais 
 old there came a call for troops to assist in defend- 
 ing a threatened liiion. \\'itli all the ardor of 
 youthful patriotism he resolved to become a .sol- 
 dier, and enlisted in Co. C, od Iowa Vol. Cal., and 
 remained in the service for three j'ears and three 
 months, lie was engaged with his regiment in the 
 battles of Pea Kidge, Vickslnirg. .Jackson, Canton, 
 and all the various battles and skirmishes of that 
 eam|iaign. He endured the vicissitudes of war with 
 soldierl}' courage and received an honorable dis- 
 ciiarge at the close, returning home without even a 
 scratch. 
 
 After his return from the ai-my, ilr. Hardin 
 serveil an appenticeship at the blacksmith trade in 
 Keokuk, and followed this for seven 3-ears. He 
 then accejited a position on the police force, .and in 
 187! was appointed Deputj' Marshal. Four 3'ears 
 later he became City Marsh.1l, which office he re- 
 signed iu 1.S82, to accept a position with the I'nion 
 Iron & Steele Co., of Chicago, as chief of their 
 special police force. At the expiration of the year 
 this company had failed in business, but Mr. Hardin 
 remained as special custodian under the Tnited 
 States Marshal. After a Receiver was appointed, 
 Mr. Hardin was selected as special custodian under 
 the Receiver, which position he occupied until he 
 was waited upon Ijy a delegation from the Gate Cit}', 
 with the request that he would return and become 
 a candidate for the office of City Marshal. He ac- 
 cordingly resigned his position, returned to Keo- 
 kuk, received the election, and held the position 
 until 188;j, when he declined to become a candi- 
 date. He engaged in the livery liusiness, but was 
 again urged by the people of Keokuk to resume 
 his old position in the spring of -1886, and after 
 much persuasion he assented, his last election being 
 in 18.su. 
 
 .Mr. Hardin was married in l.sTG to .^Ii.ss Kttle 
 
 Hoppe, a la.dy of German ancestry and parentage. 
 She only remained the companion of her husband 
 until the following year, when he met with a sore 
 bereavement in her death, by the dread disease 
 consumption. C)f this union one child was born, 
 M,aliel .].. who died at the age of about three month.s. 
 Mr. Hardin was subsequently married, April 1.5, 
 1 8)S.'>, to Mrs. Mary Haxell, the sister of his former 
 wife, and also a native (jf Germany. Of this union 
 there were liorn twin children, daughters, Mary and 
 Etta. The latter died when three weeks old. 
 
 Besides his peculiar adaptabUit3- to the position 
 which lie has filled for such a length of time, Mr. 
 Hai'din is also a successful and energetic business 
 man. His livery outfit is one of the finest in the 
 city, and the business gives employment to eight 
 men. He has been prominently connected with 
 the Fire Dep.artment of Keokuk, and in 1868 held 
 the position of Chief. Politicallj- he is strongly 
 Republican, and socially is a member of the I. O. O. 
 P., G. A. R.. and the K. of P. 
 
 Mr. Hardin and his family reside at No. 2(i North 
 Tenth street. He is a stockholder in the cutlery 
 wiirks in this city, and is an important f.actor in 
 the industrial interests of the community. He is 
 the center of a large circle of admiring friends and 
 acquaintances, and in all respects is fulfilling the 
 obligations of a good citizen. 
 
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 ,OYAL B. qUINTON, a highly respected 
 citizen of Denmark Township, is one of 
 the most extensive farmers of Lee Count}-, 
 and has met with remarkable success in 
 the various departments of his calling. Our sub- 
 ject is a native of the Buckeye State, having been 
 born in Ashtabula County, on the 27th of August, 
 1811). His father. Samuel (^uinton, came from the 
 Ohl (ir.anite State in 1812, but three years later re- 
 turned for the purpose of being united in marriage 
 with .Miss Lucretia Henry. After the wedding, 
 he immediately returueil to Ohio with his bride, 
 and located upon a farm in Ashtabula County, 
 where they remained until l.s."),"). and then crossing 
 the Father of \\aters, came into Iowa and located 
 in I.ic ( <«untv. Here they established a home, be- 
 
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 came among the highly respected residents of this 
 vicinity, and here they folded their han<1s for tlieir 
 final rest. . The parental household included seven 
 children, three of whom are now deceased. 
 
 Roj-al E. Qiiinton was the eldest child of his 
 parents' family. He remained with them until he 
 attained his majority, and then, his capital consist- 
 ing of an English sixpence (which he still retains), 
 he departed from the parental roof to seek his 
 fortune through the exercise of his ovvn Industry. 
 In those days of thinly settled communities, it was 
 bj' no means an easy task to secure a wage-paying- 
 situation. The country was fidl of j'oung men 
 who were willing to work for a consideration, and 
 only a few inhabitants had use for or could afford 
 to keep hired help. Young (.^uinton, however, was 
 not easilj' discouraged, and finally succeeded in 
 hiring out to a farmer sit $12 per month, and at the 
 end of the year had his monthly stipend increased to 
 $13. He remained with his first eniployer for some 
 time after this, and then for two successive j-ears 
 was employed by another party at the same wages. 
 The latter was a dealer in live stock, and became 
 greatly attached to his " hired man," aud took him 
 witli iiiui when he made his purchases of cattle, and 
 those experiences, no doubt, were an excellent 
 schooling for our subject, who possessed great 
 natural abilities and improved everj- (jpportunity 
 for observation in the dealings of men with men. 
 This, added to his natural talent for financiering, 
 was the secret of his future^ success. 
 
 As soon as young (^uinton had saved ^100, he 
 loaned it out at 12 per cent interest in advance. 
 He held a moderate sum iu reserve, with which he 
 purchased a good saddle horse, and b}' subsequent 
 trade accumulated a little more mone\'. He always 
 dressed well, Init by ;i judicious disbursement of 
 funds, at the end of four years found himself the 
 possessor of $53.0 in cash. In common with many 
 of his 3oung associates, he experienced a great de- 
 sire to visit the country beyond the Mississippi, 
 i" which was then holding out rare inducements to 
 the young and enterprising emigrant, lie had a 
 
 friend in this vicinitv who was engaged 
 
 an In- 
 
 dian trader along the I'latte River country, that 
 being 300 miles west ut any while settlement, and 
 
 he cduchided to join liiui 
 
 
 
 He started \ia the river 
 
 from Belleville, Ohio, but when he arrived at lli' 
 mouth of the Missouri there were no boats run- 
 ning, and the best he could do was to go to Keo- 
 kuk. After arriving there, the few citizens will 
 whom lie first became acquainted advised him I ■ 
 abandon the Platte River project on account of tin 
 Mormon outrages. While debating upon the best 
 course to pursue, he received a letter informing 
 him of the death of his friend, the trader. He 
 therefore concluded to remain in Lee County, and 
 soon made ."i purchase of 1 CO acres of land in Pleas- 
 ant Ridge Township, for which he paid ^GOO in 
 cash. Upon this he erected a house, and in August, 
 11S4G, was married to Miss Sarah B. Hornby, a na- 
 tive of Bremen, Me., and the daughter of John 
 Hornby, one of the early pioneers of Lee Count}'. 
 
 Soon after his marriage Mr. Ouinton was thrown 
 from a horse, and so severely injured that he was 
 unable for a long time to pursue his farm labors. 
 He accoidingly sold out for ^1,000, and after a 
 few months of rest aud recuperation, purchased a 
 farm in Franklin Township, selling it the following 
 year for double the purchase price, besides dispos- 
 ing of the growing crop, for which he' received a 
 promissory note due in five years and drawing 10 
 per cent interest. The parties who gave the note, 
 however, were poor, and it was considered worth- 
 less. In the meantime Mr. (^. made a visit to Ohio, 
 and upon his return to the West, settled in Den- 
 mark Township. The year before the m;iturit3' of 
 the aforesaid note it was taken up. Mr. Q. receiv- 
 ing live stock in payment, at the sale of which he 
 received a handsome jirofit. He subsequeiith' pur- 
 chased a farm of 2()l( acres iu Franklin Townsiiip, 
 and in due time sold it for three times the pui- 
 chase price. 
 
 In 1852 Mr. (}. purchased eiglrty acres of his 
 present homestead, to which he has subsequently 
 added until he is now the possessor of X\b .acres, 
 all in one body, although having presented to his 
 son 185 acres. His land is finelj' improved and is 
 equipped with hands(,)mc and substantial farm build- 
 ings. Besides the culture of the cereals, he is ex- 
 tensively engaged in stock farming, and exhibits 
 some of the finest animals to be found along the 
 Mississip|>i Nallev. 
 
 The household of Mr. and Mrs. (^uintouhas lieen 
 
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brightened by the birth of five children, of whom 
 the record is as follows : Herbert T. is located on 
 a farm at Kingston, Kan.; Holland B. is engaged in 
 agriculture in Denmark Township; Alfred B. is a 
 lawyer in Topeka, Kan., and Probate Judge of the 
 Circuit Court; Frank C. is a civil engineer in the 
 employ of tiie A., T. & St. F. R. R. ; Eugene S. is a 
 lawyer at Topeka; Nellie E. is the wife of Philander 
 H. Adams, and also resides at Topeka. 
 
 Mr. (^ninton, it is hardl3' necessary to say, is a 
 leading citizen of Denmark Township, and has been 
 prominent in all matters pertaining to the welfare 
 
 on the track of the Boston (fe Worcester Railroad. 
 Our subject then returned to his old home in 
 Xew Hampshiie and, rejecting many flattering 
 propositions held out to him as inducements to re- 
 main in that vicinity, he determined to "Go West." 
 He accordingly left the Old Granite State, in 
 1836, and went as far ;is Buffalo, N. Y., with a horse 
 
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 bula, Ohio. Not being pleased with that section 
 of country he went soutii into Athens County, 
 where he located and remained two years, eniploy- 
 
 and buggy. He then loaded his vehicle and 
 faithful animal on a boat and proceeded to Asht 
 
 of this vicinity. He is a striking example of what i ing mucii of his time in traveling about, and finally 
 
 energy, indui,try and economy may accomplish, 
 and the young man of to-day who feels discouraged 
 under difflculties, may well profit by the example 
 of the old pioneers who, amid dangers as well as 
 difficulties, persevered against desperate odds and 
 lived to tell the tale. 
 
 jj^ILLlAM DAVIS, a prominent and highly 
 respected citize;i .of 'Washington Town- 
 ship, is a native of Canaan, Grafton Co., 
 N. H., and was born Oct. 24, 1814. He was reared 
 on a farm, and at the age of seventeen years left the 
 parental roof and started out to do for himself, 
 first going to Lebanon, a town adjoining liis birth- 
 place, where he engaged as a farm laborer for a 
 year. He spent the following winter at his fnther's, 
 and in the spring engaged in milling for a short 
 time, and then resumed agricidtural pursuits on a 
 farm in Lebanon. He then returned home, where 
 he remained for three years, and in the spring of 
 183;? went to Boston, where he was employed un- 
 loading schooners and other vessels at the wharf for 
 about two months, after which he was employed by 
 the Boston <k Worcester Railway Company, which 
 is now known as the Boston & Albany Railroad. 
 He was in Boston wheji < Jen. Jackson made his visit 
 to that city, and when the old war vessel " Constitu- 
 tion " was taken into the dry dock. He remained 
 in the employ of this company for about three 
 years, and assisted in putting the first car on a rail- 
 road track in Massachusetts, said car being placed 
 
 decided to crosss.the Mississippi. He came into 
 Iowa, his first stopping-place being in Denmark, 
 Lee County, where he engaged as a farm laborer 
 with " Parson Turner " f<jr two years. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Davis had entered KJii acres 
 of land in Washington Township, which was located 
 on section 5, and not very long afterward wa.s 
 united in marriage with iliss Hannah Hunston, a 
 native of his own State. The young couple located 
 upon the farm in ^Vashington Township about the 
 1st of September, 1840. They had scai-celj' be- 
 come settled in their new home when the 3'oung 
 wife was taken ill with ;i malignant form of typhoid 
 fever, and in just one month to a day from the 
 time they were married, she closed her eyes forever 
 t(^ the scenes of earth, her death taking place the 
 same hour of the day in which the marriage cere- 
 mony was performed, Oct. !), 1840. Aliout three 
 weeks after the death of hi^ wife Mr. Davis re- 
 turned to the old home in New Hampshire, and 
 remained there until the following sjjring. He was 
 then married to Miss Laura Huston, and at once 
 retuiiied to Lee Count}' and Washington Town- 
 ship, of which he has since been a resident. 
 
 The homestead of Mr. Davis consists of oBd 
 acres of valuable land, with a fine set of frame 
 buildings. His dwelling is iiaudsomely finished 
 and furnished, and his liarns and outhouses are ex- 
 celled by none in Lee County. The estate in all 
 respects is indicative of cultured t.astes and ample 
 means, and forms one of the attractions in the land- 
 sca]>c of Southeastern Iowa. 
 
 .Mr. Davis has been promineully identified with 
 the affairs of lliis vicinity since coming into J,ee 
 
County. He possesses great force of character, 
 aml)ition and enterprise, and while tiirifty and ju- 
 dicious in the management of his own business 
 affairs, has also contributed of lii> time and means 
 for the promotion of every enterprise calculated to 
 l)eiie(it the community at large. He enjoj's, in a 
 marked degree, the confidence and respect of the 
 people of his locality. :ind has lichl the various 
 offices of honor and trust. He lias been County 
 .Supervisor for a term of five years, and was greatl}' 
 instrumental in leducing the heavj' debt which 
 hung over Lee County during the earlier period of 
 its history. At this time he was intrusted with the 
 niost delicate and important features of the case, 
 •and carried out his obligations with the strictest 
 lnmesty and integrity. 
 
 .Mr. Davis li.as been quite a traveler, and since 
 making the long jo\irne3^ from his native State to 
 Iowa has coniplcted his tour of the continent b}' 
 
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 n visits to California and Oregon, lie has been an 
 extensive reader, and keenly observant of wliat 
 
 was going on around him, has made the most of his 
 ricli experiences in life. Upon coming here he was 
 at once recognized as a man fitted to be a leader, 
 whose wise and judicious counsels it would be safe 
 to follow. lie has eminently fulfilled the trust im- 
 posed in liim, and there is no man in tliis section of 
 Iowa wIki is lield in higher respect. 
 
 The parents of our subject, Ebenezer and Han- 
 nah (Scales) Davis, spent their entire lives in (iraf- 
 tou County. N. II., occupied in the peaceful piw- 
 suits of agricuit.iu-e. The family circle included 
 eight children, of whom the sul)ject of our sketch 
 w.as the 3-oungest liorn, and is the only one living. 
 They came from an old and excellent family whose 
 names, throughout New England, were synony- 
 mous wit;h honesty, integrity, and great iiobility of 
 character. 
 
 The parents of .Mrs. Davis wei'e .John and Zer- 
 viah (Field) Huston, natives also of New Hamp- 
 shire. John Huston w.as a fai-mer by occupation, 
 and in about 1844 emigrated ^vc^st to Iowa with his 
 family, settling in Denmark Township, Lee County, 
 where the parents passed the last days of their 
 lives. .Mrs. Davis was the second child of the 
 family, whicli included three sons and four dautjh- 
 ters. She was employed as a teacher in Lowell, 
 
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 Mass., and after coming to Iowa taught one term of 
 
 school in Washington Townshij). 
 
 .Mr. Davis is independent in politics, and his re- 
 ligion consists in l)eing just to his fellow-men, and 
 in doing as he would be done by. He began life 
 at the foot of the ladder, and has climbed up step 
 by step, building for himself not only a character of 
 high morality and .sound principles, but also meet- 
 ing w^ith remarkable success in the acquirement of 
 a competency for his later days, and now he and 
 his amiable .and e.xcellent partner are reaping the 
 reward of habits uf industry and goodly lives, and 
 all who know them will heartily pra3' that their last 
 days may lie their liest. 
 
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 KANCIS .M. MYEHS. of Ft. .Madison, who 
 ) is prominently engaged in the grocer3' trade 
 in this citj', is a native of Green Ba}- Town- 
 ship, born Dec. 13, 18,J0. His father, .Joseph JIj'- 
 ers, was a |>it>neer of Ft. Madison, and is now liv- 
 ing in this city retired from active business. He 
 was born nine miles from Gettysburg, one of tlu^ 
 famous battle-fields of the late war, in Fenns.vlva- 
 nia, and his father, Francis H. Myers, was a native 
 of New York, of (merman ancestry- and parentage, 
 and a tanner and cuirier by trade. The latter re- 
 moved from New Y'ork to Adams County', Pa., 
 when a young man, and purchased a farm, ujion 
 which he operated until 1818. He then removed 
 to Fairfield County, Ohio, purchased another farm, 
 and carried on the occupation of farming and tan- 
 ning until his retirement from the .active labors of 
 life. He was married in earl}' manhood to Miss 
 Catherine .Staub, a native of I'eiuisylvania. She 
 accompanied her husband to Ohio and died in Fair- 
 field County. 'I'heir fan)ily included ten children, 
 eight of whom grew to mature vears. 
 
 .b>seph Myers, father of the subject of this sketch, 
 was the fifth chihl of his parents' family. He re- 
 mained at home receiving his primary education in 
 the subscription schools, and later attended JMari- 
 etta Institute, after which he took a course at Gran- 
 ville Institute. He commenced teaching at the age 
 of eighteen vears, and b^' this means earned money 
 with which to pursue his studies. After gradiiat- 
 
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 ing at Gi'anville he continued his duties as an in- 
 structor in Fairfield and Perry Counties, after which, 
 in 1837, he took up the stiidj^ of medicine under 
 the instruction of Dr. Brooks, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 
 The year following he took a course of lectures at 
 Rush Medical College. Chicago, 111., and subse- 
 quentl.y commenced the practice of his chosen pro- 
 fession at Reading, Perry Co., Ohio. He practiced 
 and taught school alternately until 1841, and then 
 started for Ft. Madison, via the Ohi<^ and Missis- 
 sippi Rivers. In March following he opened a 
 drag-store, which he operated for a period of nine 
 years, and then selling out, purchased a farm in 
 Green Bay Township, and followed agricultural 
 pui'suits for two years. He now couclnded to 
 abandon farming, and returning to Ft. Jladison 
 opened another drug-store, and continued this un- 
 Ig til 187G. He then sold the business to his sons and 
 retired from active labor. 
 
 Joseph Myers was married on the 2d of August, 
 1841, to Miss Louisa Hoffman, who was also horn 
 in Adams County, Pa., followed the fortunes of 
 her husband to the West, and died the j^ear follow- 
 ing his retirement from business on the loth of 
 July 1877. They were the parents of eight chil- 
 dren, two of whom, Susannah and Joseph, died in 
 infancj' ; Justus lives in Washington Township; 
 Maselon M.. born April 21, 1847, died Nov. 21, 
 1882; Francis, our subject, was the fifth child; 
 Mary T. became the wife of Luther Walsworth, and 
 lives in Austin, Tex. ; Alfred A. M., born May 7, 
 1856, died Jan. 11, 1884; John C. B. was born 
 Oct. 16, 1860, and lives in Ft. Madison. He is 
 Democratic in politics, and a prominent man in his 
 vicinity. 
 
 Francis M. Mj^ers was but two years old when 
 his parents located in Ft. Madison the second time, 
 and he here grew to manhood and received his pri- 
 mary education in the city schools. At quite an 
 early age he began to clerk in his father's store, and 
 gained an excellent insight into business matters. 
 In 1876 he became associated in partnership with 
 his brother, and they secured the father's business 
 ;S and operated it until the following year, when they 
 1 5 sold out, and Francis M. went East on a visit, 
 f spending three mouths. He then returned to Ft. 
 Madison, remained until the following May, then 
 
 retraced his steps eastward, and made a tour of 
 Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio, which occupied 
 the greater part of liis time until JIarch, 1879, 
 when he once more crossed the Father of Waters, 
 and in company with his brother Maselon, again 
 became engaged in the grocery trade until Novem- 
 ber, 1882, when his brother Alfred succeeded Mase- 
 lon, and our subject and this brother carried on 
 the business until January, 1884, when Alfred My- 
 ers died, and since that time Francis M. ha* eon- 
 ducted the business alone. 
 
 Mr. Myers is straightforward in his business 
 transactions, and this, in coiniection with his cour- 
 teous demeanor toward all with whom he deals, has 
 secured for him .an extensive and prolitable trade. 
 He is still a young man, with a bright future before 
 him, and has the confidence and good wishes of a 
 large circle of friends. He is connected with .St. 
 Joseph's Catholic Church, and a valued member of 
 the community, of whom good things are looked 
 for in the future. 
 
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 ORITZ TSCHOEPE, of Ft. Madison, en- 
 gaged in general insurance, is conducting 
 the various departments of his business 
 with intelligence and success. He is a na- 
 tive of the Kingdom of Poland, and the date of 
 his birth was Oct. 13, 1841. His early j'ears were 
 passed in the town of Muensterberg, with his par- 
 ents, Anthony and Fredrica Tschoe|ie. The former 
 was a leather merchant, and carried on an exten- 
 sive and successful business until the outbreak of 
 the Revolution in 1848. He then entered the Po- 
 lish army, receiving a Captain's commission, and 
 served during the war. When the Russians became 
 victorious he escaped to the United States, a poor 
 man, his property having been confiscated to the 
 Russian Government, .\fter reaching this country 
 he settled at West Bend, Wi.<., and engaged in 
 farming, alone for six years, until in 1854, when he 
 sent for his wife and daughter, and they joined 
 him here. The mother departed this life in 1869. 
 The parental family consisted of three children: 
 Moritz, our subject; Robert, who remains in his 
 native country ; aud Emelie, who, with her father, 
 
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 resides in West Hcnd. The latter has arrived at 
 the iidvanced age of eighty-six ^-ears. He was 
 prosperous after settling in America, accuniulating 
 a handsome property, and is now retired from act- 
 ive labor. 
 
 Morit/. Tschoepe received a good common-school 
 education, which was supplemented liy an attend- 
 ance of two terms at Normal Seminarj'. He after- 
 ward learned the w.igon-maker's trade in his native 
 Province. In l><Crl he received a pass from his 
 [[:: |l father to emigrate to tlie I'liited States, and m1- 
 V - l_j tiiouijh rather adverse to leaving his own country, 
 M.^ acceded to liie wishes of his parents and joined 
 them here. The following ye.ar, the late Civil War 
 being in progress, he enlisted as a soldier of the 
 L'nion, Itecoming a raeml)er of Co. C 24th Wis. 
 \'ol. Inf., and was mustered into service at Milwau- 
 kee on the lyth of August. He marched with his 
 regiment to the seat of war and w.is engaged with 
 his comrades in the various battles and skirmishes 
 >( the campaign. He was taken prisoner at Stone 
 
 1^3 I River the following December, and was exchanged 
 
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 the .June following. He participated in the battles 
 of Perryville. Cliiekamauga. Missionary liidge, and 
 all the important engagements until after the siege 
 of Atlanta when, at the engagement near Franklin, 
 Nov. 30, 1864, he received a wound in tiie left arm. 
 At various times during his connection with the 
 army, his promotion was proposed, but as he could 
 not speak English Hneiitly, he felt extremely diffi- 
 dent, and declined many of the honors sought to 
 be conferred upon him, only accepting the rank of 
 Corporal. 
 
 After he was mustered out of service, Mr. 
 Tschoepe returned to his parents in Wisconsin, and 
 after his wound had iicaled resumed liis trade of 
 wagon-making. In .January, lijGU, he was married 
 to Miss Margaret Baltes, of Milwaukee, the sister 
 of one of his comrades. Mrs. Tschoepe was born 
 on the 3d of February, 1848, and of hei- union with 
 our subject has become the mother of eight chil- 
 dren — Kddie, Lizzie, Willie, Ervlne, Sarah, Arthur 
 and Hertha (twins), and Frances. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. T. came to Iowa about three 3-ears 
 after their marriage, and located at Hurlington, 
 where our subject worked at his trade until l,s7i, 
 but was then obliged to abandon it on account of 
 
 his crippled arm. He then established a German 
 book-store, and the following year his partner ab- 
 sconded with some of the funds. Mr. T. then sold 
 out the business and engaged in insurance. In 
 1879 he became district agent for Lee County, of 
 the Burlington Insurance Company, and removed 
 to Denmark, so as to be near the center of his field 
 of operations. He soon developed rare talent for 
 this branch of business, and as time progressed ex- 
 tended his territory so that he is now the repre- 
 sententative of ten comp.anies, anicmg them the 
 most important of any in the I'nitcd States. Mr. 
 T. located in Ft. Madison in 1880, and by his cor- 
 rect business methods has become a highlj' esteemed 
 and valued citizen. He owns and (iccu|)ies a hand- 
 some hoine near the city limits. Politically he is 
 Republican, and socially a prominent member of 
 the a. A. R. 
 
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 ■^OHN ML■^' AY, a carpenter and farmer of \'an 
 Buren Township, is pleasantly situated on sec- 
 tion 14, where he owns and occupies 120 acres 
 of valuable land. Mr. Mc\'a3- is a native of 
 Highland County, Ohio, and the date of his birth 
 was March 19, 1822. At the age of twelve years 
 his parents removed to Putnam County, Ind., 
 where he remained until 1847, when he crossed the 
 Mississippi and came into the 3'oung Hawkej'e 
 .State, locating in Marion County, which remained 
 his home for twenty years. In 1867 he remoxed 
 to Lee County, where he has since remained. In 
 Marion County Mr. Mc\'ay became the possessor 
 of 160 acres of land, which he sold before coming 
 here. He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits 
 the greater part of his life, but being a natural 
 mechanic, has employed much of his spare time in 
 carpenter work. 
 
 The subject of this biography is the son of 
 Jacob and Mary (Reece) McVay, natives of Penn- 
 sylvania and Tennessee respectively. .IacobMc\'ay 
 was born in 1790, and departed this life in 1879. in 
 Indiana. Mrs. Mary Mc^'ay was born in 1795, 
 and preceded her husband to the better land in 
 1 863. Thej' were the parents of fifteen children, 
 ail but one of whom lived to mature j'ears. Thej' 
 
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 were named as follows: Madison. Edmund R., 
 Elizabeth, Mary, -John, Harriet and Harvey (twins), 
 I-)elilah, Alfred, Jacob, Rachel, Lydia ¥^. (who died 
 at the age of three years), Sarah M., Catharina and 
 William H. 
 
 Aug. 25, 1844, our subject was united in marriage 
 with Miss EIizal)eth Wain. She remained his com- 
 [)anion for only ten years, her death occurring in 
 1>1.")4. Of this union there were born three chil- 
 dren — J.acob H., Adeline and Lydia E. Mr. McVaj' 
 "as subsequently married to Mrs. Rebecca (Wain) 
 Arnold, of Ohio, and the}' became the parents of 
 the following children : Alice, who died at the age 
 (.>f live years; Rancler S. ; Sarah, deceased ; Emma 
 A., the wife of Frank Bodby, of Franklin Town- 
 shij); Flora M., Ada, Edmund R., and Minnie, 
 now Mrs. John Walter. 
 
 Mr. Mc^'ay is highly respected in his community 
 and has held the various township offices. He is 
 Republican in politics and has an intelligent inter- 
 est in local and general matters. He and his wife 
 arc members in good standing of the ^Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, and contribute liberally and 
 cheerfuUj' to its support. He is at present Steward 
 of the society, and has much influence in its coun- 
 cils and deliberations. 
 
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 ENRY R. MILLER, of Keokuk, is Presi- 
 dent, Treasurer, Superintendent and (ieu- 
 eral Manager of the Keokuk Gas- Light and 
 Coke Company, with which he became con- 
 nected in 1875, He is thoroughlj' skilled in all 
 the details relating thereto, and his present respon- 
 sible position is abundant evidence of his work and 
 efticiency. Our subject is a native of Ohio, and 
 was born in Springfield March 31, 183'J, His boy- 
 hood was passed in his native city, where he had 
 the advantages of a good education and received 
 earl}- training in business matters. 
 
 In 1868 Mr. Miller was united in marriage with 
 Miss Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Judge D. 
 ^Mooar, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Keokuk, 
 and of this union there were born three children — 
 Daniel, Bessie and Howard. Mr. and Mrs. M. are 
 prominently connected with St. John's Episcopal 
 
 Church, of which our subject has been Secretary 
 of the ^'estry since 1875. Mr. M. is a prominent 
 Mason, being the Worshipful Master of Hardin 
 Lodge No. -29, A. F. & A. M.; High I'riest of Gate 
 City Chapter No. 7, R. A. M., and Eminent Com- 
 mander of Diimascus Commaudery No. 5. 
 
 ENJAMIN FRANKLIN ANDERSON, de- 
 ceased, one of the honored pioneers of Lee 
 Count}', was a native of Montgomery 
 County, Ky., his Inrth occurring April 9, 
 1815, He remained in Ills native count}' only until 
 the age of eighteen years, and then started out to 
 seek his fortunes in the wide West, He crossed the 
 Mississippi River to the present site of Keokuk, 
 and starting from there on foot, walked up past the 
 rapids and from there took a boat for Dubuque, 
 He there engaged in mining and ship carpentering, 
 at which he was occupied four or five years. He 
 then removed to Farmington, Van Buren County, 
 and was engaged in carpenter work until 1850, He 
 then removed to Eddy ville and opened a store for 
 the sale of dry-goods. The followuig year his 
 goods were nearly destroyed by a flood, but he re- 
 covered from this disaster as speedily as possible, 
 purchased more stock, saved what he could of that 
 which was damaged, .and continued his business un- 
 til 1854, He then closed out and went to Oska- 
 loosa, where he was again employed at his trade 
 until 185G, after which he went to Montrose and 
 remained for a time engaged at his trade. He then 
 went down to St. Louis and engaged in the ship- 
 yard there until the breaking out of the late Civil 
 \Var. He was then also employed as a ship car- 
 penter and general mechanic by the Government. 
 He ttnally enlisted in the ranks and marched with 
 the regiment into Vicksburg, and was continuously 
 employed at his trade in the army until the close of 
 the war. Thereafter he was engaged for five years 
 as ship carpenter for Capt. Campbell on the Keith- 
 burg packet, plying between Ft. Madison and Dav- 
 enport. 
 
 Mr, Anderson was married, March 18, 1849, to 
 Miss Louisa Davis, a native of Cumberland, Md., 
 born Oct. -2, 1826, She was the daughter of Isaiah 
 
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 father, William Jeremiah Davis, was a native of 
 ■' Merrie England," who emifjrated to America, first 
 settling in Maryland, thence removing to Pennsyl- 
 vania, and finally returning to the first-named State, 
 where he departed this life at Cumberland. lie 
 served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and 
 for services therein rendered was awarded a jiension 
 from the Government. Isaiah Davis, the father of 
 Mrs. Anderson, removed from Maryland and to 
 Ohio iu 1835, and located at Zancsville, where he 
 remained for eleven years. He then crossed the 
 Mississippi and came into Jefferson County, Iowa, 
 where he remained three years, and then, in the fall 
 of 1849, went to Kirk ville. Wapello County,where he 
 spent the remainder of his days. He was married 
 in early manUof)d to Miss Essa Kuntz. She was 
 of German parentage, born in Pennsylvania, and 
 departed this life in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1841. 
 
 In 1868 Mr. Anderson removed his family to Ft. 
 Madison, established a home here and remained 
 until his death, which occurred on the 2d of De- 
 cember, 1882. He was a prominent member and 
 one of the organizers of Charleston Lodge, I. O. 0. 
 F. He was interested iu several lodges, and was 
 for a time Deputy District Master; he was also a 
 member of Claypole Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Ft. Mad- 
 ison. 
 
 Mr. Anderson, from his youth, had received 
 careful religious training from a deeply pious 
 mother. This lady was one of the thirteen persons 
 who organized the First Methodist Church of Iowa, 
 llei- son faithfully followed in the footsteps of that 
 honored mother, uniting with the church uf her 
 choice in early manhood, and remaining a faithful 
 adherent to its doctrines until his death. 
 
 The household circle of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson 
 included seven children, three of whom are now 
 deceased. The living are as follows: Attia is the 
 wife of H. J. Buck, and lives in Washington Town- 
 ship; Roy is iu Minnesota; Fannie married Mr. 
 W. B. Frederick, and Letitia is at home. The 
 family are highly respected wherever known, and 
 Mr. Anderson, as a man and a citizen, fulfilled all 
 the obligations of life faithfully and conscientiouslj', 
 and now that he rests from his labors, is held in 
 kindly remembrance by all who knew him. 
 
 DAM AVIEGNER, Postmaster of Donnell 
 son. is a wealthy and retired farmer, en 
 s joying the accumulations of early years of a^ 
 industry and economy. Mr. W. came to : 
 Lee County in May, 183H. from Buffalo, N. Y., of f 
 which place he had been a resident for six years. 
 He located in Ft. Madison, and has been a resident 
 "f Lee County since that time. 
 
 The subject of this biography is a native of 
 Worms, German}', and was born Nov. 29, 1820, 
 His father, Jacol) Weigner, was a highly' respected 
 farmer, and a native of the same place as his son, ; 
 where he was reared, and married to Miss Catharine « 
 S. Koch, a native of the same place. After the ; 
 birth of six children, of whom our subject was the g 
 eldest, the family all came to the United .States, § 
 landing at Buffalo, N. Y., in the fall of 1832. The g 
 voyage consumed thirty-three days. The mother g 
 only survived about five years after coming to this Si; 
 countrj', dying in 1837. After this sad event, Ja- 
 cob Weigner, with his six motherless children 
 started for the West. They crossed the Mississippi 
 and located in Ft. Madison for a short time, re- 
 moving thence to Franldin Township, where the fa- 
 ther took up a tract of land and industriously en- ; 
 gaged in its improvement and cultivation. Thej' | 
 remained there for a number of 3-ears, and after- : 
 ward went to Clarke County, where the father de- : 
 parted this life at the home of his eldest daughter, : 
 Mrs. Catharine Blum, in May, 1884, when nearly 
 ninety-one j'ears old. He was a stanch Democrat gt 
 in politics, and religiouslj- was a consistent member 
 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 
 
 At the age of nineteen years Adam Wiegner left : 
 the parental roof and engaged in the employ of gjlj} 
 Mr. Chapman, a. farmer of Franklin Township. He 
 invested his first earnings in a colt, and his next 
 
 venture was to take unto himself a wife. After _ 
 their marriage they went onto the farm of his fa- c 
 ther, where the bride was installed as house- ^ 
 keeper. There were three sons in the family at |^ 
 this time, between whom the profits were divided. ^ 
 At the end of three years" hard work, Mr. \Vieg- : 
 ner, in casting up his assets discovered a net profit : j 
 of $25. Money was scarce, and the most of their : 
 produce was disposed of iu exchange for something 
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 removed to Ft. Madisou and set up housekeeping 
 for themselves. Their kitchen outfit consisted of a 
 skillet, tea-kettle, ooffee-])ot, and a few plates, knives 
 and spoons, and Mi-. AV. manufactured the furni- 
 ture out of split timber. Of this he made a bench 
 for his table, which was supported b^- poles inserted 
 in the logs of their cabin. The bedstead consisted 
 of one post set at a proper distance from the wall, 
 near one corner of the room, a side and end of the 
 house forming the balance of the bedstead. Their 
 corn was ground by hand, being grated on a [jiece 
 of tin punched full of holes and nailed onto a 
 hoard, and somtimes ground by a horse-mill ; the 
 corn-cake of that period, Mr. W. says, has never 
 been excelled. The corn-cake of that pioneer day 
 was made of meal, water and salt, and baked in a 
 skillet, upon the coals of the large fireplace. It 
 seemed rather tough living for the former New 
 Yorker, but it was all that the young couple had in 
 the way of bread for the following three j'ears. 
 Amid these and other difficulties they labored in- 
 dustriouslj' and pulled together, and in due tmie 
 found themselves possessed of a comfortable home. 
 As time progressed Mr. Wiegner became a man of 
 property and a citizen whose influence was sensibly 
 felt in his comnuinity. In 1855 he built a large 
 stone mill at Franklin Village, which was then the 
 IE largest building of the kind in the county, and is 
 E still standing, in a good state of preservation, al- 
 though not running. 
 
 Mr. Wiegner has been twice married. On July 
 4, 1840, he was wedded to Miss Catharine Coch, a 
 native of Bavaria, who was born in 1817. She 
 came to the United States with her parents when a 
 young ladj' twenty -two years old. Her father, Ja- 
 cob Coch, was a farmer by occupation, and upon 
 coming to America at once proceeded westward to 
 Iowa, locating in Franklin Township, where he 
 resided until his death. The maiden name of his 
 wife was Catharine Hummel. She accompanied 
 her husband in all his wanderings, and also died 
 in Franklin Township. Mrs. Catherine Weigner, 
 after remaining the companion of her husband 
 for nineteen years, depai'ted this life in February, 
 1879. in the last named township. She had beconjc 
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 young. They were named as follows: Jacob, 
 Peter, Charlie, Ada, Catharine and Mary. The 
 living are Philij) and Elizabeth, wlio are botli mar- 
 ried. 
 
 The second wife of Mr. Weigner, to whom he 
 was married in Clark County, Mo., in 1880, was 
 Mrs. Agnes (Gebauer) Meissner, a native of his 
 own country, born on the 6th of February, 1842. 
 She was married first in Prussia to Frank Meissner, 
 with whom she came to the United States in 1873. 
 They settled in Oshkosh, Wis., and theuce went to 
 Clark County, Mo., where Mr. M. died July 8, 
 1.S80. Of this union there were born three chil- 
 dren, one of whom died before the death of its fa- 
 ther. Those living are: Hedwig, who is unmarried 
 and occupies the position of Assistant Postmaster 
 for her stepfathei-; the 3'ounger child, Paul, is at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. Wiegner settled in Donnellson in the winter 
 of 1881. His farm consists of 320 acres, and he 
 has two acres of valuable land in the village limits. 
 He is highly respected as a citizen, has filled the 
 various offices of his township, and been intimatelj- 
 identified with its interests since first coming here 
 He has given his influence to the support of every 
 good object, and in aU respects has been a man 
 among men. Politically he is a stanch Democrat, 
 and religiously is prominently connected with the 
 Evangelical Lutheran Church, which also embraces 
 the several members of his family. 
 
 K. E. E. FULLER, a well-known and high- 
 y esteemed resident of Keokuk, Iowa, is 
 >aged in the drug business at No. 600 
 Main street, and is equii)|)cd with every- 
 thing necessary for the successful prosecution of 
 this line of trade. Every department is conduct- 
 ed in a methodical and business-like manner, and 
 the establishment is one of liie most popular of its 
 kind in the (^ate City. 
 
 Dr. Fuller of this history is a native of .Massa- 
 chusetts, born in 1.S22, and the son of Dr. James 
 M. anil Lucy (Stimpsou) Fuller, natives of New 
 ILimpshire and Massacliusetts respectively. The 
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 N. II., and continued tlic practice of his profession 
 until he was seventy-nine years of age. In tlie 
 meantime he had cr(»ssed the Mississippi, and iu his 
 later days made his lionic in Keokuk, where he 
 died at the residence of liis son, (4eorgo S., in 18G!(. 
 His wife had preceded him to the better land 
 twenty years before, her death occurring in Harri- 
 son, Ohio, in 1841). They had a family of six chil- 
 dren, of whom five are still living. 
 
 The subject of this biography was the second 
 child of the family, and lived with bis parents and 
 attended school until iu- was fifteen years (jf age. 
 He was a studious boy, ambitious to excel, and at 
 this earlj' age had become competent to [lerform 
 the duties of a teacher, in which he engaged, also 
 commencing the study nf medicine, and for six 
 j^ears received the excellent instruction of his father, 
 and with him commenced the practice of medicine, 
 and continued thus engaged for six years. He then 
 became interested in the drug business at Harrison, 
 Ohio, where he was thus occupied until 1850, when 
 he sold out, came to Keokuk, and associated him- 
 self with Dr. T. Smith, of Cincinnati, carrying on 
 the drug business in company with this gentleman 
 until the fall of 1857. Four j'ears later, after the 
 breaking out of the war, a company was formed of 
 the best citizens of Keokuk, named the City liifie 
 Company, in which company he drilled under 
 Gen. Belknap, and in l.sdl proceeded to the scene 
 of conflict, in the service of the United States. 
 When the conflict took place at Athens, Mo., the 
 company volunteered its services, and assisted in 
 driving back the rebels. Drs. Fuller and McCiugin 
 were called to attend the wounded soldiers on the 
 field. Soon afterward our subject was tendered a 
 commission as Assistant Surgeon, and continued in 
 this capacity while in the military service. He re- 
 turned to Keokuk in 18G3, on account of failing 
 health, but soon afterward resume I his duties as 
 surgeon at the Estis House, which had been con- 
 verted into a hospital. He was afterward assigned 
 to the Medical College of Keokuk, still holding a 
 ward in the Estis House until the close of the war. 
 At the expiration of this time he engaged in gen- 
 eral practice for a short time, and then retired and 
 devoted his whole attention to his drug business. 
 
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 The Doctor is Republican in politics, and is act- 
 ively identified with everj- project tending to tlic 
 welfare of his community. He has served on tln' 
 School Hoard for four years, and socially is a meui- 
 lier of the Masonic fraternity. He lias been intii - 
 ested largelv in cit}' property and lanils in Io\v:i. 
 and has liecn of material aid in the <levelopniciit 
 of the industrial interests of this section. 
 
 The marriage of Dr. Fuller and Miss Cecilia 
 (ierard was celebrated in 1H49. Mrs. F. isanati\i' 
 of Ohio, and by her union with our subject has ln'- 
 come the mother of five children, the record ol 
 whom is as follows: Charles M. is associated wiih 
 his fallier in the drug business; David (i., of Chi- 
 cago, is engaged in the wlKjIesale giocery trade 
 with the firm (jf William M. Iloyt Ac Co.; Frank 
 M. is attending Parsons' College at Fairfield, low.i ; 
 Gertrude and I^ouisa are at home. The Doctor, 
 also his wife, and daughter (Jertrude, are members 
 of the Presbyterian Church; Louisa is connected 
 with the Episcopalians. The family residence is 
 pleasantly located on Twelfth and Bloudeau, and is 
 the resort of the cultured and educated people of 
 this vicinity. 
 
 |Tp]yjEN.TAMIN F. (ilBBS. a highly resp(>cted 
 i^^sL farmer of CJreen Kay Township, who owns 
 |/M)1I! and occupies a fine homestead on .section 
 ^^^y 19, is conducting his agricultural operations 
 with intelligence and success, and enjoys the confi- 
 dence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Gibbs 
 is a native of Indianapolis, Ind.,and was born Nov. 
 18, 1823. His parents were George W. and Keziah 
 (McFall) Gibbs, natives respectivel}' of Ohio and 
 Virginia. They lived in Ohio for a few years after 
 their marriage, and thence removed to Indianapo- 
 lis, which was their home for eight years, and dur- 
 ing which time George Gibbs was engaged in haul- 
 ing goods from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Indianapolis, 
 before the construction of raih'oads between those 
 points. His father, Justus Gibbs, was a soldier in 
 the War of 1812. He built the first frame house in 
 the city of Cincinnati. 
 
 (ieorge Gibbs afterward returned to Ohio, where 
 he lived about four years, and then coming back to 
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 he occupied six years, and tlien lost all his prop- 
 erty by going securit}' for friends. He then uocu- 
 pied a rented farm for eighteen months, and in the 
 fall of i^i'2 came to Jefferson County, Ii>wa, where 
 he also occu])ie<l a rented faim forahuut live years. 
 AVnth his family he then niove<l to Wapello County, 
 where he liought a farm which he af teiward sold to 
 remove into Wa3'iie County, and there purchased a 
 homestead upon which lie lived the remainder of 
 daj's. His death took place March 20, 1874. His 
 wife, the mother of our subject, had died in Jeffer- 
 son County, Iowa, Dec. 7, 184;i. The parental 
 h()useh<ild included five sons and tour daughters. 
 
 Beujauiin F. (iibbs was the second child of his 
 parents, and remained with them until he was over 
 twenty-two years of age, coming with them to 
 Iowa. At this time he left the parental roi.f to 
 commence business on his own account, and while 
 cultivating a piece of land in Van Buren County 
 was also emijloyed at other farm labor for which 
 he received wages. In about 1848 he came into 
 Lee Countj', and for several years was emploj'ed 
 on farms b}' the month, some of the time working 
 for the mere pittance of fifty cents a da3'. He then 
 rented the farm which he afterward i)urchased and 
 still owns, and remained as a tenant for two years, 
 when he was enabled to call it his own. 
 
 Mr. Gibbs, it will thus be seen, is a striking illus- 
 tration of what perseverance and industry may ac- 
 complish. He commenced at the foot of the lad- 
 der, and without any possessions save that of his 
 own resolution and economy, he has risen to be one 
 of the first landed proprietors of this section, and 
 is now the owner of .'><)() valuable acres, all in 
 (Treen Bay Township. He has erected two sub- 
 stantial farm-houses, has excellent barns and other 
 outbuildings, valuable farm machiner3- and imple- 
 ments, and all the appliances for the prosecution of 
 agricultui-e and the raising of stock. The homestead 
 presents one of the finest locations in Lee County, 
 and invariably attracts the attention of the 
 passer-by. 
 
 Mr. Gibbs was married in Van Buren County, 
 Iowa, Oct. 21, 185U, to Miss Eliza, daughter of 
 George and Hannah (Putnam) Claypoole, natives 
 respectively of Virginia and New York. After their 
 marriage they went to Knox County, Ind., where 
 
 they lived for a time, then removed to Wabash 
 County. 111., and in 1839, crossed the Father of 
 ■\\'aters and located in Lee County, and settled on j 
 the same farm where they passed the remainder of 
 their lives. The mother died Dec. Hi, 1850; herr^ 
 husband survived her sixteen years, and died Oct ''* 
 
 16, 18GG. They were the parents of four sons and 
 four daughters, of whom Mrs. Gibli.>, of our sketch, 
 was the youngest child. .She was born in Wabash 
 County, Ill.,Sei)t. lU, 1 s-J8, and remained witli her 
 parents until her marriage with our subject, receiv- 
 ing careful home training and a fair education in the 
 public schools. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs have become the parents of ]p 
 five children, of whom the record is as follows: 
 Adeline is the wife of Francis Drake, of Linn 
 County, Mo. ; Warren married Caroline Kamerer; 
 after her death he married Kmma Garns; George, 
 Anna and Charles are at home with their parents. 
 Mr. Gilibs has always taken an active interest in 
 the welfare of his community, and has held the 
 minor offices of the township. In politics he is Re- 
 publican, and uniformly casts his vote in support 
 of the principles of that party. 
 
 ^^iEORGE D. RAND, one of the mo,-t promi- 
 III (- — nent and prosperous citizens of Keokuk, 
 ^^jj and a member of the firm of Carson tk 
 Rand, is extensively engaged in the liunber busi- 
 ness, their principal ollice being located on Rail- 
 road street. The subject of our sketch comes from 
 a family well and favorably known in this locality 
 as being important factors in the industrial inter- 
 ests in this part of the West. They are straight- 
 forward business men of more than ordinary good 
 judgment, and in the various branches of busi- 
 ness which they represent are uniformly successful 
 and popular. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a native of (^uiucy, 
 111., born Feb. 1), IM'J. and the son of E. D. and 
 Sarah (Proud) Rand, natives of Massachusetts and 
 Ohio respectively. K. 1). Rand, the father of our 
 subject, has been engaged in the lumber business 
 for forty years at Burlington. Iowa, and manufact- 
 ured lumber in Wisconsin for thirty -five years. He 
 
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is still engaged in the same business, a hale and 
 hearty old gentleman, and is President of the Car- 
 son-Rand Lumber Company, also the Rand Lum- 
 ber Company of Burlington, and the Keithsburg <k 
 Illinois Lumber Company. Of his familj- of six 
 children, two by his first wife are living: (ieorge 
 
 J- D., our subject, and Mary, who married John M. 
 Shurfey, Mce President of the Rand Lumber Com- 
 pany of liurlingtou. \\\ liis second wife there 
 were horn four chlldreu, viz., E. I).. Jr. ;C. W.. 
 of the firm of Wyman k Rand, of Burlington, 
 dealers in furniture and carpets; and 11. S., of the 
 Burlington Lumber Comp.Tuy; the youngest wa.s a 
 daughter, Miss Carrie. 
 
 E. D. Rand, all his lifetime, has been i)rominent 
 wherever he has made his home and uniforml}- rec- 
 ognized as one fitted for a le.ader. He has repre- 
 sented his county in the k)wa J^egislature, was Presi- 
 dent of the State B.ank of Burlington for many 
 years, and is still one of its Directors ; he is also a Di- 
 rector of the Continental National Bank of Chicago, 
 and holds the .same position in connection with the 
 C, B. <fe Q. R. R. Co. He has also been President 
 of the Rock Island Insurance Company of the Mis- 
 sissippi Valley, and is largely' interested in the pine 
 lands of Wisconsin, and in various sawmills in that 
 section and at Burlington. It will thus be seen 
 that the father of our subject has aided materially 
 in the industrial interests of this section of countr}-. 
 His enterprise and industry have rewarded him with 
 capital, which he has disseminated throughout this 
 the develo[)uient of business interests and 
 the giving of employment to those who have thus 
 been induced to make a residence in this locality, 
 and form meml)ers of a populous and thriving com- 
 munity. The more people, the mow necessity for 
 manufactures and produce, and thus, .as a wheel 
 within a wheel, one man with energy and enterprise 
 jjmay beconpe almost unlimited in usefulness. 
 
 George D. Rand remained umler the i)arental roof 
 I until about eighteen years of age, receiving his pri- 
 mary education ill the publi:- schools, and complet- 
 ing his studies in the Asbury University of Oreen- 
 castle. Ind. Then, witli the energy and ambition 
 of a wide-awake young man desiring to see some- 
 thing of the world, he emigiated West, and enter- 
 ing the mines of Colorado, ilelved in tlie earth for 
 
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 the shining ore until the year I K62. While in that 
 State he became the owner of a (piartz mill, in the 
 operation of which he employed about tiiirty men. 
 At the outbreak of the late war he l;iid aside his 
 persona! plans and interests, and enter<Ml tiie unvy. 
 where he served as Paymaster, and was thus occu- 
 pied for the following three years. He then re- 
 signed this position and went South to Alabama, 
 Iftcating in (ilend.ale, where he engaged in tiie 
 manufacture of lumber. There he erected two saw- 
 mills with a capacity of 75,000 feet per day, and 
 gave employment to 1(10 men. He was thus en- 
 gaged until 18S(), when he disposed of his interests 
 in .\labama, and coming to Keokuk became as.soci- 
 ated with his present partners in the lumber busi- 
 ness. The firm have built up an extensive trade, 
 and have attained to great popularity as gentlemen 
 of energy, integrity, and strictly honoralile trnns- 
 actions. 
 
 Mr. Rand, like his father, is a man of much in- 
 Huence in his community, and h.as filled many im- 
 portant positions in the management of its affairs. 
 He was Maj'or of the city in 1883, is a stockholder 
 and Director in the Keokuk National Bank, and 
 also a Director in the Water Works. He became a 
 large property holder in the (late City, being the 
 owner of ten houses and lots \vithin the corpora- 
 tion. 
 
 George 1). Rand was united in marriage with 
 Miss Sarah M. McGaughej', of Indiana, in 1862. 
 They occupy a handsome residence at No. 1069 
 Bank street, between Tenth and Eleventh. Mr. R. 
 is a stanch Republican, and uniformly casts his 
 vote in support of the principles of that party. 
 
 \f/OHN WILSON is an honored pioneer of 
 Lee Comity, and largely engaged in the 
 lumlier l>usiness at Ft. Ma<lison. He located 
 (^^|a/ here in Ls;}."). and has been an interested 
 witness of the remarkable changes wliicli have been 
 wrought in tlie .State since that time. Mr. Wilson 
 has materially aided in the industrial interests of 
 this .section, and from the first has been un.selfishly 
 identified witli llie progress and advancement of 
 his ailopted .State. As a member of the little liand 
 
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of pioneers in this vicinity, whose number is grarl- 
 ually becoming less, he is regarded with that pe- 
 culiar veneration and respect which are tacitly 
 accorded to those brave spirits wiio planted their 
 homes almost in the wilderness, and marked out a 
 tract for future civilization. 
 
 Pa.. .March 20, 18-20. her parents also being natives ' 
 of the Keystone State. Immediately after his mar- | 
 riage, accompanied by his bride, Mr. Wilson re- ' 
 turned to Iowa, and settled on the farm near Ft. 
 Madison. The following year he removed intoC 
 
 town, where he has since resided. He followed thet 
 Mr. Wilson is a native of Penn.sylvauia, born in occupation of farming and speculating for nine 1 
 
 Lycoming County, Jan. 14, 1S14. His parents, 
 Martin and Mary (Lambert) Wilson, were natives 
 of England, of old and highly respected families, 
 and came to the United States before their marriage, 
 locating in Pennsylvania, where they were among 
 the early settlers. Thej' became the jjarents of ten 
 children, of whom the subject of our sketch is the 
 youngest but one. When he was but three years old 
 he was deprived of a father's protection by death. 
 His mother subsequently married, and he remained 
 at home until he was sixteen j-ears of age. 
 
 John Wilson now started out to do for himself, and 
 served an apprenticeship of three 3'ears to the harness 
 and saddlery trade. He then worked as a journeyman 
 until 1 834, when, like man}' of the j'oung men in 
 that vicinitj', he determined to seek the great West. 
 He journeyed as far as Rushville, 111., where he 
 stopped for about one year, working at his trade, 
 and then set out again, crossed the Father of 
 Abaters, and set his feet upon the soil of Iowa. He 
 was pleased with the face of the country and the 
 prospects of rapid and successful settlement, and 
 made two claims of land, one in Jefferson County, 
 near Skunk River, on which he built a cabin, and 
 for some time occupied his time .alteruatelj' in im- 
 proving his claim and working at his trade across 
 the river in Illinois. He finally traded both of his 
 claims for some horses and cattle, and entered upon 
 a new field of business. This was the beginning of 
 speculation which he continued for many years. He 
 pursued an honorable and upright course in his 
 business transactions, becoming a favorite among 
 his neighbors and acquaintances in that section, 
 and Wilson's Prairie was named in his honor. 
 
 After remaining in the West several j'ears, in 
 1840, Mr. Wilson, feeling a strong desire to revisit 
 the scenes of his youth, returned to his native 
 State, and while there, at Salona, was united in 
 marriage with Miss Sarah J., daughter of George 
 and Jane Leidy. .She was born in Center County, 
 
 years thereafter, and then crossed the plains to 
 California. In those days it required 100 days to 
 make the journey, and travelers were ol)liged to 
 sleep in the open air. After this tedious experience 
 he entered the mines of the Golden .State, but a 
 few months' experience there satisfied him, and he 
 returned home, via the Isthmus, and joyfully greeted 
 his famil\- after an absence of one year. There was 
 but little money in circulation at this time, and .Mr. 
 Wilson again entered the field of speculation. He 
 first traded land for cattle, exchanged the cattle for 
 lu;nber, and then traded the himlier for more cattle. 
 He continued thus operating until the outbreak of 
 the Rebellion, and then shipped live stock to the 
 Union Army. 
 
 Mr. Wilson has been engaged in the lumber 
 business since 18.52, and has met with success. He 
 is now the possessor of several hundred acres of 
 land. 200 being in \'an Buren County, and also 
 owns a small farm in Illinois, besides considerable 
 property within the city limits of Ft. Madison. In 
 politics he has usually voted the Republican ticket, 
 but beyond casting his vote he has little to do with 
 the exciting political questions of the day. He is 
 largely independent in views, and endeavors to vote 
 for the best man, often without regard to party. 
 His religious views are in accordance with the 
 doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 
 practice his aim is to strictly follow the precepts of 
 the Golden Rule and do unto men as he would have 
 them do unto him. 
 
 The household circle of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson in- 
 cludes eight children, six of whom have attained 
 their majority. The record is as follows: Des 
 Moines L. enlisted in Vo. D, 7th Iowa Vol. Inf., 
 and served three years. At the battle of Shiloh he 
 was wi.unded by a piece of shell, taken prisoner 
 and retained as such for seven months. He was 
 finally exchauged, received an honorable discharge, 
 returned home, and is now engaged in agricultural 
 
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 pursuits in Vau Buren Count}-. Sophia J. became 
 the wife of C. E. ():itnian, and resides at Stockton, 
 Ivan.; Mary Hello ni.'irried Fred Smith, and departed 
 this life at the age of tnenty-seven ye.irs: Sii-rra 
 Nevada l)ecanie the wife of Samuel Doyle, ami died 
 in IK80; Willinm T. resides at Ft. Madison, and 
 Adel is Ihu wife of E. O. Armstrong, whose home 
 is in CouRcil Bluffs. The Wilson family are well 
 known and higldy respected throughout this sec- 
 tion of the country. The younger members have 
 been carefully trained and well educated, and bid 
 fair to follow in the footsteps of their honored 
 parents. 
 
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 ATllICK Bl'UKE, a prosperous farmer of 
 ■ Lee County, occupying a comfortable 
 homestead on section 25, \'an Buren 
 Township, is a native of Ireland, born in 
 County Mayo in 1881. He was a young man more 
 than ordinarily bright and ambitious, and in early 
 youth, being dissatisfied with his condition and 
 prospects in his native country, resolved to emi- 
 grate to America, and at the age of twenty years 
 set sail from Liverpool, and after a prosperous 
 voj'age landed at New Orleans, whence he went 
 directly to t)hio. He there became an .assistant 
 on a farm, changing from his first location in that 
 State to Warren County, where he remained until 
 the fall of 1850. He then resolved to see the 
 country beyond the Mississippi, and crossing the 
 Father of Waters, came into Iowa and located in 
 Lee County, where he cultivated rented land for 
 the space of eight years. In the meantime he had 
 labored diligently, saved his money, and purchased 
 a tract of land. He was prospered in his under- 
 taking, and added to his first purchase until he is 
 now the possessor of 240 acres, and is quite exten- 
 sively engaged in the breeding of flue stock. 
 
 The miii-riage of Patrick Burke and Miss Bridget 
 McDonell took place March 28, 18.')3. Mrs. Burke 
 is a native of the same country as hei- husband, and 
 was born in 1831. She came to America the same 
 year of her husband's emigration, and located in 
 Warren County, Ohio, with her parents. The 
 latter were James and Bridget (Mowry) McDonell, 
 and they departed this life forty years ago. Their 
 
 household included seven children — Dominick, 
 Mary, Margaret. Anthony. Owen, Job. an<l Bridget 
 (Mrs. Burke.) 
 
 The p.arents of our subject were N'alentine and 
 Sarah (Duffy) Burke. The father departed this gtt] 
 life in 1S4I1, in Ireland, and the mother in 1870. in 
 Ohio. They weic the iiarents of six children — 
 Eulick, David, M.ary M., Ann, I'atrick and Peter. 
 After tiie death of her husband Mrs. Burke was a 
 second time uiarrieil, to Mr. Welsh, by whom she 
 became the mother uf two children — .lohn aud 
 Margaret. Mr. and .Mrs. Patrick Burke have be- 
 come the parents of seven children, of whom the 
 record is as follows: Marj' became the wife of D. 
 Ford; Sarah is the wife of T. Hayes; \'alentine 
 married Miss Margaret Hayes: Ann, James. Bridget 
 :uid Margaret are unmarried. 
 
 Politically Mr. Burke is an uncompromising Dem- 
 ocr.at. Heligiously he is connected bj' member- 
 ship with the Catholic Church of String Prairie. 
 He has held the office of R<iad Supervisor, and in 
 every rcsjiect is worthily fulfilling the obligations 
 of a good citizen. 
 
 OHN SCOTT, a [>rominent and successful 
 farmer of \'an Buren Township, is pleasantly 
 located on section 1 1 , and in the pursuit of 
 his vocation is meeting with success. He 
 comes of good old Pennsylvania parentage, and was gj; 
 born April 25, 1820. His parents were Henry and 
 Rachel (Milleson) Scott. His father was born 
 Jan. 2'.i, 17i»5, and departed this life Nov. 4, 1850, 
 in Lee County, Iowa. The date of the mother's 
 birth was Feb. 10, 1799, and her decease occurred 
 in Missouri twenty-three years after that of her 
 husband, June 2, 1873. They had become the 
 parents of nine children, of whom the record is as 
 follows : Abigail became the wife of Joseph Price, 
 and is living in Nodaway County, Mo.; John mar- 
 ried ;Miss Sarah J. May; Cynthia, Mrs. J. Price, 
 died in 1845; James M. married Miss Margaret 
 Finley;Mary A. became the wife of J. N. Jones; 
 Sarah married Eli Elrod, and is now deceased ; 
 Melissa became the wife of H. Hampton, and is | 
 now deceased : Minerva J. married William McCord, 
 
 
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 County, Mo. ; Tlieodure J. was married to Miss 
 Amanda Kueff, .and lives in Nodaway Countj', Mo. 
 .Tohn Scott was reared on his father's farm, and 
 attended the common schools until the age of four- 
 teen years, when the family moved to Indiana, 
 making their first location in Franklin County, where 
 they remained for about eleven years. lu April, 
 1 844, the}' decided to go further West, and crossed 
 the Mississippi, coming into Lee County, where 
 they located and have since remained. Our sub- 
 ject came into possession of his present farm in 
 18G4, and has made many improvements since he 
 first occujiied it. He has a fine brick dwelling- 
 house, good barns, and all the appliances for con- 
 ducting agriculture in a first-class manner. 
 
 The marriage of John Scott and Miss Sarah J. 
 May was celebrated Jan. 14, 1864. Mrs. Scott was 
 born July 24, 183.3, in Edgar County, 111. Her 
 pai'ents were Isaac and Elizabeth (Seers) May, 
 natives of North Carolina and Lincoln County, 
 Ky.. respectively. Isaac May was born in 1802, 
 and departed this life .Tan. 1.5, 18.50. Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth May was born in 180!), and died Nov. 17, 
 1886. Their household consisted of eight children, 
 the record of whom is as follows : Eliza, the eld- 
 est daughter, became the wife of R. Sanders; Cath- 
 erine was married to .John Snodderly ; David mar- 
 ried Miss Mary Snodderly ; Sarah J. is the wife of 
 our subject; William married Miss Ann Sanders; 
 Isaac N. married Miss Lidia Moore, who is now 
 deceased; Jacob, now deceased, married Miss 
 Rhoda Pickard; Mary became the wife of William 
 
 1 Helms. 
 
 I Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Scott have been 
 born two children, a son and daughter, John M., 
 born Oct. 28, 1805, and Ada A., July 28, 1867. 
 Mr. Scott is the possessor of 160 acres of finely cul- 
 tivated land. He is an intelligent and well-in- 
 formed gentleman, and has held the office of Justice 
 of the Peace for three j-ears. He has also tilled 
 other prominent positions in the affairs of his town- 
 ship, and has been Constable and Trustee. He is a 
 member in good standing of the A. F. cfe A. M., 
 and his record in this order dates back over thirty 
 years, and he now belongs to Mt. Maria Lodge No. 
 27, at Farmiugton, Iowa. He has been connected 
 
 in niembership with the Baptist Church for over 
 twenty years, and has occupied the oHice of Deacon 
 for over thirteen years. In politics he is a stanch 
 Republican, and as a friend, neighbor and citizen 
 is held in the highest esteem. 
 
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 APT. WILLIAM S. MOORE, residing at 
 Keokuk, is oue of the old steamboat Captains 
 'ho plied the Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois 
 Rivers for many years, and who probablj' has a 
 larger circle of friends and acquaintances than any 
 other citizen of Keokuk. Capt. Moore was born 
 in the city of New York, Nov. 28, 1815. In 1816 
 his parents removed to St. Louis, Mo., where the 
 Captain passed his boyhood days. His parents 
 were Rufus and Clarissa (.Stone) Moore, and the 
 father died on his way from New York to St. Louis. 
 After his death the mother and son continued on 
 their journej' to St. Louis, and made that their 
 home for about five years. They then crossed the 
 river into the State of Illinois and lived there for 
 five years. Their next removal was to Cincinnati, 
 Ohio. The Captain recollects that, though a lad of 
 only ten years, while living in Cincinnati Gen. 
 LaFayette visited that citj", and he had the pleasure 
 of looking upon his pleasant and manly French 
 countenance. 
 
 From Cincinnati the mother and son removed to 
 Pittsburgh, and when our sul)ject was but twelve 
 years old he was orphaned by the death of his be- 
 loved mother. He went to Gallipolis, where he 
 hired to learn the tinner's trade with one Hiram 
 Fisher. Having served an apprenticeship of five 
 years, and thoroughly mastered his trade, he started 
 out as a "jour," and we next take note of him at 
 Springfield, 111. There he worked at his trade for 
 a time, when he procured a berth on a steamboat. 
 While a resident of the State he claims to have run 
 the first locomotive that was ever brought into it, 
 running from Springfield to Meredosia. From 
 Springfield our subject again returned to St. Louis, 
 Mo., and embarked in the tin and stove business, and 
 was thus occupied at that place until he was burned 
 out in 1 848, involving a loss of about ^8,000. 
 
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 boating on the Mississippi, Oliio and Missouri 
 Rivers, and continued to follow this vocation for 
 about five years. Al)andoning the river, he, in 
 1855, at first did business for Briggs, Beach & Co., 
 dealers in tin and stoves in Keokuk. He worked 
 for them awhile, and then bought out a remnant of 
 a stock of goods and engaged in business for him- 
 self. He began manufacturing on a small scale, 
 working at the bench himself, and as his business 
 increased he enlarged his stock. He manufactured 
 all kinds of tinware and copi)ei- work, shipping his 
 goods throughout Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, 
 and several other States. Mr. Moore is an ever^'-day 
 man, and the secret of his success in business is 
 that he oversees it in person. He is active and 
 hearty and there is i)lenty of energy and fire in him 
 yet. 
 
 In 1837 our subject was married to Miss Eliza- 
 beth Johnston, of Springfield, 111. She was born 
 in Ohio, and by her union with our subject has be- 
 come the mother of four children, three sons and 
 one daughter — Edward D., Dallas G., Livingston 
 and Flora E ; the latter is the wife of F. W. King- 
 man, book-keeper and treasurer of the Iowa Iron 
 Works at Dubuque. Mr. Moore helped to estab- 
 lish the fifth lodge of I. O. O. F. instituted in the 
 State of Illinois; this was in 1840. Politically he 
 is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote 
 for Martin Van Buren. 
 
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 SAAC McDANIEL, of Cedar Township, ranks 
 among the honored pioneers of the Hawkeye 
 State, coming here when the land was wild and 
 unbroken, and when only here and there could be 
 seen the humble cabin of the adventurous emigrant. 
 His birth occurred in Orange County, N. C, on the 
 8th of January, 1802. His father, James McDan- 
 iel, was a native of the same county as his son, and 
 his grandfather was born in the North of Ireland, 
 of Scottish ancestry. He came to America l)efore 
 the Revolutionary War, in which he served as 
 Colonel, and made for himself a gallant record. 
 Prior to this he had settled in Orange County, N. 
 C. He improved a farm tliero, and after the close 
 
 of his military career retired to his estate and spent 
 tlu' icmainder of his daj's. In early manhood 
 James McDaniel, the father of our subject, was 
 married to Miss Charity, the daughter of Joseph 
 Wells, of his own county and State. She was reared 
 in the Society of Friends, and she and her husband 
 are buried in the (Quaker Cemetery near Rushville, 
 Ind., whither they had removed. 
 
 Isaac McDaniel of this sketch was reared on his 
 father's farm in North Carolina, and removed with 
 his parents to Indiana. He was married in this 
 latter State on the 5th of November, 1828, to Miss 
 Frances Edwards, also a native of North Carolina, 
 born Jan. 26, 1811. After farming seven years in 
 Indiana, he sold out, loaded his household goods into 
 a wagon and started for Illinois. He located in 
 Morgan County, where he remained until the spring 
 of 1837, then gathered up his goods and started for 
 Iowa. After two weeks of slow travel they landed 
 in Henry County, camping near Salem. 
 
 At this early day the land in this vicinity had 
 not even been surveyed, and a white man was sel- 
 dom seen. With the assistance of his wife Mr. Mc- 
 Daniel put up a cabin of small logs, during the 
 building of which they lived in a tent. Their lonely 
 and isolated condition and the uncertain prospect 
 for the future would seem almost appalling to the 
 citizens of to-day, surrounded by the Comforts and 
 luxuries which the old jsioneers have assisted to 
 provide. But Mr. McDaniel was made of stern 
 stuff, and he possessed in his wife a helpmeet e(iual 
 tfi everj' emergency-. With heroic determination 
 they persevered through every difiiculty, and in 
 due time reaped the reward of their labors. When 
 the land in that vicinity came into the market Mr. 
 McDaniel entered 160 acres in one body and lo- 
 cated forty acres in another, and now, after a space 
 of fifty years, still occupies his original purchase of 
 200 acres. 
 
 Isaac McDaniel and his wif<! have become the 
 parents of nine children, the record of whom is as 
 follows: Richard lives in Norton County, K:in.; 
 Junius died in Cedar Township; Willi.am lives in 
 Missouri ; Clarissa, Mrs, Ileddlesen, is in Jewell 
 County, Kan. ; Nathan lives in Cedar Township, 
 Iowa,; Perry is in Jewell County, Kan. ; Kmily J., 
 Mrs. Masden, is in Norton County, Kan.; Newton 
 
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 is on the old homestead; Catharine, Mrs. Stedman, 
 is ill Jewell County, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. McD. uf 
 this si<eteli liave forty-five grandchildren and 
 twenty-six great-grandchildren. The wife of our 
 subject is connected with the Christian Church, and 
 during the fifty years that they have resided in this 
 locality tliey have surrounded themselves with a 
 large circle of wairn friends, who, appreciating the 
 dangers and the difiiculties througii wliich they liavc 
 Come to years of honor, render them the reverence 
 and the homage due to the pioneers of half a cen- 
 tury. 
 
 f^ KNRY CATTERMOLE, President of tlie 
 German-American Bank at Ft. Madison, is 
 a native of Loudon, England, and was born 
 Sept. 10, 1803. His parents, William and 
 .Susan (Thompson) Cattermole, reared to man and 
 womanhood eight children, five of whom came to 
 the United States. The father died in Canada and 
 the mother at Ft. Madison. Henry Cattermole and 
 one sister, Betsey Edwards, are the only surviving 
 members of the family, and both are living at Ft. 
 Madison. 
 
 At an early :ige our subject learned the trade of 
 a butcher, which he followed with success in his na- 
 tive countrj' until 182,5, when he came to this coun- 
 try with the determination of making it his perma- 
 nent home, and soon after landing in the city of 
 New York went to Rochester, that State, and there 
 engaged in the mercantile business. This proved 
 a successful enterprise, but, like many others, he 
 placed too much confidence in false friends and lost 
 more money there than he made. 
 
 In 1830 Mr. Cattermole went to Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, and again embarked in merchandising, and 
 there continued to reside for upward of six years. 
 In 1832 he was united in marriage with liis cousin, 
 Elizabeth Cattermole, a native of Suffolk Couut3', 
 England. She emigrated to the United States with 
 her parents the year of her marriage. She was the 
 daughter of James and Naomi Cattermole, and 
 their eldest son, James, is now residing in Loudon, 
 Canada, where lie is following tlie practice of medi- 
 cine; Elizabeth, wife of our subject, was the next 
 in order of birtii; Emma became the wife of I'hilli 
 
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 Aspenwall, who is now deceased ; George is a mer- 
 chant, and living in Illinois, and Arthur C. resides 
 at Ft. Madison. Three of Mrs. Cattermole's broth- 
 ers and sisters are deceased — William, Henry and 
 Caroline, the latter of whom was the wife of Daniel 
 McConn, of Ft. Madison, Iowa. 
 
 In 183G Mr. Cattermole of this notice emigrated 
 to Illinois, and locating at Appanoose, continued in ^ 
 the general mercantile business until 1841. Dur- 
 ing that year he ciijssed the Mississippi and be- 
 came one of the pioneers of Ft. Madison. He at 
 once established himself in the general mercantile 
 business there, and also engaged in pork-packing, 
 and for upward of thirty years met with far more 
 than ordinary success in conducting his business, 
 when he sold it to Arthur Cattermole. As a banker 
 Mr. Cattermole has been known since 1856, at 
 which date he became connected with the banking- 
 house of Knapp (k Eaton, and continued in that 
 relation until 1858, when the bank was succeeded 
 by the Ft. JNIadisoii branch of the State Bank of 
 Iowa. Mr. Cattermole was at once chosen Director, 
 and served as such until 1 865, at which date the 
 bank wound up its career. During the same year 
 the Ft. Madison National Bank was organized, our i |is^, 
 subject being one of its original stockholders, and 
 serving as one of the Directors until Jan. 30, 1872, 
 when its charter was surrendered, and the bank of 
 Ft. Madison was incorporated under the State law. 
 Mr. Cattermole became one of the original stock- 
 holders of the latter institution, and subsequently- jijiLJji 
 sole proprietor. He conducted it until April 6, "m^th 
 1875, when he sold it to Charles Brewster and .lo- i[^ ^ 
 seph A. Smith. After disposing of the Bank of Ft. 
 Madison, he, in company with others, in 1876 or- 
 ganized the German-American Bank, being chosen 'jl 
 its first President, and still holds the position | 
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 Mr. Cattermole is now eighty-tiiree years of age, 
 but is a well preserved gentleman, and is entirely 
 competent to attend to his daily duties at the bank. 
 He has always given close attention to business, 
 and observed strict integrity and due econ<jniy, 
 to which is attributable his success iu life. He may 
 be counted among tlie subsUmtial men of Lee 
 County. Prior to tlie formation of the Keimb- 
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 Democratic party, although he is not bound by 
 party ties. He is a believer in the relijiion of Jesus 
 Christ, .'ind, although not a member of any church, 
 usually attends the Kpis(!opal. 
 
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 OHN HYTER, a highly respected farmer of 
 Green Bay Township, owns and occupies a 
 comfortable homestead on section (J. He 
 is a native of Dearborn County, Ind., and 
 was born May 1, 1820. He is the son of Abraham 
 and Nancy A. (Farris) Hyter. The father was 
 born Feb. 4. 1786, near Hagerstown, Md. ; his wife 
 was a native of New Jersey, born Dec. 11, 1790. 
 They both went to Ohio while single, and it was 
 there that they became acquainted and married in 
 Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio. He was a black- 
 smith bj' trade, and for several years did a thriving 
 business — so much so that he accumulated two 
 farms, just across the line from Harrison in Indiana. 
 He finally disposed of his two farms, coming to 
 this county, and in March, 1845, entered and 
 settled on the farm now owned by his son, Samuel 
 Hyter, at Weaver, in Green Bay Township. He 
 was a man of some means and purchased 320 acres. 
 Abraham Hyter had a family of eight children, 
 six of whom arc now living: William T. is a resi- 
 dent of Barton County, Kan. ; Barbara A. is the 
 wife of Dr. Robert Gilmore, and they live near 
 Kansas City, Mo.; John is our subject; Mary is 
 the wife of Thomas Davis, and they live in Bloom- 
 field, Iowa; Samuel resides on the old home farm, 
 and Caroline is the wife of S. F. Richardson, whose 
 farm joins the town of Weaver. Mrs. Hyter died 
 a few months after their arrival here, in the fall of 
 1845, and his death took place in January, 1866. 
 Mrs. Hyter was a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church. In politics he was a Democrat. Our sub- 
 ject lived in his native county until 1844, and was 
 engaged in farming pursuits. He then crossed the 
 Mississippi and came into Lee County, settling in 
 (ireen Bay Township. Six years later, on account 
 of the illness of his wife, he returned with her to 
 her old home in Hamilton County, Ohio, where 
 they remained for three years, during wiiich time 
 Mr. Hyter was variously employed until her le- 
 
 
 covery. He then returned to the West and pur- 
 chased eighty acres of land in Lee County, upon 
 which he settled and has since lived. 
 
 Mr. Hyter has been fairly prospered in his under- 
 takings, and is now the owner of 120 acres, which 
 he has brought to a good state of cultiv.ation. He 
 has a good, substantial farm dwelling, built of brick, 
 suitable barns and outhouses for the storing of 
 grain and the shelter of stock, and all the necessary 
 appliances for carrying on agriculture in a profit- 
 able and systematic manner. 
 
 In early manhood Mr. Hyter was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Louisa L. J^ooker, of Hamilton 
 County, Ohio, their wedding being celebrated 
 Feb. 7, 1844. Of this union there were born six 
 children, viz.: Barbara A., William A., Clara, Ed- 
 win, Charles R. and Arthur F. The only one liv- 
 ing is William A. He was married, Oct. 27, l^Mi. 
 to Mrs. Maggie L. Le Suer, widow of William Le 
 Suer. Mrs. Louisa Hyter died in (ireen B.iy Town- 
 ship July 8, 1882. 
 
 John Ilyter has been prominently identified with 
 the affairs of his township, and has held various 
 local offices. He is Republican in politics, and rc- 
 ligiouslj' is connected with the Christian Church. 
 He takes an active interest in the welfare of his 
 community, and in all respects is fulfilling the obli- 
 gations of a good citizen. 
 
 RS. BARBARA DICKEY, Postmistress of 
 Dover, Franklin Township, Lee County, 
 has been the incumbent of her present of- 
 fice since the death of her husband, whom 
 she succeeded in 1864, and is fulfilling the duties 
 of her position with credit to herself and satisfac- 
 tion to all concerned. Edmund Dickey, deceased, 
 was a native of Lancaster County, Pa., and was 
 born in the town of Marietta May 22, 1813. He 
 was reared in his native county and was there mar- 
 ried to the subject of our sketch, then Miss Barbara 
 Lindemuth. Mrs. D. was born in the same county 
 as her husband, and in the same year, on the 13th 
 of December. 
 
 After their marriage the\- eanic to Iowa and 
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 of a tailor. He pursued the same calling in the 
 Hawke3'e .State for the following eleven years, when 
 they came to Dover, which was then only the site 
 of the present village, purchased property, and es- 
 tablished a store. Mr. Dickey instituted a post- 
 office that same year, and gave it the name of 
 Dover, taking the position of Postmaster, which he 
 held until his death, which occurrred Sept. 4, 1864. 
 INIr. and Mrs Dickey became the parents of eight 
 children, of whom three are deceased. Those re- 
 maining are : Susan, the eldest; Georgiana, the wife 
 of J. R. AVarren, and the mother of seven children ; 
 William E. owns and operates 150 acres of improved 
 land and several small lots, and is unmarried ; Mar- 
 garet E. is deceased ; Mary R. and Hattie are the 
 proprietors of a store of general merchandise. The 
 family are well known and highly respected 
 throughout the township, and are prominently con- 
 nected with the Presbyterian Church. Edmund 
 Dickey, in politics, was strongly Republican. His 
 son has followed closely in his footsteps, and 
 uniformly casts his vote in support of the princi- 
 ples of that party. 
 
 W. DODD is a well-known and highly 
 respected citizen of Ft. Madison, and de- 
 serves especial notice as one of the enter- 
 prising and thorough business men of Lee Co. 
 He was born on a farm near IVIarysville, Union Co., 
 Ohio, in the year 1847, being the eldest child of 
 Isaac J. and Mary Dodd, who are now residents of 
 Ft. Madison. He was but five years old, when, in 
 the fall of 1853, the familj' immigrated into the 
 State of Iowa, and settled on a farm near Oska- 
 loosa, where he spent his boj'hood da3's. There he 
 received a good literary education in the public 
 schools and colleges, and subsequentlj' studied law 
 in the ofHce of ex-Lieui. Gov. Hon. John R. Need- 
 ham. He was admitted to the bar and practiced 
 in the legal profession for nearly five years, at 
 Columbus City, Iowa. In January, 1873, he re- 
 moved to Ft. Madison, and became connected witli 
 a leadiug firm of wholesale druggists and manu- 
 facturing piiarmacists. He afterward became pro- 
 prietor of tlu! Ft. Madison Plaindealer, wliicii he 
 
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 edited and publislied successfully for two years. 
 Being a worthy member and great lover of tlie order 
 of Knights of Pythias, he, in 1877, founded the 
 "Knight's Sword and Helmet," a monthly journal 
 devoted to the interests of that order. In this en- 
 terprise he was kindly assisted by iiis friend, Hon. 
 John Van Valkenburg, who occupied the editorial 
 chair one year, since which time Mr. Dodd lias ccm- 
 tinued alone, and the journal has proved a remark- 
 able success. 
 
 Mr. Dodd is an Odd Fellow, and in January, 
 1880, founded "The New Monitor," a monthly 
 journal the same size as the " Knight's Sword and 
 Helmet," and devoted to the interests of Odd Fel- 
 lowship. Although having more business than any 
 one man ought to attend to, Mr. Dodd became as- 
 sociated in partnership with Capt. George E. Davis, 
 in 1885, and under the firm style of Davis, Dodd & 
 Co., is carrying on aT7 extensive real estate, loan 
 and insurance business. This firm also publishes l]^^ 
 " Nelson's Pocket Railway Guide." Thus it can t^TliI 
 be seen that Mr. Dodd is transacting an immense 
 amount of business, and as everything he undertakes 
 is well done, his time is fully occupied by hard 
 work. In the autumn of 1874 Mr. Dodd became 
 connected with the Knights of Pythias, as a member 
 of Gem City Lodge No. 21, and, after passing all 
 the chairs within the gift of that lodge, became |l|p 
 convinced that there was a wide field of labor in 
 this dii'ection, and he organized (iolden Cross 
 Lodge No. Ill, which has three times, unanimously, 
 elected him as representative to the Grand Lodge. 
 He also occupies a high position in the I'niform 
 Rank Knights of Pythias, in Iowa, being aid-de- 
 camp to the Brig.adier General, with the rank of 
 Major. He is a member of Ft. Madison Lodge No. 
 157, 1. O. 0. F., and has passed all the chairs within 
 its gift, and is now Secretary and General Manager 
 of the Odd Fellows' Protective and Benefit Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 Politically Mr. l)od<l is a Republican, and was 
 chosen Presidential Elector in 187G by Gov. 
 Samuel J. Kirkwood, to represent the First Con- 
 gressional District of Iowa in the Electoral College, 
 and by that college was chosen messenger to con- 
 vey the vote and other papers of the college to the 
 United States District .Judge; this alone was a great 
 
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mark of confidence, especially on account of the 
 closeness of the electoral vote of the United .States, 
 at that general election, iinown as the Hayes-Tilden 
 contest, and although not a politician, he is a warm 
 supporter of the party's principles. His religious 
 connection, like that of his parents, is with the 
 Presbyterian Church. As a business man he is 
 prompt in the fultillnient of every obligation, thus 
 meriting the fullest confidence of the bankers in 
 his cit}-, and all others with whom he has dealings. 
 .Socially he is courteous, communicative and agree- 
 able; always pleasant and genial, no matter what 
 his business troubles may be. 
 
 The marriage of II. ^V^ Dodd and Miss Ada M. 
 Neal was celebrated June G, 1871. Mrs. Dodd is 
 a daughter of Ur. B. G. Neal, of Columbus City, 
 Iowa, and is a lady of fine education and ac- 
 complishments. The household circle of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Dodd includes three lovely children — Fred, 
 Neal and Ada. Their home is replete with the ap- 
 pliances of cultivated taste and refinement, and 
 their circle of friends includes the best people of 
 Ft. Madison and vicinitv. 
 
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 bEWLS B. KKELER, a iiiosperous farmer of 
 Pleasant Ridge Townshij), uwns and occu- 
 l)ies a tine homestead on section ;>(). He 
 has lieen a resident of the Ilawkeye State for thirty 
 years, coming here when a young man, unmarried, 
 and has watched with unaliated interest the growth 
 and development of his adopted State, and has 
 malerially assisted in the transformation which has 
 taken place since the period of his settlement here. 
 Mr. Keeler was born in one of the most Ijeautiful 
 localities of the Buckeye State and in the city of 
 Norwalk, which is famous in that vicinity for its 
 fine residences, rows of shade trees, pleasant 
 streets, aud the fine country surrounding it. Nor- 
 walk is situated in Huron County, and the birth of 
 our subject occurred on the 24th of April, 1S30. 
 
 The i)areuts of our subject were Lewis and Re- 
 becca (Stei)liens) Keeler, natives of Connecticut, 
 who were among thi' early pioneers of Ilinon 
 County. They maile the journey from Connecti- 
 
 cut to Ohio with an ox-team, and settling near 
 Norwalk established a home, in which they lived 
 the remainder of their da^'s. Their farm consisted 
 of 16(1 acres, now valued at 1125 per acre. Lewis 
 Keeler died at the age of eightj'-fonr years, and 
 his wife, Rebecca, at sixty-five. Their family con- 
 sisted of twelve children, nine of whom grew to 
 years of maturity, and five are still living, viz., 
 Emily. Lewis B., Jane, Julius and Sylvia. 
 
 Lt^wis B. Keeler remained under the parental 
 ro(^f for several years after he had attained his ma- 
 jority, aud was engaged in farming pursuits. He 
 came to Iowa in 1S50, and was soon afterward 
 married to Miss Lueretia Johnson. The lady had 
 been a playmate of his boyhood days, and their 
 attachment was one of long standing. After mar- 
 riage they returned to Ohio, where they remained 
 for two years, and in Februarj', 18.')bi. recrossed 
 the Father of Waters and established themselves 
 upon a farm in Lee County. 
 
 Upon the breaking out of the late war Mr. Keeler 
 enlisted as a .soldier in Co. I, oOth Iowa A'ol. Inf., 
 and served with his regiment until the close of the 
 war. He entered the service as Fifth Sergeant and 
 was mustered out as First Lieutenant. His regi- 
 ment was engaged in twenty-one hard-fought 
 battles, and Mr. Keeler participated in nineteen of 
 them, among which may be mentioned Chickasaw 
 Bluffs, Arkansas Post, the siege of \'icksburg. 
 Lookout Mountain, Missi(m Ridge and Ringgold 
 Hill. lie was with Gen. Sherman in the march 
 from Atlanta to the sea, and discharged his duties 
 as a soldier in a praiseworthy manner. After the 
 close of the war Mr. Keeler returned to Lee County 
 and resumed his farming operations in Pleasant 
 Ridge Towushii). He is now the po.sse.•-^or of 112 
 acres of land, finely improved, aud equipped with a 
 good dwelling and all the necessary outhouses. 
 
 The union of JSIr. and Mrs. Keeler was blest 
 by the birth of six ciiildren — Lovina, Sylvia, Frank, 
 Polly, Onia and Rosella. Mr. Keeler is Repub- 
 lican in politics and a member of the G. A. R. He 
 enjoys, to a marked degree, the confidence of his 
 fellow -townsmen, and has occupied various impor- 
 tant odices within their gift. He was Township 
 Trustee for five years, and in religious matters is 
 connected with the Piesbyterian Church. 
 
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 ■<^ MLLTAIM D. STEELE, a prominent business 
 \fj// "i-i» "f Keolvulv, is a nativo of Philadelphia, 
 VW I'a., the son of William and Mary (Dun- 
 lap) Steele, and was born Aug. 15, 1841. He 
 comes of excellent Scotch-Irish ancestry; his father 
 was a native of Scotland and his mother of the 
 North of Ireland. "William Steele, Sr., was edu- 
 cated in his native land for a Presbyterian clergy- 
 man, but not being quite satisfied with his prospects 
 there, emigrated to America and engaged in the 
 manufacture of boots and shoes, first in Phila- 
 delphia, whence he removed to Cincinnati, and 
 from there to Shelbyville, Tenn. From this latter 
 place he came ti) Keokuk in the fall of 18.H, re- 
 mained until the following spring, and then went 
 to Clark County, Mo., where he j^nrchased a tract 
 of wild land, opened up a farm, and established a 
 home, remaining there until his death, which oc- 
 curred in March, 1858. The mother of our subject 
 came to America when a small child, and was mar- 
 ried to William Steele, Sr., in Philadelphia. She 
 survived her husband eleven years, d3'ing in 1869. 
 The parental household consisted of eleven chil- 
 dren, of whom three only are living: William ])., 
 our subject; .John McDonald, of Montana, where 
 he has a cattle ranche, and Annie, now Mrs. J. 
 Stone, of Browning, Sullivan Co., Mo. 
 
 William D. Steele remained with his parents 
 attending school until thirteen years of age, and at 
 the age of fifteen commenced working on his 
 father's farm in Misst)uri. He was thus employed 
 the following five years, but becoming tired of 
 farming, decided to change his occupation. He ac- 
 cordingly came to Keokuk and obtained employ- 
 ment in the grocery store of James E. Bruce, with 
 whom he remained one year. He then set up in 
 business for himself, dealing in general produce for 
 one year, and afterward in the retail grocery busi- 
 ness. He then went to Natchez, Miss., and engaged 
 in the hotel business there for one j'ear. He then 
 returned to Keokuk, and engaged in the retail 
 grocery trade with Mr. Bruce, operating under the 
 firm name of Bruce & Steele. In 1870 he disposed 
 of his interest ty his partner, who became associ- 
 ated with John Purdew, and our subject engaged 
 as traveling salesman for the firm of Bruce and 
 Primeau for fifteen months, when he purchased the 
 
 interest of Mr. Primeau, and the business was oper- 
 ated under the title of Bruce & Steele for two years. 
 Mr. Bruce then disposed of his interest to W. M. 
 Moore, and the firm became Moore & Steele, after 
 which the whole business was transferred by sale to 
 James E. Bruce. Mr. Steele now opened a whole- 
 sale liquor business on Main street, but i-etired from 
 this last business Nov. 10, 188(>. 
 
 The marriage of William D. Steele and .Miss 
 Margaret J., daughter of Maitin Stafford, was 
 celebrated in Keokuk, in 1870. Of this union have 
 been born five children, two of whom died in in- 
 fancy; those living are Mary E., William J. .nnd 
 Charles S. They now occupy the old Stafford 
 homestead at No. 113 Blondeau street, and Mr. 
 Steele has his office at No. 615 Main street. Mr. S. 
 is Democratic in politics, and is amply entitled to 
 be classed among the representative citizens of 
 Keokuk. 
 
 ,,... NDREW J. BULLARD, deceased, formerly 
 ^(LM a well-known resident of Madison Town- 
 .ship, was a native of Burlington, Iowa, 
 and the son of Theophilusand Lucy (Arm- 
 strong) Bullard. At the time of his birth Iowa was 
 a |)art of the Territory of Wisconsin, and abont 
 three j'ears thereafter his parents removed from 
 Burlington to a farm in Lee County, where our 
 subject was reared to manhood. Their farm was 
 comparatively unimproved and uncultivated when 
 they took possession of it, and when our subject 
 had attained to a suitable age, he assisted in the 
 lighter duties of the homestead, and during a few 
 months of each year pursued his studies in the pio- 
 neer schools. He remained with his parents contin- 
 uously until they ceased their earthly labors, and 
 afterward occupied the old homestead until his 
 death. 
 
 Andrew J. Bullard and Miss Amanda Walker 
 were united in marriage Dec. 8, 1859. She was 
 bfirn in New York, Jan. 12. 1842, and departed 
 this life April 24, 1869. He was married the sec- 
 ond time, Nov. 20, 1-870, to Miss Frances M. 
 Snivel}-, of Franklin County, Fa., born April 3, 
 184W, and the daughter of Henry H. and Sarah 
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 with our sul)j(X't there were born five children — 
 Charles ('., John A., Theophilus, Daisy M. and 
 Lucy. 
 
 During the earlier years of liis life Mr. Bullard 
 was connected with th(> Uaiitist Church but later 
 became a member of the Protestant ISIethodist. He 
 was Democratic in jiolitics, and was well known 
 throughout tliis vicinity as a straightforward busi- 
 ness man, and lived to see his family established in 
 a comfortable home. The old homestead is occu- 
 pied and operated by Mrs. Bullard and her sons. 
 It consists of 27-2 acres of finely cultivated land, 
 is supplied with a comfortaVjle farm residence, good 
 barns and out-buildings, and stocked with choice 
 domestic animals. 
 
 ,*s^> AMLIEL TAYLOR MARSHALL, who oc- 
 
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 gh jKtsition among the profes- 
 of the Hawkeye State, is next to 
 the oldest member of the bar of Lee County, 
 and during a long experience in matters requiring 
 his professional services, has distinguished himself 
 by his ability, learning and natural genius. Mr. 
 Marshall was born in Butler County, Oliio, Feb. 
 26, 1816, and is the son of Gilbert and Mary 
 (Hueston) Marshall, natives of Penns3'lvania and 
 yTVC Virginia respectively. His grandfather, James 
 U HI Marshall, was a native of Washington County, Pa., 
 and a man of great energy and force of character, 
 and who became prominentl}^ identified with the 
 agricultural and industrial interests of that section. 
 He was a farmer b^' occui)ation. His wife's father 
 was a pioneer settler of the Old Dominion and was 
 killed b\' the Indians. He lived in a block-house 
 ^at the time, and was shot while attending to the 
 drying of some tobacco. Gilbert Marshall, the 
 father of our subject, had a family of ten children, 
 all of whom lived to nmture years and raised fam- 
 ilies of their own. 
 
 .Samuel T. Marshall of our sketch, was reared on 
 his father's farm, which was in sight of the old Ox- 
 fonl College, and received the advantages of the 
 country schools of his neighborhood. In due time 
 
 he entered the jireparatory department of said col- 
 lege, where he took a full classical course, and 
 graduated in August, 1840. He wrote the first 
 Constitution and By-Laws of the Greek Letter So- 
 ciety, called the " Beta Theta Pi," being one of 
 the three founders of the society, which is still in 
 existence and at present has a mendjership of over 
 7,000. About this time young Marsh.all suddenly 
 became very patriotic, and joined the little armj' 
 called " The Patridts." which served at the time of 
 the Canadian Rebellion. For his zeal and activity 
 he was commissioned ]>ieutenant-Colonel, and is 
 still in po.ssession of the document indicating his 
 soldierly rank. While in the service, he and one of 
 his comrades were taken by the enemy and thrown 
 into prison. After a trial, and being pronounced 
 guilty of invasion, they were sentenced to be fined 
 and transported to "\'an Dieman's Land. Jlr. Mar- 
 shall, (m account of the indifference with which he 
 viewed the situation, was set free, but his friend 
 was sent into banishment. During Ins inijirison- 
 ment Mr. Marshall suffered great hardship and ex- 
 posure, which brought on severe illness. After 
 reaching home, he entered the law otHce of Timo- 
 thj' Wiilker at Cincinnati. After one session there 
 he resumed his reading in the office of Pettit & 
 Orth, of La Fayette, Ind., both distinguished jurists, 
 where he completed his studies and returned to his 
 home in Ohio for a brief season. 
 
 Mr. Marshall came to Lee County in December, 
 1842, and commenced the practice of law at West 
 Point, then the county seat, where he continued 
 until l.s4(j, when he removed to Keokuk. In the 
 meantime he had been united in marriage with Miss 
 Louisa Patterson, the second daughter of Col. Will- 
 iam Patterson, of Lee County. Mr. Marshall 
 claims that his marriage was the most ])i'ofitable 
 day's work which he ever did in iiis life. Tlie 
 union of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall has been blest by 
 the birth of ten children, six sons and four daugh- 
 ters, six of whom have lived to mature years, and 
 are recorded as follows: Robert Mitchell graduated 
 at Miami College in 1870, has been Prosecuting 
 Attornej' for the past four ^-ears, and is a law part- 
 ner of his father's; William Patterson, the .second 
 son, was obliged to leave the same college in the 
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 studied law witli his father, and is now in the of- 
 fice of the latter. Albert Tom, a graduate of the 
 High School of Keokuk, afterward commenced the 
 study of law, and is now practicing, having his 
 office with his father; he is now County Auditor 
 for the south half of Lee County. Chapin Hall 
 was educated at Keokuk, and is a postal clerk on the 
 M., I. &. N. R. R. ; he has been in Montana Ter- 
 ritory, where, for some time, he operated a sheep 
 ranch; Maude received her education at the home 
 schools, and being studious and fond of her books, 
 is well versed in history, mathematics and music; 
 Sabret Taylor, sixteen years old, is yet in school at 
 Keokuk. 
 
 Mr. Marshall has never been a political aspirant, 
 althougli taking a lively interest in matters pertain- 
 ing to the public welfare, and has often stumped 
 the county in behalf of candidates whom he re- 
 garded as competent to fulfill important trusts. He 
 is a Democrat of the Jeffersonian type, but gives 
 most of his attention to his law practice and his 
 clients. 
 
 -^ ACOB SCHOUTEN, General Superintendent 
 of the firm of the Keokuk Cracker and Candy 
 Company, is a native of Holland, born Feb. 
 11, 1 856, and is tlie son of Henry and Antonia 
 Schoiiteu, also of Holland ancestry and parentage. 
 They emigrated from their native country to the 
 Tuited States in 1867, and proceeding westward, 
 came into the Hawkeye State and settled in Keokuk, 
 where the father is also engaged in the bakery and 
 confectionery business. The parental famil}' con- 
 sisted of eleven children, of whom six are now liv- 
 ing — Jacob, Martin, Richard, Delia (Mrs. Brigman), 
 Nicholas and Maggie, all of Keokuk. 
 
 The subject of our sketch attended school in his 
 native land until he was nine years of age, and then 
 went into the bakery to work with his father. Af- 
 ter coming to this country he attended Bailey's 
 College in the evenings for two terms, and also took 
 an additional term in the public schools of Keokuk. 
 He was an industrious student, made good progress 
 in his studies, and the result is seen in his intelli- 
 gence and the fund of general information which he 
 possesses. After leaving school he was variously 
 
 occupied until 1871 , when he resumed work withK 
 his father here and remained with him for the fol 
 lowing nine year.s. He then went into business for 
 himself, carrying on a confectionery and ice-cream 
 establishment for about eigiiteen months, then soldc 
 out and engaged with William Rudick in the whole- 1 
 sale cracker and candy business at the corner of 
 Tenth and Johnston streets. Tiiey continued in 
 partnership for two and a half years, in the mean- 
 time erecting the building now used by the Keokuk 
 Cracker and Cand^y Company, and the same year 
 (1883) dissolved partnership and disposed of their 
 machinery. This building, including all the appli- 
 ances, was valued at 112,000. The present com- 
 pany was organized in September, 1883, and is com- 
 posed of gentlemen of experience, who possess am- 
 ple capital with which to carry on the business in a 
 profitable manner. The products of their factory 
 are immensely popular throughout the Gate City. 
 
 Mr. Schouten was married, in 1884, to Miss 
 Emma C, daughter of August Burger. By a for- 
 mer marriage Mr. S. became tlie father of two chil- 
 dren — Elviua S. and Helen M. The3- have a com- 
 fortable home, located on the corner of Second and 
 Exchange streets, and enjoy the confidence and 
 friendship of a large circle of acquaintances. Mrs. 
 S. is a regular attendant of the German Evangeli- 
 cal Church, with which she is connected in member- 
 ship, and Mr. S. belongs to the I. O. O. F. He 
 uniformly casts his vote with the Democratic part3', 
 and takes an active and intelligent interest in local 
 and general matters. He is fulfilling all the obli- 
 gations of a good citizen, and. in company with his 
 partners, is contributing material aid to the indus- 
 trial interests of the (Jate City. 
 
 OHN A. McCORMlCK, of Ft. Madison, is 
 Station Agent of the Ft. M. & N. R. R., and 
 is filling this responsible position in a maimer 
 satisfactory to all concerned. He is a man 
 oT^good business qualifications, and is highly re- 
 spected in this locality, lie is a native of Cincin- 
 nati, Ohio, born Oct. 20, 183'J, and is the son of 
 John A. and Ann E. (^Fadley) McCormick, natives 
 of Virt^inia. He was but three months old when they 
 
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 emigrated to Iowa. After a residence of ten years at 
 Muscatine the father was attacked witli tho C'lili- 
 fornia fever, and after due preparation, started 
 across the plain.'* for the •' Ian<l of promise." The 
 transportation was m.-ido with ox-teams, and after a 
 long and tedious journej' he arrived at his destina- 
 tion, and entering the mines, was very snceessful in 
 his operations. He returned to Muscatine, Iowa, 
 in 185'2, and engaged in mercantile pursuits, meet- 
 ing with success, remaining there until his decease, 
 which occurred in 1863, while at St. Louis on busi- 
 ness. His wife is still living, and resides with our 
 subject. The parental family' consisted of nine 
 children, of whom .lohn A. was the second and onlj- 
 survivor. 
 
 Mr, McCormick was reared and educated in Mus- 
 catine, and at a suitable age began his business career. 
 During the progress of the war he enlisted in the 
 .35th Iowa Infautr3', becoming a member of Com- 
 panj' E, and served as a soldier until the close of 
 the war. He was at the siege and capture of Vicks- 
 burg, in the two battles at Jackson, Miss.; at 
 Hatchie River, and participated in the various 
 other engagements and skirmishes of his regiment. 
 In the spring of 18G4 he was detailed to recruit in 
 Iowa, being absent from the scenes of conflict four 
 or five weeks. He received an honorable discharge 
 with his regiment in August, 18G5. 
 
 After his return from the army Mr. McCormick 
 settled in Muscatine and engaged as a clerk in the 
 office of the lumber-yards, where he was employed 
 for six months. He then went to Chicago, and 
 was employed in the commission business, dealing 
 in country produce, and remained there for nine 
 months. He then returned West to Burlington, 
 Iowa, and became shipping clerk at that point for 
 the C. B. & Q. R. R. Co., which position he occu- 
 pied for four years, and finally abandoned it to 
 take his present position, which he has held since 
 I that time, with the exception of eighteen months, 
 I during which he was in the emplOy of the Morrison 
 Bros. Manufacturing Company. 
 
 John A. McCormick and Miss Fannie E. .Sparks 
 Si were united in marriage in September, 1862. Mrs. 
 1 McC. is a native of Lawrenceburg, Ind., and was 
 U born in September, 1838. She is the daughter of 
 Greene and Susan (Hunt) Sparks, natives of the 
 
 same State. She was reared in her native town, 
 find received a fair education at the common 
 sciiools. remaining with her parents until her mar- 
 riage. Of her union with our subject there has 
 been born one child, a son — Sullivan. Mrs. McC. 
 is a member in good standing of the Presbyterian 
 C'lnnch. They occupy a pleasant home and enjoy 
 the friendship of .i large circle of acquaintances. 
 
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 R. WALTON BANCROFT, an old and 
 highly respected ph^-sician of the Gate 
 City, is a native of the Bay State, having 
 been born in Massachusetts on the .5th of 
 August, 1828. The younger years of our subject 
 were passed in attendance at the common schools 
 and academy in his native place. After leaving 
 school he was engaged as clerk in the store of his 
 uncle for some j'ears, devoting a portion of his 
 time, however, to the study of medicine. His 
 health failing, he came West, and resided several 
 years in Quincy and Warsaw, 111. With his health 
 restored, he again engaged in his favorite studj' of 
 medicine, spending a year in Chicago, thence going 
 to St. Louis, where he graduated from the Homeo- 
 l)athic Medical College of Missouri in 1860. 
 
 The following year witnessed the outbreak of 
 the Rebellion, and Dr. Bancroft with hundreds of 
 others, determined to liecome a soldier of the Union. 
 He accordingly enlisted in the 7th Jlissouri Cav- 
 alry as ?Mrst Lieutenant, but was compelled to re- 
 sign after one year's service on account of trouble 
 with his eyes. He then returned to New England, 
 where he remained one year, a victim of granular 
 conjunctivities, and again proceeded westward. He 
 had been a close student and was well fitted to 
 enter upon the practice of his chosen jirofession. 
 He now located at Warsaw, 111., where he remained 
 for six years, building up a good practice and mak- 
 ing many friends. Thence he went to La Salle, 
 111., from there to Indianapolis, and two ye.-irs later 
 came into Keokuk. 
 
 Since coming to this city Dr. Bancroft has been 
 in active practice and stands high among his pro- 
 fessional brethren. He is a member of the Hahne- 
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 1 athy; the American Institute of Homeopathy; 
 Americau Obstetrical Society, and is an honorary 
 member of the Indiana .State Homeopathic Insti- 
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 5 man, who rejoices in the prosperity of his com- 
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 };S Il_^ON. I). F. MILLER settled and com- 
 liS lr^\ luenced the practice of law in Iowa in 
 April, 1839. which was in the earl3' terri- 
 torial daj's of Iowa. He first settled at Ft. 
 5 ^ladison, but for the past twenty-seven 3'ears has 
 '' " resided at Keokuk, and has practiced law in Iowa 
 ; longer than any other living citizen. He was born 
 § in the State of Maryland, but studied law at Pitts- 
 C burgh, Pa., commencing its study Oct. 15, 1835, 
 § over fifty j-ears ago. .Several years since Mr. Mil- 
 t ler wrote in versification a rather extended history 
 G of the leading public events, modes of thought, and 
 E manners of life in the territorial days of Iowa, from 
 : which, at our special request, he has permitted us 
 Z to have copied the following graphic biographical 
 B sketch of the the four first resident lawyers of Lee 
 S County, Iowa. It will doubtless be read with 
 : curious interest hy tlie new settlers of Lee County: 
 
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 "Twas in the spring of eighteen thirty-nine, 
 I well remember was the time, 
 When first I felt Lee County clime: 
 Saw from a boat its lovely shore, 
 When lawyers here were only four. 
 But they were skilled in legal lore. 
 And for impassioned high debate. 
 Were scarce excelled in any State. 
 
 I soon thereafter at the bar. 
 Them often met; sometimes in jar. 
 Sometimes before, sometimes behind. 
 As court or jury seemed inclined. 
 
 'Tis hard t(j place their names in rhyme. 
 To have the sound in measure chime. 
 But yet to name them not at all. 
 Would show ui'glecl of friendship's call. 
 
 P. Viele, lawyer, scholar grand. 
 In age led first of all the band ; 
 In 3'ears twoscore, and in his waj-. 
 In wit and words as bright as day. 
 Held court and jury 'neath his sway. 
 
 He was by culttu-e much refined, 
 And by his nature much inclined 
 To be a friend in word and deed, 
 To all who did his service need. 
 
 In morals he was strict and good, 
 
 And as a friend the foremost stood 
 
 In social life to S3'mpathize. 
 
 Or with his help to fraternize 
 
 With all to him had favor shown, 
 
 Or long as neighljor he had known. 
 
 And though averse to social strife. 
 
 And loving quiet, peaceful life. 
 
 Yet when aroused by sense of wrong. 
 
 He showed resentment swift and strong; 
 
 And by his words, or other wa3-. 
 
 Soon made the foe regret the day 
 
 He cross'd the line of honor's bound. 
 
 To stir his thoughts, or feelings wound. 
 
 And when Old Settler's Council held, 
 
 To oi'ganize and friendship weld, 
 
 He was selected President. 
 
 The first to whom that honor went. 
 
 Next, Henry Eno, close in rear 
 Of Yiele, b3' perhaps a year; 
 Though kind and careful not to mar, 
 B3' thoughtless words the peace of bar. 
 Yet when arous'd knew how to fight 
 In war of words for client's right. 
 
 Though he knew Coke and Blackstone well, 
 
 His mind was most inclined to dwell 
 
 On other thoughts, on natural laws, 
 
 To learn the origin and cause 
 
 Of human life, and beings, all. 
 
 Which move on earth's terrestial ball : 
 
 To stud3' science in detail. 
 
 From insect small to floundering whale; 
 
 To know why seasons come and go, 
 
 Whj' summer yields to winter's snow; 
 
 Wh3'^ vegetation thrives in soil. 
 
 Or man is doomed to live bv' toil; 
 
 What keeps the planets in their course, 
 
 Or gives the earth diurnal force. 
 
 These, and all nature's wide domain. 
 
 Would oft his meditation claim; 
 
 Would draw his mind from civil laws. 
 
 And be the means, the often cause. 
 
 To make him heedless of employ. 
 
 And dwarf his business at law. 
 
 And he removed to farther West, 
 
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To California, then the best 
 For wealth and fame, of all the land 
 Then known or owned h}' Uncle Sam ; 
 And soon when there was made a Judge. 
 And bade farewell to lawyer's drudge. 
 
 Next Alfred Rich, in age the third. 
 Gentle in thought, and true in word, 
 Deep in the knowledge of the law. 
 And quick to see or seize a flaw, 
 Was held in years at twenty-six. 
 As near as I the time can fix. 
 
 He was to fell consumption prey, 
 And ere full manhood pass'd away; 
 Pass'd in the morning of his sun, 
 Pjre half its course of fame was run; 
 For he had niin<l of high degree, 
 Witli gentle lieart and |)robit\". 
 Which would in time, liad he been spar'd 
 'Til years his talents had matur'd. 
 Have placed him high in niche of fame. 
 With greatly honored legal name. 
 
 Last, Edward Johnstone, in degree 
 
 Of years, the fourth, was twenty-three. 
 
 With nine months more for eompan}'. 
 
 And tliough the 3'oungest of them all, 
 
 In legal fight, gave fail for fall. 
 
 His speech was nervous, lucid, strong 
 
 In classic terms, and never long; 
 
 And had he at the bar reniain'd 
 
 Lee Count3- might jusllj' have claimed, 
 
 Of orators, him 'niongst the best 
 
 Of all the speakers in the West. 
 
 As writer he was learn'd and terse, 
 And sometimes turned his pen to verse. 
 Where sentiment and wit combin'd, 
 AVith imager}' of thought refin'd, 
 Show'd that in liim the muse had birtli. 
 Though few her visits are <in earth; 
 And what he wrote in j-oung man's days, 
 Was frequent theme of settler praise. 
 
 I then in years was twenty-four, 
 
 With thereto added six montlis more. 
 
 And still am to the law inclin'd. 
 
 Though they, the law, long since resign'd ; 
 
 A part because of death's decree. 
 
 The rest, b.y choice and destinj'; 
 
 And when I count tlie long years o'er. 
 
 Since last I met that honor'd four 
 
 At b.ir of court, on court-liouse floor, 
 
 I feel like one deserted, lost, 
 
 B}' wreck <^f ship on ocean tossed. 
 
 Judge Johnstone and .Mr. Miller alone surv 
 but the former has been out of the practice of 
 oi- tliirtj' years or more. 
 
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 UILLIAM B. HATTON, a prosperous far- 
 mer of Montrose Township, is the possessor 
 ^J^' of 240 acres of valuable land on section 
 16. He has a handsome two-storj' dwelling-house, 
 to which he is adding further improvements, a fine 
 liarn .ind all necessary outhouses, costly farm im- 
 plements and ni.achinerv, and all tiie appliance^ 
 for carrying on agriculture and stock-breeding in a 
 first-class m.anner. In addition to the cultivation 
 of his land he is extensively eng.aged in the breed- 
 ing of high-grade Short-horn cattle. 
 
 Mr. Hatton is a native of Jackson County, Mo., 
 and the date of his birth was May 22, 1 84".). He 
 is the son of Henry and Sarah (Walker) Hatton, 
 natives of Pennsjdvania. Henrj' Hatton was born 
 in 181.'), and Mrs. Sarah Hatton two j'ears later, in 
 1817. They removed to ]\Iissouri in 1X48, and in 
 the fall of 1863 to Lee County, Iowa, and are now- 
 living in Montrose. Their household included 
 eight children, two of whom, Minerva and Caro- 
 line, died in infancy, and a sou, John, died at the 
 age of five months; Timothy S. niarried Miss 
 Mollie Ingles, and is now living in Missouri; James 
 H. married Miss Susan Ingles, and they are also in 
 Missouri; William B. of oui' sketch is the next in 
 order of birth: John M. married Miss Hannaii 
 Wilson, and is living in Missouri; Mary I., Mrs. 
 A. 1). Richards, lives in New London, Iowa.- 
 
 \\'il!iam 15. Hatton and Miss Mar}- Finerty were 
 united in marri.age June it, 1877. Mrs. Hatton 
 was born in Allegheny County, Pa.. May 17. 18,53, 
 and is the daughter of Timoth}- and Mary (Malone) 
 Finerty, natives of Count}- Galway, Ireland. 
 Timothy Finerty was born in 1803, and emigrated 
 to the United States, locating in Iowa. His death 
 occurred June lit, 1874, and his lemains were in- 
 terred at Keokuk. He was a member of the Cath- 
 olic Church, and a farmer liy occupation. Mrs. 
 Mary Finerty w.as born -hine 1;"). IsiKi, and is still 
 living. She is remarkably active and intelligent, 
 .although now at the advanced age of over seventy 
 years. Of her marriage with Mr. Finerty ten eliil- 
 dren were born, of whom the record is as follows; 
 Peter married M^ss Jane Shea, and lives in Lead- 
 ville. Col. ; Michael married Miss Kate O'Dounell, 
 and lives in Denver; Timothy died Oct. 10, 1878; 
 he was married to Miss May tjlinu. The next two 
 
 
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 1-: of eiglit years; Francis, when thi'ee years old; 
 
 iJS Mary and Willie at the age of two months. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Willinni P>. Hatton have become 
 the parents of four children: Ida, burn June 3, 
 1878, died Dec. 21. l.s.Sd; Henry T., born July 12, 
 IsgO; Peter, Aug. 9, lK.s;5; William E., born 
 June 28, 18,S5, died May 1.5, 1 HSU. Mrs. Hattun 
 is a member in good standing of the Catholic 
 Church. Mv. II. has been a resident of the Hawk- 
 eye State since ISGS, coming here from Missouri. 
 He has been prosperous in his undertakings, is a 
 thorough business man, and is fulfilling all the obli- 
 gations of an honest man and a good citizen. Po- 
 litically he is a stanch Democrat. 
 
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 LIVER BROOKS, of Denmai'k Township, is 
 remembered as one of the early pioneers of 
 this section, having made a settlement here 
 in November. 1838. He was born among the New 
 I Hampshire hills, in the town of New Ipswich, Hills- 
 ; boro County, May 14, 1810, his parents being 
 : Stephen and Rachel (Taylor) Brooks, natives of 
 '. Massachusetts. They reared a family- of six sons 
 = and one daughter, of whom the three eldest are 
 i now deceased, but lived to the age of eighty years 
 each, and four yet survive: Rachel, Mrs. Davis, of 
 New Hampshire ; Harvey, of Gardner, Mass. ; Oliver 
 and Newton, of Chelsea, Mass. 
 ~. Our subject in early life atHliated with the Whig 
 ? party, was next a Free-Soiler and later a Repub- 
 • lioan. He is a strong temperance man, bitterly op- 
 posed to the sale and manufacture of intoxicating 
 liquors. He has never confined himself to party 
 politics, liut believes in securing the best men for 
 office. In religion he has been a member of the 
 Congregational Church since attaining his majority, 
 :(S and a Deacon for over forty years, and Clerk of the 
 church since 1 H39. 
 Mr. Bi'ooks was one of the original Trustees of Deu- 
 ijjjl mark Academy' and still holds the position, being 
 the only one living of the lirst Board, lie was the 
 first Clerk of Denmark Township, which position 
 
 I he held for about twenty years, and was also first 
 Assessor. 
 
 Oliver Brooks was next to the youngest of his 
 parents' family, and was reared on the farm and 
 educated in the district school. \\'lien eighteen P^ 
 years of age he went to work in n cotton factory 
 in his native town, where he continued in the same 
 business for ten years. He was married, June 18, 
 1835, to Miss Eliza Caroline Fari-ar, who was a na- 
 tive of Concord, Mass., and born Oct. 21, IHII. 
 Her parents were John and Calla (Stearns) Farrar. 
 They removed to Stoddard, in the same State, when 
 Mrs. Brooks was but three years old. 
 
 After marriage Mr. and Mrs. B. located in 
 Lowell, aiass., and remained there three yeai-s. 
 Then, on account of failing health, Mr. Brooks was 
 compelled to abandon his work in a factory, and with 
 his family started for the A\'est. They proceeded 
 by rail via Boston to Stonington, Conn.,; thence by jl 
 steamer to New York City, from there by rail to ] ^M 
 Piiiladelphia, and thence crossed the AUeghanies by 
 rail and stage to Pittsburgh. From there they 
 traveled by the Ohio and Mississipi Rivers to Han- 
 nibal, Mo., where the boat was frwzen up in the 
 ice. They disembarked and went to Palmyra, and 
 thence by team to Lee County, where they had ac- 
 quaintances living. The first land sale of this 
 vicinity took place after their arrival, and Mr. 
 Brooks entered eighty acres of their present farm. 
 He soon erected an unpretentious house and barn, 
 and took possession of his jnirchase. He taught 
 school the following winter at Denmark, and i)ry- 
 ceeded with the cultivation and improvement of his 
 farm, being prospered in his business and farming 
 operations. As time passed on he added to his 
 landed possessions, and is now the owner of 283 
 acres, with the best of improvements. He has a 
 fine farm dwelling, good barns and outhouses, 
 oich.-irdj. anil choice shrubbery, and all the appli- 
 ances of a first-class modern agriculturist. He lias 
 given considerable attention to dairying antl stock- 
 raising, his cattle being mostly of the Holstein 
 lireed. He is now assisted in his farming opera- 
 tion> b^' his ne|>hew, Frank H. Bowden. who has 
 the principal charge of the cattle and the f:iriii. 
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 several others. Mrs. Bowden, a sister of Mrs. 
 Brooks, was left a widow witli four small children, 
 and was taken into the home of our subject with 
 her little family, where they have been kindlj' 
 sheltered and eared for over twenty-live 3'ears. 
 Also another sister, Mrs. Bartlett, made her home 
 with them at different times. She has been a widow 
 three times. Rev. Oliver Emerson being her last 
 husb.and. She now lives at Grinnell, Iowa, with her 
 son Oliver T., wlio is Principal of the Academy and 
 College at Grinnell. The daughter, Clara, is teacher 
 in the gi-ammar schools. Mrs. Bowden's daughter 
 Emogene was a graduate at Denmark Academy, 
 and commenced teacliingschool in Chicago in 1.^68, 
 which position she still fills to the satisfaction of all 
 concerned. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are widely and favor- 
 ably known throughout this section for their kindly 
 deeds and truly Christian character, and have built 
 up for themselves a good recf)rd during long and 
 useful lives. 
 
 AMEfS F.*MARR, of Ft. Madison, is success- 
 fully engaged as a contractor and builder, 
 and is one of the highly esteemed residents 
 
 of this locality. He is a native of Terbet 
 
 Township, Cumlterl.tnd Co., Pa., and was Ijorn Nov. 
 10, 1M20. Lawrence Marr, his father, was reared 
 in the county of his birth, Northampton, and after ■ 
 his marriage removed to Cumberland County, be- 
 ing among its earliest settlers. He spent the re- 
 mainder of his days in the vicinity of Milton, dy- 
 ing there in l^i40. The mother of our subject, be- 
 fore her marriage was Miss Jane Farrar, of Hunter- 
 don County, X. .]., and the daughter of James Far- 
 rar, of Holland tlescent. The [jareTital family con- 
 sisted of fourteen children, the subject of our 
 sketch being the youngest born of the three now 
 living. 
 
 In 1S.51, when thirteen years of age, Mr. Marr 
 determined to seek his fortune in the farther West. 
 He set out via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, 
 and landed at Ft. Madison on the lOth of ALiy. 
 He commenced work here as a carpenter, and fol- 
 lowed it succes.sfully for tiuee or four years as a 
 journeyman, and then associated himself with Reu- 
 
 ben Creps, pursuing this business with his partner 
 for thirty-one years, when .Mr. Creps withdrew 
 and retired from active business. .Mr. Marr the 
 formed a partnership with Andrew S. Oaylord . 
 with whom he is at present associated. They have 
 been engaged upon the most important structures 
 in this locality, and possess an enviable reputation. 
 
 Mr. Marr wa.-s married, in 1847, to Susan Ilan- 
 uau. of Wooster. Ohio. Mrs. Marr departed this 
 life in 185.i, leaving a s(ju, James B. Marr, who 
 married Miss Agnes ^\■|lite, and is now a farmer in 
 Butler County, Neb. Mr. .Marr was married the 
 second time, in l.S.5.5, to Miss Rosa una Han le^". .She 
 was a native of Bath County, Va., and departed 
 this life July 1, 1877, at the age of flft^'-seven 
 years. 
 
 Our subject's third marriage took place in 187i), 
 when he w;us united with Miss Hannah Phares, of 
 Ft. Madison, who was b(>rn Oct. 'ifi. 183(!. Her fa- 
 ther was a surgeon in the Black Hawk War, and at 
 the termination of the hidiau troubles, crossed the 
 Mi-ssissippi at what is now Ft. Madison, in 1836, 
 and purchased a tract of land which is now the 
 present site of the city. Here, in company with 
 Joseph Webster .and Mr. Cutler, he laid out a part 
 of the city, and his time afterward, until his death, 
 was mostly employed in pursuits of like character, 
 during which he practically abandoned his profes- 
 sion. He did not long survive his arrival in this 
 section and was stricken down in the prime of life 
 in 1842, at the age of thirty-eight. His wife had 
 accompanied him to the West, and survived him 
 for a period of twenty-four years, dying in Ft. 
 Madison in 1870, at the age of sixty-nine years. 
 
 Mr. Marr is Democratic in politics, and socially 
 is a member of the I. O. O. F., belonging to Lodge 
 No. 157 at Ft. Madison. His home is pleasantly 
 located, and he numbers among his friends the best 
 citizens of Lee County. 
 
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 successful farmer of Montrose Township, 
 owns and occupies a tine homestead, consist- 
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 z meeting with success. His farm, which is located on 
 5 section 24, presents one of the prettiest spots in the 
 ; landscape of this section, and is invariably observed 
 with admiring eyes l)y tiie traveler through Lee 
 H County. 
 
 : Jabez T. Crane is a native of the Buckeye State, 
 ; having been born in Hamilton County, Jan. 11, 
 ; 1819. His parents were Obadiah M. and Elizabeth 
 : (Shuler) Crane, natives of New York. The father 
 : was born July 5, 1780, and departed this life in 
 H Keokuk, Iowa, Feb. 5, 1852. He was a farmer by 
 : occupation, and in politics an old-line Whig and 
 : stanch admirer of Henry Clay. George Shuler, 
 c the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born 
 H about the year 1722, within twent}' miles of Vi- 
 : enna, Austria, and emigrated to America in 17.50. 
 E His death took place in New York in 1819, at the 
 age of ninety-seven years. Mrs. Elizabeth Crane, 
 our subject's mother, was born Feb. 3, 1778, and 
 died Dec. 17, 1843. She became the mother of ten 
 children, was tenderly devoted to her family, and 
 was an earnest Christian woman, being an active 
 member of the Presbyterian Church. The record 
 of their familj^ is as follows : The eldest child died 
 in infancy; John S. m.arried Adeline Jones; Phfebe, 
 now deceased, became the wife of a Mr. Wilsey; 
 Isaac B. was married to Minerva Laraway: George 
 C. married Rebecca Baughman, and they are both 
 now deceased; James died at the age of thirt^'-six 
 years; Frederick married Miss Sallie A. Jacobs; 
 Obadiah M. was married four times; his first wife 
 was Miss Sarah Durland, the second Miss Teresa 
 Franklin, the third Miss Nanc}' Branson, and his 
 fourth and present wife was Mrs. Sophronia Bliss; 
 he now lives in California. Mary A. is the widow 
 of R. Durland, and resides at Flora, 111. ; Elizabeth, 
 the youngest member of the family, became the 
 wife of Dr. Solomon Jackson. 
 
 Jabez T. Crane i-emained under the parental 
 roof, receiving a common-school education and de- 
 veloping into manhood. May 30, 1847, he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Franklin, a 
 native of Jackson County, Ind., born Aug. 28, 
 1828. Mrs. Crane was the daughter of Anderson 
 
 and Sally (Keller) Franklin, natives of East Ten- 
 nessee. Her mother was of German ancestry, and 
 departed this life Aug. 19, 1880, at the age of eighty 
 years, having been born in the first year of this 
 century. Her father is still living; the date of his 
 birth was 1806. Their famil}' consisted of the fol- 
 lowing children: Teresa, Mary A.. Blueford, Har- 
 riet S. and George W. 
 
 The household of Mr. and Mrs. Crane has been 
 blest by the birth of nine children: Joiin W., Le- 
 roy F., George A. and Harriet S., all of whom 
 died some years ago; the next child, a son, was 
 named Jabez T. Filsworth, after Col. Elsworth of 
 war fame; E. E. is named after Edward liver- 
 ett; Benjamin Otto is named after one of tliose 
 present at the death of Abraham Lincoln; the 
 youngest was a daughter named Addie May. 
 
 Jabez T. Crane removed from Jackson County, 
 Ind., after his marriage, and located in St. Charles 
 County, Mo., in 1849. He remained there two 
 years and then came to Iowa, locating in Jlontrose 
 Township, Oct. 17, 18.51. He has been a man of 
 prominence in his commuuitj- since first coming 
 here and lias held the various township offices. His 
 first i)residential vote was cast for Gen. Harrison. 
 Upon the abandonment of the Whig party b^- the 
 formation of the Republican party, he cordially en- 
 dorsed the principles of the latter, and has hetni its 
 stanch adherent since that time. He is a first-class 
 farmer and stock-breeder, a thorough business man, 
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 i^ILLIAM S. IVINS, of Keokuk, is largely 
 engaged in the livery business, and is one 
 of the most prominent among those simi- 
 larly engaged in the Gate City. He was the pioneer 
 liveryman of Lee County, and has proved himself 
 peculiarly fitted for the business. Our subject 
 came to Keokuk in May, 1841, from Burlington 
 County, N. J. He has had a peculiar experience 
 in life, and has suffered to the full of its reverses. 
 He began at the foot of the ladder, when he had 
 hardly passed beyond the jjeriod of boyhood, to 
 mark out his future course. He had been trained 
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 In the grc-iil Hiinncinl crash of I.S;')7, in comnion 
 with hnmlroils of others, he became lai-gely in- 
 volved, antl on account of the great dei)rfSsion in 
 value, practically lost the property whicii he iiad 
 aecunnilated by the lal>ors and saving? of years. 
 
 Tiie following year Mr. Ivins began running an 
 omnibus line for his sister, and in due time pur- 
 chased her interest in the business and oiierated it 
 on his own .■iceouut, and not long thereafter had an 
 income of $1,000 per month. This enabled iiim to 
 cancel his debts and go on with his business, add- 
 ing to it such improvements as were demanded by 
 this age of progress and invention, lie now has 
 one of the best omnitnis lines in the State of Iowa. 
 His vehicles are always in fine running order, and 
 his horses are first-class roadsters. He also runs a 
 line of hacks, and provides tine accommodations 
 for the best class of travelers. His livery property 
 now consists of three stables, well stocked with 
 horses, buggies, harness, and everything appertain- 
 ing to his line of business. He also owns a good 
 farm of 320 acres in a high state of cultivation, 
 well stocked with high-grade cattle of the Short- 
 horn breed, and the farm is equipped with a fine 
 set of frame buildings and all the appliances neces- 
 sary' for modern agriculture and stock-raising. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ivins have become the |)arents of 
 three children : Eva N. is the wife of R. Jones, of 
 Chicago; Lizzie G. and William S. are at home. 
 Mr. Ivins owns and occupies a handsome residence, 
 and the family are surrounded by all the comforts 
 and many of the luxuries of life. The father and 
 mother of Mr. Ivins departed this life in 1875 and 
 1865 respectively. 
 
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 '^/EREMIAH M. BRUMAGEM, a prominent 
 and successful farmer, is carrying on the 
 pursuit of agriculture on section 18, Mont- 
 rose Township. He has been a resident of 
 the Hawkeye State since 1868, and is the pos.sessor 
 of eighty acres of finely- cultivated land, a good 
 brick dwelling-house, comfortable barns and out- 
 houses for the shelter of stock and the storage of 
 
 grain, and is in the enjo^'ment of the fruii- •>( 
 earlier toil and industry. 
 
 Mr. I.rumagem is a native of Ohio, born in Cler- 
 mont County, Aug. 29, ix'M). His [Kireuts were 
 •lercmiah :uid Sarah (Canada) I5rnmagem, natives 
 of Kentucky and Pennsylvania respectivel}'. The 
 father departed this life when his son. the subject 
 of our sketch, was but a small lad. in 1834. His 
 motlier survived her husband forty-four years and 
 died in Ohio in 1878. Tlic parental family' con- 
 sisted of seven children, of whom tiie record is as 
 follows: One child died in infancy, unnamed ; Elin- 
 ore is now Mrs. Aldridge; Tliom;is married i\Iiss 
 Ella John; .lohn K. married Miss Mary Temple, 
 and his brother William also marric(l a Miss Tem- 
 ple; .Mary became Mrs. ^\'eaver; Sarah, the j'oung- 
 est child, died of consumption at the age of nine- 
 teen years. 
 
 Jeremiah M. Brumagem remained under the par- 
 ental roof until he attained to years of manhood. 
 He was united in marriage in Keokuk, Iowa, with 
 Mrs. Matilda (Martin) Brown, Nov. 5, 18G8. Mrs. 
 Brumagem is a native of Mrginia, born in 1 83.3, 
 and came to Iowa with her parents when she was 
 but a small child. They departed this life over 
 thirty years ago. 
 
 The household of Mr. and Mrs. Brown included 
 six children, as follows: Ella became the wife of 
 Albert I). Thomas; Charles H. married Miss Nora 
 Kite; Addie married Mr. M. H. Frame; Mabel be- 
 came the wife of Mr. John Kite; Mary and Will- 
 iam .are deceased. The union of Jlr. and Mrs. 
 Brumagem has resulted in the birth of three chil- 
 dren — Lizzie M., Cora L. and Harry ^I. 
 
 Mr. Brumagem came to Iowa in 1868, and made 
 his first location in JNIontrose Township. He has 
 been a prominent man in the community since com- 
 ing here, and has enjoyed the full confidence of 
 his fellow-citizens. He has held the office of Jus- 
 tice of the Peace for two years, the duties of which 
 he has performed with credit to himself and satis- 
 faction to all concerned. He also occupied official 
 positions in his native State, was elected Constable 
 two terms, and in the general councils which are al- 
 ways called together in every community, he has 
 been a man whose opinions have been sought and 
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 in liis youth, and pursued his primary- studies in 
 the common schools, afterward attending college. 
 He has been quite a traveler, and in 1861 crossed 
 the Rock}' ^Mountains and for five years was en- 
 gaged in mining in Marysville, Cal., and met with 
 success, although he was exposed to many hardships 
 and privations. After this experience he concluded 
 to return home, and made the journey via the Isth- 
 mus. 
 
 Aside from the ordinary labors on the farm, Mr. 
 Brumagem is Largely interested in the breeding of 
 high-grade stock. Short-horn cattle, Poland-China 
 swine and Norman horses. He also has some fine 
 specimens of English draft horses, and his stock 
 comprises some of the handsomest animals to be 
 found in this section. 
 
 As a farmer and business man, Mr. Brumagem 
 IS one of the model citizens of Lee County, and his 
 farm presents one of the most attractive spots in 
 Montrose Township. In religious belief he is a 
 Universalist, and seeks to faithfullv follow the 
 Golden Rule. In politics he is Democratic. 
 
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 EV. CHARLES F. WILLIAMS, Chaplain 
 of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Ft. Madi- 
 son, is the third son of Rev. William H. and 
 J^Abbie L. (White) Williams. He was born 
 in Will County, 111., Nov. 5, 1841, and came with 
 his parents to Iowa when a lad of seven years old. 
 He received his primarj' education in the common 
 schools, and in 18.58 entered Williams College in 
 Massachusetts for the purpose of taking a course in • 
 the classics, and graduated from this institution in 
 1862. He then taught school one year in Massachu- 
 setts and two years in New York. 
 
 In 1865 Mr. Williams returned to the West, 
 where he engaged in the ministry, first in Illinois, 
 and afterward became engaged in missionary work 
 in Arkansas and Kansas. In 1873 he returned to 
 Lee Countj', and took charge of the Ft. Madison 
 Academy, and in May, 1875, was appointed Chap- 
 Iain of the Penitentiary, which position he occupied 
 until Sept. 1, 1878. He then took charge of the 
 parish of Wapello, and in 1879-80 occupied the 
 
 Chair of Natural Sciences at Denmark Academy. 
 He then became pastor of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church at Mediapolis, where he remained until 
 1884, and then took charge of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church at Keokuk. In 18«4-H5 he was 
 General Secretary and City Missionary for the Y. 
 M. C. A. of Keokidv, and was afterward General 
 Agent of the National Non-Partisan League and 
 State Temperance Alliance, and in April, 1886, was 
 appointed to his present position. 
 
 Rev. Charles F. Williams and Miss Mary Elinore 
 Libby were united in marriage at Perry, 111., March 
 14, 1871. Mrs. Williams is the daughter of L. T. 
 and Elinore (Cousins) Libby, and was born in 
 Perry, 111., Dec. 7. 1847. Of this union there has 
 been born a son, Charles C. Mr. Williams pos- 
 sesses a fine education, is talented and studious, 
 and is fulfilling the duties of his position with credit 
 to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. 
 
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 B. KING. The subject of this sketch is a 
 member of the prominent dry -goods firm of 
 Lye & King, located at the intersection of 
 ^^ Main and Eighth streets, Keokuk. He is 
 a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, was born July 16, 
 1839. and is the son of .Tames and Anuie E. (.Sar- 
 gent) King, natives of New York, where the father 
 in earlier j'ears was engaged in agi'icultnral pur- 
 suits. He settled with his family in Dearborn 
 County, Ind., in about 1842, and there engaged iu 
 farming, and there the wife, and mother departed 
 this life in 1873. After the death of his wife he 
 came to Keokuk, where his life terminated Feb. 
 13,1885. They had a family of eight children, of 
 whom the following are living: James, Maria, 
 Rob B., Albert G. and Elizabeth. 
 
 The subject of our sketch remained with his par- 
 ents on the farm until twent3'-one years of age, in 
 the meantime receiving a fair education at the 
 common schools. Soon after he attained his ma- 
 jority he engaged in general merchandising at Cold 
 Spring, Dearborn Co.. Ind., and at the same 
 time superintended a 400-.acre farm. After a num- 
 ber of years thus spent he decided to go farther 
 West, and in 1883 came to Keokuk, and in com- 
 
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 and is well kimwii tliroiigiiout tliis section. 'It is 
 conducted upon thoiiiugh liusiness principles, and 
 the members <if the firm :ire noted as men <>f honesty 
 and integrity. 
 
 R. 15. King vva> unite<l in marriage with .Mis> 
 Mary .1. Record in 18G1. :Mr>. iving is a native of 
 Dearborn County, ind.. and the d.nugliter of 
 Thomas and Ilann.'di Record, residents of the same 
 county. Of this marriage there hnve been born six 
 children, viz., Alice A., Elmer E.. Annie L.. Eflic 
 T.. Ida M. and Roliert E. Alice is a tencher in 
 Alexandria. Mo., and a graduate of Morris Hill 
 College, of Indiana ; Elmer and Annie are engaged 
 as clerks in their fnther's stfire. The handsome 
 familj- residence is situated at No. stl6 Franklin 
 street, and is the re.sort of many of the finest people 
 in the city. Mr. King is a Republican in politics, 
 and a member in good standing of the Methodist 
 Church, of which he is a Steward and was formerly 
 Superintendent of the Sabl)ath-sc!iool. He has con- 
 tributed to every good work in his vicinity, and 
 is recognized by all as a most valuable citizen. 
 
 RS. ELIZABETH HATCH, an amiable 
 \i\ and highly respected lady of Ft. Madison, 
 [fc was born in Maine, on the 18th of May, 
 1804. Her father, Andrew Scott, was a 
 native of Scotland, and during the progress of the 
 Revolutionary War enlisted in the navy as mid- 
 shipman, and was subsequently promoted Lieuten- 
 ant. He was captured off the coast of France, but 
 was finally liberated, and assisted others to escape, 
 and upon his return to England was greatly hon- 
 ored, and was given the freedom of all English 
 ships. After resuming his position in the navy his 
 vessel was captured by an American privateer, and 
 he and his men taken prisoners. The American 
 Captain took him to his home in Newburyport and 
 treated him with gre.at kindness. It was near the 
 close of the war, and Lieut. Scott was so well 
 pleased with this country and its people that he re- 
 solved to become a citizen of the United States. 
 He then engaged in the merchant service between 
 
 the United States and the East Indies as commander 
 of a vessel. After his marriage he made his home 
 ill I'oithiiid. Me., and died there in 1 ><2.'i. 
 
 .Mr>. lOlizabctli Hatch was reared and educated 5 
 in the schools of her native city, and remained with jf 
 lici' piiients until her marriage to Nathaniel Hatch,: 
 who wa.s a native of Hnngor. Me., born in August. " 
 I so -2. He studied I.Tw nnd was admitted t(^ the 
 bar before he had fairly att:iincd m.'inliood 
 1S74 he st;irted for the \\est, crossed the Missis- 5- } 
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 Mr. and Mrs. Hatch became the parents of four s' } 
 children — Edward. May E., Robert and Frank. STf 
 Kdward. the eldest, was born at Bangor, Me., April i 
 21, 18'2'.). and engaged as a soldier in the late war, 
 serving with distinction, and is now a IMajor (jeu- 
 eral by lire vet. He was a lirave and courageous q,:h 
 soldier, and foremost at the post of danger. He -"^ 
 was breveted Major (Tcneral for meritorious serv- i 
 ices at the battle of Nashville, and p.articipated 
 with his command in the various imiiortant engage- 
 ments of the war, being at Shihih, Corinth, luka, 
 Franklin and Nashville. He was wounded three oi- 
 four times, imce very dangerously, at Missionary' 
 Ridge, Tenn. At Nashville Capt. Hatch command- 
 ed the 2d Iowa Cavalry, and was trusted with the 
 important duty of turning Hood's left division. 
 He received a dangerous gunshot wound through 
 the right lung. After the close of the war and the 
 re-organization of the array. Capt. Hatch w.is com- 
 missioned Colonel, and served for a time in the 
 Regular Army. He was married in Philadelphia, 
 Pa., to Miss Eveline, daughter of Dr. Harrington, 
 of the United States Navy. Of this union there 
 have been born two children — Harrington and 
 Bessie. Maj. (Jen. Edward Hatch and his family 
 are now in Wyoming Territorj'. 
 
 The second son of our subject, Robert, was born 
 in Bangor, Me., Oct. 27, 1835. He is now a resi- 
 dent of Ft. Madison, and represents the lumber 
 firm of Joy & Co., of St. Louis; Frank, the young- 
 est son, born in Bangor, May 15, 1837, was a youth 
 when he came to Muscatine with his brother Rob- 
 ert, and after remaining there a few years went to 
 LaCrosse, Wis., .and engaged in banking. At the 
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 gaged in newspaper work. He lias been a promin- 
 ent resident of that place, and served as City Mar- 
 shal. 
 
 The only daughter of JMrs. Hatch, iMary Eliza- 
 beth, resides with her mother in Ft. Madison. Mrs. 
 H. is Unitarian in i-eligious belief, and a lady i>{ 
 most excellent traits of character. She has now 
 S arrived at the advanced age of eighty-two years, 
 I and is reveied and beloved by a large circle of 
 ;C friends and acquaintances. 
 
 (JHN BOLEV, one of the honored pioneers 
 of the Hawkeye State, came to this vicinity" 
 in 1H48. He is the owner of 240 acres of 
 land in Franklin Township, which constitutes 
 [?i| his present homestead, and also has fortj' acres in 
 ^f§ Charleston Township. With the exception of forty 
 }fS acres of timber, his laud is finely improved. The 
 ij™ estate lies near the village (^f Donnellson. The 
 farm is now under the managcnient of his son 
 Frank. 
 
 Mr. Bole^' is a native of Boyle County, Ky., and 
 was born March 29, ISOV. His father, Isaac Boley, 
 was of Pennsylvania parentage and birth, and went 
 to Kentucky, wliere he formed a matrimonial alli- 
 ance with Miss ^lar^' Gemison, of that State, who 
 was descended from Scottish ancestrj". After their 
 marriage and the birth of six children, they re- 
 moved to Indiana, and located in Harrison County. 
 There the parents remained until their (le.atli at an 
 advanced age. 
 
 John Bolcy remained under the parental roof, 
 receiving a fair education in the pioneer schools, 
 and after arriving at years of manhood was mar- 
 ried, on the l.'>th of September, IHSI. t.o Miss Eliz- 
 abeth Walk, a native of Harrison County, Ind. 
 Her parents were natives of North Carolina, fi'om 
 which .State they removed to Indiana and k)eated 
 in Harrison County, where their lives terminated. 
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 Of those living, two of the sons and all of the 
 daughters are married, and are named as follows: ili???'s 
 C.itharine, Isaac, JIary, .James. Martha, Sarah, 
 Nancy and Franklin ; the latter is unuiiirried. 
 
 Our subject and wife came to Lee County in 
 I?>48, and he soon after purchased his present home- 
 stead, since whiclj time he has industriously labored 
 to improve its beauty and value, in which he has 
 been eminently suecessful. The farm is now pro- 
 vided with a fine dwelling, a good barn, and all the 
 necessary outhouses. Everything in and about the 
 homestead denotes the abode of peace and com- 
 fort. _ 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Boley departed this life .luly 29, WW 
 1884. With her husband she was a consistent W " - , 
 member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, iSf^' 
 and faithfully performed all the duties of a wife l^ i'^ 
 and mother. Mr. Boley is highly respected in lii.- 
 community, and in politics is a liberal Democrat. 
 
 A. MORRI.SOX, of Ft. Madison, is a mem- In] 
 ber <.)f the firm of Morrison Bros., who are 
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 years of iige when he came to Ft. SUdison with 
 his parents. He^was reared under the parental roof, 
 educateil in the city schools, and at the .age of six- 
 teen years commenced to clerk in a stove store. 
 
 I'pon the breaking out of the w;ir our subject 
 enlisted in Co. U, 7th Iowa Vol. Inf., in May, 18G1. pe| 
 and was mustered in as a private. He performe<i [j ; j] 
 his duties as a soldier in a faithful manner, and jjjiiiil 
 served until the chjse of his term of enlistment, in Ijl -^ J 
 September, 18G4. .Soon after his enlistment he wasj^c^ 
 promoted first to Third Sergeant and later to First 
 Sergeant, and in .luly, 1862, Second Lieutenant, p.,„ 
 and in the spring of 1863 was given the rank of t"j 
 First Lieutenant. The following year he was com- 
 missioned Captain of Company 1). and was after- -^^^^ 
 ward breveted Major and Lieutenant Colonel. He 
 participated in the battles of Belmont, Ft. Henry, 
 Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, luka, r 
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 numbering twenty-eight. His regiment was iinallj- 
 ordered to join the army of Oen. Sherman, at Chat- 
 tanooga, whence tliey marched to Atlanta, and en- 
 gaged in the siege and capture of that city. Col. 
 Morrison serving on the staff of (ien. K. W. Rice, 
 commander of tlie 1st lirigade. 'id Divisimi. l.'ith 
 Army Coips. 
 
 After his return from the army, Col. Miirrisun 
 was engaged in buying and selling live-stock, 
 purchasing in the West and shipping U> Memphis, 
 Tenn., and in IKCi."), in partnership with his father 
 and brother, engaged in his present busine.ss, at 
 which he has since continued. 
 
 Col. Morrison was niai iip<l. in May, 1 S(I8, to Miss 
 Tama, daughter of St('|)hen D.and Rebecca (Cutler) 
 Espy, of Ft. JIadison. Of this union there have 
 been born seven children — \'incent E., William J., 
 Genevieve, Mabel, Maria. Helen and Luella. The 
 Colonel is Republican in politics, and coimected 
 with James B. .Sample P*)st, G. A. R. 
 
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 f^RANK M. BALLINGER, a highly esteemed 
 H^g] citizen of Montrose Township, occupies a 
 _li line farm, locitcd on section UCi. The his- 
 
 tory of his family has been an interesting and varied 
 one. His father. Judge Frank Ballinger, Sr.. was a 
 native of Knox Count}', Ky., who devoted himself 
 to the profession of law, and diu'ing his early years 
 practiced in the courts of his native State and be- 
 came eminent as a jurist. lie was a friend of and ] 
 a co-worker with Cassius INF. Cla^', who sought to ■ 
 bring about the gradual emancii)ali(>n of slaverj'. 
 The life of Judge Ballinger w.as frequently threat- 
 ened b3' the pro-slavery men, because he was fear- 
 less in his advocac}' of human freedom. Believing 
 that the institution of slavery was wrong within 
 1^ itself, and desiring to educate his children in a lo- 
 ealit}' not subject to or under the inrtueuce of 
 slavery, he decided to remove with his family to the 
 State of Iowa. He proceeded westward, crossed 
 the Mississippi, and located in Lee County, lovva. 
 "ffjj'q He possessed large means for that time, and here 
 purchased 2,000 .acies of land, situated directly on 
 the banks of the Mississippi, between Keokuk and 
 Montrose. Here, in 1856, he erected a line man- 
 
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 sion at a cost of 113,000. which he occupied with ; 
 his family the remainder of his life. 
 
 Judge Ballinger, when but a lad, served as a sol- 
 dier in the War of 1S12, as a drummer boy. He 
 was bright an<l auiliitious. and even in his earliest 
 years gave promise of the position in life to which 
 he afterward attained. In early manhood he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Jane Adams, a Ken- 
 tucky lady, who was born in 1813, and w.as the 
 sj'mijathizer ot her husband in all the various pur- 
 suits and difficulties of life, and departed tliis life §j;i 
 Nov. 23, 18(5.5. Judge Ballinger survived her but Sjii 
 five years, his death occuring Sept. 1.5,1870. They pi 
 were the parents of thirteen children, live of whom Ihi 
 died in infancy. The remainder grew to 3' ears of Bt-l 
 maturity', and the record is as follows: John tiled sin 
 in infancy; Randolph A. died at the age of twenty- pi 
 three years; Cl-w and .leuuings died in childhood; Ki 
 Susan lived until about the age of twenty-two, and 
 died at her parents' home in Montrose Township, 
 in 1855 or 185G. The others were Frank M., Web- 
 ster, Sally. William, Jennie, Madison, Lucy and 
 Adams. .Sall_y became the wife of Isaac Hollings- 
 wortli, and is now deceased. For many years 
 .ludgc liallinger enjoyed aii income of $10,000 per 
 year from his [irofessional duties. He presided over 
 the Circuit Court for eight years, in Kentucky, and 
 was promiuentlj' known as a lawyer of more than 
 
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 Frank M. Ballinger, the subject of this sketch, 
 was born in Knox County, Ky., June 13, 1839. He 
 remained with his parents until early manhood, re- 
 ceiving careful home training and a good education 
 in select schools, and after coming to this county 
 his father employed a private teacher. He was 
 married, Oct. 5, 1865, to Miss Florence A. Fazio, a 
 lady of Spanish, French and English ancestry, who 
 w.as born in W.ashington City, D. C, April 13, 1 842. 
 Her parents were Lewis and America (Burch) 
 Fazio, the former a native of Philadelphia, and the 
 latter of Washington City. I). C. The parents of 
 Mrs. B. attende(l carefull}' to her education, which 
 was completed in the schools of Washington City, 
 \). C. Their household consisted of three daugh- 
 ters — Florence ; Ida, now deceased, was the wife of g^iC 
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 S highly cultured people. Mrs. B. is connected with 
 ! the Episcopal Church, and is highly esteemed in 
 the social circles of the community. 
 
 At the age of twenty-two years Frank M. Hallin- 
 ger, Jr., entered the service of the Government as 
 clerk in the Treasury Department, and occuiiied this 
 position for the following si.x years, or until July, 
 1867. He finally became wearied with the confine- 
 ment necessitated by his duties, and resolved to seek 
 an occuijation which would secure to him more 
 outdoor exercise, and accordingly, following in the 
 footsteps of his father, sought the Western banks of 
 the Father of ^Vaters and made his first location in 
 Jefferson Township. He has been successful in his 
 agricultural pursuits, and in addition to general 
 farming, is giving much attention to the culture of 
 the small fruits and berries, which yields him a fine 
 income. He has always been a prominent man in 
 his community. His possessions consist of 665 
 acres of land, besides the fine mansion which was 
 erected bj^ his lamented father. 
 
 The household of Mr. and Mrs. Ballinger lias 
 been blest lij' the birth of nine children, three of 
 whom died in infancy. The living are Frank, Mir- 
 iam, Ida, Webster, America and John. 
 
 JOSKFH LOEFFLER, of Ke<jkuk, and junior 
 member of the firm of Andrews c\r LoetHer, 
 is engaged with his partner in the manufact- 
 ure of all kinds of machinery, they being 
 proprietors of the Western Foundry and Machine 
 Shops, prominently located on Fourth street, and 
 having their office at No. 225. Mr. LoefHer is a 
 fine representative of that valuable German element 
 which has assisted so materially' in the development 
 of the business interests of the Havvkeye State. 
 
 Our subject was born in Baden, March 14, 1834, 
 and is the son of William and Luidgard (Wissert) 
 Loeffler, both of German ancestry and nativit}'. 
 William Loettler was engaged in his native country 
 as a manufacturer in copper and brass, and was the 
 inventor of the brass fire hand-engine, which became 
 celebrated in his own country, and numbers of 
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 self having sent one to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1848. 
 lie remained in his native country during his entire 
 life, and died there in 1878. The wife and mother 
 followed hei- husliand to the better land in I.sko. 
 William Loelliei- was a man of great energy and in- 
 dustr}-, and accumulated a large property, being 
 the owner of a valuable foundry and several farms. 
 He and his wife were prominent members of the 
 (ierman Catholic Church. Their household included 
 seven children, of whom Joseph was the eldest. 
 The second child w.as a son, William, who lives in 
 his native Germany, as also does Wilhelraine, now 
 Mrs. Plank; Annie, Mi-s. Brag, is a resident of Au- 
 burn, N. Y. ; Emily, Mrs, Schmidt, is in Germany; 
 Constantine is engaged with his brother Joseph in t K 
 the machine-shop, and the youngest child, Mary, rj^= 
 still lives in her native laud. IUp^ 
 
 Joseph Loeffler received a thorough education in 
 his native land, and after this was completed was 
 engaged in his father's foundry for six years and 
 learned the trade of a coppersmith. At tiie .age of 
 twenty years he resolved to come to the United 
 States, and after a pi'osperous voyage, landed at 
 New York City, whei'e he remained for six weeks. 
 He then went to Buffalo, and from there to Louis- 
 ville, Ky., where he spent two months, then pro- 
 ceeded southwest to St. Louis, Mo., where he re- 
 mained until the following year, then came to 
 Keokuk and engaged in the Pennsylvania Foundry, 
 with which he continued for eleven years. He then 
 went into the Buckeye Foundry, and remained 
 there for eight years, in tlie meantime accumulating 
 sufficient means to start in business on his own 
 account, erecting the present shop and foundry in 
 l«80, atacost of *IO,000. The liuildings cover 
 an area of four and a half good-sized lots, and the 
 firm employs from ten to fifty-six men. Their 
 manufactures ai'e of first-class descri|)tion,and com- 
 pare favorably with anything of the kind in tlie 
 United States. 
 
 Joseph Loeffler and Miss Ellen Hirstcin were 
 united in marriage at Ft. Madison, in 1858, and of 
 their union there have been born four children: 
 Amelia; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Frank, of Keokuk; 
 Lena and William X. Mr. L. is inde|)endent in 
 politics, and a member of the Knights of Honor. 
 He is a charter member of the Conct)rdia Msenner- 
 
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 chor, of which he served two terms as President, 
 and was re-elected in January. 1887. for the third 
 term. Socially, as well as in a business point of 
 view, he is considered :\ representative citizen of 
 Lee County. 
 
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 (ACOB MENDENHALL (deceased), a pio- 
 neer of Cedar Township, came to Iowa in 
 the spring of liS38, from his native State, 
 North Carolinii, in the meantime having- 
 spent eighteen niontiis in Indiana. The entire 
 journey from the far Southeast was made overland 
 with wagons, one of which was drawn b}' four yoke 
 of oxen, and the other by a team of horses. Our 
 subject was accom|)auied by liis parents, and all 
 their earthly possessions were packed in those 
 wagons. In money Mr. .M. possessed about ?0(iO. 
 The journey occupied about six weeks, and after 
 arriving in Iowa the^' enjoyed the hospitality of 
 jjl Lsaac Pidgeon, while their log cidjin was in jjrocess 
 of erection. When this was near enough completed 
 for occupancy they moved into it, in the month of 
 .Inly. This building was constructed of peeled-hick- 
 ory logs, and covered an area of Ki.xDs feet. Mr. 
 Mendenhall entered 120 acres of land, and as soon 
 as possible engaged in breaking the sod with his ox- 
 teams, his eldest child, a daughter of about twelve 
 jj ijj' years, often otliciating as driver. As there were 
 { [j no stables or lots in which to coutiue these animals 
 dni'ing their leisure hours, when tormented with the 
 heat or flies the}' would wander off to some slough, 
 and wading in, proceed to rest and refresh them- 
 selves, and persevered in this often against the ef- 
 forts of their owner to get them to the plow again. 
 After a fevv years Mr. Mendenhall entered the 
 remaining forty acres of the homestead which is 
 J now owned by his son John. He e.xperienced much 
 } difficult}' in getting these entries made, as he was 
 ^ compelled to go on horseback to Burlington, a dis- 
 tance of thirtj'-six miles. Upon several occasions 
 he journeyed there only to find that the land-office 
 was not to be opened until later. He made seven 
 trips to Burlington and one to Fairfield before the 
 business was finality completed. 
 
 The wife of -Lacol) MendeuliMll. before her mar- 
 riage, was Miss Susanna Moore, a woman of great 
 energy and good sense. To tliem were born six 
 children, who were bright and healthy, possessing 
 all the good qualities of their parents. The little 
 family were pursuing their waj' with courage and 
 hope for the future, when they were visited by a 
 calamity which materialh' changed the prosjjects 
 and the disposition of Jacob Mendenhall. The wife 
 and four children were attacked with intermittent 
 fever, aud inside of ten dajs the mother, (me son 
 about nine years of age. and two little girls, 
 younger, looked their last upon the scenes of earth, 
 and their remains were laid beneath the virgin sod 
 at Salem. The child next to the youngest also suf- 
 fered from the same illness, but recovered. It was 
 the practice of physicians in those days to use des- 
 perate remedies, and it is the belief of some that the 
 blisters drawn across the stomachs of all these victims 
 was the cause of their death. Then came sad and 
 lonely times to the remaining members of the be- 
 leaved famil}'. The eldest daughter, Emily, but 
 fourteen years of age, was compelled to act as 
 mother and housekeeper, and umst bravely .she per- 
 formcil the duties which were thnsthru.st upon her so 
 early in life. She remained with her father several 
 years, and when her filial duties could be dispensed 
 with was united in marriage with Lewis Thomas, who 
 came to Iowa about the same time as her father. Of 
 her two younger sisters, Khoda became the wife of 
 Laban Pickard. ar.d Phiebe married Asa liatliff'. 
 
 The second marriage of Jacob Mendenhall took 
 l)lace two years and three months after the death 
 of .Mrs. .M. He was this time united with Miss 
 Kli/.abeth Davis, a maiden lady of great excellence 
 of character, although pos.sessed of a limited edu- 
 cation. She had assisted to support her widowed 
 mother's family, and became a faithful wife to Ja- 
 cob Mendenhall, and a good mother to his children. 
 She understood all the arts of the day, such as spin- 
 ning and weaving, both wool and flax, and cutting 
 and making them up into garments. In those days. 
 after the tax for one year had been paid, the family- 
 made one of their first duties to begin and save to 
 paj' for the 3' ear that was coming, although per- 
 haps the sum would not exceed $5. The postage 
 upon a letter in tho.se days was twenty-five cents, 
 
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 obtain the message. The anumnt required was 
 lianded over cheerfully if it could possibly lie 
 raised, as it was the unly means of commuiiicatiuu 
 l>etweeu long separated friends. 
 
 The first chimney' of the cabin occupied by our 
 subject and his family was built of rocl< past the 
 •■hips." and tlien finished by boards nailed to- 
 gether, which reached above the top of the cabin. 
 These stood upright for a few years, but fme luck- 
 less day in winter, when the thr.ashers were at Mr. 
 Mendenhall's, a blizzard came on which blew down 
 the chimney and caused great discomfort on ac- 
 count of the cold and snow. This, however, was 
 only one among the many difficulties which the 
 pioneers enct)untered, and for which they were 
 full}' armed h^' courage and res<jlution to meet and 
 overcome. 
 
 A mail route from Salem to Ft. Madison was 
 soon established, but the nearest gristmill was at 
 Farmington, a distance of twentj'-two miles. Being 
 far away from any s)jring of water our subject was 
 compelled to haul water one mile for some time, 
 but finallj' dug a slough well, which was soon fol- 
 lowed by three more, and these supplied the much 
 needed article. Schools were scarce and so far 
 away that the children must board away from home 
 in order to attend them. Game, such as wild tur- 
 key, was plent}', and wolves prowled around in 
 packs of six, eight and sometimes even ten. Gro- 
 ceries were purchased at Ft. Madison, twenty-five 
 miles awaj-, or traded for with dressed pork, wheat 
 and other kinds of farm produce. People in those 
 daj's were compelled to be satisfied with the com- 
 forts of life, and not allow themselves to crave its 
 luxuries. But the enemy which the pioneer mostly 
 dreaded was the terrible prairie fire, in which home 
 and stock were often swept aw.ay, and Mr. Men- 
 denhall at one time narrowly escaped this loss. 
 
 Of the second marriage of Jacob Mendenhall there 
 were born four daughters and one son, all living at 
 this date (1887), and named as follows : .Susanna, Sa- 
 rah, John, Mary and Hannah. The first to marry was 
 Sarah, who became the wife of Baskins Wheat- 
 Five years later, on the 26th of September, 1873, 
 John married Miss Jane Blackledge. a school 
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 Clyde. Zulu, Grace, Silvia. Belle and Mamie 
 Louise. Hannah was next married. Lewis E. Barker, ^1j?S'r 
 of C'orydim, Iowa, becoming her husband: Sue be- 
 come the wife <)f .lohn Manley. f)f Tennessee, and 
 Mary married J. .1. Carson, a hardware merchant of 
 Mt. Krie, 111. 
 
 J.TCob Mendenhall departed this life at his home e 
 in Cedar Township. .Ian. 20, l«7;l His wife was 
 crippled by a fall down a stairwaj^ while still in the 
 prime of life, and was ever afterward a great suf- 
 ferer, but patiently bore her trial? until .Tunc 7. 
 l.sx.T, when her sufferings ceased and she folded 
 liei' hands for her final rest. 
 
 The interesting histciry of this family is closely 
 identified with tliat of Lee County. Jacob Men- 
 denhall. in common with his brother pioneers, as- 
 sisted in the development and prosperity of this 
 section bj- his own example of sterling worth, in- 
 dustry and honesty, and encouraged a class of citi- 
 zens who became an honor to the county and their 
 own community. In this brief outline of his life. 
 much of course has been passed over, for were his 
 whole minute history given it would form an in- 
 teresting volume. He was in all respects a good | ^g] 
 citizen, and his name is held in kindly remembrance 
 bj- a large circle of those whose parents labored 
 with him, and to whom he was of material and 
 neighborly assistance in the toils and struggles in- 
 cident to the settlement of a new country. 
 
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 G. SARGENT, Sr., is a representative man, 
 successfull3' engaged in farming in Des 
 'ownship. He is a native of the 
 Old Ciranite State, born in Millfields Township, 
 May 21, 1835. His father, Nicholas Sargent, was a 
 farmer by occupation, a native of Massachusetts, 
 and of stanch old New England family. He grew 
 to manhood and was married in his native State; 
 his wife was Miss Mary Ann Sawyer, who was born 
 in Essex County, Mass. Shortly after their mar- 
 riage. Nicholas Sargent and his yung wife settled 
 on a small farm in Massachusetts, whence, a few 
 years later they removed to the lumber regions of "^ 
 
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 ber liusine.«s. His iniiin idea, however, for sonif 
 time, had been to acquire sufficient means to g<< 
 West and est^ablish a home beyond the Missis- 
 sippi. He was fairly successful in his business 
 in the hnnber reuions, luit it toolc several years to 
 accomplish the desired end, and in the meantime 
 there had been born to tliem a family of twelve 
 children, and it was not until after the birth of 
 these that he found hinisi'lf able to undertake the 
 expedition West. They made their first location in 
 Clark County, Mo. The trip had been laboriously 
 accomplished with teams and wauons, after the 
 manner of travel and transportation in tiiose days. 
 They only remained in Missouri for about two 
 years, and then came into Lee County, settling on 
 what was known as the " half-tireed " tract, and 
 which, owing to the schemes of speculators, re- 
 quired great i)atieuce on the part of the settlers to 
 prove their claims and obtain a clear title. 
 
 Mr. Sargent •• squatted " on 1 60 acres, section 
 34, Des Moines Township, commenced farming 
 with the four oxen which he had brought with him, 
 and upon which was the main dependence of the 
 family. During a severe storm three of these ani- 
 mals were killed by lightning, which was a severe 
 loss to the family at that time. The old pioneers, 
 however, were made of stern stuff, and Mr. .Sar- 
 gent was no exception to this rule, so he made the 
 best of circumstances, and outlived his disa.ster as 
 philosophically as possible. He secured other ani- 
 mals and began the improvement and cultivation 
 of his land, and was quite successful. He carefully 
 hoarded the money which he attained by the sale 
 of his croi)s, and was soon enabled to purchase addi- 
 tional acres, and continued these pnrch.ases until he 
 became the owner of more than 1,500 acres, which 
 principally lay along the first bottoms of the Des 
 Moines River, and is now occupied by his sons. 
 
 Of all the land which Mr. Sargent purchased he 
 never allowed but twenty' acres of it to leave the 
 familj' while he w.as living. He was strong in his 
 affections, and became greatly attached to his 
 friends and neighbors. He was a stanch Union 
 man during the war, and gave libcrall}' of his means 
 to support the cause. He was Republican in poli- 
 tics, and declined all the official appointments 
 
 which were almost forced upon him. Both Mr. and 
 Mrs. Sargent were identified with the Morman 
 Church until the Joseph Smith trouble at Nauvoo, 
 III., when they withdrew from that association. 
 Nicholas Sargent departed this life .July 1. 1«78, 
 and the mother in April, ISHf). 
 
 O. (i. Sargent was the twelfth of his parents' 
 family of thirteen children, six sons and seven 
 daughters, of whom five sons and three daughters 
 are yet living. He was l)ut a year old when his 
 l)arent> cnmc to this county, and he remained under 
 the jiarentnl roof until he was twenty-one jears of 
 age. Three years previously, however, he had mar- 
 ried, and begun farming on his own account. The 
 maiden name of his bride was Miss Hannah Smith, 
 and the^' were married Sept. 1. 1861, in Des 
 Moines Township. The parents of Mrs. Sargent 
 were William and Mary (McKee) Smith, both na- 
 tives of Kentucky, where thej^ were married and 
 whence the^' soon removed to Indiana. Thence 
 they crossed the Mississippi and came into Iowa, 
 settling in Des Moines Township, where their 
 daughter, Mrs. Sargent, was born Aug. 24, 184L 
 She was the youngest of a famil_y of nine children, 
 three sons and six daughters, one of the latter only, 
 beside Mrs. Sargent, still living. The father of the 
 family was removed bj' death when Mrs. Sargent 
 was a young girl of twelve j'ears, and she lost her 
 mother in the fall of 1863. With the exception of 
 five years Jlrs. S. has been a contmuous resident 
 of this township since she was born. B3' her union 
 with our subject she became the mother of five 
 children, onlj' two of whom are now living, 
 namely: Mamie, born May 21, 1871, and O. G., 
 Oct. 14, 1880. The deceased are Cyrus C, who 
 died at the age of eight years; Fannie, at the age 
 of six years, and Adelbert, at the age of fourteen 
 months. 
 
 Mr. Sargent settled upon his present farm eight- 
 een months after his marriage. It now contains 
 205 acres, and with the exception of five years 
 spent in Keokuk, this has remained continuously 
 his home since his first settlement upon it. He owns 
 considerable property in Keokuk, on Eleventh and 
 Franklin streets. He also has a tract of 120 acres 
 iu another part of Des Moines Township, eighty 
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 niemljer in good standing of the A. F. & A. M., 
 Yates City Chapter No. 7, and Eagle Lodge No. 
 12, both of Keokuk. He has been honored with 
 the local ofllces of his towuship, and in politics is a 
 solid Republican. 
 
 ■illACOB HAFFNER is one of the most exten- 
 sive landed proprietors in Lee County, and 
 for many long years has been successfully 
 (^// engaged in agricultural pursuits on section 
 20, Franklin Township. He is a native of this 
 county, and was born in West Point Township on 
 the 25th of September, 1840. His father was a 
 farmer by occupation, a native of Germany, and 
 came to the United States in 1833, when a young 
 man. After reaching American shores he went di- 
 rectly to Mansfield, Ohio, where he remained for 
 three years, and then, crossing the Father of Wa- 
 ters, came into Iowa while it was yet a Territory. 
 He located on a tract of unimproved land in West 
 Point Township, when the Indians were more nu- 
 merous than the whites, and at once set about the 
 improvement of his purchase, soon afterward being 
 married. He remained here until 1861, when, with 
 his family, he removed to Franklin Township, and 
 located on a prairie farm of 728 acres on section 
 20. This was partly improved, and the father of 
 our subject remained upon it until the close of his 
 life. 
 
 We here briefly sketch the history of Peter Haff- 
 ner, the grandfather of our subject, who was a man 
 of great force of character and prominent in his own 
 country. He was a German Protestant in a Jewish 
 settlement, and during his early life was possessed 
 of a large property, but through the connivance of 
 the Hebrews, lost his possessions and became a 
 poor man. He finally emigrated to the United 
 States and died here. His son Frederick, the father 
 of our subject, came to this country with a family 
 by the name of Krebill, who paid his passage, and 
 for whom he afterward worked one yeav and six 
 weeks, which they considered equivalent to the 
 sum of *28, the amount of his passage money. It 
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 prospect was discouraging at the outset, young i sSSv 
 Haffner persevered, and fulfilled his agreement to 
 the letter. For the second j^ear's wages, in the em- 
 ployment of another party, he received 150, which 
 was quite an improvement on the former salary 
 While with his latter employer, Mr. Hildebrand 
 his father was derisively spoken of as a man who, 
 with little provocation, had signed away his birth- 
 right. This greatly angered Frederick, and he 
 forthwith severed his relations with the Hilde- 
 brands, and started out independently for the 
 West. He was prospered in his undertakings, but 
 was not married until thirty-five years of age. The 
 lady of his choice was Miss Barbara M. Faith, a 
 German lady who came to the United States and 
 located in Iowa at the age of tweutj'-four years. 
 She is still living with her youngest daughter on 
 the old homestead. Tlie parental family consisted 
 of eight children, three of whom are deceased. 
 
 Jacob Haffner is the eldest living child of the 
 five survivors of his father's family, and was the 
 second in order of birth. Before the deatli of his 
 father the latter had accumulated a fine property 
 and become noted throughout his section for his 
 energy, enterprise and steady perseverance. He 
 was a stanch adherent of the Democratic party, and 
 with his wife belonged to the Presb3'terian Church, 
 and assisted in the establishment of the Presbyter- 
 ian Theological Seminary at Dubuque. He pos- 
 sessed peculiar views in regard to the temperance 
 question, believing in low license, but bitterly op- 
 posed to the excessive use of intoxicating drinks. 
 He was also opposed to secret societies, believing 
 they had their origin among wicked men. While 
 in West Point Township he was located only one 
 mile north of the si)ot where two of his eountr^^- 
 men were murdered by the IMormons in 1845. His 
 death occurred at his home in this township on the 
 27th of February, 1874. In spite of his many pe- 
 culiar traits of character as judged liy some peo- 
 ple, lie was greatly respected, and his neighbors had 
 abundant faith in his honesty and integrity. 
 
 Jacob Haffner, our subject, was reared on his 
 father's farm, and received a fair education in the 
 district schools. After iirriving at years of man- 
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Louisa Vonikahl, who was of German parentage 
 and ancestry. Her parents were natives of Han- 
 over, and after emigrating to this countr}', came to 
 Lee County, and locating in Franklin Township, re- 
 mained there until the close of theii- lives. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ilaffner are the parents of five 
 children — Orlie, Clara, Peter, Louisa, and an in- 
 fant unnamed. They occupy a comfortable farm 
 dwelling, and Mr. H. has good barns and out- 
 houses. The homestead comprises eighty acres of 
 land, the larger part uf which is improved, and the 
 balance is tiniJier. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members 
 of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics the sub- 
 ject of our sketch is independent. The portraits of 
 the father and mother of our subject, Frederick and 
 Maria Haffner, appear in connection with this 
 sketch. 
 
 ■il/OHN MENDENHALL, a leading farmer of 
 Cedar Township, comes from excellent an- 
 cestry, and possesses in a marked degree the 
 qualities of honor and honesty which distin-' 
 guished his forefathers. He is a native of this 
 county, his birth having occured in Cedar Town- 
 ship on the 25th of June, 18.50. His father, Jacob 
 Mendenhall, was a prominent pioneer of the county, 
 and an extended sketch of him maj' bo found else- 
 where in this volume. 
 
 John Mendenhall was reared on the home farm, 
 received his primary education in the district 
 schools, and attended A^^litt^er College, Salem, two 
 terms. He has alwa3's lived on the old homestead, 
 and was never sep.arated from his parents until their 
 death, with the exception of three years which, on 
 account of ill-health, he spent as a traveler in the 
 employ of the American Tract Society. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Mendenhall and Miss Jen- 
 nie Blackledge occurred at Union, PLirdin Co., 
 Iowa, Sept. 29, 1874. Mrs. M. is a n.ative of 
 Salem Township, Henry Co., Iowa, and was born 
 Sept. 29, 18.53. Her father, Charles Blackledge, 
 was a native of Ohio, and at an early day crossed 
 the Mississippi and located in Salem Township, 
 where he still lives. In early manhood he was mar- 
 ried to Miss Hannah Heard, a teacher, and a native 
 
 of his own State, who departed this life when the 3 
 subject of our sketch was yet an infant. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. M. have five children — Clyde, 
 Zula, Gracie, .Silvia Bell and Mamie Louise. They 
 are connected with the Friends' Church, and in poli- 
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 of good land where he has a comfortable : 
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 1S41, and came to Iowa with his parents when but 3' i 
 an infant. He received a common-school educa- cifn 
 tion, and grew to manhood accustomed to niercan- 5 
 tile pursuits. He subsequently engaged in insur- j 
 ance and for two years was the partner of Charles 
 E. Babcock, engaged in the grain trade. 
 
 Mr. Nunu served four j'cars as Deputy' Sheriff of 
 Lee County, and was then elected Sheriff, holding 
 this position two terms. At the expiration of this 
 time he returned to the insurance business, becom- 
 ing State Agent for the Connecticut Fire of Hart- 
 ford. He was married in 1866, to Miss Elizabeth 
 C, daughter of Thomas and Mary Espy, and a na- 
 tive of Franklin, Pa. Of this marriage there were 
 born ten children, as follows: John E., Ralph A., 
 Mary L., Emma Josephine, Thomas E., Elizabeth 
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 ETER OKELL, of Ft. Madison, is a native 
 of Cheshire, England, born Jan. C, 18;M, 
 and the son of Peter and Martha (Corker) 
 Okell, also natives of the British Empire. 
 Our subject received but a limited education, and 
 when only eleven years of age went on board a 
 ship as a sailor boy. He learned a large jiart of his 
 duties on the Mediterranean Sea, and subsequently 
 sailed into ports in East India and Australia, and 
 finally sailed around the world. He was a bright 
 and .ambitious lad, and the general favorite of the 
 ship's compau}-. He became Third Mate of the 
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 made Master of :i coasting schoiinev. He followed 
 the sea for thirteen years, and then, while at New 
 Orleans, took a trip up the Mississippi River to 
 IJenraark, Lee Co., Iowa, where he had a friend 
 living. lie also at this time entered some land in 
 Cass County wliich, however, he never occupied. 
 
 In 185.5 Mr. Okell made a voy.age from New 
 York to Liverpool, returned, and the following year 
 repeated it. He then entered the emplo}' of Col. 
 Gustave Bracket, who was engaged in the nurserj' 
 business at Denmark, Iowa. Three 3'ears later he 
 went to Kansas and opened up a farm, but as this 
 w.as during the time of the Kansas-Nebraska trouble 
 he onh' remained in that vicinity one year. In the 
 meantime he was afflicted with fever and ague, and 
 took a trip to Europe for his health. After his re- 
 turn to Lee County he was appointed guard in the 
 Iowa State Penitentiary at Ft. IVIadison, which 
 position he occupied about one j'ear, fulfilling its 
 duties with great credit to himself and satisfaction 
 to all concerned. 
 
 Peter Okell and Miss Martha D. Atlee were 
 united in marriage Jan. 29, 18G0. Mrs. Okell is 
 the daughter of J. C. and Emilj' S. (Brooks) Atlee, 
 and was born at Ft. Madison in 1840. Soon after 
 their marriage Mr. Okell entered the employ of S. 
 & J. C. Atlee, father and son, who are now carry- 
 ing on an extensive lumber business at Ft. Madi- 
 son. He remained with the firm until about 18G2, 
 and after the breaking out of the late Civil War. 
 He then enlisted in the United States Navy, was 
 appointed Ensign, and ordered to report to Commo- 
 dore Penock. He was soon afterward promoted to 
 the rank of Lieutenant and made the Commodore's 
 executive otHeer. Commodore Pennock was sub- 
 sequentlj' transferred to another command, and 
 Lieut. Okell became the executive oflicer of Com- 
 modore Livingston, with whom he remained until 
 the close of the war. 
 
 After his return from the naval service Mr. Okell 
 again entered the employ of Messrs. S. & J. C. At- 
 lee. In 18G.5 he became a member of the firm, and 
 purchased a sawmill at Stillwater, Minn., having 
 charge of the same for the following three years, 
 at the expiration of which time the C(jmpany sold 
 out and dissolved partnership. The two Atlees, 
 father and son, then became associated together in 
 
 business, and Mr. Okell has since that time been 
 one of the trusted employes of the firm. 
 
 Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Okell there 
 have been born five children — Charles L., Frank 
 A., Emeline B., .John A. and Sadie M. Mr. Okell 
 has given each of his children a fair education and 
 caused his sons to learn a useful trade, thus provid- 
 ing them with something substantial with wliich to 
 start upon the voyage of life. 
 
 Mr. Okell is a remarkably intelligent and well in- 
 formed gentleman, and has fuU^' improved his large 
 experience in life. He has seen many strange 
 sights and curious people in his journe3's over the 
 face of the globe, .and his experiences if related 
 would fill a volume. He is highly esteemed in this 
 vicinity as a business man and a citizen. He is a 
 member of Stella Lodge No. 440, A. F. & A. M.; 
 Washington Chapter No. 17, R. A. M.,at Stillwater, 
 Minn., .and Dam.ascus Commandery No. 5, Knights 
 Templar of Keokuk, Iowa. He is also a member 
 of the I. 0. O. F., and is at present commander of 
 James B. Sample Post No. 107, G. A. R. 
 
 'jfJAMES W. CAMPBELL, a resident of Ft. 
 Madison, is a native of Missouri, and was 
 born in Lewis County, June 17, 1825. His 
 great-grandfather, Robert Campbell, emi- 
 grated to America in 1657, making the voyage as 
 Captain of a whaling-vessel. He settled in Con- 
 necticut and remained there until his death. His 
 son, Moses, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, 
 and after the independence of the colonies was es- 
 tablished, settled at Utica, N. Y. Isaac R. Camp- 
 bell, the father of our subject, remained with his 
 parents until he was eighteen years old, and then 
 started out with the intention of pursuing a sea- 
 faring life. Circumstances, however, induced him 
 to change his pl.ans, and he went to Pittsfield, Mass., 
 and finally engaged as a laborer on the Erie Canal. 
 From there he went to Pennsylvania, and thence 
 to Wellsville, Ohio. After a time he shipped as 
 cook on a keel-boat on the Ohio River, which oc- 
 cupation he followed for a time, and then became a 
 "jack of all trades." In 1823 he married, and 
 settled on a farm, and two years later loaded his 
 household goods on two canoes and paddled to the 
 present site of Nauvoo, where he engaged in keep^ 
 
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 in the lead mines of Galena. Five j'ears later he 
 sold out his property at Naiivoo, and came to J^ee 
 County, and in the spring of the following year re- 
 moved to the present site of Keokuk, and in com- 
 jiany with Dr. S. C. Muir, engaged as an In- 
 dian trader. 
 
 In 1834 Mr. Campbell appealed to Hon. Spaidd- 
 ing, the Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, 
 to secure tlie passage of an act to enable half-breeds 
 to sell their lands, and two years later organized 
 the St. Louis Land Com|>Mny. He also sold a part 
 of his landed interests in Keokuk, which consisted 
 of a jiolato patch of a few acres, and in 1838 sold 
 his remaining interest in the lialf-breed tract to a 
 man named Knight and Josepli Smith, the Mormon 
 I'rophet, the stipulated price being |il 4,000. They 
 paid him 12,000 down, and gave their notes for the 
 balance. He toolv no mortgage and the notes were 
 never paid. Mr. C. still holds them as souvenirs of 
 another age. At this time, in consequence of the 
 anti-slavery feeling in Iowa and the agitation 
 subsequent, Mr. Campbell removed to St. Francis- 
 ville. Mo. 
 
 Our subject, in his younger daj's, devoted his 
 time to catching fish and drifting logs, and subse- 
 (picntly became a pilot on tlie river. This latter 
 business seemed one for wliich he was peculiarly 
 fitted, and he became verj- skillful, after a time be- 
 ing promoted master of tlie steamer " Badger 
 State, " and suljsequently commanded some of the 
 (inest Ijoats plying the Father of Waters. He built 
 and commanded the steamer '• Rock Island, " and 
 after abandoning the river business became exten- 
 sively engaged trading in grain from the years 
 1872 to 1874, during which he built several ware- 
 houses on the B. cV: S. W. R. R. in Van Buren, Da- 
 vis and Appanoose Counties. 
 
 James W. Campbell was married in 1849, to 
 Miss Kliza J. Eversole, and of this union there have 
 been born three sons, viz., J. W., Jr., B. H. and J. R. 
 
 ASHINGTON G ALLAND, one of the most 
 
 prominent lawyers in Lee County, and 
 
 wliose [tortrait we present on the opposite 
 
 )age, is a resident of Montrose, and enjoying an 
 
 extensive practice in that locality. He is a close 
 student, well read in his profession, of whieli lie i.- 
 an able representative. He is the son of Is.aac ami 
 Hannah (Kinney) (hilland, natives of ]\Iarylaiiil 
 and Ohio, respectively. Isaac Galland was Ihhii in 
 May, 1790, while his parents were on their j()uriie\- 
 by wagon from K<jrf(ilk, Va., to Jlarietta, Ohiu. 
 After a residence in Ohio of several 3'ears the fa- 
 ther of our subject removed West and became one 
 of the earliest pioneers of Lee Cimnty, and one of 
 the most noted men of those early days. 
 
 He made his first settlement on the Mississippi 
 River at an Indian trading establishment at the 
 Lower Yellow Banks, now Oquawka, Henderson Ci 1.. 
 111., aljout the spring of 1820. There he located 
 and remained until about July, 1827, when, on ac- 
 count <if threatened hostility by the Indians, he re- 
 moved with his family down the Mississippi River, 
 stopping and camping over night on what is now 
 Iowa soil, at a point near the present location ( if 
 Atlee's Mills, and two or three hundred yards from 
 the monument marking the place of his burial in 
 the cemetery at Ft. Madison; thence to Commerce, 
 now Nauvoo, 111. There he left his family wilii 
 his father-in-law, Peter Kinney, crossed the river lo 
 the point near (iuard Jxtck, now ( ialland Post-Offlce, 
 Lee County, where, with the aid of men employed 
 for that purpose, he cut logs and built houses for 
 the accommodation of his family and for his store 
 or trading-post. To these he removed with his 
 family and his stoclv of merchandise, Sept. 24, 1827. 
 He was a strong personal friend of Dr. Muir's, who 
 located at Keokuk some time jirevious. 
 
 Isaac Galland had previously- studied and prac- 
 ticed medicine in Fulton County, III, and else- 
 wliere for several j-ears, and began its [jractice in 
 Lee County in 1827. At a Later date he prac- 
 ticed medicine successfully as well as accept- 
 abl3' in Hancock County, 111., and in Lee County, 
 Iowa. He enjo3'ed to a remarkable degree the 
 confidence of his patrons. He was especiallj' suc- 
 cessful in his treatment of diolora and prevent- 
 ing the spread of epidemics tiirougli the county. 
 "Dr. (ialiaiid's Family Medicines," inscribed on a, 
 wooden case about twentj' by twelve inclies in size, 
 painted red, and containing tlio usual and simple 
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 accidents most prevalent or common among the 
 early settlers of the country, was, between the years 
 1833 and 1.S39, to l)e found in almost every cabin 
 and liome of settlers within a radius of thirty to 
 fifty miles from Ah-wi-pe-tuck, both in Illinois and 
 Iowa. It constituted a very important part of the 
 domestic economy of every household, as many of 
 the surviving pioneers of that time testify. 
 
 Dr. Galland had brought his wife and infant son, 
 Washington, with him, and established a home at 
 what was tiien called Ah-wi-pe-tiiclc, a name sig- 
 nifying the head of the rapids or cascades on the 
 Mississippi River between Keolcuk and Montrose. 
 The village is now called Galland Post-Office, and 
 by the Government worlvs it is called the Guard 
 Lock, and the railway station adjacent is Nashville. 
 The wife of Isaac Galland died at his home March 
 17, 1831. 8he was of Holland extraction, and her 
 husband, the father of our subject, was of Scotch 
 descent. Isaac Galland departed this life Nov. 28, 
 1858. 
 
 Dr. Isaac Galland was prominently identified 
 with the early history and settlement of tlie 
 ," half-breed track " in this county, as one of the 
 Trustees and the General Agent of "The Des 
 Moines Land Association," or " New York Com- 
 pany," as it was generally called. He caused to be 
 surveyed, platted and named, the city of Keokuk; 
 gave the names to its principal streets, parks, etc., 
 and while he "sowed that others might reap" 
 largely, neither he nor his associates realized the 
 hopeful anticipation of great wealth from their in- 
 vestment, and the failure in this regard may be 
 reasonablj' attributed to .n natural cause, i. e., mu- 
 tual distrust and disagreement among themselves. 
 
 Dr. Galland and wife became the parents of three 
 children, one of whom died in infancj^ unnamed. 
 Eleanor, who was born at Ah-wi-pe-tuck, Feb. 4, 
 1830, was undoubtedly the first child of white par- 
 ents born in the territorj^ now called Lee County. 
 She became the wife of J. Thornburg and lives 
 near Ottumwa, Iowa. She has by a former hus- 
 band, Capt. Isaac McPherson, four children liv- 
 ing. Washington, the subject of our sketcli, was 
 boru July 20, 1827, either near Commerce, Han- 
 cock Co., 111., or at Oquawka, or tlie Lower Yellow 
 Banlts, Henderson Co., 111.; the family records be- 
 
 ing lost or destroyed, Mr. Galland is not positive 
 concerning tlie exact place of his birth. He grew 
 to manhood on tlie river, hunting, fishing and 
 swimming with his pl.aymates, who were, often 
 the half-breeds of tiie Sac and Fox Indians. 
 He received his primary education in company 
 with his fellow student, Capt. James W. Camp- 
 bell, of Ft. Madison, in the log school-house, 
 with its window-panes of greased paper, its floor 
 of puncheon and its desks of slabs, siipi)orted by 
 poles driven into the logs. His first teacher was 
 Benjamin Jennings, who is now living in Oreo-on 
 Territory at an advanced age. The incidents of 
 the early life of Mr. Galland, as related by him, 
 would compose an interesting volume. 
 
 Mr. Galland commenced the study of law at his 
 father's house under the instruction of Stephen W. 
 Powers, a talented lawyer from Ohio, who made his 
 home with Dr. Galland at Keokuk, when he was 
 but a boy, and took a course of reading in the office 
 of Coleman & Simmons at St. Louis, Mo. He re- 
 turned to Iowa in 1856, and afterward entered the 
 office of Rankin & Miller, at Keokuk, and, after a 
 thorough course of study, he passed examination 
 and was admitted to practice on the 19th of Feb- 
 ruary, 1859. He was afterward admitted to the 
 Federal Courts, and has practiced in the States of 
 Illinois, Missouri, California and Iowa. " In the 
 meantime," he says, " he has swam in luxury at 
 times and then again been reduced to what the 
 coal miner would call bed rock." He has witnessed 
 remarkable changes since his boyhood days, and 
 the comparison between the scenes amid which he 
 passed his youth, and those now witnessed, seems 
 more like a dream of the night than solid reality. 
 
 Mr. Galland has always enjoyed in a marked de- 
 gree the confidence and esteem of his fellow-towns- 
 men, and they liave honored him with the various 
 offices within their gift. In addition to having 
 filled the minor offices of his town and township, 
 in 1803, he was elected as a member of the Gen- 
 eral Assembly of Iowa, and served one term, after 
 which he was renominated by the Republicans, but 
 was defeated with the balance of his ticket. 
 
 When only nineteen years of age he enlisted in Co. 
 A, 3d Rgt. Missouri Mounted Volunteers, in the 
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 army under the command of Gen. Sterling Price 
 into Old JMexico, where he served until the close 
 of the Wai-, and was honcirablj^ discharged at In- 
 dependence, Mo., on the return of his regiment to 
 that State. 
 
 At the outbreak of the Ivchclliou, Mr. (ialland, 
 laying aside his personal and business interests, de- 
 cided to devote his services to assist in the preserv- 
 ation of the Union. He raised a company of vol- 
 unteers and organized them as Co. H, 6th Iowa 
 Vol. Inf., of which he was given the command as 
 Captain. It mustered at Camp Warren, near Bur- 
 lington, on the 17th day of July, to serve for three 
 years or during the war. On account of ill-health, 
 Capt. (Jalland, two years later, was obliged to re- 
 sign his commission. He had been captured at 
 Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and was held a prisoner for 
 seven months. This tedious confinement and the 
 privations which he endured, the lack of proper 
 food and clothing, brought about a debility from 
 which he was a long time recovering. 
 
 Mr. Galland was initiated, passed and raised to the 
 sublime degree of a Master Mason in Joppa Lodge 
 No. 136, at Montrose, Iowa, and presided in the 
 
 East for some two terras. He also belonged to a 
 lodge in Missouri. He took an active part in re- 
 organizing lodges after the close of the war. He 
 was exalted to the Royal Ai'ch Chapter Degree at 
 Keokuk, which was called Gate City No. 7, and 
 also became a Knight Templar of Damascus Cuni- 
 manderj' at Keokuk. He has now demittcd from 
 all these secret bodies; he holds his demits and is 
 a non-afliliatcd member, but remaining an honor- 
 ary life member of >St. John Commandery, K. T. h 
 K. M.. of Springfield, Mo. He is also a member of 
 the orders of K. of P. and (x. A. R. 
 
 In August, 1885, Mr. Galland was elected Presi- 
 dent of the Pioneers and Old Settlers' Association, 
 and re-elected the following year. He has dis- 
 charged the duties of this office with great credit 
 to himself, and to the satisfaction of the members 
 of the association, and has been chosen to deliver 
 the annual address on several occasions, his audi- 
 ences usually aggregating 12,000 people. He is a 
 gentleman of more than ordinary' intelligence, an 
 extensive reader and well informed, and is one of 
 the leaders in every worthy enterprise taken in 
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 Who never to himself hath said, 
 'This is my own, my native land." 
 
 ;F0RE taking up the history 
 of the settlement of Lee 
 County, it has been thought 
 proper to give a brief ae- 
 connt of the discovery, and 
 the succession of govern- 
 ments, of which the terri- 
 tory has been under, that is 
 now embraced by the State of Iowa, 
 and of which this county forms so im- 
 portant a factor. Passing over the 
 Mound-Builders, of whom we know 
 l)ut little, and the Indians, of whom 
 it has been the general disposition of 
 the white race to know less, the first 
 man to discover and set his foot upon 
 the soil of Iowa was Father Jacques 
 Marquette, who, with his companions on 
 a voyage of discovery, under the auspices of the 
 French Government, having passed through Can- 
 ada, left the southern extremity of Green Bay, and 
 in their frail canoes ascended Fox River to its head- 
 waters. From there they carried their canoes 
 across to the Wisconsin River, launched their boats, 
 and floated down the stream, entering the Missis- 
 sippi June 17, 1673. Father Marquette continued 
 his sail down the majestic river, with joy unsur- 
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 lying on either shore. June 21, he made a landing 
 on the west bank, where he discovered a trail, made 
 by human feet, which he followed. This led him 
 across a beautiful meadow into an Indian village 
 on the Des Moines River, some six miles from the 
 present site of the city of Keokuk. The voyagers 
 were warmly received bj' the Indians, who regarded 
 them as coming from a new world. Father Mar- 
 quette remained with these n.ative children, the 
 mini tribe, whose language he understood, and who 
 treated him with the most distinguished kindness 
 and attention, several days, and then bidding them 
 an affectionate farewell he took his departure, pro- 
 ceeding down the Mississippi until he became satis- 
 fied of its flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. 
 
 Thus Iowa, the " Beautiful Land," was first dis- 
 covered. Over 100 years passed before it was oc- 
 cupied or settled by the white man. The first was 
 a French adventurer named Julian Dubuque, who is 
 supposed to have obtained his knowledge of this 
 country from Father Marquette. Dubuque made 
 a claim, and commenced work in the lead mines, 
 near the present site of the city which bears 
 his name, in 1788. This was the first settlement 
 made in the territorj' now occupied by the State 
 of Iowa. It was at this time under the do- 
 minion of Spain. For a century France claimed 
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 France. Jn 180;3, Napoleon Bonaparte, then First 1 the Territory of Illinois, and so remained until B|} 
 
 Consul of Frnnce, ceded this territory to the United ' >^' •' "Koh ;f f,.,.,„fwi .i i,o,-i ..f Af;^;;, >...-; 'r«....;f,>..,- *!' 
 States. The following yenr the Ixiiuidary line be- 
 tween the upper :md lower territory of the Mis- 
 sissippi N'allcy was established. The lower country 
 
 was called the Territory of New tJrleaus, and the 
 upper the District of Louisiana, in which the ter- 
 ritory comprising the States of Arkansas, ^Missouri, 
 Iowa and Minnesota was contained, and which was 
 attached fo the Territory of Indiana for political and 
 
 itory 
 1812, when it formed a jiart of IMissouri Tprrlti>ry. jh 
 \\'lien, in 1821, Missouri formed one in tlie grand : Jj 
 galaxy of States, this territory or countrj' was left : j 
 out in the cold. Subsequently, in 1884, it formed J: J 
 a part of Michigan Territory. In 18:^0 the Terri- 
 tory of Wisconsin was formed, which included 
 Iowa. .Inly ;il, 18,38, the Territory of Iowa was a;| 
 organized. Dec. 28, 1846, Iowa was admitted intn 3^ 
 the Union. 3; 
 
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 HEN the Indians came into 
 this country is not known. 
 5 Father Marquette found 
 them here when he first de- 
 scended the Mississippi, in 
 Ki?.!. On June 21 of that 
 year, with his little party, he 
 made a landing on the western b.ank of 
 the Father (^f Waters, near the mouth of 
 a beautiful stream believed to have been 
 what is now Sandusky Creek, where they 
 discovered a trail. Following it a short 
 distance they came upon some Indi.ins, 
 who, after being addressed in their own 
 language by Father Jlarquette, conducted 
 him ti> their village, about six miles from where 
 tlie^- had landed. The Indian vilKige was on the 
 banks of the Dcs Moines River, about six miles 
 west from Keokuk, known since as the Shepherd 
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 which he left of this noted voyage, speaks of two ; 
 
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 here. He raised the cross, and addressed the :' 
 
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 then ceded to Spain, then back again to France, and 
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 advent of white men the different tribes had been 
 from time to time at war with each otlier for |JOS- 
 session. 
 
 At the time tlie white settlements were being 
 made on the eastern bank.-; of the Mississippi, this 
 part of the country was in possession of the Sac 
 and Fox tribes. They neither toiled nor spun, 
 but subsisted b}' hunting and fishing mainly, and 
 dwelt in tents or wigwams. AVhile they held 
 the laud they improved it not. The arts of civil- 
 ized husbandry and industry were unknown to 
 them. The soil, so prolific, so respondent to the 
 hand of man, was never turned by them except to 
 bury tlieir dead or plant a little maize. It was not 
 in the nature of divine economy that this country, 
 so rich, so fair, and so productive, should Ije for- 
 ever barred against tlie husbandman and artisan, 
 against development and civilization, and held only 
 for hunting-grounds. While it is not denied that 
 there were wrongs committed against the Indian, 
 yet it was for him to cultivate these lands, or leave 
 them for those who would, ^^'hen the whites com- 
 menced to make their settlement in the territory 
 now embraced by this county, there were several 
 Indian villages, or camps, the principal one being 
 at what is now known as Montrose, and presided 
 over by Chief ^\'apello. There were Indians also 
 on the east side uf the river. 
 
 The first white settlers here established trading- 
 places, their principal dealings being with the In- 
 dians, supplying them with such goods as they 
 wanted, and receiving in return furs, pelts, wild 
 game, etc. There was then no conflict between 
 the two races, the white man being here by consent 
 of the red. Their intercourse with each other was 
 not onlj' friendly, but often partook of a social 
 character. The whites increased in numbers on the 
 Indian dominion, while peace and harmony reigned 
 until the breaking out of the Black Hawk War. 
 The Sacs and Foxes, of which Black Hawk was one 
 of the chiefs, were occupants of. the lower part of 
 the. eastern slope of Iowa, and it was from Keokuk 
 that large numbers of the Indians started on the war 
 path. They rendezvoused at Ft. Madison, crossed 
 the river a little below the landing at the (iresent 
 site oi Pontoosuc, Hancock Co., 111., and nuirching 
 
 through that State, fought the two principal battles 
 of the war in what is now the State of Wisconsin, 
 the last and decisive battle being fought at Bad 
 Axe, in which Black Hawk was defeated and soon 
 surrendered. 
 
 This was the last conflict between the red and white 
 race east of the Mississippi. A council was soon held, 
 at which a treaty was made, the Sacs and Foxes ced- 
 ing to the United States a tract of land fifty miles 
 wide, on the eastern border <A Iowa, from the north- 
 ern boundary of Missouri to the mouth of the upper 
 Iowa River, and extending to the Mississippi, con- 
 taining in all (1,000,000 acres, and which was after- 
 ward known as the Black Hawk Purchase. From 
 this tract there was reserved for the use of the Sac 
 and Fox tribes 400 square luiles of land situated on 
 the Iowa River, which was known as the Keokuk 
 Reserve. This was held by the Indians until 1835, 
 and then ceded to the United States. 
 
 After Black Hawk's return from prison at Fortress 
 Monroe, he lived among his people at the reserva- 
 tion on the Iowa River, with his fanul^-, and was a 
 frequent visitor at Ft. Madison, Keokuk, and other 
 parts of this county. When the Indians of this 
 reservation were removed further up the Des 
 Moines, Black Hawk went with them, and re- 
 mained there until his death, Oct. 3, 1838. Clothed 
 in a suit which had been presented to him by 
 President Jackson, he was buried by the side of 
 a large spring near the residence of James Jordan, 
 an old Indian trader, near the village of Eldon. It 
 was reported that his remains were afterwaril stolen, 
 but subsequently recovered, and tlie skeleton pre- 
 sented to his people; thej- however, with Indian 
 superstition, refused to receive them, when they 
 were deposited in the museum at Burlington. The 
 building was subsequentlj' destroyed b}- fire, and 
 witli it all that was mortal of the great Sac warrior. 
 
 Half-Biocd Tra«t. 
 
 sHIS tract figured quite largely in the early 
 history of this county, occupying that por- 
 tion of land between the Des Moines and 
 Mississippi Rivers, suutii of a line drawn from a 
 
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 point on the Des Moines about one mile below 
 Farmington, east, touching the lower part of Ft. 
 Madison, to the Misssissippi, comprising an area of 
 110,000 acres. This tract was established by a 
 treaty between the United States and the Sac and 
 Fox tribes, Aug. 4, 1824, and was reserved for the 
 half-breeds, a race produced by the intermarriages 
 of white adventurers, traiipers, traders, agents of 
 the American Fur Company, and ufflcers of the 
 Government with the women of the Sac and Fox 
 na'^ions long before actual settlements had been 
 made in the Territory of Iowa. There weie many 
 respectable people among them, and some educated 
 gentlemen. B3' this treaty the half-breeds could 
 ^ occupy but not sell the land, that right being re- 
 served to the United States. This arrangement 
 did not suit the adventurers and speculators of 
 that day, and finally Congress was induced to pass 
 an act by which this reversionary right was relin- 
 quished, and the half-breeds acquired the lands in 
 fee simple, llpon this, speculators rushed in to 
 buy lands of the half-breeds, often securing large 
 tracts for a blanket, a pony, or a few gallons of 
 whisky. The speculators, however, often got the 
 worst of it, for the Indians were apt pupils, aud 
 began claiming ownership to lands not belonging 
 to them, whicii they would sell to the speculators. 
 There were no authorized surveys or established 
 lines, and as a natural sequence, many conflicts and 
 quarrels arose. 
 
 To settle these and establish the validity of 
 claims, or sell them for the benefit of the rightful 
 owner, the Legislature of Wisconsin Territory, un- 
 der which this Territory was then governed, in 
 1848 passed an act providing for the appointment 
 of three Commissioners, to be clothed with author- 
 ity to adjudicate in these cases, and also providing 
 that they should be paid *(! per day each. The 
 ^ men chosen were Edward Johnstone, Thomas S. 
 AVilson and David Brigham. They entered upon 
 their duties, but the next session of the Legislature 
 repealed the act, invalidating all that had been 
 done, and depriving the Commissioners of their sal- 
 ?^ i j aries. The act, however, authorized the Commis- 
 sioners to bring action against the owners of the 
 Half-Brecd Tract, to recover pay f(jr tlieii- salaries 
 in the District Court of Lee County. Two judg- 
 
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 ments were obtained, and the vvhole tract was sold 
 on execution to H. T. Reid, tlie Sheriff executing 
 the deed. Mr. Reid sold portions of this land to 
 various parties, but his title wa^ disi)uted and he 
 became involved in litigation. Decisions in his fa- 
 vor, aud tiio.-e holding under him, were made by 
 the District aud .Supreme Courts. It finally reached 
 the Supreme Court of the Uniteil States, when 
 these decisions were reversed in tlie case <if .loseph 
 \Vebster, plaintiff in error, cs. Hugh T. Reid, and 
 the judgment titles failed. Some years before these 
 judgment titles were abrogated, as above, another 
 class of titles was brought iuto com[)etilion with 
 them, and in the conflict between tiie two the final 
 decision was obtained. These were the titles 
 based on the decree of partition issued by the 
 United States District Court for the Territory of 
 Iowa, in May, 1841. John.stone & Reid. then law- 
 partners at Ft. Madison, filed the petition for the 
 decree in behalf of the St. Louis claimants of half- 
 breed lands. Francis S. Key, distinguished as the 
 anthor of the "Star Spangled Banner," was then 
 attorney for the New York Land Company, who 
 held large interests in these lands, and took a 
 leading part in the measure, drawing up the docu- 
 ment which was presented to the court. • The plan 
 of partition divided the tract into shares, and ar- 
 ranged that each claimant should draw his propor- 
 tion by lot, and should abide by the result, whatever 
 it miglit be. This arrangement was subscribed to, 
 the lots drawn, and the plat of the same filed in the 
 Recorder's office. Upon this basis the titles to the || 
 laud in the Half-Breed Tract are held at the pros 
 ent day. 
 
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 nN 1830 Keokuk ceded his reserve to the 
 United States for $30,000 and an annuity of 
 /1\ $10,000 for ten consecutive years, and he and ^ 
 his followers turned their faces toward the setting 
 sun. Oct. 21, 1837, another treaty was made at 
 Washington, by which the Sacs and Foxes ceded 
 to the Government the tract of land adjoining the 
 Black Hawk Purchase on the west. This tract was 
 conveyed by them to the United States by the 
 treaty of 1832, and contains 1,250,00(1 acres. 
 
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LEE COUNTY. 
 
 Of the chiefs who used to be here and with 
 whom the early settlers were the best acquainted, 
 Black Hawk, Keokuk, and Wapelki were the most 
 noted. Of the former a brief aceeiuiit has been 
 given. They were ail able chiefs, Black Hawk the 
 better ^^■arrior, Keokuk the better orator and dip- 
 lomatist. Keokuk, after whom the principal city in 
 Lee County is named, was a fine specimen of the 
 red man. tall, straight, and of commanding presence. 
 He was selected by the (Tovernuient to distribute 
 the annuities to the Sacs and Foxes, not only ou 
 account of his friendliness to the United States, but 
 for his influence with his race. He was by nature 
 endowed with the elements which make orators, 
 and is entitled to rank among the best Indian 
 orators of his time. It was unfortunate for him, so 
 far ss his fame among the white people is con- 
 cerned, that he never had an interpreter who could 
 properly represent him. He knew that Black Hawk's 
 war against the whites would result only in the de- 
 
 feat and slaughter of his people, and by his skill- 
 ful management he succeeded in retaining a major- 
 ity of them at home. He died in Kansas in 1 848 
 from the effects of poison administered by one of 
 his tribe. The Indian was arrested, confessed his 
 guilt, and was shot. Keokuk left a son of consid- 
 erable ability, but he was not very popular with his 
 people. Wapello, an Indian of strong mind and 
 good principles, was powerful in liis tribe and a 
 friend of the whites. He was the successor vf 
 Black Hawk in rank. He died at the forks of 
 Skunk River, March 15, 1842, and his remains 
 were taken to the Indian Agency and interred near 
 where Agency City is now located. The rite of burial 
 was performed as the sun was going down, with the 
 usual Indian ceremonies. At his request, his re- 
 mains were placed by the side of Gen. Street's, for 
 whom he had a high regard. His grave was subse- 
 quently cared for b}' the Chicago, Burlington &. 
 Quincy Railroad Company', whose road passes near it. 
 
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 Ilonore Tesson, a F"reiicliinan, 
 
 and was the second settlement 
 
 made in any part of tlie territory 
 
 now belonging to the State of 
 
 m Iowa. The claim made by Tesson 
 
 was one league square, and was a 
 
 Spanish grant. 
 
 Tesson's improvements on his new 
 iiome were considerable for those days, and rather 
 beyond what the times then seemed to warrant, for 
 he became involved in debt, and his claim, witli all 
 its improvements, was sold in 1803, under the 
 Spanish law, at public sale at the door of the par- 
 ish church in St. Louis, to satisfy creditors in that 
 town. He liad erected a dwelling and farm build- 
 ings, a trading-])ost, set out an orchard and made 
 gardens, all of which he had surrounded with piclvet 
 and rail fences. Tesson's creditor who became the 
 owner of his claim died in a few years, and in the 
 settlement of liis estate this claim with its improve- 
 ments passed into tlio possession of Thomas F. 
 Riddick for a triHc. France and Spain in their 
 treaties respected this grant, and upon the transfer 
 by France of the Louisiana territory to the United 
 
 States, the latter Government obligated itself to 
 respect it. The validity of this grant subse(pientlj- 
 became a matter of dispute, and was finally brought 
 before Congress for adjustment, when a commission 
 was appointed to determine the character and legal 
 rights of the claim. They reported favorably, but 
 on account of the Indian title not having been ex- 
 tinguished, the Recorder of Land Titles at Little 
 Rock, Ark., refused to issue a settlement right 
 to more than one mile square of the original Tesson 
 grant. This title was issued in 181(3, and the action 
 of the Recorder was sustained by the Government. 
 
 The orchard planted by Tesson, in after 3'ears 
 furnished fruit to tiie pioneers on botii sides of the pK 
 Mississippi, and provided the wa}- for tlieir chil- 
 dren to get their first taste of tliat standard fruit, 
 the apple. It also became one of tlie landmarks 
 of the country. It does not appear that Riddick 
 ever improved or occupied his possessions on the 
 banks of the Mississippi. 
 
 The next settlement in Lee County nas, treating 
 the establishment of Ft. Madison as a settlement, 
 about the 1st of January, 1805. This fort was 
 erected by Lieut. Z. M. Pike, who subsequently be- 
 came (luite distinguished as the leader of Pike's 
 Expedition, and for the ability displayed in form- 
 ing amicable relations with the Indians of the North- 
 western territoiy. The fort was named in honor of 
 President Madison, and was also sometimes called 
 Le Moine Factiiiy. A trading-house was opened 
 here which did a large business with the Indians 
 
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 Tesson lived on his grant with his famil}' until 
 about the time this territory came into the possess- 
 ion of the United States Government. Aside from 
 those who took up their abode at Ft. Madison, the 
 next settler after Tesson was a French trader bj' 
 the name of Lemoliese, who located in 1820 at 
 what is now .Sandusky. His improvements con- 
 sisted chiefly of a log cabin, in which he carried on 
 trading, and a garden patch fr<;)m which he drew 
 his supply of vegetables and corn! The place bore 
 his name for many years. Maurice Blondeau, an- 
 other Fi'enchman, came in about the same time, and 
 located about a mile above on the river. 
 
 The next improvement in what is now Lee 
 County, was the erection of a log cabin, during the 
 year 1820, at the foot of the rapids, now the pres- 
 ent site of Keokuk, bj' .Samuel C. Muir, a sur- 
 geon in the United States Army ; he was located 
 at Ft. Edwards, now known as Warsaw, 111., and 
 was married to an Indian woman. He lived in his 
 new cabin with his wife and children for a short 
 time, and then leased it to St. Louis parties and 
 moved to Galena, at which place and in Northern 
 Missouri he engaged in the practice of his profes- 
 sion. 
 
 Dr. Muir being regarded as the founder of Keo- 
 kuk, a brief sketch of him may be of interest. He 
 was a native of Scotland, graduated at Edinburgh 
 University, and soon thereafter emigrated to the 
 United States. Upon his arrival here he offered 
 his services as Surgeon to the Government, which 
 were accepted. He was sent to the frontier among 
 the military posts, where he came in contact with 
 the Indians. He soon became enamoured with a 
 beautiful young squaw, whom he married. The 
 Doctor and his Indian wife lived happily together 
 and h.ad several children. He was alwa3's accompan- 
 ied by his familj' wherever his duties caused him to 
 go, which was from post to post. This was at- 
 tended often with great inconvenience, which finally 
 caused him to make the provision mentioned above, 
 that his family might have a permanent home. 
 While stationed at Ft. F^dwards the War Depart- 
 ment issued orders to the effect that all officers 
 ■ and attaches of the army should at once abandon 
 and refuse to harbor any and all Indian women 
 around military posts. Dr. Muir at once resigned 
 
 his positif)n in the army, which was finally accepted. 
 Many flattering inducements were offered him to 
 abandon his wife and children, but this, to his 
 credit be it said, he refused to do, and taking his 
 family, to whom he was greatly' devoted, he bad 
 adieu to his companions and officers and left the 
 post. After several years' practice in the northern 
 I and northwestern settlements he returned with his 
 j family to his cabin at Keokuk, Puek-e-she-tuck, 
 as it was then called. He had been absent ten 
 years, during which period quite a change had 
 taken place, among others the American Fur Com- 
 pany having established a trading-post. Dr. Muir 
 died of cholera in 1832, and not long after his wife 
 and all but one of his children followed him. The 
 one left was a daughter, Louisa, who lived to a 
 good old age. 
 
 Some years elapsed after the coming of Dr. Muir 
 before another settlement was made in Lee County. 
 In the fall of 1827, Moses Stillwell, a carpenter of 
 St. Louis, with his wife, four children, and a young- 
 boy bj' the name of Valencourt A'anausdol, who 
 was living with him, embarked on board of an old 
 steamboat at St. Louis, bound for what was then 
 called the Indian Territory. After a passage of 
 six weeks they landed at the present site of 
 Quincy, 111. At this point they took an ox-wagon 
 and went to Ft. Edwards, where they wintered. 
 During that season the elder Stillwell crossed the 
 Mississippi, to the present site of Keokuk, and 
 put up two cabins near the foot of what is now 
 Main street. Early in the spring he moved his 
 family over. Further up he fenced in some ground, 
 and put in a crop of corn and potatoes. Two 
 years later Stillwell built a cabin at th(> foot of 
 High street, which he occupied until his death, in 
 1834. 
 
 The next pioneer of Lee County was Dr. Isaac 
 Galland (see biography of Washington Galland), 
 who came from Illinois in 1829, and settled at 
 what is now known as Nashville. He was a man 
 of marked ability, and left his impress upon the 
 people with whom he dwelt. He died at Ft. Mad- 
 ison in 1858. His daughter Eleanor was the first 
 white child born in Lee County. She was married 
 to a Mr. McPherson, and the last known of her she 
 was living at Ottumwa. Isaac R. Canqjbell, a 
 
 
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 friend of Dr. Gallanrl, who moved over from Nau- 
 voo in 1830, and became a neighbor of the doctor, 
 is believed to have been the fourth settler of this 
 county. These men, and especially' Dr. Gallaud, 
 expected Nashville would be in the then no distant 
 future a large commercial city. Indeed it had 
 great promises. 
 
 During that year there was added to this settle- 
 ment the Dedman family, lienjamin Jennings, who 
 taught the first school iu what is now Lee County, 
 and Samuel Brierly, whose son James was the first 
 Representative of the county. Mr. Jennings subse- 
 quently moved to Oregon, where he became a mil- 
 lionaire. Mr. Campbell remained here until the 
 
 jgsjl following spring, and then moved down to Keokuk. 
 
 ilPill His son, known as Capt. .lames W. Campbell, be- 
 came an active and ijroniinent business man in the 
 county, and widely known on the Mississippi. He 
 is now living .at Ft. Madison. His father moved 
 to Missouri, where he died at a ripe old age. 
 
 .Several miles up the beautiful Des Moines River, 
 iu what is now Des Moines Township, amid a sea 
 of wild flowers of every hue, John Tolman, in 1831, 
 made a claim and erected a little cabin for himself 
 and family. This primitive home was located near 
 what is known to-day as Noah Bailey's Place. 
 Several others about the settlements on the river 
 at this period engaged in trading with the Indians, 
 trapping, Inmting and fishing, among whom were 
 Russell Farnham, Mark Aldrich, Moses Stillwater, 
 tr Joshua Palean, Edward Bushnell, Paul Bessette, 
 H- Baptiste Neddeau and John Shook. 
 
 Shortly after the termination of the Black Hawk 
 War, and the establishment of peace with the In- 
 dians, a new impetus was given to immigration. 
 The fame of the eastern slope of Iowa, or the Black 
 Hawk Purchase, for the fertility of its ^oil and the 
 beauty of its l.indscape had extended eastward to 
 the Atlantic. It was regarded as an El Dorado, 
 and people were in a fever of anxiety to make 
 claims here. They could not wait for the Indians' 
 rights to expire, which by treaty was not until June 
 } 1, 1833, but intruded themselves into the Indian 
 SI domain without as much as saying " By your 
 leave, Mr. Indian." They would often be re- 
 moved by United States soldiers, but this did not 
 do much good, for as soon as the soldiers were 
 
 gone, they would return and re-occupy their claims. 
 They wanted to maintain for themselves the bene- 
 fit f)f the squatters' right, and to be on hand 
 and in possession when the land did come into 
 market. A might think, and undoubtedly did, 
 that if he did not take up the land B would, and 
 oice versa. This was enterprise, if it was not 
 honorable. Honor, however, is not always the 
 most acceptable companion for enterprise, and it is 
 often left behind. The prevailing principle is, 
 catch-who-catch-can. Many a man to-day poor, 
 would be a millionaire, had it not been that he 
 measured his actions by a high moral and consci- 
 entious standard. Yet when a man has amassed a 
 fortune by ways and means that were at least ques- 
 tionable, or that he would not want applied to him- 
 self, he can placate his conscience by some charit- 
 able or church endowment. This might be all right 
 were there not another record — above. 
 
 Among those wiio made claims to lands here be- 
 fore the Indian title was extinguished was Peter 
 Williams, who was then called a muUen-leaf doctor, 
 as he made some pretensions to physics. He came 
 in during or soon after the Black Hawk War, in 
 1832. and located at Ft. Madison, a little below the 
 old fort, and put up a cabin. This was the first 
 settlement made here, if we may except that made 
 at the time the fort and trading-post was estab- 
 lished. The mullen doctor's habitation here was 
 not destined to be a continuous, or a peaceful one, 
 for he was summarily dealt with. Some troops 
 came up from Ft. Armstrong, demolished his house, 
 and rolled the logs into the river. Peter they took 
 prisoner, and placed him in confinement at Com- 
 merce (Nauvoo, 111.), from which place he was re- 
 leased by the intercession of friends, upon his giv- 
 ing a jjledge that he would not again cross the river 
 while the Indians had rightful possession of the 
 lauds. Williams kept his pledge, and did not re- 
 cross the Mi,ssi.ssippi until the latter part of 1833, 
 when he came over and took possession of his old 
 claim. 
 
 Alxtut the same time there came Richard Chen3% 
 who put in a squatter's right near the present site 
 of the State Penitentiary. From Isaac R. Camp- 
 bell's " remembrances " it appears that these two 
 pioneers did uot get along very well together, and 
 
 
LEE COUNTY. 
 
 fov a time a small war-clond hung over the settle- 
 ment. A (lisi)ute arose between Peter and Richard 
 in regard to the boiiudarj' line, which became quite 
 hot. Finally Peter sought aid from Ft. Des Moines 
 in order to maintain his ground. His allies came 
 up, and fired a few rounds of blank cartridges into 
 Richard's fortifications, upon which he made an un- 
 conditional surrender, promising ever thereafter to 
 respect Peter's domain. 
 
 In addition to the above-named persons, there 
 were in Ft. Madison at this time .James and August 
 Horton, Zack. Hawkins, John H. and Nathaniel 
 Knapp, and Aaron AVhite. During this j'e.ar (1833) 
 the settlement at Keokuk was increased by the ar- 
 rival of .Tames Bartlett and family and Forsyth L. 
 Morgan. .Tames Bartlett died the following year. 
 His son, Henrj' D., became a grocery dealer at 
 Keokuk, and Forsyth Morgan became a farmer in 
 Van Buren Township. There were other settlers 
 who came into the Black Hawk Purchase during 
 this j'ear, but settled on the north side of Skunk 
 River, opposite Denmark Township. Among these 
 were John Whitaker, who subsequently moved into 
 Lee County, and became' a resident of Ft. Madison. 
 John Box, who subsequently became prominent in 
 the early political history of the county, moved 
 over from Illinois in the latter part of 1833, and 
 took up a claim near the town of Ft. Madison. He 
 was a member of the first Territorial Legislature of 
 Wisconsin, which met at Belmont in 1836. Lee 
 County was then attached to Des Moines. 
 
 The 3'ear 1834 witnessed several additions to the 
 settlements of Lee Count_y. Among these were 
 Alex Cruickshank and wife, who landed at Ft. 
 Madison in March, lie was a native of Norway, 
 but came here from the Illinois shore, sailing up 
 from the present site of Hamilton in a little canoe, 
 using a blanket for a sail. After [irospeeting, he 
 selected a claim in Pleasant, Ridge Township, 
 erected a cabin, and when the spring opened he 
 broke ground and planted a corn crop. During 
 this year he burned a lime kiln near the " Old Or- 
 chard," the first in the territory now occupied by 
 Lee County, and probablj' the first iu the Black 
 Hawk Purchase, and also assisted in the construc- 
 tion of the barracks at Ft. Des Moines (Montrose). 
 
 Ft. Des Moines Barracks. 
 
 r.DES MOINES BARRACKS were built in 
 1834, under the supervision of Lieut. Cross- 
 man, and were occupied l)y the 1st of No- 
 vember of th.at year by three companies of the First 
 United States Dragoons, under command of Lieut. 
 Col. Stephen W. Kearney. A Captain of one of 
 the companies was Nathaniel Boone, a son of the 
 famous Daniel Boone, of Kentucky. Col. Kear- 
 ney's quarters wei'e built of willow logs which were 
 brought over from the island. They were scutched 
 on the outside, and the next year the Colonel's 
 quarters presented the appearance of a mound cov- 
 ered with a young growth of trees. pi ti 
 
 This fort was used by the troops until 1 K37, Ju_h 
 when they were transferred to Ft. Leavenworth, 
 Kan. Col. Kearney's building was subsequently 
 used for a hotel, and was known as the River House. 
 The landlord's name was William Coleman. A 
 Captain of one of the companies of this fort was E. 
 V. Sumner, who was a General in the late war for 
 the Union. Jesse B. Browne was another Captain. 
 They were all verj' clever gentlemen, and quite 
 popular with the early settlers. At this fort there 
 were at different times many men who in after life 
 became distinguished. Among these were Oen. 
 Winfield Scott, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. 
 The furniture of the fort afterward came into the 
 possession of J. B. Knight, of Keokuk. There 
 were scmie quaint pieces, even for a fort, and in 
 those days, might be regarded as rather elegant 
 and costly. 
 
 A. W. Harlan was another settler of 1834, ^vho 
 worked on the barracks. He was a native of Indi- 
 ana, an athlete, and a great wrestler. He subse- 
 quently improved a farm in Vim Buren Township. 
 William Skinner also came in 1834, locating at the 
 •' Point," or Keokuk, and taking up his habitation 
 in a shantN' belonging to Moses Stillwell. Skinner 
 was from Pennsylvania, originally. He came from 
 Cincinnati by water, and landed at Ft. Edwards, 
 where he remained a short time, and then securing 
 a couple of canoes, he lashed them together, and 
 with his family and liou.sehold effects on board, 
 paddled over to Keokuk. This was in the spring, 
 and when he arrived at the foot of the i-apids. he 
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 Mr. Skinner was something of a carpenter, and a 
 handy man at all job.s, and his coming- to Keoliuk 
 was very opportune for him, for nut long after 
 Lieut. Grossman came up from St. Louis with his 
 men to build the l)es Moines barracks. Skinner 
 secured a contract for 2(»,()i>() clapboards fur the 
 fort, fur which he received ^''O per tlionsand. These 
 he cut along the banks of the river, wherever he 
 could find good timber. They were the first made 
 in the county. This contract finished, he was liired 
 at a salary of $(>0 per montli to superintend the 
 erectinn of the log buildings. Out of Crossman's 
 force there was not one who knew how to put up a 
 cabin. Mr. Skinner had a young son, who also was 
 hired at a good salary to drive the ox -team. When 
 the barracks were completed Mr. Skinner had laid 
 by a nice little sum of mone3', and was very well 
 equip])ed for the improvement of a claim, which he 
 took up during the latter |)art of thisj'ear on Sugar 
 Creek. I'ntil he could erect for his family' a cabin, 
 they lived in a tepee that had been built bj- Black 
 Hawk for use during the sugar-making season. It 
 Jjl stood on the east bank of Sugar Creek, near tiie 
 -^ present crossing of the Burlington & Southwestern 
 Railroad, in what is now Franklin Township. This 
 was the first settlement made in this part of the 
 county. He soon after built a house ou the west 
 l)ank of the creek. At this time, and during the 
 following winter he had no neighbors nearer than 
 Ft. Madison. 
 
 .lames C. Parrott, another of the settlers who re- 
 mained a resident of the county, came up with the 
 troops to Ft. Des Moines in 1834, as First Ser- 
 geant. AVhen the Rebellion broke out he became 
 Colonel of the 7th Iowa Infantry, and distinguished 
 himself as a brave officer. During the latter part 
 aof this year (18;U), .John Cregg, Samuel Ross, Jo- 
 i seph White and Benjamin Box came in and made 
 claims in what is now Washington Township. 
 What is now Pleasant Ridge Township was settled 
 this year by Heiny Helmau and .John Rump. They 
 were the first Germans to settle in the county, and 
 they and two brothers by the name of Mittendorf 
 were the only (iermans in the county at this time. 
 Denmark Township was a year in advance of 
 
 Pleasant Ridge in its settlement. A Tennessean 
 by the name of .lohn 1\L Forrest, has the honor of 
 
 l)eing the lirst .settler iiere. He made a claim on 
 what is 110W section 2."). He was by profession a 
 surveyor. The climate not agreeing with him, he 
 moved to Arkansas in ls:{7. 
 
 S])ace would not permit, nor lias it been (jur pur- 
 pose, to follow \\]> in iletnil :dl the first settlements 
 in the different p;irts of tiie county. We have given 
 the jirineipal settlements made in the territory now 
 embraced by Lee County uj) to the beginning of 
 183.T. During that year large additions were made. 
 As soon as navigation opened iinil the roads settled, 
 the people from the East and South started for 
 this famed country. They came from New York, 
 Penn.sylvania, Ohio, \'irgiuia, Indiana and Ken- 
 tucky. They came in wagons, and by boats down 
 the Ohio and up the Mississippi. They made tlieir 
 long, weary journejs, stimulated by the bright pros- 
 pects that laj' before them in tlie fair promised 
 land and full of sanguine hopes for the future. 
 
 The first marketable product raised by the 
 farmers to any extent was wheat, and for the first 
 few years there was no very ready sale foi' this, as 
 the market at this period seemed to be overstocked. 
 The settlers lived mostly on wild game and corn 
 meal, which they pounded out in hominy-blocks. 
 Their dress was much in keeping with their food. 
 Buckskin breeches and hunting shirts usually formed 
 the dress of the pioneer. I'p to 18:3o there were 
 no mills west of the Mississippi. During this year 
 there was one set up on the nortli side of Skunk 
 River, in Henry Count}'. Late in the fall of this 
 year there were two mills set up within the limits 
 of this county, one at Augusta and the other at 
 Ft. Madison. These enterprising men were John 
 H. Kuapp and Mr. Moffatt. They were great bene- 
 factors to the early settlers and were always great- 
 f ully remembered, j'et a " pone " cake or a " dodger," 
 with venison, fowl or pork, was not .an unsavorj' 
 dish to the pioneer. The cabins were bnilt 
 mostly of round logs, with puncheon floors, if they 
 had anj- at all. As many of the old settlers were 
 from the Southern States, outside chimneys were 
 the rule; the eastern or iiurthern men also generally 
 adopting this plan. Wiien anj' pains were taken 
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 rather comfortable. When of a cold night the 
 pioneers would gather around the bright tires in 
 those great stone fireplaces, free and unrestrained 
 by the conventionalities of socictj', with happj' 
 hearts and freedom of speech, their faces radiant 
 with bright hopes for the future, it was a scene that 
 would make a munarch envious. 
 
 Organization. 
 
 EE COUNTY was fir.st orgauized by an act 
 of the Territorial Legislature of Wisconsin, 
 approved Dec. 7, 183U. The boundaries as 
 defined by this act were never very cleaily estab- 
 lished. The boundary lines were subsequently re- 
 established b}' the Territorial Legislature of Iowa, by 
 an act approved Jan. 23, 1839, aud have not been 
 changed since. These lines located the county in the 
 southeast corner of the State, occupying the territory 
 lying immediately between the Mississippi and Des 
 Moines Rivers. The origin of the name has been 
 a matter of some dispute, but the best authority 
 credits the name to a member of the New Yorli 
 Land Company. 
 
 The county is very liberally watered aud probal)ly 
 one of the best drained in the .State. Nearly three- 
 fourths of it is Ijordered by the Mississippi, Des 
 Moines and Skunk Rivers. In the interior are 
 seveial streams, meandering in different direc- 
 tions through the county — Des Moines. Sugar 
 Creek, Price's Creek, Sandusky Creek, French 
 Creek, and Penitentiary, Lost, Mud, Cedar and Big 
 Devil's Creeks. Its area is about 500 square miles, 
 imd is about equall}' divided between timlier and 
 |)rairie lands. The lower portion of the count}-, in 
 many parts, is quite broken; the northern or north- 
 western is mostly undulating, with a rich and pro- 
 ductive soil. In the southern part and that border- 
 ing on the Mississippi, the soil is light and sandy, 
 which, however, of late years, has been made very 
 productive in raising tomatoes, cucumbers and the 
 water-melon. In fact, this is becoming one of the 
 large and profitable farming industries of this sec- 
 tion of >lie county. It is composed of alluvial and 
 drift foiiiintion. The alluvial bnttom lands are the 
 most valuable deiiosils. These were al one time 
 
 subject to overflow, but they are now secured from 
 iiuuidation, except in extraordinary floods. Some 
 of the ridges of the high Ik ittom lands are covered 12^^ 
 with sand, and have no productive soil. The 
 county is exceedingly well supplied with good 
 building stone, the principal kinds being the 
 magnesian limestone, Keokuk and Burlington lime- 
 stone, the best quarries being along the banks of '^ 
 the Mississippi and Skunk Rivers, in Denmark 
 Township. The day beds furnish an excellent 
 material for tile and brick, and fire-brick. Probably 
 no county in the State is better supplied with all 
 the elements of material wealth, good soil, i)lenty 
 of timber and water, and an abundance of building 
 material. No county at least in the State is better CJ W 
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 the facilities for transportation are unexcelled. 
 
 Lee County has been a rich field for scientists 
 and collectors of curiosities, and there are many 
 valuable cabinets here and elsewhere which have 
 been filled from collections made in the county. 
 The mounds, whicli were numerous in Green Bay 
 Township, furnished a prolific field for collectors 
 of relics. This township furnishes evidences of 
 its having been occupied centuries ago. The re- 
 mains of a building were found here. It was in a 
 shape of a cross, and is supposed to have been 
 built and used by the Jesuit missionaries. A pe- 
 culiar cross was found in these ruins, which more than 
 anything else indicates the antiquity of this build- 
 ing. It represented the crucified Savior, the \'irgin TT ~J 
 Mary with her heart pierced with seven daggers, {}jg({ 
 
 four angels, a ladder and a palace. On the reverse 
 side was a monogram, and the words, "To all the 
 faithful who recite the Ave Maria before this holj' 
 image, an indulgence of 1,080 days is granted." 
 Anuing the collections made in the county- are some fe!^ 
 very fine specimens of crinoids and gi-ades. 
 
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 Civil Goveriiinent. 
 
 )Y the provisions of the several acts of the 
 f^ Legislature, the county perfected its organ- 
 ization and started its political machinery. 
 The first term of the District Comt was 
 held in March, 1837, with .Judge David Irvin on 
 

 the bench, Joshua Owens, Sheriff, and John H. 
 Lines, Clerk. 'I'iie first county election was held at 
 Ft. Madison the following April. The first meeting 
 of the Board of .Supervisors was held at the resi- 
 dence of J. S. Douglass, Ft. IMadison. The fhst 
 order of this board was that J. S. Douglass be 
 licensed to keej) a public-house, with the permission 
 also to sell spirituous licpiors in the town of Ft. 
 INfadison. By this it would .'ippoar tliat Jlr. Doug- 
 lass opened the first tavern in the eouiity, at least 
 the first one that was dignified liy being opened un- 
 der authority of law. 
 
 The last session of this lioard was held in Febru- 
 ary, liS;38. The Legislature by an act passed in 
 December, 1.S37, pi-ovided for a Board of County 
 Commissioners, instead of the Supervisors, to take 
 charge of the municipal affairs of the county. An 
 election was held in ^Nlarch, 1 838, at which time 
 a Board of Count}' Commissioners and other county 
 officers were elected. This board consisted of 
 Stephen H. Graves, S. H. Burtis and William An- 
 derson, and held its first meeting Jlarch 2G, 1838. 
 They held their last meeting July 30, 1838. 
 
 Under the Act of Congress providing for the 
 organization of the Territory of Iowa, which was 
 approved .luuc 12, 1838, the Governor was author- 
 ized to order an election for territorial and eountj' 
 affairs. This election was field Sept. 10, 1838. At 
 this time the po|ialation of tlie county was 2,839. 
 
 InNovemljer, 1S3.S, the (iovernment sale of the 
 lands in the Black I lawk Purchase commenced at 
 Burlington. This was a great epoch, not onl}- for 
 the people of this county, but for many others. 
 There was great excitement among the settlers, 
 and much anxiety less they should not have money 
 enough to secure the claims upon which they had 
 toiled so hard. Most of these settlers were poor; 
 many of them had come to tile county without 
 anything but llieir own strong arms and brave 
 hearts, and had worked hard to lay by money so 
 that when tlie lime came for "bidding in" the 
 (d land to complete their titles tlie}' would lie ready. 
 There was another class also that was watcliing 
 witli a vultui-e's eye the time when these sales 
 would be made; tliese were the land-grabbers 
 or moiie3'-sharks as tlie}' were staled then. It 
 fortunate for the settlers the (iovenimeiil 
 
 had in the land-office at this time, two such 
 noble men as (4ens. Dodge and Wan Antwerp. 
 They looked after the interests of the settlers and 
 protected tliem in tlieir rights as much as thcj' 
 could. Tiiere were thousands of people at this 
 sale, and everyone interested in one wa}' or another. 
 There was a class that advocated the princilile that 
 the settler was a squatter and iiad no rights; that he 
 ought to be driven from the lands as a trespasser. 
 These men were careful, however, not to ventilate 
 tlieir Llioories around when the settlers were about 
 tlieir camps. It is pleasing to recrird that the 
 squatter's rights were resi)ectcd, and that all the. 
 settlers who had the means, or could raise them, 
 secured their claims. Much of this, however, was 
 owing to their united action and a sacred compact 
 to stand by each other. They were at Burlington 
 in force, with their camp outfits, and remained un- 
 til the sale was over. 
 
 After delil)eratic)ii 
 Franklin Townsiiip. 
 village of Franklin, 
 a town laid off. ami 
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 T first the seat of justice was located at Ft. 
 Madison. As the county settled up the 
 center of population changed, and natur- 
 ally toward the interior of the county. A 
 movement was begun, the object of which was to 
 move the Legislature for an act providing for a re- 
 location of the county seat. This resulted in the 
 passage of an act providing for a commission to take 
 action in the matter. They were instructed t*) 
 have regard to the future as well as the present 
 population, and also the geographical center. Sam- 
 uel C. Reid and James L. Scott, two of tiie Com- 
 missioners, met at Ft. Madison in March, 1840. 
 they made the location in 
 and on tlie [iresent site of the 
 A survey was ordered made, 
 other arrangements necessary 
 for a .seat of justice. The 
 County t'onimissioners accepted the location in 
 good f'aitii, and made .-dl lawful arrangements to 
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 however, were not satisfierl with the location, and 
 at the next session of the Legislature a Ijill was 
 prepared providing for a reconsideration of the 
 matter. Another act was passed which provided 
 that the question of locating the county seat should 
 be left for a vote of the people of the county, and 
 that a majority of all the votes for any i)lace 
 should determine the location ; that if no such re- 
 sult was had then another election should be held, 
 at which the people should vote for the two points 
 securing the highest number of votes at the preced- 
 ing election. Before an election was held the town 
 of Ft. Madison passed an ordinance for the api)ro- 
 priation of 18,000 for the erection of a court-house 
 and jail, provided the county seat should be lo- 
 cated there. This sum was guaranteed by the citi- 
 zens. 
 
 In the first election there was no choice. Ft. 
 Madison, Franklin and West Point having been 
 voted for. In the second election two points onlj- 
 were voted for, Ft. Madison and Franklin, and the 
 former received the majority and was declared to 
 be the future county seat. The site having been 
 selected, the work of erecting the public buildings 
 was proceeded with. They were completed in the fall 
 of 1842, ata cost of about $2, 000. So far the people 
 of Ft. Madison were successful, but the contest had 
 not ended. A combination was formed by the 
 people of Franklin and West Point, and the Legis- 
 lature was petitioned to open the county seat ques- 
 tion, which it did, appointing three Commissioners 
 from Henry, Van Buren and Des Moines Counties, 
 to examiue the question and locate the county seat 
 at such place as in their judgment would be to the 
 best interest of all the people. A few of the citi- 
 zens of West Point obligated themselves to the 
 amount of 114,000 to erect a good court-house 
 should that i)lace be selected, and the building was 
 to be erected on the public square. The Commis- 
 sioners finally selected West Point for the county 
 seat. The people of that place made good their 
 pledges and erected a good court-house, which 
 resulted disastrously to a few of them, lint they 
 had their waj', which was some satisfaction. Peo- 
 ple in a conrtict, who otherwise would not donate a 
 dollar, will often give hundreds of dollars to carry 
 their puiut. The Ft. Madison pc(jple, though de- 
 
 feated were^ not subdued, and they wiiited their 
 time. An effort was made about this time to di- 
 vide the county. The scheme, however, was de- 
 feated by a majority of 239 votes. 
 
 In 184.5 the county seat question ;igain came be-p 
 fore the people, and an election was held in August i ^ 
 of that year, at which time Ft. Madison, West Point, 
 Franklin, Keokuk, Montrose and Charleston were 
 voted for. There being no choice, another elec- 
 tion was held in September, the votes being cast 
 for the thi'ee points reaching the highest numbei- of 
 votes in the former election, which were Ft. Madi- 
 son, West Point and Franklin. The result of this 
 election was in favor of Ft. Madison, and the good 
 people of this town were again made hajjpy. The 
 county seat, with all the records appertaining to it, 
 again took up its march for a final resting-place, 
 and in due time arrived at Ft. Madison. The 
 court-house at West Point was subsequently used 
 for a school-house. 
 
 Ft. Madison, however, had to divide the honors. 
 The Legislature of 1847 passed an act establishing 
 a court with concurrent jurisdiction at Keokuk. By 
 this act parties could sue in either the Ft. Madison 
 or Keokuk courts, but all criminal cases were 
 made triable in Ft. IMadison, except those arising 
 in Jackson, Van Buren, Des Moines, Montrose and 
 Charleston Townships, which were tried at Keokuk. 
 The court-house and jail at Ft. Madison are only 
 fair; they are constructed of brick with stone 
 foundations. The county buildings at Keokuk 
 were originally used for a medical college, and were 
 sold to the county for $14,000. 
 
 Toiiwsliip Org'anizatioii. 
 
 T the .lanuary meeting of the County Com- 
 missioners in 1841, the township organ- 
 ization was adoi)ted, the names selected 
 for the varit>us townshii)s. and boundaries 
 established. Five years subse(|uent (184(;) the 
 count}' was under the jurisdiction of m State 
 government. There was no clashing, honever, 
 and civil and political matters moved on un- 
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 the County Commissioners was held in August, 
 1851. Succeeding this system was the County 
 Court, the Judge of which not only iiad iurisdic- 
 tion in [jrobatc matters, hut possessed all the powers 
 heretofore vested in the Commissioners. The 
 County Court system was changed in 1860, and 
 the affairs uf the county were placed in charge of a 
 Board of Suiu'rvisurs, each civil township electing 
 one Supervisor. In 1871 the law was again changed, 
 providing for tiiree Supervisors onl3', instead of 
 one from each township, 'i'iie county matters are 
 adjusted at present ]>y tiiis lioard, which meets at 
 Ft. Madison. 
 
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 () greater contrast could he given in any one 
 form of develoimient than that presented 
 in the department of education. With the 
 first school taught by Herr^'man .leimings, at Nash- 
 ville, iu 18:50, and the complete system of instruc- 
 li(in had iu the county' to-day, it would be hard to 
 trace any likeness. From the shanty of that time 
 to the elegant buildings of today, there is a long step ; 
 in the mode of teaching and the facilities for edu- 
 cation, the dilference is equally as great. The .sec- 
 ond school opened in the county was at Keokuk in 
 a log cabin that stood near the river, between Main 
 and Blondeau streets, and we are informed it was 
 taught by Jesse Creighton, a shoemaker. It seems 
 that the Indians had spoiled Jesse's trade in teach- 
 ing the white man to wear moccasins, and being of 
 an inventive turn of mind he faced about, stuck 
 his awl in the wall and took up the ruler. Pro- 
 gressi(jn, however, is one of the principal ingredients 
 of the American character, and iu a little while all 
 this was changed. A well established system of 
 instruction has been adopted, good buildings have 
 been erected in every part of the county, and the 
 best of teachers secured. There are also colleges 
 and convents that are widel3' kmiwu and distin- 
 guished as educational institutions. 
 
 The public schools and institutions of learning in 
 Lee County have had a very marked effect upon 
 her people, as is evichuiced by their character and 
 attainments, and the distinguished positions which 
 
 many of her citizens have held, not only in the 
 civil walks of life, but in the political councils of 
 the State and nation. 
 
 The press also of the county has been conducted 
 with marked ability, and has had no inconsiderable 
 iurtneiicc iu molding the public sentiment of her 
 people, and dir-ecting her destiny. Many news- 
 papers have been started in the countj', strong at 
 first in the hoiie of continuous life, but which to-day 
 (piietly sleep in the journalistic cemetery. 
 
 The lust newspaper to present itself (vr the 
 good-will of the people of Lee County was the 
 Western Adoetiturer in the year 18:36, and was pub- 
 lished by Dr. Isaac Galland, at Montrose. He 
 struggled with the enterprise and with the limited 
 field of patronage of that day for about two years, 
 and finding it not a ver}' remunerative one. Mild 
 out his project to James (■. Edwards, who moved 
 the ollice to Ft. Madison and started the Ft. Mad- 
 ison Pcitriol. As the population increased the press 
 multiplied, and became one of the potent powers 
 iu advertising the interests of the countN', and de- 
 veloping its resources. 
 
 The organization of political parties began be- 
 fore the county was organized, and while the ter- 
 ritory of which it is composed was a part of JJes 
 Moines County. The onlj' parties then known to 
 the country were the Whig and Democratic parties. 
 At the time politics were introduced here Henry 
 J. Campbell was the leading exponent of the Dem- 
 ocratic party, and Isaac 11. Cami)bell, of the Whig 
 party. From the first the Democrats were iu the 
 lead, and so continued until during the Rebellion, 
 when for a time the Republicans held the power. 
 The Democracy here was much after the old Jack- 
 sonian kind, and if it is at all diluted at the present 
 day, it is so slight that it is hardly perceptible. In 
 local issues, however, party lines were often disre- 
 garded. 
 
 In religious matters the people of the ccninty 
 have been very zealous. There is hardly a little 
 hamlet in the county but has its house of worship, 
 or .1 religious organization. 
 
 From the time that Father Marquette raised the 
 cross by the beautiful waters of the Des Moines, and 
 sent forth the first invo<-ation to the Deit}- from thi> 
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 Christian, to the present daj-. what a change there 
 has beenl From the one low voice ascending in 
 supplication to God at the foot of that cross upon 
 which was crucified the jiurest and most sul)lime 
 character that ever dwelt on earth, there are now 
 thousands. From the one cross then erected in the 
 lonelj' wilderness, remote even from the liorders of 
 Christianit3% there are now hundreds. It would 
 not seem hard now for the people to attend their 
 devotions: to go to their places of worship, at- 
 tracted thereto bj' their elegant church edifices 
 and fine music. In these halcj'on days of Chris- 
 tianity it would seem a luxury to serve the Master, 
 rather than a cross. But how was it with the good 
 Father Marquette i Let those who in the present 
 day sit in the soft cushioned pews of their elegant 
 churches, or kneel at the altar erected around 
 their ow^n happy firesides, surrounded by all the 
 refinements of the present civilization, give one 
 thought to that devout man who, within the bor- 
 ders of this county, far away from his own race, 
 alone amid a wild, untutored jieople, sent up the 
 first offering to Heaven from the foot of the cross 
 he had erected ; and who, a few short months later, 
 on the bank of another stream not far away erected 
 another cross, and kneeling down by it, passed to 
 that summerland while breathing out his soul to 
 God. 
 
 It is now something less than threescore years 
 and ten since actual settlement began here by the 
 white man, and still later when the red men, the 
 nomads of the forest and the original owners of 
 this soil, bid adieu to the home of their fathers, 
 and turning their face toward the setting sun, left 
 this land forever. 
 
 It was here he built his wigwam, chased the 
 wild game through forest and field ; it was here he 
 floated over the great Father of Waters and moored 
 
 his canoe upon its beautiful banks. These days 
 have passed, and how great the change 1 Where 
 once the Indian roamed free as the air, there now 
 are cultivated farms; where once rested his rude 
 hut, there are now beautiful, thriving cities; where 
 once was heard his wild whoop, there now come 
 and go the sounds of civilization; where every- 
 thing was wild and crude, and science and mechan- 
 ism unknown, the arts and industries of the present 
 century are fully developed. 
 
 Very brief indeed, has been the time for so groat 
 a change; yet brief though it be, the transforma- 
 tion has been great. The foundation of all this 
 was laid by the pioneer, and the superstructure was 
 completed by those who followed him. 'I'here arc 
 manj', however, present to-day who were at the be- 
 ginning, and who aided in the process of develop- 
 ment. They can take a retrospective view of the 
 past and have a vivid comprehension of the change 
 that has been wrought; they can view with pride 
 the great achievements in which they have taken 
 so active a part. 
 
 In taking the horoscope of the future, we are as- 
 sured that development will not stop here. The 
 people of Lee are of that character that warrants 
 this prediction. Unless the}' ignore the lessons of 
 the past, unless thej' forget their cunning, then- 
 march will be onward and upward, accomplishing 
 more in the coming sixty years than has l)een done 
 in the past. 
 
 So fair is the land with its culture and civiliza- 
 tion, so beautiful its scenerj\ with its valleys and 
 hills, its groves and fields, and the great Mississipj)! 
 ever rolling on to the sea; so promising the future, 
 with so much to make life pleasant, that the citi- 
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 NK of the great auxiliaries in 
 the develdpmeiit of a new 
 country as well as in tlie 
 niainteiiaiiee of an nhl one, 
 ni^.-^T,^!^--.^'' , 'V-.- i is till' press. In either of 
 b^ii A rrs '-^^ tiie. two conditions— in a 
 new community or in an old civiliza- 
 tion — -its power is potential. If it is 
 able, conscientious, then the greater 
 is its sphere of usefulness. In this 
 nineteenth centur}' it is the great 
 educator of the masses, the promul- 
 gator of reform, the ventilator of 
 abuses, and the medium through 
 whicli the daily events of the world are received. 
 With the electFic wires now Hasliing the news 
 around tlie world, the daily newspaper has become 
 a necessity to the active man, and indispensable to 
 the man of business. To it we also look for the 
 champion of our political theories, and the repre- 
 sentative of our system of (iovernment. It is the 
 paladium of our liberties, doing guard duty at the 
 outposts of freedom, that no enemy may a])proach 
 unawares its sacred altar. 
 
 The second paper published within the territory 
 now embraced by the State of Iowa, was at Mont- 
 rose, within the borders of Lee County, and was 
 
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 edited liy Dr. Isaac Galland. The fii'st newspaper 
 was (juliiished by William C. .loues, at Dubuque, E ;: 
 and was called liu' Duljuipie Visitor. The first is- 
 sue of this [japer was Jlay 11, 1S;5(;. Dr. (ialland's 
 paper came out .soon after this and was called the 
 Western Adventurer. 
 
 Proljably the oldest paper pulilished in the .State 
 continuously, is the Ft. JNIadison I'/uindealer, al- 
 though under different names, but willi the same 
 plant with additions and inii)rovements. It was 
 first issued in 1H41 at Ft. INIadi.son as the Courier. 
 
 The editors of the Lee Count}' press liave been, 
 and are at present, men of unusual ability and E 
 strong character and worth, who have discharged p 
 their duties with a conscientiousness and a consid 
 eraticm for the best interests of the county, in a E; 
 degree highly commenilable. Except to mention |j 
 them it is not our purpose to give the history of ;| 
 papers that are not published at the present time. ■' 
 The- Western Adcenturer, of which mention has 
 been made, was sold out to James G. Edwards, and 
 merged into the Ft. Madison Patriot, the first num- 
 ber being issued at that place March 28, 1838. It 
 was this paper which suggested that Hawkeye be |j|i 
 the cognomen of the State. It was a twenty-eight- 
 column folio, and strong in the Whig faitii. After 
 the Territory of Iowa wasestalilislied.it was uKived 
 to Burlington, then tlie capital. 
 
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 ?>HE Ft. Marlisuu Daily Flaindealer is the 
 outgrowth of the Courier, the first issue of 
 which appeared July 24, 1841, at Ft. Madi- 
 son, by R. W. Albright. It was neutral in politics. 
 The first issue contained a description of the towns 
 in the county. The i)opulation of Ft. Madison at 
 that time was estimated at 700 ; that of Keokuk at 
 160. In December of that year W. E. Mason pur- 
 chased an interest in the paper, when the name was 
 changed to the Lee County Democrat, muX it became 
 an organ of the Democratic party. In 1842 Mason 
 sold his interest to O. S. X. Peck. Soon after Mr. 
 Albright bought out Peck's interest and became 
 sole proprietor. In 1847 Mr. Albright sold out to 
 George II. Williams, who changed the name to the 
 loiL-a Statesman. Newspaper life did not seem con- 
 genial to Mr. Williams, and he soon sold out to J. 
 D. Spaulding, who edited it until 1857, when Lewis 
 V. Taft and others purchased it, and the name was 
 changed to the Ft. Madison Plaindealer. 
 
 Mr. Taft held the paper for four years, laboring 
 for the interests of the Democratic party, when he 
 sold out to Messrs. J. D. Storms, B. Grossman and 
 A. .Stoddard. This firm changed several times, 
 when in July, 18.511, W. P. Staub purchased the en- 
 tire plant. For about two years, during Mr. 
 Staub's proprietorship, Dr. A. C. Roberts conduct- 
 ed the editorial pages. In the spring of 1801 Mr. 
 Staub, in connection with his weekly, issued a 
 daily, called the Gem City Telegraph, this not 
 being a financial success, .and in July, 1863, Mr. 
 Staub sold out to William Caftrey, with the condi- 
 tion that the paper was to continue a Democratic 
 organ. 
 
 Mr. Caffrejf took possession in August, but did 
 not adhere to the con<litions of the purchase ; on 
 the contrary, he changed it to a stanch Republican 
 journal. To the principles of this party it has been 
 attached ever since. The paper passed into several 
 hands, and was finally purchased by J. (t. Wilson, 
 who edited it awhile, and June 4, 1885, it became 
 the property of J. H. Duffus, the present pro- 
 prietor. At this time it was a six-column quarto 
 weekly. Sejitember 1 of that year, Mr. Dujf us start- 
 ed a daily. This had been done by Mr. Wilson, liut 
 the enterprise had been abandoned. 
 
 moi-ning. and the weekly is 
 
 issued every Thursday. Mr. Duffus has only recent-' 
 iy come from Des Moines, and has invested quite 
 largely in real estate in Ft. Madison, as well as iuC 
 newspaper stock. He has made large additions to i 
 the plant, including a job office and a steam power J 
 press. The Flaindealer is a bright, newsy sheet, | 
 and ably conducted. Mr. Duffus is giving his 
 time and energies to his iiaper, and has materially 
 increa.sed its circulation and influence. It is now 
 one of the prominent Republican journals of the 
 State. The advocacy of the principles of the Re- 
 publican partly and its interests, are the editor's 
 first thoughts, and to these he is enthusiastically de- 
 voted. It is earnest and effective in its efforts to- 
 ward the building up of Ft. Madison, and increas- 
 ing its prosperity. 
 
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 {((^^ Keokuk Daily Whig, its first issue appear- 
 ^^^ iug March 2, 1854, with James B. Howell 
 as editor and proprietor. It was a Hve-column 
 folio, and depended for its news from the outside 
 world upon the river packets, the stage coach and 
 the pony mail. In those days local news was not 
 a marked feature in journalism. Railroads at that 
 time had not reached Iowa, though the railroad 
 fever was here. 
 
 After the first year of publication the name of 
 the paper was changed to that which it now bears, 
 which was received with general approbation, the 
 name being considered very suggestive. Its circu- 
 lation as well as its advertising list at that time was 
 but small in comparison with the extensive patron- 
 age it enjoys to-day, and the difference between 
 the two periods in regard to the paper, fairly repi-e- 
 sents the difference in Keokuk then and now. Dur- 
 ing the panic of 1857, the Gate Oil// made a heroic 
 struggle to weather the storm, and was successful, 
 passing safely into port without missing an issue. 
 
 The associates of Mr. Howell in editorial work 
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 iam Hiehards and S. M. (lark. They were all gen- 
 tlemen of education ami aliilily, and unusually fine 
 writers. Of the latter we shall speak hereafter. 
 During the period above referred to. .1. AV. Dcla- 
 plain, who was connected with the W/'flbj Win]/ 
 from its first issue, in March. 184U, became inter- 
 ested in the paper, and was business manager. 
 
 In .Ma3'. 1 .s5ij, the paper was enlai-ged to a six- 
 column, and the followin;; year to a seven-column 
 folio, keeping up with the growth of the countr}'. 
 In April the paper was enlarged by lengthening 
 the columns. In 1 i^.'ilt, owing to causes produced l)y 
 the panic, it was reduced to six columns. It was 
 not, however, the character of its managers to as- 
 sume a retrograde movement for any length of 
 time, and we soon find the Gate City again enlarg- 
 ing its borders, and making rapid strides forward. 
 •It continued to improve its office and enlarge its 
 size until March 4, 18i^3, when it was changed to a 
 six-column eight- page paper, its present stj'le. The 
 plant is now a very complete one, liaving a C'ot- 
 trell & Babcock cylinder press, and the Uexter cut-, 
 ting, pasting and folding machine. 
 
 The Gat« Vitij is the onl}' morning paper issued at 
 Ke<)kuk. Its circulation is large, and covers a wide 
 expanse of territory. The Weekly Gate City after 
 many changes is now a six-column, twelve-p.age 
 paper, neatlj' printed and ixhXy edited, and is one of 
 the most extensively circulated weeklies west of the 
 Mississippi. 
 
 J. B. Howell became owner of the Gate City in 
 December, 18G0, and so continued until 1863, when 
 he sold an interest to .1. W. Delaplain, which interest 
 he retained until 18(5(;, when he sold back again his 
 interest to Mr. Howell. Mr. Howell remained pro- 
 prietor until he was elected to the .Senate of the 
 United States, in 1870, when .S. M. Clark entered 
 into partner.ship with him, and became editor-in- 
 chief. Prior to this, however, Jesse B., son of James 
 B. Howell, became business manager, and in 1879 
 acquired an interest in the paper. James B. How- 
 ell died in June, 1880, and his interest reverted to 
 his son, since which time there has been no change 
 either in the ownership or management. 
 
 To Mr. James B. Howell is due the credit of 
 fonnding ami laiildinii up the Uati- City. His im- 
 personation was felt <jn every page from the first 
 issue of tiie pai>er until he withdrew from its 
 actual control ami took his seat in the Sen- 
 ale. His intluencc was potential in molding and 
 directing the public sentiment of the State, and 
 Iowa is largely indebted to him for its advanced 
 position of to-day. To this eminent journalist no 
 better successor probably could have been found 
 than S. M. (I.ark, who became connected with the 
 paper in I S(;4, and who has directed its editorial 
 affairs since Mr. Howell's letircment. He has also 
 at all times been earnest and .-ilile in advocating 
 measures for the advancement of Keokuk, and of 
 the State, and is enthusiastically devoted to the 
 principles of the Heiuiblican party, of which he is 
 a prominent member. 
 
 The Gate City, through its able management, has 
 become one of the leading journals of the State, at 
 all times taking high ground in matters of reform 
 and advancemenf. It has been an effective auxil- 
 iary to the growth of the city of Keokuk, and to it 
 she owes in a large measure her present commercial 
 condition. 
 
 Tin- Keokuk Constitution. 
 
 HIS paper is the outgrowth of the Keokuk 
 Dispati-li, the first issue of which was cast 
 before the reading world May 20, 1848, and 
 through a series of developments and changing of 
 names it h.as reached its present commanding po- 
 sition as a commercial paper and a Democratic or- 
 gan. The Democratic party, pi'ior to the establish- 
 ment of the Dispatch, had but one organ in the 
 county, the Lee County Democrat, published at Ft. 
 Madison, and the .advocates of this party deemeil 
 it very essential that they should have a journal to 
 represent their principles; hence the establishment of 
 the Dispatch, the beginning of Democratic journal- 
 ism in Keokuk, and what might be called the Lake 
 Itasca of the Constitution. It was started under 
 the proprietorship of John B. Russell and Reu- 
 ben L. Doyle, who were newspaper men, of con- 
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sold out his interest to Doyle in the spring of 
 1849, but remained with the Dispatch as associate 
 editor until he was carried off to another world b_v 
 cholera, in July, IhioO. 
 
 There were many changes in the ownership of the 
 paper, when, in October, 1855, it came into the 
 possession of D. Reddington, who changed the 
 name to the Saturda;/ Post. Prior to this, in Jan- 
 nary, 1855, Mr. Reddington started a daily, to 
 which he gave the very expressive, if not euphoni- 
 ous, name of JSFip and Tuck. Thinking perhaps that 
 the name of his venture did not have a very flow- 
 ing sound, and probablj' to atone in some degree 
 for the indignity he had put upon it, he changed 
 the name the following Februarj' to the Mornimj 
 Glory. It must have been this feeling that caused 
 the change, for in this climate the plant had not 
 yet put out its beautiful blossoms to greet the eye. 
 Reddington sold out the Morning Glory in .Septem- 
 ber to A. T. Walling and Ur. Hussey. In January, 
 1858, Mr. Reddington sold out, the Post t^j Will- 
 iam Rees & Sons, who published it until 1860. 
 
 The Morainy Glory was consolidated with the 
 Daily limes, a paper which liad been started in 
 July, 1855, soon after its purchase by Walling & 
 Hussey. Subsequently thej' sold out to Charles D. 
 Kirli, from Luuisville. Ky., who, in November, 
 1857, issued the first number of the Keoivuk Daily 
 Journal. Mr. Kirk also publislied a weekly. The 
 weekly and daily Journal was sold by Jlr. Kirk to 
 Newton, Hussey & Givin. This firm became em- 
 barrassed financially-, in May, ISo'J, and the paper 
 jit passed int(j tiic hands of Charles Smith, who con- 
 ducted it until December, IStil, when it was pur- 
 chased by Thomas W. Clagett under a sale of fore- 
 closure. Mr. Clagett changed the name of the 
 paper tu the Constitution^ and under his judicious 
 and able management it toolv a i)ositi(ju as one of 
 the leading Democratic journals of the State. 
 Charles Smith, who was an able writer, was the link 
 which connected the merging journals with the 
 Constitution, and was retained as associate editor. 
 He was a man of brains and [jossessed of many at- 
 tractive (lualities and accomplishments. He was 
 modest and unassuming, loved his friends, and pre- 
 ferred to bi- wilii them r.-ifiior tlian with the public 
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 tinued as a morning paper, when its publication 
 was changed to the evening. Judge Clagett died**^^^ 
 in April, 1876, and his daughter. Sue H. Clagett, 
 conducted the pai)er until July following, when itp 
 was purchased by John Gibbons, H. W. Clendenin," 
 George Smith and Thomas Rees, who conducted it 
 under the firm style of John Gibbons & Co., Mr.^ 
 Gibbons assuming editorial charge. Thomas W. 
 Eichelberger, who had been connected with the 
 paper from 1874, as citj' editor, retained his posi- 
 tion. He was a witty and versatile writer, and an 
 amiable and pleasant companion. He resigned his 
 position on the Constitution and took a [ilace on 
 the Toledo Comniercial. Subsequentlj' he became 
 night editor of the Des Moines State Reyister. Soon [ 
 after this he sickened and died. His demise oc- 
 curred April 4, 1880, and his remains were buried 
 in the little cemetery at Bloomfield, Iowa. 
 
 In April, 1877, John Gibbons sold his interest to 
 the other members of the firm, which became Smith, 
 Clendeniu & Rees, Clendenin taking charge of the 
 editorial department. John Gibbons, who was a 
 lawj'er by profession, went to Chicago, and entered 
 upon the practice of his profession, and achieved 
 success. In June, 1881, the Constitution was 
 purchased by a stock company which had been 
 organized, since which time the paper has been en- 
 larged and many improvements made in all the 
 I departments. In 1884 the new Constitution build- 
 ; ing was completed. It stands on Sixth street, 
 j between Main and Bloudeau, and is an imposing 
 structure. It is oOx'JO feet, three stories and base- 
 ment, and constructed of brick and stone, aud is 
 1 heated )jy steam. 
 
 With tiie Constitution lias been added the Tri- 
 
 I State Printing Company, which occupies a large 
 
 ! portion of the building, and where ofHcial books l!i 
 
 I aud blanks for the States of Missouri, Iowa and 
 
 , Illinois can be had, and the largest supply of goods 
 
 carried by any similar establishment in Iowa. A 
 
 complete job office, witli book-binding, is also one 
 
 of the features of the Constitution. 
 
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 tlie stock company, the editorial and business 
 management wa,s placed in charge of Dr. W. A. 
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 Byron George. It has a large and constantly in- 
 creasing patronage, and is one of the leading coni- 
 niereial papers in this section of the c-<»initry. It is 
 condncted under a thorough system and by men 
 ivho understand journalism. Its circulation is not 
 confined to Iowa, but is extended into Illinuis and 
 Missouri. With its increase of patronage, caused by 
 its able management and its aid in the development 
 of the resources of Keokuk, and its strong advocacy 
 of Democratic principles, it has also come to the 
 front as the leading organ of its party in the State. 
 
 Keokuk Deiiiocrilt. 
 
 dr^^^HIS journal is comparatively a new enter- 
 prise. It was established .Jan. 1), IfSfSJi, by 
 r. R. Nelson Jc Co. It was started as a five- 
 column folio, and, as its name indicates, Democratic 
 in politics. In Januar3-, 1.S84, it was purch.ased by 
 a stock company-, and under that management C. 
 Maxwell was editor. This management continued 
 until March, If^SG, when the paper was purchased 
 by Madden, Eichorn & Bechtold, who held it for a 
 short time, and then sold out to Charles A. War- 
 wick and Robert S. Ranson. In .September they 
 enlargeil the paper to a seven-column folio, and 
 made it independent in politics. 
 
 Since the Democral came under the management 
 of the above-named gentlemen, it has taken on 
 new life and vitality'. Its circulation has been 
 largelj' increased, and it is dsaly augmenting. It 
 has also a good job ofHcc, which is receiving a 
 liberal patronage. The Demmrdt is a bright newsy 
 paper, issued every evening, containing the news 
 of the day, full of local matters of interest, and is 
 an ably conducted journal. It is constantly in- 
 creasing in popularity, and under the management 
 of its live and energetic owners it will soon take a 
 front rank among the leading papers of the State. 
 
 Ft. MiHlisoii Dt-iiHX r:it. 
 
 H )t^^,IiOMINENT among the positive and lead- 
 u )l) ing Democratic papers of the State of Iowa 
 to-day, stands the Ft. Madi.s<5n DenKicmf, 
 ._ ^ which was founded by that old and prom- 
 inent citizen, and radical disciple of the party. Dr. 
 C. Roberts, on the aiuiiversar^' day of our 
 
 national independence, in the year 1869. It was a 
 
 six-column folio, and located on Pine street. In 
 1879 the plant was moved into the new Imilding 
 which was erected for it on the corner of .Second 
 and Cedar streets. In December, 1877, the paper 
 was changed to a six-column quarto. 
 
 The Dcmnrrat is now conducted by Dr. Roberts 
 and his two sons, Nelson C, who is the business 
 manager, ami Edward M., who has charge of the 
 local department. The circulation is about ■2.400, 
 and the paper is issued every Wednesday. It is 
 printed on a cylinder press which is operated by 
 steam. A good job department is one of the feat- 
 ures of the Democrat office. The agricultural de- 
 partment of the paper is in charge of W. (4. Kent, 
 and that of the children, of Mrs. E. A. Burklioldcr. 
 Dr. Roberts gives his attention particularly to the 
 political department, in which he feels at home. 
 
 The Democrat is well edited and in all its depart- 
 ments well C(jnducted. It is an attractive paper, 
 full of interesting reading matter, and has an eye 
 always to the windward for political barges, while 
 the interests of its patrons are never overlooked. 
 
 Kepiiblicau Herald. 
 
 illE Republican Herald was established Nov. 
 
 (J. 1884, by .T. II. and E. II. Hardin. 
 
 It was a five-column quarto, Republican in 
 politics, and was called the Lee CinitUji Jiejniblican. 
 In November, 188,5, it was consolidated with the 
 Mt. Pleasant Herald, a Greenback paper which had 
 been printed in Mt. Pleasant for about ten j-ears, 
 the plant of which was brought to Ft. Madison 
 under the name of the Lee County Bepvltlican- 
 Herald, and enlarged to an eight-column folio. In 
 the spring of 1 886 it became independent in politics, 
 with .Joseph Williams .as editor. The Republican- 
 Herald is a week!}' paper with a fair circulation, 
 well condncted, and devoted to the interest of Ft. 
 Madison ;nid the development of the county. 
 Keokuk Post. 
 ^IIE Post is the outgrowth of the Beubachter 
 
 des Wextens (Western Obserrer), the first 
 
 (ierman paper established in Keokuk. Its 
 first issue was in 1853, when it was published by 
 William Kopp. In 18r(7 lie sold out to Leopold 
 ^ladcr, and in is.jw Christ. Mueller became pro- 
 prietor. iMlnmnd Jaeger succeeded Mueller in the 
 
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 proin'ietorship of the paper, aiul soon thereafter it 
 was burned down. .Judge Jaeger was followed b}- 
 Mr. Rattick, and he, after a brief period, sold out 
 to .Jacob AVholwend & Serth in 18G2. Subse- 
 quently they sold out to Rinker At Althaus. In 
 1865 Mr. Wholweiid [lurchased Rinker's interest, 
 and the firm became Wholwend it Althaus. In 
 18(19 Eniil Bischof lieeanie sole proprietor of this 
 paper and conducted it until 1874, when he sold to 
 Charles Norman, who in Februar}', 1877, sold to 
 Adolph Wulff. During these various ownerships 
 the name of the paper was changed first to the Keo- 
 kuk Deutsrlip Zeitung, and then to the Keokuk 
 Telegrajili. 
 
 On Jan. 1, 1886, the i)aper was purchased b^' 
 Hinzel Bros., and enlarged to a seven-column 
 quarto. The^' purchased from Bechtold & Son, 
 who had it from Wulff, who had conducted it four 
 years. The name was changed to the Keokuk 
 Post, and it was made a pronounced Democratic 
 paper. It had always been independent in politics, 
 leaning, however, to Democracy. The Post has a 
 liberal circulation, is ablj' conducted, and is the 
 representative of the German people in this section 
 of the countr}'. 
 
 West Point Appeal. 
 
 ON the 1st of October, 1881, the first issue of 
 this newsy sheet greeted the public for the 
 first time, its first issue being made October 
 1. It was started b^' Allison Leadle3', and came 
 forth to the reading people of Lee County as a 
 seven-column folio, independent in politics, and 
 liberal in religion. Mr. Leadley conducted the 
 Appeal about one 3'ear,when he took Arthur How- 
 ard in as a partner. This arrangement lasted 
 about one year, when Leadley sold out his interest 
 to Albert Webster. This firm conducted it for a 
 time and then sold to H. W. Wright, who was suc- 
 ceeded by H. Johnson. In March, 1886, E. II. 
 
 Thomas purchased the office, and is the present pro- 
 prietor and editor. 
 
 A job department is connected with the office of 
 the Appi'al. It has a liberal circulation; is a bright, 
 newsy sheet and well edited. Its editor believes 
 in West Point, and through the columns of his paper 
 never fails to present its attractions and advantages 
 in the most favorable light. 
 
 Lee County Record. 
 
 T Donnellson this paper was started bj' Lew 
 AValters and J. M. Banks, Feb. 12, 
 1886. It was a six-column folio, and in- 
 dependent in politics, and was continued 
 by this firm until August 27, when it was purchased 
 by the stock association of which John Haffner was 
 President. Lew Walters w.as retained as editor and 
 manager. 
 
 The Record is run in the interest of the tax payers' 
 association of Lee Countj\ During the last elec- 
 tion it supported the claims of Mr. Haffner, who 
 was elected Sujjervisor. It has been earnest in its 
 labors for the association whose interests it repre- 
 sents. 
 
 The Knigiit'.s Sworrt and Helmet, 
 
 MONTHLY magazine bearing the above 
 title is published at Ft. Madison, and devot- 
 ed almost entirely to the Knights of Pythias, 
 whose cause it most ably advocates. It is 
 published by the Pythian Printing Company, and 
 is in its tenth volume. H. W. Dodd is manager, 
 and is an experienced newspaper man. Through 
 his skillful management this magazine has secured 
 a large circulation, and has become the leading ex- 
 ponent of this order. 
 
 The iWb;) ('tor is another magazine which is under 
 the same management, and similarly conducted, 
 but is devoted to the interests of the Odd Fellows' 
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 'AILROADS form one of tlie 
 most, im|iort:iiit factoi's in the 
 ileNi'lopuu'iit of a new coun- 
 try, :in(l are indispensable to 
 till' enjoyment of an old and 
 well-estal)lisiied State. They 
 haye largely aided in the open- 
 ing up of our liroad domains, and 
 •have been most potential in the ad- 
 vancement of our civilization. 
 Sloxv, indeed, vvoukl have been the 
 development of this country had 
 there been no raihxiads to aid the 
 l)eople with their rapid transporta- 
 tion. It is now sixty years since 
 the first railroad track was Laid in this country. 
 From the year 1827, which marks an epoch in the 
 history of this nation — -that ye.ar which was the 
 Oenesis of our railway .system — improvements in 
 every dep.Mrtment of railro.ading have gone steadily 
 on, until to-day there arc about l.')ij,0()0 miles of 
 ^ railway track in the United States, extending from 
 ocean to ocean, spanning a continent, and pene- 
 yj trating every State and Territory in the Union. 
 
 The agitation of railroad enterprises in J^ee 
 County began at an early date, in fact, :d)out as 
 early as in any county in the State, the first pro- 
 ject being what was nicknamed the Ranrs-Ilorn, 
 on account of its crooked route. 'J'his was a pro- 
 posed road running from Keokuk to J>ubuque, and 
 
 was agitated as early as is.'jl. It was supported I 
 hy the leading politicians and newspapers of that 3 
 day. The movers and advocates of this railroad c 
 confidently asserted that it was to run through t! 
 every count}', and call at nearly every man's door; p 
 hence its opponents gave it the name of the " Kam's- 
 Horn." Gen. Thomas J. McKean, of Marion, 
 Lum County, was the chief engineer of this road, 
 but was honest and sincere in his efforts, and had 
 nothing to do with the political or speculative part 
 of it. This pixiject, hi>wever, came to nothing. 
 Railroad agitation still went on, ami in Iis.tS the 
 mania for aiding railroads and other public enter- E 
 prises reached the county. It is our purpose only s 
 to briert}' mention the railroads of the count}", b 
 The first line upon which actual work was begun 5 
 was the 
 
 KKOKIK, OKS MOINKS ,li MINNKSOTA KAIl.KOAl). 
 
 In 1 <S.').> this company was orgaiii/.ed. Its object B' 
 was to construct a road from Keokuk up the Oes K; 
 Moines \'alley to Ft. Des Moines, and thence on to E' 
 Minnesota. A survey was made of this route in ;! 
 l.S;",4, and in 1855 the contract was let for' its con- 3|;J 
 strnction, and work commenced. This i)rogressed 
 for two 3'ears, and in 1857 the line was completed 
 to Rentonsport. Work was then suspended until 
 181)0, when it was resumed, and the track was ex- 
 tended as far as Eddyville. In 1S(;4 it waslinished 
 to Des Moines. This gave the people of the county J 
 
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direct conininnication by rail witli tlie capital of 
 the State, and opened up the l)es IMoines ^'alley. 
 
 KEOKUK, JIT. I'LEASANT * MUSCATINE KAILliOAO. 
 
 A company was organized for the construction 
 of this road in 1854. W(.rlv was commenced at 
 Keokuk in 18o5, and in 1S.')G the track was com- 
 pleted as far as Montrose. The citizens of Keokuk 
 gave liberal aid to this enterprise, and aid was also 
 given bj' some ()f the commercial men of St. Louis. 
 The completion of this line was of almost incalcula- 
 ble value to the country triliutary to the Missis- 
 sippi above the rapids. 
 
 While this road was being constructed to Mont- 
 rose, the citizens of Ft. Madison built a line to 
 Viele, and during the year 1857, the former com- 
 pany extended their track to that place, thus con- 
 necting by rail Keokuk and Ft. Madison. No 
 further work was done on this road until it passed 
 into the possession of that great railway company, 
 the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, in 1869. As 
 j soon as this company secured the road, active work 
 began, and in 1870 the line was completed to Bur- 
 lington, thus connecting by rail, Keokuk with Bur- 
 lington and the great city of the lakes. 
 
 BURLINOTON & SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD. 
 
 Another railroad enterprise to start, in which 
 Keokuk was interested, was the Burlington & South- 
 western in 1869. This company was organized at 
 j Burlington, and had its headquarters there. The 
 \ construction of this line started from Viele, using 
 ij the track, from this place to Burlington, of the C, 
 B. & Q. Work was commenced in 1870, and the 
 track was completed to Farmington, in Van 15uren 
 County, the following spring. 
 
 MISSOURI, lOWA A NEBRASKA RAILROAD. 
 
 This enterprise was first started by E. P. Buell, 
 of Warsaw, 111., and some capitalists of Clark 
 County, Mo., in 1867. In 18C8 Gen. Drake and 
 his associates took hold of the road, re-organizing 
 the compau}' and changing the route. The track 
 was completed from Alexandria, Mo., to Centerville, 
 Iowa, in 1874. The following year the line was 
 extended to Keokuk. 
 
 • FT. MADISON i- NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD. 
 
 This is a narrow gauge road, and is a project of 
 
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 the people of Ft. Madison. The C(>m[)any was or- 
 ganized in 1871. It was far-reaching in its aims, 
 its objective [loint being Council liluffs, via West 
 Point, Biriniiighani, Fiiirchild and Oskaloosa. The 
 purposes of this comi)any were not realized. It 
 was completed to CoUett, a distance of forty-five 
 miles from Ft. Madison. Collett was rjpached about 
 three years ago. It has been niucii improved of 
 late under tlic able management of C. A. (iilchrist. 
 
 sr. LOllS, KEOKl K ,(i NORTHERN RAILROAD. 
 
 This railroad project was started in 1872 by E. 
 P. Buell, of ^^'aI■saw, III., and citizens of Alexan- 
 dria, Mo., who organized a company for the pur- 
 pose of constructing a line from Alexandria down 
 the west bank of the Mississipj)!, to a point oppo- 
 site f^uiiicy, 111. This part of the road was com- 
 pleted in 1874. Sulisequently it was extended 
 north to Keokuk, and south to St. Louis. It is 
 now owned by the C'iiicago, Burlington & (^uincy. 
 
 The railroad lines in Lee County as now operated, 
 may be stated as follows: The Chicago, Burling- 
 ton & (^iiincy — Burlington branch; the Chicago, 
 Rock Island it Pacific — the Keokuk and Des 
 Moines branch, which meets the main line at Eldon ; 
 Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific — the Clayton branch, 
 which terminates at Keokuk; the St. Louis, Keokuk 
 & Northern, running from Keokuk to St. Louis, 
 and owned by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 
 but operated as an independent branch ; the Mis- 
 souri, Iowa & Nebraslva, running from Keokuk to 
 Humeston, Iowa; the Toledo, Peoria & Western, 
 running from Keokuk to the State line of Indiana; 
 Keokuk & Northwestern, running from Keokuk 
 to Mt. Pleasant; Chicago, Burlington ife Kansas 
 City, owned by the Chicajjo, Burlington tt (Quincy. 
 This road, in coming into Keokuk, uses the main 
 line of the Keokuk & Northwestern from Donnell- 
 son; the Ft. Madison it Northwestern Narrow 
 Gauge, which runs from Ft. Madison westward 
 through West Point, terminating at Collett. 
 
 The Wabash also runs a train into KecjUuk. With 
 all these railroad lines in operation, Lee County, it 
 will be admitted, is most liberally supi)lied with 
 transportation facilities. It might be interesting 
 to our patrons to state that .1. H. Tewksbury, now 
 an honored citizen of Ft. Madison, sold the first 
 railroad ticket that was issued at Keokuk. 
 
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 () city in the llawkeye State, 
 in its early history, was better 
 iviiown than Keokuk. It is 
 the general opinion that it 
 was first settled l)y Dr. Sam- 
 '« nel C. Muir, a surgeon in 
 ^^ the United States Army, 
 in 1820, a brief personal 
 sketch of whom will be found in 
 the general history of this ai.iu .\i. 
 Dr. Muir, with his Indian family, 
 only lived here for a few j'ears, 
 and then moved into the north- 
 ern settlements. Some time inter- 
 vened between this settlement and 
 the next, which occurred during 
 the winter of 1827-28, by Moses 
 Stillwell, a carijenter, who came 
 up from St. Louis accompanied bj' his family, 
 and a boy by the name of Valencourt Vanausdol, 
 who is still living here. For many years there 
 was no fixed name to distinguish this place. It 
 was severally called " Puck-e-she-tuck Point," 
 Foot of the Rapids, etc. According to Dr. Isaac 
 Galhuul, a creditable authority, the place at the 
 Foot of the Rapids received its christening at a 
 little 4th of July celebration, in 1829, held by a 
 few steamboat men, whose craft was lying at the 
 foot of what is now Miiin street. The meeting 
 was presided over by Col. George Davenport, and 
 during the festivities the name of Keokuk was 
 given to the settlement, in honor of the chief of 
 
 the Sac tribe, who had always been friendly to the' 
 white people. From that time on it has borne this 
 name. 
 
 Some time prior to the 3^ear 1830, the American 
 Fur Company had established a trading-post here. 
 It put up a row of cabins for its quarters, which in 
 subsecpieut years was rather disrespectfully nick- 
 named Hat Row. Gathered about this fur com- 
 pany's quarters in difl'erent kinds of employment 
 were about a dozen men who, with those herett>fore 
 mentioned, formed the population at Keokuk up to 
 1831. It might I )e mentioned that all of the em- 
 ployes of the fur companj- iiad Indian women for 
 wives. In the spring of 1831, Isaac R. Campbell 
 moved down from Nashvill<? and identified himself 
 with the town by engaging in the mercantile busi- 
 ness with Dr. Muir. After the Black Hawk War 
 the settlements became more frequent, and in a few 
 years Keokuk became quite a little village. In 1837 
 it was platted by Dr. Galland. Mr. Campbell sold 
 out what he called his potato patch upon the side 
 of the hill, during the spring of that year, to Dr. 
 Galland, who represented the New York Land 
 Company. The town was laid off by Mr. Hraltle, 
 an engineer who came over from Ft. Edwards. Dr. 
 Galland received a very limited education when 
 young, but was a man of strong intellectual power. 
 This he used to such good advantage that he be- 
 came a pretty well educated man; was a good phy- 
 sician and a fair lawyer, and was well versed in 
 ancient and modern history. He was a man of good 
 presence, gentle and polite, full of adventure and 
 
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 foiicl of travel. When quite young he went to New 
 Mexico, and was there seized by the Spanish au- 
 thorities on suspicion of having some evil designs 
 against the Government, and was confined for one 
 year in an adobe prison at Santa Fe. Upon his re- 
 lease he returned to the United States, locating for 
 a while in Indiana. In 1854 he went to California. 
 Returning in 1 855, he bought a residence at Ft. 
 Madison, where he lived until his death. He was 
 a man of undaunted courage, and a pure type of 
 the frontiersman. See sketch of Washington Gal- 
 land. 
 
 The first regular hotel was opened in 1840, and 
 known as the Keokuk House. L. B. Fleak was the 
 proprietor. It was a three-story house, constructed 
 of split timber and weather-boarded, and provided 
 with green cottonwood partitions. This hostelry 
 had the honor at one time (1841) of lodging the 
 Prince De Joinville and suite, who were on their re- 
 tui'n from Green Bay, where they had been in 
 quest of the lost and much looked-for Bourbon heir 
 to the throne of France. 
 
 The first school taught here was in 1 8.33, bj' 
 Jesse Creighton, a shoemaker bj^ trade. It was a 
 private school and his pupils numbered eight. 
 
 A post-office was opened in 1841, in the hotel, 
 ■with L. B. Fleak as Postmaster. About this period 
 the population was estimated at 150 souls. 
 
 The first church building erected was by the 
 Catholic society, in 1838. After the year 1842, 
 emigration came in quite freely, and in the early 
 part of the year 1848 the inhabitants numbered 
 upward of 2,000. Its future seemed secure, and 
 the people thought it deserving of city honors. 
 Measures were accordingly taken to this end. The 
 town was incorporated under the act of the General 
 Assemblj', approved Feb. 23, 1847. The first 
 election was held Jan. 3, 1848. AVilliam A. Clark 
 was elected Mayor, and the first meeting of the 
 Council was held January 10 following. In look- 
 ing over the names of tlie city officials from the 
 first to the present time, we find the names of Keo- 
 kuk's best citizens. F^rom them there could be 
 nothing less than an honest and able Government, 
 and one administered in the interest of the city. 
 The present Mayor is James C. Davis. 
 
 Keokuk is largely a manufacturing city. Its 
 
 wholesale trade is its pride and the envy of other 
 cities. The pioneers of the jobbing trade and the 
 manufacturing enterprises, were public-spirited, 
 far-seeing men, and planned much better than they 
 knew. Their successors have been apt scholars, 
 and these branches of Inisiness to-day are on a 
 solid foundation, extending their trade into Illin(;is, 
 Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Indian Ter- 
 ritory, Texas and the Western Territories. The 
 retail trade, also, is excellent, and some of the retail 
 stores would do credit to any city. 
 
 The next important enterprise that was completed 
 was the Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge across the Mis- 
 sissippi. This bound still closer together in bonds 
 of commercial interest the two great States of Illi- 
 nois and Iowa, and added much to the business and 
 growth of Keokuk. It was completed in 1871, and 
 the first train passed over it April 19 of that year. 
 Aside from the railroad business, the wagon traffic 
 over this bridge is very large. 
 
 Following the above in impoytance was tlie con- 
 struction of the United States Canal across the I)es 
 Moines Rapids. This canal was opened for navi- 
 gation during the season of 1877. The construction 
 and operation of this canal has materially aided 
 Keokuk, and has been of incalculable benefit to the 
 country bordering the Mississippi River. 
 
 WATKR WORKS. 
 
 With the railroads, and such grand enterprises 
 completed as the Government Canal and the Mis- 
 sissippi Bridge, the people of Keokuk thought thej' 
 would be hazarding their reputation for progressive- 
 ness unless they went to work and constructed 
 water works for the citj-. Under this spirit the 
 Water Works Company was organized in April, 
 1877, with a capital stock of *1 00,000, and plans 
 furnished by W. C. Stripe, an eminent engineer, 
 were adopted by the City Council. Great credit is 
 due this engineer for his indomitable energy in 
 pushing through his plans, as well as to the citizens 
 who seconded him. The system known as the Holly 
 System was adopted, the efficiency of which is too 
 well known to need any comment. The works 
 were completed in the summer of 1878, and final 
 tests were made in July of tiiat year. The worjcs 
 are located on the baiil<s <>f the Mississip[)i, from 
 which the water is taken. Tlie filtcrci- is 50x15 
 
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 tion passes. 
 
 There are ten miles of mains, which cover the 
 business portions of the city and nearly all of the 
 resident portion. The hydrants are numerous and 
 conveniently located. The pumping machinery is 
 among the best manufactured by the Holly Manu- 
 facturing Conipany. The engine is of a compound 
 type, and is guaranteed to perform a duty equal 
 to raising .5(1,000,000 pounds of water one foot, 
 with tiie use of 100 pounds of coal. The cost of 
 the works was about $100,000. 
 
 FIRE DEl'ARTMEXT. 
 
 A Hook and Ladder Company was organized in 
 1856. About this time the Young American Fire 
 C'ompanj^ was also organized, and embraced many 
 who became in after years quite noted in one 
 way or ant>ther. They sent to Baltimore and bought 
 one hand-engine which they called Galler^^ and to 
 Boston for the other, to which the}' applied tiie 
 name Iloueyraan. The first steam engine was 
 purciiased in 186G, another was subsequently pur- 
 chased whicli belonged to the Rolla Fire Company, 
 and tlie engine was christened Rolla. There was 
 also another company organized, the Union Fire 
 Company No. 3. .Since the construction of the 
 water works, Init little use is had for fire engines. 
 
 The Fire Department consists of Chief Engineer, 
 Assistant, and twelve ilinutemen. It is a paid de- 
 partment. Thej' have three hose houses and three 
 teams always ready. This department paj's to the 
 Water Works Company $75 per annum for each 
 hydrant. 
 
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 (^z^^HK banking facilities of Keokuk are excel- 
 lent. The}' are conducted by men of expe- 
 rience, who hold the confidence of the peo- 
 ple. They are enterprising and liberally disposed to 
 aid all public enterprises that are worthy. The bank- 
 ing capital employed is about $400,000, and the 
 average deposits are about |>900,000. Dividends 
 ai'e paid regularly. 
 
 IllE KKOKIK SAVINfi.S BAN'K. 
 
 This liank was organized Jan. 2, 1808, with E<1- 
 
 ward Johnstone as the first President, and the first 
 Cashier was William Thompson. In January, 1869, 
 Johnstone was elected Cashier and h;is held that 
 position ever since. In March, 1869, C. F. Davis 
 was chc)sen President, and has continually been re- 
 elected from that time on. At the time of organi- 
 zation the capital stock .subscribed was $100,000, 
 paid up capital $50,00(). Jan. 1, 1886, paid up 
 capital was $75,000; on .Inly 1 following the paiil 
 up capital was $100,000. 
 
 The immediate care and management of this 
 bank devolves upon that able and trustworthy 
 financier, Judge Johnstone. The Savings Bank is 
 one of the old, reliable institutions of the county, . 
 and has won the confidence of the people. Its of- 
 ficers are always polite and nceommodating. 
 
 KEOKIK NATIONAL HANK. 
 
 This bank was organized June 15, 1872, with a 
 capital stock of $100,000. The first President was 
 William Patterson, and Kdwin F. Brownell the first 
 Cashier. William Patterson held the presidencj- 
 until 1882, when he retired on account of ill-health, 
 and S. P. Pond, the present incumbent, was elected, 
 
 STATE ISANK OK IOWA. 
 
 In October, 1858, this bank was organized, with 
 Samuel Miller, President. In May, 1865, it was 
 merged into the State National Bank, of Keokuk, 
 with a capital stock of $150,000, and with James 
 F. Cox, President. Mr. Cox died in 1877, and A. 
 Hosmer was elected President. At the expiration 
 of the charter the bank was re-organized as a private 
 banking institution. This was in May, 1885. Mr. 
 Hosmer is still President. The directors and of- 
 ficers of this bank are representative citizens, in 
 whose judgment in matters pertaining to finance 
 great confidence is placed. Mr. Hosmer is the pre- 
 siding genius of the bank. 
 
 (()MMl;U( lAI, IIANK. 
 
 This bank was organized in l!S46 by George C. 
 Anderson, as a private bank. In 1872 it was in- 
 corporated as the Commercial Bank, with a capital 
 stock of $50,000, and II. F. Bower, President, and 
 J. H. Ilobbs, Cashier. In 1882 Mr. Jaeger liought 
 out the concern, and it is still owned and managed 
 bj' him. 
 
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 Mainifacturiiis" Interests. 
 
 ANUFAC'TOIilES are the potent factoi's 
 
 that contribute to the development of a city. 
 
 If a town does not have these industries it 
 
 has no solid structure upon which to base 
 
 its prosperity. A town niay have spasmodic 
 
 E booms, to use a modern phrase, occasioned by 
 
 [; speculation in xeal estate, or by favorable currents 
 
 ; of trade, but without manufactories to sustain it it 
 
 § has no reliable basis of growth. The West has paid 
 
 E tribute to the Eastern manufactories since its set- 
 
 E tlement. Each year, however, sees the amount re- 
 
 S duced, with a corresponding increase of the manu- 
 
 a facturing industries in the West. Capitalists of 
 
 S the West, not being familiar with this branch of 
 
 S business, have alw.ays been a little shy of invest- 
 
 = ment in it. Year by year, however, as one manu- 
 
 S factory after another achieves success, this shyness 
 
 is wearing off. Particularly has it been so with 
 
 Keokuk. Since the beginning of the present decade 
 
 her business men have been giving special attention 
 
 to this matter, and the result has been that Keokuk 
 
 is now the leading manufacturing city in Iowa. 
 
 The Keokuk Stove Works were established in 
 1855, and the company was re-organized in 1884. 
 It was established by J. C. Estes, who was suc- 
 j ceeded by B. A. Williams, and then by the Com- 
 stock Brothers in 18(i2. In 1875 the company 
 incorporated with a capital stock of $75,000. Gil- 
 bert Comstock, President, and George II. Com- 
 stock, Secretary. This arrangement continued un- 
 til 1884, under the name of the Comstock Stove 
 Works. At that time it was changed to the Keo- 
 i kuk Stove Works. 
 
 It is the oldest works established west of the 
 Mississippi. They manufacture all kinds of cook 
 stoves — coal and wood — coal and wood heat- 
 iP; ing stoves, and parlor stoves. They wake about 
 150 varieties of cook stoves, ^and about 140 differ- 
 ent styles of heaters. The company employ about 
 sixtj' men! and their sales average $125,000. The 
 iriC output is about 12,000 stoves yearly. The stoves 
 ; manufactured by this company give general satis- 
 i| J faction and are very pc^pular. William Burkett is 
 il i President, and .J. W. Hobbs is .Secretary and Treas- 
 i; urer of tiie compan}'. 
 i):: Keokuk Central Stove Works. This company: 
 
 was incorporated in May, 1884, with a capital stock 
 of *GO,000 ; President, A. J. McCreary ; Secretary 
 and Manager, Gilbert Comstock, and A. Hosmer, 
 Treasurer. In 18S5 the capital stock was increased 
 to |i75,00O. It manufactures cooking, parlor and 
 heating stoves for both wood and coal. It makes 
 about forty different varieties, and about 150 differ- 
 ent sizes. It consumes from 800 to 1,000 tons of 
 iron, and turns out about 12,000 stoves, from 190,- 
 000 to $100,000 in value annually. Their market 
 extends as far as Colorado and south to Texas. 
 Their iron is mostly from Ohio, Missouri and Ala- 
 bama. The stoves made by this company are first- 
 class and have a ready market. 
 
 The Keokuk Canning Co. was incorporated in 
 1881, with a capital stock of *10,000, which was 
 increased to $25,000 in 1883. The present officers 
 are William Ballinger, President; D. P. White, 
 Vice President; H. A. Heaslip, Secretary; P. II. 
 Crowley, Superintendent. During the season, which 
 lasts about three months, it cans about 50,000 
 twentj'-four-can cases. While at work it employs 
 about 200 persons. In connection with the above 
 this company have a pickle factory. It puts up 
 vegetables, pickles, catsups, etc., which is an indus- 
 try that is growing in Keokuk. 
 
 The Keokuk Pickle Company, which was incorpor- 
 ated in 1881, is another similar manufactorj-, which 
 is very creditable to the city. Its pickle business is 
 quite extensive, and it also puts up pigs-feet, krout, 
 and manufactures vinegar. The past season this 
 company put up 17,000 barrels of pickles, using 
 50,000 bushels of cucumbers. 
 
 The raising of tomatoes and cucumbers for the 
 canning factories here has become quite a business. 
 It has brought into availability a great deal of land 
 in Jackson Townsiiip, that otherwi.se was of little 
 value, and given to those that cultivate it a profit- 
 able employment. 
 
 S. C. & S. Carter are large dealers in and mauu- 
 f.acturers of lumber, doors, blinds, sash, moldings, 
 packing-boxes, and all kinds of woodwork that en- 
 ters into the construction of a house. This is an 
 old and reliable house, and was establisiied in 1 854. 
 They employ on an average about thirty men. 
 
 The Bucke3'e Foundry and Machine Shop was es- 
 tablished in 184!), liy S. S- Vail, A. Vail and S. Ar- 
 
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 initage. The st^ie of the firm has changed several 
 times since that date, ami the business is now car- 
 ried on l>y ^MeElro}- it Arniitage. Thoy euiplo\- 
 from fifty to sixtj" men, iiKUitifacture semi-i)ortalile 
 and stationary engines, .'iml liut<liers' tanking- out- 
 fits. They enjoj- a prosiicnjus liusinecss. 
 
 Keokuk Cracker and Candy Company. This is 
 an enterprise that is very creditable U> Ivccknk. It 
 was established in August, 1H,S3. The machinery 
 is of the must apiiruvcd patterns, and the building 
 and all the :uT;nigemcnts are admirably adapted for 
 the business. It was estalilislied by .lames W. .Sum- 
 mers, James Fit/.llenry and M. W. McCoy. 
 
 S. T. Wi irley tt Son's Carriage Factory is another 
 important Keokuk industry. Mr. Worley estab- 
 lished his factorj' in ISGCi. In 1S84 he took his son, 
 W. H., into partnership with him. In 1885 they 
 erected their large new brick Imilding. 
 
 The Western Foundry and Machine .Shop, liy An- 
 drews, Leottler & Co., was established in 1 872. This 
 firm make a specialty of manufacturing the Andrews 
 Patent Brick Press and Pulverizer, and also do all 
 other kinds of shop and machine work. The An- 
 drews Press is an excellent device f(ir making brick, 
 and is gaining a wide reputation. With this press 
 it is claimed that 18,000 brick can be turned out 
 every ten hours, and this has been established by 
 actual working tests. The machine was patented 
 in 1882. 
 
 The Gate City Carriage Factory was established in 
 1856, by Myers & Reeves. The latter retired in 
 1861. Thomas Myers was burnt out, but rebuilt in 
 186U. 
 
 Keokuk Windmill and Engine Companj'. This 
 business was established in 1881. W. H. Aldrich is 
 President, and II. M. Laurie, Secretary. The com- 
 p.any is incorporated with a capital stock of $25,- 
 000. They manufacture the Aldrich AVindmill, and 
 pumps and tanks. 
 
 Tabor & Co., gang-saw and shingle mills. This 
 is an extensive establishment, and is owned and 
 operated bj' men who have done much toward the 
 building up of this trade in the city, and are well 
 known to the lumber trade. Their mill is thor- 
 oughly equipiifd vvitii tlic latest and most Mpiiroved 
 machinery. 
 
 The Ilamblctiin .Milling (Omiiaiiy was organized 
 
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 as the successors of B. F. Hambleton ik Co., of the 3:;i 
 
 Imperial Alills. The new organization madearevo- Sr 
 
 lution in the tlonr manufacturing business of Keo- KiiK 
 
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 in the roller system. Their mill now has all the S' i 
 
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 latest imiirovements. It has thirteen rollers, and c i 
 
 the mill is cinwded most of the time night and Sti 
 
 day to meet the demands of their trade. JSl 
 
 Avers <S: Decker manufacture barbed wire and b;1 
 
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 eurry combs. They first established their business fci 
 
 at Bushnell, 111., and moved to Keokuk in 1886. S^l 
 
 Cacy & Company's i)ork-packing establishment jr'i 
 is one of the largest packing-houses in the State. It Se} 
 is conducted by foreign capital, the maiTi house be- b;;} 
 ing at Belfast, Ireland. A large portion of their -_ \ 
 trade is in Eunjpe. 
 
 Dr. Baker & .Son, manufacturei's of family medi- ~ ^ 
 cine. Keokuk need not send abroad for her medi- 
 cines, for they are made within her own corporate ;, J 
 limits. Dr. Baker has been engaged in this busi- si j 
 ness for over a quarter of a century, and has estab- 
 lished a reputation for his medicines that extends 
 f.ar and near. His medicines have been thoroughly 
 introduced tliroughont the States of Iowa. Illinois, 
 Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas and Ne- 
 braska, and have given general satisfaction. 
 
 Blom's Soap Factory was established many years 
 ago, and the product made is well known to the 
 trade. Blom's Soaps" sell readily and give general 
 .s.atisfaction. 
 
 There are mauj' other manufacturing industries ; { 
 which space will not permit to mention in detail. 
 According to the best estim.ate the goods manu- 
 f.actured at Keokuk last 3'ear amounted to about 
 |!4,500,000, which is an excellent showing for a 
 town of her size. 
 
 KKOKI K Ol'KU.V HOUSE. 
 
 This liuilding is of recent construction, and is 
 the finest in the State. In its design and finish it is 
 elegant, and in all its appointments complete. Its 
 auditorium is commodious, having a seating ca- s 
 pacity of 1,000 persons. The building is con- ; 
 structed of brick, and its architecture is verj^ pleas- : 
 ing. Tiie auditorium is entered from the ground 3 
 tloor, affording easy escape in case of fire. Take it : 
 altogether it is a monument to the gr.and t;rste and : 
 I enterprise of the peoi)le of Keokuk. tM 
 
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 HAND I'ARK. 
 
 The initiatory steps for the construction of this 
 park were taken in 1883, by the purchase of tliirty- 
 three acres of ground in the northwestern part of the 
 city. Work was commenced in the spring- of 1884, 
 and has been continued e' er since, under apropria- 
 tions annually made by the city. The last apiiro- 
 priation (1880) was $.55,000. The Park Commis- 
 sioners are (ieorge ]). Rand. James McNauiara and 
 Henry Tiete. 
 
 A fine artesian well was completed here in 1885. 
 It has a depth of 741 feet, which was secured at a 
 cost of 11,880. The flow is 250 gallons per min- 
 ute. The water, w'hich comes out with great foi'ce, 
 is strongly- mineral. Around the well is to be con- 
 structed a beautiful fountain. After the water has 
 been through the park, forming lakes and creeks 
 and cascades, it is carried into the main sewei'S of 
 the city, and linall}' empties into the Mississippi 
 below the town, having a most salutary effect in a 
 sanitary point of view. C^uite a collection of ani- 
 mals and birds has already been placed in the 
 park. It was named in h(mor of George D. Rand, 
 a prominent citizen of the cit}'. The location is a 
 beautiful one and very picturesque, being also one 
 of the highest points in the city. It borders the 
 Great Mississippi, and the view of the river from 
 the high bluft's is a grand one. It was laid out with 
 exceedingly good taste, and every point of at- 
 traction has been brought out to the best advan- 
 tage. The flower plats are already large and con- 
 tain a great variety of plants. There are also nu- 
 merous shrubs and trees, carriage-ways ami walks, 
 and pretty little lakes. 
 
 Rand Park is indeed a great credit to the enter- 
 prise and intelligence of the citizens of Keokuk, and 
 is unequaled by any cit^' in the State, though 3'et 
 far fnmi being finished. It is here that a monument 
 to the chief Keokuk is being erected. There are 
 three other small parks in the city — Kilbourn, Tri- 
 angular and Bluff. 
 
 KKOKT'K LIUKAnV ASSOC lATIOX. 
 
 The first meeting to take' into consideration the 
 matter of establishing a public library and reading 
 room for the city was held Nov. 20, 180;). There 
 were several meetings foUowinu; this and it was de- 
 
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 cided to make a stock association, witli the stock 
 at 810 a share, and that as so<m .IS $500 had been 
 subscribed to organize. In December, 180.i, the 
 following named officers were elected: A. ,J. AVil- 
 kinson. President; George W. McCrary, Vice Presl-^ 
 dent; George C. Thompson, .Secretniy, and Howard }| 
 Tucker, Treasurer. 
 
 There was but little done the first year, Init the 
 second some progress was made. The lil)rarj' was 
 first opened for the delivery of books in June, 1801. 
 The total value of the library at this time, including 
 books, pictures and fixtures, was >;o,0()(i. 
 
 Through the liberality of J. L. Rice, deceased, 
 who left a legacy of §1 0,000, to be used for the 
 erection of a library buildin; 
 now very fine quai-teis. 
 
 pleted in 1883, at a cost of $10,000, the ground 
 having been purchased for §7,000. The building- 
 is constructed of brick, and is attractive in its 
 architecture. The association has about 7,000 vol- 
 umes now, with a good museum collection. This 
 is an institution very creditable to the people, and 
 one from which they derive great benefit. 
 
 liKi.Kiiors. 
 
 From the erection of St. .lohn's Catholic Church 
 edifice on Blondean street in 1838, and the hold- 
 ing of services therein, up to the present time, relig- 
 ious societies have increased in numbers and their 
 buildings have improved in excellence of construc- 
 tion and architecture, and to-day there is no city 
 in the State that can equal Keokuk in her church 
 edifices. From the cabins, in which services were 
 once held by the different denominations, elegant 
 edifices have arisen, their graceful spires tapering 
 toward Heaven, in all parts of the city. Where at 
 first there were only a few humble worshipers, they 
 ma^' be now counted by the thousands. 'J"he faith- 
 ful entered upon their work with a faith and zeal 
 that knows no fatigue, nor recognizes defeat, and 
 with Christ as their guide, labored in increasing 
 their numbers ;iud solidifying their organizations. 
 
 Ke(jkuk has n<nv twenty -six religious organiza- 
 tions, all having buildings, and most of them in a 
 prosperous condition. Some of them have grand 
 edifices, such as would do credit to a metropolis, 
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 St. John's Episcopal. 
 
 KDICATIOXAI.. 
 
 The citizens of Keokuk from the earliest settle- 
 ment have evinced a desire for education, and from 
 the humble followers of St. Crispin, Jesse Creigh- 
 ton, who left his trade to take upon himself the re- 
 sponsibility of instructing the youth of this i)lace, 
 they have been enlarging their educational facilit- 
 ies and improving tlieir methods of instruction. A 
 very good criterion b}' which to judge of a city is 
 its schools. Nothing better indicates the genuine 
 progress of a town. 
 
 Tiie jiublic sciiools of Keokuk have been the 
 model for many of the towns of Iowa to pattern ; 
 aftei'. The general man.<igement of these schools 
 is in charge of an educational board whose culture 
 and refinement, as also their business e.xperience, 
 have peculiarly fitted them for this important duty. 
 The system embraces eight primary- or grammar 
 schools, with seven grades, uniform in each, all 
 culminating in the High Schools, the entire course 
 ic(piiiing eleven years in its completion. The 
 grades, however, are so arranged as t<i be complete 
 each in itself, wiiicli uniformh' enables tlie pupils 
 to pursue the studies of their grade in either of the 
 schools of the city. The curriculum embraces all of 
 the higher branches, and in the arts and sciences is 
 ei]nal to any public schools of the State. The pri- 
 vate schools in the city are: St. \'incent's, con- I 
 ducted by the Sisters of Charity; St. Mary's and 
 St. Peter's, Catholic ; Peirce's Commercial College, 
 ;ind the College of Physicians and Surgeons. 
 
 The St. Mncent Acadeni}- was establisiied in 
 1H()7, since which time the Sisters have made great 
 improvements in the school. They have now a 
 fine building, commodious and neatly furnished. 
 The Academy is under the charge of the Sisters of 
 Charity, who c:ime from Emmitsburg. .Mil. A 
 pretty little chapel is one of the attractive features 
 of the Acadeny. 
 
 Tiie College of Physicians and Surgeons was first 
 located at La Porte, liid., sometime in the forties. 
 It was transfi'rred from La Porte to .Madison in 
 l^!4.s, ;uid incorporated as the Madison Medical 
 College, witii a br.inch at Rock Island. One session 
 was held at Uock Island, and one at Mailison and 
 
 Davenport, when, in 1850, it was removed to Keo- 
 kuk. Here a faculty was organized, and the insti- 
 tutioii wa.s styled the College <jf Physicians and 
 ■Surgeons of the Medical Department of the Iowa 
 State University. In 1852 J. C. Ilugiies be- 
 came Dean, and continued in this position until lie 
 died, Aug. 10, 1881. He was succeeded by liis 
 son, J. C. Hughes, Jr., who is the [iresent Dean. 
 John H. Craig succeeded E. J. (iilbert as Presi- 
 dent, and holds that position at present. The ])rcs* 
 ent officers of the faculty are: Ccorge F. Jenkins, 
 President; George C. Morgridge, Vice President; 
 J. C. Hughes, Secretary and Treasurer, and J. A. 
 Scroggs, Secret:iry. 
 
 This institution is one of the most eminent in 
 the West, or country, and embraces in its Alumni 
 representatives from every State in the Union, num- 
 bering since the college came here 2,500. Their 
 success and intlueiiceiii the profession are creditable 
 alike to themselves and their Alma Mater. The 
 college building is a fine substantial structure, and 
 occupies a central position in the city. The college 
 museum presents the largest and most extensive 
 collection in the State, furnishing each department 
 with rare and valuable collections for illustration. 
 The business outlook of the city is very encourag- 
 ing, and its remarkable increase within the last few 
 years is certainly very flattering. In all the 
 branches of industry and trade, there seems to be a 
 health}' increase. From recent statistics it is shown 
 that the four banking institutions do a business of 
 over |iG(J, (100,000; in regular emplo3'ment there 
 are upward of 3,000 men, with capital invested of 
 over $4,000,000, the product of which is*15,000,. 
 000; the result of the combination of labor and 
 capital. 
 
 The city is well laid out, her streets are wide, and 
 about the business portion there is a very fair pave- 
 ment. Tlirough the resilient portions there is a 
 gooil road l)ed. In this part the streets are orna- 
 mented with a tine growth of trees, through which 
 may be seen many line i-esidences. The heavy 
 undulating surface of the land on which the city 
 was located afforded many rare sites for dwelling lots 
 wiiich the citizens did not fail to embrace. Th(jse 
 ;ire considcreil the most dcsirMlilo whi<'li coniinand 
 a view of tiic Mississippi. 
 
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Keokuk is situated upon the west bank of the 
 Mississippi River, at its fonrtueiicc with the Des 
 ! Moiues, in the sdutheast curner of the State, nnd is 
 very appropiiately callefl the"(iate City." Its 
 population at the present time may he justly esti- 
 mated at 10,000, and being in the center of ;i great 
 and exceedingly productive country, abounding in 
 coal, timber and the best kinds of Iniilding stone, it is 
 destined to move on in its growth, developing its 
 resources, and increasing its population year by 
 year. The beauty of its location can hardlj' be 
 
 surpassed. Resting grandly upon an elevated 
 plateau overhjoking the waters of the great Missis- 
 sippi as they majestically flow onward to the'Gulf, 
 the graceful sweo}) of the Ues Moines, as it mingles 
 its waters with the other; all [around far reaching 
 valleys and hills, with fertile fields and pastoral 
 scenes, the pretty quiet cottage,'the spire; pointing 
 heavenward, Keokuk can, without fear, challenge 
 theeountr}' to reproduce a site )nore couimanding, 
 more picturesque, more beautiful. 
 
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 OME of the most beautiful of 
 the smaller cities of the coun- 
 try rest on the banks of the 
 great Father of Waters. This 
 1 city, the county seat of Lee 
 County, is located on the west 
 bank of the Mississippi, in 
 Madison Township. At this 
 oint the great river flows nearly 
 it, hence the city looking toward 
 river faces the south. In 1805, 
 United States Government sent 
 ■oops here under command of 
 'apt. Z. M. Pike, to erect a fort, 
 and to have a military station here, 
 to protect the eountrj' as much 
 from the British Government as from the Indians. 
 The troops occupying this post and their attaches 
 may be called the first settlers in this section of the 
 country. The name is supposed to have Ijeen 
 
 given to the fort in honor of James Madison, then 
 a rising statesman. A trading-post was establislied 
 here about the time the fort was erected. To this 
 was given the name of Le Moine Factory, which 
 was stocked with goods, mostly such as would 
 take the fancy or appetite of the Indians, for which 
 skins, furs, etc., were received in exchange. 
 
 The erection of Ft. Madison angered Black 
 Hawk and his followers, who considered it a direct 
 violation of the treaty of 1804, and they accord- 
 ingly undertook t<j destroy it, but failed. Subse- 
 quently they undertook to accomplish bj- treaehei-y 
 what they had failed to do by force. Around the 
 fort was coustructed a stockade. A party of Indians 
 would come to the fort and a few of their number 
 would ask and receive permission to go inside of the 
 stockade, leaving their arms behind them, and 
 amuse the soldiers by engaging in their dances. 
 They pretended to have great friendship for the 
 otHcers and soldiers, and soon gained their conti- 
 
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 fleneo. Aniungtliese Indians was Qiiah-a-(iii;i-iii:i. 
 a (•imiiing old eliiof. These amusements continued 
 for sonu' time, when one bright da.y severaliiundred 
 Indians (•anie to the fort, inanifestinu great frieiul- 
 shij) as usual for the sokliers. Tlie ohl chief told 
 them that he wanted to amuse them that night with 
 a grand Indian dance lief ore the principal gate. As 
 soon as it was dark a large number of them, decor- 
 ated in their costumes, appeared before the gate 
 and commenced their dancing. • 
 
 While the^- were going on with their amusement 
 a young s(|uaw came to the fort and asked to see 
 one of the ollicers to whom she was much attached. 
 (She appeared very much cast down, and when asked 
 the cause of her sorrow, she told tlie oflicer that her 
 people had hostile intentions against the fort, and 
 this cntcrtainnienl they were giving the soldiers 
 was only a ruse to divert their attention while they 
 attacked and destroyed the garrison. Uponreceiv. 
 ing this information the commander had a six-pound 
 cannon loaded with grape shot and stationed so as 
 to bear on the entrance to the stoc'kade. He then 
 l)laccd a sentinel at the gate with oidcrs nt)t to let 
 in luit one Indian at a time, and if more attempted, 
 to bar the g.-ite. Cjuah-a-qua-ma and a number of 
 his followers were admitted in this order, while the 
 dancing was kept up with fervor outside. At length 
 all the dancers, during one of their rounds, m.'ide a 
 sudden rush for the gate. At this moment the 
 commander, who had been watching their move- 
 ments closely, uncovered the cannon which, with its 
 open mouth, was presented to the full view of the 
 conspiring savages, with a soldier standing by, torch 
 in hand, read3' to touch it off. The commander then 
 madi' known to the chief his danger, and charged 
 him with treachery. The Indians beat a hasty re- 
 treat, and the old chief made his escape. Some of 
 the Indians were captured, however, ;uid on their 
 persons w'ere found concealed weapons. Those 
 captives confessed to the plot, and expected noth- 
 ing but death, )nit the commander, after a short im- 
 prisonment, liberated them with a warning that if 
 they attempted such a thing again tiiey wonlil re- 
 ceive the severest penalty. 
 
 No further attempts were made against the fort 
 until the war willi(;reat Britain b)-okc out. During 
 that wai- the I'oit was again attacked b\ the Indians 
 
 and a regular siege was laid. The sutler's store- 
 house was outside the stockade behind one of the 
 block-houses. A few of the Indians got behind this 
 block-house and fired into the jiort holes of the 
 block-house near it, wounding some of the soldiere. 
 It was discovered that the plan of the Indians was, 
 th.at when the wind was favonible to set fire to the 
 j storehouse and thus burn the fort, and the soldiers 
 determined to thwart their fiendish purposes. At 
 night, at a favorable oitportnnitv- when the wind 
 was in the right direction, a soldier was sent out 
 and he applied the torch to the storehouse, which 
 was soon lai 1 in ashes. The Indians next tried to 
 set the block-houses on fire by throwing ignited 
 arrows, but the fire was put out on the roofs by the 
 .soldiers with improvised squirt-guns made from 
 their muskets, and they soon abandoned their efforts 
 and withdrew to a place of safety and held a coun- 
 cil. The result of the council was a demand for 
 the surrender of the fort, which was refused. Then 
 the chief, who could speak French, asked for a 
 pai'ley. He was asked b3- a j'oung man who was 
 there, and who could speak French, what proposi- 
 tions he had t(j make. The chief, from behind the 
 bank of the river which concealed him, began to 
 talk. The 3'oung man called out to him that he 
 could not hear, whereupon, in order to make him- 
 self heard, the chief raised himself a little above 
 the bank, when the young man fired at him and he 
 fell mortally wounded. I Laving lost their chief, 
 the Indians abandoned their efforts to destroy the 
 garrison and left. 
 
 About a year later, or in 1812, the Indians made 
 another attack on the fort, and failing to capture it 
 by force, they tried to reduce it b^' a regidar siege, 
 which reduced the little garrison to the greatest ex- 
 tremity, leaving them nothing but potatoes to live 
 on, and even these were fast being exhausted. 
 There was no certainty of receiving any supplies, 
 and after much deliberation it was decided to 
 abandon the fort. A trench was dug from one of 
 the block-houses to the river. There were some 
 boats belonging to the garrison, which were secretly 
 prepared and made ready for use. When every- 
 thing was ready the fort was set on fire, and under 
 cover of the fire they made their escape, and the 
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 the lurtiaus, vvhu were encamped there in a largo 
 body, were aware of their departure. 
 
 The troops made a landing on the opposite side 
 of the Mississippi, the present site of AVarsaw, much 
 exhausted with fatigue and hunger. About this 
 time a boat was seen coming up the river, laden 
 with supplies. This revived their spirits, and after 
 having a, good substantial meal and a little rest, 
 they resolved to retreat no further, and at once 
 commenced the erection of another fort, which was 
 called Ft. Edwards. 
 
 The first settler that caine in hei'e after the fort 
 was burned and abandoned was Peter Williams, 
 who made a claim and set up a cabin, in 1832. 
 This was before the countrj^ was opened to settle- 
 ment under the treaty made with the Indians, and 
 Peter was summarily dealt with for his audacity. 
 The troops came up from Rock Island (then Ft. 
 Armstrong), pitched his cabin into the river and 
 carried him off a prisoner, and Ft. Madison was 
 again left without an inhabitant. Peter, however, 
 had the metal of a pioneer in him, for no sooner 
 had the Indians' title to the land expired (June, 
 1833), when he returned, took possession of his old 
 claim, and erected another cabin. His second house 
 was located near the river, between what is now 
 Walnut and Chestnut streets. 
 
 Williams hardly had his cabin warmed up before 
 he was joined by Richard Chaney, who came up 
 from Chaney Creek, 111., where he had lived for a 
 while. His claim covered the old cornfield which 
 had been cultivated by the soldiers of the fort, and 
 was near the penitentiary site. He cleared off this 
 ground, and in 1834 raised a crop of corn. Au- 
 gustus Horton came also in 1 833, and entered a claim 
 on what is now the upper part of the city. Later 
 on in the season, John II. and Nathaniel Knapp 
 came in, the former purchasing Ilorton's claim, and 
 the latter made a claim and put up a cabin just 
 above the foot of Elm street. John built his cabin 
 on the site of the old fort. 
 
 John II. Knapp, after he finished his cabin, or 
 dwelling, built a frame house on the bank of the 
 river near by, into which he put some goods, and 
 commenced trading with the Indians, receiving also 
 the patronage of the few white people that were 
 here. This, after the trading-post of the fort, was 
 
 the first store opened in Ft. Madison. .John was 
 an enterprising man, and was one of those useful __ 
 fellows that it is good to have about in a new settle- ^^^'''' 
 ment. The following year he cleared some six acres 
 of ground, about where Morrison's plow works are 
 now situated, and planted it in corn and vegetables, 
 and also erected a mill for grinding corn and buck- 
 wheat. It was run by horse-power, and was the 
 first mill erected in this section of the country. In 
 October, 1835, his family arrived, which consisted 
 of his wife and three children, and they began 
 housekeeping, which was the first establishment of 
 the kind in Ft. Madison presided over by a white 
 woman. With Knapp's family came his son-in-law, 
 Joseph S. Douglass, his wife and two children. That 
 fall the Knapps laid off the town. Except around 
 the old fort and some other clearings the town site 
 was pretty heavily timbered. 
 
 In 183G there were several additions made to the 
 new settlement, and the Knapps had a lively bus- 
 iness in real estate operations. During that year 
 two very respectable frame houses were erected by 
 John H. and Nathaniel Knapp. They were put up 
 for hotels, and were called the Madison, and the 
 Washington House. 
 
 Both of the Knapps were stirring business men, 
 .and under their infiuence the town was growing 
 quite rapidly. This was cheeked, however, in a 
 short time by their death. John H. died from 
 natural causes, but his brother was murdered at 
 Bentonsport. Among others who had come in was 
 Jacob Cutler, who opened a store in the first fi-ame 
 house built. This house had been built by John 
 
 Knapp. 
 
 The village w.as incorporated in 1 838. An elec- 
 tion was held the first Monday in May of the year, 
 when Philip A'iele was chosen President, Robert 
 AVyman, Recorder, and Herbert Morris, Joseph 
 Skinner, Charles McDill, John A. Drake and Isaac 
 Atlee, Trustees. In 1 842, the Legislature granted 
 the town a citj' charter, and an election was held 
 April 4, 1842, when Isaac R. Atlee was chosen 
 Mayor. The city grew rapidly and soon became 
 quite an important river town. 
 
 The first regular Postmaster of the town was 
 James Douglass, who was appointed in 1836. Edwin 
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 honor. This he received from the Governor of 
 the Territory of Michigan in 1835. Stiuire Guthrie 
 was quite a character, a man of integrity, and a 
 sticliler for justice, wliicli he meted out Lo the poor 
 as well as the rich. 
 
 The first lawyer to settle in Kt. Madison was a 
 young- man from Kentucky, by the name of Alfred 
 Rich, in 1837. There was not much practice about 
 here then for any one, much less for a stranger, and 
 he opened a school with some dozen pupils. ' He 
 soon after tooli charge of a land case in which he 
 greatly distinguished himself. Subsequent!}- he was 
 elected to the Legislature and became a prominent 
 man in the State. 
 
 The first marriage celebrated here was between 
 Enoch Gilbert and Augusta Knapp, in the winter 
 of 1835-30. The first birth was the son of Joseph 
 S. and Almeda Douglass. 
 
 Among the early settlers there were many who 
 held the faith of the Presbyterian Church, and in 
 Mai'ch, 1838, a congregation of this denomination 
 was organized with seventeen members, and with 
 Rev. J. A. Clark, as pastor. Patriotism here was 
 as strong a factor as religion, and a Fourth of July 
 celebration followed the Church organization. At 
 this celebration. Black Hawk was present, and was 
 greatly lionized. He met with the white people 
 around the festive board and seemed to enjoy it. 
 A toast was given in his honor, to which he re- 
 sponded with the eloquence of an Indian orator. 
 
 The first steam flourmill erected at Ft. Madison 
 was in February, 184."), by W. Hauxhurst, which, 
 was quite an improvement on Mr. Knapp's process, 
 though in all probabilitj' the latter's mill at that 
 time received the greater welcome. This mill 
 ground out fiour for the people for some fourteen 
 years, and then it was converted into a distillery to 
 grind out whisky. Jt was burned down in 18G2. 
 
 The Iowa Penitentiary was located at Ft. Madi- 
 son long before Iowa w.as admitted as a St.ate. It 
 was built by tlie (ieneral Ctoveinment in 1841, and 
 I tin'ough its contract system and manufacturing, is 
 one of the city's most prominent institutions. The 
 labor is let to three Ft. Madison firms : The Iowa 
 Farming Tool Company, the Ft. Madison Chair 
 Company, and Iluiskamp Bros., manufacturers of 
 boots and shoes. In addition to the convict labor. 
 
 these contractors have outside overflow shops 
 where employment is given to about 20() nicu. 
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 The manufacturing interests lead all otiiers of 
 Ft. Madison, and are unequaled by any town of its 
 size in the State. It is these industries that iiave 
 built u)) the city and kept her prosperous; and no 
 city or place in Iowa is better adapted for manu- 
 factories tliau this. 
 
 Tlie Morrison Manufacturing Compau}- started 
 its business in a small way in 1865. It did not 
 have much capital, but had energy and persever- 
 ance, and a determination to succeed. Tliis was the 
 next best thing to capital, and witliout tliis would 
 not be of much advantage. The first article it 
 made was tlie plow, and in order to sell it witli all 
 the competition in this line, the Morrisons knew 
 they liad to make a good one. Later on the}- pro- 
 duced their cultivator, now known throughout the 
 West as the Morrison Clevis Spring Cultivator. 
 This is one of the most popular of all the culti- 
 vators made and has an extensive sale. They then 
 brought out the gang plow and the road scraper. 
 All the implements made by this firm have a fine 
 reputation, but none of them are so extensively 
 known and used as the Morrison plow. 
 
 The Iowa Farming Tool Company is one of the 
 important industries of Ft. Madison. The articles 
 maiuifactured by this companj' are too numerous to 
 mention in detail. The principal product is agri- 
 cultural tools. Their goods are of a superior 
 ((uality and workmanship, and made in more than 
 .500 i).atterns, and in sizes adapted to every climate 
 and Tnarket. Many of the articles are inventions of 
 their own, for which it has an exclusive sale. 
 
 The company employ some 200 hands. Its prod- 
 uct in steel goods is some G0,000 dozen, and in 
 wood 20,000; and they consume annually 20,000 
 tons of coal and 400 tons of iron and steel, with 
 500,000 of handles. This com])any's goods go 
 into many of the St.ites of the Union, and are 
 shipped to Great Britain, France, Germany, Swit- 
 zerland, and the South American States. William 
 Kretsinger is President of the company. 
 
 The S. ife J. C. Atlee Lumber Company is one of 
 the oldest and most extensive lumber manufactur- 
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 yards are located in the lower part of the city on 
 the banks of the Mississippi., and occupy about 
 forty acres of ground. Each department of manu- 
 facture is separated from the others; the sawmills, 
 plauing-raills, shingle-mills, are all under different 
 roofs, and having their own machinery, including 
 boilers and engines. All their machinery is of the 
 most improved patterns and the best that can be 
 secured. They employ in the different departments 
 some 400 men. The daily capacity of their mills 
 is about as follows: lumber, 125,000 feet; shingles, 
 140,000; lath, 30,000. They have recently doubled 
 the capacit}' of their planing-mills, and this depart- 
 ment has a capacity now of over 100,000 feet of 
 dressed lumber. This firm owns over 20,000 acres 
 of timber lands, cut their own logs, and do their 
 own rafting with their own steamboats. 
 
 The Ft. Madison Chair Company was organized 
 in 187G. This extensive manufacturing company 
 is one which greatly redounds to the credit of the 
 city, and is one which adds largely to its business. 
 By the best of management and a thorough system 
 of business it has achieved success, and the com- 
 pany now is on a solid financial foundation. It 
 gives employment to about 250 hands. It requires 
 about 35,000 feet of flooring to earr_y on their 
 work, aside from their warerooms. It consumes 
 annually about 2,000,000 feet of lumber, and its 
 production is al)Out 300,000 chairs during the year. 
 The machinery is the best made ; the goods made 
 are first class and equal to any made in the coun- 
 try. The trade of this companj* extends into all 
 the States and Territories west of the Mississippi 
 and to the Pacific coast. Joseph A. Smith is Presi- 
 dent, J. M. Johnson, Vice-President, W. E. Harri- 
 son, Superintendent, and J. H. Kinsley, Secretary. 
 
 Another important industry of the city is the 
 Hawkeye Soap Factor3'. The " Anti-Monoixily " is 
 the, leading brand of soap made by this company. 
 This soap is very popular and has an extensive 
 sale. It is a vegetable soap, and the ingredients 
 used in its manufacture are pure. The company 
 also manufacture a full assortment of toilet and 
 laundry soaps. 
 
 Huiskamp Bros.' Boot & Shoe Factory is one of 
 the industries that Ft. Madison may well be proud 
 of. H. J. Huiskamp, who is a man of good busi- 
 
 ness qualifications, has the management of the con 
 cern. They employ about 175 hands, many of 
 them skillful mechanics, and they have gained an 
 excellent reputation for their products throughout '■ 
 the West. • Their shops are filled with the latest 
 and most approved nnichinery, and this, with 
 skilled workmen, can have but one result — good } I 
 work. The annual sales of this company are over" 
 *800,000. 
 
 Potowonok Roller Mills were established in 18G8, 
 and have been improved and remodeled from time 
 to time as progress was made in this department 
 of mechanics. They now have a complete roller 
 system, and put upon the market as good a quality 
 of flour as is made in the State. The Potowonok 
 Mills have a daily capacity of 300 barrels of flour, 
 and a storage capacity of 50,000 bushels of wheat. 
 
 The Ft. Madison Paper Company is a late addi- 
 tion to the industries of the city. It was incorpor- 
 ated in 1882, with a capital stock of $50,000, and 
 with some of the best men in the citj' as incorpor- 
 ators. The officers, which have been retained since 
 the organization of the company, are : J. B. Mor- 
 rison, President; D. A. Morrison, Secretary, and 
 Charles Brewster, Treasurer. The product of the 
 mill is straw wrapping-paper of a superior quality. 
 This companj' gives constant employment to about 
 forty hands, and consumes daily eight tons of 
 straw. 
 
 There are several other manufacturing industries, 
 but here we have aimed to give the principal ones. 
 These will at least show that the people of Ft. 
 Madison are to the front in this department of in- 
 dustry. The aggregate product of her manufact- 
 ories will amount to upward of $4,500,000. 
 
 WIIOLKSAI.K INTEKKSTS. 
 
 Tlie wholesale trade for a town of its size is ex- 
 ceedingly large. Tiiere are several first-class houses ^ 
 dealing in lumber, dry-goods, groceries, hardware, 
 drugs, etc. The aggregate sales in this department 
 of business foot up to over $5,000,000, whicii will 
 be admitted is a very creditable showing. 
 
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 Eaton about thirty years ago, as a private bank. 
 Wlieu tlie National Banking Law was instituted, it 
 was organized into a National Bank. It relin- 
 quislied its cliarter as a National Bank in 1S7'2, and 
 was organized as a State Bank under the State 
 Banking Laws, with a capital stock of ii<50,000, all 
 paid up, and with the privilege of increasing its 
 capital stock to $200,000. In 1876 Charles Brew- 
 ster and Joseph A. Smith bought out Henry Catter- 
 mole, who had' purchased from the founders, and 
 have since continued the business. Charles Brew- 
 ster is President, Joseph A. Smith, Vice-President, 
 and J. W. Albright, Jr., Cashier. 
 
 The German-American Bank was established in 
 1876 under the State Banking Laws, by Ilejiry 
 Cattermole. It does a general banking business. 
 Mr. Cattermole has had a long experience in this 
 business and has the confidence of all who have 
 had dealings vvith him. He is President of the 
 bank, and is ably assisted b}' II. D. McConn, who 
 is Cashier. 
 
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 Ft. Madison is well lighted with gas, which is 
 made on what is called the water-gas process. The 
 buildings are all of brick, and substantial. The 
 capacity of the works is 100,000 feet per d&y, with 
 arrangements for doubling this if necessary. 
 
 WATKIt WOUKS. 
 
 Tlic Ft. Madison Water Company was organ- 
 ized in 188,5. The works were completed in 
 the fall of this year. They are constructed in what 
 is known as the reservoir plan. The reservoir is 
 on the bluff (jverlooking the town, with an eleva- 
 tion of 171 feet above the floor of the engine- 
 house. It has an immense cap.acity. and when 
 full is capable of maintaining four fire streams 
 through a one-inch nozzle at a height of 100 feet for 
 thirty-six hours. The water is taken from the 
 Mississippi, above all sewer.age, and far enough out 
 
 ifl into the channel to insure j)ure and wholesome wa- 
 ter, which after settling in the reservoir is nearly 
 
 „ equal to cistern water, K, U. Smith is President 
 of the com pan}'. 
 
 I-IKK I>l;rAl!TMENT. 
 
 The Fire Department since the establisluiicnl of 
 
 the water works is very complete and effective. 
 Each ward h.as a hose company handsomely uni- 
 formed, and there is also an efficient hook-aud-lad- 
 der company, and a Silsby engine, which now there 
 is very little use for. The fire service depends al- 
 together on the fire hydrants, of which there are 
 sixty-four, which are ready at all times with a pres- 
 sure available at a moment's notice. This gives Ft. 
 Madison a fire protection eipial, in proportion to its 
 size, to any city. 
 
 PIBLK' l.llUiAKV. 
 
 This society was organized some three years 
 ago, and though in its infancy it makes a very 
 good present-ttion. Tlie library now contains sev- 
 eral hundred choice and well-selected books and a 
 very good reading-room. It is out of debt and 
 self-supporting. Mrs. J. A. Smith is President, 
 and Mrs. E. Malcolm, Librarian. 
 
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 There is a wide difference between the schools of 
 Ft. Madison of to-daj' and the one taught b3' the 
 j'oung lawyer, Alfred Rich, no disparagement, how- 
 ever, to that ambitious and talented man. But 
 the city now has a well organized graded S3'Stem 
 of instruction, with thoroughly trained teachers. 
 The schools are divided into eight grades, .and a 
 three-years' High School course. While the schools 
 have been good, the school buildings have been 
 rather inferior until within the past year, when an 
 elegant brick building has been completed at a 
 cost of Si 5,000, with all modern conveniences, for 
 the High School. There are also two good Catho- 
 lic schools conducted by the Sisters, one in English 
 and one in German. 
 
 UKLKUOIS. 
 
 The people of Ft. Madison have taken an ad- 
 vanced position in religious matters. The early 
 settlers here were an exceptionally religious people. 
 This not only attracted others of like character, but 
 molded and gave a general religious tone to the 
 population .as it constantly increased. So to-day 
 the city is distinguished for the strength and pros- 
 perity of its religious societies, as much as for the 
 attractive and substantial character of its church 
 edifices. 
 
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 orgainzed in the county, excejit the Presbyterian 
 Church at West Point. It was oi'ganized in the 
 spring uf ls;iS, with a goodly number of members. 
 fSubsequentlj' the societj' divided into the New and 
 the Old School organizations. In 1858 they again 
 luiited and have so continued ever since. They 
 erected a large, fine edifice, which they still occupy, 
 and are under a prosperous administration. 
 
 The Methodist Cliurcli was organized in 1841, 
 at which time it was a charge. The following year 
 a house of worship was erected, and in 1843 the 
 society was set off .as a station. In 181)0 the build- 
 ing was remodeled to meet the wants of the increas- 
 ing membership. 
 
 8t. Mary's Catholic Church, of which Father 
 Meis is priest, was organized here in 1840 by 
 J. G. Alleraan, who at that time was the only 
 priest within 100 miles. He left .an excellent repu- 
 tation; he was generous, kind-hearted, willing at all 
 times to give his last copper to the needy. He 
 erected a brick house for worship, sixteen feet 
 square, which was about the first brick building 
 put ui). A few years later a larger building was 
 erected, as the church was increasing very rapidly 
 in numbers. 
 
 The new church edifice is a grand structure and 
 took several years to complete it, which was done 
 at a cost of upward of $100,000. It has three large 
 bells, each cc^sting over ^3,000, and an organ costing 
 $4,000. In the summer of 1876 a hurricane passed 
 over the town and so injured the building that it 
 required over |i30,000 to repair it. A view of this 
 splendid edifice is presented in this work, .-lecom- 
 panied by the residence and school. 
 
 St. Joseph's Catholic Cluirch, over which Father 
 Louis De Cailly (see biography) presides, is one of 
 the leading religious organizations in the count3'. 
 An interior view of this splendid structure is shown 
 iu this work. 
 
 The Christian Church was organized in 1838 by 
 
 a few members, presided over by Elder John Drake. 
 A eluMcli edifice was erected in 1853, at a cost of 
 about *;!,500. Services have continued pretty 
 regularly since, and the congregation has nniintained 
 its organization. 
 
 The Ei)iscopal Church was organized in 1854, 
 with Rev. William Adderly as rector. The pres- 
 ent church edifice was erected in 1857. 
 
 The B.iptist Church was organized in 1H58, at 
 the residence of Charles Brewster; meetings were 
 held in private families for some ttme. In 18G1 
 a church edifice was completed at a cost of $il3,00<i. 
 
 The C(jlored Baptist Church was organized in 
 1873 under the direction of Rev. E. C. Catey. 
 Subsequently a neat little house of worship was 
 erected. 
 
 The German Lutheran and Reformed Church 
 w.as organized in 1851); two years later a small 
 building was erected. In 1864 they completed 
 their new edifice at a cost of $7,000. This church 
 has a good membership and is jirosperons. It 
 man tains a denominational school. 
 
 The Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Church was 
 organized iu 1872 by Rev. J. G. Oehlert, with eight- 
 een members. They at first rented a building to 
 hold their services in, and secured the Presbyterian 
 Church for a while. In 1873 they completed their 
 house of worship, which is a neat, plain building, 
 at a cost of about $1,500. 
 
 We have thus briefly sketched the leading inci- 
 dents connected with the territory now embraced 
 by the city of F't. Madison, from its earliest oecu- 
 p.ation by the white men to the present time. We 
 find now a successful and prosperous comminiity of 
 over 6,000 souls, possessed of happy firesides aii<l 
 surrounded with the culture and refinements of an 
 advanced civilization, calmly reposing amid its tri- 
 umphs above the great Father of Waters, which, 
 still as ever, bends her course toward the sea. 
 
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adoption of township gov- 
 eniinents is an admirable sys- 
 tem. B_v it each township 
 is formed into a little munici- 
 pality, with its governments, 
 societies and local institutions, 
 which serve to cement friend- 
 ships, bring the people into 
 closer bonds of union, and edu- 
 cate them in the principles of self- 
 government. JMany of our best 
 and most liberal-minded statesmen 
 received their earliest training for 
 the great work of their life in these miniature gov- 
 ernments. A brief history of each township will 
 be given in alphabetical order, with sketches of 
 their villages, whicli will be an im|)ortant feature 
 of this work. 
 
 CEI>AK TOWNSHIP. 
 
 iHlS township is located in liu- northwest 
 quarter of the county, on liie line of the 
 Keokuk it Northwestern Railroad. It is 
 watered liy Cedar Creek, wliicli meanders through 
 the northwest corner, and a brancli of SugarCreek, 
 
 wuicn heads in liicsoutiicrn pcirlion, and rnnsxjut 
 The northwest corner is pretty well timbered and 
 
 ightly broken; the balance of the township is roll- 
 ing prairie, with occasional spots of timber. The 
 land is rich and well cultivated, and tliere are 
 many very excellent farms here, provided with 
 splendid farm buildings. The Ft. Madison Narrow 
 Gauge also runs into this township, entering on 
 section 24, and going out on section 4. The Keo- 
 kuk cfe Northwestern Road runs along the eastern 
 line of the township, entering on section 36, and 
 passing out on section 1. 
 
 Cedar Township was laitl oft and sectionized in 
 1837, and the lands were placed in market in 1838- 
 39. The first families to settle here were Paul 
 Bratten, the Anderson and Warren families, and 
 Isaac Mc Daniel. The first school held here was in 
 a log cabin in 1837, and was taught by Mr. Hall. 
 'I'he first church society organized here was the 
 Baptists, in 1843. A church building was erected 
 that year, and was located <m section (J. Rev. Mr. 
 Sperry was the pastor. I'erry McD.aniel was the 
 first child Ijorn in the township. 
 
 There are several little hamlets in tlie township, 
 where the |)eople get their mails and do some of 
 their trading. Cottonwood is located on the Nar- 
 row Gauge Road on section 1(1. Tiiere is a post- 
 odice here, a school, and some trading carried on. 
 
 Mt. Ilamill is located on section 2.5, on the Keo- 
 
 
 
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 two stores, a graded school, and a population of 
 about fifty souls. 
 
 Big Mpund is on section 3(l. and has one store 
 and a post-oflice. 
 
 The township is provided with three church so- 
 cieties — the United Presbyterian, on section -25 ; the 
 (Quakers, on section 11, and the Christians, on sec- 
 tion 31). They are all in a fairly jnosperous condi- 
 tion of prosperity. 
 
 The most interesting institution in the State is 
 White's Iowa Institute of Manual Labor. This 
 institute was founded by Joshua White, a wealthy 
 benevolent (Quaker of Philadelphia, for the purpose 
 of providing a Christian home and a practical edu- 
 cation for worthy children, without regard to sex 
 or color, that were not otherwise provided for. 
 To this end Mr. White donated 820,000, which 
 was to be controlled by the 3'early meeting of the 
 Orthodox Friends, and to be managed by a com- 
 mittee elected annually, which were to constitute a 
 legal board. Fourteen hundred and forty acres of 
 good farming land were purchased, and a large, sub- 
 stantial brick building erected. It was for a time 
 leased to the State for a reformatory institution. 
 In 1883, however, the Trustees arranged with Ben- 
 jamin Miles to take charge of the institute. 
 
 Mr. Miles, in connection with his talented wife, 
 had previously established an Indian school at 
 West Branch, Cedar County, mostly on the patron- 
 age of the (Tovernment. A sketch of Mr. Miles 
 appears elsewhere in this work. The present year 
 the Oovernment defra3^s the expenses of educating 
 and supporting fifty-five Indian pupils. The}^ are 
 taught the common English branches, farming, and 
 to some extent are instructed in mechanical work. 
 During the time this school has l)een o|ieneil the 
 children of nine different tribes of Indians have 
 been in attendance here. The land, not actually 
 worked by the students, which is about 1,000 acres, 
 is leased to assist in defraying the expenses of the 
 institute. This is a very commendable institution, 
 and one which should receive more attention, more 
 praise and support from l)enevolent societies than it 
 does. Mr. Miles is entitled to great credit for his 
 kind and skillfid management. 
 
 CHAIJIvESTON TOWNSHIP. 
 
 UAULKSTON is one of the center lown- 
 '^_ ships (jf ],ee County, and in its topography 
 has no sujierior in tliis section. The sur- 
 face is mostly- rolling prairie, which is interspersed 
 with tine groves of timber. It is watered on the east 
 !)}• tributaries to Rig Devil Creek, and on the west 
 bj- Sugar Creek and its branches. The soil is rich 
 and well adapted for the cereals, vegatables <jr 
 stock-raising. The township is well improved with 
 good farms and farm buildings, and the people gen- 
 erally are industrious, prosperous, benevolent and 
 charitable. It has about 1,000 inhabitants, and is 
 steadily growing. 
 
 The first settler was John Snyder, who came in 
 and made a claim in 1834. The land was taken 
 up quite rapidly after a settlement was started. 
 The township has good transportation facilities, no 
 part of it being more than four miles from the rail- 
 road. The Keokuk & Northwestern traverses the 
 township neaily in a northwest and southeast direc- 
 tion!, elitering at the extreme southwest point and 
 going out nearly at the northwest corner. The 
 Burlington ct Southwestern runs along just above 
 the northern line and parallel with it. 
 
 There are three stations in the township on the 
 former railroad, where the people get their mail, 
 ship grain and stock, and also do some trading; these 
 are Charleston, New Boston and Yeargerville. 
 
 DES MOINES TOWNSHIP. 
 
 \**K KS MOINES TOWNSHIP is located on the 
 ))) western border of the county, on the Des 
 Moines River. The branches of Sugar 
 Creek run southerlj' through the town- 
 ship, affording good drainage facilities. The west- 
 ern ptirtion is very liberally timbered and some- 
 what broken, as also is the northwestern jiart. 
 Along the Des Moines are some rich and beautiful 
 valleys, and running up through the middle of the 
 town are some fine prairies. Its first settlers were 
 John Phillips, Johnson Meeks, James and Wllliiim 
 Allen, and William and Robert Mix. 
 
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 stock-raising, and there are some very fine herds 
 here. The valleys are also rich in agricultiinil i)ii)(l- 
 iicts. The farms are well improved, with many 
 fine dwelling-iionses and substantial barns. The 
 population are mostly native born, and are marked 
 fur Ihcir intelligence, industry and prosperity. 
 Their schuols are good and their churches are well 
 attended. It is provided with go< id railroad facili- 
 ties — the Chicago, Rock Island A- Pacilic Hailrtiad — 
 on which are three stations. A'incenues, Hinsdale and 
 Belfast. The two latter are but small places. The 
 population i)f the township nuinliers about 1,000 
 persons. 
 
 \'incennes is a pretty little hamlet situated in 
 the Des Moines A'alley <m the C. R. I. & P. R. R., 
 and containing about 200 inhabitants. It is at this 
 place that the peojile of the township get their 
 mails mostly, and do a sliare of their trading. There 
 are three stores here, one or two shops, a good 
 school and a church. There are some prett}' groves 
 about town, vvhich render it quite attractive. The 
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 <»^/ MONG tiie first settlers of this township 
 were John Whitaker, Jolm M. Forest, John 
 O. Smith, John Wren, Daniel JIcKeuzie, 
 Ifcrden Hatton, Samuel lloxiston, E. A. 
 Hills, Mr. Moflfatt, Edward and Cyrus Fletcher, 
 Timothy Fox, Curtis Sheld and Louis Eps, in 
 ] ,s;i,')-;i(;. Tiicy nearly all settled together, not far 
 from the center of liie township, to which place 
 tliey gave the name of Denmark. The following 
 year the^' had religious services, presided over bj- 
 Rev. William Apthorp. 
 
 Some of the early settlers here first settled on 
 the north side of Skunk River, in the bottoms. 
 Jolni (). Smith canic in alienil of the otlier settlers, 
 arriving here in liS3;i, and locating near the present 
 site of Denmark. Ilis son was the fn-st child l)orn 
 here, his birth occurring in August, 1833. Joini 
 Whitaker erected a sawmill in 183.'), on the banks 
 of the Skunk River. The same fall Mr. Moffatt 
 
 completed a gristmill. The erection of these two 
 mills created great joy among the earl}' settlers. 
 
 Denmark Townslii]) is pleasantly located, and is 
 well drained and watered by the Skunk River and its 
 tributaries in the northern jiart and Lost Creek in 
 the southwestern. Al)out these water courses it is 
 also liberally timbered. 
 
 Denmark \'illage was laid ot'l in 1830. As be- 
 fore stated, the first settlers from New England 
 located about this town. John O. Smith located 
 near here in 1833 and subsequently became Post- 
 master. It was named Ijy John Edwards, who was 
 on a visit from New Hampshire. A school-house 
 was built here in 1 837, and a school opened by 
 Eliza Houston. 
 
 After the first school was opened a church society 
 was established, and soon afterward a building 
 was erected. 
 
 In 1848 the IJaiitist Church was organized. They 
 soon afterward erected a house of worship. Their 
 membership increased from year to j'ear, and finally 
 they found it necessarj* to erect a larger building, 
 which was a very attractive one and a credit to the 
 society and the town. 
 
 There are sever.al stores and shops in the village. 
 One of the leading features is a dairj-, which was 
 first organized under the Denmark Dairy Associa- 
 tion. The farmers at a very early day turned their j 
 attention to the making of butter and cheese, which 
 subsequently resulted in the establishment of this 
 factory. Denmark has about 20(1 inhabitants. 
 
 FKANKLIN TOWNSHIP. 
 
 ^,'RANKLIN is a full C'ongressional township, I 
 and one of the best in the county. The 
 greater portion is rolling prairie witb .-i rich 
 and productive soil. In the northwestern part 
 there is considerable timber, and in other portions! 
 there are o<'("isionally beautiful groves. It is! 
 drained by the main branch and several little trib- 
 utaries of Big Devil Creek, and also by a small I 
 branch of Sugar Creek. This township is very lib- 1 
 erally supplied with transportation facilities, hav- 
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 farms and good Ijuildiugs, and for the enterprise 
 and intelligence of its people. Its population at 
 present numbers about 1,300. 
 
 The Drst settler in this township was William 
 Skinner, a native of Pennsylvania, who made a lo- 
 cation on the edge of the grove in the southwest 
 corner. He first lived in a caljin formerly used by 
 Black Hawk during the sugar-making season, which 
 was located on the east bank of Sugar Creek. He 
 subsequently erected a cabin ou the west bank of 
 the creek. At the time he located, or moved with 
 his family here, which was in December, his near- 
 est neighbors were at Ft. Madison. That winter 
 they were entirely isolated from even these. The 
 next season, however, they were not without some 
 closer neighbors and companionship, for Henry and 
 Jacob Abel came in and located not far from them. 
 The settlers from this on were constantly coming 
 in, taking up claims and imiwoving their homes, 
 until all the public lands were disposed of. 
 
 Franklin Township is well provided with schools 
 and churches, and these institutions are well pat- 
 ronized. It has two thriving little villages besides 
 the station called La Crew on the Keokuk & North- 
 western, where the people get their mail and do a 
 good deal of their trading. 
 
 Dounellson. 
 
 "JI^ONNELLSON is a thriving little town lo- 
 I ))) cated at the crossing of the two railroads, 
 (fiJ(^ the Keokuk it Northwestern and the Chi- 
 ^-'^ cago, Burlington <fe Kansas City, near the 
 southwest corner of Franklin Township. Its loca- 
 tion is an attractive one, and it is in the heart of a 
 rich agricultural country. Surrounding it are 
 some verj' prett}' groves which add to its appenr- 
 ance. 
 
 This town did not have much growth until after 
 the fair grounds were located here, which was in 
 1870. Since that time it has increased slowly but 
 surely, and now has a population of about 300. 
 The agricultural meetings here have been very suc- 
 cessful, and no better place could have been fixed 
 upon for this purpose, as it is accessible b\- rail from 
 all parts of the country. 
 
 Dounellson has ipiite a number of good stores, 
 
 societies, and a newspaper. 
 
 the growing and thrifty towns of the State. 
 
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 ^RANKLIN is quite an old town, having been 
 laid out in the spring of 1840. The town 
 was started at first with t"he expectation 
 that the county seat would be located here, and 
 land for this purpose was donated by Johnson 
 Chapman, John Brown and Thomas Douglass. 
 The Commissioners appointed by the Legislature 
 chose this site, and it was accepteil by the Count}' 
 Commissioners. But there was dissatisf.action ; 
 petitions were presented to the Legislature, and 
 finall}' another act was passed authorizing an elec- 
 tion to decide the question. Two elections were 
 held, which resulted in the selection of Ft. Madison. 
 
 The first house built here was by Thomas Doug- 
 lass, and the first store opened was by William 
 Tillman. Two flouring-mills and a sawmill were 
 afterward erected. In 18G5 a woolen factory was 
 established by a stock company known as the 
 Franldin Manufacturing Company. 
 
 A Baptist Church was organized here in 1842, 
 which partlj' completed a church building. It was 
 subsequently sold to the Jlethodist people, who 
 completed it. The p]vangelical Society erected a 
 church building in 18.56. They did not prosper, 
 and. their building was subsequently occupied by 
 the Presliyterians. In 1 868 the Mennonites com- 
 pleted their general building, which served the pur- 
 pose for church, school, and a parsonage. 
 
 In 1874 the village was incorporated. Prior to 
 this a good two-story school building had been 
 erected. The school has generally been conducted 
 by good teachers, and the citizens have taken great 
 pains to have their y.)uth secure a good education. 
 In addition to the public school there are two de- 
 nominational schools. Franklin h.as a very pleas- 
 ant local ion, being situated on a rolling prairie. 
 Its population numbers about 250, and is largely 
 German. 
 
 There are two other towns or stations. La Crew, 
 which is located on the Keokuk * Jit. Pleasant 
 Railroad, and South Franklin on the Burlington <fe 
 Southwestern. 
 
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 GBEEN BAY TOWNSHIP. 
 
 REKN BAY TOWNSHIP is situated in the 
 extreme eastern part of the county, aud is a 
 sort of an arm tliat is formed by the con- 
 fluence of Skunk River with the Mississippi. About 
 the first settlement made in this township was in 
 l.S-i4, by Abraham llyter aud family, originally 
 from Pennsylvania, but of German descent. This 
 township, from its location and character of the 
 land, did not attract the emigrant verj' much, aud 
 consequently it settled up very slowly. The land 
 bordering the rivers is low and marshy, and much 
 of that in the interior is too sandy for heavy farm- 
 ing. Of late years it has been made quite product- 
 ive and profitable in the raising of melons, espec- 
 ially water-melons, for which it is well adapted. 
 There are a few very good farms in the township, 
 and some fine buildings. 
 
 The Chicago, Burlington & Quiuc3' Railroad 
 passes thrc)Ugli the west pai't of the township. On 
 this road is a station called AV^ever, at which place 
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 jI^ARRISON TOWNSHIP was first settled i 
 Ijl)!) 1835 b^- Joseph and William Howard, Isaa 
 i^^^ Renfrew and Isaac and C'retli Beller. Ther 
 (^) were quite a number of settlers following 
 thein in 1830, among whom were Conrad Schweer, 
 Daniel T. MeCulloch, Stephen Perkins and E. S. 
 MeCuUoch. The McCullochs were from Tennessee, 
 and became prominent citizens 'v\ the county. E. 
 S. served for many years in the Legislature, in both 
 branches, and was an influential member. 
 
 The first school-house was built in 1 838, on sec- 
 tion :J5, and was taught by Joseph Howard. Mrs. 
 Schweer presented to the township its first native 
 citizen in the jjerson of Malinda Schweer. 
 
 The oldest settler now living who attended the 
 first school is John McGrew. The oldest settler is 
 David MeCulloch. 
 
 After a few of the pioneers had made a start 
 here, directing emigration this way, the township 
 
 became an attractive location for settlers, who 
 moved in quite freely, soon forming a prosperous 
 settlement. 
 
 Harrison is situated in the westeiii tier of town- 
 ships, and is pretty well watered by tiie Inanches 
 of Sugar Creek, which run southeasterly, and Lick 
 Creek, which heads in the southwest part. The 
 southeast and southwest portions are well timbered, 
 and the other portions of the township are mostly 
 rolling prairie. 
 
 This township is well located for stock-raising or 
 for planting; the farms are laid off nicel}' and are 
 under good cultivation. The buildings are unusu- 
 ally good, and the people are intelligent and pro- 
 gressive. The}- have good schools for the educa- 
 tion of their children, and convenient places for 
 worship. At present there are about 900 inhabit- 
 ants. The Burlington & Southwestern Railroad 
 runs west through the lower line of the township, 
 and the Keokuk & Northwestern touches the north- 
 western part, giving thereby good facilities for 
 shipping and travel. On the former road there is 
 a station, Warren, where there is a post-ofliee and 
 some traffic done. There is also another town 
 named Primrose. Primrose is a pretty little ham- 
 let located on section 23, and has a population of 
 about 175 souls. It was laid off in 1 844, by George 
 Perkins, and in 1845 a post-office was established 
 here. There are some prettj- groves about the 
 town which lend attr.actKm to it, especially in the 
 summer time. It has a good school Ijuilding in 
 which there is a good graded school. There are 
 two churches. The Presbyterian, which was organ- 
 ized at an early day, erected in 1881 a new build- 
 ing. The German Lutheran Church has a good 
 congregation. There are several stores and sliops 
 in tlie village, and a gristmill, whicii w.as started in 
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 detailed in that of Keokuk. It lies in the ex- 
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 Mississippi is liill}' and sparsely timbered. In the 
 interior there are rolling prairies, interspersed with 
 groves, while the western portion is well timbered. 
 Aside from the two rivers mentione-d, it is drained 
 by Sugar Creoiv, Price Creek and some other little 
 streams. The soil is light and sandj' in the main, 
 but is admirable for small farming, to which use the 
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 now a little town or landing, 
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 ship. It has been pretty well established 
 that it was here that the good Father Marquette, 
 with his part}', made his first landing, June 21, 
 1673, from which place he took the trail that led 
 him to the Indian village, where he met for the first 
 time the Indians of the Mississippi Valley, and who 
 gave him such a hearty^ reception. A little stream 
 pnts in here, which is called Lemoliese Creek. It 
 received this name from a Frenchman, who came 
 here in 1820, and established a trading- post. The 
 place was first known to the white people as Lem- 
 oliese. Maurice Blondeau was here with Lemo- 
 liese. Blondeau had a brother-in-law whose name 
 was Andrew Santamount, and who lived with his 
 wife a few miles below in a log-cabin. Madame 
 Santamount had a son by her first husband, whose 
 name was Francis Labesser, wh<.i it is said was uu- 
 equaled as an Indian interpreter. 
 
 This log house where Lemoliese and Blondeau 
 lived was located on an elevation a little way back 
 from the river, near the Sandusky bridge, and was 
 occupied in 1831 by the Brierly family, one meni- 
 lier of which, James, son of Samuel, subsequently 
 became the first Representative from this district 
 to the Territorial Legislature. 
 
 JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. 
 
 ■JEFFERSON TOAVNSHII' lies in about the 
 middle, north and south of the eastern part 
 of the count}', and consequently a great 
 portion of jts eastern border rests on the 
 Mississippi. Big Devil Creek with its three branches 
 meanders in a southeasterly course through it, 
 which affords good drainage facilities to the ara- 
 ble land. The northern and western portions are 
 very liberally timbered, and there are scattering 
 bodies of timber throughout the township. A 
 large portion of the land is rich and well cultivated, 
 and there are many farms of which the township 
 can be justly proud. It was settled pretty early in 
 the pioneer day, the first settler, George Williams, 
 making a claim in 1834 on what is now section 2. 
 He was followed in 1836 by James Ballard, who 
 located near him, on section 1. Among the other 
 early settlers were Benjamin Skyles, W. G. Kent 
 and the Reed family. The township has at present 
 a population of between eight and nine hundred. 
 
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 liugton & Southwestern run through the townsliip, 
 forming a junction at Viele, where there is a post- 
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 MADISON TOWNSHIP. 
 
 ADISON is a triangular shaped, fractional 
 part of a Congressional Township. Five 
 full sections of land would probably cover 
 its entire area. Yet within this small com- 
 pass some of the most important events in Lee 
 County have transpired. Rising back a little way 
 from the river are high bluffs, and extending on 
 from these the land is considerably broken. In the 
 southern part and around the bend of the river 
 there is quite an extensive level plain or valley. 
 The soil is very productive, and there are some 
 fine and M'cll cultivated farms in the township. It 
 is not our purpose to dwell on its history, as the 
 leading features will be found in the chapter on 
 Ft. Madison City. Most of the early pioneers to 
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 By 1840 the land was taken up aud most of it was 
 under cultivation. 
 
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 IOWA'S penitentiary is located on mu elevated 
 plat of ground north of Ft. Madi.'iDn.overlook- 
 , ing the ilississippi. A temporary prison was 
 first located here as early as 1 8;5!). Some years 
 after an approprintion of ^58,(100 was made for the 
 purpose of erecting the buildings. Since the erec- 
 tion of this building several improvements and ad- 
 ditions have been made. Tlie buildings are of sub- 
 stantial structure and well adapted for the purposes 
 for which they were erected. After passing thi'ough 
 the gates, a visitor would think, were it not for the 
 prison uniform it was one vast manufacturing estab- 
 lishment. Theie are at present 367 prisoners here, 
 the average number beiiigabout 400. The cells, cor- 
 ridors, dining-hall, kitchen, and everything about 
 the prison is neat and clean. The court is orna- 
 mented with gr.a.ss plats, trees, shrubs, flowers aud 
 fountains, aud all are well attended to. The en- 
 tire morale of the penitentiary shows conclusively 
 that the AVarden, Col. G. W. Crosley, understands 
 his duties and is willing to perform them. 
 
 The Sunday services are presided over by Rev. C. 
 F. Willinms, and are held every Sunday morning. 
 Sunday-school is held at two o'clock in the after- 
 noon, and considerable interest is manifested in 
 the exercises by the prisoners. A very good li- 
 brary is one of the good features of the penitentiary. 
 
 The offlcei-s are G. W. Crosley, Warden; J. 
 Townsend, Deputy Warden; J. G. Herstler, Clerk; 
 C. F. Williams, Chaplain ; A. W. Hoffnieister, Phy- 
 sician; William Moore, Steward, and A. Scherfs, 
 Tui'nkey. 
 
 MAUIOJS T()WNSHI|». 
 
 ARION forms one of the northern tiers of 
 
 townships. It is ilrained by Sugar Creek 
 
 and its little tributaries. The township is 
 
 mostly undulating prairie. About the 
 
 streams in the southern portion there are some fine 
 
 groves of timber and the surface is a little more 
 rolling. It is one of the best agi'icultural town- 
 ships in the county. 'l"he farms .arc well laid out, 
 and under good cnltivation, and tlie farm-houses 
 are generally well constructed and attractive. 
 
 Among the lirst settlers here were, Alex. Cruick- 
 shank, Klias Gverton, Samuel Paschal and the May 
 famil}'. Tlie first child was born at Clay Grove, 
 aud was the sou of Alex. Cruicksh.ank. A store 
 was opened at this place in 1838. The first school 
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 F all the townships in Lee County, Montrose 
 can justl3' claim to have ))een the first settled- 
 This was in 1790, a full account of which 
 will be found in the general history. The pioneers, 
 however, of our day arc loth to recognize this as a 
 settlement. It is too far back, and laj's over their 
 d.ates so far that they do not even care to think of 
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 frontage. It is all pretty well timbered except a ^[ 
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 >HE site upon which this beautiful town is 
 located was long known in histor.y as Ft. 
 Dcs Moines. It rests on an elevated plateau 
 overlooking the Mississippi, and at a point where 
 there is a bend in the river. In this sketch it is 
 highly proper to mention the name of that lonely 
 adventurer who came to dwell here on the banks 
 of this beautiful river. His name was Louis 
 Honore Tesson, a Frenchman, who located here in 
 1796, and lived here with his family for several 
 years. He held a Spanish claim of a mile square. 
 He opened a trading-house and made extensive im- 
 provements, at least for those days, but he finally 
 became involved in debt, his property was seized, 
 and he was compelled to leave the country. Upon 
 this farm the present city of Montrose rests. 
 
 A long period elapsed before another settlement 
 was made here ; not, indeed, until the pioneer era 
 was this place inhabited again by other than the 
 Indians. The first settlement made here was in 
 1832, by Capt. .Tames White, who was soon j<)ined bj' 
 Stephen II. Burtis, Ezra Overall, Thomas Taylor 
 and others. 
 
 In 1834 the Government commenced the erection 
 of Ft. Des Moines, which gave quite an impetus to 
 the growth of this settlement. Work commenced 
 in the spring, and the fort was ready for occupancy 
 by fall. The building of this fort brought a good 
 many men here, who afterward became permanent 
 settlers. The barracks were occupied in November, 
 by three companies of the 1st U. S. Dragoons, 
 under command of Lieut. Col. Kearney. 
 
 The troops remained here until the spring of 
 1837, when they w-ere removed to Ft. Leavenworth, 
 Kan. After the withdrawal of the troops the site 
 was laid out and platted by Daniel W. Kilbourne, 
 and named ]\Iontrose. 
 
 After the town was laid off, the heirs of Thomas 
 F. Riddick brought suit to establish their title to 
 the square mile originally granted to Tesson, which 
 was decided in their favor. Riddick now bought 
 the land from Tessou's creditor, Rabidoux. The 
 town was again surveyed, and a partition made be- 
 tween the heirs. 
 
 The first store oi)ened here was in 183'.), b}' 1). 
 W. and Edward Kilbourne. For some time the 
 
 toun had a rapid gi-owth and up to the completion 
 of tlie Government Canal. Prior to that time ( 1 .s77) 
 Montrose was an important river town. It was at 
 the head of the Rapids, where at all timts except 
 in high water, cargoes were discharged and carric<l 
 over the Rapids by lighters. This l)rought a large 
 revenue to the town, and its loss was deeply felt. 
 
 In 1857 the town was incor|)orated, and .1. M. 
 Anderson was chosen Mayor. The population is 
 estimated at present at about 800. 
 
 There are four churches here, the societies of 
 which have regular meetings ; these are the Method- 
 ists, Episcopalians, Catholics, and the New Church 
 of the Latter-Daj' Saints. 
 
 From the earliest settlement attention was given 
 to public schools, which resulted in having good 
 teachers, and a good system of education. A 
 good three-story brick school building was erected 
 some j^ears ago at a cost of $1.5,000, and the most 
 competent teachers secured. This plan has been 
 carried out ever since, the result of which is that 
 Montrose can justl3f feel proud of her educational 
 advantages. 
 
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 ^ASHVILLE is a little village situated on the 
 banks of the Mississippi, about midwaj' of 
 the township, and in the outward bend of 
 the river. Its population at the present time might, 
 by close counting, be raised to a hundred. This 
 town is a forcible illustration of man's weakness, 
 of his inabilit}' to control the elements that go to 
 make up this world of ours; also that advantageous ^ra 
 sites do not always make cities. It was the object 
 in days gone by of gre.at expectations, of dermas 
 of wealth, power and grandeur more extravagant 
 than any that was ever woven into a tale by Dick- 
 ens. But Nashville has historic value if it has not 
 a large population, with all the strife and conflict 
 of busy trade. 
 
 It was here that Dr. Isaac (ialland first located 
 in 1829, and opened his trading-house. It was here 
 tliat the first white child, within the territory n(jw 
 embraced by Lee County, was born. Her name 
 was Eleanor Galland. It was this year that the 
 first school was taught by UerrymaM .Icnniiigs. 
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 sentative of Lee County. In 1830, Isaac R. Camp- 
 licll was jiorsuailed by Dr. (ialland to locate here, 
 who, at this time, expected notliiny else tlian it 
 would be a great city. Mr. C'anjpbcll rcinained 
 until spring, and then moved down lu the ioot of 
 the Rapids. 
 
 This town was known to Ihi' Indians by the name 
 of Ah-we-pe-tnel<, and the country around here 
 was a favorite resort for them. Black Hawk, Kco- 
 ktd<, Wapello, Appanoose, Pastapaho, and other 
 (•iii(?fs, were frequent visitors to Nashville, and 
 were wont to indulge in their sports here to an en- 
 thusiastic degree. But time has ch.anged all. Those' 
 Indians have gone to their happy hunting-grounds, 
 and the old settlers have i)assed awa^'. 
 
 
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 LEASANT RIIKIK is located in the north- 
 ern tier of townships. The first settle- 
 ments made here were b}' William and 
 Thomas Clark, Edward Enslow, John and 
 David Burns and Thomas Foggy, in 1835. In 
 183G several more families moved in and took up 
 claims. In 1837 George Berr^', from Virginia, 
 joined the .settlement and opened the first school 
 here, in a private house. In 1839 a log school 
 building was erected on section 2(i. Rev. Mr. Pitt- 
 ner preached the first sermon. The Methodists 
 were the first to oi-ganize a society and to erect a 
 building. Edward Enslow had the honor to jire- 
 side as the first Justice of the Peace. 
 
 Pleasant Ridge is drained by Lost Creek which 
 heads here, a branch of Sugar Creek, and Prairie 
 and Sutton Creeks, which empty into Skunk River. 
 The ujjper portion is well timbered, and the surface 
 is somewhat broken, while the southern portion is 
 rolling prairie with an occasional little grove. The 
 township is under good cultivation, having many 
 in(> farms and iile.-isant homes. (Jood sclutols liave 
 been established, as well as places of woi'ship. 
 
 VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP. 
 
 ' Nt(((<^AN BUREN is located on the western line 
 of the county, a portion of it bordering the 
 Des Moines. It is all pretty well timbered, 
 except the northeast portion, and the surface is 
 quite rolling and often rather broken. It is more 
 particularly ada]5ted for stock-raising, though there 
 are many good agricultural farms in the township. 
 It was first settled by Louis D. Kent, Louis Crow, 
 Abraham llenkle and J\Ir. Haggard, a Christian 
 preacher. These settlements were made in 1 83.5. 
 Eliza llenkle, granddaughter of Abraham llenkle, 
 was the first child born in the township. 
 
 At the time of the settlement here, the people 
 were very much isolated, and there was but little 
 interchange of social life. It was not until 1843 
 that they had a school for their children, and this 
 was opened by Israel Cameron. During that year 
 Daniel Galland settled here, and was the first Justice 
 of the Peace. The township has been [)retty well 
 settled up and improved; schools have been 
 established, and church societies organized, both of 
 which the people take a lively interest in. Their 
 nearest inland stations are Warsaw and Belfast. 
 
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 i^^ASniNGTON TOWNSHIP is among the 
 oldest settled townships in the county. It 
 
 is very liberally timbered, except in the 
 center and the northwest portion. 'J'here are some 
 very fine rolling prairies within its borders, which 
 are under good cultivation. Lost Creek and several 
 other little water courses drain it pretty fairh'. 
 
 About the first settlement made here was in 
 1834, when Joseph White, Samuel Ross, Benjamin 
 Box, Hiram C. Smith and John Gregg came in and 
 took up claims. Mr. Ross was a Kentuckian, and 
 a gentleman of education and refinement. In 1835 
 quite an addition w;is made to this settlement by 
 the arrival of Philander .lones, from New York, 
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 Sawyei- and otliers. This township settled up 
 j pretty rapidly after this, and daring the long years 
 since its first settlement has beconje well developed: 
 There are some very beautiful homes within its 
 borders. The people are intelligent, well informed 
 and progressive. They iiavc good schools, and are 
 very attentive in their religious duties. The Chi- 
 cago, Burlington & Quiucy Railroad runs across the 
 southeast corner of the township, and the Ft. Madi- 
 son & Northwestern across the southwest corner. 
 The people do their trading and get their mail 
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 ^HIS is one of the central townships of the 
 count}', and is numbered among the best. 
 Its topography is attractive, and it is ex- 
 ceedingly well adapted for agricultural purposes, or 
 for stock-raising. It is liberally watered by Sugar 
 Creek and its tributaries. Along these streams 
 there are fine bodies of timber, and the surface in 
 some places is quite broken; there are, however, 
 many large level fields. In the northern portion it 
 II is mostly rolling prairie, with frequent pretty 
 groves of timber. 
 
 Louis Pitman, from Kentuckj', with his wife and 
 seven children, moved here in the spring of 18.3;") 
 and made a claim. Here he lived until his death, 
 and his children still own the farm. His log cabin 
 is still standing. He with his entire family came 
 ; with an ox-wagon all the way from Kentnckj-. 
 3! Later on came George Herring, R. P. Creel, Will- 
 3 iam Patterson, John L. Cotton, John Howell, and 
 ; several others. They soon had here quite a thriv- 
 J ing settlement, with a good school and religious 
 organizations. It has now a prosperous commu- 
 § nity which is marked for its progressive spirit, for 
 J its intelligence and for its moral tone. Near its 
 5 northwestern corner is the pretty town of AVest 
 Point, where the people do their trading exclus- 
 ively. 
 
 f^i^IIIS lieautiful little village was first laid out 
 by Abraham Hunsicker. J. L. Cotton opened 
 a small store here in the latter part of 1835. 
 The place was then called " Cotton Town." Early 
 in the spring of ISoU there were several log cabins 
 put up. In May, William Patterson with one or 
 two others bought Hunsicker's claim, and then pro- 
 ceeded to lay it ofT in regular blocks and lots, and 
 named the place West Point. They were induced 
 to give their embryo town this name by some West 
 Point officers, who were then stationed at Ft. Des 
 Moines, under the promise from them,. that they 
 would become real estate holders in their new en- 
 terprise. In September a sale of lots was made. 
 
 Almost from the first the people here began a 
 struggle for the county seat, which was maintained 
 with fervor until it was finally located at Ft. 
 Madison. 
 
 West Point is on the Ft. Madison Narrow ttauge 
 Railroad, and is an incorporated town and has a 
 citj' government. Its popul.ation now is about 800. 
 Its location is a beautiful one; lovely groves sur- 
 round it, which form a pleasing relief to the rich, 
 rolling prairies. It is in the midst of a well culti- 
 vated country. There are several good business 
 houses in town and one planing-mill. 
 
 The first preacher to visit this town was Rev. 
 Daniel Cartwright, a distant relative of Peter Cart- 
 wright. He was of the Methodist Church. The first 
 ministei- to hold regular services here was Rev. 
 Alex. Ewing, a Presbyterian clergyman. A society 
 was organized in June, 1 837, and is supposed to be 
 the oldest Presbj'terian organization in Iowa. Their 
 first building was a brick structure and was com- 
 pleted in 1838. They subsequently put up a larger 
 and finer one. This society has maintaineil its 
 organization from the first and is in a prosperous 
 condition. 
 
 The Methodist Church was organized in 1839, 
 by Rev. iNIr. Jennison. Meetings were held in a 
 log house. In 1842 a small church building was 
 erected, which was used until 1 855, when it was sold 
 to the German Methodists, and a more commodious 
 edifice erected. It had at one time 150 members, 
 but it has not been able to maintain tliis number. 
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 The Catholic Church was organized in 1842, by 
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 of 1843, a church building was erected, wliich was 
 used as a place of \v(.)rship for about ten years, 
 when it was enlai-ged. In 1859 the church com- 
 pleted its large, fine brick cditice at a cost of about 
 ;t;10,000. A fine pipe organ was subsequently added. 
 It has a good rich tone and a large volume of sound. 
 It is called the Church of the Assumption, and is 
 presided over by Rev. William Jacoby, a very tal- 
 ented and devout priest. There are some very 
 ine oil paintings in llie church. The Assumi)tion is 
 a real gem of art, and was brought by Father Jacoby 
 from Europe. The Stations of the Cross are also 
 elegant paintings and were executed by a master's 
 hand. 
 
 A Catholic school is attached to the church, 
 which is under the control of the P'ranciscan Slstei's. 
 
 They have a good, large, handsome building, and 
 an excellent school ;af nil English course is taught, 
 also the classics, with painting, music and drawing. 
 
 The Mennonites established a society here in p] 
 1845. They for several years held their meetings 
 iu private houses. In 1850 thej' succeeded -in 
 erecting a log building south of the town. In Hj 
 18(>3 they completed their new building in town. 
 There is also a Baptist and a Cumberland Presby- 
 terian Societj' in the town. 
 
 West Point has always been liberally disposed 
 toward educational institutions, and has from the 
 first maintained good schools. The West Point ^ 
 Academy was established in 1842. It had been 
 incori)orated by the Legislature in 1839. In 1842 
 a young ladies' school was opened. The public 
 school is presided over by good teachers, is graded, 
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 Allbaugh, Mrs. Levo 214 
 
 Allen, W. W 392 
 
 Allyn, T. H 541 
 
 Alter, Henry R 444 
 
 Alton, H. E 231 
 
 Anderson, Absalom 205 
 
 Anderson, A. W 176 
 
 Anderson, B. F 551 
 
 Anderson, J- G 177 
 
 Anderson, James H 223 
 
 Anderson, Joseph G 335 
 
 Anderson, Dr. J. M 192 
 
 Annable. D. H 183 
 
 Armentrout, Dr. J. C 343 
 
 Arthur, Chester A 99 
 
 Atlee, Joseph B 457 
 
 Atlee, J. C 221 
 
 B 
 
 Bacon, J- H 323 
 
 Bailey, Dr. Benj. F 317 
 
 Bailey, Noah 19.S 
 
 Baker, C O., M. D 293 
 
 Baker, Dr. S. F 522 
 
 Ball, Frederick 237 
 
 Ballinger, Frank M .--S?^ 
 
 Ballinger, William 312 
 
 Bancroft, Dr. W 568 
 
 Bank, Judge Henry 185 
 
 Barr, Robert 263 
 
 Barr, Robert J 265 
 
 Bassett, W. M 201 
 
 Beard, Wm 469 
 
 Beck, Hon. J. M 518 
 
 Becker, C. L . - 193 
 
 Beeler, David 197 
 
 Behrens, W . J 216 
 
 Bell, John ..194 
 
 Bell, Rice H 479 
 
 Bell, Z. T 433 
 
 Benbow. J. W 386 
 
 Berstler, J. G 378 
 
 Bertram, Dr. W 186 
 
 Black, H. M 308 
 
 Blom, N 225 
 
 Blom, Wm 436 
 
 Boley, John 577 
 
 Bonnell, J. W 377 
 
 Bowen, P. W 232 
 
 Boyd, J. G 191 
 
 Brandes, Wm 235 
 
 Bricker, James E 388 
 
 Briggs, Ansel Tin 
 
 Brinck, H 324 
 
 Brinkman, Mrs- Margaret. . -198 
 
 Brooks, Oliver 571 
 
 Brown, Charles, Sr 206 
 
 Brumagen, J. M 574 
 
 Buchanan, James 75 
 
 Buck, Morton 505 
 
 Buell, L. W 401 
 
 BuUard, A 295 
 
 BuUard, A. J 565 
 
 Bullard, James 412 
 
 BuUard, Wilson.. - 337 
 
 Burke, Patrick 558 
 
 Burster, Ernst 201 
 
 \ 
 
 Cale. J. M 458 
 
 Cameron, James 277 
 
 Campbell. J. W 587 
 
 Campbell. N. C 536 
 
 Carey, S. E 294 
 
 Carpenter, Cyrus Clay 139 
 
 Carter, E. S 213 
 
 Carter, S. C 266 
 
 Case, M 435 
 
 Casey, Hon. J. M 181 
 
 Casey. S. M 184 
 
 Cattermole, A. C 207 
 
 Cattermole, H 561 
 
 Chamberlain, M . S 286 
 
 Church, James V 497 
 
 Clark, N- E 538 
 
 Cleaver, Dr. H. T 283 
 
 Cleveland, S. Grover 103 
 
 Cole, A. J 233 
 
 Collins, Maj. Wm. B 475 
 
 Comstock, Gilbert 302 
 
 Connable, A. L 427. 
 
 Cook, C. M 394 
 
 Cooney, J. K 171 
 
 Cowles, Philetus 529 
 
 Coyne, Wm 418 
 
 Craig, John E 335 
 
 Craig, John H .523 
 
 Crane, J. T 572 
 
 Crosley, Col. G. W 281 
 
 Curtis, George D 298 
 
 D 
 
 Datigherty. J ■ F 
 
 Davis, Alfred 
 
 Davis, B. C 
 
 Davis, Capt. George E. 
 
 Davis, James C 
 
 Davis, Dr. Paschal 
 
 Davis, Wm 
 
 Davis, Wm 
 
 Dawson, Peyton 
 
 Deamude, Capt. Theo... 
 
 DeCaiily, Rev. Louis 
 
 Denmire, E 
 
 Derosear, Wm 
 
 Dickey, Mrs. Barbara.. 
 
 Dickins, Isaac 
 
 Doane, Josepli 
 
 Doane, Robert 
 
 Dobson, Thomas 
 
 Dodd, H. W 
 
 Doerr, Hon. Charles 
 
 Donnell, W. A 
 
 Downey, John 
 
 Downs, John 
 
 Doyle, Samuel, Jr 
 
 Doyle, Samuel, Sr 
 
 DroUinger, B. W 
 
 Duffus, J. H 
 
 Durfee, B. K. 
 
 .271 
 .273 
 .^82 
 •356 
 251 
 .464 
 •547 
 •393 
 ■347 
 •307 
 .491 
 • 423 
 .276 
 562 
 406 
 .446 
 .288 
 
 •35' 
 .563 
 .244 
 .227 
 ■45" 
 •275 
 447 
 •463 
 .215 
 ■437 
 .185 
 
 Eberling, Conratl 253 
 
 Eoff, Leonard 403 
 
 Espey, Thomas S 539 
 
 Evans, Hon. A. H 354 
 
 Evans, Thomas 341 
 
 Ewers, Wm 318 
 
 Ewing, James 455 
 
 Fankhouser, Jacob 315 
 
 Fett, Henry 226 
 
 Fillmore, Millard 67 
 
 Fowler, John 368 
 
 Frederick, \V. B... 344 
 
 Friedrick, Charles 234 
 
 Frow James W 452 
 
 Fueker, Garrett 424 
 
 Fuller, E. E.,M. D 553 
 
 Fulton, William. 425 
 
 n 
 
 if 
 
 I 1 
 
 I V 
 
 G 
 
 Galland, Washington 588 
 
 Garfield, James A 95 
 
 Garretson, A. H 498 
 
 Garverich, Henry 456 
 
 Gear, John H 147 
 
 George, Dr. W. A 307 
 
 Gibbons, Hon. Patrick 316 
 
 Gibbs, B. F 554 
 
 Gibbs, E. A 413 
 
 Gillespie, Capt. C. P 28a 
 
 Goodnough, Capt. R 3** 
 
 Goodrich, J. W. 441 
 
 liramm, Dr. Carl T a68 
 
 Grant, Ulysses S 87a 
 
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 Griffis, R. E 345 
 
 Griffith, Wm D 39" 
 
 Grimes, James ii9 
 
 Griswo'd, W. H 306 
 
 H 
 
 Haffncr. Jacob 585 
 
 Hagerman, Frank 385 
 
 HamiU, D. B 25O 
 
 HamilU S 394 
 
 Hamilton, Hon. J. D. M....453 
 
 Hampton, A 487 
 
 Hardin, A. J 542 
 
 Harlan, Joshua •••375 
 
 Harrison, Wm. Henry 5» 
 
 Harshman. F 326 
 
 Hartley, N. D 421 
 
 Hartley, Thomas 356 
 
 Hatch, Mrs- E.. 576 
 
 Haiton, W. B 57© 
 
 Haubert, Peter.. ag? 
 
 Hayes, Rutherford B 91 
 
 Hazon, J. B 214 
 
 Heer, Frank 372 
 
 Hcffleman, Mrs. Adithca A. .217 
 
 Hemingway, J 298 
 
 Hempstead. Stephen 115 
 
 Henkle, Amos 367 
 
 Henzel, George 171 
 
 Henzel, John A 385 
 
 Hesse, B. B 435 
 
 Hiatt, A. S 476 
 
 Hill. R. E 237 
 
 Hinkley, Capt. E 366 
 
 Hobbs, J. W 371 
 
 Holdefer, John. 433 
 
 Hott, George 426 
 
 Hough, John 248 
 
 Houaer, D. L 247 
 
 Howard, Rev. Father M 427 
 
 Howell, Judge James B. ...494 
 
 Howell. Thomas H 257 
 
 Hiibcnthal, Charles 338 
 
 Hughes, F. T 509 
 
 Hughes. Dr. J. C 365 
 
 Humes, W. T 445 
 
 Hundt, Rev. Charles F 191 
 
 Hunt, J. F 292 
 
 Hussey, Charles 391 
 
 Hussey, Chri-^topher, Sr 402 
 
 Hyier, John 562 
 
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 IngersoU, E. M 395 
 
 Ingersoll, Dr. L. C 352 
 
 Ivins. W. S 573 
 
 Jackson. .-VRdrew 43 
 
 Jacobson, Andrew 383 
 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Jacoby, Rev. William 542 
 
 Jamieson, W. W 327 
 
 Janse, Hector 422 
 
 Jastcr, Frederick W 521 
 
 Jefferson, Henry 3O4 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas 27 
 
 Jenkins, Dr- George F 245 
 
 Johnson, Aaron 372 
 
 Johnson, Andrew 83 
 
 Johnson, John a68 
 
 Johnson, Seth 357 
 
 Johnstone, Edward 442 
 
 Judy, Henry 364 
 
 Karhoff", Joseph 363 
 
 Kasten, Charles C 402 
 
 Keeler. L. B 564 
 
 Kelley, Peter... 407 
 
 Kellogg, E. B 287 
 
 Kellogg, F. H •••305 
 
 Kempker, John F 516 
 
 Kennedy, Daniel 178 
 
 Kennedy, James 446 
 
 Kennedy, John G 381 
 
 Kiel, J. B 353 
 
 Kilbride, M 333 
 
 King, John 284 
 
 King, R. B 575 
 
 Kircher, George 527 
 
 Kirkwood, Samuel J 127 
 
 Klein, Samuel 537 
 
 Klingler, Charles 355 
 
 Klopfenstein, Peter 503 
 
 Krebill, Jacob i8£ 
 
 Krebill, Peter 273 
 
 Kfebill. R. H 177 
 
 Kretsinger, W. H 504 
 
 K rich el, Joseph 274 
 
 Lang. Frederick •....438 
 
 Larrabee, Wm 155 
 
 Layton, George 334 
 
 LeFaivre, A. J 424 
 
 Lincoln, Abraham 79 
 
 Loeffler, Joseph .579 
 
 Love, Judge J . M 491 
 
 Lowe, Ralph P 123 
 
 Lupton, Joseph A 342 
 
 Lye, Charles F 338 
 
 Lynch, F. T 231 
 
 M 
 
 Madison, James 31 
 
 Malcolm, Mrs. E. E 462 
 
 Mang, Mrs. Johanna 494 
 
 Marcey. P. B 445 
 
 Marr,J. F 572 
 
 Marsh, B. J 527 
 
 Marsh, David C 243 
 
 Marsh, Isaac 1 367 
 
 Marshall, X>r. Evan 253 
 
 Marshall, S. T 566 
 
 Martin. Charles 462 
 
 Mattern, John .172 
 
 Matteson, Isaac A 540 
 
 Mathews, E. C 486 
 
 Mathews, P. M 453 
 
 Maxwell, T. J., M. D 346 
 
 McCabe. H. R .-■284 
 
 McConn, D 506 
 
 McConn, H. D 342 
 
 McCormick, J. A 567 
 
 McCrary, A. J 528 
 
 McCuUochi D. T 432 
 
 McDaniel, Isaac 560 
 
 McDermolt, Michael & Sons. 305 
 
 McGreer, John 278 
 
 McHenry, Robt 322 
 
 Mcllwain, Rev. R. C 504 
 
 McNamara, James 344 
 
 McNeill, Salmon 952 
 
 McQuade, James 208 
 
 McVay, John 550 
 
 Meek, Johnson 173 
 
 Meis, .Aloysius. . .'. 431 
 
 Mendenhall, Jacob 580 
 
 Mendenhall, John 586 
 
 Merrill, Samuel 135 
 
 Mertens, C ....417 
 
 Miles, Benjamin 383 
 
 Miles, J- A 331 
 
 Miller, Hon. D. F... 569 
 
 Miller, Henry R 551 
 
 Miller, William J 425 
 
 Mitchell, John 355 
 
 Monroe, James 35 
 
 Moore, Shapley 457 
 
 Moore, Capt, W. S 559 
 
 Moorman, J- W 485 
 
 Morrison, A 470 
 
 Morrison, D. A 468 
 
 Morrison. J. A..*. 577 
 
 Mumm. Edward 362 
 
 Myers, Francis M 548 
 
 N 
 
 Nagel, Mrs. Mary ai6 
 
 Newberry, A. R 45> 
 
 Newberry, James W an 
 
 Newbold. Joshua ('■ 143 
 
 Nichols, W. H.. 331 
 
 Nunn, George R 256 
 
 Nunn, J. A 586 
 
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 Ohlcr, Jacob 271 
 
 Okell, Peter 586 
 
 Owen, Capt. R. S 428 
 
 Parker, Dr. R. M 421 
 
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 Parrott, J. C 397 
 
 Pattersfin, Col. William 405 
 
 Payne, Dr. P. J 238 
 
 Pease, J. L 326 
 
 Pechstein, Mrs. Catherine .. -233 
 
 Pcirce, Prof. C . H 481 
 
 Perkins, John T 317 
 
 Peters, Christian ..482 
 
 Pierce, Franklin 71 
 
 Polk, James K.. 59 
 
 Pranfier, William 235 
 
 Price, C. S 333 
 
 Prouty, Oscar 187 
 
 Publisky, F 312 
 
 Q 
 
 Quinton, R. B. 
 
 R 
 
 Rand, George D 555 
 
 Rankin, W. T 187 
 
 Ranson, R. S 293 
 
 Reed, Mrs. Lottie W 386 
 
 Reitz, Henry 474 
 
 Richardson, A. J 361 
 
 Richardson, S. F 467 
 
 Renwald, Jacob 512 
 
 Rice, lonas 315 
 
 Rix, John 454 
 
 Roberts, A. C 500 
 
 Rockey, Christian 193 
 
 Rogers, Milward H 311 
 
 Root, Col. Richard 535 
 
 Russell, Robert A 169 
 
 Sample, Col. J. B 461 
 
 Sample, Capt. \V.. 361 
 
 Sanders, Gerhard 328 
 
 Saraent. H. C 204 
 
 Sargent, J. A 4ts 
 
 Sargent, O. G., Sr ?8l 
 
 Schaefer, George 474 
 
 Scharfenberg, Henry 303 
 
 Schenk, F.,Sr 499 
 
 Schenk, F., Jr 498 
 
 Schouten, Jacob s67 
 
 Schweer, Hon. Conrad 511 
 
 Scott, John 558 
 
 Scroggs, J. W 274 
 
 Seabold, John an 
 
 Seabold, John J 188 
 
 Seamans. E. D 164 
 
 Semple, Francis 408 
 
 Semple, F H 398 
 
 Shadwell, Richard 4*4 
 
 Sheppard, L. D 538 j 
 
 Sherman, Buren R xjt 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 647 
 
 'it 
 
 l:t 
 13C 
 
 n':i 
 
 
 \M 
 
 =*» 
 
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 I 
 
 Shinstock, H 236 
 
 Slattery, Daniel ...396 
 
 Smith, Joseph A 533 
 
 Smith, I- F 475 
 
 Smith, Prof. John A 288 
 
 Smith, Robert E 470 
 
 Smith, Thomas 530 
 
 Speake, Capt. Samuel 499 
 
 Spreen, Henry C 358 
 
 Stahl, Charles 448 
 
 Steele, William D 565 
 
 Stevens, M. W 530 
 
 Stewart, Rev., Geo. D 255 
 
 Stone, William M 131 
 
 Stripe, W. C 175 
 
 Surrena, Philip 517 
 
 Sutton, P. R 523 
 
 T 
 
 Tate, Dr F. M 336 
 
 Taylor, Zachary 63 
 
 Teller, Capt- Ralph 341 
 
 Tewksbury, J. R, 374 
 
 Thomas, E. H 292 
 
 Torley, WjUiam 351 
 
 Townsend, J ..246 
 
 Trimble, Hon. A. H 196 
 
 Trump, George. 202 
 
 Tschoepe, Moritz 549 
 
 Turner, James P 223 
 
 Turner, Dr- W. H 361 
 
 Tweedy, John 188 
 
 Tyler, John 55 
 
 V 
 
 Van Ausdall, Isaac 515 
 
 Van Valkenburg, Hon. John. 296 
 
 Van Euren, Martin 47 
 
 Von der Haar, Gerhard 325 
 
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 Walker, Dr. J. C 258 
 
 Walsmith, E 416 
 
 Ware, John 202 
 
 Warwick, Chas- A ...511 
 
 Washburn, Hon. H 510 
 
 Washington, George 19 
 
 Waterhouse, Thomas 301 
 
 Weber, A 479 
 
 Weber, Jacob 186 
 
 Weess, Frank J 212 
 
 Weil, M ichael 265 
 
 Wei?mann, Dr. A. T 404 
 
 Welsing, H •.174 
 
 White, Josiah 492 
 
 Whitlock, Charles 224 
 
 Wiegner, .A.dam 552 
 
 Wiegner, Jacob 176 
 
 Wiegner, John P 178 
 
 Wieland, Rev. S. F ,93 
 
 Wiggenjost, Anton 217 
 
 Williams, Rev. C. F 575 
 
 Williams, Rev. Wm. H 313 
 
 Williamson, Rev. E 473 
 
 Williamson, William 510 
 
 Wilson, Enoch G 534 
 
 Wilson, George 241 
 
 Wilson, Jas 264 
 
 Wilson, John .556 
 
 Wilson, Thomas V 417 
 
 Woodward, Capt. Asa B.... 242 
 
 Worley, S. T. & Son 267 
 
 Wyllie, Andrew 411 
 
 Wyman, F, W., M. D 327 
 
 Vounkin, S. G. 
 
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 ■1 
 
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 Adams, John 22 
 
 Adams, John Quincy 38 
 
 .Ajaderson A 205 
 
 Arthur, Chester A 98 
 
 Atlee, J. C 220 
 
 Bell, Rice H 478 
 
 Eriggs, Ansel ..no 
 
 Buchanan, James 74 
 
 Buell, L W 400 
 
 Burster, Anton 200 
 
 Carpenter, Cyrus Clay 138 
 
 Casey, J. M 180 
 
 Church, James V 496 
 
 Cleveland, S. Grover. 102 
 
 Crosley, G. W ...... .280 
 
 Evans, Thomas 240 
 
 Fillmore, Millard 66 
 
 Galland, Washington 589 
 
 Garfield, James A . 94 
 
 Gear, John H 146 
 
 Goodrich, J. W 440 
 
 Grant, Ulysses S 86 
 
 Grimes, James W 1 18 
 
 Haffner, F 584 
 
 Haffner, Maria B 584 
 
 Harrison, Wm. H 50 
 
 Hayes, Rutherford B .. 90 
 
 Hempstead, Stephen 114 
 
 Hughes, F. T 508 
 
 Jackson, Andrew 42 
 
 Jastiir, F. W.. 520 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas... 26 
 
 Johnson, Andrew 82 
 
 Kennedy, J. G 380 
 
 Kirkwood, Samuel 126 
 
 Larrabee, William 154 
 
 Lincoln, Abraham 78 
 
 Lowe, Ralph P 122 
 
 Khipfenstein, Mrs- E 502 
 
 Klupfenstein, Peter 502 
 
 Madison, James xo 
 
 Merrill, Samuel 134 
 
 Monroe, James. . 34 
 
 Moorman, Dr. J. W 484 
 
 Newbold. Joshua G 142 
 
 Parker, M 420 
 
 Pierce, Franklin 70 
 
 Polk, James K 58 
 
 Richardson, -A.. J 260 
 
 Richardson, Mrs. A. J 260 
 
 Richardson, S. F .. 466 
 
 Russell, Robert A 168 
 
 Sample, Capt. W 362 
 
 Sherman, Buren R... . * 150 
 
 Smith, Joseph A 532 
 
 Stone, Wm. M 130 
 
 Taylor, Zachary 62 
 
 Teller, Capt. Ralph R 340 
 
 Turner, Dr. W. H 360 
 
 Tyler, John 54 
 
 Van Ausdall, Isaac 514 ' 
 
 Van Buren, Martin 46 
 
 Washington, George 18 
 
 Waterhouse, Thomas 300 
 
 Williamson, E 472 
 
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 Anderson, J. G 390 
 
 Atlee, J. C 221 
 
 Bullard, Alexander 290 
 
 Cooney, J. K 230 
 
 Daugherty, J. F. 390 
 
 Fankhouser, Jacob 250 
 
 Fowler, John 369 
 
 Garverich. Henry 350 
 
 Heffleman, Mrs. A. A 526 
 
 Hesse, B. B 270 
 
 Krichel, Joseph 350 
 
 McQuade, James 310 
 
 Mertens, Christian 250 
 
 Newberry, A. B 449 
 
 Newberry, J . W 209 
 
 Prouty, Oscar 310 
 
 Richardson, S. F 466 
 
 Rogers, Milward H 250 
 
 Sanders, Gerhard 329 
 
 Sargent, John A 270 
 
 Scharfenberg, Henry 350 
 
 Schinstock, Henry.. . 466 
 
 St. Joseph's Cath. Ch 49° 
 
 St. Mary's Cath. Ch. Keo....i89 
 St. Mary'sCath. Ch., Fi. M . 430 
 
 Spreen, H. C 526 
 
 Turner, J. P 330 
 
 Worley, S.T. & Son 189 
 
 Wyllie, -Andrew 4^ 
 
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 648 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 
 
 ■ i 
 
 - OO P 
 
 INTRODUCTORY 
 
 INDIAN HISTORY 
 
 Half-breed Tract 
 Keokuk Reserve 
 
 SETTLEMENT AND OR- 
 GANIZATION 
 
 Ft. Des Moines Bar- 
 racks 
 Organization 
 Civil Government 
 The County Seat 
 Township Organization 
 Then and Now 
 
 THE PRESS 
 
 The Plaindealer 
 
 597 
 
 598 
 599 
 600 
 
 602 
 
 605 
 607 
 607 
 608 
 609 
 610 
 
 612 
 613 
 
 The Gate Citj- 613 
 The Keokuk Constitu- 
 tion 614 
 Keokuk Democrat 616 
 Ft. Madison Democrat 616 
 Republican-Herald 616 
 Keokuk Post 616 
 West Point Appeal 617 
 Lee County Record 617 
 Knights' Sword and Hel- 
 met 617 
 
 RAILROADS 618 
 CITY OF KEOKUK 620 
 CITY OF FT. MADI- 
 SON 627 
 State Penitentiarj' 640 
 
 TOWNSHIP HISTOR- 
 
 
 IES 
 
 634" 
 
 Ced.ir 
 
 634 
 
 Charleston 
 
 635 
 
 Des Moines 
 
 635 
 
 Denmark 
 
 636 
 
 Franklin 
 
 636 
 
 Green Ba}' 
 
 638 
 
 Harrison 
 
 638 
 
 Jackson 
 
 638 
 
 Jefferson 
 
 639 
 
 Madison 
 
 640 
 
 Marion 
 
 640 
 
 Montrose 
 
 640 
 
 Pleasant Ridge 
 
 642 
 
 Van Buren 
 
 642 
 
 Washington 
 
 642 
 
 West Point 
 
 643 
 
 KK], 
 
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