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PREFACE. 
 
 In presenting the Centennial Skctclics, Map and Di- 
 rectory of Union County to the subscribers, wc desire to 
 express our appreciation of your good will, co-operation and 
 patronage. The work was undertaken in the belief tliat 
 such a publication, carefully compiled, was demanded by 
 the citizens of the county, and our later experience has 
 shown our judgment well founded. 
 
 The topographical part of the work has been carefully, 
 and, we believe, tlioroughly performed ; and, as a precaution, 
 after the tracings were ready for the engraver's hands, we 
 submitted them to the careful inspection of well-posted res- 
 idents of the several townships for final correction, before 
 giving them to the lithographer. In this part of the work 
 we have spared neither time nor expen.se, that we might 
 oflfer you a correct map of the county. In the sketches of 
 the early history, wc have gathered facts and figures from 
 a large number of the old settlers, and, so far as possible, 
 have sought to reconcile occurrences, dates and circum- 
 stances, so that all might harmonize. Laying no claims to 
 the qualifications of an author, we have sought to place in 
 a permanent form scraps of early history, which, with the 
 death of the present generation, unless pre.served, would be 
 irrecoverably lost. We have invited facts and incidents 
 from a large number of old residents ; some have not seen 
 fit to furnish us with the data in their possession, while 
 
 many others have lent us every assistance in their power; 
 to one and all we extend our hearty acknowledgments for 
 favors received. 
 
 The Directory is as complete as it is possible to make 
 it, considering the transient character of the inhabitants of 
 some portions of the county. The digest of laws of the 
 State, tabular statements of county growth, jjersonal 
 sketches, and the various other features of the work, we 
 trust, may be found interesting and profitable. A larger 
 number of engravings might have been inserted,, but the 
 stringency of the times deterred many from making invest- 
 ments in that direction. 
 
 We desire especially to express our obligations for infor- 
 mation and favors to II. A. Botleman, County Auditor ; 
 B. F. Martz, Recorder ; Samuel Riggs, J. S. Lytic, J. II. 
 Lemon, G. A. Ide, J. A. White, R. J. McKee, Rev. John 
 Clough, R. C. Carter, W. T. Cornwall, A. C. Cooper, Mrs. 
 Bcnj. Lamb and family, I. K. White, L. J. Williamson, J. 
 S. Lorimor, William Groesbeck, Henry Groesbeck, Ira 
 Seeley, T. M. Robinson, J. F. Bishop, Geo. W. Emerson, 
 J. D. Spauldiiig, Dr. J. A. Day, and many others, who 
 will ever have our gratitude and best wishes. 
 
 Without claiming our work to be perfect in all respects, 
 we leave it in the hands of an indulgent public, whose kind 
 consideration is asked by 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 UNION COUNTY. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
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 This State originally was cinbracod in the territory 
 known as the " Louisiana I'urchase," which was acquired 
 from France under the treaty of 1803, and the first white 
 man who settled on its soil was Julien Dubuque, a French 
 trader, who, in the year 1788, obtained from liis govern- 
 ment a large grant of land, including the site of the 
 city of Dubuque and the rich mineral lands adjacent thereto. 
 
 lie there built a small fort and for many years carried 
 on a pi'olitablr trade with the numerous tribes of Indians 
 whose hunting grounds were contiguous to him ; he also 
 discovered the valuable mineral deposits in his vicinity, 
 which luive since been so richly developed, and, in a small 
 way, carried on a mining business, traces of which, it is 
 clainii'd, can be seen at the present time. 
 
 In 1810, Dubuque died, ami for nearly a quarter of a 
 century thereafter no white settler made a permanent home 
 within the limits of this State. Occasionally a trader, hunter 
 or trapper would make a temporary sojourn, but nothing 
 more. In 1838, several companies of persons from Illinois 
 and adjacent States, crossing the Mississippi, settled near 
 where the city of Burlington now stands, and these were 
 the nucleus around which has since gathered the present 
 jjopuhition of the State. 
 
 Ill the year 1S34, the Territory was, by act of Congress, 
 placed under the jurisdiction of the State of Micliigan, and 
 two years later was transferred to that of Wisconsin. 
 
 From 1833 to 1.S38, consideral)le accessions were made 
 to the white population by settlers from Eastern States, and 
 numerous settlements were founded, extending along the 
 river from Keokuk to Dubuque. 
 
 In the year last named, the Territory of Iowa was 
 organized and embraced not only the present State of Iowa, 
 but also Minnesota and Dakota, with a total area of in4,000 
 square miles. The first territorial officers were installed at 
 Burlington, July 4th, 1838, and the capital was there tem- 
 porarily located, but was changed to Iowa City in 1839, where 
 it remained until the year 18-57, when it w:is removed to 
 Des Moines, the present capital. 
 
 In 1844, Congress was petitioned to admit Iowa into 
 the Union as a State, but as some features of the proposed 
 State Constitution did not fully harmonize with that of the 
 United States, it was not until two years later that the 
 obstacles were removed and the Hawkeye State became one 
 of the sisterhood, being the twenty-ninth State admitted 
 into the Union. 
 
 In 18.57, a convention, elected for that purpose, met in 
 Iowa City and framed our present State Constitution, which 
 was adopted by the people after a sharp contest — the vote 
 being, for 40,311, and against 38,681. 
 
 As at present organized, the State has a length from 
 east to west of 300 miles and a breadth of 2<I8, with an 
 area of 55,000 square miles, or upward of 35,000,000 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 acres ; its eastern and western boundaries are fi)rined by 
 those noble streams, the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, 
 whicii, with thfir numerous tributaries, the Des Moines and 
 lowii on the east, and tlie Big Sioux, Boyer, Sohlier and 
 Nislmabotna on the west, form a collection of rivers such as 
 few other States can bo;ist, either for navigable or other 
 purposes. 
 
 A])propriately namoil "Iowa" from the Tndiiin "bcau- 
 tifnl hind," no State presents ;ireater inducenients for set- 
 tlement atul investment, and the (juick calculating eye of 
 the emigrant seeking a home is not slow to perceive and 
 profit liy tlie many advantages nffcred by the higli rolling 
 ])rairies and alluvial bottom lands whicli are to be found all 
 over the State; and when we add to these advantaiies its 
 admirable territorial position, salubrious climate, and beau- 
 tiful undulating scenery, what wonder that already the Hawk- 
 eye State boasts a population of over a million and a quar- 
 ter of intelliifcnt, enterprising citizens, whose beautiful 
 prairie homes surrounded by groves of fruit and forest trees 
 speak words of welcome to other thousands "hedged in" in 
 
 older and more densely populated countries ? Millions of 
 Iowa's best acres are oidy awaiting the breaking plow of the 
 settler to laugh with a golden harvest, and will yield ample 
 compensation to every man who will put forth his hand and 
 gather in the sheaves. 
 
 With nearly the whole of its area covered with a soil as 
 fertile as that of the famed valley of the Nile, with 24,000 
 square miles of coal fields underlying its surface, with 3,100 
 miles of railroad s]ireading like a net over the State, and 
 last, but not least, with its j)opulation actuated by that Anglo 
 Saxon spirit of grit and enterprise which is so marked a 
 characteristic of its citizens, the future of Iowa is safe, and 
 thousands who may hereafter make their homes among us 
 will forever bless the Greeley slogan, or whatever other im- 
 pulse first actuated them to make their homes in these '' great 
 gardens near the setting sun." 
 
 Here the free spirit of mankind al lenglh 
 Throws its last fetters off, and who shall trace 
 A limit to repress its matchless strength, 
 Or stay its swiftness in the onward race? 
 
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 AFTON IOWA 
 
 
CHAPTER IT. 
 
 TJisrioisr cou nt y. 
 
 Geographically, Union County is situated 175 miles 
 west of the Mississippi, and 80 miles east of the Missouri, 
 on the high table-land lying between the two rivers, and 
 in the second tier of counties north of the Missouri State 
 line. It contains about 275,000 acres, divided into twelve 
 Congressional townships, and, at the highest point, is 
 1,280 feet above the level of the sea. The climate 
 is pleasant and healthy, and at all seasons of the year 
 breezes fan the prairies, with never a day so sultry but that 
 a cooling breath brings comfort to laborer or traveler. The 
 evenings are delightful, however heated the day may have 
 been. The weary artisan may lie down to rest at night 
 and in the morning rise refreshed and prepared for his 
 daily toil. 
 
 Old settlers say that consumption was never known to 
 attack a victim here, and chronic or constitutional diseases 
 are not frequent. Malarial diseases, while more frequently 
 met with, are of rare occurrence as compared with localities 
 badly drained and supplied with poor water, good water 
 being here readily obtained by digging wells from fifteen to 
 thirty feet deep. 
 
 The larger portion of the county is a gently undulating 
 prairie, resembling the waves of the ocean suddenly ar- 
 rested in tlieir swell and changed into soil, there l>eing, 
 however, a sufficient amount of timber and bottom lands to 
 give variety to the face of the country and to gratify the 
 tastes or prejudices of all who may wish to locate here. 
 Grand and Platte Rivers drain the greater part of the 
 county, and in tlie immediate vicinity of each is considera- 
 ble broken land, much of which is or has been covered 
 with a fine growth of native timber, principally oak, a.sh, 
 elm, hickory, maple and Cottonwood. 
 
 The first settlers generally made their homes in the 
 
 more protected localities, adjacent to a grove or stream, 
 
 and many of them still continue to reside on the spot where 
 
 ' they first located. More recently, the prairie lands have 
 
 been in demand and now command higher prices than 
 
 i the broken land near the rivers. 
 
 The soil is principally a black, sandy loam, from two 
 to six feet deep, and, for farming purposes, inexhaustible. 
 Being devoid of rocks, stones or stumps, it is easy of cul- 
 tivation, and produces large crops of grain and grass. 
 Unlike the clayey lands in the eastern portion of the State, 
 the land in this county can be worked readily, after even 
 severe rain storms, the sandy nature of the soil, coupled 
 with the natural drainage, rendering this possible without 
 inconvenience or detriment to the growing crops. Another 
 important feature is its capability to resist severe drouths, 
 which will sometimes occur in any country, a failure of 
 crops from this cause being comparatively unknown. 
 
 Among the first settlers it was generally supposed that 
 any attempts at fruit growing would at best meet with but 
 indifferent success, and they were accordingly rather slow 
 to improve in that direction. A few of the more enter- 
 prising, however, planted orchards, which are to-ilay in full 
 bearing, a credit alike to their owners and to the county. 
 So soon as it became evident that fruit could be success- 
 fully grown, trees were very generally planted out, and are 
 now just commencing to bear fruit, thus yielding quick and 
 profitable returns. 
 
 As an agricultural and stock growing county. Union, 
 though new and tnit partially developed, will compare 
 favorably with any other in the State, her high, rolling 
 prairies and alluvial bottom lands forming a basis of wealth 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 and prosperity wliicli cannot lie overestimated; also, her 
 Humorous water courses, constituting a perfect natural sys- 
 tem of ilraiii:i^;i', ;ind at tlie same time fl^■nisllil]^ ;ni inex- 
 liaiistiliic supply nl' water for stock and mechanical pur- 
 poses, are a source of profit as well as convenience to the 
 neii^liboring settlers. 
 
 OF the pro<luctions of the county v;e may say that corn 
 is the staple, tlic reliable crop of all our farmers ; wheat, 
 oats, barley and rye are also extensively cultivateil — ordi- 
 narily with profitable results. Flax has of late years met 
 with mucli favor, and yields quick and satisfactory returns. 
 The soil is peculiarly a<lMi)ted to the raising of root crops, 
 wiiicli often astonisli the most experienced by their wonder- 
 ful growtii. 
 
 Native and English grasses flourish well, making a 
 luxuriant growth and are as rich and nutritious as can be 
 found in any part of our country. Favcu-ablc weather usually 
 enables tlie Inisljandman to gather in this crop in the very 
 best condition, and stock is easily kept upon it throughout 
 the entire winter without the use of a particle of grain. 
 
 Considerable attention has been paid, of late years, to 
 the planting of artificial groves of maj)le, box elder and 
 Cottonwood, and a birge majoi-ity of the farm iiouses in the 
 county are surrounded by from one to twenty acres of grove, 
 which, in an incredibly short time, becomes both attractive 
 and profitable. 
 
 Coal, although extensively prospected for liotli by the 
 county autliorities and also by private individuals, has never 
 beini found within our limits, and altliough many persons 
 are sanguiiu' of ultimate success, the present prosjiect does 
 not seem to be particularly flattering for realizing their 
 much wished for desideratum. 
 
 The county is traversed through the center from east to 
 west by the main line of the Iowa Division of the C, 15. k 
 Q. K. R., while a branch from Crcston connects the county 
 with St. Joseph, Kansas City, and other important south- 
 western points. The advantages thus obtained are of incal- 
 culable value, placing the magnificent harvests and herds 
 of our farmers williin a few hours of the principal markets 
 of the West, and furnishing additional reasons for our future 
 prosperity. Several other lines of railroad have been 
 
 projected ; among these the Sioux City & Iowa South- 
 western, the Winter.set, Afton & Mt. Ayr, and the Council 
 Bluffs, Milford k Creston (narrow gauge), which, if com- 
 pleted, will become valuable accessories in developing the 
 latent wealth of the county. 
 
 Stock raising must always be one of the most profitable 
 branches of industry, the natural adaptation and advantages 
 of this section, both for soil and climate, making it particu- 
 larly remunerative ; many fine herds of thorough-bred cattle 
 are now feeding in the county, and large investments are 
 yearly being made in the same direction. 
 
 The population is largely made up of ]icrsons from 
 States east of the Mississippi River, men who, catching the 
 spirit of emigration, dissatisfied with tiie circumscribed 
 limits of the old home and its surroundings, elected to 
 struggle for a while with poverty to the end that homes of 
 comfort and plenty might cheer their declining years. 
 
 Hundreds of smiling cottages, well fenced, cultivated 
 farms and other evidences of thrift ami happiness to-day 
 bear eloquent testimony to the wisdom of their early choice. 
 
 While the great majority of our population are Ameri- 
 can born, and iiave come to us from sister States, we have 
 many others, frugal, honest and prosperous, who have come 
 from across the ocean and cast in their lot with us, and the 
 fair-haired sons of the -great Gennan Fatherland, the warm- 
 hearted, impulsive Irishman, the men of muscle and sinew 
 from the rugged shores of Scandinavia, the frank, ingenu- 
 ous Englishman, the canny Scot, the impetuous Frenchman, 
 and the stolid Russian, all arc here identified with our every 
 interest, earning a noble manhood, and making happy 
 homes amoni; the green meadows of our county. 
 
 TIIE MORMONS. 
 
 Among our later settlers it is not generally known 
 that aside from a few hunters and trappers who visited 
 what is now Union County, in pursuit of their calling, the 
 first settlement was made by a comjiany of Mormons, num- 
 bering, as variously estimated, from two to three tlioiisand 
 souls. 
 
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 In the year 1845, the troubles ])etwecii the citizens of 
 Hancock and adjoining counties and the Mormons who 
 had settled at Nauvoo, Illinois, culminated in an aggressive 
 warfare made with the avowed object of driving out every 
 Saint in the district, and it soon became evident that 
 no peace or personal safety could be hoped for by them 
 so long as they remained in Illinois, and it was finally 
 decided to seek a home in the wilderness of the Far West, 
 whither a band of Danites had been sent some months pre- 
 viously on a tour of exploration. 
 
 Accordingly, in September of that year, the vanguard 
 crossed the Mississippi and commenced their journey toward 
 their far-off destination — the wilds of the snow-capped Sier- 
 ras ; these were followed, the succeeding winter, by a still 
 larger number, who were not permitted by their relentless 
 persecutors to await the opening of spring, but were driven 
 out of their comfortable homes in mid-winter to face the pit- 
 iless storms of a bleak and dreary wilderness. Crossing the 
 Mississippi on the ice, they commenced a journey which^ 
 under the most favoi'able circumstances, was fraught with 
 toil and danger; but undertaken, as this was, with but 
 slight preparation, and without adequate clothing or pro- 
 tection, must necessarily prove disastrous. The cold was 
 intense, wood was scarce, the howling winds, drizzling rains 
 and drifting snows must be faced day after day — what won- 
 der then that sickness and death should be their constant 
 companions ? The strong, hardy man ; the frail, gentle 
 woman and the prattling babe, alike became victims to the 
 terrible exposure to which they were subjected. The only 
 coffins obtainable were made from the bark of trees, and 
 hundreds of graves marked the line of travel of the unfor- 
 tunate emigrants. Witli provisions almost exhausted, roads 
 next to impassable, and disease and death making such 
 terrible inroads upon their numbers, it was finally decided 
 to press forward to some suitable spot where they could 
 camp, recuperate, and raise a croj) which would supply food 
 not only to them, but also to the remnant of their number 
 who were to follow. 
 
 In conformity with this decision, they crossed the Char- 
 iton River some thirty miles east of where the city of 
 Chariton now stands, and traveled tluough Lucas into 
 
 Decatur County, where, at Garden Grove, they left a part of 
 their number to carry out the programme decided u]Min. the 
 larger portion continuing their journey until they nrrived 
 in this county, June 17th, 1846. 
 
 Their camping-ground was the elevated plateau east of 
 Grand River, in Jones Township, on the spot where I. K. 
 White's residence now stands. The view from tliis point 
 was magnificent, the season delightful ; nature had put on 
 her most beautiful garments and seemed to smile a welcome 
 to the weary, heart-sick travelers. 
 
 Looking far out toward the sunset, across the valley of 
 Grand River with its fringe of graceful trees along its banks, 
 to the undulating prairies beyond decked with flowers of 
 every hue, it is not strange that they broke forth into songs 
 of joy and gratitude that the Red Sea and the Desert were 
 passed — their pursuers were far away — and the Promised 
 Land almost in view. They gave their camping-ground the 
 name of Mount Pisgah, and temporarily located tliere in 
 accordance with their previous decision, making immediate 
 arrangements to clear land and plant such crops as would 
 mature early and supply their necessities. About three 
 thousand, including those who were sick and feeble, formed 
 the colony at Pisgah, the remainder of the caravan journey- 
 inc westward, locating at various points between here and 
 their last stopping place in Iowa, which tliey named Kanes- 
 ville (now Council Bluffs). 
 
 The Pisgah colony was composed largely of illiterate 
 persons, but there were also many who, though clad in the 
 garb of poverty, showed by grace and manners that they had 
 seen better days. As a rule they were disposed to be indus- 
 trious, were kind to each other, and sought to alleviate the 
 hardships and sufferings of such of their number as were in a 
 worse condition than others, by all the means in their power. 
 During the summer of 1846, when it was not definitely 
 settled whether they should move forward in the fall or not, 
 no cabins were built, but the emigrants lived in their wagons 
 as best they could, and the hardships they had undergone 
 having left the fruitful seeds of disease among them, the 
 present lack of proper shelter, provisions and food resulted 
 in over three hundred of their number being buried during 
 the first six months of their stay at Pisgah. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Wonl was finally given to prepare winter quarters, 
 which was obeyed with alacrity, and hundi-eds of little 
 cabins sprung up within a circuit of two or three miles, the 
 settlements being made on Sections 30 and 31, New IIo])e, 
 iiii<l .'), <I, 7. 8, 1(3, 17, 18, 19 and 30, in Jones Townsliip, also 
 on S<'itii)ns 12 and 13 in Union. They here continued to 
 reside until the year IHiVl, when the last of their number 
 left for Utah. 
 
 During their stay, so far as known, tiiey were peace- 
 able ami (|iiiit : w1j;i lever ilifficulties they had being settled 
 by reference to the church, subject to the approval of their 
 ruling bishop, whose judgment was final. In the early 
 part of their sojourn, this officer, whose name was Hunt- 
 ingdon, departed tliis life, and was buried in tlieir cemetery 
 at Pisgah, being succeeded by one Coleman Boran, Pres- 
 ident. 
 
 Polygamy was not practiced by them while here, and 
 dissolute characters, of which only a few were to be found 
 in tlu'ir company, were held in as much disgrace as tlie 
 .same persons would t»e in any conimunity to-dav. 
 
 They built two log ohurclios and held regular services; 
 tiiere being no mills they first built small horse mills fi>r 
 cracking corn, but soon erected a log water mill on (J rand 
 liiver, the burrs being made from common Ijoulders, 
 such as are occasionally found in the countv, and known 
 as ••nigger-heads." 'J'hese stones were rudely dressed, 
 lint answereil a good purpose in preparing food for a large 
 niinilit r of people, and can now be seen at the bouse of 
 Mrs. Str|iliru White, on Section S, Jones Township; tlicv 
 ai-c about two and one-half feet in diameter and two feet 
 thiik. TJie cemetery of this settlement is situated on the 
 northwest quarter of Sec. S, atid numerous graves may yet 
 lie seen within the enclosure. A solitary headstone remains, 
 "liich, h;iving been displaced, is now to be seen in the door- 
 yar<l of Mr. A. C. White, where it has been jilaeed as a 
 curiosity. It is cut from Grand River limestone rock, and 
 has a Masonic square and compasses upon it, with the let- 
 ters 0. E. 
 
 In the spring of 1S;V2, the remnant of the Mormons left, 
 and Mount Pisgah was occupied by Gentiles ; their cabins 
 stood for many years, l)Ut one by one were torn down liy 
 
 the settlers and put to various uses, and nothing now 
 remains to mark the spot where once they stood. 
 
 Mudi as we may condemn the Mormons in some of 
 their acts, it is impossible not to admire the firmness and 
 constancy with which they held their faith, choosing to 
 suffer hunger, thirst, disease, and death itself, rather than 
 sacrifice their conscientious though mistaken opinions to 
 any outside influence whatsoever. 
 
 INDIANS. 
 
 In common with :ill parts of our country, this county 
 was once the home of the Indian : and the fertile fields 
 and smiling meadows of to-dav were his chosen hunting 
 grounds, from time immemorial. 
 
 Here he chased the deer, buffalo and elk ; here had 
 blazed his wigwam fire ; here lie had wooed his dusky 
 mate, li,-id made his liome and reared his children : and as 
 moons waxed and waned, miture paid for him her last 
 tribute of respect, and he passed to happier liunling 
 grounds, in the great unknown Spirit Land. 
 
 It is not probable that there ever was a very large tribe 
 of Indians Iocate(l here; perhaps ;")(!( I would fully cover 
 their number; they consisted principally <if Pottawatto- 
 mies, with a few roving liands of Sacs and Foxes, Omahas 
 and Pawnees. 
 
 At the time the first settlers came to this connlry, llie 
 I'ottawattomies, iimlrr the leadership of tlicir cliief, 
 .liihn (ireen, roamed from grove to grove, and from stream 
 to stream, hunting and fishing, as was customary among 
 ibeni. Their principal camping ground was on Twelve 
 Mile Creek, near the ]M-csent residence of Mrs. Pen- 
 jamin Lamb, wliei-e they could often be seen sitting by 
 their wigwam fires, or enjoying the sports and recreations 
 which they sometimes engaged in. Near here was 
 also their burying place, and the mounds which mark 
 the last resting place of some of the tribe may still be seen, 
 bearing silent testimony to the fict that another race of 
 people, once iidiabiting this county, have passed away. 
 Another favorite camping place was a small grove of tim- 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 11 
 
 her ill Douglas Townsliip, about one iiiilc west of the pres- 
 ent site of Croston, on Section 3, near tlie residenee of 
 Wm. Taylor. 
 
 The timber hinds along Platte ami Grand Rivers and 
 Twelve Mile Creek were all frequented bv them in tlie 
 pursuit of g.ame ; failing to secure which, they had recourse 
 to begging, at wliicli tlicy were very successful, the squaws 
 particularly, by tiieir importunities, obtaining such .supjilies 
 as were needed for themselves and their indolent lords, and 
 by these means they managed to eke out a plentiful though 
 precarious living. There seems to have been tlie utmost 
 good feeling between the settlers and tlieir dusky neighbors 
 — some of whom, in exceptional cases, worked for settlers 
 on their farms, dressed in the garb of civilization, and were 
 orderly and well behaved in their deportment. They laid 
 no claim to the lands here, their title having been pur- 
 chased by the General Government about the year 1840. 
 
 In the spring of 18.55, two men, by name Driggs and 
 Hale, settled with their wives in Ringgold County, just 
 south of the Union County line, not far from the Lamb 
 Settlement in Pleasant Township ; they were young men of 
 pleasant adilress, and seemed to be greatly attached to each 
 other, a circumstance readily accounted for by the fact that 
 they were brothers-in-law. Apparently they, like the other 
 settlers of tlie county, were here to make homes for them- 
 selves and their families, and nothing peculiar or strange 
 about either them or their wives attracted the attention of 
 the neighbors. 
 
 One morning, in the fiill of 1855, the two men started 
 out to hunt deer and turkeys, which at that time were very 
 numerous in the woodlands along Grand River. About 
 noon, Hale, apparently panic stricken, rushed into the 
 c.ibin of one of the neighboi'ing settlers, and with great 
 trepi<lation communicated the fact that his companion was 
 dead, killed by the treacherous Indians, and that he had 
 barely escaped with his life. 
 
 The excitement was intense, messengers being at once 
 dispatched, notifying the neighborhood for thirty miles 
 around of the impending danger, a company of men gath- 
 ered at once to go to the spot and secure the body of their 
 neighbor. Led by Hale, the party proceeded cautiously 
 
 until, finally arriving at the scene of the tragedy, they 
 beheld the dead body of Driggs, shot through the heart. 
 He had fallen in his tracks, and had not been mutilated or 
 disturbed — treatment unusual for Indians, who often risk 
 tlieir lives to secure a scalp. Close examination revealed 
 the fact that the murderer was very close to his victim, 
 whose shirt was blackened and burned by tlie powder. 
 
 The still, cold face of the dead man, as he lay weltering 
 ill his blood, created a thrill of horror in the hearts of the 
 beholders. The recollection of their own homes and fami- 
 lies exposed to similar dangers decided in tlieir minds the 
 proper course to pursue, and, with one accord, they vowed 
 vengeance against the Indians. Settlers soon gathered 
 together for a fight. Women and children were sent to a 
 place of safety, and in a few instances the able bodied head 
 of the family had important business to attend to just at 
 that time, and betook himself to parts unknown. 
 
 Tiie settlers being reinforced by a company of militia 
 from Chariton, everything was made ready for the approach- 
 ing conflict, and the Indians, who at that time were 
 encamped on Twelve Mile Creek, Section 34, Pleasant 
 Township, were surrounded, and their surrender demanded. 
 
 Having had some intimation of the trouble brewing, 
 they were not surprised at the demand, wisely determining 
 to remain and refute the charges, and after a short parley 
 they stacked their arms and surrendered under protest. 
 
 A council was at once called, and the trial, though 
 necessarily conducted in an informal manner, was pro- 
 ceeded witli, the first step being to find the gun which the 
 ball, taken from the body of the murdered man, would fit. 
 One by one each gun was tried, until no more were left, 
 but none were found which carried a ball of that caliber. 
 
 The whites then consulted aside ; the Indians and their 
 guns were all there, yet though generally believed to be the 
 murderers of Driggs, it was impolitic to resort to extreme 
 measures in tlie face of the facts developed. 
 
 At this point, an old Indian, swarthy and muscular, by 
 name Wanwoxen, stepped forward, and, in broken English, 
 presented the cause of his people ; recounting the friendly 
 relations they had always sustained with the pale faces of the 
 settlement, and expressing his sorrow and disapproval of the 
 
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 murder of I)i-iiTir,s, lie presst'il tlie point tli;ii tlir liullet woiilil 
 fit tlie ;;iiii ol' 11") Indian of tlie trihe. Gathering confidence, 
 lie lieeanie more elixjuent, and with uncouth gestures argued 
 their entire innocence, and called jiarticular attention to 
 the fact that the murderer's gun hail burned the clothing 
 of the <lead man. Said he, ••No Indian llierel No Indian 
 there I Indian never shoot wiieii lie can strike!" at tlie 
 same time siiinificantlv touchinir his tomahawk. At the 
 conclusion of his harangue, lie stepped out from his fellows 
 and throwing oft" his blanket, and baring his breast, said: 
 " Indi.-in no shoot Driggs ; shoot Jndian if you want to." 
 
 These words, with their previous peaceable reputation, 
 and more than all, the last self-sacrificing act of the warrior 
 in offering himself a sacrifice to appease the wrath of the 
 pale faces, created a diversion in tiieir favor. Some of the 
 whites were still disposeil to lielieve tlie Indians guilty, 
 while otliers took the op]iosite view. Hale was then sub- 
 jected to a more seareiiing examination. He manifested 
 much hesitancy in testifying, and his stories failed to show 
 that there were any Indians there, he claiming that he 
 iieard the shot fired and saw Driggs fdl, but did not see 
 who fired at him, but supposed it to l)e Indians. 
 
 After obtaining all the testimony possible, it was decided 
 to restore the arms to the Indians, as no case had been made 
 out against them. A feeling of appreliension obtained a foot- 
 liobl with many of the settlers, and the final result was the 
 removal of the tribe t<i the Indian reservation in Kansas 
 about 1H')6. Straggling bands, however, have visited the 
 county — their old hunting-ground — every year since their 
 removal, at one time the numbers reaching nearly one 
 hundred. 
 
 llalc did not ri.'main in the neigliliorhoii(l, liut soon after 
 took his own and Driggs' wife and removed to Bear's Set- 
 tlement, thirty-five miles south, in Missouri, and the sequel 
 to the murder of Driggs showed the Indians to be entirely 
 innocent of his death. Tlie winter following, Mrs. Hale 
 suddeidv sickened anil died, and nmiors rained irround 
 
 ■ o o 
 
 that everything was not right; it was then remembered 
 that the ball which failed to fit the Indians' rifles was the 
 exact caliber of that used by llalr, and the opinion became 
 current that lie and not the Indians was the murderer. 
 
 About this liiiic. llalr and Mrs. Driggs suddenly decamped 
 and have never since been heard of: Iml the settlers, with- 
 out exception, exonerate llie Indians from all eompiieitv 
 in tlie matter. 
 
 EARLY SETTLERS. 
 
 The first pcrnuinent settlers in this county were Nor- 
 man Nun and Joseph 1>. Nun, with their respective families, 
 who, emigrating from Putnam County, Indiana, came here 
 in February, 1850, having previously spent two years 
 in Madison County. It is supposed that the fact tliat one of 
 the highways of California travel (which commenced in 
 184!)) was through this county, decided them to settle here 
 on the line of emigration, where an honest penny could be 
 turned in furnishing supplies, and a fair patronage be 
 secured bv Norman Nun, wim was by trade a blaeksiiiith. 
 
 They were possessed of some means, had several yoke 
 of oxen, two or three wagons, and a limited outfit of house- 
 hold goods. A numerous family of children were a part of 
 the fortune of tiic ellcr Nun : six boys and three girls, 
 with liimself and wife. constiliUing a household almost 
 patriarchial in clta.racter. 
 
 About the time of their arrival, one Jairies H. Stark 
 and family came from Mahaska County, and the three 
 families, looking al)out for a location, decided to purchase 
 claims from tlie ^lorinous at I'isgah, who at this time were 
 leaving for the West. This being done, arrangements were 
 at once made for permanent improvements. 
 
 A blacksmith shop being erected, a cabin of oik' room 
 was ]iut in order, and the new settlers were pi-ejiared to 
 furnish entertaintncnt for man or beast, and they had not 
 long to wait before their acommodations W'ere stretciied to 
 their utmost capacity. The iunnense tide of overland Cali- 
 fornia travel set in early in the spring of 18")0. and con- 
 tinued until August of that year, corn, oa.ts and pro- 
 visions being in great deniand. and to obtain a su))ply were 
 nescessarily often hauled many miles. Shelter for a night by 
 parties traveling on horseback, or sick and unable to sleep 
 exposed to tlie elements, was sometimes out of the question, 
 so crowded were the rooms of the hostelry. Early and late 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
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 the lilaoksniilir.s fire was liuriiing, ami 1r' was inoiiding the 
 bi'dkcTi wagons ami setting slioi'S on liorscs for the Cali- 
 fornia travelers. A golden harvest fell into tlie settlers' 
 laps this year ; and it is said that the blacksmitli Nun, 
 at tlie end of the season, was compelled to make a strong 
 box to safely keep the $2,500 in gold wliieh he liad aecunui- 
 lated. 
 
 May 23, 1850, witnessed tlie arrival of W. M. Lock 
 and family, who, starting from Quincy, Illinois, with three 
 teams of oxen and horses, traveled westward, until, on 
 reaching the Pisgah Settlement, he concluded to settle, and 
 following the footsteps of otiiers, he bought a Mormon cabin, 
 and commenced living in tlie same. These cabins, jierhaps, 
 deserve a passing notice. They were about sixteen feet 
 square, built of poles or small trees, the roof being covered 
 with rived clapboards, while outside the whole was a cov- 
 ering of sods to exclude the cold. The floors were made 
 of puncheons, and the doors of rived clapboards fastened 
 with pins, and closed by a latch with an old-fashioned latch- 
 string, which, among pioneers, always hangs out, invit- 
 ing the stranger to enter. The roofs were low, and a tall 
 man could not stand erect in them, yet even these homes 
 and this kind of life had its bright spots. 
 
 In August following was born the first white child 
 (except Moi-mon) in the county, to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. 
 Lock, a son, Charles ; he was a bright, intelligent boy, and 
 grew to be a lad of promise, but died in 1861, at eleven 
 years of age. 
 
 The new settlers this year planted such crops as they 
 could, and were blessed with a bountiful harvest. Their 
 nearest neighbors west were at -Johnson's Settlement, 42 
 miles distant ; north, 25 miles to Wiiiterset, then a little 
 village of two or three houses ; on the east. Rising Sun was 
 28 miles ; and McDonald's, in Missouri, the nearest settle- 
 ment south, was 45 miles away. Their supplies were, at 
 this time, hauled 200 miles, from Keokuk ; their nearest 
 post office was Wintersct, 25 miles, or Rising Sun, 28 miles 
 distant. 
 
 Wheat flour was a luxury seldom enjoyed, and even 
 ground corn was considered a delicacy ; the ordinary fare 
 being "hog and hominy" — often without the hog — with 
 
 an abundance of game and a generous supply of wild fruit. 
 A bee tree occasionally sujiplied the sweets of the house- 
 hold, and in times of sickness, the roots and herbs of the 
 country were the remedies relied on to effect a cure. 
 
 Occasionally, an outward-bound California emigrant, 
 becoming sick or disgusted, would turn about and return to 
 his former home, in which case his store of snpjilies was 
 eagerly bought by the settlers, who, for a time, would revel 
 in the luxury of flour biscuit and pure coff"ee sweetened 
 with sugar. 
 
 In September of this year (1850), Benjamin Lamb 
 and family, consisting of himself, wife, eleven children and 
 three nephews — in all sixteen persons — came into the 
 county, and located on Section 2(3, Pleasant Township, 
 where he made a claim, and built the sides of a log cabin to 
 hold the same. Well pleased, but not altogether satisfied, 
 as soon as the claim was secured, he traveled west with his 
 family to Kanesville (now Council Bluffs), where he arrived 
 December 1, 1850, and stopping for a few days, to rest his 
 teams, he traveled south as far as St. Joseph, Missouri, 
 where he remained until about February 1, 1851, when he 
 concluded to return to his claim in Union County, which 
 he accordingly did, and reached there February 10th. A 
 heavy snow, which fell the night following their arrival, 
 rendered the condition of the family anything but comfort- 
 able, but a roof being at once put on the house, they moved 
 into it, well pleased to find themselves at home. 
 
 Though their cabin was neither large nor elegant, and 
 was finished with a clapboard roof and a puncheon floor, 
 for years it was known far and near as a stopping place, and 
 it was no uncommon thing for fifteen or twenty travelers to 
 lodge with this family of sixteen persons in a single night. 
 Crowded for room though they might be, no one was turned 
 away, and it is related on one occasion, when an extra large 
 number of guests were to be accommodated, that they com- 
 menced to lie down on the floor at the side of the room 
 farthest from the door, and so continued until there was only 
 room for the last man to find a resting place by shutting 
 the door and occupying the space so secured. Early in the 
 year 1851, Henry Lamb, I. P. Lamb and Alexander Poe 
 settled in the township, and in April of the same year. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Samuel iuiil Willi.iia .McKutcLeoii ati<l fiiiiiilics, numbering 
 seven persons, came to Mr. Lamb's, and made their home 
 with hiin during thesuniuier. While stopping there, one of 
 tiie McKutchcon family was taken with the siniill-pox and 
 died; some of the Lamb family also contracted the disease, 
 but by careful treatment and goo<I nursing recovered. 
 
 It is stated by Mrs. Lamb that foi' six weeks in the 
 summer of 1851, they liveil entirely on hominy and veni- 
 son, and for the small children, who could not eat hominy, 
 bread was made from meal ground in a cofl'ee mill ; all the 
 sweetening the family had was wild h(iney, <if which tliere 
 was a Iiountil'iil siipiily, and fur two years the only meat in 
 the settlement was game, princii)ally deer and wild turkeys, 
 which were very plentiful, four or five deer being often 
 brought in at night by one hunter as the result of one 
 day's sport. 
 
 With no saw mills, stores or other accessories of civil- 
 ized life at hand, the few settlers were obliged to depend 
 almost entirely on their individual resources, as the follow- 
 ing incident will illustrate : Late in the summer of 1850, 
 a young man from Andrew C'liunty, Missouri, who was 
 visiting friends at Winterset, contracted a malaiial fever 
 which brought him nearly to death's door. After a time 
 be became convalescent, and much against the wishes of his 
 friends mounted his horse and started homeward, but on 
 arriving at Pisgah he was again taken violently ill and died 
 there. There being no cabinet makers or saw mills in the 
 settlement, what to do for a coffin was the question. Search 
 was made among all the cabins for long roof clapboards, 
 but none of suflicient length could be found ; a second search 
 for puncheons was then made with no greater success, and 
 as a last resort Wni. Lock, J. IL 8tark and some of the 
 Mormons went into Grand River bottoms and hewed green 
 Cottonwood boards, from which they made the coffin, and 
 gave the stranger a decent burial. The land in this county 
 was first ofl'ered for sale at Fairfield, on November 9th, 1850, 
 and the first enti-y was made by Henry Peters, July 12th, 
 1851, who entered a portion of Section 30, Township 72, 
 Range 28, which had been surveyed in 184i>, by John 
 Hooper. In Section 1, Chapter 9, Acts of the Third 
 General Assembly, may be found the boundaries of "a new 
 
 county to be called Union," which are identical with our 
 present limits. 
 
 In September, 1850, a petition was forwarded to the 
 Postmaster General, asking that a post office might be estab- 
 lished at Pisgah, and in January, 1851, the reijuest was com- 
 plied with, and Mr. William Lock duly appointed Postmas- 
 ter, but no service Avas rendered until the spring fiilldwing, 
 when one A. E. Holbrook, a government sub-contractor, 
 performed the journey once a week, traveling on horseback, 
 the route being from Chariton to Pis^rah. It was often the 
 case that not a single letter or pajier was contained in the 
 Pisgah sack, and the first year's salary of Postmaster Lock 
 amounted to less than ^7. About the same time, another 
 mail route was established from Centervillc to Pisgah, 
 which also rendered weekly service, the contractor being 
 William Henderson. 
 
 This spring (1851) was also remarkable fijr an in- 
 creased emigration to the Californian gold fields, and the 
 almost incredible number of 2,000 teams were counted 
 who passed by the Pisgah settlement in six weeks, all bound 
 for tile new El Dorado ; large herds of young cattle and sheep 
 were also driven through, generally, however, bankrupting 
 their owners by reason of the expense of feeding and losing 
 large numbers in morasses and sloughs. In the month of 
 March, 1851, a fine-looking gcntleiaan rode up to the door 
 of the Pisgah Hotel, of which Wm. Lock was landlord, and 
 engaged feed for 450 young cattle and accommodations for 
 eleven herders who had charge of the drove, for one night. 
 His bill amounted to $87.50, gold, and during the next 
 day's drive twenty-seven head of cattle were left to die, 
 mired in one slough in Adair County. 
 
 As a net result of this westward travel, our new settlers 
 made money, mine host Lock clearing $500, gold, in four 
 months, the larder of his cabin proving far more remunera- 
 tive than the government office which he held by appoint- 
 ment of President Fillmore. 
 
 ORGANIZATION OF TIIE COUNTY. 
 With the commencement of the year 1852, Union 
 County was little else than a boundless prairie wilder- 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
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 ness. The boundaries had been established Iiy the General 
 Assembly and the lands surveyed ; but the total popu- 
 lation was less than 100 persons. The settlement at Pisgah 
 .and that in Lamb's neighborhood was the sum total, and, 
 although some twelve miles apart, they considered them- 
 selves near neighbors. In the early part of 1852, tliere were 
 added to the population of the Pisgah Settlement John Van 
 Horn, who settled on Foui- Mile Creek ; Ilenrj' Peters, 
 who settled at and platted the town of Petersville ; James 
 A. Forgey, afterward Prosecuting Attorney ; Samuel Starr 
 and John Edgecomb. The Lamb neighborhood was in- 
 creased by the accession of A. C. Cooper and family. 
 
 At this time Union was attached to Clark County, for 
 civil and judicial purposes, and in July, 1852, a warrant 
 was issued for an election to be held at Petersville August 
 1, to elect one Justice of the Peace and one Constable. 
 The election was duly held, and W. M. Lock was 
 chosen Justice of the Peace and Ambrose P. Nun Consta- 
 ble ; both officers, however, resigning within one year sub- 
 sequent to their election. 
 
 About this time occurred the first religious meeting held 
 in the county. Rev. David Sweim, a zealous circuit-rider 
 of the M. E. Church, eminent for piety, zeal and devotion 
 to the work, held a meeting at the house of Norman Nunn 
 and preached to a little congregation of hearers. He was 
 the pioneer preacher of the county, his circuit extending 
 from Chariton west, to make which four weeks' time was 
 taken, the minister preaching every day — generally in the 
 cabins of settlers — and traveling in the primitive manner 
 usual among the itinerant ministry of that day, on horse- 
 back, with his wardrobe, Bible and hymn-book carried in 
 his saddle-bags, no cabin being too humble for him to visit 
 in discharging the duties of his calling; and by his zeal and 
 devotion he greatly endeared himself to the people of his 
 sparsely settled parish. 
 
 In the year 1853, January 12th, John Edgecomb, of 
 Petersville, received a warrant as organizing Sheriff of 
 Union County, by virtue of which an election was held at 
 Pisgah, resulting in the choice of Norman Nunn for County 
 Judge ; Jos. W. Ray for Clerk, and Henry Peters, Sheriff. 
 At the election there were ten votes cast ; and, upon the 
 
 qualifying of the officers elect. Union County be'came an 
 independent organization. 
 
 It is related that there were two candidates for Judge, 
 Norman Nun and W. M. Lock, who, in a private caucus, 
 out of courtesy agreed to vote for each other, but when the 
 time came Nun failed to live up to his part of the agree- 
 ment, voting for and electing himself, the vote being Nun 
 6, Lock 4. The Judge elect was, by trade, a blacksmith, 
 was profane and illiterate, yet possessed with the idea 
 that by virtue of the position the word of a Judge was 
 law. 
 
 It is told by certain parties who were appointed apprais- 
 ers on an estate, that they called upon Judge Nun to be 
 sworn, which ceremony he refused to perform, saying it 
 was unnecessary. "But," remonstrated one of the parties, 
 " we wish to proceed legally, and cannot do so until we are 
 "sworn." The honorable -Judge thereupon waxed wroth, 
 and, in language more expressive than polite, informed the 
 appraisers that, " By G — d, the word of the Judge is law ; 
 "go about your business, and obey the order of this Court," 
 which they finally did without having been sworn. 
 
 The first official act of Judge Nun was to receive the 
 resignation of A. P. Nun, Constable, June 22, 1853, and 
 also to receive that of J. S. Canfield, August 8, 1853. 
 
 The first marriage license issued by Judge Nun was 
 dated August 13, 1853, and reads: "On this day appeared 
 " Thomas Nun to me for license of the marriage of himself 
 " to Sarah Starr. I am acquainted with the parties and 
 " know them to be of competent age and qualification. 
 
 his 
 
 Signed "NORMAN X NUN, 
 
 mark. 
 
 "Judge." 
 In August, 1853, John Edgecomb, having a claim 
 against Samuel Starr, brourrht suit before Jud'c Nun, who 
 issued the papers, which were served by Henry Peters, 
 Sheriff, August 15th ; and the trial was set for August 20. 
 It is said by parties wlio were present, that M. L. McPher- 
 son, of Winterset, appeared for defendant Starr, and en- 
 tered a demurrer, alleging as cause that the Court had no 
 jurisdiction, being only competent to transact County and 
 Probate business. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Tliis rcm;irk aroused tlic righteous indignation of 
 "Judge" Nunn, who, flourishing liis cane to give empha- 
 sis to his words, informed tiie attornej' that, "By G — , tlii.s 
 " Court has jurisdiction, an<l will try the case." Having 
 no other defense, Starr and his legal adviser withdrew, 
 and judgment was rendered for $40.19, with interest and 
 costs. 
 
 An execution was at once issued, and placed in the 
 hands of Sheriff Peters, who, on going to Starr's house to 
 make the levy, was met with some threats, and he, being a 
 timid man, repaired at once to Petersville, where he sum- 
 moned a posse and returned to make the levy. Starr, 
 in the meantime, determined, if he could not defeat his 
 adversary in one way, that ho would do it in another — set 
 his dogs on a two-year-old colt (the only piece of personal 
 property he had subject to levy), and so crippled it as to 
 render it worthless. The records show that the Sheriff 
 levied on the colt, and also on Starr's claim to the North i 
 Southwest 14, and East i Southeast 15, Township 72, 
 Range 2!l; but whether the execution was ever satisfied 
 does not appear. 
 
 The next record of Judge Nun was the organization 
 of Pleasant Township, March 17, 1854. 
 
 Numerous other acts of Judge Nun are recorded, but 
 nothing of special interest. It is related by an old settler 
 that at one time subsequont to that already referred to, 
 apjiraisers were to be sworn, and the Judge, liaving prob- 
 ably concluded that their acts would be more binding if they 
 were sworn, called upon John D. Wright, who was present, 
 to read the oath to the parties, which he did, they holding 
 u]i tlieir liands and the Judge receiving their affirmation. 
 It may be j)ropcr to state that Judge Nun could neither 
 read nor write his name, being entirely innocent of the first 
 principles of an English education. 
 
 In the fall of 185:5, Judge A. A. Bradford came to Pe- 
 tersville to hold court, but there being no business, he 
 stopped (ivcr night witli .Inhn Edgecomb and then pro- 
 ceeded on his circuit, which embraced a large portion of the 
 .southwest part of the State. 
 
 In September, 1854, was held the first term of District 
 Court in the county, at the house of Benjamin Mctiaha, he 
 
 receiving a county warrant for two dollars for the use of 
 same. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Peters furni.shed a room for the use of 
 grand jury at the same term, for which she received countv 
 order No. 14, for five dullars. 
 
 The officers of this court were ivs follows: 
 
 A. A. Bradford, Judge. 
 
 N. Thompson, Sheriff. 
 
 Jas. Thompson, Clerk. 
 
 A. S. Stithem, Bailiff. 
 
 A. C. Cooper, Special Constable. 
 
 Grand Jury — E. II. Smith, foreman; Dexter Amme- 
 rine, J. V. Katzenbargcr, S. Taylor, Andrew Cooper, Nor- 
 man Nun, Joseph Peck, I. P. Lamb, J. C. Armitage, Wni. 
 Nun, R. Thompson and A. C. Poe. 
 
 The attorneys present were E. II. Sears, M. L. Mc- 
 Pherson. John Leonard, S. E. McCracken, anil J. A. For- 
 gey. There is no record of any business transacted at this 
 term, but the tradition is that one case, viz.: 
 
 State of Iowa ^ Breach of the peace — was tried, 
 
 vs. I Judgment being reiulered against 
 
 .John Edgecomb and | Defendants, wdio were fined five dol- 
 W. A. Nun. J lars each and costs. 
 
 John Leonard, then a young attorney, who was in 
 attendance, was, it is said, so tall of stature that when he 
 stood up his head was above the ceiling joists of the very 
 low cabin, used for a court room, and the jiapers and briefs 
 of the court had to Ijc kejit in place by stones and sticks, 
 the extra ventilation of the room compelling this precau- 
 tion. 
 
 On August 10, 1855, the first regular county election 
 was held, resulting in the return of the following officers: 
 J. B. Dawson, Judge; N. Thompson, Sherifl'; T. M. Rob- 
 inson, Recorder and Treasurer, and J. F. Ickis, Surveyor, 
 since which time, what may be designated as the early 
 records of this county give place to those of a later and 
 more polished existence. 
 
 RAILROADS AND GOVERNMENT LANDS. 
 In May, 1853, a flying survey was made by engineers 
 in the interests of a company of railroad men, who 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 designed building a road from tlie Mississippi to the 
 Missouri, on some available route. 
 
 In May, 18.55, a grant of public land was made "to tlie 
 first company wlio should build a railroad from Burlington 
 to the mouth of the Platte River;" the grant being eaeli 
 alternate section numbered odd wirhin nine miles of each 
 side of said road, with the privilege, if sufficient public 
 lands could not be found within the prescribed limit, to 
 extend the selection to fifteen miles on either side. 
 
 As soon as this act became a law. Eastern speculators, 
 anticipating rich returns, entered the government lands 
 along the proposed line by wholesale. Much of this county 
 was located with Mexican land warrants, while other exten- 
 sive tracts were taken by pre-emption or entry. 
 
 Another lartre tract here was known as the School and 
 University land, selected under the 500,000 acre grant made 
 in 1841. This land had been selected by a Mr. Whitaker, of 
 Des Moines County, who, accepting his appointment from 
 the State authorities, proceeded to make what proved to be 
 valuable selections. 
 
 He traveled with an ox team, camping out for weeks at 
 a time, and examined every tract carefully before selection. 
 These lands were mostly sold to the first settlers at govern- 
 ment price, $1.2.5 per acre (one-fourth cash, balance in ten 
 years at eight per cent.), by Isaac P. Lanib, first School 
 Fund Commissioner. 
 
 In the summer and fall of 1855, the first regular survey 
 for a railroad was made by Chief Engineer II. Thielson, of 
 the B. & M. R. R. Co., assisted by Engineer Ileljard. 
 
 A^arious lines were run thiough the county, and it was 
 entirely uncertain where the new railroad would lie built ; 
 but its completion was confidently anticipated by the inhab- 
 itants within a few months at farthest ; the company 
 completed their survey, and adopted tiie necessary measures 
 to secure the land grant from the government. Work was 
 begun on the eastern end of tlie road, but it was not until 
 about the year 1867 that anything definite was done 
 toward locating the road in this county. In that year, 
 surveyors, under orders, located the road on the present 
 line through Union County, and in the fall of 1868 the 
 first train was run into Afton, the coun v seat, which for 
 
 some months was the terminus, doing a large business in 
 distributing freights to all points west. The fi)llowing year, 
 the road was completed to Cromwell, which was supposed to 
 be the site of the division station. Large investments were 
 made by parties under this impression, resulting unprofit- 
 ably to them by reason of the change in plans, the 
 company locating the division repairing shops at Creston. 
 
 In the year 1871, a branch was built from Creston to 
 Hopkins, Missouri, the townships along the line generally 
 voting a tax to assist in its construction. 
 
 This branch, connecting at Hopkins with the K. C, 
 St. .loe & C. B. II. R., gives direct and valuable commu- 
 nication with Kansas City, St. Joseph and all points 
 southwest. Five stations, Thayer, Afton, Creston, Crom- 
 well and Kent, give ample facilities to the people of the 
 county for shipment and safe and rapid transit of stock and 
 produce to all the markets of the country. 
 
 Several additional lines of railroad have been projected, 
 to which reference has already been made, the probabilities 
 of their immediate completion being, however, somewhat 
 problematical. 
 
 The lands of this county being in the hands of non- 
 resident speculators and the B. & M. R. R., and held at 
 figures in advance of the ideas of new comers, for years the 
 settlements were very slow ; at the close of the war, how- 
 ever, money being jjlenty and emigrants numerous, the 
 lands began to find a market, and from that date a compar- 
 atively rapid settlement has been made ; at this writing but 
 very little first-class non-resident land being in the market. 
 In many localities the country is all settled and fenced, the 
 roads for miles on either side being bounded by beautiful 
 hedges, or wire or lumber fence. 
 
 For years the B. & M. R. 11. Company offered their 
 lands on long time, to actual settlers, but found few buyers; 
 within the last eight years, however, they have been 
 almost entirely taken up and improved ; at this date there 
 being but very few small tracts of undesirable lands unsold. 
 
 NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 The Afton Eagle was the first paper published in Union 
 County, it being established in the spring of 1860, by Morris 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 & Ryan, and was Democratic in politics, supporting Stephen 
 A. Douglas for President. In the fall of 1866, L. Raguet 
 bought Ryan's interest, changed the name of the paper to 
 The Afton llcreille, eschewed politics, and devoted its col- 
 umns to the upbuilding of the material interests of the county. 
 In the course of the year, Raguet became sole proprietor, but 
 a sliort time after took in as partner Samuel M. Riggs, Jr.; 
 the partiieisliip lasted but a few month.s. when Riggs 
 "stepped down and out." A brief interval elapsed, when 
 James W. Stevenson took an interest in the paper, but his 
 health failing, he, after a few months, retired, and Raguet was 
 again the only man at the helm. For a while, but just at 
 what period is not now remembered, Robbins k Cornelius 
 conducted the paper, but, after a brief experience, gave 
 up the ghost. Raguet then took possession, but soon 
 finding an opportunity to sell, he disposeil of the office to 
 H. S. Erman, who conducted it in the interests of the 
 Republican party. A year afterward, the ofiBce once more 
 fell into the hands of Raguet, who continued to manage it, 
 with occasional intervals, until he sold out to W. R. 
 Roberts, who changed the name to Afton Tribune, and 
 remained in cliarge until recently, when Ira Seeley, the 
 present editor, became proprietor, and continues to publish 
 it as a Republican journal. 
 
 Of the old editors, Morris and Riggs died in the army ; 
 Stevenson died at Pella, whither he went for medical treat- 
 ment ; Erman, then a Republican, is now ])ublishing a Dem- 
 ocratic paper, in the southeast part of the State ; Robbins, 
 then as now a Baptist minister, is editing the Baptist 
 Beacon, at Des Moines ; Cornelius is running a grocery 
 store and meat market in Afton ; Raguet is engaged in 
 the general mercantile trade in the .same town, and 
 Roberts is United States Mail Agent, on the C, B. & 
 Q. R. R. 
 
 The Afton News, a Democratic paper, was estab- 
 lished by the Moorehead Brothers who, were succeeded 
 by (J. I". 'Wilson; in the course of time he retired, 
 passing the office over to Baxter Bros., by whom it was 
 published for .some time. In course of time, the Baxters 
 sold their interest to J. F. Bishop, the present editor and 
 proprietor. 
 
 George P. Wilson is at present a member of the firm of 
 Wilson & Ettien, attorneys, Creston, and John Baxter is 
 an attaclie of the Tribune. 
 
 In Creston, the first paper ])ublished was the Creston 
 IIra(Ui(/ht, J. L. King editor and jirojirietor; he was suc- 
 ceeded by J. Faye, who, after a few months' editorial expe- 
 rience, concluded to seek other fields of labor, and accord- 
 ingly sold out to J. W. Ragsdale, wlio changed the name to 
 the Creston Times, but after a short sojourn he disposed 
 of his interest to Captain Dilley, of Adel, Dallas County, 
 who in turn closed up the business here in a few months, 
 migrating with the press and material to Adel, Iowa. 
 
 The next aspirant for editorial lionors was C. C. Bartruff, 
 who, in the winter of 1872-73, started the Creston JoM»-Hrt/, 
 a seven column folio. Republican in politics, but in 1873, 
 he, finding Creston an unappreciative field for his peculiar 
 style and talent, removed to Ringgold County, where 
 he is at present publishing the Mount Ayr Journal. 
 In the fall of IS?^, W. H. Hoxie, of Corning, started the 
 Union County IndeiH-ndcnt, with Wells as editor and 
 publisher. As its name indicated, independent in politics, 
 the paper met with a fail' ]iatronage; but in July, 1873, 
 AVells was killed by the cars on Maple street cro.ssing, 
 Creston, and A. H. Sluss assumed the role of editor in 
 chief, wliicli he filled witli much acceptance, until the 
 winter of 1874-75, when he died and was succeeded by 
 S. N. Hamilton, a gentleman of al)ility and culture. lie, 
 finding the business not remunerative, after a few months 
 resigneil the position of editor, and went east. Shortly 
 after, W. II. Iloxie, the owner of tlie press and material, 
 sold the same to a stock eonijiany, they leasing it to George 
 P. Wilson, Avho started the Creston Democrat, politics 
 indicated by the name. lie continued in this position 
 until tlie summer of 1876, when he withdrew and was 
 succeeded by S. R. Davis, the present lessee and editor. 
 
 The Creston Gazette, the largest paper in the county, 
 was started by Harsli & Sehultz in the spring of 1873. 
 After a few months Harsh retired, and C. M. Sehultz was 
 sole proprietor for a short time, but soon took as partner 
 W. M. Oungst. The partnership continued for a short time 
 only, when Oungst sold his interest to J. II. Robison. At 
 
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SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECrORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
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 present the office iis owned by the Gazette Printing 
 Company (Messrs. Shultz, Robison iind Cunningluini con- 
 stituting the company), who are the present publisliers, 
 C. M. 81i\iltz being editor. The paper is a nine column 
 folio, Republican in politics, and exercises a strong influence 
 in the county. 
 
 AFTON, 
 
 the county seat of Union County, is located on Sec- 
 tions 10 and 21, Union Township, two miles east of the 
 geographical center of the county. The site is well se- 
 lected, commanding a fine view of a large scope of country. 
 The undulations of surface are sufficient to afford ample 
 drainage for the streets, which are wide and regularly laid 
 out. Twelve Mile Creek runs only a short distance to the 
 west of the town, giving a pleasing variety to the adjacent 
 scenery. 
 
 The land was owned and the town platted by E. A. 
 Temple, of Chariton, in 1854, and received its christening 
 from the wife of the proprietor. In February, 1855, the 
 county seat was located liere by the special commissioners. 
 The first house was built of logs, 20x20 feet, by David Fife, 
 in April, 1855, who occupied it as a store and dwelling. 
 
 [For further particulars of first settlers in Afton, see 
 Union Township.] 
 
 In the deed of dedication, every alternate lot was do- 
 nated to the county for public purposes, and by order of 
 County Judge Dawson, April, 1856, the proceeds of such 
 sale were to be used to erect public buildings in Afton. In 
 1856-7, the strife for relocating the county seat became 
 very bitter, and every means was adopted to carry out the 
 intentions of parties interested. Highland was better built 
 and a finer looking town than Afton, and John D. Wright, 
 J. F. Ickis, Dr. J. A. Day and some others urged its 
 claims witli great vehemence. For a time the indications 
 were that Afton would come out second best, and it was a 
 matter of serious discussion how to avert tlie impending 
 danger. Judge Blanchard, a resident and a very zealous 
 advocate of Afton, concluded to try a piece of strategy 
 which should demoralize the Highlanders. Accordingly, 
 
 takin" the Postmaster, T. M. Robinson, into the plot, he 
 wrote himself a letter purporting to come from tiie Presi- 
 dent of the B. k M. R. R. Company, and stating that 
 they had decided to run the road through Afton (the 
 e.xact location had not been determined upon, and lioth 
 towns were contestants). Handing it to the Postmaster 
 before the arrival of the weekly mail, he received it with 
 his other mail matter in the regular way. A large crowd 
 being gathered at the time in the post office, he opened the 
 important document, wliicli he read carefully, and, appa- 
 rently surprised and greatly elated, he announced to the 
 crowd present (some being the leaders of the Highland fac- 
 tion) the contents of the letter received. Dismay and con- 
 sternation took hold of the opposition, and one of the 
 leaders announced, as he left the office : " By G-d, boys, 
 we are beat." And at the election the week following, the 
 Highlanders were so disheartened that they did not work 
 with their previous zeal, and so lost the county seat. 
 
 The railroad was, however, not located for years after. 
 
 In the twenty-odd years that have elapsed since Afton 
 was located, there has been mucli to stimulate the growth 
 of the town, and the citizens have not been slow to 
 improve their advantages. The center of a large scope of 
 fertile agricultural lands, with a class of business men with 
 means and experience, with the advantages of being the 
 county seat, with men of capital resident in the town, with 
 ample educational and religious advantages, the town will, 
 doubtless, keep abreast with the improvements of other 
 places. During the present year, Afton Independent 
 School District has erected a fine public school house, which 
 will compare favorably with any similar building in the 
 State. It is built of brick, with stone trimmings, at a cost 
 of $13,000. The public schools, under the care of Prof. 
 C. G. Snelling, arc well conducted and creditable, and the 
 attendance is large and inci-easing. Of churches there are 
 five, viz. : Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, 
 Evangelical and Second Advent. 
 
 Of banks there are two — the First National, J. T. 
 Beebe, President, and 0. E. Davis, Cashier, and the pri- 
 vate banking-house of R. Truman ; both doing a good 
 business, and enjoy the confidence of the community. 
 
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 SKETCHES. MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 In dry gooils ami ficncral mcrcliaiidisc, are W. K. Syp 
 & Co., wlio I'arry a fine stock ami liavc ho-sts of friends : 
 Ricliards iS: Kicc, the oldest and proliably the strongest 
 firm, in their line, in tiie county : P. Alien, wJio carries a 
 large stock of staple and fancy dry goods; F. 11. Brock- 
 man, who carries a general stock of dry goods, groceries, 
 boots, shoes, etc., and the Grange Store, W. II. llobb, 
 Superintendent, wliieli also keeps a general stock. 
 
 in lumber, are Messrs. G. W. ]5eymer and Carman, iJol- 
 ingcr & Co. Botli firms have heavy stocks and do a good 
 business. 
 
 D. N. Thornton c*c Co. transact a heavy business in builil- 
 ers' hardware and agricultural implements ; William Keat- 
 ing k Son have a Cull stock of farm tools, builders' hard- 
 ware, etc., and .losiiua Keating supplies his customers with 
 stoves in all styles ; William Ceilings is also in the same line. 
 
 The Tribune, Ira Seeley, editor, dispenses sound Repub- 
 lican doctrine to its readers, wliile the Nnm, .1. F. Bishop, 
 editor, defends the principles of the Democratic party. 
 
 Of hotels, the Occidental is well kept, by Cal Tryan, 
 wliile the Madison, by Letts & Ream, is one of the best 
 iiotels in tlie country. 
 
 Three elevators, owneilby Dolson i*t Cowl, J. S. Elliot 
 and C. N. Tilden, respectively aflbrd ample accommoda- 
 tions for the grain marketed here. 
 
 J. T. Beebe & Sons have a fine drug store, as has also 
 l>r. L. S. Groves, and the stocks of each are full an<l 
 complete. 
 
 R. S. Bi'ymer sells agricultural implements, to those 
 desiring to purchase, on reasonable terms. Numerous other 
 professions and business interests arc located here, that 
 are not enumerated by name, but will be found in the busi- 
 ness directory of Afton. ^ 
 
 CRESTON. 
 
 Crestoii, the largest and most enterprising of any town 
 in the county, is ol' comparatively recent growth. In lS(!'.t, 
 when the railroad was extended fmm .Vfton west, the jn-es- 
 ent site of the town was raw prairie, upon which grew 
 luxuriant crops of grass, from year to year. With the 
 
 advent of tlie railroad, timbers were unloaded, to be framed, 
 a tent wa.s pitched, and shortly after a shanty was built, to 
 accommodate the workmen \\\\.\\ a boarding place. A town 
 was laid out by what is known as the Town Company, and 
 l)eing on the crest between the Mississippi and Missouri 
 Rivers, was named Creston ; and the division station, 
 round house and machine shops of the B. & M. R. R. were 
 here hicated, and work was pushed forward vigorously to 
 their completion. Stock yards were built, and the embryo 
 town was on its feet. The first store was erected by A. C. 
 Rowell, on Union street, shortly followed by Thornton, 
 Way & Co., on an adjoining lot : the impression at tJiat 
 time being, that the business piirt of the town woulil be 
 located upon the south side of the railroad track. Subse- 
 quently the tide set in favor of the north side, wliere al- 
 most the entire business is now transacted. 
 
 In Aj)ril, 1871, the to\yn was incorporated, and at the 
 first municipal eleetinn al)out fifty votes were polled, a small 
 candy bo.x being used to receive the ballots. The first offi- 
 cers were : S. D. Swan, Mayor ; H. M. Way, R. V. Smitii, 
 .Tames Butler, .1. J. Lceper and .1. C. Mullen, Councilmen ; 
 C. S. Rex, Recorder; .1. I). Duggan, Treasurer; G. P. 
 Butts, Assessor. 
 
 The history of the town is unlike that of most new 
 places, which, springing up on the various lines of railroad, 
 flourish for a time, and then, having outgrown the surround- 
 ing country, with no vitality of their own, dwindle and 
 decay. Tlie location of the machine shops, stock yards and 
 division stations tliere neces.sarily gives employment to a 
 large number of workmen, who become citizens of the town, 
 and coTitribute largely to the support of its business and 
 municipal interests. At this time there are 650 men on 
 the pay rolls of the comj-any, at this point, and the monthly 
 disbursements amount to nearly $40,000. AVith so large 
 and certain a monthly cash income, it is not strange that 
 the town has had a rapid, yet healthy growth ; and, 
 although less than seven years of age, can boasr of as many 
 substantial improvements as many towns of older years and 
 greater pretensions. 
 
 The Prairie Farmer, of December 14, IST.""). has to 
 say of the place: " At Creston we find a country unsur- 
 
VIEW ofCRESTON uooking S.E 
 
 View of the Depot, Round-house and Machine-shops oft he Chicago Burlington 
 
 8t Q.R.R. Co. Creston 
 
Creston School Houses. 
 
 (two; built 1876 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 21 
 
 passed in tlic West, and we found, on inquiry, that we were 
 not alone <if tliis opinion. Land in the vicinity of Creston 
 has increased in value amazingly, within three years ; 
 more than doubled, and in many instances trebled in value, 
 in that short space of time. Neat, small houses, built upon 
 a lot, may be rented to pay enormous rates of interest. One 
 thousand dollars will buy a lot and build thereon improve- 
 ments which rent readily for $150 to $180 per year. The 
 business in Creston is conducted nearer on a cash basis than 
 any other point along the line, in Iowa. It is here that the 
 company have a division station, where they have the larg- 
 est engine house in the West, if not on the continent. A 
 large number of the men employed by tlie company live 
 and thrive in Creston. They here receive their wages, and, 
 as all busy communities are wont to do, they spend their 
 money at home. ***** Over $40,000 per 
 month is here paid to the employes of the road, by the C, 
 B. & Q. R. R. Co., and is by the men paid out in Creston. 
 Some of the finest residences in the town are built and 
 occupied by railroad employes. * * * Thus the sur- 
 plus earnings of the men are being kept at home, and the 
 profits accruing are used in increasing' facilities for the benefit 
 of all." 
 
 The railroad facilities are of the best. The main line 
 of the C, B. & Q. R. R. passes directly through the town, 
 while the Creston Branch gives a valuable connection with 
 southern and southwestern points. 
 
 A resident Division Superintendent, W. A. Chatter- 
 ton; Master Mechanic, C. W. Eckerson; Superintendent 
 of Telegraph, J. H. Duggan ; General Stock Agent, W. R. 
 Town ; Road Master, W. T. Larison, will indicate to the 
 general reader, to some extent, the importance of this point, 
 and the immense amount of railroad business here transacted. 
 
 About 650 men are on the Creston pay rolls, in the sev- 
 eral departments, and the monthly disbursements probably 
 aggregate nearly $40,000. 
 
 The average number of trains made up at this station, 
 daily, is about fifty — but occasionally seventy-five or eighty 
 are handled in twenty-four hours. 
 
 Two switch engines are employed night and day, in the 
 making up of trains for points both east and west. 
 
 The round house of the Company is one of the larg- 
 est in the West — containing sixty stalls — a portion of 
 which, at present, are occupied as machine shops. The 
 stock yards, at the season of year when cattle are being 
 forwarded to Eastern markets, present a busy scene — some 
 seventy-five cars of cattle and hogs being here unloaded, 
 fed, and re-loaded in a single day. 
 
 A very important and valuable feature of the town is 
 the permanent IloUy system of water works, adopted and 
 built by the railroad in 1874. From a large and inex- 
 haustible reservoir, one and one-half miles west, a seven- 
 inch main is laid directly through the center of the town 
 to the round house and machine shops. Hydrants are 
 placed at convenient intervals, and in cases of fire, the fire 
 companies have only to attach their hose, and extinguish 
 the flames. 
 
 In addition to the water supply, the city owns a large 
 Babcock fire engine, and a fine team is kept ready, at a 
 moment's notice, to take it to the point wanted. 
 
 A fine hook and ladder truck, well officered and 
 manned, is also a part of the city's outfit. The fire company 
 is composed of volunteers, among them many leading 
 citizens and business men; the entire department, in 
 charge of A. D. Temple, chief engineer, assisted by an 
 active and competent corps of foremen and assistants. 
 Additional to the citizens' company, the C, B. & Q. R. R. 
 have an efficient hose company, in charge of R. Bissett, 
 foreman. (For a full list of officers, see directory.) 
 
 The citizens of Creston are largely made up of young 
 men and their families, a very small number of persons 
 with gray hair being found in the city. 
 
 They are frugal, industrious and intelligent, and, in 
 every respect, good citizens. 
 
 In the matter of public schools, Creston takes the front 
 rank. Until the present year, the school house accommo- 
 dations have not been adequate to the re<iuirements of the 
 patrons ; but, during the summer of 1876, two fine public 
 school houses, brick, with stone trimmings (one north and 
 one south side of the track), have been erected, and fur- 
 nished with all modern improvements, now affording first- 
 class accommodations to the students who attend. The en- 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 rollmcnt is nearly GOO, and under the able supervision of 
 Prof. H. W. Myers, Superintendent, assisted by a compe- 
 tent corps of eleven teachers in the various grades, the 
 future of the educatioiuil interests is no problem. 
 
 'I'lic church organizations of Creston are ten, viz. : 
 Methodist, Congregationalist, Catholic, Christian, Evan- 
 gelical, Ejjiscoiialian, Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Presby- 
 terian and l.utheran. Of these, the first five have meeting 
 houses; thcntliers have not. [For particulars of churches, 
 sec Church Sketches.] 
 
 PUIU.II' I.IBISAUY. 
 
 The city is fortunate in the possession of a valualilc 
 pul)lic library of over 1,000 volumes, largely due to the 
 liberality of C. E. Perkins, Esq., of Burlington, and Messrs. 
 Nathaniel Thayer and John M. Forbes, of Boston, Mass., 
 who subscribed liberally to the stock, and also made valua- 
 ble donations of books to aid the enterprise. 
 
 The business of the city is conducted by men who are 
 active, energetic and wide awake; and with such any town 
 nuist thrive. 
 
 At present there are tliree banking houses here. The 
 oldest, that of S. II. INIallory & Co., was started in 1871, 
 by A. D. Temple, Cashier, under whose able and con- 
 servative management it has remained to the i)resent 
 time, anil has enjoyed to a large degree the confidence 
 of the public. This is one of the few banks that kept 
 open doors during the great panic of 1872, and paid 
 all checks on presentation. [Their card appears in an- 
 other place in this book.] The Bank of Creston was 
 started in February, 1875 ; is owned ])y the Messrs. Lom- 
 bard — J. L. Lombard, Cashier, residing in Creston, and 
 managing the business ; B. Lombard, Jr., the President, re- 
 siding in Galesburg, where ho is well and favorably known. 
 In addition to their regular banking business, they make a 
 specialty of long loans on real estate, and are doing an ex- 
 tensive business in that line. [Their advertisement nuiy be 
 found in this book.] Harsh & Perrin, bankers and land 
 brokers, also do an extensive business in both departments. 
 The senior partner was one of the first settlers in Creston, 
 and has had a large and varied experience. The junior. 
 
 M. T. Perrin, is more recently from Galesburg, 111., where 
 he was held in high esteem. During his residence in Cj'os- 
 ton he has won the confidence of the citizens by his genial 
 manners and close applicatio!i to business. 
 
 The general dry goods trade is well represented, and 
 stocks arc always kept well assorted and prices arc made as 
 low as the most parsimonious could ask for. A. P. Ste- 
 phens, whose advertisement will be found in the margin of 
 the directory, being one of the heaviest dealers in this part 
 of the State. C. W. Fahlsing, who is the oldest dry goods 
 man in the business in Creston, also carries a fine, well as- 
 sorted stock. (Sec advertisement.) The other dry goods 
 men are G. W. Cartlich. Kelley & Becker and Jas. Griffin, 
 who are always ready to show goods and have good stocks. 
 
 In clothing, Oberfelder & Newman conduct a first-class 
 merchant tailoring establishment, in charge of Mr. O'Keefe. 
 They have also a large line of ready-made clothing and 
 furnishing goods. (See advertisement.) Wise & Co. are 
 the oldest house in Creston in exclusive clothing, and do a 
 large business. They always make prices to suit tlie times. 
 (See advertisement.) G. ShortlifT, Zollars' Block, has a 
 fine stock of ready-made clothing, and does a merchant 
 tailoring business also. 
 
 In druggists, we eimmerate J. W. Graves, the oldest in 
 the place (started in 1871), and carries a large line (see 
 advertisement); Silverthorn & Son, who make a specialty 
 of fine perfumes and druggists' sundries (see advertise- 
 ment) ; Josei)h Dyer, who has one of the finest stocks on 
 the line of road, and nuikes prices sell his goods (sec ad- 
 vertisement) ; Wilson & Rose, successors to Robie Bros., 
 who have a good stock, and Sncdeker & Co., on Maple 
 street, who are well stocked and ready to sell. 
 
 In the hardware and agricultural implement traile arc 
 four firms w itli ample facilities for conducting their business. 
 II. M. Way & Co., successors to Thornton, Way & Co., arc 
 the oldest house in this line, and in connection with their 
 Afton house do the largest business of any firm in the 
 county. 
 
 J. H. Patt, formerly of Tiskilwa, Illinois, owns the 
 finest business building in Creston, and occupies a liberal 
 portion in the carrying on of his extensive business. The 
 

 
 
 PATT 8c CARPENTERS BLOCK Creston. 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 23 
 
 various branches which he represents are fully delineated in 
 his advertisement, found in the directory. 
 
 M. C. Beymer, also in the hardware and liiiubur trade, 
 is one of the oldest inhabitants of Creston, likewise he is 
 a valuable citizen held in esteem by the entire community. 
 (For business, location, etc., see advertisement.) 
 
 Helme & Edgerton are among the more recent acces- 
 sions. They have a well selected stock of hardware, 
 stoves, etc. 
 
 Fuller & Co., agricultural implements, have recently 
 started on the south side of the railroad. 
 
 In the exclusive boot and shoe business, Keith & Stew- 
 art are alone and able to attend to all customers who may 
 call on them. (See advertisement ) 
 
 The grocery and provision trade is a prominent feature. 
 Nine firms are engaged in this line, the oldest being 
 Beekman & Hatton, who keep a large stock and do an ex- 
 tensive business. (See advertisement.) The First National 
 Grocery has one of the heaviest stocks on the line of road, 
 and sells large quantities of goods. J. Butler & Co. run 
 the Centennial Bakery and keep a full supply of family 
 groceries. (See advertisement.) Madison k Chaney, in 
 Carpenter's brick Idock, do a large trade and solicit more. 
 (See advertisement.) Dobbs & Nye, Jlackemer & Ileinley, 
 Jas. Griffin, S. Duggan and M. Allen are the other dealers 
 in tills line, and all are prepared to offer bargains. 
 
 The Chicago Lumber Company (M. T. Green, Chicago, 
 J. M. Byrne, Creston) keep an immense stock and oft'er 
 bargains. (See advertisement.) M. C. Beymer also has 
 an extensive stock, to which reference has already been 
 made. Ilis prices and terms are of the best. (See adver- 
 tisement.) J. W. Frazier al.so has a good assortment of 
 lumber on south side track. 
 
 In furniture are two firms, W. R. Bell, Pine street, 
 whose advertisement appears elsewhere, and who is at all 
 times prepared to serve his customers satisfactorily, and F. 
 A. Battey, in Patt's Block, whose stock is complete in all 
 lines. 
 
 The steam flour mill and elevator of J. F. Evans & Co. 
 is one of the best in Southwestern Iowa, and, under the per- 
 sonal supervision of the proprietor, gives universal satisfac- 
 
 tion. The firm also do an extensive business in handling 
 grain. 
 
 The extensive grain firm of Belden i\; Scott have their 
 headquarters, corn shellers and elevator located here, and 
 do an immense business, handling hundreds of thousands of 
 bushels of grain annually. W. M. Scott, the junior part- 
 ner, resides in Creston, and has the pcrfsonal su))ervision 
 of the business. 
 
 In jewelers are Henry Bauer, who has been in Cres- 
 ton almost from the fii'st, and wliose goods arc warranted as 
 re^n-esented, and Bean & Meek, who carry a complete stock 
 of jewelry and musical instruments. 
 
 Of hotels and boarding houses there are many. We 
 mention the Creston House, R. P. Smith, proprietor, IIop- 
 kinson & Pierson, lessees, the largest and most liberally 
 patronized of any house in town ; its daily register is far 
 beyond that of many larger houses in metropolitan localities. 
 The Revere, G. W. Thurlby, proprietor, is neat, airy and 
 commodious, and is always full. The Commercial, under 
 its present management, is receiving a liberal patronage. 
 The Tremont, likewise, is well kept, and has a very satis- 
 factory patronage. The other hotels are Ogden, Pennsyl- 
 vania, Union and Leavenworth. 
 
 Of the other lines of business, we will only say that 
 tliere are six doctors, ten lawyers, five land agents, black- 
 smiths, restaurants, photographers, milliners and many 
 other lines represented in the business of Creston, for 
 which we refer the reader to the Business Directory of 
 the city. 
 
 The present population is 2,954, and is steadily increas- 
 ing. 
 
 During the present year, in addition to the school houses 
 referred to, two fine blocks have been erected ; one on the 
 corner of Adams and Maple, by S. II. Mallory, Esq., is 
 the most ornamental of any building in the city ; the other, 
 on Pine street, by the Bank of Creston ; engravings of both 
 buildings will be found in this book. 
 
 For the general business of Creston, reference is made 
 to the tabular statement of freights received and forwarded 
 for the last three years, which will give an approximate 
 idea as to the business of the town. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 THAYER 
 
 is the station farthest east in the county, on the C, B. & 
 Q. R. R., heing located in Jones Townshij), two miles west 
 of the Clarke County line. It was laid out about the year 
 18G8 — the first house being erected by J. II. Reed, in 
 October of that year. 
 
 It contains one hotel, one drug and grocery store, one 
 general merchandise store, post office, blacksmith shop, two 
 churches (Catholic and Evangelical), and a population of 
 150 persons. 
 
 CROMWELL 
 
 is situated near the line between Union and Adams coun- 
 ties, and is l'J5 miles west of Burlington. 
 
 It was laid out in 1868, and was, at first, supposed to 
 be the intended division stati(jn of the B. & M. R. R., and 
 many persons invested tliere accordingly, only to be dis- 
 appointed by its final location at Creston. 
 
 The first house was built by Thos. Ballard, in tlie fall 
 of 1868. At present, the town has one hotel, a large 
 steam ilour mill, two general merchandise .stores, one har- 
 ness shop, two hardware merchants, one lumber yard, one 
 agricultural implement dealer, post office, two drug stores, 
 a fine Congregational church, together with a resident pop- 
 ulation of '208. They have, also, a nourishing public 
 school, and ;ire the center of a rich and thriving territorv. 
 
 KENT, 
 ten miles southwest of Creston, on the Hopkins Branch, is 
 a small, but thriving village, of 76 jxisdiis. It is tlie 
 shipping station for a thickly .settled country, and is des- 
 tined to become a place of considerable local importance. 
 It has a school house, Baptist church, three or four stores, 
 lumber yard, etc. 
 
 Of the other towns wliiih have at one time or another 
 had a being in the county, notiiing remains. We briefly 
 enumerate them, copying from W. M. Lock's Sketch of 
 Union County. 
 
 Petersville, situated on Section 80, Jones Township, at 
 one time contained a mill, a store and post office, and was 
 the residence of two of the County Judges, Nun and Lowe. 
 There were several residences here, but its site is now oc- 
 cupied by the moles and ])ats. 
 
 West Union, once the seat of justice of Jones Town- 
 ship, also contained several dwellings and Inisiness jilaees, 
 but is now numbered among the things that were. Union 
 City, laid out by E. S. Orr, in 18,")") or '.56, is now farmed, 
 and yields a fine crop of corn. Highland, once the formi- 
 dable rival of Afton for the county seat, presents now mi 
 monuments of its former activity. Hawkeye City, lai<l out 
 (but never built) on Section 11, Douglas Township, by the 
 Myers Brothers, has long .<ince ceased to exist ; and Pis- 
 gah, situated on Section 8, Jones Township, at one time 
 contained in the settlement about 2,000 inhabitants, being 
 regarded by its southern neighbors in Missouri, on account 
 of its Mormon proclivities, with apprehension and dislike. 
 This has also gone the way of all flesh, leaving oidy the 
 place where their dead found a last resting place as a me- 
 mento of the past. 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 un^io:n^ cotj:n^ty soi.dieks. 
 
 On the breaking out of the great rebellion, in 1861, 
 when the entire North, as one man, rose up in the defence 
 of the "Old Flag," our county was not behind other por- 
 tions of the country in patriotic zeal to preserve the Union 
 of States and the Free Institutions of our land. 
 
 Shortly after the rebels fired on Fort Sumter, on the 
 first call for 300,000 men by President Lincoln, a part of 
 a company was raised in this county for the 4th Iowa Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, the number enlisting at this time being 
 about 3"). ,J. F. Bishop, of Afton, was elected Captain of 
 Company H, and they served until the close of the war, 
 taking part in many of the hardest fought battles of the 
 war They were in the " Great March of Sherman to the 
 Sea," and at the close of the war the remnant returned to 
 their old liomes with shattered ranks, but covered with well 
 earned honors. 
 
 Company H, 29th Regiment Iowa "Wjlunteer Infantry, 
 recruiteil under the call of President Lincoln, was for 
 600,000 volunteers to put down the great rebellion. The 
 call was issued July 1, 1862, and in response, in an incred- 
 ibly short space of time, a full company was recruited in 
 Union County, and, on the 9th of August, was organized 
 at Afton, electing J. J. Hafer, Captain ; LeAvis K. Myers, 
 First Lieutenant ; Amos C. Cooper, Second Lieutenant ; 
 103 men. The company rendezvoused at Camp Dodge, 
 Council Bluffs, September 26th, where the regiment was 
 organiz(Hl and equipped. L^niforms were received October 
 28th, and arms November 21st ; were mustered into the 
 United States service December 1, 1862, by Lieut. Brown, 
 U. S. A. The same day, received $25 bounty and $2 
 premium, and breaking camp December riili, rendezvoused 
 at St. Jo, Missouri, where we arrived December 11th, and 
 
 remained until December 19th, when we took cars for St. 
 Louis, arriving at Benton Barracks the next day ; remain- 
 ing there for a single night, were ordered on provost duty, 
 and were quartered in Wasliington avenue, opposite Liiidell 
 Hotel. 
 
 December 25th, Christmas I)a^/. the regiment embarked 
 on the steamer C. E. Ilillman, for the South ; on the 2Tth 
 landing at Columbus, Kentucky, where we went into camp. 
 January 1st — New Year's Day — were called into line of l)rtt- 
 tle. With some it was a time of fear and trembling, this 
 being our first experience. It proved to be a fiilse alarm ; 
 had many such afterward. On the 7th of January, broke 
 ; camp, and went on board a steamer, under orders for 
 Helena, Arkansas, at which place we disembarked, January 
 11, 1863; and shortly after embarked on steamer Ruth, 
 bound up White River, to Devall's Bluff. In this expedi- 
 tion, suffered terribly from cold and exposure. On January 
 27th, returned and went into camp, where we remained 
 until the Yazoo Pass expedition, Marcli 24th, was organ- 
 ized, in which we took part, and also in the siege of Fort 
 Pemberton. After this we were in many scouts, and did 
 much heavy fatigue duty until the battle of Helena, Ark., 
 July 4, 1863, where we occupied an important position, near 
 tlie extreme right, where, with the 5th Kansas, Ave sus- 
 tained tlie charges of Marmaduke's and Shelby's forces 
 combined, and, although they Avere five to our one, Ave 
 drove them back, and occupied the field, but vfhh the loss 
 of some of our best men, killed and wounded. 
 
 About tills time, Gen. Steele organized an expedition 
 asainst Little Rock, Ark., and Ave Avere assigned to dutv in 
 the same. The hardships and suflerings from heat, fatigue 
 and thirst Avere terrible; but the column <lid not arrive until 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 after the Rebels' retreat, and encamped half a mile south 
 of the city. Shortly after, were ordered on scouting duty 
 toward Arkadelphia, to cut ofl' the retreat of Marmadulvc 
 from Pine Bluff's. We marched sixty miles in two days, but 
 failed to intercept the enemy, and returned, November 1, to 
 our former camp, where we remained, doing provost duty, 
 until March, 1804. We tlien broke camp and started on the 
 Camden expedition to form a junction with the forcei-under 
 Gen. Banks, with the intention of investing Shreveport. On 
 account of unlocked for obstacles and bad generalship. Banks 
 was driven back, after severe and continuous fighting, and our 
 command under Gen. Steele failed to connect with Banks' 
 forces, upon the retreat of whom the Rebels concentrated 
 on our column, which was foi-ced to retreat to Little Rock. 
 This retreat was accompanied with much suff'ering and loss. 
 Wagons and supplies were burned, caissons and cannon 
 were mired, mud in places was belly-deop to the cavalry 
 horses, and the entire force was disliearteneil and demoral- 
 ized. We arrived at our old camp at Little Rock May 1, 
 1864, and for thirty days rested, doing only garrison duty, 
 until June 1, when we were ordered to Lewisburg, an out- 
 post fifty miles up the Arkansas River, Avhere we remained 
 until some time in July, when we were ordered back to 
 Little Rock and remained there doing garrison duty, 
 scouting, etc., until February 9, 180"), at wliicli time we 
 were ordered to the Gulf. We broke camp at once and 
 embarked by rail to Devall's Bluff, where we shi]>pcd )»y 
 steamer for New Orleans, La., and thence to Mobile, Ala., 
 wliicii was at that time receiving partieulai attention from 
 Admiral Farragut and Gen. Granger. ^Vc discndr.irki'd 
 and participated in the investment nnd surrender of Fort 
 Spanish and in taking the city of Mobile. We were tlien 
 ordered forty miles up the river, where we garrisoned an 
 outpost — Mount Vernon Arsenal — and remained until 
 tlie 1st of June, when we returneil to Mobile, and about 
 tiiat time received the glorious news of Lee's surrender at 
 Appomattox Court House. We tlien embarked fi)r Texas; 
 landed at Brazos Santiago about the middle of June, and 
 camped at tlie mouth of the Rio Grande, where we cele- 
 brated tlie anniversai'y of national independence. 
 
 July 10, we embarked for New Orleans, where we re- 
 
 Tnained for a few days and made out our muster-rolls 
 preparatory to final discliarge. Sliipped by steamier to 
 Davenijort, Iowa, where we were mustered out of the 
 United States service, and arrived hnuie .Iidy -'l, 1SG5. 
 
 Numerous enlistments were made in tlie county for other 
 regiments, among them the 15th and 18th Iowa Infantry, 
 4th Iowa Cavalry, Jim Lane's Kansas .Tayhawkers, 2d 
 Colorado Cavalry, etc. 
 
 The total number of enlisted men frmn this county was 
 275, and at tliat time the population was barely 2,000, the 
 volunteers being one in seven of the total population. 
 During the continuance of the war, the business of the 
 volunteers was attended to by their wives and children — the 
 laborious avocations of the farm — planting, reaping and 
 harvesting — being personally taken charge of by them. 
 Tlius, while the soldiers were at the front, did tlie noble 
 women nnd children even lend a hand in erusliing the 
 greatest rcb(dlion tli'" world lius ever known. 
 
 FOURTH IOWA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 This regiment was formed in the southwestern jiart of 
 the State, Company II being raised from Union and 
 Adams, with some assistance from Cass County. It was 
 orminized at Council Blufts, in tlie summer of IStJl, and 
 consisted of it40 rank and file, besides officers. Colonel 
 (afterward Major General) i)odgc taking command. While 
 the rejjinient was at Council Blufi's. a number of the horse 
 thieves, bushwhackers and guerrillas of Missouri, who styled 
 themselves Confederates, thinking that all or most of tiie 
 men had left tlie liorder eounties of Iowa, ;inii were fight- 
 ing in the Union Army, arranged a raid into I'age County, 
 intending, as their custom was, to drive away all the horses 
 and cattle, burn the farm houses, wreak their fiendish ven- 
 geance upon the ohl men, wiiiiirii ;niil eiiildren lei't ;il home, 
 and retreat before a sullicieiit number nl' men could be col- 
 lected to stay their course. 
 
 News being brought from Missouri, that such a raiil 
 w.as on the tapis, the 4th immediately marched 200 of its 
 fni'ceto the threatened district, which accordingly reiiehed 
 Ciariiida, the county scat of Page County, only to find tliat 
 
J-LBajnlkTT 
 
 Mallorys Block 
 
 CRESTON IOWA 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 27 
 
 tlio rebels hail received news of their coming, and re- 
 treated across the border. 
 
 The 4tli Iowa left Council Bluffs the first week in Au- 
 gust, 1861, and proceeded to St Josejih, and tVoni thence 
 to Hannibal, and Benton Barracks, St. Louis, and soon 
 after, were onlered to the seat of war, where they soon had 
 all the business they could handle. 
 
 The first battle in which the regiment took jiart was 
 that of Pea Ridge, it being engaged for two days, losing 
 nearly half its strength. Company H lost three killed 
 and fifteen wounded. At the battle of Chickasaw Bayou, 
 the 4th Iowa carried the first line of rebel works under a 
 terrible fire, but, not being properly supported by the other 
 regiments, General Thayer gave the order to fall back, wliich 
 was accordingly done, the regiment retreating, but with 
 their faces to the foe. contributing largely to the Union loss 
 of 800 on this disastrous occasion. 
 
 In the operations against Arkansas Post, the 4th Iowa 
 took a conspicuous part, and was preparing to move on the 
 enemy's works when Fort Hindman surrendfii'ed ; it was 
 then ordered to take part in the siege of Vicksburg, where 
 it occupied a conspicuous position, losing eighty men killed 
 and wounded. The 4th took part in the battle of Lookout 
 Mountain, taking up a position on the extreme left of 
 Hooker's command, and remained under arms all night. 
 January 1, 1864, the regiment re-enlisted, spending their 
 veteran furlough at home, receiving a splendid reception at 
 Des Moines, and May 1 rejoined the army and participated 
 in Sherman's Georgia campaign, operating in Williamson's 
 Iowa brigade. In Sherman's march to the sea, the 4th 
 Iowa did good service, and was engaged in the last battle of 
 the war, fought at Bentonville, North Carolina. 
 
 This regiment numbered nine hundred and forty strong, 
 when organized, and three hundred more, at different times, 
 enlisted in its ranks, and when mustered out, in September, 
 1865, only about four hundred men answered the roll-call. 
 These facts speak for themselves. Shot and shell, disease 
 and privation, had done their work on those who went forth 
 in their manly strengtii, in their country's hour of need, 
 and amongst Iowa's gallant dead, whose bones repose in all 
 parts of the Sunny South, none fought more bravely, or fell 
 
 more gloriously, than the farmers and backwoodsmen of the 
 
 Iowa Fourth. 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 The muHled drum's sad i-oll li;is heal 
 
 The soldier's last tattoo ; 
 No more on life's parade shall meet 
 
 That brave and fallen few. 
 
 On fame's eternal camping-ground, 
 
 Their silent tents are spread; 
 And Glory guards, with solemn round. 
 
 The bivouac of the dead. 
 
 Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead. 
 
 Dear as the blood you gave; 
 No impious footstep e'er shall tread 
 
 The herbage of your grave. 
 
 Nor shall your glory be forgot 
 
 While Fame her record keeps. 
 Or Honor points the hallowed spot 
 
 Where Valor proudly sleeps. 
 
 We herewith append a list of Union County soldiers, 
 together with such facts as we have been able to gather 
 regarding them. 
 
 
 Where 
 
 Date of 
 
 
 Name. 
 
 ESLI.STED. 
 
 Enlistment. 
 
 KE.MARKS. 
 
 Arnold, Jesse W... 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Co. H, 4th la. 
 Dis. May 16, 
 1862. 
 
 Allen, N. V 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 Dec. 11,1863 
 Jan. 4,1864.. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Appleget, Bt-nj 
 
 Appleton, John 
 
 Davenport 
 
 do- 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Anderson, T. H 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 18th Iowa. 
 
 Allen, Albert J 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 19th Iowa. 
 
 Ames, Amos 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Ames, Amos W 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Co. H, 4th la., 
 capt'd, Junes- 
 boro,Ga.,Aug. 
 
 Bishop, W. J., Wag- 
 oner 
 
 Tlnknowii . . 
 
 Unknown ... 
 
 30, 1864. 
 Died at Little 
 
 
 
 
 Rock, Ark., of 
 
 
 
 
 disease. 
 
 Bartlett, W. II 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Co. H, 4th la. 
 Dis. May 16, 
 1862. 
 
 Brock, J 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 8th Iowa Cav. 
 
 Bishop, J. P., Capt. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 4th Iowa. Cap- 
 tain Co. H. 
 
 Bennett, G. B 
 
 Davenport 
 
 Jan. 23, 1864 
 
 29th la. Di.'!. 
 Sur. Cer. May 
 30, 1865. 
 
28 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNlOiN COUNTY. 
 
 
 WlCKIlE 
 
 1).\TK OK 
 
 
 WllERK 
 
 Datk of 
 
 Namk. 
 
 Enlisif.d. 
 
 KXLISTMKXT. 
 
 Dec. 1 18G2 
 
 Kkm.vuks. 
 29th Ta Dis 
 
 Xa.mk. 
 
 Day, William 
 
 Day, Aaron 
 
 Eni.istki). 
 link nown 
 
 Enli.st,ment, Kemauks, 
 
 Bash, David 
 
 St. Louis 
 
 Unknown 15th Towa, 
 
 do l.sth Towa. 
 
 
 
 
 Sur. Cer. Feb. 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 1, 1864. 
 
 Dufer, Abel 
 
 do 
 
 do ,15th Towa. 
 
 Baker, B. K 
 
 Alton 
 
 Dec 1 18ti2 
 
 29th T-i Tr'iiis- 
 
 Dufcr W R 
 
 do 
 
 do 5th Kansas, 
 do 18th Iowa. 
 
 
 
 
 ferred N. C. S. 
 
 Day, Aaron C 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 Sept. 17, '64. 
 
 Duel, J. II 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 29th la. Died 
 
 Bishop, W.J., Wa- 
 
 
 
 
 
 Keokuk, Aui.'. 
 
 oner 
 
 Alton 
 
 Deo. 1, 1 sea- 
 
 29tli [a Died 
 
 
 
 27, 1863. 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 29th Ta. Died 
 
 
 
 
 atTjittle lloek. 
 
 Douglas, John M. 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 
 
 Ark., Oct, 2!», 
 
 
 at Memphis, 
 1 Tenn., April 
 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 Bali, Ellis 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 18(i2.. 
 
 29th Ta. Died 
 
 at Little Roek, 
 
 l)uth,E.C., Corp... 
 
 Afton 
 
 15, 1863. 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 29th Ta. Died 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ark., May 29, 
 
 
 atl^ittleRock, 
 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 Ark., May 27, 
 
 Bilbo, B. D., Corp'l 
 
 Af/on 
 
 Unknown 
 
 29th Ta. l-Cilled 
 
 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 at Yazoo Pass, 
 
 Day, M. A 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 29th la. Died, 
 
 
 
 
 Jenkins' Fer- 
 
 
 Helena, Ark., 
 
 
 
 
 ry, Apr. 1, '()4. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 1, 1863. 
 
 Beebe, J. C 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. ],18t;2.. 
 Dec. 28, 18G3 
 
 2!lth Towa. 
 29th Towa. 
 
 Davis, John IT 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1 862.. 29th Ta. Died, 
 Jeft'erson Bar., 
 
 Berry, J. B 
 
 Des Moines.... 
 
 
 Barker, Wm. B 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 4th Iowa. 
 
 
 
 St. Louis, Feb. 
 
 Bonar, M. P 
 
 Afton 
 
 Jan. 28, 18G4 
 
 29tb Iowa. 
 
 ' 
 
 3, 1863. 
 
 Barton, Edward.... 
 
 Davenport 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 3, 1804.. 
 
 29tli Iowa. 
 
 Day,J.R.,2dSerg't 
 Douglas, B.F., Corp. 
 Drancker, A., Corp. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dee. I, 1862.. ITnL-nnwii 
 
 Ballard, T. E 
 
 Dec. 1, 18H2.. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 29th Towa 
 
 Bartholomew, Z. M. 
 
 <lo 
 
 do 
 
 29tli Iowa. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Barber, W. VV 
 
 Uo 
 
 do 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Daniel, Asa R 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown TTnknown. 
 
 Bennett, G. B 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown. 
 
 Dodson,Lcvi 
 
 do 
 
 do Tliiknown. 
 
 Brinkerhoof, A. M., 
 
 
 
 
 Dufer, Au<j;ustus 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 29lh Towa. 
 
 Corporal 
 
 do 
 
 d,. 
 
 Co. IT, 4th la. 
 
 Eastman, A. M 
 
 Afton 
 
 Jan. 23,1864 
 
 29tb Iowa. 
 
 Carter, Allen........ 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Unknown. 
 
 Eastman, Goo. E.... 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 29th Towa. 
 
 Clough, (Jcdrge P., 
 
 
 
 
 Elliott, John S., 2d 
 
 do 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 
 29th Ta. Res'd 
 
 Corporal 
 
 Cooper, Chas. K.... 
 Carmicle, Jc'lm 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 do 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa 
 
 Lieutenant 
 
 Forgcy, Jas. A., Cor- 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 
 
 Nov. 9, 1864. 
 29ih la. Dis. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 29th Towa 
 
 
 
 Sur. Cer., Apr. 
 24, 1863. 
 
 Carey, Marion 
 
 Davenport 
 
 Dec. 11,1863 
 
 29th Towa. 
 
 
 
 
 Cochrane, B. B 
 
 do 
 
 Feb. 24,1864 
 
 29th Towa. 
 
 Frcderick, J. B 
 
 Des iMoines 
 
 Dec. 28, 1863 
 
 29th Towa. 
 
 Cain, John J 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 
 29th Ta. Trans- 
 fcr'd Vet. Res. 
 
 France, M 
 
 Forgey, John B 
 
 Cedar Rapids... 
 Unknown 
 
 Jan. 9, 1864.. 
 Unknown 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 4th la., Co. II. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Corps, Dec. 1, 
 
 
 
 
 Died Feb. 3, 
 
 
 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 1863, Young's 
 
 Cooper, David 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 18G2.. 
 
 29th Ta. Died 
 
 
 
 
 Point, La., 
 
 
 
 
 at Little Rock, 
 
 
 
 
 Small Pox. 
 
 
 
 
 Ark., Oct. 25, 
 
 Cauvain, Antonio... 
 
 Des iMoines 
 
 Feb. 9, 1864.. 
 
 29th Liwa. 
 
 Cooper, Amos C, 2d 
 
 
 
 1863. 
 
 (Juion, William H.. 
 
 Davenport 
 
 Dee. 14, 18G4 
 
 29th luwa. 
 
 T/ieut 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 
 
 29th la. Res. 
 April 25, '63. 
 
 Garrison, M. ]j 
 
 \fton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 
 29th la. Was 
 in Rebel pris- 
 
 
 
 
 Comer, Amos J. M. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 
 29th la. Dis. 
 Sur. Cer. Dec. 
 
 
 
 
 ons. Dis. May 
 23, 1865. 
 
 
 
 
 
 24 1863 
 
 Glasgo, Henry 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec.1,1862.. 
 
 29th la. Dis. 
 
 Conger, Dennis 
 
 Afton 
 
 Unknown 
 
 4lh Iowa. Dis. 
 
 
 
 Gen'l 0.. Jlay 
 18, 1865. 
 
 
 
 
 May 16,1862. 
 
 
 
 
 Cochrane, Thos 
 
 TTnknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 4th Iowa. 
 
 Gripp, Jacob 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. l,lS62..2 9th Iowa, i 
 
 Cobler, Philip 
 
 d(, 
 
 do 
 
 4th Iowa. 
 
 
 
 Wounded at 
 
 Campbell, J;is. 11... 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 4th la. Killed 
 in battle, Pea 
 
 
 
 
 New Orleans. 
 Dis. May 31, 
 
 
 
 
 Kidge, Ark. 
 
 
 1865. 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 29 
 
 Nami;. 
 
 Wlll'.liK 
 EXLISTEU. 
 
 Datk of 
 Enli.stment. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Grinii IB 
 
 \fton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Feb. 4, 1864.. 
 Feb. 24, 1864 
 Dec. 17, 1863 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 
 Dec. 24, 1862 
 
 Dec. 24, 1862 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Dec. 24,1862 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862. 
 
 29th la. Died 
 
 
 Afton 
 
 at Columbus, 
 Ky., Jan. 17, 
 1863. 
 29th la. Died 
 
 Haves H. H 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Afton 
 
 at Little Rock, 
 Ark., Jan. 1, 
 1864. 
 Unknown. 
 
 Iloniewood, Leonard 
 Homewood, George 
 Hart, G. W 
 
 18th Iowa. 
 15th Iowa. 
 4th Iowa Cav. 
 
 Hcckathoru, John.. 
 Hafer, Jas. J., Capt. 
 
 Ilawkin.s, W. W.... 
 
 4th Iowa. 
 29th la. Died 
 
 Afton 
 
 of Small Pox, 
 at Helena, 
 Ark., July 3, 
 1863. 
 29tL Iowa. 
 
 Hoover C J 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Davenport 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Afton 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Houscr, J. M 
 
 Haruian, J. B 
 
 Howell, Daniel 
 
 Hurs, Syrester 
 
 Hall, Hiram, Corp'l 
 Husband, F.S 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 20th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 do 
 Afton 
 
 29th la Kill'd 
 in battle, at 
 Helena, Ark., 
 July 4, 1863. 
 
 29th la. Kill'd 
 
 Haley, E. R 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Vfton 
 
 at Ft. Spani-sh, 
 Ala., Mar. 31, 
 1865. 
 Unknown. 
 
 Homewood, Nelson 
 Hoover, Ered 
 
 [ckis, a, 
 
 Unknown. 
 4tb la. Dis. 
 Dec. 4, 1862. 
 29th Iowa 
 
 Ickis A.F 
 
 Denver 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Afton 
 
 Oolorado Dav 
 
 John.son, Frank, 
 
 Died at Little 
 
 Jackson, Frank, 
 Corporal 
 
 Rock, Ark., 
 
 Dec. 19, '64. 
 
 29th la. Died 
 
 Jones, R. H 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Afton 
 
 at Afton, Oct. 
 18, 1H63. 
 Unknown. 
 
 Jinks, Ayres 
 
 Co, H, 4th la. 
 
 Jessop, Martin 
 
 Katzeubarger, D 
 
 Unknown. 
 29th la Died 
 
 Kennisun, C. J. 
 Corporal 
 
 Afton 
 
 Helena, Ark., 
 .\pril 16, '63. 
 
 29th la. W'd, 
 
 
 
 taken prisoner, 
 paroled. Dis. 
 July 8, 1865. 
 
 Namk. 
 
 Katzeubarger, J. V.. 
 
 Keating, Henry, 1st 
 
 Sergeant 
 
 Kent, Alfred 
 
 Kent, Nel.son M... 
 
 Killion, David 
 
 Koch, Fred'k 
 
 Kent, Elijah 
 
 Kent, Enoch 
 
 Killion, James L 
 
 Afton, 
 
 Afton 
 
 do 
 Des Moines. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Davenport... 
 Unknown . . . 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Ladd, Geo. W... 
 
 Ludwig, E. C 
 
 Lock, J. M 
 
 Lampkin, E. A... 
 
 Lafavre, J. S 
 
 Lewis, W. B 
 
 Lewis, Walter R. B. 
 Lewis, James L., 
 
 Sergeant 
 
 Lewis, John D... 
 
 Lamunion, Thos. J 
 
 Lamb, T. J Unknown . 
 
 Lamb, Josiah do 
 
 WllKRE 
 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Afton 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Cedar Rapid.s, 
 Afton 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Afton , 
 
 Lamb, H. F... 
 
 Lane, Thos 
 
 Lamb, John 
 
 Linsley, D. D.. 
 
 Martz, B, F 
 
 Milnes, Jos 
 
 Messenger, John S. 
 
 Messenger, S. C 
 
 Myers, Lewis K.. 
 Captain 
 
 Murphey, Christ'n. 
 
 Miller, Joel 
 
 Madden, L. T 
 
 Moneypenny, W. A 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 Eddyville , 
 Unknown , 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Afton 
 
 Aftou , 
 
 Afton . 
 do 
 do 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 do 
 
 Jan. 1, 1864 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 Jan. 29, 1864 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Date of 
 e.vllstme.nt. 
 
 Kemabks. 
 
 29th Ta. Dis- 
 charged on 
 surgeon's cer- 
 tificate, Feb'y 
 23, 1863. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 29th Iowa, 
 
 29th Iowa, 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 5th Iowa. ? 
 
 1 5th Iowa. ? 
 
 4th la. Co 
 Died Dec. 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 Ap'lll, 1864 
 Jan. 23, 1864 
 Jan. 9, 1864 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Jan. 23, 1864 
 
 Unknown, 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 Aug. 2, 1 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 861 
 
 Dec. 1, 186i 
 
 Dec. 1, 186: 
 
 H. 
 
 15, 
 
 Holla, 
 
 186 
 
 Mo. 
 
 9th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 29tli Iowa. 
 
 29tli la. Dis- 
 charged sur- 
 geon's certifi- 
 cate Mar. 23, 
 1865. 
 
 29th la. W'd, 
 disch'd Surg. 
 Cer. March 25, 
 1865. 
 
 Unknown. 
 
 18th Iowa. 
 
 5th Kan Cav. 
 
 10th Iowa. 
 
 18th Iowa. 
 
 4th la. Trans- 
 ferred to In- 
 valid Corps. 
 
 36th Iowa Inf. 
 
 18th Iowa. 
 
 4th Iowa. 
 
 18th Towa. 
 
 Ap'l 
 Dec. 
 
 11, 
 
 h 
 do 
 
 29th la. Pro- 
 moted from 1st 
 Lieut. May 1, 
 1863. 
 29th la. Dis- 
 charged May 
 3, 1865. 
 1864'29th Iowa. 
 1862'29th Iowa. 
 l29th Iowa. 
 

 " 
 
 30 
 
 SKETCH 
 
 [ES, MAP AND DIllECTOllY OK m 
 
 sUON COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Namk. 
 
 Whkbe 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Date of 
 Eni.ist.ment. 
 
 Re.mark.s. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Where 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Date of 
 Enlistment. 
 
 Remakks. 
 
 
 Madden, Reuben.... 
 
 Moorcs, Joshua 
 
 Moore, Abraham.... 
 
 McVey, Chas 
 
 Marloy, Jacob 
 
 McDonald, Will 
 
 McCullock, James 
 H., nuisieian 
 
 M inert, W. R 
 
 Millmau, N. C 
 
 Morris, Jaa. I., 1st 
 Sergeant 
 
 Afton 
 
 Jan. 23, 18G4 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 Unknown 
 
 Dec. 4, 1863 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Dec. 2, 1863 
 
 Dec. 28, 1863 
 April 11, '64 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 do 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 Apr. 2, 1863 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 29th la. Taken 
 pris'n'r. Died 
 inprison, Cam- 
 den , Ark., 
 Augu.st, 1S64. 
 
 29th la. Died 
 at Memphis, 
 March 13, '63. 
 
 4th la. Co. H. 
 Kill'd at Ring- 
 gold, Ga.,Nov. 
 29, 1863. 
 
 20th Iowa. De- 
 serted. 
 
 29th Iowa. Tr. 
 Vt. Res. Corns 
 Dec. 1, 1863. 
 
 29th Iowa. Tr. 
 Vt. Res. Corps 
 Oct. 16,1863. 
 
 29th la. Died 
 of small-pox, 
 Helena, Ark., 
 Mar. 8, 1863. 
 
 Unknown, 
 do 
 
 4th Inf , Co. H. 
 Tr. to Wood's 
 Cavalry. 
 
 2 9th Iowa. 
 Wounded and 
 taken prisoner 
 at Jenkins' 
 Ferry, Ark., 
 May 23, 1865. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 29th la. Died 
 Oct. 20,1863, 
 at Afton, la. 
 
 29th la. Disch. 
 Sur. Cer. July 
 25, 1863. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 29th la. Died 
 at Memphis, 
 Sept.28, 1863. 
 
 4th Iowa. 
 
 4th Iowa. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 29th la. Was a 
 prisoner. Dis. 
 
 Pearson, T. J 
 
 Rankin, John 
 
 Rea-soiicr, J. W 
 
 Riccduitr, J. W 
 
 Robinson, Simeon... 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Afton 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 do 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 April, 1864... 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 Dec. 28, 1863 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 
 
 4th Iowa, Co. 
 
 II. Captured 
 
 at Claysville, 
 
 Ala., Jan. 14, 
 
 1S64. 
 29th la. Died 
 
 at Helena, 
 
 Ark., Jan. 2(1, 
 
 1863. 
 29th la. Died 
 
 at Helena, 
 
 Ark., Feb. 14, 
 
 1863. 
 29th la. Died 
 
 at D e V a 1 I's 
 
 Bluffs. Sept. 1, 
 
 1863. 
 13th Iowa. 
 18th Iowa. 
 17th Iowa. 
 17th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. 
 29th Iowa. Tr. 
 
 to Vet. Res. 
 
 Corps, Jan. 5, 
 
 1864. 
 
 29th la. Died 
 of small )ox, 
 St. Louis, Feb. 
 15, 1S63. 
 
 Unknown. 
 
 Co. II, 4th la. 
 
 Died, May 17, 
 '64, at Bridge- 
 port, Ala. Co. 
 H, 4th Iowa. 
 
 Unknown. 
 
 Co. H, 4th la. 
 
 4th la.. Co. 11, 
 killed at Look- 
 out Mountain, 
 Nov. 10, 1S63. 
 
 29th la. Di,sch. 
 I^romotcJ as 
 Lieut, in litli 
 Ark.Col'dlnf. 
 April 27, '64. 
 
 29th la. Disch. 
 May 2;;, 18(15. 
 
 29th la. Died 
 at Jefferson 
 Barracks, Mo., 
 Feb. 7, 1863. 
 
 29th Towa 
 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Des Moines 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 Reed, Fred 
 
 
 Rose, H. W 
 
 
 Roberts, Josephus... 
 
 Robberts, Jas. S 
 
 Rumsey, Frank 
 
 Ross Jas, S 
 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Des Moines 
 
 Des Moines 
 
 Afton 
 
 do 
 do 
 uo 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 Riggs, Samuel M., 
 
 
 Nun, Norman 
 
 Nun, Henry 
 
 
 Russell, Eli 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 Unknown 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 Reese, David 
 
 Reese, William R.... 
 
 Ilodgers, C. R 
 
 Rodgcrs, W. S 
 
 Smith, John A 
 
 
 Norris, W. H. W... 
 
 Norri^, Augustus, 
 
 Corporal 
 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Afton .. 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 Olinger, John C. ... 
 
 Painter, William.... 
 Parker, G. W 
 
 Pearcc, Hiram 
 
 Poaree, Elijah 
 
 Painter, Jonathan... 
 
 Paist, Jouathan 
 
 Peters, Gerhard 
 
 
 Sliiiv pI allies 
 
 Des Moines 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 do 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 Afton 
 
 
 Scott, Chas. F., Cor. 
 Shepherd, Jeremiah 
 
 
 Lisbon 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 Afton 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 31 
 
 
 Wheee 
 
 Date of 
 
 
 Name. 
 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Enlistment. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 Sommer, Fred, 1st 
 
 
 
 Lieutenant 
 
 St. Louis 
 
 May 1, 1803 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Seeley, Ira, 1st Ser- 
 
 
 
 
 (roaut 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 1802 
 do 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Shepherd, Laishle... 
 
 do 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Smith, Geo. W 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 21)th Iowa. 
 
 Stitheui, A 
 
 d.. 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Unknown 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Stock, Chas 
 
 18th Iowa. 
 
 Stock, C. M 
 
 1 Sth Iowa. 
 
 Stark, Eli W 
 
 18tli Iowa. 
 
 Schwantz, Lewis 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 1802.. 
 
 29th la. Killed 
 in battle, Hele- 
 na, Ark., July 
 4, 1804. 
 
 Showers, llcubeu... 
 
 Des Moines 
 
 Dec. 28, 1864 
 
 29th la. Died 
 at Little Rock, 
 July 17, 1804. 
 
 Stump, Dennis 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Co. H, 4th la. 
 
 Sleeper, P. H 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 
 Stark, D. B 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 
 Stark, Samuel H ... 
 
 
 Thompson, Chas. B. 
 
 Des Moines 
 
 Feb. 19, 1804 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Thompson, Josiah H 
 
 Afton 
 
 Apr. 11,1864 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Thompson, Benj. N. 
 
 do 
 
 Dec. 1,1802.. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Thompson, W. H... 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Tliurlo, Dan'l, Corp'l 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 29th la. W'd 
 andoaptur'dat 
 Jenkins' F'ry, 
 Ark., Apr. 30, 
 1864. Died 
 at Little Rock 
 Ark., Dec. 19, 
 1804. 
 
 Thompson, R. M ... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. l,lS(i2.. 
 
 29th la. Died 
 Helena, Ark., 
 Juno 6, 18(53. 
 
 Tracoy, Thomas 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 
 Taylor, J. S 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 
 Thompson, Jesse.... 
 
 do 
 
 Unknown 
 
 4th la. Trans- 
 ferred V. R. C. 
 
 Wright, JanifS 11... 
 
 Afton 
 
 1 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 
 
 29th la. Dis. 
 Sur. Cer., Feb. 
 20, '03. Died 
 on way home. 
 
 
 Where 
 
 Date of 
 
 
 Name. 
 
 Enlisted. 
 
 Enlistment. 
 
 Remarks. 
 
 White CItircnce 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 24, 1862 
 
 29 th la Dis 
 
 
 
 Sur. Cer., Apr. 
 
 Wilson, Edward K, 
 
 
 
 3, 1863. 
 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 
 29th la Dis 
 
 
 
 Sur. Cer., Nov. 
 
 
 
 
 30, 1803. 
 
 Wick, Henry 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. l,18r>2 
 
 29 th la Was 
 
 
 
 taken prisoner 
 
 
 
 
 May 23, 1805. 
 
 Williamson, L. J... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 
 29th la Pro- 
 
 
 
 moted Hosp'l 
 
 
 
 
 Stewart July, 
 
 
 
 
 1863. 
 
 Wickham, James M. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1802.. 
 
 29th Ta. Trans- 
 
 
 
 fcrredtoV.R. 
 
 Wickham, Wm. M., 
 
 
 C, Aug, '04. 
 
 Corporal 
 
 Wolfl; James H 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862 29th Iowa 
 
 do 
 
 do 29th Iowa. 
 
 Wick, Georj^c 
 
 Davenport 
 
 Jan. 23, 1804 29th Iowa. 
 
 Wriuht, Thomas 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 1802.. 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 Wycoff, Josiah W... 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 White William 
 
 Davenport 
 
 Jan. 23, 1864 
 
 29th Iowa. 
 
 White James 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 17th Iowa. 
 
 Wri-ht, John T 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 4th la, Co. H. 
 
 Willis, Shelby 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 3d Iowa. 
 
 Welsh James 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1, 1862.. 
 
 29th la. Killed 
 
 
 
 
 in battle, Cam- 
 
 
 
 
 den, Ark., Apr. 
 
 
 
 
 15, 1864. 
 
 Wycoff, T. C 
 
 Dos Moines 
 
 Feb. 15, 1864 
 
 29 th la. Died 
 at Little Rock, 
 Ark, Sept. 9, 
 1864. 
 
 Witt, R. P 
 
 Afton 
 
 Dec. 1,1862.. 
 
 29th la Died 
 
 
 at Memphis, 
 
 
 
 
 Tenn., March 
 
 
 
 
 31, 1805. 
 
 Walker, David 
 
 Unknown 
 
 Unknown 
 
 
 Walker, Clarke 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 4th Iowa. 
 
 Westovcr, F 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 4th Iowa. 
 
 Wilson, William C. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 
 Walkup, Alpheus. 
 
 
 
 
 Sergeant 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Co. H,4lhla. 
 
 Whitney, John D... 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Co. H, 4th la. 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 I :n' C 1 13 E 1^^ T s . 
 
 Many incidents, not properly a part of tlie county 
 histoiy have been related to me by numerous old settlers 
 and others ; to some of these I give a place, hoping they 
 may be interesting to the reader : 
 
 For several years after settlement began in this county, 
 the only houses built were composed of logs ; a good hewed 
 log house being a first-class residence. To raise these 
 buildings the neighbors would gather for eight or ten miles 
 round and help each other. On one occasion, a German 
 who lived not far from Afton, proposing to Iniild a house, 
 was informed by an imaginative gentleman who was also a 
 strong admirer of distilled corn juice, " that nobody would 
 come to the raising without whisky was furnished." Acting 
 on this suggestion, the honest Teuton procured a keg of 
 the best he could find, and bid his neighbors to the " I'ais- 
 ing bee." 
 
 They came from far and near, but the happiest one of 
 them all was the wag whose advice had secured the liquor, 
 which was handed around in a large water bucket, free to 
 all. 
 
 Working on one of the corners, every few minutes he 
 would call out, "more whisky on the c-o-r-n-e-r-s." The 
 house was raised, the crowd was jubilant, and when they 
 left at night the keg was empty, a good share of its contents 
 having been "got outside of" by our friend who stood 
 "on the corner." 
 
 In the year 1853 or 1854, several persons living near 
 Petersville, who did not get along very harmoniously with 
 with Judge Norman Nun, concocted a plan to get him out 
 of the neighborhood. 
 
 Nun. at the time, was living on a piece of land as a 
 squatter, and loaning his money at good rates of interest. 
 
 In pui'suancc of tiiis plan, AVm. M. Lock visited Judge 
 Nun and borrowed a sum of money which he immediately 
 used in purchasing the land where Nun lived. No sooner 
 was this done than war was declared. Lock and Stark were 
 indicted on complaint of Nun, and tlie case was tried at the 
 spring term of tlie District Court. The testimony was in, 
 the pleas made, and the case given to the jury, who retired 
 to a log cabin, owned by Mrs. Peters, to make up their 
 verdict ; but after some hours of wrangling they could not 
 agree, and the bailiff was sent to procure supper. Mrs. 
 Peters consenting to feed one-half the jury, and the accom- 
 modating officer wended his way to the next neighbor. 
 Smith, for the purpose of procuring the necessary supplies 
 for the other half. 
 
 But sad to relate, the lady of the liouse, who was a 
 friend of Stark's, proved obdurate, and steeling her 
 heart against the wants of the six hungry jurymen, she 
 sci'camed, at the top of her voice, "go back, and tell that 
 jury that not one mouthful to eat or drink can they get at 
 my table, until they have cleared Stark and convicted 
 Lock." 
 
 All attempts to argue the case with her only resulted in 
 making her still more belligerent, and the bailiff was at his 
 wits' end what to do ; to return to the jury without the 
 necessary provender was hard, l)ut it seemed to him that to 
 procure it here was much harder. Finally an ally appeared 
 on the scene in the shape of a grown daughter, who, becom- 
 ing wearied with her mother's frantic ravings, and possibly 
 sympathizing with her " feller " starving on the jury, pro- 
 posed to get the meal herself, but the old lady being still 
 as impenetrable as an iron-dad, ol)jected forcibly, so there- 
 upon the young lady calling to her father, exclaimed, 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 33 
 
 " here, Dad, you hold Mam wliile I get these fellers their 
 supper," and they got it. 
 
 In the year 1866, the county went into the liquor 
 traffic, appointing one Marcus BiiMwin, County Agent, 
 giving him " $50 to be expended in [lurchasing liquors for 
 Union County," and made annual settlements with liira 
 for some time thereafter. 
 
 Many fine cattle are yearly fattened in our county, but 
 it is seldom that as good a yoke can be found as wei'e fed 
 by John Ickis about 1857 ; their weight being four thou- 
 sand six hundred pounds ; tliey were sold at 1^ cents per 
 pound. 
 
 When William M. Lock kept the hotel at Pisgah, he 
 was given to cracking jokes at the expense of his guests, to 
 whose inquiry for accommodations he would tell them, 
 " Yes; if you can put up with wolf-meat and whisky," and 
 so soberly would he make this reply that the inviting meals 
 prepared by Mrs. Lock would be a real surprise to the 
 weary traveler, who actually supposed the bill of fare would 
 be that announced by the landlord. 
 
 In March, 1851, a fine-looking gentleman, well-mounted, 
 rode up to the door of Lock's house, at Pisgah, about the 
 middle of the afternoon and engaged food and shelter for 
 several herders and a drove of cattle, a short distance behind 
 him. 
 
 The necessary arrangements being completed, the stran- 
 ger inquired of Mr. Lock the distance to the next house, 
 and was answered, " Foi'ty-fivc miles." Turning a look of 
 incredulity at Uncle P>illy, he answered, " That 's a d — d 
 lie ! I don 't believe a word of it, sir. You want to keep 
 me here all night; but you can "t do it." He rode on. 
 The next day, at noon, a triiveler bound east stopped for 
 dinner at Pisgah, and related that he had seen a man nearly 
 frozen that morning — it being the traveler of the previous 
 day — who had been compelled to sleep on his horse all 
 night, in the middle of the big prairie of Adair County, 
 being afraid to travel for fear of losing his way. He 
 doubtless had ample time to repent of his profane language 
 and ungentlemanly treatment of the Pisgah landlord. 
 
 The first district court heli' in Afton (E. H. Sears, 
 Judge; James Thompson, Cleik ; N.Thompson, Sheriff), 
 
 was at the house of Elbert H. Smith. The building was of 
 logs — an old-fashioned chimney built of clay and sticks 
 being laid up on the outside thereof. A heavy rain coming 
 on, the clay moistened, and, while the honorable Court was 
 in session, the wliole chimney suddenly collapsed and came 
 to the ground of its own weight. This unforeseen occur- 
 rence compelled the immediate adjournment of court, nem 
 con. — smoked out. 
 
 At one time, probably about 1855, a zealous brother 
 wlio thought he had a call to preach, putting liis belief into 
 execution, gave out an appointment at Cooper's old school- 
 house ; he supposing, in his modesty, that only a few near 
 neiglibors would attend. But as the time drew nigh, what 
 was his surprise, not to say dismay, when, on proceeding to 
 his appointment, lie beheld a large congregation gathered, 
 besides more coming on foot, on horseback, by ox-carts, and 
 other modes of progression then in vogue among the early 
 settlers. 
 
 The good brotlier's courage failed him as from a little 
 distance he witnessed the gathering, which so far exceeded 
 anything previously witnessed in the settlement tliat lie was 
 completely dumbfounded. Pride and duty both urged him 
 to go forward and fulfill the appointment, but as often as he 
 essayed to walk toward the school-house, his trembling 
 limbs refused to obey their office. 
 
 After sevei'al inefl'ectual attempts to " face the music," 
 he turned away in sorrow, concluding that the ministry of 
 the Word was not his special vocation, and the rest of that 
 afternoon he took refuge among the tall timber of Grand 
 River, leaving the expectant congregation to muse on the 
 mutability of everything in general, and amateur preachers 
 in particular. 
 
 In the year 1855, Benjamin Lamb was digging a well 
 at his house, on Section 26, Pleasant Townsliip, and on 
 reaching a depth of 53 feet the workmen brouglit up a piece 
 of sawed oak plank, one foot long by three to five inches 
 broad, also a piece of China tea cup and a ladies' tuck 
 comb ; all in a good state of preservation. How they came 
 there is a (juestion tliat has never been satisfactorily ans- 
 wered. 
 
 After considerable settlement had been made in the 
 
34 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 county, and some of the dealers liad violated that section of 
 the code which touches upon the sale of intoxicating liquors, 
 a number of temperance men proposed to go before the 
 Grand Jury, soon to convene, and enter complaint against the 
 offending parties. This coming to the ears of the foreman of 
 the jury, about the hour that court called, he anxiously awaited 
 developments. On the proper organization of the Grand 
 Jury, he at once proceeded to business, and as no juryman 
 was conversant with any infraction of law, and no persons 
 were present to enter complaint, the foreman at once sug- 
 gested an immediate adjournment, which was carried, and 
 the members dispersed to their homes, some hours after the 
 complaining witnesses put in an appearance, to testify, and, 
 much to their chagrin, found themselves too late for busi- 
 ness, and the druggist happy for another six months, 
 thanks to the good offices of the friendly foreman, who, 
 doubtless, had been there, and knew how it was himself. 
 
 Sometime about 1856 or '57, a register was kept of all 
 liquors sold, and for what purpose obtained ; and persons, 
 unless well vouched for, could not obtain a supply. This 
 register was examined by the Grand Jury, at their semi- 
 annual sessions. On one occasion, while examining the 
 
 register, one of the Jurors said to another, " 11 , 
 
 where is all the whisky you have bought .during the last 
 six months?" "Don't use nor buy the stuff',' said 
 n , " and if you will find my name in that reg- 
 ister I will treat the Jury." A few pages more were 
 examined, when lo ! there was the name of Juror li , 
 
 "one quart whisky." A laugh was at once raised on 
 him, and the treats were called for vociferously^ to which 
 he, of course, acceded. It subsequently tran.spired that a 
 
 worthless fellow, who had worked for II , on his farm, 
 
 fiiiling to secure the coveted dram on his own account, had 
 called for it for IF.'s wife, to " make mince pies with," and 
 the accommodating druggist had, inadvertently, elected 
 
 II for treats for the strictly temperate Grand Jury. 
 
 In the year 1859, in the absence of Judge Blanchard, 
 II. A. Botleman, who was ex officio Judge, and as such 
 authorized to issue marriage licenses, was one morning in- 
 terviewed by a young man who desired a license to marry. 
 Mr. Botleman thereupon wrote out the coveted document 
 
 and handed it over to the expectant groom, who then asked 
 the Clerk to perform the ceremony. To this Mr. Botle- 
 man objected, claiming want of authority ; but one of the 
 rising attorneys of Afton, who happened to be present, in- 
 sisted that Mr. Botleman was competent. Thereupon the 
 happy groom started for his girl. " But," objected Botle- 
 man, " I don't know the form." " I will give you one," 
 replied the attorney, who scribbled off" a form, barely 
 concluding before the couple appeared, who were straight- 
 way made one. This job, though illegal, was well done, 
 the parties living happily together for years, when the wife 
 died in blissful ignorance that her marriage had not been 
 in strict conformity to the C'ode of Towa. 
 
 In 1854, J. D. Wrij^ht, who at the time was living in 
 Union Township, had selected a site for a home, which he 
 proposed to enter. Delaying for a short time, J. F. Ickis 
 came into the county, prospecting, and selected the same 
 location, of which he took the numbers, starting for the 
 Land Office at Chariton on Saturday morning. Being ad- 
 vised of the .selection, Wright borrowed a team and axe of 
 James Husband, and during the day hauled logs and laid 
 the foundation of a cabin, starting on Sunday for Chariton. 
 Arriving there, he found the land already entered by Ickis, 
 but, on producing proofs of the foundation being laid pre- 
 vious to tlie entry, held it by pre-emption, and Ickis re- 
 ceived his money back from the Ijaiul Office after waiting a 
 year for it. 
 
 An old settler relates the following : During the early 
 days, when to see a light from a house on the prairie a little 
 after sundown meant food anil rest to the belated traveler, 
 the resources of the settlers were sometimes taxed to the 
 utmost to accommodate tlie numerous applicants for shel- 
 ter. On one occasion there happened to be three or four 
 families stopping over night at the house of one of these 
 pioneers, and of course their respective complements of 
 "young 'uns " were not lacking, and our friend, being of a 
 philosophical turn of mind, wondered where and how all 
 the aforesaid "young 'uns" would be accommodated for the 
 night. His doubts were not of lonj; duration, being soon 
 solved by the worthy hostess, who, producing a large 
 trundle-bed, proceeded to pack the rising generation into 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 35 
 
 its capacious recesses like so many red herrings, taking the 
 precaution, liowever, to leave their heads sticking out on 
 the four sides to enable them to obtain the necessary sup- 
 ply of air; and fti the morning,-after all the children were 
 
 sorted out and consigned to their respective departments, 
 not one Avas found missing, and our friend was filled with a 
 wondering admiration for tlie executive genius of the fe- 
 male sex in general, and that of his hostess in particular. 
 
CHAFrER V. 
 
 IsTT^^W HOPE TOA\^I^SHIP. 
 
 T11115 townslii]) is situated in the northeast corner of 
 Union County, adjoining Clark County on the east and 
 ^Tadison County on tlic north, and is on the great divide or 
 water-slied between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. 
 In many parts of tlie township a stone can be thrown either 
 into a stream which lh)ws into tiie Mississippi, or into one 
 of the tributaries of the "Big Muddy." In the govern- 
 ment survey it is numbered No. 73, Range 28, and contains 
 22,896 acres of land. 
 
 It is watered by Grand River, which runs through the 
 southwestern part of tlie townsliip, and with its tributaries 
 furnishes a never-failing supply of water for stock and me- 
 chanical purposes. In the vicinity of Grand River and 
 Wolf Creek are numerous fine groves of natural growth, 
 some of which arc large enough for saw-logs and hewing 
 purposes, while there is also a fine, thrifty growth of young 
 timber, which, in a few years, will be the most valuable land 
 in the township. The general features of New Hope are not 
 altogether unlike those of the other townships in the county, 
 its surface being somewhat undulating, which, without being 
 rough or Itroken, ft yet sufficiently rolling to ensure perfect 
 drainage even in the most unfavorable seasons. 
 
 The first settlement in this township was made by a i)or- 
 tion of the Mormon emigrants, wlio tarried in the county 
 from the year 1846 to 1852, a few of their number hav- 
 ing settled within the present limits of New Hope, on what 
 is now Section 31, and from a fancied resemblance to the 
 sacred hill at Jerusalem upon whicJi tiie temple was built, 
 it was called Mount Mofinli. 
 
 These emigrants built a few temjidrary shanties, cleared 
 a small piece of land, which they cultivated until 1852, when 
 the last company left the county and followed their brethren 
 to the Mecca of their pilgrimage — Salt Lake. 
 
 On the ninth of .June, 1853, A. J. McCullock, who is 
 still a resident of the township, located on the site of the 
 Mormon settlement and commenced improvements. In the 
 same year, Peter Do.se, the Comers and Aaron Barker set- 
 tled in the township, and the year following William and 
 Henry Groesbeck, J. S. Loriuicr, G. S. Smith, Willis Ball 
 and a number of others here cast in their lot, and consti- 
 tuted what was then considered a thickly settled neighbor- 
 hood. 
 
 In the fall of 1855, II. Jeter was appointed Postmaster 
 of New Hope post office, a weekly mail being established at 
 that time through the township ; it lying on the mail route 
 between St. Joseph. Missouri, and Winterset, Iowa. Mr. 
 Jeter was succeded in office by H. Skinner, who lield the 
 position several years, tlie office being finally discontinued. 
 
 The first mill erected in the township was a steam saw- 
 mill, with a set of corn burrs attached, owned by William 
 Groesbeck, and was built on his home farm in 1857. In 
 this mill was sawed much of the timber u.sed in the improve- 
 ments of the township. At present there is one water mill 
 where sawing and grinding is done, on Section 30, which 
 is owned by D. Arnold. 
 
 This township is under the district township organiza- 
 tion for school purposes, and is divided into nine sub-dis- 
 tricts, each two miles square, and, seven of the nine have 
 comfortable and commodious school-houses, well furnished, 
 liberally patronized, free of debt, and in a flourishing condi- 
 tion. 
 
 There is regular preaching in the various school houses 
 by Bunkers and Methodists, besides occasional appointments 
 by other denominations. 
 
 New Hope Township is peculiarly adapted to farm- 
 ing and stock raising, being well watered, and com- 
 
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 prising within its limits a large quantity of valuable prairie 
 land. 
 
 Many enterprising individuals, seeing the advantages 
 to be derived by locating here, have availed themselves of 
 the opportunity thus offered, and to-day their fine farms, 
 large orchards and thrifty groves attest the energy and 
 perseverance which have characterized their career. 
 
 William Groesbeck, Esq., who resides in this township, 
 is the largest land owner and the most extensive farmer in 
 the county ; owning about 3,000 acres, 2,000 of which are 
 under cultivation ; he employs 30 men and 25 teams, and 
 raises, annually, from 40,000 to 50,000 bushels of grain. 
 
 J. S. Lorimor also cultivates nearly a section of land, 
 and owns besides about the same amount not yet improved. 
 
 Considerable attention has been paid to raising groves 
 of timber, and nearly every prairie farm has this evidence 
 of care and thought, the largest of these being on the 
 farm of Wm. Groesbeck, on Section 9, containing thirteen 
 acres. 
 
 The township was organized for civil purposes in 1858, 
 the first election being held in the house of William Kemp- 
 lin, on Section 17, at which about fifteen votes were polled. 
 It has given Republican majorities since 1864, before which 
 time Democracy was more in favor. 
 
 From these evidences of peace and prosperity it is an 
 undoubted fact that New Hope, for agricultural and stock- 
 raising purposes, will always take raidc as one of the best 
 townships in this county. 
 
 THE BIG FARM OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 While there are numerous large farms, and land owners, 
 whose acres are hundreds, in the county, the largest farmer, 
 stock raiser and land owner in the country is William 
 Groesbeck, of New Hope Township. 
 
 From a small beginning, in 1854, when he entered the 
 west half of Section 19, 73, 28 (his homestead), to the 
 present time, prosperity has attended his efforts, as his nu- 
 merous fiirms, fine orchards and large flocks and herds 
 attest. At this time, he is owner of about 3,000 acres of 
 land, 2,000 of wliich are in cultivation. He depends 
 largely upon rentci-s for carrying on his farms; has 18 
 houses, including the homestead ; gives employment to 30 
 men, and 25 teams. The annual grain crop is from 40,- 
 000 to 50,000 bushels. On the homestead is the largest 
 barn in the county — 50x100 feet, 20 feet high above the 
 basement — filled with the produce of the farm. Surround- 
 ing the house is an orchard of nearly 40 acres, on which, 
 this year (1876), the estimated crop of apples is 1,000 
 busliels. 
 
 A mill and cheese factory are located a mile southwest 
 of his residence. The milk of 60 of his cows is here 
 made into cheese, which finds ready market in the neigh- 
 boring towns. Every improvement on this large farm has 
 been made under his personal supervision ; and many men 
 would break down under the cares and responsibilities, 
 which appear to be trifles to him. A large stock is con- 
 stantly kept. Of cattle, the average is about 500 head, 
 with the number occasionally increased to 700 or 800. 
 About 200 hogs are fattened and marketed annually. 
 Fifty head of hotses alid colts supply motive power for 
 farm work. He has about 40 acres in artificial groves, 
 the largest on Section 9, containing 13 acres. 
 
 A fine young growth of native timber, some 160 acres 
 in extent, lies immediately north of his house, and is the 
 most valuable land owned by him. A beautiful meadow 
 of 240 acres of tame grass, immediately south of his liouse, 
 cannot be excelled in any State in the Union. 
 
 The hospitality of his house is proverbial, and the cas- 
 ual visitor or old accpiaintance alike are made welcome to 
 all the comforts and enjoyments of this truly Western 
 home. 
 
CHAPTER VI. 
 
 BY HENRY GROESBECK. 
 
 In the early organization of the county, several Con- 
 gressional townships were united for school and election 
 purposes. This was tiic case witli the present towns of 
 Dodge and New Hope, numbered respectively 73, 29, and 
 73, 28, which were first organized under tlie name of Dodge, 
 March 15, 1856, New Hope being set off in 1858, since 
 which time the two towns have maintained a separate organ- 
 ization. 
 
 In 1854, there were two families who moved into Dodge 
 Township and located, and they were the nucleus for the 
 future settlement. 
 
 At that time, we went to Warren County to mill, and, 
 lacking grain, our supply was brought from Greenbush, 
 near Indianola : and such supply of corn as we needed was 
 obtained generally on Iloosier Prairie, Madison County. 
 After a few years, it became unnecessary for us to go outside 
 of our own county ; these beautiful prairies were so im- 
 proved that an ample supply was raised for home consump- 
 tion, and generally a handsome surplus for market. 
 
 Some of the early settlers, believing that " he who 
 plants a tree is a public benefactor," procui'cd a supply of 
 fruit trees and gave some attention to their cultivation, and 
 for the last ten years they have had an abundant supply of 
 fruit both for themselves and their neighbors. 
 
 ■ A majority of the first settlers, however, were so engrossed 
 with the cares of opening and improving new farms that 
 they did not attend to the matter of fruit as they might 
 have done, and the wonder is that there is so good a show- 
 ing of orchards in the county as tlicre is to-day. Ordinary 
 foresight and care will ensure a handsome return to any 
 man who will plant out a good selection of fruit trees. 
 
 We have a good soil and it is productive as the season 
 
 makes it. From the earliest cultivation to the present 
 time, there been nothing like a failure in the corn crop, and 
 generally a bountiful yield rewards the farmer for his toil. 
 
 Garden vegetables do very well with us. SnuiU grain 
 sometimes yields well, but we do not regard it as a sure 
 crop, and not as desirable to raise as corn. Grand River 
 runs through the northeastern part of Dodge Township, 
 and along its meandering course may be seen many beauti- 
 ful locations of well-to-do farmers, whose labors have proved 
 eminently successful. The river leaves Dodge on Section 
 24, running thence into New Hope. 
 
 The most of our surface is prairie ; it generally lies 
 well. We find the very rolling land about as productive as 
 the broader ridges and for some purposes fully as desirable. 
 
 We have three river bridges in the township, and many 
 small ones from sixteen to twenty feet long across the 
 smaller streams. 
 
 We remark as noticeable that for a term of twenty-two 
 years there has not been a destructive wind storm in this 
 locality ; and we may observe the peculiarities of the water 
 courses here and to the north and to the west of this place. 
 This Grand River, though a considerable stream between 
 us and the 3Iissoun, is here only a collection of prairie 
 sloughs and branches, that drain a portion of country faii- 
 sJiaped, about as wide as it is long. Say it is twenty-five 
 miles to the head of the river ; go that distance west, and 
 we are well on to the 3I{ssouri slope, and we have crossed 
 the heads of Platte, have looked down the valley of the 
 Hundred and Two, and are out among the Nodaways ; and 
 to the north, in the distance of twenty-five or thirty miles, 
 is Middle River, North River and South Coon, or some of 
 its large tributaries. Now it is generally conceded that 
 
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 the storm cloud inclines to follow or make toward the 
 large water courses, and storms nearly always make to 
 the east, seems about certain to take the weight of the 
 storm to the north of us toward the Mississippi, or to 
 the west toward the Missouri. 
 
 We like this place; think a person with a contented 
 mind can do as well here as anywhere. This locality is 
 comparatively healthy ; we know a family of five, and since 
 they have lived here, over twenty years, they have not 
 called a physician for the father or children. 
 
 In our population many of the States are represented, 
 as well as Ireland, Sweden, England, France, Germany 
 and I don't know how many other foreign countries ; 
 and notwithstanding this variety of people, we are free to 
 say that we think there is not, in all these United States, 
 a more peaceable, moral, well behaved, mind-their-own- 
 hisiness community than ours, bounded Iiy the limits of the 
 townships of Dodge and New Hope. 
 
CHAPTER VII. 
 
 LINCOLN TO^V^NSHIP. 
 
 BY G. W. EMEUSON. 
 
 R. M. Tliompson was tlie first settler in this township, 
 coming here from Monroe County, in this State, in 1853, 
 and built a cabin in a beautiful grove, at the head of a trib- 
 utary of Threc-Mile Creek, on Section 25, 73, 30. The 
 year following, he was joined by Henry Rose, James 
 Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, J. M. Thompson, AVm. 
 Peck, Peter Rouser, W. B. Lewis and Hamilton Wheeler. 
 In 1855, the following additions to their number were made: 
 Isaac Crist, W. M. Wickham, S. L. Emerson and B. D. 
 Bilbo, who located in 72, 30, w-here they improved their 
 newly-purchased farms. Wilson Peck improved a farm of 
 eighty acres, on Section 20, 72, 30, where he resided for 
 several years. His cabin was the resting-place of many a 
 weary traveler, who may have pleasant recollections of the 
 frugal hospitality which abounded around his hearthstone, 
 for " Old Billy" came here before the era of patent cook- 
 stoves. 
 
 J. M. Thompson, William Wickham, Mrs. Bilbo, widow 
 of B. D. Bilbo, and the widow of Isaac Crist, are the only 
 ones left who still occupy the farms of their early clioice. 
 In the winter of 1856-7, the first death occurred in the 
 community : Mr. Peter Rouser was the one taken from our 
 midst ; and in the fall of 1857, Mr. Isaac Crist followed his 
 brother pioneer over the silent river. J. P. and S. L. 
 Emerson constructed a rude coffin of rough boards, and 
 conveyed him to his resting-place in the old cemetery, near 
 Afton, where they two alone performed the last sad offices of 
 clergyman, fi'iends and mourners. In 1857, J. P. Emer- 
 son })uilt the first frame house in Lincoln Township, upon 
 Section 12, 72, 30, now known as the County Poor Farm. 
 
 In 1858-00, nothing notewortliy occurred to distinl) the 
 even tenor of our way. with the exception of the organization 
 of the township for school and general purposes, in 18G0. 
 At the instigation of S. L. Emerson, a petition was circulated, 
 praying for an organization of the township for general pur- 
 poses, which was signed by all, though afterward dissented 
 from by members who lived in the nortli ])art of the town- 
 ship, who circulated a petition praying for the organization 
 of Lincoln Township as a Congressional township, thereby 
 leaving out part of those who had signed the first petition, 
 whereupon a dispute arose whicli narrowly escaped a per- 
 manent separation ; the difficulty arose from a mistaken 
 idea that S. L. Emerson wi.shed to be elected County Super- 
 visor, but on receiving his assurance that such was not the 
 case, good feelinj; was restored, and in the organization of 
 the township, which occurred on the 6th day of November, 
 1860, the following officers were duly elected: 
 
 County Supervisor — C. G. Roberts (received eight votes). 
 
 Justice of the Peace — S. L. Emerson (received seven 
 votes.) 
 
 Assessor — W. M. Wickham (received eleven votes). 
 
 Townsliip Trustees — B. D. Bilbo, Jos. Thompson, and 
 R. A. Abbott. 
 
 Road Supervisor — R. M. Thompson. 
 
 Constables — J. M. Thompson and Jacob McKnight. 
 
 Township Clerk — William Peck. 
 
 Township School Board — President, S. L. Emerson; 
 Treasurer, Reuben Abbott; Secretary, William Peck. 
 
 The township was then organized under the name of 
 Lincoln Township. In the summer of 1861, the first term 
 
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 of school was taught in this township, by Miss Mary F. 
 Galbieath, now Mrs. G. W. Emerson, for which she received 
 the munificent sum of eight dolhxrs per month — receiving a 
 two-year old heifer as part payment; in that school there j 
 were fourteen pupils on the list, of whom ten 'were regular i 
 attendants, only two of whom could read. In the year 1 
 18G'2, Lincoln Township contained thirty-two voters, of 
 whom twenty-four were Republicans and eight Democrats. 
 
 The war record of Lincoln Township will compare 
 favorably with that of any other district. Out of an able- 
 bodied male population of thirty, seventeen enlisted in 
 their country's service; thirteen joined Company H, 29th 
 Regt. Iowa Vol. Infantry, which was organized at Afton ; 
 two enlisted in the regular army, and two in regiments 
 unknown to the writer. 
 
 Of those who departed from our midst, there were killed, 
 wounded, or died of disease, the following: 
 
 R. M. Thompson, died at Helena, Arkansas, in 1863. 
 
 J. H. Deuel, died in hospital, in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1863. 
 
 B. D. Bilbo, killed in action, at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkan- 
 sas, 1861. 
 
 William White, woundfed in the head. 
 
 Those whose terms of service expired re-enlisted for 
 three years or during the war. 
 
 The first religious organization in the township was 
 made by the Methodists under the superintendence of 
 the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, then on this circuit ; and there 
 was occasional preaching by Messrs. Spooner, Demare and 
 
 De Lay ; but owing to a difficulty caused by Rev. Mr. Do 
 Lay the organization went down. In the year 1862, Ehler 
 William Alexander and John Snider visited this locality, 
 advocating the faith of the Christian denomination, and 
 organized a church with several members, and named it 
 
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 the Christian Church, at Pleasant Grove, Iowa. In the 
 fall of 1865, Elder P. S. Wickham located with us, and 
 greatly advanced the interests of the cause. He, in the 
 winter of 1866, assisted by Elder J. M. Wickham and S. L. 
 Emerson, increased the membership to upward of forty 
 adherents, since which time it has been the leading church 
 in the township. The Evangelists and Baptists have since 
 each formed societies in the north part of the township. 
 
 After the close of the war, many seeking homes in the 
 West found them in Lincoln Township, and since then en- 
 terprise and improvement have been a leading character- 
 istic of its citizens. 
 
 In 1871, the township was reorganized within its pres- 
 ent limits as a Congressional township. 
 
 Having been requested to write the recollections of the 
 early settlement of this township in a brief manner, I have 
 aimed to give the facts as I remember them. It is not 
 probable that any one individual would be able to recollect 
 all the incidents and circumstances that have occurred dur- 
 ing a period of twenty odd years : but if any mistakes have 
 been unavoidably made, I hope my readers will exercise 
 their consideration and kindness and grant me their for- 
 giveness. 
 
CHAPTER YIII. 
 
 SP^ULDIJS^a TOWlsTSHIP. 
 
 This township is the youngest, in point of organization, 
 in Union County. It was for years attached to Doughis 
 Township for election purposes, and was considered by 
 a majority of the early settlers to be next to worthless, 
 there not being a stick of natural timber growing within 
 its limits. 
 
 The first settlement made wag by J. D. Spaulding and 
 E. J. Emmons, who, in the year 1867, leaving their early 
 homes in New York State, came west. At that time the B. 
 & M. R. R. R. was only completed to Chariton, where they 
 left the cars, journeying by stage to Afton, an<l after pros- 
 pecting for some time throughout the numerous townships 
 in Union and adjoining counties, finally decided to buy the 
 northwest quarter of Section 11, 73, 31, which they did in 
 partnership, and commenced improvements. Subsequently 
 Emmons bought Spaulding's interest, who at once improved 
 the south half of Section 1, where he now resides. 
 
 The other early settlers in this township were George 
 Carter and D. Hodges on Section 20, Bergen on Section 
 28, Henry Toy and William C. Wood on Section 15, J. 
 R. Powers on Section 10, and J. V. Iloakinson and J. A. 
 Johnson on Section 1. On the completion of the railroad 
 through the county, in 1869, a fresh impetus was given to 
 the settlement of the previously shunned prairie townships, 
 and Township No. 73, Range 31, received its full share of 
 the attention of the new-comers, and in the year following a 
 separate organization was eft'ected, the name being given in 
 honor of the enterprising pioneer in the settlement — J. D. 
 Spaulding. 
 
 At this time lands in this township were worth from 
 three dollars to five dollars per acre, any quantity of which 
 could be purchased at that figure. At the time J. D. 
 Spaulding bought the north half of Section 12 of a party 
 
 near Afton, for five dollars per acre, cash, the seller was so 
 pleased at the sale, at figures above the supposed real value 
 of the land, that ho furnished the treats for all the county 
 officers gratis. The land to-day is worth $2[> per acre. 
 
 The first school in the township was taught by Miss 
 Whipple, in Carter's house on Section 29, in 1870, she 
 receiving $30 per month : attendance eight scholars. At 
 present there are nine school districts, with five houses 
 built, to which more will shortly be added. While entirely 
 destitute of natural growth of timber, which, in the estima- 
 tion of the first settlers, was a fatal objection, Spaulding 
 to-day may almost be called the l)anncr agricultural town- 
 ship in Union County. Containing, as it does, 22,782 
 acres, we may say Avhat cannot "be said of any other town- 
 ship. There is not one square acre of the whole that is not 
 susceptible of easy tillage, which will yield quick and profit- 
 able returns. 
 
 In 1870, there were 25 cattle, 50 horses and 29 swine 
 in the township, and the total valuation of property $96,521. 
 In 1875, there were 807 cattle, 162 horses and 764 swine, 
 and a total property valuation of $181,963. 
 
 Among the fine farms in the township we notice J. D. 
 Spaulding, who owns 1,280 acres : J. R. Powers, 800 
 acres (who has on his farm a splendid young maple grove) ; 
 A. Harsh, B. Sheridan, R. Vance, G. A. Pierson (who 
 runs the largest market garden in Union County), R. Scott, 
 J. Ilinchey, J. M. Joseph, R. W. Whittlesey, J. A. John- 
 son, and many others. In fact, where the land is so uni- 
 formly good, the particular mention of any is perhaps in 
 bad taste, as there is not a farm in the township but may 
 be made a mine of wealth to the owner. 
 
 The population, from nothing in 1866, has increased to 
 472 at this writino;. 
 
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CHAPTER IX. 
 
 BY SAMUEL KIGGS. 
 
 In giving a history of tlic early settlement of Union 
 County, we shall confine our remarks more particularly to 
 the western part, as we believe we were the third to com- 
 mence a settlement. 
 
 Frank Bruning and Asa Ames came to Union County 
 at the same time. May, 185.3. Bruning settled on the south- 
 west quarter of Section 34 ; and Ames on Sections 27, 71 
 and 31. In September I was at their shanty. They were 
 not aware of any neighbors nearer than Missouri, except 
 Indians. John Green had a band of Pottawattomies, about 
 100 braves, on Grand River, ten miles soutlieast of Afton. 
 
 Previous to Bruning and Ames' settling on Platte, they 
 had made a selection on Grand River, and, starting from 
 Missouri for their lands, they followed the divide between 
 Platte and Grand Rivers.* A very dark night coming on, 
 they got lost and in their wanderings fell into Platte River. 
 Coming out, they located as aliove stated. 
 
 Bruning at that time had never seen a map of Iowa, 
 and did not know what county he was in, but was pleased 
 with the country and satisfied to locate here. 
 
 On the 12th day of October, 1853, we commenced work 
 on a cabin of the Tippecanoe style on Section 30, 72, 81, 
 where we have continued to reside to the present time. 
 II. Pitman, John Snow, Reuben and Malon Riggs came 
 witli us and took claims. Returning to Davis County, 
 we remained until February following, when I returned 
 and found that many others had taken claims ; among them 
 were Henry Cline, Jonathan Coons and James Howard. 
 
 Early in March, 1854, Reuben Riggs and Reuben Mad- 
 den moved into the county, and Madden bought Ames' 
 
 claim, being the property where the Widow Madden now 
 lives. When we were here in November, we staked out a 
 I'oad leaving the Mormon trace where Afton now stands. 
 Soon after our return, two surveyors, from Glenwood, came 
 along surveying a State road from Glenwood to Chariton. 
 At that time, there was not even an Indian trail leading 
 east and west ; but there were several running northwest 
 and south-east. They intended to mark out the road so 
 that it could be followed. A few days afterward, four trav- 
 elers undertook to follow the trace, going west past our camp 
 about three o'clock P. M.; it soon became very foggy, and 
 they lost their way and wandered around until two o'clock 
 in the morning, when tliey got back to Platte, a mile below 
 our camp ; there one of the party, an old man seventy- 
 two years old, gave out and said he must rest before 
 he could travel further ; he was as comfortably cared for 
 and bedded as saddle and blankets would allow, and then two 
 of the party started to find our camp, while one remained 
 with the old man and horses. The two came in sight of 
 our camp fire and commenced hallowing. We answered 
 them that they had passed our camp the evening before. 
 They at once started back for their horses and companions. 
 On returning, they found that their hallowing had fright- 
 ened their horses, who had broken loose and run ofi", and they 
 were left to foot it back to our camp, hungry and very much 
 fatigued. We at once commenced preparing breakfast. 
 We had plenty of corn meal and cofl'ee, but fried all our 
 bacon. 
 
 After breakfast, the proposition was made to get us and 
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 SKETCPIES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 horses. 'I'lie morning was still foggy ; on striking the trail 
 we found they had started off at full speed ; about ten 
 o'clock the fog blew off and we came in sight of the run- 
 aways ; they had crossed their trail several times, running 
 in a circle ; as soon as they discovered us, they were as wild 
 as elks ; they were between us and our camp and run in 
 that direction ; coming up to it, they became more tame and 
 we caught them. 
 
 The strangers now proposed to stay until the next morn- 
 ing, and assist us in raising our cabin. We showed them 
 our stock of provisions. Tt was found we iiad plenty of 
 corn meal and coffee, and some dried fruit, but if they would 
 stay we would send down to neighbor Bruning's, only eight 
 miles distant, and get some meat. We accordingly started 
 a boy off to Bruning's, on horseback, while we went to put- 
 ting up house logs. Ill due time the boy returned, bringing 
 the word that neither Bruning nor Ames had either beef, 
 pork or bacon, but they had just finished dressing two fine 
 coons, and they, with pleasure, sent us the best one. 
 
 I mention tliis incident, more to show the fraternal 
 spirit which governed the pioneers in their dealings, than 
 for any other purpose. The hardships and privations 
 endured by the first settlers were, in a great measure, modi- 
 fied by an open-hearted liberality, riot found in more densely 
 populated communities. 
 
 On the 13th of April, 1854, I moved my family into 
 our log cabin. At that time there were about eight families 
 in what is now Platte Township, but there was no township 
 orgaiiizatinii. In June, 1854, we carried a petition to Judge 
 Nun, asking for a township organization, which he granted, 
 and included the whole southwest fourth of the county in 
 one township, which we called " Platte." The first election 
 was held at the house of H. Prentice, on the first Monday 
 in August, 18r>4, at which fourteen votes were cast, and the 
 necessary township officers were elected. 
 
 The next accession to our settlement was William 
 Moore, who settled on Section 28, 72, 31 ; then came 
 "Uncle Jimmy" Lytic, who located on Section 17, and the 
 Myers family, on the same section, about July, 1854. In 
 
 August, 1854, settled on Section G, 71, 31, 
 
 and ill the spring of 1855, sold to William IT. Terpenning. 
 
 In 1857, Platte Township was reorganized, taking from 
 her territory Township 72, -JO, now Highland; 71, 30, now 
 Grant ; and, in 1860, Douglas Tow^nship was organized. 
 The writer of this sketch carried the petition for organiza- 
 tion to the then County Judge, Hon. J. W. McDill, who 
 granted the prayer of the petitioners, and as no name was 
 indicated, the Judge conferred the responsibility of chris- 
 tening the new town.ship upon the writer, who, unhesita- 
 tingly, named it Douglas, in honor of Stephen A. Douglas, 
 of Illinois. At the first election but seven votes were cast, 
 to wit : J. S. Lytic, Robert Davis, D. M. and Samuel 
 Kiggs, William II. Terpenning, Thomas and William Mor- 
 row ; and, for four years subsequently, the vote did not 
 exceed fourteen at any election. 
 
 In 1870, Spaulding Township was organized, and named 
 in honor of J. D. Spaulding, who was the first settler in the 
 township. 
 
 The first years we were here, we had either to go to 
 Compton's, near Wintcrset, or to Ilawleyville, Page County, 
 to get milling done, except that a small mill at Petersville 
 would crack corn for us, provided we had any to crack. 
 
 Blacksmiths were scarce ; Frank Bruning had a few 
 tools, and, with a black oak tree for a shop, and a rude 
 forge, improvised for tlie occasion, he sharpened our plows 
 and shod our horses for us, as necessity compelled us to 
 patronize him. 
 
 The first school house in this part of the county was 
 erected in 1855, on Reuben Madden's land, and was built 
 of logs. It was probably more highly appreciated than are 
 the commodious and attractive school buildings of to-day. 
 
 The settlements during the years 1855-G were quite 
 rapid on Platte — Joseph Roberts, B. R. Baker, James 
 AVisherd, the Blisses, E. Orr, and others. 
 
 The first post office, in the west part of the county, was 
 established in 1854, S. M. Riggs, Postmaster. A mail 
 route was established from Pisgah to Glenwood the same 
 year, and the writer was the contractor for the mail service 
 on the route, which was carried weekly, and supplied the 
 offices at Afton, Platte, Scioly, White Cloud, Indian Creek 
 and Glenwood; the distance was one hundred miles and not 
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 The writer was the first Justice of the Peace in the 
 west part of the county, being commissioned in 1854. 
 
 The first saw-mill was a portable one and was located 
 on Section 10, 71, 31, and was built by Terpenning & Co., 
 in tlic summer of 1855. They completed their mill, sawed 
 some, quarreled more, and spent more money at the law 
 than they made at the saw. 
 
 The first school house in Douglas Township was a 
 frame, 18.x26, built of native lumber, sawed on Sharp's 
 mill, in Ringgold County, and was located on Section 30. 
 The first teacher was Mi,ss Mary Lambert, now of Ring- 
 gold County. Religious meetings were not of frequent 
 occurrence at our first settlement, but only occasionally an 
 
 itinerant preacher would call the few neighbors together 
 and preach to them. The first sermon was preached in this 
 township by Isaac Sidwell, at the house of the writer, in 
 1855; the next was by Moses Case, in 1861, at the school 
 house. 
 
 The first store in Douglass Township was started by 
 Lemon & Cresswell, in Cromwell, November, 1868; they 
 were soon followed by J. C. Williams, in January, 1869, 
 and both firms are still in business in the county. 
 
 Within the past six years, owing to the peculiar rail- 
 road advantages, and interests developed, Douglas Town- 
 ship has grown very rapidly, and to-day contains the 
 largest town and population of any township in the county. 
 
CHAPTER X. 
 
 BY J. A. DAY. 
 
 TilK first lireakiiig was iloiie in this townsliip in 1854, 
 by John Thomiison and A. Beals, who improved tlie west 
 half of Section 35, Township 72, Range 30, which is now- 
 owned by P. L. Ilarsli and Henry A'incent. The same 
 fall, Abraham Myers located on the east half of Section 17, 
 where he commenced to build a log house, but before the 
 roof was on he was taken sick, and just six weeks after he 
 located here he was called away to his long home, leaving 
 his widow and two sons strangers in a strange land to buifet 
 the trials an<l privations of pioneer life. After the first 
 shock of the terrible bereavement was over, the widow and 
 sons decided to remain on and improve the farm, which 
 they accordingly did, and for many years they, in connec- 
 tion witli their farming, provided entertainment for trav- 
 elers, many of whom found a welcome shelter beneath their 
 roof. 
 
 In the fall of 1855, Dr. J. A. Day came to Union 
 County, and in the spring following he built a house in the 
 tlien thriving village of Highland, where for eight years he 
 was Postmaster, and for a longer period kept the Highland 
 House, where travelers were accustomed to refresh the inner 
 man. At the same time, while improving a farm, he was 
 engaged in the practice of his profession, riding for a dis- 
 tance of twenty miles south and west. In 1856, Matthew 
 A. and Joseph R. Day improved the northwest quarter of 
 Section 27, now owned by H. Bollerman and S. Wray. 
 
 In the year 1857, Benjamin Wray, then a young man, 
 with his wife and family settled in Highland Township. With 
 limited means, but with stout hands and willing heart, he 
 commenced improving a farm on the northeast of Section 
 
 20, where he has since resided, owning, at this time, 
 800 acres of as fine farming land as can be found in the 
 State. 
 
 The same year James Latnb improved the Northwest 
 j Quarter Section 23, now owned by the widow Brown. In 
 ! 1858, John D. Wright improved the northe:ist Section 23, 
 I now owned by George Wray, and the same year other im- 
 provements were made in the township. 
 I In the years 1854-5-G, the elections for Platte 
 Township, which embraced the present Townships of Platte, 
 Grant, Highland and Douglas, were held at a log house on 
 Middle Platte. And on March 2d, 1857, Highland Town- 
 ship was organized, and the first election was held that year 
 at the house of II. Prentice. 
 
 In the winter of 1855 and 1856, Messrs. Wright and 
 Clark, owners of land on Section 25, 72, 30, concluded to 
 lay out a town on the lands and work for the removal of the 
 ' county seat from Afton to their town, which was somewhat 
 nearer the center of tlie county, and was, as they claimed, 
 a much more sightly location. 
 , Accordingly, Highland was platted, and interested par- 
 1 ties at once commenced doing the talking necessary to 
 i secure the re-location of the county seat, and the conse- 
 quent prosperity of the new aspirant for legislative honors. 
 So strong indeed were the arguments aiid influences which 
 were brought to bear for the attainment of that end, that 
 a thriving village was soon built and the prospects for the 
 successful accomplishment of the purpose were very flatter- 
 ing. Tiie question of removal was submitted to a vote of 
 the people on tlie first Monday in April, 1857, in wiiich 
 
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 contest Afton was victorious, though by a majority of only 
 fifteen. From that time the fortunes of Highland began to 
 wane and the town soon after became defunct, and is now 
 embraced in J. A. Day's farm. 
 
 Educational interests were not neglected during the 
 exciting times of the county seat warfare. The first school 
 in tlie township was taught by Wm. Brinkerhoff, in the 
 summer of 1856 ; twenty-five scholars were in attendance, 
 and in the following winter the number increased to thirty- 
 five. In the summer of 1857, a new school house was 
 built, which cost $1,500, and was, by far, the finest build- 
 ing in the county; from seven to nine months' school were 
 tauglit each year in it until 1874, when it was sold and 
 ceased to be used for educational purposes. The township 
 is divided into nine school districts, each two miles square, 
 with school houses in all except two. 
 
 The citizens of Highland held their first Fourth of July 
 celebration in 1856; on this occasion Jonathan Ickis read 
 the Declaration of Independence, and the orator of the day 
 was a young law student, James A. Day, now a member of 
 the Supreme Bench of Iowa. 
 
 Religious services are held in the township by the 
 Presbyterians, Methodists and also by the Congrega- 
 tionalists, who have a beautiful house of worship on 
 Section 32, the site being donated to them by the late 
 Mrs. Troyer. 
 
 Geographically, Highland is favorably situated, being 
 midway between Afton and Creston, ensuring a good 
 market for fiirm produce at either point. The south half 
 of the township is very fine farming land and is generally 
 being improved. Tlie northern portion is somewhat broken 
 and the land is, much of it, undesirable for tillage. Some 
 timber is found in the northeast part of the township along 
 Twelve Mile Creek and branches. 
 
 The county poor farm is located on Section 12, is well 
 conducted by Alfred Colvin, and generally liberally patron- 
 ized. 
 
 Numerous fine farms are found in this township; 
 among them we notice Ben Wray, L. Troyer, A. F. 
 Ickis, Joe Donner, George McGinnis, Henry Vincent, 
 P. L. Harsh, George Wray, C. H. D. Parker, and many 
 others. 
 
CHAPTER XI. 
 
 is one of the center townships in the county, containing 
 the flourishing town of Afton, and is tlie second in the 
 county in wealtli and popuhition. 
 
 Tlie general surface features of Union are 'not specially 
 noteworthy. A large proportion of its land is rolling and 
 hroken, the creeks of Twelve Mile, Three Mile, One Mile, 
 Star Branch and Indian Creek running diagonally across 
 the township. Notwithstanding this fact, the greater 
 proportion of its land is owned hy residents, many of whom 
 settled here at an early day from choice, selecting farms 
 here rather than the smooth prairie more remote from the 
 timber lands. 
 
 The first houses built within the limits of Union Town- 
 ship were two log cabins on Section 14, by John Edgecomb 
 and Samuel Starr, in 1852. Edgecomb was a man of con- 
 siderable prominence in the early settlement of the county. 
 In the autumn of 1853, James Thompson settled here ; 
 also Jas. Husband, who came to Petersville, and after stay- 
 ing a winter there, he, in 1854, located on Section 36, 
 where he entered land and built a log cabin, 18x20, one 
 story high, into which he moved his family as soon as 
 completed. About the same time, Joe Peck and family 
 settled on Section 8. 
 
 At this time the town of Petersville, on Grand River, 
 was flourishing, and for a time was the seat of justice in 
 the county. The assembly, convened at Iowa City in 1853, 
 having appointed a commission consisting of A. J. Hans- 
 comb, of Pottawattomie, Col. Mills, of Cass, and Lewis F. 
 Perry, of Clark Counties, "to locate the county seat of 
 Union County as near the geographical center as a suitable 
 site can be found," the question as to where the commission 
 would locate was anxiously discussed, and, in anticipation 
 
 of their action, the town of Afton was laid out in 1854, by 
 E. A. Temple, of Chariton. The commission appointed in 
 1853 never met, and at the ne.xt biennial session of the 
 Legislature another was appointe<l, consisting of George A. 
 Hawley, of Decatur, S. S. Walker, of Lucas, and Adrian 
 Miller, of Adair, who, on the 15th day of February, 1855, 
 met and located the county .seat of L^nion County at Afton, 
 which at that time contained no buildings whatever. 
 
 In addition to those already named among the 
 settlers in 1854 were N. Thompson and Oliver Mills. 
 About this time came, also, John 1). Wright, a man of 
 fair education, good business qualifications, and was consid- 
 ered a valuable accession. By profession a surveyor and 
 civil engineer, he had abundant opportunity to employ his 
 time in surveying. He was appointed Postmaster of the 
 Pisgah post office, and removed the same to his house on 
 Section 26, where it remained for some months. In 1854 
 also came Jas. Mc Young, John Ickis, John McClanahan, 
 who, with their families, settled in the township. David 
 Fife, of St. Charles, Madison County, built the first house 
 in Afton in April, 1855, a log structure, 20x20, one story, 
 with two windows, clapboard roof and batten doors, situated 
 in the southwest part of town, on Lot 519. When the 
 roof was half on, he moved his fiimily and a small stock of 
 groceries into this house of a single room, and commenced 
 retailing goods. 
 
 The next house was built by Elbert H. Smith, on north 
 half of northeast 21, adjoining the town plat, now owned 
 by J. F. Bishop. 
 
 Next, William Collings built a plank cabin, 10x12, on 
 next lot east of the store of Wm. Keating & Son. This also 
 was a one room, one story building, but over the door was 
 
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 a shingle with the word "Entertainment" painted on in 
 prominent letters. Shortly after this, September 15th, 
 1855, occurred the first public sale of lots in Afton, the 
 attendance being quite large, numbering about fifty, and 
 including quite a number of parties from Knoxville, Osceola 
 and Chariton. 
 
 The sale was a success, only one lot on the Public 
 Square selling for less than one hundred dollars. At noon 
 the sale adjourned, and the crowd took dinner at Ceiling's 
 house, the "bill of fare" being mutton, corn bread and 
 coffee. 
 
 W. II. Brinkerhoif built the next house, also of logs, on 
 the east side of the Square, adjoining that now occupied 
 by F. Brockman, and in it started a dry goods and grocery 
 store, living in the back part of the room with his family. 
 In addition to this house being used for a store and dwell- 
 ing, it also contained the post- office (W. H. Brinkerhoff, 
 Deputy Postmaster), and the office of James B. Dawson, 
 County Judge. 
 
 During this season, numerous other buildings were 
 erected, the most important of which was a frame store 
 building, 20x40, one and a half stories high, built by J. 
 Norris, and rented to D. J. Guthridge, who, in the fall of 
 1855, filled it with a fine stock of general merchandise, by 
 far the finest stock in the county. 
 
 On the 12th of July, 1855, Dr. J. Lewis came into the 
 township and decided to settle. He was the first practic- 
 ing physician in the county, and enjoyed a lucrative prac- 
 tice for many years, residing at the house of Joseph Peck, 
 on Section 8. 
 
 The fall of 1855 found the township, including the 
 town of Afton, in a hopeful and thriving condition, numer- 
 ous stores and dwellings having been built, the county seat 
 located, and everything indicated a healthy growth the fol- 
 lowing season. In addition to those already named, there 
 came this season J. W. Alley, M. Baldwin, J. B. Dawson, 
 Rev. W. C. Williams, Reuben Riggs, James Blanchard, J. 
 B. White and H. Robb. 
 
 The first resident physician in Afton was Dr. W. B. Davis, 
 who settled in the summer of 1856. In May of that year, 
 the Pisgah post office, which had been itinerating from one 
 
 point to another until finally brought to Brinkerhoff 's 
 store, was changed to Afton, and T. M. Robinson received 
 the appointment of Postmaster ; the service was weekly, 
 and the mail matter was of a very limited character, almost 
 entirely letters, with only an occasional paper, the first 
 year's salary amounting to the munificent sum of $10, and 
 the office could almost be carried in the commodious hat of 
 the Postmaster. At this time the mail route which sup- 
 plied Afton ran from Chariton via Osceola and Afton to 
 Plattsmouth, being carried on horseback once a week. 
 
 In the winter of 1855-56, John C. Snow built a two- 
 story log house for a hotel, where the foundry now stands. 
 This building he in a few months sold to William Lock, 
 who hung out the sign " Afton House," catering to the 
 wants of the traveler in both solids and fluids. 
 
 The election on the question of relocating the county 
 seat was ordered for the first Monday in April, 1857, by 
 John W. Alley, County Judge, and resulted in favor of 
 Afton by 140 votes to 125 which were cast for Highland. 
 
 The winter of 1855-56 was noted throughout the en- 
 tire Northwest as being the hard winter, and the new 
 settlers in this township suffered the hardships and priva- 
 tions incident to pioneer life. Snow fell on December 6, 
 and stayed till March, of an unusual depth. Deer and 
 turkeys were destroyed in great numbers by the intense 
 cold, which often marked 29° below zero, and the most 
 serious consequences to settlers were only avoided by un- 
 usual precaution-and care. 
 
 In the spring of 1856, James Blanchard erected a store 
 building 20x40 feet, one story high, on the south side of 
 the Public Square (the same being now occupied by F. Able 
 for bakery and restaurant), and filled it with a stock of 
 drugs and groceries. He was a man of enterprise and 
 means, educated and qualified for positions of honor and 
 trust. About this time, J. B. Dawson, attorney at law and 
 County Judge, who came to Afton from Petersville, in 
 1855, built a frame office 16x24, where Truman's bank 
 now stands. 
 
 During the summer of 1856, Joseph Norris commenced 
 building the Occidental House, but did not complete the 
 same until 1857. The improvements in Afton were large 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 this year, the question of removing the county seat being 
 strongly urged by the citizens of the flourishing town of 
 Highland, the question of removal tending to unsettle the 
 minds of persons desiring to locate, and as a consequent 
 result a refusal to make investments until the matter should 
 be finally decided. 
 
 The first school in Afton was taught during the winter 
 of 1856—7, by Charles Milnes, in a log house, 16x20, on 
 Lot 473, now owned by Dr. Lewis. The school was well 
 attended, and successfully conducted. The second school 
 in the township being taught by Miss Nancy Coates, com- 
 mencing in April, 1857. The first frame dwelling house 
 in Afton was built by T. M. Robinson, on Lot 472, in the 
 summer of 1856. Immediately after the election taking 
 place, which confirmed Afton in her position as county 
 seat, the contract was awarded to Gorton C. Hollars, for 
 building the court house, for the sum of $1,750.75; work 
 was at once commenced on the same, the building being 
 completed in November, 1857. 
 
 The Occidental House was finished this season, and 
 occupied by its owner, J. Norris, as a hotel; it gave 
 better accommodations to the traveling public than had 
 been heretofore enjoyed. 
 
 From this time to the building of the B. & M. R. 
 R. R., in 1868, the town and township made only a 
 moderate growth, times in the main being hard, and 
 improvements slow ; but with the building of the rail- 
 road came prosperity; numbers of farms were taken up 
 and improved ; houses, stores and shops were erected 
 in town, and a spirit of enterprise seemed to be infused 
 into the entire community ; and from that time to the 
 present there has been a steady increase in population 
 and growth. 
 
 The township contains many well-improved farms, 
 among which may be mentioned those of Messrs. John 
 Ickis, Jacob Elliott, Demint, Bayles, Lewis, Morrow, Reish, 
 Wycoff, Rowel], Simpson, Longstreth, Moffitt and others. 
 These farms are surrounded, in nearly every case, by fine 
 groves of timber, and are noted for raising large and valu- 
 able stocks of cattle and hogs. 
 
 The population of this township is made up largely of 
 emigrants from Ohio. They are intelligent, industrious 
 and successful, maintaining a thorough system of common 
 schools, and are alive to all the educational and other 
 interests, which tend to elevate and ennoble any com- 
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CHAPTER XII. 
 
 JOI^ES TO^W^l^SHIP. 
 
 This township is situated on tlie east line of Union 
 County, and central from north to south, being numbered 
 No. 72 North Range 28 West, and is the oldest settled 
 township in the county. It was here that the Mormons 
 made their temporary sojourn, from 1846 to 18S2, and 
 their "Big Field," as it was called, which comprised parts 
 of Sections 7, 8, 16, 17 and 18, containing about one 
 thousand four hundred acres of land, was situated within its 
 limits. It was enclosed on the north and east sides with a 
 good fence of rails and poles, while the west and south 
 portions were protected by Grand River, which was its 
 boundary. 
 
 Before the last of the Mormons left, other settlers began 
 to put in an appearance, and as any improvement was 
 better than none at all, these new comers bought up the 
 Mormon claims, and proceeded to make further preparation 
 for permanent settlement. 
 
 The first settlers to arrive, other than the Mormons, were 
 Norman Nun and Joseph B. Nun, who emigrated in 
 1848, from Putnam County, Indiana, to Madison County, 
 Iowa, where they remained for two years, and came to this 
 county in 1850. They bought Mormon claims on Section 
 8 (Mount Pisgah), and planted a crop at once. The 
 same month, James H. Stark came from Mahaska County, 
 with a team of horses, and bought a claim on this section. 
 
 On the 23d of May, 1850, Wm. M. Lock ("Uncle Billy") 
 arrived at Pisgah with his family, consisting of himself, 
 wife and one child, and, following the example of the 
 few who had preceded him, he also bought a shanty on 
 Section 8, and occupied it at once, where, in August 
 following, was born the first child in the county, Charles 
 Lock, who died, however, before attaining the years of 
 manhood. 
 
 During the year 1851, there does not seem to have been 
 any accessions ; but in 1852, John Van Horn, Luke Shay, 
 Henry Peters, James A. Forgey, Samuel Starr and John 
 Edgecomb settled in this neighborhood. Henry Peters 
 settled on the land now owned by L. G. Williamson, and 
 started a town called Petersville. Here, in the fall of 
 1852, the first election in the county was held, and ten votes 
 wei-e polled. W. M. Lock was elected Justice of the Peace, 
 and Ambrose Nun, Constable ; but both parties fiviling to 
 qualify, the election proved a nullity. In 1851, Pisgah 
 Post Office was established, W. M. Lock being the first 
 Postmaster. In the year 1853, John Edgecomb received 
 the appointment of organizing Sheriff of the county, and 
 under his warrant an election was held at Pisgah — the 
 ofiBces to be filled being County Judge, Clerk and Sheriff. 
 
 Notwithstanding the insignificant number of voters, 
 there were two parties and two candidates for Judge — 
 Norman Nun and W. M. Lock ; Nun being successful, 
 receiving six votes to Lock's four. 
 
 The issue was, "To organize" or "Not to organize," 
 and Nun, being opposed to organization, aflBrmed that if 
 elected he would not qualify, thus saving the expense of 
 paying the county officers ; but after the election the seduc- 
 tive charms of office were too much for his pledges, and 
 accordingly, on taking the oath, he was regularly installed 
 as County Judge. 
 
 He held court in his own house at Petersville, which for 
 the time being was the county seat, and contained the only 
 store, mill or blacksmith's shop in the county. At this 
 election, Henry Peters was elected Sheriff and Joseph W. 
 Ray Clerk. Of the other early settlers of Jones Town- 
 ship we may name E. Dye, Jacob Evans, John Doner, H. 
 A. and R. A. Botleman, McDonald, Stithem, Campbell, J. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 and II. WebcT, W. II. H. Rogers, James and Ashford 
 Head, the Bishops, I. K. White, Stephen AVhite, J. S. 
 Power, J. and J. S. Lefavre, S. C. Messenger, "W. C. 
 Chaney, H. Jones, Jacob Elliott, Ciinningliani, H. Stark, 
 D. C. Lowe, J. Buskirk, Jackson, and A. B. Brown. 
 There are probably others, also, whose names have been 
 overlooked. 
 
 The general features of the township, as regards sur- 
 face, etc., arc somewhat varied. Through the center of 
 the township, on the divide between Grand River and 
 Four Mile, is a stretch of fine rolling prairie, nearly all 
 of which is in cultivation, and dotted with farm-houses, 
 groves and orchards. 
 
 Along Grand River bottoms are some of the best farms 
 in the county, while the bluffs are rough and generally 
 unimproved. On the east side of the township there is also 
 much broken and brushy land, more desirable for grazing 
 than tillage. 
 
 Quarries are located near the southwest corner of the 
 township, which furnish an abundance of stone. Timber 
 is plentiful, wood being used for fuel by a majority of the 
 inhabitants. 
 
 The township is exceedingly well watered, and pre- 
 sents many advantages which the western portions of 
 the county do not enjoy, and has a larger rural popu- 
 lation than is possessed by any town in Union 
 County. 
 
 Politically, Jones may be counted Democratic. 
 
 Public schools are in a fiourishinsj condition, beinf 
 under district township organization, and divided into 
 nine districts, with eleven schools taught, which are in 
 every respect well conducted and prosperous. 
 
 Of churches ther% are four, with stated services and 
 attentive congregations. 
 
 The C, B. k Q. R. R. runs directly through the 
 township from east to west, having a station named Thayer, 
 a little village of nearly two hundred inhabitants, located 
 on Section 14. 
 
 The inhabitants are largely from Ohio. They are 
 orderly, energetic, intelligent and thrifty. Their fine 
 farms and inviting residences are creditable and homelike, 
 and the town gives every indication of being on the high 
 road to prosperity. 
 
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CHAPTER Xlll. 
 
 P L E A. S ^ ]Sl T T O ^\^ IST S H I P, 
 
 which is situated ou the southeast corner of Union, adjoin- 
 ing Clark and Ringgokl Counties, is, perhaps, in some 
 respects, more highly favored than any of her sister town- 
 ships. 
 
 An abundance of timber is found along the course of 
 Grand River and Twelve Mile, consisting largely on the 
 uplands of white and burr oak, and hickory, and on the 
 bottoms of Cottonwood, elm, walnut, hackberry, ash and 
 sycamore. 
 
 Scarcely less valuable to the permanent settler are the 
 fine quarries of limestone which crop out in many places, 
 furnishing an abundant supply of stone for building and 
 other purposes, and which are already being largely util- 
 ized by those living adjacent. 
 
 Its settlement antedates that of any other township, ex- 
 cept Jones, and is oidy a few months subsequent, the first 
 settlement in Jones being in February, 1850, and Benja- 
 min Lamb locating here and building a cabin in September 
 of the same year, moving into the same in February, 1851. 
 This was the first white family in the township. His cabin, 
 tliough small, was comfortable, and, witli luirdy frontier 
 hospitality, he never refused food and shelter to man or 
 beast, dividing even the last ear of corn with the weary 
 traveler. For twenty-five years he dwelt ah honored citi- 
 zen in the home of his choice, surrounded by family and 
 friends, departing this life in the early part of the present 
 year, mourned as a neighbor beloved. 
 
 The ne.\t permanent accessions were Henry Lamb and 
 I. P. Lamb, who came in August or September, 1851, and 
 Amos C. Cooper, who, after a roving life of several years, 
 concluded to settle in Iowa, and, well pleased with the 
 sheltered lands along Grand River, he, in September, 1852, 
 
 located on pi-emises still owned by him, on Section 14, where 
 he built a log cabin and commenced improvements. In 
 1853, still further pi'ogress was made in settlement, and 
 there were added to the neighborhood J. C. Armitage, C. P. 
 Scott, A. Poe, W. II. Young and Kensel Kent. At this 
 time tlie nearest house west was seventy-five miles, and 
 Pisgah was the nearest settlement in the county. 
 
 Previous to this time, the Ilopeville Settlement, in 
 Clarke County, was started, and was considered a valuable 
 addition to the neighborhood. Hickory Point, Missouri, 
 was the nearest settlement south — tliirty-five miles distant. 
 Supplies were hauled from Keokuk or St. Joseph, and to 
 to get a bushel of wheat reduced to flour required a 
 journey of 200 miles — 100 to the mill, on the Des Moines 
 River, and 100 in return. 
 
 The first tract of school land sold in the county was the 
 south half of Section 26, in this township, by I. P. Lamb, 
 School Fund Commissioner, to Benjamin Lamb, at $1.25 
 per acre, one third cash, balance on ten years' time. 
 
 The first breaking in the township was by Benjamin 
 Lamb, on southwest southwest of Section 26, in 1851, and on 
 this a crop of sod corn was raised the same year, and it has 
 ever since produced first-class crops. 
 
 In the year 1854, came J. V. Katzenberger, the 
 Gripps, Andrew Cooper, Swanker, Thurlow, C. R. Hall 
 and Levi Wright, giving the little settlement a fresh im- 
 petus ; and, although numbers and finances were still lim- 
 ited, the faith of the pioneers was strong in their final 
 prosperity and success. 
 
 In this year was erected the first school house in the 
 township, a log structure on Section 14, long known as 
 "Cooper's Old School House," and the first school in it 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 was taught in the full of 1854, by one Parker Grafton, of 
 Ohio, whose sahiry was paid by the subscriptions of the 
 patrons of the school. The same fall, a school was taught 
 by Kensel Kent, one-half the time in a cabin owned by 
 Benjamin Lamb, situated near the present Lamb residence; 
 the other half in Kent's house, some twelve or thirteen 
 scholars being in attendance, among them Oliver J. Scott, 
 0. Lamb and T. J. Lamb. The Board of Directors were 
 E. Bellows, C. G. Scott ami Kensel Kent, and the teach- 
 er's salary was paid by subscription. 
 
 During this year the first adult death in the settlement 
 occurred. Mr.s. Isaac P. Lamb, who, with her infant babe, 
 was buried in one grave on a high timbered knoll on Sec- 
 tions 26 and 27, the land being dedicated for cemetery pur- 
 poses by Benjamin Lamb and C. P. Scott. The nearest 
 pliysician, in cases of sickness, was Dr. Thompson, of De- 
 catur City, twenty-two miles away. Only a few months 
 intervened between the death of Mrs. Lamb and that of 
 Mr. Henry Lamb, which occurred in September or October 
 of the same year (1854), and soon afterward C G. Scott, 
 \Vm. Lawrence, the two Andersons, father and son, Wal- 
 lace and John Wright were taken from our midst by the 
 same cause. 
 
 It was at the house of Benjamin Lamb that his son, I. 
 P. Lamb, first School Fund Commissioner of the county 
 (who was appointed in the fall of 1853 and qualified April 
 20th, 1854), had his office, and it was here that the first 
 school land sale in the county occurred, there being over 
 one hundred men present, some of whom swam Grand River 
 to be on hand in time to save their claims. 
 
 The township was organized by Judge Norman Nun, 
 March 17th, 1854, the oflicial record being verbatim : 
 
 "March 17th, 1854, Township No. 71, North Range No. 
 28 West, by the name of Pleasant Township, was duly 
 organized by me this day. 
 
 Signed, 
 
 "NORMAN X! NUN, 
 
 ^'■County Judge of Union County, Iowa." 
 
 The question of naming the township was discussed 
 when the petition was presented, and by direction of the 
 Judge, A. C. Cooper, one of the petitioners, being present, 
 decided the matter by christening it Pleasant. During the 
 years 1855 or 1856, settlements rapidly increased, and 
 many new comers cast in their lots here, amongst whom 
 were Francis Cornwall and T. C. Roberts, who settled on 
 Sections 20 and 31, and were prominently identified with the 
 interests of the township. 
 
 During the first years of settlement, the lands along the 
 streams, near timber, were alone considered valual)le, a 
 whole township of bleak prairie land being hardly worth a 
 shilling an acre in the estimation of settlers. A iiewed 
 log house was a first-class residence, and a bedstead or a 
 rocking chair was almost unknown. So late as 1856, there 
 was but one horse-team in the township, oxen being gener- 
 ally depended on for all work. 
 
 Politically, the record of tliis township has been check- 
 ered, from its organization until 1864, it being Demo- 
 cratic, from that time until 1872 Republican, then Anti- 
 monopoly, and now about evenly divided. Geographically, 
 the township, being quite broken, is better adapted to graz- 
 ing than tillage, and fine flocks and herds dot the prairies in 
 every direction, but corn is also a staple crop and is largely 
 cultivated. 
 
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CHAPTER XIY. 
 
 SAN^D CREEK TOAV^ISTSHIP. 
 
 The organization of this township dates back to Octo- 
 ber 8th, 18G0, when the organizing election was hehl at the 
 house of R. C. Carter, nine votes being cast on this occa- 
 sion. 
 
 Previous to this date, the township was very sparsely 
 settled, and near neighbors were several miles away. R. 
 C. Carter, I. and J. P. Long, J. C. Wick, the Shillings, A. 
 Bonnifield, Kelsaw and Lee were the first settlers in the 
 township and were all here at the date of organization. 
 
 The first settlers generally located along the north part 
 of the township near Twelve Mile Creek and the timber 
 lands convenient thereto, the south part being altogether 
 destitute of timber. 
 
 Rev. John Clough, J. L. Syp, Clark, Anderson, Oliver, 
 Holmes, Kenny, Berry, Mayhew and Wilson were among 
 the number who succeeded the first nameds ettlers in stick- 
 ing their stakes and locating among us, and since the year 
 1864 the settlement has been more rapid and permanent. 
 
 Geographically, Sand Creek is desirably situated, the 
 north line being less than five miles from the county seat, 
 market and railroad depot of Afton. The streams of 
 Twelve Mile, Sand Creek, from which the township took 
 its name, and Squaw Creek, besides many small tributaries, 
 drain the township thoroughly and prevent any pools of 
 water from stagnating and bringing malarial diseases. 
 
 Our great advance in population and wealth is largely 
 due to the fact that our soil is of a very superior (piality. 
 Our citizens are entirely agriculturists; we have no pro- 
 fessional men, no merchants, manufacturers or mechanics, 
 no noisy politicians or unscrupulous speculators, but many 
 far-seeing calculators, who are laying by for the rainy days 
 
 to come. Europe, Africa and America are represented in 
 our citizenship, living side by side pleasantly and peace- 
 ably, each one attending to his own business and not to 
 that of his neighbors. 
 
 We are not given to change : R. C. Carter has been 
 Treasurer of the School Board for fifteen years ; A. Bonni- 
 field, Secretary for ten years ; anpther was President of the 
 Board eight years, and Justice of the Peace ten years. 
 
 Instances of mortality in this township are very rare, 
 not more than six adults having died in twelve years ; the 
 oldest couple living in the township is Rev. John Clough 
 and wife, their average age being over eighty years. 
 
 Roads, bridges and schools are in good condition ; the 
 school districts are independent in organization ; the people 
 are intelligent and law-abiding, and are disposed to be 
 church-goers. 
 
 The general surface of the township is very favorable 
 for farming purposes, and settlers have taken up much 
 of the lond ; but more remains, inviting capital and 
 labor. In twelve years, the number of families has increased 
 five-fold ; and the resident population has also increased in 
 the same ratio — it now numbering five hundred and sixty- 
 one. 
 
 Among the fine farms in the township are noticeable 
 those of B. Forbes, W. R. Wilson, G. Wilson, H. Holmes, 
 C. P. Camp, J. Conkle, J. L. Syp, Jas. Long, F. Hudson, 
 F. Signer, M. A. Lathrop, Elliott, Berry, Stuck, C. G. 
 Shull, R. C. Carter, and many others. Sand Creek Town- 
 ship contains the elements of prosperity within itself, and is 
 destined, on some day not far distant, to become both 
 populous and wealthy. 
 
CHAPTER XV. 
 
 gmia:n^t toa^tin^ship 
 
 Grant Township is situated on the line between Union 
 and Ringgold, and on the second tier from the west line of 
 the county. In the Congressional subdivision it is num- 
 bered 71—30, and contains 23,088 acres of land. The 
 early settlers in this, as in all other localities, seem to have 
 been governed by a like impulse — to secure homes near 
 some stream, protected bjr a grove or belt of timber. As a 
 consequence, the prairie townships, though possessing supe- 
 rior advantages for agricultural and grazing purposes, were 
 shunned by the early settlers, and were unoccupied for 
 many years after the timbered lands were settled. While 
 tlie country was sparsely occupied, it became necessary to 
 unite several Congressional townships or parts of townships 
 for election, school and civil purposes, and under such an 
 arrangement, what is now Grant Township was united with 
 Highland. At a meeting of the County Board of Supervisors, 
 September 9, 1870,. it appearing that there was a sufficient 
 number of persons resident in Township 71, 30, to justify 
 tiieir sej)arate organization, it was ordei'ed that jhey be so 
 organized, and that the election be held at the house of R. 
 J. McKee, on Section 16. This election was held on the 
 second Tuesday of Optober, 1870, when twenty-six votes 
 were polled, and the necessary officers were chosen to prop- 
 erly transact the business of the township, which, in honor 
 of tlie President of the United States, was named "Grant." 
 
 The general features of this township are not unlike 
 those of others of our county. It is for the most part 
 gently undulating, well watered, yet thoroughly drained, witli 
 no high hills and very little flat land, which so often fosters 
 malarial diseases. The soil is a deep, rich sandy loam, 
 exceedingly fertile, and nearly the whole township is prairie 
 land, small patches of brush and timber on Sections 12, 
 
 13, 25, .34 and 36, in all less than 300 acres, being the 
 only exception. AVhen rightly appreciated, the rich, roll- 
 ing prairies present very superior advantages, which, of 
 late years, the people have begun to appreciate, and all over 
 this township, which, for so many years, was avoided, may 
 now be seen beautiful groves, thrifty orchards, cosy farm- 
 houses, and the happy faces of intelligent, well-to-do farm- 
 ers, who have here pitched their tents, and whose industry 
 and integrity are a sufficient guarantee that homes of comfort 
 and affluence will be the guerdon of their toil. 
 
 Considerable attention has been devoted, of late years, 
 to the improving of the stocks of cattle and hogs, and, at 
 this time, some as fine animals as can be found in herds of 
 celebrated breeders may be seen in the pastures of our 
 enterprising fellow citizens. Prominent among these are 
 the Messrs. Bilderback, Ide, Wolfe, Wolff", Nichols, Stryker 
 and Dunlap. The first settler within the limits of the 
 township was Asa Ames, who, in the spring of 1854, 
 left the settlement on Platte, and built a shanty on Section 
 34, Town 71, Range 30. Samuel Ruby next settled on 
 the southwest (quarter of Section 36, but sold, the same 
 fall, to John Shockey. The place is now owned by the 
 Bilderback brothers. Duripg the summer of 18.54, John 
 Thompson settled on the west half northwest quarter 
 of Section 2, where Joseph Perry now lives. In 1856, the 
 place now owned by Mrs. McCartney was improved by John 
 Cain, and A. .J. Snyder settled on the farm now owned by 
 James A. White. 
 
 In 1863, there was less than 500 acres broken, all told, 
 in the township ; the deer and the coyote roamed over the 
 prairie unmolested ; the latter often making night hideous 
 with their howls. 
 
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SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Breadstuft's, during the first settlement, were brought 
 from Savannah, Mo., distant ninety miles, and the nearest 
 neighbors north and south were twelve and fifteen miles 
 away. In 18tj3, there were but five hands to perform road 
 labor in the township. In the years 1867-8-9, McKee, 
 Stryker, Wolff, Ide, Beall, Botleraan, Richards and others 
 concluded to pitch their tents among us and made valuable 
 additions to our number. 
 
 Within the past two years, the west half of Grant Town- 
 ship has broken over 5,000 acres of pi-airie, furnishing 
 homes to a very enterprising and industrious class of peo- 
 ple, who are heartily welcomed by the older settlers. At 
 the first election, the first vote was cast by Saul Richards, 
 and Messrs. Richards, S. II. Beall and Joseph Perry were 
 elected Trustees ; the Assessor being G. A. Ide, and Messrs. 
 C. S. Stryker and R. J. McKee both polling an equal num- 
 ber of votes for Township Clerk, the Auditor decided the 
 matter by the appointment of R. J. McKee. At this time 
 there were no bridges across streams or sloughs, and it was 
 only by following divides that we were able to travel about, 
 and it was no uncommon thing for a team to travel ten 
 miles to make five, neither was it a strange occurrence for 
 persons to lose their way when traveling across the prairie. 
 On one occasion, George A. Ide and W. M. Boyles,. while 
 returning from Afton on a stormy winter night, lost their 
 way, and after beating about in the snow for some time 
 finally brought up at Ames' Grove, on the county line. 
 
 doubtful of reaching home if they started to return ; and 
 unwilling to leave even the slight shelter of the grove for 
 the bleak prairie, they paced back and forth all night, arriv- 
 ing home with keen appetites in time for a late breakfast. 
 
 The second election, in the fall of 1871, passed oft' qui- 
 etly, 22 votes being polled ; the increase of personal tax- 
 able property this year was $2,608. During this year, tlie 
 township was organized into school districts, with three 
 school houses. 
 
 At the third election, in 1872, the number of votes 
 cast was 27, and the increase of personal property for the 
 year was $3,061. 
 
 In 1873, the number of votes reached 30, and the per- 
 sonal property was increased by no less than $8,914. 
 
 In 1874-5, valuable additions were made in the persons 
 of W. M. Baxter, C. H. Brown, S. Tallman, M. B. Walsh, 
 and W. T. Ide, Sr., who, coming to stay, made homes 
 which are an ornament to the county and a comfort to their 
 owners. The year 1875 was the most marked of any in 
 the history of the township for rapid growth. 
 
 The present year (1876), more improvements have been 
 made, farms opened, houses built, etc. 
 
 A Cemetery Association has been formed, C. H. Brown, 
 Prest.; C. S. Stryker, Secy.; D. N. Crowel, Treasurer. 
 
 The M. E. Church have purchased ground for a church 
 and parsonage, and altogether the future of Grant is bright 
 and promising. 
 
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OHAPTEE XYI. 
 
 PI^^TTE TO^V^N^SHIP 
 
 is situated in the soutliwest corner of Union County, 
 and is known as 71 north, 31 west, and embraces six miles 
 square of beautiful, diversified prairie and timber lands. 
 It is watered by the West, Middle and East Branches 
 of the Platte River, which enter its territory at dififercnt 
 points along its northern and western boi'der, and form a 
 junction near the southwest corner. West and Middle 
 Platte have groves of oak, hickory, black walnut, elm, and 
 other timber along their whole course through this township, 
 and East Platte is also timbered to some extent with the 
 same species; the quantity of native timber in tlie township 
 being estimated at 2,500 acres. 
 
 This part of the county consists principally of plateaiw 
 of beautiful rolling prairie, with occasionally a tract of 
 bottom land adjacent to the streams, the divides being 
 usually nearly level. Although the surface is rolling, it 
 cannot be said that there is anything approaching to a hill 
 in the extent of the township. 
 
 The prairie soil, being from one to four feet deep, 
 produces good crops of corn, oats, rye, wheat and other 
 cereal and root crops, which, with all Jfinds of vegetables 
 and fruit, thrive exceedingly, it having the quality of stand- 
 ing drouth and wet equally well. 
 
 As far as known, there is no stone in the township, and 
 but very little sand or gravel ; some farms cannot boast 
 even a pebble stone within their entire bounds. In a few 
 places in the clay lands on Middle Platte brick have 
 been made. The striking features of Platte Township are 
 the richness of its .soil, the gentle roll of its undulating 
 surface, suificicnt drainage, and heavy growth of vegetable 
 matter. 
 
 Water is obtained by digging from eight to thirty-five 
 feet in depth, is of very good quality, generally soft. 
 
 The population is of a good class, industrious, thrifty 
 and moral. They have within the last year built and paid 
 for no less than four cliurches in tliis one township, 
 these churches belonging to the Methodist Episcopal, Bap- 
 tist, Presbyterian and Christian organizations respectively. 
 On the 24th of May, 1853, the first settlement in this 
 township was made by F. H. Bruning, who located near 
 the center of Section 34, built a log cabin, started a black- 
 smith's shop, repaired the Indians' guns, and employed 
 himself in hunting, etc., Asa Ames locating at the same 
 time al)out one mile north of him, and the first white child 
 born in the township was in his family. 
 
 In the full of the same year, Jonathan Coons and 
 James Howard located on Section 33, the summer of 
 1854 brought I. Snow, Reuben Riggs, and others of liis 
 family; also Reuben Madden, who built the first school- 
 house in 1855. 
 
 About this time, and in the spring of 1850, the inliab- 
 itants began to increase and multiply, especially along the 
 Middle Platte. We may liere name I. Walker, S. Glasco, 
 G. Seeley, the Blisses, Wishard and Pinkley, who came 
 about that time, making their home in this township. 
 
 The neighbors of the early settlers were Pottawattomie 
 Indians, who used to bespeak the good offices of Franz 
 Bruning to repair their guns, wliich he would do on condi- 
 tion of their refraining to linnt in his grove, the consequence 
 being that game literally swarmed around his cabin, the red 
 men keeping good faith in all their promises and dealings, 
 and making many presents of bee trees containing honey. 
 
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 These same Indians continued to visit the locality every 
 wintei-, last year there heing about twenty encamped 
 on Middle Platte, near 0. Lininger's, employing them 
 selves in trapping, hunting, and, when that failed, in 
 begging, at which the S(juaws, in their importunity, beat 
 the gypsies. 
 
 The land was surveyed by Government in 1852, and 
 during the years from 185-3 to 1856 about nine-tenths of 
 the entire territory was entered by speculators or non-resi- 
 dents with Mexican Land Warrants, and in the latter years 
 the B. k M. R. R. R. Land Grant took up the balance. 
 
 After this, there being no land to enter, the tide of 
 emigration passed westward for many years, until 1874, the 
 abundant crops in our county and the ravages of the 
 grasshoppers further west induced a heavy settlement, and 
 the speculators found a ready market for their lands at 
 good figures, most of which has been improved by the 
 purchasers. 
 
 Union City, though now passed out of existence, 
 demands a passing notice ; it was laid out by E. Orr, in 
 1855, and, after a "one-horse" existence of about fifteen 
 years, it died a natural death, its glory and greatness and 
 also its post ofiice being transferred to Kent and Lenox. 
 The "city" is now jilanted with corn, and only exists on 
 some of the older maps. 
 
 The Creston Branch of the C, B. & Q. R. R., which runs 
 through the western part of the township, passes through 
 Kent, a new and thriving little town of about 100 inhabit- 
 ants. Here there is a depot and cattle yards, and during 
 
 the season there is often a very heavy shipment of stock 
 for the Chicago market, as many as eight car loads of cattle 
 and hogs having cleared therefrom iu a single day. Kent 
 has three general grocery stores, one hardwai-e store, one 
 drug store, doctor's oflice, blacksmith shop ; also, a Baptist 
 Church built last year, but is yet a new place with ample 
 room for improvement. 
 
 Artificial groves have been extensively planted in Platte 
 Township, Mr. S. Guesford, on Section 26, having twenty 
 acres and Mr. W. Boyce, in the south part of the township, 
 on Section 35, having five acres, and many others also 
 having their homes beautified and protected in a similar 
 manner. 
 
 Orchards, principally apple, have also received consider- 
 able attention. Mr. AVilliam Petree has 1,300 trees ; Mr. 
 J. H. Lemon, 1,000, and Messrs. D. Klengensmith, J. 
 Philpott, G. McDuS"ee, F. H. Bruning, C. Brown, J. 
 Roberts, A. Bruning, McMannis and Morgan, besides 
 many others, have fine young orchards of greater or less 
 extent, which promise to be sources of profit to tiie pro- 
 prietors at an early day. 
 
 There are nine school-houses in this township, all in a 
 floui'ishing condition, and taught by an efiicient staff of 
 teachers who meet with good success in their work. 
 With its splendid agricultural capabilities, moral, intelligent 
 citizens, and other necessary elements for the promotion of 
 the best interests of its inhabitants, Platte Township is cer- 
 tain sooner or later to take its place among the foremost 
 
 townships of Union County. 
 
 J. H. LEMON. 
 
CHAPTER XVn. 
 
 BIOai^A.F»HICA.L. 
 
 N. II. LETTS was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 
 1826, and moved with his parents to La Salle County, Illi- 
 nois, just before the Black Hawk War. 
 
 In 1836, moved to Ottawa, Illinois ; and, after obtaining 
 an education, he went into the mercantile business, which 
 he followed until the war commenced, when he emigrated to 
 Louisa County, Iowa, and engaged in stock farming. 
 
 In 1871, he sold out, and came to Afton, where he pur- 
 chased the hotel known as the "Madison House," which, 
 in conjunction with his son-in-law, Mr. Ream, he still runs 
 and keeps as good a house as any landlord in Union 
 County. Mr. Letts married, in 184.5, Miss Hcrma Cowcl, 
 of Putnam County, Illinois, and has five children. 
 
 Mr. WILLIAM KEATING was born in Lincoln 
 County, Maine, August 26, 180B, his father and most of 
 the family being sailors. His father died when Mr. Keat- 
 ing was quite young. 
 
 After attaining his majority, Mr. K. emigrated to 
 Ohio, staying tliere eight years ; he then returned to Maine, 
 and followed the sea for about twelve years. He was en- 
 gaged chiefly in coasting, making voyages to Charleston, 
 South Carolina, and other ports ; making, also, one or two 
 voyages to Portugal. During the last five years of his sea- 
 faring life, he was master of a brig. He moved to Ohio, in 
 1837, settling in Seneca County, and emigrated to this 
 county in 1858, and has since been engaged in the hard- 
 ware and agricultural implement business. 
 
 He married, in 1832, Miss Mary T. Spalding, and has 
 three children, one of whom is married to G. AV. Beymer, 
 of Afton — another engaged in the hardware business, in 
 partnership with him — the other being also a citizen of 
 Afton, carrying on a stove and tinware business in the city. 
 
 W. H. HAMILTON was born August 21, 1841, in 
 Darke County, Ohio, and was brought up on the paternal 
 farm. Here he remained until twenty-one years of age, 
 when he enlisted in the 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 
 the Cth army corps, under General Slocum, serving in 
 Maryland and Virginia, being discharged under surgeon's 
 certificate, in 1863. He then followed milling and engi- 
 neering for five years, and found his way to Creston, Feb- 
 ruary, 1872. 
 
 He served as City Mar-shal, in 1874, then went into the 
 land business, and in 1876, was again appointed City Mar- 
 shal and Street Commissioner, which positions he still holds, 
 and, it is but just to say, docs his duty in an upright, 
 gentlemanly and satisfactory manner. 
 
 Mr. H. was married 6th October, 1864, to Miss 
 Isabel Doyle, of Preble County, Ohio. 
 
 HON. JAMES WILSON McDILL was born in But- 
 ler County, Ohio, March 4, 1834. He is of Scotch-Irish 
 descent. 
 
 His maternal great-grandfather served under General 
 Marion in the Revolutionary War ; his ancestors came from 
 South Carolina to Ohio. 
 
 Ilis fiither was a graduate of Miami University, and 
 was a minister of the Associate Reformed Church. His 
 mother was the daughter of Rev. R. G. Wilson, of Chilli- 
 cothe, Ohio, for fifteen years President of Ohio University, 
 Athens, Ohio. Mr. McDill's father died wlien his son was 
 about six years of age, leaving a family of children to be 
 reared by the mother, a woman of uncommon courage and. 
 ability. In 184.'>, she went to live with her father at South 
 Salem, Ohio, where young McDill had the advantage of the 
 careful instruction of liis grandfather. 
 
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 D.W.SCULLEN Esq. 
 
 THE PIONEER ENGINEER B&M. R.R 
 
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 C.W. FAHLSING Esq. 
 
 SCHOOL TREASURER 
 CRE5TON lA. 
 
 E.J. BUSH Esq. 
 
 CITY RECORDER 
 CRESTON lA . 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 61 
 
 lie was aclmittod to Miami University in 1851, and 
 j^railuated in 1853, and in tlie same year removed to Kos- 
 suth, in Iowa, where he became a teacher of languages ; he 
 determined, however, to study law, and returned to Ohio, 
 where for a while he taught a district school. 
 
 In 1855, he entered, as a student, the office of the Hon. 
 Samuel Galloway, Columbus, Ohio, and was admitted to the 
 bar in 1856. He spent the next winter at Burlington, 
 Iowa, and in the spring of 1857, removed to Afton, his 
 present home, then a pioneer settlement in tlie western 
 wil Icrness. Here he began to practice law. 
 
 He was married, in 1857, to Miss Narcissa FuUinwider, 
 of Kossuth. 
 
 In 1858, Mr. McDill became County Superintendent, 
 at tiie munificent salary of $75 per year. In 1859, he was 
 chosen County Judge, and in 1861, on the invitation of his 
 friend, Hon. J. W. Grimes, he visited Washington and was 
 appointed to a clerkship of the Senate Committee on the 
 District of Columbia. In 1862, he was appointed Clerk in 
 the Treasury Department, and later, put in charge of 
 Claims Division, Third Auditor's Department. 
 
 In 18G6, he returned to Afton, and resumed law prac- 
 tice. In 1868, he was appointed Circuit Judge, and in 
 1870, District Judge, Tiiird Judicial District, to fill a va- 
 cancy, and at nc-xt election was complimented with an 
 unanimous election to the same office, there being no oppo- 
 sition. In 1872, he was nominated by the Republicans in 
 the Eighth Congre.ssional District of Iowa, and was elected 
 to Congress, receiving 12,675 votes, to 6,999 cast for Col. 
 Merritt. In the Forty -third Congress, he was a member of 
 the Committee on Pacific Railroads. 
 
 IRA SEELEY. — Thi.s popular caterer for the public 
 was born in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1830. 
 His father settling in the wilderness, where Ira was born 
 and rocked, not in the cradle of opulence, but in a sugar 
 trough. When the boy was about seven years of age, his 
 father moved to Western Pennsylvania, and settled in Mer- 
 cer County ; Ira working on the paternal farm until seven- 
 teen years of age, and then engaged in teaching a district 
 schciiil ill the winter: after wliicli lie improved his education 
 
 at a college in Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He then built 
 flat-boats on a tributary to the Alleghany river, and after- 
 ward emigrated to Jasper County, Iowa, in the spring of 
 1855, making his iiome in this countv June 12th of the 
 same year. In 1857, he was chosen Sheriff of Union 
 County, and Avas married to Miss M. A. Anderson, of Des 
 Moines County, in August, 1859. In August, 1862, he 
 enlisted in Company H, 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 
 serving through the war ; after the close of which he was 
 elected County Treasurer. At the expiration of his term 
 of office, he bought land and improved a farm, four miles 
 north of Afton, where he continued until January 1, 1870, 
 when he purchased the Afton Tribune, and is, at this ivrit- 
 ing, conducting one of the live newspapers of Union 
 County. 
 
 HON. S. W. McELDERRY.— This gentleman, one of 
 the men of whom Union County may well be proud, is a 
 native of Ohio, being born in CarroUton, in the Buckeye 
 State, June 21, 1841 ; removing to Steubenville, in the 
 same State, April, 1850. He acquired his early education 
 wholly by his own efforts, working at Steubenville, in a 
 glass factory, and in his 18th year emigrated, with his 
 parents, to Jefferson County, Iowa, where he improved his 
 education at the Fairfield University, after' which he taught 
 school, taking the opportunity, in his few leisure hours, to 
 study law, being admitted to the bar in 1867. 
 
 Mr. McE. had the honor to be elected Mayor of Afton, 
 in 1870, and was re-elected the two succeeding years. In 
 the fall of 1875, he was elected to represent the 14th Rep- 
 resentative District (comprising the counties of Ringgold 
 and Union) in the 16th General Assembly of the State of 
 Iowa; serving on the judiciary, constitutional amendments, 
 military, representative and senatorial district committees. 
 
 Mr. McE. is one of the foremost lawyers in this county ; 
 unassisted and alone, he has struggled into the front rank 
 of the legal profession, and is meeting with that measure of 
 success that his attainments and abilities deserve. 
 
 C. S. RE.\ was liorn in Jefferson County, Ohio, Janu- 
 ary 11, 1842, his father being a farmer. He moved to 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Henry County, Iowa, in 1861, and aftenvanl to Lawrence, 
 Kansas, in 1867 ; fiimlly making his hnnie in Creston, 
 August 4, 1870, where he was einph)yod on the B. & M. 
 R. ]l. Mr. Rex was the first Recorder of Creston, and on 
 leaving the service of the railroad entered the drug busi- 
 ness, and afterward tiic lumber business with Mr. W. V. 
 Lcniciu, in wliieli he continued tor nearly two years ; now 
 carrying on a coal, brick and lime business. Mr. Rex 
 married, in 18G5, Miss Eliza Paj'ne, of Mount Pleasant, 
 who died July 13, ISGl'. lie took as his second wife Miss 
 Sarah E. Kitchen, being married to her in October, 1874. 
 
 J. II. PATT is a native of Rhode Island, where he was 
 born in 1840, his father being a mechanic in humble cir- 
 cumstances. At the early age of 10, he commenced to 
 paddle his own canoe, paddling at first against wind and 
 tide. Emigrating to Bureau County, he commenced to 
 grow with tlie country. He carried a hod for two years ; 
 after that, sold pies and cakes, and then, after a venture at 
 tlie grocery business, went into the hardware, in 1858. 
 This business he followed until 1873, with great success. 
 He then sold out and went to California, l)ut, returning 
 soon after, he settled in Creston, in the spring of 1875, 
 where he built two-thirds of Patt & Carpenter's brick 
 block, the finest block in Creston ; besides, owns several 
 dwellings, for rent. Mr. Patt married, in 18f 3, a daughter 
 of Mr. Kitterman. one of the oldest settlers in Bureau 
 County, Illinois. Since his settlement in Creston he car- 
 ries on an extensive hardware and implement business in 
 one of the business stands of his block in Creston. 
 
 GEORGE A. IDE, ESQ., born May 27, 1843, on a 
 farm in the town of Seekonk, Bristol Co., Mass., received 
 a common school and academic education. He left home 
 at the age of sixteen and entered the counting room of the 
 wholesale iron firm of Gilbert, Congdon & Co., of Provi- 
 dence, Rhode Island, where he remained three years. In 
 1802 he returned to farm life ; removed to Bureau County, 
 Illinois, in the year 186G; married, March 12, 1867, Ellie 
 F. Allen, of Seekonk, Massachusetts ; came to what is now 
 Grant Township, in 1871 ; has served the township as Justice 
 
 of the Peace (which office he now holds) five years ; was 
 elected a member of the County Board of Supervisorsin 1872, 
 and re-elected in 1875 ; organized the first Sabbath school in 
 Grant Township ; was Superintendent of Harmony Sabbath 
 School for four years ; assisted in the organization of Pil- 
 grim Congregational Church, and is at present Superinten- 
 dent of Pilgrim Sabbath School, located on Section 6, 
 Grant Township, Union Co., la. 
 
 H. S. DUNLAP was born in Fayette County, Penn- 
 sylvania, in 1834, in tlie picturesque valley of Cheat River, 
 at the foot of Laurel Mountain. At the early age of six- 
 teen years he left home and came to Ohio, but remained 
 only a short time, when he removed to Aledo, Mercer Co., 
 111., settling finally in Mercer Township, on Edwards 
 River, where he married Miss Alice L. Pinkerton, of 
 Ohio. Here he improved a fine farm and devoted much 
 time and money to the breeding of fine bogs, with good 
 success. 
 
 In common witli many others, a desire to emigrate to a 
 nev/er country was gratified in 1875, wiien, finding a pur- 
 chaser for bis farm in Illinois, he came to Iowa and finally 
 located in Grant Township, Union County, on Sections 17 
 and 20, where he has since built a fine residence, and lias a 
 very desirable location. He expects to make the breeding 
 of Berkshire hogs a specialty, but will also, to some extent, 
 give attention to Durham cattle. 
 
 R. P. SMITH was born in Geauga County, Ohio, in 
 December, 1820. At an early age, by the death of his 
 father, he was thrown upon his own resources, and when 
 only 13 years old, he started out, with no capital save an 
 honest heart and willing hands, to battle with the opposing 
 elements of life. For .some years, he, in the pursuit of the 
 business he was engaged in, traveled in nearly every State 
 east of the Rocky Mountains. 
 
 The great gold excitement of 1840 drew him into the 
 maelstrom, and he shipped from New York to San Francisco 
 around the Horn. After a prosperous voyage, the vessel 
 arrived at its destination, and safely landed the anxious 
 gold hunters. 
 
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 63 
 
 He remained in California seven years, engaged in differ- 
 ent lines of business, with varying success, returning to the 
 States in 1857. Subsequently he has twice visited California 
 and once Colorado. He was prominent in the early develop- 
 ment of that Territory, assisted in laying out Denver, and 
 was President of the Denver Water Works Company. 
 
 Returning to Illinois in 1868, he settled in Streator, 
 where he was elected its first Mayor. 
 
 Subsequently he removed to Iowa, settling in Villisca, 
 Montgomery County. In 1870 he located in Creston, 
 believing that the railroad interests ^vould insure its certain 
 prosperity. Judicious investments, made at this time, 
 brought large returns and confirmed the wisdom of his 
 judgment in locating there. He has since been a resident 
 of Creston, except for a few months, when he visited 
 California, with his estimable wife, in the vain hope of 
 restoring her failing health ; but without avail were skillful 
 physicians, kind friends and a genial climate. Consumption 
 had laid its hand upon her, and in July, 1873, a bereaved 
 family followed her remains to her last resting place in the 
 orange groves of San Bernardino. Returning to Creston, 
 he has since been identified with the interests of the county, 
 has held various offices of honor and trust, and is highly 
 esteemed by his fellow-citizens. 
 
 JAS. MEWIIIRTER is a native of Harrison County, 
 Ohio, where lie was born April 21, 1824. 
 
 His boyhood and youth were spent on a form, where he 
 worked until his majority, receiving an ordinary common 
 school education. 
 
 In the year 184G, he married Miss Sarah J. Harter, 
 and, purchasing a farm, on which he continued to reside 
 until 1861, when, meeting with a favorable opportunity to 
 dispo.se of it, he sold and started west, finally deciding to 
 locate in this county, where he arrived July 10. Finding ■ 
 lands suitable for his purpo.se, he bought at once on Section 
 22, Pleasant Township, where he resides at this writing, 
 owning 420 acres of first-class land, with a large stock of 
 cattle, horses, etc. He is one of the leading men in the 
 town.?hip, and enjoys the respect and good wishes of his 
 neighbors and friends. 
 
 JOHN H. BROWN is a native of Scotland, from 
 which country he emigrated in 1854, arriving in Ohio the 
 same year. Business and inclination led him to visit several 
 States, among them Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, Indiana 
 and Dlinois, finally locating on Section 9, Douglas Town- 
 ship, Union Co., la., in 1867. At present he owns about 
 600 acres of fine farming lands near Cromwell, and has the 
 satisfaction of knowing that the fine property now owned 
 by iiim is the fruit of his own labor, he having started in 
 life without a shilling. 
 
 WILLIAM T. IDE, Jr., was born in Seekonk, Bristol 
 County, Mass. His boyhood and youth were spent on the 
 farm where he was born, and where he acquired the rudi- 
 ments of that knowledge which he has since developed in 
 Illinois and Iowa into one of the most careful, energetic and 
 successful farmers and stock-raisers of his neighborhood. 
 At the age of twenty-four, he, in company with his brother, 
 Ct. a. Ide, left their home in New England and emigrated 
 to Illinois, locating in Bureau County, where they bought 
 a fine fruit and stock farm, which they owned for four years, 
 and where William T. was married to Miss Amelia Cushing. 
 In 1870, they sold their farm in Illinois and removed to 
 this county, locating on Section 6, Grant Township, where 
 he now resides, owning 332 acres of improved land, second 
 to none in the county. Recently he has made liberal in- 
 vestments in thorough-bred Short Horn cattle, and can show 
 some very fine stock, which needs to be seen only to be ap- 
 preciated. 
 
 F. R. WOLFE was born in Ashland County, Ohio, in 
 1836, where his youth and early manhood were spent, and 
 where he remained until 1866. In 1871, he moved to 
 ITnion County, and settled on Section 20, Grant Township, 
 where he now resides, owning 200 acres of land well im- 
 proved, with substantial buildings, fine orchai'ds, etc. 
 
 JAMES A. WHITE was born in Covington. Fountain 
 County, Indiana, in 1827. His early life was spent in the 
 town of his birth, where he enjoyed the ordinary advan- 
 tages of a common school education. His father, William B. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 White, was County Clerk, for a period of 13 years, when, 
 his health failing, lie resigned and purchased a mill for 
 manufacturing lumber, where the subject of this skctcli 
 worked until his father's death, in 1847, when he bought 
 the business, and, adding a grist mill to the other branch, 
 prospered and flourished. He here married Miss Elmina 
 B. Grimes. In 1860, he sold his interest in the property 
 and engaged in farming. In 1863, in the hope of regaining 
 his health, he came to Union County, buying an improved 
 farm — the southwest quarter of Section 32, Grant Town- 
 ship — where he has since resided, and where he has one of 
 the finest farms in the county, as the fine grove, orchard 
 and shrubbery will attest. He was five years a County 
 Supervisor, and lias filled various township offices to the 
 satisfaction of his townsmen. 
 
 BURR FORBES, of Sand Creek Township, was born 
 in the town of West Union, Steuben County, New York, 
 Oct. 25, 1842. 
 
 The tradition concerning his ancestry is, that three 
 brothers came to America, from England, previous to the 
 Revolutionary War, and settled in New England in different 
 localities. Here all direct knowledge of each other was lost. 
 One member of the family settled in Massachusetts, where 
 Luke Forbes was born. May 9, 1776. 
 
 Luke Forbes migrated to New York, where he married 
 Sarah Ostrander, and had nine children, viz.: Ancil K., 
 Esther, Nancy, Aurila, Moses D., born May 17, 1812, Jon- 
 athan H., Lucinda, Melinda C, and Olive B. 
 
 Moses D. Forbes married Abigail M. Redfield, and had 
 Dorr, born Oct. 30, 1840; Burr, born Oct. 25, 1842; Er- 
 win, born Oct. 3, 1844; Christy, born Sept. 15, 1846; 
 Lyman, born Sept. 3, 1848 (died Sept. 17, 1868); Olive, 
 born Oct. 24, 1852. 
 
 Burr Forbes, the subject of this sketch, at the age of 
 eight, removed with the family to Bureau County, 111., 
 where he was raised on a farm, and, like most of fiirmers' 
 sons, worked through the summer, and attended district 
 school in the winter. 
 
 At the age of twenty, he decided in favor of the learned 
 professions, and spent two years at Alfred University, New 
 
 York, when, his eyes failing, he returned to Illinois, and 
 engaged for several winters in teaching school, and during 
 the summers worked on a farm in Jasper County, Iowa. 
 
 During the summer of 1867, he traveled through several 
 States as contracting and advertising agent. 
 
 On the 1st of October, 1868, he was married to Malinda 
 Umbarger, of Putnam County, III. By this union there 
 are two children, Frank E. and Lenora Kate. 
 
 In the spring of 1870, he settled on Grand Prairie, 
 Union County, where he is permanently located, and en- 
 gaged in opening out one of the finest stock farms in the 
 vicinity. 
 
 BENJAMIN LAMB. — Native of North Carolina, 
 where he was born September 17, 1801. In the year 1819, 
 his father, Henry Laml), removed to Floyd County, Indiana, 
 taking his family with him. In the year 1824, he married 
 and lived in Indiana, engaged in farming until the year 
 1850, when he caught the spirit of emigration, and, dispos- 
 ing of whatever could not be conveniently carried, removed 
 to Iowa, traveling the entire distance by teams, which, with 
 a large family, was no small undertaking. They crossed the 
 Mississippi river at Warsaw, and, passing through Drakes- 
 ville and Chariton, halted at Garden Grove, Decatur 
 County. Well pleased with the country, yet not fully satis- 
 fied that the regions beyond were not better, Mr. Lamb, 
 after a few weeks' prospecting, decided to make a claim on 
 Gland river, which he accordingly did, building the sides 
 of a cabin on Section 26, Pleasant Township ; this done, 
 the family continued their travels as far west as Kanesville 
 (a Mormon settlement), now Council Bluffs ; from thence 
 they traveled south to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they 
 tarried until February 1851, when, becoming satisfied that 
 their first impressions of Union County were correct, they 
 returned to the claim above referred to, where they arrived on 
 February 10th, in the midst of a furious snow storm. The 
 family at this time consisted of himself and wife and eleven 
 children, while three relatives, who traveled with them, 
 swelled the number to si-xteen persons. They immediately 
 completed the cabin begun the fall before, and were quite 
 proud of the pretentious building when complete, with its 
 
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SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 65 
 
 clapboanl roof and puncheon floor. From that time forward 
 I\Ir. Lanil) was identified closely with the interests of the 
 county. He was the first purchaser of school lands in the 
 county, the ti-act bought being the south half of Section 
 26, 72, 28. He was noted for generosity and hospitality, 
 and no weaiy traveler was ever turned away from their 
 door. He lived to a good old age, his death occurring in 
 the winter of 187r>-76. 
 
 McKEE, R. J., was born in Brown County, Ohio, in 
 1843 ; lived on his father's farm until the breaking out of 
 the Rebellion, when he enlisted in the 2-l;th Oliio Volun- 
 teers. Being rejected by the surgeon, he was discharged ; 
 but re-enlisted in the 70th Ohio, taking part in the battles 
 of Pittsburg Landing, the siege of Corinth, and the siege 
 and capture of Memphis. He then performed garrison 
 duty on the Memphis k Charleston R. R., until the spring 
 of 1863, when he took part in the campaign which resulted 
 in the surrender of Vicksburg. He was present at the 
 battle of Pearl River, and took part in the victory over 
 Braj^g, at Chattanooga. He was then removed to Knox- 
 ville, Tenn., and helped to drive away Longstreet, who was 
 besieging that city. On President Lincoln's call for vet- 
 eran volunteers, he re-enlisted and participated in the 
 battles of Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Snake Creek Gap, Al- 
 toona Pass, Kenesaw Mountain, Chatahoochie River and 
 the capture of Atlanta, where he was severely wounded, 
 having been wounded slightly twice previously. Being 
 sent home invalided, he remained there until convalescent, 
 when he rejoined his regiment, at Beaufort, S. C, after it 
 had followed Sherman in his march to the sea. He was 
 present at the surrender of Johnston ; and, after a few 
 months' more service, was mustered out in September, 
 1864, at Little Rock, Ark. On resuming civil life he 
 removed to Fairbury, 111., where he clerked in a store; 
 and after a short stay in Ohio, he came to Union County, 
 Iowa, and rented a farm. In 1867, he married Miss E. M. 
 Leary ; and, in 1868, moved into Grant Township, and im- 
 proved a piece of land purchased from W. C. Demint, and 
 has identified himself with everything that has tended to 
 build up and develop the country around him. 
 
 C. J. COLBY was born in Bureau Count}', Illinois, 
 August 27, 18t0, and was the only child of his parents, 
 who resided on a farm settled by tlieni in 1839. His life. 
 up to the age of 15, was spent on the farm, except at such 
 times as he was absent from home attending school. His 
 educational advantages were fair, but only embraced a com- 
 mon English education. In 1855, his parents concluded 
 to remove to some point where school privileges were better 
 than their farm life afforded, and they resided in La Salle, 
 111., for one year, after which they removed to Tiskilwa, 
 111., and bought property there, making a fine, permanent 
 home. In 1857-8, the subject of this sketch entered a 
 store and worked l)y the month for six years, when, his 
 health fiiiling, lie (juit clerking, and was in no particular 
 business until 1866, when he started in the dry goods busi- 
 ness on his own account, in Tiskilwa, where he remained 
 until 1872, when he removed to Creston, Iowa, and was 
 engaged in the general retail trade until December, 1874, 
 when financial embarrassments resulted in the failure of 
 the firm. Since the above date he has been engaged in 
 settling up the complicated affairs of the firm. During the 
 present season he has been engaged in surveying and pub- 
 lishing the Sketches, Map and Directory of Union County. 
 He was married, December 13, 1866, to Miss Annie W. 
 Brown, of Arispc, 111., and has three children. 
 
 JAMES D. DUGGAN, Esq., deceased, whose portrait 
 may be found in this book, was born at Cappa, County 
 Limerick, Ireland, January 14, 1831. He removed to the 
 United States and became an adopted citizen of our country. 
 lie soon became connected with railroad enterprises, and 
 in this capacity served the C, B. & Q. and B. & M. Rail- 
 I'oads for over twenty years. In his capacity as Road 
 Master he manifested unusual efficiency, and received the 
 respect and confidence of all with whom he liad to deal. 
 Early in May, 1873, he was suddenly stricken down by a 
 violent attack of inflammation of the bowels, and on the 
 9th of that month died, in the full vigor of manhood, aged 
 42 years. The City Council, of which he was a member, 
 passed resolutions of condolence and appointed a committee 
 to accompany the remains to their last resting place, in 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Aurora, 111. Mr. Duggan was in many respects a remarka- 
 ble iiiaii — self-made, self-reliant, courteous, yet firm. His 
 loss was sorely felt and deeply deplored. 
 
 CHARLES H. BROWN was born in Richfield, Otsego 
 County, New York, January 1, 1837. His boyhood days 
 were spent on a farm. When about 10 years of age, his 
 father, in consc(iuencc of ill health, abandoned farming and 
 engaged in the mercantile business, in which the subject of 
 this sketch assisted until his fifteenth year, when he entered 
 the seminary at Whitestown, N. Y., and remained one 
 year. The winter following, he taught a district school, at 
 the close of which he engaged in farming, working by the 
 month most of the time, until his nineteenth year, when he 
 came AVest, landing in Bureau County, III., in April, ISoT, 
 where he worked by the month on a farm for a short time, 
 and then engaged in selling books, in which business he 
 traveled over considerable portions of Southern Illinois and 
 Northeastern Missouri. Returning to Illinois, he was 
 married, October 0, IS.'JH, to Miss Lucy Brewer, and, buy- 
 ing a farm in Milo, Bureau County, engaged permanently 
 in farming, where he remained until March, 1874, when 
 he sold and removed to his present location in Grant 
 Township. His present farm is one of the largest and best 
 in the township: and, as a neighbor ami c-itizen, he is de- 
 servedly held in high esteem. 
 
 REV. WILLIAM T. BARTLE was born in New Jer- 
 sey. His boyhood and youth, till he was about seventeen 
 years of age, were spent in Philadel])hia. He pursued an 
 academic course of study at Cincinnati, Ohio, and for one 
 year was Missionary Teacher among the Choctaw Indians. 
 He is a graduate of Knox College, Galesburg. Illinois, 
 class of 1849, and taught the first public or common school 
 of Greene County, Illinois, at Carrollton, in 1851. Turn- 
 ing his attention to the gospel ministry, he was ordained by 
 the Alton Presbytery, October, 1852. Some ten years of 
 ministerial life were passed in Illinois, and a like period in 
 Michigan, where he was one year County Superintendent of 
 Common Schools. He was also some three years stated 
 supply at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. In May, 1869, he pur- 
 
 chased 120 acres on Section 17, Douglas Township, and 
 began imjjrovements in June, 1871. In the .spring of 1875, 
 he erected a dwelling and moved his family on his land, 
 where he now resides. 
 
 J. J. LEEPER, Esq., was born in Washington County, 
 Pennsylvania, in 1826. His father removed to Ohio in 
 1835, where the subject of this sketch resided until 1854 ; 
 in that year he removed to Adair County, Iowa, and settled 
 on Sections 1 and 2, 74, 38. Tiie following year, he was 
 elected County Judge, in which capacity he served with 
 much acceptance, supervising the sale of lots and lands and 
 also the building of the Court House in Fontanelle. 
 
 In 1865, sold out and removed to Afton, Union County, 
 where he run a hotel for thirteen months, then traded his 
 hotel property for a general stock of merchandise, but, owing 
 to unfortunate connections with a partner, did not make it 
 profitalde. In 1869, he removed to Creston, where he has 
 since been successfully running a hotel (Tremont House). 
 
 He is highly esteemed by his townsmen, has filled vari- 
 ous public positions creditably, and, in politics, is a staunch 
 Republican. 
 
 LEVI SMELTZER was born in Cumberland County, 
 Pennsylvania, in 1832 ; moved, with his parents, to Han- 
 cock County, Oliio, in 1840, and from thence to Mercer 
 County, Illinois, in 1852 ; was married in 1855, to Miss 
 Caroline Detwiler, of MifHin County, Pennsylvania, and 
 worked as a carpenter. Came to Union County in March, 
 1876, bought land and commenced farming. 
 
 W. T. CORNWALL, son of Francis Cornwall, came 
 to this county in 1856, with his father, and has since been 
 intimately connected with county business and interests. 
 At the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted in the 18th 
 Iowa A'olunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the 
 war. In the year 1869, he was elected County Treasurer, 
 and filled the office satisfactorily for four successive years. 
 
 At the exjiiration of his term of office, he removed to his 
 fine farm, on Section 31, Pleasant Township, where he con- 
 tinues to reside, and where he extends the hospitality of a 
 Ilawkcyehometo his large circle of friends and acquaintances. 
 

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 KENSEL KENT was born in Connecticut, December 
 4, 1805. Was raised on a farm, but enjoyed the advan- 
 tages of a common school education. At liis majority, with- 
 out an}' portion except a suit of clotiies and good will, he 
 started west via New York for Indiana, where he settled, 
 married Miss Sarah Chase, and lived many years. His 
 wife dying, he removed to Union County, in the ftill of 
 1853, and located on Section 23, Pleasant Township, 
 where he still resides. He taught one of the first schools 
 in the county, and was the first commissioned Justice of 
 the Peace, the record of qualifying being dated April 20, 
 1854. 
 
 Two of his sons enlisted in the army, at the Rebellion 
 — Elijah in the 29th Iowa, Enoch in the 15tli. Both died 
 in the service, and his only surviving son, Alfred, resides 
 on the homestead, caring for his aged father, and attending 
 to the business of tlie farm. 
 
 C. G. SHULL, whose portrait adorns one of our pages, 
 is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, where he was born in 
 1826. A common school education was the only educa- 
 tional advantages enjoyed. His youth was spent, partly 
 on a farm, and partly in town. Attaining his majority, he, 
 in the year 1848, migrated to Henry County, Ohio, where, 
 in the year 1850, he married Miss R. J. Lowry, and con- 
 tinued to reside, until the year 1869, when he became a 
 resident of Union County, Iowa, settling in Union Town- 
 ship, on Section 11, where he remained engaged in agricul- 
 tural and pastoral pursuits, until the present year. 
 
 Meeting with an opportunity to dispose of his farm, to 
 advantage, he re-located, this time settling on Section 25, 
 in Sand Creek Township, where he now resides. 
 
 He is one of the three County Supervisors; a man of 
 intelligence and independence, and in public or private life, 
 proposes to do even justice, regardless of party or prejudice. 
 
 R. C. CARTER was born in Prince William County, 
 Virginia, in 1806. Was brought up on a farm, enjoying 
 but limited educational advantages. 
 
 At the age of 20, he married Miss Lucy Hulett, and 
 settled near Harper's Ferry, and remained in the same 
 
 place for about twenty years. A desire to follow in the wake 
 of many others, and secure a home in the great West, was 
 gratified in the year 1846, he removing to Henry County, 
 Iowa, traveling with his family the entire distance by 
 team. In the year 1856, came to Union County, settling, 
 first, in Pleasant Township, but subsequently on Section 23, 
 Sand Creek Township, where he still lives, hale and hearty, 
 in the enjoyment of a good competency, at the advanced age 
 of three score years and ten. 
 
 PRESTON BILDERBACK, son of Chas. Bilderback, 
 was born in Licking County, Ohio, March 31st, 1824. In 
 1833, his father emigrated to Indiana, where, after a stay of 
 eighteen months, he removed to Green County, Missouri, 
 engaging in stock-raising, where he remained, his sons assist- 
 ing him in the multifarious duties incident to the business. 
 In 1849, Preston contracted the '■'■ gold fever" so prevalent 
 at tluit time, and went overland to California ; was two 
 years in the mines, with varying success. Returning to his 
 father's, who had removed to Dallas County, Iowa, he, in 
 1849, sought the gold fields of Colorado. Mining for one 
 year only, he, in company with his brother, G. Bilderback, 
 engaged in freighting with teams from St. Joe, Missouri, to 
 Denver, Colorado, which business they followed with good 
 success for four years. Subsequently, for six years the two 
 brothers engaged in the stock business, with profitable 
 results. 
 
 In 4868, the brothers P. and G. Bilderback bought the 
 farm owned and occupied by them in Grant Township, Sec- 
 tion 36, where they have since resided and where may be 
 seen a fine herd of short horns and all the requisites for a 
 first-class farm. 
 
 GALLINTON BILDERBACK was born April 2d, 
 1828, in Licking County, Ohio. His early life was spent 
 on a fiirm. About the year 1850, his father and fiimily re- 
 moved from Green County, Missouri, to Dallas County, 
 Iowa, passing through the Mormon settlement at Pisgah, 
 in this county. In Dallas County, his father built the first 
 mill in the county, and, in company with his father and 
 brother, Gallinton conducted the business for many years. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 retaining liis interest until 1866, although for sevei'al years 
 prior to this date he was engaged in business on the plains 
 and in Colorado, in company with liis brother Preston. 
 
 Tiie Indians becoming troublesome on the plains, the 
 brothers sold their interests in Colorado, and, in 1868, lo- 
 cated where they now live, in Grant Township, and own a i 
 magnificent stock farm of 300 acres, all improved. 
 
 RK\. H. II. CUNNINGHAM is a native of Kostra- 
 ver Township, Westmoreland Co., Pa. He is a graduate 
 of Washington College, Pennsylvania, also of the Western 
 Theological Seminary, at Alleghany City, Pennsylvania. 
 After spending four years in the Presbyterian ministry at 
 Owatonna and Kushford, Minnesota, he came to Iowa, and 
 had charge of the churches of Middletown and Spring 
 Creek, near Burlington, for two years. In June, 1875, 
 he removed to Afton, taking charge of the Presbyterian 
 Church there, and lias met with a marked degree of success 
 in his ministrations. 
 
 FREDERICK WILLIAM WOLFF was born in Green 
 Co., Ohio, in the year 1843, and came with his parents to 
 Henry County, Iowa, in 1844, where he was brought up 
 and lived until he was twenty-one years of age. After en- 
 gaging in various employments for nearly two years, he 
 was employed by Cole Brothei's, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, as 
 as a lightning rod and pump agent, and in that capacity 
 traveled over considerable portions of the States of Iowa, 
 Missouri and Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Wolff was married, in March, 1870, to iSliss Re- 
 becca A. Kclsey, of Farmington, Illinois, and settled on 
 Section 18, in Grant Township, Union County, in the fall 
 of the same year, where he has since devoted his energies 
 to improving his farm and adding thereto such stock and 
 conveniences as circumstances would admit of. 
 
 GEORGE A. PIERSON was born in 1840, his native 
 place being Caldwell, Essex Co., N. J. His flither being 
 a mechanic, and having a large family to support, George 
 started for himself at the early age of eleven, working at 
 the oyster business at three dollars per month, and board- 
 
 ing himself. At thirteen years of age, he started alone for 
 Ohio, and on his arrival there hired out on a farm, working 
 there four years for his clothing and schooling. He then 
 removed to Illinois, where he attained the years of man- 
 hood, and in 1861 was married to Miss Mary Linebarger, 
 of Will County. 
 
 At the breaking out of the war, he joined the ranks of 
 Company B, 100th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, participat- 
 ing in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Missiotuiry 
 Ridge and Resaca. He was mustered out in July, 1865, 
 and moved to Johnson County, Iowa, in September of the 
 same year. In 1868, he returned to Elwood, Illinois, and 
 engaged in the hardware business. Mr. Pierson moved to 
 Union County in 1871, and settled on Section 29, in 
 Spaulding Township, and commenced improvements ; he 
 now has one of the best improved farms in Iowa, and makes 
 a specialty of garden produce, of all kinds of which he has 
 no less than forty acres under crop. He has lately erected 
 a fine residence, which is surrounded bj' a fine young grove 
 of four acres, and an orchard, just commencing to bear, 
 of 300 trees ; also abundance of small fruits. The live- 
 stock interest is also well represented, there being 125 
 Poland China swine, also a fine herd of cattle and horses 
 on the farm. Mr. Pierson, this j'ear, has 100 acres in 
 grain, 40 acres in garden, and 20 acres in grass, etc., giving 
 employment to 'J men and 3 teams, and is one of Union 
 County's most valued citizens. 
 
 SAMUEL CLOUGH was born in Aina, Lincoln Co., 
 Me., in 1824, of poor parents, with whom he lived until 
 nearly twenty years old, when he shipped before the mast 
 at $7.80 per month, and after one voyage to Liverpool, 
 worked at cutting; i;ranitc at Boston, Massachusetts. He 
 then followed the sea again, also engaged in working as a 
 mechanic, etc., until 1852, when he bought land in Henry 
 County, Iowa, and began to make a home. lie married Mary 
 F. Morley in 1853, and began housekeeping in a house four- 
 teen feet s(juare. This farm they improved and cultivated 
 until July, 1864, when, having sold it, Mr. Clough moved 
 to LTnion County, where they had previously bought 
 land of tlie United States, and commenced improve- 
 
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 iiieiits ; that farm being the uue u{i(jii which Mr. Clough 
 now resides. 
 
 Mr. Clough has had a large field for observation, having 
 traveled in twenty-eight of the United States, also in 
 England and Canada, and concludes that Iowa is the Ijest 
 country of them all, and that Union County will bear com- 
 parison with any county in Iowa. Mr. Clough has, since 
 1852, improved four farms, and is to-day enjoying the fruits 
 of his patient industry on one of the best homesteads of 
 Union County, where he can spend the rest of his days in 
 that degree of ease and comfort which his labors have 
 merited. 
 
 JOHN V. KATZENBERGER was born in Germany 
 in 1813. He enjoyed the advantages of the public schools of 
 that country, where compulsory education is in force. His 
 father was a carpenter, and John V. learned the same trade, 
 at whicii he worked, until, in 1837, desiring to see the new 
 world, he sailed from Bremen to New York, and went to 
 Ohio, where he was married, in 1840, to Miss Betsey Adair. 
 He remained in Ohio until 1847, farming, and in that year 
 came to Iowa County, in this State, by team, crossing the 
 Mississippi River at Muscatine, being on the road twenty- 
 one days, and arriving at his destination November 6, 1847, 
 with seventy-five cents in his pocket. Mr. Katzenberger 
 spent five years in Mahaska County, also two years in 
 Henry County, and in the spring of 1854, settled on Sec- 
 tion 11, in Pleasant Township, where he now resides. Mr. 
 Katzenberger served on the first grand jury in Union 
 County, at the County Court held at Petersville ; and when 
 the war broke out, he enlisted, with his son David, in the 
 29th Iowa, but was sick most of the time in which he was 
 absent, having, also, the misfortune to lose his son in April, 
 1863. He has nine livincr children, anion"; whom are the 
 wives of W. and J. Gripp. 
 
 J. S. LORIMORE, born in Washington County, 
 Pennsylvania. October 28, 1826, but subsecjuently removed 
 to Guernsey County, where he worked on a fiirm. In the 
 winter of 1847—48, he taught school in his home district. 
 In the summer of 1848, he commenced sroing to school at 
 
 Muskingum College, and for two or three years alternated 
 from college to teaching school. In the winter of 1850-51, 
 he took a trip south to Mississippi. Returning in the spring 
 of 1851, he rented a farm in Marion County, Ohio, and 
 commenced handling stock, mostly sheep. October 11, 
 1852, he was married to B. A. Ilolverstott, and in the 
 summer of 1854 moved to Union County, Iowa, and entered 
 a fine tract of land in New Hope Township, and has since 
 resided on the same. He has taught several terms of 
 school here, owns one of the best farms in the county and 
 has about 640 acres in cultivation. 
 
 W. R. WILSON, now of Sand Creek Township, moved 
 from Stark County, 111., in 1870, and settled on Section 17. 
 He has a fine farm, and is extensively engaged in breeding 
 short-horn cattle and Berkshire swine. Mr. W. owns two 
 hundred and forty- acres of land, well improved, with good 
 house, ample shed accommodation, fine grove, live fence, 
 and other substantial improvements. He has, also, a well- 
 bred femily of short-horns, one of which was imported from 
 Scotland, and others from Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio. 
 
 WILLIAM GROESBECK was born in Trumbull 
 County, Ohio, in July, 1820, and was the son of Garrett 
 L. Groesbeck, a mechanic, cabinet-maker and wheelwright. 
 He is nearly related to Groesbeck of Cincinnati. 
 
 In the year 1838, the senior Groesbeck, being a man of 
 moderate means, with his family, consisting of a wife and 
 six children, removed to West Point, Lee County, where he 
 bought land at the first land sale of the first Indian pur- 
 chase. 
 
 During the time the family resided here, the father 
 worked, most of the time, at his trade ; and William took 
 almost entire charge of the farm, until their removal to 
 Union County, in 1854, when he entered the west half of 
 Section lit, 73, 28, on which he built, and commenced im- 
 provements. From year to year he has bought land, adiling 
 quarter-section to quarter-section, until he is the largest land 
 owner in the county. In the spring of 1855, he married 
 Miss Susan C. Fenner, of Ottumwa. By steady industry and 
 perseverance he has accumulated a large property, and the 
 
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 details of bis business engross bis entire personal supervi- 
 sion and attention. 
 
 For a more detailed stcetcb of bis landed and utber in- 
 terests, see article on "Tlie Big Farm of Union County." 
 
 During tlie entire time of tbe family's residence in tbis 
 county, Mr. Garrett L. Groesbeck and wife resided pleas- 
 antly and bappily witb their son William. Tbe fatber died 
 early tbe jiresent year, at an advanced age; his wife, surviv- 
 ing, continues her residence with ber son, as before stated. 
 
 ]\lr. Groesbeck has been County Supervisor and Justice 
 of tbe Peace, and enjoys to tbe fullest extent tiie respect 
 and confidence of his fellow citizens. 
 
 WILLIAM M. BOYLES was born January 8, 1841, 
 in Athens County, Ohio. Here be attained the years of 
 manhood, and was married, Dec. 24, 1863, to Miss S. C. 
 Watkins, and some time after, removed with bis wife and two 
 daughters, to Union County, Iowa, settling on the north- 
 east quarter of Section 7, Grant Township, improving a 
 farm upon which be still resides. 
 
 AMOS C. COOPER is a native of Clarke County, 
 Ohio, where be was born October 15, 1823. 
 
 At fourteen years of age, bis father dying, he started in 
 life for himself, working the first year for fifty dollars. 
 From that time until 1844, he worked at clearing lands, 
 chopping wood and kindred employments, receiving nine 
 dollars per month or twenty-five cents per cord for wood 
 chopping. 
 
 When about twenty- one, he conceived a desire to see 
 something of the world, and visited both Canada and 
 Michigan. 
 
 In 1845, be returned to Ohio, where he married Miss 
 Elizabeth Thurlow. Shortly afterward, he emigrated to 
 Sullivan County, Mo. After a stay of two years, be 
 returned to Ohio, and bis wife dying soon after, be in 1849 
 contracted tbe "gold fever," then very prevalent, and 
 traveled overland to California, where for two years he 
 followed mining witb fair success. 
 
 On bis return to Ohio, in 1851, be married Miss Ruth 
 Thurlow, and in March, 1852, came to Iowa and stopped 
 
 for the summer in Mahaska County, where be planted 
 a crop, but in September, 1852, came to Union County, 
 locating on lands still owned by bim in Section 14. 
 
 His time has been mainly spent in improving his fine 
 farm and in making a home for his declining years, but be 
 has filled various public oflices witb credit to himself and 
 satisfaction to bis fellow-citizens. He was the first 
 Treasurer and Recorder in tbe county, and in the township 
 has filled every ofiice except Constable. 
 
 He is tbe fatber of eight living children — seven boys, 
 one girl. One son died in the army. 
 
 C. S. STRYKER was born February 7, 1846, in 
 Pekin, Washington Co., Ind.; bis father being a practising 
 physician, but who, when the subject of this sketch was four 
 years old, entered the itinerant ministry of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, joining the Iowa Conference in 1856. 
 Charles, having secured a good common school education, 
 began, at an early age, to manifest a desire to become inde- 
 pendent of his parents, as regards pecuniary afiairs, and at 
 twelve years old began to defray all his own expenses, 
 working on a farm in summer and attending school in win- 
 ter. Upon attaining bis majority, he settled in Wilton, 
 Muscatine Co., Iowa, and entered into the dry goods busi- 
 ness in connection witb bis father, he assuming all the 
 responsibility and control of the business, with but four 
 months' previous experience as a clerk. 
 
 On September 15, 1869, he was married to Miss Alena 
 Campbell, of Scott County, Iowa, and after four years' 
 confinement behind tbe counter be concluded to turn his 
 attention to farming ; accordingly, putting his design into 
 execution, he visited tbis county, and bought tbe site of bis 
 present home, then only partially improved. Returning 
 home, he disposed of his business, and, in due time, settled 
 down on bis new purchase. Mr. Stryker was that winter 
 engaged in teaching school, in which he was very success- 
 ful, his services being in great request for several terms. 
 He having, at an early age, become an active member of 
 the church, and Sunday school leader, be assisted, in the 
 spring of 1871, in the re-organization of what is now Grove 
 Chapel Sunday School, which is still in a flourishing state. 
 
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 Mr. S. has filled nearly all the offices of the township, 
 both civil and educational, and is one of the best esteemed 
 settlers of Grant Township. 
 
 D. D. GREGORY.— This prominent member of the 
 Union County bar was born in Otsego County, New York, 
 April 23, 1832, and received a collegiate education, at Union 
 College, graduating in the class of 1856, and was ordained 
 as a minister amongst the Baptist denomination, in 18.'')8. 
 Leaving the ministry, he turned his attention to the study 
 and practice of law, in 1861, opening an office at De Witt, 
 Iowa. lie removed to Chicago in 1863, where he followed 
 his profession until the spring of 1867, when he again 
 removed to Iowa, making his liome at Afton, on June 8th 
 of that year, since which time he has been in our midst, 
 fulfilling, with great success, the duties of his profession. 
 
 J. R. POWERS is a native of New York, from which 
 he emigrated at an early age to Bureau County, Illinois. His 
 father, C. II. S. Powers, being at the time only in moderate 
 circumstances, the boys assisted their father in improving a 
 new farm, and .1. R. worked there until his removal to Iowa, 
 in 1871. 
 
 Mr. Powers, assisted pecuniarily by his father, who is 
 now possessed of large means, has improved a fine farm, 
 and has, all things considered, perhaps, the best farm in 
 Spaulding Township, the acreage numbering 800, 500 of 
 which are improved ; has a fine house, comfortable out- 
 buildings and a large grove of forest trees ; he deals largely 
 in sheep, cattle and hogs, having recently purchased a fine 
 herd of thorough-bred cattle, and is one of the most promi- 
 nent men of the county. 
 
 ROBERT MAXWELL was born in Indiana, August 
 14th, 182r), being the oldest of four children, his parents 
 being in moderate circumstances. 
 
 Having received a superior education for that sparsely 
 settled country, at the age of seventeen he removed to Illi- 
 nois with his parents, and followed teaching, also acquiring 
 the rudiments of the study of medicine. 
 
 At the age of twenty-one, he mniried and settled in 
 Knox County, Illinois, in 1848, where he remained until 
 
 the second year of the rebellion, when he enlisted under 
 " Lincoln's call for six hundred thousand more," and con- 
 tinued in the army until his discharge in 1865. He re- 
 sided in Knox County until 1875, when he came to Union 
 County, Iowa, purchased land in Lincoln Township, and is 
 now encraored in making himself a home among the enter- 
 prising freeholders of this county. 
 
 J. S. LY'TLE was born in York County Pennsylvania, 
 June 3d, 1800, and from an early age supported himself at 
 various pursuits, boating, coasting, railroading, etc. 
 
 In 1854, he emigrated from Jefferson County, Ohio, 
 where he had settled and located on Section 17, Douglas 
 Township. He traveled the entire distance by team, haul- 
 ing 1,700 pounds of freight and his famiW, and was thirty- 
 seven days on the road. 
 
 On arriving here, the first house he built was of logs, 
 hauled with a yoke of borrowed cattle, which, when com-' 
 pleted, was a source of mi»ch satisfaction to the owner. 
 
 For several years he kept a stage station, and also for 
 a long period represented the Township as Supervisor. At 
 the date of our present writing, " Uncle Jimmy," though 
 seventy-six years of age, is still hale and hearty, bidding 
 fair to last as long as many who at present have not at- 
 tained half his years. 
 
 GEORGE W. BEYMER.— Among the more promi- 
 nent and leading business men of Union County, the name 
 of G. W. Beymer looms to the front. He was born in New 
 Haven, Huron County, Ohio, but the days of his youth up 
 to manhood were passed at Green Spring, Seneca County, 
 in the same State. In 1856, he was carried to Iowa on 
 the great tidal wave of emigration that was then sweeping 
 over tlie country, and found a foothold at Ottumwa, then 
 an obscure village on the banks of the Des Moines River. 
 He moved from thence to Union County, in March, 1858, 
 and at once engaged in farming, which he followed until 
 1863, when he was elected County Clerk, a position he 
 filled for two terms with satisfaction to the public and 
 honor to himself At the expiration of his official career, 
 and at about the time the railroad was opened up to Afton, 
 
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 he engaged in the lumber trade, in wliich he has continued 
 until the present time, building up a large and lucrative 
 business. In religion, he comes under the head of Liberal, 
 and in politics he is a Republican of the radical school, and 
 an active and efficient worker in the organization. Few 
 men have labored more earnestly for all tliat pertains to the 
 advancement of the moral and material interests of so- 
 ciety, and none are more deserving of the success that has 
 crowned his assiduous attention to business. 
 
 WILLIAM :M. WICKIIAM is a native of Ohio, 
 where his early years were spent. In June, 1855, he, 
 being a single man, settled, by pre-emption, on Section 1, 
 Highland Township. In March, 1858, he married Miss 
 Lucretia Emerson, with whom he lived happily until 1874, 
 when she died, much lamented. He has always lived on 
 the same farm, except three years in the army, when he 
 joined Company II, 29th Iowa Volunteer Infimtry. In his 
 first settlement in this county,' Mr. Wickham raised the 
 money to pay for 120 acres of land by splitting rails at $1 
 per 100. He has occupied various positions of trust, and 
 has now a fine fiirm, bearing orchard, and is one of Union 
 County's most reliable and respected citizens. 
 
 0. J. SILVERTHORN was born in Easton, Pennsyl- 
 vania, in 1827, being one of a family of eleven children, 
 and emigrated with his parents to Iowa, in 1839, crossing 
 the Mississippi at Burlington, on the ice, in the month of 
 December. His father was one of the first settlers in Mus- 
 catine County, making the first track, and building the first 
 log cabin, in what is known as the " Silverthorn Settle- 
 ment" to this day. The facilities for education were very 
 meager, in Iowa, at that time, and it was only by much 
 effort and perseverance, that Mr. Silverthorn acquired a 
 good practical education. His first enterprise in life was 
 to make tlie overland trip to California in search of gold, 
 in 1850, on which journey he came near suffering death by 
 starvation. Returning in 1852, he was married to Miss 
 Harriet Savage, daughter of .John Savage, Esq., of Cass 
 County, Illinois. He then embarked in stock farming, in 
 Muscatine County, Iowa, where he has left the record of a 
 
 good citizen; from thence, coming to L^nion County, in 
 1872, finally settling in Creston, in 1874. 
 
 Mr. S. is now a partner in the real estate firm of Sil- 
 verthorn & Guthridge. His family consists of three sons 
 and two daughters — the eldest son (0. E. Silverthorn) now 
 managing the drug store of Silverthorn k Son, being 
 reckoned, with his father, amongst the substantial citizens 
 of Creston. 
 
 J. D. SPAULDING was born in Onondaga County, 
 New York, in 184-3, his father owning one of the finest 
 farms in the county. 
 
 Mr. S. received the advantages of a common school and 
 academy education, and in due time taught school himself 
 After attaining the age of twenty-one, he made a trip to 
 Michigan, where he remained one year, and on his return 
 visited West Virginia and the oil regions, and the spring 
 after went into business in Syracuse, remaining there until 
 1867, when he disposed of his interest there and sought a 
 home in Union County. 
 
 He was, with E. J. Emmons, the first settler in Town- 
 ship 7o, 31, which upon its organization, in 1870, received 
 its name from him as its earliest pioneer. Mr. Spaulding 
 was married, in 1870, to Miss Mattie Palmer, of Syracuse, 
 N. Y., and is the owner of one of the largest farms in 
 Union County. 
 
 E. J. EMMONS is a native of Cortland County, New 
 York, where he was born in 1844. 
 
 His father was a farmer, and E. J. was roared on tlie 
 paternal acres, and enjoyed the advantages of a good school 
 and academical education. In August, 18G2, he joined tlie 
 ranks of the 44th New York Volunteer Infimtry, ''Ells- 
 worth's Avengers," in the call for "600,000 more," and 
 served in Maryland and Virginia until May, 1863, being 
 discharged on certificate of surgeon. He then returned to 
 his old home, remaining there one year; then concluding 
 to enter the Commercial College at Syracuse, pursued liis 
 studies there and afterward engaged as book-keeper in tlie 
 same city, until 1867, wlien, in company with .J. D. 
 Spaulding, he came to Union County, Iowa, where he is 
 
H.A.BOTELMAN 
 
 County Auditor 
 
 'A. SKINNER 
 
 Treasurer" 
 
 CAPT.B r MARTZ 
 Recorder 
 
 E J EMMONS 
 
 Clerkof Circuit & District Courti. 
 
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 Sheriff 
 
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 now the owner of a fine farm of 4S0 acres, in Spaulding 
 Township. In 1872, Mr. Emmons was elected County 
 Clerk, fulfilling the duties of the office with such efficiency 
 that in 1874 lie was re-elected without opposition. 
 
 ANSON SKINNER.— Tills excellent county officer 
 and estimable man is a native of the Iloosier State, having 
 been born in Vermilion County, Indiana, April 15, 1834, 
 moving with his parents into the new Territory of Iowa, in 
 the spring of 1844, where he assisted in imjjroving and 
 running a new farm, until he was about twenty years of age, 
 during which time his opportunities for education had been 
 very limited ; after this, however, he attended the academy 
 at Kossuth, Des Moines County, where he acquired a fair 
 English education. 
 
 He was married, on the 22d of March, 18Dr), to Miss L. 
 J. Morgan, daughter of the Hon. W. F. Morgan, of Keokuk 
 County, Iowa, and soon after, gave his attention to the 
 ministry, officiating amongst the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 body. During the war, he was appointed Chaplain of the 
 Forty-fifth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, and after its close, 
 having been injured by sunstroke, left the ministry, giving 
 his attention to commercial pursuits. 
 
 In 1875, he was nominated l)y the Republican party 
 for the Treasurer's office of Union County, where he had 
 previously resided for several years, and was elected by a 
 considerable majority. Mr. Skinner has always been a 
 Republican, casting his first vote for John C. Fremont, and 
 enjoys, in no small degree, the confidence and approbation 
 of his fellow citizens. 
 
 H. A. BOTLEMAN, who is another of Union County"s 
 efficient officers, was raised in the State of Ohio, where he 
 was born in September, 1825, in Adams County. 
 
 Being reared on a farm, he only enjoyed such advan- 
 tages of education as the county schools afforded, spending 
 one year at school after attaining his majority, and teaching 
 school for five years after. 
 
 Mr. Botleman came to Iowa, in the spring of 1852, and 
 entered land in Union County during the same year, teach- 
 ing a six months' term of school at Birmingham, Van Buren 
 
 County, in this State, during the winter of 1852-3. He 
 returned to Ohio in the spring of 1853, remaining there 
 until the spring of 1855, when he again made his home in 
 Union County, with his brother Robert, where they together 
 improved a farm in Jones Township, on Grand River, since 
 which time Mr. B. has been one of the most valued resi- 
 dents of Union County, standing second to none in the esti- 
 mation of his fellow citizens, who have conferred upon him 
 the offices of Clerk and Auditor, for ten years. He is not, 
 however, a candidate for re-election, being conscientiously 
 opposed to all third terms, and intends, when his term of 
 office is expired, to enjoy the otiuyn. cum dtf/nitate that his 
 untiring public labors have so well ileserved. 
 
 Mr. B. was married, in 1859, to Miss Margaret Shep- 
 herd, who died in 1869. He is a Democrat, but is court- 
 eous and urbane to Republican and Democrat alike, and is 
 one of the best County Auditoi's Union County was ever 
 blessed with. 
 
 F. M. RICHEY is a native of Franklin County, Ohio, 
 was born in 1841, and was reared on the paternal farm, 
 receiving a common school education. In 1855, Mr. 
 Richey emigrated to Union County, Iowa, with his parents, 
 his father buying land and improving a farm in Union 
 Township. . 
 
 In 1865, he married Miss Pauline Dickenson, and in 
 1870, was elected Sheriff of this county, which position he 
 still holds, giving universal satisfaction by his courtesy to 
 all and strict attention to business. 
 
 CAPT. R. KELLEY.— Born at Groton, Connecticut, in 
 1815, and from the early age of twelve commenced to follow 
 whaling. He continued in that business until 1869, the 
 last twenty-five years of his sea life being master of a whale 
 ship. In 1870, he came to Union County, Iowa, settling 
 on a farm, which soon after he sold and moved to Afton, 
 in 1874, where he now carries on a general loan business. 
 
 Mr. Kellcy has been twice married, his present wife's 
 name having been Martha A. Bogue. 
 
 Dr. J. W. GRAVES was born in 1836, in Moscow, 
 Clermont County, Ohio, his parents being farmers. He 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 acquired his cduc-itioii entirely by his own eff"orts, as his 
 parents were in Ijut moderate cireumstanccs. 
 
 He married, in 1857, Miss C. J. Wright, and the same 
 year, moved to Wayne County, Iowa, where he arrived, in 
 due time, without a dolhir in his pocket. Nothing daunted, 
 however, by his lack of this world's wealth, he set to work 
 prosecuting his medical studies, and, after a time, went to 
 (jrundy County, Missouri, where he commenced the prac- 
 tice of medicine. 
 
 During the war, the Doctor served in the Missouri 
 State Regular Troops, till the latter part of 1874, when he 
 moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana, still continuing 
 the practice of medicine, where he mst with much success. 
 In 1868, he removed to Monroe County, Iowa, where he 
 opened up a farm, but in 1869 sold it, and settled in the 
 new town of Creston, coming there when the town was 
 mostly wild prairie, since which time. Dr. Graves has been 
 identified with the interests of this rapidly improving city. 
 
 T. M. ROBINSON was born June 10, 1825, in 
 Guernsey County, Ohio, spending his boyhood and youth, 
 up to eighteen years of age, on a farm. He then followed 
 the carpenter's trade until the summer of 1855. 
 
 He came West in 1854, settled in Knoxville Nov. 5th, 
 and in March, 1855, removed to Union County. The fol- 
 lowing summer he was elected Treasurer and Recorder of 
 that county, which office he retained until January, 1863, 
 when be retired to private life, since whicli time, however, 
 he has filled tlie office of Mayor of ;Vfton for two terms, with 
 much acceptance. 
 
 Mr. R. was mairicd in 1850 to Miss Jane Coates, who 
 died in 1864, when he took as his second wife Miss Eva 
 Foreaker, in 1866. 
 
 J. B. HARSH was born Sept. 8, 1845, in Clinton 
 County, Ohio, and received his early education at a 
 country district school. He commenced teaching school at 
 16 years of age; taught winters and worked on the farm 
 j summers, until he went into the army, where he served as 
 Orderly Sergeant, Co. K, 148th Illinois Volunteer Infant- 
 ry ; mustered out September, 1865, and i-esumed teaching. 
 
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 Imt soon after entered college. He next taught in the pub- 
 lic schools of Galesburg, and finally became President of the 
 Western Business College in that place, which position he 
 held for four years, and, by characteristic energy and a 
 large outlay of money, soon placed it in the front rank of 
 similar institutions. In the school year 1867-68, no less 
 than 1,352 students attended this college. 
 
 He is the author of Harsh's Bookkeepers' Manual, also 
 Harsh's Business Arithmetic — works which are still used in 
 the school ; twenty-two of his former students are now citi- 
 zens of Union County. In 1869, he resigned bis position in 
 the college to acci'iit a situation in the land and loan office 
 of E. C. & C. L. Davidson, at a salary of $2,000 per year, 
 and succeeded so well that he soon askeil to be relieved, and 
 came to Creston in the winter of 1871. He opened a 
 land office, and by much advertising and hard work succeeded 
 in selling large quantities of land in this and adjoining 
 counties. 
 
 Mr. Harsh held the office of Justice of the Peace during 
 a rather unsettled time in Creston, and soon after was 
 elected Mayor, and signalized his term of office by raising 
 the license on saloons, and enforcing the Sabbath laws. He 
 havino; studied law while President of the Galesburg Busi- 
 ness College, was, after he came to Creston, admitted to 
 practice. In connection with C. M. Shultz, he founded the 
 Creston Gazette, which soon became and is yet the most in- 
 fluential paper in the county. He has also laid off" six 
 additions to Creston, and in all iiis various pursuits, he is 
 still the same conscientious, temperate, law-abiding and law- 
 sustaining citizen, and has done as much as any man in the 
 county to attract settlers in to develop the resources of 
 this section. 
 
 II. M. WAY is a native of Ashtabula County, Ohio, 
 being born tlierc in 1828, his parents being farmers. After 
 picking up what education he could at the district schools, 
 he started on his own hook, leaving for Califoinia in Feb- 
 ruar}', 1849. traveling overland: about 200 miles west of 
 St. Joe, while crossing Kansas, he was accidentally shot in 
 the hip, and after being given up by his (companions Avas 
 left (as they thought) to die in charge of some half-breeds. 
 
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 CO.SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT 
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 In course of time, however, lie recovered sufficiently to 
 undertake the journey to St Joe, accompanied by his friends, 
 the half-breeds, reclining on a load of straw in one of their 
 rude conveyances. He then retin-ned to Ohio, crippled 
 from the effect of his accident, and after eight months recov- 
 ■ ered and set out for California again, this time via New York 
 and Isthmus of Panama. lie left New York in 1850, and 
 in due time arrived at Gorgona, Isthmus of Panama, his 
 total capital on landing being five cents. 
 
 Here he spent three months traveling with a pack train 
 of mules, and after that took passage to San Francisco on 
 an old condemned tub of a propeller, along with about 1,200 
 more, bound for the Land of Gold. Next morning the 
 vessel had about eleven feet of water in the hold, and was 
 obliged to keep all hands continually at the pumps ; the 
 fourth day out, the ship, being overtaken by a severe storm, 
 lay for eighteen hours in the trough of the sea in the Gulf 
 of Tehuantapec in hourly expectation of foundering. During 
 that storm, quantities of the provisions and water were 
 washed overboard; and tlie whole company were on half 
 rations forty-three days, and the last two days licfore reach- 
 ing San Francisco did not eat a mouthful. 
 
 Mr. Way landed in San Francisco with but five cents in 
 his pocket, and which he immediately invested in procuring 
 something, and a very little something it was, to appease his 
 appetite. He soon after became a member of the police 
 force of Sacramento at a time when ruffianism reifrned 
 
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 rampant in the city. Here he witnessed many of the 
 shooting, hanging and similar occurrences which took place 
 almost every day at that period. Leaving California after 
 rather over a three years' stay, he returned to New York 
 and came west to Kewanee, 111., in August, 1854, when the 
 place was a cornfield; he remained there until the outbreak 
 of the war, when he joined the 42d Illinois as First Lieu- 
 tenant, and was promoted to a Captaincy in the spring of 
 1862, being engaged chiefly on detached service. 
 
 After the close of the war, he visited the oil regions, 
 remaining there eight months, and then returned to Kewanee, 
 coming to Creston in 1870, and opened a general hardware 
 and agricultural implement depot in that town. Mr. Way 
 has filled many positions of trust in Creston ; is a mem- 
 
 ber of the School Board, and served as Mayor in the 
 year 1875. 
 
 He married, in 1856, Miss Mary A. Thornton, daughter 
 of Mr. A. Thornton, of Kewanee, Illinois. 
 
 WILLIAM M. LOCK was born in West Cambriilge, 
 Massachusetts, September 6, 1817, and is lineally descended 
 from one of the emigrants who landed on the "stern and 
 rock bound coast" of Plymouth early in the seventeenth 
 century. 
 
 He obtained his education at the common schools, his 
 parents being farmers, and served his apprenticeship, at 
 Boston, to the trade of leather dressing. In 1 837, he struck 
 out west, and cast anchor at Pike County, Illinois, working 
 on a farm. 
 
 From thence he moved to Missouri, in 1839, to Chariton 
 County, and in July, 1810, settled at Quincy, Illinois, 
 where he stayed until May 7, 1850. 
 
 In 1845, he married Miss Lousia M. Egan, and in 1S50, 
 started westward, he setting stakes in the Mormon settle- 
 ment at Pisgah, in Union County. 
 
 Mr. Lock was the first Postmaster in Union County, and 
 the father of the first white child born within its limits. 
 He moved from Pisgah to Afton in 1856, and there engaged 
 in the hotel business, building a large tavern where the 
 foundry now stands, which was unfortunately burnt down, 
 Mr. Lock being a heavy loser. 
 
 He was elected Coroner in 1875, which office he still 
 holds, bearing his honors with humility, and enjoys the 
 proud pre-eminence of being the first living pioneer of 
 Union County. 
 
 GEO. W. McGINNIS was born in Fayette County, 
 Ohio, January, 1832. His father was a man of moderate 
 means, and George lived at home, working on the farm and 
 boating on the Ohio River, until he attained the age of twen- 
 ty-one, when, a year later, in 1854, he took Greeley's 
 advice, and came West, into the then nearly untrodden 
 wilds of Union County, Iowa. 
 
 He there bought eighty acres of land on Section 3, 
 Town 72, Range 30, and returned to Ohio the same year. 
 
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 where lu' iii:init'(l Miss M. J. 'rrimblo, and in 1855 returned 
 to Union County witli his wife, lie taking deck pa,ssage on 
 the steamer while his wife took cabin, his finances not per- 
 mitting of the purchase of two cabin passages. 
 
 yii: Mcdiniiis, wlien lie commenced life, was quite poor, 
 but by perseverance and hard knocks, he has accumulated 
 a fine property, comprising his original purchase and large 
 tracts added thereto, he owning 1,000 acres of land, besides 
 a large stock of cattle, horses and hogs. 
 
 SAMUEL RIGGS is a native of Todd County, State 
 of Kentucky, first seeing the light on April 30, 1806. He 
 is entirely self-educated, having only attended school during 
 a period of three months in a log school house. 
 
 In 1817, Mr. Riggs' father removed to Chariton County, 
 Mo., and opened up a farm. Then he came to Howard 
 County, in the same State, and remained in that county 
 seven years, during which time young Riggs and his father 
 put into cultivation 100 acres of timber land. 
 
 Mr. Riggs then removed to Boone County, Mo., and 
 remained there three years, then made settlements in Mon- 
 roe and Scotland Counties, and also found his way back to 
 Kentucky, where he lived in Graves County. He first 
 moved to Iowa in the fall of 1842, making Davis County his 
 home, in which county he served as Sheriff for a consid- 
 erable time, being elected in 1845. 
 
 In 1849, Mr. Riggs was elected to the Legislature, being 
 succes.sful principally by the Mormon vote, whose Presiding 
 Elder received a revelation, the evening before the election, 
 to the effect that the Mormons must vote the Democratic 
 ticket, whose candidate Mr. Riggs was, which they accord- 
 ingly did, the election resulting in a rousing majority for 
 "Uncle Sammy." 
 
 In 1854, Mr. Riggs settled in Union County, and enjoys 
 the honor of being one of the first to make the west part of 
 the county his home. He has been County Supervisor, and 
 has, besides, filled other offices of trust in tlic township, and 
 enjoys, in no small degree, the respect and confidence of his 
 fellow citizens. 
 
 Mr. Riggs has been tw ice married ; first to Miss Rhoda 
 Belcher, Howard County, who died in 1836, and secondly, 
 
 in the same year, to Miss Marina Piper, Todd County, Ken- 
 tucky ; he has several children living, his sons, Jasper and 
 Daniel Riggs, being well known all over Union and adjoin- 
 ing counties as straight dealing business men and good 
 citizens. 
 
 His son, Samuel, enlisted in the 29th Iowa Infantry, and 
 died at St. Louis, during the war, in 1863. 
 
 B. F. MARTZ was born at Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 28, 
 1839, obtaining his education in an academy of that town, 
 also at Crittenden's Commercial College, Philadelphia, 
 being afterward employed as book-keeper in a wholesale 
 house of that city. 
 
 In 1859, at the time of the gold excitement, he and 
 three others struck for Pike's Peak, traveling from Omaha, 
 Neb., with a wagon and team, carrying with them some 
 flour and canned fruits. ]Mr. Martz arrived safely at Den- 
 ver, having had some buffalo hunting on the way, and sold 
 his flour at a good figure. After various adventures, he 
 came to Iowa, settling in Union County, where he remained 
 until August, 1862, when he joined Co. D, 36th low^a 
 Infantry, and after remaining a short time at Keokuk, 
 proceeded via St. Louis to Memphis, Tenn., in which place 
 he remained until December 31, 1862, when he was ordered 
 to Helena, Ark., receiving soon after further orders to 
 accompany the expedition to Yazoo Pass. On the failure of 
 that expedition, the regiment returned to Helena, losing 
 heavily from the sharpshooters concealed on the banks of the 
 river. Mr. Martz was also present in the battle of Helena, 
 July 4, 1863, which resulted in the Confederates being 
 routed with heavy loss. On August 11, 1863, Mr. M.'s 
 regiment accompanied General Steele on the Arkansas 
 expedition, which resulted in the capture of Little Rock. 
 He was then detailed as clerk on General Steele's staff, 
 until he received a commission as First Lieutenant and 
 Adjutant of the 57th U. S. Colored Infimtry. In 1864, he 
 was promoted to Captain of Co. E in the same regiment, 
 and was then ordered to Fort Smith, Ark., to do duty there 
 during the Grand Indian Council convened by General 
 Grant, and attended by the chiefs of most of the Indian 
 nations. The Messrs. " Lo, " not coinciding with the views 
 
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 taken by the I'. S. Generals, departeil in disgust, leaving 
 Grant's officers to fix matters to suit themselves. Capt. 
 Martz's regiment, after a long and toilsome inarch, suc- 
 ceeded in garrisoning three forts in New Mexico, until the 
 fall of 1866, when the regiment was mustered out at Leav- 
 enworth, Kansas. He then returned to Union County, and 
 commenced freighting goods between Ottumwa and Afton, 
 until after the C, B. &: Q. R. R. was built, when he was 
 elected to the Recordership of Union County, which office he 
 now holds. 
 
 T. L. ANDREWS, M. D.— Dr. Andrews was born in 
 Danbury, Conn., and is the fifth of six sons, all of whom 
 are now living. His father was a Congregational clergy- 
 man, and five of his six sons have been ministers. Dr. A.'s 
 boyhood was spent in Litchfield County, Conn. With the 
 exception of three years in a country store, he was engaged 
 in attending school or teaching until he was twenty-two. 
 He then commenced the study of medicine, took a three 
 years' course, and graduated at the Castleton, Vt., Medical 
 College in November, 1845. In the same month, he left 
 New England for a climate more congenial to sensitive 
 lungs ; spent some weeks in Cincinnati attending medical 
 lectures and visiting hospitals, drifted into Tennessee and 
 remained a year in Clarksville. Finding the climate of 
 Tennessee uncongenial, he continued his wanderings south- 
 ward, and landed in New Orleans in the spring of 1847. 
 After examination by the State Medical Board, he received 
 a license to practice medicine, stuck out his shingle and 
 remained two years in the practice of his profession. In 
 January, 1849, he was employed by the American Coloni- 
 zation Society as physician and surgeon to accompany a 
 colony of manumitted slaves to Liberia, Africa. The voy- 
 age was a long, stormy and tedious one of seventy 
 days. The cholera, which had carried oil' twelve or fifteen 
 of the freedmen in the city, broke out afresh the second 
 day out, and raged with fatal virulence for several days. 
 Eighteen of the 150 died. Leaving Africa in April, he 
 crossed over to South America, stopping a few days at 
 Bahia, and voyaged down the coast to Rio Janeiro. Here 
 he remained six weeks, looking in vain for an opportunity 
 
 to return to New Orleans. Becoming disgusted with wait- 
 ing, he embarked on a German vessel, bound for San Fran- 
 cisco via Cape Horn and Valparaiso. A prosperous voyage 
 brought him to the Golden Gate, about the middle of 
 November, 1849. In employments too various to men- 
 tion, from Inspector of Customs to editor of a newspaper, 
 he passed the next five years, with the exception of a nine 
 months' absence from the State. In the spring of 1851, 
 he took a voyage, partly for pleasure and partly for profit, 
 into the South Pacific Ocean, and remained about four 
 months on a little island in the Navigator or Samoan group, 
 trafficking with the natives. Returning via the Sandwich 
 Islands, he spent two or three very agreeable months in the 
 family of a cousin. Rev. Lorin Andrews, a missionary, 
 residing in Honolulu. 
 
 In March, 1855, he returned to New England by the 
 Nicaragua route. In the fall of that year, he located in 
 Marietta, Ohio. In the spring of 1856, he assumed the 
 editorship and control of the Whig newspaper in Marietta, 
 contributing what he could to the formation of the Repub- 
 lican party, and zealously supporting John C. Fremont for 
 President, and Salmon P. Chase for Governor of Ohio. 
 Dr. A. married, in May, 1856, Miss Laura A. Childs, of 
 Niagara Falls, who was a true wife, and embodied all that 
 is meant by the Scriptural term " helpmeet." Five living 
 children are the fruit of this union. Impairment of health 
 from too hard work and close confinement obliged him to 
 give up the newspaper; and in 1862 he removed to Niagara 
 Falls. From that time until 1869, he was engaged in vari- 
 ous out-door employments with the primary object of re- 
 storing his health. In the spring of 1869, in company 
 with his eldest son, he come to Adair County, Iowa, with 
 the intention of making it his permanent home. Having 
 prepared a house, his wife and children followed him in the 
 summer of the same year. He cultivated a small farm and 
 gave considerable attention to professional duties. 
 
 Mrs. A. died suddenly in January, 1874, greatly be- 
 loved by all who came within reach of her magical influ- 
 ence. In October, of the same year, Dr. A. broke uj) 
 housekeeping, sent his children East and came to Creston, 
 where he has since resided. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 As early as 1858, he was led to investigate the clairas 
 nf hoiiicojiathy as a system uf practice; and after some 
 years' struggle, embraced it as superior to allopathy. lie is 
 now practicing this system, and building up a good and 
 luci-ative business in and about Creston. 
 
 DAVID WOOLLEY first saw the light in Jefferson 
 County, Indiana, following farming — the occupation of his 
 father — until he was about thirty years old. At the out- 
 break of the war, Mr. Woolley (having previously settltd 
 in Iowa) joined the ranks of the Eleventh Iowa A'^olunteer 
 Infantry, being part of the time under the command of 
 Gen. McPherson, following Sherman in his march through 
 Georgia, and was present at most of the actions fought dur- 
 ing that campaign. 
 
 He was mustered out in lS6f) and came to Creston in 
 1870, since which time he has been identified with the inter- 
 ests of the town and has occupied various public offices 
 during his residence here. In the present year, Mr. Wool- 
 ley visited the Pdack Hills, and on his return to Creston 
 was welcomed by the citizens with an ovation which very 
 few who witnessed will ever forget. 
 
 Mr. Woolley, although noted for his kindly disposition 
 and domestic inclinations, has never assumed the responsi- 
 bility of a benedict, but has so far passed his life in single 
 blessedness. He, in a large degree, possesses the confidence 
 and esteem of his fellow-citizens. 
 
 A. D. TEMPLE, Esq., was born in the city of Burling- 
 ton, Iowa, November 8, 1840, where his father resided and 
 where the subject of this sketch acquired the rudiments of 
 a common school education. At thirteen years of age, he 
 entered the Gazette printing office, where for two years he 
 worked as a printer's apprentice. In 18.55, he left home, 
 and, being ambitious to pursue some calling other than that 
 of printer, he secured a position as clerk in the post office 
 at (Jhariton, where he worked for one year. He then 
 secured a position as clerk and book-kce])er in the liank of 
 Temple Bros., where he remained three years, and, umler 
 the excellent tutelage of his senior brother, E. A. Temple, 
 became thoroughly conversant with banking and book-keep- 
 
 ing in all forms. In the year I8li0, being then but twenty j 
 years of age, he left his position in the liank and started in 
 tiie retail clothing business, in Ottumwa, where he remained 
 three years. At the end of this time, he sold out and en- 
 tered the private banking house of W. B. Bonnifield as 
 book-keeper. The year following, the First National of 
 Centerville was opened, and the officers, desirous of com- 
 mencing right, seeking the most competent book-keeper they 
 could find, secured his services, where he remained one 
 year. Closing his engagement with them in April, 1865, 
 he returned to Ottumwa and engaged with the United States 
 E.xpress Company for two years, running as messenger on 
 the stage line from Ottumwa to Leon, Decatur County, a 
 position by no means desirable, at this time, the war spirit 
 being rampant, and the route on the border of Missouri in- 
 viting raids by bushwhackers. 
 
 In 1867, he accepted a position with F. W. Brooks & 
 Co., bankers, at Chariton, where he remained until 1871, 
 when he came to the new town of Creston and opened the 
 bank of S. II. Mallory & Co., acting as Cashier and General 
 Manager until January last, when he became a partner in 
 the firm. His business success in Creston has been remark- 
 able, and his reputation is that of being one of the most 
 active, far-seeing and energetic men in the city. In the 
 front of every enterprise tending to promote the material 
 interests of the community, he has, from inclination and 
 position, done as much, perhaps more, than any other citi- 
 zen in pushing forward various enterprises which now reflect 
 credit upon the city and community. 
 
 In the year 1857, he married Miss Julia A. Swctt, of 
 Chariton. 
 
 C. H. FULLER is a native of Delaware County, Ohio, 
 where he was born in 1847, and received a common school 
 education, spending his whole life on the farm, with the 
 exception of a term of three years, when he clerked in a 
 store. 
 
 His father having, previous to his death, purchased Gov- 
 ernment land in this county in 1854, it was deemed neces- 
 sary to move thence, and on the 1st of April, 1868, with 
 the assistance of J. F. Bishop, Mr. Fuller ascertained the 
 
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 location of his land, on wliicli, in company with his widowed 
 mother and four other chihh'cn, lie settled down in his new 
 home, where he still resides. lie was married to Miss Lou 
 Reasoner, of Madison County, in 1872, and has two chil- 
 dren. 
 
 FRANCIS M. EMERSON, the tenth and youngest 
 child of Timothy and Polly Emerson, was born in Coshoc- 
 ton County, Ohio, in liS2r) ; was married to Miss Susan 
 Hunt in 1847, and in 1850, started with fourteen others for 
 California by the then comparatively unknown overland 
 route, via Kansas City, Laramie and Great Salt Lake ; he 
 returned to his family, via Panama, in 1856, after a si.x 
 years' absence, and in the same year moved to Clarke County, 
 Iowa, and in 1859, settled on his present residence in Pleas- 
 ant Township, Union County. Mr. Emerson's father was 
 a native of Ashby, Mass., where he was born in 1777, 
 moved to Ohio in 1818, where resided until his death, in 
 1873. 
 
 WALTER POPJOY was born in Wiltshire, England, 
 in 1831, emigrated to America in 1851, and engaged him- 
 self on a farm in Pennsylvania ; in 1858, he commenced 
 fishing on the Delaware River, and continued in that pursuit 
 until 1870, when he came to Union County, Iowa, and pur- 
 chased and improved eighty acres of land in the southwest 
 corner of Douglas Township, which, after the old English 
 fashion, is called "Maplewood farm." 
 
 He married, in 1864, a daughter of Captain Talman, of 
 Marcus Hook, Pa., and thinks that Union County is the 
 best farming country he was ever in. 
 
 D. J. GUTHRIDGE is a native of Champaign County, 
 Ohio, where he was born, Feb. 12, 1811, in which county 
 he resided, receiving a common school education, until his 
 fifteenth year ; his father dying at that time, he was taken 
 from school and placed in a mercantile firm, located in 
 -\enia, Ohio, in whose service he continued ten years. In 
 his twenty-fifth year, he married and settled down to busi- 
 ness, and in 1852, moved to Oskaloosa, where he engaged 
 in business as a merchant. In April, 1855, together with 
 others prospecting the country, he visited the sites of Afton 
 
 and Mount Ayr, and concluded to invest in Afton real 
 estate, and erected the fii'st frame store house in that town. 
 Settling down in the goods business in Afton, he experi- 
 enced all the inconvenience of a frontier life, having to team 
 his goods from the Mississippi River, requiring sixteen to 
 twenty days to make the round trip. Business men now, in 
 this Centennial, 1876, who have their goods put down at 
 their door, know but little about the disadvantages of trade 
 in Union County in 1856. Of his means, he contributed, 
 with others, to build up the interests of the town, and is to- 
 day, with one or two exceptions, the oldest citizen of the 
 town. In the early controversy, between Afton and High- 
 land, which should be the county seat, he took a lively 
 interest in fixvor of Afton, and contributed more than any 
 other man for its continuance at the former place. 
 
 The last ten years, he has devoted much of his time, 
 and most of his means, to the improvement of his farm, 
 comprising the southeast quarter (S. E. \) of Sec. 7, Town 
 72, Range 28, and the N. W. I of the N. W. \ of Sec. 
 17, Town 72, Range 28, and the South i, S. E. \ of 
 the S. E. \ of Sec. 8, 72, 28— in all 220 acres, all of 
 which is under fence, and 152J acres in cultivation, having 
 Grand River on tlie cast boundary for three-quarters of a 
 mile, beside being intersected by Pisgah Branch, making all 
 together a most desirable home. 
 
 M. A. LATHROP was born in Chenango County, 
 New York, in 1820 ; removed to Bureau County, Illinois, 
 in the spring of 1850, and in 1855 he again removed to 
 Annawan, Henry County, in the same State ; being attracted 
 by the healtliy climate and pure water of Union County, 
 Iowa, lie removed from Illinois to Sand Creek Township, 
 in the spring of 1876. He has for fifteen years of his life 
 served as an itinerant minister, and is also a stroii"; tem- 
 perancc advocate. 
 
 C. 0. WEDGE was born in Litchfield County, Con- 
 necticut, in 1812, his father being in the United States 
 service in the war which occurred at that time. At the 
 age of eight, his fixmily moved to Ohio ; here he attained to 
 the years of manhood, and was married' in 1833, to Miss 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UiNlON COUiNTY. 
 
 Paulina Ellenwoml. IIo then engageil Iiim.soH' in stone- 
 cutting, afterward in boating from Pittsburgh to some of 
 the Southern cities. In 1841, he moved to Henry County, 
 Illinois, and hauled his wheat to Chicago (140 miles) to sell 
 it at fifty-four cents per bushel, and his pork to Peoria, to 
 receive $2.50 per 100 for it. After living in Henry 
 County, Illinois, nineteen years, during which time he 
 served four years as Justice of the Peace, he, in 1870, 
 moved to Union County, Iowa, and bought and improved 
 ]"20 acres of land. 
 
 Being badly injured by his horses in 1873, he sold his 
 farm, and in 1875 moved to Afton, first buying and 
 im]u-oviiig a 240-acre tract of land. He has served three 
 years as Justice of the Peace in this county, and is the 
 father of nine children, seven of which still live. 
 
 W. 11. IIUNTZINGER was born in Marion County, 
 Ind., in 1842, his boyhood being spent on the farm. In 
 1862, he enlisted in the 79th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, 
 and participated in all the many battles in which that 
 gallant regiment was engaged, except that of Murfreesboro, 
 from which he was absent on sick lea\'e. He received a 
 commission as First Lieutenant in the same regiment, and 
 after the close of the war, came to Union County, Iowa, and 
 purchased land, in August, 1865. In 1868, he married 
 Miss Elizabeth Hegetswheeler, of Bates County, Mo., since 
 which time he has devoted his energies to farming and also 
 to the Sunday School cause, in which he is a prominent 
 worker. 
 
 I. K. WHITE was born in Wheelock, Vermont, in 1825, 
 and olitained his education at the district school ; on attain- 
 ing his majority, he joined an older brother, at Nashua, N. H., 
 and engaged in building railroad bridges, which he followed 
 until 1852, when he was married to Miss Elizabeth Gregg, 
 of Manchester, N. H., and followed farming for three years. 
 He then, much against the wishes of his friends, concluded 
 to go West, and arrived in Danbury, Du Page Count}', Illi- 
 nois, in the spring of 1856. After a year's stay there, he 
 started to visit a brother in Union County, Iowa, and found 
 him living in company with another family, in all sixteen 
 
 persons, in a small log cabin sixteen feet square, through 
 wliicli the snow and rain penetrated. In spite of these 
 hardships, however, Mr. White bought 300 acres of land, 
 i and in May, 1857, moved his family upon it and commenced 
 improvements. Mr. White has raised a large family of eight 
 children — six boys and two girls — and has endeavored to do 
 his share in all enterprises which have for their object the 
 greatest good to the greatest number. He is at present one- 
 of the three County Supervisors and is highly regarded by 
 men of all political parties. 
 
 ' E. S. CRESSWELL was born in Lee County, Iowa 
 Territory, in July, 1844. His parents afterward moved to 
 Van Buren County, where he received a common school 
 education. Being incapacitated by sickness, when a child, 
 from following the plow, he turned his attention to other 
 pursuits, spending several years in clerking and attending 
 school. In 1868, he commenced business in Afton, and, in 
 November of the same year, formed a partnership with Mr. 
 W. V. Lemon, and opened the first store in Cromwell, then 
 containing only two houses. In 1860, the firm built the 
 first store house in Creston, where they sold groceries, etc. 
 Early in 1870, Mr. Lemon retired, the Creston store was 
 closed and Mr. Cresswell returned to Cromwell, in which 
 place he has continued in business ever since. He was mar- 
 ried, in 1873, to Miss Mattie Smiley, of McDonough County, 
 Illinois, and expects to make Cromwell his permanent home. 
 
 JONA. F. ICKIS is a native of Mahoning County, 
 Ohio, where he was born, in June, 1824, and where he re- 
 sided until 1852, teaching and clerking. At that date, he 
 removed to Lee County, near Keokuk, in this State, and 
 remained there until the spring of 1854, when he made 
 Union County his home and settled on Section 31, Union 
 Township, and in the same year was appointed School Fund 
 Commissioner and held that office until 1856, when he was 
 succeeded by Reuben Riggs, the issue of election being 
 whether the county seat should be located at Highland or 
 Afton. Mr. Ickis served two years as County Surveyor, 
 and, in October, 1857, settled in Pleasant Township, on 
 Grand River, erected a saw-mill and followed the business 
 
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 of sawing lumber until 1862, wlion lie removed to his pres- 
 ent residence on Section 31, Pleasant Township. He was 
 also a member of the Board of Supervisors two terms, and 
 is to-day one of the most valued and prominent citizens of 
 this county. 
 
 JAMES M. WICKIIAM, Sr., was born in Hancock 
 County, Ohio, in 1830, and emigi'atcd to DubuqueCounty, 
 Iowa, in 1856. In 1860, circumstances called him to make 
 his home in Union County, where lie arrived in September 
 of that year, and, tliougli he had no property to speak of, 
 he contrived to support himself and family by his daily 
 work. In 1862, he entered the army, and was engaged 
 three years in the war, at the close of which he, though 
 with very broken health, returned to his former pursuits, 
 and at length, through perseverence, he is in possession of 
 a comfortable home and most of the surroundings calculated 
 to make life happy. 
 
 SAMUEL ZOLLINGER was born in Adams County, 
 Pennsylvania, in 1818, and, when six years old, moved to 
 Hampshire County, Virginia, and in 183-1 emigrated to 
 Morgan County, Indiana. 
 
 He was married, in 1842, to Miss Lucinda Fletcher, 
 who died about 1861. After the death of his father, wliich 
 occurred in 1841, he settled in Iowa County, Wisconsin, 
 where he resided until 1874, when he located in Grant 
 Township, Union County, Iowa, buying land nine miles 
 south of Creston, where he still resides. In 1864, Mr. 
 Zollinger married his second wife, Samantlia Van Metre, 
 and has a large family, most of whom still live. 
 
 REV. JOHN CLOUGH is a native of Maine, where he 
 was born in 1801. Losing his father when only nine years 
 of age, he found a home with Mr. Charles Nichols, of New- 
 castle, Maine, with whom he lived till of age, receiving an 
 education at the Lincoln Academy. In the war of 1812, 
 Mr. Clough was employed in the manufacture of cartridges, 
 and also assisted to carry powder to the American army. 
 
 He married in 1827, and in 1835 joined the M. E. 
 Traveling Connection in Maine, in which connection he 
 continued twenty-five years. In 1860, he moved to Union 
 
 County, Iowa, where he now resides. Mr. Clougli has 
 served as Justice of the Peace, President of the Board of 
 School Directors, County Supervisor and Township As- 
 sessor, and since he has settled among us has witnessed a 
 great advance in the most material intei'ests of this county. 
 
 M. BURKIIEIMER was born in Bedford County, 
 Pa., in December, 1819 ; moved, in 1883, to Blair County, 
 where Altoona now stands, and in 1837, located in Perry 
 County, in the same State, and finally moved to .Jones 
 Township, Union County, Iowa, in 1864, where he has 
 purchased and improved a farm. His family consists of 
 a wife and four children, two sons and two daughters. He 
 has a very pleasant and attractive home in the south part of 
 Jones Township. 
 
 ISAAC B. FULTON is a native of Ohio, where he 
 was born in 1838. At an early age he removed to Allen 
 County, Indiana, while the country was yet a wilderness. 
 He obtained the rudiments of a common English education 
 by the light of a log fire, and engaged in teaching until 
 1862, at wliich time he enlisted as private in the 101st 
 Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the 
 close of the war. He then settled in La Salle County, 
 Illinois, and engaged in farming, and in 1873, left Illinois 
 and came to this county, where he is improving a farm on 
 Section 1, in Platte Township. 
 
 BALEY J. WILCOxX was born in Logan County, 
 Ohio, in 1838, and learned the blacksmith's trade when 
 seventeen years of age, working at that until the breaking 
 out of the War of the Rebellion in 1861, when he enlisted 
 in the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; being wounded in 
 action at New Creek, Va., he was discharged, but in July, 
 1862, enlisted again in the 45th Ohio Volunteers, in which 
 regiment lie served until the end of the war, taking jiart in 
 no less than twenty -nine pitched battles, besides skirmishes 
 and raids. After the close of the war, he went to Wiscon- 
 sin, then came back to Ohio (where he was married, in 1867, 
 to Miss Lucy A. Pickering), and after anotlier move to 
 Wisconsin, lie bought land three miles south of Thayer, 
 and moved on to it in 1874. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 OLIVER J. SCOTT was born in Edgar County, 
 Illinois, in 1851, and had, in 1857, the misfortune to lose 
 his father, who had shortly before moved to Union County, 
 Iowa. He then returned with his mother to Illinois, 
 receiving a common school education, and in 1872 entered 
 the Illinois Industrial University, for the purpose of taking 
 a thorough course in mathematics ; his health failing in con- 
 sequence of close confinement in the school room, he finally 
 decided, after a short stay in Illinois, to return to Union 
 County, wliich he accordingly did, with marked improve- 
 ment in his health. He was married August 6, 1876, and 
 intends to make this a permanent settlement, as he enjoys 
 better health than in any other section where he has pre- 
 viously lived. 
 
 A. G. COOMBS was bom in Lincoln County, Maine, 
 December, 1818. AVhen quite young, he went to sea, and 
 when he attained the age of twenty-one, he married Miss 
 Harriet Kellock. He then engaged in farming and lumber- 
 ing until 1850, when he made a voyage to California, from 
 which he returned in October, 1851. He then caught the 
 " Indiana fever," and, in the spring of 1852, emigrated 
 thence with his wife and three children ; they arrived safely 
 in Laportc County, Indiana, where Mr. Coombs cleared a 
 j small farm from the virgin forests of the Hoosier State. 
 After eighteen years in Indiana, farming and keeping store, 
 he decided to look for a healthier climate than that State 
 afforded. Accordingly, in 1873, he sold his farm and 
 started for Union County, Iowa, where he purchased and 
 improved eighty acres of land five miles southeast of Afton, 
 where he now resides. Mr. Coombs has been a prominent 
 Mason and is now a member of the Afton Lodge. 
 
 W. C. YARD is a native of Venango County, Pa., 
 where he was. born, in 1837, and received an education. In 
 1857, he taught his first term of school at Sharpsville, 
 Pa., and the following year was married to Miss Lizzie 
 Willyard. At the breaking out of tlie war, he joined the 
 Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, under the command of Col. 
 Childs, and was present at the battle of Antietam and, also, 
 that of Fredericksburg. In April, 1863, he was detailed 
 
 for clerk service in the Second Brigade of Second Cavalry 
 Corps, wiiich position he held until his term of service ex- 
 pired. 
 
 In the spring of 1866, he sold his interest in Pennsyl- 
 vania and came to Union County, Iowa, and shortly after 
 engaged to teach the graded school at Afton, which he 
 taught for seven months, since which time he has been en- 
 gaged almost exclu.sively in teaching in LTnion and contigu- 
 ous counties. 
 
 G. W. MAYHEW was born near Bangor, Maine, and 
 had the misfortune to lose his father when quite young; his 
 mother marrying again, he moved with his stop-father and 
 family to Ohio and settled in Jefferson County, where he 
 aissisted in a chair and wheelwright shop carried on by his 
 step-father. He then removed to Washington County, 
 where he married, and finally made a home in Union 
 County, Iowa, where he now resides. 
 
 MRS. SOPHIA TRIMBLE was born in Muskingum 
 County, Ohio, in 1835, her maiden name being White. She 
 was married, in 1859, to John Trimble, who died in 1866, 
 leaving her a widow with two children. In 1875, Mrs. 
 Trimble came to Union County with her sons and located 
 on the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, in Highland Town- 
 ship, on land purchased by her husband in 185'J, on which 
 she now resides. 
 
 LEWIS J. WILLIAMSON was born in 1832, in 
 Washington County, Pa., his father dying the summer 
 previous to his birth. His mother, being left a widow with 
 eight children, and in destitute circumstances, was com- 
 pelled to exercise the strictest industry and economy, but 
 in spite of opposing obstacles she succeeded in keeping her 
 family together and giving to each an ordinary school edu- 
 cation. In 1840, the family removed to Guernsey County, 
 Ohio, where they lived for four years, and afterward moved 
 to Athens County, Ohio, where Lewis J. immediately em- 
 ployed himself in clearing a piece of land and heli)ing to 
 support the family ; at sixteen years of age, he commenced 
 to learn the blacksmith's trade, but finding the wajies inad- 
 equate he commenced to teach school in Columbiana County, 
 
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SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Ohio. In the suunuer of 18r)2, lie came to Van Burcn 
 County, Iowa, where he remained two years, and was mar- 
 ried, in 1854, to Miss Douglass (with whom he had been 
 acquainted in Ohio), and moved to Marion County the same 
 fall, and finally came to Union County in November, 185G, 
 erecting the second steam saw-mill in the county. The 
 hard times of 1857 to 18G1 were terribly distressing to 
 early settlers of Union County, most of them being in 
 debt, and their new farms yielding but scant support. All 
 improvement was stopped, and land, the only available 
 resource, could not be sold for cash. In the general distress 
 L. G. Williamson participated his full share, but continued 
 to supply his neighbors with the necessary lumber, receiv- 
 ing in exchange old watches, wagons, stock of all kinds, 
 land, land warrants, store pay, etc. In 1859, he moved 
 his family and mill to Grand River, in Jones Township, 
 where he purchased the farm on which he still resides. In 
 1862, he enlisted in the 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 
 and was appointed Hospital Steward, serving in that capac- 
 ity until his discharge at the close of the war. In 18(55, 
 his mother, to whom he owed so much, was removed by 
 death, and in January, 1875, his wife was taken away by 
 the same cause. Since the war, he has led the peaceful life 
 
 of a farmer, and his highest ambition is that by a (juiet 
 and useful life he may merit the approbation of his fellow 
 citizens. 
 
 FRANKLIN E. HOPKINS was born in the year 
 1839, in Cattaraugus County, New York, and at an early 
 age moved to Lee County, Illinois, then without railroads 
 or any other evidences of civilization, a teamster being 
 hired at Chicago to convey the baggage of the family to its 
 destination. He has lived in Union County, Iowa, since 
 he emigrated thence in 1871. He has a fine farm on Sec- 
 tion 6, in Jones Township. 
 
 S. G. LEAK is a native of Montgomery County, In- 
 diana, born in 1832, and married, in 1854, Miss C. A. 
 Camplen, of Iowa. He came to Marion County, Iowa, 
 August, 1859, and to Union County, October, 1861 ; he 
 then returned to Indiana, and remained there until January, 
 1870, when he returned to Union County, Iowa, where he 
 settled on Section 12, Union Township, and is engaged at 
 the present time farming and stock raising. He has a 
 family of six children living, and is a member of the M. E. 
 Church. 
 
CHAPTER XYin. 
 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Creston. — Meet in 
 Zollar.s' Hall. Organized, February 9, 1876, with Rev. 
 J. A. llussel. Rector. Total membership, 35. A. L. 
 Guthridge, Secretary; S. E. Evershed, Treasurer; Jas. 
 Veitch, Senior Warden ; J. M. Byrne, Junior Warden. 
 
 Vestrymen — AVill Jamieson, S. E. Evershed, G. Short- 
 liff, A. H. Johnson, J. M. Byrne, A. L. Guthridge, James 
 Veitch. 
 
 Rectorshijj — A'^acant. 
 
 Presbyterian Church, Creston. — Organized, Febru- 
 ary, 1876, with ten members. 
 
 Elders— G. C. Reeder, W. N. Kelley. 
 Minister — Rev. J. D. Fitzgerald. 
 Number of members, about 25. 
 
 Evanoeltcal Church. — The Hope Church, of the 
 Evangelical Association, was located and built at Afton, 
 Union County, Iowa, A. D. 1869. It was built under the 
 direction of Rev. D. H. Kooker, now Presiding Elder, Des 
 JMoines Conference, Iowa. Its size is 30x60 — 18 feet high. 
 The services are conducted in the English and German lan- 
 guages, mostly in English. Prayer and class meetings are 
 exclusively English. The present Pastor is Rev. E. F. 
 Mill. 
 
 The Presbyterian Church of Aeton was organized, 
 June 15, 1857, by Rev. L. G. Bell. The charter name was 
 the "Twelve Mile Presbyterian Church, of Union County, 
 loAva." 
 
 For some time after the organization, the church enjoyed 
 the occasional ministrations of Father Bell, who resided at 
 
 Sidney, Tremont County. The church has also the minis- 
 trations of the following ministers: Revs. Reed, ~ 
 
 Caldwell, G. N. Swan (from 1864-1866), S. A. McElhei.y 
 (1866-1867), J, Osmond (1868-1869), W. E. Hamilton 
 (1870-1871), Robert Boag (1871-1875). Rev. R. H. Cun- 
 ningham, the present pastor, has been in charge since June, 
 1875. The church edifice was erected in the year 1869, as 
 a memorial to Father Bell. 
 
 The Ruling Elders of the church are Dr. J. A. Day, 
 Wm. Morrow, Jno. Syp and Dr. Thos. Ilays. 
 
 The Deacons are Hon. J. W. McDill, Thos. M. Robin- 
 son and J. M. Milligan, Es(j. 
 
 The Sabbath School numbers over one hundred, and is 
 superintended by J. M. Milligan, Esq. 
 
 Evangelical Church, Creston. — This church is one 
 of the oldest, if not the oldest, church in Creston, being 
 established as a mission as far back as 1870, the Rev. A. D. 
 Kooker being its first minister. In 1871, the Rev. W. 
 King was detailed to conduct the mission, wlio was suc- 
 ceeded, in 1873, by the Rev. E. B. Utt, and in 1874 by Rev. 
 A. J. Myers. 
 
 In 1875, Rev. T. Monismith being appointed to the 
 mission, it was judged advisable to build a church, and, on 
 due consideration, a subscription list was circulated with 
 such success that a suitable lot was bought and a fine 
 church erected thereon, which was dedicated in the month 
 of February, 1876, by the Rev. D. H. Kooker, of the Des 
 Moines District. About the time the church was dedi- 
 cated, a society was organized, which now comprises, with 
 outlying mission stations, 81 members, the Creston church 
 numbering 38. The Sabbath School numbers 128. 
 
Pilgrim Congregational Church 
 
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SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 85 
 
 Ministers — Revs. T. Monisinith, F. J. Strayer. 
 Class Leader — J. C. Davis. 
 Steward — S. Tipton. 
 
 Trustees— J. B. Landes, J. C. Davis, J. C. Scott, C. C. 
 Stubbs, G. H. McGinnis, A. J. Bivins. 
 
 Sunday School Superintendent — Rev. A. J. Myers. 
 Assistant Superintendent — J. B. Landes. 
 Secretary — W. R. Bell. 
 Assistant Secretary — J. W. Davis. 
 Librarian — J. Schroeder. 
 Treasurer — J. W. Davis. 
 
 Cromwell Congregational Church. — This church 
 was first organized with eight members, under the direction 
 of the Rev. J. W. Pickett, one of the Home Missionary 
 Superintendents of Iowa, and, after being supplied for 
 some time by the Rev. Hunter (who died in 1872), was 
 presided over by the Rev. E. G. Carpenter, who continued 
 as its minister for two or three years, being succeeded by the 
 Rev. Chas. Little, who, after officiating for nine months, 
 was followed by the Rev. W. T. Bartle, who supplied 
 with much acceptance until 1876, when the Rev. C. 0. 
 Parmenter took charge of the church. 
 
 In 1875, the wants of the Society demanded a house, 
 which was built, paid for and dedicated free of debt, at a 
 cost of $2,200. The present membership is 50. Sunday 
 School membership, 85. 
 
 Deacons — Wm. Kidoo, Finley. 
 
 Sunday Schoool Superintendent — C. Barr. 
 
 St. Malachy's Church (R. C), Creston, was first 
 supplied by Rev. Father B. P. McMenomy, who said the 
 first Mass in the shanty of M. Meskil (Section Foreman), in 
 1868, and shortly thereafter, he, in connection with James 
 D. Duggan, since deceased, secured from the company a 
 donation of two lots on wliich to erect a church. At this 
 time, the Catholic interests here were weak and the county 
 was a mission field, supplied first, as above stated, by Father 
 McMenomy, and, after his removal to Council Bluffs, by 
 Rev. Fathers Malone, McKeon, Bauman and others, under 
 whose several ministrations the society grew in numbers and 
 
 influence and erected a comfortable church on tiieir lots. 
 About 1872-3, Rev. Father Burns (Benedictine) decided 
 to settle in Creston and here locate a Benedictine Monastery 
 — a desirable location for which he had sought for months 
 previously. Possessed in a large degree of executive talent, 
 energy and influence, he proceeded at once to develop his 
 plans, secured an eligible site and started East on important 
 business connected with his work, but proceeded no farther 
 than Burlington, where he was suddenly stricken, and died, 
 much regretted. The pastorate remained vacant for some 
 time, but was finally filled by the Rev. Father Eugene 
 Phelan, who is the present able pastor of the society, which 
 has come to be strong and influential. They have recently 
 enlarged their church, own a commodious parsonage and 
 have a firm footing in the city and country. 
 
 Regular Baptist Church, Creston, was organized 
 in August, 1872, with eighteen members. Rev. W. P. Pat- 
 tison, of Red Oak, being their Pastor. He resigned in 
 December, 1873, and the society had no preaching until 
 January, 1875, when Rev. Mr. Newell assumed the pastor- 
 ate, which he held for six months and then removed to Vil- 
 lisca, Iowa. Since that time, the society has held no regu- 
 lar meetings, is weak in members and finances, but still 
 maintains its visible organization. Pi-esent membership, 23. 
 
 The Methodist Episcopal Church, Creston. — The 
 Rev. M. Mitchell was the first minister of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church who preached regularly in Creston. 
 Services were held in a room on Adams street, formerly 
 occupied as a bakery. 
 
 In the fall of 1871, Rev. W. H. W. Rees began his 
 pastorate, which continued for two years. He organized 
 the first M. E. Church, and started the enterprise of build- 
 ing a house of worship, which was successfully prosecuted. 
 The present neat and comfortable edifice is a monument of 
 the energy and devotion of the small society of that day, 
 under his leadership. Dr. A. P. Golliday filled the pulpit 
 a part of the following year, with his usual ability, and the 
 time till conference was filled by Revs. Avery and Presson. 
 The latter was returned by the ensuing conference, and has 
 
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 SKKTlMlKS, MAP ANU iJlUKOrOliV OV IMON CHU N TV 
 
 left a jvnHanoiu i^hvjM in tlio oitviion »f » gvHnl and wni- 
 mcnlious j^rsonaj^- 
 
 In Novonibor, IS7.>. Kov. A. J. Aiuius»s began his 
 jiastorato, and oontimuvl it with sucihnss for ono ytwv. lie 
 was suoi^hhUhI in NovtMnbor, 18T<\ bv Rov, vV. Bivwn. 
 
 The pix'sent nunnbership is aK^ut 1 -A. 
 
 Thk Fkkk Ivxriisr Oui tuii, vr Okomwki.i., K>\va, 
 was o»"pu\iiiMl in April. 1ST;». with nine membei"s, bv Elder 
 M. S. Hubbt^ll, fnnn IVsurie City, 111., who h!»s sinee sorvetl 
 as jwstor. The ehurx'h adopttnl an open ct>ranninion w^n- 
 fession of faith, and has steadily spvineil in its nienibei'ship. 
 until it now nunibei-s forty-four in its a>miminion. The 
 Olnin'h still stands as an independent Haptist Ohiuvh, 
 dainiinsj a brv^ad fellowship for (rod's people. 
 
 Harmony Mkthowjjt Erisroiwi. Om luii, iJkant 
 TowxsHiv. — Ilannony Chmvh is the outgivwth of Har- 
 mony Sundaj Schixd, whieh was oriptnixtnl May 4. ISTl, 
 :>t the jvsidem-e of ^Y. M. Hoyles. Ksq. Its first session 
 was held with Uw. A. Ide. AY. T. Ide, Jr., and Mrs. W. T. 
 Ide. .1r.. Mr. and M»-s. W. M. Boyles. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. 
 WollV. Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Stryker, and Mi.<,<es Minnie 
 and Lissle Boyles as its uunnbers. Geo. .V. Ido was 
 eloote^l Snperintendent ; Mrs. \Y. T. Ide. Jr., Secivtary and 
 Libnirian ; Mrs. NY. M. Boyles. Treasurer, and 0. S. 
 Stryker, Teacher. 
 
 Its sessions were held at the residences of its members, 
 until August, ISTil, when Ilannony School House was 
 Uuilt. With the exception of an adjournnient during the first 
 winter of its existence, it has held regular se.-!sions since its 
 tlrst organization. It has jrrown in inlluencc and stren«itli, 
 until it now numbers nearly every family within its bounds 
 as its members. 
 
 Its present officers are 0. S. Stryker, Superintendent ; 
 D. N. Crow ell and F. \Y. \Yolft", .\ssistant Su])erinteiulents ; 
 B. F. Talliuan, Secretary, and Miss Etlie Walsh, Treasurer, 
 ill t>ctober, 1ST-, Harmony Methodist Episcopal Ohun'h 
 was organized from the membership of the Sunday School. 
 I'veaching is maintained once in two weeks. The present 
 meiubershiji is twenty-six. In .\ugust. ISTtJ. a Hoard of 
 Trustees was organized, and a pl.it of grouiul, containing 
 
 seven acn\s. a»\ioining Mouml Cemetery, was puivhased and 
 bivketi, and steps a«x> being taken to build a ehuivh as soon 
 as ciivmnstattces will permit. 
 
 CiiKtsn \N t^iit ucii.Ckkston, — This ehnrch was organ- 
 i»etl, .\ngust lA. IST.">, with t)im> membei-s, sinee which 
 tin»e the chutvh has met regularly at the house of KUler 
 Berry, he pn\(chii\g once every two weeks. I'nder his care, 
 the men>bership has ineivased to upwanl of twenty, and a lot 
 has been procured, upon which a neat churt'h building has 
 been erectinl. which will .<oon be opened for public worship. 
 
 />„s^„<_Elder T. V. Berry. 
 
 n,\u'ons — .1. 11. Foot, .1. 11. Cniwfoid. 
 
 IVmti'i'S — T. \ . Ucrry, l!. \Y. Fmcrsoii and ,1, M. Foot, 
 
 Cl^ik—.h H. Orawfortl. 
 
 CoNOUKDA'nONAi. Ciii licii. Orkston. — This chuivh was 
 organized, danmvry :2S, 1S7;>, by a council, with seven mem- 
 bers, o( wliich two were males and five females; the ser- 
 viei>s were conducted in Library Hall for three luonttis, by 
 Bev. N. M, Calhoun, from the Yale Theological Seminary. 
 The chapel was dedicated, free o( dclu, Sunday, .luiic II, 
 1ST I. It measures •24x;'>0 feet, seats I'OO, and is capable of 
 holdin-; more scats when needed. The cost of house, lot 
 and furniture wns something over $1,700. Mr. Calhoun, 
 having completed his studies, returned ami was ordained. 
 June IS. 1ST4, and for a yeiu- fivm that date served as pas- 
 tor of this church and the oiu- at Neviu. dividing tlie time 
 tvptally between the two. 
 
 At the close of the year, upon Mr. Calhoun's return to 
 the Fast, his place was taken by Rev. N. 11. Whittlesey, a 
 graduate of Yale College in ISTl, and of the Yale Theologi- 
 cal Seminarv in tST.'>. He is now entering upon his secoml 
 year of service with tliis church. 
 
 The presei\t membership of the church is ;">v^. Average 
 attendance at Sunday School, i'O. Sumlay School organized 
 , in May, 1ST4. 
 
 The following is a list of the otficcrs at iMcsent : 
 
 />„j,/,„ — Uev. N. 11. Whittlesey. 
 
 DftU'ons — Joseph Skinner, Jacob Schumacher, Parius 
 Brooks. 
 I Cl.rk of Cliiirrh aiiil Sot-it'ti/ — T. \.. .Vndrcws, M. 1>. 
 
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 M. E. Church Platte Tp. 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 87 
 
 Trustees of Socieiy — 0. W. Falilsing, AVni. Taylor, 
 Geo. F. Kilburn. 
 
 Treasurer of Society — J. B. Harsh. 
 
 Superintendent of Sunday School — T. L. Andrews, M.D. 
 
 Pilgrim Congregational Church. — This church is 
 located near the township line, between Highland and 
 Grant, being erected, in a great measure, by the exertions 
 of Mrs. Elizabeth Troyer, who died just previous to the 
 dedication of the house of worship. 
 
 This church was organized April 18, 1875, at the barn 
 of William T. Ide. The present membership is 27. 
 
 Beacon— Vf. T. Ide. 
 
 Trustees — Lewis Troyer, H. W. Perrigo, Geo. A. Ide. 
 
 Treasurer — W. T. Ide, Jr. 
 
 Clerk— R. W. Perrigo. 
 
 Sunday School Superintendent — Geo. A. Ide. 
 
 Assistant Superintendent — H. W. Perrigo. 
 
 Secretary — W. E. Ide. 
 
 Treasurer — Mrs. Jennie Collier. 
 Librarian — A. Troyer. 
 Membership, 85. 
 
 Baptist Church, Afton. — Organized in 1864. Rev. 
 T. Miller, Pastor. 
 
 Present Pastor, Rev. James Smith. 
 Number of members, 37. 
 
 Platte Center Presbyterian Church. — This church 
 was first organized in September, 1871, by Rev. L. H. 
 McElhany, under direction of the Des Moines Presbytery, 
 with a membership of 11. In 1875, a new church building 
 was erected, on the southwest corner of Section 11, at a cost, 
 inclliding land (one acre), of $2,400, which was dedicated 
 in January, 1876. Stated supply. Rev. W. T. Bartle, of 
 Cromwell. Ruling Elders, James Tait, J. H. Ours, James 
 C. Robinson, M. B. Dobbs. Present membership (Septem- 
 ber, 1876), 35. 
 
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CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 ORDERS AISTD SOCIETIES. 
 
 MASONIC. 
 Afton LoDiiE, 151, A. F. and A. M.— I. N. Rice, W. 
 M.; E. J. Emmons, S. W.; C. L. Tilden, J. W.; 0. V. 
 
 Ickis, S. 
 
 Bunker Hill Lodge, No. 302, A. F. and A. -M., 
 Creston, Iowa, was organized March 20, 1871, by eight 
 Master Masons, and upon the recommendation of Afton 
 Lodge, a dispensation was granted them to do regular work, 
 by Grand Master 0. P. Waters, on March 29, 1871. 
 
 A cliarter was granted June 5, 1872. The following 
 were the officers : W. A. Durfee, W. M. ; E. S. Seely, S. 
 W. ; W. R. Beauprie, J. W. ; H. M. Way, Treasurer; 
 A. IL Sluss, Secretary ; A. S. Angell, S. D. ; S. J. Gold- 
 smith, J. D. ; R. W. Morley, S. S. ; E. L. Thompson, J. 
 S. ; and W. F. Alger, Tiler. 
 
 The Lodge has raised many more than the present 
 number of members, which is at present sixty-nine Master 
 Masons. The officers for the present year are B. Battey, 
 W. M. ; W. R. Bell, S. W. ; F. B. Gove, J. W. ; W. R. 
 Town, Treasurer ; W. L. Jamison, Secretary ; J. Sandall, 
 S. D. ; W. O'Brien, J. D. ; J; M. Wells, S. S. ; J. Becker, 
 J. S. ; and John Booth, Tiler.. The regular meetings are 
 held on Monday night on or before full moon of each 
 month. 
 
 Canby Lodge, No. 354, A. F. and A. M., Cromwell. 
 — This lodge was organized July 20, 1875, under a dispen- 
 sation granted by the Grand Master of the State to the 
 eleven signers of the petition for such dispensation. 
 
 The first officers were J. A. Rogers, AV. M. : Wm. 
 Southwell, S. W. ; Geo. B. Johnston, J. W. ; 0. F. Phelps, 
 Treasurer ; Thos. Johnston, Secretary. 
 
 Petitions for initiation and membership poiycd in, until 
 the annual report, June 1, 1876, shows the membership to 
 be thirty-eight Master Masons, Fellow Crafts and Entered 
 Apprentices. 
 
 The annual communication of tlie Grand Lodge, held 
 in .June, granted a charter, and ordered an election held, 
 by which J. A. Rogers was elected W. M. ; J. S. Picker- 
 ing, S. W. ; Peter Knott, J. W. ; J. C. AVilliams, Treas- 
 urer ; E. S. Creswell, Secretary ; in whose charge we now 
 leave them, hoping that the future may prove as prosperous 
 as the past has been. 
 
 Tessera Chapter, No. 67, R. A. M. — Organized, 1872, 
 with eighteen members. Present membership, 44. I. N. 
 Rice, H. P.; C. M. Dunn, K.; B. E. Raymond, S.; I. N. 
 Cherry, T.; 0. U. Ickis, Secy. 
 
 Eureka Chapter, No. 77, was organized June 10, 
 1874, with eleven members. Dispensation was recom- 
 mended by Tessera Chapter, No. 67, and was granted by 
 the Grand High Priest, October 4, 1875. 
 
 The following were the officers : W. R. Bell, H. P. ; T. 
 George, K. ; R. Bissett, S. ; A. D. Temple, Sec'y ; N. 
 Thornton, Treas.; W. H. Christie, P. S.; J. T. Booth, 
 R. A. C. ; J. R. Powers, G. M. of 3d V. ; E. C. Wilkinson, 
 G. M. of 2d V. ; R. P. Smith, G. M. of 1st V. ; Jasper 
 Von Ede, Tiler. 
 
 In September, 1876, the following officers were elected: 
 S. S. Bean, IL P. ; W. H. Christie, K. ; A. D. Temple, S. ; 
 W. L. Jameson, Sec'y; W. R. Town, Treas.; F. B. 
 Gove, C. H.; Geo. Shortliff, P. S.; W. R. Bell, R. A. C; 
 J. R. Powers, G. M. of 3d V. ; E. C. Wilkinson, G. M. 
 
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 89 
 
 of 2(1 v.; J. Saiulall, G. M. of 1st V.; J. T. Bootli, 
 Tiler. 
 
 Time of meeting, Thursday evenin<; on or before full 
 moon of each month. 
 
 Mount Moriah Council, No. 21.— T. F. Shunk, T. 
 I.M.; 0. U. Ickis, R. I. M.; S. W. McElderry, P. C. W.; 
 C. L. Tilden, T.; E. J. Emmons, Recording Scribe. 
 
 Bethna Commandery of K. T. has dispensation grant- 
 ed them by the Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand 
 Commandery of the State of Iowa, on October 11, 1876, 
 upon the recommendation of Constantine Commandery, No. 
 23, of Osceola. S. S. Bean, E. C. ; F. B. Gove, G. ; 
 M. C. Connet, C. G. Time of meeting is not as yet defi- 
 nitely determined, as they have not at present perfected 
 their organization. Their asylum is in Patt's Building, 
 Creston. 
 
 ODD FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 Afton Lodge, No. 180, I. 0. 0. F. — This Lodge was 
 organized on August 21, 1860, when J. M. Lamb was 
 elected N. G. ; Jas. B. Robinson, V. G. ; J. W. McDill, 
 R. S., and T. J. My res. Treasurer. The Lodge is in a 
 prosperous condition, having a surplus fund of two thou- 
 sand dollars, with upward of one hundred members. 
 
 The charter members were Jas. M. Lamb, J. W. Mc- 
 Dill, T. M. Robinson, T. J. Myres and L. K. Myres. 
 
 The following are the present officers : C. M. Bird, N. 
 G.; J. G. Richey, V. G.; J. A. White, R. S.; D. J. Spen- 
 cer, P. S.; R. H. Delmege, Treasurer. 
 
 Creston Lodqe, No. 207, I. 0. 0. F., was organized 
 November 7th, 1870, by D. D. G. M. N. W. Rowell, of Afton, 
 under very unfavorable circumstances. At' that time tliere 
 wore but three resident members eligible to apply for a 
 charter, but desirous of forming a society representing the 
 cardinal virtues of Friendship, Love and Truth, which 
 should promote fraternal feeling and elevate and educate its 
 members to a higher and nobler life, they sought assistance 
 
 from brethren resident in Afton, two of whom, J. M. Milli- 
 gan and T. M. Robinson, withdrew from their Lodge and 
 united with us in our organization, the other charter mem- 
 bers being E. L. Thompson, E. S. Seeley and C W. Prin- 
 dle. The first officers were E. L. Thompson, N. G.; E. S. 
 Seeley, V. G.; C. W. Prindle, Secretary, and T. M. Robin- 
 son, Treasurer. 
 
 Owing to the limited number of buildings in the town at 
 that early period of its history, a suitable hall could not be 
 procured in which to hold our meetings, and the natural 
 consequence was serious inconvenience and a very slow 
 growth in numbers. Nevertheless, the influences of the 
 order were apparent to every eye, and were more favorable 
 than the most sanguine had even hoped. A slow but 
 steady growth added to our little band members from every 
 grade of society and occupation — banded together by the 
 strong bonds of our noble order, and working together har- 
 moniously for the good of all. Our influence was potent 
 for good. Great care was taken to prevent unworthy per- 
 sons from becoming members, and the increase was conse- 
 quently somewhat less rapid than it would have been under 
 diff'erent circumstances. As the town lias advanced in age 
 and importance, the Lodge has kept pace in growth and in- 
 fluence. A fine opportunity presenting, the Lodge secured 
 an elegant hall in Patt & Carpenter's brick block for a 
 Lodge room, 20x80 feet, which is finely furnished and is as 
 pleasant and convenient as can be found in the State. Since 
 our first organization, we have admitted 117 members, of 
 which number some have removed and withdrawn their 
 membership, and some have died and gone to the GraTid 
 Lodge above. Our present membership is 75. The officers 
 are E. K. Clark, N. G.; Geo. L. Myers, V. G.; H. Breit- 
 enstein, Secretary ; B. S. Briggs, Treasurer. 
 
 Cromwell Lodge, No. 237, I. 0. 0. F., was organized 
 April 26, 1872, under a dispensation granted by the officers 
 of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Iowa, dated April 21, 
 1872, by H. A. AVhite, of Mt. Ayr, with six charter mem- 
 bers. After organizing, an election was held, by which the 
 the following members were elected : R. II. Johnston, 
 N. G. ; S. J. Goldsmith, V. G. ; E. S. Cresswell, Sec'y ; 
 
90 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 M. W. Purviance, Treas., who were then duly installed in 
 their respective offices. 
 
 Five j)etitions were received and acted upon. Three 
 
 were initiated, and degrees were conferred. 
 
 i The Lodge continued to receive petitions, and pros- 
 
 ]iered with steady growth during the summer. In October, 
 
 I it met with a loss in the death of Brollier ]\. 0. Tupper, 
 
 wlio was buried by tiic order. 
 
 In June, after its organization, in connection with 
 Cromwell Grange, No. 137, Patrons of Husbandry, the 
 Lodge began the erection of a house for themselves, by put- 
 ting a second story on the store building then being erected 
 by Mr. J. C. Williams. This was quite an undertaking for 
 such a young Lodge, but by perseverance and economy the 
 house was finally paid for, and in July, 1875, we find the 
 membership to be 30. In the fall of this year, seven mem- 
 bers withdrew for the purpose of organizing a Lodge at 
 Kent. 
 
 By report, June BO, 1876, the membership was 37. 
 The present officers are : A. M. Preston, N. G. ; J. Riggs, 
 V. G.; E. S. Cresswell, Sec'y ; R. H. Johnston, Treas.; 
 Brothers Johnston and Cresswell having been elected for 
 several consecutive terms to fill their present offices. 
 
 During this time, death has broken the chain twice, and 
 removed to the Grand Lodge above Brothers R. 0. Tupper 
 and John Green. Several members are located in Western 
 States and Territories, but arc not forgetful of those left 
 behind. 
 
 Their prospects are bright, and the future will see 
 Cromwell Lodge, No. 237, among the best Lodges in Iowa. 
 
 Afton Encampment, No. 61, I. 0. 0. F., organized 
 18 — , with seven members. The first officers elected were 
 T. C. Ashby, C. P. : R. H. Delmege, H. P. ; R. Marley, 
 S. W. ; F. M. Richey, J. W. ; Jos. Draper, Treasurer, and 
 M. V. Ashby, Scribe. There is at present a membership 
 ! of 30. 
 
 The following are the present officers : R. H. Delmege, 
 C. P.; A. A. Dickenson, H. P.: C. M. Bird. S. W.; J. M. 
 Potts, J. W.; W. K. Syp, Treasurer: A. J. White, Scribe. 
 
 CONDUCTORS. 
 
 Conductors' Brotherhood — Empire Division, No. 
 30, Crkston. — Organized, May 24, 1874. Chief Conduc- 
 tor, C. A. Stanchfield ; Secretary, Ed. L. Thurber. 
 
 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS. 
 
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers — Division 
 112, OF Cueston. — Chief Engineer, G. B. Webster; First 
 Engineer, C. C. Fisher; Second Engineer, Geo. Fisher; 
 First Assistant Engineer, R. H. Robie; Second Assistant 
 Engineer, Geo. C. Webster: Third Assistant Engineer, F. 
 M. Reynolds; Guide, Wm. Bartlett; Chaplain, David Kee- 
 ler: Delegate, Geo. C. Webster; Secretary of Insurance, 
 Burt Russell. 
 
CHAPTER XX. 
 
 ORa^:N^TZ^TION s. 
 
 MUNICIPAL. TOWNSHIP SCHOOL OFFICERS. 
 
 Creston Public Schools. — Board of Education. — , Spauldinu Township. — J. Y. Hoakison, President : 
 T. V. Berry, R. Bissett, C. J. Colby, James Butler, E. C. Henry Toy, Treasurer. 
 Wilkinson, J. B. Harsh. President, C. J. Colby ; Secre 
 
 tary, A. D. Temple; Treasurer, C. W. Fahlsing ; Super- LiXCOLN.-Wm. White, President: W. C. Yard, Sec- 
 
 intendent and Principal. Prof. H. W. Myers. I '^'^^' ^- ^- ^""«>'^°°' Treasure;-. 
 
 Creston City. — Mayor, C. M. Shultz ; Recorder, E. 
 J. Bush ; Treasurer, A. D. Temple ; Assessor, C. J. Colby. 
 Council— R. P. Smith, Joel West, J. H. Patt, H. M. Way, 
 J. H. Duggan. Marshal and Street Commissioner, W. H. 
 Hamilton; Deputy Marshal, W. 0. Thayer; Policeman, 
 Giles Slusher. 
 
 Creston Fire Department. — Chief Engineer, A. D. 
 Temple ; First Assistant, C. W. Fahlsing ; Second Assist- 
 ant, B. E. Hopkins. Foreman Engine Department, C. S. I w^ p Craig Secretary 
 Rex; Foreman Hook and Ladders, H. M. W^ay ; Foreman 
 Creston Hose Co., Otis H. Reeder, 75 men ; Foreman 
 Hose Co. No. 1, C, B. k Q. R. R., Robert Bissett. 
 
 DoDSE. — W. J. Stalcup, President ; S. G. Leak, Treas- 
 urer. 
 
 New Hope.— C. G. Delmege, President ; C. H. Fuller, 
 Secretary ; I. Benedict, Treasurer. 
 
 Jones. — J. E. Cherry, President ; W. M. Claypool, 
 Treasurer; I. K. White, Secretary. 
 
 Union. — R. S. Carter, President; E. Scott, Treasurer; 
 
 Highland. — E. Baldwin, President ; Geo. Wray, Treas- 
 urer; W. H. Perrigo, Secretary. 
 
 Afton Public Schools. — Board of Education. — 
 Henry Keating, W. K. Syp, Jos. Syp, R. S. Groves, N. 
 W. Rowell, J. M. Milligan. Henry Keating, Brest.; 
 
 Hayes, Secy.; J. F. Creel, Treasr.; C. G. Snelling, A. M., 
 Superintendent and Principal. 
 
 Douglass. — F. E. Upham, President. 
 
 Platte. — L. Kiem, President: D. M. Patch, Secre- 
 tary ; G. McDuffie, Treasurer. 
 
 Sand Creek. — John Hinkle, President ; R. C. Carter, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Pleasant. — J. Mewhirter, President; J. W. Fay, 
 
 Afton City Officers. — Mayor, N. W. Rowell ; Re- 
 corder, J. W. Alley; Street Commissioner, John Lloyd; 
 Marshal, John Campbell ; Treasurer, T. F. Shunk ; Coun- j Secretary ; A. C. Cooper, Treasurer, 
 cil, A. Dickenson, C. L. Tihlen, T. C. Ashby, John W. 
 Cherry, I. N. Rice. Grant. — Independent Organization 
 
92 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECrORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Ckeston Loan and Building Association. — J. H. 
 Patt, President ; W. E. Adams, Secretary ; W. K. Ball, 
 Treasurer. Directors— C. S. Rex, L. C. Teed, J. H. Patt, 
 Jolin A. Patterson, G. W. Emer.son. Authorized capital, 
 $500,000; shares, $200 each; 20 shares limited to one 
 stockholder. 
 
 Creston Cemetery Association. — R. P. Smith, Pres- 
 ident ; A. D. Temple, Secretary and Treasurer. 
 
 Creston "Democrat" Company. — J. H. Patt, Pres- 
 ident ; A. D. Temple, Secretary and Treasurer. Directors 
 — J. H. Patt, J. H. Duggan, G. P. Wilson. Lessee— S. 
 R. Davis. 
 
 Society of Physicians and Surgeons of South- 
 western Iowa. — J. B. Wilson, Creston, President; J. D. 
 
 Reynolds, Afton, Vice President ; W. II. Christie, Creston, 
 Seci'etary ; J. E. Howe, Greenfield, Treasurer. 
 
 Union County Agricultural Society. — J. T. Beebe, 
 Prest; B. F. Martz, Secy.; D. A. Thornton, Treasr. 
 
 Creston Library Association. — President, Col. S. 
 D. Swan ; Secretary, A. D. Temple ; Treasurer, Mrs. M. 
 S. Rowell. Trustees — Miss Cyra Battey, Mrs. C. M. 
 Shultz, Mrs. M. S. Rowell, Col. S. D. Swan, A. D. 
 Temple. Librarian, Mrs. M. M. Bowman. 
 
 Creston & Sioux City R. R. — President, R. P. 
 Smith ; Vice President, A. P. Littleton ; Secretary, A. F. 
 Kilburn ; Treasurer, A. D. Temple ; Board of Directors, 
 S. D. Swan, R. P. Smith, A. P. Littleton (Greenfield), 
 A. F. Kilburn, Reuben Dillon (Orient), A. D. Temple, D. 
 Heaton (Greenfield.) 
 
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A. P. Stephens makes the Lowest Prices on Carpets, Boots and Shoes. 
 
 94 
 
 SKETCHES. MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 STATISTICAL TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF HORSES, CATTLE, SWINE, AND A'^ALUATION 
 
 OF PROPEKTY BY TOWNSHIPS. 
 
 N.\MK OF 
 TOWNSinP. 
 
 Pleasant 
 
 .Tones 
 
 New Hope 
 
 Sand Creek 
 
 Union 
 
 Dodge 
 
 Grant 
 
 fHiglilaml 
 
 Lincoln 
 
 Platte 
 
 |Douglas 
 
 Sp.aulding 
 
 Creston (Corp'n") 
 Afton (Corp'n)... 
 
 1875. 
 
 760312 
 
 1269 426 
 984|305 
 940281 
 
 1212397 
 464'207 
 5.52206 
 
 1034'327 
 741i337 
 
 1275:577 
 6081277 
 3071162 
 104106 
 1731192 
 
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 574 $149203 
 
 993, 183361 
 
 4.52 143095; 
 
 400, 161789' 
 
 194878; 
 
 138907 
 
 7461 150393 
 
 706 318707 
 
 482i 211702 
 
 1798! 234226 
 
 lOll! 278434 
 
 764! 181963 
 
 15 273070 
 
 89 252081 
 
 1870 
 
 608 
 930 
 
 459 
 675 
 242 
 268 
 415 
 1.50 
 
 84 
 
 341 
 
 233 
 
 511 
 
 *164 
 
 25 
 
 2761 332'! 
 420 341( 
 
 160 
 
 140 
 
 303 
 
 86 
 
 92 
 
 188 
 
 203 
 
 284 
 
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 50 
 
 146: 
 124! 
 268: 
 140 
 105 
 226 
 162 
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 118407^ 
 208566, 
 91001 
 153522 
 158293 
 150386 
 184972 
 
 1865. 
 
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 310 
 163 
 123 
 485 
 124 
 
 184 
 
 133 
 
 319 
 
 63 
 
 157 
 
 174 
 
 89 
 
 40 
 
 219 
 
 50 
 
 89 
 
 153 
 
 21 
 
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 429S 94775 
 317 127375 
 
 89 
 121 
 295 
 
 64 
 
 115 
 68' 
 
 258' 
 54: 
 
 59569 
 166880 
 100742 
 
 10273; 
 
 122083 
 
 1860. 
 
 386 
 
 277 
 185 
 
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 148 
 
 263 
 
 536 
 
 75 
 
 104 711 
 80179 
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 36 
 
 84 
 
 126 
 19 
 
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 226 
 
 272 
 
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 113209 
 68033 
 
 467 
 40 
 
 94253 
 
 87263 
 
 66686 
 
 100542 
 
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 Organized 
 
 March 17, 1854. 
 March 15, 18.56. 
 Sept. 6, 1858. 
 Oct. 8, 1860. 
 April, 1855. 
 March 15, 18.56. 
 Sept. 9, 1870. 
 March 2, 1857. 
 Oct. 8, 1860. 
 June 23, 18.54. 
 June 25, 1865. 
 1870. 
 
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 OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF RAILROAD RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS FOR 1873, 1874, 1875 
 AND EIGHT MONTHS OF 1876 FROM STATIONS OF APTON AND CRESTON. 
 
 Articles of Freight Received at the following Stations: 
 
 Articles of Freight Forwarded by following Stations : 
 
 OBESTON. 
 
 LUMBER, 
 
 Feet. 
 
 Merohan- 
 
 DIBE. 
 
 Tons. 
 
 All Other 
 
 Freioht. 
 
 Tons. 
 
 GROSS. 
 Tons. 
 
 CRESTON. 
 
 GRAIN. 
 
 TOKb. 
 
 CATTLE. 
 
 No. 
 
 HOQS. 
 
 No. 
 
 OTHER 
 
 FREIGHT. 
 
 Tons. 
 
 TOTAL. 
 Tons. 
 
 1873 
 
 1874 
 
 1876 
 
 8 months 1876 
 
 1,364,000 
 2,435,800 
 3,625,200 
 2,430,800 
 
 838 
 1,174 
 1,806 
 1,178 
 
 4,683 
 
 5,176 
 
 10,9.38 
 
 5,897 
 
 7,567 
 10,004 
 18,182 
 10,721 
 
 1873 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 
 
 8 months 1876 
 
 2,931 
 
 4,332 
 
 6,227 
 
 745 
 
 1,653 
 1,830 
 
 1,447 
 1,740 
 
 5,158 
 
 6,775 
 9,103 
 4,974 
 
 331 
 
 378 
 
 1,.307 
 
 1,081 
 
 4,816 
 6,563 
 9,467 
 3,405 
 
 Total 
 
 9,855,800 
 
 4,996 
 
 26,694 
 
 46,474 
 
 Total 
 
 14,235 
 
 6,670 
 
 26,010 
 
 3,097 
 
 24,251 
 
 APTON. 
 
 1873 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 
 
 8 months 1876 
 
 541,700 
 1,954,200 
 2,925,300 
 1,409,500 
 
 1,054 
 
 1,377 
 
 1,640 
 
 946 
 
 1,737 
 2,157 
 3,444 
 2,162 
 
 3,603 
 6,465 
 9,472 
 5,222 
 
 24,762 
 
 AFTON. 
 
 1873 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 
 
 8 months 1876 
 
 2,633 
 
 2,959 
 
 3,634 
 
 384 
 
 1,875 
 2,004 
 3,381 
 1,732 
 
 8,653 
 12,670 
 15,173 
 
 8,313 
 
 435 
 871 
 871 
 426 
 
 5,181 
 6,.516 
 8,261 
 2,802 
 
 Total 
 
 6,830,700 
 
 5,017 
 
 9,500 
 
 Total 
 
 9,610 
 
 8,992 
 
 44,809 
 
 2,603 
 
 22,760 
 
 W. McCREDIE, 
 
 Freight Auditor, C, B. ^- Q. R. h. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 95 
 
 CRESTON BUSINESS DIRECTORY 
 
 Name. Occupation. 
 
 AimAH.tMS, Geobgf, Dealer in Butter and Eggs, basement Patt's 
 
 Block, Adams street. 
 
 Allen, H. L. & E. M Milliners and Dressmakers, Pine street. 
 
 Andrews, T. L., M. D Homeopathic Physician. Office, Pine street. 
 
 Anpekson, Wm. (Col'd) Barber. 
 
 Ball, W. K Architect. Office, Pine street. 
 
 Battey, S. W., Agent for Battey, F. A Dealer in Furniture. 
 
 BAUER HENRY Watchmaker and .Jeweler, &c., Adams street. 
 
 „ „ ( F. Beerkle, 1 Butchers. Shop, Pine and Union 
 
 Beerkle & Bruns, -^ jj jj^^jj^ [• streets. 
 
 . (A.M. Bradfield, 1 ,, , „,„„„, 1 Livery, 
 
 Bbai.eielu & Abmstrokg, I J Armstrong, | ^'''P'^ '^'"'^•' I Feed & 
 
 Sale Stable. 
 
 Bean & Meek .Jewelers, &c., Adams street. 
 
 BtiTT?, G. P Restaurant. Adams street 
 
 I M. Blanchanl, i Butchers, basement Helm & 
 B. Hall J Kdgerton's Hardware, Pine st. 
 T. H. Beekman, Savannah, 1 firocei-ymen 
 
 Blanchard & Hall, 
 
 ■\A. 
 BEFKMAN & HATTON, ■ 
 
 .T. W. H.atton, ("reston. 
 
 fZoUars' Bl'k, 
 Pine street 
 
 _ I t p ) L. Bennett, \ 
 
 Bennett, L. \, i.. | j, jjennett. / Milliners, &c.. Pine street. 
 
 BELL, W. R Dealer in Furniture, Pine street. 
 
 „ f M. Belden,Galesburg,Ill. I Grain Dealers. Elevator. 
 
 Belden & bcoTT, j y^ jy g^^j,,^ Creston, f Cherry street. 
 
 BuBKET, H. K Agent A. M. X. Ex, 
 
 BucKMAN, Z. G Restaurant, Adams street. 
 
 _.._,._„ . „,, I .las. Butler, \ Grocers, Tea Dealers, Bakery, &c., Ad- 
 BU i LLK & L-U., ^^ jjy ^oM^y:, , ams street. 
 
 Bbesnan, Pat' k Blacksmith, &c. 
 
 Carney, H. \V Wheelwright. 
 
 Cabtlich, G. W Dry Goods Merchant. 
 
 „ 5 „ /A. M.Childs, I 
 
 LHILDS & L.HAMBEBS, j ^ p^^ Chambers, / Attorneys at Law, Adams st. 
 
 Childs, A. P Harness Shop, Pine street. 
 
 CHICAGO LUMBER CO Dealers in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, &c. 
 
 (M. T. Greene, Chicago; .). M. Byrne, Creston,) Maple and 
 
 Montgomery streets. 
 CHRISTIE & TORREY, Physicians and Surgeons, Adams street, over 
 
 Robie's Drug Store. 
 ,, f E. K. Clark. l 
 
 (LARK cV iJKiuo.N, ,^ j)avi,| Brydon, | Painters, &c., Montgomery st. 
 
 t'oLRY, C. J Book Publisher and Insurance Agent. 
 
 Commercial House S. N. Porterfield, Prop., Adams street. 
 
 Cook, Fred Cigar Factory, Pine street. 
 
 CRESTON "DEMOCRAT," Newspaper, S. R. Davis, Prop., 
 
 Office in Patt's Block. 
 
 Creston Billiaeh Hali T. M. Douglas, Prop., Adams street. 
 
 Creston Mill T. .1. Evans, Prop., Elm street 
 
 COGGESUALL, Mrs. .J. C Milliner, ic. Maple street. 
 
 CRESTON, BANK OF B. Lombard, .Jr., President ; .T. L. Lombard, 
 
 Cashier, Brick Block, Pine street. 
 Creston Hoise... Hopkins & Pearson, Props., corner Pine and Adams sts. 
 Cbeston Library Association S. D. Swan, President; K. D. Temple, 
 
 Secretary ; Mrs. M. .\I. Bowman, Librarian. Open 2 to 6 and 
 
 7 to 10 P. M.; Sundays, V, to 5 P. .M. Patt's Block, corner 
 
 .Adams and Elm streets. 
 Cutler, Mrs. M. A Photograph Artist, Pine street. 
 
 Name. Occupation. 
 
 DivEN. Samuel Deputy SherifT. 
 
 Dean, Anson ; Coiil Dealer. 
 
 Dawson & O'Brien, Carpenters and Builders, Shop rear Griffin's Store. 
 
 DuNBAB, Mrs. L Dressmaker. 
 
 Davis, S. R Editor and Publisher Creston "Democrat." 
 
 „ ., I E. H. Dobbs, \ 
 DoBBS & .NYE, ^ ^ ^y j^Tyg > Grocers, Pine street. 
 
 Douglas, T. H Proprietor Billiard Hall Saloon. 
 
 Duggan, Stephen Groceries, &c.. Union street. 
 
 DY'ER JOE Dealer in Drugs, Paints, Oils, Wall Paper, Stationery, &c.. 
 
 .\dam8 street. 
 EcKEB, J. T Restaurant, Union street. 
 
 ( G. W. Emerson, | 
 EMERSON, G. W. & CO. \ Jno. A. Patterson, \ Land & Real Instate Agts. 
 
 I A. D. McCandless, J Office, Pine street. 
 
 „ _- ( E. Evershed, I Grocers, Tea Dealers and Crockery, 
 
 LvEBSiiED & Derb,-^P jjgj.j._ I Pine street. 
 
 Evans, T. .1 Proprietor Creston Jlill; 
 
 FAHLSING, CHAS. W Dealer in Dry Goods, &c.. Cor. Pine and 
 
 Montgomery streets, Zollar's Block. 
 i H. Farley, ) 
 
 Farley, H. & Co., \ A. J. Bivens, I Land and Real Estate Agents, 
 
 I L. Dyo Chambers, J .Vdams street. 
 
 Faeb, A. Mbs Millinery, Ladies' Furnishing Goods, Maple street. 
 
 Finkelstein, S Dealer in Hides, Wool and Furs. 
 
 Fleming, G. C Clerk ( Beldeu & Scott), 
 
 Frasier, J. W Lumber Merchant. 
 
 Fuller & Co Dealers in Agricultural Implements, Farm Machinery, 
 
 Coal and Wood, Union street. 
 
 fC. M. Shultz, ) Creston Gazette, 
 
 GAZETTE PRINTING CO. J W. H. Cunningham, I Newspaper and Gen- 
 
 \ .Jno. Robison. J eral Printing Office, 
 
 office in Helen & Edgerton's Block, Pine street. 
 
 Given, H. A.. M. D Physician and Surgeon, office Adams street. 
 
 GRAVES, J. W.. M. D Dealer in Drugs, P.aints. Oils, Stationery, &c. 
 
 Griffin, James General Merchant, Adams street. 
 
 . _ I John Hall, 1 
 
 HALL & bPENCER ^ jjgj.jjgj.( jj Spencer, j Dealer in Ice and Livestock. 
 
 Hall, Zollars' Cor. Pine and Montgomery streets. Col. E. ZoUars, 
 
 Proprietor, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. 
 T. .T,c,ii c nc-DDTM I J- B. HaTsh, ) ...Bankers, Land Brokers. Office, 
 HARSH & PERRIN, -^ j, ^ Perriii, ' "' ' 
 
 Harsh & Stafford, 
 
 J. B. Harsh, t Attorneys at Law, 
 ( T. J. Stafford, / street, over Harsh 
 
 .Harness Makers, Pine st. 
 
 Pine street. 
 
 Ofiice, Pine 
 
 & Perrin' s 
 
 Bank. 
 
 Habtman, J. C Wagon and Carriage Maker, Montgomery street. 
 
 A. Harvey, \ 
 P. Harvey. J ... 
 
 H. Helme. 1 
 
 E. Edgertou, / Haixhvarc Merchants, Pine st. 
 
 r G. D. Hendricks, Eaton, Ohio. | Land Agents, 
 
 ^ 0. V. Hendricks, Creston, (Office, Corner 
 
 Pine and Adams streets. 
 
 HoouE, Nels Mint Saloon, Pine street 
 
 E. Hopkins, 1 
 
 Pierson, / Proprietors Creston House. 
 
 • J. W. Peck, ■) 
 A. M. Howe, J Livery and Feed Stable, Walnut street. 
 
 t A 
 Habvet & Son, < j ' 
 
 Helme & Edoebton, \ „' 
 
 Hendricics, G. D. & Son, 
 
 Hopkins & Pier; 
 Howe & Peck, 
 
 f B. 
 
 SON,|(,_. 
 
 {: 
 
 GO TO BEEKMAN & HATTON'S FOR FAMILY GROCERIES. 
 
All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 96 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 NniiK". Occiipatton. 
 
 Ilrusr, G. II Carpenter ami Huilfler. 
 
 IliMi'HHKY, Mrs Milliner and Dressmaker. I'ino street. 
 
 iri.n.11 u a>iiLMUAi>m f A. E. Keith, 1 Exclusive Dealers in Hoots and 
 KMIH & SlhWART, |^ j., g,^^^,^^, [ p^^^, ,,j,,^ ^,^^^, 
 
 „ „ ( W. N. Kelley, 1 Dry fioods, Boots, Shoes and (^ar- 
 
 ,, . . I G. F. Kilburn, | Lawyers and Land Agts. Acts. 
 
 KlLBUBN & ADAM.S, I ,y j,^^^,^,^,^^ | ^^^ 'p _ p ^ ^ ^^^ ^ j ^ 6^^_ 
 
 Patfs Block. 
 
 Lamu, G. M Carpenter and Builder, Montgomery street. 
 
 TT.»i^»T » iji3\' f W. V. Lemon, 1 Dealers in t'oal. Lime and Tilcing, 
 LEMON & REX. | ^ ^ ,,^^ | P,^;^^„j ^,,,^„,, ^„.^^ S 
 
 LiNKiiAKGKE, M. .\ Kestauranl, IMno street. 
 
 LoNO Branch Bakbek Shop Wni. Anderson, Proprietor, Adams street. 
 
 Lkavesworth IIdcse Cha.s. Brown, Proprietor. 
 
 McCandless, A. D... Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Real Estate Agt. 
 
 McCann, Eugene Clerk (S. Duggan). 
 
 McDonald, A. S Land Agent. 
 
 ,, „ „ I I. L. Mackemer, 1 Groceries and Queensware, 
 
 Mackemer & IIeini.y, ^ ,. ., u ■ 1 ?• a 1 . 1 
 
 ' I B. F. Heinly, / Adams street. 
 
 Mackemer, R. S Books, Stationery and News Depot, Adams street. 
 
 Mi:Lf;oii, Roderick Shoemaker, Pine street. 
 
 ' S. H. Mallory, Chariton, j B'nkers, Brick 
 C. E. Perkins, Burlington, ^ Block, Corner 
 A. D. Temple, Crestun. J Adams & Ma- 
 ple streets. 
 
 Maksiiai.l, Mrs. C. L Dressmaker 
 
 P. V. Meyer, 1 
 
 ' \ N. 0. Bruey. ) Barher.s, Pine street. 
 
 J Edw. Mullen, ^ 
 
 ' \ Pat. O'Hara. j Butchers (shop Union street). 
 
 Murphy, John Grocery ami Restaurant, Adams street. 
 
 Nance, H. I., M. D Physician and Surgeon 
 
 OoiiEN House Proprietor, .J. Biwcr, cor. Walnut and Montgomery sts. 
 
 />r)iiiir.i.. T.L10 Mr>nr«««»T f J. Oberfeldcr, CouDcil Bluft's, 1 Clothiers, 
 OBLRFLLDER & NEWMAN, | ^ New.ua,,, Creston. | Gents' 
 
 Furnishing Goods, Adams street. 
 
 P.'VTT, J. H Dealer in Hardware and Farming Iniplemetits, corner 
 
 Adams ami ]*;im streets. 
 
 PATTERSON, JOHN A Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Ileal 
 
 Estate .Vgeut. G. W. Emerson & Co. 
 
 MALLORV & CO., S. II. 
 
 Marsha 
 
 Meyeu & Bruey, 
 
 Mullen & O'Hara, 
 
 Rex & Parsons 
 
 SILVERTHORN & GI'TlIUlDfH':, 
 
 Niiuio. Oc«upalinii. 
 
 POST OFFICE, W. T. MAXWELL, P. M Pine street. Office hours, 
 
 7 A. M. to '.I V. M. Sundays, 9 to 10 A. M. 
 
 Raper, F. a Tailor. Shop over (irifiin's Store, .\dams street. 
 
 Reii.i.ey, W. H., Db Dentist, .\dam8 street. 
 
 Revere House Cor. Union and Maple streets. Mrs. fi. W. 
 
 Thurlby, Proprietress. 
 
 f R. E. Rex, 1 Coal Dealers and Expressmen. Office, 
 
 "" ' \ A. H. Parsons, / cor. Pine and Adams streets. 
 
 Rex, Mrs. R, E Milliner and Dressmaker. 
 
 ROBINSON & CO Fire and Life Insurance Agents, Adams street. 
 
 Seeluach, John Dealer in Gents' Furnishing Goods, Tobacco, etc. 
 
 Shinn, J. M Keal Estate Agent, Pine street. 
 
 SiiORTLiFK, (iii.BERT Dealer in Clothing. Gents' Furnishing Goods, 
 
 etc., Zollars' Block, Pine street. 
 
 I 0. J. Silverthorn, ] Real Estate 
 
 \ A. L. Guthridge, (Agents and 
 
 Insurance, Pine street. 
 
 STTVFRTTIOim & SON /<>. J. Silverthorn, ] Druggists, Paints, Oils, 
 blLVERlHOKN cV SON, | q j, gii^er,,,^,.,, , etc., etc. 
 
 Skibven, T. E Blacksmith, Montgomery street. 
 
 f J. P. Sncdeker, ] 
 
 \ E. C. Wilkin.son, ) ....Druggists, etc.. Maple street. 
 
 Stephens, A. P General Dealer in Dry Goods, Carpets, Boots and 
 
 Shoes, Pine street. 
 
 Stiles, P. B Blacksmith, Montgomery street. 
 
 Shebiu.in & DuaOAN, Misses Dressmakers, Pine street, over 
 
 Kelley & Becker's. 
 
 Trkmont House J. J. Leeper, Proprietor. 
 
 TERPENNING, C. W Photographic .\rtist, .Maple street. 
 
 Van Horn, Jasper Barber, Pine street. 
 
 WAY, H. M. & CO., I H. M. Way, 1 General Dealers 
 
 D. A. THORNTON & CO., Aft.m, | D A. Thornton, / in Stoves, Hard- 
 ware and Agricultural Imiilemcnls, .\danis street. 
 
 Wells, J. M Land and Loan .\gcut and Justice of the Peace. 
 
 Office in Paft's Block. 
 Whitlach, Misses M. & L Dressmakers, etc. 
 
 f G. P. Wilson,] Attorneys at Law. Office over J. 
 
 i D. 11. Ettien, ) Dyer's Drug Store. 
 
 Wilson, J. B., M. D Physician and Surgeon. 
 
 WISE & CO Clothiers, etc., Adams street. 
 
 Snedekeb & Co. 
 
 Wilson & Ettien, 
 
 TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUMTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 

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 W.K.aAU 
 
 BANK OF CRESTON. 
 
B. LOMBARD, Jr.. Owner, 
 
 Gaksburg, Illinois. 
 
 JAMES L. LOMBARD, Cashier, 
 
 Creston, Iowa. 
 
 THEE 
 
 CRESTON, - IOWA, 
 
 Deposits Received, Short Time Business Paper Discounted, Collections Made, 
 
 AND A 
 
 General Banking Business Transacted 
 
 Excliange Soil on New Yorlf, CMcap, Burlington, and tlie Principal Cities of Enrope. 
 
 We would invite the attention of conservative inen to the above Bank, and 
 
 court inquiry as to its standing. 
 
 c o mtEi ^i»or8'i>E;3J8'"rsi 
 
 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, New York City, 
 
 FIFTH NATIONAL BANK, Chicago, 
 
 NATIONAL STATE BANK, Burlington. 
 
 MONEY TO LOAN ON IMPROVED FARMS 
 
 JiJH XjOVT'EST R^^^TES- 
 
Large Stock and Lowest Prices at BEEKMAN & HATTOW^S. 
 
 SKETCHES. MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 97 
 
 CRESTON GENERAL DIRECTORY. 
 
 Namk. 
 
 OCCIIPATIOS. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 i g Residence. 
 
 6S 
 
 N-4 M p. 
 
 OCCIIPATIOX. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 1874 
 1809 
 1862 
 1875 
 1874 
 1870 
 1870 
 1874 
 1875 
 1874 
 1875 
 1870 
 1868 
 1870 
 1871 
 1871 
 1875 
 
 1874 
 1876 
 1875 
 1872 
 1873 
 1874 
 1874 
 1874 
 1876 
 
 Kf:8IDF.NCK. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tremont House. 
 Cherry street. 
 
 Cherry street. 
 
 Elm street. 
 Maple street. 
 Revere street. 
 Union street. 
 
 Clarke street. 
 
 Elliott St., L View. 
 
 Union street. 
 Union street. 
 Montgomery street. 
 
 Birch street. 
 
 Vine street. 
 
 Pine street. 
 Walnut street. 
 Creston House. 
 Elm street. 
 Elm street. 
 Ogden House. 
 
 Montgomery st. ! 
 Tremont House. ! 
 Elm street. | 
 Cherry St. (Hoff'n.) 
 
 Vine street. 
 Vine street. 
 Pine street. 
 Cherry street. 
 McDonald's Add'n. 
 
 Pine street. 
 Walnut street. 
 Maple street. 
 
 Maple street. 
 
 Pinp fltrppt 
 
 Becker, John, Jr. 
 Beckwith, G. L... 
 
 Beebe, J. C 
 
 Beerkle, Frauk... 
 
 Bell, L. B 
 
 Bell, Chas. E 
 
 Bennett, 0. E 
 
 Berry, W. C 
 
 Berry, B. K 
 
 Berry, Rev. T. V. 
 Berger, C 
 
 Dry Goods 
 
 Penn 
 
 Pine street. 
 
 Ackley, Wm 
 
 \ckley Mary 
 
 
 Ohio 
 
 1873 
 1874 
 1876 
 187.5 
 1875 
 1875 
 187e 
 1871 
 1809 
 1870 
 1809 
 1873 
 1875 
 1872 
 1875 
 1872 
 1873 
 1873 
 1875 
 1870 
 1873 
 1875 
 1871 
 1871 
 1808 
 1808 
 1870 
 1875 
 1872 
 
 .Michigan ... 
 Ohio 
 
 
 
 New Vork... 
 New Vork... 
 Iowa 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Butcher 
 
 Teamster 
 
 Stone-cutter 
 
 Insurance 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Cor. Wal. & Clarke 
 
 
 
 Germany ... 
 
 Illinois 
 
 I'enn 
 
 Indiana 
 
 New York... 
 Ohio 
 
 Maple street. 
 
 
 Law Student 
 
 Attorney at Law.. 
 Laborer 
 
 Montgomery street 
 
 Adams W E 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Akfi''* (^lias. A ... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 
 Albert Mat 
 
 Butcher 
 
 Germany ... 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Canada 
 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Aliler^on FA 
 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Minis'rChr'nCh. 
 Mechanic, R. II.. 
 
 Stone-cutter 
 
 H'dware, Lumb'r 
 
 Revere House. 
 
 Alger. William ... 
 
 Bridge Carpenter 
 
 Maine 
 
 Germany.... 
 Penn 
 
 
 Allpn Tfthn F 
 
 Depot Agent 
 
 Vermont 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Canada 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Canada 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Kentucky... 
 New York... 
 
 Bettner, W. I! 
 
 Beymer, M. C... 
 Bilto-en Mat 
 
 
 Allen, H. L. Aliss. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Allen C S 
 
 
 
 Montgomery street 
 .Montgomery street 
 
 -illen E M. Mis.% 
 
 
 Biltgen, Mrs. M... 
 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Scotland 
 
 Germany ... 
 Michigan ... 
 Ohio 
 
 Allen, R F 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Bissett, Robert... 
 Bissett, Thomas .. 
 Bishop, P 
 
 Foreman R. Ho.. 
 
 Allen, AI. J 
 
 
 Pine street. 
 
 Allen S R 
 
 
 
 Cherry street. 
 
 Allen C V 
 
 
 Bivens, Eliza 
 
 Black, J. S 
 
 Blanchard, Mark. 
 Blanchard, N. A.. 
 
 Bodell, Jacob 
 
 BoUenbach, Wm.. 
 
 I Bollig, Peter 
 
 Bollig, Jacob 
 
 Bowker, George.. 
 
 Bowie, Peter 
 
 Booth, J. T 
 
 Border, W. B 
 
 Boyd, John 
 
 Boyd, George 
 
 Bowman. Sarah.. 
 Bowman, William 
 Bradish, L 
 
 Empl. Penn Hon. 
 
 Bank Teller 
 
 Capitalist, Farm' r 
 
 Butcher 
 
 Butcher 
 
 Butcher . . 
 
 AUoway, .T .. 
 
 Anderson, A. (J .. 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Vermont 
 
 Vermont 
 
 Vermont 
 
 Canada 
 
 Germany ... 
 Germany ... 
 Germany ... 
 New York... 
 
 Wyoming avenue. 
 
 Laliorer 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Penn 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Devoe's .\ddition. 
 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Maple street. 
 
 
 
 Maple street. 
 Maple street. 
 
 AndrewH, .J. C... 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Andrews (' E 
 
 Con.C.B.&Q.K.R 
 Seamstress 
 
 New York... 
 New York . . . 
 New York... 
 Connecticut 
 Sweden 
 
 Maple street. 
 Elm street. 
 
 .\ndrew.s Airs M 
 
 Fireman 
 
 
 
 
 Andrews, T.L..M |l 
 
 Homeop. Physi'n 
 Weaver 
 
 
 Now York... 
 Penn 
 
 1860 
 1875 
 1869 
 1876 
 1874 
 
 Walnut street. 
 
 .Vpfilegreen, S.... 
 
 Armstrong, J 
 
 Augustine, John.. 
 Augustine, Henry 
 
 Clerk, A. P. S's.. 
 Laborer, R. Ho... 
 
 Creston House. 
 
 Irelanil 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Blaoksmitli 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Waitress 
 
 Mechanic 
 
 Germany.... 
 Jhio 
 
 1872 
 1872 
 1874 
 1875 
 1870 
 1875 
 
 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Bds F. Clark. 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Wisconsin .. 
 New Vork... 
 New York... 
 
 
 
 Austin, E 
 
 Section Hand 
 
 Livery Stable 
 
 Section Hand 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Penn 
 
 1870 
 1870 
 1876 
 1875 
 1875 
 
 i'sVi 
 
 1872 
 1872 
 1870 
 1876 
 1800 
 1872 
 1870 
 1872 
 1870 
 
 
 Austin, Edwaril.. 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Bradfield, A. N... 
 Branan, Martin... 
 Breitenstein, H.. 
 Breitenstein, W... 
 
 Wyoming ave. 
 
 Ball, W. K 
 
 Architect 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Missouri 
 
 
 
 
 Pine street. 
 
 Balch, H 
 
 Real Estate 
 
 New York... 
 Iowa 
 
 1873 
 1876 
 
 
 
 Ballriech, Willie.. 
 
 
 New York... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Maple street. 
 Birch street. 
 
 Ball, Harry 
 
 Bartlett. W H 
 
 
 *Brennan,Pat'ick 
 Bridges, Eliz'beth 
 
 Briggs, B. S 
 
 Brookman, J. H.. 
 
 Brown, L. II 
 
 Brown, Charles. . 
 
 Brown, E. S 
 
 Brown, Rev 
 
 Bruns, Henry 
 
 Brydon, David.... 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 .Seamstress 
 
 Engineer .... 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois 
 
 New York... 
 Ireland 
 
 1873 
 1876 
 1875 
 1873 
 1875 
 1873 
 1876 
 1873 
 1870 
 1875 
 1809 
 1S08 
 1874 
 
 Lake View, I'^Uiottst 
 
 Bartletl, J. W 
 
 Machinist 
 
 ( 'arpenter 
 
 New York... 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Penn 
 
 N. V. avenue. 
 
 Bartlett, J. W 
 
 
 
 Vine street. 
 
 Barnwell, .T. A 
 
 Carnenter 
 
 Mechanic R. H... 
 Landlord Leavenworth H 
 Butcher 
 
 
 Barringer, G 
 
 Bassett, D. P 
 
 
 N. H 
 
 Birch street. 
 
 .Mason .. 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois 
 
 R. Island... 
 Germany ... 
 
 New York... 
 
 McDonald's Add. 
 
 B.assett, Miss K.. 
 
 
 Clergyman M.E.C 
 Butcher 
 
 
 Battey. S. W 
 
 Bauer, Henry 
 
 Bean, S. S..." 
 
 Furniture Dealer. 
 3rocer& Jeweler 
 
 Germany.... 
 .Scotland 
 
 Ogden House. 
 Cherry street. 
 
 Painter (C. & B.) 
 
 Beach, Mrs. A... 
 
 
 Vennont 
 
 Ihio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Burkett, W. F 
 
 Buckman, MiltT. 
 
 Clerk Beymer&Co 
 Clerk iHalton'* .. 
 
 
 1874 
 1873 
 1876 
 
 Commercial House. 
 
 Beach, F. H 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois 
 
 
 Bell, W. R 
 
 ?'urniture . . 
 
 Buckman, Z. C... Restaurant 
 
 Bush, Ed Bookkeeper Bank Creston 
 
 
 Beckman, L 
 
 Painter 
 
 Germany....' 
 
 18,4 1 
 
 Creston House. 
 
 *Naine appears in Business Directory. 
 
 * Name appeara In Business Directory. 
 
 TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
THRM3 CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 98 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Burke, Mike 
 
 Burdett, Cliaa 
 
 Butler, William... 
 
 liutlcr, S 
 
 liiillcr. W. G 
 
 liiitler, James 
 
 Byrne, J. M 
 
 Butts, G. V 
 
 CttlilU IJ 
 
 Campbell, John... 
 
 Cane, J. S 
 
 CanJon, Martin... 
 
 Carlstroni, (! 
 
 Carter, Michael... 
 Carter, Michael... 
 Carter, Charles... 
 *Carney, 11. W... 
 *Cartlich, G. W... 
 Carpenter, E. W.. 
 Carpenter, W O... 
 Carothers, T. J... 
 
 Cartriglit, S 
 
 Carr. S. M 
 
 Castineiglil,S. T.. 
 
 Cavanaugh, J 
 
 Ceasford, A. G 
 
 Cliatterton. VV, A. 
 "Chambers, L.Dyu 
 fhiiiiberlain. Mrs. K — 
 CbaiiibtrlaiD, ^tj. S. i.. 
 
 ^('lutney, I!. L 
 
 Champ, William.. 
 
 *Childs, A. M 
 
 *Childs, A. P 
 
 Christian, Peter.. 
 Christie.W.H.,lD 
 Clawson. II .... 
 
 Clark, W. C 
 
 Clancv, John.. 
 
 Clarkl N. A 
 
 »Clark, K. K... 
 Clark, William 
 Clark, Geo. A. 
 Clark, James.. 
 
 Clark, F 
 
 Clymer, Peter. 
 Cortman. T. D. 
 (■oggeshall. .fohn. 
 'Oogfesliall, Urs. J. C 
 
 ('olhy, C. J 
 
 Cole, C. W 
 
 Cole , Eliada 
 
 Cole, Frank B... 
 
 Cnllom, B. F 
 
 Colman, Robert... 
 
 Colt, P. K 
 
 <'ombs, A. B 
 
 ('.in>iidine, Jaine; 
 
 Cc.iiklin, 11 
 
 Conklin, Klias 
 
 Connett, ('has 
 
 *Cook, Frederick 
 
 Corey, Nathan 
 
 Cornet, James 
 
 Cosgrove, Thos... 
 
 Cox, T. P 
 
 Craig, John 
 
 Cramer, .Mary 
 
 (Crawford, J. II... 
 Oitcher, N 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Boiler Maker 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 Grocer 
 
 Lumber Dealer.. 
 
 Restaurant 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Occupation. Nativity 
 
 
 >!weden 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Indiana.... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 New York. 
 Vermont... 
 
 1873 
 1875 
 1875 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 1870 
 
 1873 
 
 Wiper, Round H's 
 
 .Machinist ^ 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Conductor 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Boiler Maker... 
 Wheelwright... 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Retired 
 
 Landlord 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Train Master f.,Biq.R.R 
 \ttornev at Law 
 
 Iceland 
 
 Canada 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Canada...... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York... 
 Rhode Isld, 
 Penn 
 
 Grocer 
 
 Mason 
 
 Attorney at Law. 
 Harness Maker.. 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Phvsieian 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Glass Grinder 
 
 Painter 
 
 Painter (C. \ B.) 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Engineer 
 
 England 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Ireland 
 
 New York.. 
 
 N. H 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Germany.... 
 New York.. 
 
 Missouri 
 
 Virginia 
 
 New Y'ork.. 
 New York.., 
 
 Sweden 
 
 New Jersey 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Penn 
 
 New Y'ork... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Maine 
 
 Painter 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Car Reporter 
 
 Ures.smaker 
 
 B'kPub.t InsAgI 
 Mechanic R. II... 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 TcLicher 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Painter 
 
 Ungineer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 I'eamster 
 
 Section Hand 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Cigar Manufac'r.. 
 
 Machinist 
 
 Machinist 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Domestic 
 
 Engine Repairer. 
 Laborer 
 
 1870 
 187G 
 187f 
 1872 
 1873 
 1874 
 1876 
 1873 
 1875 
 1870 
 187G 
 
 Iowa . 
 
 Illinois ... 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Illinois ... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Mass 
 
 Mass 
 
 Pennsylva'a 
 
 Missouri.. 
 
 Illinois ... 
 
 Illinois... 
 
 Ireland ... 
 
 Indiana... 
 
 Indiana... 
 
 Indiana... 
 
 (^lenuany. 
 
 Creston House. 
 
 0nion street. 
 Vine street. 
 V^ine street. 
 Walnut street. 
 .Montgomery street. 
 South Pine. 
 McDonald's Add. 
 Union street, 
 'lark street. 
 Birch street. 
 BdsO.V.Cummings. 
 Vine street. 
 Maple street. 
 Maple street. 
 Maple street. 
 Walnut street. 
 
 187.'! 
 
 187(; 
 
 I8.''.8 
 
 187(3 
 
 187C 
 
 1875 
 
 1874 
 
 1874 
 
 1872 
 
 1870 
 
 18 
 
 1873 
 
 1870, 
 
 1874 
 
 187fi 
 
 1874 
 
 187ti 
 
 1871 
 
 1873 
 
 1865 
 
 187f 
 1869 
 1875 
 1876 
 1874 
 1873 
 1872 
 1874 
 1869 
 1869 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Wisconsin.. 
 Illinois 
 
 Wisconsin... 
 ."<ew York... 
 Iowa 
 
 1876 
 
 1875 
 
 18 
 
 18,0 
 
 18 
 
 1850 
 
 186.^ 
 
 1872 
 
 1870 
 
 1876 
 1875 
 1874 
 1876 
 1872 
 1876 
 
 Chicago House. 
 
 Vine street. 
 
 Pine .Street. 
 
 Bda Chicago House. 
 
 Elm street. 
 
 Vine street. 
 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Sycamore street. 
 Swigert's Add. 
 Union street. 
 McDonald's Add. 
 South Pine street. 
 Pine street. 
 Maple street. 
 Vine street. 
 Elm street. 
 
 North Pine. 
 
 Union street. 
 
 S. Cherry street. 
 McDonald's Add. 
 Bds Hamilton. 
 
 Maple street. 
 Vine street. 
 Vine street. 
 Maple street. 
 Maple street. 
 Pine street. 
 Union street. 
 Maple street. 
 Birch street. 
 Pine street. 
 W.Montgomery st. 
 Union street. 
 Union street. 
 Birch street. 
 Vine street. 
 
 Revere House. 
 
 Adams street. 
 Vine street. 
 Vine street. 
 
 Croyden, B 
 
 Cunimings, 0. V..'Boarding House.. 
 
 *Cugniiighaiii, W. B jGazelle Prin'g Co 
 
 Cunniigham, Mat Laborer 
 
 Curfees. W. II ....Section Hand 
 
 Curtis, .1 ;Mech'ic R. House 
 
 Cutler, Mrs. M.APlioto Artist 
 
 Curtis, Pat i Engineer 
 
 Dahme, William. .iMecb'ic IV nd Ho. 
 Dahlberg,Charle8|Laljorpr R'nd Ho. 
 
 Dalton, Ed IC, B. .>c (}. R. R. 
 
 Dano, E. A Fireman 
 
 Ireland . 
 
 Indiana., 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland . 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland . 
 Indiana . 
 
 Daniel, Joseph. 
 Davis, George... 
 Davis, J. W...... 
 
 Davis, S. R 
 
 Davis, T. J 
 
 Davis, J. N 
 
 Dawson, R 
 
 Dean, H 
 
 Dean, .\nson 
 
 Deinu]), F 
 
 Devine, A 
 
 *Dietz, .\nton... 
 Dillon, Michael, 
 *Diven, Samuel 
 Derr, Philip, Sen 
 
 Derr, Phil. A 
 
 Derr, George 
 
 Derr, Ed 
 
 *Dobbs, E. M 
 
 *Doge, A 
 
 Dodge, H. C 
 
 Doiuan, Levi 
 
 Donaldson, Jake. 
 Douglass, T. H... 
 Dooley, William.. 
 Dority, Michael... 
 
 Dosey, Robt 
 
 Dorr, D 
 
 Doty, L. II 
 
 Doyle, George 
 
 Drawyer, C 
 
 DriscoII, P 
 
 Driver, L S 
 
 Drew, Frank 
 
 Drop, Frederick.. 
 
 Duggan, .Matt 
 
 Duggan, Stephen. 
 
 Duggan, J. II 
 
 Duggan, Mrs B.E. 
 Duggan, Matt. J. 
 
 Dunst, Adolph 
 
 Dunst, Albert 
 
 Dutiy, Peter 
 
 Durlin, W. W 
 
 Durlin, Charles... 
 
 Dyer, Joe 
 
 Eads, D 
 
 Eads, George 
 
 Eagan, Con 
 
 Eagen, Thos 
 
 Ecker, J. T 
 
 Eeker, W. A 
 
 Eckerson, C. W... 
 
 Eckhart, John 
 
 Eckhart, F. P 
 
 Edgerton, C. B... 
 Edelstron, H. B .. 
 Edgecomb, Wm... 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Wiper.. 
 
 Mechanic R. H 
 Editor, Pt^mner'it 
 Printer, Democrat 
 
 Delivery 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Germany.. 
 Sweden .... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 Kentucky.... 
 
 Teams' r, Coal D'r 
 
 Section Hand 
 
 Teamster 
 
 Baker 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 Deputy i^herill'. .. 
 Retired 
 
 Clerk (Cartlich).. 
 Cl'k.A.P. Steph's 
 OroceriErcrsbedi Derr) 
 Grocer! DobbsiSje) 
 
 Ag'l Imp'l Dl'r... 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Saloon Keeper.... 
 
 I'ngineer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Laborer ( colored ) 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Saddler 
 
 C, B. & Q. R. R 
 Mechanic R. II.. 
 
 Laborer , 
 
 (Carpenter 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Train De.spatcher 
 
 Engineer. 
 Retired .. 
 Laborer .. 
 
 England .. 
 Illinois ... 
 Illinois ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Vermont.. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Germany . 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Pennsylva'a 
 
 France ... 
 
 Pennsylva'a 
 
 France 
 
 Pennsylva'a 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Germany ... 
 New Y'ork... 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Kentucky... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Pennsylva'a 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Germany 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 New York... 
 
 Irelanil 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Germany .... 
 Germany .... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Brakesman .. 
 
 Druggist 
 
 Bl'cks'h I!. House Indiana 
 Bl'cks'hR. House Indiana 
 
 Engineer Ireland 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Restaurant... 
 
 1875 
 
 1876 Maple street. 
 
 1876 
 
 1870 
 
 1872 
 
 1876 Maple street. 
 
 1872 
 
 1876 Creston House 
 
 1875 
 
 1874 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 1874 
 
 1869 
 
 Illinois . 
 
 Illinois . 
 Jla8t.Mec.C.,B.4Q.R.R. New York. 
 Plasterer .... 
 
 1874 
 1875 
 1874 
 1875 
 1874 
 1871 
 1874 
 1874 
 1876 
 1874 
 1876 
 1870 
 1869 
 1876 
 1871 
 1873 
 1869 
 1875 
 1876 
 1876 
 1872 
 1875 
 
 1875 
 1871 
 1872 
 1876 
 1871 
 1873 
 1871 
 1871 
 1870 
 1871 
 1875 
 1874 
 1875 
 1875 
 1874 
 18t;5 
 1873 
 1869 
 
 Bds. Conunerel Ho. 
 
 Bds. Commerc'l Ho. 
 
 Vine street. 
 
 Commercial House. 
 
 Bds. Riddlemoser. 
 
 Plasterer.. 
 Hardware 
 Engineer. 
 Machinist 
 
 Ohio 
 Ohio 
 
 Merc'tl 
 
 Ohio 
 
 England . 
 
 1874 
 
 1874 
 
 1876 
 
 1875 
 
 18 
 
 1875 
 
 1875 
 
 Maple street. 
 Pine street 
 N. Pine street. 
 Elm street. 
 Elm street. 
 Elm street. 
 Elm street. 
 
 Montgomery street. 
 Pine street. 
 Bds. Hamilton. 
 Bds Burdett. 
 /\dams street. 
 Walnut street. 
 
 McDonald's .Vdd'ii. 
 
 Elliott street. 
 
 Union street. 
 Maple street. 
 Cherry street. 
 
 Walnut street. 
 Elm street. 
 Bds. Mrs. Duggan. 
 Adams street. 
 
 Oak street. 
 Oak street. 
 Union street. 
 Howard street. 
 Howard street. 
 West Creston. 
 
 Cherry street. 
 Tremoiil House. 
 
 Maple street. 
 Maple street. 
 Vine street, 
 Elliott street. 
 Bds. Elliott street. 
 Bds. Creston House. 
 
 * Name appears in Businees Directory. 
 
 ^Namo appears in Busineaa Directory. 
 
 Large Stock and Lowest Prices at BEEKMAN & HATTON'S. 
 
THE PIONEER ONE PRICE STORE. 
 
 C. W. FAHLSING, 
 
 THE OLDEST 
 
 BEY GOODS HOUSl 
 
 IIsT THE OIT-Y". 
 
 VISITORS TO CRESTON SHOULD NOT PAIL TO EXAMINE MY STOCK OF 
 
 THE MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT CAN ALWAYS BE POUND HERE. 
 
 ALL QOODS WARRANTED FIRST QUALITY-NO SHODDY, 
 
 AND SOLD AT THE 
 
 lOTXT-est 2v£a,rlfeet ^rice. 
 
 S T I^ I C T L ^^ O 3Sr E I^ K. I O E . 
 
 aw. FAHLSING, 
 
 ZOLLARS' BLOCK, - - - CRESTON, IOWA. 
 
All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. Stephens. 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 99 
 
 oo 
 
 REStDENCK. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Mason 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Firemen 
 
 Well Borer 
 
 Real Estate Agt 
 Prof. Penmanshp 
 Att'jlaw.WilsoiiEttien. 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Creston Mill 
 
 Grocer 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Tailor 
 
 Land Agt., Fariej 4 Co. 
 
 Conductor 
 
 Brakeman 
 Machinist. 
 
 Conductor 
 
 Mech'ic R. House 
 
 Deal, in Hides, &c 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Eells, Peter Carpenter 
 
 Egberts, Barney.. 'Machi't R. House 
 
 EUedge, J. S. 
 
 Elftnian, M.... 
 
 Emery. .Tames 
 
 Kmery, J. H.. 
 
 Emerson, G. W... 
 
 Emerson, \V 
 
 Ettien, D. H 
 
 Evans, J. P 
 
 Evans, T. ,1 
 
 Evershed, E 
 
 Fahlsing, C. VV... 
 
 Fael, .Jacob 
 
 *Farley, Harvey. 
 Farrell, James.... 
 Farrell, Michael.. 
 Feyers, Robert... 
 
 Fellows, F. J 
 
 Field, A 
 
 Fifer, C 
 
 Fifer, H 
 
 *Finkelgtein, S... 
 Fisher, Charles... 
 
 Fisher, Geo 
 
 Fitzgerald, John.. 
 Fitzgerald, Mary. 
 ■'Fleming, 0. C... 
 Foerder, Charles. 
 
 Fogg, S. L 
 
 Fogg, Wm 
 
 Foster, Joseph 
 
 Foot, L M 
 
 Forscburg, .Tohn.. 
 
 Frasier, J. W 
 
 Frasier, R. C 
 
 Frederick, Peter. 
 Frethey, Charles. 
 
 Friday, John 
 
 Fry, W. H 
 
 Funk, Franklin... 
 
 Furr, C. S 
 
 Furusse, Frank... 
 
 Fuller, M. E 
 
 Gamp, L. R 
 
 Ganey, James 
 
 Garrett, Thomas.. 
 Gaul, Mrs. Maggie 
 
 Gavin, James 
 
 Ga^n, John 
 
 Geaney, P 
 
 Geaney, M 
 
 Gcbhart, J. T 
 
 Gidlev, Thomas... 
 
 Gidley, P. S 
 
 Gifford, S. B 
 
 Gilbert, Mrs. A.. S, 
 Ginkins, Aleck... 
 
 Given, George 
 
 Given, H. A.,1I.D.. 
 
 Godfrey, L 
 
 Goddard, L. S 
 
 Golden, A. S 
 
 Golden, Patrick.. 
 
 Golden, James 
 
 Goldsmith, S. G... 
 
 Good, Russell 
 
 Goodrich, Ervin.. 
 
 Gove, F. B 
 
 Gordon, N. F 
 
 Sweden ... 
 Missouri . 
 Illinois.... 
 Germany. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Penna... 
 Indiana.. 
 
 England 
 
 Prussia 
 
 Germany ... 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Prussia 
 
 N. Hamps'e 
 N. .Jersey.. 
 Germany ... 
 Germany.... 
 
 Germany 
 
 Germany... 
 
 ClcrkiBeldniScott.) 
 
 Bricklayer 
 
 Speculator 
 
 Clerk R.R. Ticket Office, 
 
 Horticulturist 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Lumber Dealer... 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Car Repairer 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Mason 
 
 Shoemaker 
 
 .■Agricultural Imp. 
 
 Painter 
 
 Mechanic R, Ho., 
 Carpenter 
 
 Section Boss... 
 Engine Wiper.. 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Mason 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Conductor 
 
 Laborer 
 
 L.aborer, ( aol'd). 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Physician anil Surgeon. 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Plasterer 
 
 Teamster 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Cooper 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Mason 
 
 Conductor 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 I87& 
 1871 
 1874 
 1873 
 1857 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Irelaml 
 
 Penna 
 
 Prussia 
 
 Maine 
 
 Maine 
 
 N Hamps'e 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Sweden 
 
 New York.., 
 New York.., 
 
 Germany 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Germany..., 
 Penna 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Bohemia.... 
 New York.. 
 Bohemia... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Germany.. 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Maine 
 
 Penn 
 
 New York. 
 Vermont... 
 Maryland., 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Illinois 
 
 1870Elm street. 
 1873 
 
 Vine street. 
 Oak street. 
 
 Union street. 
 
 1872 
 1876 
 1874 
 1874 
 1872 
 1875 
 1871 
 1872 
 1873 
 1875 
 1874 
 1870 
 1874 
 1874 
 1875 
 1871 
 
 1876 
 
 1870 
 
 1875 
 
 1876 
 
 187 
 
 187 
 
 1875 
 
 1873 
 
 1876 
 
 1871 
 
 1875 
 
 1871 
 
 1874 
 
 1870 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 
 
 1873 
 
 1871 
 
 1876 
 
 1872 
 
 1858 
 1873 
 1871 
 1875 
 1871 
 1873 
 1875 
 1876 
 1875 
 1875 
 1875 
 1876 
 1875 
 1872 
 1871 
 186'J 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Ohio 
 
 N. H 
 
 New York. 
 
 Birch street. 
 North Pine street. 
 West Montgomery. 
 Montgomery street. 
 Montgomery street. 
 Vine street. 
 Revere House. 
 Revere House. 
 
 North Pine street. 
 
 Res Hoffman. 
 Montgomery street. 
 Oak street. 
 
 Bet. Pine & Walnut. 
 
 Birch street. 
 Union street. 
 Walnut street. 
 Waliuit street. 
 Elliott St, Lake View 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Pine street. 
 
 Oak street. 
 Vine street. 
 Vine street. 
 North Pine street. 
 Tremont House. 
 
 V^ine street. 
 
 • 
 
 Birch street. 
 
 Elm street. 
 Birch street. 
 .Maple street. 
 
 1869 
 1870 
 1874 
 1872 
 1875 
 1870 
 1875 
 
 Bds Duggan. 
 Bds Duggan. 
 
 Vine street. 
 
 Union street. 
 Maple street. 
 West Creston. 
 
 Maple street. 
 Walnut street. 
 Union street. 
 N. Pine street. 
 Union street. 
 N. Pine street. 
 .Maple street. 
 Pine street. 
 
 *Grantham, Thos. 
 
 Graham, C. A 
 
 Graves, J. W.. M.I). 
 
 Graham, Jos 
 
 Gray, W. H 
 
 Gray, Charles 
 
 Green, William... 
 
 Green, A. C 
 
 Greeley, Henry... 
 
 Griffes, H. P 
 
 Griffin, James 
 
 Gummcre, R. M.. 
 
 Guthrie, G. L 
 
 Guthridge, A. L.. 
 
 Hackett, John 
 
 Ilackett, James... 
 Hagedorn.Chas.. 
 Hagedorn, Wm... 
 
 Hall, .Tohn 
 
 Hall, R 
 
 Halstead, John... 
 
 Hall, Thomas 
 
 Hall, Albert B.... 
 Hampton, George 
 Hamilton, Jas. K 
 ♦Hamilton, W. H. 
 
 Hand, .Mrs 
 
 Haney, J. F 
 
 Hansen, Martin 
 Harding, B. L.. 
 Harris, William... 
 
 ■'Harvey, A 
 
 Harvey, G. AV 
 
 Harwood, A 
 
 Harrington, W. H. 
 Hardesty, Anna, 
 
 Harris, E 
 
 Harsh. J. B 
 
 Hartm.an, J. C 
 
 Hart, D 
 
 Harvey, James.. 
 Hatton, John W 
 llattiscliwbeclfr, ill .... 
 Haverick, J. L. 
 Hawk, Mrs. Sarah 
 
 Hawkins, H 
 
 Hawkins, J. R.. 
 Hayward. Mary 
 Haxel, William.. 
 Heacock, E. R,.. 
 Heckison, John. 
 *Hendricks, C.V. 
 Helme, C. H.... 
 
 Henseley 
 
 Heinley, B. F. . 
 Hewitt, James.. 
 Hicks, G. W.... 
 
 Hicks, G. B 
 
 Higbee, D. W... 
 
 Hill, John 
 
 Hobbs, George ... 
 
 Hoeffer, P 
 
 Hoeanadle, C 
 
 Hoffman, II 
 
 Holmes, Olin 
 
 Hoffstatter, W. C 
 
 Holliday, J 
 
 Holenback, John 
 Holloway, Oscar.. 
 Holmes, J. W 
 
 Druggist 
 
 Mechanic, R. H.. 
 
 Druggist 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Machinist 
 
 Boiler Maker 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Express Agent.... 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Mechanic. 11. H.. 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Farmer, &c 
 
 Real Estate 
 
 Depot Restaurant 
 Depot Restaurant 
 Helper Boiler Maker.... 
 
 Car Repairer 
 
 Ice Dealer, &c.... 
 
 Shoemaker 
 
 Mason 
 
 Market Gardener 
 
 Butcher 
 
 Brick Maker 
 
 Farmer 
 
 City Marshal 
 
 Nurse 
 
 Traveling Agent.. 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Broker 
 
 f\gent 
 
 Harness Maker... 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Bridge Carpenter 
 Machinist .., 
 
 New York... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Banker 
 
 Wagon k Carriage Maker 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Harness Maker... 
 
 Grocer, &c 
 
 Boiler Maker... 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Tailoress 
 
 Jeweler 
 
 Conductor C.,B. 4 ft. R.E 
 
 New York . . . 
 Connecticut. 
 New York... 
 
 Germany 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Tennessee... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Michigan 
 
 Michigan 
 
 Germany 
 
 Germany 
 
 Illinois 
 
 New York... 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Maine....;... 
 
 Penn 
 
 Denmark 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Louisiana ... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Land Agent — 
 Hardware Merc't 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Grocer 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 I'd Dcp't Harsh 4 Perrin 
 
 Plasterer 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Tinsmith 
 
 Butcher 
 
 .Mechanic, R. Ho. 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Clerk, J. ff. Gtafen. 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Mechanic, R. H. 
 Clerk 
 
 1874 North Pine street. 
 
 1875 Howard street. 
 1870:Pine street. 
 1870 Birch street. 
 1875^N. Pine street. 
 
 1876 N. Pine street. 
 1875 Cherry street. 
 1871 Elm street. 
 1876:McDonald's Add'n. 
 1876! Vine street. 
 
 1871 
 
 Penn 
 
 Missouri 
 
 Switzerland 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Kentucky.. 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Penn 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Penn 
 
 .Sweden 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York.., 
 
 Penn 
 
 Indiana., 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Maine 
 
 Penn 
 
 •Germany . 
 Germany . 
 Michigan . 
 Ohio 
 
 Bohemia.. 
 England .. 
 Virginia.. 
 
 1875 
 
 Creston House. 
 Elm street. 
 Lake View. 
 
 1875 
 
 1875 
 
 1875:Maple street. 
 
 1870O.ik street. 
 
 1870 Elm street. 
 
 1870Creston House. 
 
 1874| 
 
 187l!Devoe's Addition. 
 
 1870Devoe's Addition, 
 
 1876 Pine street. 
 
 1876lPine street. 
 
 18721 
 
 I876IPine street. 
 
 1872! 
 
 1869 Wyoming avenue. 
 
 1876 Vine street. 
 
 1874 Maple street. 
 
 1873 Pine street. 
 
 1875 Pine street. 
 1869 Vine street. 
 
 1876 Montgomery street. 
 1876 Bds Bell. 
 
 1872 Elliott street. 
 1870jWalnut street. 
 1876lElm street. 
 1873! 
 
 1874 Pine street. 
 1872: 
 
 1876|Walnut street. 
 1872' Pine street. 
 1872iVine .street. 
 
 1876 
 1871 
 
 Vine street. 
 Pine street. 
 Bds Riddlemoser. 
 
 1876 
 
 1870 Wyoming avenue. 
 1876'Tremont House. 
 I874ICreston House. 
 1875iW. Montgomery st. 
 1875 Bds Bell, Mon'ryst. 
 
 1874 Maple street. 
 1872lCherry street. 
 1876iPiue street. 
 
 Creston House. 
 
 1876! 
 
 1875jMaple street. 
 187l'Pine street. 
 1874lMeDonald's Add'n. 
 
 1875 Pine street. 
 1870 Vine street. 
 
 1876 Pine street. 
 
 1876'; 
 
 iChicago House. 
 
 1872 Maple street. 
 
 1870i 
 
 1873;W. Montgomery st. 
 
 '* Name Appears in Business Directory. 
 
 ^ Name appears in Business Directory. 
 
 OUR BOOTS AND SHOSS ARB ALL GOGD AND WARRANTED. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
TERM8 CA8H, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 100 
 
 SKETCHEvS, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
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 h 
 
 h 
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 X 
 
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 PQ 
 
 
 0) 
 
 o 
 
 O 
 
 u 
 
 o 
 O 
 
 Holmes, 0. C 
 
 HoUoway, K 
 
 lloUovvay, Jos 
 
 Hook, Al 
 
 *l{ogue, Nelson..jSalonii Keeper 
 Hoskinson, Thos. Well Digger... 
 
 Cigar .Maker IVirginia.... 
 
 Boiler Muker ! England... 
 
 Barrel Maker IKngland.. . 
 
 Brakenmn ' 
 
 Canu'liu... 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 <0O < 
 
 1873 
 1871 
 
 1871 
 
 Uosea, .V. R.. 
 
 Honselcv, S. 
 
 ...Teamster. 
 F... Machinist 
 
 Howiiril, rharles. 
 Hopkins, B. K — 
 Huglie.s, Mrs.L.M 
 
 Huftman, .1 
 
 '^Humphrey, Mrs 
 
 Hunter, C. A 
 
 Hunter, G. T 
 
 Hunter, C. H 
 
 Ilnrst. G. H 
 
 Kirenian 
 
 Hotel Keeper.. 
 
 Laundress 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Dressmaker ... 
 .Machinist . 
 
 Indiana.. 
 
 England 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Illinois 
 
 1869 
 1870 
 18G8 
 1874 
 
 il873 
 tl870 
 1876 
 ,1872 
 
 W. Montgomery st. 
 Cherry street. 
 Bds. iV. HoUoway. 
 Tremont House. 
 
 Elm street. 
 Vine street. 
 Elm street. 
 Birch street. 
 Creston House. 
 Vine street. 
 
 Maine jl876 
 
 Machinist .Maine |1876 
 
 Carpenter 1 Norway ,1876 
 
 Bldr. & Curpter.JMaryland... 
 
 1876 
 irurVl,'\V."o.'.'.'.;;".|Frt.lloiist,C..B.iQ-K.R.N''»" York. -.'1873 
 
 Hurley, f\)ii Engineer j Vermont |1870 
 
 lingard, M il'eacher. 
 
 Irwin, Willi;ini... Carpenter |l'euu... 
 
 Irvine. .lohii Dairyman jl'enn... 
 
 Isenhour, .Wie Teamster, etc I'enn... 
 
 .laekson. Wm Teamster dowa... 
 
 .Tames, .Tolin Fireman 
 
 .lamieson.Wm. L. Vardniaster K. H 
 
 .Tenner, T. S Carpenter 
 
 .lohnston, L. W... Mechanic, K. H. 
 
 Johnson, T. T Clerk 
 
 Johnson, And'w.. Engineer 
 
 Johnson, C. (i.... Laborer, K. Ho... 
 
 Johnson, F. A .Mechanic, R. H.. 
 
 Johnson, A. A.... Fireman iNew York 
 
 Johnson, S |Cook Missouri. 
 
 Johnson, Wm jl.aliorer | 
 
 Johnson, I' I.almrer ;Sweden .. 
 
 Johnson , P iLaborer iGermany 
 
 Johnson. A. H...|Ti'ain DespatcherlCan.ada.. 
 Johnson, Wm j(?(mductor d'enn 
 
 ...1872 
 ...1871 
 ... 1871 
 
 Union street. 
 
 Canada 
 
 Michigan .. 
 England.... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Sweden .... 
 Sweden 
 
 Brakeman d'eun. 
 
 Drayman I'enn. 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Farmer. 
 
 Hotel Keeper., 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Miller 
 
 Johnson, Marsh'l 
 
 Jolley, 0. P 
 
 .lolley, Wm 
 
 Joseph, .1. M 
 
 Jones, .Mrs. M.. 
 
 Kane, John 
 
 Kearney, John.. 
 
 Keith, A. E [.Merchant 
 
 Kelley, Thomas... Laborer 
 Kellcy, Michael.. 
 
 Kelley, W. N 
 
 Kennelly, 15 
 
 Kenney, Patrick, 
 Kendall, Luke.... 
 Kennedy, J. S — 
 Kendall, T. W.... 
 
 Kenney, P 
 
 Kennedy, W. L.. 
 Kendrett, James 
 Kerr, William.... 
 
 Kerr, Aleck 
 
 Kilburn, G. F.... 
 
 Kinsel, Fred 
 
 King, 1. R [Engineer 
 
 King, James iStone-cutter 
 
 King, Ed Mechanic ... 
 
 King, Mrs. A | 
 
 Kinzie. Julia 
 
 Ki(iliiigler, Ret. 8. ff... 
 
 Kirsch, .1. B 
 
 Knecht, Peter.... 
 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Pine street. 
 
 Elm street. 
 1873; Union street. 
 1870 
 
 1871 Maple street. 
 I876| 
 187 
 1874 
 1869 
 1869 
 1874 
 1870 
 1870 
 187-5 
 1871 
 1870 
 1872 
 1872 
 1874 
 1869 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Machinist 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Vgent 
 
 Laborer, R. R. 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Mechanic, R. 
 
 Conductor 
 
 Lawyer 
 
 Conductor 
 
 Ohio 1874 
 
 Ireland 11873 
 
 Ireland |l876 
 
 Ireland il875 
 
 Ohio 11876 
 
 Ireland !l874 
 
 Vine street. 
 Vine street. 
 
 Bds. Montgom'y st. 
 Walnut street. 
 McDonalds Add'n. 
 Elm street. 
 Pine street. 
 Pine street. 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Vine street. 
 North Pine street. 
 
 Maple street. 
 Walnut street. 
 McD.'s .South Add. 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Vermont 
 
 New Y'ork... 
 
 Maine 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Kentucky... 
 
 H ..'Scotland 
 
 Ohio 
 
 llamp're 
 Wisconsin . 
 Michigan .. 
 New Jersey 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Wisconsin.. 
 
 Evangelist Min'rOhio 
 
 Firemen Germany.. 
 
 Cai-penter ICermany. . 
 
 1875 
 1874 
 1874 
 1871 
 1873 
 1870 
 1869 
 1869 
 187.5 
 1876 
 1873 
 1871 
 1876 
 1871 
 1870 
 1875 
 1873 
 1876 
 1875 
 1874 
 1871 
 11870 
 
 West Creston. 
 McD.'s South Add. 
 Birch street. 
 Vine street. 
 Walnut street. 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Elm street. 
 Union street. 
 Vine street. 
 Walnut street. 
 West Creston. 
 
 Bds. Thurber. 
 Howard street. 
 Pine street. 
 Birch street. 
 
 
 Residenck. 
 
 Koster, Martin.. 
 Kragler, Henry. 
 
 Liicock, M 
 
 Lafferty. W. H.. 
 Liimborg, John. 
 
 Lamb, G 
 
 Landes, J. B.... 
 
 Lance, Gust 
 
 Lane, William.... 
 
 Laporte, A 
 
 Larrabee, W. E 
 Larrison, W. T. 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Stock Raiser Germany.... 
 
 Laborer Bohemia 
 
 Printer Missouri 
 
 Carpenter jSweden 
 
 Carpenter [Vermont 
 
 Teamster jOhio 
 
 Laborer Germany — 
 
 C, U. &.Q. R. R., Illinois 
 
 Stone-cutter . 
 Painter 
 
 I874| 
 
 1871 North Pine street. - 
 
 1872 Walnut street. 
 1875 Walnut street. 
 18(39 
 
 1875 Lake View. 
 1871iNorth Pine street. 
 1873'EIm street. 
 1876! 
 
 France 1 :Pine street. 
 
 New York...' Oeston House. 
 
 Road Master C.,IJ.4(l.RR. Ohio 1868 West Creston.^ 
 
 Lash, Nicholas... I Laborer |Germany....'1872|Alley, W. of Elm st. 
 
 Lass.aux, Mrs. E..' 'ohio 1 1 87 1 1 Montgomery street. 
 
 Lavy, J. L Farmer 
 
 Lawson, C. J [Brakeman 
 
 Lawrence. H Laborer.. 
 
 Ohio [1873 Vine street. 
 
 Penna 1875[Maple street. 
 
 Illinois 11876 
 
 ledgerwood, Brs. E ...; • Ilndiana ,1876; 
 
 Lcilgerwood. J. SI [Engineer.. 
 
 Ledgerffood, J. D Engineer 
 
 Leens. Aiidw jShoemaker 
 
 Lceper, J. J illotel Keeper.. 
 
 Leeper, L. J jConductor.. 
 
 Leighton, G. R...,Brakeman . 
 
 Iniliana 
 
 Illinois 
 Sweden 
 Penna.. 
 Ohio 
 
 Lemon, James 
 
 Lemon, W. V 
 
 Lenox, Ash 
 
 Leonard, C. T.... 
 
 Lester, Frank 
 
 Lester, D 
 
 Levine, J. P 
 
 Horse Dealer.. 
 
 Merchant 
 
 L.iborer.. 
 
 1873! 
 1875' 
 1870 
 .[l855Tremonl House 
 1865 Vine street. 
 
 Missouri J1876;.Maple street. 
 
 11876 Bds Bell, Mont'yst. 
 
 Indiana 1868lMontgomery street. 
 
 Penna Il876l 
 
 Train Despatcherdniliana 1875 Walnut street. 
 
 Teacher 
 Painter.R.House. 
 Tailor 
 
 Illinois 1871 Walnut street. 
 
 Illinois 1876!Vine street. 
 
 Lewis, James Fireman 
 
 Lewis, F" 
 
 Lewis, Byron 
 
 Lewis, H. N 
 
 *Lichty, J. H 
 
 Limlemulh, W 
 
 Linebarger, 
 
 Fireman 
 Teacher. 
 Fireman 
 
 1874 
 Ohio (l87l!Birch street. 
 
 I Tremont House. 
 
 'l876[Trenioiit House. 
 
 Pro. Penna. House Penna [l87»), Union street. 
 
 Gravel Pit [i'enna il874;Bevere House. 
 
 Restaurant 'Illinois 
 
 Lock, W. M [County Coroner. ..iMassachu's, 
 
 Lombard, Jas L.. Banker Illlinois 
 
 
 Log.as.Bedney, Col. Laborer.... 
 
 Longlej', James... Cook 
 
 Lott, W. R Fireman.. 
 
 Louden, A. R 
 
 Louden, Mrs. M 
 
 Louden, A. D 
 
 Louden, William. IClerk 
 
 Love, George [Orpenter 
 
 Low, P. .M [Fireman. 
 
 Lust, Geo IPireman.. 
 
 Luster, E. W iTanner 
 
 Lundborg, J Carpenter •... 
 
 Lundguest, C Mech, R. House 
 
 Luikert, G. A Rest.aurant 
 
 ....'Missouri... 
 
 1871 Vine street. 
 
 Iw. .Montgomery st. 
 
 1875 Creston House. 
 
 1876iL'niou street. 
 
 [Tremont House. 
 
 1872'McDonald's Add'n. 
 
 1871 Maple street. 
 
 1871;.Maple street. 
 
 1871Maple street. 
 
 1871 Pine street. 
 
 1876| 
 
 1873 Cherry street. 
 
 1876'Walnut street. • 
 
 Canada [l875iEliii street. 
 
 Sweden [iS'LMcDonald's Add n. 
 
 Sweden 1870 Cherry street 
 
 Germany.. ..[l870|Adains street. 
 
 Indi.ana... 
 Indiana... 
 Indiana... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 New York... 
 Penna 
 
 Lynch, C. E iBrakeman ! ' JKevere House 
 
 McBride, Sam'l... iLaborer Indiana \^^^^[ 
 
 Farmer. . 
 
 McCleary, Rob't. 
 McClure, J. W... 
 *McCandles3,A.D 
 McCandless, Wm. 
 McCandless, Mrs. 
 McCormack, J. F. 
 McCune, Chas — 
 
 McCue, Thos ILaborer. 
 
 McCanna, F Mason 
 
 Bridge Carpenter Tremont House. 
 
 Fireman iNew Y'ork...|l874[McDonalds .Vdd n. 
 
 Att'vat Law Illinois jl876(Devoe's .\dd'n. 
 
 Attorney . 
 
 Illinois 1876 
 
 Penn il876 
 
 Ireland 1871 
 
 Maple street. 
 Maple street. 
 
 Carriage Painter..lNew York...jl876!,Ogden House. 
 
 • ■ Ireland Il876 
 
 .>.... [Canada !l872 
 
 McCann, Eugene 
 
 McCanna, Pat 
 
 McClure, J 
 
 McDermott, Mrs. 
 McDevitt, D 
 
 Clerk Illinois. 
 
 Mason Canada. 
 
 Shoemaker 
 
 Midwife Ireland., 
 
 Engineer ' 
 
 il874 
 1871 
 
 1876 
 
 Birch street. 
 
 * Name appears in Busineaa Directory. 
 
 * Name appears ia Business Directory. 
 
 TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
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 DEALERS IN 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 101 
 
 *McDonald, A. S. 
 McDowell, Eph 
 
 OfClTATION. 
 
 Land Agent lOliio 1874| 
 
 Fireman 1 187o 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Missouri 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Michigan ... 
 
 Laborer Ireland.. 
 
 Laboi-er 
 
 News .Agent 
 
 Grocer 
 
 Train Dispatcher. 
 C, B. & Q. R. R 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Laborer Ohio. 
 
 Laborer ! Ireland . 
 
 Shoemaker Scotland 
 
 Retired 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 C, B. & Q. R. U 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 Engineer 
 
 (irccer,Cbanej4 Madison' Iowa .... 
 Ireland.. 
 Ireland.. 
 Ireland.. 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Canada 
 
 Wisconsin.. 
 New York.. 
 New York... 
 
 1875 Union street. 
 1876lLake View. 
 I875|Crestou House. 
 1873 Maple street. 
 
 1876 Creston House. 
 1876| 
 
 1872iMayile street. 
 187JiBirch street. 
 1876iLake View. 
 187'J[Vine street. 
 1871 
 
 Missouri ... 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Laborer 
 Laborer 
 Laborer 
 
 Yard Master ^ranada 
 
 Laborer jPenu... 
 
 Foreman R. Hou.jireland 
 
 Laborer I Ireland 
 
 C, B. & Q. R. R. Iowa 
 Striker R. House 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Postmaster 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 .Machinist 'New .Jersey 
 
 Music Dealer England.... 
 
 C, B. & Q. R. R 
 
 Barber Ohio 
 
 Laborer |Ireland 
 
 Mechanic, Round House.. : Ireland 
 
 Laborer Penn 
 
 Wi per I New York . . 
 
 Car Rep.aircr Germany .. 
 
 Mechanic, Round Donse.. [Indiana 
 
 Seamstress Ohio 
 
 Engineer Ohio 
 
 Fireman lohio 
 
 Carpenter 'Indiana 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Mechanic, Round House.. jlreland 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Switchman 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Stone-cutter , 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Laborer , 
 
 Switchman 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Grocer 
 
 Laundress 
 
 Mechanic, Round House. 
 Butcher 
 
 18(i!t:Pine street. 
 
 186'.i| 
 
 18l)11|Cherry street. 
 
 187o|Vine street. 
 
 1875IUnion street. 
 
 1876!Union street. 
 
 I872iN. Pine street. 
 
 1870! Pine street. 
 
 18761 
 
 187?,: Maple street. 
 
 1872 .McDonald's Add'n. 
 
 18761 
 
 1876 
 1876 
 
 1872 
 1871 
 
 .McGuire, S Carpenter Illinois ;1873]Vine street. 
 
 McGrety, .las 
 
 McGowau. Thos., 
 *Mackemer, R.S 
 Mackemer, I. L.. 
 
 Mack, E. W 
 
 Mack, Chas. H. 
 McKane, Jane.. 
 
 McKinnis, 
 
 McLauchlan. Wm 
 -McLeod, R. 
 
 McMahon, M 
 
 McMullen, .John.. 
 McNeil,,!. A... I r. 
 McNeil, .J. A., Sr. 
 
 .McNeil, H 
 
 •^Madison, F. B... 
 .Magrath, Patrick 
 Magrath, Thos... 
 Magoone, Dennis 
 
 Magann, H 
 
 Mahoney, Daniel 
 Mahoney, Daniel 
 
 Malone, P 
 
 Martin, George... 
 Marshall, Chas... 
 
 Martin, Chas 
 
 Mans, D. L 
 
 Maxwell, W. T... 
 
 Martin, P 
 
 Martin, M 
 
 Marshall, Wm 
 
 Mason, D. A 
 
 Merrill, J. N 
 
 Mason, W. H 
 
 Meskell, Mike... 
 
 Millcit, M 
 
 Miller, L 
 
 .Miller, Ithamar. . 
 Miller, August.. 
 
 Moler, .1. M 
 
 Monroe, Sarah.. 
 M ontgomery , P. W 
 Montgomery, .las 
 Moon"; J. D., 
 Morgan, D... 
 Moran, T. C. 
 
 Moran, C 
 
 Morse, F. M 
 
 Morley, Wm 
 
 Morrison, N. B... 
 
 Morey, C. E 
 
 .Morris, Henry... 
 
 Moulder, Wm 
 
 Murphy, John 
 
 Murphy, James... 
 Munch, .\lbert... 
 
 Murray, Thos 
 
 Murphy, Talk... 
 Murphy, John.. 
 
 Muuson, E 
 
 Mullen, Thos 
 
 *MuUen, Edwd 
 
 Myers, G. S il'arpenter.. 
 
 .Myers, G. W.. 
 .Myers, A. .\.. 
 *Meyer, Phil. 
 Myers, Peter.. 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Iowa 
 
 New York... 
 
 Vermont.... 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ireland. 
 Ohio 
 
 Union street. 
 Walnut street. 
 Pine street. 
 N. Pine street. 
 McDonald's Add'n. 
 
 Elm street. 
 
 18751 
 1875 
 76 
 ISfiOiPinc street. 
 1871i 
 1874J 
 
 1874 Pine street. 
 1871!Vine street. 
 1873 
 
 1874;Viue street. 
 I87liWalnut street. 
 1874;Vine street. 
 1875; Pine street, 
 1876'Montgomery St. 
 1876 
 1872 
 1876 
 1876 
 1874 
 1876 
 1876 
 1876 
 1872 
 1875 
 1876 
 
 Ireland.. 
 Ireland. 
 Sweden. 
 
 Ireland.. 
 
 Penn .... 
 
 Retired Penn .... 
 
 Oil Man. CB.iiR.R. Penn.... 
 
 Barber [Ohio 
 
 Stone-cutter Austria. . 
 
 Union street. 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Union street. 
 Maple street. 
 
 Cherry street. 
 Pine street. 
 Elm street. 
 
 Vine street. 
 
 1875 1 
 
 I87I 1 
 
 1876 
 
 18761 
 
 1875 
 
 1875 
 
 18751 
 
 1875 Creston House. 
 
 1876 
 
 ^ Name appears in Business Directory. 
 
 %t\ 
 
 Myers.H. W. ProfSupt. Pub. Sch'lslPenn . 
 Myers, A. J Carpenter jPenn . 
 
 *Nance, H.I.,M D, 
 
 Nash, E 
 
 Nash, Thomas 
 
 Nelson, P 
 
 Nelson, Frank 
 
 Newell, T. W 
 
 Newman, H 
 
 Nicholson, F. P.. 
 
 Noble, O. H 
 
 Noble, C. A 
 
 Noidell, 
 
 Noonan, W 
 
 Norton, L ,.. 
 
 Norwood ('harls.. 
 
 Nugent, Mrs 
 
 Nye, A. W 
 
 Brien, Pat 
 
 t>'Brien. E. K.... 
 O'Brien, Patrick 
 
 O'Brien, Wm 
 
 O'Brien, D 
 
 O'Brien, W. J.... 
 
 O'Connor, J 
 
 O'Day, Thomas... 
 Odendahl, Julius 
 
 Ogg, John 
 
 *0'IIara, Patrick 
 
 O'Keefe, John 
 
 Oleana, Albert... 
 
 Olson, P. G 
 
 Page, Willis 
 
 Palmer, L. G 
 
 Pardey, Frank... 
 
 Parker, John 
 
 Parker, B. K 
 
 Parkins, Frank... 
 Parsons, A. H 
 Pash, Henry.. 
 
 Physician 
 
 Machinist 
 
 Machinist 
 
 Hotel Keeper.... 
 Teamster i Cigar Maker' 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Norway 
 
 Sweden '1870 
 
 1876 
 1874 
 1876 
 1871 
 
 1876 
 
 1875 
 
 Engineer lOhio 1875 
 
 Clothier Germany 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Mechanic R. H. 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Stone Mason 
 
 Coppersmith 
 
 Stage Driver.... 
 Clerk 
 
 Vine street. 
 Creston House. 
 Pine street. 
 Chicago House. 
 ITnion street. 
 Elm street. 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Bds. Tremont Ho 
 
 1871 
 1876 
 1876 
 
 Illinois 
 Iowa... 
 Sweden 
 
 Ireland '1864 
 
 Michigan ...[1874 
 Maryland. ..11875 
 
 Grocer 
 
 Hostler 
 
 Merchant..., 
 Switchman.. 
 Laborer 
 
 Ireland.. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ireland... 
 Missouri. 
 Ireland... 
 Ireland... 
 
 1870 
 1876 
 
 Plasterer Ireland 
 
 1875 
 1876 
 1871 
 1876 
 
 H... 
 
 Ireland |I872 
 
 Ireland 1875 
 
 England (l873 
 
 IlUnois [1876 
 
 Ohio 11874 
 
 Vermont '1859 
 
 Carpenter... 
 
 Tailor 
 
 .Mechanic R 
 
 l^lerk 
 
 Teamster 
 
 Butcher 
 
 I'utter 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Butcher 
 
 Carpenter | Virginia.... 
 
 Baker ICauada 
 
 Laborer Illinois 
 
 Fireman Illlinois 
 
 Birch street 
 Vine street 
 Tremont 
 Maple street 
 Maple street 
 
 Elm street. 
 JIaple street. 
 Maple street. 
 Bds.W. T. O'Brien. 
 Elliott St., L. A'. 
 
 Ireland., 
 Ireland.. 
 Sweden. 
 Penn 
 
 18' 
 1873 
 
 1871 
 1876 
 1876 
 1876 
 1876 
 18 
 
 Wiper 
 
 Teamster, &c.. 
 Butcher 
 
 Attorney at Law 
 
 Foreman 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Mechanic R 
 Laborer 
 
 H. 
 
 Illinois 11876 
 
 Iowa II8 
 
 Germany....' 1875 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 R. Island... 
 
 Illinois 
 
 New York . . 
 
 1874 
 1871 
 1875 
 1872 
 1873 
 
 Illinois '1876 
 
 Conn. 
 Mass- 
 
 Mechanic R. H... 
 Farmer 
 
 Roman Catholic Priest.. 
 
 France 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Canada 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Kentucky... 
 
 Indiana 
 
 i:)hio 
 
 N. Jersey... 
 New York... 
 
 Creston House. 
 McDonald's Add'n. 
 Ad.anis street. 
 Adams street. 
 
 (^lierry street. 
 Pine street. 
 Union street. 
 
 Pine streo). 
 Pine street. 
 Pine street. 
 
 Maple street. 
 Devoe's Add'n. 
 
 Maple street. 
 
 ^Patterson, J. A.. ; 
 Pearson, J. M. 
 
 Patt, J. H 
 
 Pearson, J. G.. 
 
 Peck, M. J 
 
 Peck. C. S 
 
 *Peek J. W lirery Stable Keeper. 
 
 Perrin, M. T Banker 
 
 Peebles, Robert... Blacksmith.. 
 
 Pettis, J Retired. 
 
 Pearson, C Cigar Maker.... 
 
 Perkins, Mrs. C. S . 
 
 Peterson, G 
 
 Peterson, J. B.. 
 Phelau, Rev. E. 
 
 Phil pott, .lames., i Farmer 
 
 Pierson. H. 1> Painter 
 
 Pierson, C. H Hotel Keeper.. 
 
 Pierson, A. H.... [Carpenter 
 
 Pike, C. G iDairyman 
 
 Piece, Frederick. .1 
 
 Pirie, J. B IMachinist 
 
 Piatt, M Conductor Ohio 11872|Revere House. 
 
 Ponto, A Car Cleaner !Gerniany....ll873\Maple street. 
 
 *Porterfield, S. NlProp'r fomiiiprcial Ho.. Ohio |l876 Commercial llo. 
 
 *Porterfield, F. W Prop'r Ccmmercial Ho.. Iowa 1876lConimercial Ho. 
 
 Porter, C. V Saddler Iowa '1873Creston Hou,se. 
 
 Potter, J. \ Laborer England 11875lCherry street. 
 
 Powers, .M. T lightning Rod Peddler.. New York... 1873 Birch street. 
 
 Powers, G. W Ijeweler 'New York... 1873 Birch street. 
 
 I87C 
 18 
 
 1872 
 1875 
 1876 
 1870 
 
 1876 
 1874 
 1858 
 1875 
 1872 
 186!) 
 
 Vine street. 
 Vine street. 
 S. Pine street. 
 
 Pine street. 
 West Creston. 
 Walnut street. 
 Vine street. 
 N. Pine street 
 
 Pine street. 
 
 Creston House. 
 
 Cherry street. 
 I869JVine street. 
 
 Maple street. 
 
 Scotland 11874 Pine street. 
 
 * Name appears in Business Directory. 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS HAS BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. 
 
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 All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. Stephens. 
 
 102 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Mams. 
 
 Nativity. S d 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 Powers. G. M Farmer 'New York... 1S73 Birch .treet. 
 
 Purcell P. K 'uborer IreUntl 18,*. Pine slreet. 
 
 Quar'ernmn.Mrs.; ,MasB 11873 Walnut s.ree 
 
 Quevey. David... Teacher | .Tremont I m..e. 
 
 -" Laborer Kentucky... IKTOVine street. 
 
 'riutcher IPenn 1875! Walnut street. 
 
 ■ Tailor 'Ohio UStlii Pine street. 
 
 I [Canada 1876lBds. M. Dnggan, 
 
 jMechanic, R. H.illlinois ll872JCherry street. 
 
 ..iRelircd K!irmpr...iOhio iI87". Elm street. 
 
 Ragay, .1. S... 
 Haper, Frank 
 Kaper, F. A.. 
 
 Ray, Mrs 
 
 Reeder, Ed .. 
 Reeder, G. C 
 Reeder, Otis H... Work! in Inmbfr Yari. Indiana.... 
 
 Reeds, Oust llelpfr, Rlackgmith jOerniany 
 
 Reedy, Thomas... Liiliorer Ireland... 
 
 Baker Bohemia.. 
 
 Illinois . 
 
 .1873 Elm street. 
 
 Jl872 Elm street. 
 , 187ti Pine street. 
 . 187.5 Elm street. 
 ,,1870'Boards Webster. 
 
 Regnor, J. 
 
 Reeinor, Anna , ,„_,„ it „. u 
 
 Reillev J e M D.... Dentist Indiana 18, 4 Boards Iremont H. 
 
 Reynolds F. M... Engineer Vermont ,1872 Elm street. 
 
 *Kex, Ross E llrayman .Ohio l^I'^iJ!!"" T^^' „„.,,, 
 
 <Kex, rhas. S....,Coal, I-ime, &c...,Ohio 1871 West Adams street. 
 
 Richey, J. L JMechanic, R. H.. Ohio 187-1 
 
 Rice, William ILaborer 
 
 Trucking 
 Mechanic, R. H.. 
 
 Merch.ant 
 
 Druggist 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Druggist 
 
 Domestic 
 
 Gaieltf Printing On, 
 
 Rice, Albert t'onductor 
 
 Riggs, D. A. 
 
 Ridillemoser, H.. Boarding House. 
 
 Riddle, H. T 
 
 Rilden, M 
 
 Robbins, C. E.., 
 
 Robie, R. II 
 
 Roberts, P 
 
 Robie, S. S 
 
 Robinson, Dora. 
 Robison, J. H... 
 Rochfort, G. B. 
 Rogers, Mrs. C. 
 
 Roodell, H 
 
 Rose, WrC 
 
 Rowe, Thomas.. 
 Rowser, George.. 
 
 Rowcll, A. C 
 
 Rupp, .lohn 
 
 Russell, William 
 Russell, Bedford. 
 Russell, .M. E.,llr8. 
 Russell, Samuel .. 
 
 Riigh, C. P 
 
 Riinyon, Henry.. 
 
 Ryan, .lohn 
 
 Salmon, .John 
 
 Salyer, Mrs. P 
 
 Sain, A. H 
 
 Sammerson, .1 
 
 Sandall, .1 
 
 Sanders, Eugene. 
 • Sass, T. S 
 
 Savage, Q. A 
 
 Sawyer, H. P 
 
 Schantz, G. S 
 
 Schnauber, .John 
 
 Schmidt, .1, C. 
 
 Schroeder. .)... 
 
 Schuts. .lacob . 
 
 *Scott, Walter 
 
 Scott, Edward. 
 
 Scott, .John 
 
 Scott, J. C 
 
 ScuUen, D. W 
 
 Seeley, E. S... 
 
 Shinn, .1. M ... 
 
 Shanks, M. L 
 
 Shanney, M. C... 
 
 Minn 
 
 1870 
 1872 
 
 Virginia 1876 
 
 Penn [1874 
 
 New York. ..'1876 
 Ireland 
 N.H.... 
 W II.. 
 
 Shafer, P. (coVd) 
 
 Sheahan, J. J 
 
 Shortliff, G 
 
 Shea, Thomas 
 Shipley, James. 
 Shroeder, Gus.. 
 Shippey, J. H.. 
 
 Sherer, C 
 
 Shinley, -\ 
 
 Shusong, Mary. 
 
 Shultz.C. M 
 
 Simmonds, John ( Col'd ) 
 Silverthorn,0. .!.. 
 
 Simson, Chas 
 
 Silverthorn, 0. E. 
 Simson, George... 
 Skinner, Joseph.. 
 Skinner, Scott — 
 
 Skinner, L. D 
 
 Skinner, William. 
 
 Skinner, N 
 
 1 Skiuner, Joel 
 
 Union street. 
 
 Stone Mason IKentucky ...|1876 1 
 
 Machinist New York. ..1874 
 
 Clothier England ]1875 
 
 .. Laborer Ireland 187fi 
 
 Wiper Illinois 1876 
 
 Blacksmith , 1^71 
 
 Baker Ohio 1876iMaple street. 
 
 Section Hand Germany l^'^L , „ „ ^, 
 
 Engineer Now York... 186'...Bds P. G. Olson. 
 
 Ogden House Bohemia ....|187;i Montgomery street. 
 
 Editor and Mayor Kentucky.... 1874 1 
 Wks Livery Stab Kentucky.... 187 
 
 Real Estate, kc... Penna ,1874 : 
 
 Mech. R. House. England ,187> 
 
 Druggist Iowa 1874 
 
 Mech. R. House.. England |187o 
 
 ^^ J 
 
 Birch street. 
 I'nion street. 
 Maple street. 
 
 Laborer Indiana, 
 
 Engineer Iowa 
 
 Bank Teller |Iowa 
 
 Janitor Indiana 
 
 Laborer Iowa 
 
 Retired | Maine 
 
 Skirvin, T. E [Blacksmith Kentucky... 
 
 Skelton, J. F Jeweler. 
 
 Bds. Ogden House. 
 Cherry street. 
 Pine streei. 
 
 1873 ( 
 18731 
 1871 
 
 Penn 'l876Clark street. 
 
 N. H.!"'. 118761 
 
 Illinois !l876 
 
 llndiana ',1872jB. Kobic, Adams st. 
 
 Sewinj )Iaf.liin« ,lg«nt.!Vermont 11876' 
 
 .Seamstress [Ohio 1876 t'herry St. 
 
 Laborer ' . 
 
 Drueeist IVirginia 1875 B. Robie, .Vdamssl. 
 
 Laborer llreland ll876iBds. Rev. Phelan. 
 
 Mechanic, R. IL.ilowa 1876lVine street. 
 
 Bank Teller Maine 11869 Maple street. 
 
 Jeweler |l875l 
 
 (^erk b-^cotland il876i 
 
 Canada ll870;Walnut street. 
 
 Indiana Il875| 
 
 Penn 1875,Maple street. 
 
 .. I Revere House. 
 
 Slezick,Tho3 
 
 Slezick, James.... 
 Slusher, Giles E.. 
 
 Smith, J. B 
 
 Smith, Rev. C. G. 
 
 Smith, A 
 
 Smith Gu.staf. 
 
 ■Smith, R. P 
 
 Smith, William. 
 
 1868 
 1868 
 1872 
 1872 
 1876 
 1875 
 1872 
 1876 
 1873 
 1872 
 187o 
 1874 
 1870 
 
 Vine street. 
 Vine street. 
 Vine street. 
 Vine street. 
 Maple street. 
 Elm street. 
 
 McDonald s Add'n. 
 McDonald's ,\dd'n. 
 Bds Bell. 
 
 Blacksmith I Bohemia. . . 
 
 l?ar Repairer [Bohemia... 
 
 Policeman, &c....!Ohio 
 
 Photo. Artist |New York. 
 
 Minister lOhio 
 
 Fireman Sweden 11874 Pine street. 
 
 ISweden 1876 Pine street. 
 
 Capitalist"'. jOhio 1868 Cre.ston House 
 
 Laborer Germany....!! 876 
 
 Smith, Peter .Laborer JMissouri ....jl87n 
 
 Smith J E iLaborer Illinois 11868 
 
 ar«=» 
 
 s., 
 
 Smith, II 
 
 Smith, P 
 
 Smith, J. E, 
 
 Smith, L 
 
 Smith, Jos., 
 Smullen.Thns 
 
 .Iowa !1875 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Penna 
 
 Ireland . 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Milliner 
 
 Bookkeeper... 
 
 Brakeman 
 
 Lumber Yard. 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Watchman — 
 
 .Clerk 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Carpenter , 
 
 1874 
 1874 
 
 1871 
 
 New York... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Connecticut. 
 Ohio 
 
 1875{Treraonl House. 
 
 1876 
 
 1874 
 
 1876iClark street. 
 
 187G Commercial House. 
 
 .Sweden 11874! 
 
 M 
 
 ...Sweden 
 
 ...Missouri 
 
 Broom Maker Ohio 
 
 Conductor Vermont 
 
 Silversmith Penn 
 
 Watch Maker lOerniany ... 
 
 Brakeman [Illinois 
 
 Mechanic, R. H..[Oermany ... 
 
 Germany... 
 
 New York.. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Scotland.... 
 
 Indiana 
 
 New Y'ork.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 W. Va 
 
 W. Va 
 
 Ireland 
 
 1870 
 1876 
 1875 
 1874 
 18 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Grain Dealer.. 
 C, B. S Q. R. 
 
 Butcher 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Painter 
 
 Real Estate.... 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Salesman 
 
 Vine street. 
 Birch street. 
 N. Pine street. 
 McDonald's Add'n. 
 2' Walnut street. 
 
 1874' Maple street. 
 187l!Revere House. 
 1876jVine street. 
 18731 
 
 1874iElm street. 
 1873[Walnut street. 
 1874'Creston House. 
 187.") Union street. 
 1868|Montgomery street 
 
 .1876 
 .1869 
 .1871 
 .1869 
 .1876 
 . 1871 
 
 1872 
 
 .Illinois ;I873 
 
 1876 
 
 1872 
 1868 
 1875 
 1876 
 1874 
 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Engineer 
 
 "inner 
 
 Machinist .... 
 
 Boiler Maker. 
 
 Painter 
 
 Snodgrass, T. ('...^Section Hand Illinois.... 
 
 Snedekcr J. P...IDruggist Ohio....... 
 
 Snow, N. F Carpenter New iork 
 
 Snedeker, John. ..Machinist Ohio 
 
 Souther, S. A 'Engineer Wisconsin 
 
 *Spalton, Geo. E.^Clerk, &c ;England, 
 
 Spencer, Geo. C. Grain Dealer Ohio 
 
 Spei^i F J 'Mech. R. House.. Illinois... 
 
 Spring, George.. .'Wiper New York 
 
 Spice, William... Laborer , • 
 
 Stanford, Sainl...:Carpenter England 
 
 Stanford, R. W...lTinsmith [England 
 
 *StafTord, T. J.... Attorney at Law. 
 
 Stanchfield, C. A. ConJuc. C.,B. 4 Q. R. R. Maine '^^'^ 
 
 Stark 
 
 Stabler,, 
 
 Stephens, A. P. ..[Merchant.... 
 
 Stephens, M. A...| 
 
 Stephenson, C [Shoemaker .. 
 
 Steel, A ^Carpenter ... 
 
 Stearns, J. O [Carpenter ... 
 
 Stewart, C. E [Merchant. .. 
 
 Steinburg, Alb.. ..[Wiper 
 
 Stiles, P. B Blacksmith.. 
 
 Stoneiiouse, Wm..!Brakeman... 
 Stockdale, F. J...IFiremen 
 
 North Pine street. 
 Bds H. S Smith. 
 Birch street. 
 Walnut street. 
 Walnut streei. 
 
 Montgomery street. 
 
 North Pine street. 
 
 1874 
 1874 
 1874 
 
 chfield, C. A. lonuuc. t.,D. « U- n- »• ■""'"<= •"■ ; 
 
 5 W. G iCarpenter Penna 1874 
 
 ler J 'Brakeman Ohio 1875 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Vermont.... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Canada 
 
 Canada 
 
 Ohio ... 
 
 1875 
 ....11876 
 
 ....1874 
 
 ....[l872 
 
 1875 
 
 1876 
 
 Vine street. 
 Elm street. 
 
 Vine street. 
 Pine street. 
 Tremont House. 
 Montgomery streei. 
 
 Birch street. 
 Elm street. 
 
 Adams streei. 
 Montgomery street. 
 
 
 Vine street. 
 Montgomery street. 
 Maple street. 
 1875 
 
 1876 Elm street. 
 ..[l876!Revere House. 
 ..1876 Walnut street. 
 
 Stirm, G. J 
 
 Streighthorst, W. 
 Strov, William... 
 
 Brakeman Ohio 
 
 Laborer Germany.... 
 
 Car Repairer Germany .... 
 
 1876 
 1876 
 1875 
 
 Elm street. 
 Pine street. 
 Maple street. 
 
 'Name apijeare in Busineaa Dirortory. 
 
 f Name appeare in Business Directory. 
 
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 OUR BOOTS AND SHOES ARS ALL QOOD AND WARRANTED. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
THE hQCML F^FIB OF TOilOM COUMTY. 
 
 THE 
 
 CRESTON GAZETTE 
 
 THIRTY-SIX COLUMNS, 
 
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 IS STOCKKD WITH 
 
 Ne^v Materials Throughout, 
 
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 ■ THE GAZETTE has a general circulation in this section of the State, and therefore is the best advertising medium in 
 Southwestern Iowa. 
 
A. P. STEPHENS makss ths Lowest Prices on Carpets, Boots and Shoes. 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
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 W 
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 W 
 
 l—H 
 
 Namk. 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 5o_ 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Sturrock, Jaines-lBoiler Maker Scotland |1873Treinont House. 
 
 Stubbs, C. C 'Laborer Maine I1872j 
 
 Sullivan, Patrick Laborer 'Ireland 11 875 Union street. 
 
 Sunblaw, C. J 'Laborer 'Sweden |1870 
 
 Swanson, A. J.... | Engineer Sweden 1 [Pine street. 
 
 Swarter, .Jacob... Butcher Ohio 1873| 
 
 Swan, S. I)., Col.. I Retired I'enna il870:West Adams street. 
 
 Swan, W. T Clerk C, B. 4 H. R. K. Indiana il8G8 
 
 Swearingen, T. C.JMech R. Housi'.. Ohio 'l875|Vine street. 
 
 Swearingen, J. T.lFireman Ohio jl87o'Cherry street. 
 
 Sweeney, Mrs. C.\ IPenna il873 Walnut street. 
 
 Tanksley, M I Engineer Tennessee 
 
 rk 
 
 Taylor, Uerbert..!ci 
 
 Taylor, Lucinda(colored ) I 
 
 Teed, L. (' linifkpr.CB.iiE.R. 
 
 Tenery, L 
 
 Tennant, A. L 
 
 Terpenning, C.W 
 
 Temple, A. D 
 
 Thornton, A 
 
 Tharp, J 
 
 Thatcher, T. H... 
 
 Thayer, W. 
 
 Thompson, C. B.. 
 Thompson, Sam'l. 
 Thornton, N. M.. 
 Thurlbv, G. W... 
 
 Thurher, E. L 
 
 Tipton, Samuel... 
 Tolland, M. L.... 
 
 Town, L.G 
 
 Town, W. R 
 
 Torrey, N.B.,M.D 
 Touruay, Miss E. 
 Trumbull, Mrs. E. 
 Trower, James... 
 
 Tryon, Henry 
 
 Turley, Edward.. 
 
 Turner, E 
 
 Tyron, E 
 
 Vance, C. W 
 
 Vanderbeck, R.J. 
 Vandergrift, Mrs. E. D... 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Paint 
 Carpenter 
 
 Artist 
 
 Banker ... 
 Ftetired ... 
 
 Laborer Pen n 
 
 Teamster | .\1 ass 
 
 niinois 
 
 Virginia 
 
 .Michigan ... 
 
 1873 Vine street. 
 1870|Chicago House. 
 1876|Union street. 
 1871 Vine street. 
 
 [owa . 
 Penn. 
 
 1872!Spruce street. 
 il876| 
 
 187U| Monroe & Birch sts. 
 1870J Jefferson street. 
 1871iVine street. 
 1870, McDonald's Add'n. 
 
 Policeman jRh. Island..! 1873]N. Pine street. 
 
 Laborer [Illinois 1 1860) 
 
 Laborer IPenn il87(ijCherry street. 
 
 Ba'geJlasfrC.B.S;li.R.R Illinois !l87llMaple street. 
 
 Hotel Keeper. 
 
 Conductor 
 
 Teamster 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Slk.Yds.C.,B.i4. 
 
 England 11869 Revere House. 
 
 N. Pine street. 
 Cherry street. 
 
 Penn 1876 
 
 Penn 1873 
 
 Ohio 1875 
 
 Vermont J1876 
 
 Vermont 1872 
 
 Physician tl875|Creston House 
 
 Teacher 
 
 Mason 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Mechanic, R. H. 
 Machinist 
 
 North Pine street. 
 
 Scullen. 
 
 1874Bds. 
 
 18761 
 
 1873! 
 
 1876^Cherry street. 
 
 Canada 
 
 Penn... 
 
 Iowa... 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ireland !l874] 
 
 .Maine 1876 
 
 Penn 1875|Res. Beydou. 
 
 Engineer Ohio 1876lMcD.'s S. Addition. 
 
 Fireman .Michigan ...jl873IVine street. 
 
 Seamstress Ohio ,1876 Cherry street. 
 
 Vandeventer, L...;Farraer New York... 1873 Union street. 
 
 Van Horn, J Barber 'Virginia 1875 Vine street. 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Carpenter lOhio 1874 
 
 C, B. & Q. R. R.!Ohi^o 1874 
 
 Carpenter Germany ... 18' 
 
 Merchant Ohio ...." 1870 
 
 Blacksmith Canada 1874 McDonald's Add'n. 
 
 Fireman Mass 1875 McDonald's Add'n. 
 
 Farmer Iowa 1875' 
 
 Tinner Penn 11875'Clark street. 
 
 Van Stine, Ben 
 
 Vickers, N. C 
 
 Vickers, Quincy.. 
 Vietrich, Charles 
 *\Vay,Capt. H. M. 
 
 Wagner, Wm 
 
 Wallis, B 
 
 Walls, Thomar... 
 Wallbaum, Chas.. 
 
 McD.'s S. Addition. 
 Creston House. 
 Birch street. 
 
 * Namo appears iu Business Directury. 
 
 Name. 
 
 OOOUPATIOS. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 SB 
 
 Besidence. 
 
 Wallis, Thomas 
 *Walters, Jacob.. 
 Ward, A 
 
 Walters, Joseph.. 
 Waterman, Frank 
 Waterman, J. W.. 
 Wayman, Henry.. 
 
 Welch, Amos 
 
 Welch, John 
 
 Webster, G. B.... 
 
 Webster, G. P 
 
 Wenkley, Zella \ 
 Wcnkley, lola, f 
 
 Wells, J. ;\i 
 
 Wellington. H.... 
 
 Weston. .1. T 
 
 Whillatrh. .lohn.. 
 -«bitman, Mrs. C. S. 
 Whildesi'y, Rer. .\, H.. 
 Whitney, Harry.. 
 Whitney, Mrs. E. 
 Whipple, .las. II.. 
 
 Whipple. E. D 
 
 White, Mrs. .M... 
 Whitmyer, Sam'l. 
 White, Hudson... 
 Willi.ams, B. F... 
 Williams, John... 
 Williams. S. A... 
 Willis, Allen^.... 
 '•Wilson. J. B., a. D... 
 Wilkinson, E. W, 
 Wilkinson, ('. A. 
 Wilkinson, Chas. 
 "Wilson, Geo. P., 
 
 Windle, A 
 
 Wood, J , 
 
 Wood, C. N 
 
 Wood, .\Iis3 
 
 Wooley, David ... 
 
 Worth, Mrs. Minnie 
 
 Worman, 0. T 
 
 Wright, J. J 
 
 Wright, William.. 
 Yansey, <7harles., 
 
 Yonson, Erick 
 
 York, Howard ... 
 Young, William L 
 Y'ounkest. Wm.... 
 
 Zeigler, C. J 
 
 Zeigler, G. L 
 
 Ziun, J. S 
 
 Zumwalt, W. A.. 
 
 Fireman [Ireland 
 
 Harness Maker.... |Bavaria 
 
 Retired iConnecticut 
 
 Carpenter Ireland 
 
 Laborer New York .. . 
 
 CHerk Illinois 
 
 Bridge (^arpenter[Germany ... 
 
 Machinist I 
 
 Mechanic Ireland 
 
 Engineer New York... 
 
 Engineer Scotland 
 
 Vine street. 
 Wyoming Avenue. 
 Adams street. 
 
 1865 
 
 1875 
 
 1876 
 
 18761 
 
 1869 Vine street. 
 
 18G9 
 
 187f 
 
 1873 
 1 869 
 1870 
 
 Vine street. 
 Revere House. 
 Howard street. 
 Walnut street. 
 Birch street. 
 
 Iowa |Res. E. llien. 
 
 land .\gt. &Jnst Peace, Vermont 1874 
 
 Fireman [Mass 1875 Maple street. 
 
 Tinner [Penn 1873 
 
 Teamster Penn 1874! Walnut street. 
 
 New York. ..1872! 
 Cong. Minister. ..IConnecticut 1875 
 
 Hotel Clerk Illinois 1874jReverc House. 
 
 Seamstress N. Carolina. il871 
 
 Clerk, C.,B. & Q.JMichigan ...'l874 
 
 Carpenter Connecticut il875iL. View. Elliott st. 
 
 Penn [186.5| 
 
 Carpenter Penn 1870|\Valnul street. 
 
 Teamster Ohio '1872iCherry street. 
 
 Mechanic, R. H.. Ohio J1873 
 
 Laborer Canada 1875 1 
 
 Engineer illlinois 1873 I 
 
 Carpenter [Vermont 1872 1 
 
 Physician I Mass !1867 
 
 Car Tracer :Engl.and |... 
 
 Boiler Maker llowa \\i 
 
 C, B. & Q. R. R 
 
 Mass... 
 
 Union street. 
 Maple .street. 
 Pine street. 
 
 Brakeman Illinois 1874 
 
 ClelkV..'..".'.'.'.' 
 
 Attorney at Law.. 
 
 Machinist ... 
 
 Farmer iKentuckv . 
 
 1874 
 
 1876 
 
 Elm street. 
 4 Pine street. 
 Chicago House. 
 Vine street. 
 Union street. 
 Vine street. 
 Walnut street. 
 
 Ohio Landis, N. Pine si. 
 
 Indiana 1870 Creston House. 
 
 Illinois 11872 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 .11876 
 
 Devoe's Addition. 
 
 Carpenter ... 
 
 Mechanic ^Indiana 1870 
 
 Teamster Penn 1866 Vine street. 
 
 Broom maker , 1874 .Montgomery street. 
 
 Sweden. 
 
 Carpenter . 
 (conductor. 
 Carpenter . 
 Laborer 
 
 Vermont., 
 
 Sweden. 
 
 1875 
 1872 
 1870 
 
 Penn 1871 
 
 Carpenter jMaryland... 1875 
 
 Carpenter Ohio 1870 
 
 Painter Ilndiana 1874 
 
 Walnut street. 
 Revere House. 
 
 Vine street. 
 
 Maple steeet. 
 
 ^Name appears in Business Director.v. 
 
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 A, P, STEPHENS makes the Lowest Prices on Carpets, Boots and Shoes. 
 
All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. STEPHENS, 
 
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 SKETCHES. MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 CROMWHLl. HUSINHSS DIRHCTORY. 
 
 Name. Oi-rupiilion. 
 
 CoNOKEaATioNAi, Chubch Kev. ('. 0. Parmenter, Pastor. 
 
 Ckomwki.i. Post Okkice M. *V. Piirviancp, P. M., and Agent A. M. 
 
 U. Express. 
 
 Cromweli, Hoi'SE F. 15. Cochrane, Proprietor. 
 
 Cromwell Mills McEwen, Williams & Deutler, Proprietors. 
 
 (,'rks9\vell, E. S Dealer in General Merchandise. 
 
 Cro.mwell School. ..R. T. .McKee, Principal: Mrs. M.S. Iliilibfll, Ass't. 
 
 E.MEUSo.s, W.M., M. D Physician and Surgeon, Broadway. 
 
 Free Baptist Cm itcii Rev. .\I. S. llubbell. Minister, 
 
 Johnston, li H., M. I> Physician, etc. Oflice, Broadway. 
 
 Kavanaiom, S. L Meat Market. 
 
 Kniiteso.v, O Boot and Shoe .Maker. 
 
 McCaluwell, Dh Physician. 
 
 McI'lelland, W. D Depot Agent and Telegraph Operator, 
 
 McEwen, \V. \V Druggist. 
 
 Naint'. Occupatiiiu 
 
 MouFORD, W Blacksmith. 
 
 Morrison, A. E Operator. 
 
 Odd Fellows' Hall Over Williams' Store. 
 
 Pii ELI'S, O. F Druggist. 
 
 Pickekino, J. S Wagon Maker and Furniture Dealer. 
 
 PiBviANCE, M. W Dealer in Groceries, and Postmaster. 
 
 Rhino, N., M. D Physician; Office, Phelps' Drugstore. 
 
 Rogers, Tohn A 1. P., Keal Estate .\gent, Dealcrin -Vgi'icultural 
 
 Implements. 
 
 Spark. W. M Lumber and Hardware, Broadway. 
 
 UpHAM, F. 1'] Notary Public. 
 
 Vess, P. B Harness Maker, works Waffles. 
 
 Waffles, C. H Saloon, and Proprietor of Harness Shop. 
 
 Williams, ,I. C Dealer in General Merchandise. 
 
 CROMWELL GENERAL DIRECTORY. 
 
 Ocrpi'ATHlN. 
 
 Rr81DENC»:. 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 Residencr. 
 
 Allen, Arthur 
 
 Ban-, II. W 
 
 Beesler, ,)olin 
 
 Belvue, Frank 
 
 I'uldwell, .\rch... 
 
 Cochrane, N 
 
 Cresswell, E. S... 
 
 Dentler, S. S 
 
 Drury, l^has 
 
 Emerson, W., M.D 
 Fredericks, John 
 
 Hall, U 
 
 Harmon, .Tohn... 
 Henderson, W. S 
 Henderson, W. D 
 Higgins, George. 
 Humphrey, Thos 
 Huhbell, Rev.M.S 
 Huntley, A. W... 
 
 Johnson 
 
 Johnson, John... 
 
 Johnson, Z 
 
 Jolinson, S. M 
 
 Johnioii, K. U., ». D... 
 
 Lunnie, F. W 
 
 McCaldwell, Dr .. 
 
 Vermont.. 
 Penn 
 
 Laborer j 
 
 Merchant |Penn 
 
 Mason Penn 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Landlord 
 
 Merchant ilowa ! 
 
 Miller Penn { 
 
 Blacksmith (Illinois ' 
 
 Physician Ilndiana 
 
 .'. Ohio ' 
 
 Shoemaker New York... 
 
 Farmer Illinois 
 
 Farmer ,N. II 
 
 1870 
 1876 
 
 Vermont 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Michigan 
 
 Constable 
 
 Works Sparr 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Baptist Minister. 
 
 Laliorer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Physician 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Physician jOhio 
 
 Carpenter JNew York.. 
 
 Physician Penn 
 
 Norway... 
 Bohemia . 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 1872 
 
 1874 
 
 1868 
 
 1873 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 1876, 
 
 1876iBoards Hotel. 
 
 1876' 
 
 1871, 
 
 1871, 
 
 1868 
 
 1876 
 
 1872i 
 
 Boards Passage. 
 1873 
 1873 
 1871 
 1872 
 1 
 
 1874 
 'l876 
 
 McClelland, W.U. 
 McDonald, C. W.. 
 
 McEwen, J. C 
 
 Mayne, P. T 
 
 Miller, P. M 
 
 Morford, W. L.... 
 Murphy, Henry.. 
 Ohlschlager, Fred 
 Ohlschlager, Wm. 
 Olswarth, Thos... 
 PamenliT, Re?. CO... 
 
 Passage, J. 1) 
 
 Penches, W, H... 
 Petznick, Chas.... 
 
 Phelps, 
 
 Pickering, J. S... 
 Purviance, M. W. 
 
 Raus, Robert 
 
 Rogers, J. A 
 
 Rogers, J. E 
 
 Rogers, W. H 
 
 Thomas, John W. 
 Thomas, Matthew 
 
 Waffle, C. H 
 
 Walters, Jacob.... 
 Williams, J. C 
 
 Station Agent Indiana,. 
 
 Cl'k, J. A. Rogers Iowa 
 
 1875 
 1875 
 
 Land Agent [Ohio 11871 
 
 Drayman i Michigan i 
 
 Blacksmith Maryland ...11874 
 
 Engineer Ireland 1872 
 
 Section Hand [Germany.... 1872 
 
 Section Boss Prussia 1868 
 
 Laborer •..[England 1874 
 
 Cong. Minister. ..[New York... 1870 
 
 laborer New York... 1876 
 
 Blacksmith, etc.. New Jersey. 1 1875 
 
 Laborer iGermany |1872 
 
 Druggist 1 Vermont [ 1 869 
 
 Wagon Maker lOhio J1874 
 
 Merchant Ohio |l870 
 
 Laborer Prussia 1876 
 
 Agric' 1 1 mplem' ts I Mass 1 1 869 
 
 Clerk !Mass |1868 
 
 Clerk [Mass 1808 
 
 Farmer Illinois [1876 
 
 Farmer Indiana !l876| 
 
 Saloon Keeper Illinois 1869 
 
 [Carpenter :..Penn '1876[ 
 
 [Merchant Wales Il869| 
 
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 o 
 a* 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS HAS BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. 
 
XMX. O. IQ ISSl ^Sr JmOilEi 3EI. ^ 
 
 DKALER I2Sr 
 
 Yard, corner Adams and Elm Sts. 
 
 CRESTON, IOWA. 
 
 11,30. DEALEK IN 
 
 itP^^TiTi 
 
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 WW 
 
 y. 
 
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 And all other Articles usually kept in a First Class Hardware Store. 
 
 J ALSO KEKP 
 
 LIME- AND PLASTERING HAIR, 
 
 At tb.e Old Stand, on iidan3.s Street. 
 
 .1. W McDILL. 
 
 E. F. SULLIVAN. 
 
 a. ^W. BEYMER, 
 
 McDiLL & Sullivan, 
 
 DKAI.KK IN 
 
 maimMtt pat"', ^nm 
 
 ^'l*'Il,^yS ^^. Jyil"VV«. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Building Paper, &c., 
 
 Office and Yard southeast corner Park, 
 
 AFTON, IOWA. 
 
 N. W. KOWELL. 
 
 J. M. MILLIGAN. 
 
 A.FT01S, IOWA. 
 
 S. S. ^MMWIQMT, 
 
 ROWELL & MILLIGAN, 
 l^itorneiJS ^ <|,annsclors at |(*aii% 
 
 AFTON, IOWA. 
 
 0rtieii at 
 
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 AFTON, IOWA. 
 Office in First National Bank Buildinjr. 
 
Our Boots and Shoes are all Good and Warranted. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
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 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIIIECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Kirj 
 
 AnT)N BUSINESS DIRIXTORY. 
 
 AnoN 
 Akton 
 
 Al.l.KV 
 
 AvKHii.L,W. S. & Co. 
 
 UKV.MKK, G. W. 
 
 BKYMKil & DlCKINS'lX, 
 
 BlHllOP i: Mclil.DKItUV, 
 lllHIlOP, .1. F.. 
 
 Nmni!. 0<xlip«tloii. 
 
 fVisKi., Fbki> (jrocery aii<l BakBiy, Moutli Hide K'luarc. 
 
 Arrox IUkkry ami (Jbockhv Henry JungHt, Proprietor, Houtli 
 
 Bi'le .S(|iiiirc 
 
 \Ktt» ). K. Bishop, I'Mitor mill Proprietor. 
 
 F«i Nuiiv Penney <'(; Hyil's, I'n.prietorH. 
 
 .1. \V., .1. P JuBtice of tlic Peace iind Attorney at baw, Houtli 
 
 side Hijuare. 
 
 .\VKBii.L, W. H Surgeon UentiBt, HOiith side 8i|uare, over J. Syp'B. 
 
 ABiiny, T. C Harnc«« Shop, KanHUH street. 
 
 Arrox 'rBiui xk Ira Seeley, KMitor and Proprietor, rtouih went cor. 
 
 Square. 
 
 Abndi.I), JjEwis Tailor atid Cutter; shop over KichurdK & Rice. 
 
 Ai.i.KX, P Dealer in Ocncnil MerchandiHe, HOiith side Square. 
 
 ( J. It. .Millspuuiili. Fiiirfield, i liidertakerH and 
 '( W. S. Averill, Afton. ) lJealer» in Furni- 
 
 ture, Houth eide Square. 
 
 Bf:iooHi>. \V. .S \uclioneer and C'oninii8nion ; Clockn, Watches and 
 
 .lewelry repaired ; I>ouglu» Htrcet. 
 
 Bkkhk, .1. T. & Sox. ' I" ^y p *^c' ' '^'■"(5»' Medicines, Paints and Oils. 
 
 Bkvmkb, K. S Insurance Agent, Dealer in Agricultural Implement*. 
 
 Dealer in Lumber, Lath, etc.. KansaH street. 
 
 f R. S. Bcynicr, i Wilson .Sewing Machine 
 I A. A. Dickinson, i Agents. 
 
 ' i w «"''.?,• \ R«al E«t»t« Agent*. 
 
 I S. W. Mchldcrry, / " 
 
 Editor Afton JVfwt, Real Kstate Agent. 
 
 Bbav, W, D Horticulturist. 
 
 Bbown, G Butcher, Kansas street. 
 
 Bkockman, F. W Dealer in General Merchandise, Big Boot, south- 
 east cor. S'luare. 
 Biiow.N, A Blacksmith, Kansas street. 
 
 , „ \ •{?^" ^r'"""- I Lumber, Lath, S.ish, etc., 
 Cabmav, Uoi.ingicb & Co.JM. Bolinger, r „„Hl,west cor. .Square. 
 ( h. f.arnian, } ' 
 
 Chkbkv, .1. W Bank Teller and Insurance Agent, Ist Nation.al Bank. 
 
 CiTV Bakkby M. V. French, Proprietor, west side Square. 
 
 OiTV Babbkb Shop II. .S. Henderson, Proprietor, south side Square. 
 
 Cook, N. H Attorney at Law. 
 
 CoLi.ixos, Wm iStoves and Tinware, southeast cor. Square. 
 
 CoLOKX, F.J Clocks, .Jewelry and .Silver Ware. 
 
 /J Cornelius, ]. Butchers, eastsideSquare. 
 I Wm. Oroesbeck, / ^ 
 
 CoHNBLii's, .7. k .Son, i '^^ ^j;jJ*}|[J^' j. Restaurant, north side .Square. 
 
 I .1. F. Creel, 1 General Agents Singer Sewing 
 
 t D. . I. (iuthridge, / Machine; office, west side 
 
 Square. 
 
 Covey, E.J Photograph Artist, northwest cor. Square. 
 
 Uavkxi'Obt, D Attorney at Law. Office with .McD. & ft. 
 
 Dhlmeok, R. II Contractor and Builder, Kansas street. 
 
 Dkai-eu, Jos Pci'd, Saleand Livery Stables, Occidental House. 
 
 Uu.vx, C. M Telegraph Operator. 
 
 ( II. D. Dolson, Villisca, | Grain Dealers. Office op- 
 ( W. P. Cowl, Afton. ( poHitc Occidental House. 
 
 * n ^n^Ju"'' \ Grant & Guthrie, Proprietors. 
 
 I R. Guthrie, / "^ 
 
 FiKST N'atiojal Bask J. T. Beebe, President; 0. E. Davis, J. W. 
 
 Cherry, Book-keeper and Teller, cor. Kansas and Douglas 
 streets. Chartered, 1870. Capit.il, S-'<0,000. 
 
 Gbim>;s, Jos. (Col'd; Porter, .MaiJison House. 
 
 Gboves, L. S., .M. D Druggist, South Side Court House. 
 
 Cobnklii;b & Gboesbeck, 
 
 CbKEL Si GrTHBIOOE, ■ 
 
 DoLHO.K & Cowr,... 
 Exceuiob Mills.. 
 
 Kkatiko, Wm. & Son. 
 Letts & Ream, 
 
 Namo. Occupation. 
 
 Gbeooby, D. D Attorney at Law. Office rear First National Bank. 
 
 GoLisni, H Blacksmith and Wagon Shop, north side Square. 
 
 Gbanok .Stohk W. H. Itobb, Storekeeper, north side Square. 
 
 IcKis. O. l! Postmaster, Afton. 
 
 KkalTisii. Joshua Stoves and Tinware, southwest cor. Square. 
 
 Kei,i,kb, C ''''"•-•'« 'Shipper. 
 
 I W. Keating, | Hardware and Farming Tools, 
 ( H. F. Keating. ( Kansas street. 
 
 /N. H. Letts, 1 
 
 J. H. Ream, / Proprietors Madison House. 
 
 Lii.LEY, I. K Restaiiranl and Bakery, Kansas street. 
 
 M<Do.VAi,i., W. I» Dealer in Live Stock. 
 
 M(;Bbiiik, H. B Wagon .Maker, rear Afton Foundry. 
 
 Mai.i.hox Hoihe, Letts & Ream, Proprietors, cor. Fillmore and Dougl.iH 
 
 streets. Free 'Bus from all trains. 
 
 ., ,. , ,,, r G. N. McDaniel, i 
 
 MrDAKJEL & WiMMKB, | ,j y^^^^^^ j ...Blacksmith, Wagon Shop. 
 
 Mateeb, G. W Harness Shop, Webster street. 
 
 ' , ., , „ f Hiram McNeal, 1 Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, 
 
 McNeal & RooEBS, ^ ,^ ^^^^^^^ ^ V. E. Square. 
 
 McEluekby. S. W .' Att/jrney at Uw, 
 
 M 1. 11 I i- «r'rnvAV jJ.W. McDill, i AttorneyB at Uw, Kansas 
 M.DILL ,t SL'LLU A.N, ^ ^ y j^,,,,;^^,,^ f street. 
 
 .\I ITCH ELI., B Attorney at Law. Office, rear First National Bank. 
 
 Neij*ox L Boot and .Shoe Shop. 
 
 Newto.x, 0. E .SUtion Agent C, B. & Q. R. R. 
 
 Of.ciKEXTAL HorsE Hotel. f>»l. Tryan, I'roprietor. 
 
 Oi>EX, A Boot and Shoe Maker, KanBas street. 
 
 Petbie, L Baggage Master C, B. k Q. R. R. 
 
 Pbobas'co, Wm Saloon and Billiard Hall, E. Side Square. 
 
 Penney 
 Post Office 
 
 X- Hvi.F / ^- A- Penney, 1 
 ArroN 0. U. Jckis, 
 
 Kansas street. 
 
 P. M. Office hours, 7 A. M. U, !i 
 P. M. ; Sunday, » to 10 A. M. 
 
 Powkbs, a. J Clerk, Richards & Rice. 
 
 Pekbv, 0. H Dealer in Fruit Trees, North Town, J mile from town. 
 
 Ra(;i;et, L General Dealer .Merchandise and Grain, KanB.is street. 
 
 Reyxoli.s, J. D., M. D Physician and Surgeon, Kans.as street. 
 
 Rooebb, R Livery Stal)le. .Mc.N'eal ,S: Rogers. 
 
 . ..iTT.r^.x' fN. W. Rowell, I Att^jrney at Law, X. W. 
 & MILLIGAN, -j J ^j mulligan, f Comer Square, 
 
 f 8. Richards, Bentonsport, I Dealers in Dry Goods, 
 1 I. N. Rice, Afton, / Clothing and General 
 
 Merchandise, Cor. Kansas street. 
 
 Spahe, p. S. & Co Millinery and Dres- Making, west side Square. 
 
 Syp, John Glass and Quecnsware, south side Square. 
 
 ROWELL 
 Richabds & Ricb, 
 
 Stp, W. K 
 
 Talbot k 
 Thobntow 
 
 f W. K. Syp, I 
 
 & Co., J. D. N. Syp, V General Merchants, 8. 8. Square. 
 
 ( Geo. Swain, j 
 
 D. A. k Co., 
 
 Co Milliners, Kansas street. 
 
 / D. A. Thornton, 1 Dealers in Hardware and 
 
 I H. M. Way, ( Agricultural Implemcnls. 
 
 /Coal, Grain and Commission Merchant, 
 
 ( N. E. <Jor. Square. 
 
 Tbumen, R Banker, Office east side Square. 
 
 Watebs, j. K Night Operator, C, B. k Q. R. R. 
 
 Wheeleb, T. H Billiard Hall and .Saloon, east side .Square. 
 
 White, A. J Contractor and Builder, County Surveyor. 
 
 Wbay k Bollimoee, ■( ' ^."^l',- \ ...Blacksmith and Wagon Shop. 
 
 ( A. H. Bolinger, j 
 
 Wrioht, D. K Insurance Agent. 
 
 Yeaoeb, j.. Ready made Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Trunks, Kansas si. 
 
 TlLI^EN, C. L... 
 
 TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUHTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 106 
 
 SKETCHES. MAP A"ND DIRECrORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 AFTON GENERAL DIRECTORY. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Abel, FreJ Baker Germany. ... 
 
 .Vbralmm, C Clerk Indiana.. 
 
 Alaer, Mi.s.1 .MiceDiDing Room, Far. U.. 
 
 Alley, ,T. W Justice of Peace..! 
 
 Alton, .1. E Laborer Illinois... 
 
 Ames, \Vm Teamster Illinois ... 
 
 .VvnoUl, Lewis Tailor Germany. 
 
 Ashby, M. V Clerk, Thornton's Ohio 
 
 Ashby, T. C jHarness Maker... Ohio 
 
 Ashby, Mrs. .M...| JN. Jersey... 
 
 Averell, \V. S IDenlist, &c Canada 
 
 IJabcock, L. D....[I'rop. Far. Hotel New York. 
 
 Babcock. A. L.... Carpenter New York. 
 
 Farmer Ohio 
 
 Painter Indiana 
 
 Stone Mason Ohio 
 
 Ballard, S. R... 
 
 Ball, E. A 
 
 ttartbnlomcw, F. M.. 
 Barnum, S. K.. 
 Barnum, A. H 
 Barber, James. 
 
 Barron, F 
 
 Barnum, G. L. 
 Bargcr, J. P... 
 Baxter, Mr.s. S 
 Baxter. Jolin Printer.. 
 
 Farmer Vermont. 
 
 Farmer Vermont.. 
 
 Teamster lOhio 
 
 Laborer Ohio 
 
 Clerk I Vermont. 
 
 Painter Illinois ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 .'Ohio. 
 
 Bean, Jos [Laborer Iowa 
 
 Bedford, W. S IJeweler [Indiana 
 
 Bennett, K. G. P.. Elder M. E. Ch...lNew York.. 
 
 Bishop, J. F Ell. A/Ion AVM's..iNew York.. 
 
 Bolich, J. C Shoemaker IPenn 
 
 B ilinger, M I Lumberman jPenn 
 
 Bolinger, A iBl.acksniith jPenn 
 
 Botleman. H. A. ..[County Auditor..! 
 
 Bolleinan, 11. A... Butcher juhio 
 
 Brockman, F. W..JDry Goods Germany... 
 
 Bray, W. I) iXurseryman 
 
 Branan, Mrs I Ireland 
 
 Briggs, T [Carpenter Ohio 
 
 s § I Rrsidencr. 
 
 1867; 
 
 1874 Bds. Madison Hotel 
 
 1870 
 1854 
 1876 
 
 OccDPATiON. i Nativity. 
 
 Bridges, .Miss P.. Seamstress lOhio 
 
 Brown, A Bhicksmith Ohio 
 
 Burke, J Liveryman Indiana 
 
 Burns. David H.. Laborer ..iMissouri 
 
 Burns, J. F iTraveling .\gent..!Obio 
 
 Bolich, Uan'l D... [Shoemaker IPenji 
 
 Bolicli, C. F [.Shoemaker |Penn 
 
 Bolich, N. A [Shoemaker I'enn 
 
 Bolich, Oscar Shoemaker ]Penn 
 
 Calaban, Dennis.. Laborer Ireland 
 
 Cam])bell, 1 jcily Marshal Ohio 
 
 Campbell, C. H.... 'Carpenter Iventucky... 
 
 Carney, I'atrick.. [Laborer Ireland 
 
 Carson, James. ...jCarpenter IPenn 
 
 Cbamber!in,Geo..ll'eddler .New York... 
 
 Chaslon, S. P Scwiog Machine Agent..' 
 
 t^hilds, W. H jBlacksiuiih Vermont 
 
 Childs, \Vm iCarpenler Vermont 
 
 Cherry. J. \V Farmer Ohio 
 
 Clemens, James. ..'Farmer Virginia 
 
 Cogell j Vermont 
 
 Collier, Isaac iLaborer IMissouri ..11876 
 
 1866 
 1864 
 
 1866 
 
 1874 
 
 1856 
 
 1872 
 
 1866 
 
 1875 
 
 1875 
 
 1871 
 
 1876 
 
 1869 
 
 1870 
 
 1872 
 
 1872 
 
 1873 
 
 1876 
 
 1873 
 
 1855 
 
 1876 
 
 186 
 
 1876 
 
 1855 
 185 
 
 1872 
 
 186 
 
 1870 
 
 1870 
 
 1873 
 
 18.56 
 
 1^76 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 1871 
 
 1870 
 
 18' 
 
 1862 
 
 1874 
 
 1869 
 
 1875 
 
 1868 
 
 1868 
 
 1875 
 
 1865 
 
 Kansas street. 
 Fillmore street. 
 
 Fillmore street 
 
 Kansas street. 
 
 Bds. .Madison Hotel. 
 Bds. Madison Hotel. 
 Bds. Madison Hotel. 
 Bds. Madison Hotel. 
 
 Kansas street. 
 Fillmore street. 
 
 Oollings, Wm 
 
 Cook, N. P 
 
 Cosner. Philip.... 
 
 Cox, William 
 
 Cowl. W. P 
 
 Covey, E. J 
 
 Cramer, A 
 
 Creel, J. I' 
 
 Cmningbani, Ber. R. II. 
 Cunningham, I... 
 Cunningham, Jas 
 
 Davenport, 1) 
 
 Draper, James... 
 
 Draper, A 
 
 Davis, 0. E 
 
 Deberry. Thomas 
 Delong, Thomas.. 
 Delmell, I'ichard 
 
 Devolt, Wm 
 
 Devore, J. W 
 
 Dickenson, .\. .V,. 
 Dismore, John... 
 
 Dismore, Eli 
 
 Dunn, C. M 
 
 Draper, Geo 
 
 Draper, Joseph... 
 Enbery, Wheeler 
 Emmons, E. J.... 
 Fleming, Frank... 
 
 Fisher, D. C 
 
 Gadd, I. N 
 
 Gilbert, I . 
 
 Goslisch, H 
 
 Gleason, D. E 
 
 Grant, .J. A 
 
 Griffin, Neil 
 
 Grimes, H. C 
 
 Grimes, Joseph... 
 
 Groves, L. S 
 
 Guthridge, D. J... 
 
 Guthrie, R 
 
 Hancock, H. W... 
 
 Hale, Mrs 
 
 Hayes, Thos.. 11. D 
 
 Hayes, James 
 
 Heinbaugh, A 
 
 Henderson, H 
 
 Hewett, Edw 
 
 Hicks, W. H 
 
 Hicks, Mrs. Nancy 
 
 Hide, C. T .". 
 
 HoUiday, Thomas 
 
 HoUiday, G 
 
 Hosband, James.. 
 Hopkins, T. S.... 
 
 llulse, B 
 
 Huntzinger, Jas 
 Huntzinger, Toby 
 Ickis, O. U.. 
 
 Stores and Tinware 
 
 .Attorney at Law 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Grain Buyer 
 
 Photo Artist 
 
 Printer 
 
 Sewing Machine Agent.. 
 Presbyterian .\lin 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Barber 
 
 Attorney at Law.. 
 
 S6 
 
 llllinois 11856 
 
 [Maine !1849 
 
 lOhio (1869 
 
 Ohio 
 
 tPenn 
 
 New York.. 
 
 Vermont 
 
 Virginia.. . 
 Penn 
 
 RESinEKCR. 
 
 Kansas street. 
 
 Iowa . 
 
 1876[ 
 
 1875!Bds. Madison Hotel. 
 
 1869 
 
 1876 Bds. Madison Hotel. 
 
 1860 
 
 1875 
 
 1855 
 
 1876 
 
 1876Bds. Madison IL.tel. 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Banker 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Parmer and S. M. Ag't 
 Farmer and S. .11. Agt 
 Farmer and S, M. Ag'l 
 
 Telegraph Operator 
 
 Livery Stable 
 
 Livery Stable 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Clerk of Courts.. 
 Insurance Agent. 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 TrarelJBg SaleioiaD 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 Fireman 
 
 Miller 
 
 Organ Merchant, 
 Commercial Traveler... 
 Porter Madison lloase... 
 
 Penn 
 
 'England :i869i 
 
 [Ohio :1860 
 
 i'Mi-ssouri 1875 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Mass 
 
 Indiana.. 
 
 Indiana.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ijigland . 
 England . 
 
 .Bds. Bishop. 
 
 Sewing Hacbine Agent.. 
 .Miller 
 
 Organ Dealer, &c 
 
 Physician 
 
 Physician 
 
 Blacksmitli 
 
 Barber 
 
 Traveling Man. 
 Ijiveryman 
 
 Indiana... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana... 
 Germany. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Michigan. 
 
 Missouri,. 
 .Missouri .. 
 
 Ohio .... 
 Canada . 
 
 Penn . 
 Ohio . 
 Ohio . 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 .Miller 
 
 Harness Maker... 
 Retired Farmer... 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Vermont 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Rhode Isl'd. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana 
 
 1859| 
 
 185"' 
 IK76, 
 187g! 
 1 87 Ij Kansas street. 
 
 I 
 1869iMadison House. 
 
 jBds. Occidental Ho. 
 
 Bds. Occidental llo. 
 
 Bds Madison House 
 
 1876,' 
 
 1868j Fillmore street. 
 
 18731 
 
 1874 
 
 Bds Occidental Ho. 
 
 1860 
 1870 
 18H8 
 1876 
 
 1855 
 1873 
 
 1870 
 18691 
 1869i 
 
 Bds Madison House 
 Bds Occidental Ho. 
 
 Kansas street. 
 Fillmore street. 
 Bds Occidental Ho. 
 
 Postmaster, Afton 
 
 1870 
 1876 
 1856 
 1875 
 186(t 
 1874 
 1875 
 1853 
 1870 
 1871 
 1868 
 
 1856 
 
 L. E. 
 
 With W, 11 Hicks 
 
 Bds Mateer. 
 
 Fillmore street. 
 Madison House. 
 Fillmore street. 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS HAS BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. 
 
Manufactured by DEERE & COMPANY, Moli/ie, Illinois. 
 
 Simple in Constrnction.— One lever only required in operation. 
 
 Easily Operated. — '^o constructed that by a slight motion of the lever the plow is 
 run out of the ground and raised clear, by horse instead of man power. 
 
 Li^ht Draft. — By reason of the weight of the plow and furrow slice being carried by 
 the wheelvs, instead of dragging on the bottom of the plow. 
 
 Durable. — Has iron wheels, iron beam and iron frame, and will last a lifetime. No 
 
 LOOSE JOINTS. 
 
 His-liLla.rLd. Series Tuirf a^rzLd. Stvilolole ^IottsTS. 
 
 For heavy laud, timothy sod and deep tilling, this plow lia,s no eijual in the market. It is of long, easy turn of mold, light draft, and inverts 
 stubble completely without "flirting," leaving "readable'' furrows to be pulverized by the harrow, and is therefore an especial favorite with old 
 country farmers. It tills a want long felt by farmers who " rotate'' their crops and reriuire the same plow for use in Iioth sod and stubble. 
 
 Q p 5 — Gut 14 inches. Double shin, }ow landside, slip share, hardened. Adjustable for either two or three horses. 
 
 (f p .5_Cut 13 inches. Double shin, medium landside. slip share, hardened. Adjustable for either two or three horses. Shape same as 
 (i 1' 5, and adapted to the same purposes. 
 
 ".^c3.T;^arLce" TT^a.li^iri.g' CiJLltiT7-a.tOT. 
 
 The Advance, in the Eighty Tkomand now in use. has fairly woi its title ; and estimated by comparative durability and freedom from breakage, 
 iind adaptation to the purposes for which it is designed, it has proved itself the cheapest as well as the best Cultivator extant. 
 
 IMlI.NTS 01' K.XCKI.r.BNCE. 
 
 Its height of axle, and strength of the double arched wrought iron frame, cultivating the tallest corn with the least injury to thi' ?r.>wing plant. 
 
 Its advantage evener, an<l whipplctrees lowered to the direct line of dr.aft, relieving the horses' necks of all pressure. 
 
 Us varied adjustability of shovels, and improved safety pin. 
 
 Its steel couplings give the freest lateral and vertical motion of the beams — more durable and less liable to break than any other. 
 
 Its single tongue afl'ords greater facility in turning. 
 
 Either wood or irou beams are furnished, according to preference. 
 
 Wood beams and hounds are of the best white oak, and to them cotton scrapers are attached, when so ordered, at small additional cost. 
 
 There are many lower priced cultivators in the market, but, when submitted to the true teat, none prove so cheap as the Advance. 
 
All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. Stephens. 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
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 m 
 P 
 
 o 
 
 Eh 
 <i 
 
 O 
 
 M 
 
 iz; 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 Ingham, Anna.... 
 
 .Tack, G 
 
 .letfreys, E 
 
 .Iiihnson, C. M 
 
 .lungst, II 
 
 Kane, John 
 
 Keating, Henry... 
 Keating, Joshua.. 
 Keller, Benjamin 
 Kelley, Reuben... 
 
 ICirkendol, J 
 
 Keating, Wm 
 
 Keller, H. C 
 
 Layman, S 
 
 Lawson, L 
 
 Lea, P 
 
 Lemon, N 
 
 Leonard, A 
 
 Letts, N. H 
 
 Lewis, J. W 
 
 Lewis, James, M.D 
 Lewis, Mrs. L. A. 
 
 Lilley, I. K 
 
 Lloyd, John 
 
 Lupher, Wm 
 
 .McDowell, Dan'l. 
 McBride, H. B... 
 McDaniel, li. N... 
 
 McDell, J. W 
 
 McDonald, C. H.. 
 McElderry, S. W, 
 McNeal, Hiram... 
 
 Maynai'd, Jos 
 
 Martz, B. F 
 
 Martin, Alice.... 
 
 Matcer, G. VV 
 
 Merrill, Rev. E.F. 
 MeWin, Louisa... 
 
 Miller, 
 
 Miller, Joseph 
 
 Milligan, J. M.... 
 
 Miner, B. F 
 
 Mitchell, B 
 
 Moore, B. J 
 
 Morley, Thomas.. 
 Morrow, William. 
 
 Muchler, H 
 
 Murray, William. 
 
 Myers, T.J 
 
 Needham, Joe 
 
 Nelson, L. , 
 
 Neylon, James.... 
 Nixon, Kev. G. J, 
 
 Nobe, A. E 
 
 Nun, H 
 
 Nun, W. A 
 
 Nun, John 
 
 Olsea, August 
 
 Owens, S. H 
 
 Penney, F 
 
 Penney, M 
 
 Penney, ^I. A.... 
 
 Perkey, Wm 
 
 Perry, D 
 
 Perry, 0. H 
 
 Petrie, Lorenzo.. 
 
 Pridgen, W. E... 
 Probasco, Wm... 
 
 Potts, .(ohn i. 
 
 Powers, Nancy.. 
 
 Tailor 
 
 Organ Dealer, &o 
 
 Printer 
 
 Baker 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Hardware, &c. 
 Hardware, &c. 
 Mason 
 
 Nativity. ' S § 
 
 Iowa. 
 Penn. 
 
 ,1846 Fillmore street. 
 ,|l87 1 Fillmore street. 
 i Bds Occidental Ho. 
 
 Engineer in Mill. 
 
 Hardware 
 
 Trader 
 
 Teamster 
 
 Engineer 
 
 Sening Ilachiiie Agent.. 
 Farmer 
 
 Ohio 
 
 (iermany... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Maine 
 
 Maine 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Penn 
 
 Maine 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 laiidlord Madisou House. 
 Agricultural Imp. Ageut 
 Physician 
 
 Baker, &c 
 
 Constable 
 
 Real Estate D'ler 
 C, B. & tj. R. R. 
 
 jWheelwright 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 Attorney at Law. 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Attorney at Law. 
 
 Liveryman 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 County Recorder. 
 
 Dining Room 
 
 Harness Maker... 
 Miuister Evaugl Cburcb. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Tennessee.. 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York... 
 
 Retired Farmer.. 
 Drug Clerk (Beebe 
 Attorney at Law, 
 
 Farmer , 
 
 Attorney at Law 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Retired Farmer... 
 
 Laborer , 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Stock Dealer 
 
 Qerk 
 
 Shoemaker,.. 
 Section Boss 
 
 Minister 
 
 Brakeman... 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Blacksmith.. 
 
 Clerk 
 
 Shoemaker... 
 Blacksmith.. 
 Machinist F'ndry 
 Machinist F'ndry 
 Machinist F' ndry 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Nurseryman 
 
 Baggageman, C, 
 B. & Q. R. R... 
 
 Wagon Maker 
 
 Saloon Keeper... 
 
 Plasterer 
 
 Chambermaid 
 
 Wisconsin.. 
 
 Penn . 
 
 Penn 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio , 
 Ohio , 
 
 Penn. 
 Ohio . 
 Penn 
 Ohio . 
 
 1870 
 
 1868 
 
 1870 
 
 185 
 
 185 
 
 1870 
 
 1872 
 
 1874 
 
 1857 
 
 1870 
 
 1875 
 
 Kansas street. 
 Kansas street. 
 
 1-2-1. 
 Madison House. 
 
 1875 
 
 1870 
 1876 
 1852 
 185.3 
 1860 
 
 1873 
 
 1867 
 1867 
 1857 
 1868 
 
 1871 
 1875 
 18'i0 
 
 1874 
 1876 
 
 1856 
 1870 
 1868 
 1875 
 1876 
 1875 
 1875 
 
 Kentucky... 
 
 Canada 
 
 Penn J1864 
 
 New York... 1876 
 Ireland 1872 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Sweden.. 
 Ireland.. 
 Virginia . 
 
 Indi.ana.. 
 Virginia . 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Sweden.. 
 
 Ohio, 
 
 Maine 
 
 Maine .... 
 
 Maine 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 New York... 1876 
 Virginia 1866 
 
 1856 
 
 Fillmore street. 
 Bds Occidental Ho. 
 
 Bishop & McL 
 
 Fillmore street. 
 Madison House. 
 
 Madison House. 
 
 Bds Madison House 
 
 1868 
 1868 
 1870 
 
 B'ds Madison H'se. 
 
 Boards Occidental. 
 
 1866 
 1848 
 1856 
 1866 
 1875 
 1876 
 1876 
 1875 
 1870 
 
 1873 
 
 Kansas street. 
 
 Virginia ll858|B'ds Madison H'se. 
 
 I B'ds Madison H'se. 
 
 Namk. 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 
 RrSIDHNCK. 
 
 Probasco, Frank.. 
 
 Clerk 
 
 
 1876 
 1860 
 
 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Ramsdale, E 
 
 Randall, Nancy... 
 
 Raymond, B 
 
 Re.am. J. II 
 
 Renshaw, A. W... 
 Be™ld!,J. »., M. II... 
 
 Richey, F. M 
 
 Rice, I. N 
 
 Ridgway, C. W... 
 
 
 
 
 Weaving 
 
 C, B. & Q. R. R. 
 landlord Hadifon House 
 lijihlning Rod Peddler.. 
 
 Kentucky ... 
 Illinois 
 
 1870 
 
 1872 
 1868 
 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Fillmore street. 
 
 Sheriff, Union Co. 
 Mercbant.Ricbrds&Rice 
 
 Ohio 
 
 1855 
 1865 
 1876 
 1861 
 1856 
 18.56 
 1867 
 1855 
 1865 
 1874 
 1865 
 1876 
 1756 
 1871 
 1868 
 1872 
 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Penn 
 
 
 Retired Merchant 
 
 
 Robb, Chas. W ... 
 
 Robb, H. W 
 
 Roberts, W. R.... 
 Robinson, T. M... 
 Robinson, Volney 
 Rockwell, Hiram 
 Roarers C 
 
 Penn 
 
 
 Grain Dealer 
 
 Mail Agent 
 
 
 
 Kentucky ... 
 Ohio 
 
 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Engineer , 
 
 
 Well Borer 
 
 Penn 
 
 
 Rogers J 
 
 Well Borer 
 
 Penn 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Rogers, Mrs. Jane 
 Rourke, Patrick.. 
 
 Rowell, N. W 
 
 Rowell, Safford... 
 Rutter, Wallace... 
 
 Sagser, J. W 
 
 Scott, Mrs. M 
 
 
 
 Laborer 
 
 
 Attorney at Law.. 
 Farmer 
 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Clerk 
 
 
 
 Sec.HandC.,l).4qE.E 
 
 Ohio 
 
 1871 
 1875 
 18.55 
 1871 
 1860 
 1860 
 1873 
 1876 
 1870 
 1869 
 1864 
 1871 
 1875 
 1873 
 1860 
 1860 
 1869 
 
 i'868 
 1862 
 1875 
 1864 
 1871 
 1876 
 1874 
 1869 
 
 
 Missouri 
 
 Penn 
 
 
 Seelev Ira 
 
 Editor Tribune.... 
 Shoemaker 
 
 
 Shafer, Wm 
 
 Shepherd, Mrs. M 
 Shepherd, B. F... 
 Sheltnn, Mrs. C... 
 
 Penn 
 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Laborer 
 
 
 Laundress 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 
 
 Shoot. J. W 
 
 
 Mass 
 
 
 Sibley, J. D 
 
 Simmonris, Oeo... 
 Slater, Henry I\I. 
 
 Carpenter. 
 
 Mass 
 
 
 Coal Dealer 
 
 Clerk 
 
 England 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Carpenter 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Snelling, C. G., Prof 
 
 Sup't Pub Schools 
 
 Maine 
 
 Germany .... 
 Germany.... 
 New Y'ork... 
 New York... 
 
 
 Sommer, Fred 
 
 Southward, Mrs E 
 
 Spahr, Mrs 
 
 Spencer, D. J 
 
 Spencer, J. A 
 
 Spooner, F. A 
 
 Statter, Stephen.. 
 
 Stark, C. P 
 
 Stanfield 
 
 
 
 
 
 Milliner 
 
 
 Bricklayer 
 
 
 Indiana 
 
 New Y'ork... 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Shoemaker 
 
 
 
 Iowa 
 
 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 
 
 
 Stanfield, P. H... 
 Stantield, T. L.... 
 Stayt, Rev. J. A. 
 Steel, A. B 
 
 Auctioneer 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Fillmore street. 
 
 Tinner 
 
 
 M. E. Miniater... 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Clerk 
 
 England 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Scotland 
 
 1874 
 1868 
 1873 
 
 
 Stewart D 
 
 
 Stier, George 
 
 Straignt, H. 
 
 Strop, Miss B 
 
 Sutler, E. J 
 
 Harness Maker 
 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Germany. . . . 
 
 1868 
 
 
 Waitre<!S Far H 
 
 
 Bricklayer 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ohio 
 
 1872 
 1865 
 1865 
 1865 
 
 
 Syp D N 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Fillmore street. 
 
 Syp J F 
 
 
 
 Svn W K 
 
 W K SvD & Co 
 
 
 
 Swan, Frank 
 
 Swain, George... 
 Swain, Truman- 
 
 Clerk 
 
 
 
 
 Clerk 
 
 
 
 
 Clerk 
 
 
 
 
 
 New York... 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Iowa 
 
 1874 
 1868 
 1860 
 1868 
 1868 
 
 
 Taylor, John 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thompson C 
 
 
 Ohio 
 
 
 Thornton, D. A.. 
 
 Hardware 
 
 Illinois 
 
 
 OUR BOOTS AND SHOSS ARE ALL GOOD AND WARRANTED, A, P. STEPHENS. 
 
TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHEXS. 
 
 108 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Make. 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 9° 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Tilden, C. L iGrain Dealer 
 
 Tims jBlacksniitli 
 
 Tolman, E. G 'Meat Market 
 
 Truman, U jBanker 
 
 Vancie, VV 'Retired 
 
 Vickcrs, L. V iPost Office Clerk. 
 
 Wallace, Jonas.. . j Laborer 
 
 Walters, J. .\I ' 
 
 Wedge, C. |Farnier 
 
 Weger. E. L ' 
 
 Weslerman, B Engineer 
 
 Whitaker, J. L... Mason 
 
 New York.. 
 
 W)\va 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Irelaml 
 
 Kentucky .. 
 
 1869 
 
 187(')'Bd8 Madison Hniise. 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Illinois 
 
 New York . 
 Indiana 
 
 1808 
 1867 
 1870 
 
 1873 
 187.'! 
 1870 
 1876 
 1876 
 1865 
 
 Kansas street. 
 
 Nahe. 
 
 White, A. J 
 
 White, R 
 
 Willford, J.O 
 
 Wilson, G. C 
 
 Wimmer, Henry.. 
 Winkler, Mrs. S.. 
 Works, Edward... 
 
 Wray, Seth 
 
 Waters, .lohn 
 
 Washington, M... 
 
 Yeager, J 
 
 Young, .las. Mac. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 AS 
 
 IContractor iVerruont 1869' 
 
 Cook renn,sylva'a I876jMadison House. 
 
 Painter |Ohio..". 1871 
 
 Ag'l Implmt. Dlr.iOhio 1868'KaB8a8 street. 
 
 Blacksmith Indiana 1870 
 
 Works Edward... Ohio 1866 
 
 Farmer. . 
 
 England 1861 
 
 1876 Eds Madison House. 
 
 Laundress i.Mexico Bils Madison House. 
 
 Clothier lOhio 
 
 Surveyor |Indiana 18.56 
 
 THAYER BUSINESS AND GENERAL DIRECTORY. 
 
 Occfl'ATlON. 
 
 Virjiinia . 
 
 Allen, Mrs. S. E. 
 
 Atkinson, R. H...'M(rebaol,.l. S.LafawtCo 
 
 Bowen, A Labnrer 
 
 Cooper, .T. W Salesman J. S.UfaTteiCojOhi 
 
 Cooperider, I). C..;LaIjorer Ohio 
 
 !|l| 
 
 Criswell, AVni.. 
 Criswell, D. A. 
 Criswell, J. K.. 
 Catholic Ciiurcl 
 
 Penna. 
 
 Operator (Ihio ... 
 
 Laborer Ohio ... 
 
 , Thayer. 
 
 JlSfJOlThayer. 
 ,! iThayer. 
 
 Thayer. 
 
 Thayer. 
 
 Thayer. 
 
 Thayer. 
 
 Thaver. 
 
 1875 
 1876 
 1864 
 1864 
 1864 
 
 Crowley, Michael 
 
 I'aly, .John 
 
 Downing, S. B... 
 Uoolan. Eugene. 
 
 Evans, .S. E 
 
 Edson, F. W 
 
 Evangelical Church 
 day School— S, 
 
 Rev. Father E. Phaleo, P. P. Senices ever) 4tb Sguday ia each )loDth. 
 
 Laborer Ireland iThayer. 
 
 Section Boss Ireland 1868Thayer. 
 
 Farmer Illinois I874|Thayer. 
 
 Laborer Ireland IThayer. 
 
 Phjfician.Driiggist 4 Gro Indiana 1876|Thayer. 
 
 Blacksmith [New York... 1876iThayer. 
 
 Kev. Mell, Pastor; Services every two weeks. 
 
 .•\. Norlhrup, Sup'l. 
 
 Sun- 
 
 Forbes, George... Statien Ag'l C. B. i ([.llowa . 
 
 Glenn, Patrick ... Engineer [Ireland ... 
 
 Gabler, .lohn R. It. Laborer Iowa 
 
 Gibson, O. B |Hotel Keeper jlllinois ... 
 
 187tiThayer. 
 1869 Thayer. 
 1876,Thayer. 
 18G9 Thayer. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 
 RESinENCR. 
 
 Hendrick, F 
 
 Heckathorn, A... 
 
 Ingham. C. K 
 
 Keys, 0. A 
 
 Lafavre, J.S. & Co 
 
 J. S Lafavre. 
 
 R. H.. Atkinson. 
 McCvilluch, G. W. 
 
 O'Neil, .James 
 
 Post Office, Thayer, 
 
 J. S. Lafatrc, P. Jl.| 
 
 Peterson, .John... 
 
 Reckeril. T 
 
 Rowley, L. H | 
 
 Shehan, James... 
 
 Seeley, P , 
 
 Slithem, John AJ 
 Stithem, Amlrew 
 Welsh, Thomas... 
 
 Welsh, Pat 
 
 Wines, John 
 
 Salesmao J.S.UfiTreiCo 
 Eng'rand Farm'r 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Night Operator... 
 ("D'lrs in Gen'l 
 
 Illinois ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New .Jersey 
 Ohio 
 
 Merchandise ^S: 
 
 ( Hardware 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Laborer 
 
 1868iThayer. 
 187:VThayer. 
 1864 Thayer. 
 1875Thayer. 
 
 Thayer. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ireland . 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Night Watch 
 
 Laborer 
 
 C, B. & Q. R. R, 
 
 Grain Dealer 
 
 Car Kcp, C. B. & Q 
 Farmer 
 
 Denmark.... 
 Maryland... 
 New York... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Penna 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York... 
 
 Laborer Ireland 
 
 Laborer 
 
 Shoemaker.. 
 
 Ireland.. 
 Virginia . 
 
 . Thayer. 
 . Thayer. 
 
 1872Thaver. 
 187.5 Thayer. 
 186ti Thayer. 
 1869 Thaver. 
 18-56 Thaj-er. 
 1S54 Thayer. 
 18o4iThayer. 
 
 Thayer. 
 
 Thayer. 
 
 1872 Thayer. 
 
 KENT BUSINESS AND GENERAL DIRECTORY. 
 
 Occupation. NATn-iiy. 
 
 Andrews, Robert. 
 
 Beach, J. C 
 
 Hear, Stephen 
 
 Hell, F. B 
 
 lirogan, James 
 
 Drew, G. B 
 
 Dodson, Stephen.. 
 Ford, E. H 
 
 Section Boss Ireland. 
 
 Shoemaker lOhio 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Hardware, &c. 
 Section Boss... 
 Saloon Keeper. 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Postmaster 
 
 Illinois . 
 Ohio.... 
 Ireland. 
 Ohio.... 
 Illinois . 
 Mass.... 
 
 IS 
 
 1870 
 1874 
 1869 
 1876 
 1868 
 1875 
 1869 
 1874 
 
 Residenoi- 
 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 
 Nahe. 
 
 Kibler, i. C 
 
 Norton, W. W 
 
 Norton, II M 
 
 Sailing, Mitchell.. 
 Sailing, James.... 
 Sullivan, Corn.... 
 
 Swalb.augh, J 
 
 Thurber, Chester, 
 
 OCODPATION. 
 
 Merchant 
 
 Blacksmith 
 
 Druggist 
 
 Merchant & Graia Buyer 
 
 Clerk 
 
 C, B. & Q. R. R. 
 Blacksmith 
 
 Virginia 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky... 
 Kentucky... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 France 
 
 Carpenter |New York... 
 
 I < o 
 
 CO 
 
 1873Kent. 
 I875kent. 
 1874lKent. 
 1873 Kent. 
 1875 Kent. 
 1871JKent. 
 1875,Kent. 
 1876;Kent. 
 
 TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
SILVERTHORN k SONS, 
 
 W. R. BELL, 
 
 Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of 
 
 ASp DKALBBS IN 
 
 irn m 
 
 111 
 
 1 
 
 I^IP»1 
 
 J » ir"» 
 
 PERFUMES, 
 
 O 
 
 ^ATENT JMIE:DICINE8 
 
 Upholstery Goods, 
 
 PARLOR AND CHAMBER SETS 
 
 And & general absortnifnt c>f 
 
 Beclding; 
 
 DRUG-S AND CHEMICALS, 
 
 Paints amd Oils 
 
 Window Glass and Wall Paper 
 
 Of ;ill ck-sc-iiiiiiim«, "f ilie hxXv^x anil tjest styles in llie West; all of 
 
 uliicli is offered at the very lowest prices to suit the times. 
 
 Call and examine my Stock before buyin<i. 
 
 A SPKf'lALTY. 
 
 SCHOOL BOOKS 
 
 (ieneral assortment. 
 
 Latest Designs. <!'all and siee bur Stock. 
 
 N. B. — We solicit the public to brini; all Prescriptions to us whether 
 Family or prescribed by the profession. 
 
 Satisfaction Guaranteed, 
 
 SILVERTHOHIT L SONS. 
 
 A Specialty. 
 
 Metallic Cases 
 
 A Nil 
 
 WOOD COFFINS 
 
 \ N 1 1 
 
 On short notice, and the lowest prices for cash. 
 
 Rernsmber the Place, 
 
 Pine Street, 
 
 OPPOSITE TEE TREMONT HOUSE. 
 
H 
 
 a 
 
 H 
 Pm 
 
 H 
 PQ 
 
 o 
 
 I — I 
 
 P^ 
 
 o 
 
 hJ 
 I — I 
 
 EH 
 
 w 
 
 o 
 
 P^ 
 pq 
 
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 Eh 
 02 
 
 A. P. Stephens makes the Lowest Prices on Carpets, Boots and Shoes. 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 109 
 
 DIRECTORY OF NEW HOPE TOWNSHIP. 
 
 ' B." stands for Uent«r. 
 
 Post Office. 
 
 Allen, G. W W. Va 
 
 Anderson, P 
 
 Benedict, Wm England... 
 
 Benedict, I Canada. .. 
 
 Benedict, L Iowa 
 
 Biggens.T Ireland — 
 
 Bozarth, N Iowa 
 
 Bragg, W Iowa 
 
 Burd, Wm Penn 
 
 Butler, A. G Mass 
 
 (,'allison, G. W Virginia.. 
 
 Comer, Y. D Indiana.. 
 
 Comer, N. C Michigan. 
 
 Comer, .1. W 
 
 Cornelison. Wm.. Indiana .. 
 
 Curry, L Ohio 
 
 Dart, Iowa 
 
 Delmege, C Ireland .. 
 
 Delmege, Geo Ireland... 
 
 Delmege, R. C Ireland... 
 
 Delmege, C. G Ireland... 
 
 Denney, I. M Ohio 
 
 Denton, B lUiuois... 
 
 Dorsey, B. F Illinois... 
 
 " " Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Sweden .. 
 
 Dunnington, N.S 
 
 Dye, Enoch 
 
 Easland, K 
 
 Easland, M. J... 
 
 Erickson. .1 
 
 Estis, J i 
 
 Farley, Jacob Indiana. 
 
 Virginia . 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Farley, M.. 
 Fuller, C. H 
 
 Fuller, H. W Ohio 
 
 Fuller, G. .1 New York 
 
 Giltncr, J. W Indiana.. 
 
 Giltner, .1. F iKentucky 
 
 Gray, .Mrs. N IPenn 
 
 Groesbeck, Wm...lOhio 
 
 Groesbeck, Henry [Ohio 
 
 Grandfield,J 
 
 Grandfiel 
 
 Grandfield 
 
 Haddix, E 
 
 !ld,J...) 
 lid, S... } 
 ■Id, .In J 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Aftou 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton .... 
 
 Afton 
 
 .Uton.... 
 Murray . 
 Kasson .. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Vflon 
 
 Afton 
 
 Murray.. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 Afton...., 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 ICasson . . 
 Thayer . . 
 Murr.ay . 
 Thayer.. 
 Thayer.. 
 .Murray . 
 Afton."... 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 Murray . 
 Murray. 
 Afton.... 
 Kasson . 
 Kasson . . 
 Kasson . . 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 
 England .. 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 Hart, W. H Indiana.. 
 
 Hendrick,Jas Illinois ... 
 
 Heskey, S 
 
 Hobson, A 
 
 Hopkins, T.... 
 
 .laungst, L 
 
 .Johnson, I Indiana... 
 
 .iohnson, W Michigan . 
 
 .Johnson, J. D Missouri. 
 
 Kelley, J i Ireland.... 
 
 Keslcr. S Indiana... 
 
 Law, M ! Virginia.., 
 
 Murray . 
 
 Murray . 
 Afton.... 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Murray ... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Wintersct 
 Thayer.... 
 
 
 OCCOPATION. 
 
 1851 
 
 
 1856 
 1856 
 1856 
 1860 
 1873 
 18.54 
 1869 
 1873 
 1871 
 18.54 
 1854 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Groesbeck. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 1873 
 1876 
 187.:; 
 18KVI 
 
 1867 
 
 1868 
 
 18 
 
 18612 
 
 1876 
 
 180ti 
 
 1875 
 18741 
 1874 
 
 1856 
 18.58 
 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1875 
 
 1876 
 
 185; 
 
 1854 
 
 1861 
 
 1870 
 1866 
 1865 
 
 1876 
 
 1861 
 
 1876 
 1871 
 1876 
 1870 
 
 18 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Works Groesbeck 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Groesbeck. 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 120' 
 
 ;r 
 
 80 
 ;R 
 
 160 
 80 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 R 
 
 80 
 
 200 
 
 80 
 
 R 
 
 120 
 80 
 R 
 80 
 40 
 
 1.50 
 
 120 
 
 240 
 
 40 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 Post Office. 
 
 40 
 
 360 
 
 rJ 
 
 120 
 
 80, 
 
 280 ; 
 
 40 
 
 R 
 
 160 
 
 40 
 
 R 
 
 420 
 
 Leet, M 
 
 Leet, Warren... 
 Leet, Albert ... 
 Lippincott, T.., 
 Liptrap, Wm.. 
 Long, Thomas. 
 
 Long, S 
 
 Long, A 
 
 Long, H. A — 
 Lormor, J. S.. 
 Lormor, H. H. 
 Lutman, D. W 
 Ludington. L. 
 
 Marsh, .John 
 
 MeCulloch, A. J.. 
 McHenry, J. W... 
 
 Millett.R 
 
 Needham, John... 
 
 Noren, B 
 
 Orwan, S 
 
 Owens, J 
 
 Phillips, D 
 
 Phillips, L. H 
 Phillips, Robt 
 Pingree, J. G , 
 
 Power, R 
 
 Power, M 
 
 Rowell, W. P.. 
 Searl, J. M .... 
 Seeley. 0. H.. 
 Shafer, W. H.. 
 
 Shafer, M 
 
 Shay. R. H.... 
 Shay, Mrs. Sarah 
 
 Sha'y.J 
 
 Sullz, F 
 
 Smiih, S 
 
 Smith, G. S 
 
 Smilh, G. W... 
 
 Staggs, W 
 
 Stroup, R 
 
 Stroup, Jas 
 
 Stephens, P.... 
 Thomjvs, J. D... 
 
 Thomas, C 
 
 Thompson. R... 
 
 West, J. P 
 
 Whipple, L 
 
 Wilds, W. H... 
 
 Wiles, S 
 
 Williams,RevWC 
 Williams, Simon 
 Williams, J. A.. 
 
 Wright, J 
 
 Woodruff, C. M... 
 
 Wisconsin 
 W isconsin 
 W isconsin 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Penn 
 
 Indiana... 
 Indiana... 
 Indiana.... 
 Maryland. 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Michigan.. 
 Indiana... 
 Virginia... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland.... 
 Indiana.... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Maine 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Penn. 
 
 N. Hamp., 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Conn 
 
 Missouri . 
 
 Ohio 
 
 N. Jei'sey 
 Illinois.... 
 Germany . 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Conn 
 
 Illinois. .. 
 
 Ohio . 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York 
 
 Murray . 
 Murray . 
 Murray . 
 Afton.... 
 Murray . 
 Afton.".. 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Murray . 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Thaver. , 
 .\fton. ... 
 Thayer. . 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton .... 
 Afton..., 
 
 Afton 
 
 Kasson.. 
 
 Thayer.. 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Thayer.. 
 
 Kasson 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Thayer.. 
 
 Tha"yer. 
 
 Thayer.. 
 
 Afton... 
 
 Thayer. 
 
 Thayer.. 
 
 Thayer.. 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Thayer.. 
 
 Th.ayer.. 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 .\fton... 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 New York 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Indiana.. 
 Ohio 
 
 Afton.. 
 
 Thayer. 
 Afton.... 
 Afton..., 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 Kasson. 
 Afton.... 
 
 1876 
 1876 
 1876 
 1873 
 1875 
 1864 
 1862 
 1862 
 1873 
 1854 
 1854 
 1876 
 1858 
 1874 
 1855 
 1876 
 1873 
 1866 
 
 g 5 I OCUUPATION. 
 
 $8 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 1872 
 
 1875 
 
 1875 
 1875 
 1876 
 1856 
 
 1875 
 1873 
 1866 
 1869 
 1876 
 1867 
 1868 
 1870 
 
 1867 
 1854 
 1854 
 
 1856 
 
 1868 
 1875 
 1873 
 
 1870 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Groesbeck. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Groesbeck. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 16 
 
 200 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 1020 
 
 R 
 
 9 
 19 
 19 
 
 5 
 24 
 17 
 18 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 19 
 Farmer 122 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 15 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 18.56 
 1855 
 
 18.55 
 1874 
 
 2 
 10 
 7 
 22 
 
 Farmer 33 
 
 Farmer 33 
 
 Works Groesbeck. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Benedict.. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Groesbeck. 
 
 Works Shay 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Minister 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 40 
 
 R 
 
 120 
 
 R 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 R 
 R 
 
 R 
 80 
 
 R 
 
 160 
 
 200 
 
 80 
 
 R 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 R 
 
 280 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 80 
 80 
 
 80 
 120 
 
 80 
 
 R 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS HAS BAKGAINS IN DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. 
 
All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. Stephens. 
 
 110 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 DIRFXTORY OF DOr)(;F TOWNSHIP. 
 
 * R.*' stands Tur Renter. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Post Offioe. 
 
 Arnold, D .Ohio 
 
 Aughe, R. B 
 
 Blanchrird, F 
 
 Bridge, Thos 
 
 Bryan, .J. M 
 
 Bragg, .(. K 
 
 Bragg, A 
 
 Bray, .\ 
 
 Bray, Mrs. .\ .... 
 
 Carey, M 
 
 Cliaplain, G 
 
 Comer, E 
 
 Conoway, H. .1.. 
 
 Coe, S 
 
 Davidson, J 
 
 Deal, A 
 
 Doty, .lames 
 
 Klliott, .Tolin 
 
 Kllis, ,1. W 
 
 Knro, .1 
 
 lAfton 11855 Farmer 
 
 Ohio.... 
 Illinois.. 
 
 . Afton., 
 
 .I.Afton., 
 .Afton., 
 
 .1859 
 ,1876 
 
 Illinois ....(Afton 11864 
 
 Indiana.... 
 
 N. C 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York 
 
 Indiana... 
 New York 
 Oermany.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiajia ... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Macksburg.. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 . 1868 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer ., 
 
 < Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 . |1858iFarmer. 
 . 1H66 Farmer . 
 . 1H6 II Farmer. 
 . 1875lFarmer. 
 .:1876|Farmer., 
 , 1870Farmer. 
 
 [Farmer. 
 
 . 1868 Farmer., 
 , 1870!Fiu-nier., 
 ,1871 Farmer., 
 
 F.pperson, Wm... Illinois.... 
 
 Foster, J Kngland... 
 
 Funk, .'^a^ah 
 
 (ialbreath, I,. (1.. I Indiana.... 
 Galbreath, A ! Indiana.... 
 
 Germany.. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 
 ,1872 Farmer. 
 ,1867 Farmer. 
 
 Gray, F 
 
 Groesbeck, D. V. 
 Ilammam, .1. W... 
 
 Hart, ,lno ' 
 
 Hart, George 
 
 lleadley, J. P 
 
 Ileadley, .1. D 
 
 lleodersoD, Mrs. A 
 
 Ilendley, .T. S 
 
 Holliday, M. 
 HoUoway, F 
 
 Hoover, J 
 
 Kelley, Chas 
 
 Kemplin, W. H...!Virginia . 
 
 Kennedy. J llllinuis... 
 
 Kunselam, .1 iGermany. 
 
 lialin, .August Germany, 
 
 Laughery, .1. R...Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Missouri., 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Leak, S. G Indiana... 
 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton.. 
 Afton . 
 Aftoii . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 
 Afton • 
 
 . 1870 
 ., 870 
 .11871 
 
 .18.56 Farmer 
 
 . IKStiiFarmer 
 
 .1871 Farmer 
 
 . lH55iFarnier 
 
 , 1876 Farmer 
 
 .1860 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer ( 
 
 Farmer l" 
 
 Farmer 
 
 1876lFarmer 
 
 l.'<76|Farmer 
 
 18."i4|Fftrmer 
 
 1866 Farmer 
 
 |ffk8. llrs.llciiiier8on 
 
 1 8.54 Farmer 
 
 1876 Farmer 
 
 IHf'.'.t; Farmer 
 
 lHri7 F^irnier 
 
 Farmer 
 
 ^1 
 
 Post Office, 
 
 23 
 
 10 
 
 ,1858 
 ,1870 
 
 Farmer 
 
 240 
 
 R 
 
 40 
 80 
 
 280 
 
 R 
 40 
 40 
 120 
 40 
 20 
 100 
 R 
 40 
 
 40 
 160 
 160 
 
 r; 
 
 80 
 80 
 R 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 r! 
 
 220 
 
 r| 
 
 160 
 160 
 
 160 
 
 rI 
 
 95 ( 
 R 
 80! 
 40' 
 
 160 
 
 40 
 40 
 80 
 801 
 
 240 
 
 Lefler, M 
 
 Lincoln, M , 
 
 McCann 
 
 McKenzie 
 
 McMillen 
 
 Mehaney, C. S 
 Morris, John.., 
 
 Oziah, L , 
 
 Parks, H 
 
 Parks, .1. L 
 
 Parker, .1. T 
 
 Paulus, L 
 
 Peck, II 
 
 Peck, A. M 
 
 Peck, .1. .1 
 
 Peters, .1 
 
 Reynolds, .V. .)... 
 
 Reeves, R 
 
 Ridout, J ' 
 
 Robinson, Mrs. H 
 Ruckman, Wm... 
 
 Shuman, L 
 
 Skinner, Frank... 
 
 Skinner, L 
 
 Smith, .1. S 
 
 Stalcup, W. J 
 
 Sulliv.an. S I 
 
 Turner, .1. S ' 
 
 Turner, J. D 
 
 Tyler, L. G > 
 
 Van Slyke, A .... 
 Warlield, G. W... 
 
 Waters, .1. H 
 
 Warren, D. M.... 
 
 Weaver, L. P 
 
 Weber. J 
 
 Whitaker, .S 
 
 Whitaker. .1 
 
 White. A 
 
 Williams, S. M.. 
 
 Wilson, D 
 
 WiLson, E 
 
 Workman, C 
 
 Younkin, S. F... 
 Younkin, .1 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Afton 1863 
 
 N. .T.. 
 Ohio.. 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 
 Farmer 13| 40 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 ...Ohio.. 
 
 Germany. 
 Vermont . 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Afton 1875!Farmer HO 80 
 
 Afton 1870 Farmer 80 
 
 Afton il87.') Farmer ... 40 
 
 18 R 
 
 Afton 1871 Farmer Ui It 
 
 I ! 17 R 
 
 I 20 R 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penna 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Aftou 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Macksburg 
 
 .Vfton 
 
 Afton 
 
 ,|1876:. 
 
 , 1868 
 .1867 
 .1867 
 ,1867 
 
 , 1875 
 ,1866 
 . I87(l| 
 .11871 
 
 Indiana .... 
 Indiana... 
 Ireland.... 
 Indiana.... 
 
 .\. C 
 
 New York 
 
 iAftoii 
 
 Afton 
 
 Wintersct. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Weber 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer ! 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works .1. Hart 
 
 32' 320 
 31' 16(» 
 K«. 
 Re., 
 
 100 
 
 35, 40 
 28 120 
 
 1875 
 18(;c, 
 1873 
 1860 
 186(1 
 1870 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 .22 Res. 
 . 1; 80 
 
 .24! 160 
 
 34 
 
 80 
 
 11 
 
 120 
 
 10 
 
 90 
 
 13 
 
 200 
 
 Indiana,... 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Illiniiis... 
 
 Penna. 
 
 Penna 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Aftou 1864 Farmer 12 
 
 Creston il865|Farmer Il8 
 
 Afton ,1871 Farmer 4 
 
 j 20 
 
 Aftoii 1863 Farmer 13 
 
 Afton '1873 Farmer 28 
 
 Alton I ' ,B«. 
 
 Afton j 1873, Farmer !27 
 
 Wintersel Works Smith ... 
 
 Afton Farmer 
 
 Afton 1866 Farmer ;21 
 
 Afton 11868 Farmer 1... 
 
 Afton '1873 Farmer 11 
 
 Afton 1871 26 
 
 120 
 
 80 
 
 10(1 
 
 120 
 
 80 
 
 R 
 
 320 
 
 R 
 
 40 
 
 I! 
 
 OUR BOOTS AND SHOES ARE ALL GOOD AND WARRANTED. A, P. STEPHENS. 
 
S. H. MALLORY & CO., 
 
 Cor. A-dams and IVIaple Streets, 
 
 CRESTON, 
 
 IOWA. 
 
 f Ihe OMesit BaMk in tlhe €it j 
 
 Buy and sell Gold, Government Bonds, Exchange, discount short time 
 
 business paper, receive deposits, make collections and 
 
 transact a general banking business. 
 
 Sight Drafts drawn on all the Principal Cities of Europe. Twenty years' experience in the Bank" 
 
 ing Business in Iowa. 
 
 The tJtmost Promptness in the Transaction of Business Guaranteed, 
 
 I^ET^EK. TO 
 
 UdIoii National Bank, Chicago. bportors' and Traders' National Bank, New ?ork. Mercliants' National Bank, Burlington. 
 
 And Business Men all over the West. 
 
A. P. STEPHKNS makes ths Lowest Prices on Carpets, Boots and Shoes. 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Ill 
 
 c« 
 
 DIRIKTORY OF LINCOLN TOWNSHIP. 
 
 ' R," Htands for Renter. 
 
 faJ3 
 
 Adamson, M. L... 
 
 AUender, James.JOhio 
 
 Arnold, Isaac IPenn 
 
 Bally, J Germany 
 
 N. York... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Maine 
 
 Indiana... 
 
 Illinois... 
 N. York.. 
 
 Bartlett, L. M 
 
 Beuton, G. D 
 
 Bingham, C. H... 
 
 Bivins, A. J 
 
 Blnnat, R. W 
 
 Black, R 
 
 Brooks, Wm. L... 
 
 Brown, E 
 
 Brown, R. S 
 
 Broff, John 
 
 Byer, Lewis 
 
 Case, E 
 
 Cecil, A. J 
 
 Childs, W. H 
 
 Clucas, T 
 
 Coon, S 
 
 Cool, .Jerome 
 
 Cook, A 
 
 Crowley, Ja3 
 
 ('rowley, Edw'd. 
 Cunn'gham, K. S 
 Cunn'gham, H.B. 
 
 Dailey, .7 as 
 
 Danielson, .1. F... 
 
 Davis, M. C 
 
 IJillow, F 
 
 Dillow, R. H 
 
 lUmcan, J. C 
 
 L>unn, Ilazzard... 
 
 Eason, Jos 
 
 Edsall, T. V 
 
 Elliott, B 
 
 Elliott, B 
 
 Emerson, S. L 
 
 Emerson, J 
 
 Emerson, R. \V... 
 
 Evans, D 
 
 Forsyth, Jas 
 
 Foster, E 
 
 Galbreath, Sam'l. 
 
 Gavin, John.. 
 
 Gisible, G 
 
 Green, Geo.... 
 
 Hager, A. C. 
 
 Hay, J. F 
 
 Hay, K 
 
 llethcrton, A 
 
 Herr, A. T.... 
 
 Holmes, C. P 
 
 Huntingdon, E. S 
 
 Janes, T 
 
 Janes, J. T 
 
 Johnson, R. B 
 
 John.son, C. D 
 
 Germany 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Is. of Man 
 
 England.. 
 
 Conn 
 
 Conn 
 
 Sweden.... 
 Ohio.... 
 
 Lee 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston , 
 
 Lee 
 
 Lee 
 
 Lee 
 
 Afton 
 
 Indiana ... 
 Wisconsin 
 
 Indiana.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Wales 
 
 Kentucky 
 Germany.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 N. Jersey. 
 Scotland... 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Cre-ston . 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 ..Farmer 
 
 1876Farmer 
 
 lS72Fariner 
 
 1866Farmer 
 
 I875Farmer 
 
 1875Farmer 
 
 I873Farmer 
 
 1876Farmer 
 
 I807Farmer 
 
 1876 
 
 1874Farnier 
 
 1867Farmer 
 
 ..Wks. 6. UcOiunesa 
 
 1870Fai'mer 
 
 187tJFarmer 
 
 1 876 Farmer 
 
 1876Farmer 
 
 1875Farmer 
 
 t872Farmer 
 
 1854Postma3ter.. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 1872Farmer 
 
 1870 Farmer. 
 
 1868 Farmer.. 
 I8C2Farmer.. 
 186.3Farmer.. 
 1874Farmer.. 
 1 871 Farmer .. 
 1874Farmer . 
 1875Farmer. 
 1867Farmer. 
 1875Farmer. 
 185UFarmer . 
 1 8.50 Farmer . 
 ISoGFarmer . 
 1875 Farmer. 
 
 20 
 9 
 22 
 10 
 34 
 16 
 5 
 26 
 21 
 29 
 29 
 29 
 
 2 
 36 
 1871Farmer l34 
 
 1857. 
 1874. 
 
 .Works DaDielson. 
 
 1876 
 
 1857Farmer. 
 
 1870Fariuer. 
 1870Farmer. 
 1867Farmer. 
 
 1869 
 
 1807Farmer. 
 
 1876Farmer . 
 1876Farmer. 
 
 R. 
 R. 
 
 168 
 
 155 
 
 160 
 
 159 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 77 
 40 
 
 R. 
 40 
 80 
 
 160 
 80 
 80 
 
 180 
 
 80 
 160 
 
 R. 
 
 R. 
 
 200 
 80 
 188 
 200 
 200 
 R. 
 120 
 120 
 160 
 
 120 
 
 40 
 R. 
 80 
 
 R. 
 130 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 250 
 
 81 
 
 80 
 80 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Post Offick. 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Indiana ... 
 
 Indiana... 
 Canada . . . . 
 
 Indiana .. 
 Peun 
 
 Joyce, E 
 
 Keppert, .Ino.. 
 Keueelcy, E... 
 Leddy, Wm.... 
 
 Lemon, L 
 
 Light, S. W.... 
 
 Low, Robt 
 
 Luker, E 
 
 Lyons, T. A Virginia. 
 
 M"cClelland,W. H.ilUinois .. 
 McCann, John.... Ireland . 
 McGinness, D. B. 
 McCann, Peter... 
 
 MoCann, Jas 
 
 McKnight, Mrs. J 
 
 McKnight, J 
 
 McKnight, R 
 
 McDonald, J 
 
 McKinness, C 
 
 McFarland, T. B. 
 McGinness, W. E. 
 
 McKnight, S 
 
 Mack, R. B 
 
 Maxwell, R 
 
 Miller, Wm 
 
 Miller, M 
 
 Paulus, P 
 
 Phillips, L 
 
 Phillips, A 
 
 Phillips, 
 
 Porter, H. D 
 
 Powers, M. T.... 
 Randall, A. B.... 
 Redman, S. F.... 
 
 Reish, A 
 
 Roodell, John.... 
 
 Salisbury, D 
 
 Satchel], J. W... 
 
 Scow, James 
 
 Seward, S 
 
 Smelser, Thos. .. 
 
 Smith, C 
 
 Steers, D. S 
 
 Stearns, R. H.... 
 Stevenson, J. E... 
 
 Still, G 
 
 Stone, E. J. 
 Thompson, J. B.. 
 
 Thompson, E 
 
 Thompson, Wm. 
 Thompson, Benj 
 Thompson, Geo... 
 Thompson, Ward 
 Thompson, J. M 
 Thompson, E. L.. 
 Thompson, J. W. 
 Thornhill, J. J.... 
 Thornhill, Jos... 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston. . 
 
 Lee 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston . 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston . 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Ci-eston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Lee 
 
 Mass.. 
 Mass.. 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Afton.... 
 
 New York. 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Denmark.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky, 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Illinois. 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Mo. 
 
 N. H.. 
 Mass. 
 Penn. 
 
 
 1875 
 
 1875 
 1876 
 
 1870 
 1867 
 1875 
 
 1868 
 
 1869 
 
 Oeston 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston 
 
 Lee 
 
 Lee 
 
 Creston ...... 
 
 Crescent 
 
 Crescent 
 
 Oescent 1 
 
 Crescent lL.862 
 
 Creston [l869 
 
 Creston |l872 
 
 ("reston 
 
 Creston !l856 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Dunn. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 1867 
 1867 
 1867 
 1866 
 1866 
 
 1867 
 1868 
 1876 
 1875 
 1869 
 1868 
 
 1872 
 1872 
 
 1870 
 
 1874 
 
 1870 
 
 186 
 
 1856 
 
 1808 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 1809 
 ..876 
 
 1865 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 1855 
 
 Creston 1866 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 1875 
 
 36 
 
 40 
 
 84 
 37 
 80 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Wks. Bartlett 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 F. and J. P... 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Wks. Benton. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 33 
 29 
 28 
 28 
 28 
 27 
 27 
 26 
 Farmer I 4 
 
 Farmer i Constable 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 84 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 160 
 80 
 R. 
 R. 
 
 120 
 125 
 
 R. 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 240 
 
 R. 
 
 40 
 
 40 
 160 
 
 30 
 
 R. 
 
 R. 
 
 40 
 100 
 112 
 120 
 
 80 
 120 
 
 160 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 120 
 
 R. 
 140 
 
 R. 
 160 
 
 20 
 240 
 
 40 
 
 40 
 
 R. 
 R. 
 
 120 
 73 
 
 280 
 
 A. P. STKPHSNS makes the Lowest Prices on Carpets, Boots and Shoes, 
 
All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 112 
 
 SKETCHES. MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Post OrricR. 
 
 I 
 
 Thornton, M. J iLee 
 
 Tienai-y, H jCreston , 
 
 Trenary, G. W ICi-estou . 
 
 Ward, Eilward.... li-eland....lCre9ton. 
 
 Waters, K iCreston. 
 
 White, \Vm Iowa Creston. 
 
 Occupation, 
 
 1875 
 1876 
 1876 
 
 J1869 
 .'i860 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer. 
 
 Wickham, .). M...' Creston 18.56 Farmer 116 
 
 z 
 
 as 
 
 1 
 
 "1 
 
 12 
 
 160 ! 
 
 •5 
 
 83: 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 18 
 
 
 15 
 
 45 
 
 •22 
 
 80 
 
 16 
 
 80 
 
 16 
 
 R 
 
 , .Tr ICreBton ll860!Farmer |l6 80 
 
 Wickham, .1. M., '.Tr ICreBton ll860!Farmer |16 
 
 Wilson, J. L Creston 1870 Farmer ! 4 IfiO 
 
 Winter, John Creston 1867 Farmer 34 40 
 
 Wolgamott, L. D.. Ohio Lee 1876 Farmer 2 40 
 
 Wolfkill, L Creston 1870Farmer 85 R 
 
 Wycoff, H. G Kentucky. Creston 11866 Farmer 'lO 80 
 
 Wickham, P Creston ,1856 Farmer 116 80' Yard, W. C ICreston 1866 Farmer 15 60 
 
 Young, .1. R Creston 1875 Farmer 32 160 
 
 DIRECTORY OF SPAULDING TOAVNSHIP 
 
 " K." stands for Renter. 
 
 Nativity. (Post Offick. Occupation. 
 
 Sectiok. i g « 
 
 Abbott, I. W... 
 Aidbury, August's' 
 
 Bailey, Silas 
 
 Barrett, H 
 
 Baxley, F. M 
 
 Benton, Samuel.. 
 
 Brown, .lohn 
 
 Brown, .lohn, .Jr. 
 
 Buck, M. H 
 
 Carson, Chas 
 
 Chatlin, H. C 
 
 Chattin, J. II 
 
 Colfeen, David... 
 Cochrane, .\. N.. 
 Crawford, II. C. 
 
 Cushing, .1. F 
 
 Damon, 1' 
 
 Damon, W 
 
 Damon, J. H 
 
 Danielson, Wm.. 
 
 Devoe, Wm 
 
 Deming, G. E 
 
 Devol, W. H 
 
 Downey, T 
 
 Droyer, C 
 
 Ford, C 
 
 Gadelnian, M 
 
 Gentle, .). W 
 
 Gibson, J. R 
 
 Gies, N 
 
 Greeu, G. W 
 
 Hall, \'ictor 
 
 Hartman, A 
 
 Ilagan, J. B 
 
 llagan, Thos 
 
 Harsh, Andrew.. 
 
 Harris, J. M 
 
 Hascall, Hurr.... 
 
 Hascall, Win 
 
 Hayes, M. IJ 
 
 Hefler, Jas 
 
 Ilefler, A 
 
 Hinchey, .lohn... 
 
 Hoar, Wm 
 
 Hoakison, ,T. V.. 
 
 Holmes, E. A 
 
 Hosier, Andrew.. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 .Sweden.. 
 
 Penn 
 
 VI aim'.... 
 Iniliana. . 
 
 Scotland. 
 Scotland. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York 
 
 I'enn 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Wks H. Kloos... 
 WksJ. Johnson 
 
 I Creston.... 
 ICreston.... 
 
 Creston 
 
 Nevin 
 
 ICreston 
 
 jCreston 
 
 JOomwell.. 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 !Cromwell..i 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 Creston 
 
 Cromwell. .IWks Hunt 
 
 Mass. 
 Mass. 
 
 Wisconsin 
 
 Ireland .... 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Scotland... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana.... 
 
 Sweden.... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois.... 
 Illinois..., 
 Kentucky. 
 Illinois. 1 
 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creaton. . . 
 
 Nevin 
 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 Cromwell. 
 Creston... 
 Creston... 
 
 Wks Kloos. 
 
 Wks Hagan.. 
 
 Res. 
 Res. 
 
 Res, 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky.! 
 Kentucky. 
 England... 
 England... 
 Sweden.... 
 Illinois.... 
 Illinois 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer ' 
 
 Farmer ' 
 
 Fanner 
 
 Farmer | 
 
 Farmer | 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Wks A. Harsh.. 
 Farmer 
 
 29 
 6 
 17 
 35 
 33 
 33 
 26 
 
 20 
 
 35 
 35 
 35 
 35 
 
 13 
 32 
 28 
 24 
 Damon 
 
 5 
 24 
 33 
 
 2 
 16 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 34 
 34 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 35 
 26 
 
 1 
 
 R. 
 
 160 
 
 40 
 
 R. 
 
 120 
 
 120 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 160 
 80 
 80 
 
 120 
 
 40 
 120 
 
 80 
 R. 2 
 160 
 
 80 
 80 
 R. 
 80 
 320 
 
 R. 
 R. 
 
 120 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 ICO 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 Nativity. Post Ofkick 
 
 Hosier, Brown 
 
 Hosier. S. B 
 
 Hunt, Edgar 
 
 Hurley, Jeremiah 
 
 Idlund, .lolin iSweden 
 
 Johnson, Edward. Iowa 
 
 Johnson, J. A Sweden. 
 
 Johnson, Henry 
 Johnson, Wm..., 
 
 King, Sam P 
 
 Klingensmith.W 
 Knouse, Joseph... 
 
 Kriger, Frank iGermany 
 
 Kloos, Henry jGermany 
 
 Larson, Ira Norway., 
 
 Illinois.... 
 
 Illinois I 
 
 New York. I 
 
 Ireland ....iCreston. 
 
 Farmer. 
 
 Illinois....! 
 
 Penn I 
 
 Wisconsin 
 
 Lewis, E 
 
 Lehr, Andrew.... 
 Lienchman, Jas. 
 Lynch, Edward. 
 
 Loper, Jas 
 
 Mander, D. N..., 
 McLean, S. W.... 
 Mett'ord, H. W... 
 McGrew, W. A.. 
 
 Virginia...!. 
 Germany..'. 
 
 Miner, San ford 
 
 Mooney, John I 
 
 Mulligan, T. G... 'Ireland... 
 
 Owens, Mike 
 
 Palmer, G. G 
 
 Pearce, H 
 
 Peterson, A. R... 
 
 Pierce, Joshua 
 
 Pischk, M 
 
 Pischk, Joe 
 
 Powers, J. R 
 
 Powers, Cameron 
 
 Pierson, G. .-\ 
 
 Richmond, Jas... 
 
 Rowe. R 
 
 Koss, W. H 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Penn ICreston .. 
 
 England. ..'Creston... 
 
 Penn iCreston... 
 
 Ohio ICreston... 
 
 Creston... 
 
 Creston... 
 
 ,'Farmer 
 
 .Farmer 
 
 .IWks Hoakinson 
 
 .Farmer | 
 
 .Farmer ' 
 
 .iFarmer 
 
 .iFarmer 
 
 ■ IFarmer 
 
 .'Farmer 
 
 .Farmer 
 
 ■ JFarmer 
 
 .'Farmer 
 
 .(Wks Hinchey... 
 .i\Vks.Stephenson| 
 
 14 
 
 24 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston.... 
 Creston.... 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston.... 
 Ci'eston.... 
 
 New Y'ork 
 New i'ork 
 
 N. C 
 
 Penn 
 
 Indiana ... 
 Bohemia... 
 Bohemia... Creston 
 New Y'orkiCreston 
 New YorklCreston 
 N. Jersey. ICreston. ...I 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Oeston.... 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer , 
 
 Farmer , 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Hunt 
 
 Works Powers.. 
 
 Farmer i 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works J. 1). SpanldJDg 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Work! J. D. SpauldJDg 
 Farmer 
 
 .iRes. 
 
 Farmer. . 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 Penn 
 
 Scott, Robert 'Penn 
 
 Scott, Jas iPenu Creston.... 
 
 Scott, M. M 'Indiana. ..JCreston.... 
 
 Smock, David jPenn Creston.... 
 
 Spaulding, J. D...[New YorkjCreston.... 
 Spurgeon, Jesse.. Indiana . ..Creston — 
 Sheridan, B.. Sen. Ireland.... K'rest on.... 
 
 Farmer and Garilraer. 
 Works Powers.. 
 Works Johnson 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 W'ks Spaulding 
 
 Farmei' 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer ' 
 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 
 32 
 
 20 
 16 
 10 
 
 2 
 27 
 27 
 
 
 160 
 
 240 
 160 
 
 R. 
 
 R. 
 
 160 
 
 29 
 
 R. 
 
 30 
 
 40 
 
 6 
 
 160 
 
 5 
 
 R. 
 
 6 
 
 80 
 
 10 
 
 160 
 
 25 
 
 80 
 
 5 
 
 100 
 
 2 
 
 R. 
 
 2 
 
 
 29 
 
 
 25 
 
 40 
 
 6 
 
 R. 
 
 32 
 
 80 
 
 34 
 
 80 
 
 240 
 R. 
 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 160 
 800 
 160 
 
 100 
 
 480 
 
 R. 
 
 il280 
 R. 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS HAS BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. 
 
M. T. GREEN, Chicago, Ills. 
 
 J. M. BYRNE, Creston, Iowa. 
 
 CRESTON. IOWA, 
 
 ■■'I (1 
 
 t(i 
 
 Ahvay„ keo], on linii'l <ho lai-fiest nn'l liest solecteil -itu.'k of 
 
 HiXTDVCBER, 
 
 )) 
 
 In Southwestehx [hwa. Buyinj; in Cargn lots from First Hands, we are enabled to offer 
 
 O-OOID X^II^ST CL-^SS Xj"Cr2v£BEIE 
 
 At Prices that Defy Competition. 
 We also keep a full and complete stock of Sash, Doors, Blinds and Mouldings, made of the best materials and in the very best manner, 
 
 WE ALSO HANDLE THE 
 
 OHZICJLO-O EIsTJ^IS/^liBI-. :FA.IlsrT, 
 
 Which we offer at a Very Low Figure. 
 All are invited to call and examine our stock, for wc feel sure we can satisfy customers in every respect — price, quality and kind. 
 
 RoBisoN & Company, 
 
 
 ]3i 
 
 m 
 
 L«i 
 
 i3i 
 
 
 In the following Reliable First-Class Insurance Companies : 
 
 /ETNA, Hartford, 
 PHCENIX, Hartford, 
 UNDERWRITERS', New York, 
 EQUITABLE, Nashville. 
 HOME, New York, 
 
 $6,878,127.00 
 
 1,906,192.00 
 
 3.041-387-00 
 
 309,647.00 
 
 6,047,022.00 
 
 NORTH AMERICA, Philadelphia, - - - 5,167,547.00 
 
 SCOTTISH COMMERCIAL, ---------- 5,167,54760 
 
 COMMERCIAL, St. Louis, ------ 600,00000 
 
 AMAZON, ---... 993.782.00 
 
 IOWA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Keokuk (Co-operative). 
 
Our Boots and Shoes are all Good and Warranted. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 113 
 
 Q 
 
 w 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 »^ 
 
 Oh 
 
 a> 
 U 
 
 CD 
 
 o 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 O 
 O 
 
 O 
 
 o 
 
 NaH£. 
 
 Nativity. Post Opfiok. 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 Sheridan, B., Jr.. 
 Sheridan, .lohn... 
 
 Sheridan, ,Ias 
 
 Sharp, Wfli 
 
 Shaltuck, \Vm 
 
 Shushank, A 
 
 Somberger, F. W. 
 
 Stump, L. .J 
 
 Stephenson, B. 0. 
 Thompson, R. L.. 
 
 Tot, Henry 
 
 Turner, John T... 
 Vance, R 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Bohemia... 
 
 t^restnn.... 
 
 Illinois.... 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Germany.. 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 N. H 
 
 Oeston.... 
 
 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 Penn 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Mass 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 Farmer. . 
 Farmer. . 
 Farmer.. 
 F.'irmer.. 
 Farmer.. 
 Farmer.. 
 Farmer.. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works StepbeosoD. 
 Farmer 
 
 25 
 IG 
 2.5 
 29 
 11 
 20 
 15 
 2 
 
 
 Name. 
 
 B. 
 
 160 
 R. 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 60 
 
 320 
 
 Vandoren, J. S 
 
 Ward, R 
 
 Walsh, Jas 
 
 Walsh, Dudley... Ireland 
 Wilson, W. .M England 
 
 Nativity. Post Office. Occi-'pation. 
 
 Section. 
 
 1^1 
 
 N. Jersey. jCreston. 
 Ireland.... Creston. 
 Ireland. ...iCreston. 
 
 Creston. 
 
 Creston. 
 
 Williams, R. S... 
 
 Wood, Wm. C 
 
 Williams, C. C 
 
 Williams, Geo 
 
 Woodruti; R 
 
 Wood, C. A 
 
 Wood. L. D 
 
 Whittlesey, R. W. 
 
 Iowa Creston. 
 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 
 Penn 
 Iowa. 
 Iowa. 
 New York 
 Canada 
 Penn .. 
 
 ..jFarmer 
 
 ..iFarmer 
 
 ..'Farmer 
 
 ..[Farmer 
 
 ..'Farmer 
 
 ..Farmer 
 
 ..IFarmer 
 
 ..[Farmer 
 
 ..Irbs 
 
 . .jFarmer 
 
 ..Farmer 
 
 ...Farmer 
 
 ...lAuctioneer. 
 
 17 
 
 2 
 
 32 
 
 32 
 
 13 
 
 17 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 17 
 
 34 
 
 28 
 
 80 
 160 
 160 
 160 
 
 80 
 120 
 100 
 
 80 
 
 K. 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 1110 
 
 DIRECTORY OF DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP. 
 
 ' R." slanrls for Renter. 
 
 Najif.. : Nativity. 
 
 tt 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 Bartle, W^ T ;N. Jersey. Cromwell.. 
 
 Alton, John jlndiana.. 
 
 Alderson, Jona...|£ngland.. 
 Batton, Sam'l H..',Penn 
 
 Post Office. i S ? 
 
 ipo 
 
 Bayliss, S. J 
 
 Bailey, A. S. 
 Beck, J. L.... 
 Bird, J. M..., 
 Brown, J. H 
 Britton, J. B 
 Brooks, D. H 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Virginia... 
 
 Scotland... 
 Ohio 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 Creston 
 
 Cromwell . 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Occupation. g S E 
 
 Ed ■<( 
 OB ^ 
 
 Vermont ..Creston . 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer k Minisier 
 Farmer .. 
 jFarmer ., 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer . 
 I Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Brice, Frederick.. England... 'Cromwell ' iFarmer . 
 
 Bowman, E Penn Creston Farmer . 
 
 Campbell, M ! 
 
 Calloway, A. T...J Creston 
 
 Cantlon, Jos Ireland.... Cromwell 
 
 New York Creston ... 
 Oomwell.. 
 Cromwell. 
 Creston.... 
 Creston.... 
 Ci-eston.... 
 Cromwell.. 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 Chapman, J. C... 
 Child, F. C 
 
 Clayton, Wm N. Jer.sey. 
 
 Coons, S. F Indiana.... 
 
 Coe, Cha rles '. England. . . 
 
 Cole, Henry Iowa 
 
 Ciiniiiiigham, F. W 
 
 Cuous, .lohn Virginia... 
 
 Colbert , Robert... : Ireland 
 
 Col well, S. A New York 
 
 Colwell, John New York 
 
 Culver, F. F 'New York 
 
 Dunna, Frank New York 
 
 Davis, L 'Indi.ana..., 
 
 Davis, Wm. C [Kentucky 
 
 Davis, J Kentucky 
 
 Davis, R Ohio 
 
 Dutro, .Michael... Ohio 
 
 Dutro, Charles... Ohio, 
 
 [Farmer . 
 
 IFarmer . 
 
 New YorkCrcston ' Farmer . 
 
 Davis, J. W... Indiana.. 
 
 Ewing, K Ohio 
 
 Elliott, John New York 
 
 Furrow, T Illinois .. 
 
 Geier, Jacob [Germany 
 
 Garruth, G Penn 
 
 Gentle, T. E lOhio 
 
 F.arraer 
 
 (Res. Peake.) 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Cole... 
 
 Farmer 
 
 F.armer 
 
 Creston 1 1 874 EDgioeer Reservoir 
 
 Creston 11874 Switeh'n C. " 
 
 Creston i Farmer . 
 
 Creston Farmer . 
 
 Creston Farmer . 
 
 Cromwell Farmer . 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 Creston 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 R 
 R 
 
 80 
 120 
 240 
 
 R 
 160 
 
 80 
 480 
 160 
 160 
 120 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 R 
 
 160 
 
 120 
 80 
 R 
 
 160 
 240 
 
 R[ 
 Rl 
 80 I 
 80 [ 
 
 160; 
 r: 
 
 r[ 
 
 Ri 
 80, 
 
 R 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 320 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 B g 
 
 55 
 
 Gentle, Ellis johio |Cromwell 
 
 Goole. L : Illinois .... Cromwell, 
 
 Grounds, Wm Illinois 
 
 Groves, Geo j 
 
 Hawkes, John. ...Ireland.... 
 
 Hawkes, Wm Ireland.... 
 
 Hathaway, Wm... [Virginia... 
 Hathaway, J. S..'Indiana ... 
 Hathaway, F Indiana 
 
 Penn., 
 Penn. 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Hartman, Geo... 
 
 Herr, M 
 
 Heady, Geo. S.. 
 Johnson, L. C... 
 Johnson, J. K....[ 
 
 Johnson, S. M...Ohio 
 
 Johnson, G. B....[Ohio 
 
 Kelsey, S. E Illinois... 
 
 Knuteson. KnutelNorway . 
 
 Knuteson, 'Norway., 
 
 Klystaver, Wm...' 
 
 Kinkade, Wm [Illinois.. 
 
 Landan, Matt 'France.. 
 
 Leavitt, W. J. M. Maine.... 
 
 Lieurance, Hiram| 
 
 Lytle, J. S jPenn 
 
 Lytle, Franklin. ..|Penn 
 
 Lowe, John ! 
 
 Mayer, C. N |Penn . 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 Cromwell.. 
 Cromwell.. 
 Ci-eston.... 
 Creston 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 Cromwell.. 
 Cromwell.. 
 Cromwell.. 
 Creston.... 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 McEwen, Jas 
 Malone, Rob't.... 
 McLean, John.... 
 
 McKee, R. T 
 
 McKee, L 
 
 Maher, E. C 
 
 Maher, T. F 
 
 McClure, Wm 
 
 McClure, R. L.... 
 McClure, W. L. G 
 
 Penn.. .. 
 Ireland. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois.... 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 Creston ... 
 Cromwell . 
 Cromwell. 
 Crom well . 
 Cromwell. 
 
 Creston 
 
 Cromwell. 
 Cromwell. 
 Creston.... 
 Cromwell. 
 Cromwell. 
 Creston.... 
 Creston.... 
 Creston.... 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 Farmer I 320 
 
 Farmer '• 80 
 
 Farmer '22' ICO 
 
 Farmer i 6 
 
 Frrmer '28 
 
 Farmer 21 
 
 Farmer 119 
 
 Farmer 19 
 
 Farmer 19 
 
 Farmer 35 
 
 Farmer 35 
 
 Wks. Scudder[ 
 
 R 
 
 60 
 
 40 
 
 160 
 
 80 
 R 
 
 Farmer 18 160 
 
 1872 
 
 Merrill, .V. H (Illinois.... Creston. 
 
 Mutter, A. M ilUinois.... jCreston. 
 
 Mutter, Wm Illinois.... Creston. 
 
 Murphy, Isaac (Col.)...|Kentucky.lCre8ton. 
 
 Farmer 118 
 
 Worts J. II. Browni 
 Wks. Merrel.. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Fanner '35 
 
 Works Riggs.. 
 
 Works Baylis ... 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Works Taylor 
 
 80 
 
 200 
 240 
 
 40 
 
 160 
 K. 
 R. 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 34 
 
 34' 120 
 
 34 
 
 20' 160 
 
 281 80 
 
 27 40 
 
 o 
 
 > 
 
 13 
 
 r 
 w 
 
 H 
 O 
 
 o 
 
 TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOE OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
TSRM3 CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 114 
 
 SKETCHES. MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Naue. 
 
 Norwood, J 
 
 O'Donnell, T 
 
 Olseu, Ben 
 
 Ours, .J. H 
 
 Patzwick, G 
 
 Peach, .lolin 
 
 Peake, .John 
 
 Piepgrass, Henry 
 Piepgrass, Clias... 
 Popjoy, Waller... 
 Ramsey, W. T.... 
 Ramsey, W. B.... 
 Ratcliffe, Robt.... 
 
 Ran, Wm 
 
 Ran, George 
 
 Reynolds, B 
 
 Riggs, Samuel 
 
 Riggs, .Jasper 
 
 Relenour, J. li... 
 Roherson, C. W...' 
 
 Roberts, B 
 
 Rowell, Wm 
 
 Rowell, Frank.... 
 Rowell, Adolphus 
 Kohinson, George 
 
 Ryan, Philip 
 
 Sammons, P 
 
 Schooley. .las 
 
 Schcll, Frank 
 
 Scudder, C. C 
 
 Missouri.. 
 
 Sweden .. 
 Penn 
 
 Austria .. 
 Illinois... 
 Germany . 
 Germany . 
 England.. 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Irelaml... 
 Kentucky 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Virginia... 
 
 Iowa... 
 Maine.. 
 Maine., 
 Maine.. 
 
 New York! 
 
 PoBT Office. 
 Creston 
 
 8£ 
 
 S ? OCCOPATION. 
 
 Is 
 
 2 
 
 o 
 
 B 
 
 II 
 
 
 Fanner 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 WorksColbert 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 3 
 
 32 
 24 
 36 
 
 ... 
 
 32 
 
 32 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 fiO 
 
 
 
 R 
 
 Creston 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 !>0 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 
 ir.o 
 
 
 
 
 Crouiwell 
 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Bird... 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 WorksBritton 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Riggs.. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Lives Snyder. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 31 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 36i 40 
 27 80 
 
 Creston 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ho R. 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 
 301 R. 
 
 Creston 
 
 
 24 400 
 
 
 
 30; 400 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 
 
 
 
 29! 
 
 Cre-^ion 
 
 
 1 
 
 Creston 
 
 
 341 200 
 
 
 
 28l 
 
 Creston 
 
 
 28^ TO 
 
 Creston 
 
 
 28 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 Creston 
 
 
 R 
 
 Kent 
 
 
 29 80 
 
 
 
 32i 
 
 
 
 10; 80 
 
 Creston 
 
 
 25 R. 
 
 
 
 
 Post Opficr. 
 
 Scudder, M 
 
 Scudder, C. S 
 
 Shroder, J. H 
 
 Smith, A. J 
 
 Smiley, Jas 
 
 Snider, B. P 
 
 Spencer, Ilerh. M 
 
 Spinner, M 
 
 Stalker, Edward. 
 Stalker, Edw., .Jr. 
 
 Stacey, John 
 
 Stalker, II. I 
 
 Sturges, E. M 
 
 St urges, J. H 
 
 Swepstone, P. A. 
 Swope, Waller.... 
 
 Taylor, Wm 
 
 Turner, Lou 
 
 Underwood, A 
 
 Vent.M.H 
 
 Walkington, Tho.s 
 
 Waterman, L 
 
 Wharton, Tristm. 
 
 Wharton, Wm 
 
 Wharton, .John... 
 
 Widman, R 
 
 Widger, C. E 
 
 Willis, Wm 
 
 Williams, Ed 
 
 Wolfkill, M 
 
 Woodruff. J. C... 
 
 |New York;f"reston.... 
 iXew York Creston.... 
 Maryland. Cromwell.. 
 Maryland. Cromwell.. 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 Wisconsin Cromwell. 
 
 Illinois .... Creston 
 
 Creston.... 
 
 isle of Man... Creston.... 
 Isle of Ban... Creston.... 
 
 Missouri 
 
 Isle of Mao... Creston 
 
 Kentucky. Cromwell.. 
 Kentucky. Cromwell.. 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 Cromwell.. 
 
 Vermont .. Oeston.... 
 Canada. ... Creston,... 
 
 ■361 
 
 OOOOPATIOM. 
 
 Sg 
 
 ,'Farmer '80 
 
 . Farmer 80 
 
 . Farmer | 8 
 
 , Farmer 7 
 
 .j Works Peak..'... 
 
 Farmer ;32j 
 
 ,!Farmer 15 
 
 , Works Dana, 
 
 Farmers 16 
 
 Works Elliott'... 
 
 , Farmer ; £ 
 
 . Farmer ].. 
 
 .Farmer I.. 
 
 Creston Creston.. 
 
 Isle of Man... Creston.. 
 \ew Vork.'Creston.. 
 
 Iowa Creston.. 
 
 Iowa Creston.. 
 
 Iowa Creston,. 
 
 Ohio Creston.. 
 
 Ohio Creston.. 
 
 Creston.. 
 
 Xew York. Creston.. 
 
 lOreston.. 
 
 New York. 'Creston. . 
 
 . Works flronnds 
 
 . N'urseryman . 2 
 
 . Farmer 23 
 
 . Works l)ana 
 
 . Works McDonald... 25 
 
 . Farmer 15 
 
 .Farmer i26 
 
 . Bds. Spencer. 15 
 . Bds. Spencer. 15 
 . Bds. Spencer. 15 
 
 . Farmer 13 
 
 . Farmer 
 
 . Works Turner ... 
 . Bds. Speucer. ... 
 .Bds.ffa!ermaii....'-'6 
 .Iparmer '27 
 
 IflO 
 
 160 
 200 
 
 40 
 
 480 
 
 160 
 
 80 
 R 
 R 
 
 20 
 R 
 
 40 
 240 
 
 240 
 160 
 
 80 
 
 DIRECTORY OF HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP. 
 
 ■ It.'" Htuiids li>r Ki'lltiM-. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Post Office. 
 
 Allen, .Tames 
 
 Armstrong, .J. H. 
 
 Asj)eiimier, H 
 
 Bamsev, Hvigh... 
 
 Barber, W. W 
 
 Baldwin, E 
 
 Bahlwin, G. (cl'd) 
 Bilbo, M. Mrs.... 
 
 Bilbo, .Tames. 
 
 Bivins, II. C 
 
 Bollerman, H 
 
 Bunar, Wm 
 
 Brown, C. J 
 
 Brown, P. E 
 
 Butler, Harvey... 
 
 Buller, W. G 
 
 Bunii, .John 
 
 Burd, S. M 
 
 Ballard, A. N 
 
 ("arey, .John 
 
 Clark, James 
 
 (Mvin, Alfred 
 
 Collins, H 
 
 Coombs, A. G 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Germany .. 
 New York. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 N. .Jersey. 
 Indiana... 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Ireland... 
 Kentucky 
 
 Indiana .. 
 Indiana.. 
 
 I'enn 
 
 Penn 
 
 IJanada.... 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ohio 
 
 .\ew York 
 
 lAflon. ... 
 
 ;Afton 
 
 ICreslon.. 
 Creston.. 
 
 ■Aft on 
 
 Cresion. . 
 
 Alton 
 
 Creston.. 
 Creston.. 
 Creston.. 
 Creston.. 
 Creston.. 
 
 Aflon 
 
 Afion .... 
 Croslon . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Ocslcm . 
 Creston . 
 Cresion . 
 Creston . 
 .•Vfton 
 
 .Maine .\fton 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 1856 
 
 Works Perigo 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 1870 
 1866 
 
 1874 
 
 1873 
 
 Farmer . 
 Parmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Bamsey. . . . 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Stew'd Poor F-rm. 
 Works I'rentice. . . . 
 Farmer 
 
 18 
 
 26 
 
 <i. 
 
 80 
 R 
 80 
 80 
 
 120 
 R 
 80 
 80 
 
 160 
 B 
 80 
 
 100 
 
 40 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 Name. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Coombs, 0. D Maine.. 
 
 Coudrey, A. M...i 
 
 Crist, .S. P Iowa. 
 
 Day, J. A., Dr.... Ohio.. 
 
 Day, Geo 
 
 Day, E 
 
 Day, Wm 
 
 Day, H 
 
 Dick, Jacob 
 
 Donner, .Joseph... 
 
 Drew, (i. W 
 
 Eckert, Peter 
 
 Eckert, Theodore. 
 
 Eckert, A 
 
 Edwards, T 
 
 Garrison, W. B... 
 
 Gilman, T. W 
 
 Glenn, Herman... 
 
 Goddard, Geo 
 
 Gossman, Jos 
 
 Griffith, Thos 
 
 Gummerc, Enoch 
 Gummere, J. F... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 jOhio 
 
 'Germany.. 
 Wisconsin 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Tennessee 
 Illinois .... 
 New York. 
 
 Prussia 
 
 New York. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Illinois 
 
 iOhio 
 
 'Ohio 
 
 Post Office. 
 
 Aflon 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Afton... , 
 
 Aflon 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston , 
 Creston . 
 
 Afton 
 
 Creston 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Cresion . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Afton 
 
 Creston . 
 
 rVflon 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 eg 
 
 g g I Ocoiipatioh. 
 
 63 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer 
 
 1855 Farmer and Doctor. 
 
 1868 
 
 1873 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 
 40 
 320 
 
 3 
 20i R 
 240 
 37 
 R 
 
 R 
 R 
 
 160 
 . 18 160 
 
 15 80 
 18' R 
 
 16 80 
 2 
 
 1 30 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS HAS BARGAIiNS m DRY GOODS AND CLOTHLNG. 
 
FOR ANYTHING IN THE SHAPE OF 
 
 BOOTS AND SHOES 
 
 % 
 
 f 
 
 C3-0 TO 
 
 £XCL USI VE DEAL ERS, 
 
 ISTE STI^EET, CIE^ESTOI^T, 
 
 r\\ rm§\^^_ 
 
 p^'Wi^^ 
 
 
 If any one tells you wq can't sell you Boots and Shoes CHEAPER than you 
 
 can buy them at any store in Creston, 
 
 DO NOT be:lieve it, but come and look for yourself. 
 
 All goods bought directly from the manufacturers, consequently no "middle" 
 
 prices to pay. 
 
 No Charge for Sewing up Rips. 
 
All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. Stephens. 
 
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 Hi 
 (^ 
 
 PQ 
 O 
 
 Eh 
 O 
 
 M 
 P^ 
 PlH 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 115 
 
 Gunmere, \Vm lOhio 
 
 Haines, Moses F.ilndiana ... 
 
 Harvey, George... 
 
 Hartman, E 
 
 Harsh. P. L 
 
 Herr, (}. W 
 
 Hicks, H 
 
 Hill, .1 
 
 Hill, F S 
 
 Hill, V.A 
 
 Hill, .I.B 
 
 Hoffman, Isaac... 
 Hoffman, Calvin.. 
 
 Hoover, C. J 
 
 Horner, Albert 
 
 Howe, A. XI 
 
 Howard, W. B 
 
 Ickis, G. 
 
 Ickis, A. F 
 
 .Tames, W. M... 
 Jaringan, John... 
 
 ICaler, H y 
 
 Laporte, Chas 
 Laporte. .lames... 
 
 Larson, 
 
 Leich, W. M 
 
 Leich, T. H 
 
 McGinness, Geo 
 McHure, A. S... 
 
 Mahara, S 
 
 Maxwell, J.C... 
 McMulIen, E. S 
 McVey, W. T.... 
 
 Meier, Henry 
 
 Miller. Wm 
 
 Morehead, .las.. 
 
 Gates, A 
 
 O' Rieley, Jos.... 
 
 Otis, Frank 
 
 Parker, C. D. H, 
 P.iyden, I). W... 
 I'errirro. R. H.... 
 Perrigo, H. V,' 
 
 Ohio.., 
 Penn.. 
 Penn., 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana.. 
 Penn 
 
 New York. 
 
 Maine 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Tennessee 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Crest on . 
 Creston . 
 Creston , 
 Creston , 
 Creston , 
 
 Creston . 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton. . . 
 
 Afton 
 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 Creston . 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Creston . 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 Creston.. 
 Afton.... 
 Afton 
 
 1871 
 1860 
 1862 
 
 1869 
 
 Farmer 10 
 
 Farmer ! 3 
 
 Farmer 22 
 
 27 
 35 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works HartmaD. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 ...< 
 
 Farmer < 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Wray. 
 
 IHfj.i 
 1854 
 
 1874 
 1876 
 
 Virginia . 
 Virginia ., 
 
 Penn 
 
 Illinois.... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Illinois ... 
 Illinois ... 
 
 Iowa jCreston 
 
 Germany.. jCres ton 
 
 Canada 11875 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 Creston. 
 
 1875 
 1875 
 
 New York. Afton.. 
 Canada ... Creston. 
 New York. 
 Illinois ... 
 Missouri .. 
 Indiana ... 
 Illinois ... 
 
 Perrigo, W. .S Indiana. 
 
 Afton I 
 
 Creston | 
 
 Creston 
 
 Afton 'l85;il 
 
 Afton jl871 
 
 Afton ! 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works McVey 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer ....10, 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 00 C 
 
 la K 
 
 80 
 R 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 200 
 
 148 
 
 480 
 
 80 
 
 60 
 
 160 
 R 
 
 331 120 
 240 
 80 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 240 
 
 160 
 
 1000 
 
 R. 
 
 R. 
 
 100 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 R. 
 
 250 
 R. 
 
 100 
 40 
 
 Name. 
 
 Naiivitt. 
 
 Post OrncE. 
 
 Perrigo, .). E 
 
 Piepmore, F.... I 
 Piepmore, C... / 
 
 Prentice, H 
 
 Rice, John 
 
 Robinson, J. JI... 
 
 Rowe, E. W 
 
 Robertson, J. N.. 
 Robertson, Mrs.E 
 
 Sadler, D. M 
 
 Schwantzer, A... 
 
 Shearer, Jas 
 
 Shushauk, W 
 
 Shushauk, J 
 
 Shafer, Geo 
 
 Sidebotloiii, Wm.. 
 Sidebottom, K. L 
 Sidebottom, W. F. 
 
 Smith, Geo 
 
 Spenee, Mrs. M.J 
 
 Sence, J. .1 
 
 Stern, J. M 
 
 Strajer.Rev. F.J 
 
 Street, R. M 
 
 Trimble, Sophia.. 
 
 Troyer, L 
 
 Turner, Geo 
 
 Vandewater, Ed.. 
 
 Veitch, Jas 
 
 Veich, M 
 
 Vincent, H 
 
 Wallett, S 
 
 W'ielden, Klaus... 
 Wickham, Wm.... 
 Willour, W. H.... 
 Willis, Erastus... 
 Willis, Everett.... 
 
 Willis, J. H 
 
 Winn, John 
 
 Wray, Geo 
 
 Wray, Ben., Sr... 
 Wray, Ben., Jr 
 Wray, Jos., Jr. 
 Wray, Jos 
 
 Germany.. Creston 
 
 New York. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Illinois ... 
 Virginia.. 
 Virginia... 
 Creston.... 
 Germany.. 
 Scotland .. 
 Bohemia... 
 Bohemia .. 
 Virginia .. 
 Kentucky. 
 Kentucky. 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Creston. 
 
 'Afton...., 
 ICreston. 
 Creston. 
 JAfton.... 
 Afton.... 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio.. 
 Ohio.. 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Afton.... 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Canada . . . . 
 
 Penn 
 
 New York. 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Illinois 
 
 England.... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana .. 
 Indiana.. 
 Indiana.. 
 
 Creston. . 
 Creston.. 
 Afton.... 
 Creston.. 
 Creston. . 
 Creston.. 
 Creston.. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 Creston.. 
 Creston.. 
 Afton.... 
 Creston . 
 .■Vfton.... 
 :.\fton.... 
 iAfton ... 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 Creston . 
 
 England... Afton ... 
 England. ..ICreston . 
 
 England ... Creston . 
 
 
 1870 
 1871 
 
 1S7.5 
 
 1870 
 
 18-58 
 
 1855 
 1869 
 
 1860 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 7. 
 
 O 
 
 
 
 Works Harsh. 
 
 
 Farmers 
 
 17 
 
 Farmer 
 
 28 
 
 Farmer 
 
 28 
 
 
 33 
 21 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 26 
 
 Farmer 
 
 5 
 
 Work! Robinson.... 
 
 
 Farmer 
 
 36 
 
 Farmer 
 
 17 
 
 Farmer 
 
 
 Farmer 
 
 26 
 
 Farmer 
 
 21 
 
 Farmer 
 
 21 
 
 Farmer 
 
 21 
 
 Works Uiirmer 
 
 
 Farmer 
 
 11 
 
 Farmer 
 
 
 Farmer 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Farmer 
 
 19 
 
 Farmer 
 
 5,8 
 
 Farmer 
 
 32 
 
 Farmer. ..16, 
 
 23 
 
 Farmer 
 
 14 
 
 Farmer ;. 
 
 9 
 
 Farmer 
 
 9 
 
 Farmer 
 
 35 
 
 Wks. Ickis.... 
 
 
 Wks. Wray... 
 
 
 Farmer 
 
 1 
 
 Farmer 
 
 27 
 
 Farmer 
 
 16 
 
 Farmer 
 
 16 
 
 Farmer 
 
 16 
 
 Wks. Ickis.... 
 
 
 Farmer 
 
 23 
 
 Farmer 
 
 29 
 
 Farmer 
 
 29 
 
 Farmer 
 
 29 
 
 Farmer 
 
 27 
 
 80 
 R. 
 160 
 80 
 40 
 
 63 
 
 80 
 80 
 
 20 
 200 
 
 40 
 37 
 
 R. 
 
 300 
 320 
 120 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 220 
 
 130 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 240 
 
 660 
 
 80 
 
 o 
 
 Hi 
 &H 
 
 O 
 
 M 
 
 DIRECTORY OF UNION TOWNSHIT. 
 
 " R." Btttnl^^ fos Router. 
 
 Post Ofjice, 
 
 Is 
 
 Adams, 
 
 Adani.'^, 
 
 Ames, .V 
 
 Ames, (' 
 
 .\rnold, 
 
 Babcock 
 
 Barber, 
 
 Bayliss, 
 
 Halliird 
 
 Ballard 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 H Kentucky. 'Afton 'l874 Farmer. 
 
 J. Q Indiana.... Afton 1874 Farmer . 
 
 W Penna lAfton 1855 Farmer . 
 
 as 
 
 . N. York. ..IAfton ,1855 Farmer 112 
 
 M. W |lllinois.... [Afton 1876 Farmer. 
 
 , A. M...Ohio Afton il862!Farmer . 
 
 T. J jOhio 'Afton [l867 Farmer. 
 
 J. L Ohio 'Afton 1867 Farmer. 
 
 J. W 'Ohio lArton ]18.55:Farmer . 
 
 E. L iohio .\fton ll863'Farmer . 
 
 80 
 170 
 
 50; 
 
 240 
 
 80 
 
 Name. 
 
 NATrnxY. 
 
 Ball, N. L Ohio, 
 
 Bourne, J. M Mass 
 
 Bourne, W. S Ohio, 
 
 Beymer, R. 8 Ohio.. 
 
 Bird, C. M Penn 
 
 Bishop, J. F N. York... 
 
 Bridge, Ruth Ohio 
 
 Bradley. C. W :N. Hamp.. 
 
 Cale, Peter D jOhio 
 
 Cale, Anna Ohio 
 
 Farmer 
 Farmer 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer )15l 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Publisher,&c 
 Housekeeper 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Weaver . 
 
 
 .34 
 
 80 
 160 
 
 40 
 202 
 
 2i 
 
 38 
 
 OUR BOOTS AHD SHOES ARB ALL GOOD AND WARRANTED. A. P, STEPHENS. 
 
TERMS CASH, WHICH A(1^0UNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 116 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 I 
 
 Carter, R. S 
 
 Clougli, Albert... 
 
 Conley, B. F 
 
 Coiulbnl, S. U.... 
 
 Craig, W. F 
 
 Curigiin, Patrick. 
 
 Curry, G. W 
 
 Curry, Ll. W 
 
 Culisou, W. K 
 
 Culisoii, \V. I) 
 
 Deiuint, W. C 
 
 Delay, S. A 
 
 Delay, R. S 
 
 Dubois, M 
 
 Dastnian, .las. .1.. 
 I'astnian, .Joseph. 
 Eastman, A. M... 
 
 Edson, Alonzo 
 
 Ely, () 
 
 Elliiitt, .lacob 
 
 Klce, 15. F 
 
 Fletcher, EilwM.. 
 Fullertou, G. W... 
 Geatile, .loseph... 
 Gibson, Gideon.... 
 
 Grim, W. H 
 
 Ilemmans, G 
 
 Ifayward, R 
 
 llMinilton, ('. W... 
 
 Ilaitley, E. W 
 
 llafTncr, H 
 
 Ilaggott, A 
 
 licit, L. A 
 
 Henderson, Thos. 
 Ilenilerson, .lohn. 
 
 Heine, .lolin 
 
 llolton, A. W 
 
 Hoover, II. li 
 
 Holt,.). W 
 
 Iloleomb, Reace.. 
 
 Hortun. E. T 
 
 Moir, .loseph 
 
 llulchins, Well.., 
 
 Hunter, W. R 
 
 Ingham, Wm 
 
 lekis, .1 
 
 .lohnaiin, H 
 
 .lohnsou, C. F 
 
 .Iiihnson, L. F 
 
 Ken.lall, .1. H 
 
 Killion, .Allen 
 
 Killion, F.lijah H, 
 l.iiughery, ('. F.. 
 
 I.uke, N , 
 
 l.arey, .lames H. 
 
 Lewis. O. C 
 
 I.eary, llinlon... 
 Leininger. .lohn. 
 
 Iionstreth, E 
 
 Moflitt. Standi... 
 
 Moffitt, G. T 
 
 Moffitt, N. G 
 
 Motlitt, .1. W 
 
 Mauser, D. C 
 
 Virginia... 
 
 Maine 
 
 Wisconsin 
 N. York... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Georgia ... 
 Georgia ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 N. York... 
 Sweden ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 I'enn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Germany.. 
 Ohio....."... 
 N. York... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Mas.s 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Maryland. 
 Germany.. 
 
 Maine 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland ... 
 .Sweden ... 
 Holland... 
 N. York.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Missouri.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana .. 
 N. .Icrsey 
 Maryland 
 Sweden .. 
 Sweden .. 
 
 Maine 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana... 
 Indiana... 
 
 Ohio , 
 
 N. York.. 
 Illinois.... 
 Missouri.. 
 
 |Ohio 
 
 I France ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 N. C 
 
 N. C 
 
 N. C 
 
 N. C 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Post Officr. 
 
 A8\ 
 
 OcrUPATION. 
 
 <6 
 
 Nahr. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 TobT Office. 
 
 Afton 18.56! 
 
 1871 
 187ti! 
 1874 
 1867 
 1873 
 1874 
 1874, 
 185:.: 
 'l8.>5 
 18t)7 
 1871 
 1871 
 1872 
 18fjl 
 18(j2 
 1801 
 
 18(18 
 18.5-5 
 187-5 
 1873 
 
 Afton ,1875 
 
 Afton J1873 
 
 Afton 1874 
 
 Afton !l873 
 
 Afton Il875 
 
 Afton 118.55 
 
 Afton 1872 
 
 Afton 1872 
 
 Afton 187ti 
 
 Afton 185 
 
 Afton 186-5 
 
 Afton ISli'.l 
 
 Aftim 1873 
 
 'Aflon 1869 
 
 Alton 1868 
 
 JAftou 1876 
 
 Afton '1871 
 
 Afton |lS69 
 
 Afton !187() 
 
 4 
 
 Afton - 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
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 Afton . 
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 Afton . 
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 Afton . 
 Afton 
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 Afton . 
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 Afton . 
 
 Farmer 
 
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 Farmer 
 
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 Fanner 
 
 l-'armer 
 
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 Housekeeper. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 I'armer 
 
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 Farmer 
 
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 Hatter 
 
 Farmer 
 
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 Afton 18 
 
 l.\fton (1873 
 
 jAfton '1875 
 
 Afton 1864 
 
 Afton 18.54 
 
 Afton 11873 
 
 Afton . 
 Afton , 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 Afton . 
 
 186;i 
 1871 
 186B 
 1861 
 1861 
 
 Afton '1868 
 
 Afton 1873 
 
 Afton 18.5.': 
 
 Afton '185.'; 
 
 Afton 1855i 
 
 Afton 1857 
 
 Afton 1865 
 
 Afton 1854, 
 
 Afton '1854 
 
 Afton |l8.54 
 
 Afton 1854 
 
 lAfton 11867 
 
 Brewery .. 
 Farmer .... 
 Farmer .. . . 
 Farmer .... 
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 Carpenter 
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 50 
 50 
 
 150 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 61 
 
 40 
 
 160 
 
 140 
 
 9 
 
 1600 
 
 12 
 28 
 ;32 
 
 4 
 14 
 24 
 14 
 18 
 16 
 2f 
 31 
 
 6 
 17 
 2 
 29 
 33 
 28 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 23 
 14 
 35 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2. 
 
 1 . 
 
 80 
 
 240 
 170 
 
 80 
 
 30 
 100 
 160 
 
 240 
 
 89 
 80 
 
 231 
 34 
 20 
 31 
 
 40 
 40 
 40 
 
 245 
 160 
 920 
 250 
 
 40 
 
 I 
 
 Moffitt,SoIom'nC.lN. C 
 
 McClnre, Allen...' 
 
 McCardcU, I.. II..ilVnn 
 
 McKnight, Dan'l.jindiana ... 
 
 Martin, II 'ohio 
 
 MostoUer, .1 , I'enn 
 
 Morrow, W. W...Ohio 
 
 .Morrow, J. C Ohio 
 
 Morgenson, A Sweden ... 
 
 Moffitt, Lewis C. N. C 
 
 Moler, Havid M..:Iowa 
 
 Mungle, Elijah... Indiana... 
 
 Murley, I!..' N. C 
 
 .Miller, J Vermont.. 
 
 .Miller, E. S Vermont.. 
 
 Miller 
 
 .Miller, I'erry 
 
 .Myers, Mary F... 
 Norman, .M. T.... 
 
 Parrish, H. G 
 
 P.atterson, L. F... 
 Petterson, G. P... 
 
 Perry, F. S 
 
 Peel, L 
 
 Potter, Thurman. 
 Rees, David M... 
 
 Ileish, Martin 
 
 Richards, .lohn... 
 liicedortt, Sam'l.. 
 
 Roberts, T. C 
 
 Sageser, Isaac 
 
 Sageser, F. M 
 
 Scott, L 
 
 Scott, Ezra 
 
 Schwantz, Fred'k 
 Schwantz, F. W.. 
 Siepkcr Conrad,.. 
 
 .Simpson, L Ohio 
 
 Siddons, F. A Indiana... 
 
 Shepherd, L Virginia... 
 
 Shepherd, L jOhio 
 
 Shaklee, A. T ;Illinois...., 
 
 Shearer, D lOhio 
 
 .Siddons, A [Indiana ... 
 
 Smith, .1. P Penn 
 
 Spellon. ,lohn W.JIndiana ... 
 Spragner, Peter.. Sweden ... 
 
 Steinfer, .\ndrew Austria 
 
 Swanson, Andy... Sweden ... 
 
 Syp, Joseph Ohio 
 
 Tiffany, A Kentucky. 
 
 Tracey, Basil Ohio 
 
 Thompson, John. Kentucky. 
 Terwilliger, L. S..'New York 
 
 Tompson. Jas dowa 
 
 Underwood, 15 'Ohio 
 
 Wallett, Lemuel.. Penn 
 
 Western, G Sweden... 
 
 Whittecar, J Ohio 
 
 Winchel, G. C New York 
 
 Wohllaib, M Germany.. 
 
 Worth, John England... 
 
 Wycoff, D. A Kentucky. 
 
 Afton., 
 
 oo 1 
 
 OOOWPATION. 
 
 .1, 
 
 .115.. 
 
 l:>.r. 
 
 18-54 Farmer 
 
 Afton 11874] Farmer 
 
 Afton 1868|Farmcr 2il 
 
 Afton 1866 Farmer ,38 
 
 Afton 1871 Farmer 31' 
 
 Afton 1870 Farmer i 1 
 
 Afton 'l864Lstock R!ii8er..llO 
 
 Afton !l864;Stock Raiser-jlol. 
 
 'Afton [l870i Farmer !24' 
 
 40 
 50 
 71 
 4(1 
 160 
 
 55 
 
 Thomas... lOhio 
 
 N- V j 
 
 Kentucky. 
 Virginia... 
 
 Canada 
 
 Illinois.... 
 Sweden ... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Virginia... 
 New York. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Tenn 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Missouri.., 
 N. Jersey. 
 Prussia.... 
 
 Prussia 
 
 Germany.. 
 
 Afton 1854 Farmer .. 
 
 .■Vfton I872jFarmer .. 
 
 Afton ll872|Farmer.. 
 
 -Yfton |1855jFariner .. 
 
 Afton 'l875| Farmer .. 
 
 Afton ]875|Teacher . 
 
 .\fton |l868!Farmer.. 
 
 Afton 1867 Farmer .. 
 
 160 
 180 
 
 Afton [187! Housekeeper. 34^ 
 
 1867'IIousekecp'g.,28j 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 1876 Farmer Ill 
 
 Afton 1875 Farmer 20 
 
 .Vfton 1870 Farmer i 6| 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 11868 
 
 Afton 11875 
 
 Afton 18-55 
 
 Afton 1857' Farmer 
 
 lAfton |186L Blacksmith.. 
 
 ' Afton ;1 856 Farmer 
 
 80 
 80 
 40 
 40 
 200 
 
 io 
 
 1873 Farmer. ' 8\. 
 
 Farmer ] 8 
 
 Farmer |l2 
 
 Carpenter 20 
 
 \4 
 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 
 1853jFarmer 
 1870 Farmer 
 
 22'. 
 
 31! 
 
 1870 
 1875 
 1862 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Afton !l858 
 
 .\fton ,1857 Farmer 
 
 Afton 1 1 854! Farmer 
 
 Afton 11855 Farmer 
 
 Afton 
 
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 .\fton 
 
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 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 80 
 10 
 
 160 
 40 
 
 180 
 
 160 
 
 17 
 22 
 35 
 28 
 16 
 17 
 
 1876 Farmer [26 
 
 1854 Farmer 36 
 
 18-54 Farmer l27 
 
 1876 Farmer |31 
 
 1868!Farmer i 3 
 
 1874!Farmer -34 
 
 1875|Farmer 28 
 
 1876;Farmer 
 
 1876 Farmer 
 
 35 
 
 90 
 
 145 
 
 9J 
 700 
 
 1876 
 1868 
 1855 
 1868 
 18,55 
 
 Farmer .. 
 
 Farmer -. 
 
 Farmer .. 
 
 Farmer .. 
 
 Farmer .. 
 
 1863'Farmer [34[ 
 
 1875!Farmer [.3o[ 
 
 1874 Farmer 32! 
 
 180 
 
 280 
 80 
 40 
 40 
 
 1864 
 1864 
 1868 
 1876 
 1871 
 1868 
 1873 
 18.58 
 
 Farmer 1| 
 
 Farmer 29'. 
 
 Farmer 7 
 
 Farmer 14 . 
 
 Farmer |35[. 
 
 Farmer [35 
 
 Farmer 13 . 
 
 Farmer 1 8|. 
 
 30 
 
 8 
 
 "46 
 44 
 
 126 
 
 120 
 
 12(1 
 
 TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
^OS D'^SR* 
 
 Dealer in all kinds of 
 
 Medicines, Glass, Putty, 
 
 PAINTS, VARNISHES, OILS. BRUSHES, &e. 
 
 TOILET ARTICL ES IN GR EAT VARIETIES. 
 
 STATIONERY 
 
 Of all kinds, including the best ,,,.alitv of NOTE PAPER, LETTER PAPER, FOOLSCAP, LEGAL CAP and ENVELOPES 
 
 of all Sizes and Styles. 
 
 :QI_.-^I^TI^ ^OOI§ZS OI^ ^^I^HIj I^IlSrXDS. 
 
 I have purchased and will keep on hand for Spring and Fall trade the largest sto* 
 to this market. 
 
 ick of "Vv^all :E=aper ever brought 
 
 fisr Prescriptions filled. Compoundins: Done with Care. 
 
 
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 DEALERS IN 
 
 Groceries and Provisions, 
 
 CHOICE CIGARS AND TOBACCO, 
 
 ADAMS STREET, - CRESTON, IOWA. 
 
 B>?r I^ig-liest I^rice I'aid. for Coxin.tr3r lE'rod.-iace. 
 
 FRESH BREAD DAILY. 
 
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 A. P. Stephens makes the Lowest Prices on Carpets, Boots and Shoes. 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 117 
 
 DIRHCTORY OF JONES TOWNSHIR. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Ailams, ,1. Q lOhio 
 
 AUisou, A [ 
 
 Allison, G. W ' 
 
 Allison, A, B lOhio 
 
 AUif^on, Geo lOhio 
 
 Allison, Henry. ..'Ohio 
 
 Babbs, W ! In(Iian.a . . 
 
 Haul, J I 
 
 Ball, A jKentucky 
 
 Barton, Wm England... 
 
 Barton, .Vlbert...|Englan<l... 
 
 Biggs. R 3 Ilmliana 
 
 Biggs, Engene — ' 
 
 Bolingei-, Mrs. .1. Ohio 
 
 Brewer, J 
 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer. 
 Thayer. 
 Aftou.... 
 
 Bridge, AVra 
 
 Brown, H. J 
 
 Browder, S. J 
 
 Burd, S 
 
 Burd, J 
 
 Butt, .T. F 
 
 Burkheimer, M... 
 
 Burgess, N 
 
 Buskerk, F. M... 
 Cadwalader, I. B. 
 
 Carter, B 
 
 ("herry, .J. E., 
 
 N. Jersey.. 
 Indiana .. 
 
 N. C 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn. 
 
 Illinois. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Vermont . 
 
 Cheney, W. C. 
 
 Childs, Wm 
 
 Clay pool, Wm. 
 
 Cooper, t' 
 
 Cooper, C. R... 
 Criswell, W. E, 
 Day, Wm Penn 
 
 Day, Silas 
 
 Day, E 
 
 Deaver, L. J 
 
 Deaver, Lloyd T.. 
 
 Deaver. li. T 
 
 Depue, T. S 
 
 Dye, D 
 
 Elliott, R 
 
 Elliott, C 
 
 Emery, S. E 
 
 Emerson, W. J... 
 Evans, Samuel ... 
 
 Evans, .J 
 
 Everett, Wm 
 
 Everett, Samuel.. 
 
 Eoulk. Philip 
 
 Gayhard, W 
 
 Geddes, .John 
 
 Giles, George 
 
 Groves, Jas 
 
 Guntcr. (j. .S 
 
 Gunter, H. H 
 
 Giinler, F. M 
 
 (lunter, .M 
 
 Penn 
 
 Indiana . 
 
 Dhio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Virginia.., 
 N. Jersey. 
 N. Jersey. 
 
 Penn..., 
 New York. 
 Ohio...., 
 Missouri .. 
 Indiana 
 
 ' K." stands for Kenter. 
 
 I g j Occupation. 
 
 Ii3» 
 
 1860 
 1K64 
 1864 
 1804 
 
 18711 Farmer 
 
 1876 
 1858 
 1869 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 1855'Farmer . 
 1858! Farmer. 
 
 1858 
 1875 
 1864 
 1870 
 1870 
 1875 
 1871 
 1862 
 1856 
 
 1856 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 F.armer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 18f)5 Farmer . 
 
 Hall. S. J iKentucky. 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Afton 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 .Vfton 
 
 Murray 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Murray 
 
 Thayer 
 
 .\fton 
 
 Aflon 
 
 Murray il875 Farmer 
 
 Murray ! 1 874iFarmer 
 
 Murray ' 'Farmer 
 
 Murray Farmer 
 
 Thayer 'ISaOiFarmcr 
 
 i8i;4 
 
 1871 
 1876 
 1855 
 186'J 
 
 1866 
 
 33 
 14 
 14 
 23 
 14 
 28 
 16 
 ,13 
 Farmer 16 
 
 Fanner . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 .Farmer 31 
 
 1858 
 1858 
 18.50 
 1864 
 186S 
 1864 
 1872 
 1854 
 1864 
 
 1866 
 1862 
 1855 
 1855 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 1868jFarmer. 
 
 I Farmer . 
 
 1864 Farmer . 
 
 1864 
 1870 
 1867 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 40 
 440 
 
 120 ; 
 R. 
 R. 
 R. 
 
 20 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 R. 
 
 29 
 
 R. 
 
 Ill 
 
 200 
 140 
 120 
 100 
 
 R. 
 
 46 
 
 40 
 130 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 120 
 
 80 
 
 71 
 
 200 
 
 160 
 
 40 
 
 160 
 80 
 80 
 20 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 120 
 120 
 
 R. 
 
 R. 
 
 Namr. 
 
 Heckathorn, P... 
 Heckathorn, J.... 
 
 Horner, G 
 
 Hopkins, R. D ... 
 
 Hopkins, 1. A 
 
 Hopkins, F. E.... 
 Hopkins, T. H... 
 
 Houser, I. M 
 
 Hunsinger, H 
 
 Hunsinger, W. H. 
 
 Jackson, J. W 
 
 Jackson, .\lbert.. 
 
 Jeter, J. L 
 
 Jenkins, D 
 
 Johnson, W. C. 
 
 Johnson, J. M 
 
 Kenner, Wni 
 
 Kiiuer, S 
 
 Lafavre, J. S 
 
 Lafavor, D 
 
 Lafavor, J 
 
 Lamb, Wm 
 
 Leach, (,' 
 
 Luke, C 
 
 McManus, J 
 
 McGovern, J 
 
 McGown, J 
 
 McHenry, W 
 
 McKimpson, R.... 
 
 Martin, Jas 
 
 Martin, L 
 
 Maloney, J. C 
 
 Maloney, G. W .. 
 
 Messenger, 8. C 
 
 Miller, J. C ' 
 
 Milnes, Wm 
 
 Morrison, S. A... 
 
 Moore, Jas 
 
 .Moler, J. S 
 
 Needham, M 
 
 Neisemeier, 
 
 Nixon, W. C 
 
 Noble, D. H 
 
 Northrup, .S. A... 
 
 O'Brian, J 
 
 O'Ferrell, Mrs. M 
 
 Orr, James 
 
 Pape, J 
 
 Peddley, Wm 
 
 Porter, A. P 
 
 Power, J. S 
 
 Reed, J. M 
 
 Reed, Q 
 
 Reed, A. G 
 
 Reed, J 
 
 Remington, M 
 
 Riea, C. W 
 
 Nativity.' 
 
 Post Officf. 
 
 is I Occtjpahon. 
 
 Virginia. 
 Ohio 
 
 New York 
 Illinois — 
 New York 
 Illinois....' 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Indiana ... 
 
 Ohio ! 
 
 Ohio , 
 
 Tennessee 
 
 (Jhio I 
 
 Ohio- 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana... 
 Illinois.... 
 
 Indiana... 
 Indiana... 
 
 Thayer il850 Farmer . 
 
 Thayer il850 
 
 Tliayer > 
 
 Aflcn 1868, Farmer . 
 
 Afton !l868:Farmer. 
 
 Afton ...|l871 Farmer. 
 
 Afton '1870 Farmer. 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 .\fton 11872 
 
 Thayer :1864 
 
 Thayer 1865 
 
 Afton 1856 
 
 Aftou 
 
 iThayer 1854 
 
 |Afton 
 
 |Thayer 1858 
 
 Thayer 1870 
 
 iThayer 1860 
 
 iThayer 1I86O 
 
 Thayer :18.54 
 
 Thayer 1875 
 
 Thayer |1864 
 
 Thayer !1876 
 
 Thayer |l868 
 
 Thayer 118-56 
 
 Afton 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Ohio.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland... 
 Ireland... 
 
 lOhio 
 
 IScotland.., 
 England .. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Iowa 
 
 tohio 
 
 ilndiana ... 
 iGerinany , 
 {Virginia.., 
 Indiana... 
 New York. 
 
 F.armer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer '13 
 
 Farmer i20 
 
 Farmer 36 
 
 
 ISeOiFarmer . 
 
 1863 Farmer. 
 Farmer. 
 
 Thayer . 
 Murray 
 Thayer. 
 Afton.... 
 
 ^.Vfton II86O Farmer . 
 
 Afton a862!Farmer . 
 
 Afton I I 
 
 Thayer 1859JFarmer . 
 
 Thayer 1 1874 Farmer . 
 
 Thayer !18.';5 
 
 .\fton J1867 
 
 Thayer 
 
 1862 
 
 Virginia... 
 [Ireland.... 
 JEngland... 
 [England... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 1866 
 1858 
 1865 
 1863 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 1878 Farmer. 
 
 Ricedorff.J.M 
 
 80 I Ricedorff, 
 
 , J.M.I 
 ■, S. G. / 
 
 Iowa. 
 Penn., 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Afto"n 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 .Vfton 
 
 Thayer 
 
 iThayer 
 
 IThayer 
 
 iThayer ;i856|Farmer 
 
 iThayer ll854iFarmer 
 
 IThayer ;1856!Farmer 
 
 Thayer ll856lFarmer 
 
 Thayer !1854 Farmer 
 
 Thayer jl 856, Farmer 
 
 Murray 1863 Farmer 
 
 Thayer jl 874 Farmer 
 
 .JThayer ll856|Farmer 34 
 
 1874jFarmer . 
 1868lFarmer . 
 18621 Farmer . 
 18691 Farmer. 
 
 80 
 
 120 
 80 
 40 
 
 R. 
 
 100 i 
 40 I 
 80 
 
 80 
 R. 
 
 60 
 
 40 
 
 20 
 
 40 
 360 
 
 R. 
 360 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 300 
 
 R. 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 360 
 
 160 
 
 80 
 
 120 
 
 80 
 R. 
 200 
 91 
 40 
 R. 
 
 R. 
 
 170 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 360 
 
 80 
 40 
 40 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS HAS BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. 
 
All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. Stephens. 
 
 118 
 
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 b 
 
 4^ 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Post Office. 
 
 
 ! i\ as 
 
 Occupation. I t K as 
 
 Hichaids, I). W .. 
 
 Robb, 15 
 
 Robb, W 
 
 Kuiubaugh, J 
 
 Riltter, M 
 
 Rusk, .1 
 
 Rusk. Robert 
 
 Sandusky, A 
 
 Slutts, j". 
 
 Smith, (i. W 
 
 ,Sweet, ,^aiiiuel 
 
 Tash, L ' 
 
 Thayer, J. E 
 
 Thompson, .). .1... 
 
 Tobey, S 
 
 Tope, ,7ames 
 
 Tope, L 
 
 Vandaliinder, .I.B 
 
 Wake, Thos 
 
 Weler, George 
 
 Vermont .. Aftou 1870 Farmer 1 
 
 [Thayer j JFarmer Il3 
 
 iThayer jlSTO Farmer, 'lo' 
 
 Hopeville ' 1 Rd.S Farmer ;J(3' 
 
 iThayer I '■ ^..1 
 
 Aftou 18711Farmer ' 4 
 
 JThayer 187.S Fanner 3 
 
 'Aftou 187H Farmer 17 
 
 Thayer ' l33 
 
 Penn 
 Penn 
 
 Ireland.. 
 Ireland.. 
 M issouri 
 
 New York 
 ^Indiana . 
 
 'Ohio 
 
 Indiana . 
 Indiana . 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 England . 
 I'enn 
 
 Thayer 1 854 Farmer . 
 
 jAfton..... 1874' Farmer. 
 
 JThayer 1869 Farmer. 
 
 IThayer 1873iFarmer. 
 
 .'\fton l*<oH Farmer . 
 
 Thayer 187(1 Farmer. 
 
 Thayer...... 1869 Farmer. 
 
 Thayer iFarmer . 
 
 Thayer !l868 Farmer. 
 
 Thayer 1871 Farmer. 
 
 Thayer 1859 Farmer. 
 
 200 
 
 80 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 120 
 
 R 
 
 120 
 R 
 R 
 40 
 200 
 40 
 80 
 
 40 
 20 
 40 
 
 Namk. 
 
 Natitity. I 
 
 8B 
 
 "I 
 
 Weter, C 
 
 AVeter, T 
 
 Whipple, 0. W... 
 
 White. A. C 
 
 White, I. K 
 
 White, J. F 
 
 White, Mrs. S.... 
 Whittingham, J.. 
 
 Wier, Wm 
 
 Wilcojc, .J. li 
 
 Wilson, rhas 
 
 Williamson, L. J. 
 
 Williamson, T 
 
 WoUensack, .1 
 
 WoUensack, P.... 
 
 Wycolf, Wm 
 
 Wynes, R. S 
 
 Wvnes, H 
 
 Wynes, .J. II 
 
 Yout, M. W 
 
 Penn Thayer 
 
 New York 
 Vermont 
 
 Afton. 
 Afton. 
 
 Vermont ..Afton., 
 
 Vermont .. 
 England ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Germany.. 
 Germany.. 
 Indiana ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana ... 
 
 . 1872 
 .1856 
 .18.56 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works i.r Whitf 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 iThayer. 
 lAfton.... 
 Thayer. 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 Thayer . 
 
 .'18.56 
 .1874 
 .1869 
 .'1874 
 .1870 
 .118.56 
 .|1867 
 .11876 
 .11860: 
 .18.57 
 .'1874 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 FarsKr aod Bla'kt'fal 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
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 ,1874 
 1874' 
 
 Farmer.. 
 Farmer . 
 
 I 
 10 
 
 -6 
 19i 
 
 8j 152 
 
 8i 872 
 
 8! 
 
 8> 76 
 
 \t 40 
 
 3 80 
 ■io 80 
 
 4 R 
 19 545 
 33 40 
 27i 80 
 28 160 
 
 9' 80 
 
 15 80 
 
 14 80 
 22, K 
 
 
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 .\rmitage, .1. C.jOhio 
 
 Ball, D. V Indiana... 
 
 Biggs, G Indiana.. 
 
 Bolton, Wm ! 
 
 Bolinger, Wm lOhio 
 
 Braman, .7. W Indiana.. 
 
 Bramau. J. A dndiana.. 
 
 Braman, .las. A.. Indiana.. 
 
 Bradley, Wm 
 
 Brown, E 'Maine 
 
 Cass, A. D iMaine 
 
 Cheeseman, B. F. Penn 
 
 Claussen, F ^Prussia... 
 
 Clough, D '.Maine 
 
 Clough, F Maine 
 
 Clough, J. C JMaine 
 
 aough, 0. P IMaine 
 
 Clough, Samuel. .'Maine 
 
 Cornwall, W. T...Ohlo 
 
 Cooper, Andrew.., Penn 
 
 Cooper, P Penn 
 
 Cooper, A. C Ohio 
 
 Cooper, A. C, Jr. ilowa , 
 
 Cooper, W. I' jlowa 
 
 Cooper. G. W 
 
 Coil, A. W Oliio 
 
 Cosner, R Ohio 
 
 Cosner, H Ohio 
 
 Cosner, L Ohio 
 
 Conner, S. M [Penn.... 
 
 Davis, C I 
 
 Davis. J Ipenn... 
 
 Davis, I iOliio 
 
 Davis, H I 
 
 Davis, D 'Illinois.. 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Afton 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Ihayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Aftou 
 
 Alton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Aftou 
 
 Afton 
 
 Aftou 
 
 Tingley 
 
 Afton 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Afton .'. 
 
 Vfton 
 
 Afton • 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 K Z 
 
 " s 
 58 
 
 1853 
 1854 
 1865 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 18751 
 1876! 
 
 1874': 
 
 18721 
 
 1864 
 1856 
 1875 
 1869 
 1857 
 1857' 
 1857 
 18.561 
 1864 
 1856 
 18.54 
 1854 
 18.52 
 18.54' 
 1853, 
 
 1869 
 1868 
 1868 
 1808 
 18641 
 
 1871' 
 
 187l| 
 1870 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Fanner . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer , 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
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 Farmer 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 s 
 
 si 
 
 □0 
 
 II 
 
 23 
 
 120 
 
 3 
 
 
 16 
 
 
 13 
 
 40 
 
 b 
 
 200 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 120 
 
 13 
 
 R. 
 
 7 
 
 140 
 
 17 
 
 80 
 
 29 
 
 60 
 
 8 
 
 79 
 
 8 
 
 81 
 
 8 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 16 
 
 120 
 
 31 
 
 160 
 
 31 
 
 240 
 
 14 
 
 120 
 
 14 
 
 
 11 
 
 800 
 
 12 
 
 
 12 
 
 25 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 
 31 
 
 60 
 
 31 
 
 R. 
 
 30 
 
 90 
 
 13 
 
 
 27 
 
 
 27 
 
 95 
 
 35 
 
 
 26 
 
 R. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Post Office. 
 
 Davis, 
 
 Dietrich, M. M.. 
 
 Durand, F. P 
 
 Emerson, F. M.. 
 Flohra, William. 
 
 Fry, .1. W 
 
 Gibson, .James... 
 
 Gladden, Geo 
 
 Goodbread, Geo. 
 
 Gray, A. M 
 
 Gripp, .1. F 
 
 Gripp, William... 
 
 Hage, Jesse 
 
 Hall, C. R 
 
 Hatfield, H. C..., 
 
 Hewitt, M. E 
 
 Holland, J. W..., 
 
 Homewood, L 
 
 Homewood. N 
 
 Homewood, E 
 
 Hoover, J. S 
 
 Huntzinger, L. P. 
 
 Hurley, ,Tohn 
 
 Ickis, .1 
 
 Jackson, N. M.... 
 
 Johnson, D 
 
 Jones, 1) 
 
 Jorden, J. 11 
 
 Eatzpobarger, J. V 
 
 Katzenbarger, R.. 
 Katzenbarger, II.. 
 
 Kent, Alfred 
 
 Kent, K 
 
 Ketchum, E 
 
 Lamb, II 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Germany.. 
 Illinois.... 
 Kentucky 
 
 Hopeville.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Thayer 
 
 Hopeville 
 
 Hopeville.... 
 Afton 
 
 .< o 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 'Farmer 24 
 
 18.55lFarnicr m\ 
 
 1871'Farnicr 'l2 
 
 18.59 Farmer 
 
 1869 Farmer . 
 
 1870 Farmer. 
 1863iFarmer . 
 
 Germany 
 Indiana ... 
 Indiana... 
 Indiana ... 
 Virginia.., 
 
 Ohio 
 
 (Dhio 
 
 New York 
 Virginia... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 England... 
 
 Penn 
 
 Indiana... 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana.... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio I 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Germany.. 
 
 Hopeville j IWks Homen's 
 
 Hopeville. 
 
 Aftou 
 
 Hopeville . 
 Hopeville. 
 Hopeville. 
 Hopeville . 
 Hopeville. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Hopeville. 
 Hopeville 
 
 1856 Fanner. 
 186.1 Farmer ... 
 1854|Fanner ... 
 1855 Farmer ... 
 
 .Farmer . 
 
 olr 
 
 1862 Farmer.... 
 186.5JFarmer.... 
 1874 Farmer .... 
 1856 Farmer .... 
 .'1856 Farmer.... 
 
 Afton 1856 Fanner . 
 
 Afton Il871 Farmer . 
 
 Afton 1 1865 Farmer . 
 
 Hopeville I 
 
 Indiana ... 
 
 Conn 
 
 Michigan.. 
 Indiana... 
 
 Afton 1854|Farmer.. 
 
 Thayer 1864 Farmer . 
 
 Afton 1870lFarmer.. 
 
 Hopeville 1876 Farmer 28 
 
 Hopeville 1868 Farmer 1 
 
 Hopeville Il854 Farmer II 
 
 Hopeville Farmer 11 
 
 Hopeville Farmer 11 
 
 Hopeville 18.53iFarmer 23 
 
 Hopeville 18.53;Farmer .23 
 
 Afton 1869 Farmer 7 
 
 Afton 185l'Farmer '21 
 
 si 
 
 R. 
 120 
 
 40 
 
 180 
 
 R. 
 
 40 
 
 40 
 R. 
 
 176 
 
 R. 
 R. 
 
 160 
 100 
 
 80 
 280 
 160 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 140 
 80 
 80 
 40 
 110 
 
 100 
 
 117 
 
 80 
 
 140 
 
 OUR BOOTS AND SHOES ARE ALL GOOD AND WARRANTED. A, P, STEPHENS. 
 
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 Corner of Pine and Montgomery Streets, - - ORES TO J\', 10 WA, 
 
 IS THE PLACE TO GO FOE 
 
 Paints. Oils. Books. Stationery. 
 
 WALL PAPER, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, &c. 
 A LARGE STOCK CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 
 
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 con^^E j^isriD SEE Tjs. 
 
 W. H. CHRISTIE B. \. TOBREY. 
 
 Bts. GHIISTIE & fOlilT, 
 
 Physicians d Surg-eons, 
 
 Office (.'vek Wil.son & Hose's IfRiii Stoke, 
 
 PINE STREET, CRESTON, IOWA. 
 
 JOHN A. PATTERSON, 
 iittomey at LaT^, 
 
 CRESTON, - - IOWA. 
 
 Will practice in all the Courts of tliis 
 and. adjoining States. 
 
 AND DEALER IN 
 
 PICTURE FRAMES, CORDS, TASSELS, MATS, &c. 
 
 Copying and Enlarging- and Coloring a speciaity. Coioring done in Oil, Water, Ink, Crayon and Pastel, in the Finest Style of 
 
 the Art. All Work warranted. Agent.s Wanted. 
 
 C;et>ll A.t Szxxitla. dt7 O'cslxzi.soxi's Old Sita^xid ozi. 3VX£«.i3le JStx-eet, 
 
 North of Beyniei's Hardwnre Store. OX©S"tOi:i, XOT7v7"a<- 
 
A. P. STSPHSnS maks3 ths Lowest Prices on Carpets, Boots and Shoes. 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 119 
 
 Name. 
 
 Post Office. 
 
 L-imh, Mrs. f) 
 
 Indiana .. 
 
 Lamb, L 
 
 IndKiuii .. 
 
 Lumb, T. .1 
 
 Indiana ... 
 
 Lirimer, W. C... 
 
 Pcun 
 
 Lawrence, (\ W.. 
 
 Indiana.. 
 
 Lawrence, A 
 
 fiiwa 
 
 Leas, D. G 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Lile, D. W., M. D 
 
 
 Long, J 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 McNeal, .) 
 
 Indiana ... 
 
 McKimpson, J... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Majors, Peter 
 
 Ohio 
 
 .Majors, T, M 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Mewliirter, .) 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Mewhirter, A 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Mealke, H 
 
 (iermany.. 
 
 Mitts, R 
 
 Illinois.. .. 
 
 iMoser, II 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Morgan, V. J 
 
 
 Mowrv, ,T 
 
 Switzerland.. 
 
 (Ilinger, .T. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 ('linger, .S 
 
 In<liana.... 
 
 Oliver, W. M 
 
 
 Perdue, .f 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Peter. .J 
 
 Germany.. 
 
 I'eters, J 
 
 
 I'Lillips, E 
 
 Ohio 
 
 I'lummer. E 
 
 New York 
 
 Poe, Alex 
 
 Indiana ... 
 
 Porter, J 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Pyle, T 1 
 
 England... 
 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 Ilopeville 1851 Farmer 
 
 flopeville 18ol|Farmer 
 
 Hopeville ISoliFarmer 
 
 '•-ftoM 1872 Farmer 
 
 Ilopeville i 
 
 Hujicvillo 1857:Farmer 
 
 Ilopeville Farmer 
 
 Bismarck ' ■ I'hy sici ; 
 
 Thayer 1876 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1876 Farmer 
 
 Afton 1862 Farmer 
 
 jThayer 1876,Farmer 
 
 Thayer 18B8;Farmer 
 
 Hopeville ISGlFarmer 
 
 Hopeville i Farmer 
 
 Aflou 1808 Farmer 
 
 llojieville 1870, Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1 861 1 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1807 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville ISSSJFarmer 
 
 Hopeville 1873|Farmer 
 
 i H ojieville ; Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1871 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1876, Farmer 
 
 Ilopeville i Farmer 
 
 --Vt'ton 1875 Farmer 
 
 Afton 1873, Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1853 Farmer 
 
 Afton I858|Farmer 
 
 Hopeville Farmer 
 
 •40 
 
 261 254 
 
 26; 
 
 i26 66 
 
 : s! 80 
 
 '35 
 
 24 
 
 36 40 
 
 an 
 
 3 
 
 '27i 
 
 Iio 
 
 t 4 
 
 I 3' 
 
 il5 
 
 15 
 
 5 
 
 Ill 
 
 123 
 
 19 
 
 .36 
 1 
 3 
 
 13 
 
 23 
 
 13 
 
 112: 
 
 29! 
 33 
 36 
 16 
 24 
 
 80 
 80 
 80 
 
 120 
 60 
 
 400 
 
 120 
 R 
 
 160 
 80 
 40 
 
 190 
 
 180 
 
 R 
 R 
 
 60 
 40 
 80 
 40 
 
 Nake. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Post OrncE. a I Occupation. I 2 
 
 Reasoner, D 
 
 Reynolds, W. 11.. 
 
 Reynolds, I 
 
 Russell, C 
 
 Indiana ... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Indiana.... 
 England... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ryan, .Tames 
 
 St. John, J. E 
 
 Scott, Oliver 
 
 Shields, J 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Slance, J 
 
 Smith, S 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Swanker, C 
 
 Thompson, P 
 
 Throckmorton, L. 
 
 Thurlow, S 
 
 Turner,J 
 
 Germany.. 
 Germany.. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Walter, J 
 
 Wanker. I 
 
 Wanker. A 
 
 Wedge, B. A 
 
 Wedge, R. E 
 
 West, W 
 
 Ohio 
 
 France .... 
 
 France 
 
 Illinois.... 
 Illinois.... 
 Ohio 
 
 Weter, B. F. 
 
 
 Wilhelm, A 
 
 
 Winchell, G 
 
 Willis, S 
 
 Wilson, .1. B 
 
 Wilson, E. A 
 
 Wilson, J. A 
 
 Wright, L 
 
 Illinois.... 
 Kentucky. 
 
 N. C 
 
 Illinois .... 
 Indiana ... 
 Kentucky. 
 Indiana... 
 
 Yetts, T. F 
 
 Hopeville 18.54 
 
 Hopeville 1804 
 
 Hopeville 1864 
 
 Hopeville 1864 
 
 Afton 1875 
 
 Hopeville 1871 
 
 Hopeville j 
 
 Afton |l874 
 
 Hopeville 
 Hopeville 
 
 Fai-mer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1854iFarmer 
 
 Hopeville Farmer 
 
 Hopeville J1870 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1855 Farmer 
 
 Afton |1876 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville '1865 Farmer 
 
 Afton 1870 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville Farmer 
 
 Afton 1870 Farmer 
 
 Afton... 1870 Farmer 
 
 Afton Works Corawail... 
 
 Hopeville Farmer 
 
 Hopeville Farmer 
 
 ••Vfton Farmer 
 
 Afton 1862 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1856 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1858 Farmer 
 
 Afton 1875 Farmer 
 
 Hopeville 1855 Farmer 
 
 Afton 1868 Farmer 
 
 140 
 
 1 
 
 36 
 36 
 36 
 32 
 25' 
 261 120 
 
 17 
 
 216 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 80 
 
 9| 
 
 111 
 24 
 10, 100 
 
 40 
 40 
 80 
 R 
 
 111 120 
 21 40 
 36i 
 
 29: 170 
 281 120 
 
 32 
 
 
 11 
 
 R 
 
 1 
 
 40 
 
 18 
 
 R 
 
 21 
 
 179 
 
 22 
 
 40 
 
 23 
 
 50 
 
 29 
 
 120 
 
 28 
 
 120 
 
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 Z 
 
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 r 
 r 
 
 DIRECTORY OF SAND CREEK TOWNSHIP. 
 
 " R." stands for ilt- nter. 
 
 NATrVITY. 
 
 Post Office. 
 
 I 
 
 
 Occupation, 
 
 ! K I u, d ! 
 
 Abel, C 
 
 Abel, C. F 
 
 Anderson, J 
 
 Anderson, A 
 
 Banksere, .1 
 
 Berry, J. C 
 
 Berry, T 
 
 Bourlaud, J. W... 
 
 Brown, R. .T 
 
 Brown, ,J. (Col.).. 
 
 Camp, C. P 
 
 Camp, D 
 
 Carter, R. C 
 
 Carver, D 
 
 Chandler, F 
 
 Cheers, .John 
 
 Cheer.s, John, Jr.. 
 
 Clark, L. B 
 
 Clausseu, I 
 
 Cleavinger, S. M. 
 Clough, Rev. Jno. 
 Conkle, Josiah.... 
 Conkle, Jonathan 
 Conkle, Wm 
 
 Prussia... 
 Prussia... 
 Indiana .. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 I'enn 
 
 Virginia.., 
 Virginia... 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Tenn 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Virginia.. 
 New York 
 Iowa 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Prussia. 
 Illinois. 
 Maine.... 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Tingley. 
 Tingley. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Aflon 
 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 18571 
 
 1855 
 1869 
 1871 
 1864 
 
 ,1876: 
 
 .;1869 
 
 |l876l 
 .18.5.5! 
 
 1876 
 1871 
 1871 
 1858 
 18731 
 1876| 
 1800 
 1865 
 1865 
 1865 
 
 Farmer 
 
 2 
 
 Farmer 
 
 2 
 
 Farmer 
 
 24 
 
 Farmer 
 
 11 
 
 Farmer 
 
 33 
 
 Farmer 
 
 36 
 
 Farmer 
 
 36 
 
 Farmer 
 
 35 
 
 Farmer 
 
 33 
 
 Farmer 
 
 16 
 
 Farmer 
 
 8 
 
 Farmer 
 
 18 
 
 Farmer 
 
 23 
 
 Farmer 
 
 24 
 
 Farmer 
 
 26 
 
 Farmer 
 
 13 
 
 Farmer 
 
 13 
 
 Farmer 
 
 25 
 
 Farmer 
 
 3 
 
 Farmer 
 
 14: 
 
 Farmer 
 
 1| 
 
 Farmer 
 
 5 
 
 Farmer 
 
 5 
 
 Farmer 
 
 5 
 
 200 
 
 140 
 80 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 120 
 80 
 
 160 
 80 
 
 200 
 50 
 80 
 
 240 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 240 
 
 180 
 
 200 
 
 Name. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Post Offick. 
 
 6" 
 
 Illinois..., 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 N. Jersey.. 
 
 Missouri... 
 
 Cox, G. U 
 
 Cox, J 
 
 Davis, J. M... 
 
 Delay, G 
 
 Dennis, A. W 
 Dixon, R. H. 
 
 Dixon, J 
 
 Doyle, D [Indiana..., 
 
 Drake, M. F [Maine 
 
 Elliott, W. M Kentucky 
 
 Elliott, W. J Kentucky 
 
 Fleming, J 
 
 Fleming, R 
 
 Fluckey, A. L, 
 Fluckey, J. S.. 
 
 Forbes, B 'New York 
 
 Goodall, G. G :New York 
 
 Goodall, A. J iPenn 
 
 Graham, Jas [Penn 
 
 Graham, J 'England... 
 
 Hall, H New York. 
 
 Hall, W. S [New York. 
 
 Hathaway, E Iowa 
 
 Henkle, J Ilowa 
 
 1869 
 
 Ohio.. 
 Ohio.. 
 Ohio.. 
 Ohio.. 
 
 1876 
 
 1871 
 
 1873 
 1870 
 1807 
 1870 
 1870, 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Tingley 
 
 Afton 
 
 Tingley 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 !Afton 
 
 Aftiin 
 
 Afton 
 
 !Afton 1870| 
 
 Afton 1870 
 
 Afton |1873| 
 
 Afton 18681 
 
 Afton , 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 1870; 
 18761 
 1871 
 
 18(;9, 
 1800' 
 
 Afton 1875. 
 
 Afton 11808 
 
 Afton ,'1868 : 
 
 Afton Il874ii 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 2 
 
 i 
 
 sg 
 
 n 
 
 Farmer 
 
 2S 
 
 80 
 
 Farmer 
 
 34 
 
 80 
 
 Farmer 
 
 4 
 
 1 80 
 
 Farmer 
 
 36 
 
 ; 50 
 
 Farmer 
 
 21 
 
 R. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 34 
 
 40 
 
 Farmer 
 
 12 
 
 40 
 
 Farmer 
 
 U 
 
 160 
 
 Farmer 
 
 28 
 
 240 
 
 Farmer 
 
 28 
 
 40 
 
 Farmer 
 
 27 
 
 ' 40 
 
 Farmer 
 
 34 
 
 120 
 
 F.armer 
 
 9 
 
 80 
 
 Farmer 
 
 9 
 
 80 
 
 Farmer 
 
 17 
 
 360 
 
 Farmer 
 
 ^2 
 
 160 
 
 Farmer 
 
 32 
 
 R. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 21 
 
 280 
 
 Farmer 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 Farmer 
 
 56 
 
 80 
 
 Farmer 
 
 26 
 
 120 
 
 F.armer ' 
 
 23 
 
 80 
 
 Farmer | 
 
 16 
 
 160 
 
 C/3 
 
 r 
 o 
 
 H 
 O 
 
 o 
 o 
 
 c 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS makes the Lowest Prices on Carpets, Boots and Shoes, 
 
in 
 o 
 
 All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 120 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Post Offick. 
 
 8s 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 ii 
 
 Hester, N. B 
 
 Hicks, W. M 
 
 Hood, J 
 
 Holmes, H 
 
 Hopkins, G. J.... 
 
 House, O. C 
 
 Hiuison, F 
 
 Jones, John 
 
 Kenney, C. P 
 
 Kidd.J 
 
 Laird, D. H 
 
 Lathrup, K 
 
 Latlirop, M. A... 
 
 Long, Jas 
 
 Long, J. W 
 
 Long, I. A 
 
 Long, P. J 
 
 Martin, 0. P 
 
 Mason, J. S 
 
 Mattox, Wm 
 
 Mayhew, G. W... 
 
 Mayhew, S 
 
 Mooney, Jas 
 
 Nickols, A 
 
 Orris, K. S 
 
 Orris, L 
 
 Owens, T 
 
 Pollock, J. P 
 
 Pyle, A 
 
 Rains, C 
 
 Rains, J 
 
 Rambo, Wm 
 
 Ray, Wm. (col'd). 
 Ray, A. (col'd).... 
 Ray, T. (col'd)... 
 
 Indiana... 
 Indiana... 
 Virginia... 
 
 Maine 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ireland.... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Missouri.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Illinois... 
 Penn 
 
 Indiana.... 
 Indiana.... 
 Indiana.... 
 New York 
 
 Penn Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Ohio Afton 
 
 Iowa Afton 
 
 Mass... 
 Ohio.... 
 Ohio.... 
 Illinois 
 Illinois, 
 Illinois 
 Illinois. 
 
 Illinois lAfton 
 
 niinois |.\fton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton. 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Tiugley 
 
 Afton 11868 
 
 Afton 1876 
 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 Afton.. 
 Afton., 
 Afton.. 
 Afton., 
 
 1876 
 18ts3 
 1856 
 
 1870 
 
 1876 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Wks. Lathrop 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 80 
 120 
 
 80 
 280 
 
 R. 
 
 280 
 80 
 40 
 80 
 R. 
 R. 
 160 
 120 
 
 60 
 
 120 
 40 
 
 120 
 
 120 
 R. 
 80 
 50 
 40 
 80 
 
 200 
 80 
 R. 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works Signor 
 
 Post Officr. 
 
 g g I OcCtJFATIOS. 
 
 \3a 
 
 Roberta, J. S 
 
 Salisbury. T 
 
 Salisbury, T.,Jun 
 
 Schcrer, W 
 
 Shull, C. G 
 
 Shull,C.AV 
 
 Signor, F. (cold) 
 Signor, A.( col'd) 
 Signor, L.B.fcol. ) 
 
 Sparks, T...! 
 
 Stuck, J 
 
 Sullivan, J 
 
 Sullivan, .1., Jun. 
 
 Sylvester, J 
 
 Syp, J. L 
 
 Temple, J 
 
 Turner, J. C 
 
 Turner, S 
 
 Van Sickle, Geo.. 
 
 Walker, W. B 
 
 Wain, E., .Mrs.... 
 
 Wain, J. E 
 
 Watson, T 
 
 Watson, G 
 
 Werner, S 
 
 Wilson, Geo 
 
 Wilson, W, R 
 
 Wick, S 
 
 Wick, Geo 
 
 Wick, H 
 
 Wick, J. C 
 
 Wright, T 
 
 Yeager, J 
 
 Young, G. W 
 
 Indiana... 
 
 England ... 
 England.., 
 Bavaria... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York, 
 Wisconsin 
 Wisconsin 
 Indiana .., 
 Germany., 
 Ireland... 
 Irelauil... 
 
 .\Iiiine 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana .. 
 Kentucky 
 
 § Sg 
 
 lAfton 24 50 
 
 Afton 'Farmer 22; 80' 
 
 Afton Farmer 22 
 
 Afton 1858Farmer 2 232 
 
 Afton 1870Farmer 25 120 
 
 Afton Farmer 25 
 
 Afton 1868 Farmer ]16 320 
 
 .\fton 1868 Farmer 'l6 
 
 Afton 1868 Farmer 16 
 
 Afton 1875lFarmer !l2 
 
 N. Jersey 
 Ohio 
 
 Virginia. 
 Virginia. 
 Ireland.. 
 Ireland.. 
 Russia. . . 
 
 Afton ]870;Farmer 25 
 
 Afton |l874iFarmer 5; 
 
 Afton [Farmer 5 
 
 Afton 1874 Farmer 23 
 
 .\fton 1857;Farmer 10 
 
 Afton 1875JFarmer 20 
 
 Afton 1873|Farmer 26! 
 
 Farmer 26 
 
 Tingley 1871 Farmer 86 
 
 Afton 1873, Fanner 3 
 
 Afton 187ti Farmer 20 
 
 Afton 18711, Farmer 120 
 
 Afton 1876, Farmer |2fi 
 
 Afton 1876iFarmer 
 
 Afton ;1874 Farmer ;15 
 
 Aft^on i JFarmer ,20 
 
 N. C .\fton 1870Farmer il7 
 
 Iowa Afton 11857 Farmer j23 
 
 Iowa Afton 1856 Farmer 12 
 
 Iowa .\fton 1856 Farmer !l2 
 
 Baden Afton 1856Farmer 2 
 
 Indiana ... Afton |1856|Farmer j33 
 
 Germany.. .4ifton I Farmer 11 
 
 New York. Afton ll874IFarmer I 5 
 
 K. 
 330 
 160 
 
 R. 
 
 120 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 40 
 
 . 80 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 360 
 
 240 
 
 120 
 
 90 
 
 62 
 
 160 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 DIRECTORY OF GRANT TOWNSHIR 
 
 " B." atands for Kenter. 
 
 Name. 
 
 I 
 
 Ayers, E .... 
 .\mes.Josie, Miss 
 
 Allen, C. H 
 
 Blakely, .\ . V ' 
 
 lilakely, J. II 
 
 Bradlev, J. H.... 
 
 Ik-all, S. H 
 
 Boall, S 
 
 Beall, Frank 
 
 Ilaxter, Wm 
 
 liaxtiT, Jas 
 
 Baxter, Wn\. A... 
 
 Beard, Enoch 
 
 Boyles, Wm. M... 
 
 BiUlerback, P 
 
 Hilderhack, G 
 
 Banning, F 
 
 Brown, C. H 
 
 Bolleman, N. M., 
 
 Ohio.. 
 Iowa. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ireland... 
 Virginia., 
 
 Virginia. 
 Virginia. 
 Scotland. 
 iScotland. 
 Scotland. 
 
 < ^ 
 
 1875 
 
 1873 
 1870 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York 
 Ohio 
 
 Afton 
 
 Afton 
 
 Creston 
 
 Afton 
 
 .\fton 
 
 Creston il8 
 
 Aftou 1869 Farmer 
 
 Afton |186» Farmer 
 
 Aft.m Il869 
 
 Creston Farmer 
 
 Creston Farmer 
 
 Creston : I Farmer 
 
 Creston ! Farmer 
 
 Creston Farmer 
 
 '.\fton 18f,8|Farmer 
 
 Afton 1868 Farmer 
 
 jCreston I Farmer 
 
 Creston j 1 875: Farmer 
 
 ICreston 'l870|Farmer 
 
 31 
 
 34 
 16 
 12 
 
 .1 7 
 .123 
 
 Farmer 23 
 
 16 
 16 
 
 16 
 16 
 20 
 36 
 36 
 18 
 29 
 30 
 
 125 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 326 
 
 120 
 
 320 
 80 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 360 
 
 360 
 160 
 
 ?e 
 
 OcniiPATION. 
 
 CTark, G. H.... 
 
 Crowel, N 
 
 Carroll, John.. 
 Carroll, Chas. W.. 
 
 Clark, V. 
 
 Cargill, Eli j 
 
 Cargill, J. C 
 
 Cargill, C. N 
 
 Cargill, E. C 
 
 Chipman, Wm 
 
 Cuykendall, R. J 
 
 Clark, Jas 
 
 Crane, J. F 
 
 Cassiday, B 
 
 Coons, Chas 
 
 Dargitz, T. J 
 
 Dunlap, H. S 
 
 Damon, C 
 
 Drew, R 
 
 Canada'.... Creston., 
 
 Creston., 
 
 Ireland. ...jCreston. 
 
 Illinois jCreston , 
 
 Vermont. ..ICreston. 
 
 Penn Eugene.. 
 
 Penn Eugene.. 
 
 Penn Eugene. 
 
 Penn Eugene.. 
 
 Kentucky. Creston. 
 
 Penn [Afton.... 
 
 Maine iAfton.... 
 
 lndiana....lAfton.... 
 
 Penn jOeston. 
 
 Illinois Creston. 
 
 Ont ICreston. 
 
 Penn ICreston. 
 
 Creston. 
 
 ICreston. 
 
 1874 
 
 187 
 
 1875 
 
 187; 
 
 187f 
 
 1873 
 
 1873 
 
 1873 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 
 
 18' 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 
 30] 
 29i 
 32^ 
 
 Farmer :32 
 
 Farmer 32 
 
 Farmer |33 
 
 Farmer '33 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 80 
 40 
 80 
 
 Farmei- 33 80 
 
 Farmer 33 
 
 Farmer lit 
 
 18 
 Farmer 
 Farmer 
 Farmer 
 Farmer 
 Farmer 
 Farmer 
 
 Laborer 132 
 
 Farmer 30 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 160 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 320 
 
 225 
 
 80 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS HAS BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. 
 

 
 
 Excelsior Mills Grant & Guthrie Props. Afton Iowa. 
 
oi 
 Q 
 W 
 
 u 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 Ph 
 
 U 
 
 -a 
 o 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 O 
 
 o 
 
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 All Goods Warranted as Represented by A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Erwin, .J 
 
 Foster, Jas 
 
 Fievs, E 
 
 Groves, .John 
 
 Goldsmith, E. B.. 
 Grabnm, W. H... 
 
 Galloway, L 
 
 Hopkins, Geo 
 
 Hopkinson, ,1 F... 
 
 Hubbard, N 
 
 Hardy, Jas 
 
 Hartzell. Chas.... 
 Hummer, Geo. A. 
 
 Ide, Geo. A 
 
 Ide, W. T 
 
 Ide, W. T., Jr 
 
 Ide, W. E 
 
 Kester, D. H 
 
 Kettler, H 
 
 Laporte, Cbas 
 
 Laporte, .las '. 
 
 Lucas, E. C 
 
 Lucas, W. P 
 
 Lucas, R. H 
 
 Lucas, M 
 
 Muntz, Mrs. J... 
 
 Muntz, John 
 
 Miller. P. (I 
 
 McCartney, Mrs. U. .11... 
 McCartney, H. A. 
 McCartney, G. M. 
 
 McKee, R. J 
 
 McBetb, Jas 
 
 McKee, Jas 
 
 Neeley, J. S 
 
 Nichols, Howard. 
 Nichols, S. Mrs... 
 
 Nolan, John 
 
 Nichols, Alonzo... 
 
 Oliver, M 
 
 Oakes. Oscar 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 Virginia... 
 Penn 
 
 Maine 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Maine 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Mass 
 
 Mass 
 
 Mass 
 
 Mass 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Germany.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky. 
 Kentucky. 
 Kentucky, 
 Kentucky 
 Vii'giuia.. 
 Virginia... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Indiana ... 
 Indiana.., 
 Indiana... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ireland 
 
 Penn 
 
 Maine 
 
 Maine 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Maine 
 
 Afton ... 
 Afton... 
 Creston. 
 
 Afton.... 
 Creston.. 
 Afton.... 
 Eugene.. 
 Creston.. 
 Creston.. 
 Afton.... 
 Creston . 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 
 Alton. 
 
 Creston. 
 
 Creston., 
 
 Creston., 
 
 Creston. 
 
 Eugene 
 
 Eugene . 
 
 Afton ... 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Afton.... 
 
 Creston., 
 
 Vermont... 
 
 Creston. 
 Creston., 
 Afton ... 
 Afton..., 
 Creston. 
 Afton... 
 Oeston. 
 -•Vfton... 
 
 1876 
 1876 
 
 187 
 
 187-5 
 
 1876 
 
 187 
 
 1870 
 
 1872 
 
 1870 
 
 187: 
 
 1874 
 
 187. 
 
 1875 
 
 1872 
 
 1869 
 1869 
 1876 
 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1876 
 1870 
 187.5' 
 1869 
 1869 
 1871 
 1872 
 
 Laborer.. 
 Laborer.. 
 Laborer.. 
 Laborer.. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Laborer . 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Laborer.. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 1873 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 1 
 s 
 
 
 36 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 18 
 
 1 
 
 32 
 
 1 
 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 
 80 ; 
 
 21 
 
 160 
 
 3 
 
 
 23 
 
 80 ; 
 
 17 
 
 480 
 
 36 
 
 10 
 
 2h 
 
 160 
 
 30 
 
 160 
 
 6 
 
 160 
 
 3 
 
 271 
 
 6 
 
 332 
 
 3 
 
 
 12 
 
 40 
 
 17 
 
 
 1 
 
 80 
 
 1 
 
 
 18 
 
 167 
 
 18 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 19 
 
 
 33 
 
 160 
 
 33 
 
 
 27 
 
 160 
 
 25 
 
 120 
 
 25 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 16 
 
 80 ' 
 
 4 
 
 
 4 
 
 69 
 
 7 
 
 R. 
 
 13 
 
 , 
 
 13 
 
 160 
 
 r. 
 
 R. 
 
 20 
 
 40 
 
 ■2 
 
 j 
 
 11 
 
 160 
 
 Nahe. 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Post OmcB. 
 
 
 Peery, Jos 
 
 Peery, S 
 
 Peery, M 
 
 Perry, H. S 
 
 Peery, Jacob 
 
 Peterson, C 
 
 Paschal, J. W 
 
 Richards, Saul... 
 
 Scott, M. C 
 
 Scott, J. R 
 
 Sullivan, D.aniel.. 
 
 Switzer, M 
 
 iSwitzer, A 
 
 .Snively, John 
 
 Snively, Samuel., 
 
 Smeltzer, L 
 
 Swick, D. F 
 
 Simpson, A 
 
 Stryker, C. S 
 
 Tallman. S | 
 
 Tallman, B 
 
 Turner, David.... 
 
 Turner, A 
 
 Tucker, T. V 
 
 Umbanower. A.W 
 
 Van Horn, H 
 
 Van Horn, Jas.... 
 Van Horn, John.. 
 Van Horn, Wm... 
 White, Jas. A 
 Wolff, F. W.... 
 
 Wolf, Frank 
 
 Wolfe, F. R 
 
 Watkins, Wm 
 
 Wymer, Jas 
 
 Zollinger, S 
 
 Zollinger, C. P... 
 Wallace, Jos. A... 
 
 Walsh, M. B 
 
 Watson, Jas 
 
 Watson, A 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois.... 
 
 N. Y 
 
 Indiana... 
 Denmark., 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Illinois.... 
 Illinois.... 
 Ireland .. 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 jOhio 
 
 jindiana .., 
 iVirginia... 
 j Virginia.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Illinois... 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Iowa 
 
 jindiana .. 
 
 lOhio 
 
 lOhio 
 
 lOhio 
 
 'Maryland 
 
 jPenn 
 
 |Penn 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Afton.... 
 .Vfton.... 
 .\fton.... 
 Afton.... 
 Afton.... 
 Afion.... 
 Creston.. 
 .\fton.... 
 Creston.. 
 Creston.. 
 Oeston.. 
 Creston., 
 Creston., 
 Creston., 
 Oeston.. 
 Creston . 
 Oestou. 
 .\fton..., 
 Creston., 
 Creston., 
 
 1865 
 1865 
 18C5 
 1876 
 1873 
 
 .1874 
 . 1869 
 
 1875 
 
 J18 
 !l8 
 a876 
 il876 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 1875 Fiirmer . 
 1872 Farmer. 
 70 Farmer . 
 
 Ireland. 
 Ireland. 
 
 Afton .... 
 Creston.. 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Creston., 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Creston . 
 Creston. 
 Creston., 
 Afton... 
 Afton..., 
 Creston. 
 Afton..., 
 Creston.. 
 Creston. 
 Afton .... 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 Creston. 
 
 ,!1 
 
 1875 
 1875 
 1871 
 
 Farmer 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 1875 
 
 1872 
 
 1876 
 
 1876 
 
 1870 
 
 1863 
 
 1870 
 
 18' 
 
 18' 
 
 Farmer. . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer . 
 4'Farmer . 
 1 'Farmer . 
 
 1875'Farmer . 
 j.^ IFarmer . 
 
 ll874'Farmer . 
 ,il874,Farmer . 
 ,jl870 Farmer . 
 
 1875 Farmer . 
 ,|l868 Farmer . 
 ,1 'Farmer . 
 
 DIRECTORY OF PLATTE TOWNSHIP. 
 
 ' R." stands for Renter. 
 
 121 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 78 
 80 
 80 
 80 
 40 
 78 
 80 
 80 
 R. 
 R. 
 R. 
 80 
 
 151 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 160 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 K. 
 R. 
 R. 
 
 160 
 
 167 
 
 40 
 
 200 
 
 R. 
 
 167 
 
 120 
 
 160 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 Nativity. 
 
 Post OFricE. 
 
 'II! 
 
 \^\ 
 
 Name. 
 
 .Vndrews, H 
 
 Babbitt, Wm 
 
 Baker, Marion... 
 
 Barr, .Tames 
 
 Bliss, W. H. H.., 
 Bliss, S. Pitkin.. 
 
 Bover, S. A 
 
 Boyce, W 
 
 Brown, Fred 
 
 Brown, Wm 
 
 Brown, Carey W 
 
 Bruning, H 
 
 Burkhalter, S. B. 
 
 Maine 
 
 Illinois .. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York 
 New York . 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New York. 
 Germany.. 
 England... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Germany.. 
 Ohio....."... 
 
 Kent 1870Farmer 17 
 
 Kent ,1875Farmer 3 
 
 Kent 1873 Farmer 23 
 
 Kent 1876 Farmer 23 
 
 Kent 1876!Farmer 20 
 
 Kent 1856jFarmer 22 
 
 Kent 1874|Farmer 8 
 
 Kent 1808jFarmer 35 
 
 Kent 1868 Farmer . 
 
 Kent 1858 Farmer. 
 
 Kent jl873 Farmer . 
 
 Kent 1864 Farmer , 
 
 Creston 1870 Farmer . 
 
 80 
 80 
 40 
 
 360 
 
 560 
 80 
 80 
 
 160 
 80 
 
 240 
 
 Butler, Stephen.. Ohio 
 
 Butler. H Ohio 
 
 Butler, Jesse Ohio 
 
 Butler, Mrs. R... Ireland.... 
 Bruning, F. H... Germany.. 
 
 Capps, John jKentucky. 
 
 Canfield, A Ohio 
 
 Clark, Benj Ohio 
 
 Crosley, James... Ohio 
 
 Cook, James Ohio 
 
 Culver, C. C |Vermont .. 
 
 Clem, Henry llndi.ana ... 
 
 Crossley, James. .'Ohio 
 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Creston 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 18741 
 18751 
 1876 
 1875 
 185",' 
 187(1 
 1871 
 1876 
 18751 
 18.58| 
 1856 1 
 1865 
 18751 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 .21 
 .21 
 .21 
 .33 
 .34 
 
 (•1 u 
 
 160 
 40 
 42 
 80 
 
 240 
 80 
 80 
 
 R. 
 100 
 120 
 
 .14 
 
 .27 
 
 .10 
 
 .18 
 
 .23 
 
 . 27| 300 
 
 .281 130 
 
 TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. 
 
 STEPHENS. 
 
TERMS CASH, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR OUR LOW PRICES. A. P. STEPHENS. 
 
 122 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Nativitt. 
 
 CuipjiV, Tiiofl... 
 Olein, Samuel.. 
 Oort, Tlioiiias... 
 Dobbs, E. M... 
 Downiii);. ("1ms... 
 
 Diivis, Win 
 
 Dnvis, Miillliin.s.. 
 
 Derrickson. C 
 
 Davis, Mrs. liliza. 
 Evans, Matthias.. 
 
 Elliott, .Josiali 
 
 Fulton, I. 15 
 
 Fuller, Wesley .. 
 
 Fislier, Joel 
 
 Francis, -Mfrpil... 
 (Ireenwalt. Geo... 
 George, Barton.... 
 Gleseman, Sam'l. 
 
 Grow, .Setli 
 
 Guaril, ("has 
 
 Gucsfonl, Slepli.. 
 Gutchal, Philip... 
 
 Humphrey, ... 
 
 Hoke, FrLMleric-k. 
 
 HickiDgbolbarD, W 
 
 Hampton, .Mrs... 
 
 Hull. George 
 
 .Joy. .lames 
 
 .Tackson, Levi 
 
 .Jones,.!. W 
 
 .Johnson, Mrs 
 
 Jacobs, Iliram 
 
 Jacobs, N. S 
 
 Jones, Wash 
 
 Jones, Martin 
 
 Jones, John 
 
 Jones, .lames 
 
 .Jones, Kzekiel 
 
 Keim, Geo 
 
 Keim, Lewis 
 
 King, Joseph 
 
 Kinser, Tyre 
 
 kliagrDmltl]. Hauiel... 
 
 Klin;;rniiiiiilh, 8jl 
 
 I. von, (!. .S 
 
 Lyon. J. 
 
 Lemon, A 
 
 Lockwood, E. J... 
 
 Lyon, Thos 
 
 IjOttspeach, (i. H. 
 
 Ijininger, Geo 
 
 Lemon, James 
 
 Laniasters, .James 
 l>isser, Joseph... 
 Liningcr, Osban 
 
 McC^nhay 
 
 Mclntire, E..^... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Indiana .. 
 I England.. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky 
 Ohio 
 
 :.\. c 
 
 England.. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 New Vork, 
 New York, 
 .Maryland 
 Indiana.., 
 .New Vork, 
 Illinois .., 
 Indiana.., 
 Illinois ... 
 
 Penn 
 
 'Illinois ... 
 (Jerniany., 
 F.ngland... 
 
 Penn 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn 
 
 Virginia... 
 Louisiana. 
 
 Penn 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Virginia... 
 Virginia... 
 Kentucky, 
 Kentucky, 
 Kentucky. 
 Indiana... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 I'cnn 
 
 N. York.., 
 Virginia.., 
 
 I'enn 
 
 Wisconsin 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Virginia.. 
 Delaware. 
 
 Penn 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 France 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Germany. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Indiana... 
 
 5S 
 
 Kent 1868 
 
 Kent I 
 
 iCreston il870 
 
 ICreston 118011 
 
 iKent Il874 
 
 Kent 187U 
 
 JKeut 18fi6, 
 
 Kent 18ti8| 
 
 ICreston 1869! 
 
 Kent Il872 
 
 IKent !1869 
 
 ■Creston 11871 
 
 Oeston |l87/J 
 
 '(7reston il87fr 
 
 Creston !l869; 
 
 Creston Il875 
 
 Kent '1868' 
 
 Kent :i87«^ 
 
 'Kent 11874; 
 
 Kent 1873; 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 ;Cre3ton 
 ICreston 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 Kent .. 
 jKent .. 
 Kent .. 
 
 Kent 
 
 Creston 
 Creston 
 Kent 
 
 1806, 
 1868 
 
 1869 
 1874 
 I187.') 
 1872, 
 1871: 
 1874 
 1873 
 1872' 
 
 Creston 
 
 Kent 
 
 ISfJ'.i 
 
 1874 
 
 Kent ... - ! 
 
 Kent 
 
 '1866 
 
 Kent 
 
 II866 
 
 Kent 
 
 '18.58 
 
 Kent 
 
 11866 
 
 Creston 
 
 Creston 
 
 Kent 
 
 11873 
 
 11863 
 
 1875 
 
 Kent 
 
 118.56 
 
 Kent 
 
 J1855 
 
 Kent 
 
 !l8.55 
 
 Kent 
 
 1874 
 
 Kent 
 
 1874 
 
 Jvent 
 
 |1S75 
 
 Kent 
 
 1875 
 
 Kent 
 
 11874 
 
 Kent 
 
 'l871 
 
 Kent 
 
 Il858 
 
 Kent 
 
 1870 
 
 Kent 
 
 11875 
 
 Kent 
 
 Kent 
 
 11875 
 
 1863 
 
 Kent 
 
 1875 
 
 Kent 
 
 1875 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Fanner 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer — 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 34, 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Works George 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer . 
 
 66 
 R.l 
 
 100! 
 
 120 
 80 
 80 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 sol 
 
 R. 1 
 
 240 
 
 120 
 
 R.l 
 
 240 
 
 160! 
 
 120 I 
 
 260 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 280 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 80 
 R. 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 40 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 160 
 
 100 
 
 116 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 200 
 
 90 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 R. 
 
 160 
 
 160 
 
 200 
 
 R. 
 
 40 
 
 20 
 
 160 
 
 Name. 
 
 Nativiiy. 
 
 Poer Office. 
 
 Mtinyon, Wm Ohio.. 
 
 Mclntire. J Iowa.. 
 
 Miller, Wm 
 
 Maiden, H Illinois. 
 
 McCafferty, Wm.. Ohio 
 McManis, K. .S... Kentucky. 
 
 McDuffie, jOhio .".. 
 
 Mann, W ()hio 
 
 Mann, Isaac jOhio 
 
 .Munch, Nelson... Ohio 
 
 Munch, David Ohio 
 
 Madden, Joshua. Penn 
 
 Madden, George.. Penn 
 
 Mailden. A Penn 
 
 Macaulay, A Michigan.. 
 
 McMurphy, H. A New York 
 Murphy, Chris... Ireland... 
 
 Madden, Rachael'Penn 
 
 Madden, Liberty iPenn 
 
 McKeen, J. V JNew York 
 
 Morgan. Ralph... Ohio 
 Nix, Benjamin.... Kentiicky. 
 
 Nolan, John Illinois 
 
 Oshell, John lOhio 
 
 Potter, Israel 1n. Jersey. 
 
 Kent 1876]Farmer . 
 
 Kent 1872 Farmer . 
 
 Kent 
 
 Kent 1876 
 
 Kent 187t)' 
 
 Creston 'l855 
 
 Creston J18.59 
 
 Kent 1874; 
 
 S a < OCCUPATIOM. 
 
 sis 
 
 00 o 
 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 Kent. 
 
 11870] 
 
 1870 
 
 Il876 
 
 11868 
 
 J1868 
 
 \^m 
 
 Creston 11874] 
 
 Kent ;1874 
 
 Kent 1855 
 
 Kent 1855 
 
 Kent 1874, 
 
 Kent 1870 
 
 Kent 18.55, 
 
 Creston 18751 
 
 Creston 1872| 
 
 Creston ll864| 
 
 Creston !l875 
 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer .. 
 Farmer ., 
 Farmer '25 
 
 Petree, Wm 
 
 Pitkin, Frank 
 
 Petree, Isaac 
 
 Petree, Adam 
 
 Patterson, L. S... 
 Patch,D.M.,J.P. 
 Reese,J. R.,J. P. 
 
 Rhodes, .lane 
 
 Handall, Wash'n. 
 
 Kice, H 
 
 Robinson, J. C... 
 Spurrier, Sam'l,.. 
 Spurrier, Fr'klin, 
 
 Strous, P 
 
 Severn, S 
 
 Sailing, Mitchell. 
 
 .Samples, Jas 
 
 Thompson, Jos... 
 
 Tait, James 
 
 Ulrey, Cyrus 
 
 Vess, H. A 
 
 Van Horn, Jas... 
 
 Wright, P. 
 
 Williams, Geo llUinois .. 
 
 Williams, Chas...jIllinois.. 
 Williams, Gust...Maine.... 
 Williams, Ilenry.llllinois . 
 
 Walker. Wm jOhio 
 
 Worlliington, W.. Indiana . 
 
 Woods, Michael.. Ohio 
 
 WorthiEigtoD, U. I Indiana. 
 
 Tenn 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Tenn 
 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 N. Hamp.. 
 Virginia .. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio, 
 Ohio, 
 
 Penn 
 
 New York 
 
 Iowa 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kentucky. 
 Ireland ... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Scotland... 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Virginia .. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Kent 1866 
 
 Kent 1869, 
 
 Kent 1868 
 
 Creston 1869' 
 
 Oeston 1868 
 
 Kent 186.5 
 
 Creston 11858 
 
 Creston 1870 
 
 iKcnt 1875] 
 
 ICreston 1876 
 
 Kent 11871 
 
 Kent '1868, 
 
 Kent '1868 
 
 Kent 18741 
 
 iKent 1876 
 
 iKent 1866' 
 
 JKent I864I 
 
 JKent 1870 
 
 IKent 1871 
 
 Kent '187(1 
 
 Kent 'l873] 
 
 Oeston '1874 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer 
 
 Farmer t 5 
 
 Farmer |11 
 
 Kent 
 Kent 
 Rtnt 
 Kent 
 Kent 
 Kent 
 Kent 
 Kent 
 
 1875 
 1875 
 1874 
 1874 
 1874! 
 1871 
 18681 
 1856 
 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 Farmer . 
 
 Farmer 10 
 
 'Farmer 18 
 
 JFarmer |29 
 
 jFarmer !32 
 
 .IKent '1868 Farmer '32 
 
 R. 
 
 140 
 80 
 
 120 
 
 500 
 40 
 
 120 
 R. 
 40 
 R. 
 80 
 90 
 
 120 
 
 93 
 
 200 
 
 20 
 
 30 
 
 160 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 120 
 
 120 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 40 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 160 
 
 160 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 R. 
 
 R. 
 
 120 
 
 20 
 
 120 
 
 A. P. STEPHENS HAS BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. 
 
DiaEST OF 
 
 LAWS OF THE STATE OF IOWA, 
 
 AS COMPILED BY 
 
 JOHN A. PATTERSON, Attorney at Law, Creston, Iowa. 
 
 COMMERCIAL LAW. 
 
 Actions. — Actions are brought in the county where 
 defendant resides ; or where property in controversy is 
 found ; or where cause of action arose ; or in any county 
 where common carrier operates its line or road. Insurance 
 companies may be sued where loss occurred ; non-residentg 
 may be sued in any county where personal service can be 
 made or property attached. 
 
 Suits are begun in the District and Circuit Courts by 
 filing petition stating the facts constituting the plaintiff's 
 cause of action, and causing notice to be served on defend- 
 ant. The petition must be filed and tlie notice served ten 
 clear days before the term of court. 
 
 Limitations. — Actions founded on injury to the per- 
 son or reputation, or for a statute penalty, or to enforce a 
 mechanic's lien, must be brought within two years. 
 
 Those against a Sheriff or other public officer, within 
 three years. 
 
 Those founded on unwritten contracts or injuries to 
 property or relief on ground of fraud, and all other cases 
 not otherwise provided for, five years. 
 
 Those founded on written contracts, or for the recov- 
 ery of real property or on judgments other than courts of 
 record, ten years. 
 
 Those founded on the judgment of any t'ourt of record, 
 twenty years. 
 
 There is a saving, except in suits for penalties and for- 
 feitures, to minors and insane persons, of one year after 
 such disability is removed. If barred by the laws of any 
 country, the action will be barred in this State, unless the 
 cause of action arose in this State. 
 
 Absence from the State stops the limitation from run- 
 ning during such absence. 
 
 Causes once fully barred can only be renewed by new 
 promise or admission in writing. 
 
 Testimony. — As a general rule, every human being of 
 sufficient capacity to understand the obligations of an oath 
 may testify. The wife or husband cannot testify against 
 the other, except in criminal cases for a crime committed, 
 the one against the other. A party charged with a crime 
 is not competent to testify in his own behalf. 
 
 Service. — In District and Circuit Courts, the notice 
 must be served in the county at least ten clear days before 
 the first day of the term. Without the county, but in the 
 judicial district, fifteen days. Elsewhere, so as to leave 
 twenty days for every one thousand miles extending be- 
 tween the places of trial and service. 
 
 Service by publication, made by publishing notice re- 
 quired for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper in the 
 county. 
 
 Attachment. — The plaintiff must file sworn petition, 
 stating : 
 
 1. That defendant is a foreign corporation or acting as 
 such ; or, 
 
 2. That he is a non-resident of the State ; or, 
 
 3. That he is about to remove his property out of the 
 State without leaving sufficient remaining for the payment 
 of his debts ; or, 
 
 4. That he has disposed of his property, in whole or in 
 part, with intent to defraud his creditors ; or, 
 
 5. That he is about to dispose of his property with 
 intent to defraud his creditors ; or, 
 
 6. That he has absconded, so ordinary process cannot 
 be served upon him ; or, 
 
 7. That he is about to remove permanently out of the 
 county, and has property therein not exempt from execu- 
 tion, and refuses to pay or secure the plaintiff; or, 
 
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 8. That he is about to remove permanently out of the 
 State, and refuses to pay or secure plaintiff; or, 
 
 9. That lie is about to remove his property, or a part 
 thereof, out of the county with intent to defraud his credi- 
 tors; or, 
 
 10. That he is about to convert his property, or a part 
 thereof, into money for the purpose of placing it beyond 
 the reach of his creditors ; or, 
 
 11. That he has property or rights in action which he 
 conceals ; or, 
 
 12. That debt due is for property obtained under false 
 pretenses. 
 
 Such property as is not exempt from execution may be 
 attached. Sheriff may levy upon fifty per cent, greater 
 than amount claimed. 
 
 Plaintiff must give bond for double the value of prop- 
 erty sought to be attached. 
 
 A supposed debtor or person holding property may be 
 attached as garnishee by leaving with him a notice to not 
 pay over to defendant any debt due or to become due, and 
 to hold any property which is now or may hereafter come 
 into his liands, to be dealt with according to law. 
 
 Judgments in the Supreme, District and Circuit Courts 
 of the State, and in the District and Circuit Courts of the 
 United States, rendered in this State, are liens for a period 
 of ten years from the date of the judgment upon the real 
 est.-ite owned by the defendant at the date of the rendition 
 of the judgments, and also upon all he may subsequently 
 acquire. If the lands lie in the county where judgment 
 was rendered, the lien attaches from the date of judgment. 
 If in any other county, from the date of filing an attested 
 copy of the judgment in the office of the Clerk of District 
 Court. 
 
 Executions may issue at any time before judgment is 
 barred by the statute of limitations ; may run to any county 
 of the State by filing in such county transcript of judg- 
 ment. 
 
 In sale of real estate, Sheriff must give four weeks' 
 notice of time and place of sale, by posting in three public 
 places of the county, one of which shall be at the place 
 where the last District Court was held, and also two publi- 
 cations in some newspaper printed in the county. 
 
 In selling personal property, there shall be three weeks' 
 notice, and, if over two hundred dollars in value, by two 
 publications in newspaper in the countJ^ 
 
 Defendant may redeem real property at any time 
 within one year from day of sale, unless he has taken 
 
 an appeal from the District or Circuit Court, or stayed 
 
 execution. 
 
 When an execution is returned unsatisfied, plaintiff may - 
 have an order for the appearance and examination of de- 
 fendant, and, if any property be thus discovered, it may be 
 levied upon and applied to the satisfaction of the judgment. 
 
 Stay of Execution. — Stay of execution may be taken 
 within ten days from date of judgment by procuring one 
 or more sufficient freehold sureties to enter into a bond ac- 
 knowledging themselves security for the payment of the 
 judgment, interest and costs. 
 
 If the sum does not exceed one hundred dollars, stay 
 may be had three months. 
 
 If the sum exceeds one hundred dollars, stay may be 
 had six months. 
 
 All judgments on which stay is taken shall bear interest 
 at ten per cent. 
 
 No stay can be taken on a judgment for the wages of a 
 aboring man or mechanic. 
 
 Mechanics' Liens. — Every mechanic, or other person 
 who shall do any labor upon or furnish any materials, ma- 
 chinery or fixtures for any building, erection or other 
 improvement upon land, shall have for his labor done, or 
 material, machinery, or for time furnished, a lien upon such 
 building, erection or other improvement, and upon the 
 land upon which such building, erection or other improve- 
 ment is situated, to the extent of the interest owned by the 
 party having such labor done and material furnished. 
 
 Mechanics' liens have priority according to date of 
 filing the account, and may be foreclosed at any time after 
 filing said account, properly verified by Clerk of Circuit 
 Court. The taking of collateral security does not operate 
 against the lien if the security be taken after the work is 
 completed, unless it is expressly agreed that the security is 
 taken in lieu of the laborer or material man's right to 
 the lien. 
 
 Contractors wishing to avail themselves of the benefits 
 of a mechanic's lien must file their account within ninety 
 days, and sub-contractors must file their account within 
 thirty days from the date upon which the last of the mate- 
 rial shall have been furnished or the last of the labor was 
 performed ; but a failure or omission to file the same within 
 the periods last aforesaid shall not defeat the lien except 
 against purchasers or incumbrances in good faith without 
 notice, whose rights accrued after the thirty or ninety days, 
 as the case may be, and before any claim for the lien was 
 filed. 
 
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 Lawful Fence. — A fence made of three rails, of good, 
 substantial material, or three boards not less than six inches 
 wide and three-quarters of an inch thick, such rails or 
 boards to be fastened in or to good substantial posts, not 
 more than ten feet apart where rails are used, and not more 
 than eight feet apart where boards are used, when either 
 wholly or in part substantially built and kept in good repair, 
 or any other kind of fence which, in the opinion of the 
 fence viewers, shall be equivalent thereto, shall be declared 
 a lawful fence ; provided that the lowest or bottom rail, 
 wire or board shall not be more than twenty nor less than 
 sixteen inches from the ground, and that such fence shall 
 be fifty-four inches in height ; except that a barbed wire 
 fence may consist of three barbed wires, or of four wires 
 two of which shall be barbed, such fence in either case to 
 have not less than fort}' iron barbs to the rod ; the wires to 
 be firmly fastened to posts not more than two rods apart, 
 with two stays between the posts, or with posts not) more 
 than one rod apart without such stays, the top wire to be 
 not more than fiftj'-six nor less than forty-eight inches in 
 height, and the bottom wire not more than twenty nor less 
 than sixteen inches from the ground ; 
 
 Provided further. That all partition fences may be 
 made tight at the expense of the party desiring it, and such 
 party may take from such fence the same material by him 
 added thereto whenever he may elect ; and 
 
 Provided further. That when the owner or occupants 
 of adjoining land use the same for the purpose of pasturing 
 swine or sheep, each of said owners or occupants shall keep 
 their respective shares of the partition fence sufficiently tight 
 to restrain such swine or sheep. 
 
 Chattel Mortgages. — Any mortgage of personal prop- 
 erty to secure the payment of money only, in which the 
 date of payment is fixed, may be foreclosed by notice and 
 sale, or by action in the proper court. 
 
 The notice and sale must be same as in case of execu- 
 tion sale of similar property. 
 
 Mortgage holds legal title and right of possession. 
 
 The mortgage must be signed, acknowledged and 
 recorded as deeds. The husband need not join the wife, 
 nor wife the husband, in mortgaging chattel property. 
 
 Deeds. — Must be in writing, signed by both husband 
 and wife, and acknowledged and recorded. 
 
 Wills. — Any person of full age and sound mind may 
 dispose, by will, of all his property, except what is sufficient 
 to pay his debts, or what is allowed as a homestead, or other- 
 wise given by law as privileged property to his wife or 
 
 family. Property subsequently acquired may be devised 
 when the intention is clear and explicit. Posthumous chil- 
 dren inherit as though no will had been made. 
 
 Subscribing witness cannot inherit, unless there are two 
 competent witnesses besides ; but he may inherit to the ex- 
 tent he would have taken if no will had been made. 
 
 Real Mortgages must be foreclosed by equitable pro- 
 ceedings ; the property, or so much as be sufficient to pay 
 the debt, shall be sold on special execution. Party may re- 
 deem at any time within one year, unless he has taken an 
 appeal or stay. 
 
 Mortgages should be signed, acknowledged and recorded 
 as deeds. The mortgagor is entitled to the possession of 
 premises and holds the legal title. 
 
 In mortgage given for purchase money, wife need not 
 join. 
 
 Married Women. — The husband or wife is nol liable 
 for the debts of the other before marriage. Contracts may 
 be made by the wife and liabilities incurred and enforced 
 against her to the same extent and in the same manner 
 as if she were unmarried. 
 
 The husband is not responsible for the civil injuries 
 committed by the wife, unless he would be jointly responsi- 
 ble with her, if the marriage did not exist. 
 
 The expenses of the family and the education of the 
 children are chargeable upon the property of both husband 
 and wife, or either. 
 
 Neither husband nor wife can remove the other, nor 
 their children, from the homestead, without his or her 
 consent. 
 
 Dower. — One-third in value of all the legal or equita- 
 ble estates in real property, possessed by the husband at 
 any time during the marriage, which have not been sold on 
 execution, or any other judicial sale, and to which the wife 
 has made no relinquishment of her right, shall be set apart 
 as her property in fee simple, if she survive him. 
 
 The same share of the real estate of a deceased wife 
 shall be set apart to the surviving husband. If there be no 
 children, the share shall be one-half the estate. 
 
 Interest. — The legal rate of interest is six per cent, on : 
 
 1. Money due by express contracts. 
 
 2. Money after same becomes due. 
 
 3. Money lent. 
 
 4. Monej' received to the use of another, and retained 
 bej'ond a reasonable time. 
 
 5. Money due on settlement of account from the day 
 the balance is ascertained. 
 
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 H. Money due on open account after six months from 
 the date of the last item. 
 
 7. Money due and no rate is stipulated. 
 
 In all the foregoing cases, the parties may agree for 
 any rate not to exceed ten per cent. 
 
 Judgments draw the same rate ;is the original contracts. 
 
 Where stay of execution is taken, the judgment draws 
 ten per cent. 
 
 If a greater rate is contracted for, it works a forfeiture to 
 the school fund of ten per cent., and the plaintiff" shall have 
 judgment for the principal sum without interest and costs. 
 
 PROBATE LAW. 
 
 Ci.Ai.MS Against Estates. — Claims must be clearly 
 stated, sworn to and filed with the Clerk of the Circuit 
 Court, and are payable in the following order : 
 
 1. Debts entitled to preference under the laws of the 
 United States. 
 
 2. Public rates and taxes. 
 
 3. Claims filed within six months from the first publi- 
 cation of the notice of the appointment of executor or 
 administrator. 
 
 4. All other debts. 
 
 5. Legacies. 
 
 Claims of the fourth class not filed and proved within 
 twelve months from giving notice of appointment of execu- 
 tor or administrator are forever barred, unless the claim is 
 pending in Supreme or District Court, or unless peculiar 
 circumstances entitle the claimants to equitable relief. 
 
 No payment can be made to a claimant in any one class 
 until those of a previous class are satisfied. If a claim filed 
 is not admitted by the executor, a notice and copy of claim 
 must be served on the executor ten days before the day of 
 hearing the proof. 
 
 TAX LAW. 
 
 Real estate is assessed every two years ; personal prop- 
 erty every year. Taxes become due the second Monday of 
 November, and delinquent February first. After delinquent 
 there is a penalty of one per cent, for the first three 
 months, two per cent, for the second three, and three per 
 cent, a month thereafter. 
 
 Tax sales of real property occur on the first Monday of 
 October ; notice must be given by publishing three weeks 
 in county paper, and posting four weeks. Party entitled 
 
 to redeem must pay the amount for which it was sold, to 
 which is added a penalty of twenty per cent., with ten per 
 cent, interest on the whole atnount from day of sale. 
 
 Two years and nine months from date of sale, the holder 
 of the certificate shall cause to be served upon the party in 
 whose name the land is taxed a notice by him, his agent or 
 attorney, stating tlie date of sale, description of property, 
 name of purchaser, and that the right of redemption will 
 expire in ninety days, ami a deed be made, unless redeemed 
 in that time. 
 
 Service may be made on non-residents of the county by 
 publishing three times in nearest newspaper. 
 
 Ninety days from completed .service, the holder of cer- 
 tificate of purchase will be entitled to a deed, if the land 
 has not been redeemed. 
 
 The deed is presumptive evidence that the property was 
 subject to taxation ; that the taxes were not paid ; that the 
 property had not been redeemed ; that the property had 
 been duly listed, assessed, advertised and sold : and that 
 the taxes were levied according to law ; and the deed shall 
 be conclusive evidence that the manner in which the listing, 
 assessment, levy, notice and sale were conducted, in all re- 
 spects, as the law directed, and that the grantee was the 
 purchaser, and that all the requirements of the law, nec- 
 essary to make a good deed, have been complied with, 
 except in regard to the points wherein the deed shall be 
 presumptive evidence only. 
 
 If the real property of a minor or lunatic is sold for 
 taxes, it may be redeemed any time within one year after 
 such disability is removed. 
 
 Action to recover real property will not lie after five 
 years from the execution and recording of the deed ; but 
 minors, lunatics and convicts in the penitentiary may bring 
 such suit within five years from removal of such disability. 
 
 EXEMPTION LAW. 
 
 A resident of the State and head of a family may hold 
 the following property exempt from execution : 
 
 All wearing apparel of himself and family kept for 
 actual use and suitable to their condition, and the trunks or 
 other receptacles necessary to contain the same ; one musket 
 or rifle and shot gun; all private libraries, fiimily bibles, 
 portraits, pictures, musical instruments, and paintings, not 
 kept for the purpose of sale ; a seat or pew occupied by the 
 debtor or his family in any house of public worship ; an in- 
 terest in a public or private burial ground, not exceeding 
 
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 one acre; two cows and calf; one horse, unless a horse is 
 exempt as hereinafter provided ; fifty sheep and the wool 
 thereon ; six stands of bees ; five hogs, and all pigs under 
 six months : the necessary food for exempted animals for 
 six months ; all flax raised from one acre of gi-ound and 
 manufactures therefrom ; one bedstead and necessary bed- 
 ding for every two in the family ; all cloth manufactured 
 by the defendant, not exceeding one hundred yards; house- 
 hold and kitchen furniture, not exceeding two hundred dol- 
 lars in value ; all spinning wheels and looms ; one sewing 
 machine and other instruments of domestic labor kept for 
 actual use ; the necessary provisions and fuel for the use of 
 the family for six months ; the proper tools, instruments or 
 books of the debtor, if a farmer, mechanic, surveyor, cler- 
 gyman, lawyer, physician, teacher or professor ; the horse 
 or the team, consisting of not more than two horses or 
 mules, or two yokes of cattle, and the wagon or other vehi- 
 cle, with the proper harness or tackle, by the use of which 
 the debtor, if a physician, public officer, farmer, teamster 
 or other laborer, habitually earns his living ; and to the 
 debtor, if a printer, thei'e shall also be exempt a printing 
 press and the types, furniture and material necessary for 
 the use of such printing press and a newspaper office, to 
 the value of twelve hundred dollars ; the earnings of such 
 debtor or those of his family, at any time within ninety 
 days next preceding the levy. 
 
 Unmarried persons not the head of a family, and non- 
 residents, have exempt their own ordinary wearing apparal 
 and trunks to contain the same. 
 
 Nothing is exempt for the purchase price thereof. 
 
 IIoMESTE.VDS. — The homestead of every family is ex- 
 empt from judicial sale, but is liable for the purchase money 
 and for debts contracted prior to the purchase thereof, or 
 those created by written contract stipulating that it is liable 
 therefor. If within a town plat, it must not exceed a half 
 acre, or in the countr}-, forty acres, unless its value is less 
 than five hundred dollars, in which case it may be enlarged 
 until the value reaches that amount. 
 
 UAME LAW. 
 
 If any person elsewhere than on his own premises, and 
 for his own exclusive use, kill, ensnare or trap any wild 
 deer, elk, fawn, prairie hen or chicken, between the first day 
 of January and the twenty-second day of August, in any 
 year ; or any wood-cock between the first day of January 
 
 and July, in any year : or any ruflled grouse or pheasant, 
 between the fifteenth day of December and the twelfth day 
 of September, in any year ; or any wild turkey between the 
 first of February and the first of September, in any year ; 
 or if any person, elsewhere than on his own premises, net, 
 ensnare or trap any of said animals or birds, at any time of 
 any year, except in the month of December thereof; or if 
 any person anywhere shoot, kill, net, ensnare or trap any 
 quail at any time of the year, except that it shall be lawful 
 for any one to shoot quail upon any premises with the con- 
 sent of the owner or occupant thereof between the first day 
 of October and the first day of January, of each year ; or 
 if any person kill, ensnare or trajj any beaver, mink, otter 
 or mu.skrat, between the first day of April and the first 
 day of November, in each year ; or if any person buy or 
 sell any of the above animals or birds which liave been 
 trapped, ensnared or killed between the days above men- 
 tioned, he shall be punished by a fine of fifteen dollars for 
 each deer, fawn or elk snared, entrapped, killed, bought, 
 sold or held in possession ; and five dollars for any bird or 
 game above mentioned, thus killed, trapped, ensnared, 
 bought, sold or held in possession ; one-half of such fine to 
 be paid to the person upon whose information the same is 
 recovered. 
 
 If any person go upon the premises of any other person 
 or corporation, whether enclosed or not, and be found hunt- 
 ing, trapping or ensnaring any of the above named birds or 
 animals, in violation of the foregoing provisions, he shall 
 be punished, by fine, in any sum not less than three dollars 
 nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 If any person shall catch or take any fish other than 
 small fish for bait in any of the waters over which the State 
 has exclusive jurisdiction, except in what is commonly known 
 as bayous, with any net, seine, wire-basket, trap or any 
 other device whatsoever, except with a hook and line, snare, 
 gun or spear, he shall forfeit and pay five dollars for each 
 fish so caught or taken. 
 
 Any person who shall go upon the premises of any per- 
 son or corporation, whether enclosed or not, and shall be 
 found seeking to take, by any means whatsoever, except a 
 hook and line, any fish, shall be deemed guilty of trespass, 
 and may be prosecuted in the name of the State of Iowa by 
 any person in possession of said premises, before any Jus- 
 tice of the Peace, or other court of competent jurisdiction, 
 and fined in any sum not less than five nor more than fifty 
 dollars ; but a judgment under the two preceding sections 
 shall be a bar to any prosecution under this section. 
 
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 SCHOOL LAW. I 
 
 1 
 
 Section 1713. Each civil township now or hereafter ! 
 organized, and each independent scliool district organized 
 as such jirior to the taking eftect of this code, is hereby 
 declared a school district for all the purposes of this chapter, 
 subject to the provisions hereinafter made. 
 
 Sec. 1714. When an organized district has been left 
 without officers, the township trustees shall give such notice 
 for a special election of directors, as is required in cases of 
 regular district elections ; and the persons elected shall 
 continue in office until their successors are dulv elected and 
 qualified. 
 
 Sec. 171-'). When changes in civil township boundaries 
 are made, or any district shall be divided into two or more 
 entire townships for civil purposes, the existing board of 
 directors shall continue to act for both or all the new dis- 
 tricts, or parts of districts, until the next regular district 
 election thereafter, at which time the new district townships 
 shall organize by the election of directors. The respective 
 boards of directors shall, immediately after such organiza- 
 tion, make an equitable division of the then existing assets 
 and liabilities between the old and new districts; and in 
 case of a failure to agree, the matter may be decided by 
 arbitrators, chosen by the parties in interest. A similar 
 division shall be made in case of the formation or changes 
 of boundaries of independent districts. 
 
 Sec. 1716. Every school district which is now or may 
 hereafter be organized is hereby made a body corporate by 
 the name of the "district township," or '• independent dis- 
 trict " (as the case may be), of , in the county 
 
 of , and in that name may hold property, become 
 
 a party to suits and contracts and do other corporate acts. 
 
 Sec. 1717. Each district township shall hold an annual 
 meeting on the second Monday in March, and the electors 
 of the district, when legally assembled at such meeting, 
 shall have the following powers : 
 
 1. To a])point a chairman and secretary in the absence 
 of the regular officers ; 
 
 2. To direct the sale or other disposition to be made 
 of any school-house, or the site thereof, and of such other 
 property, personal and real, as may belong to the district ; 
 to direct the manner in which the proceeds arising there- 
 from shall be applied ; to determine what additional 
 liranches shall be taught in the schools of the district; or 
 to delegate any of these powers to the board of directors ; 
 
 3. To vote such tax, not exceeding ten mills on the 
 dollar in any one year, on the taxable property of the dis- 
 
 trict township, as the meeting shall deem sufficient for the 
 purchase of grounds and the construction of the necessary, 
 school-houses for the use of the district, and for the pay- 
 ment of any debts contracted for the erection of school- 
 houses, and for procuring district libraries. 
 
 Sec. 1718. The several sub-districts shall, annually, on 
 the first Monday in March, hold a meeting for the election 
 of a sub-director, five days' notice of which meeting shall 
 be given by the then resident sub-director, or, if there is 
 none, by the district secretary, posting a written notice in 
 three public places therein, and such notice shall state the 
 hour of meeting. 
 
 Sec. 1719. At the meeting of the sub-district, a chair- 
 man and secretary shall be appointed, who shall act as 
 judges of the election, and give a certificate of election to 
 the sub-director elect. 
 
 Sec. 1720. In all district townships comprising but one 
 sub-district, the board of directors shall consist of three 
 sub-directors ; and in all district townships comprising but 
 two sub-districts, it shall consist of one sub-director chosen 
 from each sub-district, and one from the district township 
 at large, who shall in both cases be elected in the manner 
 provided by law for the election nf one sub-director from 
 each sub-district. The judges of the respective sub-district 
 elections shall canvass the votes for sub-director chosen 
 from the district township at large, and shall issue a certifi- 
 cate of election to the person elected. 
 
 Sec. 1721. (As amended by Chap. 27, Laws of 1874.) 
 The sub-directors of the several sub-districts shall consti- 
 tute a board of directors for the district township, and shall 
 enter upon their duties upon the day fixed for the regular 
 meeting of the board in Marcli, at which time they shall 
 organize by electing from their own number a president, 
 who shall simply be entitled to a vote as a member of the 
 board ; and from the district township at large, at their 
 regular meeting on the third Monday of September in each 
 year, a secretary and a treasurer, unless there are at least 
 five sub-directors in the district township, in which case 
 they may be selected from the board ; and said secretary 
 and treasurer thus elected shall qualify and enter upon the 
 duties of their respective offices within ten days following 
 the date of their election. If selected from the district 
 township at large, they shall have no vote in the proceed- 
 ings of the board. 
 
 Sec. 1722. The board of directors shall hold their regu- 
 lar meetings on the third Monday in March and September 
 of each year ; and may hold such special meetings as occa- 
 
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 sion may require, at the call of the president, or by request 
 of a majority of the board. 
 
 Sec. 1723. They shall make all contracts, purchases, 
 payments and sales necessary to carry out any vote of the 
 district; but before erecting any school-house they shall 
 consult with the county superintendent as to the most ap- 
 proved plan of such building. And all school-houses erected 
 or repaired at a cost exceeding three hundred dollars shall 
 be so erected or repaired by contract, and no such contract 
 for labor or materials shall be let until proposals for the 
 same shall have been invited by advertisement for four 
 weeks in some newspaper published in the county where the 
 work is to be done, if there be one published therein, if 
 not, in the nearest newspaper in an adjoining county ; and 
 such contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, 
 and bonds with sufficient sureties for the faithful perform- 
 ance of the contract shall be required. 
 
 Sec. 1724. They shall fix the site for each school- 
 house, taking into consideration the geographical position 
 and convenience of the people of each portion of the sub- 
 district, and shall determine what number of schools shall 
 be taught in each sub-district, and for what additional time 
 beyond the period required by law they shall be continued 
 during each year. 
 
 Sec. 1725. (As amended by Chap. lOK, Laws of 1876.) 
 They shall determine where pupils may attend school, and 
 for this purpose may divide their district into such sub-dis- 
 tricts as may, by them, be deemed necessary : Provided, 
 That no such sub-district shall be created for the accommo- 
 dation of less than fifteen pupils, but the board of direct- 
 ors shall have power to rent a room and employ a teacher 
 for the accommodation of any five scholars ; Provided, 
 further, that nothing in this chapter contained shall be con- 
 strued to prohibit the construction of as many school-houses, 
 out of moneys derived from taxes levied previous to Jan- 
 uary 1, 1876, in any sub-district, where the sub-district 
 comprises the entire district township, as shall have been 
 authorized and provided for at the annual meeting of the 
 district township electors. 
 
 Sec. 1726. They may establish graded or union 
 schools wherever they may be necessary, and may select a 
 person who shall have the general supervision of the schools 
 in their district, subject to the rules and regulations of the 
 board. 
 
 Sec. 1727. In each sub-district there shall be taught 
 one or more schools for the instruction of the youth between 
 the ages of five and twenty-one years, for at least twenty- 
 
 four weeks, of five school days each, in each year, unless 
 the county superintendent shall be satisfied that tliere is 
 good and sufficient cause for failure so to do. Any person 
 who was in the military service of the United States during 
 his minority shall be admitted into the schools in the sub- 
 district in which he may reside, on the same terms on wliicli 
 youths between the ages of five and twenty-one are admitted. 
 
 Sec. 1728. The board of directors of any district, town- 
 ship or independent district shall not order, or direct, or 
 make any change in the school books or series of text- 
 books used in any .school under their superintendence, 
 direction, or control, more than once in every period of 
 three years, except by a vote of the electors of the district 
 township or independent district. 
 
 Sec. 1729. They may u.seany unappropriated contingent 
 fund in the treasury to purchase records, dictionaries, maps, 
 charts and apparatus for the use of the schools of their 
 district, but shall contract no debts for this purpose. 
 
 Sec. 1730. They shall appoint a temporary president 
 and secretary in case of the absence of the regular officers, 
 and shall fill any vacancy that may occur in the office of 
 president, secretary or treasurer or in the board of directors. 
 
 Sec. 1731. They shall require the secretary and 
 treasurer to give bonds to the district in such penalty and 
 with such security as they may deem necessary to secure 
 the district against loss, conditioned for the faithful per- 
 formance of their official duties. The bonds shall be filed 
 with the president, and in case of a breach of the condi- 
 tions thereof, he shall bring suit thereon in the name of 
 the district township or independent district. 
 
 Sec. 1732. They shall, from time to time, examine the 
 accounts of the treasurer and make settlement with him ; 
 and shall present, at each regular meeting of the electors 
 of the district township, a full statement of the receipts 
 and expenditures of the district township, and such other 
 information as may be deemed important. 
 
 Sec. 1733. They shall audit and allow all just claims 
 against the district, and fix the compensation of the secre- 
 tary and treasurer, and no order shall be drawn on the 
 treasury until the claim for which it is drawn has been 
 audited and allowed. 
 
 Sec. 1734. They shall visit the schools in their dis- 
 trict, and aid the teachers in establishing and enforcing the 
 rules for the government of the schools, and see that they 
 keep a correct list of the pupils, embracing the periods of 
 time during which they have attended school, the branches 
 taught, and such other matters as may be required by the 
 
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 county superintendent. In case a teacher employed in any 
 of the scliools of the district township is found to be incom- 
 petent, or is guilty of partiality or dereliction in the dis- 
 charge of his duties, or for any other sufficient cause shown, 
 tlie board of directors may, after a full and fair investiga- 
 tion of the facts of the case, at a meeting convened for the 
 purpose, at which the teacher shall be permitteil to be 
 present and make his defense, discharge hiui. 
 
 Sec. 1135. The majority of the board in independent 
 districts shiill have power, with the concurrence of the 
 president of the board of directors, to dismiss or suspend 
 any pupils from the school in their district for gi-oss 
 immorality or for a persistent violation of the regulations 
 or rules of the school, and to re-admit them if they deem 
 proper so to do. 
 
 Sec. 1736. They shall, at their regular meeting in 
 March of each year, require the secretary to file with the 
 county superintendent, county auditor and county treasurer, 
 each, a certificate of the election, qualification and post 
 office address of the president, treasurer and secretary of 
 the district township, and to advise them from time to time 
 of any changes made in said offices by appointment. 
 
 Sec. 1737. They shall make such rules and regulations 
 as may be necessary for the direction and restriction of sub- 
 directors in the discharge of their official duties, and not 
 inconsistent with law. 
 
 Sec. 1738. A majority of the board of directors shall 
 be a quorum to transact business, but a less number may 
 adjourn from time to time, and no tax shall be levied by 
 the board after the third Monday in May ; nor shall the 
 boundaries of sub-districts be changed except by a vote 
 of the majority of the board, nor shall the members of 
 the board, except its secretary and treasurer, receive pay 
 out of any school funds for services rendered under this 
 chapter. 
 
 Sec. 1739. The president shall preside at all meetings 
 of tlie board of directors and of the district township ; shall 
 draw all drafts on the county treasury for money apportioned 
 to his district ; sign all orders on the treasury, specifying 
 in the order the fund on which it is drawn, and the use for 
 which the money is appro])riated, and shall sign all con- 
 tracts made by the board. 
 
 Sec. 1740. He shall appear in behalf of his district 
 in all suits brought by or against the same, but when he is 
 individually a jiarty, this duty shall be performed by the 
 secretary ; and in all cases where suits may be instituted 
 by or against any of the school officers to enforce any of 
 
 the provisions herein contained, counsel may be employed 
 by the board of directors. 
 
 Sec. 1741. The secretary shall record all the proceed- 
 ings of the board and district meetings in separate books 
 kept for that purpose : shall preserve copies of all reports 
 made to the county superintendent ; shall file all papers 
 transmitted to him pertaining to the business of the di.strict ; 
 shall countersign all drafts and orders drawn by the presi- 
 dent, and shall keep a register of all orders drawn on the 
 treasury, showing the number of the order, date, name of the 
 person in whose favor drav.n. the fund on which it is drawn, 
 for what purpose and the amount ; and shall, from time to 
 time, furnish the treasurer with a transcript of the same. 
 
 Sec. 1742. He shall give ten days' previous notice of 
 the district township meeting by posting a written notice in 
 five conspicuous places therein, one of which shall be at or 
 near the last place of meeting, and shall furnish a copy of 
 the same to the teacher of each school in session, to be read 
 in the presence of the pupils thereof, and such notice shall, 
 in all cases, state the hour of meeting. 
 
 Sec. 1743. He shall keep an accurate account of all 
 the expenses incurred by the district, and shall present the 
 same to the board of directors to be audited and paid as 
 herein provided. 
 
 Sec. 1744. He shall notify the county supei-intendent 
 when each school of the district begins and its length of 
 term. 
 
 Sec. 1745. (As amended by Chap. 112, Laws of 1870.) 
 Between the fifteenth and twentieth days of September in 
 each year, the secretary of each school district shall file 
 with the county superintendent a report of the affairs of 
 the district, which shall contain the following items : 
 
 1. The number of persons, male and female, each, in 
 his district, between the ages of five and twenty-one years ; 
 
 2. The number of schools, and the branches taught : 
 
 3. The number of pupils, and the average attendance 
 of the same in each school ; 
 
 4. The number of teachers employed, and the average 
 compensation paid per week, distinguishing males from 
 females ; 
 
 5. The length of school in days and the average cost of 
 tuition per week for each pupil ; 
 
 6. The text-books used, and the number of volumes in 
 the district library, and the value of apparatus belonging 
 to the district ; 
 
 7. The number of school-houses, and their estimated 
 value ; 
 
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 8. The name, age and post office address of each deaf 
 and dumb and each blind person within his district between 
 the ages of five and twenty-one, including all who are deaf 
 and dumb to such an extent as to be unable to obtain an 
 education in the common schools. 
 
 Sec. 1746. Should the secretary fail to file his report 
 as above directed, he shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five 
 dollars and shall make gooil all losses resulting from such 
 failure, and suit shall be brought in both cases by the dis- 
 trict on his ofiicial bond. 
 
 Sec. 1747. The treasurer shall hold all moneys belong- 
 ing to the district, and pay out the same on the oi-der of 
 the president, countersigned by the secretary, and shall 
 keep a correct account of all expenses and receipts in a 
 book provided for that purpose. 
 
 Sec. 1748. The money collected by district tax for 
 the erection of school-houses and for the payment of debts 
 contracted for the same, shall be called the "school-house 
 fund;" that designed for rent, fuel, repairs and all other 
 contingent expenses necessary for keeping the schools in 
 operation, the '' contingent fund ;" and that received for the 
 payment of teachers, the " teachers' fund ;" and the district 
 treasurer shall keep with each fund a separate account, and 
 shall pay no order which does not specify the fund on which 
 it is drawn and the specific use to which it is applied. If 
 he have not sufficient funds in his hands to pay in full the 
 warrants drawn on the funds specified, he shall make a pala- 
 tial payment thereon, paying as near as may be an equal 
 proportion of each warrant. 
 
 Sec. 1749. He shall receive all moneys apportioned to 
 the district township to the county auditor, and also all 
 money collected by the county treasurer on the district 
 school tax levied for his district. 
 
 Sec. 1750. He shall register all orders on the district 
 treasury reported to him by the secretary, showing the 
 number of the order, date, name of the person in whose 
 fiivor drawn, the fund on which it was drawn, for what pur- 
 pose, and the amount. 
 
 Sec. 1751. (As amended by Chap. 112, Laws of 1876.) 
 He shall render a statement of the finances of the district 
 from time to time, as may be required by the board of 
 dii'ectors, and his books shall always be open for inspec- 
 tion. He shall make to the board, on the third Monday 
 in September, a full and complete annual report, em- 
 bracing : 
 
 1. The amount of teachers' fund held over, received, 
 paid out, and on hand. 
 
 2. The amount of contingent fund held over, received, 
 paid out, and on hand. 
 
 3. The amount of school-house fund held over, received, 
 paid out, and on hand. 
 
 He shall immediately file a copy of said report with the 
 county superintendent, and for failure to file said report, he 
 shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered 
 by suit brought by the district, on his official bond. 
 
 Sec. 1752. Each sub-director shall, on or before the 
 third Monday in March following his election, appear be- 
 fore some officer qualified to administer oaths, and take an 
 oath to support the constitution of the United States and 
 that of the State of Iowa, and that he will faithfully dis- 
 charge the duties of his office, and, in case of failure to 
 qualify, his office shall be deemed vacant. 
 
 Sec. 1753. The sub-director, under such rules and 
 restrictions as the board of directors may prescribe, shall 
 negotiate and make in his sub-district all necessary con- 
 tracts for providing fuel for schools, employing teachers, re- 
 pairing and furnishing school houses, and for making all 
 other provisions necessary for the convenience and prosper- 
 ity of the schools within his sub-district, and he shall have 
 the control and management of the school house unless 
 otherwise ordered by a vote of the district township meet- 
 ing. All contracts made in conformity with the provisions 
 of this section shall be approved by the president and re- 
 ported to the board of directors, and said board, in their 
 corporate capacity, shall be responsible for the performance 
 of the same on the part of the district township. 
 
 Sec. 1754. He shall, between the first and tenth days 
 of September of each year, prepare a list of the names of the 
 heads of families in his sub-district, together with the num- 
 ber of children between the ages of five and twenty-one 
 years, distinguishing males from females, and shall record 
 the same in a book kept for that purpose. 
 
 Sec. 1755. He shall, between the tenth and fifteenth 
 days of September of each year, report to the secretary of 
 the district township the number of persons in his sub- 
 district between the ages of five and twenty-one years, 
 distinguishing males from females. 
 
 Sec. 1756. He shall have power, with the concurrence 
 of the president of the board of directors, to dismiss any 
 pupil from the schools in his sub-district for gross immo- 
 rality, or for persistent violation of the regulations of the 
 school, and to re-admit them, if he deems proper so to do ; 
 and shall visit the schools in his sub-district at least twice 
 during each term of said school. 
 
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 Sec. 1757. All contracts with teachers shall be in 
 writing, specifying the length of time the school is to be 
 taught, in weeks, the comj)onsation per week, or per month 
 of four weeks, and such other matters as may be agreed 
 upon : and shall be signed by the sub-director or secretary 
 and teacher, and be approved by and filed with the presi- 
 dent before the teacher enters upon the discharge of his 
 duties. 
 
 Sec. 1758. No person shall be employed to teach a 
 common school which is to receive its distributive share of 
 the school fund unless he shall have a certificate of qualifi- 
 cation signed by the county superintendent of the county 
 in which the school is situated, or by some other officer 
 duly authorized by law ; and any teacher who commences 
 teaching without such certificate shall forfeit all claim to 
 compensation for the time during which he teaches without 
 such certificate. 
 
 Sec. 1759. The teacher shall keep a correct daily reg- 
 ister of the school, which shall exhibit the number or other 
 designation thereof, township and county in which the 
 school is kept ; the day of the week, the month and year ; 
 the name, age and attendance of each pupil, and the 
 branches taught. When scholars reside in diflcrent dis- 
 tricts, a register shall be kept for each district. 
 
 Sec. 1760. The teacher shall, immediately after the 
 close of his school, file in the office of the secretary of the 
 board of directors a certified copy of the register aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 1761. A school month shall consist of four weeks 
 of five school days each. 
 
 Sec, 1762. During the time of holding a teachers' 
 institute in any county, any school that may be in session in 
 such county shall be closed ; and all teachers, and persons 
 desiring a teacher's certificate, shall attend such institute, 
 or present to the county superintendent satisfactory reasons 
 for not so attending, before receiving such certificate. 
 
 Sec. 1763, The electors of any school district at any 
 legally called school meeting may, by a vote of a majority 
 of the electors present, direct the German or other lan- 
 guage to be taught as a branch in one or more of the schools 
 of said district, to thg scholars attending the same whose 
 parents or guardians may so desire ; and thereupon such 
 board of directors shall provide that the same be done ; p7-o- 
 luded, that all other branches taught in said school or schools 
 shall be taught in the English language ; provided, further, 
 that the person employed in teacliing the said branches shall 
 satisfy the county superintendent of his ability and qualifi- 
 cations, and receive fmin him a certificate to that effect. 
 
 Sec. 1764. The Bible shall not be excluded from any 
 school or institution in this State, nor shall any pupil be 
 required to read it contrary to the wishes of his parent or 
 guardian. 
 
 Sec. 176.5, The county superintendent shall not hold 
 any office in or be a member of the board of directors of 
 a district townsliip or independent district, or of the board 
 of supervisors, during the time of his incumbency. 
 
 Sec, 1766. On the last Saturday of each month, the 
 county superintendent shall meet all persons desirous of 
 passing an examination, and for the transaction of any other 
 business within his jurisdiction, in some suitable room pro- 
 vided for that purpose by the board of supervisors at the 
 county seat, at which time he shall examine all such appli- 
 cants for examination as to their competency and ability to 
 teach orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, 
 English grammar, physiology and history of the United 
 States ; and, in making such examination, he may, at his 
 option, call to his aid one or more assistants. 
 
 Sec. 1767. If the examination is satisfactory, and the 
 superintendent is satisfied that the respective applicants 
 possess a good moral character, and the essential qualifica- 
 tions for governing and instructing children and youth, he 
 shall give them a certificate to that effect, for a term not 
 exceeding one year. 
 
 Sec, 1768, Any school officer or other person shall be 
 permitted to be present at the examination : and the super- 
 intendent shall make a record of the name, residence, age 
 and date of examination of all persons so examined, distin- 
 guishing between those to whom he issued certificates and 
 those rejected. 
 
 Sec, 1769. (As amended by Chap. 57, Laws of 1874.) 
 The county superintendent shall hold annually a normal 
 institute for the instruction of teachers, and those who may 
 desire to teach, and, with the concurrence of the superinten- 
 dent of public instruction, procure such assistance as may 
 he necessary to conduct the same, at such time as the schools 
 in the county are generally closed. To defray the expenses 
 of said institute he shall require the payment of a fee of 
 one dollar for every certificate issued; also the payment of 
 one dollar registration fee for each person attending the 
 normal institute. He shall, monthly, and at the close of 
 each institute, transmit to the county treasurer all moneys 
 so received, including the State appropriation for institutes, 
 to be designated the " institute fund ; " together with a 
 report of the name of each person so contributing, and the 
 amount. The board of supervisors may appropriate such 
 
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 additional sum as may by them be deemed necessary for the 
 further support of such institute. All disbursements of the 
 institute fund shall be upon the order of the county super- 
 intendent ; and no order shall be drawn, except for bills 
 presented to the county superintendent, and approved by 
 him. for services rendered or expenses incurred in connec- 
 tion with the normal institute. 
 
 Sec. 1770. If, for any cause, tlie county superintendent 
 is unable to attend to his oflicial duties, he shall appoint a 
 deputy to perform them in his stead, except visiting schools 
 and trying appeals. 
 
 Sec. 1771. The superintendent may revoke the certi- 
 ficate of any teacher in the county which was given by tfie 
 superintendent thereof, for any reason which would have 
 justified the withholding thereof when the same was given, 
 after an investigation of the facts in the case, of which 
 investigation the teacher shall have personal notice, and he 
 shall be permitted to be present and make his defense. 
 
 Sec. 1772. On the first Tuesday of October of each 
 year, he shall make a report to the superintendent of public 
 instruction, containing a full abstract of the reports made 
 to him by the respective district secretaries, and such other 
 matters as he shall be directed to report by said superin- 
 tendent, and as he himself may deem essential in exhibiting 
 the true condition of the schools under his charge ; and he 
 shall, at the same time, file with the county auditor a state- 
 ment of the number of persons between the ages of five 
 and twenty-one years in each school district in his county. 
 
 Sec. 1773. Should he fail to make either of the 
 reports require! in the last section, he shall forfeit to the 
 school fund of his county the sum of fifty dollars, and shall, 
 besides, be liable for all damages caused by such neglect. 
 
 Sec. 1774. He shall at all times conform to the 
 instructions of the superintendent of public instruction, as 
 to matters within the jurisdiction of the said superintendent. 
 He shall serve as the organ of communication between 
 the superintendent and township or district authorities. 
 He shall transmit to the townships, districts or teachers 
 all blanks, circulars, and other communications which are 
 to them directed ; he shall visit each school in his county 
 at least once in each term, and shall spend at least one half 
 day in each visit. 
 
 Sec. 1775. He shall report on the first Tuesday of 
 October of each year to the superintendent of the Iowa 
 college for the blind the name, age, residence and post 
 office address of every person blind to such an extent as to 
 be unable to acquire an education in the common schools, 
 
 and who resides in the county in which he is superintend- 
 ent, and also to the superintendent of the Iowa institution 
 for the deaf and dumb, the name, age. and post ofiSce 
 address of every deaf and dumb person between the ages of 
 five and twenty-one who i-esides within his county, includ- 
 ing all such persons as may be deaf to such an extent as 
 to be unable to acquire an education in the common schools. 
 
 Sec. 1776. The county superintendent shall receive 
 from the county treasury the sum of three dollars per day 
 for every day necessarily engaged in the performance of 
 official duties, and also the necessary stationery and postage 
 for the use of his office, and he shall be entitled to sucii 
 additional compensation as the board of supervisors may 
 allow ; provided, that he shall first file a sworn statement 
 of the time he has been employed in his official duties, with 
 the county auditor. 
 
 Sec. 1777. The board of directors shall, at their 
 regular meeting in March of each year, or at a special 
 meeting convened for that purpose, between the time desig- 
 nated for such regular meeting and the tliird Monday in 
 May, estimate the amount required for the contingent fund, 
 and also such sum as may be required for the teachers' fund, 
 in addition to the amount received froui the semi-annual 
 apportionment, as shown by the notice from the county 
 auditor, to support the schools of the district for the time 
 required by law for the current year : and shall cause the 
 secretary to certify the same, together with the amount 
 voted for school house purposes, within five days thereafter 
 to the board of supervisors, who shall, at the time of levy- 
 ing taxes for county purposes, subject to the provisions of 
 section seventeen hundred and eighty of this chapter, levy 
 the per centum necessary to raise the sum thus certified 
 upon the property of the district township, which shall be 
 collected and paid over as are other district taxes. 
 
 Sec. 1778. They shall apportion any tax voted by the 
 district township meeting for school-house fund among the 
 several sub-districts in such a manner as justice and equity 
 may require, taking as the basis of such apportionment the 
 respective amounts previously levied upon said sub-districts 
 for the use of such fund ; provided, that if the electors of 
 one or more sub-districts at their last annual meeting shall 
 have voted to raise a sum for school-house purposes greater 
 than that granted by the electors at the last annual meet- 
 ing of the district township, they shall estimate the amount 
 of such excess on such sub-district or sub-districts, and 
 cause the secretary to certify the same within five days 
 thereafter to the board of supervisors, who shall, at the 
 
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 time of levying taxes for county purposes, levy the per 
 centum of such excess on the taxable property of the sub- 
 district asking the same, provided that not more than fifteen 
 mills on the dollar shall be levied on the taxable, property 
 of any sub-district for any one year for school-house purposes. 
 
 Sec. 1779. The board of supervisors of each county 
 shall, at the time of levying the taxes for county purposes, 
 levy a tax for the support of schools within the county of 
 not less than one mill nor more than three mills on the 
 dollar on the assessed value of all the real . and personal 
 property within the county, which sliall be collected by the 
 county treasurer at the time and in the same manner as 
 state ami county taxes are collected, except that it shall be 
 receivable only in cash. 
 
 Sec. 1780. They shall also levy, at the same time, the 
 district school tax certified to them from time to time by 
 the respective district secretaries; provided, that the amount 
 levied for school-house fund shall not exceed ten mills on 
 the dollar on the property of any district, and the amount 
 levied for contingent fund shall not exceed five dollars per 
 pu]iil, and the amount I'aised for teachers' fund, including 
 the amount received from the semi-annual apportionment, 
 shall not exceed fifteen dollars per pupil for each im]iil 
 residing in the district, as shown by the last report of the 
 county superintendent. And if the amount certified to the 
 board of supervisors exceeds this limit, they shall levy only 
 to the amount limited ; provided, that they may levy 
 seventy-five dollars for contingent fund, and two hundred 
 and seventy dollars, including the amount received from the 
 semi-annual apportionment, for the teachers' fund for each 
 sub-district. 
 
 Skc. 1781. The county auditor shall, on the first Mon- 
 day in April and the fourth Monday in September of each 
 year, a])portion the county school tax, together with the 
 interest of the permanent school fund to which his county is 
 entitled, and all other money in the hands of the county 
 treasurer belonging in common to the schools of his county 
 and not included in any previous apportionment, among the 
 several districts therein, in proportion to the number of 
 persons between five and twenty-one years of age, as shown 
 by the report of the county superintendent filed with him 
 for the year immediately preceding. 
 
 Sec. 1782. He shall immediately notify the president 
 of each school district of the sum to which his district is 
 entitled by said apportionment, and shall issue his warrant 
 for the same to accompany said notice, which warrant shall 
 be also signed by the president and countersigned by the 
 
 secretary of the district in whose favor the same is drawn ; 
 and shall authorize the district treasurer to draw the amount, 
 due said district from the county treasurer ; and the secre- 
 tary shall charge the treasurer of the district with all war- 
 rants drawn in his favor, and credit him with all warrants 
 drawn on the funds in his hands, keeping separate accounts 
 with each fund. 
 
 Sec. 1783. He shall forward to the superintendent of 
 public instruction a certificate of the election or appoint- 
 ment and ([ualification of the county superintendent ; and 
 shall, also, on the second Monday in February and August 
 of each year, make out and transmit to the auditor of state, 
 in accordance with such form as said auditor may prescribe, 
 a report of the interest of the school fund then in the 
 hands of the county treasurer, and not included in any pre- 
 vious apportionment, and also the amount of said interest 
 remaining unpaid. 
 
 Sec. 1784. The county treasurer shall, on the first 
 Monday in April of each year, pay over to the trea-surer of 
 the district the amount of all school district tax which shall 
 have been collecteil, and shall render him a statement of 
 the amount uncollected, and shall ]iay over the amount in 
 his hands quarterly thereafter. He shall also keep the 
 amount of tax levied for school-house purposes separate in 
 each sub-district, where such levy has been made directly 
 upon the property of the sub-district making the applica- 
 tion, and shall pay over the same quarterly to the township 
 treasurer for the benefit of such sub-district- He shall, in 
 all counties wherein independent districts are organized, 
 keep a separate account with said independent districts, in 
 which the receipts shall be daily entered, which books shall 
 at all times be open to the inspection and examination of 
 the district board of directors, and shall pay over to the 
 said independent districts the amount of school taxes in his 
 possession on the order of the board, on the first day of each 
 and every month. 
 
 Sec. 1785. On the first day of each quarter, the county 
 treasurer shall give notice to the president of the school 
 board of each township in his county of the amount col- 
 lected for each fund ; and the president of each board shall 
 draw his warrant, countersigned by the secretary, upon the 
 county treasurer for such amount, who shall pay the amount 
 of such taxes to the treasurers of the several school boards 
 only on such warrants. 
 
 Sec. 1786. All fines and penalties collected from a 
 school district officer by virtue of any of the provisions of 
 this chapter shall inure to the benefit of that particular 
 
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 district. Those collected from any member of the board of 
 directors shall belong to the district township, and those 
 collected from county officers to the county. In the two 
 former cases, suit shall be brought in the name of the dis- 
 trict township ; in the latter, in the name of the county, 
 and by the district attorney. The amount in each case 
 shall be added to the fund ne.xt to be applied by the recipient 
 for the use of common schools. 
 
 Sec. 1787. When a judgment has been obtained 
 against a school district, the board of directors shall pay 
 off and satisfy the same from the proper fund, by an order 
 on the treasurer ; and the district meeting, at the time for 
 voting a tax for the payment of other liabilities of the dis- 
 trict shall provide for the payment of such order or orders. 
 
 Sec. 1788. In case a school district has borrowed money 
 of the school fund, the board of supervisors shall levy 
 such tax, not exceeding five mills on the dollar in any one 
 year, on the taxable property of the district as constituted 
 at the time of making such loan, as may be necessary to 
 pay the annual interest on said loan, and the principal when 
 the same falls due, unless the board of supervisors shall see 
 proper to extend the time of said loan. 
 
 Sec. 1789. No district township or sub-district meet- 
 ing shall organize earlier than nine o'clock A. M., nor adjourn 
 before twelve o'clock M. ; and in all independent districts 
 having a population of three hundred and upward, the polls 
 shall remain open from nine o'clock A. M. tofouro'clockP. M. 
 Sec. 1790. Any school director, or director elect, is 
 authorized to administer to any school director elect the 
 oflScial oath required by law, and said official oath may be 
 taken on or before the third Monday in March following 
 the election of directors. 
 
 Sec. 1791. When any school officer is superseded by 
 election or otherwise, he shall immediately deliver to his 
 successor in office all books, papers, and moneys pertaining 
 to his office, taking a receipt therefor ; and every such 
 officer who shall refuse to do so, or who shall wilfully 
 mutilate or destroy any such books or papers, or any part 
 thereof, or shall misapply any moneys entrusted to him by 
 virtue of his office, shall be liable to the provisions of the 
 general statutes for the punishment of such offense. 
 
 Sec. 1792. Nothing in this chapter shall be so con- 
 strued as to give the board of directors of a district town- 
 ship jurisdiction over any territory included within the 
 limits of any independent district. 
 
 Sec. 1793. (As amended by Chapter 64, Laws of 1876.) 
 Children residing in one district may attend school in 
 
 another in the same or adjoining county or township, on 
 such terms as may be agreed upon by the respective boards 
 of directors ; but in case no such agreement is made, they 
 may attend school in any such adjoining district, with the 
 consent of the board of flirectors thereof, when they reside 
 nearer the school in said district, and one and a half miles 
 or more, by the nearest traveled highway from any school 
 in their own. The board of directors of the township in 
 •which such children reside shall be notified in writing, and 
 the district in which they reside shall pay to the district in 
 which they attend school the average tuition of said chil- 
 dren per week, and an average propoi-tion of the contingent 
 expenses of said district where they attend school ; and in 
 case of refusal so to do, the secretary shall file the account 
 for said tuition and contingent expenses, certified to by the 
 president of his board, with the county auditor of the county 
 in -which said children reside, and the said county auditor 
 shall, at the time of making the next semi-annual appor- 
 tionment thereafter, deduct the amount so certified from 
 the sum apportioned to the district in which said children 
 reside, and cause it to be paid over to the district in which 
 they have attended school. 
 
 Sec. 1794. Pupils who are actual residents of a district 
 shall be permitted to attend school in the same, regardless 
 of the time when they acquired such residence, whether 
 before or after the enumeration, or of the residence of their 
 parents- or guardians ; but pupils who are sojourning tem- 
 porarily in one district, while their actual residence is in 
 another, and to whom the last preceding section is not 
 applicable, may attend school upon such terms as the board 
 of directors may deem just and equitable. 
 
 Sec. 1795. Pupils may attend school in any sub-dis- 
 trict of the district township in which they reside with the 
 consent of the sub-director of such sub-district, and of the 
 sub-director of the sub-district in which such pupils reside. 
 Sec. 1796. The board of directors shall, at their regu- 
 lar meeting in September, or at any special meeting called 
 thereafter for that purpose, divide their township into sub- 
 districts, such as justice, equity and the interests of the 
 people require ; and may make such alterations of tlie bound- 
 aries of sub-districts heretofore formed, as may be deemed 
 necessary ; and shall designate such sub-districts, and all 
 subsequent alterations, in a distinct and legible manner, 
 upon a plat of the district provided for that purpose ; and 
 shall cause a written description of the same to be recorded 
 in the district records, a copy of which shall be delivered 
 by the secretary to the county treasurer, and also to the 
 
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 county auilitor, wlio shall record the same in his office ; pro- 
 vided, that tlie boundaries of sub-districts shall conform to 
 the lines of contiressional divisions of land: and that the 
 formation and alteration of sub-districts, as contemplated in 
 this section, shall not take effect until the next sub-district 
 election thereafter, at which election a sub-director shall be 
 elected for the new sub-district. 
 
 Sec. 1797. In cases where, by reason of streams or other 
 natural obstacles, any portion of the inhabitants of any 
 scliool district cannot, in the opinion of the county super- 
 intendent, with reasonable facility enjoy the advantages of 
 any school in their township, the said county superintendent, 
 with the consent of the boai'd of directors of such district 
 as may be aU'ected thereby, may attacli such part of said 
 township to an adjoining township, and the order therefor 
 shall be transmitted to the secretary of each district, and 
 be by him recorded in his records, and the proper entry mada 
 on his plat of the district. 
 
 Sec. 1798. In all cases where territory has been or 
 may be set into an adjoining county or township for school 
 purposes, such territory may be restored by the concurrence 
 of the respective boards of directors ; but on the written 
 application of two-thirds of the electors residing upon the 
 territory within the township in which the school-house is 
 not situated, the said boards shall restore the territory to 
 the district in which it geographically belongs. 
 
 Sec. 1799. The boundary lines of a civil township sliall 
 not be changed by the board of supervisors of any county, 
 so as to divide any school district by changing the boundary 
 lines thereof except when a majority of the voters of such 
 district shall petition therefor ; provided, however, that this 
 shall not prevent the change of the boundary lines of any 
 civil township, when such change is made by adopting the 
 lines of congressional townships. 
 
 ^ Sec. 1800. Any city or town containing not less than 
 three hundred inhabitants within its limits may be consti- 
 tuted a separate school district ; and territory contiguous to 
 such a city or town may be included with it as a part of 
 said separate district in the manner liereinafter provided. 
 
 Sec. 1801. At the written request of any ten legal 
 voters residing in such city or town, the board of directors 
 of the district township shall establish the boundaries of .the 
 contemplated school district, including such contiguous 
 territory ;is may be.st subserve the convenience of the people 
 for school purposes, and shall give at least ten days' pre- 
 vious notice of the time and place of meeting of the electors 
 residing in said district, by posting written notices in at 
 
 least five conspicuous places therein ; at which meeting the 
 said electors shall vote by ballot for or against a separate 
 organization. 
 
 Sec. 1802. (As amended by Chap. 27, Laws of 1874.) 
 Should a majority of votes be cast in favor of such separate 
 organization, the board of directors of the district township 
 shall give similar notice of a meeting of the electors for tlie 
 election of six directors. Two of these directors shall hold 
 their office until the first annual meeting after their election, 
 and until their successors are elected and qualified ; two 
 until the second, and two until the third annual meeting 
 tHei-eafter ; their respective terms of office to be determined 
 by lot. The six directors shall constitute a board of direct- 
 ors for the district, and they shall, at their first regular 
 meeting in each year, elect a president from their own num- 
 ber ; and at their meeting on the third Monday in Septem- 
 ber in each year, a secretary and treasurer to be chosen 
 outside of the board ; provided, that in all independent dis- 
 tricts having a population of less than five hundred, there 
 shall be three directors elected, who .shall organize by elect- 
 ing a president from their own number, also a secretary and 
 treasurer, who may or may not be members of the board ; 
 and provided, furtJier, that in all imlependent districts 
 alreiuly organized, the terms of office of such directors as 
 may have been chosen previous to the taking effect of this 
 section for two or three years shall not be interfered with 
 by its passage. 
 
 Sec. 1803. Said meeting for the first election of direct- 
 ors shall organize by appointing a president and secretary, 
 who shall act as judges of the election and issue a certificate 
 of election to the persons elected. 
 
 Sec. 1801. The organization of such independent dis- 
 trict shall be completed on or before the first day of August 
 of the year in which such organization is attempted, and 
 when such organization is thus completed, all taxes levied 
 by the board of directors of the district township of which 
 the independent district formed a part in that year shall be 
 void so far as the property within the limits of the inde- 
 pendent district is concerned ; and the board of directors of 
 such independent district shall levy all necessary taxes for 
 school purposes as provided by law for that year at a meet- 
 ing called for that purpose, at any time before the third 
 Monday of August of that year, which shall be certified to 
 the board of supervisors on or before the first Monday of 
 September, and said board of supervisors shall levy said 
 tax at the time and in the manner that school taxes are 
 required to be levied in other districts. 
 
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 Sec. 1805. In case such district is formed of parts of 
 two or more civil townships in the same or adjoining coun- 
 ties, the duty of giving the notice shall devolve upon the 
 board of directors of the township in which a majority of 
 the legal voters of the contemphited district reside. 
 
 Sec. 1806. Said district may have as many schools, 
 and be divided into such wards or otlier subdivisions for 
 school purposes, as the board of directors may deem proper ; 
 and shall be governed by the laws enacted for the regula- 
 tion of district townships, so far as the same may be 
 applicable. 
 
 Sec. 1807. It shall be lawful for the electors of any 
 independent district, at the annual meeting of such district, 
 to vote a tax, not exceeding ten mills on the dollar in any 
 one year, on the taxable property of such district, as the 
 meeting may deem sufficient for the purchase of grounds 
 and the construction of the necessary school houses for the 
 use of such independent district, and for the payment of 
 any debts contracted for the erection of such school houses, 
 and for procuring a library and apparatus for the use of the 
 schools of such independent district. 
 
 Sec. 1808. The annual meeting of all independent dis- 
 tricts shall be held on the second Monday in March for the 
 transaction of the business of the district, and for the elec- 
 tion by ballot of two directors, as the successors of the two 
 whose term expires, who shall continue in office for three 
 years ; and the president, secretary and one of the directors 
 then in office shall act as judges of the election, and shall 
 issue certificates of election to the persons elected for the 
 ensuing term ; provided, that in all independent districts, 
 having a population of less than five hundred, there shall 
 be elected, annually, one director, who shall continue in 
 office for three years. 
 
 Sec. 1809. When an independent district has been 
 formed out of a civil townsliip, or townships, as herein con- 
 templated, the remainder of such township, or of each of 
 such townships, as the case may be, shall constitute a dis- 
 trict township as provided in section seventeen hundred and 
 thirteen of this chapter, and the boundaries between such 
 district township and independent district may be changed 
 or the independent district abandoned at any time, with the 
 concurrence of their respective boards of directors. 
 
 Sec. 1810. In case an independent district embraces a 
 part or the whole of a civil township which has no separate 
 district township organization, upon the written application 
 of two-thirds of the electors residing upon the territory of 
 such independent district and within such civil township 
 
 to the board of directors, they shall set oft" such territory, 
 whether provided with school houses or not, to be organized 
 as a district township in the manner provided for such 
 organization when a new civil township is formed. 
 
 Sec. 1811. Independent districts located contiguous to 
 each other may unite and form one and the same independent 
 district, in the manner following : At the written request of 
 any ten legal voters residing ia each of said independent dis- 
 tricts, their respective boards of directors shall require their 
 secretariestogiveatleast ten days' notice of the time and place 
 for a meeting of the electors residing in such districts, by 
 posting written notices in at least five public places in each 
 of said districts, at which meetings the said electors shall 
 vote by ballot for or against a consolidated organization 
 of said independent districts ; and if a majority of the 
 votes cast at the election in each district shall be in favor 
 of uniting said districts, then tlie secretaries shall give 
 similar notice of a meeting of the electors as provided for 
 by the law for the organization of independent districts. 
 The independent district thus consolidated shall be com- 
 pleted, and its directors governed by the same provisions 
 of the law which apply to other independent districts. 
 
 Sec. 1812. Where, under the school laws of the state 
 heretofore in force for the convenience and accommoda- 
 tion of the people, school districts were formed of portions 
 of two counties of territory lying contiguous to each other, 
 at the written i-equest of five legal voters residing in por- 
 tions of said territory in each county, the board of directors 
 of the district township to which such territory belongs, 
 having a majority of the legal voters, shall fix the bounda- 
 ries of an independent sciiool district composed of such sec- 
 tions of land, or portions thereof, as may be described in the 
 petition therefor, and shall give at least ten days' notice of 
 the submission of the question of the formation of said 
 independent district, at a special election for said purpose, 
 specifying the boundaries of the district, the time and place 
 of the meeting of the electors for such election, at which 
 meeting the electors in the contemplated district shall vote 
 by ballot for or against the separate organization. Should 
 a majority of the votes be cast in favor of such se|)an(t(' 
 organization, the said board of directors shall proceed by 
 ballot to elect officers in the manner provided by law. and 
 organize such independent district. 
 
 Sec. 1813. The board of directors of the several inde- 
 pendent school districts are hereby required to publish, two 
 weeks before the annual school election in such district, by 
 publication in one or more newspapers, if any are published 
 
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 in such district, or by posting up in writing in not less than 
 three conspicuous places in such independent district, a de- 
 tailed and specific statement of the receipts and disburse- 
 ments of all funds expended for school and building pur- 
 poses for the year preceding such annual election. And 
 the said boards of directors shall also, at the same time, 
 publish in detail an estimate of the several amounts which, 
 in the judgment of such board, are necessary to maintain 
 the schools in such district for the next succee<ling school 
 year : aiid failure to comply with the provisions of the sec- 
 tion shall make each director liable to a penalty of ten 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 1814. Township districts maybe consolidated and 
 organized as independent districts, in the following manner : 
 Whenever the board of directors of any existing district 
 township shall deem the same advisable, and also whenever 
 requested to do so by a petition signed by one-third of the 
 voters of the district township, the board shall submit to 
 the voters of said district township, at a regular election, 
 or one called for the purpose, the question of consolidation, 
 at which election the voters of the district township shall 
 vote for or against consolidation. If a majority of votes 
 shall be in favor of such consolidated organization, such 
 district township shall organize on the second Monday of 
 March following as an independent district ; provided, that 
 in townships which have been divided into independent dis- 
 tricts, the duties in this section devolving on the board of 
 directors shall be performed by the trustees of the township 
 to whom the petition shall in such cases be addressed ; and 
 provided further, that nothing in this section shall be con- 
 strued to affect independent districts composed wholly or 
 mainly of cities or incorporated towns. Independent di.*;- 
 tricts may in like manner change their boundaries so as to 
 form any number of districts less than the number of dis- 
 tricts existing at the time such change is asked for, and 
 such changes shall be specified in the notices for a vote 
 thereon. 
 
 Sec. 1815. (As amended by Chapter 15.5, Laws of 
 1876.) The independent districts of a civil township may 
 be constituted a district township in tlie manner herein- 
 after provided. 
 
 Sec. 1816. (As amended by Chapter 155, Laws of 1876.) 
 At the written request of one-third of the legal voters 
 residing in any civil township which is divided into inde- 
 pendent districts, the township trustees shall call a meeting 
 of the qualified electors of such civil township at the usual 
 place of holding the township election, by giving at least 
 
 ten days' notice thereof, by posting throe written notices in 
 each independent district in the township, and by publica- 
 tion in a newspaper if one be published in such township, 
 at which meeting the said electors shall vote by ballot for 
 or against a district township organization. 
 
 Sec. 1817. (As amended by Chapter 155, Laws of 1876. i 
 If a majority of the votes cast at such election be in favor 
 of such district township organization, each independent 
 district shall become a sub-<li.strict of the district townshij), 
 and shall organize as such sub-district on the first Monday 
 in March following, by the election of a sub-director. 
 
 Sec. 1818. (As amended by Chapter 155, Laws of 1876.) 
 Each sub-district so formed shall hold a meeting on the 
 first Monday in March lor the election of a sub-director; 
 five days' notice of whidi meeting shall be given by the 
 secretary of the old independent district, by posting written 
 notices in three public places in each district, which notices 
 shall state the hour and the place of the meeting. 
 
 Sec. 1819. (As amended by Chapter 155, Laws of 1876.) 
 District townships organized under the provisions of the 
 preceding four sections shall be governed and treated in all 
 respects as other district townships; provided, that nothing 
 in this act shall be construed to affect independent districts 
 composed wholly or mainly of cities or incorporated towns. 
 
 Sec. 1820. (As amended by Chapter 1-55, Laws of 1876.) 
 When any district township is organized undei' the provi- 
 sions of tlie preceding five sections, the sub-directors shall 
 organize as a board of directors on the third Monday in 
 March, and make an equitable settlement of the then exist- 
 ing assets and liabilities of the several independent districts. 
 
 Sec. 1821. (As amended by Chapter 121, Laws of 1876.) 
 Independent school districts shall have the power and au- 
 thority to borrow money for the purpose of redeeming out- 
 standing bonds and erecting and completing school-houses, 
 by issuing negotiable bonds of the independent district, to 
 run any period not exceeding ten years, drawing a rate of 
 interest not to exceed ten per centum per annum, which 
 interest maybe paid seuii-annually, which said indebtedness 
 shall be binding and obligatory on the independent disti'ict 
 for the use of which said loan shall be made ; but no district 
 shall permit a greater outstanding indebtedness than aTi 
 amount equal to five per centum of the last assessed value 
 of the property of the district. 
 
 Sec. 1822. The directors of the independent district 
 may submit to the voters of their district, at the annual or a 
 special meeting, the question of issuing bonds as contem- 
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 such meeting as is now required by law to be given for the 
 election of officers of such districts, and the amount proposed 
 to be raised by the sale of such bonds, which question shall 
 be voted upon by the electors, and if a majority of all the 
 votes cast on that question be in favor of such loan, then 
 said board shall issue bonds to the amount voted, in denomi- 
 nations of not less than twenty-five dollars nor exceeding 
 one thousand dollars, due not more than ten years after 
 date, and payable at the pleasure of the district at any time 
 before due, which said bonds shall be given in the name of 
 the independent district issuing them, and shall be signed by 
 the president of the board, and delivered to the treasurer, 
 taking his receipt therefor, who shall negotiate said bonds 
 at not less than their par value, and countersign the same, 
 when negotiated. The treasurer shall stand charged upon 
 his official bond with all bonds that may be delivered to 
 him ; but any bond or bonds not negotiated may be returned 
 by him to the board. 
 
 Sec. 182-3. If the electors of an independent school 
 district which has issued bonds shall, at the annual meeting 
 in March for any year, fail to vote sufficient school-house tax 
 to raise a sum equal to the interest on the outstanding bonds 
 which will accrue during the then coming year, and such 
 proportionate portion of the principal as will liquidate and 
 pay off said bonds at maturity, then it shall be lawful for 
 the board of such district to vote a sufficient rate on the 
 taxable property of the district to pay such interest, and 
 such proportionate portion of the pi'incipal as will pay said 
 bonds in full by the time of their maturity, and shall cause 
 the same to be certified and collected the same as other 
 school taxes. 
 
 Sec. 1824. All school orders shall draw lawful interest 
 after having been presented to the treasurer of the district, 
 and not paid for want of funds, which fact shall be endorsed 
 upon the order by the treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 182.5. It shall be lawful for any district township 
 or independent district to take and hold, under the provi- 
 sions contained in this chapter, so much real estate as may 
 be necessary for the location and construction of a school- 
 house and convenient use of the school : provided, that 
 the real estate so taken, otherwise than by the consent of 
 the owner or owners, shall not exceed one acre. 
 
 Sec. 1826. The site so taken must be on some public 
 highway, at least forty rods from any residence, the owner 
 whereof objects to its being placed nearer, and not in any 
 orchard, garden or public park. l>ut this section shall not 
 ajjply to any incorporated town. 
 
 Sec. 1827. If the owner of any such real estate refuse 
 or neglect to grant the site on his premises, or if such owner 
 cannot be found, the county superintendent of the county 
 in which said real estate may be situated shall, upon ap- 
 plication of either party, appoint three disinterested per- 
 sons of said county, unless a smaller number is agreed upon 
 by the jiarties, who shall, after taking an oath to faithfully 
 and impartially discharge the duties imposed on them by 
 this chapter, inspect said real estate and assess the damages 
 which said owner will sustain by appropriation of his land 
 for the use of said house and school, said county superin- 
 tendent giving to the owner of such real estate the same 
 notice as is required for the commencement of a suit at law 
 in the district court, of the time of such assessment of dam- 
 age, and make a report in writing to the county superintend- 
 ent of said county, giving the amount of damages, descrip- 
 tion of land, and exact location, who shall file and preserve 
 the same in his office. If said board shall, at any time 
 before they enter upon said land, for the purpose of build- 
 ing said house, deposit with the county treasurer, for the use 
 of said owner, the sum so assessed as aforesaid, they shall 
 be thereby authorized to build said house, and maintain the 
 right to said premises ; provided, that either party may 
 have the right to appeal from such assessment of damages 
 to the circuit court of the county where such real estate is 
 situated within twenty days after receiving notice that .such 
 assessment is made, which appeal shall be final ; hut such 
 appeal shall not delay the prosecution of work upon said 
 house, if said board shall pay, or depo.sit with the county 
 treasurer, the amount so assessed by such appraisers, and in 
 no case shall said board be liable for costs on appeal, unless 
 the owner of said real estate shall be adjudged a greater 
 amout of damages than was awarded by said appraisers. 
 The board shall in all cases pay costs of the first assessment. 
 
 Sec. 1828. The title acquired by said school districts 
 in and to said real property shall be for school purposes 
 only, and, in case the same should cease to be used for said 
 purpose for the space of two years, then the title shall revert 
 to the owner of the fee, upon the re-payment by him of 
 the principal amount paid for said land by said districts 
 without interest, together with the value of any improve- 
 ments thereon erected by said districts ; provided, that 
 during the time said site is used foi' school purposes, the 
 owners of the fee shall not injure or remove the timber 
 standing and growing thereon. 
 
 Sec. 1829. Any person aggrieved by any decision or 
 order of the district board of directors, in matter of law or 
 
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 of fact, may, within thirty days after the rendition of such 
 decision, or tlie m;ikin<^ of such order, appeal therefrom to 
 the county superintendent of the proper county. 
 
 Sec. 1830. The basis of the proceeding shall be an 
 affidavit, filed by the party aggrieved with the county super- 
 intendent, within the time for taking the appeal. 
 
 Sec. 1831. The affidavit shall set forth the errors com- 
 plained of, in a plain and concise manner. 
 
 Sec. 1H32. The county superintendent shall, within 
 five days after the filing of such affidavit in his office, notify 
 the secretary of the proper district, in writing, of the taking 
 of such appeal. And the latter shall, within ten days after 
 being thus notified, file in the office of the county superin- 
 tendent a complete transcript of the record and proceedings 
 relating to the decision complained of, which transcript 
 siiall be certified to be correct by the secretary. 
 
 Sec. 1833. After the filing of the transcript- aforesaid 
 in his office, he shall notify in writing all persons adversely 
 interested of the time and place where the matter of the 
 appeal will be heard by him. 
 
 Sec. 1834. At the time thus fixed for hearinii, lie shall 
 liear testimony for either party, and for that purpose may 
 administer oaths if necessary, and he shall make such deci- 
 sion as may be just and equitable, which shall be final, 
 uidess ap])ealed from as hereinafter provided. 
 
 Sec. 1835. An appeal may be taken from the decision 
 of the county superintendent to the superintendent of pub- 
 lic instruction in the same manner as provided in this chap- 
 ter for taking appeals from the district board to the county 
 superintendent, as nearly as applicable, except that he shall 
 give thirty days' notice of the appeal to the county super- 
 intendent, and the like notice shall be given the adverse 
 party. And the decision, when made, shall be final. 
 
 Sec. 1836. Nothing in this chapter shall be so consti-ued 
 as to authorize either the county or state superintendent to 
 render a judgment for money, neither shall they be allowed 
 any other compensation than is now allowed by law. All 
 necessary postage must first be paid by the party aggrieved. 
 
 Sec. 1557. The superintendent of public instruction 
 shall be charged with the general supervision of all the 
 county superintendents and all the common schools of the 
 state. He may meet county superintendents in convention 
 at such points in the state as lie may deem most suitable for 
 the purpose, and by explanation and discussion endeavor 
 to secure a more uniform and efficient administration of 
 school laws. He shall attend teachers' institutes in the 
 several counties of the state as far as may be consistent 
 
 with the discharge of other duties imposed by law, and 
 assist, by lecture or otherwise, in their instruction and man- 
 agement. He shall render a written opinion to any school 
 officer asking it, touching the exposition or administration 
 of any scliool law. and shall determine all cases appealed 
 from the decision of county superintendents. 
 
 Sec. 1578. An office shall be provided for him at the 
 seat of government, in which he shall file all papers, reports 
 and public documents transmitted to him by the county 
 superintendents, each year separately, and hold the same 
 in readiness to be exhibited to the governor, or to a com- 
 mittee of either house of the general assembly, at any time 
 when required ; and he shall keep a fair record of all matters 
 pertaining to his office. 
 
 Sec. 1579. He shall, if deemed necessary, have pub- 
 lished, after adjournment of each regular session of the 
 general assembly, a sufficient number of copies of all 
 amendments to the school laws passed at such session to 
 furnish each school officer in this state with a copy thereof. 
 Appropriate references shall be made to tlie previous law 
 that has been amended or changed, .so as to dearly indicate 
 the effects of such amendments or changes. He shall also 
 ])repare and cause to be distributed to the several county 
 superintendents a fonn of certificate in blank to be granted 
 to teachers, also all otlier blank forms necessary to be used 
 jn carrying out the school laws. 
 
 Sec. 1580. For indexing and distributing the school 
 laws, and for the expense of traveling required bv section 
 one thousand five hundred and seventy-seven of this chapter, 
 the superintendent shall receive five hundred dollars per 
 annum, for which warrants shall' be drawn on his order by 
 the auditor of state. 
 
 Sec. 1581. He may, if he deem it expedient, subscribe 
 for a sufficient number of the Iowa School Journal, or of 
 such other educational journal published in the state as he 
 may select, to furnish each county superintendent with one 
 copy, and his certificate of having thus subscribed shall be 
 authority for the auditor of state to issue his warrant for 
 the amount of said subscriptions ; provided, he shall cause 
 to be inserted in the journal he may so select a correct copy 
 of any decision he may deem it necessary to make for the 
 efficient carrying out of the school law. 
 
 Sec. 1582. He shall annually, on the first day of Jan- 
 uary, report to the auditor of state the number of persons 
 in each county between the ages of five and twenty-one years. 
 
 Sec. 1583. He shall make a report to the general 
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 first, a statement of the condition of the common schools 
 of the state ; the ninnber of district townships and sub- 
 districts therein; the number of teachers; the number of 
 schools ; the number of school houses, and the value thereof; 
 the number of jiersous between five and twenty-one years 
 of atre ; the number of scholars in each county that have 
 attended school the previous year, as returned by the several 
 county superintendents ; the number of books in the district 
 libraries ; and the value of all apparatus in the schools, 
 and such other statistical information as he may deem im- 
 portant. Second, such plans as he may have matured for 
 the more perfect organization and efficiency of common 
 schools. He shall cause one thousand copies of his report 
 to be printed, and shall present it to the general assembly 
 on the second day of its session. 
 
 Sec. 1584. Whenever reasonable assurance shall be 
 given by the county superintendent of any county to the 
 superintendent of public instruction, that not less than 
 twenty teachers desire to assemble for the purpose of holding 
 a teachers' institute in said county, to remain in session not 
 less than six working days, he shall appoint the time and 
 place of said meeting, and give due notice thereof to the 
 county superintendent ; and for the purpose of defraying 
 the expenses of said institute, there is hereby appropriated, 
 out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise 
 appropriated, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars annually for 
 one such institute in each county held as aforesaid, which 
 the said superintendent shall immediately transmit to the 
 county superintendent in whose county the institute shall 
 be held, who shall therewith defray the necessary expenses 
 of the institute, and, if any balance remains, he shall pay 
 the same into the county treasury and the same shall be 
 credited to the teachers' fund. 
 
 Sec. 1585. The objects of the state university, estab- 
 lished by the constitution at Iowa City, shall be to provide 
 the best and most efficient means of imparting to young 
 men and women, on equal terms, a liberal education and 
 thorough knowledge of the difl^erent brandies of literature, 
 the arts and sciences, with their varied applications. The 
 university, so fixr as practicable, shall begin the courses of 
 study in its collegiate and scientific departments, at the 
 points where the same are completed in high schools; and 
 no student shall be admitted who has not previously com- 
 pleted the elementary studies, in such branches as are taught 
 in the common schools throughout the state. 
 
 Sec. 1586. The university shall never be under the 
 exclusive control of any religious denomination whatever. 
 
 Sec. 1587. (As amended by Chapter 147, Laws of 
 1876.) The university shall be governed by a board of 
 regents, consisting of the governor of the State, who shall 
 be president of the board by virtue of his office, the super- 
 intendent of public instruction, who shall be a member by 
 virtue of his office, and the president of the university, who 
 shall also l)e a member by virtue of his office, together with 
 one pcrsim from eacli congressional district of the State, 
 who shall be elected by the general assembly. 
 
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 Sec. 1589. The university shall include a collegiate, 
 scientific, normal, law and such other departments, with such 
 courses of instruction and elective studies as the board of 
 regents may determine; and the board shall have authority 
 to confer such degrees, and grant such diplomas and other 
 marks of distinction as are usually conferred and granted 
 
 by other universities. 
 
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 Sec. 1596. The board of regents shall enact laws for 
 the government of the university, and shall appoint a presi- 
 dent and the requisite number of professors and tutors, 
 together with such other officers as they may deem expe- 
 dient, and shall determine the salaries of such officers, the 
 compensation of the secretary and treasurer, and the 
 amount of fees to be paid for tuition. They shall remove 
 any officer connected with the university, when, in their 
 judgment, the good of the institution requires it. 
 
 Sec. 1507. The board of regents is authorized to ex- 
 pend such portion of the income of the university fund as 
 it may deem expedient, in the purchase of apparatus, 
 library and a cabinet of natural history, in providing suita- 
 ble means to keep and preserve the same, and in procuring 
 all other necessary facilities for giving instruction. 
 
 Sec. 1598. All specimens of natural history and geo- 
 logical and mineralogical specimens, which are or hereafter 
 may be collected by the state geologist of Iowa, or by any 
 other appointed by the state to investigate its natural his- 
 tory and physical resources, shall belong to and be the 
 property of the state university, and shall form a part of 
 its cabinet of natural history, which shall be under the 
 charge of the professor of that department. * * * * 
 
 Sec. 1600. The president of the university shall make 
 a report on the fifteenth day of September preceding the 
 meeting of the general assembly, to the board of regents, 
 which shall exhibit the condition and progress of the insti- 
 tution in its several departments, the different courses of 
 study pursued therein, the branches taught, the lueans and 
 
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 methods of instiuction ailoptcd, the numhor of students, 
 with their names, classes and residences, and such other 
 matters as he may deem proper to communicate. 
 
 Sec. 1601. The board of regents shall, on the first 
 day of October preceding each regular meeting of the gen- 
 eral assembly, make a report to the superintendent of pub- 
 lic instruction, which report, with tliat of the president of 
 of the university, shall be embodied in the said superintend- 
 ent's report to the general assembly. The report of the 
 board of regents shall contain the number of professors, 
 tutors and other oilicers, with the compensation of each, the 
 condition of the university fund, and the income received 
 therefrom, the amount of expenditures, and the items 
 thereof, with such other information and recommendations 
 as they may deem expedient to lay before the general 
 assembly. 
 
 Sec. 1697. Each county having a population of two 
 thousand inhibitants or over, as shown by the last state or 
 federal census, may establish a high school on the conditions 
 and in the manner hereinafter prescribed, for the purpose 
 of affording better educational facilities for pujiils more 
 advanced than those attending district schools, and for per- 
 sons desiring to fit themselves for the vocation of teaching. 
 
 Sec. 1698. When one-third of the electors of a county, 
 as shown by the returns of the last preceding election, shall 
 petition the board of supervisors requesting that a county 
 high school be established in their county at the place in 
 said petition named, then, or when said board in its discre- 
 tion shall deem jjroper, said board shall give twenty days' 
 notice previous to the ne.xt general election, or previous to 
 a special election duly called for that purpose, that they 
 will submit the question to the electors of said county 
 whether such high school shall be established; at which 
 election said electors shall vote by ballot, for or against 
 establishing such county high school. The notice contem- 
 plated in this section shall be given through one or more 
 newspapers published in said county, if any be published 
 therein, and by at least one written or printed notice to be 
 posted in each township. 
 
 Sec. 1699. After said election, the ballots on said 
 question shall be canvassed in the same manner as in the 
 election for county officers ; and if a majority of all the 
 votes cast on said question shall be in favor of establishing 
 said school, the board of supervisors shall immediately pro- 
 ceed to appoint six persons, who shall be residents of the 
 county, but not more than two of whom shall be residents 
 of the same township, who shall, with the county superin- 
 
 tendent of common schools, constitute a board of trustees 
 for said high school. Each of said trustees appointed as 
 aforesaid shall hold his office until his successor is elected" 
 and qualified, and shall be required, within ten days after 
 appointment, to qualify by taking the oath of office, and 
 giving such bond as may be required by the said board of 
 supervisors, for the faithful discharge of his duties. 
 
 Sec. 1700. At the next general election after said ap- 
 pointment, there shall be elected in said county six high 
 school trustees, who shall be divided into three classes of two 
 each ; each class to hold their office one, two and three 
 years, respectively, and their respective terms to be decided 
 by lot. And each year thereafter there shall be two such 
 trustees elected to succeed those whose term is about to ex- 
 pire. And said trustees shall qualify and enter upon the 
 duties of their office in the same manner and at the same 
 time as other county officers. 
 
 Sec. 1701. The county superintendent shall, by virtue 
 of his office, be president of said board of trustees, and at 
 their first meeting in each year, they shall appoint from 
 their own number a secretary and treasurer, who sliall per- 
 form the usual duties devolving upon such officers for the 
 term of one year, or until their successors arc appointed to 
 take their places. 
 
 Sec. 1702. At said meeting, or at some succeeding 
 meeting called for such purpose, said trustees shall make an 
 estimate of the amount of funds needed for building pur- 
 poses, for payment of teachers' wages, and for contingent 
 expenses, and they shall present to the board of supervisors 
 a certified estimate of the rate of tax required to rai.se the 
 amount desired for such purposes. But in no case shall the 
 tax for such purposes exceed in one year the amount of five 
 mills on the dollar on the taxable property of the county, 
 and, when the tax is levied for the payment of teachers' 
 wages and contingent expenses only, shall not exceed two 
 mills on the dollar. 
 
 Sec. 1703. The -said tax shall lie levied and collected 
 in the same manner as other county taxes, and when col- 
 lected the county treasurer shall pay the same to the treas- 
 urer of the county high school, in the same manner that 
 school funds are paid to the district treasurers as required 
 by law. 
 
 Sec. 1704. The said treasurer of the high school shall 
 give such additional bond as the board of trustees may 
 deem sufficient, and receive all moneys from the county 
 treasurer, and from other parties, that belong to the funds 
 of said school, and pay the same out only by direction of 
 
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 the board of trustees, upon orders duly executed by the 
 president, countersigned by the secretary thereof, stating 
 the purpose for which they were drawn. Both the secre- 
 tary and treasurer shall keep an accurate account of all 
 moneys received and expended for said school ; and at the 
 close of each year, and as much oftener as required by the 
 board, they shall make a full statement of the financial 
 affairs of the school. 
 
 Skc. 1705. The said board of trustees shall proceed as 
 soon as practicable, after their appointment as aforesaid, to 
 select the best site, in accordance with the vote of the 
 county, that can be obtained without expense to the same, 
 and the title thereof shall be vested in said county. They 
 shall then proceed to make such purchases of material, and 
 to let such contracts for their necessary school buildings as 
 they may deem proper, but shall not make any purchase or 
 contract in any year to exceed the amount on hand, and to 
 be raised by the levy of tax that year. 
 
 Sec. 1706. When said board of trustees shall have fur- 
 nished a suitable building for the school, they shall employ 
 some competent teacher to take charge of the same, and 
 furnish such assistant teachers as they deem necessary, and 
 provide for the payment of their salaries. As far as prac- 
 ticable, model schools shall be encouraged ; and advanced 
 students and those preparing to become teachers may be 
 employed a portion of their time in teaching the younger 
 pupils, in order that they may become familiar with the 
 practice as well as theory of successful school teaching, and 
 also avoid, as far as practicable, the expense of employing 
 other assistant teachers. 
 
 Sec. 1707. Tuition shall be free to all pupils of such 
 school residing in the county where the same is located. 
 The board of trustees, however, shall make such general 
 rules and regulations as they deem proper in regard to age 
 and grade of attainments essential to entitle pupils to ad- 
 mis.sion in the school. If there should be more applicants 
 than can be accommodated at any time, each district shall 
 be entitled to send its equal proportion of pupils, according 
 to the number of pupils it may have, as shown by the last 
 report to the county superintendent of common schools. 
 And the boards of the respective school districts shall 
 designate such pupils as may attend. 
 
 Sec. 1708. If, atany time, the school can accommodate 
 more pupils than apply for admission from that county, the 
 vacancies may be filled by applicants from other counties, 
 upon the payment of such tuition as the board of trustees 
 may prescribe ; but at no time shall such pupils continue 
 
 in said school to the exclusion of pupils belonging in the 
 county in which such high school is situated. 
 
 Sec. 1709. Tiie principal of any such high school, with 
 the approval of the board of trustees, shall make such rules 
 and i-egulations as he deems proper in regard to the studies. 
 Conduct and government of the pupils under his charge, 
 and, if any such pupils will not conform to and obey the 
 rules of the school, they may be suspended or expelled 
 therefrom by the board of trustees. 
 
 Sec. 1710. The said board of trustees shall annually 
 make a report to the board of supervisors of their county, 
 which shall specify the number of students, both male and 
 female, who have been in attendance at the county high 
 school during the year, the branches of learning taught, the 
 text books used, the number of teachers employed, the 
 amount of salary paid to them, the amount expended for 
 library and apparatus, and for buildings and all other ex- 
 penses ; also, the amount of funds on hand, debts unpaid, 
 and other information deemed important or expedient to 
 report. Said report shall be printed in at least one news- 
 paper in the county, if any is published therein, and a copy 
 of the report shall be forwarded to the state superintendent 
 of puljlic instruction. 
 
 Sec. 1711. The board of supervisors shall have power 
 to fill any vacancy that may occur in the board of trustees 
 of that county, by appointment, until the next general 
 election, and a majority of such board of trustees shall be 
 a quorum for the transaction of business. 
 
 Sec. 1712. The board of supervisors may allow each 
 member of the board of trustees the sum of two dollars 
 per day for the time actually employed in the discharge of 
 his official duties, and when such accounts are presented for 
 payment, they shall be audited and paid out of the county 
 treasury, in the same manner as other accounts against the 
 county, and said trustees shall not be entitled to any further 
 remuneration for services or expenses. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 Chapter 64, Laws of 1874. 
 
 Section 1. It shall be the duty of the board of direct- 
 ors of independent school districts, and the sub-director of 
 each sub-district, if they should deem it expedient, under 
 the direction of the county superintendent, to introduce 
 and maintain an industrial exposition in connection with 
 each school under their control within this state. 
 
 Sec. 2. These expositions shall consist of useful articles 
 made by the pupils, such as samples of sewing, and cooking 
 
144 
 
 SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 of all kinils, knitting, crocheting and drawing, iron and 
 w(io<l work of all kinds, from a plain box or horseshoe to a 
 house or steam engine in miniature : also, all other useful 
 articles known to the industrial world, or that may be in- 
 vented by the pupils, in connection with farm and garden 
 products in their season, that are the results of their oAvn 
 toil. 
 
 Ski'. ;3. The pupils be required to explain the use and 
 method of their work, and kind and process of culture of 
 farm and garden products. 
 
 Skc. 4. The parents and friends of pupils be allowed 
 and reijucsted to be present at said expositions. 
 
 Sec. f). Ornamental work shall be encouraged when 
 accompanied by something useful made by the same pupil. 
 
 Sec. 6. These expositions be held in the school room 
 upon a school day as often as once a term, and not oftener 
 than once a month. 
 
 Chapter fi7, Laws of 1874. 
 
 Sectiu.n 1. All school districts lying in two adjoining 
 counties shall have the right to vote mills, instead of specific 
 sums, for school purposes. 
 
 Chapter 129, Laws of 1X7U. 
 
 Section 1. A school for the special instruction and 
 training of teachers for the common schools of this State is 
 hereby established at Cedar Falls, in Black Hawk County. 
 
 Sec. 2. The school shall be under the management and 
 control of a board of directors consisting of six members, 
 no two of whom shall be from the same county. They 
 shall be elected by the general assembly, two for two years, 
 two for four years, and two for six years, and the general 
 assembly shall elect two members of said board every two 
 years, for the full term of six years, as the term of office of 
 the respective classes expire. Their term of office shall 
 commence on the 1st day of June following their election. 
 No member of the board shall be a teacher in the school or 
 receive other compensation for his services than a re- 
 imbursement of his actual expenses, to be certified to by 
 him and paid out of the state treasui-y. Any vacancy 
 occurring in the board shall be filled by the appointment of 
 the governor. 
 
 Sec. 3. The board shall convene at the call of the 
 superintendent of public instruction on or before June 15, 
 187G, and, having each qualified according to law, shall 
 organize by the election of a president and vice president 
 from their number, and a secretary and a treasurer, who 
 
 shall be persons not members of the board. The secretary 
 shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the 
 board, not to exceed the sum of one hundred dollars and 
 actual traveling expenses. The treasurer shall receive re- 
 imbursement of actual expenditures. 
 
 ■ Sec. 4. The board shall require a bond in the sum of 
 twenty thousand dollars of the treasurer with proper and 
 sufficient sureties, conditional for the safe keeping of funds 
 coming into his hands. He shall receive and di.sburse all 
 moneys hereby appropriated, and any other funds as the 
 board may provide. The board may require of any officer 
 or employe who may be authorized to receive or pay out 
 money a like bond. 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the board, in every 
 necessary manner with the means at their dispo.sal, to pro- 
 vide for and carry out the object for which the school is estab- 
 lished. For that purpose they shall employ competent anil 
 suitable teachers, and other employes. They shall direct, 
 use and control all the property of the state coming into 
 their bands for that purpose. They shall control and direct 
 the expenditure of all moneys. They shall make all neces- 
 sary rules for the management of the school and the gov- 
 ernment thereof, and shall provide for the admission of 
 pupils from the several counties of the state in proportion 
 to their respective population and upon the appointment of 
 respective boards of supervisors, or as the board may direct. 
 They shall establish and publish uniform rules for the ad- 
 mission of pupils thereto, and such rules shall provide for 
 equal rights in said school to all the teachers in the state, but 
 they shall require in all cases satisfactory evidence of the 
 good character of the pupil. They shall also further require 
 all pupils upon their admission to the school to sign a state- 
 ment of their intention in good faith to follow the business 
 of teaching in the schools of the state. It shall also be the 
 duty of the board to make all possible and necessary arrange- 
 ments with the means at their disposal for the boarding and 
 lodging ot pupils, but the pupils shall pay the cost of the 
 same. They shall require each pupil to pay a fee for con- 
 tingent expenses amounting to not more than one dollar 
 per mouth. The school shall be open during such part of 
 the year as the board shall determine, but the session shall 
 continue at least twenty-six weeks. 
 
 Sec. 6. At the close of the year, and on or before the 
 first day of July, 1876, it shall be the duty of the board of 
 trustees of the Iowa soldiers' orphans' home, to deliver over 
 to the board of directors provided for herein, the buildings 
 and grounds at Cedar Falls, Iowa, now occupied by said 
 
SKETCHES, MAP AND DIRECTORY OF UNION COUNTY. 
 
 145 
 
 home, transferring tor that purpose the inmates of said 
 home to the home at Davenport. They shall also at the 
 same time turn over in like manner all the personal prop- 
 erty at sail! home at Cedar Falls, except such as is neces- 
 sary for, and adapted to, the personal use of such inmates 
 at Davenport, and a careful inventory and appraisement 
 thereof shall be made, and a proper vouelier given therefor 
 by said board of directors. 
 
 Sec. 7. The board of directors shall at once proceed 
 to make such improvements and changes in said buildings 
 and grounds as may be^necessary to adapt the same to the 
 use of said school, but without greater expense to the state 
 than is provided for in this act, and shall, on or before 
 September 10, 1876, open the same to the use and instruc- 
 tion of pupils. 
 
 Sec. 8. In addition to the property, the use of which 
 is hereby set apart for the purposes of the school, the fol- 
 lowing sums are hereby appropriated for the establishment 
 and maintenance thereof: 
 
 For necessary improvement and repairs, three thousand 
 dollars. 
 
 For salaries of teachers and employes, ten thousand 
 dollars. 
 
 For contingent expenses, fifteen hundred dollars. 
 
 The amount appropriated for repairs and improvements 
 may be paid at any time, on the order of the board ; the re- 
 maining sums shall be paid in e(iual quarterly payments, 
 commencing September 1, 187G. 
 
 Sec. 9. The said board shall make, at the end of each 
 school year, to the superintendent of public instruction, a 
 detailed report of their proceedings during the year. Their 
 report shall also contain the number of teachers employed 
 in the scliool, with the compensation of each ; the number 
 of pupils, classified ; the amount of receipts and expendi- 
 tures and the items thereof with such other information and 
 recommendations as they may deem expedient, which report 
 shall be embodied in the superintendent's report to the gen- 
 eral assembly. 
 
 I'hapter l:^C, Laws of 1876. 
 
 Sec. 1. No person shall be deemed ineligible by rea- 
 son of sex, to any school office in the State of Iowa. 
 
 Sec. 2. No person who may have been or shall be 
 elected or appointed to the offic^ of county superintendent 
 of common schools or school <lirector in the state of Iowa, 
 shall be deprived of office by reason of sex. 
 
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 V\ 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Preface 3 
 
 State of Iowa 5 
 
 Indicements TO Settlehs ■ 6 
 
 GEocnAPuy OF Union Cou.vtv 7 
 
 TheMormons 8 
 
 Indians IN Union Cointv 10 
 
 Kaulv Settlers 12 
 
 First White Child 13 
 
 Organization OF THE County 14 
 
 Kailboads AND Government Lands 16 
 
 Newspapers 17 
 
 Afton 19 
 
 Creston and its Business Enterprises 20 
 
 Cromwell 24 
 
 Kent 24 
 
 Thayer 24 
 
 Union County Soldiers 2-5 
 
 Incidents 33 
 
 New Hope Township f 36 
 
 The Big Farm of Union County 37 
 
 UoDOE Township 38 
 
 Lincoln Township 40 
 
 Spauldixq Township 42 
 
 DoioLAS Township 43 
 
 Hiohland TowNSHii- 46 
 
 Union Township 48 
 
 jonestownship 51 
 
 I'i.E.vsANT Township 53 
 
 Sand Creek Township 56 
 
 Grant Township 86 
 
 1'latte Township 58 
 
 Biographies — 
 
 N. H. Letts 60 
 
 William Iteming 60 
 
 W. 11. lliiruilion 60 
 
 James Wilson McUill 61 
 
 Ira Seeley 61 
 
 S. W. McElderry 61 
 
 0.8. Rex 61 
 
 J. H. I'att 62 
 
 George A. Me 62 
 
 H. S. Diinlap 62 
 
 R. 1*. .Smith 62 
 
 James Mewhirter 63 
 
 John H.Brown 63 
 
 William T. Ide, Jr 63 
 
 F. R. Wolfe 63 
 
 James A. White 63 
 
 Burr Forks 64 
 
 Benjamin Lamb 64 
 
 R. J. McKee 65 
 
 PAtiE 
 
 Biographies — Continued — 
 
 C. J.Colby 65 
 
 James I). Dupgan 65 
 
 Charles H. Bruwn 66 
 
 Rev. William T. Bartle 66 
 
 J. J. Lccpcr 66 
 
 Levi Smeltzer 66 
 
 W. T. Cornwall 66 
 
 Kensel Kent 07 
 
 C. G. Shall 67 
 
 R. C. Carter 67 
 
 Preston Bildcrback 67 
 
 Gallinton Bilderback 07 
 
 Rev. R. H. Cunningham 08 
 
 Frederick William Wolll'. 68 
 
 George A. Pierson 68 
 
 Samuel Clough 68 
 
 John V. Katzenberger 69 
 
 J. S. Lorimorc 69 
 
 W. K. Wilson 69 
 
 William Groesbeck 69 
 
 William M. Boyles 70 
 
 Amos C.Cooper 70 
 
 C. S. Stryker 70 
 
 D. p. Gregory 71 
 
 J. R. Powers 71 
 
 Robert Maxwell 71 
 
 J. S. Lytle 71 
 
 George W. Beymer 71 
 
 William M. Wickham 72 
 
 0. J. Silverthi.rn 72 
 
 J. D. Spaulding 72 
 
 E. J.Emmons 72 
 
 Anson .Skinner 73 
 
 II. A. Botleman 73 
 
 F. M. Richey 73 
 
 Capl. R. Kelley 73 
 
 l)r. J. W. I^iraves 73 
 
 T. M. Robinson 74 
 
 J. R. Harsh 74 
 
 H. M. Way 74 
 
 William .M. Lock 75 
 
 George W. .Mctiinnis , 75 
 
 Samuel Riggs 76 
 
 B. F. Martz 76 
 
 T. L. Andrews, M. U 77 
 
 David Woolley 78 
 
 A. D. Temple 78 
 
 C. H. Fuller 78 
 
 Francis M. Enicrsnn 79 
 
 Walter Popjoy 79 
 
 PAOI 
 
 Biographies — Conlinwd— 
 
 D. J. Guthridge 79 
 
 M. A. Lathrop 79 
 
 C. 0. Wedge 79 
 
 W. H. Huntzinger 80 
 
 1. K. White 80 
 
 E. S. Creswell ... 80 
 
 Jona. F. Ickis 80 
 
 James M. Wickham, Sen 81 
 
 Samuel Zollinger 81 
 
 Rev. John Clough 81 
 
 M. Burklieimer 81 
 
 Isaac B. Fulton 81 
 
 Baley J. Wilcox 81 
 
 Oliver J. Scott 82 
 
 A. G. Coombs 82 
 
 W. C. Yard 82 
 
 G. W. Mayhew 82 
 
 Mi-s. Sophia Trimble 82 
 
 Lewis J.Williamson 82 
 
 Franklin E. Hopkins 83 
 
 S. G. Leak 83 
 
 Chcbches 84 
 
 Orders and Societies 88 
 
 Municipal and other Organizations 91 
 
 Directories — 
 
 Creston yd, 97 
 
 Cromwell 104 
 
 Afton 105, 106 
 
 Thayer 108 
 
 Kent 108 
 
 New Hope 109 
 
 Dodge 11(1 
 
 Lincoln Ill 
 
 Spaulding 112 
 
 Douglas 112 
 
 Highland 114 
 
 Union 115 
 
 Jones 117 
 
 Pleasant 118 
 
 Sand Creek 119 
 
 Grant 120 
 
 Platte .' 12 
 
 Digest of State L.^w — 
 
 Commercial Law 123 
 
 Exemption Law 126 
 
 Game Law 127 
 
 Probate Law 126 
 
 School Law (in full 1 128 
 
 Tax Law 126 
 

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