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WAPELLO COUNTY COURT HOUSE.

HISTORY

Wapello County, Iowa,

AND

Representative Citizens.

EDITED AND COMPILED BY

Capt. S. B. Evans.

'History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples."
1843 1900.

PUBLISHED BY

BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY,

George Richmond, Pres.; S. Harmer Neff, Sec'y; C. R. Arnold, Treas.

Chicago, Illinois.

1901.

VJ2.

Preface

CHE aim of the publishers of this volume has been to secure for the historic portion
thereof full and accurate information respecting all subjects therein treated, and to
present the data thus gathered in a clear and impartial manner. If, as is their hope,
they have succeeded in this endeavor, the credit is mainly due to the diligent and exhaustive
research of that well-known pioneer resident of Wapello county, Capt. S. B Evans, of
Ottumwa, whose high character and recognized ability as an editor and author have brought
him prominently before the people of the Hawkeye State. His patient and conscientious
labor in the compilation and presentation of facts is shown in the historical port on of this
volume. This record gives an elaborate description of the land and its aboriginal occupants
before the opening of the "New Purchase," and a comprehensive account of the organization
of the county, and of the leading events in the stages of its development from 1843 to the
present time, as set forth in the table of contents. Certain subjects which Captain Evans
hoped to introduce have been omitted for lack of requisite data, but all topics and occurrences
are included which are essential to the usefulness of the history. Although the purpose of
the author was to limit the narrative to the close of 1900, he has deemed it proper to touch
on some matters overlapping that period. For any possible errors that may occur in the
work, the indulgence of our readers is asked.

The reviews of resolute and strenuous lives, which make up the biographical department
of the volume, and whose authorship for the most part is entirely independent of that of the
history, are admirably adapted to foster local ties, to inculcate patriotism and to emphasize
the rewards of industry, dominated by intelligent purpose. They constitute a most appro-
priate medium of perpetuating personal annals and will be of incalculable value to the
descendants of those therein commemorated. They bring into bold relief careers of
enterprise and thrift and make manifest valid claims to honorable distinction. If " Biography
is the only true History," it is obviously the duty of men of the present time to preserve in
this enduring form the story of their lives in order that their posterity may dwell on the

PREFACE.

successful struggles thus recorded, and profit by their example. These sketches, replete with
stirring incidents and intense experiences, will naturally prove to most of the readers of this
book its most attractive feature.

In the aggregate of personal memoirs, thus collated, will be found a vivid epitome of
the growth of Wapello county, which will fitly supplement the historic statement; for the
development of the county is identified with that of the men and women to whom it is
attributable. The publishers have endeavored in the preparation of the work to pass over
no feature of it slightingly, but to give heed to the minutest details, and thus to invest it with
a substantial accuracy which no other treatment would afiord. The result has amply justified
the care thus exercised, for in our belief no more reliable production, under the circumstances,
could be laid before its readers.

We have given special prominence to tie portraits of representative citizens, which

appear throughout this volume, and believe they will prove a most interesting feature of the

work. We have sought to illustrate the different spheres of industrial and professional

achievement as conspicuously as possible. To those who have kindly inferested themselves

in the successful preparation of this work, and who have voluntarily contributed most useful

information and data, we herewith tender our grateful acknowledgment.

THE PUBLISHERS.
Chicago, III., December, igoi.'

NOTE

All the biographical sketches published in this volume were
submitted to their respective subjects, or to the subscribers, from
whom the facts were primarily obtained, for their approval or
correction before going to press; and a reasonable time was
allowed in each case for the return of the t\'pe-written copies.
Most of them were returned to us within the time allotted, or
before the work was printed, after being corrected or revised;
and these may therefore be regarded as reasonably accurate.

A few, however, were not returned to us; and as we have
no means of knowing whether they contain errors or not, we
cannot vouch for their accuracy. In justice to our readers, and
to render this work more valuable for reference purposes, we
have indicated these uncorrected sketches by a small asterisk (*),
placed immediately after the name of the subject. They will
all be found on the last pages of the book.

BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING CO.

Cable of Contents

Chapter I. ;^ .

Brief Sketch of Early Iowa , 11

Its Territorial and State Organizations.

Chapter II.

Aboriginal Inhabitants 1.'!

Geographical Description o£ Wapello County — Preparing for Settlement — An Indian Agency Established in the
County — Sketches of General Street and Major Beach — Sketch of Wapello, for Whom the County was Named.

Chapter III.

Indian Census 3."i

Names of Indians of the Sac and Fox Tribe, as Revealed by the Account Book of J. P. Eddy, the Indian
Trader.

Chapter IV

South Ottum wa in Early Days r;2

Graphic Description of the Indian Country Before the Whites were Permitted to Take Claims — South Ottumwa
was at That Time the Scene of a Great Camp Ground.

Chapter V

Occupying the Land :i(i

Description of the County's Physical Features Before the Advent of the Settlers — Recollections of Old
Settlers — Extracts from an Address Made by Judge Hendershott.

Chapter VI.

How the Pioneers Lived 4(i

Methods of First Settlers in Selecting Claims — The Cabins which were Their Rude Homes — Dietary of the
Settlers.

Chapter MI.

County Organization .'1(1

An Instance of Claim Troubles — Illustrating how the Difficulty was Settled — Then Followed County Organi-
zation and Other Evidences of Progress.

CONTENTS.

Chapter \TII.

Coi'NTY Seat Located 'i"

The Town was First Named Louisville, but Indian Influence Prevailed, and it was Changed to Ottumwa —
Board of Commissioners — Business at the First Session of the Board — The Town of Ottumwa from the Begin-
ning— Pen Pictures.

Chapter IX.

Ottumwa and Its Institutions 'i?

Public Schools and Churches — Fraternal Societies— Railroads of the County — Newspapers of the County — A
Glance at Manufacturing Interests — The Carnegie Library.

Chapter X.

Ottumwa and Its Municipal Officers "'^

Official Roster of the City of Ottumwa — Names of the Diffsrant Persons Who have Hsld Elective and Appoint-
ive Offices— The Postmasters of Ottumwa.

Chapter XI.

Ottumwa A\'atf.r Works and \\'ater IViwer ■"''S

Origin and Development of AVater Power and Water Work, — Concise Statement Relating to the Enterprise.

Chapter XII.

The Coal Palace Period '■••J

The Great Coal Palace .Advertising Ottumwa as the Center of a Vast Coal Region — Visited by the President
and Other Distinguished Men of the Republic — Its Success Financially and Otherwise — List of Shareholders.

Chapter XIII.

Roster of County Officials and Census 104

Names of Different Persons who Have Held Office in the County From the Beginning until the Year 1!M)1 —
Population of the County by Townships, and Also by Towns.

Chapter XIV.

The Briscoe Gold Fever 112

.Alleged Discovery of Gold on Bear Creek — The .Mania of Speculation that Ensued — Land Worth but S4II
Per Acre Sold for S'l'H' Per .Vcre.

Chapter X\'.

Kelley's Army and His Fleet of Flat Boats 114

Wapello County Invaded by a Horde of Organized Tramps, who Came on Flat Boats Down the Des Moines
River.

Chapter XVI.

Improvement of the Des Moines River 1 IG

An Historical Sketch — The Various Vicissitudes of the Proposed Enterprise — Causes of its Failure.

Chapter XVII.

Bench and Bar 1 29

Early Members of the Wapello County Bar— Sketches of Eminent Lawyers and Jurists— Something About
the Present Members of the Bar.

CONTENTS.

. Chapter XVIII.

The Medical Profession ..." 1 3,3

Diseases and R.einedies of the Early Period — Primitive Doctors and Their Practices — The Profession as it is
To-day.

Chapter XIX.

The Towns of the County l.T)

Sketches of Eldon, Agency City, Eddyville, Kirkville, Dahlonega, Chillicothe and Blakesburg.

Chapter XX. ,

Notable Events 1.51

Important Events, Worthy of Record, Chronicled— Laying of the Corner Stone of the Carnegie Library Build-
ing—Record of the Deaths of Prominent Citizens of the County — Destructive Fires— Notable Crimes and
Their Punishment.

Chapter XXI.

War Record ICO

Civil War — Spanish-American War,

Last Will and Testament of P. G. Ballingall 192

Biographical lilj'

INDEX.

Biographical

PAGE

Abegg, Walter 499

Abernathy, J. M '. ."ilid

Abernathy, M. H 48()

Abraham, Xils 'iO!)

Acton, J. J -!«:!

Ainley, Joseph 214

Allbaugh, W. M (117

Allen, C. R iil

Allen, E. G (ili9

Applegren, Gus 'J2()

Areingdale, Arthur 4S4

Armstrong, T, K (il9

Armstrong, \V. B 2S(i

Anderson, J. P 279

Arnold, Mrs. Mary li-'U

Arrison, N, L 2(i.'i

Asbury, W. H. H 2(i2

Bailey, G. L 19,S

Baker, H. T 414

Baker, J. R :ii:i

Baker, L. D .")(«

Baker, Dr. L. ] 424

Bannister, Col. Dwight .'.57

Bannister, Dr. M .■;92

Bare, J. \' ."iKi

Barnes, Stephen 477

Beagle, J. F 479

Beck, W. R 21)1

Bell, A. W .■).->:!

Bennett, C. P ."):•.■>

Betterton, Edward Ii:i4

Bizer, J. F .ISl

Bolibaugh, Milan r]4S

Bonnifield, W. B 2ir.

Bosworth, C. A ; :!(i:i

Boude, C. E 2SII

Bowman, J. B 4.")()

Box, Dr. J. C 42:!

Bremhorst, Otto .172

Brown, B. P 421

Brown, C. P 422

Brown, Hugh iil S

PAGE

Brown, W. A -WS

Brown, W. A. C <149

Buchanan, A. W 2.58

Buchanan, \V. A 447

Bullock, F. J :«)1

Burbage, James ^U.")

Burton, Mrs. Elizabeth J .)9(i

Burton, S. H 402

Caldwell, Paris 240

Campbell, J. A 29(i

Carman, J, B (i:!7

Carpenter, L. M (U.S

Carr, Alfred ()2:i

Carr, S. B .■i24

Chisman, B. F ."i.-il

Cline, F. X :i7(i

Cloyd, Mrs. \\'ealthy ."lOli

Cobler, David ^Uo

Cohagan, S. L .")()4

Coleman, Alexander 4(IS

Cornell, Seneca 2S1)

Cottom, Albert 41! 7

Creath, Geo. W (i29

Cremer, Mrs. Rebecca J 1)21)

Crisman, L. T .")9:i

CuUen, S. C. & Company 28]

Cummings, \\\ W ;).")!

Daggett, Mrs. Susan E 207

Daggett, ^\'. R 28,S

Dailey. J. H (ilil

Daniels, John 008

Davis, G. D 4."):;

Davis, Dr. Morris L :il2

Davis. ^Villiam 4.1()

Davis, W. Z 019

Dean. E. L 027

Decker, Adam ~>'S->

De Long, AV. W .)47

Denny, William .'112

Dennis, J. B .■188

Devin Family, The ."lO.")

PAGE

Dible, John .').j9

Dickins, G. W 497

Djckins, Scott M 472

Dimmitt, Beniah 'il')

Dimmitt, Lincoln .)90

Dimmitt, Samuel 449

Dimmitt, W. H (Jl7

Dixson, H. G 041

Donelan, AV, J 40.i

Dudgeon, Lafayette .11.5

Dudgeon, S. B 4(i2

Dysart, J. K 340

Earhart, George 4;!1

Eastburn, B. M .'iOS

Eaton, Daniel :!71

Edwards, lohn 001

Elder, J. M 489

Emerv, D. H 282

Enoch, A. W 420

Erskine, A, J O.")!!

Evans, D. T .■)2.7

Evans, Capt. S. B 24^1

Fais, Garvais .>4.">

Fecht, Emil :i40

Ferree, J. D :i.'W

Fetzer, W. H (iOO

Fink. Fred J 018

Fish, J. M .wl

Flint, L T - .")29

Ford, C, E 3.i9

Foster, T. D 197

Francis, Peter .547

Friend, G. AV :i20

Fritz, Henry .509

FuUen, C. D OO:!

Gardner, A. J .530

Gardner, Mrs. Jane .571

Garner, J. W 29(i

Gibbons, T. E 21.'!

Gift, AVilliam 594

INDEX.

PAGE

Godley, L. M y 27.)

Goff, George W (538

Gosney, L. S 040

Goudy, G. T .'),S4

Gray, J. D :I8]

Green, J. R :il)4

Green, W. H (i5j

Guggerty, Lawrence 474

Hackworth, J. T 231

Hale, Shelton 308

Hall, W. T 323

Hamersley, T. J 3.')2

Hamilton, A. H 240

Hammond, I, H 375

Hanawalt, Mrs, Caroline .Ill

Hanna, Mrs. E. M (i47

Hanshaw, I. M 033

Hardsocg, Martin 369

Harrow, A. G 407

Harper, S. H '... 317

Harper, W. T., Jr 203

Harsch, E. G 4,80

Harshnian, Eli <).i7

Hatch, G. W '. 311

Haw, Christopher 28.')

Haw, George 2.56

Heindel, G. F 387

Heifer, J. W .'SI?

Helman, J, B Oil

Henry, Dr. C. A 461

Herman, M. G 460

Hicks, A. J., Jr ."i78

Hill, J. F .")82

Hills, Levi 212

Hirst, AVilliam .")83

Hodson, Reuben 612

Holzhauser, A. W 37.")

Howell, C. A .570

Hull, J. E 374

Humbert, H. C 520

Hunt, \V, E 190

Hutchison, Capt. J. G 240

Hutchison, M. B 416

Israel, H. J 537

Israel, M. C 532

Israel, R, T 526

Ives, H. D 303

Jewett, Joseph 626

Janney, G. C 658

Jaques, W, H, C 257

Johnson, A, E ■5(i6

Johnson, A. W 3SM

Johnson, Elijah 500

Johnston, Allen 267

Kerfoot, J. F .378

King, W. L 3.58

Kitterman, G. W 403

Kitterman, Samuel 64(i

Knight, Z. T 611

PAGE

Knox, Dr. E. M 600

Knox, J. F 6(i2

Kriegh, J. S 57()

Krueger, C. F 5.38

Langford, J. L 033

Lanz, W. J 406

Lee, A. W 238

Leighton, A. C 233

Leighton, Henry 516

Lewis,' Mrs. E. H 6j:!

Long, Albert 587

Lore, Levi 554

Lottridge, G. D 355

MacMillan, John 225

Macoy, H.N 443

Mader, A, J 3.50

Manchester, J, C 255

Mann, Mark 400

Manning, Calvin .331

McCarroll, C. T 200

McCarroU, J. B 306

McCollough, Samuel (i57

McCormick, J. E 325

McCoy, Mrs. Sarah W 312

McDowell, J. H 6115

McElroy , E. E 382

McElroy, J. M 651

McElroy, Rev. J. M 204

Mclntire, Frank 380

Mclntire, W. A 22.3

McShane, James 450

Melcher, A. W 485

Metzger. Frederick 053

Miller, W. H 307

Mitchell, J. C , 237

Montague, Henry 410

Moore, E. W 007

Morey, D. F 604

Morrell, J. H 273

Mowrey, J, B 413

Murray, John 589

Murray, Mrs. Catherine <i45

Myers, C. M 388

Myers, Samuel J 603

Neil, W. J (i(i5

Nelson, W. R 444

Newell, David 570

Newell, T. J 565

Nosier, James 302

Nye, G. L 377

O'Brien, Moses 607

O' Bryant, John 040

Ockert, L. A 401

Ogden, B. F 563

Oldham, R. J <i-12

Ostdiek, H. B...' 232

Palmer, C. C <506

Parker, Mrs. Pherryba 490

PAG

Parks, John 58

Parr, J. E 60

Peck, H. E .31

Pelham, W. S ;V)

Phelps, A. B ■ 37

Phillips, Henry .38

Phillips, J. S .51

Phillips, T, J 39

Picken, Mrs. Eliza B 01'

Porter, Robert .35

Powelson, Leander .58.

Proctor, Joseph 33i

Pumroy, Mrs. Emma J 39l

Prosser, C. H 45!

Pumroy, Levi 22(

Randal, E. L 30:

Ream, Jacob 651

Reece, W. M 211

Reeve, ^^'illiam 31;

Renfew, Mrs. Mary Ann 57'

Reno, Norman 51

Riggs, A. W 601

Riggs, I. S .32,

Robertson, Jas. F 47:

Robertson, G. D 45

Roemer, G. A 23>!

Ruffing, Joseph 50i

Ryerson, George 02

Sackett, D. M 48

Saner, George 46

Sautbine, David 37

Sawyers, Dr. S. H 03i

Schlagater, Dominick 47-

Schmidt, Bernard 47.'

Schmidt, Garry 37(

Schmidt, Henry 20'

Schmidt, J. B 38

Schwartz, John 40:

Schwarz, Michael 35(

Scott, J. W 601

Sharp, C. M. D 62

Shawver, S. A 541

Shumaker, William 27:

Simmons, F. W 43:

Simmons, Rev. J . T. . 43

Skinner, Frank 44.

Smith, C. L (i2

Snow, Heman 43'

Spangler, Lewis 63

Spilmau, J. H. R 53

Springer, C. V (i:{

Steck, A. C 64

Stevens, Dr. A. V 20

Stevens, Frank 44

Stevens, J. F 4,5

Stevens, L. E 23

Stewart, E. P .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. .52

Stodghill, Thomas go

Streicher, Xaver 4(j

Strickland, M. W 31

INDEX.

PAGE

Stuber, C. H Srv?

Styre, S, S 224

The Swift-Campbell Brick Co 431

Theunisson, John 898

Thomas, B. F 471

Thornburg, T. M (i;-!.i

Thornton, C. W 344

Timonds, James ()44

Tinsley, A. V .")77

Traul, Thomas 410

Trisler, John 22(1

Trout, H, L 518

Udell, ex., M. D .50(1

Ulmer, Morris 030

Vance, F. E. , M. D 440

PAGE

Vance, Dr. W. Vf .5!)!)

Vanfossan, W. P 42.5

Vass, John C 020

Von Schrader, Frank 432

Walsh, C. A 31)3

Waugaman, W. A .5.58

Ward, Patrick 44(i

Warner, Sylvester 483

Warren, A. J .50!)

Warren, W . ]...•. i 025

Waterman, H. L 41!)

Webber, L. A 504

Wellman, J. F 3!I7

Wellman, Mrs. Minerva .541

Wertz, H. J ' 04.5

White, J. M ' 447

Whitcomb, Frank 052

PAGE

Williams, Dr. A. 0 349

Williams, J. H 201

WiUiams, R. M /. OO!)

Williams, W. E .5()3

Wilson, G. A 047

Wilson, Ira .524

Wilson, Dr. J. B 252

Wilson, J. M .5],S

Wilson, P. S 054

Withall, George 291

Wood, J. S 2!)S

Work, W. A 211

Wycoff, J. C 053

Wycoff, W. B 3.3!)

Wyman, W. C 05O

Young, Abraham 453

Portraits

PAGE

Acton, J. J 482

Anderson, J. P 278

Baker, L. D .502

Ban'nister, Col. Dwight 330

Barnes, Stephen 470

Beck, W. R 200

Bennett, C. P 'ilU

Bizer, J. F 580

Bonnifield, W. B 204

Bullock, F. T 300

Carnegie Library Building 77

Carr, Alfred (}22

Crisman, L. T 5!)2

Cobler, David 342

Cottom, Albert 430

County Poor Farm, south and north

Decker, Elizabeth, Cora E. and

W. J 521

Decker, Mr. and Mrs. Adam 520

Dickins, G. W 494

Dickins, Mrs. Martha E 4!)5

Dimmitt, Beniah 574

Dimmitt, Mrs. W. H 015

Dimmitt, W. H 014

Donelan, W. J 404

Dudgeon, Lafayette 514

Earhart, George 428

Earhart, Mrs. Emma M 42!)

Elder, J. M 488

PAGE

Evans, Capt. S. B 242

First Hewed Log House in Wa-
pello County 47

Foster, Thomas D 190

Group picture of Maj. Beach, Gen.

Street and Agency Bldg. ..... 10

Hackworth, James T 228

Hackworth, Residence of James T. 22!)

Hall, W. T 322

Hammond, I. H 374

Hanshaw, S, M 0:i2

Hardsocg, Martin 308

Harper, S. H 210

Harrow, .A. G 400

Haw, Christopher 2S4

Heifer, J. W 310

Hnmburt, H. C 52S

Hutchison, J, G 248

Johnson, Elijah 508

Johnston, Allen 300

Long, Mr. and Mrs. Albert and

Family 58(i

Lottridge, G. D 354

Macoy, H. N 442

Manchester, J. C 254

Manning, Calvin 32!)

Manning, Edwin 328

McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. and

Family 004

PAGE

Mclntire, ^V. A 223

Miller, Mrs. Eady C " :i(")0

Miller, W. H .-id.-,

Mitchell, J. C . 2.3(1

Mowrey, J. B 4] 2

Ottumwa Coal Palace 94

Ockert, Lee A 400

Pelham, Mr. and Mrs. William... 550

Phillips, Henry :i(-;4

Phillips, T. J 390

Prosser, C. H 4,5,^;

Shumaker, William 072

Stuber, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. and

Family .-,,-,(;

Thomas Family Group 470

Vance, Dr. W. W 593

Wapello County Court House

Frontispiece

Wapello County Scenery, The

Phantom Lady 147

Wapello County Scenery I44

Warren, Mr. and Mrs. A. J 5(jS

Waterman, Hon. H. L 4]8

Wellman, J. S ,540

Williams, Dr. A. O . . 34g

Williams, W. E 502

Withall, George 290

Work. W. A. . . ; 310

f)\%m of mapello County

CHAPTER. I

BRIEF SKETCH OF EARLY IOWA

Its Territorial and State Organizations.

What is now known as the State of Iowa
became a part of the United States in 1803. In
1804 it was included in what was, known as the
district of Louisiana. March 3, 1805, it was or-
ganized as a part of the Territory of Louisiana.
In 1812 it was included in the jurisdiction of
the Territory of Missouri, and in 1834 it be-
came a part of the Territory of Michigan. In
1836 it was included in the Territory of AVis-
consin. In 1838 it was organized as the Ter-
ritory of Iowa, and was admitted into the
Union as a State in December, 1846. The
first legislative body that ever sat in the pres-
ent limits of the State of Iowa was the Ter-
ritorial legislature, which was composed of a
few men and which was convened in a little
room in an old frame building, gone years ago,
situated on Front street, Burlington, in the
winter of 1838. Robert Lucas, a former gov-
ernor of Ohio, was appointed by President

Van Buren to be governor of the Territory of
1

Iowa. Governor Lucas was disposed to wield
the large veto power he possessed with the
sway of an autocrat and a stormy session was
the result. The great wrangle arose over the
location of the capital of the Territory. Both
Burlington and Mount Pleasant, in the south-
ern part of the Black Hawk purchase, wanted
it, while their opponents favored a central lo-
cation. The central party won. Three com-
missioners were appointed to select the site of
the seat of government within the limits of
Johnson county. They decided on a place, and
laid out a square mile, which they called Iowa
City, and there the capital was located. The
eighth and last Territorial legislature was held
there in 1843-44. In February, 1844, the leg-
islature adopted an act, submitling to the peo-
ple of the Territory the proposition to form a
state constitution and to apply for admission
to the Union. The measure carried, and the
convention met at Iowa City in October, and

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

on the first day of the following November fin-
ished its work and reported a State constitu-
tion and State boundaries. The latter did not
meet with favor. The line between this State
and Missouri lay 30 miles north of its pres-
ent location, and the western line stopped far
short of the Missouri River. By a small ma-
jority, the people rejected the lines. May 4,
1846, another convention assembled and an-
other constitution, prescribing the present
State boundaries, was drafted. The people
.adopted it, Congress adopted it, and Iowa, was
admitted as a State, December 28, 1846.

On the 15th of January, 1855, a bill relo-
cating the capital within two miles of the Rac-
coon fork of the Des Moines River, and for
the appointment of commissioners, was ap-

proved by Governor Grimes. The site was se-
lected in 1856, the land being donated to the
State by the citizens and property owners of
Des Moines. An association erected a build-
ing for a temporary capitol, and leased it to the
State at a nominal rent. On the 19th of Oc-
tober, 1857, Governor Grimes issued a procla-
mation, declaring the city of Des Moines to be
the capital of the State of Iowa. The removal
of the archives was a task of difficulty, as the
records and safes had to be drawn from Iowa
City to the new capital on sleds, and it was not
until December, 1857, that the removal was
completed. On the nth of January, 1858,
the seventh general assembly convened at the
new capital.

CHAPTER. II

^ ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS

Geographical Description of Wapello County — Preparing for Settlement — An Indian
Agency Established in the County — Sketches of General Street and Major
Beach — Sketch of Wapello, for Whom the County was Named.

The annals of Wapello county begin prop-
erly with its organization as a civil district, but
it will be of abiding interest, not only to the
present generation, but to those who are to
follow, to have a written record of the develop-
ment of civilization, and this will necessitate
an examination of the circumstances that led
to the early settlement of the country, and of
its aboriginal population. 'There were no fierce
wars to determine the possession of the ter-
ritory; the conquest was in a manner peaceful,
beginning with the cession of the .Louisiana
province by Napoleon, and ending in the dif-
ferent treaties with the Indians, who had
actual possession and certain rights that could
not well be ignored by the American people.
The Indians are unique and interesting, with an
uncertain origin and a past that must be al-
ways buried in oblivion. A chapter or two of
this work will be devoted to them as they were
revealed to the early settlers who came in con-
tact with them, when they were probably liv-

ing as their ancestors had lived prior to the
discovery of the continent.

The early settler himself was a distinctive
character, who cannot be ignored in a work
of this kind ; he encountered privations, and
the way in which he conquered the wilderness
and laid the foundations of a state under
the most discouraging circumstances is a
never-failing subject of interest to the student
of history. Therefore, there will be no apology
necessary for the space that is occupied in de-
tailing the stories of adventure that illustrate
the lives of the hardy men and women, who
were the pioneers of civilization in a new and
strange country.

geographical description.

The county of Wapello is situated in the
second tier of counties from the southern line
of Iowa, and is bounded by Mahaska and Keo-
kuk oil the north, Jefferson on the east, Davis

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on the south, and Monroe on the west. The
civil townships are Competine, Highland,
Richland, Columbia, Cass, Polk, Center, Dah-
lonega, Pleasant, Agency, Washington, Keo-
kuk, Green, Adams; 14 civil townships. The
principal stream is the Des Moines River,
which enters the county in the corporate limits
of Eddyville and flows in a general southeast-
erly direction, finally leaving the county on the
southwest quarter of section 35, township 71,
range 12, thus dividing the county into nearly
equal parts. Competine township is drained
by Competine and Wolf Creeks and a number
of tributaries. Cedar Creek crosses Richland,
Highland and Pleasant townships ; into the
Cedar flows Brush and Little Cedar Creeks and
a number of small branches. The Des Moines
River on the south is fed by North and South
Avery and Bear Creeks. Little Soap Creek
flows nearly eastward through Adams, Green
and Keokuk townships, and empties into Big
Soap Creek in Davis county. Village Creek
empties into the Des IMoines River in Keokuk
township. The southern part of the county
was at one time well timbered, but the native
stock has been greatly reduced by the process
of cultivating the soil. A large part of the
county on both sides of the river is embraced
within the region of the most valuable portion
of the Iowa coal field. The soil throughout
the county is generally very fertile, yielding-
abundant crops of corn, oats and the grasses.

PREPARING FOR SETTLEMENT.

The steps of organization, which led to

the marking out of the boundaries of Wapello
county, may be summarized as follows : Orig-
inally it was included in the Louisiana Pur-
chase of 1803; in 1804 this territory was di-
vided into the governments of Louisiana and
Orleans. In 1812 Louisiana was admitted into,
the Union, and the country north of it was then
called Missouri Territory. From 1812 to 1834.
that region of country now embraced in Iowa
was a part of Missouri Territory. In the
latter year Iowa was placed under the jur-
isdiction of Michigan and was known as.
a part of Michigan Territory. In 1837
the State of Michigan was admitted into
the Union, and this had led to the organiza-
tion, in the previous year, of a new terri-
tory under the name of Wisconsin; Iowa
was then a part of Wisconsin. Iowa was cre-
ated as a separate territory in 1838. In 1833
a treaty was made with the Sac and Fox tribe,
of Indians, by the terms of which the country
lying west of the Mississippi River and east of
the west line of Jefferson county was ceded to-
the United States by the Indians. On the nth
of October, 1842, a second treaty was made
with the same tribe, by which the remainder
of Iowa was ceded. Under this latter treaty
the whites were not permitted to settle within
what are now the boundaries of Wapello coun--
ty until the ist of Alay, 1843.

We are now brought up to that period prior
to the occupation of the county by the set-
tlers and to the time when the Indians still held,
possession, and also to the time when Gen.
Joseph M. Street, as the Unitcl States Indian-,
agent, established a post at Agency.

MAJ. JOHN BEACH, Agent Sacs and Foxes. GEN. JOSEPH M. STREET, Agent Sacs and Foxes.

{From portrait painted in 1815.)

1. Old Agency Building. 2. Grave of General Street. 3. Grave of Chief Wapello.

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GEN. JOSEPH M. STREET.

The following sketch of General Street is
taken from A. R. Fulton's book (now out of
print) "The Red Men of Iowa:" "General
Joseph M. Street was born in Virginia, Oc-
tober 1 8, 1782. He was appointed to the
agency of the Winnebagoes in 1828, and in the
autumn of this year arrived at Prairie du
Chien, his family remaining for a short time
in Illinois. During the winter he returned and
removed his family also to the agency. He
was a strict Presbyterian, and his was the first
family professing the Protestant faith to lo-
cate at that place. After the treaty of 1837,
by which the Sacs and Foxes relinquished
'Keokuk's Reserve' on the Iowa River, and
the Indians agreed to remove further west,
General Street was transferred from the
agency at Prairie du Chien to the new agency
of the Sacs and Foxes on the Des Moines. In
accordance with this purpose, early in 1838
General Street took measures to locate a new-
agency as convenient as practicable to the prin-
cipa-1 villages of the Indians. Accompanied by
the chief, Poweshiek, and a party of Indians,
he set out to examine the country and selected
the location, where the town of Agency City is
now situated in Wapello county. He at once
contracted for the erection of the necessary
buildings, — including a family residence and
office, blacksmith shop and stables. The con-
tractor ■ was from Clarksville, Missouri ; he
brought with him a large force of mechanics
and laborers, including a number of negro
slaves. The work was soon completed. In

April, 1839, General Street removed his family
to the new agency. In the meantime his health'
had been gradually declining, and before the
close of the year he had become almost totally
disabled, owing to a complication of obstinate
maladies. On the 5th day of May, 1840, he
was out riding with his brother-in-law, Dr.
Posey, who had been attending him profession-
ally. On returning home, he alighted from
the carriage, and seating himself in the door
called for a cup of cold water. When the ser-
vant brought it, he remained motionless in the
chair. Dr. Posey was immediately called, and
came without the delay of a minute, but too
late. The General had died while sitting in his
chair."

MAJOR JOHN BEACH.

Major John Beach, who succeeded General
Street as Indian agent, was born at Gloucester,
Massachusetts, February 23, 1812. At an early
age he entered Portsmouth (X. H.) Academy,
where at ten years of age he took a prize for
proficiency in Latin, and at thirteen he ex-
celled in Greek. He was appointed a cadet
at West Point at the age of sixteen, and grad-
uated in the class of 1832 at the age of twenty
years. Soon after he received his commission
as second lieutenant in the First U. S. Infantry,
of which Zachary Taylor was colonel. He
was assigned to duty on the frontier and in
1838, his hearing having become impaired, he
resigned from the army and was for some time
employed in the United States land office at
Dubuque. In the meantime he had married a
daughter of General Street, and succeeded him

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as agent in 1840. From 1847 ""til 1863 he
was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Agency
City, where he died, August 31, 1874. He dis-
charged all his duties as an officer and a citizen
with fidelity. Prior to his death, he had com-
pleted a series of valuable historical articles,
entitled "Old Times," which were published in
the newspaper of his own town. From these
papers, the author of this volume will quote as
follows :

In the fall of 1837 Major Beach accom-
panied General Street, who conducted a party
of 30 chiefs to the East, and while there they
visited Boston. Major Beach says: "There
were two theaters then in Boston, and a strug-
gle ensued between them to obtain the presence
of the Indians, in order to 'draw houses.' At
the Tremont, the aristocratic and fashionable
one, the famous tragedian, Forrest, was filling
an engagement. His great play, in which he
acted the part of a gladiator, and always drew
his largest audiences, had not yet come off, and
the manager was disinclined to bring it out
while the Indians were there, as their presence
always insured a full house. General Street,
being a strict Presbyterian, was not much in
the theatrical line, and hence the writer, who
had recently become his son-in-law, took these
matters off his hands; and, as he knew this
particular play would suit the Indians far bet-
ter than those simple, declamatory tragedies, in
which, as they could not understand a word,
there was no action to keep them interested, he
finally prevailed upon Mr. Barry, the manager,
to bring it out, promising that all the Indians
should come.

"In the exciting scene, where the gladi-
ators engage in deadly combat, the Indians
gazed with eager, breathless anxiety; and as
Forrest, finally pierced through the breast with
his adversary's sword, fell dying, and as the
other drew his bloody weapon from the body,
heaving in the convulsions of its expiring
throes, while the curtain falls, the whole Indian
company burst out with their fiercest war-
whoop. It was a frightful yell to strike sud-
denly upon unaccustomed ears, and was in-
stantly succeeded by screams of terror from
among the more nervous of the ladies and chil-
dren. For an instant the audience seemed at
a loss, but soon uttered a hearty round of ap-
plause— a just tribute to both actor and In-
dians.

"After ceding the belt of country upon the
Iowa side of the Mississippi, as heretofore
mentioned, and having considerably increased
the width of this belt by an additional cession in
the treaty of 1837, the Sacs and Foxes still re-
tained a large and most valuable portion of our
State. This last treaty was negotiated Avith the
party whose visits to Washington and other
eastern cities we have just mentioned, and was
concluded on the 21st day of October. This
was the first treaty ever made with the Sacs
and Foxes, in which the principle was incor-
porated that had just then- begun to be adopted,
of making the sum allowed the Indians for their
land a permanent fund, to be held in trust by
the United States, upon which interest only, at
the rate of five per cent, would be annually
paid to them. Hitherto it had been the custom
to provide that the gross sum granted for a

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cession should be paid in yearly installments.
For instance, $10,000 in regular payments of
$1,000, over a term of ten years, would have
left the Indians, at the end of that time, desti-
tute of all further benefit from that cession.
But now the more humane policy had come
to be followed — of saving for them, in per-
petuity, the principal sum. For their cession of
1837, they were allowed $200,000; upon which
the interest annually paid is $10,000; and the
treaty of October 11, 1842, that finally dis-
possessed them of their land in Iowa, pays
them $40,000, as the interest upon $800,000,
which, together with the payment by the United
States of a large amount of claims, and some
minor stipulations of a cash character, was the
consideration for which that cession was ob-
tained. Under a very old treaty, they were
also receiving an unlimited annuity of $1,000,
so that now there is the yearly sum of $51,000
payable to the Sacs and Foxes, as long as any
of their people live to claim and receive it.

"This treaty of 1837 also stipulated for the
erection of mills and support of millers; the
breaking-up and fencing of fields ; the estab-
lishment of a model farm, and other schemes
of the pestilent brood of so-called philanthro-
pists who were then beginning to devise their
various plans for plundering the savages, and
fastening upon theuT their hosts of vampires
and leeches, schemes causing the outlay of
many thousands of dollars of the money grant-
ed to these Indians for their lands, from which,
it is safe to say, they never derived the slightest
benefit.

"Appanoose persuaded General Street that

Sugar Creek, between Ottumwa and Agency,
was 50 miles long, and the General had a mill
erected on it. A freshet occurred within the.
next twelve months or so, sufficient in size andi
force to wash it away ; but the, writer doubts if
ever a bushel of grain was ground in it, nor,
had it stood to this day, and had the Indians ^
remained to this day, does he believe they could
have been prevailed upon to have raised a
bushel of corn to carry to it. Another mill was
put up on Soap Creek, and when the writer took
charge df the Agency, in June, 1840, that was
also destroyed ; but as that was a better stream
and as he was fortunate enough to secure the
services of Peter Wood, a man who fully un-
derstood his business, and was honestly dis-
posed to attend to it, a second mill that was.
erected fared better, but the Indians took no
interest in it whatever.

"A large field, cornering where the creek
just below the depot at Ottumwa debouches
from the bluff, was made and cultivated for
one of the villages then located opposite. The
field extended in this direction and toward the
river. .-Vnother was made on the opposite bank
near to the villages, and still a third in the
same neighborhood, giving one to each of the
three villages located opposite and below Ot-
tumwa. A splendid wheat crop, harvested by
the hands employed on the Pattern Farm, was
stacked and a very high fence built around until
it could be threshed ; but, in a very little time,
the young men, too lazy to hunt up their ponies
if turned out to graze, and having no squaws
of whom to exact the duty, tore down the
fences and turned their ponies upon the grain.

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"At the time of General Street's decease, the
Indians were occupying their country with
their permanent, or spring and summer vil-
lages, located as follows : Upon the bank of the
Des Moines, opposite the mouth of Sugar
Creek, where there is quite a spacious bot-
tom extending for a mile or more below,
where the bluff closes in pretty closely
upon the bank, and for a much longer
distance in the up-river direction toward
and past Ottumwa, was the village of Keo-
kuk; and still above, were those of Wapello,
Foxes, and Appanoose, a Sac chief. Ac-
cording to the writer's present memory, that of
Wapello was the intermediate one. Keokuk
himself had selected a pleasant, commanding
and picturesque point for his own summer wig-
wam, some half way up the side of the blufif,
in the rear of his village, where, with his own
little field of corn and beans, despite the large
field of Uncle Sam just beneath him, he en-
joyed the otium ciun dignitate of his authority
and rank during the hot weather.

"His wigwam was a very conspicuous ob-
ject to a traveler along the road that crests the
bluff and winds down the long hill to Sugar
Creek on this side. From his elevated position,
where, like another Robinson Crusoe in the
boys' story books, he could contemplate himself
as 'monarch of all he surveyed,' he had a fine
view of the three villages spread beneath him,
as well as of the bluffs and bottoms for a con-
siderable distance up and down the river on
this side. Several of the lodges in every town
had their own small patches of cultivated
ground in the neighborhood of their villages;

but the hillside, now covered by Ottumwa,
seemed to offer them more attractive spots for
this purpose, probably because the soil was
more easily worked, and situated more favor-
ably for the influence of the sun than upon their
side of the river. A light, easily turned soil
was, of course, an object to the poor squaws,
upon whom devolved the duty of working it
with their hoes, and of inserting the rickety
posts that, with light poles bound to them,
made the fence, not exceeding four feet in
height, but, in general, very respectfully treated
by the ponies, the only animal liable to intrude
injuriously upon their fields.

"The whole hillside on its lower slope, for
they seldom cultivated it more than half way
up, was occupied in this way by the Indians,
from some distance below the depot fully up
to or above the court house; often the writer,
on the receipt of some instructions requiring a
'talk' with the leading men, in order to save
time, and to the Indians the trouble of a ride
to Agency, has appointed some shady spot in
one of these patches.

"The Indians seldom occupied their per-
manent ^'illages, except during the time of
planting or securing their crops, after which ■
they would start out on a short hunt, if the
annuity — which was generally paid within the
six weeks from the ist of September — had not
yet been received. Immediately after payment,
it was their custom to leave the village for the
winter, hunting through this season by families
and small parties, leading the regular nomad
life, changing their location from time to time,
as the supply of game and the need — so es-

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sential to their comfort — of seeking places near
to timbered streams best protected from the
rigors of weather would require.

"The village of Hard Fish — or Wishe-
comaque, as it is in^the Indian tongue — which
was quite as respectable in size as any of the
old villages, was located in what is now the
heart of Eddyville, named for J. P. Eddy, a
trader, who was licensed in the summer of
1840, by the writer, to establish his trading post
at that place. He continued to trade there until
the treaty of final cession in 1842, and was the
most fortunate of any of the large traders in
finding his schedule of claims against the In-
dians very little reduced by the commissioners,
whose part it was at that treaty, to adjust all
outstanding claims against the Sacs and Foxes.

"The writer cannot locate the place exactly,
according to our state maps, although he has
often visited it in Indian times ; but somewhere
out north from Kirkville, and probably not
over 12 miles distant, on the bank of Skunk
River, not far above the 'Forks of Skunk,'
was a small village of not over 15 or 20 lodges,
presided over by a man of considerable influ-
ence, though he was not a chief, named Kish-
kekosh. This village was on the direct trail —
in fact it was the converging point of the two
trails — from Hard Fish village, and the three
villages across the river below Ottumwa, to
the only other permanent settlement of the
tribes, which was the village of Poweshiek, a
Fox chief of equal rank with \\'apello, situated
•on the bank of the Iowa River.

"About the time that Eddy moved out his
stock of goods from Burlington to his licensed

point at Hard Fish village, P. Chouteau, Jr.,
& Company also obtained an addition to their
license for a post at the same place, and put up
a small establishment some fourih of a mile be-
low Eddy, on the river bank. In the same
winter, of 1840-41, W. G. & G. W. Ewing, of
Indiana, who had already acquired large wealth
in the Indian trade, but never yet had dealt with
the Sacs and Foxes, obtained a license and
had their point assigned them just at the mouth
of Sugar Creek, on the Ottumwa side, where
they soon got up a large establishment, filled
with a full and valuable stock. This post was
started, and, for a year or so, conducted by
a Mr. Hunt, a gentleman of far more educa-
tion, refinement and culture than is often found
among the resident Indian traders.

"Previous to the treaty of 1542 some few
changes were made in their location, both by
the Indians and among the whites. The house
at the 'Old Garrison' was broken up, and one
established in its stead up in the Red Rock
region, near the mouth of White Breast; and
Keokuk, also, moved his village into the same
neighborhood. A second blacl smith was ap-
pointed, named Baker, son-in-law of Colonel
Ingraham, one of the pioneers of Des Moines
county, and a person of considerable character
and influence in his county. Baker died at
Fort Des Moines, still in the service of the
Indians ; but when appointed, he built his resi-
dence some half a mile east of the Agency, not
far from the claim taken by the late William
Newell, father of L. F. Newell, by whom the
property was subsequently purchased and add-
ed to his farm.

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"The Sacs and Foxes were quite friendly
and manageable; in fact, were very pleasant
and agreeable people to live among, and all
public and personal intercouse with them rolled
smoothly along the well-worn track, without
much of incident or marvel, until the final sale
of their remaining Iowa domain. Sometimes
incidents would occur, possessing excitement
or amusement enough to encroach for a little
upon the monotony that otherwise might have
become tedious, of which the writer will en-
deavor to recover the memory of one or two
that may amuse the reader.

"The Sacs and Foxes, like all other In-
dians, were a very religious people, in theii
way, always maintaining the observance of a
good many rites, ceremonies and feasts in their
worship of the Kitche Mulito, or Great Spirit.
Fasts did not seem to be prescribed in any of
their missals, however, because, perhaps forced
ones, under scarcity of game or other edibles,
were not of impossible occurrence among peo-
ple whose creed plainly was tO' let tomorrow
take care of things of itself. Some of these cere-
monies bore such resemblance to some of those
laid down in the book of Moses as to have
justified the impression among biblical students
that the lost tribes of Israel might have found
their way to this continent.

"The writer was a witness, one delightful
forenoon in May, 1841, of a ceremony that
seemed full of mystery, even to those of the
Indians who took no part in celebrating
it. A large lodge had been set up for
the occasion on the level green, near

Keokuk's village, and its sides left so
entirely open that vision of the proceedings
conducted within was entirely free. Close
around was a circle of guards or sentinels, evi-
dently 'in the secret,' as they were close enough
to hear, but at a distance far enough to prevent
eavesdropping of the low tones used within the
sacred precincts. Inside of these guards was
another and much larger circle of sentinels,
who restrained all outsiders (of whom the
writer had to content himself with being one)
from crossing within their line. Keokuk
seemed to be the chief personage among the
performers, and the performance to be de-
signed for the exclusive benefit of one old
fellow of some importance in the tribe, who
was mainly distinguished from those about him
by being clad in a much scantier pattern of
raiment. Sometimes they would place him on
his feet, and sometimes on his seat, as they
powwowed and gesticulated about him. Final-
ly, while in a sedentary position, with a large
pile of blankets behind him, Keokuk ap-
proached in front, pistol in hand, apparently
aimed at his forehead.

"There was an explosion, quite audible to
us outsiders, and a no small puff of smoke, and
the old savage went over on his back in quick
time, where he was covered up and left among
the blankets, \yhile a good many 'long talks'
were held around and over him, until at length,
Keokuk, taking his hand, brought him to the
sitting posture, and soon after i,o his feet, ap-
parently none the worse for having been used
as a target. The outside multitude of Indians

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gazed with marked awe throughout the entire
performance, and maintained, withal, the deep-
est silence."

It will be appropriate in this connection to
introduce a sketch of Wapello', the chief in
whose honor the county is named. We take
this sketch from Fulton's "Red Men of Iowa."

WA-PEL-LO.

"The name Wapello signi6es prince or
chief. He was head chief of the Fox tribe, arid
was boi-n at Prairie du Chien, in 1787. At the
time of the erection of Fort Armstrong ( 1816)
he presided over one of the thrive principal vil-
lages in that vicinity. His village was on the
east side of the Mississippi, ii'^ar the foot of
Rock Island, and not far from the famous
Black Hawk village. In 1829 h^ removed his
village to Muscatine Slough, on the west side
of the Mississippi, and then to a place, at or
near the present town of Wapello, in Louisa
county. Like Keokuk and Pashepaho, he was
in favor of abiding by the requirements of the
treaty of 1804, and was therefore opposed to
the hostile movements of Black Hawk.

"Wapello was among the chiefs present on
the occasion of the liberation of Black Hawk
at Fort Armstrong, in 1833. At that time,
after several chiefs had spoken, he rose in the
council and said T am not in the habit of talk-
ing— I think! I have been thinking all day;
Keokuk has spoken; I am glad to see my
brothers ; I will shake hands with them. I am
done.'

"The name of Wapello appears signed to

several treaties relinquishing lands to the
United States. He was one of the delegates
who accompanied Keokuk to Washington in
1837. On that occasion he made a very fa-
vorable impression by the correctness of his de-
portment. He made a speech in the council,
which was held at that time by the secretary
of war for the purpose of reconciling the Sioux
with the Sacs and Foxes. After Keokuk had
spoken, Wapello commenced his speech by say-
ing : 'My father, 3'ou have heard what my
chief has said. He is the chief of our nation.
His tongue is ours. What he says we all say.
Whatever he does we will be bound by it.'
It was conceded that Wapello's remarks were
sensible and pertinent, and although he did
not possess the fine form and cornmanding
presence of Keokuk, many thought his speech
was not inferior to Keokuk's.

"After the conclusion of the business at
Washington, the delegation visited Boston,
where they held a levee at Faneuil Hall, and
were afterward conducted to the State House,
where they were received by Governor Everett,
members of the legislature and other digni-
taries. The governor addressed them and the
chiefs replied, Keokuk, as usual, speaking first.
He was followed by Wapello, who said : T
am happy to meet my friends in the land of
my forefathers. When a boy I recollect my
grandfather told me of this place where the
white men used to take our forefathers by the
hand. I am very happy that this land has in-
duced so many white men to come upon it;
by that I think they can get a living upon it.
I am always glad to give the white man my

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hand, and call him brother. The white man is
the older of the two; but perhaps you have
heard that my tribe is respected by all others,
and is the oldest among the tribes. I have
shaken hands with a great many different
tribes of people. I am very much gratified that
I have lived to come and talk with the white
man in this house where my fathers talked,
which I have heard of so many years ago. I
will go home and tell all I have seen, and it
shall never be forgotten by my children.'

"In the spring of 1842 Wapello had left his
village on the Des Moines, not far from the site
-of the present city of Ottumwa, to visit the
grand scenes of his former hunting exploits.
It was in March — the dreary month of storms
— but there were days when all nature seemed
to rejoice at the near approach of the season
■of springing grass and budding leaves. Alas !
The good chief had numbered his winters on
■earth. His moccasins were never again to
press the green carpet of the prairies, nor fol-
low the trail of the deer amid the coverlets of
the forest. While encamped with his hunting
party on Rock Creek, in what is now Jackson
township, Keokuk county, he was taken sud-
denly ill. Surrounded by his faithful follow-
ers, he lingered but a few days, and then on
the 15th of March, 1842, his spirit passed away
to the better hunting grounds. To the curious
it may in the years to come be a matter of in-
terest to know that the closing scene in the
■earthly career of this good Indian chief was

on the northwest quarter of the northeast quar-
ter of section 21, township 74, range 11.

"In accordance with a request made by
Wapello some time before his death, his re-
mains were conveyed to the agency for inter-
ment near those of General Street, the former
beloved agent of the Sacs and Foxes. The
funeral cortege accompanying the remains con-
sisted of 25 Indians, three of whom were
squaws. (Samuel Hardesty drove the ox
wagon, in which the body was conveyed.) In
the presence of Keokuk, Appanoose and most
of the leading men of the tribes, on the same
evening of the arrival of the body, after the
usual Indian ceremonies, the interment took
place. Since then the remains of Wapello have
peacefully reposed beside those of his pale-
faced friend, and suitable monuments mark the
resting place of both. Many years ago the
author copied from their gravestones the fol-
lowing inscriptions :

Memory of

Gen, Joseph M. Street,

Son of Anthony and Molly Street,

Born Oct. 18th, 1783, in Virginia;

Died at the Sac and Fox Agency,

May .5th, 1840.

Memory of

Wa-pel-lo,

Born at Prairie du Chien, 1787;

Died near the Forks of Skunk,

March 15, 1842. — Sac and Fox Nation.

CHAPTER. Ill

INDIAN CENSUS

Names of Indians of the Sac and Fox Tribe, as Revealed by the Account
Book of J. P. Eddy, the Indian Trader.

In the year 1840, J. P. Eddy was ap-
pointed Indian trader at the Hard Fish vil-
lage, on the site now occupied by Eddyville.
The author of this work has in his possession
the book of accounts kept by Eddy, in which
the names of the heads of families and single
Indians are preserved, giving the number in
family and the articles purchased. This is,
perhaps, the only document in existence that
contains the names of the Indians of that
period, and is therefore very valuable. The
book was presented to the writer by Richard
Butcher, of Eddyville (now deceased), who
was a clerk or assistant in the trading house
of Mr. Eddy. The names are written in a
very plain handwriting, and with ink that still
preserves its glossy black color to a remark-
able degree. We have, therefore, not only
the names but as nearly an accurate census
as could possibly be taken. The names of
some of the prominent chiefs and leading men

appear in the list that follows. The total
number of persons represented is 2,004. The
purchases made by the Indians were calico,
blankets, powder, lead, scalping knives, a few
parasols, saddles, bridles, handkerchiefs, mus-
lin, broadcloth, pocket knives, ribbons, ver-
milion paint for the purposes of decoration,
hunting knives, coffee, sugar, etc. Kishke-
kosh, who was a chief, ran up a bill amount-
ing to nearly two hundred dollars. The
names of other chiefs appear, such as Wa-
pello, Pashepaho, and Keokuk's wife.

No. in family.

Mink Col Che Roc 4

We Shield O Ma Quat ,'. 8

Paw caw caw 3

Waw pe mah Whey 2

Mashe wac quah i

Pam me po Ko 4

Assaw waw mink i

Nam maw Reah 4

Lah Lah waw pit 7

Pup pe qua pac quae 5

Ne Kail ack quack g

Ke we Tshah cooss sat ; 3

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Paw Po Tsay 3

Sha Sho want 2

Fah she Kah Tshik ' i

She pe pec ■. 6

Wass ay hon wa 7

Tshah Kat Taw cos see 7

Not Taw Tass cee 2

Kac Kenaw watassee , 4

Kot tac que ' 11

Minsh CO 2

Ah Taic 2

Nam maw Kea 4

No Ten o Kah i

Ah Shah so 8

Kash Ke pu 5

Wap pwa ah Tuc 4

Ah put tah hone I

Peu Keen nack 5

Mool a ma 7

Quas Quis si 4

Mash que quah Tah wa 2

Watch che wea 2

Wass at tan no qua...... 3

Shah maw Kaw 2

Mack quaw Tas 2

We te munt 3

Mack atq Hah quata 3

We Yah i

Mash que pac Ke . . . . •. 6

Saw Pee quae que .... 2

Man Whay 7

Wah we so 4

Ah cow we mah , 3

Mack cat tan can 3

Nam me pash qua i

Mat che seppo 4

Ne Kal 00 Sah hat 4

Mash quah Ka 7

Kat tat tah 3

Mink coh che Ke 4

Muk quaw 2

Waw push e con 7

Kah tah Kow wall 3

Me Kass se qua 5

Pam me Tuck Wuc Tshe 2

Mant hi Ke ne -. . . 6

O Ke mant 5

Pam me po Ko 4

Wass ay hon wa 7

Tshh cat taw quah 6

Wah pe Kac Kaic White Hawk 7

Ka tan no qua 5

Sah Kash Kee 3

Ken Niss a s

Pe at taw we o Ke mant 8

Nac ot to cop paw 5

Ah tah moon e qua 7

Wac Kam mo 2

Wah Kaw pe Shick i

Kat Tac qua 11

Pash Ko whah 3

Min Cup pay ' I

Tslie Quu . 4

Assaw watali quat 3

Ke cool ass i

Tsha cal a ma S

Noqk Kah whay 4

Assaw wash Koow 3

Mink che pah 6

Wah pe Koss pah 4

Wah CO Shaw 2

As aw wee 2

Pam me hat 2

As si wal i Ri .. i

Nan Ne maw wlia 2

Wah pusha Kac qua 3

Resh Rat tap pe qua 2

We sha pit i

Mo Me te ne . - i

She Col ah wah ■. 2

Mah che ne no 5

Puss ays 4

Ass aw assam mo i

Ro Raw ho '. i

Ke we nin ne 3

Wah pee moy whay 2

Kush Ko maw 2

Paw ne tc te 2

No shay co 2

Kah Ke os sa qua ' 3

Ah tshe auaw Lo na 7

Quos que ton i

Mack cah tow con 3

Ash qua Mah i

Tac cum messac 3

Mah tah pay i

Tshah tsah coos sah qua 5

Meshe muh tuck quah 4

O tac Kone 3

Mank ke we na 3

O Ke maw assam 4

Meal wa ma qua 5

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Os Kush I

Wah Wah Ke 2

Allem Peen 7

Nut che min 4

Ah Pah am p pee 3

Mash quah wat 3

Mash qua Tah 4

Pan e nan nese 5

Sackitto 6

Que yam ma 3

Ni an no i

Ne mah Ka Wha S

Ah Shah soo : 8

Mu or Re mo tah i

Sac ko wa Kah 5

Kee wa wic kay 10

Pal ah See 4

No Tick Kah '. 4

Wah cum mo 3

Kow we Kul Suck 4

Pwa E nak kee 3

Push Ko 6

Kiesh kow tamp pee 4

The son of Shackeo 4

Mack OSS penia 4

She CO Call an ke 12

Kac ke na wa Tase 11

Ke o tah quah i

I am o us 2

Am mo wah 3

Ko ko at cha S

Ap pah lah nose '.'. 4

Chaw Ko Kaw wah 3

Pam mas sah hat S

Me shat che qua i

Wah pal nah tuck 5

Kash ke pai i •

I ah wa che 3

She koo kaw kac , i

Wa pa pe qua 4

Wah Saw pen ent 4

Wapo low I

Mai ah quaw i

Mint taw waw kaw pit 3

Pal La noss ah 3

Nin cot ta hit 3

Kot Tah whah i

Ash Shish ke we i

No Ro Mack i

Mol Cat te Cat Tul i

Mai taw taw 2

Pshah Tshah pa we 3

No tut tiz Eu 2

Tsho wah 3

Me ah Kee 3

Was ash Kee i

Sha Ra ho i

Ash ke packaw whah 4

Kish Kee Kosh I

Chow ko cow wah 10

Pey new nese 5

Wah posh e mock que 3

Wah tass sah ko i

Muk que bol lah Shaw 2

Hah not taw 2

Nis so Kat or Pam ma ho i

Ah quam mant i

Puck Cut tup pu I

Ashe- came 2

Mack Kose 3

Ke Ke Kep sah i

I moo ass 5

Us cos She quah i

Sho wa kea i

Mackata qua 4

Kook 4

Nan to wa ka 10

Pallo qua 7

Nam ma Enin nee 4

Ac kan nee 3

Mash CO kaw i

Mack e nee 4

Caw is see i

Assaw E call ak i

Kah Ke mo i

Kah Kah Kee cak quaw 4

No Kuh qua 2

Ka ke me 2

Nah pwe Ta hat 5

Way sa han nue 5

Wah we Tah Cah 2

Mank kek qua 4

Saw wah 6

Packe ses So i

Pat tac quee 6

Tshe quass 3

Re mant 5

At che kaw hon i

Pe qual lo i

No tak kay 3

Tshe quaho 4

Miss aw wat 2

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Quail quee eas i

Shaw ma Kole 2

Wah wah cassam 4

Equa enint tomant , 4

Mat taw we qua i

Nan nass wa we wa i

Wah pe caw paw I

Wah puss aye 4

Mush quee packee 6

Wah camm mee *. 3

Auck que Sok I

No Tah Ra 3

Cass ah quu I

Wah pee Mo Wha 2

Wah wa sah 4

Pie maush kee 3

Wah pas as mo qua 2

Assaw wishe no qua i

Mack Kat Tow as se 2

Sho na Kee 7

Ke wah ma hoo wha i

Kat tac qua i

I Ke maw qua 3

Mint ' che 3

La wah Re wah i

.Wah pe mauk 6

Kat che Okemant., 6

Not tuw nur 5

Kash Kat tap pequa 2

Ka pe CO ma 5

Mala Okemant 4

Ash ke pack ka 5

Ma kas ah 6

Mack at tah na na macke i

An o Tah 4

Ne sho we na 2

Ah Lah me 5

Shah La quah uk 9

Shay Pur 5

Ne Po quah 2

Wah cam mee 2

Pea qualo co 2

We tah wah nawpe 3

Mac Kata Equa i

We Ne Kan nawk 4

To kon e qua i

Ash keu Tah 7

Ka To To Se 7

Nay qu ash K 3

Nah mass we hah 2

Wah we Yah tan 2

Kat che kam equa

Ko shah a

No kah whay

Assam mit

Ke shus 00 muk o kuc

Ke she asa

Kat ah may

Be nos see

Shah kah pe

Me kes e ne ne

Qu ak kah

Ne Sho Ta

Que ah que yes

Mack e naw

Cap pen na qua

Tshe call pa

No tan osh kuck

O ne e She

Ne kah tah quak

Com me

Batiste ,.

Pam mail ho

Wis con sin

Kesh Co

Kal O niah

No a hawk

Qu ash qu et an

Mat she nam mas . . . .

Nin naw ke

Wa pap peu

Mash quah pose

Mack E Naw

Wah pah she con

Ash ah he qua

Kah sham maw nee

Che nah pec

At tan no qua

Tshee cam mack qua .
Me Couh U quah . . .

Mee Kess Tah

We t mough

Sha ne Kah

Pas e tak nah tuk . . .

Che quat e mo

Sah we Yah co se ...
Pash ke Lah sant ....
We Shick O ma quet
Kew wa taw wappee...

Kish kah tah

Ke o Kuck

Was see quaw ko ....

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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

Ke wat che 4

Ne she wash kuck 4

Peat taw we ok maw 2

Shah way 6

Shah cat tap pe 5

Shah pot taw 5

Wah ko pushito 6

We sheet 2

Na mass we cah pah i

Pack Kai tai .' 3

We sha kah wah 14

Wah pe sha qua mink . . . 10

Mint taw wa qua i

Kos sa quaw 3

Kai shay Okemant 3

We kai cos sah hat -....• 4

Mank is say 4

Mack et che 4

Ah kah qua 6

Mack e paw 6

Pe wee nee ! I

Ma nay 5

Tshe Kas Kuk 3

Batist, Biss on nette 3

Poh Pah ke ay 3

Pam mes sat 5

We sah kah lay i

We pay tay 2

Kah ke we she 3

Shah poui kay 4

Mam wa tuclc , 3

Wah Say So qua 3

Wa pa ma ha 4

Ka con way nah 8

Man a to wah ' 7

Wah pe swoeh 2

Wah pat tea hat 6

Kan was so '. . . 6

Ne kah nah a tah 2

Mush wah a to 3

Kah kah tslie kah 3

Shah wah no ho noqua 3

Mak wuk mootuy '

Meah lah what ; . . i

Tshocl< ko not 18

Shay Kee i

Sa nee kee i

Tsh ah kah sho .~ 4

Mash quash wat 3

A la quah to 3

Wick e yah i

N k kee wa wekay ^

Matche mo ho cos 4

A tah me ho 3

Sah kah pan no qua I

Pam a maky ; ^

Mash que pa Ky o

Pass o qua , 3

Nash e as kuk and Brother 4

Am a wah 4

Mek kah tahal lo e to 12

No pot 6

Not ah Ke i

Me Kess e ne ne 3

Noo ah Kuck i

Wah Co shah sha 2

Ne pope 14

Nay quah Huck : 3

Ne See Kee 8

Mo Kese 6

Pat ta ssah 3

Wah wah seek kee caw 2

Tshah tshah pe we 3

Nam me peay ' 6

Pack a tuck , I r

Wat che Ho 3

Wah wah kee 11

Pea tea Shah 6

Ne pat to 2

Wa pa loo's Brother r

Ke wa quack •. 2

Nah Nah he Kit 9

Mali he can nee 6

Wala tah call 3

Polla Los wa 4

Queen na Mo , 4

Ka kac que Mo 2

Mash wa e can 6

Sho Kap peay 8

Waw we Yal tan 3

Mam mackaw Eshik 3

Paw Kcc 4

Saw lies qua 3

Na ho tuck 6

Wa pi shic i

Ah ah we hah i

Wape camish kuck i

No ak ten Kah qua i

Ne Kail Sah quack 9

Mat tah pay son i

Kasha Okemant 6

Mo na say no we 4

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Qua qua tsh ysay 7

Mai ant ch qua 4

Mac ket ah assan ; 3

Mat tot cho no tah ket 6

Wah lash 3

Waw pall o ka 6

Nah cot ta we noe 6

Anoo way S

Sah Re win nah Kah pah 5

Wah Wah Kee i

Nah waw qua i

Paw nu shic 5

Wah pe sha quah mink : S

Taw wah nin ne 6

She paw Sah me i

Wah paw quat 4

Ac R Ray E niu nee 3

Mink cat ta wassit i

Ac Ree nam Mass we tuck 5

Mai a to pack S

Pan nac nac Ka hawk i

We taw wee 7

Na so kat ta 6

Moc kaw ho CO .■ . 3

Kal a pe qua i

Mat tat tah 4

Wa Sam Me Sa 8

Kaw kaw paw hah g

Man a to appen no 3

Naw naw happee 6

Mam me a she co S

Kesh Kit tan . . . / 4

Kan no tappee i

Wah Rah tapa 4

Waw pal cos sa squa 4

Wah pit che qua 2

Sak Kaw cha Shick ' 4

Wap pe nah may i

Tshah Kee Seppoo 5

Kah Kah Kee i

Matche S

Nansh shee 5

Wah pe hai kac 3

Man a too am mick . . . ., .- 6

Ah sho wa hock 9

Ap a pah we ne 3

Ac Kee Dam moos sa noo tak i

Tshee Kaw pai 4

Sah Kah now quato 4

Quas h quam mee S

Tap paw Shu 3

Wah can na 5

No Shac Ko 2

Pan me Kaw wat 8

Nan noh he kit 9

Wah we Yash Ke Shek i

Kah Ke Kay 7

Ma Show ass 2

We can nessat 6

Cass appee 2

Nan tan no qua i

Na may qua 3

Mea CO i

Queen no wa peah 3

Wah pe man e too 3

Ah not tah 7

Nah man e qua 2

She pash qua 6

Paw ne nen ne 5

Pe we nee i

Sackitto 5

Paw waw que ' 7

Sissah sah ho 2

Ashe pack qua 3

Apeppe pen wa pose 5

Wah we Yash Ke Shic 5

Tshah Rah Mant 18

Kah Kou we na 1

An a Mo Sah i

Mack ata Equa Kaw 8

No tee Kay 3

Ne Cole lah quack 3

Tack Ro Sah 5

Calumet 3

Man A Nee 3

lyo nay 6

I Yapp am miss ai i

Nah sah wah Ray 5

Pea Shah Kaw 2

Pait che Kah Shay 3

Pah we Shic i

Shah So mat ta 4

Tshah Ke Mackoo 1

Wah pe Rack ay 6

Mai a Too Packe 5

Nesh wah que i

Paw we Shick 6

To Ke Casha 6

Tol Lah Whah i

Que we we 3

Mah Whay Tah ." , i

Kail omac quah 4

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

Nah Nah wa Ke hat 4

Pam me Ke we ta 5

Mon a nee 2

Peat tac qua 3

Saw Kern mah 4

Tsha Kah Mant i

Ah Lo Tah 2

Nac Kose 3

Tshe cah pay 3

Pash E Kaw eah 6

Sah Tack i

Kal em p pee 2

Mesh at Che Qua 1

Pah his 6

Manney co ah I

Ash ah, E qua 2

Tass Sa Sha Shik 3

Nah Ya Shee 3

Nah quail nat 5

Ys pe naw 4

Rap ash cah 4

Kish Ke Kosh i

Shah que quat 2

As hehe way i

Pal al Nos wa 4

We yat tsh ah cah 4

Yalo qua \ 5

Ot Tshe poi qua 2

Re Sha sa qua 5

Ne cal ap pit 2

Tos Ah Mon i

Was Sah Pit i

Total 2004

CHAPTER IV

SOVTH OTTVMWA IN EARLY DAYS

Graphic Description of the Indian Country Before the Whites were Permitted to
Take Claims — South Ottumwa was at that Time the Scene of a Great
Camp Ground.

A. W Rankin, an honored citizen of Davis
county, was a youth wlien tlie early settlement
of Davis and Wapello counties was made, but
he has preserved a \'i\'id recollection of what
took place; he has recently contributed two or
three chapters of his early life to the Davis
County Farmer, from which we make the fol-
lowing extracts :

"The writer was sent to Meek's Mill or
Bonaparte with another party, knowing that
the limit allowed each man was but five bush-
els. After waiting nearly a week for my
turn I was told that I was too little to claim
a turn, and was sent home with my five bush-
els of grain unground. But then we would
not starve Avith plenty of unground grain,
plenty of fuel to cook with and salt and pork
to season with. Yes, and plenty of venison,
wild turkeys, prairie chickens, etc., — the last
named so plentiful that we often trapped doz-
ens of them in a day, — and wild honey to

sweeten anything. Although the lads went
to the dance clothed in leather breeches and
buckskin moccasins, and ladies tripped the light
fantastic in stocking feet; they were happy
then as now. Yes, they even courted and mar-
ried as they do now, and the affable preacher
or genial squire who^ tied the knot charged
about the same price then as now, but had to
take his pay in truck of some kind, usually
wheat, corn or coon skins. A sheep was gilt-
edge pay. But sometimes the anxious groom
would have to stand the preacher off awhile,
as they do now.

"Yes, Mr. Indian often came to our houses,
ate and drank with us, partook of our hospi-
tality and was verv friendly, there being no
fear on our part, although these same Indians
( Sac and Fox), under their great leader. Black
Hawk, had been at war with us less than ten
years before.

"The writer helped to build the first school-

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house, also the first church, and assisted in
opening up the first mile of public road in
Davis county. This first school-house was
built on the site of the settlement now called
Stringtown or Dover, and was constructed of
logs, with clapboard roof, weighted with logs
or poles ; the puncheon floor was hewed from
split logs; greased paper was used for part of
the windows ; a huge fireplace, large enough to
take in six-foot wood, was an important fea-
ture,— the wood being supplied by voluntary
contributions. Seats were made by splitting
small logs in two and supporting them, with
the fiat side up, on large pins or legs inserted
in the lower or rounding side of the seat; these
seats were so high that the smaller children
could scarcely touch the floor. The door was
made of split pieces, secured together with
wooden pins, and was hung on wooden hinges,
not a nail being used in the building. Picture
these surroundings and then imagine the ap-
pearance of the teacher, AA'illiam Olney, with
clean hands and face, hair combed straight
back, and armed with a huge gad, and you have
a fair idea of Davis county's first school-room.
The teacher was to receive $15 per month,
payable in wheat, corn or coon skins.

"Along in 1841 or 1842 John and Peter
Marson built the first mill in Davis county,
aside from the Government mill before spoken
of. It was about one mile southwest of
Stringtown on the raging Fox River, and was
a water-mill, run by horse power. Unfortu-
nately, among the first teams hitched on was
a skittish one, that ran away with the mill.

"Now start out with us, five men and a
boy, the writer, to look at this Indian country,
all west of where Troy now stands, filled with
Indians, wild game, bees and honey, if not
with milk. Near where Drakesville now
stands we struck the Mormon trail, — a plain
wagon road made by those deluded people fol-
lowing their leader, Joseph Smith, driven by
exasperated Missourians, wending their lonely
way, about the year 1838, through this Indian
territory to found Nauvoo. The road was
quite plain at this time (March, 1841). We
followed this road southwest and crossed Fox
River one mile southwest of where Drakes-
ville now stands. After going southwest part
of a day we reversed our course and traveled
toward the other end of this Mormon road,
going northeast and down by Lick Springs
and where Floris now stands, finding plenty
of Indians all along the way, who offered no
resistance. When nearing the Des Moines
River the party concluded to visit Keokuk's
village, an Indian town where now stands
South Ottumwa. This Indian village con-
tained a population supposed to number about
2,000 inhabitants.

"We rode our horses into the river and
watered at the head of a large island, the south
side being the main and steamboat channel,
now dry farming or garden land. We con-
tinued back through the Indian village and still
further south to their burial ground, which
interested me more than an}- other feature
about the place. There the virtues of the de-
parted were pictured upon rude posts or slabs,
— I think some of these were of cedar, but most

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

of them were of more perishable wood, that
certainly could not last more than twenty
years. But upon these post or slabs were
jjainted in unmistakable signs by loving hands
the great merits or deeds of the one quietly
resting beneath, for almost all were buried
beneath the sod in this particular burying
ground.

"Some paintings showed the deceased in
the act of slipping up on a lone deer and shoot-
ing it with bow and arrow, others wrestling"
with a bear or buffalo, while some of the dead
were represented as being carried from a great
distance as the rising or setting sun. Others
told the story, T killed my white man ; see his
scalp in my hand,' or 'I killed my Sioux In-
dian,' the unmistakable delineation of the fea-
tures of the Sioux or Pawnee face telling the
tribe. So these pictures told the story of the
dead without using a single letter of our alpha-
bet as certainly as the sculptured chiseling upon
the Egyptian tombs of Rameses or Thothmes,
made before Cadmus invented letters.

"This Indian village seemed to me, a boy
as I was, to be back from the river nearly a
mile, from which they were hauling water
in neatly-dressed skins of animals, hung be-
tween two long poles, one on each side of their
horses. I should judge that a horse would
haul as much as a barrel of water at a time.
I wondered why they did not build their town
near the water instead of at a distance that re-
quired them to haul their water. This pro-
cedure, however, was a military necessity, for
a foe forming under the cover of the river
bank might annihilate the town at short range.

while to charge across an open plain for a mile
would be quite another thing.

"These Indians (Sac and Fox) were as
well, if not better, armed as any of the Indians
of the whole Northwest or upper MississiiDpi
valley. But their longest range guns — flint-
lock rifles — could not reach more than a hun-
dred yards or two hundred yards at the most.
A gun, bow and arrow, tomahawk and scalp-
ing knife, with a little paint, was the full out-
fit of a warrior.

"x\s some who read this may never have
seen an Indian, I will say that almost all the
tribes inhabiting the upper Mississippi valley
were quite similar in color, stature, etc., while
to the practiced eye there was difference
enough to notice. They were all copper-col-
ored, high cheek-boned, with little or no beard
and with but little hair on the head, straight
and rather tall, had little to say to us, and were
stoical and indifferent tO' passing events.
They were clad in a breech clout, surmounted
with a heavy woolen blanket of civilized manu-
facture, often very greasy and dirty, and this
clothing was used by men and women alike.
Their food was dirty and filthy in the extreme.
This picture I think will apply to all the tribes
of the upper Mississippi valley, but not to the
Sioux nor to those farther west, and I will say
that I have seen some of nearly all the tribes
of the central portion of North America.

"All, or nearly all, these Indians were
lazy, dirty and filthy in camp and tramp, the
men leading an easy, indolent life on foot or
horseback, while the female portion of the
community ■ showed every sign of care, cau-

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tion and drudgery, performing all the work in
the camp, whether in the village or in the coun-
try. Crouched in the tent, the saddle, or hold-
ing on to the dear little ones with the vigil of
a mother, countenance dejected, the Indian
women seemed worthy of pity; they had a
bountiful supply of thick, long, flowing black
hair, occasionally combed in a rude manner
with their fingers. This is a fair picture of the
Indians of the upper Mississippi valley.
*******

"But I will return to our Keokuk village
in 1 84 1, where now stands South Ottumwa,
1 90 1. Keokuk was chief, but I do not recol-
lect seeing him nor Chief Appanoose nor Che-
c|U€st. But I think Hard Fish, the war chief,
was there. Black Hawk, the noted warrior
and statesman, had died about two and a half
years before, and was buried near lowaville.
But vandal white hands had carried away his
body, and not one of his bones can be found
to-day, his skeleton having been consumed to

ashes about the year 1840, through the burn-
ing of a building in Burlington, Iowa, where
it was secreted.

"Many of the houses of this village had
an upper story, reached by steps or notches cut
in logs or poles, and all the houses were cov-
ered with bark peeled from trees in such an
ingenious manner that we soon learned to imi-
tate their example and to co\er our own houses
and porches in the same way.

"Now^ as I walk down those long and beau-
tiful streets in South Ottumwa, crowded with
a busy throng, and I stop to cjuench my thirst
from the clear, cool water just from the well, I
inwardly ask myself is this water drained off
those poor savages buried here in my day as
well ascenturies before? Then it was war and
hate ; now, I trust, it is love and peace and
good will on earth."

It is a pleasure to rescue the above fresh
and charming description and place it where
it will be preserved for future generations.

CHAPTER V

OCCVPYING THE LAND

Description of the County's Physical Features Before the Advent of the Set-
tlers— Recollections of Old Settlers — Extracts from an Address Made by
Judge Hendershott.

All the lands now included in Wapello
county were open, unoccupied and awaiting
ownership in the year 1843, when the Govern-
ment removed restrictions, opened the gates
and bid the settlers to come forward and
choose farms for themselves ! It was a great
heritage that came to these men of adventure,
who had pushed forward to the borders of civ-
ilization on the heels of the departing Indians.
It was land that had lain unstirred by the plow
from the date of creation, and was rich beyond
all ordinary measure; the Indians did not pre-
tend to utilize it except on the bottoms, where
their squaws would stir up the ground with a
rude hoe, plant a few hills of corn and beans
and gather small crops at their convenience or
as their wants demanded; the great body of
land had never yielded anything but the spon-
taneous products of the soil. We do not suffi-
ciently realize what a grand inheritance this
was that had been kept in a state of nature for

so many centuries for the use of the first set-
tlers !

The site of Ottumwa and the surrounding
country was beautiful and picturesque; all the
land on the north side of the river at an early
period was covered with a dense growth of
forest trees ; all the bluffs, that are now trav-
ersed by streets, some of which are paved,
were thickly studded with oak, elm and hick-
ory trees; the low places, or flats, near the
river bank were overgrown either with tall
prairie grass or by thickets of haw, plum or
hazel brush. On what is now Main street
there were various ponds that were made the
resort of wild fowl in the proper season, and on
the south side of the river, on the site of what
is now known as South Ottumwa, there was a
beautiful plain covered with grass; on the
heights beyond South Ottumwa there was a
thick body of ''timber" or forest trees and a
dense growth of underbrush.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

There was no lack of game in the days
before the white man came; there were herds
■of buffalo ranging on the prairies and count-
less herds of deer and elk ranging between
Ottumwa and Eddyville. In the forest there
were wild turkeys in great numbers, on the
prairies and near the groves were prairie chick-
ens. Occasionally a black bear would waddle
•down to the river and then go back to its den
in the woods. This is a picture of the county
and its natural conditions prior tO' the advent
of the white man, when the wild animals and
the wild men were the only occupants of the
soil. This is the picture as described by old
Jim Jordan, who was a trader at lowaville in
the days when Black Hawk was still alive and
after he gained his great victory over the
lowas a few miles below Eldon. This is the
picture as described by army officers, who, with
their dragoons, occasionally scouted the coun-
try between this place and the Raccoon Forks.
It was this wild but beautiful country that in-
vited the adventurous settler to a home, on the
first d^y of May, 1843. Before night of that
day there were not less than 2,000 persons ac-
tually inhabiting the county. The most of
these had been squatted along the line of the
county, in Jefferson county, preparatory to
passing into Wapello as soon as midnight ar-
rived. The greater part of these early set-
tlers were engaged the last half of the night
of the 30th of April and the ist of May, 1843,
in marking out their claims. This was done
by setting stakes in the prairie and blazing
trees in the timber. These claims embraced
from 80 to 320 acres each.

As might be expected, the work of locating
and defining- these claims, much of it being
done in the night, was very inartistically done.
Many of the boundary lines were crooked, dis-
jointed and encroached the one upon the other.
This inevitably led to many disturbances
called "claim difficulties." It must be quite
apparent that these difficuhies must find some
peaceable means of adjustment. To meet this
necessity the earlier inhabitants organized what
were called "Claim Committees." A claim,
when bona fide made and held, was as sacredly
protected as are homes and lands of the pres-
ent inhabitants. The judgment of these
crudely organized, though necessary, tribunals
were enforced by summary process. This
process was generally a plain, written state-
ment of the opinion of the "Claim Committee,"
setting forth the right of the injured party
and the wrong complained of, and an order to
the wrongdoer to abide by and submit to the
judgment of the court, in default of which the
power of the county was invoked to carry out
and enforce, on the spot, the judgment.. From
the judgment of these "Claim Committees"
there was no appeal or stay of execution.

In the year 1874 Hon. H. B. Hendershott,
who was himself one of the early settlers and
the first clerk of the District Court, was in-
vited to deliver an address at a meeting of the
Old Settlers' Association. That address has
never been equaled by any similar effort, and,
inasmuch as it contained the truth of history,
it would not be wise to do anything else than
to draw largely from it rather than to attempt
to improve upon it. It is a valuable historical

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

production and should be inserted entire in
these pages, but space will not permit. We,
therefore, quote that which seems indispen-
sable in making a complete record of import-
ant events that have transpired since the first
settlement.

Judge Hendershott, in the course of his ad-
dress, said : "Among th.e very earliest settlers
in the county of Wapello are the following:
In Competine township, Joseph Leighton ( fa-
ther of A. C. Leighton), Mahlon W'right,
Jesse Scott, Dr. Lewis, Alexander Smith and
others.

"In Pleasant township, George Harmon,
John Henderson, James Hill, John Murray,
John Huffstutter, James T. Coleman, Lewis
F. Temple, George Hanna, Thomas Larwood,
Samuel McGee, Thomas Brumsy (father of
Samuel Brumsy, Esq.), Manley Blanchard,
John Philips, Calvin Carson, Hiram Fisher,
John McDowell and Templin McDowell.

"In Agency township, James Weir (sub-
sequently Judge of Probate, and father of Dr.
Weir, of Agency City), James Stevens,
Charles F. Harrow, S. S. Dwire, William H.
Cogswell, Joseph Myers, Maj. John Beach,
William B. Street, Alexander Street, J. H. D.
Street (sons of Gen. Street, the Indian agent),
Reuben Myers, Jesse Brookshire and H. B.
Hendershott.

"In Washington ■ township, John Priest,
Gideon Myers, Joseph H. Flint, S. M. Wright,
Silas Garrison, Thomas Ping, James Acton,
John Acton, L. A. Myers, G. D. La Force,

Joseph Hayne, Demps Griggsby, Thomas Fos-
ter, Daniel Dennison and Green B. Savery.

"In Keokuk township: Joseph Mclntire,
Seth Ogg, William C. Mclntire, J. J. Seaman^
Benjamin Young, William Kendrick, Robert
H. I vers, Curtis Knight, Jesse Wallace and
others.

"In Green township were : D. H. Michael
(once sheriff of the county and now member
of the beard of supervisors), Benjamin Baum,.
Richard Jackson, Ezekiel Rush, Benjamin
Powell, Isham Higdon and A. J. Redenbaugb
(once clerk of the board of county commis-
sioners, a good officer and honest man).

"Passing on around to Adams township,
we find : James F. Adams ( for whom the
township is called), Theophilus Blake, Cyrus
Van Cleave, Lawson Bradley, the Brocks,.
Drapers, Ralstons and others.

"In the western part of the county, then
not organized into townships as now, were:-
Joseph Gardner, Moses Baker, Frank Bates,
James Sales, Abram Butin, Samuel Webb,.
Bird Pritchett, Noah Doffiemeyer, Lewis My-
ers, George F. Myers, L. L. Denny, L. Stump,,
Samuel Bush, J. P Eddy, John Kavanaugh,
Abner Overman, James Baker, Walter Clem-
ent, William R. Ross, Joseph Roberts, Stephen-
Roberts, Lorenzo Roberts, William Black,
Richard Butcher, Henry Segur, Michael-
Welch and D. Campbell.

"In Richland township: T. M. Kirkpat-
rick. Dr. Kirkpatrick, David Whitcomb, John-
Baker, J. G. Baker (Uncle Gurley, you know),.
Isaac Fisher, William Brim, James B. Wright,.

AND REPRESENTiVTIVE CITIZENS.

John D. Bevens, the McGlassons, A. J. Spur-
lock, John Kirkpatrick, Wilham A. Winsell,
John M. Spurgeon, Hugh Brown (once a clerk
of the District Court and always a good citi-
zen), Thomas Hardesty, Hill and Bayliss.

"In Highland township : J. W. Carpenter,
George Godfrey, William Evans, James AA^est,
Jedediah Scott, William Harris, Washington
AA'illiams, George Robinson, James Van AA'in^
kle, M. A'V." McChesney.

"In Dahlonega township: Joseph H. Hed-
rick, Peter Kitterman, Elias Kitterman, Mar-
tin Koontz, James AA^oody, W. B. AVoody,
Benjamin Brattain, Jehu JVloore, N. D. Earl,
N. H. Gates, Peter AVhite, John and Joseph
,Kite, Alvin Lewis, John AV. Caldwell, Lewis
Cobler.

"In Center township : James M. Peck,
Farnum AVhitcomb, Richard Fisher, J. C.
Fisher, Peter Fisher, Henry Huffman, Nason
Roberts, John Alexander, Reuben R. Harper,
J. M. Montgomery (settled out north), Phi-
lester Lee, John Clark, James Langshore, Dr.
Hackleman, Thomas H. Wells, Jerry Smith,
Sr., and Clark Williams in the eastern part of
the township; Dr. C. C. Warden, Hugh
George, William Dewey, Paul C. Jeffries, Da-
vid Glass, David Hall, Rev. B. A. Spaulding,
S. S. Norris, Sewell Kinney, David P. Smith,
John Myers; David Armstrong, H. P. Graves^
William H. Galbraith, Levi Buckwalter in Ot-
tumwa; Jink Vassar, George D. Hackworth,
Arthur Eakins, Ammon Shawl, John Over-
man on the south side of the river; John C.
Evans, Thomas Reveal, John Humphrey, Syl-
vester Warner, Paris Caldwell, G. A. Roemer,

William Harris, William Crawford, Alexan-
der Crawford, Thomas Crawford, Nathaniel
Bell in the western part of the township.

"But I cannot tarry longer to name all
those who first settled in the county. Nor ran
I take up your time with biographical sketches
of those named ; suffice it to say that a nobler
set of men, of large hearts, of generous im-
pulses and true courage, never lived. And
when I call to mind the many times I have
shared your hospitality, old settlers, have been
sheltered by your humble roofs, and protected
from the pitiless prairie storms and parching
summer suns — when I look back and am re-
minded of the many kind friends I have found
in you v;hen I was but a youth, poor and a
stranger in a wild, strange land, I would not
if I could, and cannot if I would, suppress that
'God bless you' which springs up in my heart
made glad at meeting you this day. Poverty,
adversity and pluck brought us together in the-
olden times ; a happy present and hopeful fu-
ture have brought us together to-day. And
while our main purpose in this 'reunion is to
talk over the early days and to rejoice together,
I must be pardoned if I tarry in the shades of
the lamented dead, and with you shed a tear
on their venerated graves. John Humphreys,.
Joseph Leighton, George Harman, Lewis F.
Temple, John Huffstutter, James Weir, James
Stephens, S. S. Dwire, William H. Coggswell,
Joseph Mclntire, Robert H. Ivers, Curtis
Knight, Benjamin Baum, Theophilus Blake,
Abraham Butin, Abner Overman, Charles-
Overman, Walter Clement, Michael Welch,
A¥illiam Black, John Baker, Isaac Fisher,

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

James B. Wright, John D. Bevans, A. J. Spur-
lock, WiUiam Evans, Jedediah Scott, Richard
Fislier, Rev. B. A. Spaulding, S. S. Norris,
Jerry Smith, John Priest, John C. Evans,
John Myers and A. D. Whipple — these among
the early settlers. And coming down a little
later, Aaron Harlan, Albert Mudge, James
Hawley, A. D. Wood, Nathan Tindall, John
Stout, James H. Nosier, James Gray, AVilliam
Lotspeich, James D. Devin, Thomas Devin,
Charles F. Blake, Sr., John Myers, Thomas
C. Coffin, Thomas C. Ogden, William Ham-
mond, Allen M. Bonnifield and Capt. C. C.
Cloutman cannot be forgotten.

"In naming the earlier settlers in the dif-
ferent parts of the county, it will be seen the
list does not embrace those who have been in
the county only twenty-five or thirty years.
My purpose is to mention only those who came
in on the heels of the departing Indian, and,
of course, I have omitted \'ery many who were
•of the first to reach the county.

''As the Indian took up his march toward
the setting sun, you, old settlers, more favored
than he, came in from the east. Many of you
who are here to-day were here to see the red
men of the forest, with their squaws and
papooses, draw their blankets in sadness
around their naked forms and with sullen and
reluctant march take up their way to the set-
ting sun and give way to the more favored
wards of the Government.

"The inquiry may arise in the minds of
many who are rejoicing with us to-day, how
the first settlers provided the necessaries of life
during their first season, as they came on the

1st of May, and found nothing but a wild, un-
cultivated country. Hard enough! But there
were fewer necessaries needed then than now ;
the inventory of necessaries was exceedingly
brief. We had not then learned the lesson
of extravagance. A pone of corn-bread, a
slice of fat meat, spiced with its own gravy,
furnished a most gracious and palatable re-
past. JMany and many is the happy meal, old
settlers, you have taken under your humble
roof, prepared by your cheerful and constant
wives and daughters (God bless them!) of
nothing but bread and meat.

"Then there were no mills in the county.
You had to go to distant mills to get your flour
and meal. Some went to Moffit's mill, on
Skunk River, at Augusta, in Des Moines
county, 75 or 80 miles distant ; others went to
Meek's mill, in Van Buren county, 40 or 50
miles ; some went to one place and some to
another. Some used an old farmer's coffee-
mill with which to grind their buckwheat for
cakes. Peter Kitterman has one of these
mills, and promised to bring it in to-day so
that I could show you the very mill, but he
neglected to do so, informing me that his most
excellent wife would not consent because no
one would give credit to the story. But you
who know Peter Kitterman know that when
he says anything it is true.

"Six and eight days were frequently spent
in these milling trips ; and when you returned
with meal and flour and found an}' of your
neighbors destitue you sent them word to come
and get of your store. Yours were generous
hearts and open hands. No destitution was

AND REPRESENTATIVE CmZENS.

permitted in your respective neighborhoods
that you could prevent. You were then aU
partners; what one had the others owned.
These were cordial, generous, happy days — no
selfishness, no exclusion. You, old men and
aged women, will remember when your last
pound of meat, your last peck of meal or bushel
of potatoes was generously divided with your
needy neighbors.

'T have thus far spoken of the men of the
olden times, of the wild and early days of
AA'^apello. I must not, I cannot, forget the
mothei's and wives and daughters of those
days. The cheerfulness, joy and grace with
which they made these wild and crude homes
happy are not forgotten. You, who in better
days and more abundant lands had vowed to
love, honor and obey , did not, in 3-our hard and
rugged homes, forgot those vows.

"You, like those noble men \\hose ambi-
tion and pluck brought them west, stood erect
in that lofty womanhood which makes you
helpmeets indeed, and adds glory to your sex.
Never heard to murmur at the fate which
brought you here — God bless you for the good
you ha\'e done and the many kind offices you
have filled and pass you in your advanced and
declining years in joy to the close!

"Wapello county, which had been attached
to Jefferson count)-, was organized in 1844.
The territorial legislature passed an act, ap-
proved February 13, 1844, the first section of
which declares : 'That the county of Wapello
be and the same is hereby organized from and
after the ist day of March next' (March i,
1844). This act declared that the clerk of the

District Court of the county, aided by the sher-
iff of the county (this latter officer appointed
by the act itself), should be the organizing
officers. The duty of the clerk (he who now
addresses you) was to appoint the judges and.
clerks of election; fix the places of voting; re-
ceive, open and canvass the returns; declare
the result, and issue certificates of election.
James M. Peck, who is yet among us, an hon-
ored, worthy and influential citizen of the
county, residing some two miles north of Ot-
tumwa, was the sheriff \\'hose duty it was to
post notices of the time and places of holding
the election, deliver to the judges and clerks
the poll books, etc.

"The first election was held April i, 1844.
The judges were: David P Smith, Peter
Barnett, Jacob Daily, Alvin Lewis, Nason
Roberts, Lewis Cobler, James T. Coleman,
John Huffstetter, James Acton, William Alil-
ler, Willoughby Randolph, William R. Ross,
Jonathan Davis, AA'illiam C. Mclntire, John
W Caldwell, J. P. Eddy, James A\^eir, Jeffer-
son Redman, Daniel Dennison, James Broherd,
Josiah C. Boggs, Nelson AA-escoatt, N. B. Pres-
ton, John Aliller, AA'illiam Kendrick, Robert
H. Ivers, James F. Adams, Gamaliel Belknap,
Lawson Bradley, Reuben Ahers, Demps
Griggsby, Mahlon AA'right, Alexander B.
Smith and Joseph Leighton. The clerks were :
AV'illiam A. Houghland, A. C. Logan, James
R. Fisher, James Hilton, Thomas AA'right, N.
D, Earl, AA^illiam S. Campbell, Hiram Lam-
bert, Thomas J. Linnard, AA'illiam B. Street,
William Newell, George AVilson, Samuel T-
AVarden, Lewis Kenney, David F. Parrott

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

George H. Gow, James P. Bradley, Thomas
Ping, R. V. Holcomb, Joseph Myers, Jonathan
Hodson and Curtis Knight.

"At this first election James M. Montgom-
ery, Lewis F. Temple and Charles F. Harrow
were elected county commissioners ; Charles
Overman, commissioners' clerk; Paul C. Jef-
fries, judge of, probate; Joseph Hayne, sher-
iff; James Caldwell, assessor; Thomas Foster,
treasurer; Milton J. Spurlock, recorder; Hugh
George, surveyor, with a goodly number of
justices and constables.

"For some time after the county was first
settled the inhabitants in the southeast part
got their mail matter from Keosauqua; those
in this and most other parts of the county got
their mail from Fairfield. We generally sent
down a special messenger for our mail once
each week. If we could hear from AA'ashing-
ton once in two weeks we felt that we were
especially fortunate in getting news so quickly.
News which we recei\'ed from Washington
was more usually three weeks than two in
reaching us; and, if I am not mistaken, our
news from Europe was from four to six
months in reaching us ; and as for news from
any other part of the world, that was never
looked for.

"On an examination of a very ancient rec-
ord I find the following entry, and I can vouch
for its correctness, for I made it myself."
[Here was exhibited about half a quire of very
common foolscap paper, stitched together with
white thread and covered with a very coarse
ki.id of paper, as the first record book fur-
nished by the United States, in which to enter

the proceedings of the court, from which was
read :]

And now, on this day, to wit, the IBth of September,
A. D. 1844, the day on which, according to law, the District
Court of the United States, within and for the county of
Wapello, and Territory of Iowa, was to have begun and
held its first or September term, at the court house, in the
county-seat of said county. Tliera being no judge prasent,
the time for the commencement of said court is adjourned
until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Tuesday morning, !) o'clock, September 17, 1S44. — And
now on this day there yet being no judge present, the time
for the commencement of said court is farther adjourned
until tomorrow morning.

And now, on tliis day to-wit : Wednesday, September
18, 1844, being the adjourned day for the beginning of the
September term of the District Court of the United States,
for the county of Wapello and Territory of Iowa. Present,
the Hon. Charles Mason, Judge.

[Here follows an entry showing the or-
ganization of a grand jury as well on the part
of the United States as the Territory of Iowa.]

"Thus we have, on the i8th day of Sep-
tember, 1844, a District Court opened, both
on the part of the Territory of Iowa, to ad-
minister the laws of the Territ(,ry, and on the
part of the United States to administer the
laws of Congress.

"This court was opened and held in a log
house situated on the lot where the First Na-
tional Bank of Ottumwa now stands. The
first judicial act which the court did after its
organization had been completed, as shown by
the record, is the following:

Josiah Smart, Agent, who sues for the use of S. S.
Phelps vs. Elias Orton, assumpsit. Damages, $500. And
now, on this day, this case came up for hearing. Where-
upon, by the consent of parties, it is ordered by the court
here that this case be dismissed at the cost of defendant,
taxed at $1.^2}(.

"I find, on looking over the record, the first

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

jury trial had in the court was in the case of
James Woody vs. Demps Griggsby; verdict
for defendant.

"J- C. Hah, of BurHngton; I. W. Lewis
and James H. Cowles, of Keosauqua; George
May and \X. H. Galbraith, of Ottumwa, are
shown to have been in attendance as attorneys
of the court. On the last day of the term I
presented to the court my resignation in
writing of the office of clerk, and thereupon
John W. Ross, Esq., was appointed. The
law, as it then stood, conferred upon the judge
of the court the power to appoint his own
clerk. Judge Mason had conferred the ap-
pointment upon me, but with the express un-
derstanding that an election should be held,
and that the candidate receiving the highest
number of votes should have the office.

"It may be a matter of interest to know
who preached the first sermon in the county.
I have sought in vain to ascertain this fact
with certainty. The honor lies between J. H.
D. Street, Joseph H. Flint, Silas Garrison,
T. M. Kirkpatrick, Milton Jamison, B. A.
Spaulding and Joel Arrington. I think, how-
ever, that the palm must be borne off by T. M.
Kirkpatrick, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, who, as I am informed by Seth Ogg,
preached on the Keokuk prairie, on the south
side of the river, just below Ottumwa, in an
Indian wigwam, made of bark, early in 1843 —
just at what time Mr. Ogg could not inform
me. I know that B. A. Spaulding, of the
Congregational church, a good citizen, kind
neighbor, honest man, able preacher and most
exemplary Christian, preached in 1843 at

Agency City and Ottumwa, but at what time
I have not ascertained. He, however, preached
in a log cabin where Union Block now stands,
and Kirkpatrick preached in an Indian wig-
wam made of bark. I think the presumption
is in favor of Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick, of the
wigwam.

[Mr. Spaulding came in November, 1843.
Mr. Kirkpatrick preached the first sermon. —
Editor.]

"I have endeavored to ascertain who taught
the first school in the county. The credit lies
between Ezekiel Rush, now living on the south
side of the river, and ^Ir. Tansey. who taught
a school at Dahlonega, with the presumption
in favor of Mr. Rush.

"Sabbath-schools were organized at an
early day at Agency City, Eddyville, Ottum-
wa, Dahlonega and some other points. I
think, from the most reliable information re-
ceived, that the one organized at the house of
Rev. AV. A. Nye, near where Chillicothe now
stands, in June, 1845, mainly through the
efforts of G. F. Myers, was the first Sabbath-
school organized in the county., There was
one organized in Dahlonega in 1846, with J.
W. Hedrick as superintendent, assisted by N.
H. Gates and J. H. Given.

"The first death in the county of which I
have an account was that of Miss Mary Ann
Hall, who died in the summer of 1843 ■ ^"d
the first birth was that of Mary Ann Smith,
daughter of David P. Smith, early in 1843.
[This is correct as far as it relates to the actual
settlers. On the authority of M^jor Beach,
we give the iirst death as that of General

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Street, and the first birth as that of Wilham
Street Beach, son of the Major.]

"The first young lady who settled in Ot-
tumwa was Samantha Shaffer, in honor of
whom the street of that name in Ottumwa \vas
called. She was not, however, the first young
lady who came to the county, as 1 can myself
aver and prove; for I know that James Weir,
Paul C. Jeffries, William Brim, James B.
W'right and Joseph Mclntire brought a bevy
of interesting daughters with them to the coun-
ty in May, 1843, oi" ^'^iT soon thereafter.

"The first instrument of any kind recorded
in the county is a lease from Charles F. Har-
row to his son-in-law, Jesse Brookshire, of the
Baker farm, one mile east of Agency, in con-
sideration of $79.50, and that the family of
said Harrow should live with and form a part
of said Brookshire's family, and be supported
by him until December 20, 1844. This paper
was acknowledged before Green B. Savery,
justice of the peace, witnessed by George May,
and is dated April 29, 1844.

"The first mortgage which appears on rec-
ord, is one from Joseph McMullen to J. P.
Eddy & Company, on a half section of land
lying on Gray's Run, in Kishkekosh county,
now Monroe. This mortgage was given to
secure the payment of $50, in one year, and
contained the usual covenants of warranty.
It would seem that lands in those days were
not esteemed very valuable when a mortgage
was required on a half section to secure $50.
The only interest which McMullen could then
have had in the land was a claim right, al-
though he warranted the title.

"The book of original entries shows that
the persons who first acquired titles to lands
from the United States in the county were.
James Longshore, who purchased, September
16, 1844, lots 6, 7 and 8 and the northeast
quarter of the northeast quarter of section 4,
township 71, range 13, and John Caldwell,
who purchased on the same day the east half of
the northeast c[uarter of section 25, township
y2, range 13.

"The first physician who settled in the
county was either Dr. C. C. Warden, Dr. F.
W Taylor or Dr. C. W. Phelps. ]\Iy im-
pression is that Dr. Warden may justly claim
that distinction. He came in 1843. Though
young, he was skillful and attentive, and he is
now honorable and fair as a merchant in Ot-
tumwa.

"The first lawyer who settled in the county
was William H. Galbraith. Dewey, Burkhal-
ter. May and Chapman were close after Gal-
braith. Then, very soon, came Ives, Baker,
Allison and myself. Then Jones, Colonel
Summers, Brumfield, Lane and Devin.

"It is fitting that in mentioning the early
immigrants to the county I should not forget
the Otfiinn^'a Courier and Dcs Moines Repub-
lic. The Courier was the first newspaper pub-
lished in the county. The first number is dated
August 8, 1848, and it was then called The
Des Moines Courier, and was published by
Joseph H. D. Street and R. FI. AVarden. If
there is one paper in this whole countr}^ that
has, more than any other, advocated Whig and
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per. Whether under the control of its found-
ers, Street & Warden, or under the control of
that veteran, J. W. Norris, or General Hed-
rick and Major Hamilton, or Hamilton &
Warden, we always know where to find the
Courier on political issues. Through the re-
verses of Whiggery and Republicanism, and
in the triumph of its party in county. State and
nation, it has always been able to^ get out the
very biggest rooster in the land. At all times,
and under all i'ts proprietors, it has wielded an
influence in the State of no^ mean proportions.
The opposition always felt its blows.

"The Des Moines Republic was started by
James Baker, but at just what time I do not
know ; not, however, until some years after the
Courier. The Republic was merged into the

Democratic Mercury, E. L. & S. H. Burton
proprietors, the former being editor. The
forcible and spicy pen of the Mercury's editor,
E. L. Burton, made that paper one of the best
in southern Iowa.

"The Mercury was succeeded by the Cop-
perhead, which passed under the control of S.
B. Evans, and is now published and edited by
him under the old name of Democrat. The
able pen of Mr. Evans has placed his paper as
one of the best in the State. Other papers
have been and still are published in the county,
but as it is not my purpose to speak of modern
things, I will not refer to them. I wall, how-
ever, state that no county in the State has bet-
ter papers than Wapello."

CHAPTER VI

HOW THE PIONEERS LIVED

The Methods of the First Settlers in Selecting Claims — The Cabins which
WERE Their Rude Homes — Dietary of the Settlers.

In choosing his home, the pioneer usuahy
had an eye mainly to its location, and for that
reason settlers were oftener than not very soli-
tary creatures, without neighbors and remote
from even the common conveniences of life. A
desirable region was sure to have plenty of in-
habitants in time, but it was the advance guard
that suffered the privation of isolation. Peo-
ple within a score of miles of each other were
neighbors, and the natural social tendencies of
mankind asserted themselves even in the wil-
derness by efforts to keep up communication
with even these remote families. '

The first business of a settler on reaching
the place where he intended to fix his residence,
was to select his claim and mark it off as nearly
as he could without a compass. This was done
by stepping and staking or blazing the lines as
he went. The absence of section lines rendered
it necessar}' to take the sun at noon and at
evening as a guide by which to run these claim
lines. So many steps each way counted 320

acres, more or less, the then legal area of a
claim. It may be readily supposed that these
lines were far from correct, but they answered
all necessary claim purposes, for it was under-
stood among the settlers that when the lands
came to be surveyed and entered, all inecjualities
should be righted. Thus, if a surveyed line,
should happen to run between adjoining claims,
cutting off more or less of the other, the frac-
tion was to be added to whichever lot required
equalizing, yet without robbing the one from
which it was taken, for an equal amount would
be added to it in another place.

The next im.portant business was to build a
house. Until this was done some had to camp
on the ground or live in their wagons, perhaps
the only shelter they had known for weeks.
So the prospect for a house, which was also to
be home, was one that gave courage to the
rough toil, and added a zest to the heavv labors.
The style of the home entered very little into
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protection from stress of weather and wearing
exposure. The poor settler had neither the
money nor the mechanical appliances for build-
ing himself a house. He was content, in most
instances, to have a mere cabin or hut. Some
of the most primitive constructions of this kind
were half-faced, or as they \vere sometimes
called "cat-faced" sheds or "wickiups," the In-
dian term for house or tent. It is true, a claim
cabin was a little more in the shape of a
human habitation, made, as it was, of round
logs light enough for two or three men to la)
up, about 14 feet sc^uare — perhaps a little larger
or smaller — roofed with bark or clapboards,
and sometimes with the sods of the prairie ; and
floored with puncheons (logs split once in two,
and the flat sides laid up), or with earth. For
a fireplace, a wall of stone and earth — frequent-
ly the latter only, when stone was not con-
venient— was made in the best practicable
shape for the purpose, in an opening in one
end of the building, extending outward, and
planked on the outside by bolts of wood
notched together to stay it. Fr-squently a lire-
place of this kind was made so capacious as to
occupy nearly the whole width of the house. In
cold weather, when a great deal of fuel was
needed to keep the atmosphere above freezing-
point — for this wide-mouthed fireplace was a
huge ventilator — large logs were piled into this
yawning space. To protect the crumbling back
wall against the efifects of fire, two back logs
Avere placed against it, one upon the other.
Sometimes these back logs were so large that
they could not be got in in any other way than
to hitch a horse to them, drive him in at one

door, unfasten the log before the fireplace,
from whence it was put in proper position, and
then drive him out at the other door. For a
chimney any contrivance that would conduct
the smoke up the chimney would do. Some
were made of sods plastered upon the inside
with clay; others — the more common, perhaps
— were of the kind we occasionally see in use
now, clay and sticks, or "cat in clay," as they
were sometimes called. Imagine of a winter's
night, ^^'hen the storm was having its own wild
way over this almost uninhabited land, and
when the wind was roaring like a cataract of
cold over the broad wilderness, and the settler
had to do his best to keep warm, what a royal
fire this double-back-logged and well-filled fire-
place would hold ! It must ha^^e been a cozy
place to smoke, provided the settler had any to-
bacco, or for the wife to sit knitting before, pro-
vided she had needless and yarn. At any rate it
must ha\'e gi\'en something of cheer to the con-
versation, which very likely was upon the home
and friends they had left behind when they
started out on this bold venture of seeking for-
tunes in a new land.

For doors and windows, the most simple
contrivances that would serve the purposes
were brought into requisition. The door was
not always immediately provided with a shut-
ter, and a blanket often did duty in guarding
the entrance. But as soon as convenient, some
boards were split and put together, hung upon
wooden hinges, and held shut by a wooden
pin inserted in an auger hole. As substitute
for window glass, greased paper, pasted over
sticks crossed in the shape of a sash, was some-

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times used. This admitted the light and ex-
cluded the air, but of course lacked trans-
parency. In regard to the furniture of such a
cabin, of course it varied in proportion to the
ingenuity of its occupants, unless it was where
settlers brought with them their old household
supply, which, owing to the distance most of
them had come, was ^•ery seldom. It was
easy enough to improvise tables and chairs ; the
former could be made of split logs — and there
were instances where the door would be taken
from its hinges and used at meals, after which
it would be rehung — and the latter were de-
signed after the three-legged stool pattern, or
benches served their purpose. A bedstead was
a very important item in the domestic comfort
of the family, and this was the fashion of im-
provising them : A forked stake was driven
into the ground diagonally from the corner of
the room, and at a proper distance, upon which
poles reaching from each wall were laid. The
wall ends of the poles either rested in the
openings between the logs or were driven into
auger holes. Barks or boards were used as a
substitute for cords. Upon this the tidy house-
wife spread her straw tick, and if she had a
home-made feather bed, she piled it up into a
luxurious mound and covered it with her whit-
est drapery. Some sheets hung behind it, for
tapestry, added to the coziness of the resting
place. This was generally called a "prairie
bedstead," and by some the "prairie rascal."
In design it is surely quite equal to the famous
Eastlake models, being about as primitive and
severe, in an artistic sense, as one could wish.
The house thus far along, it \\-as left to the

deft devices of the wife to complete its com^
forts, and the father of the family was free to
superintend out-of-door affairs. If it was in
season, his first important duty was to prepare
some ground for planting, and to plant what
he could. This was generally done in the edge
of the timber, where most of the very earliest
settlers located. Here the sod was easily
broken, not requiring the heavy teams and
plows needed to break the prairie sod. More-
over, the nearness to timber" offered greater
conveniences for fuel and building. And still
another reason for this was, that the groves
afforded protection from the terrible conflagra-
tions that occasionally swept across the prairies.
Though they passed through the patches of
timber, yet it was not with the same destructive
force with which they rushed over the prairies.
Yet by these fires much of the young timber,
was killed from time to time, and the forests
kept thin and shrubless.

The first year's farming consisted mainly of
a truck "patch," planted in corn, potatoes, tur-
nips, etc. Generally, the first year's crop fell
far short of supplying even the most rigid
economy of food. Many of the settlers
brought with them small stores of such things
as seemed indispensable to frugal living, such
as flour, bacon, coffee and tea. But these sup-
plies were not inexhaustible, and once used,
were not easily replaced. A long winter must
come and go before another crop could be
raised. If game was plentiful, it helped to eke
out their limited supplies.

But even when corn was plentiful, the prep-
aration of it was the next difficulty in the way.

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The mills for grinding it were at such long dis-
tances that every other device was resorted to
for reducing it to meal. Some grated it on an
implement made by punching small holes
through a piece of tin or sheet iron, and fasten-
ing it upon a board in concave shape, with the
rough side out. Upon this the ear was rubbed
to produce the meal. But grating could not
be done when the corn became so dry as to shell
.off when rubbed. Some used a coffee-mill for
grinding it. And a very common substitute
for bread was hominy, a palatable and whole-
some diet, made by boiling corn in weak lye till
the hull or bran peels off, after which it was
well washed, to cleanse it of the lye. It was
then boiled again to soften it, when it was
ready for use as occasion rec[uired, by frying
and seasoning it to the taste. Another mode
of preparing hominy was by pestling.

A mortar was made by burning a bowl-
shaped cavity in the even end of an upright
block of wood. After thoroughly clearing it
of the charcoal, the corn could be put in, hot
water turned upon it, when it was subjected to
a severe pestling by a club of sufficient length
and thickness, in the large end of which was
inserted an iron wedge, banded to keep it there.
The hot water would soften the corn and loosen
the hull, while the pestle would crush it.

\Mien breadstuffs were needed, they had to
be obtained from long distances. Owing to
the lack of proper means for threshing and
■cleaning wheat, it was more or less mixed with
foreign substances, such as smut, dirt and oats.
And as the time may come when the settlers'
methods of threshing and cleaning may be for-

gotten, it may be well to preserve a brief ac-
count of them here. The plan was to clean off
a space of ground of sufficient size, and if the
earth was dry, to dampen it and beat it so as to
render it somewhat compact. Then the sheaves
were unbound and spread in a circle, so that
the heads would be uppermost, leaving room
in the center for a' person whose business it was
to stir and turn the straw in the process of
threshing. Then as many horses or oxen were
brought as could con^-eniently swing round the
circle, and these were kept moving until the
wheat was well trodden out. After several
"floorings" or layers were threshed the straw
was carefully raked off, and the wheat shoveled
into a heap to be cleaned. This cleaning was
sometimes done by waving a sheet up and
down to fan out the chaff as the grain was
droi^ped before it; but this trouble was fre-
quently obviated when the strong winds of
autumn were all that was needed to blow out
the chaff from the grain.

This mode of preparing the grain for flour-
ing was so imperfect that it is not to be won-
dered at that a considerable amount of black
soil got mixed with it, and una^'oidably got
into the bread. This, with the addition of
smut, often rendered it so dark as to have less
the appearance of bread than of mud ; yet upon
such diet, the people were compelled to subsist
for want of a better.

Not the least among the pioneers' tribula-
tions, during the first few years of settlement,
was the going to mill. The slow mode of
travel by ox-teams was made still slower by
the almost total absence of roads and bridges.

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while such a thing as a ferry was hardly even
dreamed of. The distance to be traversed was
often as far as 60 or 90 miles. In dry weather,
common sloughs and creeks offered little im-
pediment to the teamsters ; but during floods,
and the breaking-up of winter, they proved ex-
ceedingly troublesome and dangerous. To get
stuck in a slough, and thus be delayed for many
hours, was no uncommon occurrence, and that,
too, when time was an item of grave import to
the comfort and sometinies even to the lives of
the settlers' families. Often, a swollen stream
would blockade the way, seeming to threaten
destruction to whoever should attempt to
ford it.

With regard to roads, there was nothing
of the kind worthy of the name. Indian trails
were comrrion, but they were unfit to travel on
with vehicles. They are described as mere
paths about two feet wide, — all that was re-
quired to accommodate the single-file manner
of Indian traveling.

An interesting theory respecting the origin
of the routes now pursued by many of our pub-
lic highways was given in a speech by Thomas
Benton many years ago. He says the buffa-
loes were the first road engineers, and the
paths trodden by them were, as a matter of
convenience, followed by the Indians, and last-
ly by the whites, with such improvements and
changes as were found necessary for civilized
modes of travel. It is but reasonable to sup-
pose that the buffaloes would instinctively
choose the most practicable routes and fords
in their migrations from one pasture to an-
other. T-hen, the Indians following, possessed

of about the same instinct as the buffaloes,
strove to make no improvements, and were
finally driven from the track by those who
would.

When the early settlers were compelled to
make those long and difficult trips to mill, if
the country was prairie over which they
passed, they found it comparatively easy to do
in summer, when grass was plentiful. By trav-
eling until night and then camping out to feed
the teams, they got along without much diffi-
culty. But in winter, such a journey was at-
tended with no little danger. The utmost
economy of time was, of course, necessary.
\A'hen the goal was reached, after a week or
more of toilsome travel, with many exposures
and risks, and the poor man was impatient to
immediately return with the desired staff of
life, he was often shocked and disheartened
with the information that his turn would come
in a week. Then he must look about for some
means to pay expenses, and he was lucky who
could find some employment by the day or job.
Then, when his turn came, he had to be on
hand to bolt his own flour, as in those days the
bolting machine was not an attached part of
the other mill machinery. This done, the anx-
ious soul was ready to endure the trials of a
return trip, his heart more or less concerned
about the affairs of home.

These milling trips often occupied from
three weeks to more than a month each, and
were attended with an expense, in one way
or another, that rendered the cost of bread-
stuffs extremely high. If made in the winter,
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the team, the load would be found to be so
considerably reduced on reaching home that
the cost of what was left, adding other ex-
'penses, would make their grain reach the high
cost figure of from three to five dollars per
bushel. And these trips could not always be
made at the most favorable season for travel-
ing. In spring and summer so much time
could hardly be spared from other essential
labor ; yet, for a large family it was almost
impossible to a,void making three or four trips
during the year.

Among other things calculated to annoy
and distress the pioneer was the prevalence of
wild beasts of prey, the most numerous and
troublesome of which was the wolf. While it
was true in a figurative sense that it rec[uired
the utmost care and exertion to "keep the wolf
from the door," it was almost as true in a
literal sense. There were two species of these
animals — the large, black timber wolf and the
smaller gray wolf that usually inhabited the
prairie. At first it was next to impossible for
a settler to keep small stock of any kind that
would serve as a prey to these ravenous beasts.
Sheep were not deemed safe property until
years after, when their enemies were supposed
to be nearly exterminated. Large numbers of
wolves were destroyed during the early years
of settlement — as many as 50 in a day in a
regular wolf-hunt. When they were hungry,
which was not uncommon, particularly during
the winter, they were too indiscreet for their
own safety, and would often approach within
easy shot of the settlers' dwellings. At cer-
tain seasons their wild, plaintive yelp or bark

could be heard in all directions, at all hours
of the night, creating intense excitement
among the dogs, whose howling would add to
the dismal melody.

It was not all hog and hominy that the
early settlers ate; the table comforts depended
to a great extent upon the ingenuity of the
viife, the head of the kitchen. There were
times when it was ^-ery difficult to obtain flour
and cornbread was the substitute; those who
were, from the South knew best how to utilize
corn, — it was ground into meal by hand-mills
or by graters, which were made of a concave
piece of tin with holes punched, or bv the mor-
tar and pestle method. The last-named con-
venience consisted of a stump or section of
a tree, one end of which was excavated to
the depth of ten inches by tools or sometimes
by the aid of fire, into the form of a mortar ;
the pestle was often operated by the simple
up and down motion of the hands and arms
that wielded it, but there was an improved
sort of an apparatus arranged in which the
pestle was attached to a convenient bent sap-
ling, the elasticity of which would cause the
pestle to arise each time after the downward
motion. The corn was thus beaten into a mass,
and the husks of the grain were separated
from the meal by vchat was generally known
as a "sifter." The sifter was often made
from dressed deer skin, perforations being
made by a hot awl, wire or nail, pointed for
that purpose. The corn bread made by this
method was sweet and nutritious. The set-
tlers generally brought with them their
ovens and skillets in which the bread was

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baked. They had a fashion ,of making
"Johnny cake," where the dough was spread
on an oblong board of oak and placed close
to the embers of an open fire-place. "Johnny
cake" Avas delicious; the Southern people had
the "ash cake," derived from the negroes, —
the dough was enveloped in a corn shuck and
placed in a bed of hot ashes and embers ; the
"ash cake" was excellent. The meal was often
made into mush, and this, with milk consti-
tutes a dish that a prince might enjoy; when
milk was not plentiful they used gravy or
grease of the hog, wild animal or bird.

All the settlers raised wheat when they
could, but Iowa soil in early days was not fa-
vorable to the growth of wheat; buckwheat
flourished well, and I have distinct recollec-
tions of the difficulties encountered by the
mothers of that period with buckwheat flour;
they actuall)' attempted to make good, solid
bread out of it, but their efforts were, of
course, failures. They soon learned, however,
how to make buckwheat cakes. A man by
the name of Titus, in Davis county, was the
one who' seemed to know all about buckwheat
flour, and his directions and recipes were fol-
lowed. Xeighborhood after neighborhood fol-
lowed his instructions until buckwheat cakes
asserted their excellence all over southern
Iowa. It was difficult to make any kind of
decent flour from Mheat, except by the regu-
lar process of grinding then in vogue, but there
was a hand-mill introduced that ground a
black kind of flour, which made a kind of
substitute for something better. The early
mills, however, at Keosauqua and St. Fran-

cisville made excellent flour and the bread
made from it was wholesome. When it was
impossible to get flour ground, the wheat was
boiled and made into a dish that closely re-,
sembled boiled rice.

Coffee was scarce and very dear; there
were some of the early settlers who would have
their genuine coffee, no matter what it cost,
but there were others who had to satisfy them-
selves with rye browned in a skillet, the same
as coffeee berries, and then ground or beaten
into a consistency like genuine ground coffee.
The decoction had the bitter taste of bad
coffee, but none of its pleasant effects; it was
such an imitation as is revived now in the
form of cereal coffee, "Postum," and such
other substitutes.

The hog was early introduced; he was
easily raised; there was mast or acorns in
plenty and an acorn-fed hog furnishes the
sweetest of meats ; the hams were cured by
the smoke from hickroy bark, and the sau-
sages from such meats, seasoned with sage,
were delightful. There was little beef used,
because cows and steers were valuable to the
settler ; the cow furnished the milk and the
steer was used as a beast of burden. Wild
game, however, furnished all that could be
desired for fresh meat ; there were deer in
plenty; almost any kind of a settler could go
out in any desirable season and kill a deer
or a turkey; the buffaloes had disappeared
as \\'ell as the antelope, and there were but
few elks in Wapello coimty when the territory
was opened for settlement in 1843. Deer and
turkeys were the wild game of edible value.

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The housewife played an important part
in utihzing the spontaneous productions of the
soil as well as the first crops raised by the
settlers. They all had the same opportunities,
but all did not employ the opportunities alike.
The careful housewife found many delicacies
in the woods ; in the spring time there was the
"deer tongue," "lamb's quarter," aijd many
oFher herbs that made "greens" for the table;
as the season advanced there came the wild
strawberries, a fruit that has never been excel-
led for flavor ; later on came the blackberries in
rich profusion; there were also plums and
crab-apples, and these were made into de-
licious preserves. So there were opportunities
given to gather in the free open orchard ber-
ries for pies and fruits for tarts, and all these
combined gave the good woman at the head
■of the household a chance to show her ingenu-
ity. There were others, however, who were
always complaining, moaning for the fruits
of the old settlements, and such malcontents
exist to-day. The early settlers, as a rule,
made the best of everything.

The first year of occupancy of the new
land was one of privations ; the new ground
had to be plowed and there was a belief that
the richest land was covered by the roughest
brush. This led the settlers to take up the
feast desirable lands, while the prairie was left
unoccupied. These mistakes, however, recti-
fied themselves. The first years crops gave
an abundance of corn, but there were few po-
tatoes, cabbages and other vegetables; the set-
tlers were, in 'a state of uncertainty and yet
they did not doubt that the land would in
the end be fruitful There truly was reason
for doubt; the lands of Iowa had never been
cultivated according to European or Asiatic
methods. It is true that Illinois and Indiana
had yielded bountifully, but no one knew
what might be produced from Iowa soil. It
was an experiment, but those who ventured
were confident, and the yield of the first year
tfortified their hopes. The soil gave forth
corn, potatoes, pumpkins, beans, rye, wheat
and succulent grasses. There was food for
man and beast!

CHAPTER VII

COUNTY ORGANIZATION

An Instance of Claim Troubles — Illustrating how the Difficulty was Settled
— Then Followed County Organization and Other Evidences of Progress.

the dahlonega disturbance.

One James Woody sold a claim near Dah-
lonega to Martin Koontz for $200 and received
the money ; subsec[uently he reconsidered the
matter and, thinking that he had sold too cheap,
"jumped" the claim, erecting' a cabin. This
was a violation of the old settlers' regulations,
and about 60 men under the command of Capt.
John Moore surrounded the cabin, tore it down
and drove Woody off the claim. A fight en-
sued in which Thomas Crawford was killed.
The "war" was continued through an effort on
the part of the civil authorities to arrest Capt.
John Moore. Wapello county was then at-
tached to Jefferson county, for judicial pur-
poses, and Deputy Sheriff Jesse Woolard, of
Fairfield, was sent to the scene to make arrests.
The old settlers, however, were waiting for
him; he was treated with civility but with a
grim determination that he should make no ar-
rest. He was permitted to stay over night, but

the next morning he was brought into the pres-
ence of 60 armed men, and then notice was
served on him to depart at once, and to not re-
turn until he was wanted. Mr. Woolard was
a man of sense and departed. This closed the
incident.

county organization.

An Act was passed, approved February 13,,
1844, by the Governor, to organize the county
of Wapello, and Joseph B. Davis, of Wash-
ington county, John H. Randolph, of Henry
county, and Solomon Jackson, of Lee county,
were appointed commissioners to locate the
county-seat. James M. Peck was appointed
under the Act as sheriff, until a regular election-
was held, and it was made his dut)'- to organize
the county. Paul C. Jeffries was the first
judge of probate, Joseph Hayne was the first
elected sheriff, and Thomas Foster was treas-
urer. The first case presented to the Court of
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Thomas Crawford, deceased, — William Craw-
ford was appointed administrator and his bond
was approved. The first guardian of minors
appointed by the probate judge was Joseph
Mclntire, guardian of Daniel, James and John
Murphy, May lo, 1845. The f^rst will filed
was that of William B. Woody, dated Octo-
ber II, 1846, and filed by the widow, Frances
Woody, sole executrix, December 7, 1846.

MARRIAGE RECORD.

The first license issued was in favor of the
marriage of Andrew Crawford and Mary Ann
Montgomery, dated March 15, 1844. The in-
tended bride was a minor, under the guard-
ianship of Peter AValker. The couple were mar-
ried March 15, 1844, by R. R. Jones, justice
of the peace, at the house of Peter W^alker.
The groom was nineteen, and the bride six-
teen years of age.

The second marriage license was that of
Dr. C. W. Phelps and Elizabeth C. Weaver,
sister of General Weaver, of Bloomfield ; the
third, that of John P. Scott and Elvira A.
Weir. The latter marriage was solemnized at
Agency City, by Rev. Benjamin A. Spaulding,
April 17, 1844. The authority possessed by
Mr. Spaulding was filed at this time, and con-
sisted of a license issued by the clerk of the
.District Court of Jefiferson county, Iowa.

On the 28th of August, 1844, the certificate
of ordination, issued by Bishop Morris, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, August 29, 1841,
proclaiming Thomas M. Kirkpatrick a fully
consecrated elder in the said Methodist Epis-

copal church, was filed with the clerk of Wa-
pello county. This was to establish Mr Kirk-
p.itrick's authority to solemnize marriages. A
similar document was filed by Rev. Robert
Long, of the Christian church, on the 9th day
of November, 1844.

During the first year of the county's exist-
ence, the following marriage license were
granted : George Nelson to Isabella Frances
Hackney, November 9; Seth Ogg to Rebecca
IT. Mclntire, April 28; David Glass to Eliza
Jane Hall, June 19; Joseph Mclntire to Mrs.
Sarah Murphy, July 2 ; Wiilliam Cartel' to
Mary Jane Lewis, August 21 ; William F.
Ba.j tO' Nancy J. Kirkpatrick, September 5 ;
Alexander Kitterman to Elsie Linch, Septem-
ber 24 ; James S. Baker to Tamas Overman,
September 28 ; Thomas J. Linnard to Julina
Lambert, September 30 ; Melville H. Talbott
to Elizabeth Rouse, October 4 ; James R.
Fisher to Sarah McCall, October 5 ; Charles
Wallace to Cynthia M. Ross, October 9;
George Howlet to Sarah Wilson, Novem-
ber 7 ; William Parker to Lavinia Boyce, De-
cember 2 ; James Stephens to !Mary Ann Har-
row, December 18; James D. HufTstetter to
Eliza Ann White, December 30.

On the 24th of April, 1845, R^^"- John
Pardoe filed his certificate of ordination as a
Methodist Protestant clergyman. November
26th, Rev. Joseph Ackerman filed his certificate
of authority to solemnize marriages, having his
ordination papers issued by Bishop Roberts, of
the Methodist Episcopal church. The papers
were dated at Terre Haute, Indiana, October
10, 1841. Thirty-six marriage licenses were

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

issued out of the clerk's office of Wapello
county during the year 1845.

DISTRICT COURT.

In almost every case the original record of
the District Court in Wapello county consist's
■of eight sheets of foolscap paper, stitched to-
gether to form a book. The following self-
explanatory records are taken literally from
the record book. We quote :

And now, on this day, to-wit, the sixteenth day of Sep-
tember, A. D. 1844, the day on which, according to law,
the District Court of the United States, within and for said
■county of Wapello and Territory of Iowa, was to have
begun, and its first or September term, at the court house
in said county, there being no judge present, the time for
commencement of said Court is adjourned until 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning.

Tuesday morning, 9 o'clock, )
September 17, A. D.'1S44. ('

And now, on this day there yet being no judge present,
the time for the commencement of said court is further
adjourned until tomorrow morning.

And now, on this day, to-wit, Wednesday, 18th Septem-
ber, 1844, being the adjourned day for the beginning of the
September term of the District Court of the United States,
for the county of Wapello and Territory of Iowa, Present
the Hon. Charles Mason, Judge, etc.

The following proceedings were had, to-

wit :

And now, on this day, to-wit, the 18th day of Septem-
ber, A. D. 1844, the venire which had been returned on the
16th inst., by Joseph Hayne, Sheriff of said county, being
-examined by the Court, it is ascertained the following-
named persons have been duly summoned to serve as grand
jurors to this Court, to-wit:

LIST OF FIRST GRAND JURY.

James Weir, George W. Knight, 'Seth Ogg, Robert H.
Ivers, Thomas Pendleton, Henry Smith, William Brinn,
Lewis F. Temple, John Humphreys, Martin Fisher, Paul C.

Jeffries, John Fuller, Finley Lindsey, William Prichell,
William C. Mclntire, John Clark, James R. Boggs, John
Kirkpatrick, John Murray, Isam Garrett, Shannon Hackney,
Philaster Lee and Thomas Wright; five of whom, to-wit:
Robert H. Ivers, Martin Fisher, John Fuller, John Clark
and John Kirkpatrick, on being called answered not.

The court ordered the sheriff tO' complete
the panel, whereupon \\''illiam A. Winsell, Pe-
ter Barnett, Richard Fisher and Jacob Hack-
ney were added to the list. James Weir was
appointed foreman. George B. Warden was
appointed bailiff, and proceeded tO' take the
grand jury under his charge.

The first case of record was that of "Josiah
.Smart, Agent, etc., who sues for the use of
S. S. Phelps vs. Elias Orton." This was a
land-claim case, and was dismissed, with costs
assessed against the defendant to the amount
of $7.4254. The next case, James C. Ramsej'j
vs. John R. and \\'. S. Wright, assumpsit.
Damages claimed $67. Case compromised by
the parties, with costs on defendants, stated
at the sum of ^S-Syyi- The third case was
John McCoy vs. William Flood, assumpsit;
damages, $100. Case withdrawn by plaintiff,
with costs on him to the amount of $5.62^.
The next three cases were : John F. Myers
vs. Charles F. Harrow ; James Foster vs.
Charles F. Harrow ; and Hugh George vs.
Jesse C. Weeks. Each dismissed at cost of
plaintiff.

The first naturalization papers were issued
September 19, 1844, to John Wall and George
Wall, subjects of Great Britain.

The first indictment presented by the grand

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jury was against Joseph S. Hendricks, for
larceny. Tlie defendant was discharged.

The first divorce case was on a change
of venue from Jefferson county between Mary

Kinzie and John Kinzie. Bill granted by de-
fault. The first divorce granted to -parties
within the county was in the case of Amanda
Hulin vs. Ira Huhn.

CHAPTER. VIII

COVNTY SEAT LOCATED.

The Town was First Named Louisville, but Indian Influence Prevailed, and it was
Changed to Ottumwa — Board of Commissioners — Business at the First Session
OF the Board — The Town of Ottumwa ij'rom the Beginning — Pen Pictures.

THE county seat.

The commissoiners located the county seat
at the Appanoose Rapids, and very near the
geographical center of the county, which fact
had been ascertained liy a random line that
was run westward from Jefferson county ir,
the fall of 1842 or the winter of
1843, by John Arrowsmith, under the
direction of a company of promoters, who
could see far enough into the future to know
that a prosperous town would soon be built
'as the county seat of a good 'pounty. So
soon as the location was made these men made
a claim to the lands, and immediately organ-
ized the Appanoose Rapids Company to facili-
tate operations. So, on the 20th day of May,
1843, J. R. McBeth, Uriah Biggs, John Lewis,
Thomas D. Evans, Paul C. Jeffries, Hugh
George, David Glass, Sewell Kenny, William
Dewey and Milton Jamison met on the site

and formed a company according tO' law. Cer-
tain lots were donated to the county for build-
ing purposes. The town was laid out, the
company bound itself to erect a court house,
the small expenses were paid, a public sale of
lots was arranged for July 4, 1844, and in
this way the town was born, which was first
named Louisville, — but the name would not
stick. The more appropriate Indian name of
Ottumwa would arise from time to time until it
was finally accepted. The name '"Ottumwa"
signifies "Swift Water," to which the suffix
"noc" was sometimes applied, which means
simply the place of swift water. This is the
interpretation of the name as rendered by Mr.
Smart, who was then the honest and intel-
ligent interpreter for General Street, and may
be accepted as absolutely correct. There are
other versions, among them "Strong Will"
or "Perseverance," but this is a fanciful ren-
dering. We prefer to take the interpretation

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of Mr. Smart, who was familiar with the In-
dian language.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS- -ITS ORG.\NIZATION
AND PROCEEDINGS.

The first building used for the sessions
of the commissioners' court was a very ordi-
nary log cabin, one story high, built of rough,
unhewn logs, chinked with sticks and clay,
and covered with clapboards. It was situated
between Fourth and Fifth streets, about where
the jDostoffice building now stands. The first
meeting of the board was "held at Louisville,
the county seat of \A^apello county, on Mon-
day, the 20th day of May, 1844. The counJ.y
commissioners were as follows : Lewis F.
Temple, James M. Montgomery and Charles
F. Harrow. Charles Overman was appointed
clerk. In August, 1844, John C. Evans, John

B. Gray and James B. Wright were elected.
In 1845-46 the board consisted of John C.
Evans, James B. Wright and Henry Smith.
In 1846 the clerk's office was filled by James

C. Tolman. In 1847 the board consisted of
Henry Smith, Charles Dudley and James B.
\\^right. A. J. Redenbaugh was clerk. In
1848 James B. Wright, Charles Dudley and
Nathaniel Bell were commissioners and A. J.
Redenbaugh, clerk. In 1850 Charles Dudley,
Nathaniel Bell and Samuel GMliland were
commissioners and A. J. Redenbaugh, clerk.
The last meeting of the board, before it was
dissolved by the act creating the county judge
system, was held July 20, 185 1, at which
Nathaniel Bell, Samuel Gilliland and Gideon

Myers officiated. Mr. Redenbaugh was the
last clerk. A roster of the succeeding county
officers is published elsewhere.

The first business transacted at the May,
1844, session, was to grant a license to David
Glass to keep a grocer}' "in Ottumwa." This
shows that the name Ottumwa was insisted
upon by the settlers, although the official name
was then Louisville, by reason of the act of
the locating commissioners, who named it in
honor of Louisville, Kentucky. Washington
township was organized at the first meeting.
Pleasant, Competine, Columbia, Center, Dahl-
onega, Richland and Adams townships were
created at the June session, or second meet-
ing. J. P. Eddy was granted a ferry license at
the July session authorizing him to establish
a ferry at Eddyville. This was the first ferry
in the county, duly legalized. The prices per-
mitted to be charged were : Footman, 6%
cents; man and horse, 18^ cents; two horses
and wagon, 3714 cents; four horses and
wagon, 50 cents; cattle, 4 cents; hogs,
2 cents. In July, Henry Smith & Com-
pany \\'ere authorized to construct a dam
across the Des Moines River on section 2y,
township 71, range 12, where Eldon now
stands. A tax of five millls on the dollar
was authorized, and a poll tax of 50 cents. A
jail was ordered to be built on the east end
of lot 136, block II, in Louisville, but definite
action was postponed. A free ferry was or-
dered across the river at Louisville, provided
the Appanoose Rapids Company sustained
one-half of the expense of the building and
maintenance of the same.

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

At the April term, 1845, Anderson Cox
was granted permission to establish a ferry
across the Des Moines River, one and a quar-
ter miles above Louisville. At the May term,
1845, the board agreed upon the specifications
for the erection of a jail, the previous action
havitig resulted in nothing. A two-story
hewed-log building was agreed upon. W. W.
Chapman was acting as attorney for the coun-
ty in 1845. At the August ses^^ion the board
ordered that the names of Francis M. Harrow
and Robert W'. Ramsey be stricken from the
mill and dam charter, and that the company
proposing to build a mill at Louisville be al-
lowed until March, 1847, to do so. .The orig-
inal charter was granted by the board of Jef-
ferson county, while this county was attached
thereto, September, 1843, to Francis M. Har-
row, Robert W. Ramsey, David Armstrong
and Joel Myers & Company. The board of
Wapello county approved of the charter at the
August meeting, as aforesaid, with the change
of naraes shown above. The jail conti-act
was finally awarded to David Armstrong, at
this meeting, for $2,000. The site chosen was
lot 140, block II. The -first official r,ecogni-
tion of the name Ottumwa was made Novem-
ber, 1845, by the board. Before that date
"Louisville" and "Ottumwa" were both used.

Polk and Keokuk townships were created
in April, 1846. In that year a court house was
built on the corner of Market and Third
streets, of wood, 24 feet square, two stories
high, the lower story being used for the ses-
sions of the court, for religious meetings on
Sundays and as a school-house when court

was not in session. The second story was
divided into three rooms, occupied by the
clerk of the court, the county treasurer and
the county recorder. When the brick court
house was built on the site now occupied by
the present magnificent building, the old one
was sold to the Christian church and after-
ward transferred to W. C. Grimes, who used
it as a wagon factory until it was destroyed
by fire on the 22nd of October, 1872.

In January, 1848, D. F. Gaylord and Levi
Reeve were authorized to fit up a ferry across
the river, at Ottumwa, to continue twelve years.
The petition praying for the incorporation of
Ottumwa was presented to the board in Jan-
uary, 1 85 1. An election, in accordance with
the prayer, was ordered to be held February 8,.
1851.

THE TOWN LATER ON PEN PICTURES.

In the year 1846, A. C. Leighton, who is
now known as an old settler, but who was but
a small boy at that time, came with his father
and mother to Ottumwa; he was old enough,,
however, to receive vivid impressions of the
little town on the borders of the great wilder-
ness that then extended westward from this
point to the Pacific Ocean. He remembers
that when his father's family came here, Cass
Hendershott was a babe in his mother's arms,
six weeks old. There were then about 25
houses of all descriptions in the town, among
which were two dry-goods stores and one wet
grocery (saloon). There was a log house
where the First Methodist Episcopal church

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now stands, on the corner of Fourth and Mar-
ket streets, and another log house on the oppo-
site side of the street, where the Christian
Science church is located ; there was a copious
spring of water and a clump of trees on this
ground. There was a log house on the comer
of the sc[uare where the Public Library build-
ing is being erected, near the cotu"t house.
These were all the houses that were on Fourth
street. On Fifth street there was a frame
house, owned by Judge Paul C. Jeffries, which
afterwards became the site for the Hendershott
residence, and is now the site for the residence
of T. D. Foster. There was a log house on
Fifth street, where Senator W aterman's resi-
dence is now. There was a log house on the
corner of Market and Second streets, the
ground now occupied by the Leighton block
Joseph Hayne had a house on the Gillaspy
property, northeast corner of Green and Second
streets. John W" Ross had a house on the
grouild now occupied by \\^ B. Bonnifield'.^
residence. S. S. Norris (the deacon) had a
frame house on the southwest corner of College
and Second streets. Tay Sinnamon had a
house where T. H. Pickler's grocery is now lo-
cated. There was a brick-yard near there.
Charley Blake's father was out of town — he
was located in a house now occupied by the
Caster House. On the northeast corner of
College and Second streets, there lived a man
by the name of Lyons, in a small frame house.
On the southwest corner of College and
Main streets, there was an old-fashioned tan-
yard, with vats and a bark mill. James C.
Tolman lived on the southeast corner of Main

and Jefferson streets, in a log house. There
were no buildings on the south side of Main
street from Green to Market. There was a
mill yard near there. There were three small
frame buildings on the south side of Main
street between Green and Market. Where the
Centennial building now stands there was a
small "Tavern" kept by a Mr. Sharp. There
was nothing more on the north side of Main
street until the ground \\'as reached where the
St. Louis Store now is ; here was a frame build-
ing occupied by John T. Baldwin as a general
store. About where the Hammond building:
now stands, there was a log hotel established
by David Hall, and then by his wife, "Aunt

Beck^

Seth Richards had a store in a log

house a little east of where Charles Bachman's.
jewelry store is no\\-. D. F. Gaylord had a
grocery store where the west half of Bert Phil-
lip's new store now is. There was a house
above Washington street, about where the Dr.
Hawkins property is ; it was owned by a law-
yer, whose name was James Baker ; he went to
Missouri and became rich, through transactions
on St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad stock.

Charles F. Harrow lived on a high point, in
a dou]:)le log house, with a porch, above where
General Heclrick's residence was located. Paris
Caldwell lived out of town, on the place where
he died ; he had made his claim there when the
country was first settled.

The court house, which has already been
alluded to, and described, was located where
the J. W. Edgerly & Company wholesale drug-
store is located. School was taught there so as
not to conflict with terms of court. The first

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school was taught by Miss Ann Norris, after-
ward widow of Rev. B. A. Spalding, a man
eminent for piety and good citizenship.

There was a log stable, where the city hall
now is. There was a two-story frame dwelling
where Harper & Mclntire's wholesale house
now is ; the building was occupied by the father
of Joseph Myers, and by Thomas C. Coffin.
The mill was at the foot of Market street; it
was a steam saw and grist mill. The town
company gave the mill company some lots.
You hear it referred to as the "mill donation."

Dr. C. C. Warden was the only physician
who practiced medicine here until about 1851,
when he engaged in tlie dry-goods business
with Joseph Leighton, father of A. C. Leigh-
ton ; Joseph Leighton was elected county treas-
urer; Dr. Warden then carried on the mer-
cantile business in his own name.

It is to Dr. A\'arden's credit that while he
was on the board of county supervisors he sold
the miserable old county poor farm and pur-
chased the new one. In 1848, R. H. Warden,
brother of the Doctor, came to Ottumwa and
was prominently identified with the city and
its business interests until his death, which took
place July 13, 1900.

The following were residents of Ottumwa
in 1846: Dr. C. C. AA^arden, Albert Mudge,
S. S. Norris, H. B. Hendershott, Paul C. Jeff- '
ries, Benjamin Jeffries, D, F. Gaylord,
Joseph Hayne, Thomas J. Devin, Josqjh
Leighton, Da\'id Armstrong, John Bran-
denburg, Tay Sinnamon, John W. Ross,
Reuben Ross, Cap. Ross, Peter Barnett, Will-
iam Lewis, John Harkens, George D. Hack-

worth, A. G. Redenbaugh, George May,
AA'illiam H. Bromfield, John T. Baldwin, Grau,
H. P. Graves, C. F. Blake, Bela White. These
were about all the legal voters of the town;
there were a fe\V young men who drifted in and
out but made no permanent residence in the
town. Among those who came then or soon
afterward were Seth Ogg, William Mclntire
and Michael Tullis.

From a series of papers published in the
Democrat, in 1876, from the pen of J. W.
Norris, the appearance of the town was quite
primitive in 1845. Mr. Norris says: "No
streets had been opened. Paths run across
lots, every which way, like they were made by
cows going to pasture. Indian wickiups were
scattered over the bluff, a cluster of them being
on the lot where we now live (corner of College
and Second streets)."

PROGRESS RECORDED.

The Courier of October 6, 1848, mentions
that the enterprising contractors now carry the
mail three times a week from Keokuk, and in
1849 the same paper says that building in Ot-
tumwa was very brisk, but retarded by scarcity
of lumber. Breadstuffs were scarce, on ac-
count of the difficulties in getting the grain
ground. Steamboats now began to arrive,
bringing in freig'ht and carrying ovit grain.
The steamer "Revenue Cutter" arrived early
in April, 1849. The water was high, and an
excursion party boarded the vessel here and
went up to Eddyville.

On November 23, 1849, ^ lyceum was or-

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ganized with Rev. B. A. Spaulding, president;
H. B. Hendersliott, vice-president; Bertrand
Jones, recording secretary; J. W. Norris, cor-
responding secretary; R. H. Warden, treas-
urer; and Joseph Leighton, Hbrarian.

It will be news to many of the present gen-
eration that such a project as a plank road was
agitated. In February, 1850, a meeting was
held in Ottumwa to discuss the construction of
a plank road to meet the Burlington and
Mount Pleasant plank road at Mount Pleas-
ant. Uriah Biggs was president of the meet-
ing; Thomas Ping and John C. Evans, vice-
presidents; and Bertrand Jones, secretary. A
committee was appointed to represent the coun-
ty at a plank road convention at Mount Pleas-
ant on the 27th of February, said committee
consisting of J. W. Norris, J. D. Devin, H. B.
Hendershott, J. C. Ramsey, Thomas Ping, F.
Newell, J. H. D. Street, S. M. Wright, J. H.
Flint, Gideon Myers, B. Boydston, Bertranu
Jones, Joseph Hayne, J. M. Peck, Dr. Yoe-
mans, Uriah Biggs, G. B. Savery, Dr. A. D.
)Vood, W. S. Carter, Dr. James Nosier, Madi-
son AA-ellman, J. G. Baker, D. P. Inskeep, E.
G. McKinney, AV.' G. Martindale, A. Ingra-
ham, Andrew Major, William M. Dunlap and
Joshua Marshall. Ottumwa subscribed $8,-
700 and Agency City and Ashland, $4,500.
The project, however, was abandoned as rail-
road interests began to crowd out such make-
shifts as plank roads. The only plank road
built in the State was one from Keokuk, point-
ing in this direction about 15 miles. This
stretch of road was maintained as late as 1854.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

The court house is one of the finest west
of the Missisippi River; it was built at a
cost of $135,000. The postoffice was erected
by the government at a cost of about $50,000.
The Y. M. C. A. building is a handsome struc-
ture; the high school was built at a cost of
$75,000. There are several church buildings
that are creditable in style of architecture,
among which are the two Presbyterian
churches; the Swedish Lutheran; Church of
the Sacred Heart (Roman Catholic) ; First
Methodist; and First Congregational.

STREET CARS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND STEAM
HEATING.

The first electric light seen in Ottumwa
was about the year 1882, which was produced
by an isolated plant installed in Pallister
Brothers' store. In the year 1886 the Ot-
tumwa Electric Light Company was organ-
ized, which was later absorbed by the present
plant, now known as the Ottumwa Electric
Light & Steam Company. This company now
operates the city and commercial lights, the
street car line and the steam heating plant.
During the past year they have installed mod-
ei-n apparatus for .'lighting, using what is
known as the Hartford system of street light-
ing, with enclosed alternating lamps, and have
a capacity for 8,000 incandescent lamps. The
power plant consists_of 1,000 horse-power en-
gine capacity, 1,300 horse-power in boilers and

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electrical units of i,ooo horse-power. They
operate seven and one-half miles of track and
run eight cars regularl}', — they have a total
of i8 cars; the maximum grade is lo per cent.
A large amount of power is distributed to
manufacturing plants. The (company oper-
ates about three miles of steam main. The
officers of the company are : J. H. Merrill,
president ; J. B. Sax, secretary ; J. W. Garner,
treasurer. This is distinctly an Ottumwa in-
stitution, the stock being owned by Ottumwa
parties.

B.-VNKS OF OTTUMWA.

The following is a statement of the condi-
tion <;f the banks of the city in December, 1900,
as compared with the condition of the same
banks one year previous. The statement is

from official sources : The capital, including
profit account, employed by the three national
and three savings banks of this city, as taken
from published reports of December 2d, was
3^663,188.73. Their total assets were $3,162,-
603. Their combined deposits were $2,341,-
914.37, and their loans $1,965,922. The
same six banks on December 13, 1900,
had an invested capital and profit account of
$679,176.78; assets, $3,586,445.57; deposits,
$2,732,318.79, and loans, $2,225,527.75. This
does not include the W^apello County -Savings
Bank, organized February 5, 1900, which has
a capital and profit account of $51,971.05; to-
tal assets, $146,378.25; deposits, $94,407.20;
and loans, $128,658.48; nor the Citizens
Bank, which is a private institution and makes
no published report.

CHAPTER, IX

OTTVMWA AND ITS INSTITVTIONS.

Public Schools and Churches — Fraternal Societies — Railroads of the County —
Ne\\-spapers of the County — A Glance at Manufacturing Interests — The
Carnegie Library.

public schools.

The Courier, on September 22, 1848, men-
tions that "Ottumwa, or rather Center town-
ship, has two schools but no school-house."
In May, 1849, there was a tax of i per cent to
build a school-house in the city. These plans
were not carried out, but in 1850 two frame
buildings were erected, and in 1853 Miss La-
vina Chanler opened a private school in one
of these buildings in the lower or eastern part
■of the town. Misses Hornby and Street
opened a school on August 6, 1855. W A.
Sutliff opened a select school at about the same
time. The Ottumwa Seminary was opened on
the 8th of October, 1855. On October 15,
1858, there was the first recorded meeting of
■directors of the Ottumwa City School District.
There were present : J. M. McElroy, president ;
W. L. Orr, vice-president; and S. B. Thrall,
secretary. The treasurer was Charles Law-
rence. In 1858 the board was made up as

follows: Thomas C. Woodward, president; S.
B. Thrall, vice-president ; S. D. Alorse, secre-
tary ; John Moore, treasurer ; directors, Joseph
Hayne, Joseph H. Merrill, F J. Hunter. In
1865 a commodious brick school-house was
built on College Sc[uare, at an expense of $28,-
818.57. It will be seen that ai an early date
Ottumwa had determined on superior facilities
for educating the youth of the town. During'
all the time, from the organization of the first
school board, the officers ha\e been men of the
highest intelligence and business capacity.
There have been few superintendents of the
schools, and these few have ranked high in
their profession. A. W. Stuart became super-
intendent in 1873, succeeding Wilson Palmer,
and during the past twenty-eight years he has
worked faithfully and with great success for
the improvement of the schools. He ranks
now as one of the prominent educators of the
State.

There are 10 school buildings in Ottumwa,

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which cost about as follows : High School,
situated on West Fourth street, $50,000;
Adams school, situated on East Fourth, Col-
lege, East Second and Union streets, $32,000;
Lincoln School, North Court, $24,000; Agas-
siz and Irving schools. South Side, each $18,-
000; Franklin school. Walnut avenue, $18,000;
Garfield school. North Ash street, $18,000;
Douglas school, AA'est Second street, $8,000;
Froebel school, Adams lot, $2,000 ; Hedrick
school, Highland Park, $17,000. Four-room
additions are now completed to the Lincoln and
Irving buildings, at a cost of $15,000. The
last school census, taken in September, 1900,
shows 5,632 persons of school age in the dis-
trict; the average daily attendance for the
school year, ending June, 1900, was 3,284.
The number of teachers employed is no, of
which four are males. The members of the
school board are: E. E. McElroy, J. C. Jor-
dan, T. H. Pickler, W. A. Mclntire, Charles
Hallberg, E. T. Edgerly, A. D. Moss. E. E.
McElroy is president of the board and J. A.
Wagner, secretary.

CHURCHES.

The first minister of the Gospel was Rev.
B. A. Spaulding, who came as a missionary in
1843 or 1844, as a member of the "Iowa Band,"
composed of nine young preachers of the Con-
gregational church. Mr. Spaulding was a
devoted Christian, and was held in high respect
during all his life by all who knew him. He
formed a church in Agency City in 1844. The
Congregational church of Ottumwa was organ-

ized February 15, 1846, with eight members:
Bela White, Samuel S. Norris, Anna N. Nor-
ris, Julia M. Norris, Peter Barnett, Mrs. P.
Barnett, Mrs. David P. Smith. Mr. Spauld-
ing was the pastor for twenty-two years, when
he resigned, and died March 31, 1867. This
church has been favored with pastors of more
than ordinary ability, among whom may be
mentioned Spaulding, Simeon Brown, Her-
man Bross, Dr. J. W. Healy, Rev. Archibald
and the present pastor, P. Addlestine Johnston.
A church edifice was erected in 1875-76, on
Fourth street, at a cost of $22,000.

Revs. S. C. McCune and L. G. Bell organ-
ized the First Presbyterian church, September
24, 1853, with the following members: Dr.
\V L. Orr, John Hite, Rebecca Hite, Luther
Hite, Elizabeth Hite, Hannah Hoover, John M.
Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Rebecca Brown, Charles
Brown, Jonathan Heckard, Harriet Heckard,
Elizabeth Carmen, Martha Gray, Mary Davis,
Sarah A. Moyer, Lucy A. Sloan, Anna Bill-
man, Sarah L. Mudge and Daniel Hoover were
received on profession of faith, and Michael
Heckard and Mary M. Heckard were received
on certificate. Dr. W. L. Orr, John Hite and
John M. Taylor were ordained as elders. In
July, 1855, Rev. J. M. McElroy arrived, and
took charge of the church as pastor, and labored
with great success for many years. He was
succeeded by Revs. H. B. Knight, B. S. Ely,
Frederick W. Hinitt and F. F. Stoltz in the
order named. The church building is on the
corner of Eovn-th and Washington streets; its
cost was $20,000. The pastors of this church
were eminent in their sacred profession and

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labored with zeal in the interests of Christian-
ity. In 1886, the Presbyterians of the East
End organized, and, aided largely by T. D.
Foster, built a large church building in thai
locality. Rev. Murray is the present pastor.
The Presbyterians also have an organization jn
the West End of the city.

The Methodist Episcopal church was early
in the field, represented by Rev. Thomas yi.
Kirkpatrick, who conducted services in a log
cabin in 1844. The first organization was
effected in 1845, '^^'ith Mr. Kirkpatrick as
pastor. The following-named were prominent
members at that time : Heman P. Graves and
wife; Paul C. Jeffries and wife; Washington
Williams and wife; Martha Williams, later on
the wife of Dr. C. C. Warden; Peter Barnett
and wife; Mrs. Joseph Hayne; Sarah Pumroy;
Sarah Lewis ; J. C. Evans and wife. The
Main Street M. E. church was organized in
1869, by Rev. E. L. Briggs, with 70 members.
The First M. E. church edifice is on the cor-
ner of Fourth and Market streets. The Main
Street church building is on the corner of
Main and College streets. The pastors of these
churches have been successful in building up
the different organizations to a high degree of
efficiency.

The Catholic church organization dates
back to 1849, when missionary work was in-
augurated by Rev. Father Villars, of Keokuk.
Rev. Alexander Hattenberg came in 185 1 and
remained a time. In the winter of 1853, Rev.
Father John Kreckel came to St. Mary's Catho-
lic church and at once entered upon an arduous
line of duties that extended over Wapello, Jef-

ferson, Van Buren, Keokuk, Mahaska, Polk,
Jasper, Marion, Monroe, Davis, Appanoose,
\\'ayne and Decatur counties. Father Kreckel
was of sturdy, vigorous frame, indomitable
will, and undying devotion to the church. He
organized other parishes, made perilous jour-
neys, encountering cold, heat, high and dan-
gerous waters, with the same firm determina-
tion to overcome all obstacles. He built a sub-
stantial stone church on the corner of Fourth
and Court streets, also a convent and the St.
Joseph school, and was always ready to extend
a helping hand to Ottumwa enterprises. He
was a man of marked character and accom-
plished great good in his day and generation.
He died June 18, 1899, and was succeeded by
Father Kelly. There are two other Catholic
churches : St. Patrick's, in South Ottumwa,
with Rev. John O'Farrell as priest, and the
Church of the Sacred Heart, with Father
Flood (since deceased) in charge.

St. Mary's parish of the Epicopal church
was organized at the office of Jacob Wen-
dall, on May 2, 1857; Rev. D. F Hutchison
presided ; there were present Dr. L. D. Morse,
James Hawley, Sr., James Sinnamon, C. J.
Gilson, E. AA'ashburn, John J. AVendall and
W. F. Elmendorf. The name of the parish
was changed to Trinity a few years ago. Suc-
ceeding Mr. Hutchison as rector were the fol-
lowing: R. R. Gift'ord, 1860-1864; Walter
F. Lloyd, 1864-1866; J. E. Ryan, 1866-1871 ;
W. C. Mills, 1872-1875; A, C. Stilson, 1876-
1889; J. H. Lloyd, 1889-1895. Rev. J. Hol-
lister Lynch is the present rector. The present
number of communicants is 7,t,t, ; in 1895, when

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Mr. Lynch became rector, there were 235.
The church building is a beautiful structure
on the corner of Fifth and Market streets.
I1 is a model of church architecture.

The First Baptist church was organized
March 14, 1855; 17 persons entered the or-
ganization, viz : John Ballard, Elizabeth
Wellman, Avia AVellman, Samuel Harper,
Mary Harper, Ann Michael, Eliza Alcott,
Daniel Barrett, Lydia Guthrie, Virginia Bar-
rett, Eliza Harper, Melissa Fisher, Margaret
Higdon, Francis Llewellyn, Charity Aldridge,.
Miner\'a Fisher and Barbara A. Monk. The
church has had an unusual number of pastors
since its organization; the present pastor is
Rev. Davies.

The Church of Christ was organized in
March, 1845, with nine persons, as follows ^
Hugh Brown, Nathaniel Bell, M. J. Bell and
daughter, Eliza Halloway, J. Anderson and
wife, H. H. Hendrick and a Mr. Potts. H.
H. Hendrick was ordained evangelist in the
autumn of 1847; the ordination services were
conducted by Aaron Chatterton, who was a
noted evangelist.

The first Swedish Lutheran church in the
county was organized about the year 1859 in
Polk township. The church in Ottumwa was
organized in 1871. The church building is on
Jefferson street and is cjuite commodious.

The colored people of the city have two
churches, of the Baptist and Methodist de-
nominations, and have comfortable church
buildings. The African M. E. church was
organized in 1867.

TlTere are church organizations and edi-

fices in South Ottumwa for the Congregational,
Christian, Methodist Episcopal, Methodist
Protestant, Baptist and United Brethren de-
nominations. The Dunkards and Friends, or
Quakers, are also organized and hold regular
meetings. It should also be recorded that T.
J. Hall, of the Christian or Disciple denomi-
nation, built a small church at his own expense
in South Ottumwa, where services are held
each Lord's day.

FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.

The first Masonic organization in Ottum-
wa was that of Ottumwa Lodge, No. 16, A. F.
& A. M., on August 18, 1848. The first offi-
cers chosen under special dispensation were:
H. M. C. Lane, W M. ; V. AV Coffin, S. W. ;
J. C. Tolman, J. \Y. ; Samuel Carnes, treas-
urer; Bela White, secretary; T. A. Truman,
S. D. ; N. L. Gephard, J. D. ; Seth Fair, tiler.
The charter was issued in November, 1.848,
under which the following officers were
chosen : H. M. C. Lane, W. M. ; V W,. Coffin,
S. W.; J. C. Tolman, J. W. ; N. Baldwin,
treasurer; Bela White, secretary; N. C. Hill,
S. D. : N. L. Gephard, J. D. ; M. W. Hopkin-
son, tiler.

Empire Lodge, No. 269, A. F. & A. M.,
was organized October 21, 1869, under dis-
pensation issued to J. C. Hinsey, W. M. ; I. N.
Mast, S. AV. ; George Hill, J. W. ; AVilliam S.
Holden, S. D. ; M. McFarlin, J. D. ; John F.
Lewis, treasurer : Joseph Gray, secretary ; and
H. B. Cowell, tiler. The constituent mem-
bers were : John Gray, L. L. McBride, O. H.

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Potts, Charles O. Williams, J. P. Cariies, O. E.
Stewart and Charles W. Betts.

Ottumwa Lodge, No. 9, I. O. O. F., was
the first organization of Odd Fellows, on May
20, 1848. John F. Baldwin, Duane F. Gay-
lord, V. \Y:. Coffin, Thomas A. Freeman,
Thomas J. Devin, R. Boydson and George M.
Wright were the charter members.

Laramie Lodge, No. 230, I. O. O. F-, was
instituted January 22, 1872, with the follow-
ing charter members: Jacob Prugh, J. J.
Millard, John L. Moore, D. W. Tower, L. M.
Godley, James Hawley, Sr., Eugene Fawcett,

C. G. Lewis, G. A. Derby, W. W. Pollard.
Ottumwa Lodge, No. 347, Benevolent and

Protective Order of Elks, was instituted under
a charter bearing date of July 7, 1896. John
P. Scheying was exalted ruler; F. B. Clark,
esteemed leading knight ; C. M. Myers, es-
teemed loyal knight; J. B. McCarroll, esteemed
lecturing knight. The other charter members
were : Charles Hall, R. H. Moore, T. M. Gilt-
ner, Charles A. AValsh, AV. F. McDonald, H.
M. Hedrick, S. L. McGavic, J. R. Burgess,

D. M. Conroy, AV. A. Graves, AA^ AA^ Vance,
L. J. Baker, J. C. Cooper, Luther Brown, Gus.
Lyons.

The following orders and fraternal organ-
izations in the city are mentioned, with the
name of a leading member in connection there-
with : A. O. U. AAA., G. A. Pitts; K. O. T.
M., Dr. C. R. Russell; L. O. T. M., Miss Nora
Cook; Eagles, C. A. Brown; Foresters, John
O'Donnell; M. AV. A., Frank Norfolk; AV. O.
W., L. B. Scott; Knights and Ladies of Se-
curity, Dr. E. A. Sheafe; Ancient Order of

Hibernians, Fred Grier; B. of R. T., F. M.
Reeves; K. of P., A. G. Cook.

A lodge of the American Brotherhood of
Yeomen was organized in November, 1899, by
John L. Moore.

Pickwick Lodge, No. 129, I. O. O. F., was
instituted in South Ottumwa December 8,
1891, with the following charter members: J.
A. Ballard, A. S. Cook, D. S. Lain, W. N. Bal-
lard, Charles E. Newnam, J. H. Finley, J. E.
Hull, O. L. Harris, AV F. Harsch, U. G.
Reed, A. G. Cook, C. T. Hartman, J. Eichen-
berry.

AVapello' Lodge, No. 632, I. O. O. F., was
instituted in South Ottumwa, December 8,
1897, with the following charter members: J.
A. Ballard, H. D. Rime, J. H. Finley, W. N.
Ballard, J. Eichenberry, M. Schwartzenbach,
L. McCrary, J. A. Rupe, J. AV. Carson, R. S.
Carson, A. T. Snider, S. L. Finley, Samuel
Harding, V E. Beeson.

Dorcas Lodge, No. 1888, I. O. O. F. ( Re-
bekah degree) , was instituted in South Ottum-
wa, October 19, 1893, with the following
charter members : J. Eichenberry, Alarv Eich-
enberry, A\' X. Ballard and wife Hester, A.
S. Cook and wife .Vnna, J. A. Ballard and wife
Lizzie J., J. H. Finley and wife Luella, Charles
E. Newnam and \\ife Alice, AA". F. Harsch and
wife Rosanna, E. A\'. Steel t^nd wife Ella,
U. G. Reed and wife Fannie, H. D. Rime
and wife Arabella, E. L. Holt and wife Jane,
J. E. Hull and wife Tena, S. L. Finlev and
wife Nannie, F. G. Ven de Ven, Anna Ven de
Ven, Ella Paxton.

Glenwood Camp, No. 1740, Modern^AVood-

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men of America, was instituted in South Ot-
tumwa August 15, 1892, with the following-
charter members : E. M. Arenschield, J. A.
Ballard, W. H. Campbell, W. L. Bateman, W.
S. Brown, Charles E. Brown, S. L. Finley, O.

E. James, J. A. Moorhead, C. M. Xye, J. L.
Schwartz, M. Schwartzenbach, B. W. Scott,

F. G. Ven de Ven, O. D. Wray,

Tuttle Post, No. 497, G. A. R., was insti-
tuted in South Ottumwa April 28, 1892, with
the following charter members : M. T. Dough-
erty, W. F. Harsch, D. S. Lain, W. H. Duncan,
W. H. Morgan, L. M. Adams, John Cherry,
C. C. Powell, J. O. Parker, J. J. Ninemeyer,

G. W. Wisehart, G. \V Somerville, E. H.
Thomas, B. F. Berry. W. G. Powell, William
J. Jasper, W. G. Fish, J. H. ,Riggs, Griff
Swinney.

Reno Post, of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, was organized in Ottumwa, in 1879,
but its membership was never more than about
30 ; it held its charter nearly four years ; its
commanders were : Templin, Harness, Mor-
timer and L. J. Allen. This post disbanded
and a petition for a new post was circulated
and signed by 97 veterans. The name of the
new post is Cloutman, No. 69 ; it opened with
67 members. It was designated as Cloutman
Post in honor of Capt. C. C. Cloutman, who
was killed at Fort Donelson. E. M. B. Scott
was the first commander and served three
terms; then came D. T. Miller in 1887, W. S.
Coen in 1888, Timothy Egan in 1889, T. J.
Hah in 1890, Maj. A. H. Hamiltoon in 1891.
The following named gentleman served as com-
manders of Cloutman Post after Major Ham-

ilton: James H. Coe, in 1892; Levi Hills, in
1893 ; S. B. Evans, in 1894; W. H. H. Asbury,
in 1895; George H. AVheelock, in 1896; T. R.
Bickley, in 1897; S. H. Harper, in 1898; W.
R. Warren, in 1899; W. H. Fetzer, in 1900;
H. L. Waterman, in 1901. Several members
of this post have served on the department and
Ihe uH^ional staff.

iV camp of the Sons of Veterans was or-
ganized as Donelson Camp, No. 32, in 1886.
W. B. La Force was the first captain and was
succeeded by Dr. S. A. Spilman. The camp
was reorganized by Lieutenant-Colonel Dilley,
who mustered in 75 new members in April,
1901. The following were the officers : Cap-
tain, J. K. Dysart ; first lieutenant, John K.
Mahon ; second lieutenant, Russell Harper ;
first sergeant. Dr. M. Bannister ; quartermaster
sergeant, John R. Criley. The following are
past captains : William M. Reece, George P.
Salmon, H. M. Spilman, E. M. Campbell, W.
T. Mollison, C. H. Auraack. It is due to Cap-
tain Mollison's efforts that there have been
such large accessions to the camp recently.

RAILROADS.

The first railroad to enter the city was the
Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, now a
part of the C. B. & Q. Railroad system. The-
road was formally opened to public use to Ot-
tumwa September i, 1859. Work from Ot-
tumwa west was begun in 1865 and the road
was finished to Albia November i, 1866. The
day that the B. & M. R. road entered Ottum-
wa was made memorable by a great gathering

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of the people of the county, speeches, toasts and
responses. The citizens of Ottumwa had pro-
vided a free dinner on long tables beneath
the shade of the trees; when the food was
placed on the tables, the throng did not
wait for dinner to be announced, but made a
rush and a grab, and swept everything off
the tables. The dinner was a failure, not
because there was not enough provided, but
through the waste and selfishness of those
who wanted more than a fair share of the
victuals. After the arrival of the B.* & M.
R., there came the Des Moines Valley
Railroad (now incorporated into the C. R. I.
& P. Ry. system) ; then the St. Louis & Cedar
Rapids Railroad (now in the Wabash R. R.
system) ; then the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway, extending to Kansas City ; then
the Fort Madison & Northwestern Railroad,
later known as the Chicago, Fort Madison &
Des Moines Railroad (now included in the C.
B. & Q. R. R. system).

The immense business done over these lines
will be better appreciated by a study of the
figures furnished by officials cf the difl^erent
roads. The figures are, consolidated : Amount
of freight earnings forwarded and received at
Ottumwa station by the C. B. & Q., C. M. &
St. P., C. R. I. & P., Wabash and Fort Madi-
son roads, during 1900, $1,166,146.55.

A citizen of Ottumwa, who entered the
service of the C. B. & Q. Railroad when he
was quite a young man, just returned from the
Civil War, had an extraordinary career and
arose, as it were, from the ranks ; beginning as
a station agent at Albia, he became general

manager of the C. B. & Q. Railroad system,
and afterward general manager of the Union
Pacific Railroad. This was Capt. Thomas J.
Potter, son of John and Nancy Potter, also of
this city. He was advanced from station
agent to assistant division superintendent;
from that position to charge of a division ; then
to manager of the Iowa lines, and on until he
became general manager. He was a vev\ able
man, and, if he had lived, would no doubt have
achieved still greater success. Mr. Potter was
born in Carroll county, Ohio, August 16, 1840,
and died in the city of Washington, March 9,
1888.

O.' E. Stewart is the present division super-
intendent of the C. B. & O. Railroad; he has,
also risen from an humble place to the position
he now holds, through merit alone.

OTTUMWA NEWSPAPERS.

The Des Moines Courier was the first
newspaper established in the county, August
8, 1848, by R. H. Warden and J. H. D. Street.
January 20, 1851, Mr. Warden became sole
proprietor. In April, 1852, J. W. Norris acted
as associate editor and on December 20, 1855,.
he became editor and proprietor. In 1866 N.
D. Musselman, AV. H. Caldwell and W. C.
Holden succeeded Mr. Norris, and in August,
1869, Gen. John M. Hedrick and Maj. A. H.
Hamilton became editors and proprietors. In
Januarv, 1878, Major Hamilton became sole
owner and editor. In 1857 the name of the
paper was changed to the Ottuimva Courier,
and on April 5, 1865, the Daily Ottumzva

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■Courier was first issued and has continued to be
prosperous and enterprising from that day to
this. On April i, 1890, A. W. Lee became
proprietor and editor-in-chief of the Courier
(Major Hamihon retiring), and the paper at
once entered upon a new career of prosperity.
On June i, 1898, he added a perfecting press,
with great speed capacity, to the newspaper
•equipment, at a cost of several thousands of
dollars. This was necessar}- in order to meet
the demands of an increased subscription list.
Mr. Lee has displayed wonderful energy in
building up this paper to metropolitan ideas and
jaroportions.

In June, 1850, the Des Moines Republic
was first published by James Baker & Com-
pany, but it was suspended after about two
years of existence.

G. D. R. Boyd published the first number
of the Democratic Statesman in 1858; he was
succeeded by J. H. D. Street, and in 1861 H.
B. Hendershott and E. L. Burion became the
owners and changed the name to the Ottumiva
Democratic Union. In 1862 Judge Hender-
shott retired, and S. B. Evans became asso-
ciated with Mr. Burton in the publication of
the Democratic Ulcrcurx. J\Ir. Evans went into
the army in August, 1862, and Judge Burton
continued the publication in connection with
his brother, S. H. Burton, until October, 1865,
when Judge Burton sold his interests to Russell
Higgins ; in November, 1865, Mr. Higgins sold
to S. B. Evans, who remained until March,
1868, when the latter severed his connection
with the paper, and in a few weeks it was dis-
continued permanently.

In December, 1870, S. B. Evans founded
the Otiiunzca Democrat (weekly), and in 1874
he established the Daily Democrat. It was the
first paper in the city printed by steam power.
In 1876 he sold a half interest in the plant to
J. \y. Norris ; later on the Democrat was con-
solidated with the Times, under the name of
the Democrat and Times, which continued until
1 88 1, when the plant was finally sold to a
syndicate of Democrats, and the company was
incorporated. In August, 1884, Rlr. Evans
assumed the management and thus continued
until the paper was purchased by R. H. Moore,
who published the paper until August, 1897;
when it was consolidated with the Sun. Mr.
Moore retired in 1898, and was succeeded by
Charles D. Brown & Company, until George F.
Smith became owner; Mr. Smith transferred
the paper to Martha B. Johnston, who conduct-
ed it a few weeks until June 15, 1901, when
S. A. Brewster became sole proprietor, and who
at once began to put forth great energy in the
conduct of the paper. Mr. Brewster is strong
as a writer, as well as in business c|ualifications.

In 1870 H. S. Bailey began the publication
of the Rez'cille, which lived six months.

In April, 1871, A. Danquard established the
Journal, a German paper; in 1881 John A.
Wagner became part owner, and in 1884 be-
came sole proprietor.

In April, 1874, the Ottumwa Printing
Company, consisting of H. M. Ives, O. C.
Graves, Dr. G. F. Foster and others, began the
publication of. the Spirit of the Times. Foster
soon withdrew, and in 1875 H. M. Ives pur-
chased Mr. Graves' interest. In July, 1876,

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I. T. Flint acquired an intei'est. The Times
was consolidated with the Democrat on No-
vember 14, 1878.

The Ottumn'a Press (weekly) appeared in
1880, published by Riley & Jones, as a modest
and unpretending sheet, but under the intelli-
gent direction of its proprietors it grew in cir-
culation and in size, and attained a large cir-
culation in southern Iowa. In the year 1899
the plant was incorporated, Riley & Jones tak-
ing a majority of the stock, and a daily edition
of the Press appeared. The plant was equipped
with a speedy and expensive printing press and
typesetting machines, but the enterprise did not
pay, and the paper was forced to suspend.

The Ottum-ci'a Saturday Ne-n's appeared as
the Soiitli Ottumzva Ne-n's January 4, 1890,
with E. H. Thomas as publisher. J\Ir. Thomas
was appointed postmaster of South Ottumwa,
disposed of his paper, and in the course of
time it passed into the hands of A. Jay Stump
and Arthur IMcGrew, the present proprietors,
and is now enjoying a fair degree of prosperity.
It is independent in politics.

The Ottumiva Sun (weekly) was estab-
lished in June, 1890, by S. B. and H. C. Evans,
and prospered until it was incorporated. The
Moruiug Suu, a daily morning paper, was es-
tablished in 1894, and although it attained a
circulation of nearly 2,000 as a daily edition,
yet the enterprise was not profitable, and the
daily was suspended. The Sun was continued
as a weekly until July, 1897, when it was con-
solidated with the Democrat.

The Independent, as a weekly, was estab-

lished May 26, 1899, by S. B. Evans. It is
what the name implies, politically.

The Saturday Herald (weekly) was estab-
lished Alay 27, 1899, by R. H. Moore. Mrs.
Moore is assistant editor.

A GLANCE AT MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.

There are a number of small factories in
Ottumwa, but it will be our purpose to note
only those that employ a large number of peo-
ple, and have been potent in building up the
town, giving it the prestige of being one of
the leading manufacturing cities in Iowa.

Among the most notable of the earl)- fac-
tories of Ottumwa is the Johnston Ruffler Com-
pany, which had a very humble beginning; in
1872, however, the company erected buildings
at a cost of $48,000, and entered upon the
manufacture of sewing machine rufflers on a
large scale, supplying a great part of this coun-
try and many European cities. The patents
finally expiring, the manufacture of these de-
vices declined, and the Ottumwa Iron \\'orks
developed. This factory supplies all manner
of iron machinery, making a specialty of min-
ing hoists and steam engines.

The most important industrial and com-
mercial enterprise in the city is the ]\Ii irrell
Packing House. The peculiar advantage ■; Ot-
tumwa offers for a great packing house were
first brought to the attention of T. D. Foster,
through Hon. J. G. Hutchison, on board an
Atlantic steamship. Mr. Hutchison \\as re-
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his way to America to seek a location. It was
a most fortunate meeting for all concerned,
as it resulted in inducing Mr. Foster to investi-
gate, and he was satisfied. The great English
packing house began operations here in 1877.
A disastrous fire took place July 12, 1893, and
the plant was almost destroyed, but it was re-
built on a larger scale. It is one of the largest
exclusively pork packing houses in the world,
with a capacity of from 4,000 to 5,000 hogs
per day, employing over 1,000 men on the
average during the year. The Morrell meats
find a market in Norway, Sweden, Great
Britain, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Austria,
Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland, and,
of course, an extensive market in America.
Agencies are established in New York, Boston,
Memphis, San Francisco and in several other
American cities. A detailed description of the
great plant appears in the sketch of A-Ir. Foster,
which is in another part of this volume. Mr.
Foster takes great interest in all public enter-
prises and gives freely of his means to aid all
things that contribute to the good of the city
and county.

The Janney Manufacturing Company was
established in July, 1899. This factory manu-
factures the Janney Common Sense Corn
Husker and Fodder Shredder, the Janney Corn
Planters and Grinders, and other agricultural
implements and machinery. The plant is in-
stalled in a number of extensive brick build-
ings, and employs 150 men, exclusive of the
ofihce force and traveling agents. A detailed
description of the plant appears in a sketch of
Mr. Janney in this volume.

The Dain Factory was established and be-
gan operations early in January, 1900. The
buildings are in South Ottumwa near the Wa-
bash Railroad. These buildings are extensive.
This establishment manufactures hay stackers,
loaders, land rollers, shoveling boards, hay
rakes, feed grinders and other agricultural im-
plements. About 150 men are employed.

On April 20, 1891, the Hardsocg Manu-
facturing Company was incorporated for the
manufacture and sale of mining tools. These
implements are acknowledged to be superior to
any other kind and are used in all the prom-
inent mines of the United States. Martin
Hardsocg, the president of the company, found-
ed the plant. A more detailed description will
be found in a sketch of Mr. Hardsocg, that
appears elsewhere in this volume.

The Ottumwa Box Car Loader Company
began operations about two years ago, and
about a year ago erected a building, in which
the plant is installed. ■ The product of the
plant is a machine for loading box cars with
coal. It is the invention of Henry Phillips.

THE LIBRARY BUILDING.

On January 6, 1900, Andrew Carnegie of-
fered to give $50,000 for the erection of a
library building in Ottumwa, coupled with the
condition that the city should by tax or other-
wise contribute $5,000 annually for the support
of a library. This proposition was accepted
or ratified by the people at a special election
held September 4, 1900. On October i, 1900,
the following persons were named as trustees

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

by Mayor T. J. Phillips: J. T. Hackworth,
W. A. Mclntire, J. J. Smith, S. P. Hartman,
F. W. Simmons, C. M. Myers, C. P. Brown,
George Withall and D. E. Chisman. The ap-
pointments were confirmed by the city council.
On October 3, 1900, the trustees met and or-
ganized by- electing J. T. Hackworth, presi-
dent ; S. P. Hartman, secretary. Steps were at
once taken to procure a site for the building
and to secure plans for the structure, which was
to be completed January 20, 1902. The plans
of Smith & Gutterson, of Des Moines, were
adopted on May 15, 1901, and the contract for

the building was let. The main building is to
be 93.4 by 61 feet, with annex of 38.1 by 27.4
feet, to contain books ; the design is classic, but
does not conform exactly to any of the different
orders of architecture. It may be considered
as Italian Renaissance, or an Italian soften-
ing of the Greek-Doric order of architecture,
and has a grand effect. The contractors for
the work are Bartlett & Kling, of Galesburg,
Illinois ; the immediate direction of the work is
under George Withall, superintendent for the
trustees, and R. B. Teeter, superintendent for
the contractors.

A SKETCH OF TH E CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING.

CHAPTER X

OTTVMWA AND ITS MUNICIPAL OFFICERS

Official Roster of the City of Ottumwa — Names of the Different Persons Who
HAVE Held Elective and Appointive Offices — The Postmasters of Ottumwa.

Following- is a list of city officials for the
past fifty years, from the time Ottnmwa was
organized as a village in 185 1 up to the present.
The list contains many names that ha\e since
become famous in city and state affairs, and it
shows that some of the most substantial men
the city contained were at one time or another
at the head or participated in its government.
Ottumwa was organized on I\Ia)- 20, 1844, and
the site for the city selected, but it was not un-
til 185 1 that the town was incorporated and a
set of officials provided for. When the site for
a city was first selected it was gi\'en the In-
dian name of Ottumwa, but later it was
changed to Louisville, in honor of Louisville,
Kentuck)^ This name was kept but a few
months, when it returned to the old Lidiau
name, which it has had since.

George Gillaspy was the first president of
the board of trustees or mayor, as the office is
known at present. Since that time Ottumwa
has' passed successively through all the stages
of a village with its board of trustees, until to-

day it is a city of the first class, with a mayor
and a full set of city officials.

1851.

George Gillaspy, president of board; Bert-
rand Jones, clerk (resigned October 24; suc-
ceeded by William H. Bonnifield) ; Duane F.
Gaylord, treasurer ; Joseph Leighton, assessor ;
T. A. Taylor, marshal (removed June 14: suc-
ceeded by William L. Bastin). -

Trustees — J. W. Caldwell, Albert Mudge,
Silas Osborn, John ]\I}-ers, Sr.

1852.

Albert Mudge, president of board; H. B.
Hendershott, clerk; Joseph Leighton, treasur-
er; Duane F. Gaylord, assessor; James Hall,
marshal.

Trustees — George Gillaspy, J. W. Caldwell,
James Hawley, Erastus Washburn.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

1853-

Albert IMudge, president of board; H. B.
Hendershott, clerk; James Hall, treasurer;
William J. Ross, assessor; John A. Newman,
marshal.

Trustees — George Gillaspy, J. AV. Caldwell,
James Hawley, Erastus Washburn.

1854.

A. L. Graves, president of board; William
L. Orr, clerk; Thomas J. Holmes, treasurer;
C. Hickenlooper, assessor; John A. Newman,
marshal ; William Lewis, collector.

Trustees — C. C. \A^arden, Stephen Osborn,
Joseph Leighton, Thomas G. Given.

1855-

C. C. Warden, president of board ; AA'illiam
L. Orr, clerk; John Graves, treasurer (resigned
February 7, 1856; succeeded by N. C. Hill) ;
Josiah H. Myers, assessor; H. B. Jones, mar-
shal ; J. W. Ireland, collector.

Trustees — A. L. Graves, H. B. Hender-
shott, Joseph Leighton and David Gephart.

James Hawley, president of board ; Charles
Lawrence, clerk; Charles F Blake, treasurer
(resigned January 30, 1857; succeeded by AA'.
L. Orr, who was elected to fill the vacancy) ;
Joseph Leighton, assessor; Richard Fisher,
supervisor; J. W. Ireland, marshal and as-
sessor.

Trustees— E. Washburn, N. C. Hill, P. C.
Daum and J. H. Griffith.

1857-

The city was organized this year under its
special charter.

Duane F. Gaylord, mayor; James D. Devin,
recorder; S. AA^. Summers, solicitor; Erastus
Washburn, treasurer; Hosea B. Jones, assess-
or; John A. Newman, marshal; S. AV. ITart-
well, engineer.

Aldermen — First ward, D. B. Abrahams,,
F. AV. Hawley and Thomas Bigham; seconds
ward, H. P. Graves, A. Hawkins and James.
Milligan; third ward, Charles Lawrence, AA^-
L. Orr and J. A. Hammond.

1858.

A. H. Hamilton, mayor; Newton Doggett,
recorder (resigned October 18; succeeded by
AValter Goldsmith); A. A. Stuart, solicitor;
S. J. Warden, treasurer ; C. F. Blake, assessor ;
Josiah H. Myers, marshal.

Aldermen — First ward, James Hawley, P.
C. Daum and John Potter ; second ward, F. J.
Hunter, J. AA'. Caldwell and J. Prugh (the
latter resigned December 27; succeeded by J.
AV. Dixon); third ward, J. Milburn, Thomas
Neville and C. A. Bradshaw.

1859.

George Gillaspy, mayor; AValter Gold-
smith, recorder (resigned July 11, 1861;, suc-
ceeded by A. W. Gaston) ; Erastus AVashburn,

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

treasurer; James A. Milligan, assessor; J. H.
Myers, marshal (resigned October i8, 1859;
succeeded by D. F. Gaylord).

Aldermen — First ward, H. B. Hendershott,
J. N. Simons and John Potter; second ward,
H. B. Jones, F. J. Hunter and A. Lewis ; third
ward, J. G. Baker, A. L. Graves and C. F.
Blake.

i860.

William L. Orr, mayor; S. B. Thrall, re-
corder; James Hawley, treasurer; J. Prugh,
assessor ; W. H. CUfton, marshal ; J. A. Milli-
gan, street commissioner.

Aldermen — First ward, J. W. Dixon, D.
C. Mitchell (resigned February 4, 1861 ; suc-
ceeded by William Daggett) and J. AA^illiam-
son ; second ward, R. H. Warden, A. Baldwin
and A. Lotspeich ( latter resigned October i ;
succeeded by J. W. Caldwell) ; third ward, C.
W Kittridge, J. O'Conner and T. H. Milburn.

1861.

Erastus Washburn, mayor; S. B. Thrall,
recorder; E. L. Joy, solicitor; C. AV. Kittridge,
treasurer (resigned July i; succeeded by AA^
L. Orr); A. Mudge, assessor; AA^illiam H.
Clifton, marshal (resigned October 14; suc-
ceeded by J. F. Lewis) ; J. A. Milligan, street
commissioner.

Aldermen — First ward, William Daggett,
E. L. Burton and J. H. Merrill ; second ward,
William J. Ross, Charles Miller and J. \A^
Caldwell (the latter resigned August 5; suc-
ceeded by A. H. Hamilton) ; third ward, J.

M. Hedrick (resigned November 5; succeeded
by S. W. Hayes), Thomas Neville and T. H.
Milburn.

1862.

Samuel Gossage, mayor ; A. W. Gaston, re-
corder; Tim Riordan, assessor; William J.
Ross, treasurer; A. W. Gaston, solicitor;
Thomas O' Sullivan, marshal.

Aldermen — First ward, E. L. Burton, A.
M. Bonnifield and F. W. Hawley; second
ward, Robert Porter (resigned June 16, suc-
ceeded by James Cullen), J. McLeod and A.
Dombach ; third ward, Thomas Neville, T. J.
Douglass and A. L. Graves. (The latter re-
signed October 6; succeeded by George D.
Temple. )

1863.

Samuel Gossage, mayor ; A. W. Gaston, re-
corder; Frances Bliley, treasurer; Tim Riordan,
assessor (resigned February 4, 1864; succeed-
ed by G. D.' Temple) ; A. W. Gaston, solicitor;
John Danihy, marshal.

Aldermen — First ward, E. L. Burton (re-
signed Decembei'7; succeeded by H. B. Hen-
dershott) , John Potter and M. B. Murphy; sec-
ond ward, E. H. Stiles, AVilliam Sower and
Joseph Wagg; third ward, T. J. Douglass,
James Eakins and George D. Temple.

1864.

Manlove McFarlin, mayor ; J. M. Douglass,
recorder; Charles Lawrence, treasurer (re-
signed January 20, 1865 ; succeeded by Thomas

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

Neville); E. L. Burton, solicitor; George M.
Wiltfong, assessor; H. B. Jones, marshal.
(The latter resigned January i6, 1865; suc-
ceeded by C. P. Mason.)

Aldermen — First ward, M. B. Murphy (re-
signed June 30; succeeded by H. B. Hender-
shott), L. E. Gray and John Guyzelman; sec-
ond ward, E. H. Stiles, H. C. Grube and H.
B. Jones ; third ward, George D. Temple, James
Eakins and Hugh Brown.

1865.

Samuel Gossage, mayor; J. M. Douglass,
recorder ; John Graves, treasurer ; E. L, Burton,
solicitor ; John Coyan, assessor ; I. L. Milligan,
marshal.

Aldermen— First ward, A. D. Moss, A. M.
Bonnifield and D. B. Abrahams; second ward,
J. W. Carpenter, A. Huggins and William
Daggett; third ward, James Brady, A. T. Holly
and A. W. Gaston.

James Hawley, Sr., mayor; Robert Burke,
recorder (resigned November 5; succeeded by
S. B. Thrall); A. F. Hoddy, assessor; E. H.
Stiles, solicitor; R. H. Warden, treasurer; I.
L. Milligan, marshal ; J. J. Adams, street com-
missioner.

Aldermen — First ward, A. H. Hamilton,
H. B. Sisson, P. C. Daum ; second ward, J. C.
Hinsey, J. McBride (resigned December 13;
succeeded by J. W. Carpenter) and C. C.
Peters; third ward, W. B. Armstrong, R. J.
Williams and Tim Riordan.

1867.

James Hawley, Sr., mayor; S. B. Thrall,
recorder; E. L. Burton, solicitor (resigned July
2 ; succeeded by C. E. Fulton) ; W. B. Arm-
strong, treasurer ; J. S. Wood, marshal ; John
Coyan, assessor; M. McFarlin, street commis-
sioner.

Aldermen — First ward, F. W. Hawley, G.
C. Barnes (moved out of ward in June; suc-
ceeded by P. C. Daum), G. A. Roemer; second
ward, J. C. Hinsey, C. C. Peterii, A. Dombach.
(The latter died in August; J. W. Caldwell
elected) ; third ward, P. G. Ballingall, T. Rior-
dan, W. B. Littleton.

1868.

The city this year was reorganized under
the general incorporation laws of the state.

C. E. Fulton, mayor; S. B. Thrall, clerk;
C. C. Blake, solicitor; J. A. Schworm, treas-
urer; John S. Wood, marshal; John Coyan,
assessor; M. McFarlin, street commissioner.

Trustees — First ward, P. C. Daum, J. G.
Meek. (Resigned November 16) ; second ward,
J. C. Hinsey, W. W. Pollard ; third ward, W.

B. Littleton, James Eakins.

1869.

C. E. Fulton, mayor; S. B. Thrall, clerk;

C. C. Blake, solicitor ; W. B. Armstrong, treas-
urer ; J. S. Wood, marshal ; John Adams, as-
sessor; N. A. Cody, street commissioner.
(Office abolished October 5.)

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Trustees — First ward, S. D. Pierce, Tim
Riordan; second ward, C. F. Blake, F. J.
Clarke; thirc^ ward, J. G. Hutchison (resigned
November i6), P. Brady; fourth ward, W. W.
Pollard, B. B. Durfee.

1870.

W. B. Littleton, mayor; \V H. Caldwell,
clerk; Eugene Fawcett, solicitor; D. AA'. Tower,
treasurer ; John S. Wood, marshal ; John Coy-
an, assessor; H. L. Waterman, engineer.

Trustees — First ward, Tim Riordan, P. G.
Ballingall ; second ward, C. F. Blake, J. S. Por-
ter (the latter resigned May 2; succeeded by
R. H. Warden) ; third ward, P. Brady, Will-
iam Daggett (the latter resigned July 2; suc-
ceeded by J. S. Porter) ; fourth ward, R. N.
Harlan, John E. Cummings.

1871.

W. B. Littleton, mayor; W. H. Caldwell,
clerk; Eugene Fawcett, solicitor; D. AV. Tower,
treasurer; John Coyan, assessor; John Gray,
marshal.

Trustees — First ward, P. G. Ballingall,
John Shea ; second ward, R. H. AA^arden, Carey
Inskeep; third ward, P. Brad}', J. S. Porter;
fourth ward, R. X. Harlan, B. B. Durfee.

1872.

AA^ L. Orr, mayor; G. F Foster, clerk;
Eugene Fawcett, solicitor ( resigned Augxist
19; succeeded by AA^illiam JMcXett) ; D. AA'.

Tower, treasurer; John Coyan, assessor; T.
J. Hall, marshal. The latter resigned Septem-
ber 16; succeeded by John Gray.

Trustees — First ward, P. G. Ballingall,.
John Shea; second ward, Carey Liskeep,
Charles F. Blake; third ward, John L. Moore,
Pat Brady; fourth ward, W. W. Pollard, B. B.
Durfee.

1873-

AA". L. Orr, mayor; G. F. Foster, clerk; J.
B. Ennis, solicitor; D. AA^ Tower, treasurer;.
John Coyan, assessor; John Gray, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, N. Baker, P G.
Ballingall ; second ward, Charles F. Blake,.
George H. Sheffer; third ward, J. L. Moore,
Pat Brady; fourth ward, AA^ AA-^ Pollard, B.
B. Durfee.

1874.

AA^ L. Orr, ma3'or; W. H. Resor, clerk;
O. M. Ladd, solicitor; D. AA-^ Tower, treas-
urer; John Coyan, assessor; John Gray, mar-
shal.

Trustees — First ward, N. Baker, P G.
Ballingall ; second ward, J. J. Millard, George
H. Sheffer; third ward, Sim Chaney, Pat
Brady ; fourth ward, B. B. Durfee, C. C. Peters.

1875-

AA" L. Orr, mayor; AA'. H. Gorsuch, clerk
(resigned April 26, succeeded by W. H. Fet-
zer) ; O. M. Ladd, solicitor (resigned Septem-
ber 6, succeeded by Capt. AA^ H. C. Jaques) ;
D. AA^ Tower, treasurer; Al. Vannaman, mar-
shal ; J. F. Lewis, assessor.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

Trustees — First ward, W. B. Armstrong,
P. G. Ballingall; second ward, J. J. Millard,
James Hawley (resigned July 10, succeeded
by H. L. Waterman) ; third ward, Sim Chaney ;
John L. Moore; fourth ward, C. C. Peters,
J. M. Lamme (resigned October 11, succeeded
by B. J. Boulton).

1876.

The city limits were extended this year.

0. D. Tisdale, mayor; W. H. Fetzer, clerk;
J. B. Ennis, solicitor; D. W. Tower, treasur-
er; J. S. Porter, assessor; E. B. Davis,
marshal.

Trustees — First ward, W. B. Armstrong,
P. G. Ballingall; second ward, James Hawley,
W. D. McCue ; third ward, J. L. Moore, \Y. A.
McGrew; fourth ward, J. M. Lamme, B. J.
Boulton.

1877.

J. S. Porter, mayor; W. H. Fetzer, clerk;
J. B. Ennis, solicitor; Wade Kirkpatrick, treas-
urer; J. F. Lewis, assessor; E. B. Davis, mar-
shal. The latter resigned October 19; and was
succeeded by T. B. Trotter.

Trustees — First ward, P. G. Ballingall,
Kinsey Jordan; second ward,- Charles F. Blake,
W. D. McCue; third ward, W. A. McGrew,

1. N. Mast; fourth ward, B. J. Boulton, L. E.
Gray.

1878.

J. S. Porter, mayor; W. H. Fetzer, clerk;
'Calvin Manning, solicitor; Wade Kirkpatrick,

treasurer; J. L. Harman, assessor; T. B. Trot-
ter, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, P. G. Ballingall,
Kinsey Jordan; second ward, C. F. Blake, O.
M. Ladd; third ward, W. A. McGrew, I. N.
Mast ; fourth ward, C. B. Rounds, L. E. Gray.
The latter resigned and was succeeded by Ja-
cob Chilton.

I879.

W. H. Resor, mayor (died January 25,
1880; H. L. Waterman appointed February 9,
1880) ; W. H. Fetzer, clerk; Calvin Manning,
solicitor; Wade Kirkpatrick, treasurer; H. B.
Jones, assessor ; J. C. Slaughter, marshal ; H.
L. Waterman, engineer. The latter resigned
January 19, 1880.

Trustees — First ward, P. G. Ballingall,
Kinsey Jordan ; second ward, O. M. Ladd,
Charles F. Blake ; third ward, AA". A. McGrew,
John L. Moore (the latter resigned February
9, 1880; no appointment made) ; fourth ward,
C. B. Rounds, AA" E. Chambers.

1880.

H. L. AA^aterman, mayor; AA^ H. Fetzer,
clerk; Calvin Manning, solicitor; Wade Kirk-
patrick, treasurer; H. B. Jones, assessor; John
Robinson, marshal ; Robert Douglass, city en-
gineer.

Trustees — First ward, Kinsey Jordan, P.
B. Murphy; second ward. Charles F. Blake,
O. M. Ladd; third ward, W. A. McGrew, W.
A. Coombs (to fill vacancy) ; fourth ward, AV.
E. Chambers, C. B. Rounds.

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

1881.

(City limits extended this year.)
H. L. Waterman, mayor; W. H. Fetzer,
clerk; Calvin Manning, solicitor; W. W. Pol-
lard, treasurer; J. H. Myers, assessor; John
Robinson, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, P. B. Murphy, E. L.
Lathrop ; second ward, O. M. Ladd, Carey Ins-
keep; third ward, W. A. McGrew, W. A.
Coombs ; fourth ward, C. B. Rounds, W. E.
Chambers.

1882.

H. L. Waterman, mayor; W. H. Fetzer,
clerk ; W. D. Tisdale, solicitor ; W. W. Pollard,
treasurer; J. H. Myers, assessor; Dan Han-
non, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, E. L. Lathrop, F.
M. Hartman ; second ward, Carey Inskeep, Cal-
vin Manning; third ward, W. A. Coombs, W.
A. McGrew ; fourth ward, W. E. Chambers.
C. B. Rounds.

1883.

H. L. Watermati, mayor; W. H. Fetzer,
clerk; W. D. Tisdale, solicitor; W. W. Pol-
lard, treasurer; J. H. Myers, assessor; T. B.
Trotter, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, F. M. Hartman,
P G. Ballingall ; second ward, Calvin Man-
ning, Carey Inskeep; third ward, W. A. Mc-
Grew, L. J. Michael ; fourth ward, C. B.
Rounds, Frank Feidler.

1884.

G. A. Madson, mayor; W. S. Coen, clerk;
Charles Hall, solicitor ; A. Hawkins, treasurer ;
John Ford, assessor; T. B. Trotter, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, P. G. Ballingall, S.
Kirkpatrick ; second ward, Carey Inskeep, Cal-
vin Manning; third ward, L. J. Michael, W. A.
McGrew; fourth ward, Frank Feidler, \V. F.
McCarroll.

1885.

G. A. Madson, mayor ; C. A. Walsh, clerk ;
Charles Hall, solicitor; A. Hawkins, treas-
urer; H. B. Jones, assessor; E. S. Kent, mar-
shal.

Trustees — First ward, S. Kirkpatrick, P.
G. Ballingall ; second ward, Calvin Manning,
M. Kubitshek; third ward, W. A. McGrew,
J. R. Burgess ; fotirth ward, W. F. McCarroll,
W. H. Stevens.

Frank Dungan, mayor; C. A. Walsh,
clerk (resigned April 5, 1886, succeeded by
A. Melick) ; Charles Hall, solicitor; A. Haw-
kins, treasurer; John Ford, assessor; H. C.
Williams, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, S. Kirkpatrick, long
term; R. T. Shea, short term; second ward,
M. Kubitshek, Evan Jones : third ward, J. R.
Burgess, John C. Jordan ; fourth ward, W. H.
Stevens, Timothy Egan ; fifth ward, N. S. Pol-
ing, long term ; T. E. Gibbons, short term.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

1887.

H. B. Hendershott, mayor; H. D. Craw-
ford, clerk ; W. W. Epps, solicitor ; C. T. Hart-
man, treasurer; E. P. Hughes, assessor; H.

C. Williams, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, S. Kirkpatrick, R.
T. Shea; second ward, Evan Jones, C. F.
Blake; third ward, John C. Jordan, J. R. Bur-
gess; fourth ward, T. Egan, J. C. Hinsey;
fifth ward ; N. S. Poling, T. E. Gibbons ; sixth
ward, Charles Schick, long term; L. P. Rus-
sell, short term.

1888.

H. B. Hendershott, mayor; M. A. Roberts,
clerk; W. W. Epps, solicitor; C. T. Hartman,
treasurer; E. P. Hughes, assessor; Dan Han-
non, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, R. T. Shea, Jerry.
Van Gent ; second ward, C. F. Blake, F. W.
Wilson; third ward, J. R. Burgess, J. T.
Bowles ; fourth ward, J. C. Hinsey, H. P.
Keyhoe; fifth ward, T. E. Gibbons, J. T. Bohe;
sixth ward, Charles Schick, L. P. Russell. '

1889.

W. W. Epps, mayor; M. A. Roberts, clerk;

D. H. Emery, solicitor; F. Von Schrader,
treasurer; E. P. Hughes, assessor; Dan Han-
non, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, Jerry Van Gent, T.
H. Pickler ; second ward, F. W. Wilson, Will-
iam M. Reece; third ward, J. T. Bowles, Sam-

uel Mahon; fourth ward, H. P. Keyhoe, J. C.
Hinsey; fifth ward, J. T. Bohe, E. E. McEl-
roy; sixth ward, L. P. Russell, B. F. Hyatt.

1890.

W. W, Epps, mayor; M. A. Roberts, clerk:
D. H. Emery, solicitor; F. Von Schrader,
treasurer; E. P. Hughes, assessor; Dan Han-
non, marshal.

Trustees — First ward, F. M. Gortner, T.
H. Pickler; second ward, William M. Reece,
, E. H. Hoglund; third ward, Samuel Mahon,
C. A. Walsh; fourth ward, H. P^ Keyhoe, J.
C. Hinsey; fifth ward, E. E. McElroy, John
F. Lewis ; Sixth ward, B. F. Hyatt, C. T. Mc-
Carroll.

1891.

City limits extended this year. J. R. Bur-
gess, mayor; James Conway, clerk; L. C. Hen-
dershott, solicitor ; F. Von Schrader, treasurer ;
S. P. Hartman, assessor; A. J. Mader, mar-
shal ; S. H. Burton, engineer.

Trustees — First ward, T. H. Pickler, F.
M. Gortner ; second ward, E. Hoglund, George
H. Sheffer; third ward, C. A. Walsh, Arthur
Gephart; fourth ward, J. C. Hinsey, A. W.
Buchanan; fifth ward, John F. Lewis, D. E.
Chisman ; sixth ward, C. T. McCarroll ; P. B.
Murphy.

1892.

J. R. Burgess, mayor; James Conway,
clerk; L. C. Hendershott, solicitor; F. Von

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Schrader, treasurer; S. P. Hartman, assessor;
H. C. Williams, marshal; S. LL Burton, engi-
neer.

Trustees — First ward, T. H. Pickler,
Thomas Keefe; second ward, George H.
Shefffer, T. P. Spilman; third ward, Arthur
Gephart, H. C. Evans; fourth ward, A. W.
Buchanan, D. A. Emery; fifth ward, D. E.
Chisman, H. D. Crawford; sixth ward, P. B.
Murphy, H. L. Hedrick.

1893.

(This year the city was organized as a city
of the first class, and the proper officers elected
at the March election. City limits extended
by resolution February 6, 1893; also April 17,

1893-)

D. A. LaForce, mayor; L. M. Godley,
auditor and clerk; W. W. Epps, solicitor; F.
Von Schrader, treasurer; W. H. Lewis, as-
sessor; C. R. Allen, engineer; J. B. Gephart,
marshal; F. G. Orelup, police judge; B. W.
Van Der Veer, chief of police.

Aldermen-at-large — A. C. Leighton, term
expired March, 1895 ; A. P- Peterson, term ex-
pired March, 1894.

A^'ard aldermen — First ward, Thomas
Keefe, term expired March, 1895; second
ward, George H. Sheffer, term expired MarcJi,
1894; third ward, H. L. Waterman, term ex-
pired March, 1894; fourth ward, A. W. Bu-
chanan, term expired March, 1895; fifth ward,
J. A. Ballard, term expired March, 1895 ; sixth
ward, M. L. Kirk, term- expired March, 1894.

1894.

D. A. LaForce, mayor; L. M. Godley, aud-
itor and clerk; W. W. Epps, solicitor; F. Von
Schrader, treasurer; W. H. Lewis, assesor;
C. R. Allen, engineer; J. B. Gephart, marshal;
F. G. Orelup, police judge; B.' W. Van Der
Veer, chief of police.

Aldermen-at-large — A. C. Leighton, E. H.
Thomas.

Ward aldermen — First ward, T. F. Keefe;
second ward, S. D. Baker; third ward, W. H.
H. Asbury; fourth ward, A. W. Buchanan;
fifth ward, J. A. Ballard; sixth ward, M. L.
Kirk.

1895-

D. A. LaForce, mayor ; L. M. Godley, aud-
itor and clerk; W. W. Epps, solicitor; S. L.
Vest, treasurer; Charles Hall, police judge;
C. R. Allen, engineer; C. E. Benson, assessor;
M. Morrissey, marshal ; B. W. Van Der Veer,
chief of police.

Aldermen-at-large— E. H. Thomas, S. A.
Spilman.

Ward aldermen — First ward, T. F. Keefe;
second ward, S. D. Baker; third ward, W. H.
H. Asbury; fourth ward, C. W. Major; fifth
ward, H. D. Crawford; sixth ward, M. L.
Kirk.

1896.

D. A. LaForce, mayor; L. M. Godley, aud-
itor and clerk; W. W. Epps, solicitor; S. L.
Vest, treasurer; C. E. Benson, assessor; C. R.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

Allen, engineer; Charles Hall, police judge;
M. Morrissey, marshal; B. W. Van Der Veer,
chief of police.

Aldermen-at-large — S. A. Spilman, L. E.
Rogers.

Ward aldermen — First ward, T. F. Keefe ;
second ward, S. D. Baker; third ward, C. M.
Myers; fourth ward, C. W. Major; fifth ward,
H. D. Crawford (removed from the city; J.
W. Sampson elected to fill vacancy November,
1896) ; sixth ward, Sanford W. Withrow.

1897.

T. J. Phillips, mayor ; W. A. Stevens, aud-
itor and clerk; W. W. Epps, solicitor; L. E.
Stevens, treasurer; J. T. Brady, engineer; H.
I. McCarroll, assessor; Charles Hall, police
judge; H. C. Williams, marshal and chief of
police.

Aldermen-at-large — L. E. Rogers, E. Hog-
lund.

Ward aldermen — First ward, T. F. Keefe;
second ward, S. D. Baker; third ward, C. M.
Myers; fourth ward, Joseph Daniels; fifth
ward, W. I. Peck; sixth ward, Sanford W.
Withrow.

1899.

T. J. Phillips, mayor; W. A. Stevens, audi-
tor and clerk; W. H. C. Jaques, solicitor; L.
E. Stevens, treasurer; J. T. Brady, engineer;
J. T. Smith, assessor; Charles Hall, police
judge; H. C. WilHams, chief of police.

Aldermen-at-large — T. E. Boggs, E. Hog-
lund.

Ward aldermen — First ward, T. E. Keefe ;
second ward, E. H. Mather; third ward, W.
H. H. Asbury; fourth ward, B. F. Hyatt;
fifth ward, N. Poling; sixth ward, Stephen
Barnes ; seventh ward, J. E. Hull.

1901.

T. H. Pickler, mayor; W. A. Lewis, audi-
tor and clerk; W. H. C. Jaques, solicitor;
James V. Curran, treasurer; J. T. Brady, en-
gineer; J. T. Smith, assessor; E. G. Moon,
police judge; John Gray, chief of police.

Aldermen-at-large — E. Hoglund and T. E.
Gibbons.

Ward aldermen — First ward, T. F. Keefe;
second ward, E. H. Mather; third ward,
Claude M. Myers; fourth ward, B. F. Hyatt;
fifth ward, Charles Deeds ; sixth ward, Stephen
Barnes; seventh ward, W. W. Rankin.

(Note: — Dr. B. F. Hyatt died in July,
1901. He was succeeded by his son. Dr. F.
B. Hyatt.)

POSTMASTERS OF OTTUMWA.

Paul C. Jeffries, Richard H. Warden,
Stephen Osborn, John C. Fisher, Thomas J.
Holmes, J. W. Norris, J. M. Hedrick, A. H.
Hamilton, S. B. Evans, R. L. Tilton, J. R.
Burgess, A. W. Lee.

CHAPTER XI

OTTVMWA WATER WORKS AND WATER POWER.

Origin and Development of Water Power and Water Works — Concise
Statement Relating to the Enterprise.

The origin and deveiopment of the Ot-
tumwa Water Power and Water Works in and
connected with tlie city of Ottumwa form an
important, checkered and interesting chapter
in the development and growth of the city.

In 1876 certain surveys were made of the
fall of water in the Des Moines River from
Chillicothe to the point of. the present dam, in
the western part of the city, and a number of
Ottumwa's enterprising citizens conceived the
idea that a valuable water power could be
secured by building a dam and utilizing this
power for manufacturing and other purposes.
A corporation, entitled the Ottumwa Water
Power Company, was organized in that year,
and a contract to put in the dam over the Des
Moines River in the vicinity of Turkey Island,
and tO' construct the head and tail races and
other necessary improvements for utilizing
water power. The company was capitalized
for $100,000 and the stock subscribed for by
numerous citizens of Ottumwa. The contract

v;as let and the work begun in 1876, and the
work of construction was completed during
the year 1877. The year 1876 turned out to-
be a very rainy year. The river was fre-
qtiently high, and from time to time great dam-
age was done by the floods to the improve-
ment, and it proved to be much more expen-
sive than was figured upon. About $80,000
\Aas collected from the stockholders and put
into the works, but they were then in such
condition that the company was obliged to go-
into debt in large sums- to complete the im-
provement and save what had already been
expended. To this end S. L. Wiley & Com-
pany, contractors, were employed, and from
1877 to 1879 put in additional work upon these
improvements to the amount of about $80,000,,
so that when completed the plant had cost
about $160,000; but the value and revenues
derived from it were scarcely sufficient to pay
for the contract work done from 1877 to 1879,
and, as a result, the original stockholders sunk

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

their entire investment of $80,000, and the
stock of that company became worthless.

In 1882, Mr. Wiley, to whom the old com-
pany was largely indebted, together with a few
associates, organized and incorporated the Ot-
tumwa Hydraulic Power Company. The wa-
ter power plant was conveyed to this com-
pany and the original company disbanded.
Its fate and destiny are almost pathetic. Well
does the writer remember the high hopes which
were entertained of it when die result of the
survey of the river and the golden promises
of an extensive water power in our midst were
made known. When the company was or-
ganized, and had gone through the ordinary
stages of public meetings and much speech
making, and importunity to subscribe, and the
amount was finally subscribed, great enthusi-
asm prevailed in Ottumwa. A brass band was
called into requisition, and the promoters and
friends of the enterprise marched through the
streets to the joyous and exhilarating music.
Finally, the lawyers administered upon the
company, and for several years our dockets
were crowded with numerous suits for and
against the Ottumwa Water Power Company.
The Hydraulic Power Company, in order to
raise the money to pay what was due to the
contractors, gave a bond and mortgage, and
this remained until 1887, when the company
conveyed its properties to a new company then
organized, and which will be spoken of pres-
ently.

In 1882 the farmers living along the river
between the dam and for a mile or two above
the Des Moines River bridge conceived the

idea that their farms were greatly injured by
water back-set from the dam and by percola-
tion through the banks and under their soil.
This belief and conviction, though possibly a
mistaken one, was honestly entertained, and
the theory was greatly sustained by a series
of failure to crops. The company contended
that this was not due to back-set water from'
the dam nor to percolation, but to a series of
wet and rainy seasons, which prevailed for
most of the years between 1876 and 1883, and
in support of this claim pointed to the fact that
from the same cause the flat lands tipon the
prairies were also unproductive, — raised more
weeds than corn.

Finally, 15 or 20 suits for damages were
brought by the river-bottom farmers, aggre-
gating in their claims perhaps $30,000 or
$40,000. One of these suits was brought by
O. P. Bizer in 1882 against the Hydraulic
Power Company and the Ottumwa Water
Power Company, which gave rise tO' one of the
most hotly contested, interesting, lengthy and
expensive law suits in the history of the coun-
ty. Judge Traverse presided, assisted by a
jury, and the trial lasted from the 22d day of
October to the 14th day of November. Over
a hundred witnesses were examined, prO' and
con, and every interesting history of the Des
Moines River, beginning wiith the flood in
185 1 and coming down to the trial, was given
by the various old settlers who had lived along
the 'river. The tables of these h'igh water
marks and the information contributed by these
old settlers make a very interesting page in
the history of this county and of the Des

•go

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Moines River. The trial resulted in a verdict
.and judgment in favor of Mr. Bizer and
against the Hydraulic Power Company. It
was appealed tO' the Supreme Court, and in
1886, in October, that court reversed the judg-
ment of the court below and sent the case back
for a new trial. However, a law point made
in the decision was so dangerous to the plain-
tiffs that the cases were abandoned and dis-
missed. Dry seasons then set in, and after
.a year or two these lands all got back to their
original fertility, and after a time thus demon-
strated that the theory, honestly entertained
by the farmers, was a mistaken one, and that
the dam had done their farms nO' injury. The
expense of these litigations and the lack of
revenues, together with the- expense of- keep-
ing the property up, deprived the Hydraulic
Power Company of the prosperity for which
it- had hoped, and, after mortgaging the plant,
it finally deeded the same in 1887 to a new
•company. This traces, in brief, the historj^
•of the)- water power improvement enterprise
from its beginning in 1876 to 1887.

The movements which resulted in the build-
ing of water works to supply the city and its
citizens with water was inaugurated in 1877.
In August of that year the city council granted
to S. L. Wiley & Company a -charter -or fran-
chise to build a system of water works within
the city. This franchise was to- extend for
twenty-five years, and will, consequently, ex-
pire in -September, 1902. This is the fran-
chise under which the water works have ever
since been operated. In the same year a cor-
poration was organized by Mr. Wiley, named

the Ottumwa Water Works, and this franchise
was transferred to that company by the concur-
rence and consent of the city council. The
construction of the water works was soon en-
tered upon; though the time fixed for com-
pletion was January, 1879, yet from ■ various
causes the time was extended to July, 1880, for
final completion, though the works had been
used to some extent prior. Since their origi-
nal construction the works have been extended
from time to time until they now embrace
about 24 miles of main pipe, and furnish for
consumption about 60,000,000 gallons of water
per month. The works were largely con-
structed with borrowed capital, and in 1887
this company then had a mortgage on its plant
of about $120,000. In that year a new cor-
poration was formed under the name and style
of the Iowa Water Company, with an author-
ized capital of $750,000. It purchased the
plant of the Hydraulic Power Company and
of the Ottumwa Water AVorks and assumed
the mortgages upon both. It then gave upon
these combined plants a mortgage securing
$400,000 of bonds. Of these bonds $100,000
were paid tO' retire a like amount of H3fdraulic
Power Company bonds, $120,000 to take up
that quantity of bonds of the Ottumwa Water
Works Company, and $130,000 to pay the
floating debts. This left $50,000 in the treas-
ury, which was subsequently expended in the
improvement of the plant.

It will thus be seen that at the time the
Iowa Water Company was formed, in 1887,
and took these two properties, they had cost
about $500,000.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

In 1890 and 1891, in obedience to the de-
mand of the city and, particularly, of the peo-
ple of South Ottumwa, it expended about $60,-
000 in new improvements, and then for the
first time the water mains were taken over to
South Ottumwa. These improvements re-
sulted in adding about eight and a half miles
of new mains.

The Iowa Water Company defaulted on
the interest of its bonds in April, 1894, and
foreclosure was begun in the United States
Court at Keokuk in July of that year. Pend-
ing the foreclosure, and at the urgent solicita-
tion of the city of Ottumwa, the court ordered
the recei\'er to construct a Jewell filter plant,
at a cost of about $21,000, and provided for
the means through the sale of receiver certifi-
cates, which were made a lien upon the prop-
erty ahead of all the mortgage bonds. In
February, 1897, a general decree of foreclos-
ure was rendered and the property sold to a
bondholders' committee in July of that year.
A new corporation was formed under the name
of the City Water Supply Company, and the
properties were conveyed to this company in
September, 1897, and since that time have been
owned and operated by the last named com-
pany. Since the foreclosure suit was begun in
1894 there have been expended, in permanent
improvements upon the water works and water
power plants, including the filter, about $75,-
000. The City Water Supply Company put
two mortgages upon the plants, one for $150,-
000, to provide for certain outstanding bonds
of the old Ottumwa Water Power Company,
which were not exchanged for a like quantity

of $400,000 series; and improvement then,
made and to be made, including expenses of
foreclosure". It also executed, subject to this
mortgage, another called an income mortgage,
to secure the old bondholders the amount found
due under foreclosure of the old mortgage and
to be accepted in lieu thereof, — this mortgage
being for $325,000. Upon the first mort-
gage, above mentioned, the interest has been
paid. None has been paid upon the second
because the net earnings have been insufficient
for that purpose and also' because a certain
portion thereof has been set aside for contem-
plated improvements.

The gross annual earnings of the property
are about $32,000. For the past two or three
years differences have arisen between the water
company and the city authorities in respect to
the cjuantity and cpiality of the water being
furnished, the pressure, etc., and finally the-
city authorities concluded to take steps to com-
mit the city to build and own a water plant of
its own. Looking to this purpose and end,
ordinances were passed, and on the 30th day
of March, 1901, a provisional contract, sub-
ject to the ratification of the voters of the cit}-,
was entered into with the Fruin-Bambrick
Construction Company, of St. Li.uis, Alis-
souri, to construct a system of water works for
the city to cost about .$400,000, the arrange-
ment being to issue bonds i;r obligations of
the city to the amount of $400,000, sell the
same, and with the proceeds of the sale to pay-
the contractors for constructing the works.
After this was entered into a proclamation
was issued for an election to be held on Alay

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

6, 1901, for the purpose of approving said con-
tract.

At this juncture the City Water Supply
Company filed its bill in chancery in the United
States Circuit Court, for the Southern Dis-
trict of Iowa, asking that court to restrain the
city from holding the election, or from issuing
any bonds, or from carrying out said contract.
A temporary restraining order to prevent the
election was made, and May 31 fixed for hear-
ing at Council Bluffs as to whether the court
vi'^ouM g'rant a temporary injunction. This
matter was argued at Council Bluffs and taken
under advisement.

On July 30, 1 90 1, the court filed its opin-
ion, and with it an order enjoining the city
from carrying out the contract, or from issuing'
any bonds, upon the ground that tO' do so

would violate that provision in the constitu-
tion of Iowa limiting the right of cities to be-
come indebted in an amount exceeding five per
cent on the value of taxable property at the
last assessment. The court declined to en-
join the city from holding an election. A
proclamation has since been issued to hold an
election on the 7th day of September, 1901,
and the city has taken steps to appeal from
the decision of the court. The result of the
election was in favor of approving the con-
tract.

Such, in brief, is the history of the com-
panies which have constructed and carried on
the water power and water works improve-
ments, beginning in 1876, and such is the status
of the water works matter in the City of Ot-
tumwa at the time this volume goes to press :

CHAPTER. XII

THE COAL PALACE PERIOD

The Great Coal Palace Advertising Ottumwa as the Center of a Vast Coal Region
— Visited by the President and Other Distinguished Men of the Republic —
' Its Success Financially and Otherwise — List of Shareholders.

Ottumwa is situated so as to command the
distribution of a vast tonnage of coal ; it is the
headquarters of the great White Breast Com-
pany and of various other corporations that
furnish cOal to the muUitude. During the two
3-ears ending June 30, 1900, the output of coal
in the territory in the vicinity of Ottumwa
and tributary to this city was 6,230,750 tons.
The prices of coal are as follows : Lump,
$2.50 per ton; mine run, $1.25; steam, $1.00.
These prices are low as compared to those in
other cities, and afford manufacturers cheari
fuel, which is a most important item for the
factory as well as for the ordinary consumer.
In conseciuence of this and other natural ad-
vantages presented, Ottumwa is becoming a
factory town, giving employment to a large
number of operatives. The products of the
factories are steam hoisting machines for
mines, steam engines, boilers and all kinds of
iron and steel work, material for bridges, agri-

cultural implements, etc. The Morrell Pack-
ing House employs 1,000 men and ships its
products all over the United States and to
many parts of Europe. These industries are
in a thriving condition, growing in importance
year by year and increasing" their business.

The coal interests of this and- adjacent
counties and the vast deposits that were known
to exist prompted the far-seeing business men
of Ottumwa, in 1890, to advertise facts to the
world, which they did in this manner : They
secured by subscriptions from Ottumwa peo-
ple a sum amounting to over twenty thousand
dollars, with which they built a palace of coal.
This does not imply that the structure was
made of such a frail building material as bi-
tuminous coal, but the product was used in a
judicious and artistic manner, so that coal
seemed to be the predominating feature. It
was built on the ground immediately north and
west of the Union Depot, the property then of

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Col. P. G. Ballingall, and at last the palace was
i"eady for the opening. The dimensions of
the palace were as follows: 230 by 130 feet,
two stories in height, with a tower 200 feet
in height. The stories above , ground) were
used for exhibits of various products, agri-
cultural and mechanical. There was a mu-
seum attached that was of great interest. In
the basement of the structure there was the
representation of a coal mine, which was cjuite
realistic. The palace was opened to the pub-
lic September 16, 1890, and was not closed
until October 1 1 of the same year. Multi-
tudes of people from Southern Iowa were
present at the opening, and nearly every day
thereafter the palace was crowded. There
were days especially set apart for counties in
Southern Iowa, as for example : There was
Van Buren County Day, Jefferson County
Day, Monroe County Day, Davis County Day,
Lucas County Day, and so on until each county
manifesting an interest had its special day and'
special programme.

Calvin Manning generally acted as man-
ager, and made the anriouncements in a sonor-
ous voice that reached to ever_\' part of the
building. The Ottumwa Coal Palace Com-
pany was incorporated with the following-
named gentlemen as incorporators : P. G.
Ballingall, Charles F Blake, AV. T. Harper,
J. W. Garner, A. G. Harrow, R. H. Moore,
AV. R. Daum, J. C. Manchester, Henry Phil-
lips, A. A\' Johnson, Calvin Manning, AA^ B.
Bonnifield, John C. Jordan, Samuel Mahon,
F. AV. Simmons, J. AA'. Edgerly, John S. AVolf,
A. H. Hamilton, George Riley, A. AV. Lee,

J. G. Meek, V\^. B. Smith, Samuel A. Flagler,
A. C. Leighton, J. E. Hawkins, AV. T. Fen-
ton, Frank Fiedler and Thomas D. Foster.
The articles provided that the company should
begin business on the first Monday in April,
1890, and should endure twenty years from
said date.

The following were the officers and direc-
tors of the Coal Palace Company :

P. G. Ballingall, president; Samuel A.
Flagler, vice-president; Calvin Manning, sec-
retary; AV. T. Fenton, treasurer.

DIRECTORS.

J. AA'. Garner, J. E. Hawkins, George
AA'ithall, J. G. Meek, Henry Phillips, AV T.
Harper, Dr. AA' B. Smith, A. AA'. Johnson,
J. C. Manchester.

A list of the various committees, with theiit
personnel, follows :

Executive — Henry Phillips, George AA'ith-
all, J. AV. Garner.

E.rhibits~Sa.nmd A. Flagler, C. O. Tay-
lor, F. Von Schrader, H. C. Nosier, F. AV,-
Simmons.

Finance — J. G. :Meek, A. AA^ Johnson, J.
E. Hawkins.

Decorations — J. AA' Garner, AA'. T. Har-
per, George AVithall.

Building — George AVithall, Henry Phil-
lips, Dr. AV. B. Smith.

Privileges — A. AA^ Johnson, J. AA' Garner,
J. G. Meek.

Printing — J. C. Manchester, Dr. AA^ B,
Smith, A. AV. Johnson.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

Eiitcrtaininciit — Dr. W. B. Smirh, J. C.
Manchester, Henry Phillips.

Reception — W. T. Harper, J. E. Hawkins,
J. C. Manchester.

Police— J. E. Hawkins, J. G. Meek, W. T.
Harper.

Coininittcc on Counties — Marion county,
Samuel A. Flagler; Monroe county, W. T.
Fenton ; Appanoose county, J. E. Flawkins ;
Davis county, J. W. Garner; Mahaska county,
P. G. Ballingall and Cahin Manning; Keo-
kuk county, Henry Phillips ; Lucas county, J.
G. Meek, F. W. Simmons and \A'. T. Harper;
Jefferson county, A. \Y. Johnson and J. C.
Manchester; Van Buren county, Calvin ]\Ian-
ning.

Many distinguished men of the nation were
brought here as guests and speakers during
the exhibition. Judge George G. Wright
spoke on September i8. Governor Boies was
present October 9, and met President Benja-
min Harrison ; the Governor and the President
each addressed the vast assemblage. This
was the big day of the exhibition. Visitors
were present from all parts of the state. Wa-
pello County Da)' was conspicuous in the cal-
endar; on that occasion 1,000 school children
were in line. The fraternal organizations had
a day set apart, as did also the traveling men.

The exhibition of the first year was not
only successful in drawing large numbers of
visitors and gratifying them with the enter-
tainments that were offered, but it was a busi-
ness success and paid dividends to the stock-
holders, but nearly all these profits were do-
nated for the next year's exhibition, held in

1 89 1. Calvin Manning was made president
of the association, H. S. Kneedler, secretary,
and J. G. Meek, treasurer. Carter Harrison,
the elder, made the opening address on Sep-
tember 15; Gen. Russell A. Alger was here
on the 17th; William McKinley addressed an
immense assemblage on September 23, — in
company with McKinley were Senators James
F. Wilson and Allison, John FI. Gear, Con-
gressman Lacey and other distinguished men.
The \'ast crowds could not all be seated in the
palace and Mr, ]\IcKinley spoke in the open
air from a stand erected at the corner of Court
and Third streets, near the public "park," or
court-house lawn. --

LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS IN THE OTTUMW.'k
COAL PALACE COMPANY.

The following is as complete a transcript
of the list of shareholders in the coal palace
company as is available. The author adver-
tised and requested all who contributed to re-
port their names, and the list that appears be-
low was all that could be found in the records,
and the result is believed to cover about all that
can be found. The names of all that can be
found are printed; from those who gave hun-
dreds to the poor man who took one share.
All these are entitled to honor. The value of
each share was $5.00. These are the men
and women who made the coal palace possible :

T. D. Foster.. $1,000 00

P. G. Ballingall 700 00

J. C. Manchester 500 00

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

W. B. Bonnifield

Ottumwa Iron ^Vorks

Phillips Coal Company

Samuel Mahon & Merrill

J. W. Edgerly & Co

Charles F. Blake

J. W. Garner

Estate of Isabella Lilburn

Ottymwa R'y, Electric & Steam Co .
A. C. Leighton

Charles O. Taylor

Dr. W. B. Smith

Ottmnwa Gas Company. . . .
W. F. McCarroll & Son. . . .

O. M. Ladd

F. W. Simmons

J. B. Sax

Globe Tea Compan}'

W A. Jordan & Sons

Harper, Chambers & Co ... .
Ottumwa Supply Company.

S. M. StanclifT

E. K. Shelton

Calvin Manning

John S. AVolf

Martin Hardsocg

Claude Myers

Sam Stern

S. H. Harper

W. T. Harper

Arthur Gephart

R. H. Moore

J. G. Meek

A. D. Moss

J. Prugh & Co

S. C. Cullen & Company. . . .

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500 00
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500 00
500 00
500 00
500 00
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300 00
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200 GO

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200 GO

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150 GO
150 GO
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Dial & Foland

Charles Bachman

J. A. Phillips

F. S. Worcester

C. Sax & Son

J. P. Anderson

Fred Swenson

Moore, Ogden & Company.

W. H. Cooper

Lowenberg Brothers

A. H. Hamilton

Riley & Jones

Loton E. Gray

Jones & Buchanan .

W S. Cripps & Brother. .

Rosen & Brother

Chris. Miller

D. F. Morey

Samuel A. Flagler

Ira Phillips . .

George W Thomas

W. A. Carnes

Henry J. Phillips

D. D. Calhoon

William Steller

E. Talbert.,

M. V. Pratt

Gottlieb Beck

Mrs. C. L. Graham

P. H. Riordan

Baker Brothers

C. W Sargent

Poe Underwood

S. T. Carter

Thomas Swords

T. P. Spilman

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75 00
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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

J. G. Hutchison

W. R. Daum

J. A. Mangan

Thrall & Gephart

Sam Stern

W. S. Christie

J. T. McCune

Pallister Brothers

J. W. Miller

John W. Gray

H. C. Peters

J. J. Bowles

B. Allmeyer & Company .
Forbes & Scheying. . . .

J. R. Burgess

\X. H. Boston

H. M. Cockerill

Z. A. Frasier

William Paul

A. Silberman

AV B. Wycoff

L. T. Briggs

Ira A. Myers

W. Owens

R. N. Morrell

N. Glew

John Connell

J. P. AVing

James R. Asher

W. G. Ball

J. E. Hawkins

Harlan & Company

Robert James

C. R. Gipe

Ed Nash

O. E. Stewart

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50 00
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30 00
30 00
30 00
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Mrs. Calvin Manning 25 00

J. L. Harmon ,25 00

Dr. J. Williamson 25 00

C. L. Walker 2S 00

W. D. Tisdale 25 00

L. S. De Veney 2S 00

D. A. La Force 25 00

Charles Riefsnyder 25 00

Joseph Sloan 2S 00

W. B. Armstrong 2S 00

C. E. Boude 2S 00

S. B. Evans 2s 00

I. N. Mast 25 00

W H. H. Asbury 2^ 00

William Ridout 2S 00

Gwin & Mc 2S 00

A. P Anderson 25 oc

Frank Cummings 2 t 00

Dungan & Culbertson 25 00

J. W. Calhoun 25 00

J. M. Gibbs 25 00

Tierney & Hammond 2S 00

J. C. Ransun 2=; 00

P. Dayton 25 00

P. C. Biddison 25 00

G. N. Graves 2S 00

O. D. Wray 25 00

T. E. Muir 25 00

Daniel Rosecrans 25 00

John H. White 2S 00

Charles R. Davis . . . 25 00

J. J. Smith 2S oc

Samuel Loeb 25 00

W. H. Stevens 25 00

G. H. Sheffer 25 00

Joseph Loomis 2s 00

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Kiser & Pierson 25 oo

Henry Throne 25 00

F. W. Grube. . 25 00

James Daly 25 00

H. Snyder 25 00

F. Geiss 25 00

John Mytton 25 00

G. L. Blundell 25 00

John Berkes 25 00

J. Conway 25 00

J. Wishart . . 25 00

A. Clifton 25 oc

J. Kreutzbender 25 00

Annie S. Mytton 25 oc

p. Golfer 25 00

John VV. Scott 25 00

Francis Ward 25 00

Joseph Frey 25 00

C. T. Hartman 25 00

R. B. Teter 25 00

S. T. Hartman 25 00

William RIcNett 25 00

G. A. Madson 25 00

L. E. Rogers 25 00

R. L. Tilton 25 00

\V. A. Work. 25 00

Dr. Armstrong 25 00

J. A. Frey 25 00

B. F -Hyatt 25 00

George B. Simmons 20 00

Mike Kirby 20 00

Carl Harlan 20 00

Ed. Arnold 20 00

E. J. Smith 20 00

R. B. Dowden 20 00

T. E. Gibons 20 00

Coen & Siberell

J. T. Staats

W. F. Meyers

Will T. Carper

J. G. Howard, C. T. L. Company . .

George C. Nash

O. E. McNair

J. B. McCarrol

William Fiedler

F. B. Clark

C. R. Anderson .

Clara Thomas ...

Nettie & Elsie Thomas (Per G.

W. T.)

James Cronin

W. P. Liston

S. L. Shepherd

C. Owens ; . . .

W. B. Smith

W. R. McLityre

H. H. Coughlan •. . . .

T. M. Swanson

Charles C. Doty .....

Philip Duffy

N. J. Potter

J. W. Cleavinger

H. B. Summers .

H. H. Rosseau

Victor Johnson

Alex. Skogerson

John Erland

J. Xusbaum

Leonard Johnson

AVilliam Wells

H. L. Patrick.

J. S. McCleland & Company

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15 00

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15 00

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15 00

IS 00

15 00

15 00
15 00
15 00
15 00
15 00
15 00
15 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
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10 00
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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

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R. L. Morgan

Eaii F. Walker

James Dyson

John Brambeck. . .

B. Bissell

E. Huffman

John Morris

W. O'Malley

W. L. Blundell ....

W. Strohauer

G. Boyer

C. H. Owens .

E. Harris

James Trenneman.

P. Husted

M. Mclnernv
John Glanville. .
Charles Shultz .
A. J. Larche

A. Brown .

J. E. Hall

J. Casidy .'....

P. Kearns

T. J. Kelley

B. Brier

J. McDonald

C. Horn

A. T. Gardner. . . .

T. E. CuUen

J. Hopkins

R. L. Chamberlain.

R. T. Keefe

W. W. Shepherd . . .

F. J. Bullock

John Durkin

George Mitchell . . . .

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J. M. Spilman. . .
M. Kairns, Jr., . . .

W. Ewing

P. Muldoon

F. Smith .

W. J. Sinnamon .

\V. Parkinson

E. B. Davis ....

F. Schafer

H. Hamilton ....
T. D. Lee . .
George Tweedel
Joseph Kitchen . .
T. H. Spilman ...
H Cutter . . .
J. Kirb}' ,
C. Hogewoning

G. W A\^ellman . .
Z. Zimmerman . . . .
P. Henneberry
Mrs. C. A. Carter.

B. AV Scott

E. N. Thomas.

J. A. Ballard.
A. B. Williams . . .
W. O. Hand
J. Amelang ....

E. E. Ehis

J. W. Simpson . . . .

J. Beever

W. H. C. Jaques . .
W L. Orr.. ..
H. W. Roberts...
S. A. Spilman . . . .
A. O. Williams.

C. A. Walsh

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

S. E. Adler lo oo

E. L. Burton lo oo

T. J. Boltz lo oo

E. & R. Chambers lo oo

B. E. S. Ely ID oo

Charles Hall lo oo

G. E. Howard 5 oo

M. S. Bush 5 oo

W H. Prescott 5 oo

John Sheehan 5 00

Ed Lowenberg 5 00

C. G. Keyhoe S 00

J. C. McCormick 5 00

Elmer Peck 5 00

C. S. Tindell 5 00

E. W. & C. L. Fowler 5 00

E. S. Smith 5 00

Morris Feltheimer 5 00

V. Warren Baker 5 00

Clifford J. Baker 5 00

C. Rockefeller 5 00

Rossar Davis 5 00

William C. Williams 5 00

Richard Price 5 00

J. A. Murphy 5 00

C. B. Fossett 5 00

John Mier 5 00

Matt Meyer 5 00

J. J. Evans 5 00

Robert Wilson 5 oo

Mathew Johns 5 00

Newell Parsan 5 00

John Loring 5 00

James Powell 5 oo

G. W. McCullough 5 00

W. Moffitt 5 00

W. Robinson. . . .

J. Van Beek

G. M. Jennings . .

John Breaky

G. Schworm

H. Geissel

W. Hogewoning. .

A. Seaburg

J. B. Rayner. . . .
C. W. Knight....

P. Phillips

John Browner. . . .

P. Murphy

W. Harris

W. Barkley. .

V. Kraf ta

William Kline. . .
W. Schworm . . . .
H. D. Lockwood.
C. H. Johnston . . .
M. G. Garland...

J. Anderson

H. Glew

James Kearns . . . ,

E. Rabens

J. Kreutzbender . .
G. Applegate. . . .

F. Underwood . . .
J. H. Schneider . .

J. Simons

E. Copeland

A. Weimer

Otto Wurmbach . .
C. McKinney . . . .

J. Weimer

H. List

AND REPRESENTATIVE CTFIZENS.

103

W. Leonard

S. L. Fairly

C. C. Powell

L. Finley

J. H. Finley

M. Coleman

E. Seifert

M. Hinsey

I. Hp.tfield

A. Melick

M. Williams

F. Griffith

J. AV. Bothwell

B. B. Lottridge

N. Swenson & C. H. Johnson .

B. F. Berry

W. T. Tappen

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I. N. Rogers 5 00

W. H. Holmes 5 00

W. Amelang 5 00

George Phillips . .^ 5 00

H. Wagner 5 oq

G. Pomeroy 5 00

D. L. Lane 5 00

S. L. Berry 5 00

J. J. Baker 5 00

H. E. Peck 5 00

D. E. Chisman 5 00

J. D. Callaway 5 00

Mrs. M. La Point 5 00

J. W. Soule 5 00

J. F. Blake 5 00

CHAPTER. XIII

ROSTER OF COUNTY OFFICIALS AND CENSUS

Names of' Different Persons who Have Held Office in the County From the
Beginning until the Year 1901 — Population of the County by Townships, and
Also by Towns. '

official roster of the county.

County Coinniissioncrs. — L. E. Temple, J.
M. Montgomery and C. T. Harrow were the
original commissioners, elected in 1844. Dr.
Warden thinks that the first commissioners
served but one year. If that is so, then there
is a missing name in this list, for the first full
board discovered is in 1847, when Henry
Smith, Charles Dudley and James B. Wright
served. We are inclined to believe that one of
these gentlemen — probably Smith — was chosen
in 1845; James B. Wright, in 1844, and
Charles Dudley, in 1847. Perhaps Mr. Dud-
ley was elected first in 1845, as the retirement of
Mr. Gray would create a vacancy. If that
supposition is correct, Mr. Dudley was re-elect-
ed in 1848. In 1847 the board consisted of
Smith, Wright and Dudley; and in 1848, of
Wright, Dudley and Bell; in 1849, Samuel
Gilliland was elected; and in 1850, Gideon
Myers.

On the authority of a paper published in

the "Annals of Iowa," April, 1868, by G. D.
R. Boyd, we state that the second board of
county commissioners, chosen at the first reg-
ular election, in August, 1844, was composed
of John C. Evans, James B. Wright and John
B. Gray.

The election of the first or organizing board
was held in April, 1844. The regular election
took place always in August in those early
years. The original officers, except coinniis-
sioncrs, were re-elected at the first August
election in 1844.

Coinniissioncrs' Clerk. — This office was dis-
tinct from that of clerk of the district court.
The first incumbent, 1844, was Charles Over-
man. In 1848 A. J. Redenbaugh was chosen,
and held the office until the system was abol-
ished.

County Judge. — In 1851-55 Silas Osborn
was elected; in 1857, Joseph H. Flint. Judge
Flint was legislated out of office in 1861, when
the board of supervisors came into power.

Supervisors. — Under the system of 1861

WAPELLO COUNTY POOR FARM.-South View.

WAPELLO COUNTY POOR FARM-North View.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

107

the following men were elected : AVilliam Cloyd,
Thomas Bedwell, George Gillaspy, G. F.
Myers, A. Major, J. C. Hinsey, William
Knight, Silas Osborn, W. C. Mclntire, L.
Rose, George Neville, Aaron Harlan, Moses
C. Israel, Peter Knox.

1862 — Thomas Bedwell, William Cloyd,
Martin Dickens, J. C. Hinsey, Peter Knox,
William Knight, G. F Myers, George Neville,
Silas Osborn, L. Rose, J. Y. Simpson, G. \X.
Draper, M. C. Israel, Moses Fairburn.

1863— A. H. Butin, C. S. Carwile, Martin
Dickens, Thomas Bedwell, George Neville,
Silas Osborn, William Cloyd, J. C. Hinsey,
Peter Knox, L. A. Myers, H. Reinhard, G. W
Dresser, W. C. Mclntire, J. Y. Simpson.

1864— S. Packwood, P. AI. AA'arder, J: W.
Hedrick, S. A. Monroe, G. Temple, L. A.
Myers, William Cloyd, J. Y. Simpson, C. S.
Carwile, H. Reinhard, Silas Osborn, A. H.
Butin, George Neville, M. AVelch.

1865— James M. Hull, George Neville,
Henry Reinhard, E. C. Myers, D. R. Swope,
P. M. Warder, L. A. Myers, J. W. Hedrick,
Silas Osborn, S. A. Monroe, William Cloyd,
W. H. Dunlap, J. R. Kerfoot, George F.
Myers.

1866 — George Temple, Silas Osborn, J. W.
Hedrick, Joseph Myers, Isaac AV Stanley, 'N.
Williams, John H. Carver, E. T. Neville,
Charles Barbour, M. L. Godley, George F.
Myers, S. A. Monroe, Henry Reinhard, AVill-
iam Cloyd.

1867— J. W. Hedrick, George Temple, J.
H. Carver, William Cloyd, Charles Barbour,
John Harlan, William Evans, M. L. Godley,

John Wilcox, Edward Neville, Joseph Myers,
S. A. Monroe, Henry Reinhard, A. H. Butin.
1868— J. AA^ Hedrick, J. D. Ladd, A. Lot-
speich, J. H. Carver, E. L. Randel, Charles
Barbour, Henry Reinhard, John Molumuby,
E. T. Neville, Moses C. Israel, AA'illiam Cloyd,
A. H. Butin, William Evans, R. AA^ Boyd,
John Harlan.

1869 — A. Lotspeich, AVilliam Cloyd,
Charles Barbour, John Harlan, Henry Rein-
hard, John Molumuby, John Carver, E. L.
Randel, R. Hyatt, James D. Ladd, R. AV. Boyd,
A\'. H. Kitterman, AA'illiam Evans, E. T.
Neville, Moses C. Israel.

1870— O. D. Tisdale, AVilliam Cloyd, AA'
C. Reynolds, R. Hyatt, G. A. Derby, G. AV.
Dickins, R. AA\ Boyd, AA". H, Kitterman, Will-
iam Evans, S. A. Monroe, E. T. Neville, John
Harlan, T. Slutz, T. Poster.

1 87 1 — System changed to board of three
members — H. Canfield, Henry Reinhard, T. J.
Nelson.

1872 — H. Canfield, Henry Reinhard, T. J.
Nelson.

1873— Henry Reinhard, D. H. Michael, T.
J. Nelson.

1874— S. McCullough, D. H. Michael, T.
J. Nelson.

1875— D. H. Michael, S. McCullough, S.
M. Wright.

1876— S. McCullough, S. M. Wright, D.
H. Michael.

1877— S. M. AVright, D. H. Michael, John
Postlewaite.

1878— John Postlewaite, G. W. Fair, D. L.
Hardy, — the latter to fill vacancy.

io8

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

1879 — Johii Postlewaite,G.W. Fair, Henry
Reinhard.

1880— G. W. Fair, Henry Reinhard, C. C.
Warden.

1 88 1 — Henry Reinhard, C. C. Warden,
Mathew Henry.

1882 — C. C. Warden, Mathew Henry,
Page White.

1883— Mathew Henry, Page White, W. E.
Jones.

1884— Page White, W. E. Jones, Frank
Warder.

1885 — W E. Jones, Frank Warder, Curtis
Chisman.

1886 — Frank Warder, Curtis Chisman, J.
B. Mowery.

1887 — Curtis Chisman, J. B. Mowery, E.
M. Whetsel.

1888— J. B. Mowery, E. M. Whetsel, David
Jay-

1889— E;" M. Whetsel, David Jay. J. B.
Mowery.

1890 — David Jay, J. B. Mowery, J. C.
Ives.

1 89 1— J. B. Mowery, J. C. Ives, J. F.
Baum and O. P. Bizer.

1892— J. C. Ives, J. F Baum, O. P. Bizer.

1893 — J- F- Baum, O. P. Bizer, Norman
Reno.

1894 — O. P. Bizer, Norman Reno, Samuel
Johnson.

1895 — Norman Reno, Samuel Johnson, M.
L. Kirk.

1896— Samuel Johnson, M. L. Kirk, J. M.
Elder.

1897— AI. L. Kirk, J. M. Elder, Samuel
Johnson.

1898— J. M. Elder, Samuel Johnson, H. B.
Wagers.

1899 — Samuel Johnson, H. B. Wagers, J.
M. Elder.

1900— H. B. Wagers. J. M. Elder, J. H. R.
Spilman.

1 90 1 — J. M. Elder, J. H. R. Spilman, John
McElroy.

Sheriff — 1847, Joseph Hayne; 1849, Duane
F. Gaylord; 1853, D. H. Michael; 1855, AVill-
iam H. Williams; 1857, William Lewis, Jr.;
1859, L. E. Gray — A. M. Bonnifield served
during a portion of the last term for which
Mr. Gray was elected, owing to Mr. Gray's
resignation; 1865, George A. Derby; 1867,
Thomas Bedwell; 1869, Samuel A. Swiggett;
1873, T. P. Spillman; 1877, D. AV. Stewart;
i88o, Sim. Chaney; 1884, J. W AA'orkman;
1888, L. J. Michael; 1890, J. W. Mclntire;
1894, Thomas Stodghill; 1898, B. F. Slutts.

Treasurer and Collector — 1844, Thomas
Foster; 1845, Charles Overman; 1846, AA^ill-
iam G. Ross; 1847, Joseph Leigh ton; 1851,
James Pumroy; 1855, Peter Knox; 1857, A¥ill-
iam J. Ross; 1862, Joseph Hayne; 1867, Will-
iam J. Ross; 1869, Alfred Lotspeich; 1873,
WiUiam H. H. Asbury; 1877, AA^ I. Poag;
1880, AA^ A. Nye; 1884, George Bane; 1890,
I. D. Mowery; 1894, AA^ R. Warren; 1898,
John H. Spry.

Recorder — 1844, M. J. Spurlock; 1845,
Charles Overman ; i846,AVilliam J. Ross; 1847,
Joseph Leighton; 1851, James Pumroy; 1855,

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

109

Peter Knox; 1857, William J. Ross; 1862, Jo-
seph Hayne; 1866, Daniel W. Tower; 1872,
Wade Kirkpatrick; 1881, John Harness; 1885,
James Houdyshell; 1891, J. M. Kussart; 1893,
H. L. Hedrick; 1894, W. S. Parks; 1897, C.
T. Porter; 1901, George H. Smith.

Until 1866 this office was connected with
that of treasurer and collector.

Judge of Probate — 1844, Paul C. Jeffries;
1846, G. B. Savery (this judge could have held
office but a short time, for in 1846 we find that
James Weir was also judge) ; 1848, James
Baker; 1849, D. M. C. Lane; 1850, George
May. After 1851 this office was known as a
part of the county judge system, a plan which
obtained after the abolishment of the busi-
ness office of county judge in 1861, and until
the establishment of the circuit court, in 1869,
when the probate business passed under the
jurisdiction of the circuit judge. After Silas
Osborn and Joseph H. Flint, in 1865, came
S. Porter, until 1869.

Auditor — 1869, office created, George D.
Hackworth; 1873, William H. Caldwell; 1875,
M. B. Myers; 1880, M. L. Godley; 1882, E.
Washburn; 1888, H. B. Wagers; 1890, James
Hicks; 1893, H. B. Wagers; 1897, Morgan
Griswold; 1901, 1. H. Hammond.

Prosecuting Attorney — 1846, H. B. Hen-
dershott; 1848, William H. Brumfield; 1852,
James Baker; 1854, Thomas Bigham. In 1858
the office was changed to district prosecutor.
The above list is complete as far as it goes, but
we may have omitted one or two names. No
records can be found to aid us.

County Attorney — 1889, A. C. Steck;

1891, C. A. Walsh; 1893, Sumner Siberell;
1897, A. W. Enoch; 1901, D. H. Emery.

Clcrlz of the District Court — 1844, H. B.
Hendershott; 1846, John W. Ross;. 1848,
Thomas G. Given; 1852, Joseph Hayne; 1856,
Joseph Campbell; 1858, Joseph Hayne; i860,
Hugh Brown; 1864, L. M. Godley; 1879, W.

C. Thompson; 1885, J. T. Purdue; 1889, C. E.
Norton; 1891, John Shehan; 1893, H- L. Hed-
rick; 1897, O. J. Garriott; ±901, H. AV.
Michael.

Surveyor — 1844, William Dewey; 1849,
George D. Hackworth; 1851, Joel B. Myers;
1853, Thomas Fowler; 1855, Walter Clement;.
1859, Thomas Fowler; 1861, W. M. Clark;
1865, John Grant; 1868, George D. Hack-
worth; 1870, John D. Baker; 1872, L. D. Mc-
Glashon; 1878, W. H. McGlashon; 1879, John

D. Baker; 1880, Samuel H. Burton; 1882,
John D. Baker; 1884, Samuel H. Burton;
1888, John D. Baker; 1890, Samuel H. Burton;
1S92, John T. Brady; 1894, C. R. Allen; 1896,
Gordon Bell; 1900, C. R. Allen.

Coroner — 1849, A. George; 1851, Alex-
ander Brown; 1853, Griggs; 1855, Will-
iam E. Coe; 1859, C. G. Packard; 1861, J. G.
Porter; 1865, A. L. Chamberlain; 1869, J. C,
Hinsey; 1873, E. L. Lathrop; 1877, A. C. Ol-
ney; 1882, James Carter; 1884, E. H. Sage;
1888, S. A. Spilman; 1890, E. M. Arenschield;

1892, L. Campbell; 1894, J. Williamson; 1898,
John O'Donnell; 1900, C. C. Powell; 1901,.
David Throne.

Superintendent of Schools — 1859, George
D. Hackworth; 1863, John M. McElroy; 1865^
B. A. Spaulding; 1867, S. L. Burnham; 1869,

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Henry C. Cox; 1871, N. M. Ives; 1873, Clay
A\^ood; 1877, W. A. Mclntire; 1880, T. J.
Sloan; 1882, W. A. Mclntire; 1890, George
Phillips; 1894, Joseph Parks; 1900, Beniah
Dimmitt: '

LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATION.

In October, 1844, the first constitutional
■convention met at Iowa City; Wapello county
was represented by William H. Galbreath and
William W. Chapman. The territorial legis-
lature, seventh assembly, met at the same place
in May, 1845. William G. Ccop represented
Jefferson, Wapello and Kishkekosh ( now Mon-
roe) counties in ,the senate, and Reuben R.
Harper in the house. The eighth assembly met
in December, 1845; Mr. Coop was then sen-
ator, and Joseph Fink, representative. The
second constitutional convention met May 4,
1846; AVapello was represented by Joseph H.
Hedrick. The third constitutional convention
met at Iowa City January 19, 1857; Wapello
was represented by George Gillaspy.

The state of Iowa was organized in 1846.
The first state assembly met at Iowa City No-
vember 30. Since that time the ■ county of
Wapello has been represented as follows :

Senate — Wapello and Monroe counties —
1846, James Davis; 1848, Barney Royston;
1850, Wapello, Monroe and Lucas — Henry B.
Hendershott; 1852, Wapello, John W. Hed-
rick; Wapello, Monroe, Lucas and Clarke,
Flenry B. Hendershott; 1854, Wapello, James
C. Ramsey; Wapello, Monroe, Lucas and
Clarke, Daniel Anderson; 1856, Wapello,

James C. Ramsey; 1858, John A. Johnson;
1862, J. W. Dixon; 1866, Edward H. Stiles;
1868, Augustus H. Hamilton; 1872, J. H. Mer-
rill; 1878, G.'A. Madson; 1880, J. G. Hutchi-
son ; 1884, P. G. Ballingall ; 1886, J. G. Hutchi-
son; 1890, P G. Ballingall; 1892, J. J. Smith;
1894, H. L. Waterman; 1898, W. A. Mcln-
tire.

House — 1846, Wapello, .-V. B. Comstock;
1848, Joseph H. Flint; 1850, Joseph H. Flint
and Andrew Major; 1852, Wapello, Robert
Coles, James C. Ramsey ; Wapello, Monroe,
Lucas and Clarke, Henry Allen; 1854, Wa-
pello, Samuel K. Cramer, Nimrod Boston : AVa-
pello and Keokuk, Cyrus Franklin; 1856, Wa-
pello, Cyrus Franklin, S. G. Finney; AA^apello
and Keokuk, M. F Bottorf; 1858, AWlliam
Campbell, William McCormick; i860, J. C.
Mitchell, James Doggett; 1862, Joseph H.
Flint, T. D. McGlothlen; 1864, Peter Knox,
Edward H. Stiles; 18.66, Peter Knox, Charles
Dudley; 1868, Samuel T. Caldwell, Charles
Dudley; 1870, Charles Dudley, John H.
Carver; 1872, John H. Carver, Samuel T.
Caldwell; 1874, J. AA' Dixon, Jacob Siberell;
1876, J. AV. Dixon, G. A. Madson; 1878, W.
A. Fast, J. A. Israel; 1879, AV. A. Fast; 1880,
F. M. Epperson: 1882, F. M. Epperson, G.
AV. Dickins; 1884, Henry Canfield; 1886, D.
A. La Force, J. R. Burgess; 1888, J. R. Bur-
gress; 1890, J. J. Smith; 1892, A\'. AA^ Cun-
ningham; 1894, AV. G. Crow; 1898, G. AA'.
Dickins; 1900, A. AA'. Buchanan.

CENSUS REPORT.

The following shows the population of AVa-

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pello county by townships, also the towns in the
county, accorcUng to the census taken in 1900:

Adams I.ISS

Agency, including Agency City 1,085

Cass, including Chillicothe 503

Center, including Ottumwa 20,350

Columbia, including part of Eddyville 1,768

Competine 836

Dahlonega 466

Green ■. 822

Highland 1,015

Keokuk 840

Pleasant 089

Polk 916

Richland, including Kirkville 1,709

Washington, including Eldon 2,903

Total population of the county 35,357

The fohowing is the population of the towns
in Wapello county :

Agency 408

Chillicothe 216

Eddyville, including part of Harrison twp., Ma-
haska Co '..'... 1,230

Eldon 1,850

Kirkville 402

Ottumwa 18,197"

CHAPTER. XIV

THE BRISCOE GOLD FEVER

Alleged Discovery of Gold bN Bear Creek — The Mania of Speculation that
Ensued — Land Worth but $40 Per Acre Sold for $500 Per AcrE;

In the fall of 1881, J. O. Briscoe, a citi-
zen then of Ottumwa, announced that he had
discovered gold on Bear Creek, a tributory of
the Des IVIoines River ; the place of the alleged
deposit was about a mile and a half from the
mouth of the creek and a few hundred yards
below where the main road crosses the creek
in the vicinity of a school-house. In order
to give a more explicit description, the land
on which Briscoe claimed to discover gold,
and on which he obtained possession, was the
southwest c[uarter of the northwest quartei"
of section 27, township ^2, range 14. Bris-
coe claimed that he found gold in the sand
obtained from the creek, and that he had ob-
tained assays of a stratum of rock (limestone)
that ran from a trace to $20 per ton in gold.
It was a mystery why Briscoe never attempted
to stock this property and place it on sale, but
he was carrying out a scheme that was sat-
isfactory to himself, and it is believed that he
reaped his reward in inducing others to buy

adjacent lands at a high \alue, and that the
owners of such lands divided the profits with
him. He manifested what the people be-
lieved to be full faith in his discovery, by erect-
ing a mill for reducing the alleged ere on the
premises, and for many days the farce of
a gold mill in full operation was enacted. In
the course of time he brought out an alleged
gold brick and placed it on exhibition at a
Baptist festival in Ottumwa. The newspa-
pers published frequent accounts of alleged
assays that increased the excitement. Early
in 1882 syndicates were formed for the pur-
chase of adjacent lands or within a mile of
the gold mill, and extravagant prices were
paid. A case is noted where $2,000 was paid
for the mineral only that lay in a tract of 40
acres; there were instances where the land
near or adjoining the Briscoe property was
sold at prices ranging from $100 to $500 an
acre. One man, a teamster, mortgaged his
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a small holding, and as a matter of course
lost team and money. He was indignant
when a prominent citizen, who had already
invested, warned him against the investment,
and declared that the friend who gave him
the warning was a hog and wanted it all for
himself. A nugget of gold, weighing nearly a
half ounce, was exhibited, which it was al-
leged was taken from one of the rockers of
the Bear Creek gold mine. This increased the
fever and hundreds of persons rushed to the
diggings to see what they could find. The
nugget Was examined by practical miners and
mineralogists, who cpiickly discovered that
5t was a vest-pocket specimen, with aill its
original angularities worn smooth, but the en-
thusiasts would not believe a word of it, and
the price of the lands in the vicinity again
increased. In vain did the old California and
Rocky Mountain miners denounce the whole
thing as a fraud, but men \\-ho had never
looked into a mine and knew absolutely noth-
ing of mineralogy assumed to know it all, and
the majority believed them. It was an inter-
esting phase of human credulity, and at thf^
same time a melancholy spectacle, to see men,
who were sane on all other subjects, go wild
and almost insane over the prospect of mak-
ing Wapello county a great gold mining dis-
trict. Finally a committee of business men
took up the matter for serious investigation ;
the committee procured a number of specimens
of the "gold" rock and sent them to Chicago
for assay; it was not long until the returns
came in, and each certificate was to this effect :

"Gold none; silver none." This caused a re-
action ; the spell cast over the minds of men
was broken, and there was no more gold land
sold at fancy prices. The bubble collapsed.
Briscoe lingered for a time, but finally went
to Montana, where there is gold, and there
engaged in a series of speculations, but none
of these is a proper subject for a history of
Wapello count3^

It is perhaps unnecessary to add that the
land on which Briscoe's "mine" was located
is now regarded as valuable only for agricul-
tural purposes. There is no gold in paving
quantities in the county; gold is widely dif-
fused and the metal is found in small Cjuanti-
ties almost everywhere; it has been found in
the gulches of Agency township and on Tur-
key creek, in Keokuk township, but there is
not enough of it to pay the expenses of secur-
ing it. The only persons that derived any
benefit from the Briscoe fever were the land
owners in the vicinity, who wisely sold "min-
eral" rights or the land itself to the city syn-
dicates. It is to the credit of Major Ham-
ilton, who at that time published the Courier,
that he discouraged the craze through the col-
umns of his paper. It was his belief then, as
it was also the belief of others, that there never
was a grain of gold found on Bear Creek. If
is to be noted that the victims of the craze
were business men of Ottumwa, and those who
profited by it were farmers and owners of poor
land, that was not then and is not now re-
garded as worth much for agricultural pur-
poses.

CHAPTER XV

KELLEY'S ARMY AND HIS FLEET OF FLAT BOATS

Wapello County Invaded by a Horde of Organized Tramps, who Came on
Flat Boats Down the Des Moines River.

In the spring of 1894 an "army" of dis-
contented men, tramps and adventurers, gath-
ered in Nebraska and other Western States,
and at last entered Iowa at Council Bluffs,
marching on foot and in wagons until they
reached Des Moines. They terrorized com-
munities, not Ijy actual acts of violence, but
by their numbers and threats, and in this
way secured subsistence from towns, cities
and the farmers. By the time the "army"
I'eached Des Moines it numbered about
1,000 men, all under the command of
Charles T. Kellev, who assumed the title
of "General." He was a shrewd kind of ad-
A enturer and had great power over his lot of
ragamuffins. The State and municipal offi-
cers at Des Moines entered into ne-
gotiations" with the "army," and the city
authorities and citizens contributed to a
fund to feed the "army" After vain-
ly importuning the railroads tO' give the
men transjxjrtation, all hands set about to
build flat boats, which were to be embarked

at Des Moines and float down the Des Moineg
River. After a delay of several days at Des
Moines the boats were built, and the Kelley-
ites, about 1,000 in number, embarked on over
100 boats. In the course of time the "fleet"
arri\-ed within the borders of Mahaska County
and Col. A. W.. Swalm met the "army" with
provisions he had gathered at Oskaloosa. The
"fleet" arrived at Eddyville about May 12th,
halted, and received Eddyville's donation of
groceries. Here General Kelley and his staff
were met by !\Iayor La Force and a delegation
of citizens and aldermen of Ottumwa. It was
thereupon agreed that when Kelley and his
"navy" arrived at Ottumwa the city would
contribute. General Kelley had prior to this
sent the foUcnving message : "To the citizens
of Ottumwa : Desiring to give mv men a
day in which to rest and clean up a bit, and
desiring also not to appear improvident, I
have requested Mr. Harry Leason, of the
Courier, to ask for 75 pounds of coffee and
a quantity more of meat. Also to ask the to-

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bacconists for such smoking and chewing to-
bacco as you can consistently give.

"Yours, Chas. T. Kelley."

The KeUey "fleet" arrived at Ottumwa op.
May 14th at the dam west of the city, and an
army of workingmen were there to assist the
boats in making the pkmge. The work of
getting the boats over the dam was expedi-
tious ; a since of lumber had been constructed
from the level of the dam abo\-e to the \\'a-
ter below, the since being constructed
of heavy timbers. The boats were placed in
the sluce and a rope attached to them ; the men
then all disembarked and stood in the water
to their waists to prevent the boats from
capsizing. All the boats passed over the
dam without material injury.

Then was presented the spectacle of a
special committee appointed by the city council
meeting with Kelley to arrange terms. It was
determined by these high contracting parties
that the flotilla should land near Garrison
Rock, about four miles below the center of
the city, and the city would guarantee sub-
sistence to the tramps for two or three days.
Kelley agreed that he would prevent his men'
from going to the city for begging purposes
and would maintain an orderly camp. Score;;
of extra policemen were swtjrn in to prevent
depredations. Before the "army" left town,
however, Kelley demanded and the authori-
ties granted that the camp should be estab-
lished at Baker's Grove, on the South Side,
and adjacent to South Ottumwa, and there
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the camp was established. The city council
then appropriated a sum of money sufficient to
purchase 1,500 loaves of bread, 1,500 pounds
of bacon, 125 pounds of cofifee and 25 bushels
of potatoes. Citizens, following the example
of the city authorities, gave as much more,
and the adventurers proceeded to have a good
time. They secured the little park in front
of the court house, and each night they dele-
gated one of their "statesmen" to speak at the
park and instruct citizens as to their duties.
Mean^\hile, every day they lingered strag-
glers from the camp roamed through the city
and country, demanding contributions of flour„
meat, clothing and an}-thing else that they
thought they could obtain. It was a lesson tO'
citizens as to what an irresponsible band of
vagabonds cost the countrv in actual contribu-
tions, and as an example to the rising- genera-
tion.

At last the Kelley flotilla moved down the-
river, finally reaching the ]\Iississippi, but the
"army" did not hold together; it broke up
into detachments, some of which joined
Coxey s "army" and reached the city of AA'ash-
ington. That "army" arrived there, heralded
as the "big petition in boots," and there were
nian\' worthy but unwise people who imagined
that the "army" would start a revolution, but
sturdy Grover Cleveland, who was then presi-
dent, paid no further attention to them than
Lo compel them to "Keep off the grass" of the
national lawns, and the movement collapsed.

CHAPTER. XVI

IMPROVEMENT OF THE DES MOINES RIVER

An Historical Sketch — The Various Vicissitudes of the Proposed Enter-
prise— Causes of its Failure.

Inasmuch as the Des Moines Ri\'er trav-
verses the county and Ottumwa having had
great hopes centered on improving its naviga-
tion, the following sketch, which was written
by Hon. Charles Negus, is appropriate for a
worl<: of this character. The sclieme was abor-
tive for the reasons that are apparent in the
sketch and perhaps from other causes that are
to be referred to nature. It is certain, how-
e\er, that at an early day the river was de-
pended upon to a great extent for the transpor-
tation of freight and products to the Miss-
issippi. Steamboats continued to make trips
from the mouth to Ottumwa as late as 1862
with some degree of regularity. A distin-
guished citizen of this city, in the person of
Hon. George Gillaspy, was one of the officers
of the board of commissioners. It may also be
said in this connection that Col. Gillaspy was
one of the leaders of enterprise; he established
a pork packing house and was prominent in po-
litical affairs. He was a unique character and
a man of far more than ordinary ability. He

served as register of the board of public works
connected with the improvement of the river,
serving both as an appointed and as an elected
officer.

the negus statement.

"The river Des Moines has connected with
its history many things of interest. It is pur-
posed at this time to notice some of the histori-
cal events connected with this river since the
land through which it passes was purchased
by the Government from the Indians.

"By the treaty of 1842, by which the Sacs
and Foxes sold all their lands in Iowa, they were
permitted to retain possession of that portion
which lay west of Red Rock for three years,
and the Indians moved up the river and located
themselves near the Raccoon Fork, and the
Government thought proper to locate a body of
troops at that point ; and for the conveyance of
soldiers and their equipage to that place, the
little steamer 'lone" was employed, and, laden

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with stores and a detachment of troops, landed
on the site where is now the city of Des Moines,
on the 9th of May, 1843. This is the first
steamboat that ever ventured to disturb the
waters of this river so far from its mouth. The
Tone' having made a successful trip added
greatly to the expectation of the estimated im-
portance and value of this thoroughfare, which
was brought to the attention of Congress, and
on the 8th of August, 1846, a law was enacted,
giving to Iowa, for the purpose of aiding to
improve the navigation of the river Des Moines
from its mouth to the Raccoon Fork, an equal
moiety in alternate sections of the public landr,
remaining unsold, in a strip five miles wide on
each side of the river, to be selected within the
Territory of Iowa by an agent, or agents, who
should be appointed by the governor of the
Territory, subject to the approval of the U. S.
Treasury.

"When this grant was first made, it was not
supposed by any one that it extended above
Raccoon Fork, and Governor Clark, in com-
municating the intelligence to the legislature,
estimated the grant to amount to about 300,000
acres. This part of the Governor's message
was referred to a select committee, for them to
take into consideration whether it was advisable
for the State to accept the grant, and if so, to
devise the method of disposing of the lands
and the mode of improving the river.

"The committee, after having the matter
under consideration several weeks, through
their chairman. Dr. James Davis, of Wapello
county, made a very lengthy report, in which
they took the ground that the grant was not

limited to lands below the Raccoon Fork, but
extended to every alternate section for five
miles on each side of the river to the north-
western boundary of the State, if not to the
source of the river. They estimated the grant
to contain 400,000 acres below the Raccoon
Fork, and 560,000 above, making 960,000 acres
of land. The report of the committee at first
was looked upon as visionary, and but very
little calculation was made on getting any land
above the fork of the river ; but a matter of so
much importance was not passed over without
examination and full discussion.

"From this time on, for several years, the
improvement of the river Des Moines entered
largely into the politics of the State. Politi-
cians became interested in it; the construction
put upon the grant by the committee was the
popular side, and found manjr advocates, and
scarcely any one opposed it. The committee
reported in favor of receiving the grant, with
provisos, and a bill for creating a board of pub-
lic works. On this report the legislature passed
an act accepting the grant, with the proviso that
it was not to form a part of the 500,000 acres
which the State was entitled to by an act of
Congress of 1841, giving to each new State
that amount of land for internal improvements.
This was conceded by the General Government,
and it also permitted the State to divert 500,000
acres from works of internal improvement to
the purpose of education. The legislature, on
the 5th of February, 1847, ^^so passed an Act
creating a board of public works, and provid-
ing for the improvement of the river. The
board consisted of a president, secretary and

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treasvirer, who were to be elected by the quali-
fied electors of the State, on the first Monday
of the following August. The president was
to be the active agent of the work, and was re-
cjuired to make monthly reports of his doings,
and of the progress of his work to the board;
the secretary was to record the proceedings of
the board and to sell the lands ; the treasurer
was to receive and disburse the moneys. The
officers were required to commence the work
on the Mississippi, near Keokuk, at the mouth
of Dead Slough, or of the Nassaw Slough, and
then up the Slough to the river. And subse-
Cjuently the work was commenced by undertak-
ing to dig a canal from the mouth of the Nas-
saw Slough to St. Francisville, the first place
on the ri\-er where it was thought practicable
to build a dam.

"About $150,000 were expended in the ef-
fort, but the attempt pro^'ed to be an impractic-
able undertaking, and, after expending this
large amount of mone^-, the work of digging a
canal was abandoned. At the August election,
Hugh W. Sample, of Jefferson county, was
elected president; Charles Corckery, of Du-
buque county, secretary, and Paul Bratton, of
Van Buren county, treasurer. The officers
elected were qualified, and at first opened their
offices at Fairfield. Col. Samuel Curtis,
from Ohio, was selected by the board as chief
engineer; but there was very little done this
season toward impro\'ing the river, further than
making sur\-e3S. The necessar\- sur\-evs hav-
ing been completed, early in the spring of 1848,
the work was commenced. The canal and three
dams were put under contract, and about 500

hands were put at work. On the 21st of Au-
gust, the building of 10 more dams was con-
tracted for, and there seemed to be a fair pros-
pect for the speedy completion of the entire
improvement.

"Gl(n\ing reports of the country and the
advantages to be derived from the improve-
ment of the river, excited the public mind to
the highest expectations, and the people be-
came very anxious to secure as much of the
public lands as possible, that this great under-
taking might be speedily completed; and to
ascertain the construction put upon the "grant
by the General Government, application was-
made to the Land Department for a decision..
Richard M. Young, the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, on the 23d day of Feb-
ruary, 1848, in a letter addressed to the board
of public works, gave it as his opinion that the
State was entitled to alternate sections with-
in five miles of the Des Momes River, through
the whole extent of Iowa. This decision gg,ve
assurances that the amount of land claimed
would be received. The board of improve-
ment made great preparation for rapidly push-
ing on the work, and the public mind was ex-
hilarated with the greatest hopes of speedily
realizing the great advantages represented to
be derived from this undertaking.

"But, as it is the lot of man to meet with
disappointments, such seems to have been the
result in this case; for it was found that the
lands could not be sold fast enough to meet
the expenses of so extensive a work as had
been undertaken. To remedy this difficulty,
the board of public works recommended to.

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the legislature 'that bonds, bearing the sanc-
tion of the supreme power of the State, should
be issued by the board, and pledging the pro-
ceeds of the sales of the lands, as well as the
tolls of the improvements, for their redemp-
tion." But this policy did not meet with the
sanction of some of the leading Democrats of
the State, who regarded such a measure as
not being in accordance with Democratic prin-
'ciples, among whom were Ver Plank Van
Antwerp. Van Antwerp, having held the of-
fice of receiver in the first land office estab-
lished in Southern Iowa, and then holding the
same office at Fairfield, and also, for a while,
editor of a paper, was extensively known, and
at that time exerted much influence among
the people and he took a very active
part against the proposition recommend-
ed by the board. He claimed that the
measure was not only anti-Democratic,
"but impolitic, and went to Iowa City as
a lobby member, and made himself verv
busy with the members to defeat it; and the
opposition with which it met from Van Ant-
werp and other private individuals had its ef-
fect with the members of the legislature, and
the measure was defeated, much tO' the dis-
comfiture of Sample. This interference of
Van Antwerp with the recommendations of
the board created a coolness between Sample
and Van Antwerp which caused some singular
results in the future political matters of the
State.

"For the purpose of securing the full
amount of land claimed, the legislature passed
a memorial asking Congress to enact an ex-

planatory law confirming to the State the
quantity of land claimed. But Congress did
not feel disposed to do this, and the ext-ent of
the grant was a disputed question for several
years.

"At the August election in 1849, the offi-
cers of the board of public works were to be,
again elected, and the old officers were desir-
ous of holding on to their offices, and Sample
made great efforts to have the old officers re-
nominated by the State convention for candi-
dates before the people. Those who were in
favor of issuing bonds for the speedy comple-
tion of the work were in favor of re-electine
the old board; those who were against this
measure were opposed to them. Among those
who took an active part against the old board
was Van Antwerp, and his opposition was
particularly made against Sample, which got up
much ill-feeling between them. Van Antwerp,
to accomplish his ends before the convening of
the convention, prepared a stricture on Sample's
political acts, wliich 'showed him up' in
no very enviable light. Van Antwerp went
to Iowa City, where the convention was to be
held, a short time before it convened, and had
his strictures printed in handbill form, and on
the morning of the convention circulated copies
all over the city, so that a copy found its way
into the hands of every delegate. This had
the effect to beat Sample, and the other officers
of the old board, and AA'illiam Patterson, of
Lee County, was nominated for president ;
Jesse Williams, of Johnson, for secretary; and
George Gillaspy, of Wapello, for treasurer.

"These individuals were all elected, entered

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upon the duties of their trust, and with energy
undertook to complete all the work which had
been put under contract. But they soon found
that they could not sell lands fast enough to
meet their expenditures, and had to suspend a
portion of the work. But they did not do
this until they had contracted a large amount
of debts, which they had not the means to
pay. The new board, on making settlements
with the contractors, not having the money to
pay them, issued bonds, or certificates of in-
debtedness, pledging the lands for their pay-
ment, and binding the board to redeem them
as soon as they had the means to do it. So
the new board, without the sanction of the law,
did what the old board tried to get the legis-
lature to authorize them to do by law, and for
which policy they were turned out of office
and others put in their place. Those contrac-
tors who were stopped from going on with
their work claimed damages ; legal proceedings
were had, and some of them recovered large
amounts.

"The course pursued by the new board met
with much censure from the public and the
newspapers ; particularly the Whig press was
very severe in its strictures. The course which
had been pursued by the board of public works
made the improvement of the river Des Moines
a prominent matter before the legislature
which convened in December, 1850. The is-
suing of bonds did not meet with the approval
of that body, and a law was passed abolishing
the offices of president, secretary and treas-
urer, and the offices of 'Commissioner and
Register of the Des Moines River Improve-

ment' were created, which, instead of being
elected by the people, were appointed by the
Governor, by and with the consent of the Sen-
ate.

"As soon as the law abolishing the board
of public works went into efifect, the Governor
appointed Ver Plank Van Antwerp commis-
sioner, and George Gillaspy register of the im-
provement, who, on the 9th of June, 185 1, en-
tered into a contract with Bangs Brothers &
Company, of New York, in which they stipu-
lated to complete the whole work, from the
mouth of the river to> the Raccoon Fork, in
four years from the time, when for the im-
provement of the river a confirmation should
be secured of the extension of the grant of
land above that point. When the contract
was closed Bangs Brothers & Company and
the officers of the improvement went to work
and succeeded in getting the Land Depart-
ment of the General Government to recon-
sider the decision in which it had been held
that the grant of land only extended to the
Raccoon Fork, and obtained a decision that
it extended to the northern boundary of the
State, which gave hopes that the river would
soon be made navigable. On the first reception
of the news there was much rejoicing, but
when the details of the contract with Bangs
Brothers & Company were made public, it
was found that the contract provided that the
Sands below Raccoon Fork were not to be
sold for less than $2.00 per acre, and those
above for not less than $5.00.

"This gave great dissatisfaction, for a
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claimants who expected to buy their claims
at $1.25 per acre, as others had done who had
settled upon Government lands. This provis-
ion stirred up much ill-feeling among the set-
tlers; public meetings were held, and this part
of the contract was condemned in the strongest
terms ; and such were the feelings that there
were apprehensions of serious difficulties if
this part of the contract should be enforced.
But when these excitements were at the high-
est news came that Bangs Brothers, & Com-
pany had failed, and probably their contract
would be annulled, and this allayed the pub-
lic feeling. Bangs Brothers & Company did
not comply with their contract in furnishing
means, and the work on the river did not go
on, and the public expectation of a speedy
completion of the proposed improvement van-
ished.

"The officers of the improvement were ap-
pointed for only two years, and at the expira-
tion of their term of office Van Antwerp was
re-appointed commissioner, and Paul C. Jef-
fries was appointed register. But these last-
appointed officers held their trust but a short
time, for during the past two years the work
on the river had progressed .very slowly ; the
contract with Bangs Brothers & Company had
been declared forfeited, and it was understood
that other sources were to be looked to for
going on with the work. The officers ap-
pointed by the Governor not being successful
in their undertaking, the legislature, on the
1st of January, 1853, repealed the law author-
izing the Governor to appoint, and made these
officers again to be elected by the people, and

on the first Monday in the f(j! lowing April
Josiah Bonney, of Van Buren County, was
elected commissioner, and George Gillaspy,
register. And, for the purpose of aiding the
commissioner in conducting and concluding
any contract on the subject of impro\'ing the
river, the legislature appointed George G.
Wright, of Van Buren County, and Uriah
Biggs, of Wapello, his assistants, 'with equal
powers of the commissioner in making and
determining such contract."

"From past experience it was not deemed
advisable to parcel out the work to many in-
dividuals, and consecjuently these officers were
required by the legislature not to make any
contract, unless such contract stipulated for
'at least $1,300,000 to be faithfully expended
in the payment of the debts and liabilities of
the Improvement, and its completion to the
greatest extent possible." And, to this end,
if it was necessary, the\- were authorized 'to
sell and dispose of all and any lands which
had been or might hereafter be granted by
Congress for the improvement of the river,
and, if it was necessary to efTect a contract,
they were authorized to convey the right to
tolls and water rents arising from the Improve-
ment, for the length of time and upon such
terms as they might deem expedient. But in
disposing of the lands, they Mere not to' con-
tract them for less than $1.25 per acre;" and
if no contract of this character should
be made before the ist of September,
1853, and then the pay of all the officers
connected with the work, except the register
and one engineer, was to cease, and all oi>er-

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ation connected with the work, except such
parts as were under contract, were to be sus-
pended until further action by the legislature.
The register was required to put all unfinished
work then under contract in such a condition
as to prevent it from injury, and to see that all
property of the State connected with the work
was carefully preserved. If the register, at
any time subsequent, should recei\'e proposi-
tions which he deemed sufficient for consider-
ation, he was to submit the same to the com-
missioner; and should a contract be made on
the terms required by the legislature, then the
pay of the officers should commence and the
work go on as though it had not been sus-
pended.

"The new commissioner, being conscien-
tious about the expending of money, immedi-
ately after taking charge of the work, dis-
missed all the engineers, except Guy AVells,
the chief engineer, and employed no officer or
other persons, except when the necessity of
the \\'ork imperatively demanded it. There
were in several places of the river snags and
bowlders, which much obstructed the naviga-
tion, and had become . a source of much in-
convenience and complaint ; but during the of-
ficial term of Bonney the river was 'cleaned
of snags, bowlders and other obstructions to
such an extent as to make the navigation of the
river, at proper stages of the water, safe.'

"The commissioner and his associates, af-
ter assuming the duties of their trust, entered
into correspondence with such persons and
companies as they thought likely to embark,
in such an enterprise. And by this means

they ■ succeeded in eliciting the attention of
capitalists to such an extent that a number
of persons came to the State for the purpose
of investigation. These persons, by an ex-
amination of the valley of the Des Moines per-
sonally, and making themselves acquainted
with the resources of the country, on their re-
turn east imparted to others the undeveloped
wealth and advantages of the valley, which
was the means of bringing many good and
enterprising citizens to the State. Among oth-
ers who visited Iowa for the purpose of inves-
tigation was Henry O'Rielly, a man who had
acquired some considerable notoriety as a con-
tractor in putting up telegraph wires, and he
proposed to undertake the work. Such was the
known reputation of O'Rielly as a contractor
that the commissioner and his associates com-
menced the negotiating of a contract. And
'on the 17th of December, 1853, Henry
O'Rielly, Esq., of New York, entered into
a contract with the commissioners, in which,
for the consideration of the unsold lands be-
longing to the improvement and tolls and water
rents and other profits arising from the work
for the term of forty years, agreed to completg
the entire work within a period of four years
from the ist day of July, 1854, according to
the original surveys and specifications made by
the engineers.'

"Immediately upon entering upon this con-
tract, O'Rielly returned east and organized a
company, under the laws of Iowa, called the
'Des Moines Navigation & Railroad Com-
pany,' to ^\hich O'Riel]}' assigned his con-
tract, himself being one of the officers of the

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company. On the 9th of June, 1854, by the
consent and request of O'Riehy, and with the
approbation of the officers of the River Im-
provement, the* contract with O'Rielly was
canceled, and another contract was made with
the Des Moines Navigation & Raih-oad Com-
pany. In this contract the company agreed
to pay ah outstanding debts against the Im-
provement within ninety days from the date
of said contract, to settle and pay all damage
suits against the State of Iowa on account of
the prosecution of said work to mill-owners
or others who have, or might thereafter,
sustain damages on account of the same; to
pay the salaries and expenses of the officers
and engineers in charge of the work ; to com-
plete the improvement from the mouth of the
Des Moines river to Fort Des Moines, in
accordance with the original plans and speci-
fications of the state engineer, by the ist day
■of Jul)', 1858; and to construct the whole work
in such a manner as to assure the navigation
•of the same for the longest period of each
year practicable, and to complete at least one-
fourth of the work each and every year, com-
mencing on the 1st day of July, 1854.

"In consideration of this understanding,
the commissioner agreed to convey to the com-
pany all the unsold lands belonging to the im-
provement, the use of the work, the tolls and
water rents for the term of forty-one years.
And afterward, in consideration of the com-
pany enlarging the works and making some
other improvements in the navigation of the
river, and also on account of there not being
:as large a quantity of land undisposed of below

Fort Dodge as was understood to be by the
commissioners and the company at the time of
making the contract, a majority of the com-
missioners, Bonney and Biggs, entered into an
article of agreement with the company, in
which they promised to extend the time of the
company's use and control of the work to sev-
enty-five years.

"Under this contract, the public expected
that the work wouJd be immediately com-
menced by the new contractors and speedily
completed. The great expectations which at
first had been raised by the contractors, under
the name of the 'Des Aloines Navigation &
Railroad Company,' soon after they undertook
the work began to diminish; for there soon
arose disagreements and misunderstandings
among themselves. The company had been
organi_zed under the general incorporation laws
of Iowa, and, consequently, was subject to the
laws of the State. At the called session of the
legislature, in 1856, Donald Mann, a stock-
holder of the company, memorialized the legis-
lature to correct the "manifold abuses' of which
he charged the directors of the company to have
been guiltv. In this memorial he charged that
the managers of the company had, in various
ways, 'corruptly, and for corrupt purposes,' vio-
lated the laws of the State, 'greatly to the injury
of the people thereof, and to the great loss and
damage of the stockholders,' and showed in de-
tail wherein they had acted corruptly and vio-
lated the laws under which the company was
incorporated. Among other things, he stated
that, 'for the purpose of deceiving the people
and individuals in relation to their means,' they

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

had represented to the public and to individuals
that there had been paid into the treasury 'enor-
mous sums of money, on account of stock sold,
for much larger amounts than had l^een re-
ceived. And the better to accomplish and main-
tain such deceptions, the managers (or a ma-
jority of them) caused to be issued certificates
of stock to the amount of, nominally, $630,000,
or six thousand three hundred shares of $100
for cash, of which shares they had represented
to the public and individuals that the holder had
paid the sum of $100, amounting to $630,000,
when, as a matter of fact, there was only 5 per
cent paid on each share, by which means the
public and many individuals were deceived.'

"Henry O'Rielly, the individual with whom
the contract had first been made, a stockholder
and one of the directors, also memorialized the
legislature for an investigation of the affairs of
the company, in which he reasserted the charges
made by Mann, and stated that he held him-
self ready, if the legislature would order an
investigation of the doings of the company,
to prove, from the records of the company
and from other evidence, 'that there was
scarcely an important provision in the code
of Iowa (applicable to corporations), scarcely
an important point in the Des Moines Im-
provement laws, scarcely an important pro-
vision in the contract which the company
agreed to fulfill, scarcely an essential provis-
ion in its by-laws, or even in the charter which
gave it legal existence, which had not been
violated, and violated with a recklessness that
will form a memorable feature in the history
of Iowa.'

"A joint committee was appointed from
both branches of the legislature at the called
session to investigate the alleged abuses, but,
owing to the short time in which they had to
act, it was impossible for them to make the
necessary investigation. An attempt was made
to create a committee for this purpose to act
after the legislature adjourned ; but this failed,
so that the alleged abuses passed by without
examination at that time. These memorials
to the legislature and the discussion of these
matters by the newspapers greatly prejudiced
the public mind against the • company ; and
while these discussions were going on W C.
Johnson, president of the company, recjuested.
the Governor to examine intO' its affairs, in
person or by a committee, and proposed to
pay the expenses of such an examination. The.
Governor did not feel disposed to comply with
thfe request, but referred the matter to the
legislature, which convened the following De-
cember, and recommended that a committee
should be appointed, with power to adminis-
ter oaths, and to send for persons and papers,
with instructions to inc[uire into all the trans-
actions of the former commissioners and reg-
isters of the Improvement.

"This part of the Governor's message was
referred to a committee of 12, consisting of
members of both branches of the legislature,,
who immediately proceeded to the discharge
of their duties. After a careful and thorough
examination, this committee reported that they
did not consider the contract made by the com-
missioners with the company a valid contract
on behalf of the State, for the law which au-

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125

thorize'd the commissioner and register to make
contracts required tlrat any contract made by
them, to be vaHd, must be approved by the
Governor, and tliat tlie subsequent law, which
created two assistant commissioners, did not
do away with the provision requiring the Gov-
ernor to approve of such contracts. And, as
the contract made with the company had never
been approved by the Governor, they did not
regard it as binding on the State. The com-
mittee also reported that the company had acted
in bad faith, and violated their charter in many
ways ; and, among other things, they found that
over $1,000,000 of full-paid stock had been is-
sued by the company, upon which had been re-
ceived but $167,000, leaving a deficit of $833,
000, for which certificates of full-paid stock had
been issued, for which not a farthing had been
received by the company, which had been sold
to innocent purchasers for a valuable consider-
ation, who -had purchased, believing its full
value had been paid into the treasury of the
company. The company had come far short
of completing the amount of work which they
were required to do under their contract, and
their acts gave strong indications that their
object was to expend money enough to get pos-
session of all the available lands, and then
abandon the work; for more than one-half of
the time which was given for completing the
entire contract had expired, and on a work
which was estimated to cost about $2,000,000,
they had expended about $185,957.44 for an
actual construction of the work, while the com-
pany claimed that they had expended $104,-
180.74 for incidental expenses, the most part

of which did not, in any manner, benefit the
improvement. Yet the company claimed that
they were entitled to land at $1.25 per acre in
payment for the whole amount.

"On the 2d of April, 1855, William Mc-
Kay, of Polk county, was elected commissioner,
and John C. Lockwood, of Louisa county,
register; but in November, 1856, McKay re-
signed, and Edwin Manning, of Van Buren
county, was appointed by the Governor to fill
his place. Manning bore the name of a good
business man and close financier, and he was
not willing to audit the claims for incidental
expenses, as one for which the company were
entitled to receive land ; and this became a mat-
ter of dispute betv\'een the company and com-
missioner, and, in order to have the matter ad-
justed, the President proposed to make an
abatement of $72,000 ; but Manning did not
feel disposed to settle the matter himself, and
referred the whole claim to the legislature.

"Manning, in his report to the legislature,
showed that there had been sold by the State,
through the board of public works, during the
six years that the State prosecuted the work,
about $75,000 worth of land; and for this sum
only 'three stone-masonry locks' and two dams
had been completed; and there had been certi-
fied to the Des Moines Navigation & Railroad
Company, by Bonney and Gillaspy, 88,853 ^9~
100 acres of land, and by McKay and Lock-
wood, 116,636 4-100 acres, at $1.25 per acre,,
making $256,861.53 worth of land, which had
been disposed of to the present Company, a
part of which amount was for old debts which
they had paid.

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"The report of the committee and commis-
sioner having been made to the legislature, that
body, acting upon the premises that the con-
tract which had been made by the commission-
ers with the company was not binding upon the
State, on the 29th of January, 1857, passed an
act by which there was to be a commissioner
appointed by the Governor, who, with the reg-
ular commissioner, was authorized to contract
for the speedy prosecution of the work, and it
was made their duty to ascertain and pay off all
just claims against the Lnprovement; and they
were authorized to contract with any company
for the sale of all lands, tolls and water rents
who would give satisfactory evidence and se-
■curity for the completion of the Lnprovement.
But they were not to bind the State by any con-
tract further than the appropriation of the land
and the income of the improvement; and no
contract made by the commissioners was to be
valid until approved by the Governor. And by
this act, the offices of register and assistant
commissioner were abolished, and the register
was required to deliver over to the State land
ofhce all books and papers in his office ; and the
register of the State land office was required fo
perform all the duties which the register of the
improvement had done. And b}' thus doing,
the legislature gave the Des Moines Navigation
& Railroad Company to understand that they
did not regard the contract made by them with
the commissioners as binding upon the State,
though by this act they made arrangements for
auditing their claims and paying them their
just dues.

"About this time, the question was brought

up in the Land Department at A\"ashington, as
to the extent of this grant of land, and the opin-
ion was made public that the original inten-
tion of Congress was to only give to the state
the lands below the Raccoon Fork; but a dis-
position was manifested to compromise by the
department recognizing as being in the grant
all lands adjacent to the river within the state
But assumptions had heretofore met with suc-
cess, and now those interested in the land grant
claimed and contended that this grant embraced
all the lands to the source of the river. This
difficulty about the extent of the land grant, to-
gether with the action of the legislature, nearly
suspended all operations on the river, and much
was said by the company about enforcing their
claims by law.

"The commissioners appointed to audit and
pay the claims against the Improvement did not
succeed in adjusting the claims of the company,
and the matter was again referred to the legis-
lature; and, on the 22d of March, 1858, there
was a joint resolution passed by the legislature,
defining the basis upon which the State would
settle, and the Des Moines Navigation & Rail-
road Company were given sixty days to con-
sider whether they would accept of and ratify
this proposition ; and if they did not, within
that time, then it was made the duty of the
Governor to enjoin them from further proceed-
ing with the work of the Improvement. Also,
on the same day of adopting this resolution,
there was an act passed giving all the lands
which remained after settling with this Com-
pany, 'and also all the stone, timber and other
materials turned over to the State by the Com-

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pany,' to the Keokuk, Fort Des Moines &
Minnesota Railroad Company, for the purpose
of constructing a railroad from Keokuk up the
Des Moines Valley, to the northern line of the
state, except the material which it might be
necessary to use for the completion of the locks
and dams at Croton, Plymouth, BentonSport
and Keosauqua, which the railroad company
were to complete; and also, all debts which
grew out of the Improvement, which at that
time remained unsatisfied, or were, in some
manner, provided for. But in this grant there
was a provision made that it should not, in any
manner, conflict with the lands which had, pre-
vious to that time, been given to the State by
Congress for raih-oad purposes, which, on the
15th of July, 1856, had been given by the legis-
lature to the companies formed to build the four
roads designated by the grant. But it was un-
derstood that these lands, having been donated
by Congress for the improvement of the naviga-
tion of the river Des Moines, could not be di-
verted to the building of a railroad without the
consent of Congress, and measures were imme-
diately taken to get Congress to sanction the
diversion; but this attempt failed, so that the
action of the Iowa legislature did not avail the
Railroad Company anything that session. The
railroad company determined to make another
effort at the next session of Congress ; but be-
fore the time for this effort, another difficulty
arose in the way of obtaining the lands for the
Keokuk, Fort Des Moines & Minnesota Rail-
road Company.

"In setting up the claims that the grants
for improving the river Des Moines extended

above! the Raccoon Fork, the citizens of Iowa
were united, until after the grant of lands by
Congress for railroad purposes was made.
After this the railroad companies became in-
terested in the lands claimed for the Rixer Im-
provement, and claimed that the grant did not
embrace any lands abo\-e the Raccoon Fork, on
which the citizens of Iowa were now divided,
and both sides of the cpestion were represent-
ed. Upon this phase of the case the officer
of the Land Department at AVashington had
but very little hestitation in deciding against
the claims of the River Improvement. Aft^r
this decision was made the legal tribunals wera
restored to, and a case was taken to the Su-
preme Court of the United States, where the
same decision was given as in the land office..
"On the 3d of March, i860, there was an
act passed abolishing the office of commis-
sioner of the Des Moines Improvement, and
George G. AA'right, Edward Johnson and
Christian \Y. Slagle \\ere appointed a board
of commissioners for the purpose of ascertain-
ing all the liabilities against the Des [Moines
River Improvement and against the state of
Iowa, growing out of the improvement. They
were required to meet at Keosauqua, and were
clothed with power similar to the District
Court, to hear and determine all' claims grow-
ing out of the Improvement, and were author-
ized to sell all the interests of the State, and
all dams and improvements, and the lands ap-
pertaining thereto. These commissioners pro-
ceeded with their duties, and with their la-
bors closed all official acts, as far as the State
was concerned, in applying the proceeds of

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this land grant toward the improvement of the
navigation of the river Des Moines.

"This was a most magnificent grant, em-
bracing some of the best lands in the State ;
and if the proceeds had been judiciously and
properly expended, would have made a great
thoroughfare for steamboats, besides affording

an immense water-power for driving machin-
ery. But, through the incompetency of manag-
ing the means, and the intrigues of designing
men, the whole of the lands below Raccoon
Fork, and a large c[uanity above, were disposed
of and very little practical good accomplished
toward the navigation of the river.

CHAPTER. XVII

BENCH AND BAR

Early Members of the Wapello County Bar — Sketches of Eminent Lawyers and
Jurists — Something About the Present Members of the Bar.

On the 1 8th of September, 1844, the first
court higher than that of a justice of the peace
was held in Wapello County. Judge ]\Iason
acted in a dual capacity, — as judge of the U. S.
District Court and as a judge of the Terri-
torial District Court ; he had received his au-
thority from the President of the United
States, Martin Van Buren.

Since that time the following judges of the
District Court have held sessions in W^apello
County : W. I. Babb, of Henry County : E.
L. Burton, of Wapello; H. B. Hendershott,
of Wapello; J. C. Knapp, of Van Buren; C.
D. Leggett, of Jefferson; J. C. Mitchell, of
Lucas; Cyrus Olney, of Jefiferson; M. A. Rob-
erts, of Wapello; Robert Sloan, of Van Buren;
W. H. Seevers, of Mahaska; Dell Stuart, of
Lucas; W. D. Tisdale, of Wapello; John S.
Townsend, of Monroe; H. Tannehill, of Ap-
panoose; H. H. Trimble, of Davis; H. C.
Traverse, of Davis; M. J. Williams, of Wa-
pello; T. M. Fee, of Appanoose; Frank Eich-
elberger, of Davis ; and Dashiel, of Monroe.

Many of the judges here named have at-
tained distinction. Nearly one-half the num-
ber are dead. Those who are alive at this
date (August, 1901) are; W D. Tisdale,
Frank Eichelberger, Robert Sloan, T. M, Fee,
W I. Babb, H. H. Trimble, H. C. Traverse,
J. C. Mitchell, C. D. Leggett, Dell Stuart, M.
A. Roberts.

Judge Knapp was a picturesque figure —
a link between the old and the new — a judge
of commanding appearance ; although he was
a stern man, he was popular, as was evidenced
by his election in a district that was hostile
to his party. Judge Burton was a close
analytical lawyer; his opinions were generally
affirmed by the higher courts. Judge AA'illiams'
was eminent in his profession, a just judge
as well as a good lawyer. Trimble was able,
so was Traverse ; Seevers was a close student ;
the same can be said of Townsend. There can
be said many good words for the sitting
judges, Sloan, Fee, Eichelberger and Roberts.

Hon. E. H. Stiles, who was himself a dis-

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

tinguished member of the Iowa bar, and at one
time reporter of the supreme court, gave this
estimate of Judge H. B. Hendersliott : "Al-
ways a good lawyer, his legal forces were in
excellent discipline, and his great industry,
sound judgment and painstaking disposition
enabled him to apply those forces in the most
thorough and satisfactory manner; while his
urbanity and fairness placed everybody at ease
and invoked the profound respect of his audi-
tors."' This tribute, from so good a lawyer
as Mr. Stiles, is perhaps all that Judge Hen-
dershott himself would have asked in Iiis life
time.

Contemporary with Stiles were such law-
yers as Samuel \Y Summers, J. W. Dixon,
A. H. Hamilton, jM. J. Williams, John D,
Devin, John A. Johnson, A. A. Stuart, Thom-
as Bigham and A. \A' Gaston, of Ottumwa,
with Homer D. Ives and R. W. Boyd, of Ed-
dy\-ille, and C}'rus Franklin, of Agency City.
Summers became colonel of the 7th Iowa Vol-
unteer Cavalry, and fought Indians on the
plains during the Civil \\ar. J. W Dixon
gave John H. Gear a merry race for the speak-
ership of the Iowa legislature. Hamilton be-
came major of the 36th Iowa Volunteer In-
fantry, and was captured Ijy the rebels at
Mark's ?\Iill after a sturdy contest. Gaston has
remained in Ottumwa during all these years,
leading a quiet life. Devin left the country
years ago. John A. Johnson went to Mon-
tana, where he died about a year ago.
A. A. Stuart left long ago. Thomas Bigham,
eccentric and yet with sturdy ideas, is dead.
Homer D. Ives died in his prime at Eddy-

ville, and Cyrus Franklin, after a stirring ca-
reer as an officer in the Southern Confederacy,
passed into the silence.

Mr. Stiles, in an address delivered May
17, 1894, when the new court house was dedi-
cated, referred tO' J. C. Hall and David Rorer,
of Burlington; to Townsend and Perry, of
Albia; Dunlavy, M. H. Jones and Trimble,
of Bloomfield. The author of this book recalls
the appearance of Rorer, who always appeared
in court with the traditional green bag of the
English advocate; he had a bullet-like head,
but he was a bright lawyer. M. FI. Jones
had a keen sense of humor; he was full of
sarcasm, but a gentleman of infinite wit.
His reminiscences, if they could be gathered
and printed, would be of great value. Trim-
ble \\'as one of the most intellectual men of
the Southern border. Perr)^, of Albia, is an-
other able lawyer, \\ho has practiced at the
Ottumwa bar.

There were other notable men from other
counties who practiced at the AA'apello county
bar. Such men as Charles Negus, a man of
commanding presence and of fine literary abil-
ity; Stiles says he had a Jove-like front, and
this is true, if our conception of Jove be a true
one. Stiles himself was one of the noblest
looking men of the county bar. We had here
also Micajah Williams, of Oskaloosa, and J.
A. L. Crookham ; the latter was -picturesque
and forcible. Amos Harrie was a tall, angular
man; he was from Centerville and was once
prosecutor of the district. Judge Knapp was an
ancient Greek in appearance — one of the no-
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Wright and Clay Caldwell are associated with
the Wapello county bar; they occasionally
made their appearance here in cases of great
importance. Judge Caldwell now occupies a
commanding position on the Federal bench and
adds new luster to our national jurisprudence.
L. C. Hendershott, son of Judge Hender-
shott, is the oldest native-born Ottumwa law-
)'er; the oldest practitioner now in service is
W. \Y. Coi'y, who' has been \-er}' successful
as a lawyer and in a financial way. Capt.
W. H. C. Jacjues is next after Corv as to
length of ser\ice; he has made a splendid rep-
utation as a lawyer and has been called to
distant states in his practice. The name of
William AlcXett is synonymous with honesty,
integrity, culture and ability. D. H. Emery
is the worthy and able prosecuting attorney
for the count}'. E. E. AIcElroy is noted for
his steady purpose and integrity. M. A. Rob-
erts is now one of the judges of this district.
J. C. Alitchell, an able jurist, formerly judge
of the district, is acti\'e in practice. A. W.
Enoch has served acceptably two terms as
county attorney. A. C. Steck and J. J. Smith
constitute a strong legal firm that is well
known to the Wapello county calendar. J.
W. Lewis, an orator of renown as well as a
successful lawyer, has been register in bank-
ruptcy, but resigned the place and is succeeded
by C. C. Mclntire. Work & Work, a firm
made up of father and son, — W'. A., the head
of the firm, a most excellent lawyer, and Em-
mett A., constitute one of the leading legal
firms of southern Iowa. Blake & Hall are
partners in a profitable business. F. M.

Hunter is a partner with Judge Mitchell in
the legal business, and is also U. S. commis-
sioner, charged with important duties. B. W.
Scott, C. C. Leech, P. H. Riordan, AV. W.
Epps, at one time mayor of Ottumwa, F. G.
Orelup, at one time police judge, Ayres &
Fullen, the latter at one time U. S. district
attorney, Seneca Cornell, honest and able, who
also conducts an abstract oflice, Sumner Siber-
ell, at one time county attorney, Joseph R.
Jaques, son of and partner with his father,
Captain Jaques, in the legal business, A. B.
AA'illiams and Ke.jta, son and daughter of the
late Judge Williams, and \\\ D. Tisdale, who
remained on the bench as long as he wanted
the position.

There are not many lawyers in Wapello
county, outside of Ottumwa. W R. Nelson,
of Eddyville, is deservedly prominent as an
attorney, and the same may be said of Messrs.
Tomlinson, Smith, Henshaw and Dougherty,
of Eldon.

It is, perhaps, better to speak of the dead
than of the living; of those who have finished
their course and completed their record. Sum-
mers, Williams, Burton and Hendershott were
lawyers who would have graced any bar in the
United States. Summers was austere in the
presence of strangers, calm and dignified, yet
he was very genial with his intimate friends ;
he and Major Hamilton were the only lawyers
of note in the county who entered the army
and achieved distinction during the Civil war,
if we except Colonel Stuart, who Mas here a
short time, and did not relocate after the war
was over. Williams was noted for his keen

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cross-examinations of contumacious witnesses.
Hendershott was grave, dignified and studious.
Burton excelled in the examination of consti-
tutional questions and was impressive in argu-
ment. Dixon was a man of more than ordi-
nary ability. Eugene Fawcett was here for
ji short time ; he was brilliant but eccentric ; he
achieved reputation and honors in California.
One of the most, distinguished lawyers, who
practiced occasionally in Wapello county, was
James F. AA'ilson, of Fairfield, who became
United States Senator and achieved national
fame as a statesman. Van Buren coimty con-
tributed Knapp, the dead jurist, and Sloan,
the living one, to the galaxy of stars at the
AA'apello ccunty bar.

Henry Clay Dean appeared at the Wapello
county bar (in two or three important occa-
sions; his greatest success was achieved about
the year 1867, when he saved the neck of
T'rogdon, who had committed a most brutal
murder and robbery in this county. The evi-
dence was complete; indeed, it was admitted
that Trogdon had committed the crime, but
Dean set up the plea of imbecility and secured
a sentence of life imprisonment. The gal-
lows was cheated! Dean made a wonderful
argument in support of his plea; he had Trog-
don before him and exhibited the prisoner's

head to the jury; Trogdon had the physiog-
nomy of the average cut-throat, and a certain
peculiarity of the skull that Dean claimed to
be a malformation. Those who heard it will
never forget Dean"s dramatic presentation :
pointing to the head of the murderer, he ex-
claimed in piercing tones: "A defect! A de-
fect! A defect!" He dwelt on this, and con-
vinced the jury that the prisoner was not a
responsible being. It was the triumph of ora-
tory. Trogdon was a base murderer and
deserved the gallows. Dean was one of the
greatest orators that the West has produced;
he was unique, original, and sometimes spoke
as if he were inspired.

AA' S. Coen, attorney-at-law, whO' died
January 25, 1900, aged 53 years, was an ex-
ample of an honest, industrious lawyer, who
gained an enviable place at the county bar.
He was a soldier of the Union and was seri-
ously wounded ; he returned from the front,
determined tO' become a lawyer. He had d
hmited education, but acquired the habits of a
student and was admitted to the bar with hon-
ors. He had a brusque way about him that
was not agreeable to all those he encountered,
but all admired and respected him when they
came to know of his many good cjualities.

CHAPTER XVIII

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

Diseases And Remedies of the Early Period — Primitive Doctors and Their
Practices — The Profession as it is To-day.

It is believed that the Indians did not suffer
from some of the diseases tliat canje witli the
advent of civihzation; they were either ac-
chmated, or there were conditions produced by
the cultivation of the soil that developed certain
kinds of fevers. The decaying vegetation and,
possibly, the pollution of streams from which
the early settlers procured water for domestic
purposes, also the privations to which they
were subjected, the coarse food which they
M^ere obliged to use, all contributed to make
the country appear unhealthy at the beginning.
The prevailing diseases were intermittent
fevers, fever and ague or the "chills." There
were but few doctors as compared with the ex-
tent of territory that was inhabited; there were
occasions when a physician had to be sum-
moned that involved a horseback ride of 25
or 30 miles ; and the settlers were thus taught
that in ordinary cases they had to depend upon
themselves and upon the aid given by simple
remedies. Some of these settlers became

c[uite proficient in the use of native herbs, roots
and barks. The common remedy for coughs
and colds was a decoction of wild cherry bark,
simple syrup and whiskey. There were other
barks and herbs that served to reduce fever.
Fever and ague, or the "chills,' were very re-
fractory and nothing but quinine seemed to be
potent enough to do any good in such cases.
At that time, there were no c[uinine tabloids,
co\'ered with gelatine to remove the bitterness ;
instead of the active principle, they used Pe-
ruvian bark in a decoction with whiskey as the
menstruum. In deed there were instances
where more confidence was placed in the men-
struum than in the bark, and it was used ac-
cordingly. Cuts or wounds were treated with
poultices, the only antiseptic being hot or cold
water, and it is interesting to note that there
were few cases of blood poisoning. There
were no laws governing the practice of medi-
cine and there sprang up self-made doctors,
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ill-smelling roots and herbs, and it is possible
that many of the sick died from the want of
proper medical attention.

Among the earliest of competent physicians
who came to the county was Dr. C. C. Warden,
who had an extensive practice. Dr. Elbert, of
Keosauc[ua, was eminent as a surgeon and was
called in cases of delicate surgery. Among
other early physicians was Dr. A. D. Wood,
of Ottumwa ; later on came Dr. T. J. Douglass,
who became eminent in his profession. Dr.
S. B. Thrall came later than' did Dr. Douglass,
and was highly esteemed as a physician. The
same good words can be said of Dr. J. AVill-
iamson and old Dr. Heuvel, an eccentric but
learned Hollander, generally known as the
"Old Dutch Doctor," who was among the last
of the physicians who practiced bleeding,
though not indiscriminately. Dr. D. A. La
Force came still later, as well as Dr. Charles
G. Lewis, who became eminent as physicians.

Meanwhile the character of prevailing diseases
changed, but the doctors of Ottumwa and Wa-
pello county ha^'e kept well in line with the ad-
vance of medical science, and are ranked high
in the profession and in the various medical
associations, state and national.

The Wapello County Medical Association
was organized in 1853 by Drs. C. C. Warden,.
J. AA'illiamson, W. L. Orr, J. AA'. La Force,
A. D. AA'ood and AA'eir. The president was
Dr. C. C. AA'arden; vice-president. Dr. A. D.
AA'ood; secretary. Dr. J. AA'illiamson. The as-
sociation became defunct, but was reorganized
in 1870, with Dr. AA'. L. Orr, president; Dr.
T. J. Douglass, vice-president; and Dr. J.
AA^illiamson, secretary. The present officers oi-
tlie association are Dr. L. J. Baker, president;.
Dr. F. AA'. Mills, vice-president; Dr. C. R.
Russell, secretary; board of censors, Drs. B..
AA". Searle, A. O. Williams, J. F. Herrick.

CHAPTER XIX

THE TOWNS OF THE COVNTY

Sketches of Eldon, Agency City/ Eddyville, Kirkville, Dahlonega,
Chillicothe and Blakesburc.

ELDON.

Peter Mulvany, who was one of the first
business men of Eldon, wrote an address,
which he dehvered at a celebration of the
Fourth of July, in 1876, in which he gave a
history of the first settlement of Washington
township, including an account of the begin-
ning of Eldon. The address was printed in the
form of a pamphlet and few copies are now
extant. AVe are under obligations to ]\Ir. and
Mrs. E. T. Roland, of Eldon, for a loan of
their copy of Mulvany's address, and from
which we derive the history of the township
and town prior to 1876.

Mr. Mulvany says : "I have learned that
where Eldon now stands and this valley reach-
ing down to lowaville was the scene, in 1827,
of a most terrible battle that Indian tradition
has handed down in this state. It was fought
by the old tribe of Iowa Indians and the Sac
and Fox tribes, which resulted in almost the
complete extermination of the lowas. Soon

after this battle, James H. Jordan came to this
locality, in 1828, as a trader with the Sac and
Fox Indians. Black Hawk, the chief of the
tribe, informed Mr. Jordan of his trouble with
the lowas as follows : One of the Sac and Fox
Indians killed one of the Iowa tribe, and the
chief of the latter demanded the 'transgressor.'
Black Hawk delivered him up where Eldon is
now built ; Black Hawk and his men bid the
'transgressor' farewell and left him singing his
death song, then proceeded on their way to
Rock Island; they camped for the night on
the Skunk (or Checaucjua) Ri\-er, and at mid-
night were alarmed \)y a horseman, when the
'transgressor' soon rode up to the camp, the;
lowas having released him and given him a
horse after they had held a council. This
seemed to be very generous on the part of the
lowas, but soon after this the two tribes had
a serious difficulty, and Black Hawk, with his
war chief Pashepaho, marched from Rock Isl-
and to the lowaville bluffs, and in two di-
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lowas, cutting them off from their town, and
fought a terrible battle, which resulted in the
total defeat and flight of the lowas to the
woods, where Eldon now stands; they after-
wards retreated to Snake Ridge or Council
Bluffs, leaving the Sacs and Foxes in posses-
sion of the valley."

It is probable that the United States Gov-
ernment interfered and compelled the Sacs and
Foxes to make some kind of restitution to the
lowas, as will appear from the following para-
graph from !\Ir. Mulvany's address :

"Long after this, in 1838, Black Hawk in-
vited the lowas to a council on the prairie at
Mr. Jordan's. They attended, and Black
Hawk, after making friendly terms \^•ith them,
presented the chief with 300 horses, 1,000
blankets and some other things, which they
immediately took with them, back to Snake
, Ridge, near Council Bluffs."

Mr. Muh-any then proceeds : "Black Hawk
lived within three rods of Mr. Jordan's. In
September, 1838, he took sick and sent for his
friend, Mr. Jordan, who went to see him ; he
said he had been \'er3' ill for fourteen days, and
that the Indian doctor could not cure him. He
requested Mr. Jordan to go to Fort Edwards
(now AVarsaw) for a white doctor. Mr. Jor-
dan replied that he had to go to Rock Island
to a treaty, and would have to bid Black Hawk
farewell. Black Hawk then presented Mr.
Jordan with his sword, bowie knife and whip,
and said he wished to be buried in the full dress
of a warrior chief, in the grove near where he
lay. He died soon after, leaving a wife, two
sons and two daughters, who buried him as re-

quested, in full dress, blue cloth regimentals,
military hat with ostrich feather, gold epaulets
on shoulders, sword belted on, sword cane in
hand and three silver medals on his necklace.
One of these medals was given him by the
British, with blankets to the value of $5,000,
to induce him to join them in their war with
the United States ; he did join them, but find-
ing that he would have to fight under command
of British officers, he returned home with his
warriors. The second medal was presented to
him by President Madison, as a token of
friendship. The third medal was presented by
General Jackson, when Black Hawk was a
prisoner at AA'ashington, after the close of the
Black Hawk A\'ar. Jackson also presented him
with the militai'ysuit in which he was buried,
also the American flag, which was hoisted over
his grave, and remained there till it wore out."
Mr. Mulvany in his 'narration omits a de-
scription of the mode of burial, but it is here
given, from the testimony of Mr. Jordan : A
slight excavation was made in the earth, but
not more than two feet; a puncheon, or split
log, was laid in this excavation with the end on
which the head of the body was placed elevated
at an angle of perhaps 30 degrees ; the chief
was placed on this; blankets were spread over
the body ; then there was a rude structure of
puncheons set up in the form of a house roof,
one end resting on the ground, the other end
meeting at the top with a puncheon from the op-
posite side. Then some earth was thrown up
against the sides of the structure, as well as- the
ends, but not enough to constitute a mound,
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trar_\', when the roof had decayed and fahen,
there \vas no elevation to mark the temporary
resting place of the chief. Wheu the author of
this w(jrk last saw it, there was a slight de-
pression instead of an ele\-ation of earth.

We again cjuote from Mr. Mulvany's ad-
dress: "About a year after Black Hawk's
death, a Dr. Turner, from Bonaparte, stole his
remains and the \'aluables that were buried with
him ; he took the bones to Alton, Illinois, to a
doctor, to have them 'wired." Black Hawk's
wife and children were much aggrieved at the
action of Turner, and had JVIr. Jordan to write
to "the Governor of the Territory, informing
him of the facts. The two doctors disputed
about the price of 'wiring,' and the Alton doc-
tor informed Governor Lucas that he had the
remains of Black Hawk, and would send them
to him. The governor received them and wrote
to Jordan that Black Hawk's family might go
to his office in Burlington and get them. BlacK
Hawk's two sons went and saw the skeleton
of their father; they concluded, as the bones
were hung in a nice, dry place, they would
leave them there until the tribe would be ready
to move to Fall River, Kansas, on the reserva-
tion. The Governor's office was burned down
before they moved and the skeleton was lost.
In 1844-45 the Indians all left here for Des
Moines, prior to their removal to the Kansas
reservation.

"Before the treaty with the Indians, John
B. Groover, an honest, good-hearted Gerinan,
settled here and claimed the land where Eldon
is now built. He thought this v,/as included in
the 'Old Purchase," but finding that the line did

not go farther west than lowaville, he left,
until after the 'New Purchase,' when he re-
turned and claimed the same land : he built near
where the round house now stands and lived
there three }-ears, when he died, and was
buried with two of his children near where John
Drake now lives, and within a few yards of
where we now stand at this celebration. The
C. R. I. & P. Railroad was sur\'e)e(l over his
gra\'e, and the graders, little k; owing or car-
ing that he was the first settler here, dug up
his bones and threw them out witli the exca-
vated earth.

"James H. Jordan, the gentleman to whom
I am indebted for this information of tlie early
history of this place, was born in ^Mercer coun-
ty, Kentucky, on September 29, 1806, where
his parents li\'ed and died. As I ha\'e stated, he
came to this valley in 1828, as an Indian trader,
and built a small house near the site of the fine
dwelling that he and his family now occupy.
In 1838 he married Frances Williams, of
Boone county, Missouri, a lady of more than
ordinary refinement ; he has two sons, H. C.
and Victor P., and one daughter, Sarah, wife
of Abraham Hinkle. The Indi? ,is offered him
10 miles scjuare of this valley before the gov-
ernment purchase, but he did not take it ; he
had, however, to content himself afterward
with three or four thousand acres.

"In June, 1837, William Betterton arrived
in this valley from Elkhart county, Indiana.
He bought a claim that is now known as the
Haigler farm, from Peter Avery, for $250 in
gold, and lived on it only four years, when the
government troops under command of Cap-

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tain Beach, of the Agency, burned his house
and property, destroyed his crops, and left him
in a desolate condition. He fled to Jefferson
county, on the 'Old Purchase,' and when the
'New Purchase' was made, he came back to
this valley and entered 330 acres of land in this
township, where he lived until March 13, i860,
when he died, leaving two sons and six daugh-
ters. Edwin is still living in this township,
where he was born in 1840, and is one of our
most respected citizens."

Washington township (in which Eldon is
located) is in the southeast corner of AA'apello
county, joining Jefferson county on the east
and Da\'is county on the south ; it was first
taken possession of by the whites on the event-
ful night of April 30, 1843, ^^ ^^ o'clock. At
. I o'clock (before that) some of our citizens
were busily engaged in blazing trees, setting
stakes, burning brush, etc., to mark the bound-
ary lines of their claims. Among these we
may mention : John Mael, Mxlton W^right,
James Acton, Reuben Myers, Anderson j\l}'ers,
who served ten years as justice of the peace,
Martin Fisher, Thomas Foster, .Irst treasurer
of Wapello county, E. Cummins, whose fa-
ther was the first American born in the State
of Indiana, when the French had charge of the
Vincennes garrison, in 1777; and James H.
Cartwright, who came to this township in
April, 1843, — 1^^ ^i^d lost a leg, and had the
honor of being the central figure as justice of
the peace in John Mulvany's celebrated paint-
ing, "The Trial of a Horse Thief in a AA^estern
Justice's Court," which has been valued in

Chicago recently at $8,000, and which oc-
cupied the "Place of Honor" in the gallery of
the Lotus Club, in New York City.

Soap creek flows into the Des Moines
river at Eldon, section 34, in this township.
The Des Moines river flows diagonally
through this township; consecjuently half the
land is well watered and heavily timbered, the
remainder being a fertile prairie, producing
corn, wheat, rye, oats and grasses, with po-
tatoes and other vegetables and an abundance
of fruit. The township is underlaid with beds
of bituminous coal, which is being mined in
different places. Concretionary limestone is
found in the bed of the Des Aloines river, and
fire clay and sand suitable for making brick are
\'ery plentiful. There is a fall of from eight
to 10 feet in the river about 100 yards west of
Eldon, which, with very little expense, could
be used for water power to good advantage.

The township was organized into four
school districts in 1844, each district being
three miles square. The first school house was
built in 1 844 in the northwestern district. John
H. Nicholas was the first teacher; Thomas
Foster, director; and G. B. Savery, secretary.
Thomas Ping was the first justice of the peace.
James Caldwell was the first constable. The
first lawsuit was AA'oody vs. Grigg.sby. A
large per cent, of the suits grew out of claim
disputes. S. M. AA^right was the first coroner
of the county. Silas Garrison was the first
to deliver a religious discourse from the Bible,
publicly, in this township. The first postoffice
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1843. The first election took place at Ash-
land, in October, 1843, where 50 votes were
polled.

In consequence of the very wet season, the
farmers were much distressed and had to go
to Bentonsport Mills, 30 miles, to get flour.
Reuben Myers and- Enos Moore organized the
first Sabbath-school in the first school house
built in the township.

Ashland, or "Old Ashland," as it is now
called, was once the center of commerce in
Washington township. It was designed early
after the influx of settlers, and promised to
become a place of note. It was on the road
to Agency from the south, being upon the
southeast quarter of section 9. Tt grew apace,
and boasted of numerous advantages over otlier
towns. It was surrounded -by a rich agricult-
ural region, and was settled by a good class of
men. Thomas Ping was the owner of the plat,
which was dated in 1845. The Methodist
Episcopal church was organized there by Rev.
Thomas M. Kirkpatrick, in 1843. In 1854
the Ashland Seminary was established. It was
tinder the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and was the first school of that char-
acter in the county. It was managed by a
board of trustees, and Lewis Dwight, for many
j'ears a teacher in Greencastle College, Indiana,
was engaged as principal. They had a good,
substantial building of brick, 30 by 50 feet,
and two stories high. There was a famous
bank, and many other metropolitan institutions.
In 1856 the place had three stores, a steam
mill, a hotel (kept by Thomas Ping), two

churches (Methodist Episcopal and Meth-
odist), two physicians and a wagon and cooper
shop. The town is now no more. Most of the
lots are annually cultivated as farms. The
failure to secure railroad lines killed the place.

Eldon is situated on the north bank of the
Des Moines River, section 27, township 71,
range 12. Eldon owes its origin mainly to the
old Keokuk & Des Moines Vallc). Railway, now
a part of the C. R. I. & P. Railway system. A
flag station was located on the site of the pres-
ent town shortly after the road was opened,
and named "Ashland Crossing." Subsequently,
the little place was called "AVilliamsburg," and
a postoffice established there, with Bert. Loftus,
postmaster. In 1861 William Riordan settled
on the site, and, with John Flynn, Timothy
Ryan, Jere Keiff, and perhaps a few others,
formed the beginning of the town. William
Flint put up a sawmill. So the prospects of
the place improved, and when the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad pushed its
southwestern division to this point, the fate of
the town was decided. In 1870 the town of
Eldon was laid out by Judge J. M. Love, Col.
George Gillaspy, Hon. Edward Johnston, Col.
William Leighton and George AA'illiams. The
platting and surveying was done b^• O. Bald-
win, of Keokuk. Among the first to settle there
were James Bradley, Peter Mulvany, Martin
Dooley, John Donohoe, W. H. Cross, Ed.
Dibble, Patrick Russell, J. C. Nelson, and
others.

In 1872 Eldon was incorporated. The first
officers were : D. K. Taylor, mayor ; John

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Donohoe, A. L. Twing, Adam Blair, J. C. Nel-
son and F. X. Kopper, trustees; Ed. Dibble,
recorder; Peter Mulvany, treasurer.

The Catholic, Methodist Episcopal, Congre-
gational and Baptist churches are well repre-
sented in Eldon. Eldon is justly proud of its
public schools.

The postoffice was established at EH don in
1870. E. T. Cummins was the first postmaster.
E. T. Roland was the second incumbent of
that office; the latter is now deputy postmaster
under Hon. AV G. Crow.

The newspaper record was hard to obtain,
but it is believed to be substantially correct, as
given : First came the Eldon Herald, estab-
lished by Mr. Mprehouse, in i.he summer of
1873. The effort failed after about three
months' trial. Then came the Eldon Mes-
senger, the publication of which was started
about November i, 1875, by Mr. Messick, but
this lasted only through six or seven weekly
issues. Then appeared the Eldon Times, under
the charge of Dr. J. E. Alverson, and a good
paper he made of it, too, a fact attested by the
life of the little journal. In June, 1876, Tunis
Bentley became editor and ran the paper until
July 2 1 St, when he changed the name to that
of the Western Ne-n's. In the winter of 1877-
78 Jesse Markee bought the office, but finally
suspended the paper in April or May, 1878.
The Eldon Rcviezv wag established in 1881 by
E. H. Thomas, now the South Ottumwa post-
master ; he sold out to C. E. & L. R. McKin-
ney, in 1885, who still continue tne publication.
The Eldon Graphic was established July 25,
1891, by George W. Friend and M. P. Duffield.

Mr. Friend purchased Mr. Duffield's interest
in 1893, and changed the name of the paper to
the Eldon Foriun. The paper is prosperous
under Mr. Friend's management.

On August 18, 1850, at the town of Black
Hawk, Van Buren county, opposite lowaville,
Pulaski Lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F., was es-
tablished, with 12 members. The location re-
mained unchanged for more than two years,
when, in October, 1852, the lodge was taken to
lowaville, and the name changed to lowaville
Lodge, No. 28. In 1863 it suspended work,
and so remained until A'lay 26, '872, when 13
n:embers, viz. : W. H. Cross, J. E. Alverson,
B. F. A\'elch, T. M. Taylor, T. P. Kelley, T.
Barnes, T. B. Allen, J. Beatty, E. T. Roland,
D. Yeoder, J. C. Nelson, J. W. Nicholas and
W. H. Nicholas, of Magnolia Lodge, No. 24,
of Agency City, were granted the privilege of
removing the lodge to Eldon, and changing the
name to Eldon Lodge, No. 28 The charter,
in accordance with the above, was granted Oc-
tober 17, 1872, and, on the 27th of December,
of that year, the lodge was removed to Eldon.
There is a post of the G. A. R. md a lodge of
the A. F. & A. M. in Eldon.

The young town has met with more than its
proportion of losses by fire. Ihe first heavy
fire occurred on the morning of November 22,
1875. It broke out in the Valley Hotel, in a
building used as a saloon. The Parker House
adjoining was next to take fire. This building
was not used as a hotel, but two of the lower
rooms were occupied as grocery stores and
some of the upper rooms were also used for
various purposes. The wind changed ana

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threw the flames toward the Ashland House,
which was the property of the C. R. I. & P.
Raih-oad, and was a very fine building, used as
a depot hotel. The railroad ticket office and
freight depot were the next to suffer, and were
entirely consumed. The landlord of the Ash-
land House was the heaviest indi\'idual loser by
this fire. Very little of his personal property
was saved. The total loss l)y the fire was not
far from $10,000. The second hea\'y fire be-
gan June 13, 1876, in J. D. Baker & Son's
store, which was in a building o\^ned by Peter
Faust. The flames were communicated to the
buildings on the southwest, occupied by JJike
Shanahan, thence to William Huston's proper-
ty, and thence to the Iowa Hotel, which was
occupied by N. W. jMcKee. The total loss
was probably about $9,000, with $3,500 in-
surance. In 1 89 1 a fire destroyed a number of
buildings. The losses were as follows : Ritz,
$1,000; George Earhart, $1,500; Dr. J. W.
La Force, $2,000; L. Guggerty, $3,000; De
Ford & Croddy, $1,500; partiahy insured. In
1892 the Phoenix Block was burned, with the
following losses : A. J. Sheffer, $3,000 ; H.
C. Mason, $7,000; William Noviock, $1,800;
Eldon Rcznci^<, $1,000; millinery, etc., $500;
two grocery stores, $1,600; partial insurance.
In 1893 fire destroyed the Depot Hotel, kept by
Mr. Mosely, who lost $3,000; tiie loss on the
building was $2,000; partially insured.

On the night of Februar}' i, 1897, the
Bradley Bank, J. L. Foungker, cashier, was en-
tered by burglars and the safe robbed of
$7,000. Two of the robbers were convicted
and sent to prison.

AGENCY CITY.

The earliest records of the beginning of
Agency City are related in other parts of this
volume. The town owes its origin to General
Street, the Indian agent, who selected the lo-
cality as a suitable place for the Indian agency.
General Street was the. first In^'ian agent, but
he died in 1840, and was succeeded by his sou-
in-law, Major Beach. A sketch of the lives of
these tw(j worthy men is incorporated in this
work. The town began in 1843, soon after
the 'New Purchase" was opened for settle-
ment. The first store was opened by Shaphat
Dwire, who became the first postmaster. Rev.
B. ,\. Spaulding organized a Congregational
church there, in 1844. Rev. Thomas M. Kirk-
patrick organized the fir^t class in Methodist
circles. Olive Branch Lodge, No. 21, A. F. &
A. M., was instituted Jtme 6, 1850; the first
officers were : C. P. Yeoman, M. ; William
Griffin, S. W. ; S. E. Griggs, J. W. ; Luther M.
Davis, S. D.; John Wiley, J. D. ; James AA'eir,
secretary ; John Priest, treasurer ; AA'illiam
Griggs, tiler. Magnolia Lodge, No. 24, I. O.
O. F., was instituted October 27, 1852. The
Encampment was chartered October 21, 1874.
Gen. E. F. AA^inslow Post, No. 107, G. A. R.,
was organized November 28, 1882, and the
following officers installed : Post commander,
Capt. E. G. White; S. V. C, Eugene Chilson;
J. V C, William J. Allen; Q. M., J. T. Rey-
nolds ; surgeon. Dr. D. A. La Force ; chaplain,
W H. H. Smith; O. D., J. O. A. Dawson; O.
G., E. T. Allen; adjutant, H. B. Wagers; ser-
geant major, J. S. Dunbar; O. M. S., H. C.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Humbert. General Winslow took a great in-
terest in this post and made valuable donations
to it. Dr. M. L. Davis is the jDresent adjutant
and contributed the facts relating to the history
•of the post.

The oldest known plat of the town is
-dated November 10, 1848. The charter to the
town was granted by County Judge J. H. Flint,
January 6, 1859. The application for incor-
poration was signed by a committee composed
■of J. O. A. Dawson, B. B. Allen, J. T. Rowe,
Thomas Lyon and Joseph R. Myers. The first
■election was held in March, 1859, and the fol-
lowing named officers were elected : Mayor,
Jesse Brookshire; recorder, J. H. Cartwright;
trustees, J. Q. A. Dawson, Edward Dudley,
Samuel Packwood, M. Hixon, £. D. Blacky
marshal, E. F.. Hoffstatter; treasurer, J. S.
Wheaton. The mayors since that time have
been Gideon Myers, R. Banks, J. T. Rowe,. J.
Q. A. Dawson, Joseph Myers, E. G. AA^hite, N.
A. AVoodford, Eh Allen, AA'illiam Shadford,
AA' D. Horton, Robinson M3'ers, A. Roberts,
A. L. Chamberlin, H. C. Humbert and J. F.
Newell. The following have been the post-
masters since Dwire : Joseph Myers, Dr.
Johnson, H. B. AA'agers, who served fourteen
years, E. T. Sage, J. T. Reynolds, John FuUen
and George L. Nye, who holds the office at
present.

Among those most prominent as citizens of
Agency City and Agency township, there were
Edward and Charles Dudley, AA'alter Connelly,
Hugh Connelly, John FuUen, J. S. Wheaton,
H. C. Humbert, Maj. S. K. Creamer, H. C.

Van Zant, Major Beach, Thomas Wilcoxson,
John Q. A. Dawson, John Phillips, George L.
Nye, David Farnswortth, N. A. Woodford,
Charles Connelly, James Stevens, J. M. Mur-
ray, David Sautbine and George Reynolds and
his sons, J. T., AA^ C. and AA' H. The most
prominent citizen of Agency, who has made a
mark in civil life, was Hon. Charles Dudley,
who was born near Bangor, Maine, September
16, 1 81 3, and died at Agency City, August 25,
1880. Mr. Dudley came to the county in
1844. He represented AA^apello county in the
nth, 1 2th and 13th general assemblies; was
temporary speaker of the 12th assembly;
chairman of the claims committee of the 12th
and 13th, and was a member of the ways and
means committee. He guarded the State treas-
ury so closely that he was given the name of
"Economy" Dudley. In 1871 he was appoint-
ed a member of the board of capitol commis-
sioners, charged with the duty of erecting the
new state house, involving an expenditure of a
million and a half of dollars. In each public
position he served with ability and rugged in-
tegrity. Mr. Dudley was a man of more than
ordinary force of character and was honored
and respected by men of all political parties.
He was a leading member of the Free AA^ill
Baptist church and contributed liberally of his
means to church purposes.

It is a fact not generally known, that the
buildings and improvements of the old Indian
agency were made through the aid of slave
labor. The contractor was a Missourian, who
owned a large number of slaves and he brought

WAPELLO COUNTY SCENERY--Between Sugar Creek and Agency City.

A channel is cut by the water, several inches deep, in the solid rock. It iii an intarestinfi probljni to calculate how manj- years have
elapsed since the rushing rivulet began its work.

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145.

them into the Territory of Iowa and held them
here to service and labor, during the erection of
the agency buildings.

At Agency City, in the Fullen Grove, is
held the annual meeting of old settlers. Those
who have gathered there in the past will not
forget John Fullen, owner of the grove, who
always took such an interest in these reunions.
He was a good citizen in all the word implies.

The first newspaper published at .Vgency
City was the Newsboy, by William Axline, in
1869, which paper was discontinued. The
next paper was the Independent, by C. L. More-
house; in 1875 the paper was managed by AV.
F Moeller. On February 14, 1878, Charles J.
Best became proprietor. During the time -Air.
Best was publisher he published Major Beach's
narrations, and if he had done no more than
this he is entitled to the gratitude of the people
of Wapello county for his thoughtfulness and
enterprise. The paper is no longer published.

EDDYVILLE.

J. p. Eddy, of Warren county, Ohio, was
the first settler on the site of the present Eddy-
ville; he was an Indian trader and opened a
store in 1841, and sold scalping knives, sad-
dles, calico, beads, coffee, sugar and other
articles to the Sac and Fox Indians, who were
located on the Des j\I(jines river. Hard Fish
was chief of the band that was located near
Eddy's trading point. Mr. Eddy had a grant
from the government to 640 acres of land, and
he laid off 160 acres of it into a town plat, and
called it Eddyville. It lies in the corner of

Wapello, Monroe and Mahaska counties. Mr.
Eddy remained there until 1844, when he re-
moved to St. Louis. He was the first post-
master of the town. Mr. Edd} built a school
house and donated it to the town that bears his
name. He converted his Indian trading house
into a store for white settlers, but sold out the
stock to E. D. Fish. Richard Butcher was a
clerk for Mr. Eddy in the trading house days,
and afterward established a store of his own
in connection with William Cox, the firm name
being Butcher & Cox. The first commissioners-
.to represent the county were elected August 18,
1844; they were James M. Montgomery,
Lewis F. Temple and Charles F. Harrow. J.
H. Benedict came to the locality in 1843; he
built a sawmill and was elected justice of the
peace. He joined in marriage the first couple,
— James AA^ilson and Catharine Steele. In
j8/|7 the town had increased to 20 families, and
Benedict built a gristmill, in connection with
his sawmill. Among those who had settled
there were J. T. Wiley, Nicholas Scribner,.
Walter Clement, the sur\'eyijr, AA'illiam Dun-
lap, B. H. Palmer, David Campbell, Robert
Akins, James Amos, Richard Butcher, Dr.
Fish, Milton Fish, \A\ T. Caldwell, Dr. Nosier,
Dr. Ross, Homer D. Ives, William Cox, Mar-
tin Tucker, John B. Gray, Joseph Roberts and
R. \Y. Boyd. •

Martin Tucker opened the first hotel in an
abandoned Indian wigwam ; this was about
1843 or 1844. The first ph}'sicians were Dr.
Ross, in 1843; Dr. Fish, in 1845: and Dr.
James Nosier, in 1846. The first blacksmith-
ing work was done by J. W Caldwell and J,

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T. Wiley. Li 1843 ^ steamboat passed by on
the way to Fort Des Moines, with soldiers for
the post. A. J. Davis ran a flatboat to St.
Louis in 1847, ^.nd in 1849 another flatboat
"sailed" for St. Louis under the command of
Captain Carnes. Li 1855 B. H. Palmer
equipped the "Ben Buster," a sloop-rigged ves-
sel, with sails, laden with produce, and made
the trip to St. Louis and returned after many
days. The first child was born to Mr. and -Mrs.
J. \y. Caldwell ; it was a son, named George.
A\'alter Clement was the first school teacher
and survejfor.

John M. Fish was the pioneer in the lumber
business, in i860; he must have prospered, for
he started the first bank in Eddy vi lie three years
later. Joseph Perry made wagons as early as
1853. There was a pottery conducted by J. M.
McNamee in 1847, which existed until 185 1.
There was a woolen mill in 185'' , conducted by
James Brady; the motive power was oxen, on
an inclined wheel. The first toll bridge was
built in 1855-56, at a cost of $30,000, by a
company consisting of Dr. Nosier, S. A.
A\'elch, Elijah Quillen, H. H. Williams. J. T.
AA'iley, Joseph Roberts, Sr., and J\Iary Ives.

The Eddyville Mutual Institute was or-
ganized in 1849, with such members as Homer
D. Ives, Rev. Hitchcock, Dr. Fish, R. W.
Boyd, W. H. Dunlap, Walter Clement, H. H.
AA'illiams, AA' M. Allison, Robert Coles and
W. H. Cross. The first town election was held
on Monday, May i, 1857. The following offi-
cers were elected: Mayor, Dr. F. H. Buck;
recorder, E. L. Smith; treasurer, F. R. Man-
ning; marshal, Benjamin S. Slemmons.

Mr. Eddy built the first church edifice,
which was free to all denominations. The
Methodists .built in 1848, and erected a brick
church in 1862. Rev. B. A. Spaulding, one of
the "Iowa Band," came in 1844 as a missionary
of theCongregational denomination ;.he labored
until 1849, when he was relieved by Rev.
Hitchcock. Rev. J. G. Schafer, a Lutheran
minister, began his labors in 1844, and in
1855 the society erected a building. The Bap-
tists were organized under Rev. Moses H.
Post, but in 1846 or 1847 ^^ went to Pella,
where he died. Rev. Post was a fair example
of the missionary spirit of the Baptists; prior
to the time he came to Eddyville, he was a
pioneer preacher in Davis county. The Cath-
olics established a church at Eddyville, through
the efforts of Father John Ivreckel ; the first
priest was Father Feely.

The I. O. O. F. Lodge was chartered July
5, 1850, its members then being John Cline,
Dr. AA'^arner, Dr. Buck, AA'illiam H. Diinlap
and AValter H. Cross. The charter and all the
records were burned December 6, 1873, and
in October, 1874, a new charter vras granted.
Eddyville Lodge, No. 74, A. F. & A. M., was
organized June 5, 1856, the charter members
being AVilliam Thompson, \Y. M. ; Thomas
Ogden, D. A\' Corwin, Henry Graves and
James Sherrod. The charter was burned. De-
cember 6, 1873, and renewed soon after. John
AVilcox Post, No-. 138, G. A. R., was organized
February 13, 1883, with the following charter
members : F. M. Epperson, A. M. Lafferty, J.
C. Logan, R. M. Young, W. A. Edwards,
Hiram McKim, D. H. Hudso:i, Silas Chase,

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William Allison,, W. A. York, William Spen-
cer, H. C. Beamer, F. R. Barnett, J. P. Totman,
W. L. Palmer, J. M. Ryan, E. G. Wellman, O.
H. Vance, Samuel Stuart, J. B. Mummert, Na-
thaniel Totman, John Kirkpatrick, H. M.
Sparks, H. G. True, John Jager, J. M. AA'elch.

The public school records were destroyed
by fire prior to 1873. Walter Clement had
taught a school at an early date ; it is on record,
however, that on August 25, 1858, a school
meeting was held. Peter Knox, T. C. Ogden
and Daniel Zollars were present. In 1867 a
school house was built at a cost of $18,000.
Eddyville has always maintained public schools
in line with the march of progress.

J. W. Norris established the first newspa-
per, the Free Press, August 11, 1853; it was
neutral in politics; upon Mr. Norris' retire-
ment, he was succeeded by J. V. Meeker. Ben-
jamin H. Palmer then became proprietor, with
William H. Allison as editor. The paper was
then called the Coniincrcial. Robert McGone-
gal leased the ofBce, and continued the publi-
cation of the Coniincrcial for a time; it was
discontinued after three years of life. J. T.
Cooke then started the Observer, but it soon
ceased to exist. Melick & O' Council started
the Star, published it about three years, and
sold it to Charles Sherman; it was discontin-
ued. In 1868 Melick & Bitner started the In-
dependent, but it soon suspended; the material
was sold to a Air. Straight, who started the
Des Moines Valley Gazette. Maj. John W'il-
cox bought an interest, and Mr. Straight re-
tired; Major Wilcox conducted the paper until
1872, when it was discontinued. In February,

), William L. Palmer, son of Benjamin H.,
established the Advertiser, a Republican paper.
In June, 1865 W. A. Fast and J. T. Sherman
began the publication of the Advance, a Demo-
cratic organ ; it was changed into a Greenback
paper, Mr. Fast retired and A. Cross became
identified with the paper until the office was
destroyed by fire in November, 1873. The
Eddyville Tribune became the successor of all
these publications; it is now in its fifteenth
year and is published by \Y. W DeLong, the
postmaster. Tliere have been so many changes
in the newspapers that it has been \-ery difficult
to obtain accurate information. It is believed
that the above statement is substantially cor-
rect.

Eddyville has been blessed with men who
have been enterprising enough to do all that
seemed necessary for public use's and to supply
public demands. Mills were erected at an early
day, for grinding corn and afterward, wheat.
The Riggs, father and son, have been engaged
in the milling business since 1865 ; in 1867 John
M. Fish, Robert Cooper and George Bliss &
Company built the Star Mills, at a cost of $29,-
000. Manning & Caldwell were the propri-
etors of a pork packing house, in 1865, which
v,-as operated until 1875. B. Walz started a
brewery in 1868, but it no longer exists.

Three fires of considerable magnitude have
afflicted Eddyville. The first occurred in 1866,
destroying the depot buildings ?nd two freight
warehouses, involving a loss of $50,000. On
December 6, 1873, fire destroyed the store of
Fish & Dunlap, the store of Dunlap & Com-
pany, store of S. T. Caldwell, Chamberlin's

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store, and the house of Roberts Brothers. The
depot of the C. R. I. & P. Railroad was de-
stroyed in 1875. Other fires of more or less
importance have occurred since. The fire
which destroyed the stores of Manning & Ep-
person and of D. H. Harper and Mr. Kibley's
bakery, took place April 4, 1888. The bridge
over the Des ]\Ioines River \\'as erected by the
Seevers Manufacturing Company, of Oska-
loosa, in 1887. Samuel T. Caldwell died Au-
gust 25, 1878. The flood of 1851, in the month
of ]May, is memorable in the annals of Eddy-
ville and all the country adjacent to the river.
It is said that the water rose to the height of
35 feet above low water mark, Eddy\'ille was
almost entirely submerged and the people
sought safety on the bluffs and in the upper
story of a mill. In 1861 Johnson, a Virgin-
ian, stabbed and killed Vance; it was the re-
sult of a dispute as to the cause of the Civil
AVar. Johnson was acc[uitted; he was found
dead, two years afterward, by the road side,
about 10 miles south of Ottumwa. There was
another murder committed in 1862, growing
out of war troubles. Harding shot and killed
John Powell, a Kentuckian. Harding was ar-
rested, but escaped and entered the Union
army, where he attained the rank of captain.
In the autumn of 1862 a Mrs. Craven shot and
killed James Humphrey. The woman escaped
by what was regarded as perjury on the part of
a witness, and was not even indicted.

KIRKVILLE.

Kirkville is in Richland township, one of
the first organized (in 1844) in the county, and

is a rich agricultural region. The first re-
ligious society organized was the Methodist
church by Rev. Thomas M. Kirkpatrick, in
1844; the first church building was erected in
1852; the next was dedicated in 1870. Kirk-
ville became prosperous during the period that
the coal mines were operated in that vicinity,
and at one time contained a population of 500 ;
the mines, however, were abandoned and the
town consec[uently decreased in population, but
it will always be a local business center, sit-
uated as it is in a fertile region, where the
farmers are all prosperous. The present pop-
ulation is 402.

DAIILONEGA.

The town of Dahlonega is in the township
of the same name; it originated soon after the
county was opened for settlement, in 1843, ^^^^
became quite a business center, claiming at
one time a population of about 300, with three
stores, a tavern and two small pork packing
houses. Dahlonega at one time aspired to be
the county seat, and petitions were circulated
to effect that purpose, but Ottumwa held the
position that nature designed it to hold, and
Dahlonega languished. It is now but a hamlet,
but it is in the midst of a rich agricultural
region, inhabited by thrifty farmers. It was-
the seat of the famous "Dahlonega Disturb-
ance," which is mentioned elsewhere.

CHILLICOTHE.

This town is in Cass township, on the Des
Moines river, and is connected with the busi-
ness world by the C. B. & Q. Railroad. Ira

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149

February, 1845, -"'^- J- Wicker located on Avery
creek, aiid in 1849 ^^^'^ o"t Chillicothe. The
first house was built for Rev. A. J, Pierce, a
Methodist minister. Mr. Wicker was a Meth-
odist and gave all his influence in favor of that
denomination, which has always been strong
in that vicinity. The region was then a part of
the White Breast Mission, which extended
from Knoxville to, but not including the teri-
tory now embraced in Solith Ottumwa. The
first religious services held in the vicinity of
Chillicothe were conducted by Rev. James F.
New. Revs. William W. Knight and M. H.
Hare were among the early preachers. Rev.
^V. A. Nye was a local preacher of the same
denomination. He was also a merchant in
Chillicothe, and was elected treasurer of Wa-
pello county. A. J. Wicker became the first
postmaster in 1849. The first store estab-
lished was by Peter Young. Afterward W. A.
Nye & Son opened a general store. The Odd
Fellows instituted Chillicothe Lodge, No. 115,
in 1857. The first officers were : D. Hen-
shaw, N. G.; N. W. Dowd, V. G. ; G. AY.
Dickson, secretary; J. H. Griffith, treasurer.
Jacob Myers, J. M. and J. E. Hull were prom-
inent in the lodge as active members in later
years.

BLAKESBURG.

Blakesburg is 14 miles from Ottumwa, in
Adams township, and is the center of one of
the richest agricultural regions in southern
Iowa ; it is also well located, in that it is near
the corner lines of the four counties, Wapello,
Monroe, Davis and Appanoose; it is on Wa-
g

pello county soil, but the people of four coun-
ties have a deep interest in it, because it is the
town where they sell their stock and produce,
where they purchase their supplies, where the
merchants know them as well as though they
lived next door to them. They have been
trading in Blakesburg for many years, and the
more they trade the better are they pleased
and satisfied with Blakesburg business men.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
passes through the town and connects it with
the great business centers. Among the first
settlers was the venerable Daniel Carl, whc
located there in 1847, before there was any
town or thought of a town. Air. Carl sayS'
that the town was laid out in 1852 by The-
ophilus Blake and Cyrus Van Cleve; the first
merchants were Butcher & Van Cleve, and them
came Leighton & AA'arden. The Leighton men-
tioned was the father of A. C. Leighton, of
Ottumwa, and the AA'arden was the venerable
Dr. C. C. AA^arden, also of Ottumwa. ]\Ir. Carl
was justice of the peace in Adams township
thirty-four years. Judge Hendershott often
said that Mr. Carl was the best justice in the
county. Another good old citizen. Capt. S. G,
Finney, who located in the vicinity in 1854,.
lives only about a mile and a half from town,,
but he is in Monroe county ; he and the Hursts
and Sam Swiggett were Marylanders, and were
relatives. Captain Finney has had a career of
ad\'enture; he was an early California argo-
naut, but for many years he has lived quietly
and in peace on his excellent farm. He built
the first brick house in Blakesburg, and it was
built so well that it is now occupied by the

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Blakesbnrg Bank, which, by the wa)', is one
of the soUd institutions of the county. BlaKes-
burg is so well located that there will never be
another town attempted near it; it is growing
now, not rapidly, but steadily, and some of the
Ibuildings would be creditable to any city in
the state; there are several residences that dis-
play excellent taste and architectural beauty.
The Ijusiness houses are commodious and well
:supplied with all that the county demands.
.;Vmong other enterprising citizens may be men-

tioned the Fritz Brothers, Dr. C. N. Udell,
Frank Hardy, son of Captain Hardy, the Tins-
leys, David Jay, William Day and S. L. Co-
hagan. George Upp, who became a famous
portrait painter, was raised in the township;
also Thomas M. Upp, who is now a New York
journalist. Allen Johnston, the distinguished
inventor, whose devices for cutlery work are
used all over America and in Europe as well,
was raised in Adams township.

WAPELLO COUNTY SCENERY--Bet-ween Sugar Creek and Agency City.

THE PHANTOM LADY.
Above the mouth of the cave is the well defined figure of a fashionably dressed woman, formed by the rock and foliat;e.
occasionally disappears, to be again caught by the vision in a remarkable manner. It is in this sense a Puzzle Picture.

CHAPTER. XX

NOTABLE EVENTS

Important Events, Worthy of Record, Chronicled — Laying of the Corner Stone
OF the Carnegie Library Building — Record of the Deaths of Prominent
Citizens of the County — Destructive Fires — Notable Crimes and Their
Punishment.

Gas was introduced in Ottumwa in 1870
by A. E. Swift & Company; they sold tlieir
franchise to tlie Ottumwa Gas Light Company,
— A. E. Swift was president and W. H.
W'hitla, secretary and treasurer. Li 1875 the
franchise and plant were transferred, and E.
Tillottson was president; J. R. Murdock, vice-
president; and Dwigiit Bannister, secretary
and treasurer. On February 12, 1878, Mr.
Bannister became president and acting secre-
tary and treasurer; J. R. Murdock, vice-presi-
dent. On January i, 1899, the franchise and
plant were sold to Dows & Company, the pres-
ent owners.

Board of trade organized in Ottumwa Jan-
uary 13, 1881; T. D. Foster, president.

The wagon bridge over the Des Moines
river at Ottumwa swept away by flood March
26, 1881.

Report of board of trade committee on
Briscoe's Bear Creek gold mine : Assayer's

report, — "Gold, none; silver, none." The
committee was O. M. Ladd, J. G. Meek, S. H.
Harper. January 7, 1882.

John Scott, on August 18, 1883, fell from
the top of the Sax building in Ottumwa, cor-
ner of Main and Green streets, 68 feet, and no
bones were broken; he recovered entirely.

The new opera house was erected in 1890-
91, at a cost of $50,000 ; $5,000 of this amount
was contributed by citizens. The remainder,
or $45,000, was furnished by members of the
Opera House Company, named as follows :
J. FL ]\Ierrill, Samuel Mahon, A. C. Leighton,
A\'. R. Daum, J. W Garner, Charles Bigham
and J. AV. and J. C. Jordan. The opera house
has all the modern improvements. It was
built by the enterprise and public spirit of
members of the company, whose names appear,
and is creditable to the originators and pro-
moters.

The new court house, a stately structure.

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70 by 90 feet, four stories in height, was dedi-
cated with appropriate ceremonies May 17,
1894. The corner stone was laid September
28, 1892. The offices were first occupied
March 13, 1894. The cost of the building,
was $140,000. Capt. \\\. H. C. Jaques pre-
sided at the dedication and made a speech.
Hons. H. B. Hendershott and E. H. Stiles
delivered addresses.

In July, '1896, Charles A. Walsh, of Ot-
tumwa, was elected secretary of the Demo-
cratic national committee, and, after serving
four years, was re-elected in 1900 for the term
of four years.

The most recent old settlers' reunion was
held at Fullen's Grove, Agency City, on Wed-
nesday, September 18, 1901. An address of
welcome was delivered by Mayor Humbert, of
Agency City; this was responded to by Capt.
S. H. Harper, president of the association.
A\''. A. \A'ork delivered the principal address.
There were short addresses also made by J. R.
Burgess, A. Cain, Rev. J. T. Simmons, W. A.
Mclntire, J. G. Meek and Capt. S. B. Evans.
Captain Harper declined re-election, and the
following officers were chosen : President, Ja-
cob Lowenberg ; vice-president, David Jay ;
secretary, A\',. H. H. Asbury ; treasurer, A. H.
Hamilton; historian, J. L. Harmon; execu-
tive committee, George L. Nye, W. A. Mc-
lntire, David Jay, S. H. Harper, Elijah John-
son. The township \-ice-presidents are as fol-
lows : Agency, J. F. Newell ; Highland,
George VV. Buckner ; Pleasant, Samuel Mc-
Clurg ; Cass, John Swope ; Adams, John Heck-
art; Keokuk, John McMillan; Richland, J. N.

Barker; Competine, George W. Dickins:
Dahlonega, John Giltner; Center, Capt. S. B.
Evans; Washington, L. F. Newell; Columbia,
Abraliam Stuber; Green, Samuel Randall.

McKinley memorial services were held at
Trinity Episcopal church Sqjtember 19, 1901,
where Mayor Pickler delivered a short ad-
dress, which was followed by a sermon by the
rector. Rev. J. Hollister Lynch. Requiem
mass was celebrated by Rev. Father J. O'Far-
rell, of St. Patrick's church, assisted by Rev.
Father Flenry Manniett, of the Sacred Heart
church, and Rev. Father James McGillin, as-
sistant priest of St. Mary's. Union memorial
services were held at the opera house at 2 :30
p. M., where the following program was
carried out : Scripture reading by Rev. J.
Hollister Lynch; prayer by Rev. Gunberg; ad-
dresses by Capt. J. G. Hutchison, Rev. Father
J. O'Farrell, Capt. S. B. Evans, Hon. A. M.
Roberts. The opera house was crowded to
its utmost capacity. There was appropriate
music. The benediction was pronounced by
Rev. F. F. Stoltz, pastor of the First Presby-
terian church.

Rev. F. F. Stoltz was formally installed as
pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of Ot-
tumwa, on Sunday, September 22, 1901. Rev.
Dr. F. W. Hinitt preached the sermon and
conducted the ceremonies. Rev. Dr. J. M.
McElroy, of Ottumwa, delivered the charge
to the new pastor; Rev. H. B. Knight deliv-
ered the charge to the members of the church.
Prayer was ofifered by Rev. D. A. Murray.
Mr. McElroy was the first pastor of the church
and still lives in Ottumwa. Mr. Knight was

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the second pastor, and is now connected with
the Presbyterian College at Fairfield, Iowa.
Dr. Ely, now of Des Moines, was the third
pastor. Dr. Hinitt was the fourth pastor, and
is now president- of Parsons College at Fair-
field.

CORNER STONE OF THE C.\RNEGIE LIBRARY
BUILDING LAID.

The following account of the laying of the
corner stone of the Carnegie Library building
in Ottumwa is from the Ottuinn.<a Daily Demo-
crat of September 21, 1901. In this account
is a complete history of the building, its incep-
tion, the names of the trustees and other mat-
ters of interest concerning this important event
in the history of the county :

Not more than 100 persons witnessed the
laying of the corner stone of the Carnegie
Library building to-day. The audience con-
sisted of the members of the board of trustees,
the workmen employed on the building, a few
semi-interested citizens and two representatives
of the city press. There were no ceremonies
of any sort.

The stone had been placed almost in posi-
tion earlier in the day by the workmen, and
when the board members expressed readiness
for the work to proceed Superintendent W. L.
Wilson signaled for the engineer to "bring
about the boom," and the mammoth arm
swung tO' a position directly over the stone.
The block and tackle was lowered, the "tongs"
were fitted to the stone and the engineer was
•given a signal to- "hoist away." The stone

was raised a few inches, the bricks were taken
from beneath it, and A. H. Ray, of Kansas
City, one of the masons employed on the build-
ing, spread the mortar. Then the stone was
lowered again under the direction of Superin-
tendent Wilsun. This was at 10:34 o'clock,
and three minutes later it had been "trued"
and the stone was pronounced by Superintend-
ents AVilson and AA'ithall as "laid." The
faces of the stone presented to view are each
two feet and four inches long by 15^/2 inches
in thickness, and they bear the simple figures
"1901."

The tin box, which the stone is to con-
tain, was officially closed by President J. T.
Hackworth at 10:21 o'clock, and later it was
taken to a tinner by Superintendent George
Withall and hermetically sealed. Its contents
are: A copy of the Ottumn'a Daily Democrat
and supplemental portraits of the late Presi-
dent William McKinley and Mrs. McKinlev;
copies of the Ottunizca Daily and Weekly
Courier, Otfumzva Journal, Ottimn^.<a Satur-
day Nezus, Ottumz^'a Independent, Saturday
Herald; library ordinance passed by the city
council ; copy of Mr. Carnegie's letter, agree-
ing to donate $50,000 ; several coins of the fol-
lowing denominations and dates — dollar,
1896; half-dollar, 1900; quarter, 1899; dime,
1900; nickel, 1900; penny, 1901 : Coal Palace
coin, 1901 ; Columbian building medal, AA''orld's
Fair, 1893; a marked Master Mason's penny;
and the following history of the library, pre-
pared by S. P Hartman :

"On December 25, 1899, Robert H. Moore,
wrote Andrew Carnegie, New York, asking if

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he would not include Ottumwa, Iowa, in the
list of cities to \vhich money would be donated
for a public library building. On January 6,
1900, Mr. Carnegie made reply, asking if the
city would provide an annual income of $5,000
for maintenance if he would make a donation
of $50,000 for the building, to which Mr.
Moore replied, expressing Ottumwa's willing-
ness to comply with the conditions. On Jan-
uary 13, 1900, ]\lr. Carnegie replied, saying-
he would donate $50,000 for the erection of a
library building in Ottumwa, Iowa.

"On Alay 16, 1900, a public meeting was
held, at which time a recjuest was formulated
and sent to the city council. On ]\'Iay 21,
1900, a resolution calling for a special election,
providing for the maintenance of a public li-
brary by taxation, was referred to the city
council. On June 4, 1900, the city council
adopted a resolution calling a special election
to be held June 19, 1900. Election held. The
report of election showed the library proposi-
tion to have carried by a majority of 240
votes. On July 2, 1900, an ordinance, pro-
\iding- for the establishment and maintenance
of a public library, was introduced in the coun-
cil.

"On July 20, 1900, Judge Eichelberger de-
clared the election held June 19, 1900, illegal
on technical grounds. August 6, 1900, the
citizens, b}^ petition, asked the council to call
another election. On September 3, 1900, the
city council adopted a resolution ordering a
special election to be held September 24, 1900,
for the establishment and maintenance of a
public library in the city of Ottumwa, Iowa.

On October i, 1900, full returns from the
special election were canvassed by the city
council, and the library proposition was shown
to have carried by a majority of 534 votes.

"October i, 1900, the mayor named J. T.
Hackworth, W. A. Mclntire, C. M. Myers,
F. W. Simmons, George Withall, C. P. Brown,
D. E. Chisman, J. J. Smith and S. P. Hart-
man as a board of library trustees. The nom-
inations were confirmed by the council.

"On October 3, 1900, the library trustees
met at the city hall for the purpose of organiz-
ing. The oath of office was administered by
r\Ia}-or T. J. Phillips. Permanent organiza-
tion was effected by the election of J. T. Hack-
worth as president and S. P. Hartman as sec-
retary. Andrew Carnegie, being furnished
with a complete copy of the various proceed-
ings, replied January 3, 1901, that he had in-
structed his cashier to honor the draft of the
proper persons to the extent of $50,000, which
sum should be used for the construction of a
library building.

"Grounds for the building were purchased
from the estate of AMlliam Daggett, deceased,
for the sum of $7,000, and architects were in-
vited to submit plans and specifications for a
suitable library building. The drawing sub-
mitted by Architects Smith & Gutterson, of
Des Moines, Iowa, was accepted March 15,
1 90 1. Contract for the construction of the
building was let to Bartlett & Kling, of Keo-
kuk, Iowa, Alay 15, 1901, and the contract for
the plumbing and heating was let to the firm
of AA'ise & Thompson, of Ottumwa, Iowa, on
the same date.

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"George Withall, of Ottumwa, Iowa, was
superintendent, representing the board of trus-
tees. \y. L. Wilson, of Chicago, Illinois, was
superintendent of construction, representing
Bartlett & Khng, of Keokuk, Iowa.

"The corner stone of the building was laid
September 21, 1901.

"Signed: J. T. Hackworth, S. P. Hart-
man, F W. Simmons, W. -V. Mclntire, D. E.
Chisman, C. ;\I. M}-ers, George Withall, J. J.
Smith and C. P. Brown. (Last two by S. P.
Hartman, secretary.)"

RECORD OF THE DEATHS OF PROMINENT CITI-
ZENS OF THE COUNTY.

AV /v. Jordan, founder of the mercantile
house of \Y. A. Jordan's Sons, at Ottumwa,
died May 26, 1873, aged fifty-three years. He
came here in 1868. Mr. Jordan was a man of
great business ability, and possessed, as well,
of wide information on general subjects. He
was well versed in the laws pertaining to busi-
ness, and had a general knowledge of legal
principles, which he acc|uired during a suc-
cessful business life.

Col. George Gillaspy died January 30,
1875 ; he was born in Kentucky, July 15, 1814.

\y. H. Resor, ex-mayor of Ottumwa, died
January 2y, 1880. James Hawley, Jr., died
April 20, 1880.

Nathaniel Bell died February i, 1881.
Paul Caster, magnetic healer, died April 18,
1881. Joseph Hayne died July 25, 1881. Dr.
J. L. Taylor died July 30, 1881. Dr. James
Nosier died at Eddyville, August 16, 1881.

J. W. Norris, at one time editor of the Ot-
tinnz^'a Courier, died March 3, 1882.

Simon Chancy, at one time sheriff, died
June 12, 1883, in the fiftieth year of his age.

Gen. John M. Hedrick, \\ho died October
3, 1886, was born in Rush count)-, Indiana,
December 16, 1831. He distinguished him-
self in the Ci^•il Wzv as colonel of the 15th
Regiment, bjwa \'olunteer Infantr\-, was
v><:;undecl se\erel_\' at Shiloh, and again on the
2d of Jul)-, 1863, before Atlanta. He was
breveted brigadier general for his gallantry in
the field. At the close of the war he returned
home and was made postmaster of Ottumwa
and, afterward, superxisi.r of internal revenue.
He was also one of the editors and proprietors
of the Ottunviva Courier for a time. General
Hedrick inaugurated street railroads in Ot-
tumwa, and was alwa)'s prominent in public
enterprises. He was very prominent in the
movement that secured the C. ;M. & St. P.
Railway for Ottumwa. His death resulted
from paralysis, superinduced by wounds re-
ceived in battle.

Thomas J. Potter, \-ice-president of the
Union Pacific Railroad, died at the citv of
Washington, D. C, Alarch 9, 1888. He was
born in Carroll county, Ohio, August 16, 1840;
his parents were John and Nancy Potter, who
became residents of Ottumwa, and here he
spent several years of his life. He was finally
employed as station agent on the line of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad at
Albia, Iowa, and from that position his rise
was rapid, as well as deserving-. He was at
length made general manager of the Burling-

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Ion system, with headquarters at Chicago, a
position he resigned to assume the place of
vice-president and general manager of the
Union Pacific. It was under his administra-
tion of the affairs of the Burlington road that
it became one of the great sj'stems of the
country; it was under his policy, too, that the
■officials of the road took such personal interest
in the towns and cities reached by that system
.as to give that corporation great influence and
popularity among the people. This policy
survi\'es and is manifested among all the offi-
cials of the road who' come in contact with the
people.

J. W. Dixon, who represented ^YapeIlo
county twO' terms in the Iowa legislature, and
was secretary of the State Senate, and a prom-
inent lawyer, died January i, 1889.

John Gurley Baker died at Ottumwa Jan-
uary 17, 1890, aged seventy-iive years. Mar-
tin Dickens died in Competine township March
I, 1890, aged seventy-eight years. John \V.
Hedrick died July 4, 1890; he served as a
member of the general assembly from Wapello
county.

P. G. Ballingall died at sea, off the coast
of China, while on a tour around the world,
on March 7, 1891 ; his body was taken to
Hong Kong and buried temporarily, but the
remains were finally brought to Ottumwa and
buried in the cemetery. The funeral cere-
monies were largely attended by citizens of*
the county and by sympathizing friends from
other parts of the State. Colonel Ballingall
served four years in the State Senate from Wa-

pello county and several terms as a member
of the city council of Ottumwa.

E. L. Burton, a prominent lawyer of Ot-
tumwa, and who served two terms as judge of
the District Court, died January 22, 1895.

Col. . Dwight Bannister, a gallant officer
in the Union army, died January 30, 1899, at
Ottumwa. J. W. Mclntire, ex-sheriff of Wa-
pello county, died at Ottumwa, February 18,
1899, aged forty years. Paris Caldwell, one
of the first settlers in the county, died at Ot-
tumwa, March 5, 1899, aged eighty-one years.
Rev. John Kreckel, the oldest Catholic priest
in Ottumwa, died June 19, 1899. Lewis
Hills, Union soldier and business man, died
at Ottumwa, July 14, 1899. A. L. Graves
died at Ottumwa, July 15, 1899, aged seventy-
seven years. Dr. T. J. Douglass, of Ottumwa,
eminent as a physician, died September 2, 1899.
Aaron Melick, newspaper writer, died Oc-
tober 13, 1899, at Ottumwa. George Gris-
wold died November 21, 1899, at Ottumwa.
Saumel D. Pierce died November 25, 1899,
aged seventy-two years.

AV. S. Coen, of Ottumwa, lawyer, died
January 25, 1900, aged fifty-three years.
William Daggett, a prominent business n:^an,
died at Ottumwa, February 26, 1900, aged
se\'enty years. Joseph M. Kiser died April
29, 1900, aged sixty-two years; he had lived
in Y'apello county thirty-six years. Daniel
Zollars died at Ottumwa, September 3, 1900,
aged ninety-t\\-o years; he had lived in Wa-
pello county forty-six years. Y". T. Harper,
Sr., died October 15, 1900, aged sixty-seven

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years ; he had Hved in Wapello county forty-
six years.

John Fullen died January 2, 1901, aged
sixty-eight years; he had lived in Wapello
county forty-two years, the greater part of
the time at Agency City. Frank O'Neill died
February 7, 1901, aged sixty-six years. G. A.
Roemer died March 21, 1901, at Ottumwa,
aged eighty- four years ; he had lived in Wa-
pello county fifty-six years. David Gephart
died June 21, 1901, aged eighty-two years; he
had lived in Wapello county fifty-two years.
Dr. B. F. Hyatt, member of the city council of
Ottumwa, died June 29, 1901, aged sixty-
three years; he had lived in Wapello county
thirty-two years. Rev. Charles E. Brown
died July 23, 1901, aged eighty-eight years;
he had lived in Iowa fifty-nine years. Edwin
Manning, a citizen of Keosaucjua, but owner
•of a majority of stock in the Iowa National
Bank, of Ottumwa, died at his residence in
Keosauqua, August 16, 1901, at the age of
ninety-one years. W. W. Pollard, an honored
citizen of Ottumwa, was stricken with death in
St. Mary's Catholic church on Thursday,- Sep-
tember 19, 1901, whither he and his wife had
gone to attend the memorial services relating
to the burial of President McKinley. He was
about sixty-seven years of age, and was an
■elder in the First Presbyterian church.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.

The fire of October 30, 1868, was a great

■calamity to Ottumwa. When the comparative

infancy of the town is considered, the appall-

ing character of this conflagration will be un-
derstood. Twenty-two buildings in the heart
of the city were consumed, involving a loss of
about $400,000. The fire was discovered at
I o'clock Friday morning, October 30, 1868,
•in Charles Betts' hat and cap store, on the
south side of Main street. Those who suf-
fered by the fire were J. A. Schworm, Henry
& Haw, J. Prugh & Company, F. W. & J.
Hawley, Cope & Porter, \V C. ]\Ioss, Jr., &
Company, T. Neville, C. C. Peters & Com-
pany, D. M. Harmon, Thomas Devin & Son,
H. C. Grube, Adolph Kaiser, Clark & Tuttle,
H. Nunamaker, J. G. Meek, J. Leighton,
George Brandenburg, F. W. Smith, Charles
Betts, W. D. Earl & Brother, Michael Ma-
guire, J. Loomis, Dr. C. C. Warden, Shreve
& Yates, L. Danbaum, Dr. J. L. Taylor, J. W.
Huggins, E. Wjashburn, P C. Daum, James
Hawley, Sr., George Godfrey, William Kraner
and others. The total insurance was $225,-
000.

A fire occurred January 22, 1873, which
destroyed about $142,000 worth of property.
It originated in the third story of the building
occupied by W. A. Jordan & Sons in the Union
Block, as a clothing store and tailoring estab-
lishment. The block was the pride of the
city, and in less than three hours it was a mass
of ruins. The flames communicated to all
parts of the block, and involved the loss of
property owned as follows : D. Eaton, on the
corner of Main and Green streets, loss $8,000;
insured for $5,500. Eatan & Arthur, furni-
ture, loss $5,000 ; insured for value. J. H.
Merrill, building, loss $7,000 ; insured for

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$5,000. J. H. Merrill & Company, groceries,
loss $25,000; insured for value. W. A. Jor-
dan & Sons, building, loss $7,000; insured for
$3,000; loss on dry goods, $20,000; insured
for \'alue. A. Simpson, building, loss $7,000 ;
no insurance. Egan & Harper, hardware,
loss $12,000; insured for $10,000. R. N.
Harlan, building, loss $7,000 ; insured for $4,-
000. S. B. Fuller, dry goods, loss $3,000 ; in-
sured for $2,000. J. AV & G. .\. Huggins,
building adjoining the Union Block, loss $15,-
000; insured for $9,000. 1 he Harlan Build-
ing was occupied by Mrs. Frances AA'illiams
and Miss Mary King as millinery shops, — loss
$500 ; also I33' ]\Ir. Friedlander as residence, —
loss $400; and by J. M. AA'allace as a photo-
graph gallery, — loss $1,000. No insurance on
any of the following losses: Dr. H. B. Sisson
lost his dental furniture, value $800, and J. W.
Da\'}', clothing, etc., value $400, in the Jdrdan
Building. W. B. Ketcham & Company, gro-
cers, had a stock in the rear of Eaton & Ar-
thur's building, which was damaged to the
extent of $1,000.

The most destructive fire, involving the
greatest loss, was that of the Morrell Packing
House, on the 12th of July, 1893; the loss
was $600,000, with partial insurance. This
fire was a public calamity ; citizens regarded it
as their own calamity individually ; the destruc-
tion of property was so great that many de-
spaired and feared that the great packing
house would never be what it was again; but
T. D. Foster, the manager, never despaired;
he employed gangs of men the next day to
clear away the wreck preparatory to rebuild-

ing, and in a comparatively short space of
time the packing house was in full running
order, better equipped that ever before. It
may be recorded here, as well as in any other
place, that the Morrell Packing House was
established here without a dollar of assistance
in the way of a subsidy. It has used only the
capital of the company in all its operations, and
has been generous in donating to the aid of
all worthy public enterprises.

NOTABLE CRIMES.

The murder of Laura J. Harvey and
George Lawrence on or about March 28, i860,
by Benjamin A. McComb \\as an atrocious
crime that caused great excitement among'
A'Vapello cotmty people: The murderer hauled
the bodies of his victims several miles, and at
last threw the woman's body in the river, and
Lawrence's body was found in one of the ra-
vines between Ottumwa and Agenc}- City.
McComb was captured March 2, 1864, tried
and found guilty ; he appealed to the Supreme
Court. On the day that he was to have been
hanged, by sentence of the lower court, viz :
July 2y, 1864, a mob took him from the jail
and to the eastern limits of the city, and had
the rope around his neck, when three or four
determined citizens dashed in, cut the rop_e and
released him. McComb was finally hanged by
legal process, February 17, 1865, in the jail-
yard. He died, protesting his innocence, but
within a few months a pamphlet, purporting
to be his confession, appeared.

Another atrocious murder was committed

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near Eddyville, in June, i860, by John Kep-
hart, who was moving the W'ilHs family, con-
sisting of the parents and three children, from
Jefferson county to Missouri. He murdered
AVilliam Willis, the husband, by poison, and
killed the wife and two children \vith an ax
and hammer. James, one of the bo}'S, escaped.
Kephart was captured and hung l)y a mob in
Jefferson county, near where the bodies were
found, on July 5, i860.

Albert M. Logan, a policeman, was shot
and killed by John Smith, on June 28, 1875.
Smith was captured immediately and placed in
jail. The next day he was brought to the city
hall for preliminary examination before Jus-
tice Fetzer. He was duly committed. As the
officers were on their way with him to the
jail, however, he was taken forcibly by a mob
and hanged to a lamp-post directl)' in front
of the city hall.

Pleas. Anderson was arrested June 9, 1883,
for the murder of Christopher ]Mc.\llister, on
November 6, 1882, near Blakesburg. An-
derson was hanged by a mob in 1885, near
Blakesburg.

Adolph Neise was arrested for the mur-
der of his wife and infant child. The house
was set on fire and their bodies consumed, on
the night of February 22. 1893. Neise was
tried and acquitted, but he immediately left
the county.

On the night of May 26, 1893, J. L.
Chamberlin was "slugged" on the head and

died on the 29th of May. No arrest was
made.

Thomas Lloyd, a mining boss at Keb, was
shot and killed by Amelia Darby, on June 27,
1893. She was tried, found guilty and sen-
tenced to the penitentiary, but was pardoned
out a few years later.

On the 2 1st day of November, 1893, one
F O. Johnson, whose name was tattooed on
his arm, was arrested tmder the name of Gust-
afson, charged with the crime of rape, on the
person of a little girl not more than five years
of age. He was arrested by the city authori-
ties of Ottumwa and placed in jail, but an in^
formation was filed before Justice Tr^^iitt the
next day, and he was brought to the office of
the justice for examination. While he was
there he was seized by a mob, a rope was
placed around his neck, tied to the railing of
the outer stairway of the Ennis building, cor-
ner of ^Market and Alain streets, and he was
hurled into space and choked to death. Dr.
La Force, who was mavor at the time, exerted
himself to save the man, but was powerless.
There are grave doubts expressed as to the
guilt of the victim; there are those who affirm
positiveh' that he was not the guilt}- one, while
others are ec|ually certain that he was guilty.
This was the last hanging by a mob that has
taken place in the county. It is believed that
public sentiment would not now tolerate such
violence and contempt of Islw.

CHAPTER XXI

WAR RECORD— CIVIL WAR

Taken Principally from Adjutant General's Reports.

ABBREVIATIONS.

.Adjt Adjutant

Art Artillery

Bat - . Battle or Battalion

Col Colonel

Capt Captain

Corp Corporal

Comsy Commissary

•com commissioned

cav cavalry

■ captd captured

desrtd deserted

disab disabled

disd discharged

e enlisted

excd exchanged

inf infantry

inv invalid

I. V. I Iowa Volunteer Infantry

kid killed

Lieut Lieutenant

Maj Major

m. o mustered out

prmtd promoted

prisr prisoner

Regt Regiment

re-e re-enlisted

res resigned

Sergt Sergeant

trans ,. . . . . transferred

-vet veteran

V. R. C Veteran Reserve Corps

wd wounded

hon. disd honorably discharged

SECOND INFANTRY.

[Note. — Tlic non-veterans of this regiment were
mustered out at expiration of their term of service in
April. May and June, 1864. The veterans and recruits
were consolidated into six companies, known as the
Second Veteran Infantry. The Second Veteran In-
fantry luas consolidated to make a full regiment with
the Third Veteran Infantry, Nov. 8, 1S64, and was mus-
tered out at Louisville, Ky., July iz, i86s.\

Q. M. Alonzo Eaton, com. ist lieut. Co. K May 28,
1861 ; prmtd. Q. M. Aug. 7, 1861.

Company C.

Philip Q. Stoner, e. May 6, 1861, disd. Aug. 11, 1862.
Cox, Samuel, disd. June 13, 1862.
Stamper, G. C, e. Aug. 26, 1862.

Company K.

Capt. Chas. C. Cloutman, com. May 28, 1861, killed at

Fort Donelson.
Capt. Ermon E. Mastick, e. as sergt. May 6, 1861,

prmtd. 2d lieut. Sept. 19, 1861, prmtd. ist lieut. Nov.

I, 1861, prmtd. capt. Feb. 16, 1862.
First Lieut. Jno. E. Mobley, e. as sergt. May 6, 1861,

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

i6i

prmtd. 2d lieut. Nov. i, 1861, prmtd. ist lieut. Feb.

16, 1862, disd. for wds. Aug. 20, 1862.
First Lieut. Geo. W. Blake, e. as sergt. May 6, 1861,

prmtd. 2d lieut. Feb. 16, 1862, prmtd. ist lieut. Aug.

20, 1862, wd. at Corinth.
Second Lieut. Fredk. W. Hawley, com. May 28, 1861,

res. Sept. 14, 1861.
Second Lieut. Thos. K. Raush, e. as corp. May 6, 1861,

prmtd. 2d lieut. Aug. 20, 1862, wd. at Corinth.
First Sergt. R. P. Caldwell, e. May 6, 1861, trans, to

Co. I 1st Iowa Cav.
Sergt. Jas. H. McClure, e. May 6, 1861.
Sergt. Wm. H. Norris, e. May 6, 1861.
Sergt. Wm. C. Holden, e. May 6, 1861.
Sergt. Z. M. Cook, e. May 6, 1861, wd. at Fort Donel-

son, disd. July 7, 1862.
Sergt. S. Kirkpatrick, e. May 6, 1861.
Sergt. Benj. E. Hammitt, e. May 6, 1861, wd. at Ft.

Donelson.
Sergt. Z. McAllister, e. May 6, 1861, disd. May 9, 1862.
Sergt. Edwin Johnson, e. May 6, 1861.
Corp. Jno. Morrison, Jr., e. May 6, 1861.
Corp. Young J. Powell, e. May 6, 1861.
Corp. Jesse Buckner, e. May 6, 1861, disd. Nov. 6, 1861.
Corp. Stephen Osborn, e. May 6, 1861, disd. Sept. 15,

1861.
Corp. S. S. Shearer, e. May 6, 1861, wd. at Ft. Don-
elson, died of wds. March 27, 1863.
Corp. Thos. Gallagher, e. May 6, 1861, wd. at Fort

Donelson.
Corp. Adam L. Saum, e. May 6, 1861, deserted April 29,

1862,
Corp. Wallace Weed, e. May 6, 1861, wd. at Columbus,

Ky., died Jan. 16, 1863.
Corp. H. Deller, e. May 6, 1861.

Corp. W. H. Henderson, e. May 6, 1861, kid. at Corinth.
Corp. D. A. Sergeant, e. May 6, 1861, wd. at Fort

Donelson.
Corp. Jos. Berkey, e. May 6, 1861, kid. at battle of Ft.

Donelson Feb. 15, 1862.
Musician Jas. White, e. May 6, 1861, disd. Aug. s, 1862.
Wagoner Matthias Alcott. e. May 6, 1861.
Ayres, Wm., e. May 6. 1861.
Asman, Louis, e. May 6, 1861.

Bosworth, D. C, e. May 6, 1861, died Oct. 26, 1861.
Brock, F. A., e. May 6, 1861.
Bell, Dora, e. May 6, 1861, disd. Sept. 5, 1861.
Blake, James, e. May 6, 1861, kid. battle Ft. Donelson.

Bossee, Hermann, e. May 6, 1861, deserted July 31,,
1861.

Brooks, Jos., e. May 6, 1861, deserted Sept. 9, 1861.

Coen, John, e. May 6, 1861.

Cole, W. W., e. Sept. 4, 1862.

Coyne, B., e. May 6, 1861.

Cochran, Wm., e. May 6, 1861, died May 22, 1862.

Coffin, Wm. A., e. May 6, 1861.

Comstock, James, e. May 6, 1861.

Chadd, Daniel, e. May 6, 1861.

Chadd, Wesley, e. May 6, 1861.

Cook, David, e. May 6, 1861, wd. at Fort Donelson.

Day, Elias, e. May 6, 1861.

Drake, Wilson, e. May 6, 1861, died at Corinth, Miss..

Durbin, Levi, e. May 6, 1861, captd. at Corinth Oct. 5,
1862.

Dewitt, Jas. P., e. Dec. 14, 1863.

Davis, Nelson, May 27, 1861, disd. July 29, 1862.

Enslow, Daniel T., e. May 6, 1861, died at St. Louis.

Elerick, Shannon, e. May 6, 1861.

Fulton, M., c. Dec. 21, 1863.

Goodall, Wm. H., e. May 6, 1861, wd. at Ft. Donelson.

Gee, Wm. M., e. May 6, 1861, disd. Feb. i, 1862.

Grubby, W. B., e. May 6, 1861, disd. Dec. 28, 1861.

Graves, Geo. W., e. May 6, 1861.

Graves, Alfred H., e. May 6, 1861, disd. Nov. 6, 1861.

Goulden, M., c. Dec. 19, 1863.

Harrison. S. F., e. May 6, 1861, died at Ft. Donelson.

Holmes, T. D., e. May 6, i86r, wd. at Ft. Donelson.

Hampton. John, e. May 6, 1861, kid. at Ft. Donelson.

Harper, Geo., e. May 6, 1861, died Jan. 9, 1862.

Harper, James, e. May 6, 1861, disd. Nov. 6, 1861.

Kilpatrick, B., e. Dec. 12, 1863.

Kirkpatrick, W. T., e. May 6, 1861, kid. at Ft. Don-
elson.

Krutz, John R., e. Sept. 30, 1862.

Lyon, R. E., e. May 6, 1861.

Lottridge, George, e. May 6, 1861.

Lankford, H. C, e. May 6, i85i, disd. Sept. 14, 1862.

Martin, C. L., e. May 6, 1861.

McGuire, Wm., e. May 6, 1861, died Sept. 17, 1861.

McDonough, Geo., e. Sept. 2, 1862.

Manro, N. F., e. May 6, 1861, disd. Dec. 19, 1861.

Phillips, Samuel, e. May 6, 1861.

Phillips, Bosler, e. Sept. i, 1862.

Parker, Geo., e. May 6, 1861, disd. April i, 1862.

Reed, Wm., e. May 6, .1861.

Reams, C. F., e. Dec. 14, 1863.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Rupe, John, e. May 6, 1861, disd. Oct. 31, 1861.

Sterling, Jos., Sept. 2, 1862.

South, M., e. Sept., 1862.

Thompson, A. S., e. May 27, 1861, wd. at Donelson,

disd.
Thallheimer, S., e. May 6, 1861.
Trim, Wm. E., e. May 6, 1861.
Vance, Jos. H., e. May 6, 1861.

Varner, Jas., e. May 6, 1861, disd. Oct. 9, 1862, disab.
Wishart, E. H., e. May 6, 1861.
Woodward, Jas. M., e. Sept. 4, 1861.
White, A. M., e. Sept. 16, 1862.

COMPANY TJNKNOWN.

Carroll, B. F., e. Feb. 22, 1864.
French, Morris, e. Aug. 16, i862.\
Thorp, N. P.

SECOND VETERAN INFANTRY.

Q. M. Alonzo Eaton, com. Aug. 7, 1861, from 2d Inf.
capt. and A. Q. M. U. S. V. June 30, 1864.

Company A.

Sylvester, John W., e. May 3, 1864.

Company C.

Second Lieul. Thomas K. Raush, com. Aug. 20, 1862,
from Co. K, 2d Inf., May 21, 1864, kid. at Atlanta.

Company G.

Stamper, G. C, e. Aug. 29, 1862.

Company K.

First Lieut. Sanford Kirkpatrick.

Sergt. William C. Holden, e. May 6, i85i, vet. Dec. 25,

1863.
Corp. Young J. Powell, e. May 6, 1861, vet. Dec. 25,

1863.
Corp. T. D. Holmes, e. May 6, 1861. vet. Dec. 25, 1863.
Coen, John, e. May 6, 1861.
Childers, P. R., e. Nov. 25, 1861.
Cole, William W., e. Sept. i, 1861.
Day, Elias, e. May 6, 1861, vet. Dec. 25, 1863.

Farnsworth, William, e. Feb. i, 1861.

Gallagher, Thomas, e. May 6, 1861, vet. Dec. 28, 1863.

Graves, George W., e. May 6, 1861, vet. Dec. 25, 1863.

Hascal, Samuel, e. Jan. 15, 1864.

Kirkpatrick, Wade, e. Feb. 24, 1864.

Krutz, John R., e. Sept. 30, 1862.

Lyon, R. E., e. May 6, 1861, vet. Dec. 25, 1863.

Lockwood, J. W., e. Jan. 24, 1864.

Locker, W. H., e. Sept. 8, 1862.

McDonough, George, e. Sept. 2, 1862.

Mick, Henry, e. Feb. 19, 1864, died at Chattanooga,

Tenn.
Phillips, Bosler, e. Sept. i, 1862.
Sterling, Joseph, e. Sept. 2. 1862.
South, Michael, e. Aug. 20, 1862.
Sheppard, D. M., e. March 31, 1862.
Thallheimer, S., e. May 6, 1862, vet. Dec. 25, 1863.
Wishart, E. H., e. May 6, 1862.
White, A. M., e. Sept. 16, 1862.
Woodward, J. M., e. Sept. 4, 1862.
Wykoff, S. D., e. Jan. 16, 1862.

SECOND CONSOLIDATED VETERAN INFANTRY.

Company A.

First Lieut. Jacob C. Mowrey, e. as private June 8, 1861,
prmtd. to 2d lieut. Jan. 22. 1865, prmtd. to ist lieut.
March 24, 1865.

Critchfield, Elliott, e. June 8, 1861. vet. Jan. 4, 1864.

Company F.

Goodwin, George W., Jan. 6, 1861, vet. Dec. 17, 1863,
disd. July 3, 1865.

Company I.

Ball, H. H., e. May 21, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.

Company K.

First Lieut. Sanford Kirkpatrick, com. Nov. 10, 1864,
from com. sergt.

SEVENTH INFANTRY.

[Note. — This Regiment ivas mnstered out at Louis-
ville July 12, 1865.}

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

163

Lieut. Col. Saml. Mahon, e. as ist lietit. Co. F, July
24, 1861, prmtd. capt. June 12, 1862, prmtd. major
June 13, 1865, prmtd. lieut. col. June 13. 1865.

Q. M. Stiles E. Forsha, com. Aug, 6, 1861, prmtd. ist
lieut. Co. I, capt. and com. of sub.

Com. Sergt. Andrew J. Horton.

Company C.

McDonough, E, C, e. March 31, 1864.

Company D.

Gebel, Geo., e. Feb. 8, 1864.
Gutterman, Jacob, e. Feb. 15. 1864,
Ferry, Ga.

wd. at Lay's

Company E.

Chambers, J. G... c. July 28, 1861.
Doll, Jno., e. July 28. 1861.
Fairchild, H. C, e. July 28, 1861.
Strange, e. July 28, i85i.

Company F.

Capt. Chas. W. Kitteridge, com. July 24, 1861, wd. at

Belmont, resd. June 11, 1862.
Capt. Chas. J. Sergent, e. as private in 1861, prmtd. 2d

lieut. June 12, 1862, prmtd. capt. Aug. 7, 1861, wd.

Aug. II, 1864, died at Ottumwa.
Capt. Peter Hennegin, e. as private in 1861, prmtd. 2d

lieui. Aug. 3, 1864. prmtd. capt. Jvme i, 1865.
First Lieut. Orran S. Russell, e. as private in i85i, wd.

at Corinth, prmtd. ist lieut. June i, 1865.
First Sergt. Wm. W. Farley, e. July 11, 1861, kid. at

Belmont Nov. 7, 1861.
Sergt. Stevens W. Merrill, e. in 1861.
Sergt. Chas. G. Grout, e. 1861, trans, to 3d Ala. A. D.,

asst. 1st lieut. March i, 1864.
Sergt. Hiram Balcom, e. 1861, vet. Dec. 26, 1863, wd.,

disd. June i, 1865.
Sergt. John Hammitt, e. 1861, wd. at Belmont, disd.

Sept. 19, 1862.
Corp. Geo. F. House, e. 1861, disd. Jan. 9, 1863.
Corp. Wm. W. Johnson, e. 1861, wd. at Belmont, disd.

Oct. 20, 1862.
Corp. Seth Sampson, e. 1861, disd. March 25. 1862.

Corp. A. W. Neighbor, e. 1861, kid. at Corinth.

Corp. Cyrus Sumard, e. 1861.

Corp. W. Carroll, e. i85i, captd. at Belmont, Mo.

Corp. E. S. Beardon, c. 1861.

Corp. Wm. H. Litsey, e. 1861, died of wds. May

22, 1864.
Bartlett, Ulysses, e. 1861, wd. at Corinth, disd. Aug.

13, 1863.
Bartholomew, Wm., e. 1861.

Backus, D.. e. Feb. 13, 1864, died at Nashville, Tenn.
Backus, Wm., e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Buckner, C. S., e. Jan. 25, 1864, kid. in battle of

Oostanaula River, Ga.
Brown, C., e. 1861, vet. Dec. 26, 1863, died at Rome. Ga.
Buckner, E., e. Jan. 25, 1864, died at Jeffersonville, Ind.
Bearden, E. W.. e. 1861.
Bridenstine, D., e. Jan. 25. 1864.
Bowman, John, c. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Broadhead, Elisha, e. Feb. 10, 1862, vet. Feb. 11, 1864.
Brown, Ira, e. 1861, vet. Dec. 26, 1863.
Carman, J. B., e. Feb. 10, 1864.
Crossen, F. M., c. 1861, vet. Dec. 26, 1863, trans, to Co.

G, iiith U. S. Inf., as ist lieut.
Cowan, G. G., e. Dec. 25, 1861. vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Evans, Josiah B., e. 1861, kid. in battle of Belmont.
Davis, J. D., e. Dec. 14, 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Davis, Wm. M., e. Dec. 25, 1861, captd. at Shiloh, vet.

Dec. 24, 1863.
Doak, Jno., e. Dec. 16, 1861, wd. at Corinth, vet. Dec.

24, 1863.
Eldridge, John, e. July 11, 1861, died Oct. 26, 1861.
Frank, Joseph, e. 1861, deserted July 25, 1861.
Foster, J. C, e. Jan. 18, 1864.
Gregory, R. C, e. 1861, vet. Dec. 26, 1863.
Godfrey, Wm., e. July 11, i»di, kid. in battle of Belmont.
Godfrey, Lewis, e. 1861, disd. April 2, 1862.
Harris, Aaron, e. Dec. 17, 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Hulls, Silas, e. July 11, i85i, kid. in battle of Belmont.
Hennegin, Jas., e. Feb. 4, 1864. i

Hults, Jno. M;, e. Feb. 6, 1864.

Harness, John, e. 1861, died Oct. 20, 1862, of wds. re-
ceived at Corinth.
Kitterman, J. H., e. Feb. 20, 1864.
Kitterman, Samuel, e. Dec. 16, 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Klumpe, Jno. H., e. July 11, 1861.
Kent, Jas. E., e. Jan. 27, 1864.
Kessler, Geo., e. July 11, 1861, vet. Dec. 24. 1863.
Lewis, Washington, e. July 11, 1861, died Nov. 2, 1861.
Lyle, Jos. R., c. 1861, disd. April 26, 1862.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Long, Esquire, e. 1861, 'vet. Dec. 26, 1863, disd. Aug.
S, 1864.

McDonald, Wm. H., e. 1861, disd. March 28, 1862.

Moser, A,, e. Feb. 20, 1864.

Newell, Isaac F., e. 1861, disd. Nov. 6, 1861.

Pickeral, Wm., e. 1861, captd. at Belmont Nov. 7, 1861,
vet. Dec. 24, 1863.

Rybolt, S., e. Feb. 10, 1864.

Ream, Sam'l M., e. 1861, wd. at Shiloh, was trans, to
Inv. Corps Aug. 13, 1863.

Robinson, John D., e. 1861.

Smith, Geo. L., e. Jan 18, 1864.

Sherley, Jos., e. 1861, wd. at Shiloh, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.

Simmons, A., e. Feb. 20, 1864.

Sales. Stephen, e. July 11, 1861, died Oct. 17, 1861.

Sergent. Wm. G.. e. Feb. 18, 1864.

Swift, A. E., e. Feb. 4, 1864.

Stevens, Ezra, e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.

Smith, Andrew, e. Dec. 5, 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.

Stocker, Daniel, e. Feb. 10, 1862, vet. Feb. 11, 1864.

Thomas, Wm., e. 1861, kid. at Corinth Oct. 4, 1862.

Van Winkle. Alex., e. Feb. 20, 1864.

Voss, Henry, e. 1861, wd. at Belmont and Corinth.

Walden, Calvin, e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.

Wright, Elisha, e. July 11, 1861, kid. at battle of
Belmont.

Wilson, Jas. H., e. 1861, wd. at battle of Belmont, vet.

Dec. 26, 1863.
Wortman, David, e. '1861, disd. Nov. i, 1S61.
Wortman, Wm., e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
White, Geo. H., e. 1861, kid. at battle of Corinth

Oct. 4, 1862.
Wilkee, H. C, e. 1861.
Withered, Henry, e. Feb. 8, 1864.

Company I.

Capt. Jas. M. Irvin, com. Aug. 2, 1861, lieut. col. First

Ala. Vol., A. D.. May 20, 1863.
Capt. Benj. S. Barbour, e. as se.rgt. 1861, prmtd, 2d

lieut. Oct. 3, 1862, prmtd. capt. May 21, 1863.
First Lieut. Charles Gardner, e. as sergt. 1861. prmtd,

2d lieut. Sept. 21, 1861, prmtd. 1st lieut. Oct. 17,

1861, wd. at Belmont and died at Mound City, 111.
First Lieut. Wm. H. Robinson, e. as sergt. 1861, prmtd.

2d lieut. Oct. 17, 1861, prmtd. ist lieut. Nov. 22,

1861, resd. Feb. 26, 1862.
First Lieut. Frank A. Irvin, e. as sergt. 1861, prmtd.

1st lieut. March i, 1862, wd. at Corinth, m. o., Aug.
I, 1864, terra expired.
First Lieut. Geo. W. Lazenby, e. as private 1861, prmtd.

1st lieut. Jan. i, 1865.
Second Lieut. Jno. Wilcox, e. as sergt. 1861, wd. at
Belmont, Mo., prmtd. 2d lieut. Nov. 22, 1861, resd.
Sept. 26, 1862.
Sergt. Jno. T. Wallen, e. 1861, disd. March 28, 1862,

for wds. received at Belmont.
Sergt. Jas. B. Muurmert, e. i86i, disd. July 3, 1862.
Sergt. Levi Baldwin, e. 1861, disd. March 11, 1862.
Sergt. Robt. M. Jones, e. 1861, disd. March 11, 1862.
Sergt. Andrew J. Horton, e. 1861, prmtd. to com. sergt.

Oct. I, 1862.
Corp. Wm. H. Evans, e. 1861, wd. at Belmont, Mo.,

disd. April 28, 1862.
Corp. Jas. H. Long, e. 1861, disd. Dec. 5, i86r.
Corp. Andrew Robb, e. Aug. 11, 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Corp. Jesse Barber, e. 1861, disd. Sept. 14, 186:.
Corp. H. C. Nosier, e. Aug. 11, 1861, wd. at Belmont,

disd. March 28, 1862.
Corp. M. V. Bedel, e. 1861.

Corp. Allen John, e. 1861, disd. March 28, 1862.
Corp. Adams Finley, e. 1861, disd. March 28, 1862.
Blair, Wm. J., e. Feb. 29, 1864.

Burgoyne, T. J., e. 1861, died July 11, 1863. at Keokuk.
Bonham, F. N., e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Billings, S., e. 1861, disd. April 10, 1862, disab.
Beemer, Jos., e. 1861.
Chattin, H., e. Feb. i, 1864.
Cahill, John, e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Clark, Jas. C, e. 1861.

Chambers, J. G., e. Aug. i, 1861, disd. March ir, 1862.
Crespen, Benj. F., e. 1861, wd. at Belmont, Mo., disd.

July 3, 1862.
Cionwell, John B., e. 1861, wd. at Belmont, vet. Dec.

24, 1863.
Culver, Geo., e. 1861, disd. March 29, 1862.
Chidester, Benj. F., e. 1861, wd. at Belmont, disd. Feb.

24, 1862.
Chidester, Jas. A., e. 1861, wd. at Belmont and died

Nov. 13, 1861.
Chattin, Wm., e. June 9, 1863.
Edmonds, M. A., e. 1861, disd. April 28, 1862.
Eastwick, Fred F., e. Nov. 25, 1861, vet. Dec. 2.-;, 1863.
Fields, A. C. e. Jan. 21, 1864, wd. at Lay's Feriy, Ga,,

died at Chattanooga.
Gish, John H., e. Jan. 21, 1864.
Hall, H. H., e. 1861, disd. March 28, 1862.

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165

Harding, W. H., e. Dec. 17. 1863.

Haskulson, Jas., e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.

Janes, J., e. Jan. i, 1864.

King, Jas., e. 1861, kid. in battk at Corinth Oct.

3, 1862.
Lazenby, Cassius, e. 1861, wd. at Belmont, Mo., disd

March 28, 1862.
Lazenbee, Geo. W., e. 1861.
Lawson, Geo., e. 1861.

J^aw.son. Hamilton, e. 1861, disd. Feb. 24, 1862.
McGonigal, J., e. Feb. i, 1864.

McGonigal, Wm. H., e. 1861, kid. at battle of Corinth.
McDonough, Jas., c. 1861.
Myrick, Thos., e. 1861, wd. at Belmont, disd. Dec. 2j.

1861.
Murmert, Jacob, e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Matthews, Levi, e. 1861, died Jan. 15, 1862.
Myers, David, e. 1861, disd. Jan. 15, 1862.
Murray, Jas., e. 1861, kid. at battle of Shiloh.
Noe, Geo., e. 1861, kid. in battle of Belmont Nov. 7,

1861.
North, Livingston, e. 1861, wd. at Lay's Ferry, died,

date unknown.
Olmstead, J. Q., e. 1861.
Olney, H. E., e. 1861, disd. May 11, 1863.
Rice, Preston, e. Aug. 22, 1861, wd. at Fort Donelson,

vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Pike, Z. W., e. Feb. i, 1864, died at HuntsviUe, Ala.
Rhinesmith, W. G., e. Feb. i, 1864, disd. Feb. 20, 1865.
Snow, Albert, e. Aug. 22, 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Snow, F. H., e. Feb. i, 1864.
Secrist, James, e. 1861, died Dec. 3, 1861.
Secrist, Jno. W.. e. 1861, died Oct. 20, 1861.
Strange, Jere, e. Aug. 2, 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Stevens, Geo. W., e. 1861, disd. Sept. 14, 1861.
Scott, J. J., e. July 22, 1861, kid. at Belmont, Mo.
Swinson, N., e. 1861.

Stophee, Jno. H., e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Schwallen, Charles, e. 1861.

Spillman, Thos. I., c. 1861, disd. Sept. 11, 1862.
Tittsworth, S. H., e. 1861, disd. April 26. 1862.
Vance, Wm., e. 1861, disd. Dec. 21, 1861.
Wheeler, Chas., e. 1861, trans, to Co. E.
Woodruff, Jno. W., e. 1861, wd. at Lay's Ferry, died

at Keokuk.
Warner, L., e. i86r, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.
Warner, H., e. 1861, vet. Dec. r4. 1863, captd. Feb.

2\, 1865.
Weese, Sam'l, e. 1861.
10

Weese, Jacob, e. i86r, died Oct. 19, 1861.

Young, Wesley, e. 1861.

Zorns, James, e. 1861, vet. Dec. 24, 1863.

FIFTEENTH INFANTRY.

[Note. — This regiment ivas mustered out at Louis-
ville, Ky., July 24, 186$.]

Col. John M. Hedrick, com. Q. M. Dec. 23, 1861, prmtd.

capt. Co. K Feb. 13, 1862, from ist lieut. Co. D,

wd. at Shiloh, prmtd. maj. Jan. 17, 1863, prmtd.

lieut. col. April 22, 1863, wd. at Atlanta, prmtd. col.

Aug. 18, 1864, brevet brig. gen. March 13, 1865, m.

o. Aug. II, 1866.
Maj. James S. Porter, e. as sergt. Co. D, prmtd. 2d

lieut. Feb. 13, 1862, wd. at Shiloh, prmtd. capt.

Jan. 19, 1863, prmtd. maj. Dec. 15, 1864.

Company C.

Shaw, Wm., e. March 28, 1864.

Company D.

Capt. Gregg A. JNIadison, com. Nov. i, 1861, wd. at

Corinth, resd. Jan. 18, 1863.
Capt. Wm. Fairborn, e. as private Dec. i, 1861. prmtd.

2d lieut. Dec. 15, 1864, prmtd. ist lieut. Jan. 31,

1865. prmtd. capt. April g, 1865.
First Lieut. Charles Smock, e. as private 1861. prmtd.

2d lieut. Jan. 31, 1865, prmtd. 1st lieut. April g, 1865.
Second Lieut. Charles M. I. Reynolds, com. Nov. i,

1861, resd. May 13, 1862.
Second Lieut. William Addelman, e. as corp. Oct. 15,

1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. May 14, 1862, resd. Nov.

27. 1862.
Second Lieut. E. M. Gebhart, e. as corp. Oct. i, 1861,

wd.,and captd. at Shiloh, prmtd. 2d lieut. Feb. 2,

1863, kid. at battle of Atlanta.
Second Lieut. Edward .-V. Chambers, prmtd. 2d lieut.

April 9, 186s.
First Sergt. AVm. N. Brant, e. Oct. i, 1861, disd. May

29, 1863, disab.
Sergt. Benjamin F. Briscoe, e. Oct. 15, 1861, disd. Aug.

14. 1862.
Sergt. Eugene S. Sheffield, e. Oct., 1861.
Sergt. Thomas J. Biggs, e. Oct. 15, 1861, trans. June

10, 1864, prmtd. to 48th U. S. V.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Sergt. F. M. Majors, e. Oct., i86r, disd. April 28,

186s, disab.
Sergt. Joseph Heckart, e. Feb. i, 1862, vet. Feb. 2, 1864,

missing near Atlanta.
Corp. R. M. Wilson, e. Oct., 1861, kid. near Atlanta.
Corp. Geo. W. Buchanan, e. Feb., 1862.
Corp. Edward G. Eastham, e. Jan. 20, 1862, disd. July

II, 1862, disab.
Corp. Wm. Arrick, e. Nov., 1861, trans. June 7, 1863,

for prmtn. to 13th La. Inf.
Corp. W. S. McLain, e. Oct. 15, 1861, captd. at Atlanta.
Corp. John G. HoUoway, e. Oct. i, 1861, wd. at Shiloh.
Corp. John R. Kayburn, e. Oct. 15, 1861, disd. Dec.

16, 1862, disab.
Corp. Samuel P. Reid, e. Feb. 24, 1862, wd. at Corinth,

disd. March 21, 1863, disab.
Corp. Grimes Pennroy, e. Oct. i, 1861, disd. Aug. i,

1862, disab.
Corp. P. M. Bird, e. Oct. i, 1861, trans, to Co. K.
Adams, Hermann, c. Oct. i, 1861.

Arnold, John, e. Oct. 15, 1861, disd. Dec. 16, 1862, disab.
Bendow, E., t. Nov. i, 1863, died at Atlanta.
Bird, Frank, wd. at Corinth.
Bird, Lycurgus, e. Jan., 1862, wd. at Shiloh and Corinth,

wd. and captd. near Atlanta.
Bird, Milton, e. Oct. 15, 1861.
Bosworth, John S., e. Oct. 15, 1861.
Brant. H. W., disd. Aug. 29, 1862, disab.
Buchanan, Samuel, e. Feb. i, 1862, wd. at Shiloh, disd.

June 17, 1862, disab.
Carter, James W., e. Oct. 15, 1861, vet. Nov. 17, 1863,

captd. plac6 unknown.
Casscll, John H., e. March 5, 1862, disd. Dec. 5, 1862.
Clark, Adam.
Clark, Andrew, e. Feb. 24, 1862, wd. at Shiloh and

Corinth, disd. March S, 1863.
Cook, Elijah, e. Feb. 20, 1862, disd. Aug. 27, 1862,

disab.
Cook, John, e. Feb. i, 1862, disd. March 5, 1862, disab.
Crouch, Geo. H., e. Sept. 8, 1862, missing in action

near Atlanta
Deford, Philip, vet. Feb. 2, 1864, captd. near Atlanta.
Elmer, Henry, e. Oct. 15, 1861, died May 15, 1862, of

wds. received at Shiloh.
England, H., e. Feb. 13, 1862, disd. Aug. 20, 1862, disab.
Farlin, Geo. W., e. Oct. 15. 1861, captd. at Atlanta.
Fishburn, D. A., e. Sept. 8, 1862.
Fisher, Wm. IC, died June 5, 1862.
Foster, John, e. Feb. i, 1862, disd. June 17, 1863, disab.

Gates, H. H., e. Oct. 15, 1861.

Gephart, Noah, e. Dec. 31, 1863.

Gillespie, S. A., e. Oct. 15, 1861.

Gray, William, e. Feb. i, 1862, wd. at Shiloh, disd.

June 17, 1862.
Gray, William F., e. Feb. i, 1862, disd. Aug. 13, 1862,

disab.
Green, Albert, e. Jan. 4, 1864.
Hammond, T. W., e. Oct. 15, 1861.
Harding, R. J., e. Oct. 15, 1861, died Jan. 11, 1862.
Hendrickson, J., e. Oct. 15, 1861, died June 16, 1862.
Holmes, J. D., c. Oct. 15, 1861.
Hoover, P., vet. Jan. 29, 1864, captd. at Atlanta.
Hoover, Henry, e. Oct. 15, 1861, vet. Dec. S, 1863.
Houk, Wm., vet. Feb, 28, 1864.
Honts, O. F., e. Nov. i, 1861.
Howard, H., e. M.irch 28, 1864.

Huffman, J., vet. Feb. 21, 1864, disd. July 26, 1865.
Irvin, A. A., e. Dec. 10, 1864.
Jay, R. L., e. March 29, 1864.

Johnson, T. L., e. Dec. 14, 1862, died May 21, 1862.
Ketchum, Wm., e. Jan. i, 1862, died May 30, 1862.
Kreitzer, Adam, e. Jan. 20, 1862, died July 19, 1863.
Kuhns, Samuel, e. Oct. 15, 1861, wd. at Corinth.
Lair, Joseph, e. Oct. 15, 1861.
Leonard, Martin, e. Oct. 15, 1861.
Lewallen, Pleasant, e. Oct. 15, 1861.
Leslie, Thomas, e. Feb. 23, 1862, disd. Dec. 27, 1862,

disab.
Lively, Ellas, e. Jan., 1862, disd. Feb. 18, 1862.
McConnell, Andrew, e. Oct. 15, 1861, vet. Dec. 31,

1863, -wd. and captd. at Atlanta.
McKinley, W. H., e. Dec. 25, 1862, disd. Aug. S,

1862, disab.
McNutt, Wm., e. Oct. 21, 1861, disd. July 11, 1862, disab.
Masserva, Wm., e. Nov. 6, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, vet.

Dec. 31, 1863, captd. at Atlanta.
Marshall, Calvin, e. Oct. 25, 1861, died May 26, 1862.
Marshall, Clark, e. 1861, vet. Jan. 22, 1864.
Marts, Squire, c. Oct. 15, 1861, wd. at Atlanta.
Moore, John, e. Jan. i, 1862, died Jan. 13, 1862.
Morgan, J. E., e. Oct. 15, 1861.
Moss, James, e. April 13, 1864.
Nosier, J. H., e. Oct. i, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, died April

27. 1862.
Neighbors, R., e. Oct. i, 1861, died Jan. 25, i8'i2.
Owen, H. D., e. Oct. i, 1861, disd. Dec. 16, 1862, disab.
Palmer, Thomas, e. Oct. i, i86l, vet. March 22, 1864,

wd. at Ezra Church.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

167

Phillips, F., e. Oct. I, 1861, vet. Jan. 23, 1864, wd.

at Atlanta.
Rayburn, Alex,, e. Jan. i, 1862 disd. Feb. 18, 1862.
Rayburn, M., e. March i, 1862, wd. at Shiloh, captd.

at Atlanta.
Reynolds, E. M., e. Dec. 30, 1863.
Ridnour, W. I., e. Oct. i, 1861.
Rush, Jackson, e. Dec. i, 1861, disd. June 25, 1862,

disab.
Ryan, Joseph, e. Jan. 1, 1862, kid. in battle of Shiloh.
Shaffner, Daniel, e. Jan. i, 1862, died June 6, 1862.
Shaw, Wm., e. March 26, 1864, died Sept. 17, 1864.
Shepard, W. W., e. Feb. 11, 1862, disd. July 11,

1862, disab.
Shirley, John, e. 1861.

Shreeves, Charles, c. Jan. 23, 1862, wd. at Shiloh.
Simmons, B. F., e. Feb. 24, 1862, died July g, 1862.
Smock, Charles, e. 1861, vet. Dec. 31, 1863.
Stewart, J. P., e. Feb. 11, 1862, disd. June 17, 1862, disab.
Thayer, G.

Thomas, Josiah, e. Oct. i, 1861, disd. Sept. 24, 1862.
Tishue, Wm. R., e. Oct. 24, i86r, died June 5, 1862.
Tishue, John, c. in 1861, vet. Dec. 31, 1863.
Trick, Geo. W., e. Jan. 28, 1864.
Turner, Henry, e. Jan. i, 1864.
Vanskike, S., e. in 1861.
Vincent, Jolm D., e. Oct. 3, 1861.
Wade, Absalom, e. Feb. 23, 1862, died Aug. 4, 1862.
Walker, Wm. H., e. in Nov., i86r.
Wallace, Geo. W., e. in 1861.
Ware, Geo. W., e. Sept. 8, 1862, disd. May 18, 1863,

disab.
Wellman, John, e. Nov. 10, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, disd.

Aug. 20, 1862, disab.
Wellman, M., e. Nov. 26, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, died

June I, 1862.
Wilcox, Alfred, e. Dec. i, 1861.
Wilkins, S., e. Feb. i, 1862, wd. at Corinth.
Williams, W. H. H., e. Oct. i, 1861, trans, to Co,

K Feb. 15, 1862.
Wilson, Jos. R., died at Vicksburg.
Winkler,., John W., e. Oct. i, 1861.
Winn, Chas., e. in 1861, vet. Dec. 5, 1863.
Winters, Wm. B., e. Oct. 23, 1861, wd. at Shiloh,

disd. Aug. I, 1862, disab.
Zimmerman, G. W., e. Nov. 10, 1861, wd. at Shiloh,

disd. Dec. 16, 1862, wds.

Company I.
Colenbrander, G. W., captd. at Shiloh, vet. Feb. 20, 1864.

Cramer, John W., e. Nov. 10, 1861, vet. Dec. 5, 1863,

missing at Atlanta.
Elrick, Chas,, e. Dec. 16, 1861.
Van Hout, C, e. Feb. 2. 1862, disd. Aug. 2, 1862.
Zornes, Samuel F,, e. Feb. 20, 1862, vet. Feb. 20, 1864.

Company K.

Capt. Thomas H. 'Hedrick, e. as sergt. Oct. i, 1861,

prmtd. 2d lieut. June i, 1862, prmtd. ist lieut. Oct.

4, 1862, prmtd. capt. Jan. 17, 1863, wd. at Atlanta,

disd. Feb. 8, 1865.
Capt. Wm. B. McDowell, c. as private Oct 15, 1861,

promtd. 1st lieut. July 22, 1864, prmtd. capt. Feb.

9, 1865.
Sergt. S. H. Gillespie, e. Oct. 15, 1861, vet. Jan. i,

1864, kid. near Atlanta.
Corp. A. R. Wilcox, e. Dec. i, 1861, wd. at Shiloh.
Corp. Perry M. Bird, e. Sept. 20, 1861, vet. Dec. 6, 1863.
Corp. J. N. Noland, e. Feb. 3, 1862, trans, to Inv.

Corps Feb. 15, 1864.
Adams, H. H., e. Oct, 6, 1861, disd. Jan. 16, 1863, disab.
Brandenburg, O. S., e, Jan, i, 1864.
Bosworth, John S,, e, Oct, 6, 1S61, vet, March 13, 1864.
Holmes, John D., e, Nov. i, 1861, kid. at Shiloh.
Houtz, C. F., e, Nov. i, 1861, vet, Jan. i, 1864.
Lair, Jos., e. Oct. i, 1861, disd. March 11, 1863, disab.
Luallen, P., e. Oct. i, 1861, disd. Dec. 2y, 1862, disab.
Morgan, J. N., e. Oct. 15, 1861, disd. June 25, 1862,

disab.
Morgan, Jos. E., e. Jan. 20, 1862, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Pownell, Jas., e. Feb. i, 1862, disd. Nov. 25, 1862, disab.
Riley, John, e. Feb. i, 1862.

Ridnour, Wm, J., e, Oct. i, 1861, died on hospital-
boat Nov. 26, 1863.
Spears, John A,, e. Jan, 6, 1862,
Traul, A, B,, e, Feb, 28, 1862, died March 22, 1862.
Wallace, Geo, W,, e, Oct, 24, 1862, wd. at Shiloh.
Williams, Wm. H H., e. Oct. i, 1862, wd. at Shiloh

and Corinth.
Warren, Lewis, e. Nov. 10, 1861, wd. at Corinth, disd.

Feb. 23, 1863.
Walker, Wm. H., e, Oct. i, 18S1, vet. Jan. i, 1864, wd.

at Atlanta.
Wycoff, Hazel, e. Feb. 20, 1862. disd. July 7, 1862,

at Corinth.
Winkler, John W,, e, Oct. i, 1861, kid. at Shiloh,
Ketcham, Jacob, e, Feb. 25, 1862, died May zt,. 1862,

of wds. at Shiloh.
Hammond, T, W.. e. Sept. 20, 1861, wd. at Shiloh,

trans, for promotion in 1st Miss. Art. Oct. 23, 1863.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Hendren, Wm., e. Jan i, 1862, died May 28, 1862.

SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY.

[Note. — This regiment was mustered out at Louis-
ville, July 25, 1865.}

Company C.

First Lieut. Wm. J. McCormick, e. as sergt., prmtd. 2d
lieut. July 17, 1863, prmtd. 1st lieut. July 23, 1863,
resd. Jan. 29, 1864.

Corp. Jas. J. Block, e. March 10, 1862, wd. at Mis-
sionary Ridge.

Corp. Samuel J. Myers, e. March 9, 1862, vet. March
18, 1864, captd. at Tilton, Ga.

Bescoe, Henry, e. March 15, 1862, disd. Oct. 16, 1862,
disab.

Bescoe, Jos., e. March 5, 1862, vet. March 18, 1864,
captd. at Tilton, Ga.

Barnett, T. R., e. Oct. 27, 1863.

Hern, Edmund, e. March S, 1862.

Myers, Jas., e. March 7, 1862, captd. at Tilton, Ga.

Company D.

Capt. John F. Skelton, e. as sergt., prmtd. 1st lieut.

Dec. II, 1862, captd. and wd. at Jackson, Miss.,

prmtd. capt. Feb. 11, 1864, captd. at Tilton, Ga,,

com. subs. U. S. V. Jan. 23, 1865.
Second Lieut. Nicholas Lunkley, e. as sergt., prmtd. 2d

lieut. July 30, 1865, m. o. as 2d sergt.
Belknap, F., e. March 25, 1862, vet. March 28, 1864,

captd.
Bollinger, P. H., e. March 18, 1862, vet. March 20,

1864, captd. at Tilton. Ga.
Flower, John, e. March 14, 1862.

Lotsspeich, Geo. H., e. jMarch 10, 1862, wd. at Mis-
sionary Ridge, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
McCain. Hugh L., e. March 18, 1862, vet. March 18,

1864, capt. at Tilton, Ga.
McCain, R. ^l.. e. Feb. 4. 1864.

Morrow. F. M., e. March 18, 1862, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Mulford, H. W., e. March 21. 1862.
Ralph, David, e. March 17, 1862. vet. March 25. 1864.
Stevens. W W'.. e. March 18. 1862, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Thompson. F. M.. e. Feb. 5. 1862, wd. at Champion

Hills, captd. at Tilton. Ga.
Thompson. Jas. A., e. March 5. 1862.
Turner, Wni.. e. March 12, 1862, kid. at battle of

Champion Hills.

Wellen, Phillip, e. March 12, 1862, vet. March 30,
1864, captd. at Tilton, Ga.

Company E.

Capt. Thomas Ping, com. April 5, 1862, captd. at Tilton,

Ga., m. o. April 14, 1865, term expired.
Capt. Wm. F. Johnson, prmtd. 2d lieut. from sergt.

Feb. 7. 1863, prmtd. ist lieut. June 3, 1863, prmtd.

capt. June 17, 1865.
First Lieut. Andrew J. Baker, com. March 13, 1862,

resd. Jan. 20, 1863.
First Lieut. Amziah Hull, com. 2d lieut. April 5,

1862, prmtd. 1st lieut. Jan. 21, 1863, resd. June 2,

1863.
First Lieut. Cincinnatus F. Graves, prmtd. ist lieut.

from sergt., wd. at Corinth and Vicksburg, June

30, 1865, m. o. as sergt.
Second Lieut. Milton L. Godley, prmtd. 2d lieut. from

sergt., wd. at luka, June 3, 1863, captd. at Tilton,

Ga., hon. disd. March 12, 1865.
Second Lieut. J. H. Hamilton,' prmtd. 2d lieut. from

sergt. July i. 1865, m. o. as sergt.
Sergt. Andrew Huddleston, e. March 4, 1862, died Jan.

24, 1864, at Keokuk.
Sergt. Wm. Walker, e. March 11, 1862, wd. at luka,

disd. Oct. 2, 1862, disab.
Sergt. Robert Miller, e. March 11, 1862, wd. at Alis-

sionary Ridge, disd. March 27. 1865.
Sergt. Ambrose Warren, e. March 3, 1862, disd. Dec.

11, 1862.

Sergt. Elias Shearer, e March 10, 1862, vet. March

12, 1864. captd. at Tilton, Ga.

Sergt. H. C. Haydock, e. March 4, 1862, captd. at

Tilton, Ga.
Sergt. B. Shearer, e. March 10, 1862, kid. at battle of

Missionary Ridge.
Sergt. Henry Segur, e. March 3, 1862, died at Corinth.
Sergt. Wm. F. Hamilton, e. March 25, 1862. vet. March

27, 1864, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Sergt. Wm. F. Johnson, e. March 8, 1862.
Sergt. G. M. Cowger. e. March 10, 1862, wd. at Jack-
son, Miss., disd. Nov., 1863.
Corp. Jas. Vv^. Eugart, e. March 24, 1862, disd. Jan.

17, 1863, disab.
Corp. Wm. ]\IcClease. c. Feb. 27, 1862, vet. March n,

1864.
Corp. Eli W. Myers, e. Feb. 28, 1862, disd. Dec. 10, 1862.
Corp. Benj. H Schooler, e. March 18, 1862, wd. at

luka, disd. April 3, 1863.

.ND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

169

Corp. John G. Dall, e. March 17, 1862, wd. at Mis-
sionary Ridge.
Corp. David Stanton, e. March 3, 1862, captd. at Til-
ton, Cia.
Corp. G. R. C. Holbert, e. Feb. 25, 1862, wd. at Jac!^-

son, Miss., trans, to Inv. Corps Nov. 11, 1863.
Corp. Isaac T. Newell, e. March 27, 1862, kid. at Jack-
son, Miss.
Corp. Wm. I. Hanks, e. March 18, 1862, disd. Sept.

27, 1862.
Corp. Geo. M. Shearer, e. March 10, 1862, wd. at Mis-
sionary Ridge, vet. March 12, 1864, captd.. at Til-
ton, Ga.
Alderson, Curti;, e. March 8, 1862, vet. March 10,

1864, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Burris, John, e. March 26, 1862.
Barber, Robert, e. March 7, 1862.
Biby, J. F., e. March 13, 1862.
Chapman, J. T., c. March 14. 1862, wd. at Corinth,

drowned at Mound City. 111.
Conley, Philip, e. March 11, 1862, disd. Sept. 3, 1862.
Conley, R. R., e. March 11, 1862.
Campbell, S. N., e. March 15, 1862.
Carpenter, G. B., e. March 26, 1862, disd. Feb. 1, 1863.
Dixon, W. H., e. March 11, 1862, disd. Dec. 10, 1862.
Deatherage, J. M., e. March 28, 1862, disd. Dec. 8, 1862.
Deatherage, J. W., e. March 28, 1862.
Decker, John, e. March 26, 1862, disd. Jan. 18, 1863.
Decker, Adam, e. March 26, 1862, disd. March 11, 1863.
Davis, Friend, e. March 28, 1862, disd. Nov. 26, 1863.
Fulton, Moses, e. March 13, 1862, disd. Dec' 8, 1802.
Goe, B. F., e. March 11, 1862, disd. Jan. 29, 1863.
Green, J. T.. e. March 11, 1862, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Gregsby, J. M., e. Feb. 25, 1862, disd. June 25, 1862.
Gregsby, W. L., e. Feb. 28, 1862, died at Corinth.
Golady, Brunson, e. March 4. 1862, disd. June 10, 1863.
Headley, J. V., e. March 11, 1862, died at Corinth.
Headley, A. J., e. March 11, 1862, wd. at luka, disd.

March 8, 1863.
Hazelitt, W. H., e. March 17, 1862, vet. March 20, 1864.
Hornback, H., e. March 17, 1862, disd. June 19, 1862.
Hilton, J. K., e. March i, 1862, wd. at Mission

Ridge, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Hamilton, J. H., e. March 10, 1862, vet. March 12, 1864.
Kimpson, H., e. March i, 1862, disd. Sept. 24, 1862,

disab.
Long, S. T., e. Feb. 28, 1862, disd. June 10, 1862.
Munroe, James A., e. Feb. 10, 1862, wd. at Corinth,

died Oct. 5, 1862.
Myers, George H., e. March 3, 1862.

Priest, M. G., e. Feb. 28, 1862, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Phelps, Josiah, e. March 10, 1862, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Parkhurst, J. S., e. March 10, 1862, wd. at luka, died

Sept. 25, 1862.
Parsons, A. J., e. March 20, 1862, disd. Sept. 3, 1862.
Parker, J. C, e. March 20, 1862, disd. Sept. 24, 1862,

disab.
Parks, Austin, e. March 3, 1862, disd. Aug. 19, 1862.
Ream, A. W., e. March 11, 1862, wd. at luka, disd.

June 2, 1863.
Rushton. Byam, e. March 17. 1862, wd. at Jackson,

captd.
Redman, William, e. March 18, 1862, disd.
Sullivan, John, e. March i, 1862, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Searle, George D., e. March i, 1862, disd. Jan. 31,

1863, disab.
Shaw, L. W., e. March 4, 1862.

Shaw, James N., e. March 4, 1862, disd. Aug. 12, 1862.
Shearer, Artemus, e. Dec. 24. 1863.
Smith, John C, e. March 11, 1862, disd. Aug. 6, 1862.
Stephenson, John C, e. March 18. 1862, disd. Jan 6

1863.
Stephenson, W., e. March 17, 1862. disd. Jan. 6, 1863.
Stephenson. A., e. March 25. 1862, disd. June 2, 1863.
Wilson, William H., e. A'larch i, 1862.
Wilson, George M., e. March 4, 1862, disd. Oct. 17, 1862.
Williams, R. E., e. March 7, 1862, wd. at luka.
Wolf, H. C, wd. at Corinth, disd. May 7, 1863.

Company F.

Shawl, G. L., e. March 25. 1862.

Company I.

Elrick, Thomas J., e. March 24, 1862, vet. March 25,

,1864, captd. at Tilton, Ga.
Starkey, Charles, e. March 17, 1862, wd. at Jackson,

Miss., kid. at ?iIission Ridge.
Mann, Mark, e. March 26, 1862, vet. March 30, 1864.

CO .Ml ANY UNKNOWN.

Whitehead, Jesse.

EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY.

[Note.— r/i!.f regiment z^'as mnstcrcd out at Little
Rock, Ark., July 20, 1865.]

Adjt. Elias J. Pike, e. as sergt. maj., prmtd. adjt. M^y
14, 1864.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Company D.

Second Lieut. Jno. J. Lantner, e. as corp. July 12,

1862, prnitd. 2d lieut. July 1, 1865.
First Sergt. Lewis Godfrey, e. June 20, 1862.
Sergt. Wm. H. McDowell, e. June 18, 1862, captd.

at Poison Spring, Ark.
Musician M. M. Lape, e. July 12, 1862.
Applegate, John, e. July 22, 1862, disd. Feb. 23, 1863.
Allison, Chas. T., e. July 7, 1862, disd. Jan. 19, 1865.
Bon, A., e. July 20, 1862.
Work, Jas., e. June 29, 1862, disd. Feb. 23, 1863.

Company F.

Capt. Wm. H. Evans, com. Aug. S, 1862, resd. Feb.

27, 1863.
Capt. John A. Bcltzen, e. as sergt. July 7, 1862, prmtd.

1st lieut. Aug. 18, 1862, prmtd. capt. March 4, 1864.
First Lieut. Jacob C. Millisack, e. as private July 7,

1862, prmtd. 1st lieut. March 4, 1864, m. o. as sergt.

May 29, 1865.
First Lieut. Zaddock Oldham, e. as corp. July 7, 1862,

prmtd. lot lieut. July i, 1865, m. o. as ist sergt.
Second Lieut. Henry C. Nosier, com. Aug. 5, 1862,

resd. Nov. 18, 1862.
Second Lieut. Wm. P. Brodrick, e. as sergt. July 7,

1862, prmtd. 2d lieut. Nov. 19, 1862, res. June 26,

1863.
Sergt. Samuel Breese. e. July 7, 1862, disd. June 30,

1864, for promotion 2d Ark. Inf.
. Sergt. James Davis, e. July 7, 1862, disd. Jan., 1863,

disab.
Corp. Woodford Catlin, e. July 7, 1862, disd. April, 9,

1863.
Musician Thaddeus Stewart, e. July 7, 1862, disd. Feb.

19, 1863.
Allen, James, c. July 7, 1862.
Boak, Wm. D., e. July 7, 1862.

Baker, Jos., e. July 7, 1862, disd. Jan. 20, 1863, disab.
Brown, H. H., e. July 7, 1862.
Campbell, R. W., e. July 7, 1862.
Crane, Jas. M., e. July 7, 1862.
Clear, Geo. W., e.' July 7, 1862.
Crank, H. H., e. July 7, 1862.
Davenport, H., e. July ig, 1862.
Hoit, H., e. July 7, 1862, captd. at Camden, Ark.
Hill, T. J., e. July 7, 1862, died Nov. 5, 1862.
Jordan, John, e. July 7, 1862, disd. April s, 1863, disab.
Kales, Thos., e. July 7, 1862, disd. Jan., 1863, disab.

Pyatt, Morgan, e. July 7, 1862, drowned near Van

Buren, Ark.
Pike, Elias J., e. July 7, 1862, wd. at Springfield, Mo.
Stevens, Jas., e. July 7, 1862.
Thompson, Jas., e. July 7, 1862.
Ware, Wm. S., e. July 7, 1862.
White, Olcott, e. July 7, 1862, died Dec. 22, J862.
Wilson, Alfred, e. July 7, 1862, disd. Feb. 13, 1863,

disab.
Weese, Samuel, e. July 7, 1862.

Company K.

Second Lieut. Daniel Henshaw, e. as sergt. July 7,

1862, prmtd. 2d lieut. Aug. 6, 1862, res. March 25,

1863.
Sergt. Homer C. Gibbs, e. July 22, 1862, wd. at Poison

Spring, died in rebel camp at Camden, Ark.
Corp. James McDonald, e. July 7, 1862, ' disd. Jan.

19, 1863, disab.
Brown, A., e. July 7. 1862.

Dennis, Gabriel, e. July 25, 1862, died Jan. i, 1863.
Durant, A. F., e. July 25, 1862.
Maring, Jacob, e. July 22, 1862.
Michael, Chas. A., e. July 22, 1862.
Pimmegar, Peter, e. June 7, 1862.

TWENTY-SECOND INFANTRY.

[Note. — This regiment was mustered out at Sa-
vannah, Ga., July zs, i365.'\

Lieut. Col. Ephraim G. White, e. as ist lieut. Co. E,.
Sept. 9, 1862, prmtd. capt., maj., then lieut. coL
May 6, 1864, wd. at Winchester.

Company E.

Capt. Hiram C. Humbert, com. Sept. 9, 1862, res. Jan.

29, 1863.
Capt. Benj. D. Parks, com. 2d lieut. Sept. 9, 1862,

prmtd. 1st lieut. Jan. 30, 1863, prmtd. capt. June

10, 1863, kid. in battle of Winchester.
Capt. Edward J. Dudley, e. as sergt. Aug. 4, 1862,

prmtd. 2d lieut. Jan. 30, 1863, prmtd. ist lieat.

June 10, 1863, prmtd. capt. Oct. i, 1864, wd. at

Cedar Creek.
First Lieut. Geo. D. Ulrich, e. as sergt. Aug. 8, 1862,

prmtd. 2d lieut. June 10, 1863, prmtd. 1st lieut.

Oct. I, 1864, wd. at Cedar Creek.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

171

Second Lieut. Samuel Day, e. as private Aug. 18,

1862, prmtd. 2d lieut. July i, 1863, m. o. as sergt.
Sergt. L. M. Godley, e. Aug. 6, 1862, wd. at Vicksburg,

disd. Sept. 4, 1863.
Sergt. Wm. E. Goe, e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. June 16,

1863, disab., died at St. Louis July 8, 1863.
Sergt. Thos. M. Wilcoxen, e. Aug. 6, 1862, disd. Sept.

4. 1863. .

Sergt. O. J. Shoemaker, e. Aug. 6, 1862, wd. at Cedar
Creek, disd. Feb. 6, 1865.

Sergt. W. J. Warren, e. Aug. 9. 1862, wd. at Win-
chester, disd. Jan. 25, 1865, disab.

Corp. Matthew Walker, e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Vicks-
burg, died there June 5, 1863.

Corp. Josiah B. Goodall, e. Aug. 6, 1862.

Corp. Geo. Giltner, e. Aug. 4, 1862, wd. at Vicksburg,
died May 23, 1863.

Corp. Jas. A. Reeve, e. Aug.- 6, 1862, disd. March 27,
1865, disab.

Corp. J. B. Gardner, e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Win-
chester.

Corp. Benj. T. Ratcliff, e. Aug. 11, 1862.

Corp. Jno. Giltner, e. Aug. 7, 1862, wd. at Cedar
Creek, disd. May 26, 1865.

Corp. Jas. A. Raney, e. Aug. g, 1862, kid. at Vicksburg.

Corp. Benj. F. Pickerel, e. Aug. 7, 1862, captd. at
Winchester.

Corp. W. J. Stalcup, e. Aug. 7, 1862, captd. at Win-
chester.

Corp. E. W. Myers, e. Aug. 7, 1862, disd. Dec. 12, 1862.

Musician W. S. Bartholamew, e. Aug. 2, 1862.

Musician Alex. Giltner, e. Aug. 6, 1862, disd. Feb. 27,

1864, disab.

Wagoner, Martin E. Andrew, e. Aug. 4, 1862, disd.
March 6, 1863, disab.

Anderson, Thos., e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Winchester.

Anderson, Jas. M., e. Aug. 6, 1862, wd. at Vicks-
burg, captd. at Winchester.

Arnold, Chas. T., e. Aug. 8, 1862.

Archer, H. H., e. Aug. 5, 1862, kid. at Vicksburg.

Brooks, Jno. C, e. Aug. 7, 1862, wd. Vick.sburg.

Bedell, D. E., e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. Jan. 22, 1863, disab.

Blewer, Isaac, e. Aug. 5, 1862, wd. and died at Vicks-
burg.

Brower, David, e. Aug. 18, 1862, disd. June 5, 1863,
disab.

Butler, John, e. Aug. 6. 1862, wd. at Vicksburg.

Byers, S. C, f. Aug. 11, 1862, wd. at Winchester.

Crow, Jno. M., e. Aug. 7, 1862.

Chamberlain, A. L., e. Aug. 18, 1862, wd. at Vicksburg.

Consolver, Allen, e. .Vug. 2, 1862.

Cade, , A. F., e. Aug. 11, 1862.

Davis, Moses, e. Aug. 7, 1862.

Defew', Jos. M., e. Aug. 8, 1862.

Donnelson, .Vdam, e. Aug. 18, 1862.

Forrest, Jas. B., c. Aug. 15, 1862.

Forrest. John, e. Aug. 5, 1862.

Farnsworth. B., e. Aug. 4, 1862.

Fuqua, S. A., e. July 26, 1862.

Guy, Wm. F., e. Aug. 7, 1862, died at Keokuk Nov.

16, 1863.
Green, A. H., e. Aug. 8. 1862, kid. at Vicksburg.
Giltner, Parker, e. Aug. 8, 1862.
Garrison, S. S., e. .Aug. 2, 1862, wd. and died at Pt.

Gibson. I
Hondyshell, Wm. A,, e. Aug. 9, 1862.
Haynes, Isaac, e. Aug. 2, 1862.
Hale. B. F., e. Aug. 9, 1862, died Dec. 16, 1862, at

Rolla, Mo.
Jennings, Jos. W., e. Aug. 6, 1862, captd. at Cedar

Creek.
Jones. Orlando, e. Aug. 7, 1862.

King, Cyrus D., e. Aug. 6, 1862, disd. July 15, 1864.
Krincbrouk, Wm., e. Aug. 7, 1862, died Nov. 30, 1863.
Kackly, Chas R.. e. Aug. 7, 1862, wd. at Vicksburg

and Cedar Creek, disd. Jan. 5, 1863. wds.
Lain, Samuel D., e. Aug. 6, 1862, wd. at Winchester.
Lockwood, C. U., e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. Jan. 26, 1863,

disab.
Leggett, Cha^., e. Aug. 7. 1862.
Lively, E. W., e. Aug. 8, 1862, wd. at Cedar Creek,

died April 3, 1865.
Lynch, E. F., e. Aug. 14, 1862, died at Vicksburg.
Mason, Jos. E., e. Aug. 10, 1862.
Motes, N., e. -Vug. 6, 1862, wd. at Winchester.
Mahon, Wm. A., e. Aug. 18, 1862, wd. at Winchester.
Motes, John, e. Aug. 7, 1862, wd. at Cedar Creek.
jMyers, A., e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Cedar Creek.
McCoy, John W., e. Aug. 9, 1862, wd. at Winchester.
Morris, j\l. S., e. Aug. 8. 1862, disd. June 19, 1863, disab.
Macklin, Geo. C. e. Aug. 8, 1862, wd. at Winchester.
Macklin, A., e. Aug. 6, 1862, wd. at Winchester, disJ.

Jan. 5, 1865.
Magee, A., e. Aug. 9, 1862, kid. at battle of Vicksburg.
McDaniels, Isaac, e. Aug. 8, 1862.
McDonald, J., e. Aug. S, 1862, wd. and captd. at Cedar

Creek.
Matter, Peter, e. Aug. 15, 1862.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Priest, J. A., e. Aug. 7, 1862, died Oct. 10, 1862.
Parkhurst, M. M., e. Aug. 18, 1862, \vd. at Vicksburg,

died May 26, 1862.
Porter, Jas., e. Aug. 5, 1862, wd. at Winchester.
Ray, Samuel, e. Aug. 6, 1862, died at Camp Cliola, La.
Robinson, Jos., e. Aug. 6, 1862, disd. Dec. 12, 1862, disab.
Robinson, Jas. G., e. Aug. 6, 1862, died at A^icksburg.
Rusli, W. K., e. Aug. 18, 1862, died at Vicksburg.
Reeve, Wm., e. Aug. 7, 1862.
Roberts, Jas. T., e. Aug. 9, 1862, trans, to Inv. Corps

Nov. 30, 1863.
Stalcup, H. G., e. Aug. 9, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Vicksburg.
Stalcup, John, e. Aug. g, 1862, kid. at battle of Vicks-
burg.
Shoemaker, E. C, e. Aug. 9, 1862, captd. at Cedar

Creek, died April 10, 1865.
Stewart, A., e. Aug. g, 1862, disd. July 15, 1863, disab.
Snyder, Plarman, c. Aug. 18, 1862, wd. at Vicksburg,

died there July 9, 1863.
Turner, A. W., e. Aug. 8, 1862, kid. at Vicksburg.
Taylor, Jos. H., e. Aug. 6, 1862, wd. at Vicksburg,

May 22 and July 12.
Thompson, F., e. Aug. 18, 1862.

Wright, John H., e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. Sept. 22, 1864.
Weir, James W., e. Aug. 8, 1862, trans, to Signal

Corps Sept. 7, 1863.
Wiley, Jas. F., e. Aug. 6, 1862, captd. at Cedar Creek,

died at Annapolis, Md.
Webb, Henry, e. Aug. 11, 1862, captd. at Winchester.
White. John L., e. Aug. 8, 1862, died at Vicksburg.
Yaryan, Wm. B., e. Aug. 8, 1862.

THIRTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.

[Note. — This regiment ivas mustered out at Duvall's
Bluff, Ark., August 24. 7S65.]

Col. Chas. W. Kittredge, com. Aug. 10, 1862.

Maj. Thos. C. Woodward, com. Sept. 5. 1862, res. June

2, 1863.
Maj. A. H. Hamilton, com. adjt. Sept. 17, 1862. prmtd.

maj. June 3, 1863, captd. at Mark's Mills, Ark.,

escaped July 2;;,. 1864.
Surg. Colin G. Strong, com. asst. surg. Sept. 16. 18(12,

prmtd. surg. Jan 4, 1865.
Adjt. Stephen K. Mahon, e. as sergt. maj. Aug. 14,

1862, prmtd. adjt. June 3, 1863, captd. at Mark's

Mills. Ark.
Q. jNI. Stevens W. Merrill, com. Oct. i, 1862.

Com. Sergt. John C. Parish, Aug. 8, 1862, disd. Jan.

28, 1865.
Drum Maj. John M. Simons, e. Aug. 19, 1862, m. o.

Dec. 19. 1862.
Fife Maj. Philip Keister, e. Aug. 15, 1862, m. o. Dec.

19, 1862.

Company A.

Belles, Isaac, e. Dec. 25, 1863, kid. at Mark's Mills,

Ark.
Livingston, F. G., e. Dec. 7, 1863, captd. at Mark's Mills.

Company B.

Capt. Edmund L. Joy, com. Oct. 4, 1862, maj. and

judge advocate, Sept. 15, 1864.
Capt. Samuel A. Swiggette, com. ist lieut. Oct. 4,

1862, prmtd. capt. Dec. 2, 1864.
First Lieut. Frank L. McNair, e. as sergt. Aug. 4,

1862, prmtd. 2d lieut. July 30, 1864, prmtd. ist

lieut. Dec. 2, 1864.
Second Lieut. J. H. McVey, com. Oct. 4, 1862, captd.

at Mark's Mills, res. July 29, 1864.
Second Lieut. John W. Woods, e. Aug. 4, 1862, prmtd.

2d lieut. Aug. 2, 1865.
First Sergt. A. N. Barnes, e. Aug. 4, 1862, disd. May

7, 1863, disab.
Sergt. Robert S. Henderson, e. Aug. 9, 1862, disd.

Feb. 21, 1863, disab.
Sergt. Thos. R. Cole, e. Aug. 4, 1862, captd. at Mark'.s

Mills.
Sergt. Geo. W. Thayer, e. Aug. 9, 1862, died at

Memphis.
Sergt. Joseph Wareham, e. Aug. 4, 1862, died at Little

Rock.
Sergt. Jas. Gaudy, e. Aug. 11, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Corp. Daniel Parse, e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. July 11,

1865, disab.
Corp. Asahel Tyrrell, e. Aug. 9, 1862, trans, to V. R.

C. Jan. 17. 1864.
Corp. Lee J. Michael, e. Aug. 5. 1862, trans, for pro-
motion to 4th Ark. Col. Inf. Jan. 10, 1864.
Corp. Benj. F. Chisman, e. Aug. 9, 1862, captd. at

:\Iark's Mills.
Corp. Jesse I. Mudg, e. Aug. 2, 1862, disd. Nov. 24,

1862, disab.
Corp. Earl Barrow, e. Aug. 8, 1862, died at Little Rock.
Corp. John S. Furze, e. Aug. 2, 1862.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

173

Corp. Samuel H. Harper, e. Aug. 2. 1862, trans, for

promotion to 4th Ark. Col. Inf., Jan. 10, 1864.
Musician James S. McGlasson, e. Aug. 4, 1862.
Ayers, John W., e. Aug. 8, 1862, trans, to Marine

Brigade Jan. 3, 1863.
Abegg, Benj. F., e. Aug. 8. 1862.
Ault, Jas. P., e. Aug. 4, 1862, died at Memphis.
Belles, John N., Feb. 25, 1864.
Belles, I. N., e. Feb. 25, 1864, captd. and kid. at

Mark's Mills, Ark.
Barker, Joshua, e. Aug. 4, 1862.
Barker, William G., e. Aug. 4, 1862.
Brown, John W., e. Aug. 11, 1862.
Barnes, John, e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Bonham, H., e. Aug. 11, 1862.
Crandall, T. W., e. Feb. 10, 1864, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
•Carter, Benj., e. Aug. 8, 1862, kid. at Mark's Mills.
Case, L. H., e. Aug. 11, 1862.
Chisman, Noyes, e. Aug. g, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills, died at Memphis.
Cook, Miles, e. Aug. g, 1862.
Custer, Willis N., e. Aug. 11, 1862.
Clark, John W., e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Derby, Wm. C, e. Feb. 25, 1864, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Derby, O. A., e. Aug. 8, 1862.
Daneton, Wm., e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. Feb. 7, 1863,

disab.
Derby, Nelson, e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Fent, H. K., e. March 9, 1864, died at Little Rock.
Fent. Jas. R., e. Aug. 8, 1862, wd. and captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Finley, James H., e. Aug. 11, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills, disd. April 17, 1865, wds.
Gates, Levi, e. Aug. g, 1862, wd. and captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Garlinhouse, L., e. Aug. 8, 1862, trans, to V. R. C. Jan.

17, 1864.
Good, Ashford, e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. Jan. 21, 1863,

disab.
Good, Daniel, e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Howard, Geo., e. Aug. 8, 1862, died Oct. 8, 1862, at

Keokuk.
Kline, John P., e. Feb. 10, 1864.
Harsin, Jas. V., e. Aug. 4, 1862, disd. May 4, 1863,

disab.
Kent, H, W., e. Feb. 10, 1864, kid. at Mark's Mills.
Johnston, Wm., e. Aug. 9, 1862.

Jones, John M., e. Aug. g, 1862, disd. Nov. 17, 1863.
Kirkpatrick, D. W., e. Feb. 10, 1864, kid. at Mark's

Mills.
Kendall, Thos., e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. March 12, 1863,

disab.
Kirkpatrick, H. R., e. Feb. 10, 1864.
Kirk, James, e. Aug. 11, 1864, trans, to Inv. Corps

April 30, 1864.
Lanman, J , e. Jan. 4, 1864.
Lyon, Jas. H., e. March 23, 1864.
McMahill, J. W., c. Aug. 8, 1862.
Major, Jas. S., e. Dec. 10, 1863, captd. at Mark's Mills.
McCormick, T. J., 0. Aug. 8, 1862, wd. and captd.

at Mark's Mills.
McGrew, J. F., e. Jan 4, 1864.
McGasson, Geo. B.. e. Aug. 4, 1862.
McKown, H., e. Aug. 11, 1862, disd. Feb. 13, 1863,

disab.
Merrman, M. D., e. Aug. 11, 1862, disd. Jan. 13, 1863,

disab.
McKown. F., e. Aug. 11, 1862.
Olney. Geo. W., e. Feb. 10, 1864, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Oswald, Jacob, e. Aug. 9, 1862.
Pence, John, e. Feb. 10, 1864, wd. and captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Pratt, H. A., e. Aug. 3, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Pollock, I. H., e. Feb. 10, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Peters. Thos., e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. March 6, 1863,

disab.
Rubel, M. E. S., e. Feb. 10, 1864, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Parsons, G. W., e. Aug. 11, 1862, died at Helena, Ark.
Rubel, J. W., e. Feb. 10, 1864, wd. and captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Rader, S. I., c. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. Feb. S. 1863, disab.
Reece, C. W., e. Feb. 10, 1864, captd at Mark's Mills.
Reading, C. W., e. Aug. 8, 1862.
Ruble, M. E. S., e. Aug. 4, 1862, trans, to Marine

Brigade Feb. g, 1863.
Riley, Wm. P., e. Aug. 4. 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Smith, C. H.. e. Feb. 20, 1864, wd. and captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Smith, Jno. H., e. Aug. 8, 1862, died at Helena, Ark.
Silvey, A. L., e. Aug. 11, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Stevenson, A., e. Aug. g, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Scott, W. H. H., e. Aug. 7, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Tinsley, P. R. S., e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. June 27, 186.=;,

disab.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Turpin, D. S., e. Aug. 8, 1862, died at Little Rock.
Thompson, C, e. Jan. 5, 1864.
Wood, Jno., e. Aug. 8, 1862, died at Helena, Ark.
West, Jacob, e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Westlake, F. M., e. Aug. 7, 1862, disd. Jan. 8, 186.3,

disab.
Wellman, Jno. S., e. Aug. 2, 1862, disd. Feb. 9, 1863,

disab.
West, Wm., e. Jan. 18, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills,

died at Camp Ford, Texas.
Waggenner, G., e. Aug. 11, 1862.

Company D.

Capt. Thos. B. Hale, com. Oct. 4, 1862, captd. :it

Mark's Mills, died while prisoner.
Capt. Charles Birnbaum, com. 2d lieut. Oct. 4, 1862,

captd. at Mark's Mills, Ark., prmtd. capt. Dec.

20, 1864.
Fir.st Lieut. Ripley Baylies, com. Oct. 4, 1862.
Second Lieut. Simeon Liggett, e. as ist sergt. Aug. 2.

1862, prmtd. 2d lieut. Dec. 20, 1864.
Sergt. Benj. F. Marts, e. Aug. 15, 1862.

Sergt. Jesse Barber, e. Aug. g, 1862, died at Little Rock.

Sergt. Minos Miller, e. Aug. 14, 1862.

Sergt. H. Underwood, e. Aug. 12, 1862, captd. at
Mark's Mills.

Corp. John H. Sutfin, e. Aug. 4, 1862.

Corp. Wm. L. Palmer, e. Nov. 20, 1862, captd. at Mark's
Mills.

Corp. Geo. W. Nicely, e. Aug. 5, 1862, kid. at Mark's
Mills.

Corp. P. J. Andrus, e. Aug. 9, 1862, trans, for pro-
motion 4th Ark. Cav. Jan. 9, 1864.

Corp. Richard Hobson, e. Aug. 12, 1862, disd. Feb. 14.

1863, disab.

Corp. Peter Stuber, Aug. g, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills, died at Little Rock.
Corp. Thos. West, e. Aug. 15, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Corp. Francis M. Dofflemyer, e. Aug. 11, 1862, captd.

at Mark's Mills.
Corp. C. C. Andrus, e. Aug. 9, 1862, died on Yazoo

River April 8, 1863.
Musician B. R. Shipley, e. Aug. 5, 1862.
Musician Jos. Peach, e. Aug. 13, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Wagoner J. B. Morgan, e. Aug. 4, 1862.
Amos, Wm., e. July 24, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Amos, Geo., e. Aug. 15, 1862.

Abram, Isaac, e. Aug. 14, 1862.
Archibald, Isaac, e. Aug. 13, 1862.
Blair, J. M., e. Aug. 15, 1862.

Blair, G. W., e. Aug. 15, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Croell, J. W. M., e. Aug. 12, 1862, died Dec. 2, 1862.
Cochran, A. J., e. Aug. 15, 1862, disd. Aug. 3, 1863.
Crane, F. M., e. Aug. 12, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Campbell, L., e. Aug. 4, 1862, captd. at Helena and at

Mark's Mills.
Crook, Andrew, e. Aug. g, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
DofHemeyer, J. D., e. Feb. 2g, 1864, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Fox, Dixon, c. Aug. 15, 1862, died Feb. 8, 1863, at St.

Louis.
Foster, Robert, e. Aug. 11, 1862.
Foster, J. S., Aug. 9, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Free. Jacob, e. Aug. 11, 1862.
French, F. A., e. Aug. 12, 1862.
Gufhway, D., e. Feb. 17, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills,.

died at Camden, Ark.
Gordon, B. F., e. Aug. 11, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Gray, D. F., e. Aug. 11, 1862.

Gray, J. S., e. Aug. ir, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Hamaker, J. W., e. March 30, 1864.
Hendrix, S., e. March 29, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Hughes, A. E., e. March 26, 1864.
Hodges, J. T., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Johnson, H. C, e. March 30, 1864.
Jones, Alexander, e. Jan. 5, 1864.
Jones, A., e. Dec. 29, 1863, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Kerman, M., e. Nov. 4, 1861, died at Little Rock.
Knox, Leonard, e. Aug. 11, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Kirfman, W. P., e. Aug. 14, 1862, died at Shell Mound,

Miss.
Kirfman, A. G., e. March 30, 1864.
Kavanagh, James, e. Aug. 21, 1862, captd. at Mark's-

Mills.
Little. C. E., e. Aug. 2, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills,.

disd. June 8, 1865, disab.
Lower, M., e. Jan. 4, 1864.

Mardes, W. W., e. Aug. 12, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Mil ford, J. M.. e. March 26, 1864.
Miller, J. H., e. Aug. 12. 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Miller, H. H., e. Aug. 15, 1862, captd. at Mark's :Mills.
Morgan, William, e. Jan. 5, 1864.
Mattoon, James, e. Aug. 9, 1862, died at St. Louis.
Myers, G., e. Feb. 29, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Meeker, W. T., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Myers, D., e. Feb. 20, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Myers, Thomas, e. Aug. 15, 1862.

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Newell, S. H., e. Nov. 24, 1862.

Orsbtin, Perin, c. Aug. i, 1862.

Penick, H. S., e. Aug. 9, 1862.

Parish, H., e. Aug. 14, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.

Parish, J. C, e. Aug. 8, 1862.

Robinson, D. H., e. Feb. 8, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.

Roberts, Joseph, e. Aug. 13, 1862, disd. Jan. 27, 1863,

disab.
Reed, Thomas, e. Aug. 15, 1862, died at Helena, Ark.
Real, Henry, e. Aug. 2, 1862, died at St. Louis.
Rose, Richard, e. Aug. 9, 1862, died at Keokuk.
Shipley, W. P., e. Aug. 13, 1862, died Oct. 21. 1862.
Secress, Jacob, e. Aug. 11, 1862, disd. Nov. 3, 1863.
Stuber, P., e. Aug. 9, 1862, disd. March 5, 1863.
Steel, J. G., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Thompson, F., e. March 27, 1864.
True, H. G., e. July 21, 1862, captd. at Mark's Alills.
True, G. D., e. Nov. 24, 1864.

Terhune, M. V., e. Aug. 5, 1862, disd. Feb. 7, '63, disab,
Varner, H., e. Aug. 15, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Warner, A., e. Aug. 6, 1862, disd. Jan. 29, 1863, disab.
Warren, Richard, e. Aug. 9, 1862, died at Helena, Ark.
Williams, J, G., e. Aug. 15, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Way, Asbury, c. Aug. 15, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Warner, Peter, e. Nov. 4, 1862, wd. and captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Warner, Wm., e. Feb. 29, 1864, died at Little Rock.

Ccmpnny E.

Capt. William Mahon, com. Oct. 4, 1862,

First Lieut. Richard PL Warden, com. Oct. 4. 1862,

resd. Dec. 3, 1864.
First Lieut. E. McLean B. Scott, e. as ist sergt. Aug.

13, 1862, prmtd. to 2d lieut. Dec. 20, 1862, prmtd.

to 1st lieut, Jan. 4, 1865.
Second Lieut. Jacob Houk, com. Oct. 4, 1862, resd. Dec.

19. 1863.
Second Lieut. Allen A. Smith, e. as sergt. Aug. 18, 1862,

prmtd. to 2d lieut. Jan. 4, 1865.
Sergt. Henry Slagle, e. Aug. 12, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Sergt. J. H. Myers, e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Sergt. C. R. Minnick, e. Aug. 13, 1862, disd. Feb. 14.

1863, disab.
Sergt. Louis Myers, e. Aug. 18, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills, died May 2, 1864.
Sergt, George Slagle, e. Aug. 13, 1862.

Corp. H. L. Thompson, e. Aug. 12, 1862.

Corp. Alvin Kindall, e. Aug. 13, 1862, died at Duvall's

Bluff.
Corp. Elias Parke, e. Aug. 16, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Corp. Frederick Campbell, e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Corp. Peter Shearer, c. Aug. 18, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills, died at Tyler, Texas.
Corp. M. E. Jackson, e. Aug. 12, 1862, wd. and captd.

at Mark's Mills, disd, June 14, 1865.
Corp. Wm. O. Chadd, c. Aug. 12, 1862, disd. Feb. 5,

1863, disab.

Corp. George W. Dennis, e. Aug. 18, 1862, captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Musician Thomas Skinner, e, Aug, 16, 1862, wd, at

Yazoo expedition, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Wagoner James E. Bland, e, .\i'g, 19, 1862.
Adcock, H. A., e, Aug. 16, 1862, wd. and captd At

Mark's Mills.
Byerly, Solomon, e. Aug. 15, 1862, died at Memphis,
Butler, William PL, e. Aug. 16, 1862, disd, Feb, 20,

1864, disab.

Bower, Moses, e, Aug. 15, 1862, disd. Feb. 6, 1863, disab.

Bevin, Joseph, e. Aug. 21, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.

Beatley, John A., e. Aug. 15, 1862, died at Helena, Ark.

Butler, George, e. Aug. 21, 1862, disd. Feb. 11, 1863.

Cooper, S. D., c. Feb. 24, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.

Caldwell, W. H. H., e. Aug. 19, 1862.

Canon, C. W., e, Jan. i, 1S64.

Cooper, George W., e. Aug. 20, 1862.

Collins, John J., e. Dec. 25, 1863.

Campbell, S. W., e. Feb. i, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills,

died at Tyler, Texas.
Chance, John J., e. Aug. 13, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills,
Campbell, James H., e. Aug, 13, 1862, died at Jefferson

Barracks, Mo.
Conn, D. H.. e. Aug. 22, 1862.
Decker, John H., e. Aug. 22, 1862, captd. at i\Iark's.

Mills.
Duffee, John, e. Aug. 22. 1862, captd. at Alark's Mills.
Dennis, John B., e, Aug. 16, 1862.
England, John F., e. Aug. 16, 1862, trans, to Inv.

Corps Aug. 30, 1864.
Fenton, T. W., e. Dec. 13, 1863, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Gee, Solomon, c. Aug. 13, 1862, died Nov, 11, 1862,
Green, S., e, Dec. 25, 1863.
Garrison, Alonzo, e. Feb. 24, 1864, captd. at Mark's.

Mills.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Honn, Henry, e. Aug. 12, 1862, disd. Dec. 22, 1864.

disab.
Hale, J., e. Jan. 4, 1864.
Hill, John W., e. Aug. 14, 1864.
Hale, G., e. Jan. 4, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Harness, H., e. Aug. 13, 1862.
Henderson, John, e. Aug. 20, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Hale, H. C, e. Jan. 4, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills,

died at Tyler, Texas.
Harness, John, e. Aug. 14, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills, disd. Sept. 28, 1864.
Hale, H., e. Jan. 4, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Jackson, Richard, e. Aug. 16, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Jackson, Wm. W., e. Aug. 14, 1862, captd. at Mark's

~~ Mills.
Judson, Charles, e. Aug. 22. 1862, died at Helena, Ark.
Keethler, .Alex., e. Aug. 13, 1862, died Oct. 29, 1862, at

Pt. Isabel.
Kigar, Joseph, e. Aug. 18, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills, died May 7, 1864.
Kindall, Abraham, e. Aug. 13, 1862, disd. June 27, 1865,

disab.
Lay, Peter H., e. Dec. 22, 1863, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Lorr, M., e. Jan. 5, 1864.

Leslie, Jos., e. Feb. 18, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Leslie, Wm. H., e. Feb. 18, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills,

kid. at Tyler, Texas.
Soper, Cud. C, e. Aug. 22, 1862.
McMahon, George L., e. Aug. 22, 1862, captd. at

Mark's Mills.
McCallum, T. J., e. Dec. 25, 1863.
McMullin, John, e. Aug. 14, 1862.
Matthews, Isaac, e. Aug. 14, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Mendenhall, C. W., e. Aug. 22, 1862, disd. June 6, 1865.
Miller, John L., e. Aug. 21, 1862.

Nelson, J., e. Aug. 22, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Peden, Jos., e. Aug. 13, 1862, wd. and captd. at Mark's

Mills, disd. March 13, 1865, disab.
Phillips, George W., e. Aug. 18, 1862, wd. and captd.

at Mark's Mills.
Parrott, H. J., e. Aug. 22. 1862, disd. June 21, 1864,

disab.
Parker, Jas., e. Aug. 18, 1862, disd. March 25, 1863,

disab.
Randall, B. P., e. Feb. 25, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Rupe, I. W., e. Aug. 13, 1S62, died at Helena, Ark.

Skinner, J. B., e. Dec. 25, 1863.

Sliirkey, Darius, e. Aug. 16, 1862, disd. Dec. 12, '64,

disab.
Shirkey, A. J., e. Aug. 22, 1862.
Scully, John C, e. Aug. 14, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Sebern, John H., e. Aug. 22, 1862.
Stanton, Andrew, e. Aug. 18, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Sheffer, John, e. Aug. 18. 1862.

Sheffer, Joseph, e. Aug. 22, 1862, died at Alton Mili-
tary Prison, 111., Sept. 30, 1863.
Sheffer, Elias, e. Aug. 22, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Summerlott, Samuel, e. Aug. 18, 1862.
Shearer, Andrew, e. Aug. 18, 1862, died at Helena, Ark-
Summerlott, Jno., e. Aug. ig, 1862.
Thompson, Wm. J., e. Aug. 22, 1862.
Thompson, Jesse H.. e. Aug. 20, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Vermelan, J., e. Jan. 11, 1864, wd. at Mark's Mills, disd.

Nov. 25, 1864.
Weaver, John, e. Aug. 14, 1862, died Nov. 10, 1862, at

Keokuk. «

Wallace, Curtis, e. Aug. 14, 1862, disd. April 20, 1863,

disab.
Wallace, A. H., e. Aug. 14, 1862, disd. April 23, 1863,

disab.
Williams, Van B., e. Aug. 13, 1862.
Watkins, _F. M., e. Aug. 18, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills, died there April 21, 1865.
Wilson, John, e. Aug. 19, 1862.
Wallace. D. M., e. Jan. 4, 1864, wd., captd. and died

Mark's Mills.
Wallace, W., e. Jan. 4, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Wallace, T. H., e. Jan. 4, 1864, captd. and died at

Mark's Mills.

Company F.

Niel, Wm., e. Jan. 5, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Duckworth, L., e. Feb. 11, 1864, died at Memphis.

Company G.
Wade, Alex., e. Dec. 28, 1863.

Company H.

Capt. Jno. E. Wright, com. Oct. 4, 1862, resd. March

23, 1864.
Capt. Wm. H. Clifton, com. ist lieut. Oct. 4, 1862,

prmtd. capt. March 24, 1864.
First Lieut. Jno. M. Thompson, e. as sergt. Aug. 7,

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

177

1862, prmtd. 2d lieut. June 3, 1863, prmtd. ist lieut.
Jan. 8, 1865.

Second Lieut. Wm. P. Sharp, Oct. 4, 1862, resd. June ~,

1863.
Second Lieut. Andrew J. Garloch, e. as . prmtd. 2d

lieut. Jan. 8, 1865.
Sergt. L. Winder, e. Aug. i, 1862.
Sergt. Wm. T. Scott, e. Aug. 8, 1862, died at Duvall's

Bluff.
Corp. Wm. Gray, e. Aug. 2, 1862.
Corp. I. N. Holloway, e. Aug. 11,. 1862.
Corp. Jno. N. McLoney, e. July 25, 1862, died Dec.

6, 1862, at Benton Barracks, Mo.
Corp. Jno. Archibald, e. Aug. i, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills, died at Duvall's Bluff.
Corp. D. T. Anderson, e. Aug. 9, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Corp. M. B. Bishop, e. Aug. 11, 1862, disd. Feb. 4,

1863, disab.

Corp. Wm. Heppel, e. Aug. 13, 1862, trans, for prmtn.

to 2d lieut. 2d Ark. Col. Regt.
Corp. D. H. Cowyer, e. Aug. 5, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills,
Corp. Isaac W. Powell, c. Aug. 4, 1862, wd. and captd.

at Mark's Mills.
Corp. Levi Overman, c. Aug. 11, 1862, wd. and captd.

at Mark's Mills.
Musician S. K. Rudolph, e. Aug. 11, 1862.
Musician Philip Keister, e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Wagoner Rufus Tindell, e. Aug. 11, 1862, disd. Feb.

6, 1863, disab.
Atwell, Jno. E., e. Aug. 7, 1862, wd. and captd. ,it

Mark's Mills.
Atwell, W. H., e. Aug. 7, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Anderson, Geo., e. Dec. 12, 1863, captd. at Mark's. Mills.
Allison, Jonathan, e. Aug. 21, 1862, disd. Nov. 3, 1863,

disab.
Bland, J. W. S., e. Aug. 9, 1862, wd. "^'azoo expedition.
Bollinger, M. V., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Boster. J. L.. e. Aug. 11, 1862, disd. April 4, 1864.
Bridges, H. M., e. Aug. 21, 1862.
Burns, T. S., e. .Aug. 9, 1862, wd. and captd. at Clark's

Mills.
Benedict, A. J., e. July 20, 1862.
Barnes, Ezekiel, Aug. 16, 1862, disd. Dec. 18, 1862,

disab.
Cowger, D., e. Aug, 7, 1862, disd. Jan. 6, 1864, disab.
Ceist, E., e. Jan. 5, 1864.

Cooper, J. M., e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.

Cade, Wm., e. Aug. 8, 1862.

Davis, John N., e. Jan. i, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.

Carr, S. M., e. Aug. 7, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.

Davis, L. W., e. in March, 1864.

Ervin, A. S., e. Aug. 8, 1862, kid. at Mark's Mills.

Fuller, John W., e. July 25, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
George, Wm. S., e. March 23, 1864.
Godfrey, F. M., e. Aug. 8, 1862, disd. Feb. 25, 1863,.

disab.
Halloway, R. E., e. March 19, 1864.
Hoffman, Henry, e. Aug. 5, 1862.
Halloway, M. C, e. March 22, 1864.
Halicy, Daniel, e. Aug. 7, 1862.
Hobbs, John T., e. Nov. 19, 1862.
Harris, W. H., e. Aug. 9, 1862, disd. Jan. 7, 1863.
Hudson, Wm. H., e. Jan. 4, 1864, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Hobbs, Samuel P., e. Aug. 14, 1862.
Hamilton, Wm., e. Dec. 17, 1863, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Holsey, S. T., e. Aug. 14, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills,.

disd. June 27, 1865, disab.
Johnson, Samuel M., e. Aug. 13, 1862, trans, for pro-
motion to 2d Ark. Col. Regt. June 7, 1863.
Kitterman, F. M., e. Feb. 29, 1864, died Aug. 8, 1864.
Kitterman, Geo. W., e. Jan. i, 1864, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills.
Kitterman, A. K.. e. Aug. 10, 1862, died at Keokuk.
King, Jas. R., e. Dec. 29, 1863.

King, Daniel, e. Aug. 11, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Lowe, Geo., e. Aug. 8, 1862. captd. at ^.lark's Mills.
Lentz, T. E., e. Dec. 11, 1863.
Lamb, Jame.s M., c. Aug. 10, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Long, J. H., e. Feb. 20, 1864.
Lowenberg, Wm., e. Feb. 24, 1S64, wd. at Jenkins"

Ferry, Ark.
Lowe, David, e. Jan. 13, 1864, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Lentner, H. L, e. Aug. 7, 1862.
McKowen. H., e. Jan. i, 1864, captd. at Mark's ^Nlills,

died at Tyler. Texas.
Mullenix, Jas., e. .Vug. 3, 1862.

Marrow, John. c. Aug. 5, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
McCoy, Aaron, e. Aug. 6, 1862, disd. Feb. 6, 1863, disab.
Moyer, John C, e. Aug. 5', 1862.
Martin, Wm., e. Aug. 2, 1862, disd. April 13, 1863,

disab.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Moffat. T. W., e. Aug. 27, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills,

disd. June 27, 1865, disab.
Moore, Jas., e. Aug. 6, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
McCune, Jas. H., e. Aug. 7, 1862, captd. at Mark's

Mills.
Martin, James C, e. Aug. 12, '62, disd. Feb. 27,. '6,3

disab.
Morrison, Jas., e. Aug. 26, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Owen.- H. C, e. Aug. 7, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Powell, Wm., e. Dec. 14, 1863, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Patgett, J., e. Dec. 17, 1863, kid. at Mark's Mills.
Prosser, C. H., e. Jan. 19, 1864.
Richards, John E., e. Feb. 6, 1864, captd. at Mark's

Mills, died at Tyler, Texas.
Reams, Samuel, e. Aug. 9, 1862.
Rush, John, e. Aug. 7, 1862.
Richards, L. W., e. Aug. 7, 1862.
Scott, F. M., e. July 25, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Southard, F., e. Aug. 7, 1862, captd. at Mark's Milh,

died at Magnolia, Ark.
Sterns, James, e. Aug. i, 1862, disd. April 9, 1863,

disab.
Silvers, E. M., e. Aug. 7, 1862.
Shearer, J. L., e. Aug. 8, 1862.
Stinson, Wm., e. Aug. 19, 1862, wd. and captd. at

Mark's Mills, died April 26, 1864.
Thomas, T. P., e. Aug. 8, 1862, captd. at Mark's Mills.
Troxell, Wm. D., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Wright, Jas., e. Aug. 8, 1862.
Wright, Albert, e. Aug. 8, 1862.
Whipple, Jos. E., e. March 13, 1864, died at Little

Rock.
Walker, C. S., e. March 23, 1864.
Hobbs, John T., e. Nov. 19, 1862.

Company I.

Harris, John H., e. Dec. 27, 1863, kid. at Mark's Mills.

Company K.

Musician Wm. B. A. Carter, e. Aug. 22, 1862, captd.

at Mark's Mills.
Hopper, A., e. Aug. 22, 1862, disd. Jan. 3, 1863, disab.
Phillips, Jas. B., e. Aug. 22, 1862, disd. Feb. 26, 1863,

disab.
Robertson, Jas. S., e. Aug. 18, 1862, died at Keokuk.

UNKNOWN.

Fenton, T. W., e. Dec. 13, 1863.
Dodd, D. S., e. Feb. 24, 1864.
Ekin, Wm., e. Feb. 8, 1864.

Hollingworth, T. W., e. Feb. 6, 1864.
Mayers, Wm. M., e. March 18, 1864.
Rupe, John M., e. Feb. 17, 1864.
Skinner, S. W., e. Feb. 20, 1864.
Stubers, Philip, e. Feb. 29, 1864.
Smith, John e. Feb. 24, 1864.
Tillottson, H. D., e. March 26, 1864.
Thompson, Geo. M., e. March II, 1864.
Wolfe, J., e. Feb. 22, 1864.

' FIFTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.

[Note. — This regiment was mustered out at Daven-
port, loitia. Date not given in Adjutant General's
Reports.]

Company E.

Capt. Resen Banks, com. Dec. 15, 1862.

Sergt. Peter Goff, c. Aug. 15. 1862.

Sergt. Jos. Meyers, e. Oct. 21, 1862.

Sergt. T. Blake, e. Sept. 18, 1862, disd. Oct. 6, 1864,

disab.
Corp. R. D. Lyon, e. Sept. 20, 1862, disd. May 26,

1864. disab.
Corp. Thos. Lottridge, e. Sept. 13, 1862.
Corp. H. H. Draper, c. Sept. 20, 1862.
Wagoner John Shauntronan, e. Nov. 25. 1862.
Asbury, Benj., e. Sept. zy, 1862, disd. March 6, 1863,

disab.
Berkey, Jos., e. Nov. 27, 1862.
Chapman, A., e. Sept. 21, 1862.
EJavis, F., e. Sept. 20, 1862.

Derby, C. W., e. Nov. 27, 1862, disd. Nov. 4, '6s, disab.
Deashmutt. B. B., e. Nov. 27, 1862.
Easthans, E. G., e. Sept. 26, 1862.
Pent, Wm., e. Sept. 26, 1862.

Godfrey, E., e. Oct. 6, 1862, disd. May 18, 1864, disab.
Guyton, Benj., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Hornbaker, I., e. Nov. 20, 1862, disd. April 28, 1863,

disab.
Henderson, G. W., e. Oct. 11, 1862, disd. Nov. 21, 1863,

disab.
Huyne, Andrew, e. Sept. 23, 1862.
Hackley, W. H., e. Sept. 27, 1862.
Kiaf, J., e. Sept. 28, 1862.
Lyon, A. E., e. Oct. 2, 1862.

Mathess, Wm., e. Sept. 20, 1862, died Feb. 16, 1863.
McClees, Alex., e. Sept. 15, 1862, disd. March 18, 1865,

disab.
Mowre, Jas. A., e. Sept. 27, 1862.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CmZENS.

179

Powell, Isaac, e. Sept. 25, 1862.

Rowley, Wm., e. Sept. 14, 1862.

Roberts, Lewis, e. Sept. 11, 1862.

Reynolds, Silas, e. Sept. 26, 1862, disd. May 18, 1864,

disab.
Strickland, Wm., e. Nov. 20, 1862.
Simmons, E,, e. Sept. 20, 1862.

Stevens, B., e. Sept. 15, 1862, disd. April 6, 1863, disab.
Silver, Samuel, e. Sept. 25, 1862, died March 27, 1863.
Schroyer, F., e. Nov. 2r, 1862, disd. Jan. 18, 1865, disab.
Tidball, D. H., e. Oct. 8, 1862, disd. Dec. 24, 1864, disab.
Thompson, S. W., e. Oct. 8, 1862.
Warren, D., e. Sept. 28, 1862, disd. Dec. 24, 1864, disab.

Company I.

Clark, James, e. Oct. i, 1862.

FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.

[Note. — Date of the mustering-out of this Regiment
is not given in Adjutant General's Report.^

Adjt. Geo. W. Devin, com. June 4, 1864.

Company C.

First Lieut. Jno. T. Wallin, com. May 7, 1864.

Second Lieut. Jas. Hawley, Jr., com. May 7, 1864.

Sergt. Robt. N. McMillan, e. May 21, 1864.

Sergt. F. M. Bush, e. May 7, 1864.

Corp. Wm. L. Daggett, e. May 20, 1864.

Corp. I. N. Yates, e. May 9, 1864.

Corp. Andrew Clark, e. May 21, 1864.

Corp. Chas. Miller, e. May 11, 1864.

Musician S. C. Henshaw e. May 7, 1864.

Adleta, Aug,, e. June 7, 1864.

Carpenter, Geo. B., e. May 7, 1864, died Aug. 21, 1864,

at Helena, Ark.
Dennis, Jas. M., e. May 14, 1864.
Daily, Dennis, e. May 7, 1864.
Davis, John, e. May 16, 1864.
Dennis, Benj., e. May i, 1864.
Davidson, J. C, e. May 24, 1864.
Goodwin, Wm., e. May 7, 1864.
Gossage, Jno., e. May 20, 1864.
Holloway, S. P., e. May 7, 1864.
Hayne, N. B., e. May 9, 1864, died Sept. 22, 1864.
Johnson, F. M., e. May 7, 1864..

Knight, C. F., e. May 7, 1864.
Myrick, L. A., e. May 7, 1864.
Myrick, Wm. L., e. May i, 1864.
Parks, R. H., e. May 7, 1864.
Ross, John, e. May 7, 1864, died.
Silsby, E. W., e. May 7, 1864.
Spurgeon, Samuel, e. May g, 1864.
Shewry, Chas., e. May 18, 1864.
Starkey, Wm. J., e. May 23, 1864.
Shreve, Jas. R., e. May 7, 1864.
Thompson, E, O., e. May 14, 1864.

Company H.

I
Corp. Wm. Dinsmore, e. May 9, 1864.
Atkinson, Jewett, e. May 9, 1864.
Carson, Jno. A., c. May 9, 1864.
Davis, Daniel, e. May 7, 1864.
Daggett, Geo. M., e. May 3, 1864.
Hagey, Wm. F. H., e. May 9, 1864, died Oct. i, 1864.

Company K.

Capt. Wm. H. P. Norris, com. June 4, 1864.
Second Lieut. C. M. J. Reynolds, com. June 4, 1864.
Sergt. C. D. Hendershott, e. April 29, 1864.
Sergt. Simon P. Wayne, e. April 28, 1864.
Sergt. Joseph A. Israel, e. May 12, 1864.
Sergt. E, W. Myers, e. May 4, 1864.
Corp. Geo. W. Murray, e. April 29, 1864.
Corp. Wm. E. Davis, c. April 9, 1864.
Corp. John Q. Wood, e. April 30, 1864.
Corp. S. M. Woodford, e. April 28, 1864.
Corp. Louis Wilford, e. April 28, 1864.
Corp. Geo. W. Nimocks, e. May 12, 1864.
Corp. Samuel P. Johnson, e. April 28, 1864.
Musician Wm. Engle, e. May 10, 1864.
Musician Jas. A. Clark, e. May 17, 1864.
Armstrong, D. L., e. April 28, 1864.
Allan, John B., e. May s, 1864.
Allred, John P., e. May 9, 1864.
Bills, Neal S.. e. May 10, 1864.
Burman, Louis, e. May 24, 1864.
Cooper, John, e. May 11, 1864.
Cramer, Samuel E., e. May 4, 1864.
Cramer, A. J., e. May 4, 1864.

Collier, E., e. May 24, 1864, died Aug. 27, 1864, at
Helena, Ark.

j8o

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Derby, E., e. April 29, 1864,

Dorothy, C. H., e. May 26, 1864.

Eyer, Jacob, e. April 29, 1864.

Flesher, Wm. N., e. April 27, 1864.

Flesher. Jas. P., e. April 28, 1864.

Gates, Horatio, e. May 11, 1864.

Goe, David E., e. May 7, 1864.

Hall, Wm. A., e. May 9, 1864.

Joseph, Jno. W., e. May 10, 1864.

Koons, Cicero, e. April 29, 1864.

Mudge, H. P., e. April 29, 1864.

Messervey J. M., e. April 30, 1864.

Nixon, Amos, e. May 3, 1864.

Newell, Wm. M., e. May 4, 1864.

Osborn, George W., e. May 6,' 1864, died Sept. 7, 1864,

at Helena, Ark.
Parks, Leander, e. May 7, 1864.
Perrine, T. B., e. May 14, 1864.
Pitman, A. M., e. May 3, 1864.
Penwell, John N., e.. May 3, 1864.
Reed, John W., e. May 10, 1864
Sires, John F., e. May 4, 1864.
Simipton, W. R., e. May 14, 1864.
Wilson, H. O., e. May 7, 1864.
Wilson, E. C., e. May 7, 1864.

I FIRST C-W.VLRY.

[Note.— ^This Regiment icas initstcrcd out at Austin,
Texas, February 75, 1866.}

Lieut. Col. Jos. W. Caldwell, com. capt. Co. I Sept." 23,
1861, prmtd. maj. Aug. 26. 1862, prmtd. lieut. col.
Ang. 21, 1863, wd. at Little Rock and Camden, m. o.
Sept. 24. 1864.

Com. Sergt. Daniel Easley, e. June 13, 1861.

Company A.

Corp. Samuel H. Newell, July 18, 1861.

Company H.

Saddler H. G. Bates, e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864,

trans, to V. R. C. April 28. 1865.
Wagoner S. S. Bates, e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864.
Dickson, C e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864.

Company I.

First Lieut. Jos. H. Springer, e. as sergt. June 13, 1861,
prmtd. 1st lieut. Jan. 9 1865.

Second Lieut. Wm. H. Kitterman, com. June 13, 1861,

served as capt. of veterans from May 2, 1864, com.

as capt. Nov. 3, 1864, resigned Dec. 8, 1864.
Second lieut. Samuel M. Lindsay, e. as private July 18,

1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. Jan. 9, 1865.
First Sergt. Benj. W. Searle, e. June 13, 1861, disd.

March 13, 1863, disab.
Sergt. Saml. Walker, e. July 18, 1861, disd. Sept. 12,

1863, disab.
Sergt. Robt. P. Caldwell, e. Nov. 9, 1861.
Sergt. Wm. B. Brim, e. June 13, 1861, died at Mountain

Grove, Mo., March 12, 1863.
Corp. Thos. J. Meyers, e. June 13, 1861.
Corp. P. J. B. Ping, e. Oct. i, 1861.
Corp. E. P. Jobe, e. Sept. 14, 1862, died at Little Rock,,

Ark.
Corp. Wm. Davis, e. July 18, 1861, disd. Nov. i, 1862,

disab.
Corp. A. J. Chapman, e. June 13, 1861, vet. Jan. 1,

1864.
Farrier R. B. Stevens, e. July 18, 1861.
Barnett, A. H., e. July 18, 1861.
Brills. N. W., e. July 18. 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Boster, J. M., e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Creamer, Theo., e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864, wd.

at Chalk Bluff, died at Antwineville, Kan., of wds.

received at Camden.
Clark, M. S., e. July 18, ,1861, wd. at Chalk Bluff, vet.

Jan. I, 1864.
Clark, Wm., e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Clark, Thos., e. July 18, 1861, disd. March 24, 1862,

disab.
Dickens, Geo. W., vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Davis, Jno. A., e, July 18, 1861, vet Jan. i, 1864.
Davis, T, G., e. July 18, 1861.
Earl, Wm. D., e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Gillespie, A. J., c. July 18, 1861.
Godfrey, L. N., e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Harris, Jos. C, e. Aug. 16, 1862, died July 7, 1863.
Hendrickson Jackson, e. July 18, 1861, wd, at Little

Rock, Ark,
Jobe, Jno. H., e. Sept. 24, 1862.
Lindsey, S. M., e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Linn, H. C, e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Macklin, Jno. M., e. July 18, 1861, vet, Jan. i, 1864, kid,

in action at .\ntwineville, Ark.
McFarling, C. H., e. July 18, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864, died

at Little Rock.
]\IcGuire, Jas., e. June 13, 1861, deserted Jan. 6, 1863.
Pegg, Jas. A., e. Sept, 18, 1862.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

iSi

Myers, T. T., e. June 13, 1861.

Monroe, Wm. N., e. June 13, 1861, disd. March i, 1863,

disab.
Priest, Geo. W., e. June 13, 1861.
Ping, W. N., e. June 13, 1861, disd. March 14, 1863,

disab.
Phelps, A. B., e. 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Rouse, Geo. W., e. 1861.
Shreeve, Jno., e. 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Stevens, Dexter, c. Aug. 13, 1861, kid. May 25, 1862.
Sylvester, Geo. W.
Thompson, J. N., vet. Jan. i, 1864.

Taylor, Wm.

Company L.

COMPANY UNKNOWN.

Eickley, Thos. R., e. Feb. 16, 1864.
Bishop, Wm. N., e. Feb. 2, 1864.
Crandall, H. S., e. Feb. 12, 1864.
Decker, David, c. Feb. 10, 1864.
Dowrife, Jerome, e. Feb. 13, 1864.
Davis, Ira A., e. June 30, 1864.
England, Jas. K. P., e. Jan. 25, 1864.
Fairburn, Hugh, e. Feb. 25, 1864.
Jobe, Wm. S., e. June 30, 1864.
Kitterman, Jno., e. Feb. 23, 1864.
Lair, Edw. B., e. Jan. 15, 1864.
Maclin, C. W., e. Feb. 12, 1864.
McMains, David, e. Feb. 29, 1864.
Robins, A., e. Feb. 12, 1864.
Robinson, T. C., e. Feb. 24, 1864.'
Vanwinkle, Wm., e. Feb. 24, 1864.
Vanwinkle, Willis, e. Feb. 4, 1864.
Williams, Conrad, e. Feb. 10, 1864.

THIRD CAVALRY.

[Note.— r/n> regiment ivas mustered out at Atlanta.
Ga., August p, 186$.]

Asst. Surg. Wm. L. Orr, com. April 21, 1862, surg.

2ist Inf. Dec. 2, 1862.
B. V. S. Willard S. Lewis, e. Sept. 3, 1861, m. o. Nov.

30, 1862.

Company D.

Sergt. F. J. Comstock, e. Aug. 24, 1861, disd. July, 10,
1862, disab.
11

Sergt. N. Barnes, e. Aug. 24, 1861, captd. at La Grange,

Ark., vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Corp. D. S. Beers, e. Aug. 24, i86r, wd. at Coldwater,

Tenn., vet. Jan. i, 1864, died at Macon, Ga.
Bugler F. M. Bush, e. Sept. 16, 1861, wd. at Pea Ridge.
Ball, E., e. Feb. 4, 1864, wd. at Osage, Mo.
Butin, C. J., e. Sept. 10, 1861, captd. at Pea Ridge.
Day, Jos., e. Jan. 4, 1864.
Deford, W., e. Aug. 24, 1861, captd. at La Grange,

Ark., vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Duffey, David, e. Aug. 24, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Fairchild, Wm. J., e. Aug. 24, 1861, died at St. Louis.
Gray, T. P., e. Aug. 24, 1861, kid. at battle of Pea

Ridge.
Martindale, Wm. T., e. Aug. 24, 1861, disd. June 5,

1862, disab.
Martindale, Jac. C, e. Aug. 24, 1861.
Myrick, S. G., e. Aug. 24, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Sellars, John, e. Aug. 24, 1861, killed at Pea Ridge.
Strange, Wm., e. Sept. 27, 1861, captd. at La Grange,

Ark., vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Voorhies, E., kid. at Pea Ridge.

Company E.

Eplay, Geo. W., e. Feb. 24, 1864.
Eplay, Thos., e. Feb. 18, 1864.
Fisher, Geo., e. Feb. 15, 1864.
King, H. M., e. Feb. 10, 1864.
Moore, Geo., e. March 28, 1863.
Sullivan, Jas., e. Feb. 15, 1864.

Company K.

First Lieut. Geo. W. Stamm, e. as Q. I\I. sergt. Sept. 3,

1861, prmld. to 1st lieut. Sept. 21, 1864.

Q. M. Sergt. John D. Pickett, e. Sept. 3, 1861, disd.

Sept. 29, 1862, disab.
Sergt. W. H. Blake, e. Sept. 3, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864,

disd. July 28, 1865.
Sergt. Thos. E. Commons, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Corp. A. D. Woodruff, e. Sept. 3, 1861, disd. Sept. 18,

1862, disab.

Wagoner A. K. Ewing, e. Sept. 3, 1861.

Austin, Wm., vet. Jan. i, 1864, captd. at Ripley, Aliss.,

died at Andersonville.
Borman, T., e. Sept. 3, i86r, vet. Jan. i, 1864, captd.

at Ripley, Miss., died at Wilmington, N. C.
Carlton, A., e. Feb. 29, 1864.

IS2

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Commons, T. E., e. Sept. 3, 1861.

Ciich, John, e. Sept. 3, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.

Day, Jos., e. Jan. 4, 1864.

Holt, Geo. W., e. Sept. 3, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.

Lewis, W. W., e. Feb. 29, 1864.

Millard, A., e. Sept. 3, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.

Mills, Jas. M., vet. Jan. i, 1864, wd. at Gerard, Ala.,

died at Columbus, Ga.
McQueen, Hugh, March 15, 1864.
Ortlofif, August, e. Sept. 3, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Terrill, Robt., e. Sept. 3, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864, died at

Blakesburg, March 27, 1864.

Company L.

Roby, F. A., e. Aug. 15, 1861, disd. Jan. 3, 1862, disab.

Williamson, N. L., vet. Jan. i, 1864.

Wilson, L. S., e. Aug. 15, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.

Wilson, Jas., e. Aug. 15, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.

Foster, Luther.

Foster, William.

Company M.

Com. Sergt. Richard Creamer, e. Aug. 15, 1861, vet.

Jan. I, 1864.
Teamster A. J. Graves, e. Oct. 12, 1861, vet. Jan. 1,

1864.

FOURTH CAVALRY.

[Note. — This rcgiincnl was mustered out at Atlanta,
Ga., Aug. 10, 186$.]

Company B.
Richie, A. S., e. Aug. 26, 1862, disd. Oct. 8, 1864.

Company C.
Ridenour, B. D., e. Aug. 26, 1862.

Company F.

Capt. Thos. J. Zollers, com. ist. lieut., prmtd. capt. Jan.

27. 1864, resd. Feb. i, 1864.
Capt. Newell P. Dana, e. as private Oct. 17, 1861,

prmtd. capt. Feb. 2, 1864.
First Lieut. Boyd P. Brim, e. as sergt. Oct. 14, 1861,

prmtd. 2d lieut. April 20, 1862, prmtd. ist lieut. Feb.

6, 1863, resd. May 13, 1864.

First Lieut. Elias B. Woodruff, e. as sergt. Oct 14, 1861,

prmtd. 2d lieut. Feb. 6, 1863, prmtd. 1st lieut. May

14, 1864.
Second Lieut. Wm. A. Heacock, kid. at Talbot's Ferry,

Ark., April 9, 1862.
Second Lieut. John T. Reynolds, e. as corp. Oct. 14,

1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. Oct. 26, 1864.
Sergt. Wm. H. Heacock, e. Oct. 14, 1861, died at St.

Louis.
Sergt. T. A. Cramer, e. Nov. 15, 1861, died at Keokuk.
Corp. Geo. W. Creath, e. Oct. 14, 1861, vet. Dec. 12,

1863.
Corp. Wm. M. Harsin, e. Oct. 14, 1861, died at St.

Louis April 29, 1863.
Corp. S. S. Woods, e. Oct. 14, 1861, vet. Dec. 12, 1863.
Bugler Jas. G. Henshaw, e. Oct. 17, 1861, captd. at

Black River, Miss.
Farrier John Dwire, e. Oct. 14, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Wagoner Daniel Henshaw, e. Oct. 17, 1861, disd. May

I, 1862, disab.
Allison, C. B., e. Oct. 14, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Brown, Thos., e. Oct. 17, 1861.
Conwell, Lott, e. Oct. 17, 1861, disd. Feb. 21, 1862.
Clark, James; e. Oct. 14, 1861, disd. June 20, 1862.
Giger, B. F., e. Oct. 14, 1861.
Good, Jacob, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Hazen, Wm., e. Oct. 14, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Hazen, John S., e. Dec. 15, 1863.
Hilton, Jesse K., Oct. 14, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Hill, Bradford, e. Oct. 14, 1861, died at Agency City,

Oct. 10, 1863.
Hanks, Peter, e. Oct. 14, 1861, disd. Feb. i, 1862, disab.
Kazebeer, David, e. Nov. 11, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Miller, Robert P., e. Oct. 29, 1861.
McElhaney, J. A., e. Oct. 14, 1861.
McNair, Jas. M., e. Oct. 14, 1861, trans to V. R. C.

April 29, 1864, disd. Nov. 22, 1864.
Myers, Geo., e. Oct. 19, '61, disd. as musician, July 22,

'62.
Terrill, S. A., c. Oct. 17, 1861, vet. Jan. i, 1864.
Wheeler, Wm., e. Nov. 15, 1861, died at West Plain,

Mo.
Walker, F. R., e. Oct. 14, 1861, wd. at Mechanicsburg,

Miss.
Wagers, H. B., e. Oct. 26, 1861, captd. at Black River,

trans, to V. R. C. April 29, 1864.
Wilber, Alford, e. Oct. 17, 1861, disd. July 6, 1863, for

promotion in Missouri cav. regt.
Sparks, H. A., e. Sept. 4. 1862, vet. Jan. i, 1864.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

183

Gibbs, Charles, e. Dec. 16, 1862, vet. Jan. I, 1864.
Pelham, Asbury, e. Jan. 25, 1864.

Company G.

Harrison, Richard, e. Oct. 14, 1861.

Company L.

Corp. Wm. W. Dull, e. Sept. ig, 1861.
Sergt. Samuel L. Miller, vet. Dec. 12, 1863.
Richie, A. S., e. Aug. 26, 1861.

Company M.

Bugler, Samuel Schoonover, e. Nov. 7, 1861, vet. Feb.
2, 1864.

SEVENTH CAVALRY.

[Note. — This regiment ivas mustered out at Leaven-
worth, Kan., May ly, i866.'\

Col. Samuel W. Summers, com. Jan. 8, 1863, m. o.

Jan. 31, 1865.
Maj. John S. Wood, com. capt. Co. A April 27, 1863,

prmtd. maj. July 8, 1863 m. o. Jan. 31, 1865.
Maj. John Wilcox, com. capt. Co. B April 2y, 1863,

prmtd. maj. Nov. 27, 1865, m. o. as capt.
Surg. Andrew J. Wiley, com. April 3, 1863.
Asst. Surg. Jas. W. La Force, com. May 15, 1863. resd.

Dec. 7, 1864.
Asst. Surg. Stephen P. Yeomans, com. July 27, 1863.
Adjt. Eugene S. Sheffield, com. March i, 1863. prmtd.

2d sergt. Co. D, 15th Inf., resd. July 20, 1865.
Q. M. Wm. H. Northrup, com. March 25, 1863.
Comy. Benj. F. Giger, com. July 23, 1863, prmtd. sergt.

Co. B.
Hosp. Steward D, S. Kees, e. March 10, 1863.

Company A.

Capt. Edward B. Murphy, com. ist lieut. April 27,

1863, prmtd. capt. July 8, 1863, resd. Dec. 23, 1865.
Capt. Thos. J. Potter, e. as sergt. Oct. 17, 1862, prmtd.

2d lieut. March 10, 1865, prmtd. ist lieut. Nov. 14,

1865, prmtd. capt. March 10, 1866.
Second Lieut. James Grooms, e. as private Feb. 23,

1863, prmtd. 2d lieut. April 14, 1866.
Q. M. Sergt. W. H. Williams, e. Sept. 12, 1862.

Sergt. Benj. Grooms, e. Feb. 23, 1863, kid. at Ft. Cot-
tonwood by accidental explosion of shell.

Sergt. Geo. W. Ellsworth, c. Oct. 10, 1862.

Sergt. Jas. Harper, e. Sept. 15, 1862.

Corp. John M. Rupe, e. Sept. 17, 1862, died at Ft.
Kearney Dec. 19, 1862, frozen to death.

Corp. Chas. Lumkly, c. Sept. 15, 1862, disd. Nov. 6,
1865, disab.

Wagoner Daniel Neill, e. Feb. 14, 1862, disd. Jan. 15,

1863, disab.

Bird, M. O., e. Oct. 29, 1862.

Buchanan, E. R., e. Sept. 14, 1862.

Cloyd, Benj., e. Sept. 19, 1862.

Casper, Rudolph, e. Sept. 24, 1862.

Coffin, T. C, e. Sept. 12, 1862.

Hiatte, Stephen, e. Oct. 15, 1862.

Hartshorn, Edw., e. Oct. 21, 1862.

Johnston, C. H., e. Jan. 6, 1862.

Lynch, John, e. Feb. 16, 1862.

McGee, Wm., e. Sept. 15, 1862.

Munn, Wm. E., e. Sept. 15, 1862.

Peterson, E., c. Oct. 2, 1862.

Riker, Henrj', e. Oct. 15, 1862.

Rodgers, Martin, e. Jan. 8, 1862, 'died April 26, 1865, at

Fremont.
Ross, John, e. Nov. 6, 1862.
Rupe, Israel, e. Sept. 17, 1862.

Rhoads, J., e. Feb. 25, 1862, disd. Aug. i, 1863, disab.
Stanley. J. W., e. Sept. 15, 1862.
Shirley, John B., e. Sept. 27, 1862, disd. Oct. 23, 1865,

disab.
Tullis, John B., e. Sept. 27, 1862, disd. Nov. 29, 1864.

disab.
Wilkson, I. E., e. Nov. 17, 1862.
Wilkson, R. J. A., e. Sept. 15, 1862.
Williams, Robert L., e. March 28, 1864.

Company B.

Capt. Thos. S. Parker, e. as sergt. Jan. 26, 1863, prmtd.
2d lieut. Aug. 24, 1864, prmtd. ist lieut. Nov. 29,

1864, prmtd. capt. Dec. 11, 1865.

First' Lieut. John M. Phillips, com. April 27, 1863,

resd. Nov. 28, 1864.
Second Lieut. Francis J. Comstock, com. Jan. 20,

1863, resd. Aug. 23, 1864.
Second Lieut. Geo. E. Butin, e. as comy. sergt. Nov.

7, 1862, prmtd. 2d lieut. Dec. 11, 1865.
Sergt. Josiah C. Davis, e. March 21, 1863.

1 84

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Corp. Daniel L. McLain, e. Nov. 7, 1862.

Corp. A. A. Davis, e. Nov. 7, 1862.

Corp. Geo. L. Nye, e. March 15, 1863.

Corp. John A. Pinegar, e. March i, 1863, wd. at

Plum Creek, disd. June i, 1865, wds.
Corp. Thos. L. Speed, e. Nov. i, 1862.
Corp. John H. Morrfs, e. Oct. 28, 1862.
Trumpeter J. B. Summers, e. April 5, 1863, deserted

Aug. 10, 1863.
Trumpeter L. C. Williams, e. Nov. 6, 1862.
Wagoner W. H. Wagoner, e. Nov. 2, 1862.
Anthony, Wm., e. Oct. 29, 1862.
Billings, S., e. Nov. i, 1862.
Billings, L. W., e. Nov. I, 1862.

Clark, Rob. E.. e. Feb. it, 1863, kid. at Ft. Heath
Jan. 18, 1866, while in act of resenting treatment
of superior ofificers.
Clark, Joel, e. Nov. 8, 1862.
Culbertson, A., e. March 10, 1863.
Culbertson, Geo. W. B., e. March 11, 1863.
Davis, J. C, e. March 21, 1863.
Edwards, M., e. Feb. 18, 1863.
Foster, James, e. March i, 1863.
Fisk, F. C, e. Nov. 8, 1862.
Hoover, Moses, e. Jan. 21, 1863.
_ Mobley, J. C, e. Nov. 6, 1862.
' Mobley, S. P., e. Oct. 27, 1862.
Mobley, Geo. G., e. Jan. 15, 1863.
McMillin, LeGrand, e. Nov. 6, 1862.
McFarland, John D., e. Feb. 14, 1863.
Roberts, S., e. Oct. 29. 1862.
Starkey, Caleb, e. Nov. 8, 1862, disd. Nov. 24, 1863,

disab.
Sperry, John, e. Nov. 8. 1862.
Simmons, T. P., e. Feb. 18, 1863.
Thompson, Jas. A., e. Feb. 5. 1863.
Tenel, Leander. e. April 5. 1863.
Vance, E. P.. e. Nov. 6, 1862.
Wilson, Erastus, e. Feb. 17, 1863.

Comfaiiy C.

Capt. Jonathan C. Mitchell, com. April 28, 1863, dis-
missed Aug. IQ, 1864.

Capt. Harrison W. Crenier, com. 1st lieut. April -28,
1863. prmtd. capt. Aug. 20, 1S64.

Q. M. Sergt. Wm. P. Millisack, e. Dec. i, 1862, died
at Ft. Cottonwood.

Sergt. Moses S. Ramsel. e. Nov. 4, 1862.

Sergt. Peter Wade, e. Jan. i, 1S63.

Corp. Jas. K. Deford, e. Dec. 16, 1862.

Corp. Smith E. Forbes, e. Jan. i, 1863.

Corp. Benj. M. Lyon, e. Nov. 6, 1862, died at Fort
Cottonwood.

Trumpeter Isaac Beck, e. Nov. 14, 1862.

Farrier Wm. H. McMickle, e. Nov. 27, 1862.

Crandall, H. L., e. Jan. i, 1863.

Dethridge, Joseph M., e. Feb. 13, 1863, disd. June 3,
1865, disab.

Dopp, Chas., e. Nov. 18, 1862.

Davidson, H., e. March 20, 1863.

Engle, H. M., e. March 10, 1863.

Eastham, Wm. T., e. Dec. 25, 1862.

Hondyshell, S. H., e. Nov. 20, 1863.

Hill, A. J., e. Dec. 9, 1862, disd. June S, 1865, disab.

Hanks, Peter, e. March 18, 1863.

Johnson, I. L., e. Jan. 8, 1863.

Kimpson, Hugh, e. March 21, 1863.

McClintock, A., Nov. 7, 1862. /

Moshier, Wm. R.„ e. Nov. 27, 1862, kid. at Ft.
Cottonwood.

Simpson, M., e. Nov. 18, 1862.

Stewart, Jos., e. Nov. 20, 1862.

Shirkey, Hiram, e. Dec. 21, 1862.

Tannahill, H., e. March 24, 1864, died at Ft. Cotton-
wood.

Vinson, Geo., e. March 10, 1863.

Wyatt, Saml., e. Dec. 29, 1862.

Tannahill, John L., e. March 24, 1864.

Company D.

First Lieut. W. N. Monroe, com. April 28, 1863, resd.

Aug. 2i, 1864.
Sergt. John S. Wellman, e. March 10, 1863.
Cooper, L., e. April i, 1863.
Groger, Richard, e. March I, 1863.
Jones, Daniel, e. Feb. 11, 1863.
Kees, D. S., e. March 10, 1863.
Luallen, Pleasant, e. Jan. 10, 1863.
Moore, Wm. T., e. March 10, 1863.
Thornburg, A. G., e. March 15, 1863.
Thatcher, C. A., c. Jan. 15, 1863.
Williams, John, e. April 2, 1863.

Company E.

Capt. George P. Norris, com. ist lieut. Jan. 3, 1863,

prmtd. capt. June 3, 1865.
Sergt. Benj. F. Giger, e. Nov. 14, 1862.
Corp. Lewis George, e. May 11, 1863.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CmZENS.

i8s

Frary, Edgar, e. March 26, 1864, disd. date unknown.

Fisher, John J., e. March 12, 1863.

Flerer, Wm., e. March 27, 1864, disd. Aug. 10, 1864.

Holcomb, S. A., e. Feb. 18, 1863.

Roach, John C, e. April i, 1863, deserted June 9, 1863.

Thompson, J., e. April 5, 1863, disd. April 20, 1865.

Company F.

Corp. George Butler, e. June i, 1863.
Jordon, J., e. June i, 1863, kid. in action at Julesburg,
C. T.

Company G.

'Collins, H. W., e. May 28, 1863.
Thomas, W. D., e. March 24, 1863.

Compa

Second Lieut. Allen Ellsworth, com. July 13, 1863,

from sergt. Co. C, disd. July 9, 1864.
Sergt, N. F. Munro, e. June 17, 1863.
Corp. Z. H. Bones, e. May 28, 1863.
"Large, Wm., e. June 18, 1863.
Wellman, McG. W., e. June 23, 1863.

Company L.

Crawford, Geo., e. March i, 1864.

Crowley, Patrick, e. Feb. 29, 1864, disd. May 16, 1865,

disab.
Dulin, James, e. March 4, 1864.
Israel, A. A., e. March 19, 1864.
Lock, E. M., e. March 19, 1864.
Magee, John, e. March 11, 1864, kid. accidentally,

March 12, 1864.
Nye, John W., e. Feb. 29, 1864.
Turner, L. G., e. Feb. 25, 1864.
Thompson, Wm. E., March 4. 1864. \

Ward, N. W., e. Feb. 29, 1864.

COMPANY UNKNOWN.

Bucher, Richard, e. March 26, 1864.
Baker, David, e. April 16,. 1864.
Clark, John M., e. March 25, 1864
Dowing, Geo. W., c. March' 21, 1864.
Doll, L. H., e. March 26, 1864.

Forsythe, T. I., e. March 30, 1864.
March, N. B., e. March 31, 1864.
Mace, H. L., e. March 25, 1864.
Mace, R., e. March 25, 1864.
Noe, Samuel, e. March 27, 1864.
Swinford, John R.. e. March 25, 1864.
Vance, O. H., e. March 23, 1864.

EIGHTH CAVALRY.

[Note. — This Regiment zuas mustered out at Ma-
con, Ga., Aug. I J, 75(55.]

Q. M. John Q, A. Dawson, com. Sept. 17, 1863, resd.
March 29, 1864.

Company B.

Capt. Wm, H. Evans, com. Sept. 30, 1863, wd. at

Campbellsville, Tenn., resd. March 9, 1865.
First Lieut. John T. Ware, e. as ist sergt. June 17,

1863, prmtd. 2d lieut. April 2, 1864, prmtd. 1st

lieut. Aug. 13, 1864.
Second Lieut. Daniel Henshaw, com. sergt. Sept. 30,

1863, resd. April i, 1864.
Q. M. Sergt. Richard D. Williams, e. June 8, 1863.
Com. Sergt. Jas. A. Allison, e. June 13, 1863.
Sergt. Samuel F. Craig, e. June 10, 1863, captd. at

Newnan, Ga.
Sergt. C. R. Kinkade, e. June 24, 1863, kid. at Flor-
ence, Ala.
Sergt. Geo. W. Stephens, e. June 15, 1863.
Sergt. John P. Glenn, e. June 26, 1863, trans, to Inv.

Corps July 30, 1864.
Corp. R. W. Hamilton, e. June 20, 1863.
Corp. T. J. Haywood, e. Aug. 4, 1863.
Corp. R. M. Young, e. June 20, 1863.
Corp. John C. McDole, e. July 6, 1863.
Corp. W. Catlin, e. Aug. 14, 1863.
Trumpeter A. J, Graham, e. June 20, 1863, captd. at

Newnan, Ga.
Wagoner Thomas B. Cale, e. June 14, 1863. trans, to

Inv. Coros yVpril 30, 1864.
Burton, E. L., e. June 20, 1863. captd. at Newnan, Ga.,

died at Annapolis.
Byrum, E. L., e. July 6. 1863.

Byrum, L. E., e. Aug. 15, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Babb, H. C, e. June 22. 1863, wd. at Cassville, Ga.
Conwell, John W., e. Aug. 6, 1863, wd. at Nashville,

trans, to Inv. Corps April 2, 1865.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Conwell, Lott, e. Aug. lo, 1863.

(Time, Simeon, e. Aug. 2, 1863.

Cotter, James, e. Aug. 25, 1863.

Fetter, A. J., e. June 20, 1863.

Fri?by, Wm., e. June 22, 1863, died at Nashville.

Griffis, Wm. B., e. June 20, 1863, disd. Oct. 30, 1863.

Glenn, Jos. N., e. June 26, 1863.

Gladson, Wm. P., e. June 17, 1863.

Gettys, L. N., e. Aug. 15, 1863.

TIalc, M., e. July 8, 1863, died at Kingston, Ga.

Hill, A. M., e. June 20, 1863.

Harris, B., e. Aug. i, 1863, captd. at Sipsy River, Ala.

Howe, Geo., e. Aug. 8, 1863, captd. at Sipsy River, Ala.

Hrmd, E., e. Aug. 17, 1863, captd. at Sipsy River, Ala.

Jourdon, John W., e. June 2g, 1863.

Jourdon, B. p., e. July 23, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.

Kerr, H. ]., e. Aug. 11, 1863.

Lewis, Geo., t. July 8, 1863, died at Nashville, Tenn.

Land, James, e. June 26, 1863.

Myers, J. C, e. July 4, 1863.

Moffat, Jos., e. June 20, 1863, captd. at Sipsy River,
Ala.

Moffatt, Saml., e. June 20, 1863, captd. at Sipsy River,
Ala.

Olney, L. W., e. July 6, 1863.

Packer, F. G., e. July ig, 1863.

Pollard, D. H., e. July 4. 1863.

Roberts, P. H., e. July 10, 1863.

Roberts, Wm. A., e. July 6, 1863.

Rouze, Joseph E., c. June 20, 1863, wd. at Florence, Ala.

Rhodes, J. Q., e. July 24, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.

Shippy, S. R., e. June 11, 1863.

Stuber, F., e. June 13, 1863.

Sackett, Alex., e. Aug. 5, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.

Tharp, L.,jV., e. July 24, 1863.

Taylor, Samuel, e. July 21, 1863.

Wilkins, G. W., e. June 10, 1863.

Wilson, Alfred, e. June 20, 1863, captd. at Newnan,
Ga.

Wolf, 'H. C, e. July 6, 1863, died at Nashville.

Wilkins. Ralph, e. July 15, 1863, wd., died at Keokuk.

Wolf, H. D., e. July 6, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.,
died at Wilmington N. C.

Company H.

Barrows, Jas. C, e. July, 1863.

Reed, Geo. J., e. Aug., 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.

Company L.

Capt. Aaron Pinney, com. Sept. 30, 1863.

Second Lieut. Newton Doggett, e. as sergt. Aug. 8,

1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga., prmtd. 2d lieut. Aug.

28, 1865.
Sergt. H. D. Owen, e. June g, 1863, captd. at Newnan,

Ga.
Sergt. John Underwood, e. June 11, 1863, died at

Nashville.
Corp. John Clark, e. July 15, 1863, captd. at Newnan,

Ga.
Saddler N. W. Collier, e. June 10, 1863.
Wagoner E. Ashcraft, e. June 13, 1863.
Barnett, O. P., e. June 28, 1863.
Backus, Jas. M., e. July 27, 1863, captd. at Kingston,

Ga., died at Andersonville.
Cochran, Jas. H., e. Aug. 17, 1863, wd. at Florence.
Duley, John M., e. July 8, 1863.
Gotte, Joseph, e. June 2y, 1863.
Goodwin, O., e. Aug. 4, 1863.
Hendren, E. R,, e. June ig, 1863.
Hazlett, E. C, e. June 14, 1863.
Plendricks, W. A., e. Sept. 2, 1863.
Jewett, A., e. June 10, 1863, disd. Aug. II, 1864, disab.
Klingler, Geo. W., e. June 10, 1863.
Merryfield, John F., e. Aug. 10, 1863.
Morrow, Samuel E., e. July 20, 1863.
Manro, Geo. W., e. Aug. 17, 1863, wd. at Camp-

bellville, Tenn.
McCormick, S., e..July 27, 1863.
Mercer, B: C, e. Aug. 11, 1863.
McVey, H. K, e. Aug., 1863.
Packer, A., e. June 10, 1863, disd. April 27, 1864.
Place, John W., e. July 10, 1863.
Peterson, John A., e. July 8, 1863, wd. at Cypress-

Creek, Ala.
Renfro, John B., e. July 22, 1863.
Sheafer, P. M., e. July 27, 1863.
Thompson, T. J., e. July 12, 1863.
Taylor, John W., e. June 15, 1863.
Whipple, Joseph, e. Aug. 20, 1863.

Company M.
Saddler Geo. W. Lindsay, e. Jiily g, 1863.

NINTH CAVALRY.

[Note. — The volunteers of this regiment zuere mus-
tered out at Little Roek, Feb. 3, 1866 ; field staff and

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

187

Companies A, C and D, Feb. z8; Company I, March 75;
Company B, March 23.]

Company B.

Sergt. William Ware, e. Oct. 9, 1863.

Company C.

First Lieut. Thomas J. Reigart, com. Nov. 30, 1863, res.

May 22, 1865.
Sergt. William M. Gill, e. Aug. 18, 1863.
Corp. John B, Brown, e. Aug. 12, 1863.
Farrier G. C. Bell, e. Sept. 25, 1863.
Batson, Henry, e. Aug. 16, 1863.
Carhartt, Clay, e. Oct. 10, 1863.

Carver, J. H., e. Oct. 5, 1863, died at Little Rock, Ark.
Godfrey, L L, e. Oct. 6, 1863.
King, Charles, e. Sept. S, 1863.
MuUenix, David, e. Aug. 21, 1863.
Randolph, L, e. Aug. 12, 1863.
Wolfe, Levi, e. Sept. 12, 1863.
Williams, Thomas, e. Sept. 26, 1863.

Company I.

Capt. Cyrus C. Bitner, com. Nov. 30, 1863, resd. Aug.

3. 1864.
First Lieut. Thomas J. Lafferty, com. Nov. 30, 1863,

resd. July 27, 1864.
First Lieut. John H. Killinbarger, e. as sergt. Oct. 15,

1863, prmtd. 1st lieut. May 10, 1865.
Sergt. Elias Whited, e. Sept. i, 1863, died at Memphis.
Sergt. C. M. Lazenby, e. Sept. i, 1863.
Corp. John P. Heskett, e. Sept. i, 1863.
Corp. Mahlon Lappin, e. Sept. i, 1863.
Corp. F. A. Jones, e. Sept. 15, 1863.
Corp. Harry Jones, e. Sept. 15, 1863.
Corp. James F. Askey, e. Sept. i, 1863.
Farrier Wm. W. Napier, e. Sept. 15, 1863.
Wagoner Michael Burk, e. Sept. 21, 1863.
Annaws, W. N., e. Sept. 29, 1863.
Carson, James, e. Sept. 11, 1863, disd. May 5, 1864,

disab.
Crowl, J. E., e. Oct. 15, 1863.
Faris, William, e. Oct. 21, 1863.
Marshall, J. N., e. Oct. i, 1863.
McMaster, W. R., e. Nov. 23, 1863.
Phillips, S. B., e. Oct. 16, 1863.

Pike, H. C, e. Sept. 15, 1863.

Porter, J. H., e. Oct. 31, 1863.

Powelson, L., Oct. S, 1863.

Pyatt, John, e. Sept. 30, 1863.

Regester, J. E., e. Oct. 15, 1863.

Ruffcorn, W. H,, e. Oct. 15, 1863, died at Eddyville,

June 8, 1864.
Salon, J. W., e. Sept. 10, 1863.
Ward, Simon, e. Oct. 10, 1863.
Ward, J. M., e. Oct. 10, 1863,

Company K.

First Lieut. Wallace B. Goodal, com, ist lieut. from

Regt. Q. M. Sergt. Sept. 19, 1865.
Brown, C, e. Oct. 28, 1863.
Filer, C, e. Oct. 28, 1863.

Company M.

Pumroy, John, com. Nov. 30, 1862, died at Ottumwa.
Q. M. Sergt. Henry Simons, e. Aug. 21, 1863.
Sergt. Sidney A. Jones, e. Aug. 25, 1863.
Sergt. Merritt M. Ford, e. Aug. 4, 1863, died at

Ottumwa, Feb. 19, 1865.
Corp. E. T. Muna, e. Aug. 25, 1863.
Trumpeter W. J. Osterhaut, e. Sept. i, 1863.
Adams, J. J., e. Sept. 14, 1863.
.•\llen, J. S., e. July 29. 1863.
Burns, Hugh, e. Sept. 14, 1863.
Fightmaster, Alexander, e. July 22. 1863.
Kibler, J, D., e. Aug. 4, 1863.
Osterhaut, C. E., e, July 22, 1863, kid. at Lewisburg,

Ark., shot by guard during a riot.
Pegg, W. J., e. Nov. 11, 1863.
Payne, J. J., e. Aug. 28, 1863.
Parsons, J. A., e. Aug. 12, 1863.
Wolf, John, e. Oct. 9, 1863.

MISCELLANEOUS.

First Infantry.

Hoag, Stephen, e. April 23, 1861, m. o. Aug. 25, 1861.
Ott, Gottfred, e. Aug. 23, 1861, m. o. Aug. 25, 1861
Ott, Gottfred, e. Aug. 23, 1861, m. o. Aug. 25, i86i.
Brown, Edward P., e. April 20, 1861, m. o. Aug. 25,
1861.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Third Infantry.

Nidiver,' Geo. M., e. June I, 1861, m. o. June or July,
1864.

Fourth Infantry.

[Note. — This regiment zuas mustered out at Louis-
ville. Ky., Inly 24, iS65\

Corp. Thos. Pomeroy, e. July 4, 1861, trans, to Inv.

Corps.
McGraw, John, e. Dec. 6, 1861.
Atkinson, John W., c. Sept. 18, 1862.
Allen, Wm. W., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Allen, John L., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Bigham, Robert, e. June 16, 1864.
Crawford, E. M., e. Sept. 15, 1862.
Case, D. T., c. Sept. 15, 1862.
Dutton, Jeremiah, e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Foster, Torrence, e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Gibbs, F. M., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Greenlee, M., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Gornes, Jas. R., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Hawk, Wm., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Lewellen, Wm. T., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Laing. Geo. J., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Millard, John H., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Nelson, N. G., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Pennebaker, Wm., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Poplin, R. G. M., e. Sept. 18. 1862.
Ratcliffe, Wm. A., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Robinson, Wm., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Rush, Frederick, e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Shumord, John L., e. Sept. 18, 1862.

Sixth Infantry.

Corp. Hiram Hull, e. July, i, 1861, disd. Nov. 25,

1862, disab.

Brown, Geo. A., c. July i, 1861, wd. April 6, 1862,

m. o. July 24, 1865.

Bradley, E. P., vet. Jan. i, 1864, wd., m. o. July 2},

186s.

McGonegal, , vet. Jan. i, 1864.

Eighth Infantry.

Cummins, W. H., e. 1861, captd. at Shiloh, April 6,
1862, vet. Jan. i, 1864, m. o. April 20, 1866.

First Lieut. J. G. Harrow, com. Sept. 23, 1861, resd.

Dec. 31, 1861.
Dougherty, Wm., e. Aug. 10, 1861, m. o. April 20, 1866.
Grier, Geo., died Dec. 26, 1864, of wds.
Johnson, Wm., e. Aug. 10, 1861, m. o. April 20, 1866.

Tenth Infantry.

Holland, J. W., e. Aug. 22, 1861, m. o. Aug. 15, 1865.

Elcvcntli Infantry.

Second Lieut. Wm. M. Twiggs, e. Sept. 17, 1861, com.
Oct. 3, 1861, was private in Co. C, ist Inf., m. o.
July IS, 1865.

Tliirtcenth Infantry.

Asst. Surg. Seneca B. Thrall, com. Aug. 19, 1862, resd.

April 4, 1864.
Reed, D. M., e. Oct. 10, 1861, vet, Dec. i, 1863, m. o.

July 21, 1865.

Fourteenth Infantry.

Musician Francis W. Kimble, e. Oct. 15, 1862, m. o.

Nov. 16, 1864.
Littlefield, Wm. C, e. Oct. 17, 1862, m. o. Nov. 16,

1864.
Bartholomew, Robt., e. Oct. 18, 1861, missing at Shiloh,

died Aug. S, 1863.
Bearden, Wm., e. Oct. 17, i86r, captd. " at Shiloh.
Turner, Hiram, e. Oct. 1, 1861, died at Macon May

19, 1862.
Clark, W. F., e. March 28, 1862.

Tivcnty-iirst Infantry.

Surg. Wm. L. Orr, com. Dec. 2, 1862, from asst. surg.
3d Cav., resd. Oct. 29, 1864.

Twenty-third Infantry.

Browning, W. S., e. March 29, 1864, m. o. July 26,
1865.

Tivenfy-cighth Infantry.

Hunter, Jos., e. Dec. 12, 1863, wd. Sept. 19, 1864, m. o.
July 31, 186s.

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189

Murphy, I. M., e. Dec. 12, 1863, disd. Nov. 23, 1864.

Twenty-ninth Infantry.

Thompson, John E., e. Feb. 14, 1864, m. o. Aug. 10,
i86s.

Thirtieth Infantry.

Asst. Surg. J. C. Stoddard, com. Feb. 17, 1863, com.

declined and canceled.
Bryant, Benj., e. Aug. 9, 1862, trans, to Inv. Corps.
Berry, John P., e. Aug. 9, 1862, m. o. June S, 1865.
■Corp. Thos. B. Fleanor, e. Aug. 22, 1862, m. o. June S.

186s.
Carr, Arthur, e. Aug. 14, 1862, died April 17, 1863.
Jackson, Geo. W., c. Aug. 17, 1862, died IVIay 20, 1863.

Thirty-third Infantry.

Smith, Marion, e. March 22, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865.
Trent, Josiah, e. Feb. 2, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865.
Brooks, Peter, e. Feb. 4, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865.
Mitchell, Wm. W., e. Feb. 2, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865.
Trent, John, e. Feb. 2, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865.

Forty-fourth Infantry.

Middleton, Loomis, e. May 7, 1864, m. o. Sept. 15,
1864.

Forty-fifth Infantry.

Wallace, A. A., e. April 30, 1864, m. o. Sept. 16, 1864.

Forty-eighth Infantry.

Parsons, Jas., e. June 3, 1864, m. o. Oct. 21, 1864.

Second Cavalry.

Larimore, M. K, e. March 10, 1862, died at Hamburg,

Tenn.
Cartner, D. M., e. March 10, 1862, m. o. Sept. 10,

1865.
Fuller, S. J., e. March 19, 1862, died June 13, 1864.
Lewis, Rufus, e. Aug. 3, 1862, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865.
Margaretz, Herman, e. April i, 1862, missing in battle

of Boonesville, July i, 1862,
Samuel G. Vannice, e. March 1, 1864, died March 22,

1865, at Eastport, Miss., as ist sergt.

Fifth Cavalry.

Bell, Dora, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.

Besco, Henry, disd. Feb. 7, 1862.

Leonard, Thos., disd. April 27, 1862.

Coan, W. S., e, March 17, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.

Perrin, F., e. March 27, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.

Quinn, Wm., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug, 11, 1865.

Quinn, John C, e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11,

1865.
Lynch, Jacob, c. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.
Lynch, Wm. M., e. March 30, 1864,, m. o. Aug. 11,

186s.
Staton, Wm. M., c. March 30, 1864, m. o.. Aug. 11,

1865. ■
Thompson, J. S., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11,

1865.

First Battery Light Artillery.

Jr. Second Lieut. D. M. Parks, e. as sergt., 1861,

prmtd. 2d lieut. March 19, 1864, resd. June 14, 1864.
Jr. Second Lieut. Jas. Thomas, e. as private, 1861,

prmtd. 2d lieut. June 13, 1865.
Sergt. W. M. Van Zant, died Feb. 12, 1864,^ at St.

Louis.
Sergt. D. M. Sparks, m. o. July S, 1865.
Corp. Chas. R. Parks, died at Millikin's Bend, La.,

March 7, 1862.
Artf. Benj. Corbin, wd. and disd. June 16, 1863, disab.
Gardner, J, M.. m. o. July S, 1865.
Halsted, Wm. D., wd., m. o. July S, 1865.
King, Fletcher, died April 29, 1864, at Agency City.
Mills, Wm. H., died Nov. s, 1862, at Helena, Ark.
Parkhurst, Reese, kid. at Pea Ridge.
Rush, Ross, wd. at Vicksburg.
Temple. Jas. A., m. o. July 5, 1865.
Tosh, Geo. T., m. o. July S, 1865.
Day, Henry, m. o. July S, 1865.

Even, Thompson, e. Dec. 22. 1863, m. o. July 5, 1865.
Ferris, S. R., e. Oct. 10, 1864. m. o. July S, 1865.
Thomas, Even, e. Dec. 22, 1863, m. o. July S, 1865.
Gales, Washington, e. Oct. 10, 1864, disd. June 6, 1863,

disab.

Fourth Battery.

Hobbs, W. T., e. Aug. 27, 1863, m. o. July 14, i86s.
Logan, Jacob, e. Aug. 21, 1863, m. o. July 14, 1865.
Mounts, John S., e. Aug. 18, 1863, m. o. July 14, 1865.

190

HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

First Iowa Infantry (A. D.)

ted States service at Des Moines, lozva, May 17, i8gS.
It left the state May 21, 1898, and was stationed at

Sergt. Wm. Phillips, e. Aug. 29, 1863, m. 0.

Oct.

15.

Jacksonville, Florida. It was mustered out of service

1865.

November 30, iSgg.]

Bedinger, Jep., e. Aug. 25, 1863, died Nov.

3, 1864,

at Helena, Ark.

Capt. F. W. Eckers.

Carroll, Jas., e. Aug. 20, 1863, m. 0. Oct. 15,

865.

First Lieut. Theodore A. Stoessel.

Harrison, H., e. Aug. 20. 1863, died July 29

1864,

Second Lieut. Charles S. Tindell.

Helena, Ark., of wds.

Sergt. William R. Armstrong.

Lewis, Robert, e. Aug. 25, 1863, died Sept. i

1864,

Sergt., Q. M., Maurice G. Holt.

Helena, Ark.

Sergt. Alexander T. Kasparson.

McBride, Hiram, e. Aug. 25, 1863, died Aug.

ID. 1864,

Sergt. William D. Sumner.

at Helena, Ark.

Sergt. Leroy Christie.

Basket, N., e. Sept. 2, 1863, m. 0. Oct. 15, 1865.

Sergt. Alvin J. Crail.

Buck, Moses, e. Sept. 2, 1863, m. 0. Oct. 15.

1865.

Corp. Roy J. Cook.

Brown, Benj., e. Sept. 24, 1863, m. 0. Oct. 15

1865.

Corp. Albert V. Lindell.

Davis, Wm., e. Sept. 2, 1863, m. 0. Oct. 15,

1865.

Corp. Eugene B. Hill, Jr.

Holloway, J., e. Aug. 28, 1863, m. 0. Oct. 15,

i86s.

Corp. Charles Brown.

Lewis, Chas. e. Sept. 4, 1863, m. 0. Oct. 15, i

865.

Corp. William F. Bickley.
Corp. Edward Steller.

Second Cavalry, M. S. M.

Corp. Grant Irving Emery.
Corp. Samuel Manro.

Hendricks, A. E., e. Feb. 13, 1862.

Corp. George H. Elliott.
Corp. Mernie S. Ballagh.

Tivcnty-iiftli Missouri Infantry.

Corp. John H. Wright.

Musician Joseph Hayes, died at Jacksonville, Florida,.

First Lieut. W. H. P. Norris, e. July 26, 186

I, prmtd.

September 8, 1898 (typhoid).

from 2d sergt. Co. K, 2d Inf., Aug. 6, 1861.

Musician Otto Armstrong.
Artificer William T. Smith.

Tenth III. Cavalry.

Wagoner Ivory H. Cook.
Barnum, Emerson E.

Doonegan, W., e. Aug. 16, 1862.

Boughner, Charles S.
Bowser, John W.

Twenty-tifth III. Infantry.

Curran, John.

West, A. J.

Church, Dean K.

Thirty-fifth III. Infantry.

Cullen, Frank.
Davis, Harvey A.

Toll, Wm. M., e. July 3, 1861.

DeValt, Albert.
Ellis, Foster R.
Ellis, Macy M.

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

Emery, Roscoe.
Frost, Robert.

SOTH IOWA INFANTRY.

Graves, Chauncey A.

Grube, Oscar A., died at Des Moines, October 6, 1898'

Maj. H. H. Coughlan.

(typhoid).
Higgins, Bert D.

Company G.

Hobbs, William A.
HobbsT William P.

[Note. — This company was mustered into

the U

ni-

Hedrick, Eugene F.

AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

191

Langford, J. Elliott.
Lowe, Robert W.
Mitchell, Mark M. H.
Mungoven, Thomas.
Moore, Charles F.
Moore, Charles E.
Parker, Alva A.
Parker, Fred W.
Pickett, Charles S.
Rolison, Merit V.
Riordan, John T.

Riordan, Allen B.
Scott, Charles U.
Simmons, Harry M.
Smith, Edward O.
Sunley, Nate L.
Snyder, John J.
Trease, John C.
Trowbridge, Edward A.
Terrell, Otis T.
Wheelock, Herbert K.
Williams, William W.

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF P. G. BALLINGALL

Colonel Ballingall died March 7, 1891.

Will executed on the 22d day O'f Novem-
ber, 1890.

Will appointed Mary J. Phillips, A. G.
Harrow and Charles A. Walsh executors.
Mrs'. Phillips refused to qualify, but Harrow
and Walsh accepted said appointment and
qualified as executors.

Suit of Mary J. Phillips, David Hodge,
Charles and Harry Hodge, plaintiffs, vs. Har-
row and Walsh, executors, and the Ottumwa
Library Association, the City of Ottumwa and
Mattie J. Thomas, defendants, begun on the
2 1st day of December, 1891, attacking the
eighth and ninth paragraphs of the will.

The lower. court, Judge E. L. Burton, sit-
ting, decided in favor of the plaintiffs. The
Supreme Court, on appeal taken by the execu-
tors, reversed the decision of the lower court
and sustained the will in every particular.

The City of Ottumwa, by its Council,
adopted a resolution in March, 1895, accept-
ing that part of out-lot No. 13, devised to
the public for park purposes, and obligated
itself to construct and maintain a public park
on said premises as provided by the terms of
the will, but refused to accept the trust further.
The court afterward appointed Charles A.,

Walsh as trustee in the place of the City of
Ottumwa.

THE CHARITY BEQUESTS.

By the eighth paragraph of the will the
Ottumwa Library Association was given an
annuity of $200, also a strip of ground 34 feet
wide, fronting on Main street and extending
back to the right of way of the C. R. I. & P.
Railway. The devise of real estate to the Li-
brary Association is upon the express condi-
tion that the said ground shall be used for the
purpose of erecting thereon a building for the
use and benefit of a public library.

By the ninth paragraph of the will, the
Ballingall House property, the property then
known as the Magnolia Restaurant (now
known as the English Kitchen), the Pony
Pork House (now used as a pickle factory),
part of out-lot No. 13, part of lot No. 370
were given to the City of Ottumwa in trust for
the following uses and purpses :

The Ballingall House to be kept up as a
hotel; part of out-lot No. 13 to become a pub-
he park ; part of the same lot to be used for a
flower conservatory; the remainder of the
property to be leased or sold according to the
judgment of the trustee.

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A sinking fund of $20,000 to be estab-
lished first ; then the wiU directs from tlie rents
and incomes the establishment of a second
fund of $6,000. The first fund to be used for
remodeling the hotel building, to suitably
keep up with the times and the growth of the
city; the second fund for the purpose of main-
taining the public library now established.
The will provides that upon the refusal of the
Library Association to accept or use the
ground willed to it for the purpose of erecting
z library building thereon, that the saiiie shall
go to the City of Ottumwa and become a part
of the public park.

After the founding of the perpetual sink-
ing fund of $20,000 and the expenditure of

the second fund of $6,000 as directed, the will
provides that all accumulations arising from
the rents of the property and from the interest
on the sinking fund shall go and be devoted
to the following uses and purposes annually:

One-fourth to the Library Association.

One-fourth to poor and needy people of
Ottumwa whO' are dependent upon their own
labor for a livelihood.

One-fourth to the religious societies of the
city without regard to sect.

One-fourth to build or aid in the building
and maintenance of a foundling hospital, with
the special view and purpose of relieving un-
fortunate females and protecting and caring
for their offspring.

THOMAS D. FOSTER.

Representative Citizens

HOMAS D. FOSTER, who- has been
identified with the extensive pack-
ing estabhshment of John Morrell
& Company, Limited, since 1865, is
one of the two American directors of tlie firm,
the other being J. H. Morrell. It is by far the
largest business plant of Wapello county, and
an institution of which Ottumwa may well
boast.

The business of the John Morrell Company
was founded about 1830 at Bradford, York-
shire, England, by John Morrell, who died
about 1881. It was originally a bacon and
ham curing plant, as well as a wholesale and
retail grocery. It continued at Bradford un-
til i860, when it was moved to Liverpool and
became a strictly wholesale provision business
in meats, butter and cheese, being still con-
trolled by John Morrell. From 1856 to 1865
the packing business was conducted in County
Kilkenny, Ireland, and a branch office was es-
tablished in New York City in 1864, the main
office, then, as now, being at Liverpool. The
branch in America was established with the
object of purchasing meats, butter, etc., for
shipment to England. In 1874 the business

was closed in New York, packing having been
in operation in Canada from 1868 to 1874, and
at Chicago from 1871 to 1874. In 1874 all
the American interests were transferred to
Chicago, where an office is now maintained at
No. 901 Royal Insurance Building. In 1878
the nucleus of the present mammoth plant was
erected at Ottumwa, Iowa, where the company
had begun business the previous year. The
plant was enlarged and completed to its pres-
ent capacity in 1896. The American feature
of the business has been highly successful and
satisfactory to the promoters, and has been a
boon to the country in which it is located.
The plant consists of many large buildings,
their dimensions being as follows : Alain
building, 194 by 160 feet, seven stories; ware-
house, known as building "D," ' 160 by 128
feet, six stories; slaughtering building, 128 by
112 feet; engine room, 100 by 70 feet; boiler
house, 120 by 50 feet; lard refinery, 112 by 70
feet; box factory, 176 by 50 feet; fertilizer
building, 72 by 80 feet; smoke house, sausage
room and canning buildings, 98 by 108 feet;
office, 66 by 50 feet ; and the stock yards cover
five acres of floor space. The boiler room

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contains eight boilers with an aggregate ca-
pacity of 1,740 horse power, the engines are
700 horse power, and the electric generators
750 horse power. The three ice houses have a
capacity of 25,000 tons of ice, and the output
of the four ice machines aggregates 475 tons
daily. The hanging capacity of the establish-
ment is from 10,000 to 12,000 hogs. From
40 to 50 men are employed in the engineering-
department, including the machine and black-
smith shops ; from 50 to 60 men in the offices ;
and the number in the other departments com-
bined varies from 800 to 1,300 men, according
to the season. One day each smiimer is given
as a holiday for a picnic for employes, all of
whom receive their pa}' on that day as usual.
They go to some neighboring town or pleas-
ant site, several trains being needed to convey
the throng of people. Those employes whom
it is impossible to spare on this day are paid
double wages. The concern of John Morrell
& Company, Limited, belongs to nO' trust or
combine, either to lower wages or control
l^rices, and pays first-class wages to its work-
men. It is conducted on fair business prin-
ciples, and all work in perfect harmony. The
l^acking house is an exceptionally well ap-
pointed one, and is kept scrupulously clean in
e\-ery department.

Thomas D. Foster was born at Bradford,
Yorkshire, England, in 1847, ^^'^'^ "'^s reared
and educated in England and Ireland. He has
been identified with John Morrell & Company,
Limited, since 1865, and has made the busi-
ness his life work and study. He came to
America in 1868, and took charge of the com-

pany's business in this country in 1872. He
has made his home in Ottumwa since 1878,
having erected a fine residence on the corner
of Fifth and Market streets. He is married
and has a family of 10 children. Religiously,
the family is Presbyterian. Mr. Foster makes
regular trips to England in the interest of the
firm. His portrait is shown on a page in
proximity to this.

UY LORENZO BAILEY, a prominent
farmer of Agency township, Wapello
county, Iowa, has always lived upon
his present farm, on which he was
born in 1870, the youngest^ child born to J.
Howard and Amanda P. (Tull) Bailey. He
has a one-half interest in 180 acres of land lo-
cated in sections 26 and 27, and is successfully
engaged in diversified farming.

J. Howard Bailey with his wife and three
little children came to Lee county, Iowa, from
Scott county, Indiana, in 1853, and in 1854
removed to a farm in Washington township,
AA'apello county, where he followed farming
and merchandising until 1857. He then lo- '
cated at Agency and in Februar}^ 1861, lo-
cated on a farm in sections 26 and 27, Agency
township, which is now the home of our sub-
ject. l\lr. and Mrs. Bailey reared six children,
as follows : Chapman ; Cyrus D. ; Randolph ;
Charles A. ; Clara V., wife of Hubert W.
Whitney, of Pleasant township, Wapello coun-
ty; and Guy Lorenzo. The father died July
18, 1887, and Mrs. Bailey now resides with
our subject on the old homestead.

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Guy L. Bailey was united in the holy bonds
of matrimony with Jennie E. Burr, who was
born in AVashington, Washington county,
Iowa, and is a daughter of A. M. and I. L.
Burr, of Henry county, Iowa. Fraternally,
he is a member of the Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias. He was a member of the
school board of his district for several years,
and is now secretary of that body. A man of
recognized ability, he commands the respect of
his fellow-citizens as a man of worth to the
community.

A great-grandfather of j\Ir. Bailey (Joseph
Wallace) was in the battle of Fort Duquesne
(Braddock's defeat), July 9, 1755. A great-
uncle (Samuel Bailey) was a major in the
Revolutionary \\'ar. Another great-uncle
(John Tull) was in the battle of Xew Orleans
January 8, 1815. An uncle (Nelson Bailey)
and a cousin (Asl)ur}' Tull) were in the Civil
War. A nephew ( H. Verner Bailc}-) was a
lieutenant in a Alontana cavalr}- companv in
the Spanish-American \A'ar, being with the
Rough Riders in Cuba.

E. HL'XT, a gentleman of recog-
nized skill as a mechanic, is posess-
ed of considerable in\'entive genius
and is superintendent of the Ot-
tumwa Box Car Loader C( mipany, which is en-
gaged in the manufacture of box car loader, a
product of his genius. Pie was born near To-
ledo, Ohio, October 5, 1861, and is a son of C.
J. and Elizabeth (Plolbrook) Hunt.

C. J. Hunt is deceased, and his widow
lives in the state of South Dakota. They had
four sons and two daughters, of whom Frank,
as well as W. E., is located in Ottumwa and
is employed as a machinist by the Hardsocg
Manufacturing Company.

W. E. Hunt began his successful career
as a machinist when fourteen years of age,
serving an apprenticeship in the railroad shops
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Rail-
way Company. At the age of twenty-one
years he came west and followed his trade at
different places in the West and Northwest,
until he came to Otttumwa about the year
1885. He had charge of different machine
shops here and spent about ten j-ears.
with the Ottumwa Iron W^rks and five years,
with the Hardsocg Manufacturing Companv.
Meanwhile he had been working on the in-
vention of the box car loader, which is prov-
ing such a pronounced success. The first full-
sized machine was turned out at the Hard-
socg factor)-. It is an exceptionally ingenious
machine and despite its weight of eight tons
is easily handled h\- one ]e\-er, which controls
the engine and machinery. The hopper, which
is provided with a carrier bottom, has a ca-
pacity of about one ton of coal, li is u feet
in length, rc\olves on a heavy ])ivot, and
travels in and out of the car. The machinery
is operated b}- an 80-horse-power steam en-
g ne, and is controlled lj_\- a single lever, the
machine reversing automatically. It is placed
directly under the chute and then conveys the
coal to different parts of the box car, loading a
car in seven minutes with the greatest ease.

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The sale to coal companies has been extensive
and is rapidly increasing, a completed ma-
chine retailing at about $2,000. Twelve
skilled mechanics are employed, and other la-
borers to the extent oi 40 men. Mr. Hunt
and Henry Phillips, a record of whose life
appears elsewhere in this volume, are eciual
partners in the business, and both are excep-
tionally shrewd busniess men. The former,
being unexcelled as a machinist, is well cjuali-
fied to superintend the work in the factor}-.

A/Ir. Hunt was united in marriage with
Josephine Lewis, a daughter of John Lewis,
deceased. She is a native of Ottumwa, where
she was reared and has always resided. They
have two children: Charles and Hazel. Po-
litically Mr. Hunt is a .strong supporter of
Republican principles. He is a member
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
In a religious connection, he is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church. He has a
^•ery comfortable home which he built on the
South Side of Ottumwa.

T. McCARROLL, owner of the Mc-
Carroll Manufacturing Company, one
of the leading enterprises of Ottum-
wa, Iowa, is a thorough business man,
and has met with great success in the manufac-
ture oi various kinds of stoves, of some of
which he is the patentee. He was born in Har-
rison county, Ohio, in 185 1, and is a son of W
F. a-d Mary E. (Timmerman) McCarroll.
W. F. McCarroll came of an old Ohio fam-

ily, and was engaged in farming until he moved
west, to Ottumwa, Ljwa, in 1871. He mar-
ried Mary E. Timmerman, who had previously
been married to a Mr. Ross, by whom she had
one child, Mary E. (Hennegan), who now re-
sides with Mrs. J. \V. Jordan, of Ottumwa.
Mrs. McCarroll died when C. T. was but two
years of age. Mr. McCarroll formed a second
union, wedding Mary Millsack, and four chil-
dren were born to them, namely : J. B. and
A\^ F., who form the firm of McCarroll Broth-
ers, conducting a hardware business on Main
street, Ottumwa; Mrs. Phoebe (Biddisbn),
whose husband died in 1900 ; and IMrs. Laura
( Kilby ) , of Ottumwa, Mr. Kilby being a book-
keeper in the First National Bank.

C. T. McCarroll came to Ottumwa in 1871,
and formed a partnership with his father, buy-
ing out the hardware, business of William
Kraemer on Main street. His father died in
1 89 1, but the business continued to be con-
ducted under the firm name of AA^ F. McCar-
roll & Son until February, 1898. C. T. Mc-
Carroll then sold out to the Harper & Mclntire
Company, and entered upon his present busi-
ness of manufacturing stoves. He purchased
land at the end of the car line on West Sec-
ond street, filled up the ground and erected his
present building, 30 by 118 feet, in dimensions,
with an ell 20 by 30 feet in size, used as a store-
room. He employs a number of people in the
manufacture of stoves, and uses a large num-
ber of special machines, thus lessening the
amount of labor recjuired. A number of the
machines were patented by him. He has
shown considerable skill as an inventor, one

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of his inventions being a soft coal blast-heater,
with top draft, which readily burns slack and
soft coal, and was patented in August, 1900.
He also patented, in 1898, a sheet-iron wood-
burner with no up draft, the heat being forced
to the bottom of the stove before ascending ; it
is called a wood base-burner. He has a large
sale of these and they are giving universal satis-
faction wherever used. He also makes heavy
air-tight heaters and farmers' feed cookers.
He has a sheet-iron wood carrier, and other
conveniences. The plant covers one and a half
acres of ground and is complete in all its de-
tails, the power being furnished by a gasoline
engine. He is also connected with the Ot-
tumwa Brick & Construction Company, of
which D. F. Morey is manager.

Mr. McCarroll was joined in marriage with
Emma L. Foster, a daughter of Thomas Foster.
Mrs. McCarroll was reared in Wapello county,
Iowa. They have three children, as follows :
Mary, Helen and Laura. Politicall)-, Mr. Mc-
Carroll is a Republican, and served as alder-
man of the sixth ward, in which he has a good
residence property. He is a member of the
Royal Arcanum. He is liberal in religious

A'iews.

^~*-^

H. WILLIA^^IS is president of the
Fair-Williams Bridge & Manufactur-
ing Company, at Ottumwa, the only
concern of the kind in AA^apello county.
He has been engaged in this line of business
since 1880, and has displayed great business
ability. This is one of the leading industries of

Ottumwa, and the largest plant of its kind in
the state of Iowa. He was born in 1840 in
Crawford county, Pennsylvania, and is a son of
James Williams.

James Williams was a mechanic by trade
and lived in Pennsylvania until his death in
1859. His wife died later at the age of eighty
years. Fie had two children : J. H. ; and Mrs.
Mary (Daniels), of Crawford county, Penn-
sylvania.

J. H. Williams was reared and educated in
Crawford county, Pennsylvania, and worked
in the machine shops at Conneautville, in that
county, when a boy. He enlisted, in 1863, in
Company C, 112th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf. (then
converted into the 2d Pa. Artillery) and served
until the clcse of the war. He first came to Iowa
in 1 856, and one year later located near Keosau-
C|ua, Iowa, having completed an apprenticeship
as a carpenter and joiner before coming to this
state. In i88o, he became identified with the
bridge and manufacturing business at Keo^au-
qua, and owned and operated a plant there. In
1887, he moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, and with
Mr. Fair established the present business, hav-
ing purchased the plant of the Ottumwa Plow
Company. They have since added largely to
the buildings, and, in addition to the ware-
house, there is now a space of no by 160 feet
under roof. In 1900, the large fire-proof brick
structure was erected, and they have a foundry
complete in all its appointments. The firm
was incorporated as the Fair-\A'illiams Bridge
& Manufacturing Company in 1894, with Mr.
Williams as president and E. D. Fair as secre-
tary and treasurer. They manufacture bridge

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material and architectural iron work, and em-
ploy about 40 men, who are mainly first-class
mechanics and iron workers. They have a
wide field for the sale of their products, em-
bracing Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska,
Dakota and Colorado, and their business is
rapidly increasing. The owners attend to the
interests of the firm on the road, and are en-
terprising and energetic business men.

E. D. Fair was born in Maryland near the
Pennsylvania line, and is a son of John Fair,
who with his family came to Wapello county,
Iowa, in 1856, and located a little north of
Agency, where he followed farming. At the
time of the removal to this state, E. D. Fair
was but ten years of age. He learned the car-
penter's trade and did some contracting, and
later crossed the plains and contracted on the
gradework of the Union Pacific Railroad. He
returned to A\'apello county, Iowa, in 1869,
contracted -for bridge building in the county,
and in 1887 began steel bridge making, which
he has since continued. His parents are de-
ceased. He married ]\Iiss Giltner, a daugh-
ter of \A'illiam Giltner, deceased, who was a
pioneer of this cnuiit)-. They have six chil-
dren, one of whom is Dr. A. B. Fair, of Iowa
City. The others reside at or near Agenc}',
where he has his home and o\Vns extensive
farming interests.

Mr. \\ illiams was married in Pennsylvania
to Lovina Wright, ^^■ho died and left seven
children : Frank, who is in the employ of the
Fair-AA'illiams Bridge & IManufacturing Com-
pany, at Ottumwa; Eva (Horner), whose hus-
band is a druggist in Eddyville, Iowa; Mrs,

Tettershall, of Chicago; Flora (Gibson), of
Los Angeles, California; Mrs. William Gregg,
of Burlington, Iowa ; Mrs. Craighead, of Joliet,
Illinois, and Bert, of Ottumwa, Iowa. Polit-
ically, Mr. Williams is a Republican, and cast
his first vote for Lincoln. Fraternally, he is a
Mason and Knight Templar, and belongs to
the Elks. Religiously, he is a Methodist. Mrs.
Williams died in September, 1900, at the age
of sixty-one years.

R. A. V. STEVENS, who was long
a prominent member of the medi-
cal profession in Wapello county,
Iowa, was engaged in active practice
at Highland Center for a period of thirty-seven
years, but is now living a retired hfe at Ot-
tumwa. He is a man of pleasing personality
and has many friends throughout this county.
Dr. Stevens was born in Harrison county,
Indiana, in 181 5, and at a very early date
went to Illinois, where he was located until
1853. In that year he came to \A'apello coun-'
ty, Iowa, and settled in Highland township.
He erected a log calkin, to which he toijk his
bride, and improved the claim he had entered.
He resided there until 1893, and then moved
to Ottumwa. AA'hen he first came to this
county a log-house was the only dwelling in
Ottumwa, in which a general store was con-
ducted by Mr. Devin. He sold his land in
1893 and has since been retired from business,
enjo}'ing life at his home in Ottumwa, at the
age of eighty-six years.

Dr. Stevens formed a matrimonial alliance

V<r. B. BONNIFIELD.

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with Catherine Aliller, who was born in Ken-
tucky, and they became the parents of the fol-
lowing children : Charlotte ; Nancy ; Lydia ;
Rhoda; Ernest; Jacob; Owen; Douglas; and
Orlando. His children are all well settled and
he gathers much enjoyment from their com-
pany. Mrs. Stevens, who was a woman of
amiable disposition, attractive manners and
high character, died in Ottumwa some time
after their removal here. Politically, Dr. Ste-
vens is a Democrat, and has served on the
school board of his township for fifteen years.
He is a faithful member of the Baptist church.

B. BONNIFIELD, a gentleman
exceedingly prominent in the cir-
cles of finance in this section
of the state of Iowa, whose
portrait is shown herewith, is president
of the First National Bank of Ottum-
wa, Iowa. He has been located in this
city for more than forty years, and dur-
ing this time has been closely identified with
all public improvements, and all projects tend-
ing to benefit the community.

Mr. Bonnifield was born in Randolph
county, Virginia, February 23, 1827, and
moved with his parents to Jefiferson county,
Iowa, in the spring of 1837, where they set-
tled on a farm nine miles east of Fairfield.
There both of his parents died in the spring
of 1 84 1, leaving a large family of children.
He remained on the farm until 1847, attend-
ing school in the winter months in the log

school-house (wliich had greased paper in the
\\'indows in the place of glass), and working
on the farm through the summer months. Mr.
Bonnifield was ver\- desirous of obtaining an
education. In 1847, h^ and his two younger
brothers went to the Iowa W'esleyan Univer-
sit_\' at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and remained
there one and a half years. From there they
went to Pennnsyhania, in 1849, and attended
Allegheny College. At that early day there
was no means of public conveyance from Iowa
to Meadville, Pennsylvania, the seat of Al-
legheny College, except by boat on the Missis-
si])pi and Ohio rivers to Pittsburg, and thence
by canal to Meadville. As cholera prevailed
on those rivers in that year, these three broth-
ers chose to tramp across the prairies of Illi-
n(,is to Chicago, and carry their luggage, get-
ting a ride occasionally in a farm-wagon for
pay or through the sympathy of a farmer.
There was at that time but one railroad, the
Michigan Southern, Ijy which transportation
east from Chicago could he secured, and as
the fare was more expensi\"e than by water,
these three sore-footed bo\'s took a steamer
on the lakes for Erfe, 40 miles from Allegheny
College; but by the time the}- got to Cleve-
land, Ohio, they concluded the)- would not con-
tribute anything more towards the filling of the
Lke and abandoned the steamer for a tramp
of 90 miles to Meadville. After remaining
in college for two and a half )-ears, their
purse was found depleted to such an extent
that something had to be done. Therefore
W B. Bonnifield went to Kentucky and taught
school for a term of five months, fullv ex-

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pecting to return to college. He was in-
duced to stay another term, with increased
pay, and then, still another term, so that he
remained nearly two years. At this time the
California gold fever was prevalent all over
the country. Mr. Bonnifield crossed the plains
by means of ox teams, in 1853, in company
with four brothers. He followed mining and
stock-raising in northern California until
1 86c, when he returned east and located at
Ottumwa, Iowa. His California venture wa;
reasonably successful, at least he returned with
more than he took there with him. He en-
gaged in the private banking business in Ot-
tumwa, in October, 1861, with his two broth-
ers, under the firm name of Bonnifield Broth-
ers, and continued thus until October, 1863.
Then, on the passage of the national banking
law he organized the First National Bank of
Ottumwa, with a capital stock of $60,000.
This bank was No. 107, and was the first na-
tional bank organized west of the Mississippi
river. He was its first cashier and George
Gillaspy its first president. AVithin the
first year Mr. Bonnifield was made pres-
ident, and has since continued in that
capacity with the exception of two years,
James Ha\^'ley serving as its president
during that period. This bank is considered
one of the best managed and most successful
in the state of Iowa. It doubled its capital
stock of $60,000 in 1891, and has paid $460,-
300 in dividends to its stockholders since its
organization. Mr. Bonnifield was president
and treasurer of the Iowa Central Coal Com-

pany, at Oskaloosa, for one year, and was
treasurer of the St. Louis & Cedar Rapids
Railroad Company for six years, until it was
sold to the Milwaukee system. He has always
been prominently identified with public enter-
prises, w'hose object was toi increase the
growth and prosperity of the community. He
was one of the promoters of the Ottumwa
AVater Power Company, and served as its
president for eight years.

W. B. Bonnifield was united in marriage
October 28, 1862, with Alcinda Innskeep, a
native of Hillsboro, Ohio, and they have
reared three children, as follows : Mary B.
(Hormel), of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Lizzie B.
(Simmons), of Ottumwa, Iowa; and William
B., Jr., assistant cashier of the First National
Bank of Ottumwa, who married Lizette Near,
of Racine, Wisconsin. In 1870, Mr. Bonni-
field built a residence on the corner of Sec-
ond and Jefferson streets, in which he has since
resided. He has for many years been a mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity. Religiously
he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church.

In 1898, the Union Trust & Savings Bank
was organized with a capital of $50,000 by the
same men who controlled the First National
Bank, and as a result the capital of the latter
was reduced to $100,000. The present di-
rectors of the First National Bank are: W.
B. Bonnifield; Martin Hutchison (cashier);
George Haw; J. B. Sax; and W. B. Bonni-
field, Jr. The bank officials erected their own
building in 1870, and occupied it until 1880,.

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when it was destroyed by fire. They rebuilt
in 1 88 1, on the corner of Main and Market
streets.

\y. B. Bonnifield has been an important
factor in the building up of Ottumwa; he has,
all the time been a banker, bringing tO' the
business his native good sense as well as that
financial education that comes to those who
are accustomed to handling the money of oth-
ers ; he has never aspired to office, but steadily
kept in view the interests of those who con-
fided in hiiii as a financier, and has so managed
the affairs of his bank that at no time has it
been in peril, or even threatened with peril. In
the exercise of these functions he has had the
accustomed experience of bank8rs, and yet with
all of his conservatism there has never been
a day or an hour that he has not been ready
to aid all legitimate enterprises that have been
calculated tO' advance the interests of Ot-
tumwa, materially as well as morally. He
has, at the risk of loss, been a fearless ad-
v(;cate of temperance, and in every way he
has thrown his influence in favor of things
that contribute to good rather than to evil. In
all the public movements for charity the name
of AY. B. Bonnifield has been among the fore-
most in contributing to relieve the woes of
others, whether at home or abroad.

It will be seen by this sketch that Mr.
Bonnifield attained his present position
through his own efforts and ^vithout the aid of
any extraordinary circumstances in his favor.
In early life he worked on a farm; later on
he taught school, and when California offered
an opportunity for enterprising young Ameri-

cans, he was adventurous enough to take his
chances. He met with no great fortune there-,
but he returned to the state with more money
than he took \\ith him ; he \\ as all the time
prudent, laboring earnestly, and all that he'
gained was through his untiring industry and
excellent judgment in dealing with the prob-
lems that entered into his experience as a
miner and stock-raiser. He brought the same
qualities to bear th.en that he has since dis-
played in managing the affairs of a great cor-
poration, which has been built up mainly
through his efforts. If ^Ir. Bonnifield had
been less careful in business matters, and in
exercising the virtues of prudence and econ-
(;my, he \\'0uld not ha\-e been able to do the
works of charity and liberality which he takes
pleasure in doing, when the proper objects
have been presented to him.

RS. SUSAN E. DAGGETT, one of

the most highly esteemed residents

of Ottumwa, AA'apellO' county,

Iowa, is the widow of William

Daggett, who for many years was one of the

leading business men of Ottumwa.

AA'lilliam Daggett was born in Jordan, On-
ondaga county. New York, ^larch 12, 1830,
and was a son of Ebenezer Daggett. He had
three brothers and a sister, namely: Edward,
who is in the livery business at Ottumwa;
Henry B., of Brookfield, Missouri ; C. F., of
Syracuse, New York ; and ]\Irs. Rebecca
Morse, of California. AA^illiam Daggett came

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to Ottnmwa from Onondaga county, New
York, in 1856, one year later returning to Sen-
eca Falls, New York, \\here he was married,
his wife accompanying him back to Ottnmwa.
He was influenced in locating at Ottumwa by
Seth Richards, deceased, who was then resid-
ing at Bentonsport, located on what is now
the Des A/[oines Valley Division of the C. R.
L & P Railway. Following, that gentleman's
advice he located at Ottumwa, with the result
that the city has seen all of his successful busi-
ness career and been greatly benefited thereby.
In 1857, he engaged in the hardware business,
and a few years later J. W. Edgerly, who had
been in Mr. Daggett's employ, became a mem-
ber of the firm. The firm of Daggett & Ed-
gerly continued until the latter retired. Mr.
AA' T. Plarper then became a partner. The
firm of Daggett & Harper continued in the
hardware business until 1875, when they sold
out, only to engage in the linseed oil business.
Mr. Daggett became identified with I. N. Alast
in operating the Ottumwa Starch Works. In
1870, Mr. Blake bought the interests of
stockholders in the Iowa National Bank, and
in 1872 Mr. Daggett became one of the direc-
tors, after which time he was identified with
the bank as director or vice-president until his
death on February 26, 1900, having nearly
rounded out the allotted term of three score
years and ten. He was possessed of excellent
business rjualifications, and was very success-
ful in whatever line of business he engaged.
He. was largely instrumental in securing the
water ]5nwer and later the water works, which
now supply the city with water. After the old

starch works were sold to the starch trust, Mr.
Daggett nearly succeeded in bringing the im-
mense mill to Ottumwa that was later located
at Des Moines, making several trips tO' New
York for that purpose. He was connected
with all enterprises of note and was a conser-
vative business man of good judgment. In
late A-ears he was known as Ottumwa's lead-
ing financier, and was always appealed to
when any new industry wished to locate here.
Fie looked thoroughly into the merits of the
Janney Alanufacturing Company, and aided
largely in securing its location. He later
placed capital at the company's command and
served as its treasurer. AVhen the possibility
of bringing the immense Dain works to Ot-
tumwa was first learned, Mr. Daggett was one
(if the first to place his shoulder to the wheel
and push the enterprise to a successful issue.
At the time of his death Mr. Daggett was
busily engaged in trying to bring a large cok-
ing plant here, which would mean thousands
of dollars of revenue annually to Ottumwa, and
that success had crowned his efforts is shown
by a letter which was received from L. Z.
Leiter only a few hours before his death rela-
tive to the matter. The promoters of the en-
terprise tacitly announced their intention of
placing the plant here. There is not a large in-
dustry in Ottumwa which was not favored in
some wa)' b)- Air. Daggett, either financially
or by work in its interest. He was also vice-
president of the Ottumwa Railway, Electric
Light & Steam Company, president of the
Equitable Loan Association, and a director of
the Ottumwa Opera House Company. He

"WILLIAM ALEXANDER WORK.

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was prominently identified with the Trinity
Episcopal church, of which he was a warden
since 1863, being senior warden at his death,
and was most liberal in its financial support.
He was instrumental in getting the original
church structure, and when the last edifice was
erected he not only gave liberally of his wealth
toward its successful completion, but actually
superintended its construction.

Mr. Daggett was married at Seneca Falls,
New York, October 13, 1857, to Susan E.
Daniels. She was born in Seneca Falls, in
1835, and is a daughter of George B. and
Mary S. (Giddings) Daniels, her father at
one time serving in Congress from Seneca
■county. Her mother recently celebrated her
ninetieth birthday. She comes of old Revolu-
tionary stock, and has a brother residing in
Seneca Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Daggett became
parents of eight children, seven of whom are
living: Minnie A. ; Maude; \A^allace R., cash-
ier of the Iowa National Bank of Ottumwa;
Amy; Eva (Higdon), of Ottumw^a; Blanche;
and Philip. The present fine brick home was
erected in 1885 and is located on the corner of
Fifth and Court streets. Politically, Mr. Dag-
gett was a Republican.

ILLIAM ALEXANDER WORK,
whose portrait is shown on the op-
posite page, is the senior mem-
ber of the firm of Work &
AA'ork, his son Emmett A. being as-
sociated with him in the practice of

law. He is devoted to his profession, turning
neither to the right nor to the left in search for
honors or preferment outside of the profession
which he has chosen for his life work and which
he loves so well. He was born on December
25, 1844, on a farm in Jefferson county, Iowa;
his father, Joseph Work, was a native of Clark
county, Indiana, and came to Jefferson county,
Iowa, in 1843. T^^ same year, before leaving
Indiana, the latter was married to Eleanor
Huckleberry. They moved, in 1845, to Van
Buren county, Iowa, near Birmingham, w-here
the subject of this sketch was reared on a farm,
and became inured to all the hardships, toil and
privations incident to pioneer life. Joseph
Work represented Van Buren county in the
Iowa legislature in 1872.

William Alexander Work received his rudi-
niental education in the old school-house of pio-
neer days, where he attended a winter and sum-
mer term until he was old enough to work in
the field; then, he was limited to a winter term
for several years. In such schools everything
taught was not from books ; the wide expanse
of prairie, fringed with forests, gave the boy
a breadth of character not attained in the en-
vironments of a towni or city. Such a young
man was Mr. Work in the latter "fifties,"
when he entered the then well known academy
at Birmingham. In 1862, he was admitted to
die college course of Iowa Wesleyan Univers-
ity, at Mount Pleasant ; he completed one year's
study there, and in 1863 enlisted in the United
States Nav}', and was assigned to the United
States gunboat "Benton," the flagship of Ad-
miral Porter's Lower Mississippi Squadron.

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He served during a part of 1863 and 1864,
at the time when many of tlie great
engagements on the Mississippi river oc-
curred. Island No. 10, Memphis, Vicioburg
and New Orleans had fallen during this period.
When his term of service closed, he returned
to Iowa AVesleyan University, and completed
his college course, in 1867. After graduating,
he taught school in Keosauqua f ( )r a year ; in
the meantime he had taken up the study of law
with Hon. Robert Sloan, of the Keosauquci.
bar, and when Mr. Sloan was elected circuit
judge, JMr. A\'ork succeeded to the Judge"?
practice. Eight years later, he associated him-
self with Judge Alexander Brown under the
firm name of Work & Brown, and in 1882,
Judge Sloan, after leaving the bench, became a
member of the firm of Sloan, A\'ork & Brown.
In 1883, Mr. Work removed to Ottumwa and
opened an office, but retained his connection
with the old firm until Judge Sloan was again
advanced to the bench, when the firm became
AVork & Brown, which has continued until the
present time, at Keosauqua. Mr. AA'ork regu-
larly attends both the courts of Van Buren and
AA^apello counties. He has been successfully
engaged in some of the most important litiga-
tions in southern Iowa. As a trial lawver,
either before the court or jury, he has few
equals at the bar in Iowa. His mind is natur-
ally analytical and logical, and whether dis-
cussing a point of law or presenting an analysis
of evidence, he is strong and convincing. He
is also eloquent as a public speaker. It is a
matter of record in the county that he has been
singularly successful in the cases that he has

undertaken. His methods are to advise clients
safely, without regard to prospective fees, and
when he undertakes a case, it may be set down
that he believes in the justice of his cause, and
knows how to maintain the rights of his client.
Mr. AA^ork is a Republican, in politics, and
a strong supporter of his party, but he is in no
sense a politician ; he devotes his attention tc^
his profession, seeking no honors except those
that strictly belong to it. Mr. Work married
Hinda H. Marlow at Keosauc[ua, in 1869.
They have had the following children : Craig
M. ; Benjamin M. ; Emmett A. ; Esther B. ;
Ruth E. ; and Stella E. Mr. and Mrs. AVork
are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church ; they have a very pleasant home at the
corner of Fifth and Court streets.

EVI HILLS, deceased. This gentle-
man was for many years a prominent
citizen of Ottumwa, engaged in the
merchandise brokerage business. He
\\-as born July 22, 1838, at Lisbon, Kendall
county, Illinois, and was a son of Levi Hills,
Sr., who was known as "Deacon Hills," and
was for many years engaged in the grocery
business in Ilinois. Deacon Hills' wife died in
Manchester, Iowa, in 1876, at the home of her
son. Levi Hills had one brother. Miles, who
lived in California until his death, and of sev-
eral sisters but one is living.

Levi Hills was reared in Illinois. He at-
tended Beloit and Knoxville colleges, and m-
tended to prepare for the career of a lawyer,.

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213

but on account of serious trouble with his eyes
he was obhged to abandon that intention. At
the cah for three months volunteers in 1861,
he enlisted in Company F, nth Reg. 111. Vol.
Inf., as a private. He reenlisted at the expira-
tion of that time, and served mainly in the
quartermaster's department during the remain-
der of the war. In 1865 he went south, where
he bought a cotton plantation, in Louisiana. He
then returned to Iowa, where he was married.
In 1867, Mr. Hills accepted a position with
W. C. Moss, Jr., & Company, as bookkeeper,
which he held for some years. Later he trav-
eled for the Ottumwa Starch Works, until that
business was sold tO' the trust. Mr. Hills then
opened a merchandise brokerage office in the
Richards block in Ottumwa, where he con-
tinued business until the time of his death.
He died July 15, 1899, and his death was sin-
cerely mourned by all. He was one of the most
. prominent business men in Ottumwa, and no
public enterprise was complete without his as-
sistance. A man of honest, upright character,
kind and charitable to all, his absence has been,
keenly felt in Ottumwa.

Mr. Hills was united in marriage, in 1870,
with Sarah McCollum. She was born in La
Porte, Indiana, in 1846, and is a daughter of
Frederick McCollum. Her father was of
Scotch ancestry. He was a merchant, and his
death occurred at the home of a daughter in
Illinois, in 1885, at the age of seventy-three
years. His wife, who- was of English descent,
died in 1876, at Manchester, Iowa, aged sixty-
one years. Mrs. Hills had one brother, who
died, and she has three sisters living.

To Mr. Hills and his wife two children
were born, namely : Hubert L., whO' was born
in Ottumwa, in 1881, and has taken his fa-
thers place in the brokerage business; and
Mary, who was born in 1871, and is the
wife of James W. Mytton, of St. Joseph, Mis-
souri, prosecuting attorney of Buchanan coun-
ty, Missouri, — they have two children, Allen
and John.

Politically, Mr. Hills was a Republican.
Fraternally, he was a Master Mason and was
an enthusiastic member of the G. A. R., hold-
ing, successively, all the offices in the post,
and that of senior vice commander of the De-
partment of Iowa. Mr. Hills was secretary
of the Industrial Exchange at Ottumwa for
many years. The family attend the Episcopal
church, though Mr. Hills people were Con-
gregationalists.

HOMAS E. GIBBONS, the leading
grocer on the South Side of Ottum-
wa, A\'apello county, Iowa, and also
alderman at large, is a native of To-
ronto, Canada. He was born in 1856, and is a
son of John and Margaret, (O'Donnell) Gib-
bons, who were both natives of Ireland.

When John Gibbons was married, he de-
cided to make his home in America, and in
1855 came to this country. Soon after reach-
ing here he went to Canada. Six children re-
sulted from his union with Margaret O'Don-
nell, three of whom are deceased. Edward
died in Ireland, and Catherine and James died
in America. The oldest son, John F., is a

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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad em-
ployee, who lives on the North Side of Ot-
tumwa. Mrs. Ann O'Malley also lives in Ot-
tumwa.

Thomas E. Gibbons, the subject of this
sketch, was reared and schooled in Ottumwa.
He entered the employ of McCullough & Lil-
liburn, dealers in butter and eggs, in 1870.
After remaining with that firm a short time,
he went to Omaha, where he engaged in the
same business. He returned to Ottumwa in
1879, and entered the grocery business with
Mr. O'Malley, after which he formed a part-
nership with \\'. J. Neil, which lasted until
1883. The store was on the North Side and
was known as Neil & Gibbons. Then Mr.
Gibbons conducted a store (jn the South Side
under the name of Beaver & Gibbons. Since
1895 he has been engaged in the grocery busi-
ness alone at Nos. gii-913. Church street. His
store is known as the Gibbons Tea Store. He
erected a building and employs three people
to assist him in the store. By his courteous
and fair treatment to his cu.'^tom.ers he has
gained the patronage of about one-third the
residents of the South Side. He has been a
self-made man, and has just cause to be proud
of the success which he has won.

Air. Gibbons married Annie Monley, who
died in June, 1891. They had five children,
namely: Frank; ?\Iary ; Kittie; Maggie; and
Annie. Air. Gibbons married, secondly, Vina
AA'allace, a daughter of A\'oodson Wallace, who
\Aas an early resident of Ottumwa. In poli-
tics, our subject is a Democrat. He was elect-
ed alderman of the Fifth ward, being the first

one from the South Side to be elected. Mr.
Gibbons has served two terms, and was elect-
ed both times by a large majority. Fraternal-
Iv, he is a member of the Woodmen of the
AA'orld and National Union. In his religious
views he is a Catholic.

OSEPH AINLEY, who has been
closely identified with the growth of
Ottumwa since 1862, is a member of
the firm of Ainley & Weidenfeller, and
is engaged in the milling business.

Mr. Ainlev was horn in Yorkshire, Ene-
land, in 1833, and is a son of AVilliam Ainley,
being the only member of the family who
moved to this country. He is one of five chil-
dren. Upon coming to this country, he lo-
cated in St. Louis, in 1858, and six months
later moved to Jefiferson county, Iowa. In
1862, he came to Ottumwa, AA'apella county,
Iowa, bringing his family with him, and was
engaged in the livery business for eleven years.
He then engaged in the stock-yards business.
He was associated with P. G. Ballingall in
both the li\-ery and stock-yards business, fol-
lowing the latter until 1876. In that year, Air.
Ainley engaged in baling and shipping hay at
Ottumwa, — making that city the distributing
point. He continued thus until 1884, in which
year he erected his present feed, flour and cus-
tom mill.' It occupies a three-story building,
4- by 50 feet, in dimensions, and has a capac-
ity of 60 barrels of straight-grade flour, and
a greater feed capacity. He has a large local

S. H. HARPER.

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trade, supplying the feed and grocery stores,
and the business is in a thri\'ing condition. He
was alone in this business until 1899, when he
took a trip to his native country, England,
leaving" his affairs in charge of his son and Mr.
Weidenfeller. Since that time, the firm name
has been Ainley & AVeidenfeller.

Mr. Ainley was united in marriage, in Eng-
land, .with Hannah Crowther, who died in
1877, leaving four children, as follows : J. W.,
a railroad man who died in 1893, at the age of
thirty-fi\'e years ; Edwin, who is thirty-five
years old, and is connected with the Union
Stock Yards of Chicago ; Sarah Eliizabeth
(Weidenfeller), whose husband manages the
mill and lives in South Ottumwa; and Sewell
C, wlio is located in the West. Politically,
Mr. Ainley has always been a Republican. In
religious views, he is an Episcopalian. He
owns residence property in South Ottumwa,
and has a pleasant home.

H. PLVRPER, who has been prom-
inently identified with the growth of
Ottumwa for more than thirty Acars
past, is a member of the Harper & jMc-
Intire Compan}?, wholesale dealers in hardware.
He was born near Zanesville, Muskingum C(jun-
t}-, Ohio, April 2^. i(S43.

;\Ir. Harper came to Ottumwa, AA'apello
county, Iowa, in 1853, and settled on a farm
with his father's family, about one and a quar-
ter miles north of the present city limits. He
remained on the farm until 1862, when he en-

listed as a private in Company B, 36th Reg.,
Iowa Vol. Inf. In June, 1863, he was commis-
sioned by the Secretary of War as a second,
lieutenant in the 46th Reg., U. S. Colored In-
fantry. He was later promoted to be a first
lieutenant, and then to a captaincy, and was^
honorably discharged from the army in Feb-
ruar)', 1866, after three years and seven
months of service.

In 1867, Mr. Harper entered the employ of
the hardware firm of Henry & Haw, of Ot-
tumwa, and thus continued until 1869, when he
embarked in business for himself, as a member
of the firm of Egan & Harper. In 1873, the
building and stock of this firm were destro\-ed
by fire, and the same year they purchased the
stock of Daggett & Edgerly, their competitors
in the hardware business. The business \\as
then conducted under the firm name of Egan,
Plarper & Company, Mr. Edgerly remaining
with the new firm. In 1875, Mr. Edgerly sokf
his interest to E. A. Chambers, and in 1876
the firm embarked in the wholesale business by
putting tw(j traveling men on the road. In
1 88 1, Mr. Egan sold his interest in the busi-
ness, and R. C. AA'ilson and Frank Alclntire
entered the firm, — the name being changed to-
Harper, Chambers & Compan}-. In 1881, a
fire starting in an adjoining drug store de-
stroyed the building,' and seriously damaged
the goods of the firm. In [885, :Mr. AMison,
retired from the firm, and in 1892 Air. Cham-
bers retired, the firm name being changed to
the Plarper & Alclntire Company, which has
remained its designation up to the present time.
The large four-story building now occupied

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

by the company was erected in 1893, and the
business has grown to enormous proportions,
— the firm being rated as one of tlie largest
commercial houses of Iowa.

Mr. Harper has always taken an active in-
terest in public matters, and has assisted in se-
curing all of the enterprises which have lo-
cated in Ottumwa during the past thirty years.
He has been a member of the school board,
president of the Mississippi & Missouri Valley
Hardware Association, a presidential elector,
and for the past two years president of the
Wapello County Old Settlers' Association. He
has been a director of the Iowa National Bank
for twenty years, and was a delegate to the na-
tional monetary convention held at Indian-
apolis, in 1897 and 1898. He is a man of
great influence, and has many friends in the
state. His portrait accompanies this sketch,
being presented on a foregoing page.

ILLIAM M. REECE, who holds
an important position with the
government as secretary of the
committee on public lands, is a
prominent contractor and builder of Ottumwa,
Iowa. When he came to this state he was
without means, and it was only by hard work
and perseverance that he attained his high
standing in, the community. He was born in
Wood county. West Virginia, November 25,
1856, and is a son of Alpheus R. and Phoebe
(Lowther) Reece.

Alpheus R. Reece was born in Wood coun-
ty, West Virginia, and came from a promi-

nent old family of Virginia, of English and
Welsh descent. His great-grandfather was
also a native of Virginia. The members of
the family have been largely mechanics and
tradesman, but few entering professions.
Abraham Rees, the compiler of the first Eng-
lish encyclopedia, was a relative of Alpheus
R. Reece. The latter was a soldier of the
Civil war, serving in the 15th Reg., W. Va.
Vol. Inf., and after the war engaged in the
boot and shoe and other mercantile business.
He married Phoebe Lowther, who' was born
in 1828, in Ritchie county. West Virginia.
Her father crossed the Alleghany mountains
as early as 1790, and settled in ^^•hat is now
Ritchie county. West Virginia. He en-

gaged with a pack-train in carrying salt to
settlers in the Ohio River Valley in the vi-
cinity of ^Marietta. He experienced all the
hardships incident to that early pioneer life,
and had many fierce skirmishes with the In-
dians. His oldest son, William M., moved to
Clay county, Illinois, and engaged in farming
on an extensi^-e scale. His 3'oungest daughter
married Da^-id McGregor, an influential man
in the Democratic party of West Virginia for
many years, who' was also- extensively engaged
in oil operations; he was somewhat unfortu-
nate in speculations prior to his death, but left
his wife 1,700 acres of land, upon which an
abundance of petroleum has since been found,
from which land she derives a handsome in-
come, leasing it to operators.. Mr. and Mrs.
Reece reared two sons and three daughters, as
follows : A\'illiam M. ; Abraham L., a Christian
minister located in Fresno county, California;

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219

Anpa M., wife of Clark AVigner, an oil opera-
tor; and Electa J., wife of William Dilly, a car-
penter, both residing in Ritchie county, West
Virginia; and Ella, who resides with an aunt
in the same county.

\\^iliam M. Reece was reared in Virginia
until he reached the age of twenty years, and
then came west to strive for himself. He stop-
ped at Keosauqua, Van Buren county, Iowa,
having, as he expressed it, "75 cents and a
good appetitie." He resolved to make a start
and succeed in life or never return to Virginia.
Twelve years later he and his wife visited the
old home friends, and viewed the hills and the
valleys where he had played as a boy, now
all covered ^\•ith oil derricks. Although he
had only co-mmon school advantages as a boy,
he has always been a student, and now has a
valuable library. He learned the trade of a
cooper and carpenter early in life, and has
done large contract work at different places.
At Keosauqua, he was engaged at carpenter
work until 1881, when he came to Ottumwa.
He then began work at the cooper trade at
Morrell &Seymour's, and, later, worked by the
da}' as a carpenter for Charles Simons, who
was then contracting. In 1884, he formed a
partnership with Mr. Simmons, which lasted
one year, and, in 1885, built for George H.
Shaffer the large house now occupied by Dr.
Bonham. He built the Ottumwa Coal Palace,
in 1889. He planned John Mclntire's resi-
dence on North Market street, in 1892. In
1893, hs built the Franklin school-house, and
Leighton Block, in 1895. He employed over
100 men, and built school-houses and churches

in different parts of the state. He was elect-
ed a member of the city council from the sec-
ond ward, in 1889, and served one term. In
1894, he was chairman of the Republican coun-
ty central committee, and chairman of the
judicial district Republican committee. He
was appointed, in the latter part of 1895, sec-
retary of the committee on public lands by
Congressman John F. Lacy, and has since held
that position. He has discharged its duties
in a most satisfactory manner, and is in Wash-
ington, D. C, during every session of Con-
gress. He made a trip to the northern coast
of the Behring Sea in the summer of 1900,
and has visited all the public land states to
better acquaint himself with the public domain,
spending considerable time in the Yosemite
Valley and in Yellowstone Park. Recently,
accompanied by his son Carroll J\I., aged nine
years, he made a trip to Alaska, going up Nome
River and had a very fine time.

In 1901, Mr. Reece visited the Kiowa and
Comanche country, and since his return he or-
ganized a company with an authorized capital
stock of $100,000, to engage in producing oil
and deal in oil lands. ]\Ir. Reece was elected
president of this company, known as the Ot-
tumwa Oil & De\'eloping Company.

Mr. Reece was united in marriage, in 1880,
in Van Buren county, Iowa, with Clara Houk,
who was born in that county in 1857, and is a
daughter of Henry Houk, who was killed at
the battle of Fort Donelson in the Ci\'il AA^ar.
This union was productive of two children :
Harlan M., aged seventeen years; and Carroll
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to the Royal Arcanum, of which he is chap-
lain ; to the Modern Woodmen of America ; and
to the Sons of Veterans. Religiously, he is affil-
iated with the Methodist Episcopal church.
He first built a modest home on the corner of
Fourth and Birch streets, and, later, the house
where he now resides, at Xo. 447 North Jef-
ferson street.

OHX TRISLER, who for many years
was successfully engaged in agricult-
ural pursuits, is at the present time
located in South Ottumwa, where he
owns a comfortable home and two acres of
land, which he devotes to fruit raising, — main-
ly cherries and plums. He was born in 1843
in Bartholomew count}-, Indiana, and is a son
of Isaac Trisler.

Isaac Trisler was born in Ohio about 18 10,
but learned his trade and was married in Indi-
ana. He was a blacksmith and carpenter by
trade; he died in 185 1, just after removing his
family to Davis county, Iowa, about nine miles
northeast of Bloomfield. He married Nanc\-
Williams, who was born in Virginia, and came
to Indiana with her parents. She died in
Davis county, Iowa, shortly after the death of
her husband, leaving seven children: Eman-
uel F ; Elizabeth : John ; Sarah Ellen ; James
]M. ; Matilda; and Isaac. Emanuel F. resides
at Glenwood, Iowa, and is a mechanic; Eliza-
beth ( Peck) died in 1883, and left one daugh-
ter who resides in Nebraska ; .John is the sub-
ject of this sketch; Sarah Ellen (Russell) lives
in Nebraska ; James M. lives in Calhoun, Ne-

braska; Matilda (Chapman) lives in Arling-
ton, X^ebraska; and Isaac is a retired farmer
and ranchman, of Kansas.

John Trisler was reared in Davis county,
Iowa, and received his intellectual training in
the public schools. He took up the vocation
of a farmer, and later owned a fine farm south-
A\est of Drakesville, where he carried on een-
eral farming and stock raising very success-
fully. In 1895, he sold his farm. In 1896 he
removed to Bloomfield and resided there for
a short time, when he moved to South Ot-
tumwa. Purchasing two acres of land, he
built a nice house, and planted fruit trees, prin-
cipally cherry and plum, of different varieties.

Mr. Trisler was united in matrimony, in
1S70, in Davis county, Iowa, with Nancy J.
Garretson, who was born in Lee county, Iowa,
in 1843. Her father, William Garretson, was
born December i, 18 19, in Clark county, Ohio,
and moved to Lee county, Iowa, in the early
"forties," and to Davis county, in 1843, where
he took a claim. This claim he exchanged for
another farm on which he lived and followed
the trade of a carpenter, renting his land. He
sold the farm in 1891 and moved to Drakes-
ville, and later to Floris, where he died April
25, 1900. On ^larch 11, 1841, Mv. Garret-
son was married to Christine X'ewcomb, who
was born in Miami county, Ohio, September
2/, 1820. They had 10 children, as follows:
Alexander ; Xancy J. ; I\Iary E. ; Sarah E, ;
Frances E. ; Amanda C. ; Thomas J. ; Clarissa
A. ; John A\'esley ; [Melissa C. John Wesley
died in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Trisler have two
children : Eva J., a teacher in the Nebraska

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schools; and Angie L., a music teacher, living
at home.

Mr. Trisler is a veteran of the Civil War,
having enlisted upon the first call for volun-
teers, in 1861, in Company D, loth Reg., Mo.
Vol. Inf., as Iowa had at that time filled her
quota. He served throughout the war as a
private, participated in many important en-
gagements, and, although wounded at luka,
still remained in the ranks. He was in the
battles of Corinth and luka, the campaign of
Vicksburg, and the engagements at Raymond,
Jackson and Champion Hills. He was finally
transferred to the Veterans Reserve Corps on
account of disability, incurred in the siege of
Vicksburg. His regiment guarded prisoners
at Rock Island, Illinois, just before being mus-
tered out, at Milwaukee, August 22, 1864. He
joined the G. A. R. shortly after its organiza-
tion, and is a member of Tuttle Post, No. 497.
He has served two terms as commander and
held all other offices. His wife is a prominent
member of the A\'. R. C. Religiously, they be-
long to the Christian church. In politics, he
is a Republican, and has" served as township
trustee, and' in other offices.

ON. WILLIAM A, McINTIRE, state
senator from this district, and for
many years county superintendent of
schools, is a resident and business
man of Ottumwa, Iowa. He was born in
WapellO' county, April 11, 1849. His fa-
ther, William Clark Mclntire, was born and
reared in Clark county, Ohio. In 1843,

the latter married Eliza A. Myers and im-
mediately moved to Iowa, locating in Keo-
kuk township, Wapello count)-. He took
up a claim of government land, engaged
actively in its improvement and cultivation,
and continued in that vocation until his death,
January 30, 1881. Being one of the pioneers
of the state, he lived in a log cabin, and en-
dured all the hardships incident tu a new coun-
try, but was possessed oi that energ)- which
conquered adversity and brought him success.
He always took an active interest in educa-
tional matters, and bestowed upon his chil-
dren a good education. The family consisted
of six children, namely: Caroline C, who
died at the age of five years ; Joseph, who died
at thirty years of age ; John, who was sheriff
of Wapello county, and is deceased-; Frank,,
a member of the Harper & Mclntire Company,,
wholesale and retail dealers in hardware ; Har-
riett F (Davis), deceased; and William A.
The wid(.)w of William Clark Mclntire died
July I, 1882.

William A. Mclntire was reared on his fa-
thers farm and received his early mental train-
ing in the primitix'e log school-house. He
continued to reside upon the nld homestead
until he reached his majorit)-, having had in
the meantime the pri\ilege of attending the
high school at Ottumwa two years. In 1870-
71, he attended the agricultural college at
Ames, Iowa, and on finishing the sophomore
course engaged in teaching school in Taylor
county. In the fall of 1877, he was elected
to the office of superintendent of the public
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defeated for that position, but in the fall of
1881 he was elected again, and reelected in
1883, 1885 and 1887, serving in that capacity
ten years.

In 1888, Mr. Mclntire established himself
in the hardware business in Ottumwa, under
the firm name of W A. Mclntire & Company.
He has followed that line ever since.

In the fall of 1897, he was chosen by the
Democratic party to represent his party in the
state senate for the term expiring January i,
1902.

Mr. Mclntire was married March 26, 1874,
to Clara M. Goldsberry. She was born in
Ross county, Ohio, July 15, 1849. Socially,
]\Ir, Mclntire is a member of the K. of P.,
holding fellowship with the Wapello Lodge,
Xo. 12; he is also identified with the Modern
Woodmen of America.

The subject of this sketch has been con-
nected with the People's Building & Savings
Association since 1894, and is now serving as
president of the organization. He is a mem-
ber, and now president, of the Io\\a Retail
Hardware Association. He belongs to the
Iowa's State Teachers' Asscciatinn and is pres-
ident of the school directors' section of that as-
sociation. He has done much to advance the
cause of education throughout the ciamty, as
well as the state, and still maintains an interest
in school affairs. He is now a member of the
Ottumwa a school board, on which he has
served since 1895. He is also a member of the
board of directors of the Ottumwa Public Lib-
rary .'vssociation. His portrait is shown on a
preceding page, in proximity to this.

&r*iSI S. STYRE, junior member of the
firm of G. E. Styre & Brother, pro-
prietors of the Excelsior coal mine,
in Center township, A'^^apello county,
Iowa, is one of the prominent young business
men of the county. He was born in Nebraska,
in 1876, and is a son of G. W. and Celina
(Sickman) Styre.

G. W. Styre was born in Pennsylvania, and
when about eight years old went with his par-
ents to Ohio, where he was reared to manhood.
He was engaged in farming and in the dairy
business. When the Civil War broke out he
enlisted in the 71st Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.; he
served in two regiments. After the war, he
removed to Michigan, and later to Nebi"aska,
where he engaged in farming. In 1878 he set-
tled in Kirkville, W'apello county, Iowa, and
farmed there until 1888, when he located in
Center township, on section i, township 71,
range 14. He is engaged in farming, and is
one of the best known men in that township.
He married Celina Sickman, who was born
in Wayne county, Ohio, and their union re-
sulted in the birth of six children, namely:
B. F., who lives at home; G. E., senior mem-
ber of the firm of G. E. Styre & Brother, who
lives in South Ottumwa ; S. S., the subject of
this sketch, who lives at home with his parents;
Kate (Pickens), of Cedar county, Iowa; D.
A., who lives at home; and Mabel C. ( Porter),
who lives in Medina, Ohio.

S. S. Styre was reared and schooled near
Ivirkville, in Wapello county. He assisted his
father in farming and the dairy business, only
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brother in coal mining". The mine was opened
in 1897, on the G. W. Styre land, and has
been in operation ever since, giving employ-
ment to 40 men. The shaft is 52, feet deep,
and the output is 125 tons daily. The mine
was opened by G. E. Styre, and S. S. Styre
became a partner in 1898. Mr. Styre is one of
the brightest young business men in the town-
ship, and a bright future awaits him.

S. S. Styre is a member of the Wapello
Lodge, No. 62, I. O. O. F. His father and
brother are both Odd Fellows, tlie elder Mr.
Styre belonging to Lodge No. 9. G. E. Styre
is also a member of the W^oodmen of America.
The family has been identified with the growth
and development of Wapello county for the
past twenty-three years, and is highly respect-
ed in the community.

OHN MacMILLAN has been in the
employ of the Phillips Fuel Company,
as weighing boss, since 1884, having
charge of all the coal taken from the
mine, and his work has been highly satis-
factory to his employers. He was born in
Ohio, in 1852, and is a son uf H. S. M:;c-
Millan.

H. S. MacMillan was born in Scotland
and at an early day immigrated to Canada.,
where he remained but a short time, and then
came to this country, locating at Keokuk, Iowa.
He followed railroading most of his life, his
last position being that of road master on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He

died at Kahoka, Missouri, at the age of sixty-
seven years, having lived in Iowa for half a
century. His wife died at the age of seventy-
eight years. They had four sons and one
daughter. Alexander, the third son, is super-
intendent of bridges on the Texas & Pacific
Railway, and is located at Marshall, Texas.
Sarah, the only daughter, married James M.
Welch, a merchant of Keokuk, H'ho has served
as mayor of that city.

John MacMillan was two years of age
when his parents moved to Keokuk, Iowa, and
there he grew to maturity, receiviiig a liberal
education in private schools. At the early
age of eighteen years he began railroad work,
serving first as operator, then as switchman one
vear, after which he became a brakeman. He
held this position until he was set up as con-
ductor, and served in that capacit)' until he ac-
cepted a position as weighing boss for the
Phillips Fuel Company. He has held that po-
sition since 1884, and has discharged his du-
ties in an eminently satisfactory manner, never
in all these j^ears hax'ing received a complaint
as ti) the correctness of weight. He is a man
of good business ability, faithful to the in-
terests of the company, and stands high in the
esteem of his emplo}'ers.

In 1872 ^Ir. Mac?vlillan was united in mar-
riage with Maggie AA'hite, who is of Scotch-
Irish parentage. Her father was born in Bel-
fast, Ireland, and came to this country. He
enlisted in the L^nited States aimy and served
with credit during the Ivlexican War, being-
promoted to a captaincy for bravery on the
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three children, as follows: William W., who
was born June 2, 1873, and is a conductor on
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad;
Louise, who was born February 17, 1875, mar-
ried Mr. Bromley and has one child Marguerite
L. ; and Sarah, born July 8, 1877, who is still
single, and for seven years has been head packer
for the largest cigar manufacturing establish-
ment of the city. ]\Ir. MacMillan is a strong
Republican in politics. He and his wife are
members of the Maccabees and Foresters, both
being officeholders. Mrs. MacMillan is chap-
lain and district deputy for the Maccabees. In
religious belief, both are Baptists.

EVI PUMROY. Among the many
well knoAvri farmers living in Center
township, A\'apello county, Iowa, is
the gentleman whose name opens
these lines. He resides in' section 33, township
72, range 14, where he has successfully farmed
for a number of years. He was born in \A'a-
pello county, Iowa, and is a son of Grimes and
Ellen (Thrush) Pumroy.

Grimes Pumroy, the father of Levi, was
a native of Ohio, and came to Iowa in 1851.
He bought the farm in Center township now
owned by our subject, and for many years con-
ducted a sawmill on Soap creek. In i860 he
sold out his interest in the sawmill and moved
on his farm, where he remained until his re-
moval to Ottumwa, in 1890, where he died in
July, 1898. In 1861 he enlisted in Company
D, 15th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., and was with
this regiment during its famous service at

Shiloh. He afterward joined in the pursuit of
General Hood, and was in many battles and
marches in Tennessee. He was promoted for
bravery, and when he returned home from the
war, it was as a corporal of his company. He
then raised a company and was made its cap-
tain. He married Ellen Thrush, and to them
were born nine children, Levi, the subject of
this sketch, being the oldest son now living.

Levi Pumroy was reared and schooled in
Wapello county, and his early life was spent on
the farm on which he now lives. He became
the possessor of the place in 1889, and many
are the improvements he has made. He has
built a new hotise, and has just finished a model
barn, ^2 by 48 feet, in dimensions, for his
stock and grain, and has also erected several
outbuildings. He has made many other im-
provements, .until the farm is now considered
one of the finest in Wapello county. Mr. Pum-
roy is a man of much thrift and energy, and
his early life on the farm has helped him in
the management of the property which was
once the pride of his father.

Mr. Pumroy married Sarah E. Simmons,
January 2j, 1886. She was born September
14, 1865, and is a daughter of A^athan and
Rachel Simmons. Nathan Simmons was of
Scotch-Irish descent, his father, Edward Sim-
mons, ha\'ing settled in Virginia and Kentucky
in the early days of this country. ;\Ir. and
Mrs. Pumroy have been blessed by the birth of
nine children, whose names are as follows :
Ralph Edward, born December 22, 1886;
Harry Mortin, born March 8, 1888; Elmer
Marton, born October 8, 1889; Lora Flor-

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ence, born February 2, 1891; Levi Ernest,
born June 18, 1892; Arthur Grimes, born
March 18, 1894; Sarah Irene, born December
20, 1895; Thomas, born January 17, 1898;
and Leshe, born March 13, 1899. Mr. Pum-
roy has ahvays been a Repubhcan, in poHtics.
He and his wife attend the Christian church in
South Ottumwa.

AMES T. HACKWORTH, one of the
most progressive spirits in the busi-
ness world of Ottumwa, is president
of tlie Johnston Ruffler Company, and
one of the proprietors of the Ottumwa Iron
Works. He has been engaged in his present
husiness since 1871, and in the meantime has
identified himself \\ith many of the leading-
business enterprise of the city. He was born
in Adams county, Ohio, in January, 1839, and
is a son of George D. Hackworth.

George D. Hackworth was born in Vir-
ginia in 1810, and came west to Center town-
ship, Wapello county, Iowa, in .Vugust, 1845,
residing on section 35 until 1857, when he
moved with his family to Ottumwa. He served
several years as county surveyor, and two
years as county auditor. In 1873, he moved
to Kansas, where he died in Cowley county,
in March, 1878, leaving a family of four chil-
dren.

James T. Hack\\()rth came with his par-
ents to Ottumwa in 1845, ''■"d attended the
Iowa Wesleyan University at Mt. Pleasant,
from which he was graduated in i860. He then

entered upon the study of law with Prof. Henry
Ambler, of that institution, and was admitted
to the bar in 1861. He was made count)- sur-
ve}'ur of Wapello county, served as such for
one 3'ear, and then entered upon the practice
of his profession in 1863. In the latter j-ear,
he was appointed assistant assessor of internal
revenue of AA'apello count)-, which office he
held for three or four years. In 1871, he en-
gaged in his present business, becoming iden-
tified with the Johnston Ruffler Company. He
also became a member of the firm of Porter
Brothers & Hackworth, wholesale leather deal-
ers, and at the present time is the sole owner of
that concern.

The Johnston Ruffler Company was estab-
lished in 1871, having been promoted by J. T.
Hackworth, Allen Johnston, Capt. J. G.
Plutchison, and A. G. Harrow. Capt. J. G.
Hutchison withdrew from the company about
1877, ^"d W' T. Major became a partner.
The Ottumwa Iron AAVjrks is an outgrowth
of the Johnston Ruffler Companv, and was or-
ganized in 1880, having been promoted l^v the
same parties mentioned above, except \A' T.
Major, deceased, whose estate is managed by
his son. The Johnston Ruffler Company manu-
factured sewing machine attachments until
1898, when the patents were sold to Eastern
corporations and the article ceased to be manu-
factured in Ottumwa. The Ottumwa Iron
AA'orks manufacture steam engines and min-
ing machinery, and for a time made the fa-
mous automatic screw machines. Thev now
manufacture cutlery machinery, which prom-
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is used by the largest concerns of the kind in the
world, among them the cutlery manufacturing-
plants of Sheffield, England, and Norwich,
Connecticut. Mr. Hackworth is one of the pro-
moters of the Ottumwa National Bank, of
which he is now vice-president, helped in the
organization of the Ottumwa Savings Bank,
of which he is a director, as he also is of the
AVapello County Savings Bank. He is a pub-
lic spirited man and is deeph' interested in all
that promotes the prosperity and welfare of
the city and county. Fie was one of the 20
men who secured the Dain ^Manufacturing
Company for Ottumwa, and is one of its di-
rectors. He is president of the Public Library
Association, and also a trustee. Air. Hack-
worth was joined in matrimony, in 1866, with
Sue C. Kissinger, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
Mr. Hackworth and wife are members of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Ottum-
wa. A portrait of Mr. Hackworth and a view
of his residence are shown on preceding pages
accompanying this sketch.

B. OSTDIEK, a prosperous farmer
located on section 20, township 72,
range 13, Center township, Wapello
C(.)unty, Iowa, is also engaged in the
manufacture of brick on his farm, and is secur-
ing good results. He was born in Lee countv,
Iowa, ]\Iarch 15, 1855, and is a son of Ferch-
nand B. Ostdiek.

Ferdinand B. Ostdiek was born in Prussia
and came to this country in 1846, locating in

Lee countv, Iowa, immediately thereafter. He
was a school teacher for a period of fourteen.
}'ears, and was then engaged in agricultural
pursuits until he died, at the age of fifty-seven
years. His wife died in 1885, aged seventy
years.

FI. B. Ostdiek received a good educational
training. He first attended a parochial school,
and later the public schools. He was then
placed in the Commercial College of Ottumvva,
received a good business training and gradu-
ated from the institution. He purchased his
present farm of 40 acres in the spring of 1892,
and has since devoted much time and labor to
its improvement, building a barn fS by 50 feet,
in dimensions, and a number of other buildins-s
necessary for successful farming. He has a
good orchard and a nice berry patch. He is
also engaged in manufacturing brick on his
farm, having bought the engine used in the
Ottumwa Coal Palace during its existence. He
makes upwards of a million bricks per year,
and has had a very large sale. He is an excel-
lent business manager, and has made friends of
all with whom he has come in contact, both in
business and private life.

Mr. Ostdiek was united in marriage, in.
1881, with Ellen Mary Berks, who was born
in AVapello county. Her father was born in
1825, and is still living. Her mother died at
the age of forty-four }-ears. Six children have
blessed this union : Mary Katherine, who was
born December 2-^. 1881 ; Rose Pauline, born
March 28, 1883; Gerhard Paul, born Septem-
ber 29, 1885; Ferdinand Theodore, born No-
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27, 1891 ; and Herman Joseph, born November
9, 1893. Pobtically, Mr. Ostdiek is a strong
supporter of Democratic principles. In re-
ligious belief he is a Catholic.

LVIN C. LEIGHTOX was bom in
Scott county. Illinois, in 1839, and
is a son of Joseph and Marv L.
(Coe) Leighton.
Joseph Leighton was born at East Har-
mony, Maine, and learned the trade of a car-
penter, which he followed many years of his
life. He moved to Scott county, Illinois, in
1836, thence to Des Moines county, Iowa, in
1 84 1. There he resided until Wapello county
was opened for settlement, in 1843, when he
took a claim and followed farming until 1846.
He assisted in building Meeks' mill at Bona-
parte, Iowa, in 1844-45. He then located in
Ottumwa. In the fall of 1847, when Ottum-
wa contained but 18 houses, he was elected
treasurer of \Vapello county, which oflice then
combined the duties of treasurer and recorder,
and served in that capacity until 1851, holding
the office for two terms of two years each. In
1 85 1 Ottumwa received its charter as a city
and Mr. Leighton was elected its first city as-
sessor, and in 1852 was elected treasurer. In
1854 and 1855 he was a member of the board
of city trustees, and was again elected city as-
sessor in 1856. In 185 1 he engaged in the
general merchandise business with Dr. C. C.
Warden, establishing general stores at Ottum-
wa and Blakesburg. The partnership was dis-

solved in 1853, Dr. AWirden retaining the Ot-
tumwa store and Mr. Leighton the one at
Blakesburg. Later Mr. Leighton sold his in-
terests and then engaged in the real estate busi-
ness, also serving as justice of the peace until
a short time before his death, in 1858. He
was an old-line Democrat, but in 1S54 left the
party ranks because of the Ivansas-Xebraska
bill and became a Republican. In 1838 he was
joined in marriage with Mar)- L. Coe, who was
born in 1821 in Greene count v, Illinois, and
now resides at Ottumwa. They reared three
sons and three daughters, as f(jllows : Alvin
C, subject of this sketch; Ann Elizabeth, who
died in Wapello county at the age of four
years; James, born in 1844 in AA'apello coun-
ty, was a partner of our subject for many
years and died in 1882; Joseph, born in 1848,
at Ottumwa, died in 1888, leaving a widow and
two sons, Joseph, Jr., and .-Vh'in C, — he was
president of the First National Bank of Miles
City, [Montana, and also a wholesale merchant
of that city; JiLary Emily, who died in 1889,
was the wife of Walter B. Jordan, a memljer
of the firm of Leighton & Jordan, wholesalers
and bankers at IMiles City, Montana, — thev had
the following children : Stella Emily, who
died at the age of one year; William Alvin and
A\'alter B., Jr., who are now in their father's
bank and store at ?\liles Cit}- ; James Leighton,
who died from appendicitis at Ottumwa, and
Marcus, who resides in Ottumwa with his
grandmother, Mrs. Maria Jordan; Abbie, the
sixth child born to Mr. and Mrs. Leighton,
married a Mr. Jordan and n( )w resides with her
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married Frank Thompson, of St. Paul, Minne-
sota, by whom slie has a daughter, Dorothy,
aged five years, and Abbie, wlio married Law-
rence Garner, son of J. W. Garner, wlaolesale
dry-goods merchant of this cit}', October 8,
1901.

Alvin C. Leighton came to Wapello coun-
ty with his parents May i, 1843, ^'1'^' i" i^S^
went west of the l^Iissouri River, li\ing on the
plains until 1878, since which time he has re-
sided in Ottumwa. He bought a part and built
a part of the Leighton Block on ]\Iarket street,
spending a large sum of money in completing
and arranging it. He has built several build-
ings in the cit_\' and conducts a real estate busi-
ness, his attention being entirely occupied by
his individual interests. He has been identified
with all public enterprises and improvements
of the city, such as the opera house and Coal
Palace, and also aided in securing the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.

Li 1874 Mr. Leighton married Mar_\- T.
Benson, who, was born in Baltimore in 1831
and is a daughter of Benjamin S. Benson. The
latter was a foundryman and inventor of Balti-
more, where he died some years ago. He was
a natural mechanic and as a boy invented a
water ram. Lie manufactured all of the piano
plates used by the celebrated Knabe Piano
Companv : his principal business, however, \\as
making water pipe. His grandson, Benjamin
S., has offices in the Leighton Block. He A\as
a Quaker in religious belief. Politically Mr.
Leighton is a Democrat. Pie lives at the north-
east corner of Fourth and AVapello streets, Ot-
tumwa.

EO E. STEVENS, cashier of the Ot-
tumwa National Bank, of Ottumwa,
Iowa, is a descendant of one of the
old pioneer families of Wapello coun-
tv. He was born in Wapello county, June 11,
1872, and is a son of William H. Stevens, and
grandson of Abraham Stevens.

Abraham Stevens was a native of Ohio, and
was born in 18 15. He was a farmer, but was
known by all as "Doctor" Stevens. He was an
early settler of McDonough county, Illinois.
In 1846 he removed to Hairy county, Iowa,
and two years later to Wapello county, where
he is still living. He married Katherine Miller,
who was born in 181 5, and died in 1896.

William Stexens, father of the subject of
this sketch, was born in Illinois, in 1844. He
was reared and educated in AA^apello county,
and followed farming until 1874, vidien he
moved to the city of Ottumwa, and engaged in
the grocery business, which he followed until
recent }'ears. He is now li\'ing in retirement.
He has two sons : Leo E., and Fred C, who
is engaged in the grocery business in Ottumwa.

Leo E. Stevens was educated in the Ottum-
wa public and high schools. In 1887 he ac-
cepted a position with the First National Bank
as collector. He remained with that bank until
1893, and was promoted through different
clerical grades up to the position of teller. He
resigned that position in 1893 to accept the po-
sition of assistant cashier in the Ottumwa Na-
tional Bank. In Jul)-, 1898, he was elected
cashier of the bank, and has since served in
that capacity. His steady progress has demon-
strated his ability as a man of good business

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-capacity, and a bright future is predicted for
him.

October 16, 1895, Mr. Stevens was married
to Grace E. Miller, a daughter of John W.
Miller, of Ottumwa. They had one child, —
Donald, — who died aged three years and six
months. Mr. Stevens is a member of several
fraternal organizations, viz. : B. P. O. E., K.
of ,P., Fraternal Pilgrims, Wapello Club, Ot-
tumwa Country Club, Virginia Historical So-
ciety, and Sons of the American Revolution.
He is a Democrat in politics and served as city
treasurer for two terms. He is a public-spirited
man, and his assistance is always sought in all
enterprises which are for the benefit of the
people who reside in the thriving city of Ot-
tumwa.

ON. J. C. MITCHELL, ex-judge of
the Second Judicial District of Iowa,
whose portrait is shown on the op-
posite page, has been engaged in the
practice of law in Ottumwa, Wapello county
since 1893, and is at the present time associated
with Attorney F. M. Hunter. He is possessed
of great natural ability, and has thoroughly
mastered his profession. He enjoys a large
and lucrative practice and has been identified
with many of the most prominent cases tried
in his district. He was born in Monroe coun-
ty, Indiana, in 1849, and is a son of James
Mitchell.

James Mitchell removed from Indiana with
his family to Chariton, Iowa, and in 1856 lo-
cated at Osceola, Iowa. In the fall of 1861,

he enlisted for ser\-ice in the Federal army dur-
ing the Civil War, and died while in the ser-
vice. Flis widow still resides at Osceola.

J. C. Mitchell went to Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, in 1866, and entered college, remaining
in that city for a period of five years. He
then entered the law office of .-Vmbler & Babb,
in which he studied for one year. He was
graduated from college in June, 1871, and in
the spring of 1872 was admitted to the bar. He
embarked in practice at Chariton, Iowa, and
continued there for twenty years and some
months, a portion of the time serving as judge
of the Second Judicial District of Iowa. In
1893, he removed to Ottumwa, Iowa, and was
engaged in the practice of law alone, with great
success, until 1895, when he formed a part-
nership with F. M. Hunter, which has con-
tinued to the present time. He has followed
a general practice, and has been connected with
many prominent and important cases, both in
Chariton and Ottumwa. Among them is the
case of the Bonaparte Dam, which attracted
wide local attention, also the Kelly murder case
at Chariton, and the Dougherty murder case at
Albia, besides a number of other murder cases.
He also maintains an office at Keosauqua,
Iowa, as a member of the firm of iXIitchell &
Sloan.

^Ir. {Mitchell was united in marriage with
Alice C. Wilson, who was born and reared in
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and is a cousin of ex-
Governor Boies, of Iowa. They became par-
ents of three children : Mrs. Lynn AA'illiams,
of Ottumwa, whose husband is a machinist in
the employ of the Fair, Williams Bridge &

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Manufacturing Company, and a son of J. H.
Williams, who is a member of the firm men-
tioned ; Mark, who is in the employ of the
Fuel Company of Ottumwa; and Paul, who is
now in Colorado. Mr. Mitchell purchased a
fine residence property on North Green street
near Fifth street. He has a large library at
home, as well as an exceedingly fine law li-
brary. Politically, he was a Democrat until
1898, when he changed to the Republican
party. Except his term as judge, he has ne\-er
sought nor accepted political preferment.
Fraternally, he has been a member of the Li-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows since he was
of age, and is a Masim, Knight Templar, and
a member of the Modern Woodmen of Amer-
ica,— belonging to the lodges located at Chari-
ton. Mrs. Mitchell is a member of the P. E.
O. Sisterhood, being one of the first interested
in the order at Mount Pleasant, and has ser\'ed
as president of both the Chariton and Ottumwa
chapters. Religioush-, she is a member of the
Episcopal church, which the family also at-
tends.

LFRED W. LEE, one of the most
prominent journalists of this section
of Iowa, is editor and proprietor of
the Otitiinca Courier, one of the
state's enterprising and progresive daily and
semi-weekly newspapers. He is also serving
as postmaster of Ottumwa in a most satis-
factory manner. He was born in Johnson
county, Iowa, July 8, 1858, and is a son of
John B. and Ehira (Branson) Lee.

John B. Lee was an early resident of Cedar
and Johnson counties in Iowa, where he entered
government land. He came from Harford
county, Maryland, and is descended from
the distinguished Lee family of Virginia and
Maryland. He was a merchant in the East,
but followed farming upon coming to Iowa.
His physical disability barring him from
enlisting in the army during the Civil \\"ar, he
went into the government transport service,
and contributed what he could to the Union
cause. After the war he was elected recorder
of Johnson county, being a Republican in pol-
itics. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits
in Iowa City until he moved to Muscatine,
where he now resides with his wife, each be-
ing eighty-one years of age. They reared three
sons and two daughters, as follows: Mrs.
Anna L. Mahin, whose husband, John Mahin,
has been editor and publisher of the. Aliiscatine'
Journal for over fifty years; Joseph J. . and
Isaac B., of Iowa City; Mrs. Milly L. Loomis,
of Bevier, Missouri; and A. W. No death has
ever occurred to mar the happiness of the fam-
ily of John B. Lee.

A. W. Lee attended the public schools of
Iowa City, and at the age of thirteen years en-
tered the State University of Iowa, being the
youngest regular student ever admitted to that
institution. He took a two-years' preparatory
course and remained until the end of his sopho-
more year. He then began newspaper work at
$6 per week, with his brother-in-law, on the
Muscatine Journal. In 1885 he became a part-
ner in the Journal and continued with that
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inson, Kansas, as business manager of the
Htttchinson Nczi's. He remained there but a
short time, and then went to Cliicago and was
engaged in the advertising department of the
Chicago Times until April, 1890. He next
came to Ottumwa and purchased the Ottmniva
Courier, which was established by Richard H.
\\''arden, in 1848. He has built up a splendid
circulation for both the dail}' and semi-weekly
editions, as comparative statements of }-early
business will show. In 1890 the circulation
was: daily, 575; weekly, 1,500. The sworn
statement of the circulation for the first six
months of 1901 was: daily, 3,709; semi-week-
ly, 6,598. He has three linotype machines and
a perfecting press, printing from stereotyped
plates, and employs about 30 workmen, in ad-
dition to the carrier boys. He is a member of
the Associated Press, and is president of the
Lee Syndicate of Iowa Evening Papers, an or-
ganization of three of the best dailies in the
state, including the Daz'cnport Times, Ottimi-
z^.'a Courier and Muscatine Jofirnal. The
Courier is recognized as one of the most suc-
cessful county newspaper in the United States.
Mr. Lee is always connected in a general way
with all improvements in the city of his home,
and contributes, both personally and through
the influence of his paper, to the furtherance
of all worthy projects. He was a powerful fac-
tor in making the Sixth Congressional District
of Iowa safely Republican.

June 4, 1885, Mr. Lee was united in mar-
riage with Mary Walker, daughter of W \Y.
Walker, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and three chil-
dren were born to them, viz. : AVilliam \A^alker,

who died in Chicago, in 1890, aged two years
and eight months : Alfred William, who died in
Ottumwa July 29, 1900, aged nine years, one
month and sixteen days ; and Laura Anna,
born November 12, 1896.

A. R-OEMER, a prosperous farmer
of Center township, A\'apello county,
Iowa, is located on section 29, town-
ship /2, range 13. He was born in
Center township, and was one of the first white
children born in Wapello county.

C. F. A. Roemer, father of G. .\., was born
in Saxony, German}-, in 1813, and came to
this country in 1845, locating in Ottumwa,
Iowa, on July 6. He purchased land near the
fair grounds, but did not begin farming rmtil
1848; he thenceforth continued it until his
death, which occurred in 1894, at a ripe old
age. He entered the land now owned by his
son on Xt)\'ember 6, 1848, and held it until
1875, when the latter acquired it.

G. A. Roemer attended the public schools
during his early life and received a fair edu-
cation. He has followed farming all his life,
and with much success. He has never been
married, but has a very comfortable home,
where his friends always find a welcome. Lie
has made berries and small fruits his principal
crop, producing a large quantity each year.
For some years he played in one of Ottumwa's
brass bands, in which he found a great deal of
pleasure, but the band was disorganized when
the leader left. He has been identified with

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politics more or less, and is a Republican. He
came close to the nomination for sheriff on
two occasions, and had he succeeded would
undoubtedly have made a good record as an
official.

UGUSTUS H. HAMILTON, a re-
tired business man of Ottumwa and
former proprietor of the Ottiimz^'a
Courier, was born January 19, 1827,
in Cleveland, Ohio, in the part of the cit)- then
called Newbm^g. He lived there until June,
1854, when he removed to the \\-est, in search of
broader fields of operation, and located in Ot-
tumwa in September of that year. He had
been admitted to the bar of Ohio in the spring
of 1854, but concluded that the newer regions
offered more inducements for the practice of his
profession.

He .opened an office in Ottumwa and con-
tinued his professional labors until August,
1862, being associated for about eight ^-ears
with Hon. Morris J. AA'illiams. Mr. Hamil-
ton gave up a large practice when he entered
the 36th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., and ^vas ap-
pointed adjutant of the regiment. One vear
afterward he was promoted to the grade of
major, and in 1865 was commissioned lieuten-
ant-colonel. He was not mustered in as such,
however, on account of the regiment not hav-
ing men enough to justif^- it. Mr. Hamilton
"was mustered out August 24, 1865, and the
regiment was disbanded September 7, of that
year, at Davenport. In October, 1865, the
Major returned to Ottumwa and resumed his

legal practice. During his army life he was
in nearly all the engagements participated in
by the old "36th.'" He was captured at the
battle of Mark's Mills, Arkansas, April 25,
1864, and was taken to prison at Camp Ford,
near Tyler, Texas, and retained there until .
July 23rd, when, in company with Capt. Allen
W Miller, of Company C, and Capt. John
Lambert, of Company K, of his regiment, he
escaped. They traveled a distance of 700 miles
on foot, without arms and poorly clad, and
arrived at Pine Blufif, Arkansas, on the 24th of
August. During this journey the men suffered
terrible privations, subsisting for eighteen
days on raw green corn. They were com-
pelled to make moccasins of their boot-tops,
and resort to all possible expedients to escape
detection. For many weary days they slept in
the forest, or under such shelter as they could
find, but not a single day was passed indoors.
They traveled nearly always by night, and their
experience sounds like the ante-war stories of
escaping sla\'es. For weeks at a time their
ragged clothing was wet through. In fact,
their escape was a marvelous one, considering
the dangers to which they were subjected. The
Major's brave comrades died from the effects
of their exposure. Captain Miller reached his
home in Iowa, but died in September, 1864,
from slow fever, and did not recognize his par-
I ents until a few hours before death. Captain
Lambert returned to his regiment, but was not
fit for duty, and died January 6, 1865. Major
Hamilton rejoined his regiment and was in
command a good deal of the time. In 1869,
after several years of home life, the Major be-

CAPT. S. B. EVANS.

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came associated with General Hedrick in tlie
publication of the Courier and January i,
1878, became its sole proprietor. He was the
second mayor of Ottumwa, was several times
chosen councilman, was elected to the State
senate in 1866, to fill a vacancy, and again in
1868, and was appointed postmaster in 1870,
a position he held several years.

In the battle of Mark's Mills, Major Ham-
ilton distinguished himself for gallantry; it
was a disastrous battle for the Union troops,
but the 36th Iowa Regiment, under Major
Hamilton's command, retrieved the situation,
in teaching the Confederates a lesson of loyalty
and valor. ]\Iajor Hamilton has been no less
eminent in peace than in war ; there is no man
in Ottumwa' who has done more for the city
than has he. He has always been at the front
in promoting great interests, and ne^'er has he
been backward in charities. ?\Iajor Hamilton
has made an impress upon Ottumwa that will
never be eradicated ; he is one of the strong
characters who go to make up the civilization
of a great State.

Alajiir Hamilton married Elma C. Coffin,
a native of Springfield, Ohio, August 19, 1856.
Six children have resulted from this union.
The sur\-iving ones are : Mary E. and Emma
S. Major Hamilton has been prominently
identified with the public interests of Ottum-
wa. He was a member of the board of edu-
cation for a number of years, and was a prin-
cipal agent for the St. Louis & Cedar Rapids
Railroad Company in raising subscriptions for
that line, by which means the St. Louis, Kan-
sas City & Northern road was secured. About

$50,000 of the total subscription for that con-
cern was raised through his efforts. He was
also active in the scheme to induce the Chicago
& Southwestern road to come to Ottumwa,
which was not successful. , In the securing of
water power and water works for Ottumwa,
and in other great undertakings the Major was
foremost among the workers, and his name has
ever been associated with the material pros-
perity of the city.

APT. S. B. EVANS, editor and pub-
lisher of the Independent, at Ot-
tumwa, and editor and compiler of ■
the historical feature of "this volume,
whose portrait accompanies this sketch, is a
nati\'e of Jefferson county, Tennessee, his birth
occurring July 31, 1837.

The ancestors of Captain Evans are num-
bered among the early settlers of Eastern Ten-
nessee. His father, Samuel Anderson Evans,
was a soldier in the Seminole \A^ar, and a law-
yer b}' profession. His death occurred in Keo-
kuk county, Iowa, in 1881, at the age of al-
most three score years and ten. The Captain's
grandfather, Samuel E\'ans, served in the A\'ar
of 181 2, and his great-grandfather, Andrew
Evans, was a soldier in the Revolutionar\- War,
and participated m the battle of King's Moun-
tain. Sarah (Mitchell) Evans, mother of
Captain Evans, was a daughter of Berr\- Alitch-
ell, a soldier in the War of 1812. She died
in Keokuk county, Iowa, in 1865. Samuel
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the parents of four children, namely : S. B. ;
Gideon, a printer residing at Richland, Iowa;
Margaret, who also lives at Richland; and
Nancy, wife of J. D. Hayworth, who resides
at Milo.

S. B. Evans came with his parents to Iowa
when but five years old, and lived with them in
Davis county until 1849, when the family
moved to Keokuk county. At the age of six-
teen years, he entered a printing office and
served an apprenticeship to the printer's trade.
He afterward worked as a journeyman, and
accumulated a small sum of money. Near the
age of manhood, he found himself with a good
trade, a small capital, and but a partial educa-
tion; realizing that education was more de-
sirable than capital, he entered a branch of the
University of Iowa at Fairfield, in 1855. In
1858, in company with John R. Farra as part-
ner, he founded the Democrat at Sigourney.
Mr. Farra soon sold his interest to J. B. Sholl-
enbarger. The paper was edited by Mr. Evans
assisted by Judge J. M. Casey, and in i860 it
supported Stephen A. Douglas for the presi-
dency. When the Civil AA'ar broke out, Mr.
Shollenbarger enlisted in the cause of the
Union. In the fall of 1861, Mr. Evans sus-
pended publication of the Democrat, moved to
Ottumwa, and with Judge E. L. Burton as
partner established the Mercury. But Mr.
Evans, like his forefathers, could not be con-
tent at home when the country needed his ser-
vices in the field. Leaving his paper in charge
of Judge Burton and Judge H. B. Hender-
shott, he enlisted, in August, 1862, and was
mustered into service with Company B, 33d

Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf. He was appointed com-
missary sergeant of the regiment and held that
rank until 1864, when he assisted in organizing
the 4th Regiment of Arkansas Cavalry, a regi-
ment of loyal whites, and was promoted to be
first lieutenant, with which rank he was mus-
tered out in June, 1865. He participated in
the Yazoo Pass expedition, the battle of Helena,
and the Little Rock and Camden expeditions,
including the battle at Jenkin's Ferry, besides
numerous skirmishes, and was never wounded
or taken prisoner. On returning from the
army, he resumed the editorial chair of the
Mercury, and attended to its duties until 1868,
when he sold it to Samuel Burton. He next
founded, in connection with others, the Ot-
tumz^'G Democrat, which he conducted until
1881, when he sold it. Soon after this, he took
charge of the archaeological expedition into
Mexic(.), in the interest of the Chicago Times.
His researches took him into several states of
Mexico, and he succeeded in making some dis-
co\-eries acknowledged by the Mexican Govern-
ment to be of great importance. One of these
was the Tezcuco Calendar Stone, found in a
pyramid at the ancient city of Tezcuco. The
original stone is now in the Government Mus-
eum of Mexico, and fac-similes are in the
Smithsonian Institute at Washington, and in
the Fairfield Library. He was several months
in Old Mexico, and during his stay there,
through the influence of Gen. U. S. Grant and
the American minister, Judge Morgan, the
Mexican Government permitted him to exca-
vate at any place and gave him a guard of
troops when he desired. His guides were In-

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dians, and he lived with them during his so-
journ. After leaving Old Mexico, he con-
tinued his i^esearches in New Mexico for a time,
and there acquired mining interests to which he
gave his personal attention until 1884, and
which he still owns. Returning to Ottumwa
in August, 1884, he again became editor of the
Democrat, and in February, 1886, again be-
came its proprietor.

Politically, Mr. Evans has at all times ad-
hered to the Democratic party. In 1872, he
was a delegate to the national convention held
at Baltimore, and voted for Horace Greeley.
In 1876, he was an alternate delegate to the
national convention held at St. Louis, and sup-
ported Samuel J. Tilden. In 1880, he was a
delegate to the national convention at Cincin-
nati and was made one of the vice-presidents of
that body. After the declination of Samuel J.
Tilden, he supported Thomas F. Bayard for
the presidency. Mr. Evans was appointed and
commissioned postmaster of Ottumwa by
President Johnston in 1866, but during the
controversy between the president and the sen-
ate, his nomination, with many others, was
withdrawn. During the year 1866, he served
several mondis as deputy collector of internal
revenue, tie was appointed postmaster of Ot-
tumwa by President Cleveland on July 14,
1885, and his appointment was confirmed by
the senate in March, 1886, without opposition.
He served a term of four years. He was ap-
|)ointed in October, 1893, by President Cleve-
land, consul of the United States to Managua,
the capital of Nicaragua, Central America.
The appointment v^ras confirmed by the Un,ited

States senate, but Mr. Evans declined the office.
In 1874, when the Iowa legislature established
the fish commission, he was chosen president
of that body, as it was largely through his in-
fluence that the commission was created, which
greatly benefited the people of the common-
wealth. He may well be proud of his labors
while acting in that capacity, and of the results
achieved. He was appointee I by Governor
Boies, served from 1891 to 1897 as such com-
missioner, and for three years of that period he
was president of the board of commissioners of
the Iowa Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown. He
was chairman of the committed that built the
hospital for that institution. In 1896, he was
a delegate at large to the Democratic national
convention at Chicago, and was chairman of
the Iowa delegation. During 1891, he was
engaged in editing and publishing the Sitii and
other newspapers, and has continued in such
work. He founded the Sun, Democrat and
Independent, and is at present publishing the
last named paper. Mr. Evans was a member
of the International Congress of .Vmericanists
at Berlin- and Paris, and contributed a paper
which was read and published at each congress.
The object of this congress is to investigate the
anticjuities and early history of America.

In 1 90 1, Mr. Evans was appointed by Gov-
ernor Shaw, as a member of the Louisiana
Purchase Commission, in connection with the
exposition at St. Louis, and he became a mem-
ber of the committee of seven on scope and plan
of the work in Iowa.

December 19, 1866, Mr. Evans was united
in marriage with Sarah E. Potter, who was

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born in Carroll county, Ohio, in November,
1 845,' the youngest child of John and Nancy
Potter. Five children were born of this union :
Margaret, deceased, who was the wife of F. L.
Briggs; Sarah Edith; Lucy; Samuel MacDon-
ald, deceased; and Bertha. As a citizen, Cap-
tain Evans has always been ready to assist
worthy public enterprises, particularly those
intended to benefit wide-awake Ottumwa.

ARIS CALDWELL, deceased, was
born in Ohio county, Virginia, March
13, 1 818. He was the son of John
and Sarah (Mulligan) Caldweh. The
former was a native of Scotland, and died
when Paris was but eleven months old.

Paris Caldwell left Virginia and located in
Burlington, Iowa, in 1841, where he remained
seven months. He then \\'ent to what is now
Davis county, Iowa, and remain.ed there until
May, 1S43, when he came to AA'apello county.
He made claim to a tract of land in Center
township, which he afterward purchased from
the go\'ernment. He resided on that tract un-
til his death. Fifty-four acres of the original
farm now lies within the corporate limits of
the city of Ottumwa. During the active career
of Mr. Caldwell he carried on farming and

In .1845 hs married ^Margaret Hacknew a
daughter of William and Ellen Hackney, of
Virginia. She was born December 22, 1824,
and died November 26, 1863. To this union

eight children were born, ^'iz. : John R.

I'ho

married Clara J. Jordan and now lives in Kan-

sas City, Missouri; Sarah R., deceased; Clara
A., the wife of Edward Graves, now residing
in Ottumwa; Mary F., deceased; Anna L.,
the wife of Newton L. Arrison, living on the
old homestead; Charles S., deceased; Joseph
S., living at St. Louis, Missouri; and Cassius
C, deceased. Mr. Caldwell was married, sec-
ondly, to Rebecca J. Walker, widow of Will-
iam Walker. She was born October 8, 1825,
and died September 17, 1877. One child was
born to this union, — Blanche E., the wife of
James A. Campbell, a sketch of whom is found
on another page of this book.

Mr. Caldwell died April 5, 1899. He was
a member of the ]\Iasonic fraternity, and his
political affiliations were with the Republican
party. When he first came to Iowa it was yet
a territory and so remained for five years. For
fourteen years after his arrival there was not
a mile of railroad in all the State. The only
means of conveyance was by water or by the
slow-going ox team. The Indians yet existed
in great numbers, and that portion of the
territor^' now comprised in the county of Wa-
pello was almost unknown, there being only
the Indian agency where Agency City now
stands. The changes that have since taken
place it is hardly possible for man to realize.
In e\erv seat of justice of the 99 counties of
the State the puffing of the engine on the great
American railroad is heard. The markets of
the world are brought to their ^•ery doors, and
the latest news is gixen to us day by day, al-
most as soon as the events occur.

Mr. Caldwell was reared under the benefi-
cent influence of the schools and of the refined

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249

society of the older settled states. Such men
were well eciuipped to go forth and open up a
new einpire. It was this type of men that laid
the broad foundations of the commonwealth of
Iowa, and to such as he Iowa to-day largely
owes her greatness.

ON. JOSEPH G. HUTCHISON,
whose portrait appears on the oppo-
site page, was born September 11,
1840, in Northumberland county,
Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent, his fa-
ther's ancestors being Scotch. His mother's
maiden name was Caldwell, and her parents
came from the North of Ireland in 1798. His
grandmother Hutchison, whose maiden name
was Guilford, was of English descent. His
grandfather Hutchison was prominent in the
public affairs of Pennsylvania, and at an early
day represented a district, constituting alsout
one-twelfth the state, in the general assembly.
The subject of this sketch, Joseph G.
Hutchison, was educated at the Williamsport
Dickinson Seminary, at AVilliamsport, Penn-
sylvania, from which he was graduated in
June, 1862, after completing a four years'
course. This institution sustains and conducts
classical and scientific collegiate courses. He
entered the service August 10, 1862, as first
lieutenant in the 131st Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., in
the Army of the Potomac, and participated in
the historic battles of Fredericksburg, .Vntietam
and Chancellorsville. He also took part in the
Gettysburg campaign as captain of Company

I, 28th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., which regiment
was mustered into service under the special call
of President Lincoln, to repell the Confederate
invasion. Captain Hutchison performed his
duties well as a loyal and valiant officer, at a
time when the country was in its greatest peril.
Special mention was given him by the com-
mander of his brigade for bra^•ery in the charge
on Mary's Hill at the battle of Fredericksburg.
Captain Hutchison had been pursuing his
study of the law, and graduated at the Cleve-
land ( Ohio} La-w School in the spring of 1865.
In December, 1865, he came to Ottumwa and
formed a law partnership with Hon. E. H.
Stiles, one of the most distinguished members
of the Iowa bar. He practiced law until 1872
when he assisted in organizing the Johnston
Ruffler Company, and the Ottumwa Irdu
Works, a very important industry that gave
employment to a large number of men and
brought the name of Ottumwa to the front as
a manufacturing city. In 1873, he went to
Europe, ( )n a business trip, accompanied h\ his
wife, and spent nine months there, visiting Lon-
don, a few of the larger towns of England, and
the cit\' of Paris. On the \-oyage home, he
met T. D. Foster, who was then on his wa\- to
America, with a view of establishing a large
pork-packing house in the interests of John
Morrell & Company, Ltd. Captain Hutchi-
son. l(>^•al to his own town, and as an act of
courtes\' to his new accpiaintance, called ■Mr.
Fosters attention to Ottumwa and the ad-
vantages it offered as the location for such an
industry. The final result was that the Mor-
rell packing-house became a fixture of Ot-

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tumwa. The subject of this sketch resumed
the practice of law in August, 1875, and con-
tinued it actively and successfully until 1879.
In the latter year Captain Hutchison was
elected to the lower house of the state legisla-
ture, where he served one term. In 1881, he
received the nomination for the Iowa senate,
from the Republican party, by acclamation, of
which party he has always been a consistent
member, and was elected; he was re-elected in
1884, thus rendering ten years' service in the
halls of the legislature. During his senatorial
terms, he was a member of the ways and means
and judiciary committees, and, it is said, he had
more to do in shaping the policy that paid off
the state debt, than an}- other man in the legis-
lature. He was the author of the registration
s}'Stem for elections, which is now giving the
greatest satisfaction to men of all parties, al-
though it was opposed at the beginning by
those who did not understand its beneficent
effect in securing an honest ballot. Mr.
Hutchison also de^•oted a great share of his
attention to railroad legislation, and organ-
ized the committee which took the matter in
charge, and at last brought about reforms that
were advantageous to the people. He re-
cei\'ed the nomination for go\'crnor from the
Republican party, in 1889, at a time when re-
action against prohibition was strongest,
llany Republicans \oted for Governor Boies
on account of prohibition, and because Captain
Hutchison stood manfnlly upon the platform of
his party. Two years afterwards, Hiram
Wheeler was nominated by the Republicans for
governor, as against Governor Boies, when the

same issue was presented, and Mr. Wheeler
was defeated by a 10,000 majority — 4,000
more than the majority Mr. Boies obtained over
Mr. Hutchison. It thus became plain that
Captain Hutchison was not defeated on per-
sonal grounds, but because people suddenly
turned against the principles of prohibition,
and held the Republican party responsible.
Others for other positions on the Republican
state ticket suffered defeat each time that Gov-
ernor Boies was elected, but the chief effort was
made against the head of the ticket.

Joseph G. Hutchison has been twice mar-
ried. His first wife was Sarah L. Taylor, to
whom he was married November 4, 1868; she
died on November 2, 1896. She was a woman
of strong character and unusual mental gifts
and scholarly attainments, and through her in-
fluence and executive ability there remain many '
good works to attest her worth as a true woman
of exalted character. Mr. Hutchison was mar-
ried to Mabel Vernon Dixon, a daughter of
Hon. J. AV. Dixon, June 23, 1898. Mrs.
Hutchison served as president of the Iowa
Federation of Women's Clubs from May, 1899,
to May, 1901, a position which she filled with
rare ability and to the entire satisfaction of the
Federation. She has done much unselfish and
noble work for women's club interests in Iowa.
Captain Hutchison has had a successful
business career. He was one of the promoters
of the Ottumwa National Bank, served seven
years as its president, and then resigned to
accept the nomination for governor. He left
the bank in good condition, which has been
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he entered upon a wholesale grocery business
in which he has prospered. His has been a
busy life, which promises to be prolonged to
an advanced age with faculties unimpaired.

AVe have thus given an outline, only, of the
principle events connected closely with the sub-
ject of this sketch, and the share he has taken
in controlling those events. It will be seen
that he is a man of action, and has taken his
full share of the burdens of citizenship, and
^^'ell won the honors due to those who are faith-
ful in their convictions, and who devotedly love
their country and its institutions. His first
sacrifices were made when he was but a mere
vouth, in offering his services as a soldier on
the battlefield. When he again became a citi-
zen, he so conducted himself that his integrity
and ability won recognition, and he was instru-
mental, to a large degree, in shaping the des-
tiny of the young and growing state of his
adoption. During all the years he has lived
in Iowa, he has led the life of an upright Chris-
tian gentleman, and attracted warm friends be-
cause of his integrity and his unswerxing ad-
herence to a high standard of honor.

R. ALLEN, civil engineer and a
prominent mapmaker, well and fa-
vorably known in different sections
of the United States and Canada, has
been a resident of Ottumwa since 1890. He
was born at Peoria, Illinois, in 1850, and is a
son of D. B. and Martha (Rewey) Allen.
The Allen family is of English descent and

its ancestry is the same as that of Ethan Allen,
of Revolutionary fame, having been established
in this country in 1665. D. B. Allen was born
in New York, of New England parents, his fa-
ther having been born in Massachusetts. The
former was a soldier in the Civil War and the
latter served in the War of 1812. The former
became a civil engineer by profession and set-
tled at Peoria, Illinois, as early as 1846, having
since made his home in that city. He married
^lartha Rewey, who was of French ancestry,
and who died when the subject hereof was very
young. She was the mother of three children;
her t\v(j daughters now reside in Kansas. Mr.
Allen formed a second marital union, which
resulted in the birth of one son and a daughter,
who live in Illinois with their parents.

After leaving the public school C. R. Allen
took a normal course and was trained for a
teacher. After teaching successfully for two
years he abandoned that work on account of
the indoor confinement, chose the profession of
ci\'il engineering, and went under training with
his father. Air. Allen commenced civil engin-
eering with his father at a very early age, the
latter being city engineer of Peoria. He next
engaged in railway surve)- work in Illinois and
Indiana, and served under a hydraulic engineer
some time. He was under the supervision of
Major Wright, an engineer of some note, and
also under Mr. Locke, a hydraulic engineer
of Louisville. During the seven years of his
apprenticeship he located several hundred miles
of railroad. He then gathered data for maps
for different publishing houses, traveling from
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ern states, and thus acquired a broad experi-
ence and becoming familiar with many por-
tions of the country in detail. In 1876 he
went to Canada and spent four years in the
same business, gathering details, platting land,'
etc. He came to Iowa in 1880, and engaged in
publishing on his own account, covering a
large part of western Iowa in detail. He hao
either compiled or published maps of portions
of Canada, the states of Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin and some 20 counties in
Iowa, making 80 counties in all, together with
60 cities and towns, some of which are large in
size. They are all standard maps and sold at a
correspondingly high price. He has published
his third map of Ottumwa and also one of AA'a-
pello county, and has located lands in the far
west for syndicates. Since 1890 he has been
engaged in local engineering work at Ottumwa
and the surrounding county, and has met
with success. He was city engineer four years
and enjoys the deserved reputation of being
one of the best municipal engineers in the state.
While acting as cit_\' engineer he improved
some of the streets of Ottumwa, and, being a
landscape engineer of some note, has designed
some fine parks and residence grounds. He
is a member of the Iowa Engineering Society,
of which he is past president, and is now a
director. He has a fine large reference library
and, being greatly interested in the progress
of engineering, has contributed various ar-
ticles for publication.

Mr. Allen was joined in marriage at De-
troit, Michigan, in 1877, '^^''th Josie Burdge,
whose parents were from Xew York. Her an-

cestors on her father's side were English and
on the mother's side, Hollanders. They have
two children : Clara Brooks, a teacher in the
public schools of Ottumwa, and John Burdge,
now employed with a large wholesale establish-
ment at Peoria, Illinois. Clan was born on
Prince Edward Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence,,
and John in Iowa. In politics Mr. Allen is a
Republican, and, being a close student of his-
tory, is ever interested in the political situation.
In religious views the family are in accord with
the Methodist church, Mr. Allen taking a deep
interest in Sunday-school work. His father-
was also a Methodist.

R. J. B. WILSON, a gentleman skilled
in the science of medicine and sur-
gery, has been located at Ottumwa
since December, 1897, in which time
he has established a large and remunerative
practice. He was born in Mitchell, Ontario,
and is a son of James F. and Matilda ( Stewart)
Wilson.

Dr. Wilson received his primary education
in the Harrison high school, from which he
graduated in 1886, and then took a classical
course of study in Toronto Universit) , which
lasted two years. In 1891 he entered Trinity
Medical College, in which he completed a five-
year course, graduating in 1896, with the de-
grees of Doctor of ^Medicine and Master of
Surgery. His first field of practice was at
Hanover, Ontario, where he remained about
two years. He removed to Ottumwa, AA'apello

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255

county, Iowa, in December, 1897, and met with
immediate success. He lias won the confidence
of the citizens of Ottumwa to a marked degree,
and stands very high in their esteem, botli in a
professional and personal relation. He main-
tains an office at No. 1402 East Main street.
Fraternally Dr. Wilson is a Mason and
has been a member of that order since March
21, 1894, when he was admitted to Harriston
Lodge, No. 252, A. F. & A. M., at Harriston,
Ontario. He is also a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America and Royal Neighbors.
In religious views- he favors the Episcopal
■church.

ULIAN C. MANCHESTER, whose
portrait is shown herewith, one of the
most widely known citizens of Ot-
tumwa, is the proprietor of the Ball-
ingall Hotel, the only first-class hotel in the
city. It commands the finest transient as well
as local patronage, and its management and
cuisine are spoken of only in the highest terms
of praise.. This hostelry consists of 100 rooms,
exceptionally well furnished and equipped with
all modern improvements. For the advantages
to be had, the rates of $2 and $2.50 per day
are exceedingly moderate. Mr. Manchester
was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, m 1844,
is a son of William M. and Content (Beach)
Manchester, and comes of an old New Eng-
land family.

William M. Manchester and his wife were
reared and married in Connecticut. She died
in 1893, and he came to Ottumwa tO' live with

his son, J. C, and died here March 22, 1898,
at the age of eighty-five years. Religiously,
they were strong Methodists. They were the
parents of seven children, as follows : Lucius,
who' is about sixty-eight )"ears of age, and
has been a minister of the Methodist Confer-
ence of New Jersey, for the past forty years;
Francis, aged sixty-three years, who has fol-
lowed teaching as a profession, and lived in the
West for a number of years, but now resides in
Ohio; Minerva, who died some years ago;
Sarah, who married Henry F. Keyes, and now
resides in New Haven, Connecticut : Julian C,
and Julius, a machinist, of Bridgeport, Con-
necticut, who are twins ; and one who died in
infancy.

Julian C. Manchester was reared and
schooled at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and
learned the trade of a machinist. But when
seventeen years old, in January, 1864, he en-
listed in Company E, 1st Reg., Conn. Heavy
Artillery,, and served for two years, being a
sergeant when he was mustered out. He was
in the nine months siege of Petersburg and
the siege of City Point, and, after Lee's sur-
render, was ordered with his regiment to Rich-
mond to take charge of and ship homiC the
guns and supplies. He was mustered out in
December, 1865, at New Haven, Connecticut,
being among the last of those mustered out.
He then returned to his trade as a machinist,
and followed it until 1871, when he moved to
Big Rapids, Michigan, where he conducted the
Manchester Hotel for some years. He then
located at Muscatine, Iowa, where he con-
ducted the Eastern House from 1879 till 1882,

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and then came tO' Ottumwa. Here he became
proprietor of the BaUingaU Hotel, which was
buih by P. G. BalUngaU, a prominent resident
of Ottumwa, who died in 1891. Enterprising
and progressive, Mr. Manchester soon made it
the finest hotel in this section of the state,
drawing to it the very best class of trade. It
is complete in all its appointments, and its
bar is one of the finest in the city. He also
conducts a wholesale liquor department, the
annual business of which is between $25,ooci
and $30,000. When he began he had 35 tran-
sient rooms, which have since been increased
to 93, the average number of transient guests
being 75 daily. He has a regular Sunday trade
of from 60 to 70 persons. He employs be-
tween 45 and 50 people in the building, and,
although he superintends the work, has an
able assistant in his son, Edward, who is head
clerk and assistant manager.

Mr. Manchester was united in marriage at
Fort Wayne, Indiana, with Ella J. Burnabee,
a native of Vermont. Two sons blessed this
union : Edward, assistant manager of the
hotel, who> married Natilia Grube, and has
his home in the hotel ; and Charles, who was
born in the hotel, lived to be fifteen years of
age and died September 13, 1899. Fraternal-
ly, Mr. Manchester is a member of the Elks,
and Knights of Pythias, and \\-as formerly a
member of the Odd Fellows. He filled all the
chairs of the subordinate lodge of the K. of P.,
and is now brigadier general of the Iowa
State Uniform Rank, ha^'ing command of the
state. Religiously, he is a Methodist. He
has never engaged in politics to any extent.

EORGE HAW, vice-president of the
First National Bank of Ottumwa
and a prominent hardware merchant,
was born in England October 8,
He is a son of John and Mary (Lazen-
by) Haw, both natives of England.

John Haw came to America with his fam-
ily and settled in Grant county, AVisconsin,
where he died at the age of fifty years.
His wife died at the age of forty-
seven years. They reared a family of
nine children, namely : AVilliam, deceased ;
George, the subject of this sketch; Jane
(McMurray), of Evansville, Wisconsin; Si-
mon, of Lodi, Wisconsin; John, of Hammond,
Wisconsin; Christopher, of Ottumwa, Iowa;
Thomas, deceased; Elizabeth (DeSellerst),
deceased; and Mary (Smith), of West Su-
perior, Wisconsin.

George Haw received his primary educa-
tion in Wisconsin. He taught school one term
and then read medicine a short time, and in
1S57 engaged in the drug business. In 1862 he
enlisted as first lieutenant of Company B, 33d
Reg., Wisconsin Vol. Inf., and was taken into
General Sherman's army and later into Gen-
eral Grant's. He was with the latter when he
made the attack at the rear of Vicksburg while
Sherman made the attack in front. After the
fall of Holly Springs his regiment returned to
]\Iemphis and remained there until the spring
of 1863, when it went down the river to jom
in the siege of Vicksburg. He also participated
in the Red River expedition. In May, 1864,
he resigned from the service on acount of poor
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drug- business, came to Ottumwa, Iowa, and
engaged in the hardware business. The firm
of George Haw & Compan)^, as organized at
present, had its beginning in 1864. A'lr. Haw
started the business with Mr. Henry, under the
firm name of Henry & Haw. Thus he con-
tinued until 1868, when they had the misfor-
tune to be burned out, and he then became con-
nected with the First National Bank. Al-
though he resumed the hardware business in
1 87 1, he has not severed his connection with
the bank. In 1871 the firm took its present
name, which it has since retained. In 1878
F. VV. Simmons became a member of the firm,
since which time it has Ijeen composed of
George Haw, Christopher Haw and F. AA'.
Simmons. They do a retail and wholesale
business, and it is with pride that they can re-
fer to the fact that they have cjuite a number
of customers on their books who have traded
with them for twenty-five years. That alone
proves their worthiness. They deal in shelf
and heavy hardware, house furnishing goods,
and mining supplies of all kinds. They occupy
a handsome four-story structure, fronting on
main street, and extending back to the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy and Chicago, Rock Isl-
and & Pacific tracks.

Mr. Haw married Henrietta R. Meeker, of
Iowa county, AA'isconsin, in i860, and she died
in November, 1861. He married, secondly,
Anna M. Henry, who died in September, 1869,
having had two children : Minnie F and Hat-
tie T. He next married Anna M. Corkhill, in
1873. She was born in New London, Iowa,
and died in 1895, leaving four children :

George C, Alice Jane, Carl T. and James G.
Mr. Haw was married again, in 1899, to Kath-
erine Jeardeau, of Platteville, AA^isconsin. Re-
ligiously he is a strong member of the ]\I. E.
church. lie is a Knight Templar, and belongs
to OttumA\-a Post, G. A. R. He is a director of
the Dain Manufacturing Company. Politically
he is a Republican.

APT. \Y H. C. JAQUES, a member
of the firm of Jaques & Jaques, at-
torneys-at-law, is an ornament to the
bar of AA'apello county. He has
practiced in Ottumwa ever since his admission
to the bar, and has a large and well established
clientage. He was born October 29, 1841, at
Abingdon, A^irginia, and was two }'ears old
when brought to Iowa by his parents, AVilliam
and Mary Jaques, who located in Jefferson
county. His father was a bricklayer, and al-
ternated his duties on the farm with working at
his trade as opportunity permitted.

Air. Jaques attended the district schools
three months of the year until i862, when he
enlisted as a private in Company D, 19th Reg.,
Iowa Vol. Inf. He served with his regiment
through the campaign in southwestern JMis-
souri and northwestern Arkansas, in the fall of
1862, and in 1863 in the campaign around
Jackson and at the siege of Vicksburg. From
there his regiment A\as sent to Ne\\- Orleans,
but on account of sickness he was granted a
furlough and remained at home several months.
AA'liile on his return to his regiment, then lo-

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cated at Brownsville, on the Rio Grande River,
he was commissioned second lieutenant of the
56th United States Infantry, then at Helena,
Arkansas, and joined his new regiment in Feb-
ruary, 1864. He soon rose to the rank of first
lieutenant, and afterward served on the staffs
of Generals McCook, Thayer, Carr and Col-
onel Bentzoni, while they were in command of
the eastern district of Arkansas, as aid-de-camp
and assistant adjutant-general, until promoted
to be captain of Company B, of the same regi-
ment. After serving a while with his regiment
he was detailed as a member of the court mar-
tial at Little Rock, Arkansas, which was ap-
pointed to conduct the trial of Capt. Green
Durbin, assistant cpiartermaster, a trial which
lasted o\'er three months. AAHiile acting as a
member of this court he first conceived the idea
of studying law. He was mustered out of serv-
ice with his regiment in September, 1866.

Immediateh' upon returning home from the
war he took a course of lectures in the law de-
partment of Harvard Universit}-, and in the
spring of 1867 came to Otturawa, where he
entered the law office of Judge Williams, one
of the leading jurists of southern Iowa at that
time. Here he continued to pursue his studies
and was admitted to the bar the same year. He
immediately thereafter began the practice of
law in Ottumwa, where he has continuously
followed it since. He is careful and painstak-
ing in the preparation of -a case for trial, and
as an advocate is forciljle, agreeable and per-
suasive,— possessing natural talent as an or-
ator. He is an extensive reader, and takes an
intelligent interest in general and political mat-

ters. At present he is serving as city solicitor
of Ottumwa, having been elected to the office
on the Democratic ticket. He has had im-
portant cases that called him outside the state;
he has been very successful in his practice be-
fore the supreme court, and wherever he has
come in contact with legal minds, his ability
and integrity have been recognized.

Captain Jaques was married August 29,
1869, to Flora Williams, a sister of Judge Will-
iams. To this union have been born four chil-
dren, namely ; Stella W. ; J. Ralph, now junior
member of the firm of Jaques & Jaques ; Edna,
and Mabel.

\y. BUCHANAN, of the firm of
Jones & Buchanan, wholesale deal-
ers in flour and feed, has been located
in A\''apello county since 1870, and
is a very prominent business man. He was
born in New Jersey, in February, 1848, and is
a son of Alexander and .Vnna (Cameron)
Buchanan.

Alexander Buchanan followed the occupa-
tion of a farmer until the Civil A\'ar, when he
enlisted in the Union army. He lost his life
at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 27,
i8r)4. He was of Scotch descent, and was
married, in New York State, to Anna Cam-
eron. They reared five children, as follows:
A. AA'., the subject of this biographical record;
Christiana (Scott), who resides near Hed-
rick, Iowa; Agnes (Thompson), who lives
near Fremont, Iowa; :\Irs. Alice (Bowlin), at

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whose home at Highland Center, Iowa, her
mother resided at the time of the latter's death,
July 22, 1901 ; and Robert, of Ringgold coun-
ty, Iowa.

A. \V. Buchanan spent most of his early
life in Illinois,' whither his parents moved in
1850, locating near Princeville in Peoria coun-
ty. Pie took an academic course at Princeville
and pursued it until within a short time of the
graduating period. His business career has
been spent mainly in the grain trade. He lo-
cated in Highland township, AVapello county,
Iowa, in 1870, where he purchased land and
engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1878.
In that year he moved to Ottumwa, \\'here he
has since been continuously engaged in busi-
ness. He formed a partnership with Mr.
Jones and embarked in the wholesale flour,
feed, grain and seed line in a small store on
Mai-ket street. The concern at the present
time, in point of size, is four times larger than
in the early years of its existence. It is now
located on Second street, between Court and
Market, in a two-story building, 33 by 132 feet
in dimensions. The firm employs a force of
seven men, and also has a number of teams
for draying. Jones & Buchanan are the only
grain shippers in the city, and keep one man on
the road all the time, covering a territory
within a radius of 50 miles of Ottumwa. Mr.
Buchanan also has extensive farm interests in
the county. He has been very successful in
a business way, and by his honesty and
straightforwardness in dealing with all has won
the confidence and respect of his fellow men.

Mr. Buchanan married Martha Albertson,

in Illinois ; she was a native of Ohio. In poli-
tics he is a Republican, and served as alder-
man of the Fourth Ward for a period of four
years. Fraternally he is a member of the
Sons of Veterans, and has represented Donel-
son Camp, Xo. 32, of Ottumwa. In religious
attachments he is a Presbyterian, and is a trus-
tee of his church. In 1899 he was elected to
the Iowa State legislature, and is now serving
in the 28th general assembly.

R. BECK, a prominent druggist,
w ho has been engaged in that line
of business in Ottumwa since 1892,
is also president of the Beck Chem-
ical Comj^an}-, He was born in 1866, at
Bloomfield, Davis county, Iowa, and is a son
of M. H. Beck.

M. H. Beck was formerl}- from Indiana,
but is now retired from active business and re-
sides at Bloomfield. He was at one time en-
gaged in the general mercantile business at
Ashland, Wapello county, Iowa.

AV. R. Beck was reared in Bloomfield, Iowa,
and took a course in pharmacy at an earlv age,
serving an apprenticeship at Moulton, Iowa.
He engaged in the drug business for himself
at Eldon, Iowa, in 1889, conducting a store
there until 1892. when he came to Ottumwa,
and established a retail drug store at No. 601
East Alain street, which he still conducts. The
Beck Chemical Company, located just across
from the drug store, is at No. 602 Main street,
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Mr. Beck as general superintendent and man-
ager; Judge Charles Hall, vice-president; M.
Gris\\-old, secretary ; and C. Planning, treas-
urer. It was organized as a stock company
with a capital of $25,000. A large line of pro-
prietary medicines is manufactured, and two
salesmen, G. R. Hartson and W. F. Moss, rep-
resent the company on the road. Twenty dif-
ferent preparations are manufactured and a
number of people employed. Under success-
ful management, the business of the company'
has flourished, and they have a large trade
throughout this section of the state.

Mr. Beck was united in marriage with Min-
nie Callen, of Moulton, Iowa, and they have a
very pleasant home in Ottumwa. In politics,
he is a Republican. Fraternally, he is a mem-
ber of the K. of P. and B. P. O. E., and has
filled some of the chairs. Mrs. Beck belongs
to the Daughters of the American Revolution ;
and the P- E. O. Sisterhood ; she is a member
of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Beck has
many friends in Ottumwa, who hold him in
high esteem for his many sterling cjualities.
His portrait accompanies this sketch.

H. H. ASBURY, the well-known
real estate dealer of Ottumwa, and
one of the very early residents of
this section of the State, located
in Monroe county, near the Wapello county
line, as earh- as 1850. He was born in Parke
county, Indiana, April 4, 1841, and is a son of
Benjamin and Mary (Porter) Asbury. He is

a grandson of Joseph Asbury, a Revolutionary
soldier, and comes of English stock.

Benjamin Asbury was born in Fairfax
county, Virginia, and when a youth moved tO'
Kentucky, thence to Indiana and finally to
IoA\a. His occupation was that of a black-
smith and farmer. He was a soldier of the
"Graybeard" regiment, the 37th Reg., Iowa
Vol. Inf. He made his home in Monroe and
Ringgold counties, Iowa, until his death,
\\hicli occurred in 1899, at the age of ninety-
five years. He was a stanch Whig and later
a Republican, and was a great admirer of
Henry Clay. He married Mary Porter, who
was born in Kentucky and is now living in
Ringgold county, Iowa, at the advanced age
of ninety-one years. Her grandfather was
also a soldier in the Revolutionary War. This
union was blessed with five children, as fol-
lows: Emily (Cleary), who was born in In-
diana and resides on a farm in Keokuk county,
Iowa; Thomas, a physician and druggist of
Ringgold county, Iowa; W. H. H., the subject
of this biography; and Mary Ann (Neidigh),
and Benjamin, Jr., a mechanic, both living in
Ringgold county, Iowa.

William H. H. Asbury attended the com-
mon schools in Indiana and Iowa, and engaged'
in farming up to the time of the Civil War.
He then enlisted in Company E, 3d Reg., Iowa-
Vol. Cav., as a private, and later served as
sergeant for one and a half years. He was
wounded to such an extent that he wa= inca-
pacitated for duty, and was discharged on that
account, after participating in several minor-
engagements. He was mustered out in 1863,.

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and returned to Iowa, where he, in turn, farmed
and taught school in Monroe county until
1865, when he came to Wapello county and
engaged in merchandising. Here he served
as deputy sheriff for two years. In 1872- 1873
he served in the capacity of deputy county
treasurer. He served as treasurer during
1874, 1875, 1876 and 1877, and again as dep-
uty treasurer in 1880 and 1881. Fie next en-
gaged in the mercantile and real estate lines,
and for a time, prior to 1890, was in the gov-
ernment revenue service. Since that date he
has devoted his attention exclusively to the real
estate business, in partnership with John B.
Mowrey, his present office being at No. loi
North Court street. He is very progressive
and enterprising in his business methods, and
has met with marked success. He is a man
of pleasing personality and has scores of friends
wherever he has lived.

Mr. Asbury was united in marriage, in Wa-
pello county, with Mary E. Jay, who was born
in Ohio in 1841, and came to this state at the
age of thirteen years, accompanying her fa-
ther. Job P. Jay, a prominent Quaker. They
became the parents of three children, — two of
whom, sons, died in infancy. A daughter,
Bertha, aged twenty years, is a graduate of
the Ottumwa public schools, and is living at
home. She is a member of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. Mr. Asbury is a
Republican in politics, and has served in the
city council from the Third Ward, in which
he lives, having built a comfortable home on
Maple avenue. Fraternally, he is a Knight
Templar and a member of Cloutman Post, No.

69, G. A. R., having served in all chairs of the
local post. He is also a member of the Sons
of the American Revolution. Mrs. Asbury is
a member of the AVomen's Relief Corps. Mr.
Asbury holds to Unitarian doctrines, while his
wife is a member of the Presbyterian church
and of the various church organizations.

EWTOX L. ARRISON, who has been
a resident of Wapello county, Iowa,
since 1877, is efficiently ser\'ing in the
capacity of assistant city clerk of Ot-
tumwa. He was born in Greene county, Penn-
sylvania, in 1853, and is a son of G. W. and
Clara (Humberts) Arrison.

G. W. Arrison was born in Fayette county,.
Pennsylvania, in 1823, and was of Scotch de-
scent. His father was an extensi\'e slave-
holder in old Virginia. G. W. Arrison fol-
lowed farming all his life, and died in Penn-
sylvania in 1890. He married Clara Hum-
berts, who was born near Wooster, Ohio, in
1828, and is now a resident of Southwestern
Pennsylvania. Ten children blessed this
union, six of whom are living: Jennie
(Schmitz), a widow living in Greene county,
Pennsylvania ; Ethelbert, mayor of Carnegie,
A\'ashington county, Pennsylvania; Newton
L. ; George J., mayor of Mount Morris, Penn-
sylvania; Sarah (McConnell), a widow, of
Greene county, Pennsylvania; and Nellie
(Hitchens), whose husband is an attorney-at-
law in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

Newton L. Arrison attended the common

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

schools of Greene county, Pennsylvania, and
left for the West on July 10, 1877. He was a
schoolmate of A. B. Cummins, prospective gov-
ernor of the State of Iowa. His intention was
to visit Indianola and, perhaps, to locate there,
but he decided on Ottumwa as the better, and
more prosperous location. He first began
painting and paper hanging, which he fol-
lowed until some years after his marriage.
He then served fourteen years as clerk in the
Ottumwa postoffice, and later in various cleri-
cal positions. Since April, 1901, he has been
assistant city clerk, and is discharging the du-
ties of that office in a most satisfactory man-
ner.

Mr. Arrison was united in marriage with
Anna L. Caldwell, a daughter of Paris Cald-
well, one of the pioneers of the county. Paris
Caldwell was born in Ohio county, Virginia,
March 13, 1818, and was a son of John and
Sarah (Mulligan) Caldwell, the former a na-
tive of Scotland, who died when Paris was
eleven years old. Paris Caldwell came from
Virginia to Burlington, Iowa, in 1841, and
after the lapse of seven months went to what
is now Davis county, Iowa. He remained
there until Mav, 1843, when he located in what
is now Wapello county, taking as a claim a
tract of land which is now situated in the
A\estern part of the city of Ottumwa ; this he
purchased from the government. When he
first came to Iowa it was a territory, and so
remained for five years. For fourteen years
after he came there was not a single mile of
railroad in the State. That part of the terri-
tory now comprised in Wapello county was

almost unknown, there being only the Indian
agency \\'here Agency City now stands. He
was a public-spirited man, and always contrib-
uted to public improvements and enterprises.
He was reared under the influences and refine-
ment of society in the older settled states, and
was well suited to assist in the opening of a
new territory. He was a superbly constituted
man, both mentally and physically, retaining
his activity and energy almost up to the time of
his death, which occurred April 5, 1899, at the
ripe old age of eighty-two years. In 1845 he
was united in marriage with Margaret Hack-
ney, a daughter of A\'illiam and Ellen Hack-
ney, of Virginia. She was born December
22, 1824, and died November 26, 1863. Eight
children were born to them: John R., who
married Clara J. Jordan and resides at Kan-
sas City, Missouri; Sarah R., deceased; Clara
A., wife of Edward Graves; Mary F., de-
ceased; Anna L., wife of -the subject hereof;
Charles S., deceased; Joseph S. ; and Cassius
C, deceased. Mr. Caldwell later married Re-
becca J. AA^alker, widow of William AA'alker.
This lady was born October 8, 1825, and died
September 17, 1877, leaving a daughter,
Blanche E., ^^■ho became the wife of James
A. Campbell. Mr. Caldwell was a Republi-
can in politics, and a member of the Masonic
fraternity.

Mr. and Mrs. Arrison have two sons:
Harry, aged eighteen years; and Ralph, aged
sixteen years. Their home is the original
liouse built by Mr. Caldwell, in which Mrs.
Arrison was born. They still possess the
original patent to the claim obtained from the

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government. At one time Mr. Caldwell
owned 320 acres, all in the city of Ottumwa,
and there are still 30 acres of the old homestead
intact. Politically Mr. Arrison is a Demo-
crat, and under Governor Boies held a secre-
taryship of election committees. He is a
member of the Woodmen of the World, Mod-
em Woodmen of America, and Union Central.
In religious views he is a Presbyterian.

LLEN JOHNSTON, of Ottumwa,
Iowa, whose portrait is shown here-
with, was born in Muskingum coun-
ty, Ohio in 1848. He came to Wa-
pello county with his parents in 1855, they lo-
cating on a farm one mile northeast of Blakes-
burg. Allen remained on the farm until he
was nineteen years old, and received a common
school education. In 1867 he came to Ottum-
wa to study deutistry with his brother, W. T.
Johnston, who was also agent for the Singer
sewing machine, but taking a greater interest
in the sale and mechanism of sewing machines
than dentistry, he ceased his preparation for
that profession.

Allen Johnston showed his inventive genius
at a very early age. In 1862, while carpenters
were working on the erection of a new frame
house on the farm, he sat watching them as
they used the crank auger and chisel in mak-
ing the mortices, and he conceived the idea of
putting a chisel on the auger, so that the work
of the auger and chisel would be done by the
same crank at the same time, and thus the

auger would throw out all the chips made by
the chisel, forming a square hole. He explained
his theory to- the workmen and they thought
there .was a possibility of making a tool of that
kind, but their remarks were of such a character
as .to discourage his saying anything further
about it. Later such a patent was taken
out by other parties, and became a very
valuable discovery. He was not like most
boys on the farm, and although he was
eager for sports and spent much time in
that way, he passed most of his leisure
hours at home, working in a little shop
which he had fixed up in the attic. He spent
his spare cash (which was small in amount )-
for tools and chemicals, with which to make
experiments. When young he made wagons
and sleds. In his neighborhood hazel nuts
were plentiful, and young Johnston made a
machine to hull them. He made silver and
gold rings for the neighboring children, also
repaired revolvers, guns and other implements.
It was while selling sewing machines that Mr.
Johnston first began to make extensive use of
his inventive power along commercial lines.
His first patent was taken out jointly by him-
self and brother, AV. T. Johnston, in 1870, and
was an embroidery attachment for sewing ma-
chines. Plis second in\'ention was a ruffler at-
tachment, contrived, also, jointly with his
brother. The first of these articles were made
in his brother's dental office; they were first
sold by canvassing from house to house. As
trade increased there was a demand for more
room and they moved into the third story of
a Main street building, where he made tools

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with which to manufacture the celebrated
Johnston rufflers. The first machinery was pro-
pelled by hand, through the aid of a large
grindstone. The old grindstone was soon re-
placed by an engine, and more spacious quar-
ters were taken on Court street, where a large
store room was secured. Business grew rapid-
ly and soon 30 hands were employed. The
company was known as W. T. Johnston &
Company, consisting of AV. T. Johnston, x^llen
Johnston, W. T. Major, J. T. Hackworth and
J. G. Hutchison. In the spring of 1871 they
bought a lot in the middle of the block they
now occupy, and thereon built a factory, 30 by
60 feet, in dimensions, and two stories high,
thinking that structure would accommodate all
the business the firm would ever have; but
this was a mistake, as business increased rapid-
ly, and they had to add to their capacity until
the entire block was covered by one solid build-
ing. In 1872 the concern was organized as a
corporation under the title of the Johnston
Ruffler Company, the incorporators being J.
T. Hackworth, Allen Johnston, AV T. Major
and J. G. Hutchison. The last named gentle-
man sold his interest after a few years, and
A. G. Harrow was admitted into the corpora-
tion. The largest amount of busiiness done by
them was during the period from 1882 to
1892. The Johnston Ruffler Company had in
its employ over 500 men.

Allen Johnston took out patents on vari-
ous sewing machine attachments, and they were
all manufactured by the Johnston Ruffler Com-
pany until recent years. Most of the sewing
machine patents have been sold to an eastern

corporation, and the Ottumwa Iron Works,
which now occupy the plant formerly operated
by the Johnston Rufifler Company, and which
are controlled and managed by the same gen-
tlemen who promoted the latter company, now
manufacture other machinery ^jataited by Mr.
Johnston. Mr. Johnston's patents for the auto-
matic screw machines were among the first
secured for that kind of machinery. These
machines were manufactured and sold for a
time by the Johnston Ruffler Company and
the Ottumwa Iron AVorks, but the patents hav-
ing finally been sold to other parties, they
ceased to manufacture the machines. Among
the many other patents taken out by Mr.
Johnston, the latest and most important are
machines for the manufacture of cutlery.

Some time ago Mr. Johnston was induced
to take stock in a cutlery factory, and this is
what led him to make improvements on ma-
chinery of that kind. His first patents were
for grinding and polishing machines; these
brought out another condition in the depart-
ment of forging, which led him to make im-
provements in order to get a uniform product
for the grinding machines. The result of this
was the inauguration of the manufacture of
grinding machines and this led to the designing
and patenting of machines for the different op-
erations,— forging, grinding, whetting and
glazing, also machines for grinding and finish-
ing handles. About 25 patents have been taken
out by Mr. Johnston, bearing on cutlery ma-
chinery. So important have these been, that
they have revolutionized the manufacture of
cutlery, even in the Old AA'orld. These ma-

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chiiies are made by the Ottumwa Iron Works,
and are being used in Norwich, Connecticut,
and Sheffield, England, the two greatest cut-
lery manufacturing centers in the world. The
Ottumwa Iron Works are now building ma-
chines for one of the most extensive plants in
Sheffield, England. In this connection an in-
cident may be related. A year or so ago Mr.
Johnston was on his way to England to make
arrangements with cutlery works there for the
introduction of his machines. On the steamer
he made the acquaintance of an Englishman,
who made some inquiries as to the object of his
visit to England. Mr. Johnston replied: "I
am going there to show them how to make
cutlery." The Englishman replied : "Why do
you mean to say that they don't know how to
make cutlery in Sheffield?" "No," said Mr.
Johnston, "I don't mean that, but I am going
over to show them a better and cheapei" way
to make cutlery, and I am sure they will take
hold of my proposition." The result proved
to be as the latter said; the English factories
were glad to take hold of the American in-
ventor's patents, and are well pleased with their
investments.

Mr. Johnston was married, in 1872, to
Elizabeth Wiley, a daughter of Dr. Wiley, of
OskaloO'Sa, Iowa, and they have three chil-
dren: Stella M., wife of F. W. Sharp, of
Ottumwa; Roy W., who was educated in the
Ottumwa public and high schools and the Chi-
cago Manuel Training School, and is how a
member of the Johnston & Sharp Manufactur-
ing Company; and Alice M., who is attending
school. Mr. Johnston is a Republican in pol-

tics. He is a trustee of the First Presbyterian
church of Ottumwa, contributes liberally to its
support and laids his good counsed to all its
undertakings. He is also liberal in bestowing
charities and in the furtherance of enterprises
tending toward the benefit of the city. He
does not pretend to be a business man, as that
term is applied to the promoters of great enter-
prises. His forte is invention, and in this
sphere he is a genius, who, contrary to the
usual experience of inventors, has also secured
a competency. He has taken out about 100
patents and has now a number pending in the
patent office. His life is an example of honest
industry and application of the talents given
him, and the success which has come to him
should prove an incentive to every young man
or boy who is born with the same opportunities.

L. RANDEL, who for many years
was a prominent farmer of Center
township, Wapello county, Iowa, is
now living a retired life in the city
of Ottumwa. He was born in Greensburg,
Decatur county, Indiana, in 1836, and is a son
of Benjamin Raiidel.

Benjamin Randel was of Scotch descent
and was born in Virginia. He followed the
trade of a potter until 1846, after which he
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He came to
Wapello county with his son, E. L., and died
here in August, 1888, at the age of seventy-six
years. Politically he was active during his
earlier life, and served officially as associate
probate judge in Indiana. He was a Whig and

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a Republican. He was married in Indiana to
Miranda Lathrop, who was born in Canada in
1811, just across the Vermont line. While
she was a babe in arms her father moved to
Vermont, and served as a soldier in the War
of 181 2. During a battle in which her father
was engaged her mother held her in her arms
and watched the smoke of the conflict. Mrs.
Randel died in 1891. This union resulted in
10 children, five of whom are now living, as
follows : J. M. Randel, a retired farmer, of
Mississippi ; J. N., who lives in Ottumwa ;
Margaret J. (Logan), of Ottumwa; Almira
(Spilman), of Ottumwa; and E. L.

E. L. Randel was reared to manhood in
Indiana, and, as a boy, assisted his father some-
what in the potter's trade, but has made farm-
ing his successful life work. He located in
Wapello county^ Iowa, in 1865, purchased a
farm near Agency, of the claimant, AVilliam
Ruckman, who removed to Washington, and
there died. He improved this farm, resided
upon it until 1871 and then exchanged it for
240 acres of land three miles north of Ot-
tumwa, to which he added largely, and which
he still owns. He resided on the farm until
1893, since which time he has been practically
retired, although he still looks after his farm-
ing niterests. He resided six years in South Ot-
tumwa, and then a year on Park avenue, but
at the present time he lives with a widowed
sister on Chester avenue, Soutli Ottumwa.
He is engaged in general farming and stock-
raising, and keeps only the very best grade of
stock. He kept pure Shorthorns and Poland-
China and Berkshire hogs for about twenty-

five years. He introduced the McGee, or Pol-
and-China, hogs in this county, having brought
some from Greensburg, Indiana. In the early
"seventies" he brought two carloads of stock
from Indiana, which he took pains to keep
pure and registered. At times he shipped very
extensively, and also supplied many of the
farmers with good stock. He held many pub-
lic sales here and also in Western Iowa and
Nebraska. He always took great pride in
building, and otherwise improving his farm,
and adopted scientific and business-like prin-
ciples in his work. He raised some wheat at
an early day, but decided there was more
money in stock-raising, and corn, clover and
hay became his staple crops. He leases his
farm now, partly for cash and partly for grain
rent, — keeping a close supervision of it. He
has met with success in his work, and has made
many friends throughout the county.

Mr. Randel was united in marriage, in In-
diana, to Rachel Draper, who was born in Indi-
ana, in 1842, and died in 1889. They had
five children : Ella, a trained nurse, of Des
Moines, Iowa; Luna E. (Stf-vens), of Ot-
tumwa; Minnie (Bare), of Des Moines; Mat-
tie (Simmons), of Fernandina, Florida; and
Benjamin D., who is located on one of his
father's farms. The subject of this sketch is
a Republican in politics, but never sought
office. Owing to the fact that a Republican
had never before been elected at Agency, he
consented to run for supervisor on that ticket,
and was elected, serving in 1866 and 1867.
He is a Mason. Religiously he has always
been a faithful Methodist.

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ILLIAM SHUMAKER, who is now
living a retired life, was for many
years a prominent farmer of Pleas-
ant . township, Wapello county,
Iowa; he now lives on section 11, in Agency
township. He has been a very prosperous man,
and at the present time owns 204 acres of land
in the county. He was born in Pennsylvania
in 1827, and is a son of Joseph Shumaker.

Joseph Shumaker was born in Pennsylvania
and was a chairmaker by occupation. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Riley, who was born in Pennsyl-
vania, and of the three children born to them,
^Villiam is the only one now living.

William Shumaker resided in his native
state until 1850, and during his youth was a
shoemaker. He came to*\Vapello county, Iowa,
in the fall of 1850, aaid lived in Ottumwa until
jMarch, 185 1, when he returned to Pennsyl-
vania; in the fall of that year he went to Cali-
fornia. There he was engaged in mining for
four years, at the end of which time he re-
turned, in 1856, to Wapello county, Iowa, and
has since made his home here. In 1850 he
bought a farm of 160 acres in Pleasant town-
ship, on which he lived until 1861, when he
rented the land and located on a farm near
Agency City, Agency township. He resided
upon that farm until 1891, and then located
on his present farm in section 11. He was a
carpenter by trade, and also followed general
farming, but at the present time is living a re-
tired life.

]\Ir. Shumaker was united in marriage with
Mrs. Sarah (Barnard) Morley, who was born
in Greene county, Illinois, in 1840, and is a

daughter of John Barnard. The latter was
born in Tennessee, and was a blacksmith by
trade. He married Mary Creighton, who was
born in South Carolina, and they reared 13
children, two of whom are now living, — Sarah
and Edward. By her marriage with George
Morley Mr. Shumaker's wife had one child,
Kate O., who married Martin S. Bush. Mrs.
Shumaker is a member of the M. E. church.
In politics Mr. Shumaker is a Democrat. Fra-
ternally he is a Mason, belonging to Olive
Branch Lodge, No. 21, of Agency City. A
portrait of Mr. Shumaker accompanies this
sketch.

OHN H. MORRELL, one of the promi-
nent business men of Ottumwa, Iowa,
is one of the two American directors
of the packing establishment of John
Morrell & Company, Limited, whose main
offices are in Liverpool, England.

Mr. Morrell was born in England in March,
1864, and is a son of the late George Morrell.
He AN'as reared to young manhood in England,
and has been identified with the firm of John
]\Iorrell & Company, Limited, since 1878, ha\'-
ing occupied various positions in England and
the United States. He came to America in
1883, located at Chicago, Illinois, and in 1890
came west to Ottumwa, Iowa. He is a man
of excellent business qualifications, and has
served with credit in his present capacity.

John H. Morrell was united in marriage, at
Ottumwa, with Helen Edgerly, a daughter of

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the late J. W. Edgeiiy, and they have one son,
George Alfred. His home is on Market street,
Ottumwa, and he attends the First Methodist
Episcopal chvnxh.

SSTb
en s

OHN E. HULL, a life-long resident of

Wapello county, Iowa, is a prominent

real estate dealer and insurance agent

in the city of Ottumwa. He was born

June 9, 1865, and is a son of AVesley and

Mary C. (Apperson) Hull.

Wesley Hull was born in Culpeper county,
Virginia, in 1824, and at the age of eleven
years began to learn the milling business, — his
father being engaged in that line of work. He
Avas a miller throughout his active business
career ; he operated a sawmill at Chillicothe
and Blakesburg, this county, and a grist-mill
at the latter place. He was also engaged in
the lumber business for some years, and in
1890 retired from business cares. In politics he
was a strong Democrat. Mr. Hull was united
in marriage with Mary C. Apperson, who was
born in Culpeper county, Virginia, and died in
A\'apello county, Iowa, at the age of fifty years.
This union was blessed with six children, as
follows : George W. ; William W. ; Charles J. ;
John E. ; Mary; and James A. George W., who
li\'ed in Blakesburg for sixteen years and left
that place at the age of twenty-four vears, is
now clerk in a foundry at Denver. AVilliam W.
became a physician, having been educated iq
Keokuk and Iowa City medical colleges. He
practiced seventeen years at Attica, Marion

county, Iowa, and is now located at Fulton,
Missouri. Charles T. left Ottumwa at the age
of seventeen years and has been located at
various palaces since. John E. is the subject
of this biography. Mary (Brooks) resides
near Byer, Ohio. James A. is a physician,
located at Keb, Wapello county, Iowa.

John E. Hull was reared and schooled at
Blakesburg. He entered the stock business at
an early age, and made several trips west Vi^ith
cattle. While at Omaha on one of these trips
he enlisted in the regular army, and spent one
year in the service. He then returned to Wa-
pello county, engaged in school teaching near
Blakesburg, and followed that and other occu-
pations at the same time for about five years.
He worked at the lathing trade with Con-
tractor Ed Birch for some time, and was ap-
pointed to the police force of Ottumwa, on
which he served during 1891 and 1.892. In
the latter year he entered the real estate and
insurance business, which he has since followed
with great success. For six years his office
v/as located in the Beaver Block, and at the
present time is in the Sampson Building,
owned by W. AV. Cummings. He has had
much success in this business, and recently
erected some fine houses in Dain's Addition,
South Ottumwa. He has worked his way to
the front by perseverance and industrv, and is
a self-made man in every sense of the term.

John E. Hull was married at Blakesburg
to Tena Smithburg, who was born in Jeffer-
son county, Iowa, of Swedish parents, both of
whom died before her marriage. Three chil-
dren were born to them, as follows : Ruth V.,

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aged twelve years; John W., aged eleven
years; and Mary Emeline, aged eight years.
While a resident of Adams township Mr. Hull
served as assessor at Blakesburg. He was a
candidate for city auditor of Ottumwa, and
from 1899 to 1 90 1 served as alderman from
the Seventh Ward. He declined a renomina-
tion. Fraternally he is a member of the
Knights of Pythias (of which he is master of
finance); the Royal Arcanum; Pilgrims; and
I. O. O. F. He has served through all the
chairs of the latter order, and has iDcen trustee
for the past three years. He is also a member
of the Uniform Rank, K. of P., and was cap-
tain in 1900. Mrs. Hull is a member of En-
terprise Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah. In
religious views they are Methodists.

EONIDAS M. GODLEY, a gentle-
man who bears an honorable record
for service in the Union army during
the Civil war, was for many years a
trusted official of Wapello county, serving in
various capacities. He was born in W'est Vir-
ginia in 1836, and is a son of Mahlon and
Nancy (Newman) Godley.

Mahlon Godley came of an old Virginia
family, of English extraction. Several gener-
ations back two Godley brothers came from
England, — one locating in Virginia and the
other in New England. Mahlon Godley had
seven brothers and two sisters, who- scattered,
most of them going south, while he located in
West Virginia. He learned the trade of a

miller and followed it for some years in Vir-
ginia. Later he learned the trade of a cabinet-
maker, which he followed until his death, in
1869. He was an active Democrat in politics,
and served as justice of the peace and post-
master at Ashland, which was considered the
best town in Wapello county in the early days.
While a resident of West Virginia he married
Nancy Newman, who was born just across the
line, in Pennsylvania, and is of Dutch descent.
Eight children were born of this union, Leoni-
das M. being the youngest. All were born in
the East, and all but the eldest brother, who
died in 1849, came west.

Leonidas M. Godley first came to the State
of Iowa with his parents in 1850, locating in
Jefferson county, and in April, 1854, he came
to Ashland, AVapello county. He engaged in
farming for a number of years, and then fol-
lowed the trade of a carpenter until the out-
break of the Civil War. He spent some time
in working at his trade in Kansas, and was a
resident of Sedalia, Missouri, when the war
began. He enlisted in the 27th Reg., Missouri
Vol. Inf., but was sick in Sedalia at the tims,
of the siege of Lexington. After his three
months' term of service had expired he re-
turned to Wapello county, Iowa, and upon
recovering his health enlisted in Company E,
22(1 Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf. They rendezvoused
at Iowa City, and thence went to spend their
first winter in Missouri. They were soon or-
dered to Port Gibson, Mississippi, and took
part in the engagement at that place. Mr.
Godley also participated in the battles at Cham-
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at the siege of Vicksburg. It was during the
first assault upon the works that he was struck
by a ball between the knee and ankle. The
wound being very painful, he lay down between
the firing lines of the contending armies.
Finding his limb was bleeding profusely, he
arose, and, while trying to- tie his handkerchief
around the member, was shot in the right
breast, the ball coming out at the shoulder
blade. He was later shot through the knee
of the same limb. The general charge had
terminated, and he sat up and became a target
for the enemy. Being forced to resume his
recumbent position, he lay between the two
lines for three hours, and was finally assisted
to a shady spot under a tree, where he lay from,
forenoon until midnight, with 20 others who
were disabled. At his own request he was car-
ried inside the Confederate lines to the Texas
Legion, and was next morning looked after by
the surgeon. He was carried out and laid in
a hole beside the railroad bridge, upon some
branches and leaves, which served as an op-
erating table. He displayed great courage
and fortitude during the operation of ampu-
tating his limb, and refused the aid of any
anesthetic. Two strong men were chosen to
hold him still, but he dispensed with these, and
calmly watched the removal of his left limb
near the hip. After the operation he rode in
a lumber wagon with a Confederate soldier,
and was taken to an improvised hospital. En
route they encountered Lhiion sharpshooters,
who fired upon them. Mr. Godley implored
the driver, who had put the horses tO' their
fastest speed, to go slower, but he would not.

SO Mr. Godley crawled to a corner of the wagon,
box and managed to hold his limb in such
a manner as to prevent bleeding to death.
The building in which they were finally located
was shelled by the Union troops and all werq.
forced to vacate. Mr. Godley, being the only
Union soldier there, was paroled and reached
the Union lines. He was placed on a marine
hospital boat and taken to Memphis, where he
arrived July 3, 1863. July 6, 1863, he started
for St. Louis, where he was placed in Lawson
Hospital, and remained there until September
4, 1863, when he was discharged. His wife
joined him and cared for him until they re-
turned to their home at Ashland, Iowa, on
September 7. His service in the army was-
one of heroism, and for meritorious conduct,
Idu/ring the assault on Vicksburg, Congress
voted him a medal of honor. He has many
relics of the war, which form a most interest-
ing collection. His limb healed in four weeks,
and he gets around well with a crutch and a
cane. Losing a leg in fighting for so great
and just a cause is not a matter of regret to
one of his patriotism. He receives a just pen-
sion from the United States government.

In 1864 he was elected clerk of the court of
Wapello county, and held that office for four-
teen years (seven successive terms), the long-
est period of any incumlient. He was later
appointed a revenue collector in the govern-
ment's employ, and was engaged in examining
distilleries, but resigned, and was then ap-
pointed deputy revenue collector under Mr.
Burnett, of Burlington, succeeding Charles
Brown. After holding that office nearly three-

JOHN P. ANDERSON.

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279

years he became deputy postmaster at Ot-
tumwa, under Postmaster Tilton. He re-
signed one year later, and has not been active
in business since.

Mr. Godley was united in marriage in 1859
with Juha Walker, who was born in Ken-
tucky and reared in Missouri; she is now
fifty-four years of age. They became parents
•of 10 children, five of whom died in infancy.
Those who grew up are as follows : William
L., who died in 1888, at the age of twenty-one
years; Terasita; Martha; Charles L., who' is
at home and in the employ of John Morrell
& Cortrpany, Limited; and Harry, a stenog-
rapher, residing in Chicago. Mr. Godley was
reared a Democrat, and continued so until the
Charleston corivention, since which time he has
been a strong Republican. He is a member
of Cloutman Post, No. 69, G. A. R. In re-
ligious views he is a Methodist.

OHN P. ANDERSON, one of the best
known tailors of Ottumwa, whose por-
trait is presented on the opposite page,
has been located in the city since Feb-
ruary, 1878. He was born in Sweden in
1844, and is a son of Andrew Anderson.

Andrew Anderson always lived in Sweden
and followed farming until his death in the "fif-
ties." His wife was born in 1821, and still
resides on the old homestead in Sweden. Both
had children by previous marriages; John P.
was the youngest child born to them.

John P. Anderson was reared in Sweden

and was confirmed at the age of fifteen years.
He immediately after served an apprenticeship
to the trade of a tailor, which lasted until he
came to America in the spring of 1873. Ow-
ing to years of hard night work by poor light,
he had trouble with his eyes, and upon lo-
cating at Jsliet, Illinois, soon after his arrival
in this cotmtry, he engaged in out-door work.
Pie came to Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1878, and was
employed as a tailor by Mr. Swenson, until
1883, when he embarked in the tailoring busi-
ness for himself. For about eleven 3'eai's he
was located in the Peterson Block, aad then
he and Mr. Calhoun rented the Pallister Build-
ing, where he conducted a tailoring shop and
I\Ir. Calhoun engaged in the manufacture of
shirts. In 1897, Mr. Anderson formed a
partnership with Mr. Swenson, who had come
to Ottumwa in 1877, and the partnership con-
tinued until February, 1901, when the latter
purchased the interest of the former. ]Mr.
Anderson remained with Mr. Swenson until
August, 1901, when he again engaged in busi-
ness for himself at No. 223 Main street, where
he has a fine tailoring establishment and em-
ploys eight hands

John P. Anderson was united in marriage
in Ottumwa, in 1879, to Hannah Gunnerson,
then a resident of Princeton, Illinois, but a
native of Sweden. Fi\'e children were born
to them, as follows : Mabel, aged twenty
years ; Loraine, aged eighteen \'ears ; Carl,
aged seventeen years, wIkj is in the senior class
in the high school and will graduate in 1902 ;
Annie, aged fifteen years, who is in the second
year in the high school ; and Adolph, aged

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eleven years; who is also in school. In poli-
tics, Mr. Anderson is a strong supporter of
Democratic principles and candidates. Fra-
ternally, he was made a Mason in 1878, and
is a Knight Templar. He took his first degrees
under Master Charles Sax, and was knighted
in Ottumwa in 1882. Religiously, he is a
member of the Episcopal church.

HARLES E. BOUDE, who has been
located in Ottumwa, Wapello county,
Iowa, since 1866, is extensively en-
gaged in the insurance and loan busi-
ness,— representing some of the best com-
panies in this country.

Mr. Boude was born in Oxford, Butler
county, Ohio, and was one of six children born
to his parents, Thomas and Martha B.
(Sharpe) Boude. One of these, Mary A.,
makes her home with him in Ottumwa. A
brother, Austin E. died in Illinois, in 1898. An-
other brother, Dr. J. K. Boude, of Washington,
D. C, who had been one of the medical exam-
iners in the pension department for the past
twenty years, died in September, 1901. One
sister and one brother died in early life.

Charles E. Boude came from Ohio west
to Illinois at an early day, and there took an
academic course of study. Upon coming to
Ottumwa, he obtained work on the Des Moines
Valley Railway, and was in station service
twenty-five years. He began as clerk and was
later freight and passenger agent, at one time
serving under Mr. Armstrong, of Ottumwa.
He continued with the Chicago, Rock Island

& Pacific Railway until 1891, and then ac-
cepted a position as cashier of the Ottumwa
National Bank. In 1896 he gave up that po-
sition and was then inactive for nearly a year,
after which he entered the insurance and loan
business, buying out an agent located in Ot-
tumwa. He represents a large number of the
old-line fire, life and accident insurance com-
panies. He has a fine office in the Hoffman
Block, and does a large business, employing a
stenographer. In making loans he handles
mainly local money. He also has other busi-
ness interests, holding stock in the Ottumwa
National Bank, the Western Supply Company
and the Phillips Fuel Company. In politics he
is a Republican.

Mr. Boude was united in marriage at Ot-
tumwa with Mary M. Sharp, a daughter of
W. P. Sharp, who resided at Ottumwa many
years and has traveled extensively. They have
two daughters : Lois M., wife of M. J. Mc-
Clellan; and i Bessie S., who resides at home.
Religiously M r. Boude is a member of the
Presbyterian church, being an elder and clerk
of the sessions.

ENECA CORNELL, a well-known
resident of Ottumwa, Iowa, is a prom-
inent attorney-at-law, and during his
practice here has been identified with
many important cases. He was born March
12, 1858, in Jefferson county, Iowa, and is a
son of Washington and Sarah (Wilson) Cor-
nell.

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2»I

Washington Cornell was born in Ohio, in
1818, and came to Iowa in 1849. His father
was from Canada and located in Ohio at an
early day. The latter was a Republican and
Abolitionist and assisted in the famous under-
ground railway. Washington Cornell mar-
ried Sarah Wilson, who was born in 1823, and
they became the parents of the following chil-
dren: George W. ; Laura (Wireman) ; Sen-
eca, the subject of this sketch ; Oscar, a farmer
in Kansas ; Sylvanus, a merchant of Fairfield,
Iowa; Alvah, who conducts a restaurant at
Fairfield; and Chloe (Miller), whose husband
is a farmer.

Seneca Cornell was reared and educated in
Jefferson county, Iowa, and at an early date
decided to enter the legal profession. He read
law with Senator James F. Wilson at Fairfield,,
Iowa, and was admitted to the bar in 1882, at,
the age of twenty-four years. He then went
to Eldon and formed a partnership with T. H.
Asby, of Jefferson county, with whom he
practiced for three years, after which he prac-
ticed alone until 1890. He served two terms
as mayor of Eldon, and in 1886 owned and
edited the Des Moines Valley Journal, which
he sold one year later. During 1890 he was
in partnership with L. E. Coad, now a min-
ister, and on January i, 1891, located in Ot-
tumwa, where he has since been engaged in
general practice. He has attained prestige as
one of the leading lawyers of the city, and has
been associated in the trial of cases with some
of the most eminent attorneys.

Mr. Cornell was joined in marriage with
Ella Caster, a daughter of Dr. Paul Caster,

deceased, a noted faith healer of Ottumwa.
Dr. Caster built the Caster House in Ottumwa.
Mrs. Cornell has a sister and brother living:
G. W. Caster and Mrs. Nettie Binks. She
also has the following half-brothers : S. P.
Caster, who is in the restaurant business ; John
Caster, who conducts a store in the West End,
Ottumwa; and Dr. J. S. Caster, of Burlington,
who successfully follows the healing methods
employed by his father. Mr. and Mrs. Cor-
nell are parents of one child, Rolla \\^, who
was born August 31, 1889, and is now attend-
ing school. Mr. Cornell owns a comfortable
home in Ottumwa, and has his offices in the
Summers Block. He has made a specialty of
probate and real estate law, and is having a
very large patronage along these lines. In
politics he is a Democrat. Fraternally he is
a member of the I. O. O. F. ; A. O. U. AV. ;
B. P. O. E. and auxiliaries; and Canton Ot-
tumwa, No. 5, P. M., of which he is captain.
He is also' a colonel on General Manchester's
staff and judge advocate in the Uniform Rank,
K. of P. Religiously he is a Presbyterian, and
was educated at a Presbyterian institution —
Persons College, — of Fairfield, Iowa.

C. CULLEN & COMPANY. This
firm, which conducts the largest dry
goods establishment in the city of Ot-
tumwa, was founded by Sadie C.
Cullen, now Mrs. E. P- Barton, in February,
1890. Prior to that time Miss Cullen was for
several years in charge of the (\r\ goods store

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of Israel Brothers, who then occupied one
room of the present large, double building of
the company. It was made a double store in
1892, and in 1893 Miss Cullen purchased the
interest of her partner, H. A. Warner. The
firm name has continued unchanged since
1890, and Miss Cullen remained in charge un-
til 1899, when she was married to Mr. Barton,
who now also owns an interest in it, and is
the manager. Mr. Barton comes from an old
Pennsylvania family. At an early age he en-
tered the dry goods business in Philadelphia,
and for many years before coming to Ottumwa
was connected with some of the leading whole-
sale houses of Philadelphia — notably, Young,
Smyth, Field & Company and Folwell
Brothers & Company. Mr. Barton is thor-
oughly versed in the dry goods business.
Thomas E. Cullen, a brother of the founder,
has owned an interest in it, and has served as
its advertising agent since Mr. Warner dis-
posed of his interest, in 1893. The store is
completely stocked with everything in the line
of dry goods, and is patronized by the leading
citizens of the city and vicinity.

Sadie C. Cullen was born in Ottumwa, and
is a daughter of James and Sarah (O'Conner)
•Cullen. Her father \Aas reared in Lynn,
Massachusetts, and died in Ottumwa, in 1887.
He was a contractor, and came to Ottumwa
about 1850, having charge of the brick and
stone work of manv of the earlv buildino-s in
the city. His \\ idow nr)w resides in Ottumwa,
aged nearly seventy-two )-ears. They were
parents of 12 children, the older ones having
been born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and the re-

mainder in Ottumwa. Five are now living, as
follows : Thomas E. ; Mrs. E. P. Barton ;
Frank, who is now a private in Company D,
nth U. S. Infantry, in the Philippine Islands;
Nellie, A\ho is at home with her 'mother; and
Mrs. Agnes Quinlan, who moved from Ot-
tumwa to Lorain, Ohio, in 1862;

Thomas E. Cullen was reared arid educated
at Ottumwa, and previous to 1893 ^\'as engaged
in the insurance business with Georg-e A.
Brown. ' He then entered the dry goods busi-
ness, in which he has since continued. At the
time of his death his father owried a fine farm
and residence property at Ottumwa.

H. EMERY, a prominent attorney-
at-law, of Ottumwa, is now serving
in the capacity of county attorney of
^^^apello county; Tie has shown un-
usual ability in the discharge of the diities of
this office, and stands high among the member.i
of the legal profession. He was born in Ful-
ton county, Illinois, in 1837, ^I'^d is a son of
F. W. and Hannah (Gafney) Emery.

F. W. Emery was born in Pennsylvania,
moved to Ohio, and then to Fulton county,
Illinois, Ideating in the last named district in
1833. He died in Stark county, Illinois, in
1846, and was survived by his wife, who died
in Illinois, in 1890. They had four sons and
one daughter, namely : D. H. ; J. G, a farmer
residing in Illinois ; ^\^illiam E., who was killed
in the army at the battle of Stone River; O.
P., who died in Missouri in 1898; and Amanda
(Pritchard), who died some years ago.

CHRISTOPHER HAW

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285

D. H. Emery was three months old when
his parents removed to Stark county, lUinois,
where he was reared. He read law at the
■county-seat of that county and. was admitted
to the Iowa bar at Montezuma, Iowa, in Feb-
ruary, 1 86 1. He began practice there, but in
the following August enlisted in the loth Reg.,
Iowa Vol. Inf. He was chosen first lieuten-
ant of his company, and continued as such dur-
ing the three years of his service. He was at-
tached to the 17th Army Corps at Vicksburg
tinder General McPherson, and was later trans-
feiTcd to the 15th Army Corps. He was in
the battle of Champion Hills and was wounded
at the battle of Mission Ridge, receiving a bul-
kt in the thigh, which came near inflicting a
fatal wound, as it barely missed the main ar-
tery. In November, 1863, he was sent home
and spent three months in recruiting soldiers,
after which he returned to his regiment and
served in Alabama and' Georgia, being mus-
tered out September 28, 1864. He returned
to Montezuma, Iowa, and practiced law there
until 1870, in the meantime serving a term
in the State legislature. He had been associ-
ated with Judge W. R. Lewis and Capt. VV. H.
Redman in practice at Montezuma, but after
coming to Ottumwa, in 1870, he has practiced
alone, with the exception of a short time when
he was in partnership with his son. He en-
gaged in a general practice, and has secured a
large and well-paying clientage. He was
elected to succeed A. W. Enoch as county at-
torney of Wapello county, and is faithfully
discharging the duties of that office at the pres-
ent time.

Mr. Emery was married while residing at
Montezuma, to Sarah C. Holland, who was
born in Iowa, and is fifty- four years of age.
She is a daughter of Rev. Mr. Holland. This
union resulted in the birth of seven children,
as follows : Roscoe, who received a legal
training, but is now engaged in the fruit busi-
ness with the firm of E. H. Emery & Company ;
Wilbur, who is attendng McKendrick College,
at Lebanon, Illinois, and preparing for educa-
tional work; Edwin H., proprietor of a whole-
sale fruit establishment; Herbert, who travel.!
for the fruit house of E. H. Emery & Company ;
Alice E. (Throne), whose husband is a grocei^
in the West End, Ottumwa; Irving G., who
holds a good position in the office of .the West-
ern Electric -Company, of Chicago; and Clara
E., \\'ho graduated from the Ottumwa High
School in 1900, and is employed in a book
store in Ottumwa. Airs. Emery is a lady of
prominence in the community, and is president
of the Hospital Association of Ottumwa. Mr.
Emery is a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic.

This gentle-

IHRISTOPHER HAW.

man, ^^•hose portrait is shown on the
opposite page, is a member of the
firm of George Haw & Com-
pany, dealers in wholesale and retail hard-
ware, at Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa.
Mr. Haw was born in Grant county, \A''iscon-
sin, in 1848. He received his primary educa-
tion in De Kalb county, Illinois, and in 1868
came to Ottumwa, where he attended the high

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school. After leaving school he clerked for
a short time with Henry & Haw, and spent
1869 and 1870 in Kansas City, Missouri. In
1 87 1 he became a member of the firm of George
Haw & Company and has been in that concern
ever since. This firm has a large hardware
trade, both wholesale and retail. The members
of the firm are among the best business men
in the city of Ottumwa. A large and com-
plete stock of hardware is carried, and the
store is one of the finest in the state. Mr.
Haw is a man of good business ability; he is
one of the representative citizens of Ottum-
wa, takes a deep interest in all public enter-
prises, and lends his assistance whenever it is
needed.

Mr. Haw was married, in 1875, to Clara E.
Bowen, a daughter of George W. Bowen, of
Ottumwa. To them have been born the fol-
lowing children, namely: Edwin A., Mabel
Jay, Francis B., and Arthur B.

Mr. Haw is a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America. Religiously he is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
In politics he is a Republican.

ILLIAM B. ARMSTRONG, a pro-
gressive citizen of Ottumwa, occu-
pies the position of local freight
agent of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad Company, and is dischargi
ing the duties of his office in a most satisfactory
manner. He was born in Pike county, Penn-
sylvania, August 10, 1830, and is a son of Will-
iam and Mary (Pellett) Armstrong.

The grandfather of ^Villiam B. held a ma-
jor's commission in the Revolutionary War,
and enjoyed the acquaintance and confidence
of General Washington. He was a man of
great force of character and fine abilities, and
represented his district in the State legislature.
He was afterward proffered a judgship, which
he declined to accept. He was a remarkable
man in many respects, and in all his dealings
with his fellow men adhered to the principles
of honor and honesty.

William Armstrong followed farming dur-
ing early life and afterward engaged exten-
sively in milling. He married Mary Pellett,
and they reared a family of eight children, of
whom but three are living: Obadiah P., of
New Jersey ; William B. ; and John B., a farm-
er in Sussex county, New Jersey. They wer(^
Scotch Presbyterians in religious belief, and
their children w^re carefully trained to high
morality and integrity.

William B. Armstrong received a liberal
education, and in 1851, determining to see
something of the western country, started from
home and located first at St. Louis, Missouri,
where he was emploj'-ed as clerk in a commis-
sion house. The following year he went to
Athens, Missouri, where he was employed as
a clerk and later was engaged in business on
his own account until he entered the railroad
business, having been appointed the first local
agent of the Keokuk, Fort Des Moines & Min-
nesota Railroad. He was thus employed for
eleven years, and in 1861 came to Ottumwa,
serving in the same capacity for the Des Moines
Valley Railroad. He continued with this

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287

road until 1872, and then resigned to accept
the position of general agent of the Burlington
& Missouri River Railroad, which was consoli-
dated with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad in January, 1873. Mr. Armstrong is
a practical railroad man, and has had an experi-
ence of over forty years in this line of work.
From a small beginning the business of this
company has extended until now there are
seven miles of switch track at Ottumwa, and
the success attained is in a large measure due
to the fidelity and intelligence of its employes,
of whom Mr. Armstrong ranks among the
most faithful. In the spring of 1862 Mr.
Armstrong, in company with his brother, Capt.
B. C. P. Armstrong, who died in the army near
the close of the war, recruited Company M,
9th Reg., Iowa Vol. Cav., of which the latter
was lieutenant and subsequently captain.

William B. Armstrong was united in mar-
riage in 1858 with Virginia Thome, of Athens,
Missouri, who was born in Kentucky, and is
a daughter of Arthur and Eliza Thome, of
Athens, Missouri. Four children blessed this
union, of whom three are now living, namely :
William, who is. in the grocery business; Mary,
wife of John C. Fetzer, of Ottumwa, Iowa;
and Anna T., wife of H. A. Smith, of Ot-
tumwa.

H. A. Smith, son-in-law of Mr. Arm-
strong, is proprietor of the Courier Blank
Book Company, located on Third street oppo-
site the postoffice. They carry a full line of
bank and county stationery, and do- a strictly
"to order" business. They employ about 12
people, and occupy two floors about 60 feet

long. Their customers are located throughou',
the State of Iowa, Southern Minnesota and
Northern Missouri, and under Mr. Smith's
capable management the business is steadily
growing. It was started in 1881 by C. A.
Smith and Alfred G. Cook, in the Finley
Block, and furnished employment originally
to three or four people. This partnership
lasted until 1888, after which C. A. Smith and
William Fiedler conducted the business for two
years. It was then sold to A. W. Lee and
named the Courier Blank Book Company. In
1894 it was again acc[uired by C. A. Smith,
who conducted it until February, 1900, when
H. A. Smith purchased it. The latter was
born at Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1872, and is a
son of J. H. C. Smith, of Chicago, who 'for
many years was engaged in the publishing
business. Fraternally Mr. Smith is a member
of the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks ; Knights Templar ; and Knights of
Pythias.

Fraternally William B. Armstrong is a
Mason, and has risen to the rank of Knight
Templar, being a charter member of the com-
mandery. In politics he is a stanch Republi-
can, and has held various local offices. He
has been a member of the city council several
terms, was treasurer of the city several years^
and school director six years. Since first lo-
cating here he has been identified with the busi-
ness interests of the city, giving his active sup-
port tO' the cause of education and morality,
and encouraged every worthy enterprise hav-
ing for its object the welfare of his adopted
city. He has always stood high in the confi-

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dence of the officers of the different roads on
which he has been employed. Several years
ago he was offered a promotion which would
have taken him away from Ottumwa, but ho
preferred to stay here, hold his old position, re-
main a citizen of Ottumwa and identify hin;-
self with its interests. This has been pleasiuK
lo his old friends and neighbors, who' honor
and respect him for his many noble qualities.

ALLACE R. DAGGETT, one of Ot-
tumwa's most progressive business
men, is cashier of the Iowa Na-
tional Bank, of Ottumwa. He was
born in Ottumwa in 1863 and is a son of Will-
iam Daggett, now deceased, who was vice-
president of the Iowa National Bank, of Ot-
tumwa, and a prominent business man of the
city.

Wallace R. Daggett was reared and pri-
marily educated in Ottumwa, taking a col-
legiate course at Andover, Massachusetts, and
a business course at Poughkeepsie, New York.
He has always followed the banking business,
and after leaving school was at several differ-
ent places before locating here. He was cash-
ier of a bank at Englewood, Kansas, about
three years, and then went to North Carolina
and accepted the presidency of the First Na-
tional Bank at Mount Airy, a position he filled
until the spring of 1894, \vhen he resigned. He
spent about a year looking up a place to lo-
•cate, and passed a portion of this time at
Eureka Springs, Arkansas. In 1895, he ac-

cepted the position of assistant cashier of the
Iowa National Bank of Ottumwa, and was
made cashier in the spring of 1900, an office he
has filled in a highly satisfactory manner. He
is also president of the Iowa Steam Laundry
Company, of Ottumwa, a flourishing concern,
and secretary of the Janney Manufacturing
Company of Ottumwa, one of the most exten-
sive and best ecjuipped plants in the United
States for the manufacture of agricultural im-
plements. '

Mr. Daggett was joined in matrimony with
Male Beach, a daughter of J. H. Beach, secre-
tary and treasurer of the, Iowa Steam Laundry
Company, located at 218 South Market street.
Mr. and Mrs. Daggett ha\'e two children, Gen-
e\"i£ve and Ruth. Politically Mr. Daggett is a
Republican and has served in the capacity of
alderman. He is a member of several fraternal
insurance orders. In religious views he is an
Episcopalian. He has a very comfortable home
at No. 30,4 East Fifth street.

LAUDE M. MYERS, proprietor of
a large wholesale and retail ice cream
and confectionery store on Second
street, Ottumwa, Iowa, is a descend-
ant of one of the pioneer settlers of Wapello
county. He was born in Agency township,
Wapello county, in 1865, and is a son of Chris-
topher and Martha E. Myers.

Christopher Myers was an early settler of
Iowa, where he located in 1845. He is now a
member of the Ottumwa police department.

GEORGE WITHALL.

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291

He had three children, one of whom is de-
ceased. Another, Mrs. C. H. Sage, lives in
Nebraska.

Claude M. Myers, the subject of this sketch,
Avas reared at Agency, Iowa, where he re-
mained until 1882. While there he assisted his
father in the confectionery business, and in
July, 1882, moved to Ottumwa, where he en-
tered the same business as clerk for J. J.
Bowles, on Main street, after which he had
charge of his branch store on Second street.
He remained with him for seven years. He
afterward bought this gentleman's stock and
continued business for himself at that stand.
After several months he located' on Second
street, where he has since conducted his busi-
ness. His store is centrally situated and has
been enlarged to accommodate his constantly
increasing business. It is now 100 feet deep
by 20 feet wide. Mr. Myers makes a specialty
of ice cream, having the leading trade of the
city, and largely supplying this section of Iowa
and northern Missouri. He has a general con-
fectionery, cigar and fruit store, with the rear
of the building fitted with modern improve-
ments for the manufacture of ice cream. He
employs four men in that department, and five
clerks are kept busy in the front part of the,
building, attending to the throng of customers
to be found patronizing the store, especially in
the hot season. The average daily output, dur-
ing the ice cream season, is 175 gallons. Mr.
Myers is a young business man, and by close
application to business and careful manage-
ment has attained a degree of success which

many men of more mature years are still striv-
ing for.

Mr. Myers is at present serving his second
term as alderman of the third ward. He is a
trustee of the local library board, of which S.
P. Hartman is secretary. Fraternally he is a
Mason, and has advanced through intermediate
orders to the Shrine. He is also a member of
the Royal Arcanum, Elks and Pilgrims. In
religious views he is liberal.

gentleman

EORGE WITH ALL, a
who has worked extensively through-
out this and foreign countries, is the
leading contractor in brick and stone
construction in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was born
at London, England, March 11, 1838.

Mr. Withall served an apprenticeship of
seven j^ears (from the age of fourteen to twen-
ty-one years) as a bricklayer, and soon after
diis became general foreman for George ]Mun-
d)-, contractor and builder. He came to this
country, en route to San Franciscoi and Aus-
tralia, but meeting with friends at Brooklyn
he remained there for a time and engaged in
\\'orking at his trade. He first landed in New
York in August, 1867, and worked at Brook-
lyn, Williamsburg and also in New England,,
where he ei\gaged in contract \i'ork. In 1869
he was at Columbus, Ohio, where he put in a
sewer on a sub-contract, and dfter its com-
pletion went south to Chattanooga, where he
built the Slocum Iron Works and several other
large structures. In the spring of 1873 he

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built the Iron AVorks at Rising Fawn, Georgia,
which is a very large establishment. In the
fall of 1875 he went to Indianapolis, Indiana,
where he remained one season at work on dif-
ferent buildings. In February, 1876, he re-
turned to England and worked at different
places in that country and Scotland, — building
the St. Enoch's Square Depot. He next went
to Wrexham, North Wales, and worked on the
construction of barracks for four months, hav-
ing a sub-contract. He then went to Birming-
ham, England, worked on several buildings,
and became general foreman for Surman &
Sons. He remained in that city about eight-
een months, in all, during which time he built
Asten's button factory. In 1877 he and his
family returned to America on the steamship
"Indiana," the one on which General Grant
made his trip to England. He returned to In-
dianapolis and was engaged there until 1879,
when he came to Ottumwa, Iowa. He first
located at River View, where he rented 40
acres of land and manufactured brick for two
years. His first Ottumwa contract was for
John Morrell & Company, Limited; then he
built the AA^ood Block, where he placed the first
pressed brick front in the city. He purchased
the Joseph Hayne place adjoining the packing
house grounds; it consisted of 25 acres, on
which he manufactured bricks. He built the
First National Bank, the St. Lcuis store build-
ing, the Baptist and Presbyterian churches, the
Reed House (now the Park Hotel), and was
superintendent and director of the Ottumwa
Coal Palace. Together with Peter Ballingall,
he superintended the taking down of the Coal

Palace during 1 890-1 891. He built the Haw
and AA-^yman & Rand buildings, also T. D.
Foster's residence. He has attained a high de-
gree of perfection in his work, enjoys a 23restige
such as no other contractor in the county has,
and secures the contracts for most of the heavy
structures in the vicinity of Ottumwa. He is
at present one of the trustees and also super-
intendent of construction, of the Carnegie
library building, located near the court house,
for which library building Andrew Carnegie
donated $50,000. He also had the contract for
the main sewer of Ottumwa. He owns two
large houses on Union and Second streets and
resides in the corner house. It is a fine 12-room
house, with a fireplace in each room, and the
lower floor is laid with tile 12 inches square,
over concrete. The heat is furnished by a hot
water plant. It is supplied with electric light,
and is modern in every particular.

At the age of twenty-one years Mr. AVithall
was united in marriage with Mary Davis, who
was born in South Wales and reared in Bir-
mingham, England. They are the parents of
the following children: Elizabeth Mary (Mrs.
H. A. Lewis), of Ottumwa, whose husband is
in the employ of the Globe Tea Company, and
who has four children, — AA''arren, who lives
with Mr. AVithall, Katie, Mary Elizabeth and
Margaret; Eleanor (Mrs. Harvey Davis), of
Keokuk, whose husband represents the G. H.
Hammond Packing Company; and Catherine,
who died three months after the family located
at Ottumwa, aged seventeen years and three
months, and who is buried at Ottumwa. Po-
litically Mr. AA^ithall has always been a member

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of the Republican party. During the Crimean
War Mr. Withall was on the Mediterranean
Sea (in 1855 and 1856), and participated in
the struggle against Russia. Fraternally he is
a Mason of high standing, being high priest of
Chapter No. 9, R. A. M; prelate of Ottumwa
Commandery, K. T., and a member of Daven-
port Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Mrs. Withall
is past worthy matron of the Chapter of the
Order of the Eastern Star. Religiously both
are members of the Episcopal church, of which
Mr. Withall is a vestryman. A portrait of the
subject of this sketch appears on a foregoing
page.

T. HARPER, Jr., president of
the wholesale drug house of J. W.
Edgerly & Company, of Ottumwa,
was born in this city in 1868, and
is a son of W. T. and Jennie (Shaul) Harper.
W. T. Harper, Sr., came from JNIuskingum
county, Ohio, to Ottumwa in 1854. In 1861,
or 1862 he became a member of the firm o?
Taylor, Blake & Company, wholesale and re-
tail dealers in drugs, on Main street, where
the St. Louis Store now stands. In 1875, with
William Daggett, he organized the firm of
Daggett & Harper, and put in operation the
linseed oil mill. That firm continued until
January i, 1886, when his partner retired, and,
J. AV. Edgerly purchasing an interest, the firm
became W. T. Harper & Company. The firm
was incorporated in 1887 as the Ottumwa Lin-
seed Oil Company, and soon after was bought
out by the National Linseed Oil Company, on

January i, 1888. Mr. Harper continued as
manager of this company until January i, 1899,
when he retired from active business. In 1888
associated with Mr. Edgerly and C. F. Harlan,
who died in May, 1893, he bought the whole-
sale drug business of Blake, Bruce & Company,
and the firm of J. W. Edgerly & Company re-
sulted. Three additions have since been made
to the building occupied by the concern, and
its present cjuarters are 100 feet deep, with
three fronts. They now do an exclusively
wholesale business. Mr. Harper was a silent
partner, and Mr. Edgerly acted as manager
until his death, in 1894. In January, 1895!,
the firm was incorporated, Mr. Hai'per being
elected president, which office he maintained
until his death, in 1894. In January, 1895,
sixty-seven years. New officers were then
elected, with the subject hereof as president,
and Dr. Edgerly as secretary and treasurer.
W. T. Harper, Sr., was first married to Jennie
Shaul, who died at Ottumwa, leaving two chil-
dren : Mrs. Edward A. Jones, now of Helena,
Montana ; and AV. T., Jr. Mr. Harper formed
a second marital union at Ottumwa, wedding-
Mary E. Knight, who resides in this city.
They reared four children, as follows : Harry
C, foreman for J. AA'. Edgerly & Company;
Ralph S., who is in the employ of J. AA' Edg-
erly & Company; Charles K. ; and Mary E.
Mr. Harper had built a fine home at 1008
North Court street.

AA^ T. Harper, Jr., graduated from the
schools of Ottumwa in 1884, and then attended
the State Agricultural College at Ames one
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City for one year. In January, 1886, he be-
came bookkeeper for his father in the hnseed
oil mih and continued until February, 1890.
He then accepted a position in the office of
J. AV. Edgerly & Company as bill clerk, and
one year later represented the firm on the road
for a year. In June, 1892, he became assist-
ant to Mr. Harlan, the buyer of the firm., and
upon the decease of the latter becaine buyer, in
May, 1893. On the death of J. W. Edgerly,
in 1894, the management of the business de-
volved upon A. S. Udell, Dr. E. T. Edgerly
and W. T. Harper, Jr. Since the present firm
has Existed there has been a wonderful increase
in business, and six traveling representatives
are employed, covering all the territory west
of the Missouri River, Northern Missouri, and
also the Iowa Central and Ruthven Branch of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railwa}-.
About 20 people are employed in the building,
in addition to two bookkeepers and a man in
charge of the city department.

Mr. Harper was united in marriage, in
Denver, tO' Alice Beamen, a daughter of D. C.
and L. A. Beamen, formerly residents of Ot-
tumwa and of Van Buren county, Iowa. D. C.
Beamen was a prominent attorney-at-law.
Mrs. Harper was born in Van Buren county in
1866, and removed with her parents to Ot-
tumwa in 1883, and to Denver in 1888, where
her father still resides, being general attorney
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron 'Company.
They have two children, Ruth and Dorothy.
In politics Mr. Harper is a Republican. He
resides at No. 1041 North Court street, Ot-
tumwa, where he erected a comfortable home.

iV. JOHN M. McELROY, the pioneer
Presbyterian minister of Ottumwa,
Iowa, is a native of Ohio, and was
born near Greenfield, January 21,
1830. His parents, Ebenezer and Sarah Mc-
Eh'oy, nati^-es of Pennsylvania and of Scotch-
Irish descent, located in Chillicothe, Ohio, in
1813. Two or three years later they removed
to their new home in the timber, four miles
from Greenfield, which proved to be their per-
manent residence. Six ,of their 10 children
lived to be heads of families, of whom John M.
was the youngest.

During boyhood days John M. McElroy at-
tended a three-months' district school in the
winter, and worked on the farm in the summer.
At the age of fifteen years he entered the
classical academy at South Salem, which he at-^
tended about four years, and in 1849 he entered
the junior class at Jefferson College, Penn-
sylvania, where he graduated in a class of 52
members in the year 1851. The next two
years he was a teacher in Dr. Donaldson's-
Academy at Elders Ridge, Pennsylvania, giv-
ing some attention also tO' theological studies.
The two years following were spent in the
study of theology at Princeton, New Jersey.
He was licensed by the presbytery of Chilli-
cothe June 6, 1855, and soon after came tO'
Iowa, accepting an invitation to take charge
of the recently organized church in Ottumwa.
He was married September 11, 1855, at Mur-
rysville, Pennsylvania, to Agnes Greer, who is
still by his side. He was ordained by the Des
Moines presbytery ' in the Congregational'
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the corner of Second and Court streets, De-
cember 6, 1855. The infant church, of which
he took charge, had no liouse of worship and
no Sunday-school. The roll of members num-
bered 23, half of them living eight miles away,
and only four residing in town. Gradually a
congregation was gathered and a small church
building was erected and occupied at what is
now No. 308 East Fourth street. Services
were held at various places throughout the
county, in every village, in many school houses
and .also in private houses, groves and barns.
A good many hindrances were encountered,
hard times, floods, crop failures, and at length,
the Civil AVar. The pastor continued his work
and in 1866 dedicated a good and commodious
house of worship at Fourth and Green streets,
now the Second Baptist church. Soon after he
found himself broken in health and oppressed
with failure of hearing, which led to his resig-
nation in 1869. In 1870 he moved to Batavia,
Iowa, where he was pastor thirteen years, the
churches of Kirksville and Libertyville sharing
a part of his labors. The western migration
fever, which prevailed all over the country,
appeared in violent form at Batavia, and car-
ried away three-fourths of his flock to various
points in the West. This induced his resigna-
tion and return to his old home and residence
in Ottumwa. In 1885 he was invited to try
the experiment of holding services in the new
chapel which T. D. Foster had erected near the
packing house for the Sunday-school. There
he met with much encouragement, organized a
church of over 100 members and continued his
work about six years. Since 1891 he has had

no pastoral charge, — several attacks of "la-
grippe," together with total loss of hearing,
making his retirement necessary. He has,
however, frecjuent calls for ministerial service,
and is always ready, so far as able, to respond.

Mr. McElroy has had extensi\'e experience
in educational work. He was active in organiz-
ing the earliest teachers" institute known in
central Pennsylvania, and also in the first in-
stitute held in Wapello county. He was county
superintendent of schools in 1864-65, and made
the first official visitation of the schools of the
county. He was for five years principal of
the Ottumwa Male and Female Seminary. He
has been a frec[uent contributor to the local
press, and also to the religious press. He at-
tended a reunion of his college class at Wash-
ington, Pennsylvania, in 1881, and read a class
history, which was afterward printed in Chica-
go. On that occasion his alma mater conferred
on him the honorary title of D. D. In 1899 he
published a small \-olume entitled "Aljby B\ram
and her Father. Indian Captives," a true story
of Revolutionary times. On the first da}- of the
twentieth century he placed in the hands of the
printer the manuscript of a work entitled
"Scotch-Irish McElroys in .Vnierica," which
will be issued shortly Ijv the Fort Orange Press,
Albany, New York, and is a work of special in-
terest ti) those bearing the ^IcElruy name.
Dr. McElroy has usually voted with the Re-
publicans, but has never been a politician. His
friends are many and his enemies few.

Mrs. ?\IcElroy is a descendant of John and
Priscilla Alden, and has been a faithful and
efficient helper to her husband, and an import-

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ant factor in whatever of good he has accom-
pHshed. They have four children, as follows :
Addison H., who is married and has two chil-
dren, William T. and Maude Agnes, who lives
in Ottumwa, but is at present employed in Chi-
cago; Abby, secretary of the Young \A'omen's
Christian Association at Nashville, Tennessee;
Mary, secretary of the Harlem. Young
Women's Christian Association in New York
City; and Jennie, wife of Dr. E. R. Beard, of
Liberty, Indiana.

W. GARNER is an extensive whole-
sale dry-goods dealer of Ottumwa.
He was burn in Franklin, Warren
county, Ohio, in 1846, and is a son of
J. Wesley and Anna J\I. (Hausel) Garner.

J. Wesley Garner was born in AVarren
•county, Ohio, and became a member of the
■dental profession. In 1858 he moved with his
familv to Ottumwa, Iowa, and in 1859 located
at Blount Pleasant, Iowa, where he was living
at the time of his death. ITe married Anna M.
Hausel, and they reared three sons and four
daughters.

J. W. Garner has resided in Ottumwa since
1858; in that year he began his business ca-
reer by entering the employ of Thomas Devin
& Sons, wholesale dry-goods merchants, in the
capacitv of clerk. He remained with them for
nine ^■ears. In 1869 their stock was partially
destroyed by fire and the residue was purchased
by ^Ir. Garner, and formed thf nucleus of his
present business. He first began operations
under the firm name of J. \Y. Garner & Com-

pany, but in 1 88 1 it was changed to Lawrence
& Chambers, and in 1882 to Lawrence & Gar-
ner; the title then remained unchanged until
1 89 1, when it became J. W. Garner again. He
started in a small way, supplying only a few
merchants in Ottumwa and vicinity ; at present
he employs four traveling salesmen and num-
bers his customers by the hundreds. The whole-
sale house is located at No. 108-116 Market
street, and is filled with one of the finest and
most complete lines of dry goods, notions, un-
derwear and gentlemen's furnishings to be
found anywhere. He is a liberal contributor to
any and all enterprises which have for their
object the advancement of the interests of Ot-
tumwa. He was one of the original stock-
holders in the Ottumwa Sa\'ings Bank and has
been a director for many years ; he is treas-
urer of the Grand Opera House Company,
the Ottumwa Artesian AVell Company and
the Ottumwa Electric & Steam Power Com-
pany, and is a member of the Wapello Club.
Mr. Garner was united in marriage with
Mary Y. Yarnell, of AVestchester, Pennsyl-
vania, and they have six children, as follows :
Laura H., Edna E. (Kerns), H. AV.. C. L.,
Blanche V., and Alary E. Religiously he and
his family are members of the Episcopal
church.

AMES A CAAIPBELL, who has served
in the capacity of state mine inspector
since 1894, has been identified with the
mining business ever since his child-
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since 1885. He was born in AVarren county,
Illinois, July 4, 1865, and is a son of Ira G.
and Dovey E. (Reynolds) Campbell.

Ira G. Campbell was born in Pennsylvania
May I, 1826, and came west after his marriage,
settling in Warren county, Illinois, where he
remained until 1868. He then moved to Albia,
Monroe county, Iowa, where he is residing at
the present time. He married Dovey E. Rey-
nolds, of Warren county, Illinois. She was
born there May 13, 1826. They became par-
ents of 1 1 children, of whom four are now liv-
ing, namely: Mary (Ewart), of Scammon,
Kansas: Maggie J. (Mneor), of Foster, Iowa;
James A. ; and William B., of Albia, Iowa. Ira
G. Campbell is an active worker in the Presby-
terian church, of which he is a member. He
is a Republican in politics. He enlisted for
service during the Civil War, August 17, 1861,
in Company B, 83d Reg., Illinois Vol. Inf., and
was in Company F, 148th Reg., Illinois Vol.
Inf., when discharged on September 3, 1865.

James A. Campbell was but nine years of
age when he entered the Cedar Valley coal
mines as trapper, and he has ever since been
engaged in the mining business, with the excep-.
tion of one year. He came I0 Ottumwa in
1885 and in 1894 received the appointment to
the office of state mine inspector from Goverm ir
Jackson, — an office which he is eminently qual-
ified to fill. He was reappointed by Go\'ernor
Drake in April, 1896, and in 1898 and 1900,
by Governor Shaw. He is a faithful, painstak-
ing, careful and competent official, prompt and
industrious in the performance of his duties,
and is recognized by all as a most excellent

mine inspector. He is one of Ottumwa's most
energetic and progressive citizens, a man of
integrity and a pleasant, comi>anionable gentle-
man. He is deservedly popular with all who
know him, and by his energy and -ability has
risen to a position of high responsibility.

Mr. Campbell was united in marriage on
September 29, 1887, with Blanche E. Cald-
well, of Ottumwa, a daughter of Paris Cald-
well, a record of whose life appears elsewhere
in this volume. This union resulted in three
children : Paris G., LeRoy S. and Frank Jack-
son. Mr. Campbell is a member of Lodge No.
12, Uniform Rank, K. of P.; Lodge No. 230,
I. O. O. F.; Tribe No. 19, I. O. R. M. ; AVa-
pello Court, No. 14, Foresters; and Hickory
Camp, No. 31, AA'oodmen of the AVorld. Re-
ligiously he attends the Presbyterian church, of
which he is a member.

EXRY SCHMIDT, the efficient chief
of the fire department in Ottumwa,
AA'apello county, Iowa, is the fourth
child of Bernard Schmidt, and was
born September 15, 1874, in Ottumwa. His
^mother was Katrina Stuckleman Schmidt;
after her death, Bernard Schmidt married
Elizabeth Dunnebrink. Bernard Schmidt is
a well known brickmaker of Ottumwa.

Henry Schmidt attended St. John's paroch-
ial school, after which he entered the fire de-
partment, holding the position of pipeman.
This was in 1899, and three months after en-
tering the department he was promoted to

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tlie position of assistant chief, under Chief
Richards. For his efficiency and many other
commendable quahties, the young man was ap-
pointed by the council as chief of the Ottumwa
Fire Department, April 4, 1901. During his
incumbency he has been active and diligent
in his duties, and has made a record that stands
out prominently as worthy of the highest com-
mendation. The first year he served in the
department, there were 104 fires, the second
year, 106, and for the first three months since
he has been at the head of the department, he
has battled with 49 fires, many of them disas-
trous ones. He is probabl}- the youngest fire de-
partment chief in the state, in a city as promi-
nent as Ottumwa, and the authorities respon-
sible for his appointment and the citizens gen-
erally are proud of him and the record he has
made.

Mr. Schmidt is a member of the Catholic
church. Politically, he is a Democrat.

AJ. JOHN STUART WOOD came
to Ottumwa in 1848, in company
with ■Majnr Donelson, Major Mc-
jlenomy and Charles Handserker,
the latter ha\-ing been for some time collector
of tolls en the Wabash & Erie Canal. These
four tra\'eled from Covington, Lidiana, in a
carriage of their own and stopped in the hotel
in Ottumwa then kept by James Hawley, Sr. ;
they remained there a month and returned to
Covington, but came back to Ottumwa in the
fall of 185 1. In the spring of 1852, John S.

W^ood and others, organized a party to go to
California; they equipped with convenient
wagons, well laden with provisions and drawn
by oxen. Mr. Wood remained in California
until 1855, when he returned to Ottumwa, and
has since made the city his home. The family
of Major Wood, however, has for several years
lived on the ranch owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Wood, situated near Livingston, Montana,
where the Major spends his recreation days.

John S. Wood assisted in organizing the
7th Reg., Iowa Vol. Cav., of which S. W.
Summers was colonel and T. J. Potter, ser-
geant major. Subsequently. Mr. Potter be-
came adjutant of the regiment and when John
S. Wood was promoted to be major of the regi-
ment, ]\Ir. Potter succeeded to the place made
vacant by Wood's promotion and became cap-
tain of Company A. The 7th Reg., Iowa Vol.
Cav., rendezvoused at Ottumwa in the fall of
1862, and remained in camp which was on the
ri\-er bottom, near where the starch mill was lo-
cated, until February, 1863, and was at that
time ordered to Camp Hendershott, at Daven-
P'Ort ; he was in command of Camp Hendershott
for a time and was there mustered in as major
and assigned to the command of the Third Bat-
talion. He was in active service against the
hostile Indians of the plains, in the meantime
acting as commander of the post of Fort
Kearne}', in 1863- 1864, and until he assumed
command of the post at Fort Laramie, in June,
1864, remaining there until mustered out in
April, 1865. He was mustered out because the
number of men in his regiment had fallen below
the minimum.

F. J. BULLOCK.

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j\Ir. Wood has been a busy man all his life;
he was deputy sheriff of Wapello county in
1856; city marshal of Ottumwa in 1867-68-69,
and from 1871 to 1874 was in the employ of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad,
as adjusting agent. He was appointed agent
.of the Blackfeet and Piegan Indians, with
headcjuarters at Teton, on the Teton River, 60
miles north of Fort Shaw, and served in that
capacity from 1874 to 1876, when he re-
signed, returning to Ottumwa, and again en-
tered into the service of the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy Railroad, acting as adjusting
agent and charged with many other important
interests. The length of his service indicates
that the great corporation appreciates him as a
man and an officer.

Major John Stuart Wood comes of good
stock, as the name Stuart indicates. He was
an intrepid officer during the Civil War, brave
and daring, and very efficient as a post com-
mander. He appears n(jw as in the best of
health, and vigor, and \-ery energetic in his
duties.

J. BULLOCK, a prominent business
man of Ottumwa, A\''apello count)-,
Iowa, whose portrait is shown here-
with, is superintendent of the pack-
ing establishment of John jMorrell & Company,
Limited. H^e was born in Gloucestershire,
England, in 1856, and is a son of John Bul-
lock.

John Bullock came to America when F. J.
was young and first located in St. Louis, but

later removed to Canada. Throughout his en-
tire life he was engaged in the butcher business.
He was killed by a train at Iowa avenue
crossing, Ottumwa, in 1897, at the age of six-
ty-four )'ears. He was united in marriage with
Frances James, \\ho resides at London, On-
tario, and they had six children, as follows :
F. J., the subject of this biography ; and Susan,
Frances, Bella, Emma and .-VHce, who reside
in or near London, Ontario.

F. J. Bullock was reared in Canada and mar-
ried there. He learned the trade of a butcher
with his father, and in 1870 first became identi-
fied with John ^^torrell & Company, Limited, at
Chicago. In 1877 he moxefl with that firm to
Ottumwa, Iowa, where they loc-ited their plant,
and worked in the cutting and killing depart-
ment. His next task was as inspector of for-
eign meats and he worked alsu in other de-
partments, thus becoming an all-around man.
He was subsequently placed in charge of the
smoked meat department, and then made fore-
man of the killing and cutting gang. He was
next returned to his former position in charge
of the smoked meat department, where he con-
tinued until just before the fire in 1891. He
then assumed the duties of f( ireman of the for-
eign package department, having charge of all
meat shipped and exported. He filled this re-
sponsible position until Xo\'ember, 1899, when
he succeeded Mr. Henneberry as superintend-
ent of the- entire plant. He has charge of all
foremen, employes and departments, with the
exception of the main office, and the duties of
his position are many and important. He is
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employ and manage their own men. The larg-
est force is employed in the killing and cutting
departments, of which AVilliam O'Malley is
foreman. The other departments and the men
in charge as as follows : A. R. Brown, for-
eign package department ; John Breaky, curing
department; L. A. Darlington, chief engineer
of machine and blacksmith shops; Ernest
Manns, in charge of the lard r^ifinery; Robert
McDugle, of the smoke house ; A. B. Osier, of
the j ebbing and shipping department ; James
Trenman, outside or roustabout foreman ; N. T.
Sleight, of the cooper department; VVilUam
Jennings, of the carpentering department;
Peter Johnson, car inspector and foreman of
the repair gang, which keeps in order the i8o
Morrell Refrigerator Line cars ; Mike Moffitt,
of the box shop; Major Spillman, of the stock
yards; Neville Glew,. of the pickled meat de-
partment ; Charles Freeman, of the tierce gang ;
Charles Langdale, of the painting department ;
John Allott, of the beef killing department ; and
Fred Heller, of the fertilizing department. It
is one of the largest concerns of the kind in the
country and ships meats to all parts of this
country and also to foreign markets. Besides
its own cars it uses many belonging to the vari-
ous railroad companies.

Mr. Bullock was united in marriage at Lon-
don, Canada, to Mary Humphrey, who was
born there in 1857. They have six children:
Charles, William, Frances, Fied, John and
Mary. They were all christened in the Epis-
copal church, in which their parents were mar-
ried. Mr. Bullock's family were Episcopalians,
while his wife's family were Presbyterians. In

politics he is an independent Republican. Fra-
ternally he is a member of the Modern Wood-
men of America. He has a very pleasantly
located home in the first ward of Ottumwa.

R. JAMES NOSLER, deceased, for
many years a prominent physician
and surgeon of Eddyville, Wapello
county, Iowa, was born in West Vir-
ginia, and reared in East Tennessee, where his
early education was obtained. He later moved
to Indiana, where he read medicine and, like
many of the physicians of that early period,
commenced the practice of his profession.
After completing his medical reading, he be-
came a very prominent man ir the profession
and practiced in Putnam county, Indiana, until
May, 1846. He then moved west, and located
in Eddyville, with his family. He acquired a
large and lucrative practice in Monroe, Ma-
haska and Wapello counties, and many of the
citizens of Eddyville remember his kindly min-
istrations. He was universally liked for his
excellent traits of character, and his death was
sincerely mourned by his acquaintances and
friends in the three counties in which he had
spent so many years in practice. He was never
known to refuse a patient, even wheii he knew
full well he would receive no remuneration for
his services. In the early history of Eddyville,
he was very enthusiastic in a mo^•e to make the
Des Moines River navigable, and was one of a
committee formed to promote that scheme.
The railroad at that time had its terminal at

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Eddyville, and all freight was carried overland,
as far west as Omaha, as far north as 150 miles,
and as far south. He took a great interest in
any movement likely to advance the prosperity
of the community.

Dr. Nosier was united in marriage, in In-
diana, with Jemima Moore, a native of Ken-
tucky. To this union the following children
were born who lived to maturity : Martha A. ;
Thomas M. ; Mary J. ; Irene ; Armilda C. ; and
Sarah E. and Henry C, twins. All are now
living but the first named. There were two
children, not here named, who died in their in-
fancy. In religious belief, they were Method-
ists. Mrs. Nosier died, and the Doctor formed
a second union, Sarah Nelson, who is also de-
ceased, becoming his wife. Dr. Nosier was
first a Whig, in politics, and later a stanch Re-
publican. While living in Indiana, he served
in the capacity of sheriff of Putnam county.

Henry C. Nosier, the youngest son of Dr.
James Nosier, was born in 1843, and was but
three -years of age when he was brought by his
parents to Wapello county, Iowa. He re-
ceived his early educational training in the
common schools, and was attending college at
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, when the Civil War
broke out. He left the class room and en-
listed in Company I, 7th Reg. Iowa Vol. Inf.,
under Captain Ir\-in. The regiment was as-
signed to the First Brigade of Grant's army,
and was engaged in the first battle fought by
that general, at Belmont, Missouri. He was
discharged because of disability, in 1862, but
reenlisted in Company F, rSth Reg., Iowa Vol.
Inf., serving as second lieutenant. Pie re-

signed in November, 1862, and returned to
Wapello county, where he entered the employ
of the United States Express Company, as
messenger on a stage route. He was trans-
ferred to Illinois, where he remained for ten
years, and then, in 1875, went into the ice
business, which he carried on for a period of
seven years. In 1882, he returned to the em-
ploy of the United States Express Company,
as agent at Ottumwa. He joined the Masonic
fraternity in 1873, becoming a member of Em-
pire Lodge at Pekin, Illinois. He joined Ot-
tumwa Lodg'e, No. 16, of the same order, and
belongs to Malta Commandery No. 31, of Ot-
tumwa. He is a member of the G. A. R. Po-
litically, he is affiliated with the Republican
party.

HARLES A. BOSWORTH, a well
known educator of Wapello county,
Iowa, is the principal of the High-
land Center schools, an official posi-
tion he has maintained in a most creditable
manner since 1897. He was born in Jay coun-
ty, Indiana, August i, 1870, and is a son of
Augustus and Keziah W (Mills) Bosworth.
Augustus Bosworth was born in Gallia
cnunt}", Ohio, in 1820, and now lives on his
farm near Portland, Indiana. He married
Keziah AV. A J ills, who' was born in AA'arren
county, Ohio, in 1827, and was a daughter of
Michael and Elizabeth Mills. They were
married in 1843, and to. them were born
nine children, as follows : Marcus, Laura and
Ruth, deceased ; Sarah ; Eli ; Homer ; Anthony 5

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Cyrus, deceased ; and Charles. Mrs. Bosworth
died in 1898, at tlie age of seventy-one years,
and she Hes buried in the cemetery at Sala-
monia, Lidiana.

Charles A. Bosworth attended the Eastern
Lidiana Normal School two years, and taught
school in Indiana for some time. He came
to W'apello county, Iowa, in March, 1890. He
completed the Wapello County Teachers'
normal course, and received his diploma, in
1897. The first examination he took in Iowa
was under Superintendent George Phillips, at
which he received a first-class certificate, and
has held a certificate of that grade since
that time. He took a course in the .Ottumwa
Business College, in 1893, and then accepted
a position with John Morrell & Compan)-,
Ltd., as assistant cashier and paymaster. He
continued in that capacity for a year and a
half and then, in the fall of 1895, resigned
to accept the position of principal of the Dahl-
onega schools. In 1897, he was tendered the
position of principal of the Highland Center
schdi.ils, which he accepted. He has held this
positicn for four years and is now ser\'ing
his fifth )-ear, Avhich closes in 1902. Plis wife
is his able assistant in the Highland Center
schools, having charge of the primary depart-
ment. She is a graduate of the normal depart-
ment of the Ottumwa Business College, ha^'-
ing received her diploma in !\Iay, 1897.

Of the eight children comprising the Bos-
worth family who reached maturity, there is
but one who has not been a teacher, and all
have been successful in their chosen vocation.
Three of them have gone into the ministry.

viz : Homer, pastor of the Christian church
at Salamonia, Indiana; Anthony, pastor of
the First Christian church at Montpelier, In-
diana ; and Cyrus, a minister of the Congrega-
tional church, who, while finishing a course in
college at ]\Ierom, Indiana, became sick and
died in June, 1894. Marcus, the oldest brother,
enlisted in the Civil war, in 1863, at Portland,
Indiana, and was a member of Company B,
nth Reg., Ind. Vol. Cav., in which he served
until the close of hostilities. He spent the re-
mainder of his life in school work, and, prior
to his death, conducted a private school in one
of Denver's suburbs. He died in 1895.

Charles A. Bosworth was united in mar-
riage June 10, 1894, with Nancy E. Reinier,
a daughter of Thomas and Rhoda (Cobler)
Reinier; they have one child, Thomas A., aged
lour years. They are members of the High-
land Center M. E. church. Mr. Bosworth is
a member of the Modern AVoodmen of Amer-
ica and is a charter member of Camp No.
6873, Highland Center. Mrs. Bosworth is a
charter member of Cedar Camp, No. 2327,
Royal Neighbors of America, and has been one
of its officers since its organization. Politi-
cally, Mr. Bosworth is a Republican.

AMES R. GREEN. This gentleman
has been prominently identified with
the growth and development of AA'^a-
pello count}-, Iowa. He was born in

Wapello county in 1855, and is a son of John

and Elizabeth (Rollins) Green.

W. H. MILLER.

MRS. EADY C. MILLER.

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John Green was born in Kentucky in 1808,
and came to^ Iowa in 1851. He was a man of
very large stature and attained the weight of
286 pounds. He followed the occupation of
a farmer most of his life, but in 1856 opened
a hotel in Agency City, called the Quiet House,
which he conducted for a period of ten years.
In 1866 he sold his hotel and bought 176 acres
of land a mile and a quarter southeast of
Agency City, where he lived until 1878. He
then sold his farm, and located in Clyde, Kan-
sas. He married Elizabeth Rollins, who was
a native of Indiana. They reared the follow-
ing children: James R., the subject of this
sketch; Marion, who is engaged in the hotel
business in Colorado; Addison, who conducts
a shoe store in Kansas City, Missouri ; Willie
E., who is engaged in the grocery business in
Nebraska; and Amanda L., deceased.

James R. Green, the subject of this biog-
raphy, lived in Kansas eleven months and
then returned to Wapello county, where he
bought his present farm in Aguicy township,
one mile south of Agency City. He now owns
70 acres of land in section 2, where he carries
on general farming and poultry raising. His
farm is well managed and kept in a very good
condition and he has a thorough knowledge of
agricultural m,atters. Mr. Green is always
deeply interested in any movement which is for
the good of the community in which he lives.

Mr. Green married Amanda Ridings, who
was born in Schuyler county, Illinois, in 1854.
They have reared the following children, name-
ly: Minnie, Mattie, Ida and Ray, who is an
adopted son. Politically Mr. Green is a mem-

ber of the Republican party. He belongs to
the Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No.
1800, of Agency City. Mr. Green and his fam-
ily are members of the Congregational church.

H. MILLER, a web known resi-
dent of Ottumwa, Iowa, owns a
valuable farm of 322 acres in
iPleasant township, Wapello coun-
ty. He was born in Union county, Indiana,
December i, 1837, and is a son of Caleb and
Mary (Bedell) Miller.

Caleb Miller was born in Union county, In-
diana, October 15, 1815, and followed farm-
ing throughout his entire life. In 1839 he
moved to Darke county, Ohio, where he re-
sided seven years, when he located in Dahlone-
ga township, Wapello county, Iowa, in the fall
of 1846. Entering a claim, he followed farm-
ing until his death, which occurred in 1874.
He was a Republican in politics, served as
justice of the peace for some Aears, and was
on the school board of Dahlonega township
for a number of years. Religiously he was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He was united in marriage with Mary Bedell,
who was born in Indiana, in 181 7, and died
in 1897. They reared six children, as follows :
W. H., the subject of this biography ; Sarah E. ;
John B. ; B. F. ; Mary C. ; and Clarence B.

AV. H. Miller was a child of two years
when his parents moved to Darke county, Ohio,
and had attained the age of nine years when
they located in Wapello county, in 1846. pTe

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resided with his father in Dahlonega township
until 1864, when he moved to Pleasant town-
ship. He engaged in agricultural pursuits with
a great deal of success, and became the owner
of 322 acres of fine farming land in that town-
ship. He followed this occupation until 1899,
when he moved to Ottumwa, leaving the farm
to be worked by his two sons, L. E. and C. E.
Miller, and son-in-law, E. L. Giltner. He was
a careful manager, led an industrious life and
accumulated a handsome competence, which
will permit him to spend the remainder of his
days in ease and comfort.

Mr. Miller was united in marriage with
Eady Cobler, who was born in Indiana in 1839
and came to Wapello county, Iowa, with her
parents in 1843. She is a daughter of the late
Louis Cobler. This union resulted in the fol-
lowing offspring: Louis E., Caleb E. and
Mary J. (Giltner). Mrs. Miller is a member
of the Christian church.

Portraits of Mr., and Mrs. Miller are shown
on preceding pages of this book, in proximity
to this.

Iowa.

M. EASTBURN. This gentleman is
an extensive land owner, and a well-
known farmer and stockbreeder, of
Green township, A\'apello county,
He has a farm of 200 acres of land in
sections 7 and 18, township 71, range 14. Mr.
Eastburn was born in Tippecanoe count\', In-
diana, z\ugust 20, 1848, and is a son of Benja-
min Eastburn. Benjamin Eastburn was of
English descent, and all his life followed the

occupation of a farmer. He owned 640 acres
of land near Fremont, Iowa, which he pur-
chased in 1852. He was highly respected by
all, and his death was much mourned.

B. M. Eastburn received more than an or-
dinary education. He attended the Central
University, in Marion county, Indiana, after
finishing his studies in the common schools of
his native county. In September, 1892, Air.
Eastburn purchased his present home-farm of
the Hendricks heirs. This land had been en-
tered by Daniel Saunders, on a military land
warrant issued in 1850. In 1855, the Hen-
dricks heirs became possessed of the land and
they in turn sold it to Mr. Eastburn. It was
m a very poor condition, and the new owner
set to work to bring it to its present state of
cultivation. He seeded down the major por-
tion of the land, bestowed upon it much care,
and it was not long until great improvement
was noticed. Most of the farm is fenced in
N'. ith woven wire, and the houses and out-
buildings are all large and convenient.

Mr. Eastburn has always had a fancy for
fast horses, and at one time owned a string of
horses that became well known in Iowa for
their trotting records. In 1894, Mr. East-
burn and his son, Jesse, under the firm name
of Eastburn & Son, began the collection of a
stock of fine thoroughbred Chester-AA'hite hogs.
These hogs have taken first and second pre-
miums at the state fair and at the fair held in
Eklon. The finest hog in his stock is named
"Good Enough," its registered number being
10,233 ' it is three yeears old, and weighs 835
pounds. It took the first premium at the Iowa

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state fair in 1900. Mr. Eastburn had one hog
whicli weiglied over one thousand pounds. He
sells his three-month and four-month-old pigs
at from $15 to $25 each, and last year sold
$1,700 worth of this stock. Mr. Eastburn and
his son also own a flock of 225 Shropshire
sheep, (a good portion of them being
registered ) , ' which they are placing ■ on the
market. Mr. Eastburn is a man of much ex-
ecutive ability, and has met with the great suc-
cess which he has merited.

Mr. Eastburn chose for his first \\ife, Anna
E. Barnes, whom he married in 1868. She
died in April, 1871, leaving one son, Fred B.,
who resides in Adams township. For his sec-
ond wife, Mr. Eastburn married, in 1872,
Amelia F. Baitsell, whO' was born in Cincin-
nati, Ohio. She is a daughter of John Bait-
sell, who was born in New York City,' and was
a cooper by trade. P ■_ removed to Cincinnati,
where he continued at his trade for some time,
and came to Iowa in 1856. He then took up
farming near Oskaloosa and remained there
until 1864, when he sold his farm and pur-
chased land near Fremont. He died there at
the age of seventy-one years, honored by all
who knew him. Jane Watkins Baitsell, the
mother of Mrs. Eastburn was born in Wales,
in 1 81 2, and was a highly educated and accom-
plished woman.

Mr. and Mrs. Eastburn ha^-e been the par-
ents of the following children, namely': Jesse
O., born in 1874, who assists his father in
operating the farm; Ora Pearl, born in 1876,
who is at home; Walter B., born in 1878, who
died in 1894; and Emma Letha, born in 1879.

who is also at home. The children have all
received university educations, and the daugh-
ters are accomplished musicians.

Mr. Eastburn is a Republican in politics,
and notwithstanding the fact that the neigh-
borhood is Democratic, he was elected a school
director four terms. He also served as town-
ship trustee. The family attend the Baptist
church in Ottumwa.

ILS ABRAHAM, a native of Sweden,,
was born in 1836. He owns three
farms in Green township, W^apello
county, Iowa, the first one being lo-
cated on section 17, township 71, range 14,
•and consisting of 80 acres; the second being
located in section 16, township 71, range 14,
md consisting of 40 acres; and the third be-
ing located on sections 17, 19 and 20, town-
ship 71, range 14, and consisting of 100 acres.
He makes his home on the first named farm,
and is engaged in diversified farming.

Nils Abraham's father owned a small farm
in Sweden, and as soon as Nils was old enough
he was apprenticed to a man who ran a flour
mill. He remained with him seventeen years,
saving his w^ages. \\'hen he decided to come
to this countr)', he was not obliged to come
penniless. Mr. Abraham arrived in New York
in 1868, and entered the employ of a railroad
company. In 1876, he purchased the home
farm of 80 acres. This was entirely covered
with brush and timber, and a little log house

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itood on the place. This log house now stands
by the side of the fine residence which Mr.
Abraham erected. The barn and outbuilding's
are large and modern, affording ample shelter
for his cattle and grain. By dint of hard work
and much frugality, Mr. Abraham has
reached his present goal of success, each year
marking an increase in his income. His three
farms in Green township consist of 220 acre:;
and aie kept in splendid condition.

Mr. Abraham was married, in 1870, to
Anna Ivunston, and they have three children,
namely : Alfred, Selma and Emma. Politi-
cally, the subject of this sketch is a Republican.
Religiously, he is a member of the Lutheran
church.

E. PECK, who has one of the most
commodious homes to be found
throughout the countr)-, in AVapello
county, Iowa, ]i\'es near the race-
track in Center township, and also owns the
tract on which the track is located. He was
engaged successfully in general farming and
berry-raising for many years, but at the pres-
ent time rents his land to his son, Franklin.
He was born October 7, 1832, in AA^estport,
Connecticut, and is a son of Dennis H. Peck.
Dennis H. Peck was born in Connecticut,
and died at the age of seventy-three years.
His grandfather was also a nati\-e of Con-
necticut. On the side of his mother Mr. Peck
is also descended from Eastern people, her
ancestors having been located there for several
generations.

H. E. Peck was reared at AA^estport, twenty-
two miles from New Haven, Connecticut, until
he reached his thirteenth year, when he ran
away from home. He became a sailor before
the mast, and rose in a comparatively short
time to a trusted position, — one which some
men never reach in the work of a lifetime.
After one of the severe storms which are so
frequent on the ocean, he was reported
drowned, and when he finally landed he was
sought out by his mother and induced to quit
so hazardous an occupation. After these
man)- )-ears of ocean life he obtained a position
as engine-wiper, and through strict attention
to business and natural ability was rapidly pro-
moted. He was first made fireman, and then
engineer, on the New Haven Railroad. Soon
his services were sought by the Chicago &
^lihvaukee Railroad Compan}-, for which he
worked thirteen years. He was their most trust-
ed man, and when any quick or extra hazardoii^
run had to be made he was the choice for en-
gineman. This confidence in his abilit)- was
never misplaced. Strange as it may seem, he
never met with an accident, but his carefulness
and prudence in an emergency have saved the
lives of m.nny. In 1870 he was ofl:ered the
position of foreman of the engine department
of the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Rail-
road, which he held until he resigned and took
up farming. This he did not so much as a
matter of business as to enjoy for the remainder
of his days a more retired and quiet life. The
homestead comprises 27 acres, and the tract
on which the race-track is located contains 80
acres. Both of these farms are now rented to

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his son. Five years ago lie built one of the
largest and most commodious farm-houses in
the county — two and a half stories high and
47 by 68 feet in dimensions. He has also
erected a large barn and all outhouses neces-
sary for successful farming.

November 5, 1855, Mr. Peck was united
in marriage with Adeline Pratt, who passed
away March 6, 1897, having given birth to
eight children, as follows : Harry A., born
March 6, 1857; Emma C, who was born Jan-
uary 26, i860, and died February i, 1897;
Ada C, born December 20, 1864; W. I., born
August 20, 1866; Franklin K., born October
2, 1868; Phebe S., born December 27, 1870;
Hiram P., w^ho was born October 14, 1876,
and died August 10, 1888; and James G., born
August 31, 1878. Mr. Peck has always been
a Republican in politics, and is very liberal in
religious views.

EORGE AA''. HATCH, the owner of
200 acres of valuable farming land
in Center township, Wapello county,
Iowa, and about 65 acres within the
city limits of Ottuni\\a, is one of the most pro-
gressive farmers in his section of the county.
He was born of English ancestry, his father,
George Hatch, having been born in Hull, Eng-
land, in 1820. His mother was born in Penn-
sylvania in 1827. George Hatch came to
America in 1833, and settled in Iowa in 1844.
The mother settled in this county in 1837.
They had 1 1 children.

Mr. Hatch carried on farming on this land
many years before buying it. He cultivated
it with 500 or 600 acres of other land, and hav-
ing been very successful in several money-
making projects, he decided to buy the 200
acres above mentioned. It was formerly the
estate of Charles F. Blake. In 1898 he pur-
chased 200 acres in section 33, township •ji,
range 14. At present he is erecting one of the
largest and finest barns in the county, and also
has a fine residence. He has been an extensive
stock-raiser, often having several hundred head,
of cattle and hogs. At present he has but few
cattle, but is running what is known as the
"Quaker Dairy." and supplying cream and
milk to the citizens of Ottumwa. He prefers
Shorthorn cattle.

jMr. Hatch was married to Ada C. JefTries,
February 16, 1881. She is of English descent.
Nine children have resulted from this union,
whose names are: Jennie E., born J\Iarch 15,
1882; Blaine, who was born October 15, 1884,
and died November 23, 1884; Mary E., born
January i, 1886; Harry, who was born No-
\ember 24, 1888, and died in December, 1889;.
Vera H., who was born Alarch 17, 1890, and
died in December, 1892; Lela A., born June
9, 1892; George AA''., born August 14, 1895;
Luella, who was born X<j\ember 5, 1897, and
died February 13, 1899; and Lucille, born
August 12, 1899.

Mr. Hatch is a Republican in politics, and,
although he has taken a deep interest in local
politics, he has never sought political prefer-
ment. He is much interested in educational
conditions in his township, and lends his sup-

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port to that cause. It was greatly through his
influence and assistance that the handsome
school-house in the district was erected. Mr.
Hatch is a member of the Odd Fellows order.
He is very liberal and broad-minded in his
views on religious subjects.

RS. SARAH W,. (AT\A^ELL) Mc-

COY, a highly esteemed resident

of Agency township, Wapelki

county, Iowa, is the widow of

John W. McCoy. She was born in England,

August 27, 1836, and is a daughter of John

A I well.

John Atwell was born in England, Feb-
ruary 20, 1812, and was first a baker by trade,
but later applied himself to agricultural pur-
suits. He now resides in Kansas. He mar-
ried Mary F. Doughty, who was born in Eng-
land, and is deceased. They became the par-
ents of the following children : Sarah W. ;
Anna ; John ; Xancy ; William ; Frances ; Har-
riet; Richard; Ellen; George; and Lizzie.

Sarah A\'. Atwell was first united in mar-
riage with Mr. Erridge, who is deceased.
They had four children : Sarah ; Elizabeth ;
Mary, deceased ; and William. After the death
of her husband she came with her four children
to Wapello county, Iowa, and located in Agency
township, on the Evans farm. She settled on
her present farm in 1864, and has since resided
upon it. She has a fine property of 100 acres
in section 24, township yi, range 13, which is
conducted by her two sons, Otis and Frank.

She formed a matrimonial alliance with John
W. McCoy on September 2, 1866.

John AV. McCoy was born in Pennsylvania
in 1843, ^I'^cl came to Wapello county, Iowa, in
1850, with his parents. He served three years
in the Civil War, in the 22d Reg., Iowa Vol.
Inf., and won an honorable record. He was
engaged in farming throughout his entire ac-
tive career, and died March 20, 1901.

Mr. and Mrs. McCoy reared the following
children : Dora, deceased, who was the wife
of W'illiam Wilder, by whom she had twO' chil-
dren,— Nellie and Rosa; Frank, who is a
farmer and resides about a mile north of the
home farm ; Osc'ar, deceased ; Otis ; and Ella.,
Mr. McCoy was a RqDublican in politics, and
was a trustee of Agency township at the time
of his death. Mrs. McCoy is a woman of
many estimable traits of character, and enjoys
the respect and friendship of every one with
whom she is acquainted.

R. MORRIS L. DAVIS, who has been

actively engaged in the practice of

medicine in Agency City and Ot-

tumwa, AA'apello county, Iowa, for

the past fifteen years, is very successful, and

enjoys the patronage of the leading citizens

of the community.

Dr. Davis was born in London, England,
July 14, 1845, and is a son of John and Ann
Davites, and a nephew of Sir William Pugh
and the lawful heir of his estate. He first
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education was pursued in the Brancli, Charter
House, AA'elsh and St. Bartholomew schools
at London, England, the course in the latter
institution embracing the classics, general sci-
ence, pharmacy and medicine. He graduated
from Wyoming College, at Kingston, Penn-
sylvania, in 1874, from the Starling Medical
College, of Columbus, Ohio, in 1879, and the
medical department of New York University
in 1884. He was a student of Dr..G. S. Bailey
at Chicago, who was at one time pastor of the
Baptist church at Ottumwa, Iowa. Dr. Davis
was a private student of Prof. Alfred L.
Loomis, in physical diagnosis, histology and
pathology; Prof. AVilliam H. Thompson, in
physical diagnosis; Prof. William Draper, in
chemistry; Professor AVright, of New York
University, in surgery ; and Professor Janeway,
of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New
York City, in physical diagnosis. He matricu-
lated in the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons, of New York City, in 1863. He served
in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, in the
1st Reg., Delaware Vol. Inf., 3d Brigade, Sec-
ond Division, '2d Army Corps. After the
Army of the Potomac had returned to Arling-
ton Pleights, Virginia, he was taken with ty-
phoid fever, and remained at Washington, D.
C, three months after the regiment was mus-
tered out. He then returned home and began
to work so as to be able to support a widowed
mother, two sisters and two brothers and pre-
pare himself for his different studies and col-
lege courses. He has practiced medicine in
New York City, Youngstown, Ohio, and Ot-
tumwa and Agency City, Iowa. He has prac-

ticed in the two last named towns since i^
and has a very lucrative patronage. He has
a thorough understanding of medical science,
and his years of practice and careful prepara-
tion for the profession have given hini
the ciualifications which make a good physician
and surgeon and a safe counselor. His social
and intellectual attainments are of the highest ;
he is genial, kind and loving.

Dr. Davis was first married to Miss Ida
McKnight, of Orangeville, Ohio. She died
in 1891, and for his second wife he led to the
altar Ada A. Koons, of Luzerne county, Penn-
sylvania, a daughter of David S. Koons, who
is a prominent attorney of Pittston, Luzerne
county, Pennsylvania. Dr. Davis is a mem-
ber of the G. A. R. and Modern AVoodmen of
America. He is also a member of the \\ apello
County Medical Society, Des Moines Valley
Medical Society, Iowa State Medical Society
and the .Association of the U^ni\■ersit^■ and
Bellevue Hospital Medical College Society.

AMES ROY BAKER, who comes of a
prominent old family of Ottumwa,
Iowa, resides on the old Baker home-
stead just out of the city and is at the
present time engaged in gardening. For some
vears he was engaged in the furniture business
and expects to reenter that field of business as
soon as a suitable opportunity presents itself.
He was born December 3, 1868, in Fort
Branch, Indiana, while his mother was on a
visit, and is a son of J. J. McCoy and Anna
E. (Burns) Baker.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

J. J. McCoy Baker was born in BoonviUe,
Warrick county, Indiana, January 29, 1840,
and was four years of age when, in 1844, liis
parents moved to tliis county, locating on a
claim about seven miles north of Ottumwa.
There he lived until i860, then located in the
city of Ottumwa, where his father, John G.
Baker, conducted the hotel called the Ottumwa
House. It soon became a popular resort, es-
pecially during the Civil war, when John G.
Baker expended time and money for the bene-
fit of the soldiers. It was through his instru-
mentality that the railroad companies cut rates
for the sick and invalid soldiers, and, when
they would arrive home from the battlefields
or hospitals, he would secure them cheap liv-
ery and never charge them for stopping at his
hotel. He was greatly assisted in this good
work by his boys, who entered heart and soul
into the work, and J. J. McCoy Baker never
during his entire life forgot the lessons taught
him by his father. All through life, John G.
Baker was known as a charitable man, and was
a member of the ^lethodist church. He helped
to form the firm of Gray, Baker & Madison,
who contracted to furnish the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Ouincy Railroad with all the
ties they could use in the construction
of their new railroad. They conceived
the idea of building a wagon and foot
bridge across the Des Moines River, con-
necting North and South Ottumwa, which re-
sulted in a handsome income for them during
the twenty years they charged toll.

J. J. McCoy Baker was a farmer by occu-
pation, although he conducted a grocery busi-

ness and a livery business for a time. He be-
lieved in the fundamental truths taught in the
Bible and practiced what he believed, but could
not stand the different creeds which seemed to
teach contradictions more than charity and
deed. He was respected by all as a man, who
was sincere in what he believed and practiced.
He was very successful in his business enter-
prises and his accumulations were mainly in-
vested in farm lands. At the time of his death,.
January 28, 1898, he owned a half interest
in the Pioneer office building of Ottumwa, and
three of the finest farms in the county, the
one in the outskirts of Ottumwa being
the one his widow and family now re-
side on, and on this he erected a hand-
some home which he did not li\'e long
enough to enjoy. He died full of honor and
had the confidence of all the community. Al-
though a member of no church, he was a great
reader of the Bible and believed faithfully in
it. He married Anna E. Burns, who was born
in Warrick county, Indiana, and was a daugh-
ter of Ratcliffe B. Burns. The latter, who was
a relatixe of Daniel Boone, was born near
Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1820, and in
early life was a merchant, later becoming pro-
prietor of a hotel in Chariton, Iowa; he lived
to reach the great old age of four score years,
— his father was one of the earliest settlers of
AA'arrick county, Indiana. Mr. and ]\Irs. Ba-
ker became the parents of nine children, seven
of whom are living, namely : James Roy, our
subject ; Gurley Burns, who is a furniture
dealer and undertaker at Fairfield, Iowa;
Hiram Ewin, a farmer who resides with his-

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317

mother; Queen Anne, who is single and is a
clerk in the store of Mandel Brothers, at Chi-
cago, Illinois; Charles C, who is at home;
Jesse McCoy and Mary Dell, also at home.
Those deceased are John Ratcliffe Clinton and
Lucy Fransina.

James R. Baker was the eldest son born to
his parents, and he received a fine education.
After completing his studies in the district
school, lie attended the Ottumwa High School,
and later business college. He has been en-
gaged in the furniture business most of his life,
and has sold out a couple of times as he did
■not like the locations. After selling the
first time, he engaged in the cigar business for
a time, and then disposed' of his store. He is
now engaged in gardening on the old home-
stead, but expects to again engage in the ftn'ni-
ture business, for which he has a liking. ]Mr.
Baker is married and has two children : Lr.cy,
born August 4, 1891 ; and Helen, liorn April
15, 1895. Fraternally he belongs to the K. of
P. ; the A. O. U. \\^ ; and the U: B. A., of Ot-
tumwa.

W. HELPER, a popular conductor on
the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy
Railroad, whose portrait accompanies
this sketch, has one of the best runs in
the freight service out of Ottumwa. He has
been in the employ of this company almost
continuously since 1879, has served the inter-
ests of the company faithfully, and as a re-
sult stands high in the esteem of its officials.

He was born at Osceola, Iowa, in 1858, and is
a son of E. H. Plelfer.

E. H. Heifer came from ^lontreal, Can-
ada, located at Osceola, Iowa, before the day
of railroads, and lived with his family one and
a half miles north of that town , He died there
twenty-three years ago, and hij wife now re-
sides at Des Moines, Iowa. They reared five
children, namely: J. A\'., the subject of this
personal history; Lydia ( Brady 1, of St. Paul;
•' J\lary (Barger), of St. Joseph, Missouri; Hi-
ram, a marble and stone cutter, who died in
1898; and IMorton, who resides with his
mother at Des Moines.

J. W Heifer decided to make railroading
his life work and came to Ottumwa as the most
likely place to make a start. In 1879 he begam
his connection with the Chicago, Burlington'
& Ouinc\- Railroad and at the present time is.
next to the oldest employe in the freight serv-
ice. He began as brakeman o\ er the Middle-
Division, ( m which he has principalh- run since.
He was promoted, in August, 1887, to the po-
sition of conductor, which he now holds. For
two }ears he ran from Albia to Des Moines,.
and made his home at Albia a part of the time..
He now runs on the through Denver fast
freight and the Omaha meat run over the
Aliddle Division., He has been successful in
his work and exceedingly fortunate in that he
has never been seriously injured during his
long term of service. He purchased his pres-
ent home property, and built a comfortable
house fourteen years ago, when buildings were
few in South Ottumwa. He has set out a large

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number of cherry, apple and shade trees and
has a very pretty home and a fine family.

Air. Heifer was united in marriage at Ot-
tumwa, with Jennie Bird, a daughter of John
Bird, who came from Lidiana and now resides
at Kansas City, Missouri. Three daughters
were bbrn to bless this union, as follows :
Myrtle, MoUie and Marvel. Li politics Mr.
Heifer is a stanch Democrat. Fraternally he
is a member of Division No. 216, O. R. C, at
Ottumwa. Religiously the family are Meth-
odists.

ILLIAM REEVE, one of the pros-
perous farmers of Agency town-
ship, Wapello county, Iowa, was
born in Ohio in 1836, and is a son
of William and Susan { Murphy) Reeve.

William Reeve, the father of our subject,
was born in New York State in 1797, and dur-
ing his youth learned the trade of a cooper.
He removed to Wapello county, Iowa, in 1851,
and en March 22d of that year purchased a
farm in Agency township, on which he resided
until his death. He married Susan Murphy,
and they reared the following children : Sarah ;
James A., deceased ; Mary A. ; Lydia, deceased ;
Lucretia J. ; William, the subject of this sketch ;
Joseph ; Susanah ; Caroline ; and Minerva.

William Ree\'e, the gentleman whose name
heads this sketch, lived on his father's farm un-
til he reached the age of twenty-two> years.
After his marriage he bought a farm, and now
OA\ns a farm of 70 acres in section 19, carrying
on general farming and stock-raising. He en-

listed for service in the Civil War, August 7,
1862, serving in Company E, 22d Reg., Iowa
Vol. Inf., until July 25, 1865. He participated
in the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of
Jackson, Mississippi, under General Grant, also
the battles of Champion Hills and Black River.
He was then detailed teamster until the close
of the war.

Mr. Reeve married Elizabeth Magee, who
was born in Ohio in 1838. They have no chil-
dren of their own, but raised J. C. Reeve, a
s^n of William G. Smith, from the time he was
two years old, and his sister, Cora E., from the
time she was seven, giving them the same
kindly treatment and training that they would
give children of their own. In politics Mr.
Reeve is a Republican, and has served on the
school board of Agency township a number of
years. He is a member of Agency Post, No.
107, G. A. R. Both Mr. Reeve and his wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church.

UGH BROWN, an esteemed citizen of

Ottumwa, Iowa, was for many years

engaged in farming in Richland

township, Wapello county. He was

born in County Derry, Ireland, January 25,

1818, and is a son of Samuel Brown.

The Brown family is of French descent.
Samuel Brown was born in Ireland, and fol-
lowed the trade of a miller and farmer. He
married Miss L. Cannon, who is related to
Lord Cannon, and they became parents of 11
children, of whom but two are now living,

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319

namely : Hugh and Thomas, — the latter being
located at Kirkville, Iowa.

Hugh Brown came to the United States at
the age of fifteen years, landing in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, where he resided for three years.
He then lived in Ohio until 1841, and during
his early days followed farming, shoemaking
and carpentering. He came to Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa, in September, 1843, and purchased
a claim of 160 acres in Richland township, and
also 40 acres of timber land where the city of
Ottumwa is now located. There were then
but two houses in what is now Ottumwa. He
built a cabin, 12 by 14 feet in size, without a
chimney, and resided in it one year, when he
built another cabin, 12 by 12 feet in dimen-
sions. He made improvements on his claim,
vidiich he entered, and farmed there until 1861,
when he moved tO' Ottumwa, having been
elected clerk of the district court. He filled
that office two successive terms, and in 1865
returned to his farm, and carried on general
farming until 1870. He has since made his
home in Ottumwa, where he has been one of
the most enterprising and public-spirited citi-
zens. He takes an earnest interest in all that
pertains to the welfare of the city and county,
and by his just dealings and fairness to every
one has won the respect of his fellow men. He
is a Democrat in politics, and has served' in
various responsible positions with credit. He
was county supervisor two years, justice of the
peace in Richland township a number of years,
trustee of Richland township, president of the
school board, and a member of the city council
of Ottumwa for two years.

April 25, 1843, Mr. Brown was united in
marriage with Martha H, Thurman, who was
born in Tennessee, in 181 1, and died in March,
1897. They reared the following children:
Mary L. ; Margaret E. ; Martha J.; S. Hugh;
William A. C. ; Nellie T. ; and George D., all
of whom are living. Religiously Mr. Brown
is a member of the Church of Christ, and has
helped to build several churches in Ottumwa
during his long residence here. He has for
a long time been an elder of the church.

ARSHAL WASHINGTON
STRICKLAND, a representative
farmer of A\^apello county, Iowa,
is located in Washington township,
where he has a farm of 160 acres in sections 2,
II and 12. He was born in Greene county,
Illinois, on June 22, 1836, and is a son of R.
and Phoebe (Lakins) Strickland.

R. Strickland, father of our subject, was
born in Eastern Tennessee and served in the
War of 18 12 under General Jackson as fife
major. He was a farmer by occupation, and
traded with the Indians at Chicago at an early
day. He married Phcebe Lakins, who was
born in Georgia, and they reared the following
children : AA'illiam ; Elizabeth ; Catherine ;
John ; Mary Jane ; L. M. ; Francis M. ; Mar-
shal W. ; Harvey M. ; George R. ; and Winfield
Scott, deceased.

Marshal W'. Strickland resided in Illinois
until seven j^ears of age, and in 1844 moved to
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W^illiam. The latter located in AA'ashington
township, section lo, one mile north of Ash-
land, and later sold his farm of 170 acres for
$7,000 and moved to Missouri, where he died.
Marshal W. Strickland li\-ed with his brother
until 185 1, and then went to Agency City,
where he learned the trade of a blacksmith, fol-
low ing it for a period of three years. In 1854
he returned to W'ashington township, where
he has since resided. He located on his pres-
ent farm in 18C9, and has' 160 acres in sections
2, I J and 12. The farm is under a high state
of cultivation, ^vell fenced and ecjuipped with
good, substantial farm buildings. He has a
comfortable two-stc.iry house of nine rooms.

Mr. Strickland was united in marriage with
Margaret Ciuff, who was born in Penns3'Ivania
in 1837, and they are parents of six children,
as follows : Charles F., of Fremont, Nebraska;
John H., of Alaska; Anna; Alargaret; A\'ill-
iam; and Dora Jane, deceased. Politically the
subject nf this sketch is a Republican. In re-
ligious attachments he is a member of the Mis-
sionar}- Baptist church.

FORGE W FRIEND, a well-known
journalist of A\'apello countv, Iowa,
is proprietor of the Fonuii, which is
published at Eldon and has a wide
circulation in the vicinity. Fie is a man of
public spirit, and through the medium of his
publication has always given his support to
all worthy enterprises calculated to benefit the
town and county. He was born in Van Buren

county, Iowa, in 1870, and is a son of Charles
Friend, and grandson of George AA". Friend.

George AA'. Friend, the grandfather, was
born in Canada in 1830, and was a minister
the latter part of his life. During his early
days he followed the trade of a cooper. He
was a member of the M. E. church, and was
living in AA'ashington county, Iowa, at the time
of his death. Charles Friend, father of our
subject, was born in Indiana, April 3, 1843,
and came to Iowa with his father in 1855, lo-
cating in AA'ashington county. He came to
AA'apellO' count)^ in 1879 with his son, George
AA^, making the trip in a wagon, and located
at Eldon. He married Susan A. Jamison, who
was born in Pennsylvania in 1849, and they be-
came parents of six children, as follows : AA'iU-
iam AA'. ; George AA'. ; Lora ; Zulah ; Edmond ;
and Audrey. Mr. Friend has been employed
by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Company since 1879. He is a Republican in
politics.

George AA^ Friend first attended the public
schools of Selma and later those of Eldon. He
commenced to learn the trade of a printer at
the age of twelve years, and then worked for
Rev. Mr. St. John on a monthly paper. He
was later identified with the Eldon Rci'ic-a' and
the Eldon Journal, after which he held a po-
sition as bookkeeper for the Bradley Bank of
Eldon for nine months. In 1891, in partner-
ship with M. P- Duffield, he started the Eldon
Graphic, a weekly newspaper, which they con-
ducted one year and then leased for a vear.
Mr. Friend then bought the paper and named
it the Forum, and has published it continuously

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323

since. He is an able writer, and his paper
sprang into popularity at its inception, and has
had a growing circulation since.

Mr. Friend was united in marriage on July
27, 1892, with Carrie Furtney, who was born
in Lee county, Iowa, April 18, 1872, and they
have a son. Royal, born March 31, 1896." In
politics he is active in his support of the Re-
publican party. He is a member of Eldon
Lodge,- No'. 127, Knights of Pythias.

ALTER T. HALL, who has been
one of the prominent business men
of Ottumwa since locating here in
1879, is a member of the whole-
sale candy firm of Walter T. Hall & Company,
located at No. 113-117 East Third street. They
conduct the only candy manufacturing estab-
lishment in the city and make large sales
throughout Iowa and adjoining states. The
concern occupies three stories and the base-
ment of the Phoenix block. Mr. Hall was born
near Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, in 1857,
and is a son of James and Louisa (Woriey)
Hall.

James Hall was an Ohioan by birth and fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits. He and his young
wife came to Iowa about 1853, and here he died
when his son was about one year old.. He and
his wife had four children, namely : Walter
T. ; Mrs. Andrew • Burnaugh, who resided in
Ottumwa until her death in 1883; Caroline,
wife of Shelby Byers, of Huntington, Oregon ;
and Mrs. Connelly, with whom her mother re-
sides at Agency City.

When thirteen years of age Walter T. Hall
removed with his mother to Quincy, Illinois,
and there engaged in his first work in the bak-
ing powder and spice factory of F H. Mason
& Company, with whom he remained for three
years after completing his schooling. He came
to Ottumwa in 1879 and formed a partnership
with Mr. Cockerell, dealing and jobbing in teas,
spices and confectionery under the firm name
of Cockerell & Hall. They located on South
Market street, and the partnership continued
for five years, when Mr. Hall purchased his
partner's interest and continued in the business
alone until 1893. From 1884 until 1892 he
also engaged in the manufacture of candies,
employing from 15 to 20 workmen. In 1893
William Vinson and J. W. Coen purchased an
interest in the firm and the firm name was
changed to AValter T. Hall & Company, the
plant being located on East Third street, ad-
joining the J. W Edgerly Drug Company.
After the lapse of two years Mr. Coen retired
from the business and the two remaining part-
ners have since conducted it. The plant has
been gradually and steadily enlarged under
cle\'er management, and- they now have from
60 to 80 employes. The dimensions of the
Phoenix building, in which they occupy three
stories and the basement, are 80 by 66 feet.
The basement is used for storage and for the
boiler and engine rooms. It contains a boiler
of 60 horse-power, which supplies the power
for running the machinery. There is a gen-
eral superintendent and foreman for each de-
partment, and the work is systematized in an
excellent manner. The concern manufactures a

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complete line of candies of every description,
and has developed a large jobbing trade on
certain specialties, besides selling goods direct
to the retail grocery and confectionery trade.
In jobbing, the firm sells goods from New Or-
leans to St. Paul, and from the Mississippi Val-
ley to the Pacific coast, and has the only factory
of its kind in Ottumwa. Seven traveling men
call upon the retail trade, covering a large ter-
ritory, which includes all of Iowa, northern
Missouri and western Illinois. Another visits
the wholesale firms from the Mississippi Valley
to the Pacific coast. In 1898 Mr. Hall built a
fine home in Ottumwa at No. 575 West Fourth
street.

Walter T. Hall was united in marriage with
Minnie Vinson, who was born in Indiana and
was brought to this state when a child. They
have two children, Adine and Evelyn. In
politics Mr. Hall is a Republican, as was his
father. He is a member of the Modern Wood-
men of America of Ottumwa, and in religious
\iews favors the Methodist Episcopal church.
His portrait accompanies this sketch, being
presented on a foregoing page.

AMUEL B. CARR, prominently iden-
tified with the growth and develop-
ment of AA^apello county, Iowa, has
been a resident of the county since
1854. He is now practically retired from ac-
tive business life, having placed the care and
management of his farm in his son's hands.
.Air. Carr was born in Butler county, Ohio, in
1834, a son of John and Ruth (Bell) Carr.

John Carr, the father of our subject, was
Liorn in Kentucky. He removed to Richland
township, Wapello county, Iowa, in 1854,
where he engaged in farming. He died in
Kansas at the advanced age of seventy years.
Mr. Carr married Ruth Bell, who was born in
Maryland, and they reared : Mary Ann ; Will-
iam; John; Josiah; Samuel B., the subject of
this sketch; Jacob; Alexander and Franklin.
who' are twins.

Samuel B. Carr, the subject of this biog-
raphy, removing from Indiana to Iowa, reached
Ottumwa, October 28, 1854, and one year later
settled on his present home farm, which is the
eastern half of the northwest quarter of section
27, in Richland township. With the exception
of three years spent in Indiana, he has lived in
Wapello county ever since he first located here.
]\Ir. Carr had a brother Josiah, who came to
Wapello county in 1856, and shortly afterward
located in Mahaska county, where he lived five
years. He then located in Richland township,
Wapello county, residing there until his death,
which was in April, 1900.

Our subject has been living a retired life
for a number of years, his son Douglas carry-
ing on general farming and stock-raising. Mr.
Carr was married in Shelby county, Indiana,
m 1856, to Eliza Crow. Seven children re-
in 1856, to Eliza Crow, who was born in 1835,
suited from this union, whose names are : Jo-
seph H., who is a farmer of Wapello county;
George, who is a miner in Colorado; Susan;
Douglas, who conducts his father's farm ; Nel-
lie, who is at home; Charles; and John W.

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325

F(ir a number of years Mr. Carr was en-
gaged in the carpenter business, and it was
he who built the first boarding house in Keb.
]\Ir. Carr is a Democrat in poHtics, and has
always been actively interested in the growth
and development of AVapello county, and al-
ways lends his support cheerfully to any public
enterprise. He is well known and highly re-
spected in his vicinity.

R. J. E, AIcCORMICK, a progressive
young physician of Wapello county,
Iowa, has been located at Ottumwa
since 1896, and in that time has won
the confidence of his fellow citizens. He re-
ceived a very careful preparation for the medi-
cal profession, is skillful in diagnosing and
treating the most complicated cases, and en-
joys a ver}' fine practice. He was born in New
Orleans, Louisiana, January 2, 1870, and is a
son of James A. and :\Iarilla (Emery) :\Ic-
Cormick.

James A. McCormick moved from New
Orleans to Saratoga, New York, and is now
a stock-exchange broker of New York City.
He has been a devotee of the turf, and has
owned, and now owns, some very fine thor-
oughbred running horses. During the past
twenty years he has been a resident of New
York City, although he has traveled very ex-
tensively. He married Marilla Emery, who
was born and reared in Illinois, her father now-
being a retired agriculturist of Geneseo, Illi-
nois. The Doctor was their only child.

Dr. McCiirmick was reared in New York
City and attended the public schools. He de-
termined to enter the medical profession in
1S89, and attended lectures in the College of
the Cit\' of New York, completing his course
in 1894. He practiced in that city for two
years, and then came to Ottumwa, where for
two years he was associated with his uncle. Dr.
Wilkinson, an old and well-known practitioner
of Ottumwa. Since 1898 he has practiced
alone, and has established a good general prac-
tice, being well pleased with the city.

Dr. McCormick was joined in matrimony
with Estella Jacjues, a daughter of W. H. C.
Jaques, of Ottumwa. In politics the Doctor is
a Democrat, and was once a candidate for cor-
oner. Fraternally he is a member of the
Knights of Pythias. Professionally he be-
longs to the Des Moines Valley [Metlical Asso-
ciation ; the \A'apello County Aledical Associ-
ation ; and the Iowa State ^ledical Association.
He was confirmed in the Catholic church,
\\ hich he still fa\'ors.

SAAC S. RIGGS, a gentleman well

known in Wapello count}-, Iowa, is a

prominent lumber dealer of Eddyville.

He was born in Indiana, in 1854. and

is a son of A. \Y. and Alartha (Spillman)

Riggs. A record of the life of his father mav

be found elsewhere in this work.

Isaac S. Riggs moved to Henry county,
Iowa, when a child, and received the rudi-
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was later supplemented by a course in the pub-
lic schools of AVapello county. After leaving
school he spent five yeai's in the employ of
Fish & McGiniter, merchants of Eddyville. He
later engaged in the grain business for two
years for the above named gentlemen, and then
engaged in the business as agent for a lumber
company until 1875. He then founded his
present business, and has continuously engaged
in the lumber business since, meeting with good
success. He carries a full supply of hard and
soft lumber, lath, shingles, posts, lime, cement,
hair plaster, sewer pipe, sash, doors and blinds,
and, in fact, everything in this line of building
materials. Besides this business, he owns and
•operates a farm of 240 acres, which is devoted
to general farming and stock-raising.

Mr. Riggs was first married to Ella Mc-
Williams, of Eddyville, a daughter of Nathan
McWilliams, and two children were born to
them : Birdie \l., widow of John Butcher, by
whom she had two children, — Helen R. and
Celia ; and Walter, who married Grace Mills-
paugh, of Burlington, Io\\'a, and they have two
children, — Alberta and Bernice. After the
death of his first wife Mr. Riggs formed a sec-
ond union with Nannie McMahan, of Eddy-
ville, Iowa, and six children were born to bless
their union: Clyde A., who married Myrtle
M. Myers, of Eldon, Iowa, her father being
■one of the early settlers of the county; Mabel
M. ; Benjamin H. ; Esther J. ; Grace I. ; and
Isaac S., Jr. In religious belief he and his
family are members of the Baptist church.
Politically our subject is a Republican, and
has served in the town council and as a member

of the school board. In 1893 he became a
member of Eddyville Lodge, No. 76, A. F. &
A. M. ; and also belongs to Day Lodge, No.
26, I. O. O. F., of which he has held all the
chairs. He is a very prominent man in Eddy-
ville, and always takes an active part in any
enterprise pertaining to the welfare of the com-
munity. He is possessed of a pleasing per-
sonality and his friends are legion.

US APPLEGREN is the active man-
ager of the Globe Tea Company, and
is ably assisted in this successful en-
terprise by his partner, Charles Hall-
berg. They also carry a complete line of
groceries, have made extensive improvements
and have established a meat market. They
enjoy the patronage of the best citizens of Ot-
tumwa and vicinity, and cater to the highest
class of trade.

Mr. Applegren was born in Middle Sweden
in 1847, and is a son of Carl Applegren, who
was a grocer and extensive land owner. The
latter accompanied his son Gus to this country
in 1865; and at the time of his death was living
at Peoria, Illinois. He was the father of four
sons and two daughters, namely: Gus;
Charles and Axel, both engineers on the To-
ledo, Peoria & AA^estern Railway; John, who
conducts a restaurant in Chicago; Mrs. Dr.
Klingberg, of Osage City, Kansas; and Mrs.
Josephine Anderson, who resides on a farm
near Peoria, Illinois.

EDWIN MANNING.

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Gus Applegren had excellent educational
advantages, and had nearly completed a course
of study in college at the time of his departure
for America. He has always been engaged in
the grocery business, and was a clerk at Bur-
lington, Iowa, and at Chicago, Illinois. He
came to Ottumwa, Iowa, from Chicago, in Oc-
tober, 1877, ^^^ was at once engaged to man-
age the store of the Globe Tea Company,
which had been opened six months previously
in its present quarters, owned b}- Mr. Boulton,
■one of the early residents of Ottumwa. The
large double building now occupied was en-
larged, and is 140 feet deep, the rear being de-
voted to storing flour, feed, potatoes, etc. In
the main and front portion of the store is
■carried what is considered as fine and com-
plete a line of groceries as is to be found 'in
the State. A line of cured meats has been car-
ried for some time, and they also handle a full
line of fresh meats. An especially large
amount of potatoes is handled, and also Min-
nesota, Nebraska and Kansas hard-wheat flour.
When Mr. Applegren assumed charge of the
business there was but one other person em-
ployed in the store, and they hired a delivery
wagon when one \\as necessary. At the pres-
•ent time a force of 24 people are employed in
•caring for the heavy trade, and five double
teams and two single wagons are constantly
busy on the delivery. Mr. Applegren is an
■energetic business man, enterprising and pro-
gressive, and stands high among the foremost
men of the county.

The subject of this sketch is unmarried,
and rooms at the home of Mr. Hallberg, board-

ing at the Ballingall Hotel. Fraternally he is
a member of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks.

ALVIN MANNING, president of the
Iowa National Bank, of Ottumwa,
is one of the prominent financiers of
Wapello county, Iowa. He was born
June 7, 1 85 1, at Keosauqua, Iowa, and is a
son of Edwin and Sarah (Sample) Manning.
He successfully engaged in the practice of law
for many years, and acquired much valuable
experience, which is of great benefit to him as
the executive head of this institution.

The Iowa National Bank was organized
and began business January 2"/, 1871, its pro-
moters being L. W. Vale, Charles F. Blake
and Dr. James L. Taylor, deceased. Will-
iam Daggett, deceased, soon became a stock-
holder, and J. B. Field was, shortly after the
organization, elected cashier.. December 20,

1873, Charles F. Blake having purchased the
interest of L. ^\" Vale, was duly elected presi-
dent and E. S. Sheffield was elected to succeed
Mr. Field as cashier. J. W. Ed^erly became a
stockholder and a director, and also D. H.
Michaels, both of whom are now deceased.
Mr, Blake served as president from December
20, 1873, until July 21, 1893, when he was suc-
ceeded by Edwin Manning. The latter held the
office until January 8, 1901, when he resigned
because of his ad\anced age, and was succeeded
hx his son, Calvin Manning. October 30,

1874, J. AV. Edgerly was elected cashier and

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served ' until January 30, 1888, when T. H.
Eaton succeeded him. The latter in turn was
succeeded by C. K. Blake on April 29, 1893,
and Calvin Manning was elected to that office
on January 9, 1894. He served in that capacity
until iVpril 12, 1900, when he accepted the vice-
presidency of the bank, and was succeeded by
W. R. Daggett as cashier. The officers of the
Ijank at the present time are as follows : Calvin
Manning, president ; J. H. Merrill, vice-presi-
dent ; W R. Daggett, cashier ; and H. C. Cham-
Ijers, assistant cashier. The directors are, Calvin
Manning, J. H. Merrill, Samuel jMahon. S. H.
Harper, W D. Tisdale, E. T. Edgerly and W.
R. Daggett. J. H. Merrill was elected June
9, 1877, and has since served continuously as
a director, and for many years as vice-presi-
dent, succeeding William Daggett to the last
named office.

Edwin Manning, the father of our subject,
was a wonderful example of u'ltiring activity,
and met with the greatest success in all of his
business ventures. He was born February 8,
1810, in South Coventry, Connecticut, 15 miles
east of Hartford, and resided there until he
was nineteen years of age, when he went to
Pennsylvania and engaged in the merchandise
business with an uncle, James Manning. He
remained there for some years, and then came
west to Iowa, where he located and laid out the
town of Keosauqua, which has since been his
home. He made the journey 'rom Pennsvl-
vania to Iowa in 1837, traveling on horseback,
to what the Indians called the "Beautiful
Land." For a period of sixty-two years, until
1899, Mr. ^Manning was most prominent and

active in business life in the Des jMoines val-
ley. His main places of business were Keosau-
qua, Ottumwa, Eddyville and Chariton. He
owned many merchandise stores between Keo
kuk and Des Moines, and also had hea\-y land
and banking interests. From 1850 to 1865
he built steamboats and opened river naviga-
tion from Keokuk to Des Moines, Iowa. He
was appointed by Governor Kirkwood, of
Iowa, as a commissioner of the Des ^loines
River Improvement. Mr. Manning resided at
his home in Keosauqua until h's death, which
occurred August 16, 1901. He was first mar-
ried at Fort .Madison, Iowa, to Sarah Sample,
who died in 1857. She was born in AA'ashing-
ton county, Pennsylvania, and lied at the age
of about forty-two years, leaving three chil-
dren: Anna G., who is single and lives at
Grinnell, Iowa; Calvin, the gentleman whose
name heads these lines; and William S., who
was born in 1853, is single and resides at Ot-
tumwa. Edwin Manning formed a second mat-
rimonial alliance, wedding Nannie Bryant, then
a resident of Keosauqua, and an ado^jted
daughter of Gov. Joseph A. Wright, of In-
diana. Five children have been born to them,
as follows: Edward B. and Albert ^^'., de-
ceased; Stanley W. ; Kate W.. wife of W. G.
Parrctt, of Cantril, Iowa; and Craig I., of Keo-
sauqua.

Calvin Manning received his intellectual
training in Cornell University 2 ad in the State
University of Iowa, and graduated from the
law department of the latter institution, in
1872. He was then in the law office of Joy
& A\'right, of Sioux City, two years, and came

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to Ottumwa in January, 1875. He practiced
law for ten years, first being associated with
Judge Williams and later being alone. He
entered commercial life in 1888, becoming iden-
tified with the Iowa National Bank, as cashier.
He was subsec^uently elected \'ice-president of
that concern, and is now efficiently discharging
the duties of president, to which office he was
elected to succeed his father.

Mr. Manning was joined in matrimony in
September, 1877, with Juliet K. Blake, who
was born and reared at Ottumwa, and is a
daughter of Charles F. Blake. They became
the parents of the following children : Maude,
who died in 1880; Mary B. ; Edwin C. who is
connected with the Iowa National Bank ; and
Louise, who died in infancy. Mr. Manning
erected a handsome home at No. 61Q East
Second street, the grounds having a frontage
of 132 feet. In politics he has been a stanch
Republican, and served as city solicitor for
four years and as a member of the city coun-
cil four years, — representing the second ward.
He was a delgate to the Republican national
convention which nominated James G. Blaine
in 1884, and was also a delegate to the St.
Louis convention of the party, which nominated
William McKinley, in 1896. He was appointed
by President McKinley ( the appointment be-
ing confirmed by the senate), a member of
the United States national commission to the
Paris Exposition in 1900, and spent six
months in Paris.

Portraits of Edwin and Calvin Planning
accompany this sketch, being presented on a
preceding page.

OSEPH PROCTOR. This gentleman
has been identified with the growth
and development of Wapello county,
Iowa, for a number of years. He re-
sides in Adams township, on a farm of 200
acres, in section 23, township 71, range 15.
He was born in England, in 1848.

Joseph Proctor obtained his early mental
(raining by working in the day time, and at-
tending night school three evenings during the
week. He was determined in his efiforts to
gain knowledge, and he has been interested
in educational matters all his life. When he
was twenty-one years old, he left England for
America. Upon his arrival in New York City,
he had but $10.37 ™ '^i^ possession. He \-erA-
generously loaned $10 to a friend, who failed
to return the amount, and this left Mr. Proctor
with but 37 cents with which to make a start
in the new country. He soon found employ-
ment, and managed to save a part of his wages
each month. He went to Ohio, where he be-
gan buying small tracts of land, and selling
them at a profit. He continued this for eigh"
years, when he started west, and, reaching
Wapello county, settled on his present farm.
He purchased 80 acres of land from J. R.
Proctor, and fifteen years ago purchased an-
other 80 acres. He afterward added 40 acres,
making a farm of 200 acres of well improved
land. Mr. Proctor has now accumulated this
world's goods to such an extent that he is
thinking of shortly moving to Ottumwa, in
order that he may be able to give his children
better educational advantages. It has always
been a custom of Mr, Proctor's to keep ac-

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count of all the profits and losses made in the
different branches of farming, and in this way
he has been able to guard against losses and
to push those things which brought him the
greatest profit. He is a man of much business
ability, and is self-made in the truest sense of
the word.

]\Ir. Proctor married Mary Spangler, a
■daughter of Samuel Spangler and a sister of
L. Spangler, a resideiit of Green township.
Two children have resulted from this union,
namely': Ethel, born August 28, 1885; ^"^
Rena Blanche, born July 30, 1891. Laura
F. Spangler, Mr. Proctors sister-in-law, also
makes her Jiome with the famih'.

Mr. Proctor has been a life-long Democrat.
He was elected to represent his township in
the county board for two terms, and also served
two terms as one of the directors of the school
board. Xo' public enterprise has been complete
without his assistance, and he is looked upon
as one of the best citizens of the county.

(

D. FERREE, a gentleman prominent
in the circles of finance in AVapello
county, Iowa, is president of the Fidel-
ity Loan and Building Association.
He is also well known by reason of his system,
known as the Ferree system of reducing pay-
ments and loaning money in a manner advan-
tageous to his patrons and to the company he
represents. He was born near Hillsboro, Illi-
nois, in 1838, and is a son of Thomas Ferree,
"who died at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1849. His
mother is also deceased.

J. D. Ferree was reared on a farm, and
afterward taught school in Illinois. Subse-
quently, in 1865, he was engaged in the life
insurance business. Having been left without
a father when ten years of age, he has been
obliged to support himself since that time, and
has won his own way in the world. He came
from Keokuk to Ottumwa, Iowa, March 17,
1878, and at once entered business. He or-
ganized the Ottumwa Loan and Building As-
sociation, of which he became secretary. Dr.
Williams acted as vice-president and treasurer.
They are at the present time gradually closing
up the business of the company, as the various
series issued fall due. The company has pros-
pered, and its patrons have also reaped their
full share of the benefits. In May, 1888, Mr.
Ferree organized the Wapello County Loan
and Building Association, of which he was
made secretary; its business is also being
closed up. In 1893 he organized the Fidelity
Loan and Building Association, a State com-
pany, of which he served as secretary until re-
cently, when be was elected president. His
son-in-law, C. F. Collison, is secretary, and
Calvin Manning is treasurer. The company is
engaged in active business at the present time,
and has excellent office rooms in the Hoffman.
Building. In 1896 Mr. Ferree organized the
Ottumwa Loan, Building and Savings Asso-
ciation, of which he is president; Mr. Collison
is secretary and Mr. Manning treasurer. The
two first named manage all the company's busi-
ness. Mr. Ferree's daughter. Miss S. F. Fer-
ree, is located in the same office with her fa-
ther, and represents nine of the best insurance

COL. DWIGHT BANNISTER.

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companies in the country. She has followed
that business for the past nine years, and is a
ver)' successful business woman.

Mr. Ferree was united in marriage with
Miss S. F. Nelson, who was born at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, in 1845, and is of English an-
cestry. She was reared at Keokuk, Iowa.
This union resulted in the following offspring :
Mrs. Capt. T. P. Martin, whose husband is
in the oil business at Beaumont, Texas ; jMrs.
Gardner, of Fort Dodge, Iowa; Aliss S. F.,
who is in the insurance business in Ottumwa ;
Mrs. McAllister, whose husband is division
superintendent of the American Transit Com-
pany at Kansas City, Missouri; Airs. J. Frank
Kerfcot, A\hose husband is in the clothing busi-
ness in Ottumwa ; and Mrs. C. F. Collison,
whose husband came to Ottumwa from Keo-
kuk, where he was connected with the Daily
Constitution, — he was a soldier in the Spanish-
American war. Fraternally !\lr. Ferree was
made a Mason at Ottumwa, and has taken the
thirty-second, or Scottish Rite, degree. He is a
member of the Des Moines Consistory. His
wife is a member (jf the Daughters of the
American Revolution. In religious views they
are Episcopalians. He has a \ery comfort-
able home in the Third A\'ard, Ottumwa.

OL. DWIGHT BANNISTER, de-
ceased. The Ottumwa Daily Courier,
of January 30, 1899, contained the
following :
Col. Dwight Bannister, one of Ottumwa's

oldest, most prominent and honored citizens
and pioneer business men, passed away at
8 :20 o'clock this morning at his home on Col-
lege street. He has been a resident of Ottum-
wa since June, 1875, and throughout that
period, up to the 1st of January of this year,
had been acti\-ely engaged in business, having
been president of the Ottumwa Gas Light,
Heat & Power Company for the past twenty-
four years. He was for twelve ^•ears a mem-
ber of the Ottumwa school board, being presi-
dent of tliat body during a large part of tliat
period. Colonel Bannister was loved and re-
spected by all who knew him. He was of a
retiring disposition, adverse to notoriety of any
kind, and very reserved in manner, but no
more honorable or upright man e^■er called Ot-
tumwa his home.

Dwight Bannister was born in Ontario
countv. New York, February 3, 1833, his fa-
ther being Col. Asahel Bannister, who was a
soldier in the AA'ar of 1812. In early man-
hood he left New York State and went to Co-
lumbus, Ohio, and was for several years
agent for the Illinois Central Railroad Com-
pany in disposing of the area included in its
lancl grant. He afterward became acquainted
with Salmon P- Chase, then governor of Ohio,
and was appointed his private secretary. He
accompanied Air. Chase on his tour during the
presidential campaign of i860, when Air.
Chase stumped the country for Lincoln. At
that time he gained the friendship of many men
who afterward acted prominent parts in the
great conflict then fast approaching. During
this period he devoted his spare moments to the.-

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study of law, and was admitted to the bar in
1858, but on the outbreak of the RebelHon he
answered the first call and enlisted in a battery
of Ohio artillery. When Mr. Chase became
secretary oif the treasury, he, of his own motion,
had his young friend appointed a paymaster in
the army. This position he held during the rest
of the war, and for many years thereafter he
served in the same capacity in the regular army,
on what was then the western frontier. Al-
though not a line oifficer he freciuently volun-
teered for duty on the field of battle, and was
once accorded special coimmendation by General
Lander for gallantry in action. May 26, 1864,
he was married to Livinia Murdoch, of Ur-
bana, Ohio. He resigned from the army on
account of having a serious illness, which ren-
dered him unable to longer withstand the ex-
posure his duties recjuired. He went back to
Ohio and commenced the practice of law at
Urbana, being connected with the office of
Judge Robert Fulton. Judge Fulton shortly
afterward removed to Columbus, Ohio, and
Colonel Bannister came to Ottumwa. His life
here is well known to the people of our city.
He was an upright Christian rentleman, just
and honorable in all his dealings and was well
beloved by all who knew him. He was a great
lover of horticulture and had spent much time
and labor in trying to find what varieties of
fruit and flowers could be made to thrive in our
rigorous climate. The results of this work
will be of permanent value. He leaves a wife
and four children, Amy { who died in Ottumwa
several years ago), Edith, M. Chase, a physi-
cian, and Robert J., all residing in Ottumwa.

Dwight Bannister's record for bravery
while a soldier in the Civil war was surpassed
by that of but few men. He was major and
paymaster on the staff of General Lander, and
one incident in particular during his career is
worthy of mention. This incident is spoken of
at length in Schmucker's "History of the Civil
War in the United States," and is as follows:
"The long and monotonous inactivity which
had characterized the Army of the Potomac
near Washington during some months was
agreeably broken on the 14th of February,
1862, by a bold and sudden movement of a
part of the troops commanded by General
Lander. That officer having ascertained that
the brigade of the Confederate general, Carson,
4,000 in number, had taken a strong position
at Bloomery Gap, resolved to attack them. He
ordered the 500 cavalry attached to his brigade
to take the advance, and, having reached the
Cacapon River, to construct a bridge "for the
passage of the infantry who were to follow.
This order was promptly executed. Twenty
wagons were placed at intervals in the river,
over which planks were laid, and thus in sev-
eral hours at night a bridge was constructed,
180 feet in length, which admirably answered
the purpose of transportation. It was located
at a point several miles distant from the Caca-
pon River Railroad, and about the same dis-
tance from Bloomery Gap, the contemplated
scene of conflict. General Lander had intended
to make the attack during the night, and, hav-
ing driven the enemy through the Gap, to pur-
sue them with the cavalry and to capture the
ofiicers and many of the men. But the enemy

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had already left their position, either suspicious
of an attack or forewarned of General Lander's
/.jjproach, so that when the Federal troops
charged through the Gap they encountered no
one. General Lander ordered an immediate pur-
suit on the Winchester road by his cavalry, fol-
lowed and supported by the Eighth Ohio and
Seventh Virginia regiments. They overtook
the retreating foe about two miles from the
Gap. The Confederates received them with' a
sharp fire of musketry, under which the cavalry
wavered and showed unexpected signs of cow-
ardice. In vain Gaieral Lander ordered them
to advance and charge. Not a man stirred. The
General then exclaimed "Follow me." One
private only, named John Cannon, answered
the appeal. Accompanied by this solitary hero
and by Major Armstrong, his adjutant, Major
Bannister, and Fitz James 0"]>rien, members
of his staff. General Lander rode forward to-
ward a group of Confederate officers several
hundred yards distant and ordered them to sur-
render. The boldness and daring of this move-
ment seemed to have paralyzed those officers,
and they immediately complied. But the Con-
federate infantry, posted in the adjacent woods,
having commenced a brisk fire, General Lander
ordered Colonel Anestanzel to attack them with
his cavalry and attempt to secure their bag-
gage, while the movement was to be supported
by the infantry. At first the cavalry seemed
disposed to refuse obedience and General
Lander, justly enraged at their cowardice, shot
at one of his men without hitting him. After
repeated orders the cavalry advanced and
charged upon the enemy, who were then re-

treating. The pursuit was continued for eight
miles under Colonel Carroll's direction, until
he reached the limits of General Lander's de-
partment. The result of this engagement was
the capture of i8 commissioned officers and 45
non-commissioned officers and privates, to-
gether with 15 baggage wagons. The loss of
the Confederates was 30 killed and that of the
Federals, seven killed and wounded. The rout
of the enemy was complete, notwithstanding
the inefficiency of the cavalry. That ineffi-
ciency was attributed to the fact that several
of their officers were absent, that they
had never before been under fire, and that they
were unaccustomed to practice with the saber."
A portrait of Col. Dwight Bannister ac-
com.panies this sketch, being presented on a
foregoing page.

ILLIAM B. WYCOFF, a progress-
ive citizen of Ottumwa, Iowa, is
, engaged in the real estate and loan
business, and has his office in the
Hoffman Block. He has been located in the
county since 1853, and is well known through-
out this section. He was bom near Coshoc^
ton, Coshocton county, Ohio, May 6, 1841, and
is a son of James and Rachel (Cecil) Wycoff.
James Wycoff was born in Pennsylvania,
but moved to Ohio with his father at a very
early age. He was a contractor and built the
White \^'^oman Canal near Coshocton, from
Lake Erie to the White Woman River. He
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then came west to Burlington, Iowa, being on
his way to Raccoon Forks, where Des Moines
is now located. Receiving discouraging re-
ports from parties returning from Central
Iowa, whom they met at AVaugh's Point, now
the town of Hedrick, they then returned to Jef-
ferson county, Iowa, and settled there. He
was soon taken ill and died at the age of sixty
years. His wid(jw died about six years later.
They were parents of seven children : Eliza
(Rhamey), deceased; Delilali (Good), of Ore-
gon; Haziel, a soldier (jf the Ci\'il War, who
died in 1870; Peter, formerly in charge of a
government ferry in the West, is now a resi-
dent of the State of AA'ashington, — he was also
a soldier of the Civil War; James, a resident of
Barron, AA'isconsin, who was a soldier of the
Civil AA^ar, but mainly spent his term of ser^'-
ice in charge of, or as assistant steward of, a
hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana; AA'illiam B.,
the subject of this personal history ; and Rachel,
who resided with her brother, AA' B., and died
at the age of about thii'ty years. Mrs. AA'ycoff
formed a second union by wedding John Vin-
son, of Kentucky, who brought with him to
Iowa a hand corn-mill. In 185 1 the highest
water mark ever recorded in AA''apell0' county
was reached, and people came from many
miles, awaiting their turn to use this hand mill.
AA'illiam B. AA^ycofT was about five years
old when he came to Jefferson county, Iowa,
in 1846, and in 1853 he located in AA'^apello'
county, about four miles north of Ottumwa.
He followed farming for soiiie years, and now
owns a farm one mile north of Ottumwa, where
he resided much of the time, although his home

is now on AA'est Fourth street, Ottumwa. He
built a house and other buildings on the farm,
made many improvements, and has one of the
most valuable pieces of farm land in his part
of the county. He has been engaged in the
real estate business more. or less for the past
twenty years, and has built numerous houses
in the city. He has offices in the Hoffman
Block, and deals in city and farm property, — ■
also making loans. He has worked up a well-
pa}'ing patronage, and his business is in a
thriving condition.

At the age of twenty-one years Air. A\'}'coff
was united in marriage with Sarah E. Martin,
who was born in Indiana, in -1840, and was
brought to Iowa in 1843. The following chil-
dren have blessed their union : Laura J. and
Flora J., twins, ^\ho died within two weeks of
each other, aged two and a half years; Airs.
! Mary E. Bedwell, of Enid, Oklahoma; JMrs.
C ora AI. Shexye}-, whose husband is a traveling
man of this city; Airs. Anna AI. Conro}-, of
iVIasoii City, Iowa, where her husband is editor
of the Globe-Gazcttc; and J. C, who lives just
north of Ottumwa on his farm.

MIL FECHT, who has been located in
Ottumwa, Iowa, since April, 1892,
is the well-known proprietor of the
extensive manufacturing establish-
ment of the AA'apello Cigar Company.

Air. Fecht was born in the Upper Penin-
sula of Michigan in 1853, and received his
education in the German-American Seminarji

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of Detroit. He learned the tobacco business
with John J. Bagley & Company, of Detroit,
Michigan, obtaining a complete understanding
of its details. He moved to Ottumwa, AVa-
pello county, Iowa, to associate in the manu-
facture of cigars with his brother, Julius Feclit,
and the partnership continued until 1895. He
then organized the Wapello Cigar Company
and located at No. 106 East Main street, wher^j
the concern occupies two stories and a base-
ment. Under capable management the busi-
ness has increased wonderfully, and the capac-
ity for 1901 is about 1,000,000 cigars. Mr.
Fecht is an advocate of consistent and sys-
tematic advertising, and his business has in-
creased about 30 per cent in 1901, without
an additional outlay of money. The basement
of the building is used for storage of raw ma-
terials, about 60 cases of leaf tobacco being
kept on hand. On the first floor, 60 by 26
feet in dimensions, are the shipping room and
office. The second floor, 80 by 26 feet in di-
mensions, is where the cigars are manufac-
tured. About 24 men are employed in the
work altogether, under the superintendence of
Frank Lewis. They produce many grades of
cigars, the leading brands being "Gold Seal,''
"Twist Head" and "Little Yara," in the five-
cent goods, and "Corona del Rey," in ten-cent
goods. The Wapello Cigar Company is also
the heaviest pipe jobber in the state of Iowa.
Three men represent the house on the road, the
territory being divided into north and south
halves of Iowa and the north half of Missouri.
Mr. Fecht is married and has two children :
Alfred E., who is in business with his father;

and Mrs. C. A. Braun, whose husband is a
jeweler in Ottumwa. In politics Mr. Fecht
is a Rq)ublican, and, especially, a protectionist.
He has always taken an earnest interest m
party aflairs, and in Michigan took the stumps
in behalf of the party. At Ottumwa he has.
always favored municipal ownership of the^
water works, and is deeply interested in secur-
ing a public park, the lack of which is one of
the most prominent deficiencies of the city.
The fine natural waterway afforded by the Des
Moines River offers some excellent sites for a
public park, and Mr. Fecht is putting forth his
best efforts to have a park established west of
the city and within easy access. Fraternally
he is a member of the B. P. O. E. ; Knights of
the Maccabees; and Court of Honor. He is
also a member of Lodge No. 69, A. F. & A.
M., of Ottumwa.

AVID COBLER, a prosperous farmer-
of Highland township, Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa, whose portrait is shown on
the opposite page, is living in section
20, range 13. Fie was born in Tippecanoe
county, Indiana, October 28, 1837, and is a son
of Lewis and grandson of David Cobler,

Lewis Cobler was a son of David and
Nancy (Travis) Cobler, and was born in
Adams county, Ohio, in 1810. His parents
were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland.
In 1828 Lewis Cobler went to Indiana, where
he located on a farm on the Wabash River,
near Lafayette, and remained there about

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fifteen years. In 1833 he married, and in 1843,
with his wife and family, removed to Wapello
county, where, at the opening of the "New Pur-
chase," he entered a quarter section of land,
which was situated in Dahlonega and Highland
townships. Lewis Cobler and his wife had six
children, who lived tO' maturity, as follows :
Mary Ann, the wife O'f Jacob Goudy, now liv-
ing in Nebraska ; Eady, the wife of William
Henry Miller ; David ; Sarepta, deceased, the
wife of Jackson Harmon, who lived in Pleas-
ant township ; Minerva, who married James
Work, and died in 1899, her husband dying in
1896; and Rhoda Jane, who married Thomas
Rhiner, of Dahlonega township. The mother
of these childreen was born in 181 3, and her
death occurred January 6, 1873.

David Cobler, whose name heads this
sketch, received but a limited education. He
has always followed the occupation of a farmer
and for many years engaged in the raising and
selling of mules. He is a self-made man, and is
held in high esteem by all his fellow citizens. A
man of robust physique, gentle in manner and
voice, one is readily attracted to him by his
kindliness. He has been very successful, and
has now reached a stage of prosperity where he
can enjoy in ease the fruits of his years of toil.
His farm is one of the most beautiful in High-
land township, and its general appearance
speaks well foT its owner's thrift and prosperity.
In addition to farming in a general way, he
took great interest for a number of )'ears in the
breeding of fine Hereford cattle.

Mr. Cobler was married to Guelma Hoover,
January 19, 1861. She was a native of Indiana,

and her death occurred September 24, 1872.
Five children were born to this couple, as fol-
lows : Elmer, who married Mrs. Elwood
Buckner; Marion, who married Maggie
Young, and lives in Oklahoma; Charles, who
married Rosie McCuen, and lives near New-
kirk, Oklahoma; and Lewis, who died July 2,
1900, in his twenty-ninth year. The other child
died in infancy.

Mr. Cobler married, secondly, Sarah Bell
Hedrick, a daughter of Wesley and Mary Hed-
rick. They were married in 1873, and are the
parents of five children, namely: Mary, the
wife of Lawrence McCuen, who lives near
Newkirk, Oklahoma; Katie, who married
Philip Ackerman, and lives in Keokuk county,
Iowa ; Frederick ; Elizabeth ; and David.

Mr. Cobler is a Republican, in politics. He
has many friends in Wapello county, where he
is held in high esteem.

LAUDE W. THORNTON, a business
man of recognized ability, is secre-
tary and manager of the La Crosse
Lumber Company, which has had
headquarters in Ottumwa only since January
2, 1901, but whose future success here is as-
sured. He was born, in 1867, at Louisiana,
Pike county, Missouri, a place well known as
"the home of Joe Bowers."

Mr. Thornton is a son of Daniel and Lizzie
(Hostetter) Thornton, who reared three chil-
dren : J. C. ; Claude W. ; and Mrs. F. T. Car-
roll. J. C, of Louisiana, Missouri, is superin-

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tendent of the Louisiana Telqahone Company,
which is owned by the La Crosse Lumber Com-
pany. It has 400 miles of toll line, with cen-
tral exchange at Louisiana, connecting the 23
towns in Missouri where their lumber yards
are located. Mrs. F. T. Carroll's husband lives
at Des Moines, and is identified with a steel
range company, as its representative for the
state of Iowa.

Claude W. Thornton resided on the farm
until 1886, when he was elected deputy col-
lector of Pike county, which office he ably filled
about three years. He engaged in the lumber
business with the La Crosse Lumber Company
on March i, 1890. This concern has been
doing business in a large number of towns in
Missouri, with headquarters at Louisiana, Mis-
souri, since 1876. Charles G. Buffum is presi-
dent of the company ; Frank W. Buffum, vice-
president and treasurer ; and Claude W. Thorn-
ton, secretary and manager. Frank W. Bufif-
um has charge of the company interests in Mis-
souri; the firm also has three retail yards in
Illinois. There were many reasons for the"
company selecting Ottumwa as headquarters.
The city is centrally located, is a railroad cen-
ter, is surrounded by a rich and prosperous
farming country, and is in a coal region, — all
of which goes to make Ottumwa the best man-
ufacturing town in the State of Iowa. It is
the aim of the company to later establish yards
at different points in Iowa, with Mr. Thorn-
ten in charge, having his headquarters at Ot-
tumwa. Extensive improvements are in prog-
ress on the company's grounds, at No. 623
West Second street, which, when completed.

will be an improvement tO' the city. The plot
of land is 168 by 200 feet in extent, and on
this, ten feet back from the sidewalk, will be
erected three sheds extending the full length
of the lots, with front constructed of pressed
brick. Two sheds will be 34 feet wide and
one shed 20 feet wide. The ten-foot space in
front will be nicely fitted up with grass plots,
giving thep lace a very attractive appearance.
The three men at the head of this important
concern have had many years of experience
in the lumber business, and their efforts in Ot-
tumwa will certainly be crowned with success.
Mr. Thornton was united in marriage with
Nannie Burnett, who was born at Burlington,
Iowa, and is a daughter of T. L. Burnett.
They have two children, Harry and Mabel,
both of whom are attending school. Frater-
nally Mr. Thornton is a Mason and a member
of the Knights of Pythias ; he and his wife
are members of the Eastern Star Lodge. In
religious views he is a Baptist. His residence
is located at No. 158 East Court street.

AMES BURBAGE, a retired and pros-
perous farmer of Agency township,
Wapello county, Iowa, has been one
of the leading men of the county since
1844. He was born in the central part of
England in 18 16, and that country was his
home until he grew to manhood. In 1840 Mr.
Burbage came to the United States, landing at
New Orleans. He settled in Morgan county,
Illinois, where he lived four years. There he

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carried on the occupation which he has followed
all his life, that of tilling the soil. Mr. Bur-
bage located in Wapello county, Iowa, in 1844,
buying a farm on the county line eight miles
east of Agency City. There he carried on gen-
eral farming for a period of twenty-three years.
In 1867 he bought his present home farm, west
of Agency City, and since that time has lived
there. There are but 12 acres in the place, but
as Mr. Burbage has been retired for a number
of years, this has proved to be quite enough.
There is no more prosperous or better known
man in the county than Mr. Burbage. He has
been very successful. He is a kind and chari-
table neighbor, lending support wherever it is
needed.

Mr. Burbage married Elizabeth Pattridge,
who died in 1894. He married for his second
wife Airs. Mattie Dawson, who died October
4, 1899, 3.ged sixty-five years. Politically he
is a Republican. Religiously he is an attend-
ant of the Methodist church.

K. DYSART is proprietor and man-
ager of the J. K. Dysart Clothing
Company, one of the best establish-
ments of its kind in the city, and has
been located here since May, 1889. He was
born in Tennessee, and is a son of J. L. Dysart,
coming of a prominent old family of his na-
tive State.

J. L. Dysart is a blacksmith and wagon-
maker by trade, and now lives in Ottumwa.
While most of the family were naturally Con-

federates, not so with J. L. Dysart, who en-
listed in the Union army and served with an
Iowa regiment during the war. His wife is
now dead. They had three children : Mrs,
F. P. Baer, whose husband is employed in the
Model clothing store of J. B. Sax, of Ottumwa;
M. B., who is in the flour and feed business at
Appleton City, Missouri; and J. K., the sub-
ject of this personal history.

J. K. Dysart was reared mainly in Southern
Iowa, to which section he came with his fa-
ther's family when young. He spent some
years in the South Iowa Normal School, but
passed most of his youth in hustling to earn,
his living. He began by learning telegraphy
at Brooklyn, Iowa, but engaged in the clothing
business at the age of eighteen years. He
was located for about three years at David
City, Nebraska, and then at Grand Island, Ne-
braska, where he was engaged in the clothing
business for some years. He came to Ot-
tumwa in May, 1889, and became identified
with the Golden Eagle clothing store as a
salesman; it was owned by Samuel Stern, of
Chicago. He embarked in his present busi-
ness in Ottumwa seven years ago, under the
firm name of the J. K. Dysart Clothing Com-
pany. He was first located at No. 229 East
Main street two years, was afterward in the
Baker Building for some time, and then he
moved to his present location, fronting on
Main and Market streets — No. 203 Main street
and No. 118 South Market street. He has-
increased his stock to twice its original size,
and the business has grown far beyond expec-
tations. The store is 130 feet deep, and is

DR. A. O. WILLIAMS.

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349

stocked with everything in the clothing Hne,
also with hats, caps, trunks, valises and other
lines. He employs from four tO' six clerks,
and they are kept exceedingly busy handling
the trade. Mr. Dysart has traveled quite ex-
tensively, making several trips to. New York
City and also going west to Montana and
Idaho, where he spent a summer.

Mr. Dysart was united in marriage at
Bloomfield, Iowa, with Miss Corner, of Mis-
souri, who was also reared in Southern Iowa,
and they have three children : Zella, aged
twelve years ; Helen ; and James Julian. He
has a fine residence at No. 416 North Green
street. In politics, though reared a Democrat,
he now supports the Republican party. He iv,
a member of the Sons of Veterans, and is now
a captain. He is also a member of the Royal
Arcanum and ' the Ancient Order of United
Workmen. In religious views he and his fam-
ily are Methodists.

R. A. O. WILLIAMS, whose portrait

appears on the foregoing page, is one

of the leading physicians and sur-'

geons of Ottumwa, Wapello county,

Iowa. He was born in Nauvoo-, Illinois, in

1850, and is a son of A. O. and Minerva

(Townsend) Williams.

A. O. Williams, Sr., was born in Portage
county, Ohioi, in 1826, and was there reared
and educated. The family moved to Nauvoo,
Illinois, in 1849, ^^^ he followed the trade of a

druggist during his active career. For the last
twenty years of his life he lived in retirement at
Belvidere, Illinois, where he died in 1896. His
widow, who was born in 1835, is now residing
at Marion, Iowa. They were parents of two
children : A. O. ; and George T., who resides
at Ida Grove, Iowa.

Dr. A. O. Williams attended the State Uni-
versity of Iowa, and was graduated with the
class of 1873, with the degree of A. B. ; during
a part of his course he taught German to some
extent. He then attended lectures in the med^
ical department of the same institution, and,
after graduating, in 1875, entered upon the
practice of medicine, at Eldon, Iowa. He con-
tinued there for one year, and then moved to
Ottumwa, where he has since been located.
His success was assured from the start, and he
now has a large and profitable practice. HeTias
been surgeon for the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad Company since 1885, for the
Chicago^ Rock Island & Pacific Railway Com-
pany since 1875, and is surgeon for the Ottum-
wa Electric Street Railway Company. He is
a member of the American Medical Associa-
tion, the National Association of Railway Sur-
geons, and the American Academy of Medi-
cine.

In 1880, Dr. Williams was united in mar-
riage with Nettie C. Warden, of Ottumwa, and
they have three children : Bessie, Jeanette and
Virginia. Fraternally, the Doctor is a mem-
ber of the Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks and Modern \A'ood-
men of America.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

ICHAEL SCHWARZ, one of the
progressive business men of Ot-
tumwa, Iowa, is wholesale distrib-
utor for the Leisy Brewing Com-
pany, of Peoria, and runs a retail liquor store
in connection with that work, being located at
No. 336 North Main street.

Mr. Schwarz was born in Lorenz, Ger-
many, in 1857, and was reared there. He
came to America in 1883, and located at Ot-
tumwa, Iowa, where for some years he workeq'
in the Hoffman Brewery. When the brew-
eries were closed through the prohibition acts,
he engaged in business for himself, and has
since been alone. For several years he has had
the wholesale agency for the Leisy Brewing
Company, of Peoria, having also handled
Lemp's beer for a time. He employs from
four to six people in the establishment, and
handles from 10 to 15 carloads per month.
He has given the business a personal superin-
tendence, and his affairs are in a thriving con-
dition. He handles both bottled and keg beer,
and does a very large case business. Froni
1892 to 1897 he was assisted in his business by
Fred Fenner, who died in 1897, since which
time Mrs. Fenner has occupied the position of
secretary, and has ably assisted in the business.
Mr. Schwarz was united in marriage with
Barbara Rainewald, who was reared at Keo-
kuk, Iowa, and they have six children : Liz-
zie; Annie; Clara; Nellie; Mamie; and Paul-
ine. His home is on the corner of Fourth and
College streets. In politics he is a stanch
Democrat. He is a member of the Eagles.

J. MADER, a well-known resident?
of Ottumwa, Iowa, holds a very
important position as an official of
the United States government, being
an inspector of live stock and meats at the
great packing establishment of John Morrell &
Company, Limited. He was born in Hamilton
county, Indiana, in 1840, and is a son of Jacob
Mader.

Jacob Mader, who- was a native of Ger-
many, came to this country at an early age, and
located in Indiana when he was twenty-seven
years old. He engaged in farming there, and,
being a miller by trade, operated a mill. He
moved to Wapello county, Iowa, where he was
engaged in farming until 1859, and then re-
moved to Mahaska county, Iowa, where he
died in 1875, at the age of sixty-six years.
His wife died in Kansas in 1887, at the age
of seventy-eight years. They had one son ancj
two daughters, as follows: A. J.; Lucinda
(Wray), of Mahaska county, Iowa; and Ro-
quett, who resides in Kansas.

A. J. Mader was reared in Indiana until he
was thirteen years of age, and had very lim-
ited school advantages. He has cared for
himself almost since childhood, and has
worked himself up to a high station in the
city in which he lives. He first engaged in
farming on his father's farm, and during his
twentieth and twenty-first years worked out;
for other farmers at a salary of $9 per month.
He engaged in this line of work until 1864,
when he embarked in the live stock business.
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351

bought and shipped stock to Chicago', con-
tinuing in this business for a period of eleven
years. In 1875 he commenced work as mil-
ler in the starch factory when it was first estab-
lished, and acted as such for four years. In
1879 he became assistant miller in the plant oi
Keiser & Pierson, continuing with that firm
until 1 89 1, in which year he was appointed
chief of police of Ottumwa. He served one
term in that capacity and then accepted his
present position as inspector of live stock and
meats at the packing house of John Morrell &
Company, Limited. He is associated in the
office with Dr. Miller and John Payton. It it
a very important position, as all stock killed
must first be inspected by them, and they then
judge as to the quality of the meat sent out
from the great establishment.

Mr. Mader was united in marriage in Wa-
pello county, to Marion McCarthy; she was
born in Ohio, a daughter of William McCar-
thy, and came here with her father when
twelve years of age. Her mother now lives in
South Ottumwa, and her brothers and sisters,
with one excqDtion, reside in this county. Mr.
and Mrs. Mader have seven children: Fan-
nie (Andrews), of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; John
A., a shipping clerk in the packing house at
Ottumwa; Norman, who is in the employ of
Charles Graves, of Ottumwa; Lulu May;
Alice; Mabel; and Worth. In politics, Mr.
Mader is a Democrat. Fraternally, he was
made a Mason at Fremont, Iowa, and now
belongs tO' the blue lodge at Ottumwa. In
religious views, he is liberal. A peculiarity
of the Mader family is that only one son of

each generation has raised a family, as far
back as can be traced. Mr. Mader resided on
Court Hill a good many years, and now resides
at No. 553 North Green street.

W. CUMMINGS, one of the sub-
stantial business men of Ottumwa,
Iowa, first located in this city in
1869, and is at the present time en-
gaged in supplying ice to the citizens of Ot-
tumwa, having the leading business of the kind.
He was born in Livingston county. New York,
in i860, and is a son of John F. and Sarah
(Welsh) Cummings.

John F. Cummings, who is now seventy
years of age, and lives in the west, followed
farming in New York state for many years :
upon corning to Ottumwa he engaged in team-
ing, and engaged in the coal and wood busi-
ness.

W. W. Cummings was one and a half years
old when his parents removed to Virginia. He
was brought by them to Ottumwa, Iowa, July
5, 1869, and here he spent his early years. He
evinced a liking for railroad grade-work and
began contracting in 1876, his first work being
at Beckwith, Iowa, on the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad, where he turned the first
furrows. He later did contract grade-work
on several different roads, and helped on the
Denver cut-off, between Holdredge and Ox-
ford, Nebraska. He handled large gangs of
men, and followed that line of business until
1890, in different states. He then entered the

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

ice business, and has since made his home at
Ottumwa. He started in this business with one
team ; he has built up a custom which requires
the use of five teams, and has the principal trade
of the city. In the winter, he employs from
60 to 75 men and 10 teams, in putting up ice,
and in the summer, 1 1 men and five teams. He
built a fine ice house with a capacity of 5,000
to 6,000 tons, and has it well arranged and
equipped. He has put in a 1,6-liorse power en-
gine for hoisting ice from the river by means
of endless chains, — thus saving expense and
time. He has also built an excellent barn for
his teams. Mr. Cummings owns four dwelling
houses in South Ottumwa, which he rents, and
also a large block on Church street. In 1901,
Mr. Cummings purchased the Paul Emelang
residence, on the corner of Ward and Division
streets, which he has greatly improved, and it
will be his home after November i, 1901. Mr.
Cummings does considerable farming, and
raises corn and grain for feed. He is wholly
self made, and has always been an excellent
business manager. He is a man of pleasing-
personality, and has many friends throughout
this vicinity.

Mr. Cummings was united in marriage, at
Ottumwa, with Molly Jeffries, a daughter of
B. W. Jeffries, an early resident of this city.
She was born in the home where her husband
now lives, and was one of five sisters, namelv :
Mrs. Luella Finley; Mrs. S. P. Crips; Mrs. W.
S. Crips; Mrs. G. W. Hatch; and Mrs. Cum-
mings. Three children blessed this union, as
follows: Halla W., aged thirteen years; Bir-
dena F., aged seven years; and Anna L., aged

two years. In politics, Mr. Cummings is a
strong Republican. Fraternally, he is a mem-
ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and has served through all the chairs. He is a
Methodist in religious views.

HOMAS JEFFERSON HAMERS-
LEY, a well known resident of Ot-
tumwa, Iowa, was born January 12,
1847, at Terre Haute, Indiana, and is
a son of J. J. and Eliza (Arnold) Hamers-
ley.

J. J. Hamersley, who was born at Zanes-
ville, Ohio, went as a young man to Ken-
tucky, and was married at Louisville. He had
.seven brothers, all of whom served in the army
during the Civil war. He followed milling
as a business during his entire life, building
several mills in Iowa, one of which was in
Ringgold county. He came to Wapello county
in 1847, when the subject hereof was an in-
fant, and afterward moved to Agency City,
where he died January 20, 1861, at the age
of sixty-five years. Politically, he was a strong
Republican. His wife's family, the Arnolds,
located in Missouri during the early days, and
three-quarters of them participated in the Civil
war, on the side of the South. She died June
22, 1896, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at.
the age of sixty-eight years. Mr. and Mrs.
Hamersley were the parents of the follow-
ing children: Thomas Jefferson; Cynthia,
wife of M. M. Albertson, residing in Central
Addition, Ottumwa : Jane, who was the wife of

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355

A. L. Dickerson, and died twenty-five years
ago ; Sarah, wife of G. W. Walker, of Ottum-
wa; ;\Iary Ellen, who died thirty-eight years
ago at Lancaster, jNIissouri ; C. H. ; and W. F.,
a stone-mason, residing in Ottumwa.

Thomas J. Hamersley learned his trade,
that of boiler-making, at an early age, serving
.an apprenticeship with Peter Hershaw, who
■conducted a shop in Ottumwa. He helped build
the first boiler made in Ottumwa, and for a
time worked in the shops of Drake & Spivey.
He entered the employ of the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy Railroad Company, in 1879,
•as boiler-maker, at the Ottumwa roundhouse.
He was foreman of the repair gang and had
charge of the shops some four or five years.
He continued with this company until the
strike of 1896, when he w^ent to work in the
shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway Company. For the past ten years he
has done a large amount of contract work in
the employ of that road, and also at the plant
of the Fair- Williams Company, of .Ottumwa.
He is a mechanic of great skill and has been
very successful in his work.

Mr. Hamersley was united in marriage
with Ida L. Vest, who w^as born at Boone,
Iowa, forty-two years ago, and is a daughter
•of J. J. Vest, who has lived here since 1865.
She is one of several children, namely ; Ada
Louise, wife of Stephen McBride, a blacksmith
■of South Ottumwa; Alice, wife of Captain
Ogle, who is now with a Nebraska regiment
in the Philippines; Charles, who is a stock-
man of Plum Creek, Nebraska; William, de-
-ceased, a former partner of Charles; James

William; C. B.; Thomas N.; and A. L.,
and James, a stone-mason of Ottumwa. Mr.
Hamersley and his wife are the parents of
four children : James William, aged twenty-
three years, is a boiler-maker by trade, and is
now in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway Company; he married
Stella Ross, of Laddsdale, Iowa, and resides in
South Ottumwa. C. B., aged twenty years, is\
also a boiler-maker and works with his fa-
ther ; he married Cora Ross, and resides at
the home of his father, the two .brothers hav-
ing had a double wedding Thomas N. and
A. L. are serving their time as boiler-maker
apprentices. Mr. HamersJey has spent a
great deal of his time in looking up and gath-
ering curios from the Des Moines River and
vicinity, and has a very fine collection.

EORGE D. LOTTRIDGE, one of the
pioneer settlers of Center township,
Wapelloi county, Iowa, whose por-
trait is shown on the opposite page,
was born in Athens county, Ohio, April 23,
1838, and is a son of Thomas and Catherine
(Donahugh) Lottridge, and a grandson of
Bernardus B. and Abigail (Bull) Lottridge.

Bernardus B. Lottridge \\as born in New
York. He went from there to Athens county,
Ohio, and was one of the first settlers in that
part of Ohio-. He entered some land and built
a rude log cabin, which had no door. He had
one bed, and a trundle bed, in which the chil-
dren slept. At one side of the room was an

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old-fashioned fire-place; ooe night a panther
entered the room, and after lying down at the
fire-place for a short time, got up, walked over
to the trundle bed and, after sniffing at the
sleeping children, started tO' leave the room.
By this time, Mr. Lottridge was thoroughly
awakened, and snatching a fire brand, he hurled
it at the panther's head. The aim was not
amiss, and the panther, with a howl oi rage,
leaped from the room, and out into the dark-
ness of the night. Mr. Lottridge married Abi-
gail Bull, and both died in Athens county, Ohio,
in the early "forties."

Thomas Lottridge was born in Carthage
township, Athens county, Ohio. He was reared
on his father's farm. He removed toi Hocking
county, and located near Logan, where he com-
menced farming for himself. In 1855, he re-
moved to Polk township, Wapello county,
Iowa, where he had entered a farm, in 1849,
and there he spent the remainder of his days.
His death took place in 1880. He married
Catherine Donahugh. To them were born the
following children: Esther (Green) of Mis-
souri; Leander, who died in Center township
in 1893 ; George D., the subject of this sketch;
William, who was in the government service as
a wagon master, and died at Nebraska City,
while freighting across the plains; John, who
is a railroad man; B. B., who died in June,
1901; Eliza (Barrows), of Missouri; and W.
D., of Ottumwa, who is engaged in a meat
market.

George D. Lottridge was reared and
schooled in Athens and Hocking counties,
Ohio. When he was seventeen years old, his

parents removed to Wapello county, where he
learned the trade of a carpenter. This he fol-
lowed, in connection with farming, all his life.
In April, 1861, he enlisted in an Iowa regiment,
but as this was the first call for volunteers, the
regiment was full, and he was obliged tO' wait
for the second call, when he enlisted for three
years in Company K, Second Regiment Iowa
Volunteer Infantry, at Keokuk, Iowa. He was
in the Army of the Tennessee, and took part
in the battles of Shiloh, Donelson, and other
engagements up to the evacuation of Corinth.
He also served three months in the Invalid
Corps, and had some very narrow escapes dur-
ing his career as a soldier. He was mustered
out at Davenport, Iowa, in June, 1864, after
which he returned to Ottumwa.

Mr. Lottridge bought a farm of forty-one
acres, in Center township, in 1873. There he
has carried on farming e\'er since. He has
'been engaged in raising poultry, and has also
been interested in bee culture. He is a eon-
scientioiUB farmer, and is identified with all the
prominent enterprises which have been under-
taken in Wapello county.

Mr. Lottridge was united in marriage with
Josephine Dunkle, in Columbia township, in
1866. She \\as born in Ohio and was a daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Rachel Dunkle. They
were natives of Vinton county, Ohio, and set-
tled in Columbia township, Wapello county,
Iowa, and later moved to Blue Springs, Ne-
braska, where the mother died. May 9, 1901.
The father still lives in Nebraska. Mr. and
Mrs. Lottridge have been the parents of nine-
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burn, Oregon; Philetta, who married J. Stan-
cer, of Ottumwa; Sarah (Baucus), of Ottum-
wa; George; Thomas; Charles; Bertha May,
wife of W. H. Israel, of Des Moines, Iowa;
Lillian M. ; and Maurice.

Mr. Lottridge is a Republican, in politics,
and takes an active interest in local politics.
He served as trustee of his township for a
period of twelve years. Pie has been a member
O'f Cloutman Post, No. 69, G. A. R., of Ottum-
wa. He is a member of the Methodist church
on Willard street, in South Ottumwa. There
is no man in Wapello county whO' is held in
higher esteem than Mr. Lottridge, and his
friends in the county are legion.

3BERT PORTER, who has been lo-
cated at Ottumwa, Iowa, since 1857,
is a member of the firm of Porter
Brothers & Hackworth, wholesale and
retail harness dealers, who manufacture their
own goods. This establishment is one- of the
oldest business houses in the city, and is in ex-
cellent financial condition,

Mr. Porter was born near Connellsville,
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1834, and at
the age of twenty years had completed his ap-
prenticeship as a harnessmaker. He then went
to Virginia, where he spent three years prior to
locating in Ottumwa. Here he followed his
trade in the employ of different parties, and in
1859 started a retail store for himself on the
second lot east of his present location. Some
years later, he located on the corner of Main

and Market streets, where the Ottumwa Na-
tional Bank now stands. His establishment
was burned in 1867, and in 1868 he erected his
present building at No. 104 East Main street;,
it is 140 by 125 feet, in dimensions, consists of
three stories and basement, and was one of the
first buildings of brick built in the city. The
firm did business under the style of Cope &
Porter, and was dissolved in 1872. The firm
of Porter Brothers & Hackworth was then
formed, with Robert Porter as manager. They
manufacture harness and make a specialty of
collars. (on which Mr. Porter has a valuable
patent)— particularly, high grade buggy har-
ness collars, some run in price as high as $65
per pair. From 25 to 40 men work in the plant
and four traveling representatives are em-
ployed, covering a large territory, including
Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Ne-
braska, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. Mr.
Porter has also shipped some patent collars to
Alaska. He has several other valuable patents
on harness, and the firm carries by far the
heaviest stock of any firm in the county, rang-
ing from $100,000 to $185,000. Mr. Porter
also has a medicine which he guarantees as a
positive cure for diabetes, or kidney trouble.
It has had an extensive sale, and first-class testi-
monials have been received from over all the
country.

Mr. Porter was united in marriage with
Mary J. Hackworth, and they have five chil-
dren: Clarence, who is in the store, married
Miss Smith, and has two children; George E.,
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daughter of Samuel Kirkpatrick ; Lettie M. ;
Edith S., and Worth. Politically, Mr. Porter
is a Republican. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. He has a very
pleasant home at No. 506 West Fifth street.

L. KING is superintendent of the
King Horseshoeing Company and
is engaged in developing and per-
fecting a cushion horseshoe, which
bids fair to revolutionize the horseshoe busi-
ness. He has followed this line of work all
his life, and has met with much success. He
\\as born in Wales, April 20, 1861, and is a
son of J. L. and Ann King, who at the time
of his birth resided in a town called Black
Woods, in Wales.

J. L. King came to this country and lo-
cated at Peoria, Illinois, where he entered the
boot and shoe business in 1866. He later en-
gaged in the manufacture of shoes and em-
ployed some 15 or 20 workmen. Owing to
failing health, however, he removed to Fair-
field, Iowa, in 1880, where he also conducted
a boot and shoe business for several years.
In 1887, while on a visit to Benkleman, Ne-
braska, he was taken sick and died at the age
of sixty-seven years. He was a Republican
m politics, and served in some minor ofifices,
such as justice of the peace. His widow now
resides at Peoria, Illinois. They reared two'
:sons, George L., a business man of Benkelman,

Nebraska; and W. L., the subject of this bi-
ography.

W. L. King attended the schools of Peoria
and helped his father some in the shop, and at
the age of fifteen years left home and spent
some years in travel. He had learned the
blacksmith and horseshoeing trade when very
}oung, and as a journeyman followed it dur-
ing his travels, which extended over a large
number of the Western States. At Florence,
Nebraska, he had charge of a shop
in railroad work, for one year, but ow-
ing to an accident, which did not re-
sult in any serious injury to him, he started
for home. The train on which he was a pas-
senger was wrecked at Agency, Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa, causing a long delay, so he rode to
Ottumwa on a switch engine. He arrived here
at 10 o'clock in the morning, began work at
noon, and has since made his home in this
city. He first worked for Keister & Bowers,
and later, for Mr. Keister in his shop near the
river. For the past ten or twelve years, he
has been engaged in business for himself. He
first opened a shop where the Y. M. C. A.
building now stands, on Second street, and
was in partnership with W. A. Welk for two
years. He next opened a shoeing shop on
Green street, from which he moved to the
corner of Main and Wapello streets, where
he bought the shop of Henry Williams. After
conducting this establishment about a year, he
was burned out and purchased another shop
in the vicinity, which he soon after sold to
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time. He next had charge of the Belmont
shoeing shop for several years, after which he
moved to his present location at 219 South
Jefferson street. Since 1895, he has worked
hard in devising and perfecting a cushion
horseshoe, and some months since organized a
company under the name of the King Horse-
shoeing Company, to- develop the invention.
It is well covered with patents and, when com-
pletely developed and provided with noiseless
corks, bids fair to revolutionize horseshoeing.
He has also a patent material to be used for
corks which will be more serviceable and less
expensive than rubber. The shop, 66 by 24
feet in dimensions, is built of brick. Mr. King
has expended much time and labor on this in-
vention, and feels that success will reward his
efforts in the near future. It is a very ingen-
ious device, the felt padding fitting the grooves
in the shoe, and coming in direct contact
with the hoof, thus forming a cushion and pre^
venting horses from becoming footsore or be-
ing troubled with corns. The officers of the
company are Dr. L. J. Baker, president; Dr.
M. Bannister, treasurer; R. E. Hull, secretary;
and W. L. King, superintendent.

Mr. King was united in marriage with
Elizabeth Johnson, who was born in Wapello
county, Iowa, and is a daughter of William
and Hannah Johnson. They are the parents
of three children : John L., Clarence L. and
Lucy. Fraternally, Mr. King is a member
of the Woodmen of the World, and the
Knights of the Maccabees. Religiously, he is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

E. FORD, who comes of a promi-
nent old family of Wapello county,
Iowa, is engaged in the harness-mak-
ing business at Ottumwa, in partner-
ship with W. H. Boston. He was born in this
county, November 19, 1850, and is a son of'
John and Hannah (Leonard) Ford.

John Ford was born in Onondaga county.
New York, August 30, 18 17, and was a son of
Ephraim Ford. The latter was born in 1779
and was of Scotch parentage. He was a farm-
er by occupation and followed that calling all
his life, acquiring a fine estate which he wrested
from an unbroken wilderness. He died Febru-
ary 17, 1 83 1, and his widow died in July of the
same year. In 18 10, he was united in marriage-
with Jane L)'ons in Onondaga county.
New York. She was of Dutch extraction
and was born in New York state, in
1783. They reared and schooled the fol-
lowing children : Martha, who married
Morgan Huelett; Lucinda, wife of Wyman
Huelett; Ephraim, who married Lucinda Rich,
all of New York state ; John, father of C. E. ;
Jeremiah, who died at the age of eleven years ;
Betsey, wife of Charles Bishop, of New York
state ; Harley, who married Catherine Bennett,
of Michigan; Merritt, who married Margaret
McNett, of Iowa ; and Juliet, who' married Syl-
vester Warner and lived near Ottumwa, Iowa.
In political views, Ephraim Ford was a Jeffer-
sonian Democrat; he cast his first vote in 1808,.
and his last for Jackson, in 1828.

John Ford, father of C. E., received a com-
mon school education in the old log school--

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houses characteristic of that period. In 183 1
he moved with his family to Cattaraugus coun-
ty. New York, on what was called the "New
Holland Purchase." The father died on Feb-
ruary 17, and the mother in July, shortly after
locating there, leaving a large family of or-
phans, only one of the children being married.
John Ford was fourteen years of age when his
parents died and he went to live with a gentle-
man by the name of Jonathan Palmer, with
whom he remained for about six years. He
was treated with kindly consideration by this
family, but, realizing the inability of his em-
ployer to pay him the $100 agreed upon, when
he should become of age, he left before it fell
■ due. At the age of twenty years he began work-
ing at the blacksmith trade, and followed it
from spring until the following January. In
1837 occurred the McKinzie trouble in Can-
ada. A man bearing that name, with his
friends and followers, took possession of Navy
Island, and the subsequent proceedings are a
matter of bistoury. Colonel Applegate, of Buf-
falo, who owned a small steamer, the "Caro-
line," took a few sight-seers down to> the Island,
tying up at Slusher for the night. That night
a British officer named McCloud and a few
soldiers came over from Canada and killed all
on board the steamer, which they set on fire and
sent over the Falls. This inhuman act created
tremendous excitement, and many volunteered
to take up arms against the perpetrators of the
crime. About the last O'f December, about two
thousand men gathered on the Island, equipped
with 30 brass cannons, and among this number
was Mr. Ford. After being there two weeks.

they disbanded with the declared intention of
joining a gathering near Detroit. Mr. Ford
became a member of what was called the
Marching Rifle Company, composed of 150
men, which took possession of Point Pelee
Island, a Canadian possession, seven miles from
their shore. They were there about five days
when General McKnat sent over 1,500 soldiers
to effect their capture. They arrived early one
Sunday morning, and the force were divided,
half of it swinging to the north end of the
Island and the remainder being stationed 60
rods from shore to prevent escape to Cunning-
ham Island, which belonged to the United
States. The Marching Rifle Company had only
12 rounds of ammunition, but every man was
spoiling for a fight. They marched out in a
long line, being placed some three feet apart,
and when 75 or 100 yards away, the enemy
Oldened fire on them. Dropping on one knee,
the company fired their 12 rounds with amazing
rapidity and accuracy, and while the fight was
in progress the baggage was taken away. After
the ammunition had given out they beat a hasty
retreat to the point of the Island, narrowly
missing the other half of the enemy's forces.
They were not followed in their retreat, as the
opposing force had received a severe blow, and
presumably because they thought the Ameri-
cans would be reinforced. Eleven of the brave
members of the company, including Major
Hoadley and Captain Van Rensselaer, gave up
their lives in the fight, while the enany, as after-
wards ascertained, lost 100 in killed. A cir-
cuitous route was pursued back to the peninsula
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Rifle Company was disbanded. John Ford, ac-
companied by James Scott, went toi Michigan,
and hired to James Stewart, who was running
a country dry goods store in connection with a
large farm in Hillsdale county. He was to re-
ceive $15 per month for his work on the farm,
and at the expiration of six months $80 was
due him. There was no' money with which to
pay him but "red-dog'' or "wildcat" money,
which was good only in that state. He and an-
other young man wished to go to^ Elkhart, In-
diana, so the best thing to do was to spend the
money for clothing. He purchased a suit, hat,
boots, and underwear and started with $78.00
worth of clothing on him. He and Derial
Brown, who had relatives in Elkhart, started
for that city October i, at two o'clock in the
morning, from a point seven miles east of
Jonesville, and arrived at White Pigeon about
six o'clock P. M., having walked a distance of
52 miles. They stopped at a hotel, paying
therefor in "sandstone" money.

Upon arriving at Elkhart, Mr. Ford hired
out on a farm at $12.50 per month, and lived
at Elkhart and in the vicinity until the fall of
1842, doing farming and job work during
warm weather, and chopping in winter time.
He formed an acquaintance with James Comp-
ton, whose son James was studying medicine
with a Dr. Miles at Farmington, Van Buren
county, Iowa. He wished to go to Iowa and
see his son and Mr. Ford wished tO' view the
"New Purchase."

Rigging up a team and a light, covered
wagon, they started for Iowa in October, 1842,
and arrived at Farmington, on the Des Moines

River, just fourteen days later. Dr. James
Compton, Jr., wished to take a claim in the
"New Purchase," and the three men established
headquarters at Bonaparte, where they sold
the team, as there were no roads and it could
not be used. The United States government
was to pay $1,000,000 to the Indians for the
right and title to this land, and in the contract
the Indians were given the right to remain until
the fall of 1843; but the white settlers took
possession May i, 1843. ^s the Indians were
too shiftless and lazy to hunt, they as well as
the white men had to depend upon the Old
Purchase for provisions. Mr. Ford and his
companions concluded to build a keel-boat,
load it with provisions for themselves, and
others whO' wished to buy, as there remained
five months before the opening. The boat con-
structed was 36 feet long and eight feet in the
bulge, having a capacity oi about 10 tons. Mr.
Ford established a claim, in April, two and a
half miles above the present city of Ottumwa,
in a timber bottom on the south bank of the
Des Moines River, James Compton, Sr., tak-
ing the claim adjoining on the west, and Dr.
Compton, the claim that afterwards became
the John Overman farm. He built a cabin
and had it completed by the first of May, then
blazed and stalled out the claim, as the law re-
quired. He then with his companions built a
raft and returned to the starting point, loading
the boat with 25 barrels of flour, 40 bushels of
corn-meal, 1,000 pounds of bacon, two caddies
of tobacco, and a few bolts of prints. They
started for the new Eldorado with cleated run-
ning boards'and two poles, on each side. They

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crept up the river at the rate of from 15 to 20
miles per day, and at a little town called Phila-
delphia took on Paul C. Jeffries and his family,
landing them at the moiith of Sugar Creek, at
the Ewing trading" post. Mr. Jeffries after-
wards became the proprietor of the property
included in the original site of Ottumwa. The
main channel of the river then ran on the south
side of Appanoose Island, there being only nar-
roAV rapids where the main channel is now.
The place where Ottumwa now stands was a
scattered timber tract with a wilderness of
undergrowth and grass, and it looked like any-
thing but a town site. The 1x>at was landed at
Mr. Ford's cabin on May 24, and by June i,
everything was in good order. Where the
cabin was located, the Indians had for years
had their winter camping ground, and had cut
down most of the small timber on a few acres,
to browse their ponies, and it was only neces-
sary to burn off the underbrush and deaden the
large trees, to plant a crop. After June i, Mr.
Ford cleared about two acres, unassisted, and
then made rails and fenced the land, which he
planted to corn. Dr. Comptoii had broken five
acres of his claim, but had to go tO' Elkhart,
Indiana, on business, and lost his claim. The
Indians, being more numerous than the whites
at that time, were Mr. Ford's best customers,
and came in crowds for provisions. Chief Ap-
panoose and twO' of Black Ha\\k's nephews
also came; they were large, dark Indians, six
feet three inches tall. One day in July, two
Indians came to the cabin, having come down
the river in a bark canoe, which they presented
to Mr. Ford, as they*Avished to join those in

camp. One of them had 10 or 12 scalps tied to
his belt, two of these being exceedingly fresh,
and looking as if they had been "lifted" within
a week. They had been at war with the Sioux
tribe for years, but were not strong enough to
seek a general battle, and sO' killed each other
as the opportunity was offered. The Indians
had a strange and novel mode of burial. The
dead was buried close tO' the surface of the
ground, in which pickets were stuck about the
grave, and tied together at the top by grape ■
vines. The chiefs and braves had a post placed
at the head of the graves, with rings painted
around it, each ring to denote a man killed.
In coming up the river, Mr. Ford saw a dead
Indian in a sitting posture between the roots
of a Cottonwood tree, apparently looking out
over the river. In another instance, a child
was put into a trough, a lid being tied on with
bark, and placed in a tree about 30 feet from
the ground. Hundreds were buried where the
town of Richmond now standi, and many on
the river near Mr. Ford's claim, at a point on
Bear Creek, near the Overman place. After
the flood of 185 1, Mr. Ford found 10 skulls
that had been washed on his claim and lodged
in a drift. He picked up a jaw and thigh bone,
which must have belonged to a giant equal in
size to one of those mentioned in the Scrip-
tures. He could easily slip the jaw-bone over
his own, the inside measuring more than the
outside of his jaw. The thigh-bone, from hip
to knee, was three or four inches longer than
that of an ordinary large man. Mr. Ford has
alsoi found many interesting Indian curios,
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saucer and as thick as a silver cTollar, ^yas
plowed up. The figure oif a bear was carved
on it, and it was made of a metal which, when
rubbed, became as bright as silver. Game of
most kinds was very plentiful, including deer,
turkeys, chickens, timber and prairie ^^•olves,
wild cats and, now and then, a panther. Mr.
Ford's dog, at one time, struck the trail oif
three wild cats, and he followed them up' and
shot all of them. Like the black bear, they
could be treed by any dog, although they could
have killed the dog without an effort. Mr.
Compton's health began toi fail in the sum-
mer, and by October he was unable tO' do' any
work on his claim, which he turned over to
Jink Vassar, the owner of the present site of
Richmond. Mr. Vassar took Mr. Cpnipton
on October 10 to Farmington, Iowa, and
placed him with a nephew living there, in or-
der that he might get better medical attention,
but it proved of no avail, and he died the fol-
lowing winter.

There was nothing of ad\'antage tO' be
done during the winter, and being left alone,
without a relative and but few acquaintances,
;\Ir. Ford concluded tO' go- down tO' the "Old
Purchase," and therefore sold his things. The
corn, raised on the ground which he had
cleared and fenced, was estimated at 80 bush-
els, and was sold to Mr. Cu])p_\', of Keokuk
Prairie. The remainder of the property was
sold tO' Air. Vassar, to- be paid for in cattle that
were tO' be wintered b}' him. Mr. Ford went
to Van Buren county, and, falling in with some
acquaintances who were gohig down the Mis-
sissippi River to chop wood, accompanied

them. He went 25 miles below the mouth of
the Arkansas River, chopped 100 cords of
wood at 65 cents per cord, and paid $1.50 per
week for board. He came up to St. Louis in
Feljruary, and boarded two weeks at the Old
Dominion House for 373^ cents per day, in-
cluding three meals and lodging. He returned
to his claim in March, 1844, farmed it that
summer and fed some cattle and hogs through
the winter. He became tired of living alone,
and in the spring of 1845 rented the place and
started in April on horseback for Michigan,,
wliere his four sisters resided. His three broth-
ers lived in Cattaraugus county. New York^
and after a visit with his sisters, he left his-
horse in pasture and proceeded to visit his-
bmthers. He went as far as Buffalo by boat,,
and visited in that state until September. His.
married brother disposed of his farm in order
to remo\'e tO' Iowa, also, and they took a steam-
er at Buft'alo, and had one horse and wagon
with them. The horse of John Ford completed
tlie team, and they started for Iowa, accom-
panied by a sister, Mrs. Bishop, her husband,
and another sister, Juliet, Harley, the )-(iungest
brother, having remained in Michigan. It was
a light-hearted and happv part}- that made their
wav to the new home, where they arrived with-
out accident. The only reception they got was
fr<;m a large flock of wild turkeys which had
possesslnn of the corn field around the cabin.
Mr. Ford's brother and brother-in-law pro-
cured claims, on which they built during the
winter, and in the spring moved Into their
houses. The youngest sister kept house _ for
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of 1846 Paul C. Jeffries got a contract from
the government to sectionalize five townships
in the eastern part of AVapello county, and his
assistants were Judge Uriah Biggs, sur\'eyor:
C. F. Blake and John Ford, chainmen; James
La F(jrce, cook; and B. W. Jeffries, camp
mo\'er and roustabout. They worked together
without a hitch, and the season was well ad-
\'anced \Ahen they got through. Mr. Ford mar-
ried Hannah Leonard, daughter of Charles
Leonard, on November 8, 1846, and his sister
Juliet married Sylvester \Varner, on the day
following. His wife was born in Pickaway
•count}', Ohio, her father having moved to Lidi-
ana when she was but two years old. Charles
Leonard located eight miles south of Lafayette,
where he afterward accjuired a large farm, and
was quite wealthy for those days. He reared
a numerous famil}-, and several of his children
also came to the "New Purchase'' and estab-
lished homes.

Li the spring of 1850, John Ford built a
house on the river bottom, 32x30 feet in size,
and one and one-half stories high, and this
was nearly destroyed by the flood of 1851. The
river overrunning its banks, crossed the fields,
and when it reached the door Mr. Ford and his
family got out in a canoe. The water was run-
ning like a mill tide, and the canoe was at any
moment liable to strike a stump. and upset, so
he got out and waded, or swam, backing the
boat down to eddy-water. He was unable to
do any work on his farm until July 10. In
building, he had left an eight-foot roadway
and an 80-foot front yard, and when the water
went down he could step from the front yard

into the ri\er, the house being jammed on the
cellar wall. The chimney was knocked down,
and the cabin and smoke-house were carried
off and landed in the bottom. It -was a 24-
foot rise, and the ri\'er has ne\'er been within
three feet of that point since. There was a high
ridge about a cjuarter of a mile back from the
river, and, while his family was living with
neighbors, he cleared this ridge and planted
a garden. He then hewed out a set of house-
logs, built a house, and moved his family into
it before the water left the bottom. About July
10, he dug rails enough out of the mud and
drift to make three strings of fence, planted
10 acres of corn, and sowed buckwheat and tur-
nips. Fie raised a fine lot of fodder with nub-
bin corn, 36 bushels of buckwheat, and 100
bushels of turnips. He found enough lead
bullets, etc., to start a junk shop, and also
many trinkets and curios. The carpenters took
the frame house in the bottom apart and rebuilt
it on the ridge. In the fall oi 1859, ^i'- Ford
bought a 36-horse power stationary sawmill
and commenced sawing early in i860. He got
a road located on the north side of the river,
following the stream to the mouth of Cald-
well Branch, and connecting with Second street
at the Caldwell place. He built a cable ferry
boat and conducted it during the summer of
i860; he then sold it, and it was operated until
the water dams were built, thus destroying the
current and forcing the water over the bottom
road. He operated the mill in connection with
the farm until 1869, ^nd had a house built in
the city. The timber here became too scarce
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bash Railroad Company was going to build ma-
chine shops at ]\Ioberly, Missouri, he went
there, bought a portable mill, and began saw-
ing in January, 1870. He operated the mill
about four years, and built and owned five
dwelling houses in Moberly. He sold the mill
in the spring of 1875 and returned to Ottumwa.
In the meantime his farm had been rented, and
in 1875 he traded it for city property. He
purchased a small stock of groceries in order
to set his son, Charles E., up in business. He
subscribed $250 to the North Missouri Rail-
road Company, and then was voted out of an-
other $iOD. He gave the water company $100.
The company commenced operations in the
spring of 1875, and board houses sprang up,
and many men came on with single and double
teams. Rain commenced and continued all
summer. The boarding-house proprietors and
others began to get provisions at the grocery
store, agreeing to pay as soon as the rain
stopped and they could get to work. As it did
not stop, Mr. Ford lost very heavily, being
obliged to take orders on the water company
to the extent of $600, which were worthless.
To make matters worse, two of his houses in
Moberly were burned five days after the insur-
ance had run out, entailing a loss of over
$2,000.

John Ford cast his first political vote for
Van Buren, in 1840, and has since been a
Democrat. He was a justice of the peace for
sixteen years, and has held a number of posi-
tions of trust, such as road supervisor and ad-
ministrator, and has officiated in locating roads
and valuing and settling estates. He was presi-

dent of the board of school directors for eight
or nine years, while the sub-districts were build-
ing their schools. After moving to the city, he
was made township assessor in 1879, and held
that office iive years. He was then elected city
assessor, in which capacity he served three
years. He began tO' be afflicted with rheuma-
tism, was compelled to cjuit work, and has done
little labor since then, except chores, being en-
gaged in looking- after his property. His son,
Walter B., is living with his parents, and at-
tending tO' their wants in their declining years.
Longevity characterizes the family. The grand-
mother on his mother's side lived to reach the
remarkable age of one hundred and four years.
John Ford has enjoyed wonderfully good
health, having required the attendance of a
physician but once in his life, which was forty-
two years ago. His hearing is good, and his
reading and writing are done without the aid
of glasses. John Ford and his wife became
parents of six children, as follows : Leonard
C, who was born September 29, 1847, and died
November 7, 1857; Hattie L., born December
7, 1848; Charles E., born November 19, 1850;
Tellitha. born September 25, 1852; Ellen M.,
born October 12, 1854; and Walter B., born
March 15, 1858. .

Charles E. Ford, subject of this biographi-
cal record, at an early age worked in his fa-
ther's sawmill, one of the first in the county,
and acted as sawyer a number of years. He
quit that business when about twenty-five years
old, and subsequently engaged in the grocery,
livery and real estate business in Ottumwa, at
different times. In 1899, he began his connec-

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tion with. the harness business as a partner of
W. H. Boston, who has been in the harness
business in Ottumwa for the past twenty years,
and is the practical man of the finii. Mr. Ford
attends to the bills, keeps books, and cares for
the general business of the firm. They carry
a complete line of harness and horse furnish-
ings, and employ from four to six men. They
do an extensive mail order business in the job-
bing line, and the affairs of the firm are in a
thriving condition.

Mr. Ford was united in the bonds of wed-
lock with Arabella Blair, a native of Pennsyl-
vania, and they have three children : Edith,
wife of Edwin Haw, of Alartinsburg, Iowa;
Lena ; and Vera. In pohtics, he is a Democrat.
He is a Mason, and is a member of the Chapter
at Ottumwa. Religiously, Airs. Ford is a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church,

B. McC.VRROLL, who has alw?.3's

been engaged in the hardware and

tinware business, is a member of the

firm of jMcCarroU Brothers, dealers in

hardware, their store being located at Xo. 322

East Main street, Ottumwa. He was born in

Ohio, and is a son of AV. F. AlcCarroll.

W F. McCarroll came to Wapello county,
Iowa, in 1864, and located with his family on
a farm near Kirkville. He came to Ottumwa
in 187 1, and opened a stove and tinware store,
■which he conducted until 1884; he then en-
gaged in jobbing hardware, stoves, tinware,
etc., locating at 105 East Main street. He

was in partnership with his son, C. T. McCar-
roll, under the firm name of W. F. McCarroll
& Son. He died in 1891, and J. B. McCarroll
then took charge of his interests in the business.
He had previously been in the employ of the
firm for a period of twenty-three years. The
jobbing business was disposed of to the Har-
per & Mclntire Company, in February, 1899,
and Mr. McCarroll was then occupied with
settling old accounts of the firm until June i,
1900. The firm of McCarroll Brothers was
then established, at No. 322 East Main street,
dealing in general hardware, stoves, tinware,,
etc., and has been a success from the start.
They occupy a building 100 feet deep, and
have a very complete stock of goods, employ-
ing from four to six men. They also have i.
well-equipped tin shop in the rear of the store.
J. B. McCarroll acts as manager and buyer,
and both partners sell goods. W F. McCar-
roll, brother of J. B., is a practical tinner, anc],
resides at No. 309 Fourth street. He married
Carita B. Hedrick, a daughter of General Hed-
rick, of Ottumwa, and they have four chil-
dren : Catherine ; Carita ; John ; and Alar)-.
The home place of their father, at No. 736
West Second street, is still in the possession
of the family.

J. B. McCarroll was united in marriage
with Ida Amos, of Lima, Ohio, she being the
only one of her family to locate in this sec-
tion. Mr. and Mrs. McCarroll have one
daughter, Frances E., born July 21, 190 1. In
politics Mr. McCarroll is a Republican. His
father served as alderman from the Fourth
AYard at one time, and was always- interested

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in the general welfare of the city. Fraternally
the subject of this record is a Mason and
Knight Templar. He has been master of the
Ottumwa blue lodge,, and filled all the chairs of
the Commandery. He also belongs to the Be-
nevolent and Protecti\'e Order of Elks. Re-
ligiously the family are mainl)' Spiritualists.

ARTIN HARDSOCG, who is at the
head of the extensive concern
known as the Hardsocg JManufac-
turing Company, is a very promi-
nent business man of the city of Ottumwa,
Wapello county, Iowa. He owns about five
hundred acres of land in sections 7 and 18, just
out of the city limits, and on this he has one of
the imposing residences to be found in this sec-
tion O'f the state.

Martin Hardsocg was born in Germany and
in ver}' early life was brought to- this country
hy his parents. At the age of fifteen years he
was apprenticed to a blacksmith to learn that
trade, and the knowledge then gained was the
foundation of the great industry which he now
controls. He served three years as an appren-
tice and learned the business thoroughly, so' that
Avhen eighteen years old he felt himself com-
petait to work for himself. As a result he es-
tablished a shop at this earh' age at Smoky
Hollow, in AA'apello count}-, and did such work
as the new country demanded. Considerable
work came to- him in the way of sharpening
miners' tools, and soon he was oiffered a po'si-
tion by a mining company Avhich he accepted.

He remained with them but one year, during
w hich time he faithfully put foi'th' e\ery effort
to please them and performed his work to their
satisfactiim. Because, however, a member of
the firm wished to place a friend in the position,
he was discharged to make room. This experi-
ence taught him that when working for others,
one's ]jijsition is never safe, although e\ery re-
quirement is being fulfilled. As a result he re-
turned to his little shop, although there was not
work enough to make more than 50 or 75 cents
a da)'. He continued in this shop for some
time, always trying to devise some manner in
which he could enlarge his business and make
both ends meet. He conceived the idea of go-
ing- personally to the different mining camps, to
solicit and deliver work. This plan was most
successful, and occupied his entire time. He
also began tO' make improvements on the old-
fashioned too'ls, and sold them to his customers.
A read}- sale prompted him to manufacture and
sell them on a more extensive scale, his highest
ambition at that time being to give t\\-o men
steady employment, and reap benefits from
their labor. When he had a force of two men,
however, he was just as eager to^ increase it to
four, and soi on until his plant grew toi its pres-
ent enormous proportions. The business at
A\-er}-. where he had removed, outgrew its sur-
roundings, and as a result was transferred to
Ottum^va, where a capital of $75,000 became
necessary for the operation of the plant to its
limit. He met with great success and was at
the zenith of his prosperity when his entire es-
tablishment w-as destroyed by fire. It com-
pletely ruined him financially, as the amount of

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

insurance carried was no- more than sufficient
to pay off his indebtedness. He still command-
ed the trade for a like business, but was without
money to establish it. He rose toi the emer-
gency and organized a stock compan)-, o-f which
he held the controlling interest, and soon it was
in as flourishing a condition as before. Mr.
Simmons, a partner in the business, is general
superintendent, and has for a number O'f years
had the entire management O'f the plant. He
has displayed great ability in that capacity, has
added largely to the efficiency nf the working
departments, and sustained the reputation and
prestige the firm has al\va)'s enjoyed. A mora
detailed accoimt of his work can be found in a
sketch O'f his life, in another part of this work.
A few years agO' ]\Ir. Hardsocg purchased
Oif the estate of Charles F. Blake, 500 acres of
land in sections 7 and 18, just out of the city
limits of Ottum\\-a, his intention being tO' make
a home theremi, as it is but a short drive toi the
center o-f the city, and to his place of business.
There he caused tO' be built a palatial residence,
surrounding which is a large and well kept
lawn, through which walks and drives run in
an artistic manner. ]\Ir. Hardsocg takes great
pride in his residence plat, and when at home
noay be seen out in the grounds trimming the
trees and giving directions as to the work. He
set out many trees of different varieties, and
cared for them and ^vatched their growth with
a feeling akin to that of a parent observing a
son's de\'elopment into* manhood. ^Ir. Hard-
socg is also the principal oi\vner oif the Martin
Hardsocg Manufacturing Company, o^f Pitts-
burg, Pennsylvania. This company also man-

ufactures the same line of goods as is made at
Ottumwa. He is also the principal owner of an
infant industry known as the Nichols Manufac-
turing Company, of Ottumwa. This company
makes the Nichols patent carpenter square, and
promises tO' be one of Ottumwa's leading indus-
tries. ]\Ir. Hardsocg owns about 400 acres oi
land in Richland township, Wapello county.
Iowa. He is also' interested in a mining prop-
erty in Arkansas.

]\Ir. Hardsocg was united in marriage at
the early age of nineteen years to a widow with
a family of two children, and, in bringing up
and educating these, he has bestOAved the same
care as upon his own. William Murl, the eld-
est, was given a commercial education, and now
holds a position as bookkeeper with the firm of
which Mr. Hardsocg is the head. Daisy, the
eldest child of Mr. Hardsocg, li\-es at home.
She is a graduate of a commercial school.
Jennie, the wid0'\v of a Mr. AA^otsler, is at home.
Lester takes after his father, is oi a mechanical
turn O'f mind, and holds a position of that char-
acter with the Hardsocg Alanufacturing Com-
pany. Fred and Bain are now attending
school. Our subject is a man of pleasing per-
sonality, and has many friends throughout the
County, in which he has spent nearly his entire
life. His portrait accompanies this sketch.

RANK NORMAN CLINK, a popular
conductor running out of Ottumwa,
on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railway, lias been located in this city
since February 26, 1882. He was born in

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37'

Gladstone, Illinois, in i860, and is a son of
Chapman C. Cline.

Chapman C. Cline was born in West Vir-
ginia, went to Illinois in 1852 or 1853, and in
1857 was united in marriage with Harriet
Print. ]Mrs. Cline was born in Ohio and was
a child when she was brought to Illinois. She
died at Ottumwa, July 28, 1900, at the age of
sixty-three _\ears. Air. Cline followed the oc-
cupation of a farmer throughout his life. He
enlisted in C(;mpany I, 148th Reg., 111. Vol.
Inf., in 186.1, and served until the close of the
Civil war. He died at Tullahoma, Tennessee,
near Chattanooga, in i8r)5, at the age of about
thirty-fi\'e \ears, leaving a widow and four
children, as follows: Emily 1\I. (Barkhuff),
ijf Humiston, Iowa ; Frank Norman ; George
j\Iitchell, of Eldon, Iowa; and Ida Elnora, wife
of Charles Bahl, a roadmaster on the Mexican
Central Railroad, who lives in Old Alexico.
The mother and children moved to Iowa and
located at Garden Grove, in ]866.

Frank Norman Cline was reared at (iardei
(jrove, Iowa, and at an earh' age engaged in
farming. He continued thus until he reached
his sixteenth year, \\hen he began section work
on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad,
which he followed for three years He was then
engaged in farming until 1882, when he moved
to Ottumwa and began braking on the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Raiilroad, his brother
holding a similar position. He was a brake-
man, for a time, on the old Middle Division,
for different conductors, and in 1885 was pro-
moted to be a freight conductor. He received
a regular run two years later, and has been

on his present run since September 17, 1900,
going west on the general merchandise train
and east on the meat train. He has been very
iortunate, and has never had any serious acci-
dents.

Air. Cline was united in marriage \\ith
Anna Chenoweth, who' was born in Garden
Gro\-e, Iowa, in 1865, and is a daughter of
Lemuel and Eveline Chenoweth, who novv' re-
side at Albia, Iowa. She was one of 1 1 chil-
dren, and has fi\e brothers and sisters living,,
namely: Walter, of Ottumwa; John, of Al-
bia; Mrs. Dais_\- Wright, of Albia; Charles, of
Texas; and Pearl, «ho is at home. Air. and
Airs. Cline became the parents (.f three chil-
dren, as follows : George Arthur, aged fifteen^
3cars; Harriet Alary, who died in 1893, at the
age of two and a half }-ears ; and John Lloyd,
who is five years of age. Air. Cline has erected
a comfortable home on East Alain street, Ot-
tumwa. In politics, he is a Republican. He
is a member of Division No. 216, O. R. C,
of ( Jttumwa ; Ottumwa Lodge, No. 259, Court
of Honor, and Lodge No. 16, A. F. & .V. AI.
Airs. Cline is also a memljer of the Court of
Honor. Religiously, they are Episcopalians.

ANIEL EATON, who first began busi-
ness operations in Ottumwa in 1857,
was for many years engaged in the
manufacture of furniture, and con-
ducted a large establishment in this citv until
it was destroyed by fire in 189 1. Since that
time he has li\e(l, practically, a retired life.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Mr. Eaton was born at T-empleton, Massa-
chusetts, May 2, 1 83 1, and is a son of Joseph
Eaton. He is descended from a family of five
brothers, one of whom came to this country in
the "Mayfloaver.'' His grandfather was a Rev-
okitionary soldier, and carried a gun brought
to this country by the Marquis de Lafayette,
which is now in the possession of Daniel Eaton.
The latter learned the trade oi a carpenter at
an early age in AA'orcester, Alassachusetts, and
worked fur fi\'e years in Fitchburg, for Hallett
& Da\'is in a piano-case factory. He then went
to Worcester, and was employed as a journey-
anan carpenter. He then took charge of a fur-
niture factory workshop for George B. Ford,
■of Jamestdwn, New York. He came west to
Ottuniwa, Iowa, in June, 1857, from James-
town, where he had spent a year. He was ac-
companied by, his wife and eldest daughter,
then three weeks old. He began the manufac-
ture of furniture in a small way, by hand, but
gradually added to his plant until he had a very
extensive business. His first building was on
the lot now occupied by the Globe Tea Com-
pany, and he subsequently built a factory in
the rear of his present building on Green and
Main streets. He afterward bought the lot
where the electric power house now stands. He
erected the Union Block of three stores in 1867,
one of which he occupied. The block was de-
stroyed by fire on Sunda}- morning, January
19, 1873, together with seven stores. He built
at once his present block on the corner of
Green and Main streets, a brick building. The
store is occupied by Dr. Hansell, an oculist,
and the upper rooms are rented to individuals

for offices and families for dwelling purposes.
His furniture factory was destroyed a second
time in 1891, just one year after he had sold
out to his s(jn, A. L. Eaton, and it was not re-
built. He had an extensive trade over Iowa,
^Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas, and employed
from 25 to 30 people.

Mr. Eaton ^vas united in marriage in 1855,
at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, ^ to Jane West,
who' was born at Templeton, Massachusetts,
in 183 1, just ten days after the birth of her
husband. Five children ha-\'e blessed this
union, as follows: Ida; Edwin C. ; Hattie J.;
Andrew Lincoln ; and Etta. Ida, who married
Attorney AA' E. Chambers, died in July, 1884,
lea\'ing three sons, — Arthur, Walter, and
James, — two of whom live in Chicago, and the
other resides in Ottumwa. Edwin C, a tele-
graph operator at Grinnell, Iowa,, married
Ella Allen, and has three children, — Etta,
Grace, and Daniel. Hattie J., wife of Fred
AA' AA'ilson, assistant postmaster of Ottumwa,
and formerly bookkeeper for John Morrell &
Compan}-', Ltd., has two children living, —
Louise and Fred, Jr., — and one deceased,
Grace. Andrew Lincoln, of New York City,
invented and is manufacturing the Crescent
belt fastener, which has an extensive sale
throughout the country, — it fastens without
weakening the belt, and is manufactured at
X'ewark, New Jersey; he has traveling repre-
sentatives on the road, and has the trade of
all the large manufacturing firms in the east,
which have belting in their plants. Etta, the
youngest child, died in May, 1874, at the age
of six years and eighteen days. Politically,

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Mr. Eaton was an Abolitionist, and is now a
Republican. He attends the Congregational
church.

DDLPH \y. HOLZHAUSER, en-
gaged in general farming and stuck
raising in Competine township, Wa-
pello county, Iowa, on a farm of 167
acres of well-improved land in section 7, town-
ship yT,. range 12. He was born in Ha^•re,
France, ]\Iarcli 25, 1849, s-^''^ is a son of George
P. and ]\Iary Phoebe (Denser) Holzhauser.

George P. Holzhauser, the father of our
subject, was born in Germany, emigrating tO'
the United States in 1849. H^ settled in Louis-
ville, Kentucky, where he remained t\\-o years,
after which he removed to Iowa, where his
death occurred, at the age of fifty-four years.
He married Mary Phoebe Denser, a native of
German)^, and they reared four children, name-
ly : Christian, who died on shipboard while en
route to America; Adolph W., the subject of
this sketch; Phoebe, born in 1848, married
Frederick Ritter, and is living in Keokuk coun-
ty; John P., born in 1856, married Eliza Miller,
and is living in Competine township.

Adolph W. Holzhauser, the subject of this
sketch, came to the United States with his par-
ents, and removed with them from Louisville
to \A'apello county, Iowa. He has lived on his
present farm for a number of years, and in
addition to farming has been engaged in stock
raising. He has met with good success in all
his undertakings, and is one of the progressive
farmers of the coiintv. He married, October

5, 1871, Theresa Ritter, a daughter of John
Philip and Catherine Ritter. Nine children
have resulted from this union, namely : Mary
C, born July 17, 1872, who married Adam
Greenig, of Hancock county, Illinois ; Emma,
born February 25, 1874, married Amos Crile,
of Jefferson county, Iowa; Lizzie, born Febru-
ary 4, 1875 ; Clara, born July 8, 1876, who died
in infancy; George P., born May 25, 1877;
John P., born SqDtember 29, 1878; and Joseph
A., born January 1 1, 1880, died June 20, 1899;
Charles W., born August 4, 1883 ; William D.,
born July 6, 1886; and Margaretta F., born
July 8, 1889.

Mr. Holzhauser is a member of the Luther-
an church. Politically, he is a Democrat. He
has a host oif \\'arm friends in Wapello count}',
and the township in which he resides.

H. HAMMOND, one of Ottumwa's
progressive citizens and business men,
whose portrait is herewith shown, is a
prominent Republican in politics, and
is serving in the capacity of county auditor of
Wapello county. He was born in Boonville,
W^arrick county, Indiana, in 1865, and is a
son of T. A\\ Hammond.

T. \Y. Hammond was born in Warrick
county, Indiana, and was a son of AA'illiam
and jMary (Boone) Hammond, who reared
several children. T. AA' Hammond was in the
mercantile business in Indiana for many vears,
and came to Ottumwa, where he died when
about eightv-three vears old. A brother, AA^

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

H. Hammond, came to O.ttumwa in 1843 or
1844, but left for Kansas about 1870, and died
there in October, 1900. Another brother, J.
A. Llammond, came to Ottumwa in 1847, 'i"^
first engaged in the dry-goods business, then in
the mining business where the plow factory is
now located, and continued in the latter line
until 1875. He then sold out and engaged in
the furniture business, as a member of the
firm of Cooper & Hammond, on JMain street.
He is a son-in-law of J. G. Baker, who erected
the large buildirig known as the Baker block,
in which J. A. Hammond was located for
some ^■ears, and engaged in the furniture busi-
r.ess. In 1892, the latter remodeled the build-
ing at a cost of $10,000, and made it over into
a fine office building. He has superintended
it since, and has made monthly trips here from
Des Moines, to which city he moved in Au-
gust, 1900. ITe has other large interests here
which also recpiire his attention. He served
for some years as an alderman in Ottumwa.

I. H. Hammond first engaged in the gent's
furnishing business in Ottumwa, as proprietor
of the Hammond Furnishing Company, and
continued as such until he became active in
politics. In 1896, he \\'as elected deputy coun-
ty auditor and served as such four years, after
which, in the fall of 1900, he was elected coun-
ty auditor. He is thoroughly acquainted with
the duties of his office, and discharges them
in a highly satisfactory manner. In politics,
he is a strong supporter of Republican prin-
ciples.

Mr. Hammond was united in marriage in
October, 1890, with Edna Casey, who was

born at Ottumwa, and is a daughter of John
Casey, who died in 1880. Her mother is now
Mrs. Francis Shafer, and lives in Illinois,
where all of her children live but Mrs. Ham-
mond and ]\Irs. J. A. Platts, of this city. ;\Ir.
and ]\Irs. Hammond have two children, — Law-
rence and Helen. Mr. Hammond has a fine
new home in course of construction in the city
of Ottumwa. He is a [Methodist, in religious
\-iews, and his wife is a member of the Con-
gregational church.

ARRY SCHMIDT, a well-known mer-
chant of Ottumwa, Wapello' county,
Iowa, was born in Ottumwa, [March
2, 1870. He is a son of Bernard
and Katrina ( Stuckleman) Schmidt.

Bernard Schmidt, the father of Garry, was
born in Hanover, Germany, IMay 2-. 1844.
He came to the Lhiited States in 1867, and lo-
cated in Ottumwa, where he at once com-
menced work at his trade, that of a brick-
maker. He is still engaged at that occupation.
He married Katrina Stuckleman, in 1866, and
they liad four children, namely : Josephine, de-
ceased ; Garry; John B. ; and Henry. Mr.,
Schmidt married, secondly, Elizabeth Dunne-
brink, August II, 1876, and to them were born
X2 children, namely: Frank; Herman; Mary,
deceased; Katrina; Ellen; Dorothy: Elizabeth;
Bernard ; Theresa and Amelia, deceased ; Jo-
seph ; and Paulus.

Garry Schmidt was reared and educated in
Ottumwa. He married, November 6, 1899,

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Cecilia Curran, a daughter o-f James and Jane
(Doherty) Cm-ran. She was born ]March 12,
1878. Her father was a native of Ireland,
caine to this coiintry in 1854, and settled in
Ottumwa in 1872. He is still a resident oi the
city, and has reached the age oi fifty-seven
3-ears. He married Jane Doherty, who was
born in Canada, November 7, 1852, and they
had fonr children, name))- : Delia, deceased,
who was born in Ottumwa, in 1874, and was
the wife of Charles Hartman ; John, and
Charles, deceased; and Cecilia, the wife <f
Garry Schmidt.

Garry Schmidt is engaged in mercantile
business in Ottumwa, and is a prominent citi-
zen of the cit)'. He is a member of the Eagles
lodge. He and his wife belong to the Roman
Catholic church. Politicalh-, he is a Democrat.

EORGE L. NYE, postmaster of Agen-
cy City, AA'apelloi count}-, Iowa, has
hern engag-ed in agricultural pursuits
in Agenc)' townsliip for many years.
He is a son oif W A. and Rebecca (Wicker)
Nye, and was born in Cass township, Wapello
county, Iowa, in 1845. But two native-born
residents O'f the count)- older than he are imw
living.

W. A. Nye was born in Germany in 1825,
and came to the United States with his parents
when eight years of age, locating in Waverly,
Ohio. He came toi Iowa in 1845, 3-"^ settled
in Cass township, Wapello^ county, where he
farmed for some years. He then lived in Ot-
tumwa for t\\-o years, and during that time

served in the capacity of county treasurer, hold-
ing that office four years. He was a Republi-
can in politics, and filled various offices in his
township. He married Rebecca Whicker, who
was born in Ohio', and they reared the follow-
ing five children : George L. ; John W. ; Will-
iam A. ; Samuel x-V. ; and Mary.

George L. N_\'e was born in a log cabin, and
li\ecl in Cass tow-nship until he enlisted in the
Civil War, in 1863, becoming a private in Com-
pany 1!, 7th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf. He remained
in the army until the close of the war, and did
service in the Indian country in Kansas and
Nebraska, where he saw thousands of buffaloes.
After the war, he returned toi Cass township,
and made his home there until 1869, when he
removed to .Vgency township, where he has
since lived and mainly followed farming. His
farm is located in sections 30 and 36, and is
under a high state of cultivation. He was ap-
pointed postmaster of Agency City on Xov-em-
ber 15, 1897, and has since served efficiently
in that capacity, gi\-ing universal satisfaction.

In 1868, Mv. N)e was joined in matrimony
with Sarah J. Dudley, who was born in Agency
township, \Yapello' countv, in 1847. They have
reared six children, as follows: Charles ]\1.,
a farmer in Center township ; Minnie L. ; A. /
]\I. ; Fannie: William D. : and Russell G. He
is a Republican in politics, and has served as
trustee and clerk of his township, and as a
member oi the school board, for a number of
years. He is a member of the soldiers' relief
committee, and belongs to Post No. 107, G.
A. R. His family are members of the IXIethod-
ist Episcopal church.

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AVID SAUTBINE, a prosperous
farmer of Agency township, Wapello
county, Iowa, has beeu located here
since 1849, 'incl has many friends
throughout the county. He was born in Wayne
county, OhiO', in 1820, and is a son of Charles
T. and Elizabeth (Brady) Sautbine.
' Charles T. Sautbine was born in France,
and came to the United States when twent}-
}'ears of age. He follnwed the occupation of a
farmer. He was joined in matrimou}' with
Elizabeth Brad}', who was born in Ireland, and
David is their o-nly living child.

David Sautbine was ten years old when he
was taken by his parents to Indiana, where he
IWed until the Mexican War was in progress.
He then returned to Ohio', and in April, 1847.
enlisted for service in Company I, 15th Reg.,
Ohio Vol. Inf. He went to Mexico on the ship
"Russia," landed at Vera Cruz, and then
marched to Pueblo, where they overtook Gen-
eral Scott. They then marched to< the City of
]\Iexico, and assisted in the taking of the capi-
tal, and participated in much hard fighting
throughout the war. He was discharged at
Cincinnati, Ohio, August i, 1848. He came to
lO'wa in December, 1849, S-iid located east of the
town of Agency, in Agency township, "W'apello
count)', where he purchased a farm and resided
until 1862. He settled on his present farm in
1863, and in 1870 built a two-story, eight-
room house, in which he now lives. He has
250 acres of fine fanning land in Agency town-
ship, and is engaged in general farming. He
has been a thrifty, industrious man, and has
laid by a handsome competency.

Mr. Sautbine was united in marriage with
Lauretta Mace, whoi was born in Ohio in 1829,
and they have reared the following children :
Ernestine, wife of L. K. Cramer; Nettie, wife
of Thomas ^Miller; Mary A., wife of William
Ruck ; and Lorentine, who is a ranchman in
Oklahoma Territory. Politicall)', the subject
of this sketch is a Democrat, and has served on
the school board of his district a number of

vears.

F KERFOOT, a worthy representa-
ti\'e of the younger generation of
business men of AA^apello county.
Iowa, is secretary, treasurer and man-
ager of the Kerfoot Clothing Company, one
of the largest firms of Ottumwa. He began
hustling for himself at the early age of twelve
years, and the great success attained is due
solely to his own energy and ability. He was
born in Ottumwa, in 1870, and is a son of
John R. and Caroline (Crandall) Kerfoot.

John R. Kerfoot came to Ottumwa from
Maryland, about 1 845 , and owned a farm north
of the city, but in 1880 he sold out and re-
turned to Maryland, where he now lives. He
married Caroline Crandall, who died in 1878,
leaving three children : J. F., the subject of
this sketch; Fred \Y.. a farmer, located south
of Ottumwa; and Mrs. J. N. Githens, whose
husband is a farmer, living north of Ottumwa.
J. F. Kerfoot was reared and schooled in
Ottumwa, and left home at the age of eleven
years. About twelve years ago he began
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in the office of J. H. Merrill & Company, with
\Yhom he remained for two years. He next
entered the employ of Mr. Doty, who had
bought the business of Mr. Paddock, and re-
mained with him until 1900. In that year he
engaged in business for himself under the firm
name of the Kerfoot Clothing Company, lo-
cating at Nos. 103-105 East Main street, where
he has a double building, 100 feet deep. He
carries a complete stock and the heaviest line of
gentlemen's furnishings and clothing in the
city, and employs from seven tO' 10 men all the
time. He met with success from the start, and
the results of his efforts have exceeded his
fondest expectations.

Mr. Kerfoot was united in marriage with
Daisy L. Ferree, a daughter of J. D. Ferree,
on September 15, 1897.

NSELUM B. PFIELPS, one of Wa-
pello county's most prominent and in-
fluential farmers, was born in Gallia
county, Ohio, August 27, 1839, and
came to Competine, Wapello county, with his
parents in 1852. He now lives in Competine
township, oil section 29, township 73, range
12, and owns 400 acres of iine farming land.
Benjamin B. Phelps, his father, was a na-
tive of Hamilton coimty, Ohio', having been
born i'l Cincinnati in 181 1, when the city was
in its infancy. He died while on a visit to a
son in I'"ranklin county, Iowa, January 5, 1875.
He married Jane ]\IcCall, who was a daughter
of James and Mary McCall, and died December

27, 1871. They reared the following children:
John B., who was born March 27, 1834, and
lives in Franklin county, Iowa; James H., who-
was born March 8, 1836, and died January i,
1 89 1, at Hedrick; Mai-tha J., who was born
January 5, 1838, and died January 5, 1873;.
Anselum B. ; Abigail B., whoi was born April
13, 1841, married Lafayette Eller, and lives
in Competine township; Josiah B., born Janu-
ary 27, 1843, "'liO' lives in Franklin county,
Iowa, and was sheriff for two' terms ; Sally A.,,
boa-n in October, 1844, who married W. H. H..
Williams, and is a widow, living in Osborne
county, Kansas; Benjamin F., who was born
October 12, 1845, ^"d died January 5, 1852,.
in Gallia county, Ohio'; one who died in in-
fancy; Alonzo, who was born June 6, 1848,,
and died June 24, 1848; Harriet E., who was-
born April 23, 1849, ^.nd died January 23,
1853; Stephen V., who was born August 5,
1851, and lives in Omaha; William R., who
was born January 2, 1854, has taught school,
many years, and now lives in Competine town-
ship; Mary, born February 18, 1856, who mar-
ried B. F. Stevens, and lives in Hedrick ; Leoni-
das M., born February 28, 1858, who lives in
Clay county, Nebraska; and Leora, born Sep-
tember 24, i860, who married Henry IMcCor-
mick, and li\'es at Highland Center. Josiah B.
was a member of Crmipany D, 17th Reg.,
Iowa Vok Inf., spent nine months in Anderson-
\'ille Prison, and caught the scurvy, which took
away a part of his jaw-bone.

Anselun'i B. Phelps enlisted at Ottumwa,
Iowa, August I, 1861, as a soldier in Companv
I, 1st Reg., Iowa Vol. Cav., and served four

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years and seven months, by virtue of reenlist-
ing in 1864. His regiment first went into camp
at Burlington, Iowa, and thence went to^ Ben-
ton Barracks, IMissouri. Its iirst engagement
was at Blackwater, Missouri, in an attempt to
drive the Confederate general, Hindman, out
of the state. The officer retired to Wilson
Creek battle-ground. Mr. Phelps" regiment
went on a forced march of 100 miles and again
struck General PIindma.n, completely routing
his forces. The subject of this sketch returned
home after the close of the war, and with $400
saved from the pay received during the war
bought 40 acres of Wapello' county land. By
constant and energetic efifoTt, he has added land
to his first purchase, until he now owns 480
acres in Competine township, in sections 20,
28 and 29; and every acre is worth double
what it was when he purchased it in an uncul-
tivated state. He has presented one of his sons,
O. O. Phelps, with a farm worth $3,200, and
the latter is doing well. He has given the rest
of his children equal shares of land amounting
to $2,800 each, and retains 80 acres with the
homestead. Thirty-four years ago Mrs. Phelps
planted the maple seed from which has sprung
up the beautiful grove that shades their home
and grounds. The farm is well supplied with
everything necessary, an artesian well being of
especial value. There are generally maintained
about 300 head of stock, as this branch of the
industry receives the principal share of atten-
tion.

October 18, 1866, Mr. Phelps was united
in marriage with Elizabeth Dickins, who was
bora July 9, 1 84 1, and is a daughter of Thomas

Martin and Elizabeth Dickins, and they have
six children, as follows : Mary E., ^^•ho was
born August 31, 1867, and was married March
zj, 1890, to A. L. Howell, of Competine town-
ship; Otis O., who was born March 29, 1869,
and married Esther Forest, March 15, 1894;
Thomas M., who was born June 6, 1871, and
married Nellie B. Tade, March 25, 1896; Elza
E., \\\\(y was born in 1873, and married Effie
Roope, cf Hedrick; Ella E., a twin of Elza E.,
who was married October 19, 1894, to M. G.
\Mnttington. of Competine township; and Mat-
tie J., born March 29, 1880. Mr. Phelps is a
member of the Republican party. With his
family, he attaids the Baptist church, to which
all of them belong.

RANK McINTIRE is a member of the
Harper & Mclntire Company, whole-
sale dealers in hardware, of Ottum-
wa, Iowa. He is a native of Iowa,
having been born and raised on a farm in Wa-
pello county.

Mr. Mclntire attended the public schools
and completed his education in the Iowa Agri-
cultural College at Ames, Iowa, after which he
taught school for three terms. He began his
business life as a clerk in the hardware store
of Egan, Harper & Company, on April 15,
1880. In January, 1881, he was admitted into
the firm, and the firm naiiie was 'changed to
Harper, Chambers & Company. At once, upon
becoming a member of the firm, he took to the
road as traveling salesman, and followed this

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branch of the work for ten years, when, in
1891, it was found necessary for him to take a
place in the office. At that time, Mr. Chambers
withdrew from the c'ompany, and the name was
changed to the Harper & Mclntire Company.
Mr. Mclntire is interested in several enter-
prises, and is now ^-ice-president of the Ottum-
wa Savings Bank. At the present time he is
also' president of the Iowa Hardware Jobbers'
Association. He is a tliorough-going business
man, and takes an interest in all public enter-
prises, contributing liberally of his means to
public and private charities. Mr. Mclntire pos-
sesses such social qualities as tO' attach to him
warm personal friends, and enjoys a high repu-
tation among the citizens of Ottumwa for in-
tegrity and honor.

AMES D. GRAY, proprietor of the Ot-
tumwa Mineral Springs & Botthng
Company, is one of the progressive
business men of Ottumwa, Iowa. He
was born in the Wapello county jail, iw Ot-
tumwa, November 6, i860, when his father
was serving as sheriff. He is a son of L. E. and
Annie (Carpenter) Gray.

L. E. Gray was born in Indiana, and died
at Ottumwa, in June, 1895, at the age of sixty-
six years. He came to Ottumwa in 1852,
and was here married to Miss Carpenter. He
followed farming for some years, and was
elected sheriff in 1859, — serving one term. He
later served as alderman from the Fourth
Ward in Ottumwa, being about the only Dem-
ocratic alderman ever elected from that ward.

His wife died in 1876, aged forty-fi\x years,
leaving three children: Mrs. W. A. Carnes,
of Ottumwa; John A\' Gray, now chief of
police of Ottumwa; and James D. He formed
a second marital union by wedding Eleanor
Bedwell, who died in 1894. Mr. Gray started
a grocery store near the Ballingall Elotel, in
1878, and conducted it under the firm name of
L. E. Gray & Sons for two years. During this
time he had formed a stock company and pros-
pected for mineral water, and in 1880 bored
an artesian well in East Ottumwa, which sup-
lies an abundance of water. He had formerly
been at Colfax and built the first large hotel
there. In 1880, at a cost of $30,000, he erect-
ed a hotel on the site of James D. Gray's pres-
ent bottlery works at Ottumwa, and conducted
it as a sanitarium. The water is very strongly
impregnated with sulphates of magnesia and
iron, and is fine as a remedy for rheumatism
and stomach trouble. L. E. Gray sold out this
establishment about 1890, to E. K. Shelton,
who conducted it until it was destroyed by fire
in 1892. James D. Gray, who had worked
as clerk in the hotel, then purchased the land
and springs.

James D. Gray was reared in Ottumwa,
and his first work was as partner in the grocery
firm of L. E. Gray & Sons He went west to
Kansas, and was united in marriage in 1885, at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, with Nellie Bedwell.
They immediately thereafter went to Santa Fe,
New Mexico, where he engaged in the livery
business for about one year. After living in
various towns in New Mexico and Arizona,
he returned to Ottumwa, and engaged in the

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bottling business. He purchased the hotel site
after the destruction of the hotel by fire in
1892, and cleared up the debris and built a
house. He erected his present building in
1894, 34 by 40 feet in dimensions, the upper
part being used for a residence, and the lower
portion as a bottling works. It is located on
Vernon avenue, one block from Main street,
and the artesian well water flows into the build-
ing. During the season a large amount of
pop is manufactured, — about 2,500 bottles per
day, — and three wagons are kept busy in deliv-
ering the goods. He has also built a good
barn and other outbupdings. He 'does his
own traveling in the interest of the firm, and
has a very large business.

Mr. and Mrs. Gray have one daughter,
Irene S. In politics, Mr. Gray is a Democrat.
Fraternally, he is a member of the B. P. O. E.,
and served as esquire two years. He belongs
to the Knights of Pythias; Modern Woodmen
of America; AA'oodmen of the AVorld; Forest-
ers of America ; and is worthy president of the
Eagles. Religiously, he fa^'ors the Congrega-
tional church. Mr. Gray was nominated on
August 17, 1 90 1, in the Democratic conven-
tion held in Ottumwa, for sheriff of A\'apello
county, and his friends predict his election to
that oftice.

BENEZER ■ ERSKINE McELROY,
counselor-at-law, of Ottumwa, Iowa,
was born near Greenfield, Ohio, Feb-
ruary 16, 1849. His father, Thomas
G. McEIroy, was a soldier in the war of the

Rebellion, and enlisted in the amiy when the
subject of this sketch was fourteen years old,
leaving him with his mother and five younger
children to care for themselves on the farm.
Before leaving home, the father called the chil-
drai together and told them that as Ebenezer
was the oldest he should take his place, and
they must obey him the same as they would
their father. To the fourteen-year-old boy, he
said : "There will be many things that will
bother you. Questions will come up about
whether it is best to break certain fields ; wheth-
er the wheat has stood the winter, so that it will
be worth harvesting; whether the stock is fat
enough to sell; what kind of crops should be
put in certain fields, etc. If such things bother
)'ou, it would be well for you to talk with your
Uncle Hugh, or Mr. Smith, about them, but
when you hear what they say, I want }"0U to do
as you please." Throwing this responsibility
on the boy at an early age probably had much
influence on his character and prepared him for
greater responsibilities.

The subject of this biography attended
country schools until he was fifteen years old;
then he studied for two winters in the high
school of Greenfield, Ohio', then for three years-
in the South Salem .Vcademy, and then finished
his course of three years at Cornell University,
in June, 1872, receiving the degree of B. S.
He took up the study of law at the State Uni-
\'ersit}- of Iowa, and graduated from that insti-
tution with the class of 1873.

In August, 1873, 'Sir. McElroy located in
Ottumwa, Iowa, where he has since lived. Iir
1875, he formed a partnership with W. E.

HENRY PHILLIPS.

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Chambers, and this association continued until
the death of that gentleman, in 1890. M. A.
Roberts was taken into the firm in 1887, and
continued with it until he was elected tO' the
office of district judge, in 1895.

Mr. McElroy was married July 2, 1873, to
Belle Hamilton, of Greenfield, Ohio. She was
a native of that state, and a daughter of
Thomas and Elizabeth Hamilton. She de-
parted this life May 10, 1883. She was the
mother of five children : Thomas Clifford ;
Carl E. ; Walter H. ; Ralph T. ; and Evalyn.
In 1884, he was married tO' Elizabeth Millner,
and they have two children, — Edna and Edith.

Mr. McElroy is an ardent Republican, but
has never taken an active part in political work.
He has served as alderman of the city, and has
been a member of the school board for over
eighteen years, and for the last ten years its
president. He is a member of the Iowa State
Bar Association.

ENRY PHILLIPS, who ranks prom-
inently among the foremost business
men of Ottumwa, Iowa, is manager
of the Ottumwa Box Car Loader
Company, and manager, secretary and tr^as--
urer of the Phillips Fuel Company, of which his
father is president. He was born in Van
Buren county, Iowa, in 1858, and is a son of
Ira and Emily (Henry) Phillips.

The Phillips family descends from Caleb
Phillips and many of its members are now lo-
cated about Boston. The first of the family
20

to come to this country were nine brothers, who
emigrated from England sometime between
1624 and 1630. Wendell Phillips was a de-
scendant from this family. The first mayor of
Boston, John Phillips, came from the same an-
cestry. Ira Phillips, father of Henry, was born
in iN'Iadison county, Ohio, May 28, 1830, and is
a son of Asa and Elizabeth (Nichols) Phillips,
his father being a native of New York and his
mother, of Connecticut. He was one of seven
sons and six daughters, and lived in Ohio until
he reached the age of thirteen years, and then
came to Van Buren county, Iowa, where his
family located and farmed successfully. In
1854, he was united in marriage with Emily
Henry, who was born in Vermont, and thence-
forth worked for himself. He farmed in Van
Buren county until he came to Ottumwa in
1875, and was then engaged in mining, and
also, for some years, in the retail and whole-
sale fruit business. He bought four acres in
West Ottumwa, which he still o\vns. He
opened and operated the first coal mines on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway,
northwest of Ottumwa. He and his .wife be-
came parents of two children ; Henry ; and
Orra, who died in Van Buren county after ar-
riving at young womanhood.

Henry Phillips was reared in Van Buren
county, Iowa, and attended the common
schools, after which he took a course in the
Ottumwa Business College. He accompanied
his father's family to Ottumwa in 1875, and
first engaged in the wholesale candy business
with Boulton Brothers. He sold his interest in
this business, and since 1881 has been engaged

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

in the coal business. His fatlier established the
Phillips Fuel Company and opened mines in
the town of Phillips, which was platted later.
He continued to operate these until 1891, when
he opened mines at Foster. Since the organ-
ization of this company, Henry Phillips has
been secretary, treasurer and inanager. His
father has not been in acti\'e business since the
early "nineties," but lives near his son, Henry,
liaving built a fine home on W'est Fourth street.
The Ottumwa Box Car Loader Company was
established in October, 1899, by Flenr}^ Phillips
and W. E. Hunt, the inventors and promoters.
The business was started, and the manufacture
was begun at the Union Iron AVorks building,
in Ottumwa, but the city donated $2,500 to lo-
cate the plant, which was built in 1900, and
occupied in August of that year. The building
is 75 by 160 feet in dimensions, and is con-
structed of brick. It is a verv complete ma-
chine shop, arranged especially for manufactur-
ing these loaders. The brass- casting is done
at the plant now, and arrangements are in pro-
gress for installing an iron foundry in con-
nection with it. ,\ljout six years were spent in
perfecting the invention and n\any discourag-
ing features were met and overcome before the
machine was an assured success, but one by
one these were w(.>rked out and as the merits
of the machine beca:me better known the busi-
ness constantl}' increased and is very satis-
factory. Superintendent Hunt, whose entire
life has been spent in machine shops, has oc-
cupied numerous responsible positions, such as
manager of the Ottumwa Iron AVorks and of

the Hardsocg Manufacturing Company. A
force of 40 men is employed in the factory,
and an ofiice force of ample size, together with
two traveling representatives. Mr. Phillips
and Mr. Hunt also frequently make special
trips in the interest of the company. The
machines, complete, are sold at $2,000, and
the trade is developing very rapidly in the
East, and in Canada. The great feature of
this machine is that it will load coal without
breaking and mashing it, as occurs when it is
loaded in box cars by any other process, and
at a minimum expense for labor.

Mr. Phillips was united in marriage with
Alice Hinsey, a daughter of Dr. J. C. Hinsey,
deceased, who for many years was a prom-
inent physician of Ottumwa. Mrs. Phillips
was born in Ottumwa and is now forty-two
years of age. This unioh resulted in the
birth of three children : Philip P. ; Orra A. ;
and Howard A. In politics, I\Ir. Phillips has
always been a Republican. Fraternally, he
belongs to the Royal Arcanum, and his wife
is a member of the Ladies" Clul). She is a
member of the Congregational church. He
built a magnificent new residence at the corner
of Fourth and Phillips streets, — one of the
finest locations in the city. His home is called
Greenwood, a name most appropriate, as his
grounds resemble a park. There are beauti-
ful shade trees, and the lawn is excellently
kept. Every modern convenience character-
izes the place, even to a private gas plant and
water works. This is unsurpassed by any of
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boasts, and is an ornament to the city. A
portrait of Mr. Phillips accompanies this
sketch.

EORGE F. HEINDEL, attorney-at-
law at Ottumwa, Wapelloi county,
Io\\'a, is a well-known resident of that
city. He was born in Gratiot, Wis-
consin, in 1869, and is a son of Lewis and
Emma (Rodolf) Heindel.

Lewis Heindel was born in Lafayette coun-
ty, Wisconsin, in 1841, where he was reared
and schooled.' He prepared for a business ca-
reer, and engaged in merchandising. He is
now a merchant and banker O'f South Wayne,
Wisconsin, and is one of the prominent and in-
fluential business men of that city. He married
Emma Rodolf, who was born in Lafayette
county, Wisconsin, and to them were born five
children, as follows: George F. ; Marcus L.,
a farmer; Wilfred L., who is associated with
his father in the mercantile business; Roy L.,
who is a teacher in the Philippines ; and Sydney
C, who lives at home.

George F. Heindel received his preparatory
mental training in the primary schools of his
native county, and in the high school of War-
ren, Illinois. He then entered the State Uni-
versity of Wisconsin, at Madison, and gradu-
ated from the literary and law department of
that institution with the class of 1891. In
August of that year, he located in Ottumwa,
Iowa, and began the practice of his chosen
profession. He was associated with W. A.
Work from 1892 until 1894, and the following

four years were spent in partnership with E. E.
McElroy. Since that time, he has practiced
alone, and has been veiy successful. With
keen perception, good judgment, and marked
executive capacity, he is a lawyer of more than
ordinary ability, "and stands high among his
professional brethren in Ottumwa..

Mr. Heindel was wedded tO' Emma Rein-
liardt, a nati^'e of Ottumwa, and they have one
daughter, Mary. The subject of this sketch is
a member of the Commercial Law League of
America. Lie belongs to the A. F. & A. M.
and Royal Arcanum lodges. Politically, he is
a Democrat, and takes an active interest in
party work and organization.

OHN B. SCHMIDT, the second son of
Bernard Schmidt, is a merchant of
Ottumwa, Wapello' county, Iowa. He
\\-as born in Ottumwa, January 26,
1872. His father, Bernard Schmidt, was born
in Hanoiver, German}-, May 27, 1844. He
married Katrina Stuckleman, in 1867, and John
B. Schmidt is the second child born to them.
His mother died, after which his father mar-
ried Elizabeth Dunnebrink. Bernard Schmidt
is a brick-maker by trade.

John B. Schmidt, the subject of this sketch,
married Libbie Hannan, a daughter of Daniel
and Libbie (Mason) Hannan. She was born
February 11, 1877. Daniel Hannan is a native
of New York, and was born in 1845. He set-
tled in Iowa in 1871, where he was one of the
Ottumwa police force for twenty-four years.

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He was chief of police four years, and is riow
an efficient detective, employed by the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. His
children are: May, who was born in 1871,
married James Stark, and lives at Mason City,
lo'wa; Gertrude, whoi was born in 1873, mar-
ried Frank Peters, and lives at Creston, Iowa;
Libbie, Mr. Schmidt's wife; Catherine, born in
1878, a resident of Ottumwa; and Daisy, bom
in 1 88 1, who lives at home.

John Schmidt and his wife are members of
the Catholic church. Mr. Schmidt is an enter-
prising merchant of Ottumwa, and is highly
successful. He is a member of the Foresters
and the Eagles. Politically, he is a Democrat.

1885, which business he has managed since

1886. They conduct a very prosperous busi-
ness, and stand high wherever known.

In 1884, Mr. Johnson was united in the
bonds of matrimony with Sarah Lilburn, a
daughter of Samuel Lilburn. Politically, Mr.
Johnson is an indqDendent Republican.

LBERT WRIGHT JOHNSON, who
has been a resident of Ottumwa,
Iowa, since 1878, is at the present
time identified with the firm of Sam-
uel Lilburn & Company, packers and shippers
of butter and eggs. He was born in Seneca
county, Ohio, December 10. 1854.

Mr. Johnson was reared and educated in
Northern Ohio, and was graduated from Bald-
win University with the class of 1876. Upon
leaving college, he entered upon the study of
law, and soon after coming to Ottumwa, in
1878, was admitted to the bar of Iowa. In
addition to the practice of law, he served as
principal of the Ottumwa High School during
1879 and 1880. He relinquished the legal pro-
fession in 1885, having become interested in
the firm of Samuel- Lilburn, & Company in

OHN B. DENNIS, one of the progres-
sive citizens of Ottumwa, Wapello
county, Iowa, is a member of the firm
of Samuel Lilburn & Company, pack-
ers and shippers of butter and eggs. He was
born in Schuyler county, Missouri, in 1853,
and is a son of Caswell and Cyrene (Yadon)
Dennis.

Caswell Dennis was born in Eastern Ten-
nessee, in 181 7, and is a son of Thomas and
Charity (Beason) Dennis, — ^being one of 12
children. His parents were both natives of
North Carolina, and at an early day moved to
Tennessee. His father was of Irish nativity
and parentage, and his mother was descended
from English ancestors. Caswell Dennis re-
moved from Tennessee to Shelby county, Indi-
ana, in 1 84 1, and remained there for two years,
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He thai
moved to Schuyler county, Missouri, where he
was located until he came to Wapello- county,
in August, 1864. He first located in Competine
township, but after two years purchased his
present farm of 120 acres on section 15, High-
land township. He was united in marriage
with Cyrene Yadon, \\'ho was born in Tennes-

THOMAS J. PHILLIPS.

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see, and was a daughter of William and Mar-
garet (Capps) Yadon, both natives of the same
state. Six children were born of this union,
as follows: William A., who died in infancy;
Silas M., whoi died in 1887; Elizabeth J., who
became the wife of J. R. Alexander, of Kansas
City, Missouri, who died in 1900; Sarah E.,
wife of J. W. McCormick, of Highland town-
ship; Mary M., wife of AVilliam H. Stevens,
who is engaged in business in Ottumwa; and
John B., the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Den-
nis departed this life in 1873, at the age of
fifty-three years. Mr. Dennis formed a second
union in 1874, wedding Miss E. J. Capps, who
was born in Indiana, and is a daughter of Will-
iam and Anna Capps. He is a highly respected
•citizen of his community, and has many friends.
Religioiusly, he is a member in good standing
of the Baptist church.

John B. Dennis received his intellectual
training in the public schools of Ottumwa, and
took a business course at the Quincy Commer-
cial College at Quincy, Illinois. In 1883, he
entered the service of the First National Bank
of Ottumwa, where he remained tmtil 1889,
when he purchased an interest in the firm of
Samuel Lilburn & Company. They have a very
extensive business, and have met with good suc-
cess. Mr. Dennis is a man of recognized busi-
ness ability, and is very attentive to his busi-
ness interests. He is an independent Democrat
in politics, and served as deputy county auditor
during 1879, and again in 1881 and 1882. He
is a director in the Ottumwa National Bank,
and was one of the promoters of the Wapello
Savings Bank. He is also secretary of the J.

E. Scase Company, a dry goods firm. He was
united in marriage, in 1883, with Brehilda
Bedwell, of Ottumwa.

HOMAS J. PHILLIPS, ex-mayur of
Ottumwa, \\-hose portrait is shown
herewith, is general superintendent
of the Whitebreast Fuel Company of
Illinois, a company extensively operating in
Illinois and Iowa. The main office has been
located in Ottumwa for some years, and the
entire business of the company is done through
the office of Mr. Phillips. He was born in
South Wales in 1841, and is a son of John T.
and Margaret (Edwards) Phillips.

John T. Phillips and his wife became the
parents of nine children, only two of whom
are now living : Thomas J. ; and Jeanette,
widow of Edward E. Ivens, who resides in
Lucas county, Iowa. John T. Phillips war.
engaged in the coal business throughout his en-
tire life, first in AYales and later in America.
He died in Lucas county, Iowa.

Thomas J. Phillips was but six or seven
years old when the family came to, America,
landing in New Orleans. They then moved to
St. Louis, where he was reared, his parents
residing in what was then Shaw's Tower
Grove, now a park and garden. Aside from a
good common school education, he has had no
assistance, but is entirely a self-made man. His
first work was in the coal business as an em-
ploye of the Northern Missouri Coal & Min-
ing Company, by which he was later advanced
to be a foreman. Upon. the dissolution of that

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company, he immediately entered the employ
of the W. B. Jackson & Brothers Coal Com-
pany as a foreman, remaining ^\•ith them un-
til 1879, \vhen he became identified with the
Whitebreast Fuel Company. He thereby bet-
tered his position, and was thereafter steadily
advanced until he became general superintend-
ent of the entire company. He was mine su-
perintendent in Lucas county, Ljwa, from 1879
to 1884, and then served as general superin-
tendent with his offices at Cleveland until 1890,
vvhen he came to Ottumwa, changing the gen-
eral office to this point. The main offices of
the company are in the Rookery Building, Chi-
cago, although all of the business passes
through the hands of Air. Phillips at Ottumwa,
as he has charge of all the company propsrt}-,
both in Illinois and Iowa. The company first
began operations in Iowa about 1875 or 1876,
and it is really the parent of the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Company, a mammoth concern,
of which J. C. Osgood, formerly president of
the A\'hitebreast Fuel Company, is now presi-
dent. Mr. Phillips is ably assisted in his work
by his son, J. T. Phillips. They have occu-
pied their present suite of rooms since the
building was erected by Air. Bonnifield, who
aranged the rooms for the con\-enience of the
company. Ottumwa is the distributing point
of the company for Iowa, and Chicago for Il-
linois.

Thomas J. Phillips was united in marriage,
in Missouri, with Isabella AA'atkins, a native of
the East, who came tO' St. Louis as a child
and was a daughter of Henry AA'atkins. She
was left an orphan and she, herself, died in

1 89 1, at the age of forty years, leaving six
children : John T., vi'ho is assistant to his
father, and who married Miss Atherton, of
Marion county, Iowa, and has a daughter, \Vil-
ma; Margaret (Campbell), of Lucas county,
Iowa ; Jeanette, who is in the employ of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, and lives in
Colorado; Kate, who resides with her father
at Ottumwa ; Thomas, whO' has a position as
weighing foreman at the mines in Lucas coun-
ty; and Ruth, who is at home. Mr. Phillips
was married in 1892, to Alary AIcHugh, a na-
tive of the Empire state, and later a resident
of Bureau county, Illinois.

In politics, Mr. Phillips is a Democrat and
served t\\-o terms as mayor of Ottumwa, —
from 1897 to 1 90 1, inclusive. He is a Alaster
Mason, having joined the order in 1805; a
member of the Knights of Pythias, having'-
served in all the chairs in Lucas county; and
also a member of the Elks, Eagles, and Druids,
I'f Ottumwa. His son, J. T. Phillips, is also
a member of the Knights of Pythias.

August 21, 1 90 1, at the Democratic con-
vention held at Des Aloines, Iowa, Air, Phil-
lips ^\■as nominated as the Democratic candi-
date for governor of Iowa.

R. AI. BANNISTER came with his
parents to Ottumwa when eight years
old, and received his primary educa-
tion in the public schools, and his col-
lege degree at the State University of Iowa.
He decided on the profession of medicine at an

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early age, and took a course of one year's study
in the medical department of the State Uni-
versity of Iowa. He completed his professional
training in the medical department of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, in 1894, and was for
some time employed as physician in the Poly-
clinic Hospital at Philadelphia. He served as
medical examiner for the Chicago, Burlington
& Ouinc}' Railroad Company for twO' years,
and then came tu Ottumwa, to engage in the
general practice of medicine and surgery. Since
1898, he has occupied his present suite of
r(joms in the Leighton Block. Dr. Bannister
is uninarried, and makes his home with his
mother, in Ottumwa. Fraternally, he is a mem-
ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ;
the -\ncient Order of United Workmen; the
Rrjyal Arcanum; and the Brotherhood of
/\merican Yeomen. He also belongs to the
Des ?*,Ioines 'Valley Medical Association. In
p< litics, he is a Republican. Religiously, he is
a member oi the Congregational church.

HARLES A. WALSH, whose name is
familiar not only tO' Wapello' county
people, but to tho'se of the countr}- as
well, was born in Bentonsport, Iowa,
October 14, 1859, but has spent the days of his
manhood in Ottumwa, remi)\'ing here before he
had attained his majority and here attending
the public schools. '

Mr. Walsh has had a busy life, having
served as county attorney, and under the Bal-
lingall will became trustee of the large Bal-

lingall estate. He was elected a member of the
Democratic national committee from Iowa in
1896, and immediately after was chosen sec-
retary of the committee, serving during the

campaign with great credit to himself. In if
he went to Alaska and became interested in
gold claims near Dawson. During the winter
he edited a Dawson paper ; prior to that time he
was cue of the managers (,f the Ottiimz^'a Daily
Sun. Mr. Walsh returned fr</m the Klondike
in ample time to take up his duties as secretary
of the Democratic national committee prior to
the opening of the campaign (f 1900. He was
a deleg-ate to the Kansas City convention, and
was a warm supporter of .Air. Bryan. .Air.
Walsh \vas reelected secretary of the national
con:mittee in 1900, a position he now holds ; he
IS alsrj interested in business enterprises, to
which he devotes a part of his time.

Mr. A\'a,lsh was happily married a fevv years
ag-,;, to Catherine Alaxon, a daughter of Mr.
and Airs. J. B. Alaxon, the former being for
se\-eral years superintendent of the Iowa Di-
vision of the Chicago-, Burlington & puincy
Railroad. There is no citizen of Ottumwa who
has been more prominent before the country
than Air. AA^alsh.

ON. HOAJFR D. R'KS. The follow-
ing extracts from an obituary written
by Henry AA' Clement were pub-
lished in the Eddyvillc Transcript of
October 17, 1867, and reflect to some extent
the deep respect in which Air. Ives was held
by the people of that locality :

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"The startling annoiuncement made on last
Monday morning of the sudden death of Hon.
H. D. Ives, of this city, in Keokuk, cast a deep
gloom over the entire community. Mr. Ives,
together with his wife, eldest daughter and in-
fant child, left this place about two weeks since
for St. Louis, — partially for recreation, par-
tially for the purpose oi affording their little
child the advantages Oif eminent medical skill,
and also to visit some of the modern residences
in the city for the purpose of procuring- dia-
grams for a new residence he \\as contem-
plating erecting on his fine building site on the
blufif, in the suburbs of our city.

"The party concluded their visit and were
on their return trip up the river on a packet
when Mr. Ives was suddenly taken ill on Sun-
day night last and died the following morning
(October 14), at 8 0'"clock, just as the boat was
landing at Keokuk. The family immediately
telegraphed the sad news to ■William H. Dun-
lap, of this place, and soon after Superintend-
ent Williams also sent a telegram stating that
the 1>ody woiild be up on the 2 o'clock train.
Accordingly everything was put in readiness,
and his remains were received and immediately
taken to the cemetery and buried. The family,
overwhelmed with grief, were taken at once to
their home, where the remaining portion oi
them were waiting, and were kindly cared for
and visited by neighbors and friends, notwith-
standing the rumor that his death was caused
by cholera. Even this report, which soon spread
abroad through the community, causing many
to stay away when the remains came to the de- .
pot, did not deter a sufficient number from vol-

unteering their services to assist in the last sol-
emn duty to the dead, and a large number of
friends from visiting and caring for the heart-
broken, desolate, afflicted and exhausted family.
Humanity has been fully repaid, however, for
not one single case of anything resembling
the cholera has been seen or felt in our city.

"Homer D. Ives located in Eddyville at an
early date, when our little city was in its in-
fancy. He came here with nothing but a small
library, a literary and legal education (having
previously graduated, as we learn, at Yale Col-
lege and Law School) and an indomitable will.
The location of our town being peculiar as to
the surrounding county-seats, his business ex-
tended very rapidly and very widely, and he
became known in the counties of Wapello,
Monroe, Marion, Appanoose, Mahaska and
Keokuk at an early day. He soon became a
successful practitioner, a man of untiring ener-
gy and will power.

"Mr. Ives at an early period purchased lots
in the city, and from time toi time, as he became
able, erected buildings on them. At an early
day he built the brick storeroom now occupied
l^y Giamberlin Brothers, which formed the nu-
cleus of the whole block of buildings that now
surround it. He improved on his property as
fast as he bought it, and at the time of his death
his annual income from rents amounted to- a
large sum.

"Mr. Ives was appointed agent oi Berdan,
w ho bought of Eddy the original town plat of
Eddyville. He threw his whole influence into
the work, and during his agency our little town
prospered, property sold very readily, and our

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popnlaition increased tO' almost, if not quite,
■doiible its former number.

"When the proposition for building the
bridge across the Des Moines River at this
point was first made, it was largely due tO' the
energy, perseverance and tact of Mr. Ives that
sufficient life was infused intO' the people tO' in-
sure its commencement and final completion.
He was always ready with a fitting speech, and
though sometimes severe and sarcastic, he was
usually a harmonizer.

"Mr. Ives was not only a public-spirited
man and successful financier, but he was a good
neighbor and kind-hearted man. To- those who
best knew him and those who' associated with
him most, he possessed rare attractions of char-
acter and warm veins of feeling.

"At home, Mr. Ives was one of the most
social, useful and interesting men we ever
knew. His family, to whom he was an affec-
tionate husband and father, regarded him with
little less than adoration, and he was lavish
with his means in furnishing them with every-
thing which he thought would add to their
happiness. He was a fine conversationalist,
and a man who' kept pace with the best litera-
ture of the day, and his taste was cultivated
and correct. He was passionately fond of mu-
sic, and during his whole life was a warm
patron of the art. His taste was particularly
fine and discriminating, and his home was al-
ways the resort of our best musical talent.

"We have thus hastily summed up a part
of the acts and characteristics of the distin-
■guished citizen whose decease, occurring in the

manner it did, seemed so peculiarly sad. His
life as a whole has been a success. He has left
behind him a good name in the community in
which he lived, at the \-arioiis bars at which
he practiced his profession, and in the memories
of many warm personal friends."

A scrap-book, containing writings of Mr.
Ives in Connecticut and other Eastern papers,
throws side lights on his character. As early
as 1843, hs' ^""'^^ taking a prominent part in
public affairs, acting with the old AVhig party,
and A\as the author of county and cUstrict plat-
foi^ms and acted as an officer in Whig connec-
tions of that day. He was an ardent Whig,
ind became a Republican when that party was
fi.rst organized.

Mr. Ives was a Yale student and early im-
bibed Yale ideas ; his ancestors were among
those who- aided tof found that great college,
and during all his life in the AA'^est he never for-
got !iis early training. He was a gentleman in
all that the word implies, and was one of the
best lawyers that have practiced in Wapello
county.

H. D. Ives was born in North Haven, Con-
necticut, in 1814, and, as heretofore stated,
died October 14, 1867. He was a son of Will-
iam and Mary (Bray) Ives, natives o-f Con-
necticut. He was married in 1849 ^^ Mary
Eastman, a daughter of Rev. Oliver and Laura
(Ward) Eastman, natives of the state of New
York. There were born to H. D. Ives and
wife : Mary V., wife of Dr. Todd, of Los An-
geles, CalifoTuia,; Carrie E.. who married W.
A. Hunter; Wilfred H., a farmer of Kansas;

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Jennie W., wife of J. W. Calhoun, oi Ottum-
\va, Iowa; and Vina B., wife of R. N. Bowden,
of Brookfield, Missouri.

RS. EMMA J. PUMROY, widow

of the late Martin S. Pumroy, of

Center township, Wapello county,

Iowa, is a native of Morgan

county, Ohio, and was born July 22, 1855.

She is a daughter of \A'illiam and Isabella J.

(Patterson) Moore.

Mrs. Pumroy's grandfather, James Patter-
son, was born in 1792, of Scotch-Irish an-
cestry. His ancestors were driven from Scot-
land to the North of Ireland by religious per-
secution, in the seventeenth centur)-. James
Patterson died at the advanced a,ge of eightv-
seven }-ears, and his wife reached the age of
ninety years.

Elizabeth Patterson, the great-aunt of the
subject of this sketch, ^^■as a sister of James
Patterson. The family was reputed as being
very wealthy, and Elizabeth was considered
one of the most beautiful belles of Baltimore
society. During the early period of Napoleon
Bonaparte's greatness, his brother, Jerome
Bonaparte, afterward King of AA'estphalia, who
was visiting in America at that time, was pre-
sented to Elizabeth Patterson, and immediately
succumbed tO' her beauty and womanly charms.
After a brief courtship they \vere united in
marriage, in 1803. Two sons, Lucien and
Jerome, blessed the union. Jerome Bonaparte
was recalled to France after a few years by hifj

brother, the Emperor, who forced him to set
aside the marriage, as he had in view for him
an alliance with royalty, and the American
marriage was in the way. Jerome Bonaparte
returned to France with the hope of reconciling
his brother to the marriage, but was disap-
pointed. Elizabeth remained in America with
her two sons, but when Lucien grew to man-
hood he joined his father in France, taking his
rightful position in the Bonaparte family.
Jerome remained loyal to his mother and to
his country until the time of his death, which
occurred in Washington, District of Columbia.

Isabella J. Patterson, the mother of Airs.
Pumroy, was born February 11, 1822. In
1852 she married William Moore. To this
union were Ijorn t^Aoi children, — James P., born
September i, 1853; and Mrs. Pumroy. Mr.
r\Ioore died in 1864, and in 1871 his widow
married William Richardson. This gentle-
man went west, where he prospected in the
mountains beyond Leadville, Colorado. He
was never heard from after that time, and is
supposed to have been killed by robbers or by
the Indians who' infested the mountains at that
time.

Mrs. Pumroy was first married to Thomas
R. Buckley, orderly sergeant to General But-
ler, with whom he served during his celebrated
campaign at New Orleans, where the General
gained the cognomen of "Silver Spoon But-
ler." Mr. Buckley was killed by the cars De-
cember 22. 1 88 1. On February 27, 1883, the
subject of this sketch married Martin S. Pum-
roy, who was born in Wapello county, and'
raised on the farm which is now conducted -by

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j\Irs. Pumroy. He comes of a family oi
farmers, his father, Grimes Pumroy, hav-
ing foillowed that occupation all his life.
Grimes Pumroy was born April 2, 1822,
and his death took place in 1897. Martin
S. Pumfoy was for many j-ears one O'f
the leading farmers of Wapello county, and his
death, which occurred January 25, 1901, was
sincerely mourned by all in the community.
He was a man of much intelligence, and always
kept thoroughly abreast with the improve-
ments which tended to advance his chosen oc-
cupation. He was an energetic, hard worker,
and his place in the community cannot be filled
by any man more ali\'e to the interests of his
community.

Mrs. Pumroy, an estimable lady of many
splendid qualities, has since conducted the farm
of 25 acres, which is in section 34, tdwnship
72, range 14. She is widely known in Center
township. Mr. and Mrs. Pumroy had no
children, but raised a boy, from New York,
who has taken the family name, and is now
known as John E. Pumroy. He li\-es in Chi-
cago, Illinois.

OHN FRANKLIN WELLMAN, one
of the representative farmers of Center
township, Wapello county, Iowa, is
located in section 32, township y2.
range 14, and also owns land in section 6 of
the same township. He was born in AVapello
county, Iowa, April 8, 1865, and is a son of
J. AV Wellman.

J. W. Wellman was born in Kentucky in
November, 1822, and was a son of i\Iichael
W'ellman, who' was born in Virginia, and was
of English descent. This family was estab-
lished in this country at an early day by three
brothers, who came from England. J. A\'
Wellman was a farmer by occupation, and
came to Wapello count)^, Iowa, in 185 1. He
established, in 1885, the postoffice called Ama-
dor, of which he \\as postmaster until his
death, October 21, 1899. He also conducted
a grocery store there during the last eighteen
years of his life. He married }»Iary Hendri.K-
son, who was born in Shenandoah, Pennsyl-
vania, her grandfather having come to this
country from England. Seven children
blessed this unico, all of whom are now li\-ing
and mainly folhjw farming.

Frank Wellman attended the common
scho(jls of Wapello count}', and at an early age
began working on the farm, an occupation he
has followed ever since. In 1891 he acquired
of Tillie Parks his present farm, she having
purchased it of the Da^'id Burton estate, and
the latter being grantee of Mr. Lawrence, who
entered the land. Mr. AA'ellman is a progress-
ive farmer, and has made many improvements
upon his land. He has a good house and sub-
stantial outbuildings, and engages in diversi-
fied farming. He is possessed of many high
qualities, and has numerous friends through-
out this count}-, where he 1ms spent his entire
life.

Frank V^ellman was united in marriage,
April 18, 1886, with Libbie Brock, who was
born in AA'apello county, Iowa, January 11,

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1866, and is a daughter of Shelby P. and
Louisa E. Brock. The former was born near
Nashville, Tennessee, while the latter was
born at Terre Haute, Indiana. Her father
was born February 6, 1836, and is still living.
He is a farmer by occupation, and was four
3'ears of age when brought to> ^Vapello county,
where he remained until 1873, when he went

to Pottawatomie county, Kansas, where he

ill -^

now lives. His father, James Brock, was a
farmer in the South, where he was born, and
his grandfather, Thomas Brock, came to
' America from England at an early day and
followed the trade of a carpenter. Mr. and
Mrs. Wellman have two children: George B.,
who was born October 21, 1889; and Julia
May, born July 6, 1892.

OHN THEUNISSON (children, spell
the name Tennyson), a highly re-
spected farmer of Center township,
Wapello county, Iowa, is living on
section 32, townshijp 72, range 14. He is a
native of Holland, and was born in 1835. He
was put to work on his father's farm very
■early in life, and, therefore, his education was
much neglected, although he learned tO' read
and write. He was ambitious to better his
condition, and at the age of eighteen yeai's
came to America. He spent some time in Chi-
cago before coming to Iowa. He first settled
in Keokuk, Iowa, where he worked at teaming.
After saving some money he removed to Eddy-
ville, Wapello county, where he remained five

years, then moved to his present neighborhood
and rented for five years, and then bought his
present home farm. He first bought 52 acres
in Center township for $450, paying $250
down. The land was in a wild state, and
there was nothing on the place- but a very rude
log cabin, not_fit to live in. He managed to
spend the following winter in this cabin, and
early in the spring which followed fixed up
the house. In 1878 he erected his present large
frame house. The land is in an excellent con-
dition, and everything about the place is sug-
gestive of Mr. Theunisson's thrifty and ener-
getic management. His farm consists of 131
acres of ^'aluable land.

In 1859 ^1"- Theunisson married Dora
Vandaloo, whose parents came from Holland.
Mr. and Mrs. Themiisson have eight children,
namely : Mary Ann, born in 1861 ; John H.,
born in 1863; Cornelius, born in 1865; Will-
iam H., born in 1867; Nellie, born in 1869;
Anna Mary, born in 1871 ; Elizabeth, born in
1873; and Thomas, born December 21, 1882.
The children spell the family name Tennyson.

Mr. and Mrs. Theunisson are members of
the Catholic church, and their children were
baptized in that faith.

HELTON HALE, deceased, who was
a prominent farmer of Center town-
ship, \\^apello county, Iowa, died Oc-
tober 21, 1 90 1. He was born in

Jefferson county, Iowa, in 1844, and was a son

of Peter and Mary Hale.

LEE A. OCKEBT.

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Peter Hale and his wife came from Ken-
tucky to Jefferson county, Iowa, and in 1844
located in Wapello county, Iowa, where Mrs.
Hale entered the land where Sheltoii Hale re-
sided, on section 12, township 72, range 14.
The Hale family is a prominent one in this
country, and the ancestry is traceable back to
Sir Mathew Hale, of England.

Shelton Hale was but an infant when he
was brought by his parents to Wapello county,
and his boyhood was passed in assisting his
father clear the old home farm. At that early
day the public school system had not made
much progress, and his educational advantages
were very limited, his services being rec|uired
by his father in the work about the farm. At
the age of twenty-one he went into the auction
business, of which he made a grand success.
He traveled over many states and territories
making sales, going, as far as California and
New Mexico. He met with many interesting
experiences and saw many grand sights, one
of which in particular made a deep impression
on him, — a mountain of fire seemingly in the-
center of a lake in Nicaragua, one of the great-
est sights in the world. He finally settled in
permanent business at Ottumwa, Iowa, and
continued there for six years, ^\•hen he located
on the old farm, where he lived until his death.
The land, of which there are 130 acres, is
under a high state of cultivation, nicely im-
proved and equipped with good, substantial
buildings. He followed general farming with
success.

Mr. Hale was tmited in marriage, in 1895,
with Anna Jones, who was born in Tennessee

and comes of a prominent line of ancestors,
who have been located in this country for many
generations. Mr. Hale was a strong Demo-
crat in National politics, but in local elections
voted for the men he thought best for the office.

EE A. OCKERT. Among the
many well known and highly re-
spected citizens of Wapello county,
is the gentleman whose name ap-
pears at the opening of these lines, and whose
portrait is herewith shown. He is at present
living on the farm known as the J. L. Mc-
Cormick farm, on section 12, Dahlonega town-
ship. Mr. Ockert was born in Warren county,
Illinois, in 1867, and is a son of John and_
Elizabeth Ockert.

John Ockert was born in- Germany and
came to the United States when twenty-two
years old. He followed the occupation of a
farmer all his life, and his death occurred in
1899. He married Elizabeth Reibold, who
was a native of Germany, and their children
were as follows : Frank ; Mary ; Henry ;
George ; Lizzie : Lee A. ; Katie ; and W'illiam.
Lee A. Ockert, the subject of this sketch,
lived in his native county until he became of
age. He attended the Dixon Normal School
for one year, and later spent some time in
traveling. He came to Wapello county in
1892, and after spending three years in Dahl-
onega township, he returned to his home in
Illinois. In the spring of 1900, he returned to
Wapello county, where he bought his present

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farm in Dahlonega township. It is in the
southeast quarter of section 12. ]\Ir. Ockert
carries on general, farming and stock-raising
and is considered one of the rising young farm-
ers of AVapeho county

PoHtically Mr. Ockert is a RepubHcan and
is serving at present as clerk of the township.
He is also- a member of the school board.
Fraternally he is a member of the M. AV. of A.,
of Agency, Iowa. Religiously he is a member
of the Methodist church. Mr. Ockert occupies
a high place in the esteem of his fellow citi-
zens, and is a man of more than ordinarjr intelli-
gence and ability.

AMUEL H. BURTON, who has been
a resident of A\'apello county, Iowa,
since 1862, is a native of Waterloo^,
Seneca county. New York. He has
had a varied business career and at different
times was engaged in the practice of law, in sur-
veying and in the mercantile business, but since
1886 he has been located on a farm, purchased
in 1868, in section 21, township 13, range 72,
one mile east of the city of Ottumwa, in Cen-
ter township, where he conducts a truck and
fruit farm with much success. He was born
January 29, 1841, and is a son of John and
Elizabeth (Hooper) Burton.

John Burton was a captain in the War of
1812, and was in the battles of Lundy's Lane.
His father was an Episcopal minister and came
to this country with his family from Man-
chester, England, in 1798. John accompanied

his father to this country and took up the legal
profession, becoming a lawyer of considerable
prominence. He married Elizabeth Hooper,
who was a lineal descendent of General Clark,
a prominent figure during the Revolutionary
period. The Clark family of this branch has
long been a very prominent one, and was first
established in this country by Samuel Clark,
who located in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in
1630, possibly having come from Devon, Eng-
land. He moved to Rippowams, now Stam-
ford, Connecticut, in 1640, and died at Bed-
ford, in 1690. His son, William Clark, was
born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1645, ^"d
died in Bedford in 1712; he was the father of
Nathan Clark, who was born in 1676 and died
in 1738. The latter was father of Jehiel Clark,
born at Bedford, New York, in 1710 and died
near Newljury, Ulster county, in 1743. Sam-
uel Clark, a son of Jehiel Clark, was born Feb-
ruary 17, 1 74 1, and was commissioned lieu-
tenant by General Washington at White
Plains, captain at Poughkeepsie, June 16, 1778,
and major May 6, 1779, lieutenant colonel at
East Line, Saratoga county. New York, in
1786, colonel at East Line, May 10, 1792,
brigadier general of the Ninth Brigade at
Saratoga, July 3, 1804, and major general on
March 8, 18 14. Lydia Clark, second daugh-
ter of Samuel Clark, married Pontius Hooper,
and lived the latter years of her life 10 miles
west of Clinton, Michigan. This union re-
sulted in the birth of Elizabeth Hooper, mother
of our subject, September 25, 1799. The lat-
ter died in 1875 at Waterloo, New York.

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uated from the Waterloo Academy, and be-
came a teacher at the early age of eighteen
years. He subsec[uently took up the profes-
sion of land surveying, and at the age of twenty
years came to Wapello county, Iowa, where he
studied law with Judge Burton and H. B. Hen-
dershott. He was admitted to the bar in June,
1862, and soon after purchased a share in the
Democratic weekly paper called the Mercury,
which was shortly changed, in 1865, to a daily
and weekly, published by Samuel H. Burton
and S. B. Evans. During those stirring times
in this Republican State it required great cour-
age to advocate the principles of the Douglas
platform, but, having the courage of his con-
victions, he accomplished great good for his
party. He conducted this paper until 1869,
and then taught school during the winter
months and engaged in surveying throughout
the summer. He later embarked in the gro-
cery business, but his faith in mankind was too
great. He gave credit for goods, and as pay-
ment was not forthcoming, he was obliged to
relinquish the business, a poorer but much
wiser man. He then opened an office as
county surveyor and civil engineer in 1873,
and was elected city engineer and county sur-
veyor a number of years until 1893.

In 1886 he turned his attention to agricul-
tural pursuits, moving upon his present farm
and attended to his office in the city as civil
engineer, which business he now follows when
not detained by his farm work. This farm
was almost wholly unimproved, there being
only a log house upon it when he purchased it,
in 1868. He lived in this log house during

1870 and 1 87 1, and then lived in his city home,
00 Elm street, until 1886, when he erected his
present commodious home on the farm. He
has been successfully engaged in gardening
and fruit-raising, and has his farm under a.
high state of cultivation.

Mr. Burton was united in marriage, in
1 86 1, with Julia Day, and they were parents of
four children: Mabel, born November 11,
1863; Grace, born July 22, 1865; Mary D.,
born December 18, 1869; and Edward B., born
in 1871. Mrs. Burton died in 1875, and he
formed a second marital union in 1885 with,
i-'hoda E. Garbry, by whom lie has two sons.
Frank H., born March 30, i885; and Claude
Cleveland, born July 11, 1888. He is liberal
in his religious views and believes in the
Golden Rule more than in creeds.

SORGE W ICITTERM.'vN, a well-to-
do farmer residing in section ^20,
township 72, range 13, is a veteran
of the Civil W^ar, in \A-hich he served
with bra\'ery, bearing a record of which his
family may justly feel proud. He was born
November 5, 1843, and is now the oldest lix-ing
white person born in AA'apello countv, Iowa.
His family came from Virginia, and one of
its most prominent characteristics is longevity,
his maternal grandfather having lived to reach
the wonderful age of one hundred and four
years. Elias Kitterman, father of George W.,
held a commission as ensign in the 12th Regi-
ment, granted in April, 1829, and signed by

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

James Morrison, secretary, and Governor
James R. Ray. This commission is still a val-
ued possession of the family.

George .W- Kitterman lived in \\^apello
county during his early boyhood, and attended
the public schools. He took up the trade of
an engineer, but in January, 1863, enlisted
in Company H, 36th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., as
a private. He went with his regiment to Lit-
tle Rock, where he was in the thickest of the
fight, and then remained there after the battle,
and did garrison duty until the spring of 1864.
He went on the Red River expedition, and was
captured at Mark's Mills. Mr. Kitterman
next went with his regiment to Camden, Ar-
kansas, where they were victorious, and thence
to Duvall's Bluff, about eight miles south of
the Saline River, where they encountered four
regiments of cavalry and were literally cut to
pieces. Only two men in Company H made
their escape, the remainder being killed,
wounded or captured! There remained but
260 men in the regiment, and, with Battery K,
2d Artillery, they stood their ground. Battery
K had every horse killed, and every man was
killed or wounded. Mr. Kitterman was
wounded in the right shoulder, was carried to
the Confederate field hospital, and remained
there until paroled about six weeks later. The
report reached home that he had been killed,
and his parents had prepared a funeral service
at home. Mr. Kitterman had been exchanged
and got a furlough to come home, a day or two
only, before the services were to be held. He
arrived home about twelve o'clock one dark
night, rapped on the door, and was admitted

by his mother. So certain was she that her
boy had been killed that she was greatly over-
come, believing she was laboring under a de-
lusion. With difficulty she was convinced that
it was her son, in the flesh, and great was the
rejoicing. He remained at home about thirty
days, and then went to Keokuk and waited to
be exchanged. Getting impatient for active
service, he got transportation and joined his
regiment at Little Rock, taking the chance of
again being captured. He was put on de-
tached duty, going to Brownsville, Duvall's
Bluff, St. Charles and, finally, to the mouth of
the White River, where all remained during
the winter of 1864- 1865. He became commis-
sary clerk there and remained as such until all
were mustered out at Brownsville, finally re-
ceiving his discharge at Davenport, Iowa, in
September, 1865. He returned home and
lived with his parents about one year, when he
was united in marriage with Barbara L. King.
He has since lived in Wapello county, and at
the present time is an engineer in the employ
of H. B. Ostdick. He owns five acres of land,
on which he built a fine home, and has devoted
his land to fruit-raising with much success.

j\lrs. Kitterman is a daughter of Enos and
Barbara (AA^ymen) King. Her father was
born in Pennsylvania, of German parents, and
came to this county in 1846, being a local
preacher. He died at the age of seventy-seven
years. Mr. Kitterman and his wife had nine
children : Rowena Parker, born in June, 1867 ;
Clara, who was born June 19, 1869, and died
July 13, 1871 ; AV'illiam C, born September 10,
1872; Lihian L., born September 22, 1876;

ALBERT G. HARROW.

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Sarah Jane (Parker), born July 23, 1878;
Hattie E., born August ly , 1880; Lydia, born
September 11, 1882; Edna, born April 14,
1886; and Norris AA'., who was born January
26, 1888, and died October 14, 1889. Lillian
L., a graduate of the high school, is a teacher
.at the Lincoln school, of Ottumwa, and has a
State certificate. L}-dia, also a graduate of
the high school, of Ottumwa, is a teacher in
the district school of her neighborhood. !\Ir.
Kitterman takes an intelligent interest in all
matters of public importance; and is a highly
respected member of his community. In poli-
tics Mr. Kittennan is a Republican. Relig-
iously, a member O'f the First Baptist church, of
Ottumwa.

LBERT G. HARROW, secretary of

the Ottumwa Iron Works, whose

portrait accompanies this sketch,

was born in Ottumwa in 1852. He

is a son of Francis Isl. Harrow, and grandsirn

of Charles F. Harrow.

Charles F Harrow was an early pioneer
of Wapello county. He wa.s born in Bracken
county, Kentucky, in September, 1800. He,
grew to manhood in his native state and was
married in Fleming -county, .Kentucky, to
Gracie Frame, in 1821. They located in
^Montgomery county, Kentucky, and remained
there for tweh-e years, then moved to noth-
ern Indiana where they lived ten years. Con-
cluding to move beyond the Mississippi, in
1843, they settled in Wapello county, Iowa;
a tract of land was purchased in the immediate
21

N'icinity of the site of the present city of Ot-
tumwa, and the Ottumwa High School on
West Fourth street is situated on a part of the
original Harrow farm. Charles F. Harrow
was one of the original commissioners of Wa-
pello county, being elected to that office May
I, 1844.

Francis AI. Flarrow, son of Charles F. and
father of the subject of this sketch, ^vas born
in Kentucky in 1826. He came to Wapello
county, Iowa, with his parents in 1843, and
was married in Ottumwa, February 18, 1852,
to Harriet F. , tlumphreys. Three children
resulted from this union, two of whom are
now living: Albert G. ; and Frances !M., wife
of F. .F. Hanger, of Little Rock, Arkansas.
;Mr. Harrow died October 31, 1855, and his
widow died on February 2, 1864.

\lhert G. Harrow recei\-ed his primary
education in his native t(.iwn, took academic
w(jrk at the Iowa State Agricultural College
at Ames, Iowa, and a business course in Bry-
ant & Stratton's Business College at Chicago,
Illinois. He was one of the promoters of the
Johnston Ruffler Company, which was or-
ganized in 1 87 1, and has been identified with
the business of that firm throughout its manu-
I facturing period. The Ottumwa Iron W^orks
\\as pr(jmoted 1)y the same men who so suc-
j cessfully carried on the affairs of the Johnston
Ruffler Compan}', and Mr. Harrow has been
secretary of the company since its organiza-
tion. Fie was one of the original stockholders
of the Ottumwa National Bank and has been
a director in that institution since 1887. He
helped organize the Ottumwa Savings Bank

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in 1888, and has been one of its directors since
1895; 1''^ was interested in the estabhshing of
the Wapello County Savings Bank, and has
served as director in the same since its incep-
tion. He is a stockholder in the Batavia Sav-
ings Bank, the Blakesburg Savings Bank, and
in both of the banks at Hedrick, Iowa. He is
also a stockholder and secretary and treasurer
of the Courier Printing Company of Ottum\\-a,
and stockholder in the Davenport Times, of
Davenport, Iowa. He has done his share as
a public-spirited citizen, assisted in establish-
ing the city water works, and was one of the
20 men who brought to Ottumwa the Dain
Manufacturing Company, in which he is now
a stockholder. He was also a supporter of
the Janney Manufacturing Company, in the
sale of their lots in the East End of the city.
;\Ir. Harrow was united in marriage in
1877 with Mary C. Carpenter of Ottumwa,
daughter of Col. S. D. and Sarah A. Car-
penter. They ha\'e reared one daughter, Mary
Grace, who is a graduate of Kenwood Insti-
tute, Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of
the Wapello Club, and was president of that
organization in 1900 and 1901.

LEXANDER COLEMAN, a gentle-
man w ho served with bravery in the
Union army during the Ci\'il War,
is a prominent farmer of Center
township, Wapello county, Iowa, residing on,
section 20, township yi, range 13.

I\Ir. Coleman was born in Scotland, in

1833, ''•"d with his parents embarked for thi.'i
country in 1837, but his parents died while at
sea. He landed in Philadelphia, where he was
taken to be raised by a Quaker family named
Jones. He was reared on a farm near Phila-
delphia until he was twenty-three years old, and
then came west to Illinois, and located in Ma-
son county, \\here he worked upon a farm un-
til the outbreak of the Civil Wnx. He en-
listed from Illinois in Company F, 8th Reg.,
111. Vol. Inf., and remained in winter quarters
and did picket duty and drilled until the early
spring of 1863. The regiment then went to
Fort Henry, on the Tennessee River, thence to
Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River,
which the Union soldiers took, after which the
regiment went to Corinth, where they had two
days of hard fighting. At Fort Donelson 11
of Mr. Coleman's company were killed and 22
wounded. They retired from the fight, re-
formed the company and regiment, and then
advanced, took the position and held it. They
next moved to Cofifeeville, Mississippi, scat-
tering the Confederates, and engaged in fre-
quent skirmishes, after which they returned to
Memphis and went in camp for two months.
They next went on the Mississippi River to
Vicksburg, and held a position on the extreme
right of the Union lines during the siege of
that city. They then campaigned around
Jackson, Mississippi, and carried the positions
of the Confederates, as they came to them.
They fought General Pemberton's forces and
drove them into Vicksburg, where they held
them until the surrender. Mr. Coleman ac-
companied General Sherman's army to Ala-

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bama, tearing up railroads and devastating the
country as they went along, after which he re-
turned with his regiment to Vicksburg and,
there remained until spring. They next
moved tO' Mobile, Alabama, thence to New Or-
leans and Dauphin Island. They took Fort
Morgan, remained there for three weeks, and
then took Spanish Fort, on Mobile Bay, and
afterward Fort Blakeley. Mr. Coleman was
wounded in the shoulder in the charge on
Blakeley Island, and was incapacitated for
further duty. For bravery shown at Fort
Donelson he was breveted and made color ser-
geant, and also mentioned for meritorious con-
duct at Corinth and Vicksburg, and commis-
sioned as captain. One of his comrades, James
Height, who enlisted at the same time, also re-
ceived the same recognition, and was commis-
sioned captain for bravery. During his serv-
ice he was never sick a minute, and was always
on duty until discharged and mustered out, in
July, 1865. He was granted a pension of $20
per month, which he still receives. Mr. Cole-
riian then returned to his home in Illinois, and
again engaged in agricultural pursuits. He
moved to Wapello county, Iowa, and in 1889
purchased his present farm in Center town-
ship, of Catherine Keezel, whose father re-
ceived the patent from the government. He
built a model farm-house and barns and made,
other improvements. He has planted the
farm to berries and has one of the finest berry
farms in the county, — doing this branch of
work as much for pleasure as a matter of
business.

Mr. Coleman was united in marriage with

Mary Alderdice in 1868, and to them were born
six boys and two girls, of whom one daughter
died at the age of four years. Politically he
has always been a stanch Republican. In re-
ligious views he is a Presbyterian. He has
made his home in Wapello county since 1869,
and has many accjuaintances of long years'
standing throughout this section of the state.

/vRK MANN, who is successfully
engaged in agricultural pursuits
in section 21, township "ji, range
13, A\'apello county, Iowa, is a
veteran of the Ci^•il War, and bears an honor-
able record for service.

Mr. Mann was born in England, Novem-
ber 6, 1827, and came to America in 1849, ^''st
■settling in Pennsylvania. In 1854 he came
west to Des Moines county, Iowa, where he
remained eight months, then spent four years
in Henry county, Iowa, when he came tO' AA'a-
pello county, Iowa, before the advent of the
railroad in this section. Here he worked in-
dustriously until 1862, when he enlisted in
Company I, 17th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf. His
regiment went to Benton Bar, thence to Pitts-
burg Landing, where a severe battle was
fought, his regiment being used as a reinforce-
ment. They went to Shiloh, and then to Cor-
inth, being in an almost continual fight around
that place. They fought the army of General
Price, at luka and Corinth, and then went to
Holly Springs, Mississippi, in pursuit of the
Confederates. Finally the regiment was given

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

a rest in guarding a railroad for about six
weeks. Then it was sent to Memphis, Helena,
the Yazoo River, ■Milliken's Bend and down
through Louisana to Grand Gulf. They then
participated in the engagement at Champion
hills and in the siege of Vicksburg, — their divis-
ion and General Logan's having the honor of
taking the city when General Pemberton sur-
rendered. After remaining there for two
months they went to Helena, Memphis and
Chattanooga, having marched over 400 miles
through the enemy's country. They next took
part in the engagement at Missionary Ridge,
after which they wintered in Alabama. There
Mr. Mann re-enlisted in the service, and was
put on provost duty. He was subsecjuently
in the battle of Resaca, after which they went
to Tilden, Georgia, and for eight hours held
the entire army of General Hood at bay, but
the Union force was finally surrounded, cap-
tured and sent south, where for many weeks
they were nearly starved in prison. The Con-
fedsrate authorities ha^•e been greatly censured
by man_\- for the ill-treatment of prisoners, but
Mr. ^lann's A^iew is that there were extenu-
ating circumstances, the Southern soldiers hav-
ing barely enough to keep themselves from
starving. After confinement in the South for
six months he was paroled, and was mustered
out in June, 1865. ITe now receives a pen-
sion of $24 per month.

Upon the close of the war he moved to the
vicinit)' of .'\genc}', AA^apello count)', and in
August following moved to the neighborhood
of Ottumwa. His farm is under a high state
of cultivation, and planted largely to grapes

and small fruit. In politics he is a strong
Democrat. Religiously he is inclined tO' be
liberal.

In 1852 Mr. Mann married Susanah
Dwire, of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, by
whom he had seven children, viz : Ebenezer,
deceased; Rebecca (Cool); Isaac; James, de-
ceased; Edward, deceased; Agnes; and ;\Iary.

HOMAS TRAUL, who is located on'
section t^z, township 72, range 13,
Center township, Wapello county,
Iowa, purchased this farm of 43
acres of his father's estate twenty years ago,
and has since been one of the representative
farmers of the township. He was born in
Holmes county, Ohio, in 1833, and is a son
of Daniel Traul.

Daniel Traul was born in Pennsylvania,
of German parentage, and moved to Ohio at
an early day, there learning the trade of a
wheelwright. In 1840 he moved west to Yzn
Buren county, Iowa, and three years later to
Wapello county, Lnva, where in 185 1 he en-
tered the land now occupied by his son. It
was then bottom land along the Des Aloines
River, and for many years was nothing more
than grass land. But as the country became
settled, the bed of the Des Moines River
changed and the land became as fertile and
productive as any in the county. As the river
overflows its banks each spring, it keeps the
land in excellent condition, its fertilit)- being
evidenced by the fact that in 190 1 an average

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413

of 34 bushels of winter wheat to the acre was
harvested. Mr. Traul spent the decHning
years of his hfe in Ottumwa, where he died
in 1884, at the age of seventy-seven years.

Thomas Traul was seven years of age when
he came with his parents from Ohio to Van
Buren county, Iowa. His educational ad-
vantages were very limited, but he was pos-
sessed of good natural abilit)-. At an early
age he was engaged in the winter in hauling
logs that had been floated down the Des Moines
River in the spring, the logs being floated
down \A-hat is now the main street of Ottumwa.
In 1854 he drove four yoke of oxen across the
great western plains for Charles Dudley, and
tipon arriving in the West engaged in freight-
ing. After a time he went to the mines and
worked until 1859, when he made the return
trip across the plains. The wagon train met
with many trying experiences and narrowly
escaped disaster at the hands of the Indians.
The Omahas and Pawnees engaged in deadly
tattle with the Sioux, Snakes, Crows and
Shawnees, having met them when intending
to attack the whites. Owing to the disagree-
ment which brought about the fight, the party
of which Mr. Traul was a member was saved.
A ^'ery curious incident of this trip was the
manner in which they were supplied with fresh
butter. They took several cows with them,
and the night milk was used, but the morning
milk was placed in a vessel and attached to a
wagon, the jar of the wagon churning the
butter. Mr. Traul has a nugget of gold which
lie found in the mines; it is worth $31, and is
now being used by his wife as a breastpin. He

also' found a piece of cjuartz in the same way,
worth $1,000, and this he also brought home
with him. Since returning he has been en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits, and for the past
twenty years has been located on his present
farm. He is a good business manager, and
has laid by a handsome competency.

Mr. Traul has been married three times,
and had 10 children Ijy his first wife, of whom
two are living, Sarah (Brown) and John. To
the third wife one child was born, I\-ory G.
Mr. Traul is inclined to be liberal in his re-
ligious views.

B. :\iO\\'REY, one of Ottumwa's
most substantial citizens, whose por-
trait is herewith shmvn, is president
of the Ottumwa National Bank, and
of the Wapello County Savings Bank. Both
are in a prosperous condition, as a result of
their excellent management, and are among the
most stable institutions of this section of the
state. Mr. ^Mowre's- was born in Knox county,
Illinois, in 1841, and is a son of John and
Eleanor (Burnett) I\Iowrey.

John JMowrey was born in Richland county,
Ohio, and at an early age moved to Knox coun-
ts', Illinois, where he died in early manhood.
His union with Eleanor Burtnett was blessed
by the birth of seven children, three of whom
are now living.

J. B. JMowrey obtained his education in
KnOiX county, Illinois, and started in life for
himself jjy carrying on farming on the old

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homestead, from 1869 to 1871. He then moved
to Martinsburg, Iowa, and was engaged in
stock-buying for sixteen years. In 1877, when
the John Morreh & Company, Ltd., packing
house was estabhshed here, he located in Ot-
tumwa. He was the buyer for that company
until 1888, and in 1889 was engaged in the
hardware business. In 1890, he was elected
president of the Ottumwa National Bank, and
has been at the head of that institution since
that time. When the Wapello- County Savings
Bank was .organized, in 1897, he was made its
president, and fills that office at the present
time. He is a Republican, in politics, and was
a, member oif the county board of supervisors
from 1887 to 1 89 1. In 1869 he was joined in
the bonds of matrimony with Adeline Plum-
mer.

The OttuniAva National Bank was organ-
ized in 1882, ha\ing been promoted, by Hon.
J. G. Hutchison, Captain C. P. Brown, Thomas
D. Foster, J. T. Hackworth, Albert G. Harrow,
Daniel ZoJlers, J. C. Jordan, J. C. Osgocd, C.
O. Taylor, and J. Loomis. Its capital stock was
$100,000. Hon. J. G. Flutchison served in the
capacity of president until January i, 1890,
when J. B. Mowrey was elected his successor.
Captain C. P. Brown was its first cashier, and
he was succeeded, in turn, by A. H. Bayson, M.
B. Hutchison, C. E. Bond, and L. E. Stevens.
The bank has never missed paying a dividend
and has a surplus and undi\'ided profit account
of $52,779.52. The following comparative
statement of the reports to the comptroller of
the currency about May i, of the }'ears named,
shows the wonderful growth of this institution.

Year. Deposits.

1880 $i2:!,.yn.27

1891 :i41,:]()7.49

1890 21.-),.388.8:i

1901 .VCi, 788.07

Loans.

Sl.)l,19.-)..-)9

3.58,240.99

2.57,89r).;iO

.").32,008,.")0

Total Assets.

$279,332.12

.381,784.09

:i07,.")91.29

7.")8,.")08.]9

The present directors of the bank are J. T.
Hackwoirth, Albert G. Harrow, Thomas D.
Foster, D. A. La Force, W. B. Searle, E. John-
son, Joseph Harmon, John B. Dennis and J. B..

Mo'wrey.

IRAM T. BAKER, one of the lead-
ing agriculturists of Center township,
\^'apello county, Iowa, is located on
section 31, township 72, range 13,
where he owns a tract of 50 acres which has
been in the family since 1862. He was born in
\\'arrick county, Indiana, November 24, 1841,
and is a son of J. G. Baker, and grandson of
John Baker.

John Baker was of Scotch-Irish descent,
and came to this country just previous to the
Re\'olutionary \A'ar, in which he took sides
with the colonists. He was but sixteen years
of age and, o\'\ing to his recent arrival, was
dressed as an English boy by the general and
sent out to get valuable information. These
excursions oi his were always attended
by great danger, and he met with many
thrilling experiences. Upon one occasion he
and eight other scouts, all well mounted, were
sent out to get information from within the
English lines. Catching sight of a "Red
Coat," they proposed his capture, and, suiting
the action to the word, they spurred their
horses and were led into an ambush of 40 men.

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The. only alternate to hopeless fighting was to
surrender, and this they would not do. Every
brave man of the party was killed but Mr.
Baker and one noble comrade. The latter was
mounted on a thoroughbred horse and after
passing the enemy's line could easily have dis-
tanced them, but the former, being on a slower
horse, proposed to get off and trust to his feet
for escape. The gallant com^rade objected to.
this and instructed Mr. Baker to ride to the
left, and he would draw the fire to himself
until the latter could escape, and would then
trust to the fleetness of his horse for his own
escape. This ruse was successful and • the}-
both returned to headcjuarters. This is but
one instance of the great dangers he encoun-
tered and the valuable work in which he was
engaged. The only relic the family now pcs-
esses of this gallant old soldier is the old chair
in which he sat during the late years of his
life while relating his interesting experiences.
J. G. Baker was born in Warrick count}-,
Indiana, and came to Wapello county, Iowa,
in October, 1844. He located just north of
the cemetery, and awaited the opening of the
land rranted by the government. He then
entered a piece of land seven miles from Ot-
tumwa and remained there until 1856, when he
removed to Ottumwa because of the educa-
tional advantages that city would afford his
children. In 1862 he purchased the home
farm in section 31, township ji, range 13,
Center township, but lived in Ottumwa until
his death, which occurred at the age of seventy-
three years.

Hiram T. Baker was but three years of age
when his father came t(j Iowa, and here he was
reared and schooled. After attending the pub-
lic schools for a time he entered a select school
and attended it for five years. He then be-
came identified with his father in the hotel
business in Ottumwa, and in 1862 located on
the farm, to which he succeeded as owner. The
place was at that time wholly unimproved, hav-
ing onl}- a log house upon it, which was re-
placed l)y a good frame house, 24 1)\- 34 feet,
in 1869. A good barn, a granary and other
buildings necessar}- to successful farming were
erected, and it is now one of the Ijest imprcn-ed
farms in its section of the countv. He also
built another house on the farm for a son, but
new resides in it himself. He engages in
general farming and stock-raising, with great
success, his preference being for Shorthorn

i cattle.

i Mr. Baker was united in marriage with

Harriet A. Hull, and they had four children:
J. G., who was born in 1869, and died of quick
consumption at the age of eig'hteen years ;
Jesse B., a farmer, aged thirty years, who is
also a painter and paper hanger : Rhoda, who is
twenty-six years old; and Hiram L., an elec-
trician, working for John Morrell & Com-
pany, Limited, who is twenty-two vears of age.
Mr. Baker was a member of the M. E. church
for twenty-eight years, and ^-erv active in
church work, but, believing the U. B. church
more scriptural, he joined that and became an
active local preacher. Largely through his
efforts the church membership has been greatly

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increased, and he has accomphshed a great
deal of good. In pohtics he has always been
a Democrat, but has taken no active part in
political affairs.

KNRY IMONTAGXE is probably the
largest dairy and garden farmer of
Wapello coimty, Iowa, and has an
excellent farm of 245 acres in section
I, township 71, range 14. He is within easy
access of Ottumwa, to which city he makes
clail)- trips and disposes of his milk and garden
truck. He has led a frugal and industrious
life, and his affairs are in a Aery prosperous
condition.

The name Alontagne indicates French de-
scent, but, if so, such descent goes farther back
than he has any knowledge of. His parents
were Germans and he was born in Oldenburg,
Germany. Fie came t(j this country ^\•hen
young, and worked at day labor, saving what
he could of his earnings until he was able to
purchase 80 acres of the farm on which he
now lives. He first engaged in general farm-
ing, and continued it until 1887, when he en-
gaged in dairying and gardening on a small
scale. His success was such as to warrant him
in increasing his business in that line, and he
now has about 45 head of milch cows, and de-
votes about 40 acres to gardening. He built
one of the largest and best arranged barns in
AA'apello count}- and, as his business grew, en-
larged his holdings and now has 245 acres of
land. He has good buildings for the protec-

tion of his stock, and his farm is a model of
convenience in every respect. He erected a
large tank, which is filled by a windmill, and
the water is conveyed through pipes to his
barn, hog-lot and chicken yard, as well as to
his house. He is thoroughly practical in all
that he does, and is a firm believer in modern
methods for saving unnecessary labor. Al-
though he is now in a position to retire from
active work, if he chooses, the thrift of the
German race is in him, and he works from
early morning -until night. In 1886, wishing
to return to^ his fatherland and visit the com-
panions of his earl)' days, he went to Germany,
accompanied by his wife, \\ho is also a native
of that country, and his son. They spent a
few weeks ver)- pleasantly, and then became
restless to return to the farm and pleasant
home so far awa}-. 3ilr. and Mrs. Montague
have one son, John Louis. He is a man of
many excellent traits of character, and has
made friends of all with whom he has been
brought into contact, both in business and so-
cial relations.

ARTIN B. HUTCHISON, one of
the most progressive and enter-
prising of Ottumwa's business
men, is cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank of the city, and is closely identified
\\'ith many of the enterprises which have added
materially to the growth and wealth of the
community. He was born in Blair county,
Pennsylvania, in 1861, ancj is a son of Joseph
and Mary (Scott) Hutchison.

HON. H. L. WATERMAN.

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419

Joseph Hutchison was an active and suc-
cessful business man and was engaged in the
coal and real estate business. He was also a
large brick manufacturer, and had extensive
fanning interests. He was a stanch Republi-
can in politics. He died in March, 1900, at
the age of seventy-three years, at his winter
home in Eustis, Florida. His widow, who
now resides at HoUidaysburg, Pennsylvania,
at the age of seventy years, is a native of that
state. They reared four daughters and two
sons, as follo'ws : Annetta R. (Wilson), of
Shenandoah, Iowa; Mary, who is at home;
James, of HoUidaysburg, Pennsylvania; Mat-
tie, who is at home; Mrs. M. R. Alexander,
of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; and Martin
B. Two daughters, Hester and Jennie, died
in infancy.

Martin B. Hutchison was practically reared
at HoUidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and later at-
tended college at Easton, Pennsylvania, for
two years, taking a classical course. In 1882
he came west and -located at Ottumwa, chiefly
because his cousin, Capt. J. G. Hutchison, was
located here. He first entered the Ottumwa
National Bank, of Ottumwa, as collector, and
the year following became assistant cashier.
He was later advanced to the position of cash-
ier, which he retained for about four years,
when, in the spring of 1 891, he resigned oh ac-'
count of ill health, and spent one year in Chi-;
cago recuperating. In March, 1892, he re-
turned to Ottumwa and accepted the posi-
tion of cashier of the First National Bank,
which he has since filled in a highly satis-
■factory manner. He is treaSut'er atid di-

rector of the People's Building & Loan
Association, which he, in connection with,
J. F. Deams, of the Chicago, Burlingtori
& Quincy Railroad established. He is cash-
ier of the Union Trust and Savings Bank, a
department of the First National Bank, estab-
lished in 1898, of which he was one of the fore-
most promoters. He is treasurer of the local li-
brary association, and a trustee of the First
Presbyterian church, of Ottumwa. He has al-
ways been active in promoting the best inter-
ests of the city, and stands hig'h in the esteem
of his fellow citizens.

Mr. Hutchison was united in marriage in
1888, with Inez Jordan, a daughter of W. A. .
Jordan, deceased, who was the head of the
firm of W. A. Jordan & Sons, dry goods .and
clothing merchants, of Ottum-\ la. This busi-
ness was established as early as 1867 or 1868,
and is now conducted by the two sons, J. C.
and J. W. Jordan. Mr. Hutchison and his
wife have two children : Margaret E., born
June 10, 1889; and Mary Elizabeth, born Feb-
ruary 20, 1897. The subject of this sketch
owns a comfortable home in the city, situated
at No. 320 Washington street. He is a Re-
publican in politics and fraternally is a mem-
ber of the Knights of Pythias and' the Ma-
sonic fraternity.

«-•-•

ON. H. L. WATERMAN, a distin-
guished citizen of Ottumwa, Iowa,
whose portrait is herewith shown,
was born in Croydon, New Hamp-
shire, November 19, 1840. His parents were

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Lyman and Lucy (Carroll) Waterman, who
were natives of Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, respectively. His father died in 1846,
and his mother in i860.

H. L. Waterman's life was spent on the
farm, in Vermont and New Hampshire, nntil
he was seventeen years of ^.g-e, when he went
to California and remained there for three
years. He was first on a farm and then taught
school for two years. He re'".eived his early
mental training in the common schools, and
for two years was a student in the Lawrence
Scientific School of Harvard University, where
he became proficient as a civil engineer. He
served one year as a private and non-com-
missioned officer in the 47th Reg., Mass. Vol.
Inf., and one year as a lieutenant in the ist
Reg., N. Y. Vol. Engineers. After the war
he came to. Iowa, in September, 1865, and be-
gan work as a civil engineer in the construc-
tion of the Burlington & Missouri River
Railroad, from Ottumwa westward, and was
engaged thereon until the completion of the
road to the Missouri River, in 1869. He came
to Ottumwa in January, 1870, and served as
city engineer one year. In 1871 he was in
charge of the construction of a road from Han-
nibal to St. Louis, and in 1872 had charge of
the construction of what is now the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, between Ot-
tumwa and Sigourney. From 1873 to 1878
he was engaged in business in Ottumwa, and
in 1879 as city engineer. He served as mayor
of Ottumwa from 1880 to 1884, and from
the latter date to the present time has been

general manager of the Wapello Coal Com-
pany, as well as its vice-president.

Mr. Waterman was united in marriage tO
his present wife, Alice Hill, a native of Ot-
tumwa, in 1879. By ^ former union with
Georgia Hammond, who died in 1870, he has
a son, Philip H., who is now superintendent
of the Wapello Coal Company. Mr. Water-
man is not formally connected with any church,
but attends the First Methodist Episcopal
church of Ottumwa. He is a Mason and
a member of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. In politics he is a Republican.
He was twice elected an alderman, and
four times mayor of the city of Ot-
tumwa. He was elected to the state sen-
ate in 1893, and served in the 25th and 26th
general assemblies, and in the special session
that revised the code in 1897. Mr. Waterman
was a member of some of the principal com-
mittees in the senate, and was influential in
securing the passage of several important
measures. He is a clear and forcible speaker,
and was one of the most prominent members
of the upper house.

W. ENOCH, formerly a county at-
torney of Wapello county, Iowa, is
one of the leading members of the
bar of this county. He was bom

at Rising Sun, Indiana, and is a son of B.

M. and Caroline (Bohnell) Enoch.

B. M. Enoch was a native of Ohio; and

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421

became a boot and shoe merchant ; at one time
he was a pilot on the i"i\'er. He and his wife
were the parents of three children, — two
daughters and a son. , One daughter died at
the age of six or seven years, and the other
came west, married a son of Major McKee,
of Clark county, Missouri, and is now also
deceased.

A. W. Enoch lived in his nati\'e countv un-
til he was thirteen years of age, when he ac-
companied his family to Illinois, and later to
Iowa. They located at Carthage, Illinois,
where he attended school, and at the age of six-
teen years he decided to prepare himself for
the legal profession. He was admitted to the
bar in Illinois before the supreme court of
that state when but twenty-one years of age.
He practiced alone at Carthage for one year,
and then removed to Afton, Iowa, where he
practiced for several years, forming a partner-
ship with .Vttnrney P C. AA'inter. He came
to Ottumwa in 1891, and has since had a suc-
cessful business here. Mr. Enoch served as
county attorney of Wapello county for two
terms of two years each, having been elected
to that office in 1896. He has occupied his
present excellent suite of offices in the Baker
Block for some years past.

Mr. Enoch was united in marriage with
Emma Bagg, a daughter of Ralph Bagg, and
a relative of Judge Sylvester Bagg, of the
Iowa bar. This union is blessed with two
children: Albert B. and Clara B., both of
whom are attending school. Politically the
subject of this sketch is a Republican. His
father was an old soldier, and served as a

pilot in the navy department on the lower Mis-
sissippi, and as commander of guns. He died
at Kahoka, ^lissouri, in 1897. Fraternally
Mr. Enoch was made a Masmi at Afton, and is
now a Knight Templar at Ottumwa. In re-
ligious views he is a Presbyterian.

ENJAMIX P. BROW'X, cashier of the
Ottumwa Savings Bank, at Ottum-
\A'a, Iowa, is one <if the well known
^'< ung business men of AA'apello
countv. He is a native of McCu'egor. Iowa,
was born in 1869, and is a son of Capt. Charles
P. Brown, and a nephew of W'. C. Brown,
vice-president of the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railwa)-.

Captain Brown was born in Herkimer
county, New York, October 30. 1840, and is
now a resident of Ottumwa, where he is very
well known. He has a daughter, Louise, who
graduated from the Ottumwa High School
\\ith the class of 1901. Captain Brown re-
moved to Ottumwa in 187 1, where he was
employed in the government revenue service
and was associated with General Hedrick, an
old Wapello county resident, imtil i88r. In
1882, when the Ottumwa National Bank \\'as
organized, Mr. Brown was its cashier, and
in 1888 he organized the Ottumwa Savings
Bank, of which he was president until July,
1895. Mr. Brown is a well known veteran of
the Civil War.

Ben P. Brown, subject of this sketch, was
a year and a half old when his father located

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

at Ottumwa. He attended the public schools
of that town, and his first work was with the
Harper, Chambers & Company hardware store,
where he was emplo}'ed two and one-half
years. Li the fall of 1888 he entered the Ot-
tumwa Savings Bank as assistant bookkeeper
and collector, and was later promoted to the
position of assistant cashier. He was made
cashier in July, 1895, and has since filled it
in an able and conscientious manner. He was
treasurer of the independent school district of
Ottumwa for two terms.

Mr. Brown was married in May, 1895, to
Laura Ivendall, a daughter of Samuel Iven-
dall, an early resident of Ottumwa. The_\-
ha\e one daughter, Frances. :\Ir. and Mrs.
Brow n have a \'ery comfortable home on AA'est
Fifth street. Fraternally he is a member of
the Sons of Veterans. Religiously his wife is
a member of the Congregational church. Mr.
and Airs. Brown are well known in Ottumwa,
where they are held in high esteem by all.

APT. CHARLES P BROW'X was
born near Little Falls, Herkimer
county, Xew York, October 30,
1840, the son of Rev. Charles E.
and Frances (Lyon) Brown.

Llis father was a Baptist minister, a gradu-
ate of ^Madison Universit)-, who came to low a
in May, 1842, as a missionary b)- appointment
from the American Baptist Flome Mission
Society, locating first at Maquoketa, Jackson
cO'Unty, and the following fall at Davenport.

After nine years of arduous and successful labor
in his calling, failing health obliged him to re-
turn to Xew York in May, 1851, where he
spent six years in central and western coun-
ties, returning to Iowa in Jul}-, 1857, to make
a home in Howard county.

Captain Brown's mother, a noble Chris-'
tian woman, and a devoted, loving wife and
mother, was a daughter of Dr. Benjamin
Lynn, (jf Herkimer county, X'ew York, whose
wife, Airs. Brown's mother, was Margaret
Duncan, daughter of Richard Duncan, a prom-
inent Scotchman, who' left his native land
on account of political disturbances and set-
tled near Schenectady, X^ew York, at an early
day.

The subject of this sketch was educated in
the common schools of X'ew York and Iowa,
and was a teacher in country district schools
in northern Iowa during the winter terms of
1859, i860 and 1 86 1. He was the first volun-
teer from Howard C(junty for the Civil War,
enlisting about April 20, 1861, in the Decorah
Guards, a Winneshiek county company, which
was mustered into the service of the United
States as Company D, 3rd Reg., Iowa Vol.
Inf., at Keokuk, Iowa. The ist, 2nd, and 3rd
regiments (jf Iowa infantry were organized at
Keokuk about the same time, all being there
together before any left for the field.

At the organization of his company Mr.
Brow-n was elected third corporal, and in
March, 1862, was promoted to be second ser-
geant. Was made first lieutenant of artillei'y in
May, 1863, and in September, 1864, was ap-
pointed captain and assistant adjutant general

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of volunteers by President Lincoln, holding
that position until discharged in December,

1865. He served continuously from April 20,
1 86 1, until December 31, 1865, when he was
honorably discharged by the War Department
order, for the reason that his services were no
longer rec[uired. He was on staff duty about
three years as regimental and brigade quar-
termaster, aide and assistant adjutant general,
ser\-ing more than a year with Maj. Gen.
Stephen A. Hurlbut, who cO'mmanded the
Fourth Di\'ision, Army of the Tennessee, at
Pittsburg Landing, and later the Sixteenth
Army Corps and the Department of the Gulf.
He was in every battle and campaign in which
his command was engaged.

After leaving the army Captain Brown re-
turned to his home in Vernon Springs, Ho\a-
ard county, Iowa, and was married August 30,

1866, to x-Vdeline Fall, daughter of Rev. George
\\^ Fall, of Howard county. He came to Ot-
tumwa, March i, 1871, as clerk in the office of
Gen. John M. Hedrick, supervisor of United
States internal revenue for a district compris-
ing eight northwestern states and territories.
He was soon after appointed United States
internal re\'enue agent on the recommenda-
tion of General Hedrick, and served in that
capacity until October, 1881, resigning on ac-
count of failing health. The Ottumwa Na-
tional Bank was then organizing and Captain
Brown was offered and accepted the position
of cashier. In August, 1883, he left the bank
to become auditor of the coal mining, railroad
and supply companies owned and operated by
J. C. Osgood. This work proving too ardu-

ous, \\as given up in July, 1884, and for three
years he was out of business. In the fall of
1887 Mr. Brown organized the Ottumwa Sav-
mgs Bank, and was its president until August,
1895, when the condition of his health obliged
him to gi\'e up all business for a time.

Mr. and Mrs. Brown ha\'e two children,
living: Benjamin P., born at McGregor,
Iowa, December 11, 1869, and Louise F., born
at Ottumwa, January 28, 1881, both uf \\hom
were educated in the public schools of Ottum-
wa. Benjamin P- went into the retail hard-
ware store of the Harper & :\lclntire Compau}-.
then Harper, Chambers & Company, in Mav,
1886, to learn the business. In September,
1888, he began work in the Ottumwa Sa\-ings
Bank, was made assistant cashier in 1891, and.
cashier m August, 1895. He is a popular,
capable and successful banker.

Captain Brown is a brother of A\' C.
Brown, late general manager of the Chicago,.
Burlington & Ouincy Railroad, now vice-pres-
ident and general manager of the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern and Lake Erie & West-
ern railwa_\s ; and of James D. Brown, of the
freight department (.if the Chicago, Burline-
ton & Ouincv Railroad at Ottumwa.

R. J. C. BOX, a highly respected mem-
ber of the medical profession in Ot-
tumwa, Iowa, is a specialist on dis-
eases of the skin and has his office
in the Williamson Block. He was born in
Da\-is county, Iowa, in 1853, and is a son of
Dr. J. J. and Eva A. (Bryson) Box.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Dr. J. J. Box came as a boy with his father
from Ihinois, the latter being the first post-
master in Iowa, and also^ the first warden of
the penitentiary at Fort Madison, where he
located. He was also a member of the Iowa
territorial legislature and of the constitutional
convention held at Burlington. He was a min-
ister of the Christian church, and a prominent
figure in early Iowa history. Dr. J. J. Box
was educated at Fort Madison and studied
medicine with Dr. James B. Fads, former
'treasinrer of Iowa, with whbm he w^as en-
gaged in practice. He later located at Drakes-
ville, Iowa, and then at Floris, Iowa, where he
remained for forty years. In all, he practiced
for a, period of fifty-three years at various
points in Iowa. He was located at Eldon for
some years prior to his death, which occurred
in 1897, at the age of seventy-two years. He
was united in marriage with Fva A. Bryson,
by whom he had six children : Dr. J. C. ;
Charles F., who is an Osteopathic physician in
Missouri; Mrs. Emma (Truax), of Center-
ville, Iowa ; Mrs. Belle Dair, of Des Moines,
Iowa; and William and Marcus, who died af-
ter arriving at maturity.

Dr. J. C. Box studied medicine with his
father and literally grew up in a physician's
office. He was also in the offices of other
physicians at Floris, among them Dr. J. W.
La Force, and in the winter of 1879- 1880, took
a course in Scudder's Eclectic Medical In-
stitute at Cincinnati, Ohio<. He then attended
two courses of lectures at the Bennett Medical
College of Chicago, from which he was gradu-
ated in the winter of 1885- 1886. He began
practice with his father at Floris, Iowa; after
remaining there three or four years, he came

to Wapello county in 1889. He was a member
of Dr. Keeley's staff about five years, and as
he gained wide experience in the treatment of
skin diseases, in that capacity^ he decided to
make a specialty of that branch. He located
in Ottumwa in 1896, and has since practiced
alone. He has a thorough mastery of everv
branch of the profession, but has beai particu-
larly successful in the branch which he makes
a specialty.

Dr. Box was united in matrimony with
Lida A. Hancock, a daughter of Harrison
Hancock, an easrly settler of Davis coumty,
Iowa. They have two children : Minnie M.,
aged twelve years; and Paul D., aged nine
years. In politics, the Doctor is a Democrat.
He is a member of the Masonic order and the
Select Knights. He has joined no medical as-
sociation, there being nO' Electic Medical so-
ciety in the coimty. He owns a fine residence
in Ottum\\a, in which he lives with his family.
In religious attachments, he and his family are
members of the Christian church.

R. L. J. BAKER, one of the best
known and most popular physicians
of Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa,
has been located in the city since
1882, when he came on a visit. He was so well
pleased with the opportunities presented for
success in his profession, that he immediately
located hereand has never since had cause to re-
gret his action. He was born in Greene coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, in May, 1850. His grand-
father, who was born about 1750, was a sol-

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425

dier of the Revolutionary War, and his fa-
ther was born in 1805.

Dr. Baker received liis education in Greene,
Washington and Fayette counties, Pennsyl-
vania, and then prepared for the medical pro-
fession by attending lectures in the Jefferson
Medical College oi Philadelphia, from which
institution he received the degree of M. D. in
1875. He fii'st began practice in Ohio, and
was afterward located at Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vania, until T882. He then came to Ottuniwa,
Iowa, on a visit and, being pleased with the
city, determined upon it as a permanent lo-
cation. He has engaged in general practice
with great success, and for several years past
has had his office in the Baker Block. He has
a thorough mastery of the profession, is a
careful practitioner, and enjoys the confidence
of his patients, and his fellow citizens in gen-
eral, to a marked degree. He owns a very
comfortable home.

Dr. Baker was united in marriage with
Emma D. Shugert, of Elizabeth, Pennsyl-
vania, and they have a daughter, Lois, who
is attending the Ottumwa schools. In politic.'',
the Doctor and the other members of his fam-
ily are Republicans, with the exception of a
cousin, Lewis Baker, who was appointed by
President Cleveland minister to a South Amer-
ican government. Dr. Baker was health officer
at Ottumwa for four years, and the excellent
health regulations now in force were at that
time established. He has ever been promi-
nent in fraternal circles. He is a Mason and
Knight Templar, and was recently elected
grand master of Masons in Iowa. In 1889

he served a term as grand junior warden. He
is now serving his second term as president
of the AVapello County Medical Association,
and also belongs to the Ljwa State Medical As-
sociation; the Des Moines Valley Medical As-
sociation ; the Southeast Iowa Medical As-
ciation, and the Western Surgical and Gyneco-
logical Association. In religious views he is
an Episcopalian.

P. VANFOSSAN, one of the prom-
inent agriculturists of AA'apello
county, Iowa, is located on a fine
farm of 150 acres in Center town-
ship. He is a veteran of the Civil AVar, and
bears an honorable record f(jr service through-
out that long struggle. He was born in Madi-
son township, Columbiana county, Ohio,
March 21, 1842, and is a son of William and
Eleanor (Clark) Vanfossan.

Amos Vanfossan, the great-grandfather of
AV. P., was born in Pennsylvania, emigrated
to Ohio-, in 1804, and located land in Madisoii
township, Columbiana county, on ^\■hich he ■
lived during the remainder of his days. His
son, Arnold Vanfossan, grandfather of AA^ P.,
was born in the Juniata Valley, Pennsylvania,
and married a Miss Shafer in Madison town-
ship, Columbiana county, Ohio, where he lived
for many years, at AA^ellsville, and where he
died. His son, AA'illiam, the father of AA^ P.,
was born in the same place, October 10, 18 10,
and was reared and schooled in that county. He
always followed farming and owned a good
farm there, on which he lived until his death

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in December, 1864. His widow died in New
Lisbon, Ohio, October 21, 1896. They be-
came parents of 1 1 children, as follows : Amy
(Mick), of Columbiana county, Ohio-; Jnsepii,
who died on the old farm, in 1890; IMary
Ann, who died in Columbiana county, Ohio ;
Jesse, who lived in Louisiana, Missouri, and
was drowned in the Mississippi River, in 1849;
James C. ; W. P., whose name appears at the
head of this biography; ^Taria (Patterson), of
New Lisbon, Ohio: Adaline (McLean), of
East Liverpool, Ohio; IVIartha Eleanor, of
West Beaver, Ohio; Daniel, who' lives in
Cadiz, Ohio'i and Henry AA'ilson, of Cleve-
land, Ohio. James C. Vanfossan enlisted in
1 86 1, from Columbiana count)-, Ohio, in the
First Regiment of Ohio for three years, was
wounded while serving in Kentucky. As a
result he entered the marine service from
Moundsville, and served until the close of the
marine service on the Mississippi River. He
resides at New Lisbon, Ohio.

AA" P. Vanfossan was reared in JMadison
township, Columbiana county, Ohio, where he
attended the common schools. In 1861, he en-
listed in Company I, 78th Reg., Ohio Vol.
Inf., for three years, and was mustered in at
Zanesville, Ohio, at Camp Gilbert. He served
in the Army of the Tennessee, and was in the
battle of Shiloh, where he received a gun-shot
wound in the right arm, and carries the ball
to this day. He remained with his company
and took part in the siege of Vicksburg, par-
ticipated in the battle of Corinth, and was at
Atlanta, July 21 and 22, where he received a
gun-shot wound through the left shoulder. He
continued with the regiment until near the
close of the war, and was honorably discharged

at Buford, S. C, January 12, 1865. He re-
turned at once to his old home and then en-
tered DufT's Business College at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, from which institution he was
graduated in Ma^-, 1865. He completed the
course in nine weeks, a feat accomplished by
but one person before his graduation. He
next worked in the oil fields of Pennsylvania,
in Beaver county, and after his father's death
bought a part O'f the old homestead in, Ohio,
which he afterward sold to his brother. He
came west to AA'apello county, Iowa, and
reached Agency on December 10, 1868. He
1 worked at farm labor in Pleasant township,
(.me year, and then bougbt a farm in Colum-
Ijia township, where he remained 14 years.
In 1883 he moved to Center township, where
he now resides. He purchased a tract of 150 1 11
acres, which he has greatly improved in every
respect, having built a fine residence and barn.
The farm is well fenced and under a high state
of cultivation. He also built a residence in
which his son li\'es.

Air. Vanfossan was united in marriage, in
Pleasant township, in 1869, with Alinerva J.
Alyers. who was born in AA^apello countv, Iowa,
and \\3.s a daughter of Jacob Myers, a pioneer
settler now residing at Agencx. Airs. Van-
fossan died in Alay, 1870, at Dudley, and he
formed a second union in Columbia township,
in 1 87 1, by wedding Melinda J. Roberts, who
was born in that township, and is a daughter
of Oscar and Elizabeth (AA^alters) Roberts.
Her father was born in New York State, and
her mother, in Medina county, Ohio.. They
were among the ]oioneers of Columbia town-
ship, AA^apello county, where Mr. Roberts en-
tered land and lived until his death, in 1870,

GEORGE EARHART.

MRS. EMMA M. EARHART.

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431

at Mount Pleasant. Mr. and Mrs. Vanfossan
became the parents of two children : Willard
A., who' married Flora B. Cottom, and resides
on a part of the farm; and Jnlia E. (John-
ston), of Polk township, Wapello, county. In
politics, the subject of this sketch is a Demo-
crat, and was a justice of the peace in Colum-
bia township. He has also^ been assessor of
Center township. He has always taken an ac-
tive interest in the welfare of the county, and
is one of its well known men.

EORGE EARHART, one of the sub-
stantial citizens of Eldon, low-a, has
been engaged in the real estate busi-
ness there for several years, and owns
about 700 acres of land within a radius of three
miles of the city. He was born in I^izerne
county, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1853, and
is a son of George Earhart, Sr.

George Earhart, Sr., was born in Germany,
and came to the United States when twenty-
five years of age. He landed in New York
City, and then located in Pennsylvania, wdiere
he followed the trade of a butcher. He and
his wife reared the following children : John,
deceased ; Samuel ; Jacob B., deceased ; George ;
Charles ; Clara ; and Stephen, deceased.

George Earhart, our subject, came to lowr;
with his parents in 1856, and located in Van
Buren county. He afterward li\ed in Selma,
Iowa, where he held a clerical position for
seven years. He came to Eldon in 1881, and
opened a general store, which he conducted for
three years. Since then, he has been engaged
22

in the real estate business at Eldon. He is a
public-spirited citizen, and has devoted his
energies to the utmost for the betterment of
the town and county. He was twice elected
mayor of Eldon, and served from 1894 to
1896.

Mr. Earhart w^as united in marriage, in
1882, with Emma ]\linor, who was born in
Illinois, in 1865, and they have two children;
George A. and John E. roUtically, Mr. Ear-
hart is a stanch supporter of the principles pro-
mulgated in the Democratic platform. Por-
traits of Mr. and }ilrs. Earhart accompany this
sketch, being presented on foregoing pages.

HE swift-ca:\ipbell brick

CO]\tPAXY. the leading brick man-
ufacturing firm of AA'apello county,
Iowa, has an extensive plant just
out of the city of Ottumwa, where they burn
n.iany thousands of brick per day with the
Swift furnace kiln, an in\'ention of Mr. Swift,
of this firm. He has been engaged in the
l>rick-making business for almost a quarter
of a centur\', and after some years of experi-
ment, invented a center cooking table furnace,
to be used in connection with kilns, which has
almost revolutionized the manufacture of
bricks, as his patent kilns are used all over
the country.

The Swift-Campbell Brick Company be-
gan operations in Ottumwa less than two years
ago, having bought the 10 acres of land in
Center township wdiich they now occupy, in

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

section 29, township "ji, range 13, just be-
yond the city hmits of Ottumwa. The com-
pany commenced at once to build their pat-
ent kihis and to manufacture brick. The plant
now has a capacity of from 20,000 to 30,000
bricks per day, and the concern is behind in
filling its orders. The company has all the
latest and most improved machinery, includ-
ing side and end cutting press-machines, the
largest one having a capacity of 20,000 bricks
in eight hours, which is the period of daily op-
eration. Six drying sheds are used, which hold
many thousands of brick, and from them the
material is transferred to the patent kilns to
be burned. The company has also built six
cottages on its land, which are rented to its
emplo}'es, because convenient to their work.
Mr. Campbell and his family occupy one of
them, and Mr. Swift boards with him while
at Ottumwa, as his family still resides at
A\'ashington, Iowa. He owns a plant in Wash-
ington, Iowa, larger than the one operated
here, and rents it to his son, Edward A., for
$ico per month. It is built on the same plan
as the one in Ottumwa, and also has several
cottages built for the use of the employes.
Mr. Swift early in life learned the brick-mak-
ing trade and believed he could find some way
of reducing the great expense for fuel incur-
red in the old way of burning brick, and at the
same time burn them more evenly. He began
to experiment, started an establishment of his
o\Mi, as his idea was toO' radical to be tried
b}' any other concern. He did not have a great
deal of money, but possessed strong determina-
tion, and in 1892 started his coking table fur-

nace, and in a short time had his contrivance
completed. The results were such that he at
once applied for patents, and then sold the
right for use in brick yards, large and small,
all over the country, the price being from $500
to $5,000 per right, according to the size of
the yard. As the invention resulted in a
saving of from 20 per cent, to 55 per cent,
in fuel, and increase of 2>Z P^^ cent, in the
number of good bricks, there was a ready sale.
The furnace can be attached to either up or
down draught, or continuous kiln, and does
not rec|uire the amount of attention which the
old ones demand. One of its best features is
that all cold air is excluded from start of burn
to finish, thus making the ware much sounder
and giving it a better ring. The plant of the
Swift-Campbell Brick Company is complete in
all its details and is one of the thriving in-
dustries of Ottumwa. It will be increased to.
double its present capacity within the next year.

RANK VON SCHRADER, a promi-
nent man of business in Ottumwa,
lo'wa, is president of the Ottumwa
Savings Bank, the oldest and most
stable institution of its kind in \A^apello county.
He was born in Chicago, 111., in i860. His fa-
ther. Dr. Otto von Schracler, came from Ger-
many in early manhood and located in Ma-
cjuoketa, Iowa, in 1846. He was in active
practice as a physician until 1856, when he or-
ganized the private banking house of von
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433

changed to the First National Bank of Ma-
quoketa. He was president of this institution
until the time of his death in 1875. He mar-
ried Mary Stewart Webster, of Hartford, Con-
necticut.

Frank von Schrader received his primary
education in the academy at Maquoketa; he
then attended Iowa College at Grinnell, and
afterward the University of Michigan. In
1 88 1 he was secretary tO' the general passenger
agent of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Com-
pany in Milw'aukee, and in 1883 became seci'e-
tary to W. C. Brown, later general manager of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
When the Ottumwa Savings Bank Avas organ-
ized in 1888, he was made its cashier, and in
1894 was elected president of the bank, in which
capacity he has since served. He also' served
three terms as city treasurer of Ottumwa, —
from 1892 until 1896.

Mr. von Schrader was united in marriage,
in 1894, to Jean Freeman, ol Scranton, Penn-
sylvania, and they ha^'e twO' sons, Max and
OttO'.

RANCIS W. SIMMONS, one of Ot-
tumwa's most enterprising and pro^
gressive business men, is a member of
the firm of George Haw & Company,
wholesale and retail hardware merchants. He
was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1854, and
is a son of Rev. J. T. and Martha ( Argan-
bright) Simmons.

Rev. J. T. Simmons was born at Wilming-
ton, Delaware, and was reared in Mo^rgan coun-

ty, Ohioi. In 1855 li^ removed toi Iowa, took
up the work of the ministry as a Methodist, and
subsequently filled many important pulpits in,
southern Iowa. He preached from 1872 to
1875 in the First Methodist Episcopal church,
at Ottumwa, Iowa. Since 1885 he has lived in
retirement on his farm west of Ottumwa, but
is still a very prominent man. He married Mar-
tha .Arganbright, who' was born in Ohio<, of
German parents, and died in 1892. They
reared the following children : Lydia Jane,
wife of E. G. Chapman, of Duluth, a business
man of that city ; Francis W. ; George B., sec-
retary of the Hardsocg Manufacturing Com-
pany, of Ottumwa: John W., an ice manufac-
turer cf St. Augustine, Florida; Kitty, wife of
G. G. Springer, vi Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ;
and Edmond, who is eng-aged in the beet sugar
business in Colorado.

Francis ^V. Simmons was reared in Iowa
and spent three years in college, a portion of the
time attending \\'esk)'an University at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, and a part of the time the State
Uni\-ersity of Iowa. He completed his soph-
(,m( re year in 1875, and was then engaged in
teaching school for seven months. He then
came to Ottumwa and engaged with the firm
cf George Haw & Company, and in 1879 was
admitted to full membership in the firm. He
has taken an acti\-e interest in tKe management
of the large business which has since developed,
the firm having embarked in the wholesale busi-
ness soon after he became a member. He is also
interested in various other business enterprises,
and has always been active in furthering the
best interests of the city of Ottumwa. With

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William Daggett, he secured the Janney Man-
ufacturing Company's plant for Ottumwa, and
also other important plants. He is a self-made
man, public-spirited, and a credit to the com-
munity in which he lives. In 1900 he erected
a handsome home at No'. 334 East Fifth street,
and has a very attractive property.

Mr. Simmons was united in the bonds of
matrimony with Elizabeth Bonnifield, who was
hoirn at Ottumwa, and they- have two sons :
Kenneth G., aged nine years; and John Bonni-
field, aged five. Fraternall)-, Mr. Simmons is
a Mason and a Knight Templar. Of late yeaTrs
he has taken an active interest in pohtics, and
is a stanch supporter of the Republican party.
He represented the Sixth Congressional Dis-
trict oi Iowa, in 1892, at the national conven-
tion, held in Minneapolis, and is regarded as a
leader of unusual force and influence in Iowa.
Flis energies are now devoted mainly to busi-
ness enterprises, some O'f which extend beyond
the limits of the United States, but he has an
inclination toward public affairs, and it is not
only possible but probable that his fellow citi-
zens will yet call upon him tO' yield at least a
part of his time to the general interests of the
co'untry.

EV. JOHN T. SlAi:\iOXS, who has
lived a life of stirring activity, is an
honored resident of Ottumwa, A\'ape!-
lo countj', Iowa. He has been a mem-
ber of the ministry since ii<S<^K and bv word and
deed has wrought great good wherever he has
been kx:ated. He \\as born in Delaware, Jan-

uary II, 1829, and is a son of John and Mar-
garet (Talley) Simmons.

John Simmons was born and lived in Dela-
ware throughout his entire life. After his
death his widow moved to Ohio, in 1836, and
settled in Vinton county,, where she died. John
T. was the only child born of their union.

John T. Simmons was reared in Ohio, and.
obtained his intellectual training principally
in Morgan county. He was a strong Aboli-
tionist, made stirring Abolition speeches, and.
became an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal
church. He moved to Jefferson county, Iowa,
in 1855, and bought an improved farm, upon
which he settled. In 1856 he became identi-
fied with the Iowa conference, of which he. has
since been a member. He was pastor of a
church at Glasgow until 1858, and then went
to Iowa county, where he had charge of a large
circuit, consisting of 16 appointments, and
was located in Richmond. In 1862 he was ap-
]5ointed chaplain of the 28th Reg., Iowa Vol.
Inf., and was mustered into service at Iowa
City under Captain Henderson. They went
to Davenport in October, then on a transport
to Helena, .Vrkansas, where they were, on No-,
vember 20, 1862, assigned to the ist Brigade,
2d Division, Military District of East Arkan-
sas. They remained at Helena, and on De-
cember II, Rev. Mr. Simmons was trans-
ferred to the 2(1 Brigade, ist Division, and on
December 17, to the 2d Brigade, 2d Division,
Alilitary District of East Arkansas, remain-
ing at Helena, where he had measles and
mumps. April 11, 1863, he was assigned to
the I2th Division, 13th Army Corps, com-

ALBERT COTTOM.

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manded by Gen. J. A. McCIernand, and par-
ticipated in the Vicksburg campaign and the
battles of Fort Gibson and Champion Hills.
In May the regiment was sent tO' the rear of
Vicksburg, and remained there up to July 4^
Avhen it went tO' Jackson. They returned to
Vicksburg, then went to Natchez, and next
to Carrollton, where they camped. Rev.- Mi'-
Simmons was there changed from the 12th to
the 3d Division. On February 26, they were
ordered to report at New Orleans and await
orders. They passed through Red River cam-
paign, took part in other engagements and then
went to Algiers and New Orleans, where they
shipped with sealed orders, — being told later
that the Potomac was their destination. They
went to Fortress Monroe, and then to .-Vlexan-
dria and Washington, D. C, where the}' went
into the trenches and remained three days, —
being the first Iowa regiment seen in the capi-
tal. They then marched to Lewisburg, Virginia,
and into the Shenandoah Valley, where the}-
were assigned to the 4th Brigade, 3rd Division,
19th Army Corps. They marched through
Charleston, A\'est Virginia, September 8, and
were in the battles of Berry\'ille and Winches-
ter. In March, 1865, Mr. Simmons went to
Savannah and resigned, returning to his home
in Iowa county, Iowa. In 1873 ^^^ came to Ot-
tumwa as pastor of the Methodist church, of
which he was in charge for three years. He was
presiding elder of the Keokuk district from
1882 until 1 886, when he located on his pres-
ent farm in Center township, where he has a
well improved tract of 80 acres of land. He
was pastor of the Mount Pleasant Methodist

church in 1878 and 1879, and agent for the
Iowa Wesleyan University during 1880 and
1881. He also' served as presiding elder of
the Newton district, four or five years. In
1866 he devoted a year to the interest of es-
tablishing and building the Soldiers' Orphans'
Home of Iowa, and his efliorts were attended
with success. He is well known throughout
Iowa, and enjoys the confidence and respect of
all.

Rev. Simmons was joined in wedlock in
1852, in Ohio, with Martha Arganbright, who
died in Center township in 1892. To them six
children were born, namely : Lydia ( Chap-
man), of Duluth; Francis \\'., a record of
whose life appears elsewhere in this \-olume;
George B., who married and resides in Ottum-
wa; J. A\'., of Florida; Kittie L. (Springer),
of Philadelphia; and Edmund, of Colorado.
Mr. Simmons' second marriage occurred in
1894, \\ith Jennie Bryant, of Birmingham,
Iowa. He subscribes himself, ".\ sinner saved
by grace."

LBERT COTTO:\I, a resident of Cen-
ter township, Wapello county, Iowa,
raises fruit, melons, and sweet po-
tatoes, extensively. He was born
in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, February 25,
1 846, and is a son of William and Phoebe
( Sembower) Cottom, and a grandson of \Vill-
iam and Mary Catherine (Goodge) Cottom.

The great-grandfather of Albert Cottom
was also named William. He was born in
Ireland, and came to America with the Hes-

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

sians, during the W'ar of the Revohition. He
fought on that side for a while, but suon de-
serted and joined the ranks of the Colonists.
At the close of the war, he located near Dun-
bar, Pennsylvania. His wife was of Scotch
ancestry. The next in line was also William,
Albert Cottom's grandfather, born in Pennsyl-
vania.

William Cottom, the father of our subject,
was born in Fayette county, Penns}'lvania,
March 12, 1820. He learned the trade of a
coach maker early in life, and followed that
trade during his active business career. He
married Phoebe Sembower, in Fayette county,
near Dawson station. She was born in Bed-
ford county, Pennsylvania, and was a daugn-
ter of Adam and Eve Sembower, natives of the
Keystone State, who died at Uniontown. Mrs.
Cottom died in 1870. Her union with Will-
iam Cottom resulted in the birth of the fol-
lowing children, namely: Albert, the subject
of this sketch ; William, who lives in Stark
county, Illinois ; James, Franklin, Emily,
Lewis, and Mar_\- Catherine, all of whom died
in Pennsylvania; and Adam C, who has
charge of a store in Fayette county.

Albert Cottom, whose name heads this
sketch, attended the district schools of his na-
tive county, and the public schools at Unions
town, Pennsylvania. Pie enlisted, at Dresden,
OhiO', in the Union army. From the Ohio
regiment he was transferred to a Wheeling-
battery, under Capt. John H. Holmes. He
was sworn in at Wheeling, West Virginia,
and served in the Army of the Potomac. He
took part in the battle of Xew Creek, Virginia,

was captured and confined in the Pemberton
building at Richmond, from November 28,
1864, until February 14, 1865. He was then
paroled, joined his regiment, and sent to the
Clara\dlle Hospital at Cumberland, i\Iar^•Iand.
He was honorably discharged at Wheeling,
June 13, 1865.

j-Vfter the close of the war, Mr. Cottom re-
turned to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where
he taught school for five years. He then re-
moved to Illinois, where he taught school in
Montgomery, Fayette and Stark counties.
Plis first trip to Illinois was made in 1869, after
which he returned to Pennsylvania, and in
1879 once more went to Illinois. In 1885
Mr. Cottom went to Omaha, Nebraska, where
he was engaged in truck gardening until he lo-
cated in Wapello county. In 1894 he bought
40 acres of land in Center township, Wapello
county, and since that time has put out 10
acres of this land in all kinds of small fruit.
He has 1,500 trees, which cover ten acres
of the land, and on two acres he has ex-
tensive beds of strawberries. The rest of the
farm is devoted to the growth of watermelons
and sweet potatoes. He has a fine fruit farm,
and it has been entirely of his own making.
He had but little on coming to Wapello coun-
ty, but managed, by hard work and careful
management to reach his present goal of
success.

In 1870, Mr. Cottom married, in Bond
county, Illinois, Theresa Maria Allen. She
died in that state one year later. This union
resulted in one child. Bertha, who died in in-
fancy. Mr. Cottom married, secondl}'. Flattie

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439

Lozier. in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in
1874. She died several years later. To them
were born the following children : Bertie,
who lives in Kansas Cit)-, Missouri ; Alary
Catherine, of Ottumwa, Iowa; Flora B., who
married Willard Van Fossan, of Center town-
ship, A\'apello county; Jennie, of Kansas Citv,
Missouri; and William Franklin, and Nettie,
who live at home. Mr. Cottom married Mrs.
]\Iargaret Strange, at Chillicothe, Iowa, in
1899. She was born in Ohio, and came to
Wapello county, Iowa, in 1853. Her grand-
father (;n the mother's side was Flenrv Becker,
a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Mr. Cottom is a Republican, in politics,
and takes an active interest in the affairs of
that party. He is a man who is deserving of
the honor and esteem in which he is held by his
fellow citizens, and his friends in Wapello
county are man}-. A portrait of >Ir. Cottom
accompanies this sketch.

EMAN SNOW, deceased, who was one

of the pioneer settlers of Wapello

county, Iowa, and for many years

one of the leading citizens of Eddy-

ville, was torn in AVest Haven, Connecticut,

in 1813, and his death occurred in 1897, at the

age of eighty-four years.

Heman Snow left his native state and went
to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he engaged
in mercantile business. Later he remo\'ed to
Ohio, where he engaged in farming between
Poland and Youngstown. There he remained
for seven vears, after which he removed to

Wapello county, Iowa, and settled in Eddy-
\'ille. There were but 1 1 families in Eddyville
at that time, and among these were the Cald-
wells, Dunlaps, Wylies, old Dr. Ross and Dr.
Buck, the Clements, Scribners, Roberts, and
Butchers.

Mr. Snow engaged as a clerk for Fish
& Dunlap, and later with Manning & Corwin.
This \\as about the last wirk he did. He pur-
chased a farm in Mahaska count}-, which he
operated a few years, but on account of failing
health, he abandoned this and retired to private
life in Edd\'\'ille. There he had purchased
land on which he built the house in which A,Irs.
Snow now lives. Tt was erected in 1855, and
the brick used was made hv Jim Long, and
hauled from Burlington, Iowa. ]\Ir. Snow
was a man c:f fine character, and his influence
was strongly felt in the community. He had
many \\-arm friends who lo\"ed him for his
many lovable traits of character and charitable
deeds.

Mr. Snow married Marv Button, a daught-
er (jf John and Cyrena ( Penfield ) Button
both of whom were natives of Chatham, Con-
necticut, new known as Portland. Mrs. Snow
had always lived in Portland up to the time
of her marriage. She was married in Pitts-
burg, where she was visiting, and where Air.
Snow was in business at that time. Nine
children resulted from this union, as follow's :
Gertrude; and Albert, Frank, Alice, Amanda
and Elsie, deceased ; William P. ; Milton ; and
Jennie. Gertrude married Joseph Elliott, a
hardware dealer of Eddyville, they have seven
children, namely, — Charles, Frank, Willie,
George, Fred, Arthur and Adda. Air. Snow
was a member of the Congregational church.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

in which his wife is still actively interested.
Mr. Snow's death \\-as much mourned in the
community, as he was a man who commanded
the respect of all who came in contact with
him.

REDERICK ELMER \'AXCE, M.
D., a prominent ph}-sician and sur-
geon of Eddyville, \\'apeIlo Cdunty,
lo'wa, was born in Harrison township,
JMahaska county, Iowa, where the town of Pe-
kay is now located, July 6, 1862, and is a son of
Samuel and Rebecca ( [Morgan ) Vance.

Samuel Vance was born in Eayett^ county,
Indiana, in 18 19, and lived there until 1838,
moving in that vear to Burlington, Iowa. He
moved to Mahaska connty and located on un-
improved government land on ^^•hich the now
prosperous mining town of Pekay is located.
He sold this propert)- in 1891, and mi wed to
Eddy\'ille where the last days of his life were
spent in retirement. He was a man of man}-
admirable traits of character, honest and up-
right in all dealings with his felldw men. He
lived to an ad\-anced age and his death was
mourned b}- a large circle of acquaintances and
friends. He married, in 1S42, Rebecca ]\Irir-
gan, a daughter of Alexander ?iIorgan, of ^la-
son cmint}-. Kentucky. She moved tO' Iowa
when thirteen }-ears of age and here married
Mr. Vance, by whom she had the following
children : Oliver II., of Mahaska county, Iowa ;
Agnew E., of Mnnme coiunty, Inwa; Samuel
L., and Sue A., of Eddyville ; Frederick Elmer ;
Lizzie, wife of George Gilchrist, of Oskaloosa;

Mary, wife O'f William Walker, of Fort Scott,
Kansas; and James A., and Henry, who are
deceased. In religious belief, Mr. Vance was a
member of the Christian church up to the time
of his death on June 12, 1894. Mrs. Vance is
still li\ing at the advanced age of seventy-nine
years in the full possession of all her faculties.
She, too, has been a member of the Christian
church for many years.

Frederick Elmer Vance received his prelim-
inary education in the common schools of Ma-
haska county, and upon completing his course
there entered Oskaloosa College, taking a three
}'ears' course. He then entered Rush Medical
College, in Chicago, in 1884, and graduated
from that institution in 1887,, in medicine and
surgery, receiving his degree of M. D. He re-
turned to Eddyville, Iowa, and engaged in the
practice of his profession, and has remained
here t(;' the present time, establishing a large
and well-paying general practice. Lie is a
careful practitioner, attentive to business and
deserving of the success he has attained. He
took a post- graduate course in the New York
Polyclinic Llospital of New ^'ork City in 1899,
and there!)}- added to his skill as a practicing
phwsician. Dr. Vance is a member of the Des
Moines Valley Medical Association, Iowa State
Medical Society and the jVmerican Medical So-
ciety. He has been local physician and sur-
geon for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway for the last nine }'ears, and is exam-
ining physician for man)' insurance coinpanies,
auKjiig them being the New York Life, the
Mutual Life of New York and the Eauitable

HARTWELL NORRIS MACOY.

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Life of New York. In 1894 he became a mem-
ber of Eddyville Lodge, No. 74, A. F. & A. M.,
and is also a member of Pleiades Castle, No.
15, K.- of P.; Oskaloosa Division, Uniform
Rank, K. O'f P. ; and Eddyville Camp, No. 1837,
M. AV. O'f A., of which he is examining' physi-
cian.

In 1896 Dr. Vance was united in marriage
with Delia M. Caldwell, a daughter of the Hon.
S. T. Caldwell, who represented AA'apello coun-
ty in the Iowa State legislature and was also a
prominent banker and merchant of E(l(l_\'\'ille.
He was also engaged in the pork packing in-
dustry. He was born January 29, 1832, near
Wheeling, West Virginia, and came to Iowa
in the early history of the county.

ARTWELL NORRIS MACOY, a
pioneer planing-mill operator and
contractor, whose portrait is here-
with shown, has been located in Ot-
tumwa, Iowa, since 1863, and is one of the
best known residents of the city. He was born
at Cambridge, Vermont, November 7, 1824,
and is a son of Daniel and Laura (Downer)
Macoy.

Daniel Macoy was a cooper bv trade, and
followed that occupation throughout his entire
life. He and his wife were both of English de-
scent, and are now dead.

Hartwell Norris Macoy was reared at
Cambridge, Vermont, and there received his
■schooling. At an early age he learned the
trade of cabinet making, and still has in his
house some fine specimens of his handicraft.

He engaged in contracting, owned a steam
mill there, prior to his marriage, and was in
business in Cambridge for sixteen years. In
1863 he came west, making a trip to Omaha,
where he sold buggies at a time when ground
A'as being broken for the Lnion Pacific Rail-
road. He came to Ottumwa the same year,
and, after erecting a home, built his first mill,
on Union street, near the river. In it was
placed the first wood-working machinery of
importance used in the cit}-. This mill was
destro}ed ]jy fire about iSA^, and Mr. IMacoy
then built another, which he sold later on.
He ne.xt erected a planing mill on the corner
of Second and AA'ashington streets, where Ed
Daggett's livery barn now stands, and subse-
ciuently built two others. He has disposed of
all but two of these, and at the present time op-
erates neither of those retained. Erom the time
he first located in the city he has been engaged
in contracting, and has erected many of the
fine residences of Ottumwa. He has built an
average of 30 houses per year, and given em-
ployment to from 20 to 25 men. He erected
many of the early residences, some of which
he replaced in later years with more elegant
and expensive structures. In the early ''seven-
ties' he built as a home what is now the AA^ash-
ington Hotel, in which he resided for about
twelve years. His present fine 12-room brick
residence, just in the rear of the hotel, was
completed nearly twenty years ago, and he has
since lived in it. He still owns the hotel build-
ing, and has lived, practically, a retired life
for the past ten years. Despite the misfor-
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the other $2,000, he has been quite successful
in a business way, and is at the present in
very easy circumstances.

Mr. Macoy was joined in marriage witli
Sarah Jane Cliase, who was born at Cambridge,
Vermont, May 4, 1830, and is a daughter of
Ambrose and Lydia (AA'oodbury) Chase.
Her parents, whO' were of English descent,
came from Sutton, \\'orcester county, Massa-
chusetts, and traced their famil_v tree beyond
the }ear 1600. Mr. and yirs. Macoy at-
tended school together, and were married Aug-
ust 16, 1848. They celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary at Ottumwa in 1898, and
it was a notable social event. At Cambridge,
Vermont, they attended a church which was
erected in 1798, and had a seating capacity oi
1,200 people. It was a frame building and
was constructed without nails. Their pastor
filled the pulpit of this church for a period of
forty-five years. In 1890 Air. Macoy sent
plans, by recjuest, for the new church, \\hich
now occupies the place of the original struc-
ture. His plans being approved, he was asked
to accept the contract of building the church,
which he did. Mr. Alacoy and his wife have
one son, Eugene H., who was born on May
4, 1857, at Cambridge, Vermont.

Eugene H. Macoy was reared and educated
at Ottumwa, and completed a course in a busi-
ness college. He is a fine artist and draughts-
man. During his early career he traveled with
various show troupes, and now has several on
.the road. His residence is in Chicago, where
he has leased the Bijou and Alhambra theaters
and also the Academy of Music. He has been

engaged in lithographing and printing for
eight }'ears, and is vice-president of the Na-
tional Printing and Engraving Company, at
Nos. 346-348 AA^abash avenue, Chicago. He
has a $1,400 cottage at Paw Paw, Michigan,
and makes his summer home there. He mar-
ried Theresa Chambers, and has three chil-
dren : Earl Hartwell, who was born Alay 20.
1881, and is studying drafting in the Armour
Institute, at Chicago; Ethel Chase, aged
eighteen years, who is attending high school
in Chicago; and Harold Chambers, aged four-
teen years. Eugene H. Macoy is a man of
excellent business qualifications and a credit to
Ottumwa, where he was reared.

In politics Hartwell Norris Macoy is a Lin-
coln Republican. He was an Abolitionist dur-
ing slavery days, and of late years has been a
strong temperance advocate.

ILLIAM R. NELSON, a gentleman
who' has attained a wide reputation
as a member of the legal profession,
has been particularly successful in
criminal cases and has been identified with some
of the most prominent trials in this vicinity.
He is an able lawj'cr and has built up' a lucra-
tive practice in the vicinity O'f Eddyville. He
was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, May
7, 1858, and is a son of Samuel and Margaret
(Grimm) Nelson, both O'f whom were natives
of Pennsylvania.

Samuel Nelson moved from Pennsylvania
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purchased a farm which he cuUi\'ated until
1876, since which time he has resided at Leigh-
ton. He has been an extensive shipper oi grain
and h\'e stock and is one of the most progress-
ive citizens oi that town. His unioai with j\Iar-
gaixt Grimm, resulted in the foJlowing children :
W^illiam R. ; Lenora V., wife of A\^ P. Shumak-
er, of Leighton, Iowa; Clara B., who' married
W. H. Morse, now deceased, who was a prom-
inait jeweler O'f Guthrie, Oklahoma; Mary E.,
wife of Charles Whitmore, of Mahaska county.
Iowa ; and Barbara E., of Oregon. ]\Ir. Xelscn
is a stanch Republican, and has served in town-
ship and school offices.

William R. Nelson attended the common
schools O'f Mahaska county, and then attended
Oskalocsa College for part of one year. He
read law about one year \\ith the firm of Bol-
ton & McCoy, of Oskaloosa, and was admitted
to the bar by Judge Cook in August, 1882. He
was then located in Oskaloosa until 1890 when
he went tO' Montana and engaged in silver min-
ing and in the practice of law. He was also
employed as attorney by the Great Northern
Railroad Company, and was retained by the
famous Thomas Powers & Brother. He re-
turned to Iowa in 1892 and located in Eddy-
ville, where he has established a large and well
])aying practice. He holds the confidence of
the people to^ a remarkable degree and has es-
tablished a wide reputation as a trial lawyer.
His connection with many widely discussed
criminal cases brought him prominently toi the
fore, especially the celebrated Walton case.

Mr. Nelson was united in marriage in 1885
with Anna Hicks, of Pennsylvania, by whom

he had two' children : Earl and Grace. He
formed a second union in October, 1894, with
Matilda Griffin, a nati\'e of Indiana, and they
have one son, Samuel R. In political belief, he
is a strong Republican, and has frequently at-
tended and been delegate tO' county and state
con\entions. He is a member of the Knights
of Pythias, American Yeomen, and Woodmen
of the World. Religiously, he is an attendant
of the Christian church.

RANK SKIXXER, a prominent young
agriculturist of Keokuk township,
A'Vapello county, Iowa, is li\-ing on a
farm eight miles south of Ottumwa.
He was born in the southwest part of this town-
ship, April II, 1869, and is a son of Jesse B.
and Sarah A. (Ketchum) Skinner.

Jesse B. Skinner was born in Henry county,
Icwa, in 1844, and when a young man enlisted
in the Union army, and served three yea'rs in
Ccmpan)- E, 26th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf. After
his return home from the army he engaged in
farming in the southwestern part of Keokuk
township, Wapello county, where he purchased
a farm. Later he sold this farm and bought
another in the same neighborhood. This he
improved and cultivated until the spring of
190 1, when he sold it and removed to South
Ottumwa, where he is spending his declining
years in retirement. He married Sarah A.
Ketchum, a daughter of John Ketchum, who
was bom in Ohio. Six children blessed this
union, namely: Charles; Frank; Millie; Jesse

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

N. ; and Edward and Harry, who' are twins.
In religious \-iews Mr. Skinner is liberal. Po-
litically he is a member of the Democratic party,
and belongs to the Grand Army of the Repub-
lic.

Prank Skinner, the subject of this sketch,
.attended the common schools of his nati\'e
county and taught school for ten years. He re-
mained at home until 1899, when he moved
on the farm which he now conducts, and which
he had bought several years before. It con-
tains 93 acres of tillable land, which is devoted
to general farming and stock-raising. There
is an excellent supply of water on the place.
Mr. Skinner is an energetic and conscientiou:*
young man, and promises to become one of the
-best known farmers in the county.

May 23, 1900, Mr. Skinner married Helen
Horen, a daughter of Philip Horen, a resident
of Keokuk township, and one of its early set-
tlers. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Skinner have one child —
Margaret A. Mr. Skinner is a Democrat in
politics, and is at present filling^the ofTfice of
township clerk in a most able manner.

ATRICK W ARD, a farmer of Keo-
kuk township, AA'apello county, Iowa,
is the owner of 290 acres of \-aluable
farming land in that county. He was
born in County Longford, Ireland, March 10,
1863, and is a son of Michael and Mary
(Kernan) Ward.

Aiichael Ward was a native of Ireland,
from which he never emigrated. He \\as a
farmer b}' occupation, and his death occurred in

the winter of 1901, when he had attained the
advanced age of ninety-fi\'e years. Nine chil-
dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ward, and
their names are as follows Thomas ; Francis,
who is a Catholic priest, stationed at Iowa City;
Michael, of Des Moines, Iowa; Patrick, the
subject of this sketch ; John; Matthew ; Cather-
ine; Annie; and a child'who died in infancy.
The A\'ard family were devout members of
the Catholic church.

Patrick Ward came to America, in 1884,
[ and landed at Castle Garden, New York City.
There he remained for about one week, when
he visited some relatives. He next removed
to Ottumwa, Icwa, where he was employed
by a harness-maker in South Ottumwa. He
! had ser^'ed several years of apprenticeship at
I this trade in his native country. Pie worked
I fur this harness-maker one year, and then en-
tered the employ of the Burlington & Missouri
Ri^'er Railroad Company, working between
Grand Island, Nebraska, and Deadwood,
South Dakota. Returning to Ottumwa, he
was emplo3'ed by John Morrell & Company,
Ltd., in their packing house, remaining with
them, however, only a short time as he had
decided to try his' luck at farming. He first
^vorked on the farm, which is now his home,
and which formerly belonged to his father-in-
law, Luke O'Brien, and then consisted of but
1 10 acres. Mr. Ward has gradually increased
the number of acres, until he is now the owner
of 290 acres. This land is a very valuable
for farming purposes, and is devoted to general
farming. Mr. Ward also raises considerable
stock, and has met with good success in his
undertaking. He raises an average of from
60 to 75 head of cattle each year.

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In 1887, Mr. Ward was united in marriage
with Margaret O'Brien, a daughter o-f Luke
O'Brien. Eight children have blessed this
union, namely : Annie and Mary, twins ; Lor-
etta ; Maggie ; Francis ; Rogina ; Luke ; and
Nellie. The twO' last named are deceased.
The family attend the Catholic church, of
which they are devout members. Mr. Ward
is a Democrat in politics.

[lESLEY A. BUCHANAN, who
comes of a prominent old family
of Wapello county, Iowa, is a well
kuQAvn farmer of Keokuk to\vn-
ship. He was born on his present farm, Janu-
ary 6, 1862, and is a son of Samuel and Lu-
cinda (Shaw) Buchanan, and a grandson of
Samuel Buchanan, who resided in Indiana at
the time of his death.

Samuel Buchanan was born in South Caro-
lina and was very young when brought to In-
diana, where he was reared and schooled. Be--
fore reaching his majority he commenced trad-
ing with the Indians in Indiana, and bartered
with the Pottawattomies for some time, \yhich
he found a very lucrative business. He was
married there and settled on a farm which he
cultivated until he came tO' WapellO' county,
Iowa, in 1855. He located in Cass township,
where he rented a farm and coal bank, which
he opcrited about six years. He rented land
until 1 87 1, when he moved tO' Keokuk town-
ship, and purchased 160 acres of land, — 80
acres of the Mathews heirs and the remaining
80 of the Litchfields. This property he

farmed until his death on January 18, i^
at the age of eighty-seven years. He was very
successful in business, and during his many
years' residence here made many warm friends.
He married Sarah Toler, by whom he had five
children, as follows : Nancy J. ; George W. ;
Margaret ; Sarah A. ; and Amanda. After the
death of his first wife he married Lucinda
Shaw, by whom he also had five children :
A¥esley A.; Ella; Martha; Cordie May; and
Amiee. In religious belief he was a Methodist,
In politics he was a Republican, and was hon-
ored with several township offices.

Wesley A. Buchanan attended the common
schools of Keokuk township, and has always
lived on the old home farm. Since his father's
demise he has had entire charge of the farm,
and is doing well. He is a very progressive
man and a prosperous future is predicted by
those who are familiar with his qualifications,
and his honest and upright methods of doing
business. He is unmarried, and his devoted
mother keeps house for him. In politics he is
a firm supporter of the principles advocated
by the Republican party. Fraternally he is a
member of the Modern A\'oodmen of Amer-
ica.

^OHN M. WHITE. This gentleman
occupies a high place among the fore-
most farmers of Wapello county,,
Iowa. He is at present living on a
farm in Keokuk township. He was born Janu-
ary 8, 1854, on the present home farm, and is
a son of Daniel and Ann (Fife) Wliite.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Daniel White and his wife, both nativer,
of County Cork, Ireland, came to this country
in 1836, — landing at New Orleans. There
Daniel, in company with his brother Edward,
engaged in public contracting work, and
Daniel remained there until 1847. He then
located in Keokuk township, W'apello county,
IoA\a, where he purchased land, which com-
prised the west half of the northeast quarter,
the southeast cjuarter of the northeast c[uarter
and the northeast cjuarter of the southeast
cjuarter of section 28, township 71, range 13.
This farm is now owned jointly by three mem-
bers of the family, and 100 acres of the land
are kept under a high state of cultivation. Mr.
AA'hite died here in August, 1898, aged eighty-
nine j'cars. He was one of the most prosper-
ous men in the community. To^ his union with
Ann Fife the following children were born :
Mary A. and Margaret, deceased; Nora, Tim-
othy, deceased; John M. ; Johanna; Cath-
arine ; and Edward, deceased. Mr. White was
a Democrat in politics. Both he and his wife
were faithful members of the Catholic church.
His wife died in 1890, aged seventy-nine
years.

John M. White, the subject of this sketch,
attended the district schools of his native town-
ship, and with the exception of nine years
.spent in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was fore-
man of the Union Pacific Railroad machine
.shops, he has always resided in Wapello coun-
ty. He learned the trade of a machinist in
Creston, Iowa, and in 1881 went to Omaha,
held a position four years, when he returned
to Ottumwa and with his two sisters, Nora and

Johanna, engaged in the hotel business, the
hotel being the "Commercial." In 1898 he
ended his career as a hotel keeper, and returned
to the farm. He is engaged in general farm-
ing and feeds as many as 20 head of stock.
He is a faithful worker and takes much pride
in the improvement of his home.

In 1900 Mr. White married Elizabeth Fee-
han, a daughter of Bartholomew Feehan, who
was born in Ireland. Bartholomew Feehan
came to America and settled in Center town-
ship, \A^apello county, loiwa, where he is now
living. Mr. and Mrs. White have one child,
John Michael, born September 23, 1901. In
pcJitical views Mr. AVhite is a Democrat. Re-
ligiously he is a faithful member of the Cath-
olic church.

RANK STEVENS, a prosperous farm-
er O'f Keokuk township, Wapello
county, Iowa, was born in Herkimer
county, New York, SqDtember 6,
1840, and is a son of Charles and Elizabeth
(Witherstine) Stevens, both descendants oi
Dutch ancestry.

Charles Stevens remained in the Empire
State throughout his life, following the trade
of a carpenter, in connection with farming.
He was also a tavern keeper during the early
days of stages. He and his wife became the
parents of 10 children, as follows: George;
Nancy; William; Frank; James; Margaret;
Jane ; Darius ; Charles ; and Edward. In re-
ligious belief they were Lutherans, while politi-

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cally the father was a stanch supporter of Dem-
ocratic principles. He died about 1861, at the
age of fifty-three years, and his widow died in
1879.

Frank Stevens attended the public schools
of Herkimer county, New York, and while the
Civil W^ar \\-as in progress moved to Ohio,
where he accepted a position as foreman in con-
struction work on the Marietta & Cincinnati
Railroad. He remained with that company
seven years, at the end of which time he en-
gaged in the same capacity with the North Mis-
souri Railroad Company, whose road afterward
became a part of the Wabash system, in whose
employ he remained for five years. Later he
was made foreman of a construction crew on
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad,
and continued with that company until 1881.
While working for that company in Des Moines
he and his crew were taking gravel from a bank,
and unearthed the remains of Chief Mahaska,
whose identity was established by a medal
which they also found. The medal bore the
inscription, — "Presented to Chief Mahaska by
J. Q. Adams in 1825." It is said he was mur-
dered by neighboring tribes for making a treaty
of which they were not in favor. In 1881 Mr.
Stevens engaged with the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway Company, and worked in
Colorado and New Mexico. He had previ-
ously purchased a farm in Davis county, Iowa,
which he leased, and in 1892 he settled per-
manently in Wapelloi county. He had previ-
ously lived in Ottumwa while in the employ of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Wabash
Railroad companies. He and his son jointly

o\\n 360 acres of land, formerly owned by Will-
iam Page. This is one of the best farming
properties in the county, and is devoted to gen-
eral farming and stock-raising. It is well im-
prox'ed in every respect, and is supplied with
an abundance of pure water.

In 1862 Mr. Stevens was united in mar-
riage with Maria McMarra, a native of Ireland,
\\-ho came tO' New York when nine years of age.
Fler grandfather fought throughout the Revo-
lutionary War, under General Schuyler. Mr.
and Mrs. Stevens became the parents of two
children, both of whom are living: James F.,
a record of whose life also> appears in this vol-
ume; and Emma, who' married Hiram Lester,
of Keokuk township, by whom she has two chil-
dren— Frank and Gertrude. In political belief
the subject of this sketch is a Democrat.

A:\IUEL DIMMITT, one of the pros-
perous young farmers of Highland
to\\nship, Wapello county, Iowa, was
born October 25, 1866, on the farm
where he now lives, which is situated in section
;^Ti, Highland township. He is a son of Ben-
iah and Elizabeth (Padgett) Dimmitt.

Samuel Dinmiitt was reared and schooled
in his native county, and August 29, 1890, was
married to Louise Schertz. Her father, Jos-
eph Schertz, came from Germany, and settled
in Dahlonega township, ^Vapello county, in
1854. He still lives on the farm which he
bought at that time, and owns 220 acres. He
was born in 18 12, and is still very vigorous,

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both mentally and physicially. He mairried
Phoebe Ritter, who was born in Germany,
March 6, 1837. This couple \vere married
since they settled in Iowa, and 13 children re-
sulted from their union. Of these, they reared
II, namely: Philip; Catherine; Theresa;
Tillie; Elizabeth, who died in 1895; Phoebe;
Joseph; Louise; Caroline; Flora Belle: and
June May.

Samuel Dimmitt and his wife are the par-
ents of five children, whose names are : Harry ;
Austin: Hazel; Rex L'rban; and Louise. Mr
Dimmitt has a well stocked farm, and is one
of the rising young farmers of the township.
He raises a high grade of cattle and horses.
Mr. Dimmitt is a brother of Beniah Dimmitt,
sui>erintendent of the schools of Wapello coun-
ty. A complete sketch of this gentleman and
of the Dimmitt famih^ appears elsewhere in
this volume.

Mr. Dimmitt is a Republican in politics,
but has no political aspirations. He is always
greatly interested in any public enterprise, an<l
gladly lends his assistance tO' any worthy
cause.

AMES :\IcSHAXE, one of the most
prosperous and progressi\-e farmers of
Keokuk township, AA'apello county,
Io\\-a, ^\-as born in County Down, Ire-
land, October 30, 1852, and is a son of James
and Catherine (O'Xeil) McShane.

James 2\IcShane, Sr., was born in Ireland
and came to the United States in 1852, settling
in ]\Ionroe countv, Xew York. He success-

fully followed the trade of a plasterer through-
out life, and died in New York State at the
age of fifty-nine years. He married Catherine
O'Xeil and they became parents of the follow-
ing children : James ; Hugh ; John ; Mary A.,
who married George McDonald, and resides
in Monroe c(junty, X'ew York; Alice, wife of
John Lannigan; Charles; Susan, wife of John
Collins ; Arthur ; and Catherine, wife oi Maur-
ice Sullivan. In political belief he was a
Democrat. Pie was a devout member of the
Roman Catholic church.

James McShane, the son, received a limited
mental training in the common schools of Mon-
roe county. New York, and left home at the
age of thirteen years. He hired out on a farm
and followed farming for two seasons. He
then Ijegan to learn the trade of a carpenter
and, after serving his apprenticeship, followed
that trade for some time. Thinking the AA'est
afforded better opportunities for a }-oung man,
he left Xew York State and located at Ot-
tumwa, Iowa. He began working on the rail-
road, first as a brakeman, and later, as a con-
ductor; he followed railroad work for about
five }-ears. Pie then engaged in farming upon
his present farm, which was the property of
his father.in-Iaw, Luke O'Brien; it contained
220 acres at the time of the latter's death.
The farm was divided equally between Mrs.
McShane and her sister, Mrs. Patrick Ward.
Ninety acres of the no are now under a high
state of culti\'ation, the remainder being de-
voted to hay and pasture land. In addition
to this property, Mr. McShane owns 200 acres
in Green township, AVapello county, one-half
of which is devoted to general farming, and the
remainder, to hay and grazing purposes. He

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is a very prosperous man, and his success is
due to his own efforts entire!}-, as he began
working for himself at the early age of thir-
teen years.

Mr. McShane was united in marriage, in
1881, with Mary O'Brien, a daughter of Luke
O'Brien, a native of Ireland and a pioneer
settler of Wapello^ county, Iowa. This union
resulted in the birth of two children, Luke J.
and Catherine. In political belifef, Mr. Mc-
Shane is liberal, and casts his vote for the
man he feels best qualified for the office. Re-
ligiously, he and his family are devout mem-
bers of the Roman Catholic church.

ILBERT JUDSOX DAVIS, the sub-
ject of this sketch, was born August
23, 1895, on the farm where he now
lives. The farm is situated in section 23,
Highland township, Wapello county, Jo«a.
Air. Davis is. a son of James and Rhoda ( Stev-
ens) Davis.

James Davis was born July, 1830, in Sul-
livan county, Indiana, and died in 1897. H^
came to Iowa in 1852, and located on the
farm which is now operated b_\' his son. Jamen
Da\-is farmed extensi\-el}- and did much to add
to the history of this locality. He was a lover
of fine horses and cattle, and for many years
was engaged in the breeding of Shorthorn cat-
tle. He had a wide circle of friends and ac-
quaintances and was held in high esteem by
all who knew 'him. He took great pride in
bringing his farm to the highest state of cul-

tivation, and it is generally conceded to be
one of the most beautiful country places in
A\'apello count}' Mr. Davis married Rhoda
Stevens, A\ho is a daughter of Abram and
Cartherine Stevens. Three children resulted
from this union, — Taney and Dow, twins, both
of will >m are deceased ; and Gilbert Judson,
the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Davis is liv-
ing on the home farm with her son.

Gilbert Judson Da\'is married Clara Giltner,
a daughter df John W. and Alary (Xorman)
Giltner, and they have reared six children,
namely: Edith Alay; Taney Hill; Bessie
Edna; Xorton Judson; Vernon; and Rhoda
Ethel. Mrs. Davis and her daughters are
members of the Alethodist church.

Mr. Davis continues to manage the iarm
which was left by his father, and, being a man
of much executive ability and clearheadedness,
has met with success in all his undertakings.
-Mr. Davis is a member of the Odd Fellows,
and in politics is a Democrat.

BRAHA.M YOUXG. Among the
leading agriculturists of Wapello
ciamty, Iowa, is the gentleman
\\'hose name opens these lines. .He
own.s a farm of 63 acres in section 17, High-
land township, having moved on that farm in
1891. He was born in Ohio, January i, 1841.
and is a son of Charles and Susan (Harrison)
^'oung.

Charles Young was a native of England,
where he was born in 1810. He came to the

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

United States \\hen he was fifteen years old
and located in Ohio. In 1856 he removed to
llliniiis, where he died in 1864. He married
Susan Harrison, who was born in Ohio, in
1816, and died in Ottumwa, Iowa, in the sum-
mer of 1900. They had 12 children, of whom
seven survi\'e, as follows: Dorothea; Abra-
ham ; Martha ; Harrison ; Sarah ; Ella ; and
Theodore. The rest died young.

.Vijraham Young is engaged in general
farming. His brother Harrison enlisted
in the 86th Reg., 111. Vol. Inf., in
1 86 1, and served until the end of the
war, during which time he nevev re-
ceived an injur}'. Mr. Young was united in
marriage, J\Iay 24. 1865, with Christina
Fleming, a nati\'e of Peoria county, Illinois,
and a daughter of James and Christina Flem-
ing, who were nati\-es of Scotland. ^Irs.
Young's parents settled in Illinois in 1847,
where her father died in October, 1889, at the
age of sixty-seven years. Her mother lived in
Missouri and died in 1901, aged seventy-seven
}'ears.

Mr. and Mrs. Young are the parents of
thirteen children, namely ; James ; Maggie ;
Susan ; Harry ; Rhoda ; Emma ; William ; Mat-
thew ; Etta ; Jessie ; Fred ; Robert ; and Emma
(2).

Politically Mr. Young is a Republican. He
takes a deep interest in local politics, but does
not aspire to office. His friends in Wapello,
county are numerous, and he is known and es-
teeemed for his many admirable traits of char-
acter.

lA'MES F. STEVENS, a well known
resident of Keokuk township, W^a-
pello C(junt}', Iowa, was for many
years engaged in various lines of busi-
ness, but at the present time is farming in con-
nection with his father, with whom he jointly
owns a fine farm of 360 acres. He was born in
Clinton county, Ohio, near Blanchester, and
is a son of Frank and Maria (McMarra)
Stevens.

2\Ir. Stevens received the rudiments of an
education in the common schools, and this was
supplemented by a' course in the Ottumwa
Business College. Before reaching his ma-
jorit}' he began working for the Chicago, Burl-
ington & Quincy Railroad Company as water
boy, and gradually worked his way to the po-
sition of track foreman. He remained in the
employ of that company for one and a half
years, and then moved to Davis county, Iowa,
where he operated his father's farm for one
}-ear. He then again returned to railroad
work, in Bent county Colorado, where he was
in the employ of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railway Company. He served as section
foreman for one and a half years, when he
returned to Davis county, Iowa, and spent six
years in farming, two years of the time being
on the homestead. He then came to Ottumwa,
Iowa, and attended school, and at the April
sessi(in of the board of supervisors, in 189 1,
he was appointed deputy auditor of Wapello
county. He Served with credit to himself and
his constituents until his term expired, in 1894.
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visors to prepare plats of city and county
lands, and also a transfer record, and subse-
quently worked for Mr. Mowrey, in the treas-
urer's office, for two months. He then re-
turned to agricultural pursuits, at which he
continued for one year, when he accepted a
position as bookkeeper for Harper & Mcln-
tire, wholesale hardware merchants, of Ot-
tumwa. He held this position for a year, and
then moved to his present farm in 1897, when
he and his father, Frank Stevens, purchased
360 acres of fine farming land. He is suc-
cessfully engaged in general farming and
stock-raising.

April 27, 1898, Mr. Stevens was united in
marriage with Anna O'Brien, of Keokuk town-
ship, and they have one daughter, Mary Ellen.
Before marriage, Mrs. Stevens was a promi-
nent educator of Wapello county, ha\'ing
taught school from 1886 until her marriage.
In religious belief they are devout Catholics.
Fraternally Mr. Stevens is a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America.

EORGE D. ROBERTSON, who is en-
gaged extensively in farming in Wa-
pello county, Iowa, ow^ns 120 acres
of land in section 20, Highland town-
ship, 160 acres in section 19, and 15 acres in
section 17. He was born January 11, 1854, in
Highland township, and is a son of William
and Elizabeth (Van Winkle) Robertson.

George Robertson, the grandfather of
George D., lived in Illinois for a number of

years, and removed to Iowa in 1843, where
his death occurred in 1864. William Robert-
son, father of the subject of this sketch, was
born in Perry county, Indiana, in 1829. He
remo'ved to Iowa with his father in 1843. He
entered 80 acres of land" in section 29, High-
land township, whei'e he was engaged in gen-
eral farming for a number of years. At pres-
ent he is living a retired life in Ottumwa. He
married Elizabeth Van AVinkle, who' was born
in 1833, and is a daughter of James and Ann
Van \\'inkle, both natives of Maryland. Will-
iam Robertson and his wiit were the parents
of seven children, namely : George D. ; James
F. ; A\'. H. ; Mai"y M. ; Isaac; Emery; and
Thomas V.

George D. Robertson was reared in the
vicinity oi his present home. He received his
early training en his father's farm, and there
accjuired a practical knowledge of agricultural
matters. He is now engaged in general farm-
ing, and also gives much time and attention to
the raising of Poland-China hogs, in which in-
dustry he has been very successful.

Mr. Robertson was wedded tO' IMatilda
Schertz, September 24, 1884. She is a daugh-
ter of Joseph and Phoebe ( Ritter) Schertz.
Four children resulted from this union, as fol-
lows: Joseph; Elizabeth; William H.; and
Ruth.

Mr. Robertson and his wife are members
cif the Baptist church. Fraternally Mr. Rob-
ertson is a member of the Odd Fellows' order.
Politically he is a Democi"at, and is now serv-
ing as township trustee. He is a director of
the school in his district, having held that posi-

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

tion for fourteen years. He is also a member
of the Standard Poland-China Record Associ-
ation, of Maryville, Missouri. jMr. Robertson
is a man of strict integrity and of upright, hon-
est character. His friends are legion.

iESSE B. BOAV:\[AX. The subject of
this sketch has been a resident of AA'a-
pello ciiunty but five years, yet in that
short period he has made for hiinself a
prominent place in the community he has chos-
en for his home. He was liurn in Richland
toi\\-nship, Keokuk count}-, Iowa, Septemljer
17, 1863, and is a son of William and Phoebe
(Clark) Bowman.

AVilliam Bowman is a native of Pennsyl-
vania. At an early date, he removed to Iowa,
and settled in Keokuk county, where he helped
tO' no inconsiderable extent, in adding to the
wealth and prosperity of that locality. His
wife, Phoebe Clark, was born in Virginia.
They have always lixed upright Christian
lives, and are well known in the community in
which they li\:e.

Jesse B. Bowman li\ed in Hedrick, Keokuk
count}-, In\\a, about three years. In 1896, he
left that place, and mo^-ed to AA'apello' county,
where he bought considerable land. He owns
two tracts of land, in Dahlonega township, one
consisting of 253 acres, and the other, of 80
acres. He takes mu.ch pride in the care and
management of his farm, and a casual observer
strolling OA'cr it will imtice that J\lr. Bowman
is up to date in his ideas of husbandry, and

mfethodical in all his undertakings. In addi-
tion to farming, he is greatly interested in the
breeding of fine trotting horses and Jei'sey
cattle. He is a good judge of horses and
cattle, and has a number of animals that bid
fair tO' make the name of the Bowman farm
well known to- fanciers of blue-blooded stock.

Mr. Bowman was united in marriage witli
Cora A. Utterback, March 13, 1884. She is a
daughter of Abner Utterback. Mr. and Mrs.
Bowman have been blessed with three children,
namely: S\lvia O. ; Amy Lee; and Alva.

The subject of this sketch is a Republican,
in politics. Religiously, he has a leaning to-
ward Spiritualism, while his wife attends the
Christian church, of which she is a member.

ILLIAM DAVIS, one of the pioneer
settlers of AA'apello county, Iowa,
owns a farm of 333 acres in sec-
tion 14, Competine township. He
was born May 3, 1826, in AA'ashington county,
Virginia, and is a son of Mo-ses and Mary
(Smith) Davis.

Moses Da\-is was a nati\-e of A'irginia.
ITe married Mary Smith, who was also a na-
tive (if Virginia, and who died in 1863. They
reared six children, namely : James, who died
in Keokuk county, Iowa, in 1893 ; Da^-id, who
died at Martinsburg, Keokuk county, in 1899;
Volney, Avhose death occurred in Indiana;
AA'illiani; r^liriam, who married Hiram Smith,
and died in Keokuk county, in 1886; and Isa-
bel, who died in Indiana, in 1846.

CHRISTOPHER H. PROSSER.

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459

William Davis, the subject of this sketch,
was but four years old when his father died.
Since that time he has been obliged to work
out his own career. A\'hen a child, he re--
mo'ved from Virginia to Indiana,.' Twenty
years later, he mo-ved to Iowa, where he bought
his present home farm in Competine township.
He received a thorough training in agricultural
matters, when a youth, and this has had much
to do with his success. He is a diligent, con-
scientious worker, and a man of much energy.
He has succeeded beyond his highest hopes,
through sheer perseverance and close applica-
tion to business. Aside from general farming,
he has been an extensi\'e dealer in stock. His
farm is one O'f the finest in the county.

Mr. Davis was united in marriage, Novem-
be|r 15, 1852, with Priscilla ]\Iowrey. She
was born in Ohio in 1833, and is a daughter
of David and Sarah (Dial) .Mowrey. Her
parents moved from Ohio to Illinois, thence
tO' Iowa, and located in Jefferson ci mnty, wheri;
Mr. Mowry died in 1872, at the age of sixt}--
seven years. His wife dieid in 1887, aged
sevent\' vears.

i\Ir. Davis and his wife are the parents of
eight children, as follows: George \\^,-\\lio
married Annie Coffee, and lives in Competine
township; Edward D., whoi married Maggie
Eller, alsoi of Competine township; Charles F.,
M'ho married Hattie Dennis (deceased in No-
vember, 1896), and is now living with his
father on the home place; Omar C. who mar-
ried Samantha Arganbright, deceased, later
wedded Ellen Webb, and lives in Competine
township; Basil F., who married Nettie M.

Roberts, a natixe of Texas, and makes his
home in Competine township; Ida A., who
married Lyman B. Ulry, and is living in King
City, Monterey county, California; Isaac O.,
who' married Olie Dudgeon, and is a resident
of Competine township; and Mary, who mar-
ried Sidney J- Ulry, also (if Competine tow^n-
ship.

Mr. Davis is a stanch member of the Demo-
cratic party, and xvhile he does not seek political
office, he is much interested in local politics. He
is a Mason. He is held in high esteem hx his
fellow citizens, and is a public spirited man.

HRISTOPHER H. PROSSER. who

resides on a tract of 2y acres nf land

in Center township, in section 2,

township 71, range 14, leases it to

coal operators on a royalty. He was born May

15, 1845, ii'^ Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

?ilr. Prosser spent his earh- life attending
the public schools and assisting his father, who
cames west, to Wapello county, Iowa, in 1856,
i and operated the first successful ferrv across
the Des ^loines I-iiver. He helped his father
in this work until 1864, and the ferry was
I shortly afterward exchanged for a tract of
land. Pie subsequently became a dispatch boy
for the recruiting ofiice, and finally enlisted
1 in Company H, 36th Reg., Iowa. Vol. Inf.,
i under Col. C. W Kittredge, and Capt. J. E.
Wright. The regiment was immediately
placed in command of General Steele and at-
tempted to join General Banks. The danger?,
of this undertaking ma\- be imagined from the

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

fact that only 200 men of the brigade returned^
and but 70 of his regiment, — the remainder
being kihed, wounded or captured. During
foHowing nine months this remnant guarded
the penitentiar)', and then the sawmiU about
three miles from Little Rock, Arkansas. The
company "was sent to the mouth of the A\'hite
River to guard supplies, then to Duvall Bluff,
where they were detached to guard a military
prison. IMr. Prosser was there taken sick and
sent to the general hospital, but he did not con-
tinue sick for any length of time. He was
made ward-master and remained in that ca-
pacity until the close of the war. He also par-
ticipated in the battles of Saline River, Cam-
den, Prairie D'Anne, and Little Rock, Ar-
kansas. Pie was mustered out at Davenport,
Iowa, September 2, 1865, and returned home
to Wapello county, ■\\'here he went into the
milling business with his father. In 1867 he
bought out the ferrx- at Richmond, Iowa, which
he operated until 1869, when he returned and
went into the milling business with his father.
In 1872 he engaged in farming and afterward
•went to ^Monroe county, Iowa, and worked for
the Union Coal Company until 1877. He then
returned to A\'apello' county, and two vears
later took a trip to Louisiana, and saw a great
deal of the states of Texas and Arkansas,
through which he passed. After the lapse,
of eighteen months he came back to AA'apello
county, where he has since remained. He pur-
chased the land he now owns, and shortly
afterward discovered a vein of coal, which he
leases to a coal company on a royalty of 10
cents per ton. He thus derives a very hand-

some income from it, and is in excellent hnan-
cial circumstances.

Mr. Prosser was united in marriage, in
1869, to Esther Golden, and the following-
are their children and the dates of their births :
Margaret, born October 9, 1870; Fannie E.,
November 25, 1872; Cora M., September 15,
JS74; Mollie E., June 28, 1877; Warren H.,
January 29, 1879; Frederick W., February 3,
1881 ; Christopher G., June 13, 1883; Gara
E., August 31, 1885; Bonnie Vida, September

17, 1887; Hazel M., June 11, 1890; Clara E.,
May 8, 1892; Ruth N., December 15, 1894;
and Reay S., July 20, 1896. Margaret, the
first born, died November 4, 1894; Cora AI.
died June 24, 1876; Clara E. died November

18, 1892 ; Rush N. died January 28, 1895 ; and
Reay S. died August 15, 1897. Mr. Prosser
is a member of Tuttle Post, G. A. R., of Ot-
tumwa ; Canton Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. F. ; and
the Uniform Rank, K. of P. Pie is very lib-
eral in his religious views, but leans toward
the M. E. church.

On a preceding page, in connection with
this sketch, are shown two portraits of Mr,
Prosser, the smaller one representing him as
he was when in the arm^'.

ICHAEL G. HERMAN. This gen-
tleman is numbered among the
well-known and highly respected
farmers of Wapello county, Iowa.
He lives in section 13, Competine township,
where he owns 200 acres of land. He was

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461

born August 2, 1859, in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania.

Ulrich Herman, his grandfather, came to
America from Germany, in 1817. He died
September 12, 1826, in his fifty-fourth year.
Solomon Herman, the father of ]\Iichael G.,
was born in Pennsylvania, in 1825. He was
a carpenter by trade, and many of the old, sub-
stantial buildings now standing in A\'estmore-
land count}' were erected by him, and attest
the skill and excellence of his workmanship.
He died June 4, 1900, aged seventy-five )-ears.
Mr. Herman married Diana Buzzard, a daugh-
ter of D. Buzzard. She was born in Pennsyl-
vania, June 2, 1832, and died July 19, 1864.
Six children resulted from this union, namely:
Sarah, the wife oif John A\'althour, of Chester-
field county, Virginia; Elizabeth, who married
Ezra Loughner and lives in AA'estmoreland
county, Pennsylvania; Kate, who' married H.
A. Wegley and lives in the same count}-; Sam-
uel, alsQi a resident of that cnunty ; Da\'id, who
lives at Fort AVayne, Indiana ; and Michael G.

Michael G. Herman has lived in AA'apello
county since 1882. He is an energetic, thrifty
farmer, and is ui>to-date in all his ideas of
husbandry. He married Jane Diuli^ecn, a
daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Basil)
Dudgeon, whoi was born in Knox count}-, Ohio,
June II, 1863. Her father, Andrew Dudgeon,
who was alsO' a native of that county, -was born
in 1832, and died in Competine township, AA'a-
pello county, Iowa, in 1893. He had removed
to Iowa in 1865, where he farmed the remain-
der of his life. He married Elizabeth Basil, in
1852, and they had 14 children, 10 of whom

reached maturity, as follows : Isabel, who died
in 1897, aged forty-three years, and was the
wife of Oliver Kirb}-; Lydia; Lafayette; Elea-
nor; Jefferson; Rose; Jane, the wife of our sub-
ject ; Alinerva; Lee; and Fi'ank.

Michael G. Herman and his wife are the
parents of two children — Gaylord A. and
Harry C. In pnHtics Mr. Herman is a Dem-
ocrat.

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R. CLYDE A. HENRY,

young physician of Competine, A\'a-
j pello count\', Iowa, was born in Keo-
kuk county, Iowa, August 9, 1873,
and is descended from the illustrious Virgin-
ian, Patrick Henr\-. ITe is a S(jn of Fayette
Af. and Lucinda (Lamb) Henry.

The Doctor s paternal grandfather, Patrick
Hem'y, was a native of Abingdon, Virginia.
He died on Christmas day, 1900, in his eighty-
first year. Fa}'ette M. Flenry was born in
AA'ells count}-, Indiana, in 1851, and removed
with his parents, in 1854, to AA'ashington town-
ship, AA'apello count}-, Iowa. In 1883, he
settled on section 15, Competine toAvnsliip,
v,-here he now owns 94 acres of land. He \\as
united in marriage with Lucinda Lamb, in
1870, She was Ixirn in 1837, in C(.in-ipetine
township, and is a daughter of John and Sarah
(Grace) Lamb.

Jo'.m Lamb and his ^^-ife settled in Com-
]jetine township, in 1848. There Mr. Lamb
died in 1881. and his wife's death occurred in
1898. Ten children resulted from this union,
namely: Adeline; Joseph; Alary; Henry;

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

Martha; Lucy; Belle; ^Madison ; Lucinda; and
Laura.

Clj'de A. Henry, the subject oi this biog"-
raph)', attended the schools at Competine, and
took a year's course in the South Side school
at Ottuniwa. He then finished his common-
schonl education at his home school, after
which he taught ten terms of district school,
reading medicine at the same time. In 1894
he went to the Keokuk Medical Cnjiege, fin-
ished the course in three )ears, and received a
physician and surgeon's di])I(ima. At the time
of attending lectures at the college, he also
took a special course on the eye, ear, nose, and
throat, at the same institution. In J897 Dr.
Henry opened an office in Competine, and fmrn
the beginning ( )f his practice has been \'er\- suc-
cess ful in his chosen calling, Xaturally of a
studious turn of mind, he is constantly makino-
ne\v researches in the science of medicine, and
aims to advance with the profession. He has
a splendid practice, and has \\dn the confidence
of the entire community, 1)_\' his kind and pleas-
ing manners.

Dr. Henry is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Modern ^^'oodmen of
America, Royal Neighbors, and Ci\-ic Council.
In politics, he is a Democrat.

IMOX B. DUDGEON, a representative
farmer of Wapello county, Iowa, was
born in Auglaize county, Ohio, Inly
29, 1842, whence he came to AA'apelio
county in 1888, and settled on section 13, Com-

petine township, where he now owns 160 acres
of land.

Thomas Dudgeon, his father, was born in
Knox county, Ohio, in 18 14, and died in 1851,
at the ageof thirty-seven years and ten months.
His father, Simon Dudgeon, was born in Ire-
land, and in early manhood came to America
with his wife, and, located in Knox county,
Ohio, where he was engaged in farming until
his death,^ in 1845. His wife was Nanc\'
Elliott, also a native of Ireland, who died in
Knox county, Ohio. Thomas Dudgeon was
united in marriage -with Lucinda Fawcett; a
daughter of Arthur and Susanna (Farr) Faw-
cett, her father being of Irish and her mother,

i of German nationality. This union resulted in
the birth of the following children: Simon
B. ; Xancy, who was the wife of Samuel Clark,
and died in 1871, in Auglaize county, Ohio, at
the age of forty-five years: Margaret born in
1846, was the wife of Thomas Bacome, and is
now living in Allen county, Ohio; Mary, who

! was born in 1848, and married Lafayette AA'ein-
gardner, of Auglaize county, Ohio; and James,
born in 1850. who is a business man, located at
Lake View, Logan county, Ohio. In 1853,
Mrs. Thomas Dudgeon married Hamilton
Alarshall, and they had five children as fol-
lows : John and Elizabeth, twins, who were
born in Ohio, in 1854; Elizabeth becoming the
wife of James Blaine, and a resident of Alicli-
igan : Arthur, who married Lacina Vorhees,
and lives in Allen county, Ohio; Annie, who
married Lewis Baker, and makes her home in
Allen county, Ohio: and ^linerva, who mar-
ried Isaac Shanton, and lives at Hicksville,

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Ohio. Mrs. JMarshall married a third time,
wedding Oak Oakley, and hved in Ohio until
her death, December 6, 1872, at the age of fifty-
one }-ears.

Simon B. Dudgeon has alwa^-s been a farm-
er and has an excellent farm of 160 acres. He
raises a large quantity of good stock, of high
grade, — principally sheep, which he prefers Ijy
reason of his early training in their care in
Ohio.

In 1864, ]\fr. Dudgeon was married to Ura
Ann A\'eingardner, who died in 1869. They
had one child, Elizabeth, wIkj died February 5,
1874. April 6, 1870, he married Amelia Ann
Biggs, who was born in Knox county, Ohio,
April I, 1847, ^"tl is a daughter of John and
Mary H. (Kearns) Biggs. John Biggs was
born of Scotch ancestry in Knox county, Ohio,
December 6, 181 2, and died m 1892, having
|)assed his entire life on the same farm. ]\Iar\-
H. (Kearns), \\ife of John Biggs, was born in
Pennsylvania, May 30, 18 18, and was a daugh-
ter of James and Sarah ( Ridge) Kearns, both
of English ancestry. Her father died in 1838,
' and her mother, in 1859. ]\Ir. and [Mrs. Biggs
had the following children : Janies ; Jeremiah :
Lewis; Albert; Sarah; Amelia Ann, wife of
Simon B. Dudgeon; Mary Jane; Sophia; and
Meeker. Air. and Mrs. Dudgeon becjime the
parents of five children : John, who married
Grace Thompson, and lives in Jefferson county .
Iowa; Alanford, who married' Bertha Bur-
naugh, and lives in Competine township ; Mar}'
Viola, wife of Isaac Davis, who li\-es in Com-
petine township; Eva, wife of Max Alexander;
and Clyde S., a bright, ambitious young man.

who died May 22, 1900, in his twenty-second
year. Religiously, ilr. Dudgeon and his wife
are members of the Baptist church, and their
children follow them in this regard. Politi-
cally, the subject of this sketch has always
\-oted the Democratic ticket.

J. DOXELAX, a gentleman who
has, wholly through his own ef-
forts, attained great success in the
business world, is at the head of
the well-known firm of W. J. Donelan & Com-
pany, which conducts the St. Louis store, of
Ottumwa. It is the most complete dr\--goods
store, in all its details, in Wapello county and
enjo}S its full share of patronage from the
leading citizens.

^\r. Donelan \\-as born in Ireland, August
12, 1 86 1, and graduated at the Academy of
Limerick in 1880. He was one of 11 children,
— eight brothers and three sisters. Two of
his brothers are also engaged in the dry-goods
business in Ireland. When a \-oung man he
received a letter fronj a friend, who had come
to America about 1880, telling him of the
prospects in this couptr\-, and in 1883 he came
to the United States. He landed in Xew York
Cit\ and at once secured a position with Macev
in the dry-goods business, having previously
engaged in that business in Ireland. He re-
mained in New ^'ork City one \q-av. then went
to St. Louis with W'illiam Barr, and became
associated with the capitalist, 1\\. J. Macken,
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Mackeii is the resident buyer and is constantly
in the marl<et, attending to the mail orders of
the different stores with which he is connected.
He is interested in three stores, one at each
of the following cities, — Burlington, Gales-
burg and Ottumwa. Mr. Donelan is an equal
partner in the store located at Ottumwa, and
all are conducted under the title of the St.
Louis Store. The St. Louis Store, Ottumwa,
is located at Nos. 125-129 East Main street,
is three stories high, 135 feet deep, and has
a frontage of 62 feet, in addition to the dry-
goods store, they conduct a shoe store, and
employ four clerks in this department. On the
first floor of the main building there is a com-
plete line of everything in dry goods, and on
the second floor are the millinery, cloak and
suit departments (in which are employed 18
persons), and the lace curtain and portierre
department. The third floor is devoted to the
wholesale and reserve stock. They sell whole-
sale to many small merchants in the \icinity,
the goods being kept in bulk and sold without
breaking the packages. The firm has met with
phenomenal success under the clever manage-
ment of Mr. Donelan, and each year has shown
a gain in the Nolume of business transacted,
whicli is fully eight times that of ten years
ago. From 50 to 60 clerks are employed, ac-
cording to the season, and as none but ex-
perienced help is engaged, they receive high
wages. ]\Iany of the clerks ha\'e been in the
employ of the firm since it started in business,
in 1891. They do a strictly ca.sh business in
buying, and thus obtain a discount, which en-
ables them to sell their goods at low figures.

Air. Donelan was married in November,
1900, and has a son. He has his home in Ot-
tumwa, and is a Catholic in religious belief.
Fraternally he is a member of the B. P. O. E.
His portrait accompanies this sketch. .

ILLIAAI J. LAXZ, a well-to-do

farmer of Wapelkj county, Io\\a,

was born on the place on which he

now resides. It is a farm of 120

acres, in section 6, Competine township. Mr.

Lanz was born May 12, 1856, and is a son of

John and Mary E. (Deuser) Lanz.

John Lanz, father of the subject of this
sketch, was a native of Germany, and was born
in 181 6. He came to the United States in
1852 and located in Louisville, Kentucky,
where he remained for a period of two years.
There he followed his trade, that of a tailor.
From Louisville he moved to Ljwa, and located
on the farm now OAvned and operated by his
son, AA'illiam J. His death took place .there
in 1879. John Lanz married Mary E. Deuser,
who was born in German}-, in 181 6, and who
died in 1869. They were the parents of nine
children, as follows : Two girls, \\ho were
born in German}- and died at sea; Philip C,
\\ho \\as born in 1846, married Mary Cun-
ningham, and lives in Minnesota; Mary E.,
who was born in 1853, married J. J. Crile,
and lives in Brighton, Iowa; Jolin, who was
born in 1850, and li^'es with his sister in
Brighton, Iowa; AA'illiam J.; George P., who
was born in 1858, married Sophia Loos, and

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467

is living in Keokuk county, Iowa; Mary C,
who' was born in 1861, married William
Ebelsheiser, and lives in Highland township ;
and George.

William J. Lanz was reared in his native
county, where he attended the district school.
He has always been engaged in general farm-
ing, and also' in raising cattle and hogs. He
married in 1884, Mary Ebelsheiser, a daugh-
ter of John and Caroline, (Lowenberg)
Ebelsheiser, who was born in 1861.

John Ebelsheiser is a nati\-e of Hessen-
Xassau, Germany, and is now living at the
age of seventy-three years, in his home in
Highland township. He married Caroline
Lowenberg; who died in 1893, at the age of
sixty-three years. She first married John
Kling, by whom she had one child, — Susan, —
who married William Stewart, and li\'es in
Highland township. Eight children were born
to ]\Ir. and Mrs. Ebelsheiser, as follows:
William B. ; Mary; Phoebe; Callie; John; Jen-
nie; and two who are deceased. William B.,
born in 1859, married Mary C. Lanz, and is
living in Highland township ; Mary is the wife
of Mr. Lanz; Phoebe, born in 1863, married
Dr. J. W Porter, and is living in Hedrick;
Callie, born in 1866, married James Hook, of
Highland township; John, born in 1868, mar-
ried Ora Grimes, of Xew London, Henry
county; and Jennie, born in 1869, died in
1878.

William J. Lanz and his wife are the par-
ents of three children, namely : John W., born
February 4, 1885 J Charles E., born September
16, 1886; and Henry L., born July 21, 1890.

Mr. Lanz and his wife are members of the
Lutheran church. In politics Mr. Lanz is a
Democrat. He is a man of honor and integ-
rity, and is held in high esteem ])y his fellow
citizens.

EORGE SAUER, one of the most pro-
gressi\'e farmers of Competine triwn-
ship, Wapello county, Iowa , is lo-
cated in section 20, and is engaged in
general farming. He was born in Highland
township, AVapello county, Iowa, October i,
i8w8, and is a son of George A. Sauer.

George A. Sauer, an old and respected set-
tler of the county, was born in Germany, Au-
gust 2T,, 1824, and came to this country in
1 85 1. He first obtained employment in Ohio,
and worked for $10 per month. He continued
there for two years, and then moved to Lnva,
where he located in Keokuk county. He
farmed there for a few years, and then settled
in A\'apello county, Highland township, in
i86t. He was a very successful farmer, and
stood high in the esteem of his fellow citizens.
He died in 1891. He was joined in marriage
with Helena Santchez, who \Aas born in Ger-
many, in 1833. She was a daughter of Xich-
alO'S Santchez, \\ho came of Spanish ancestry.
This union resulted in the foll(iwing offspring :
Philip, whoi died in infancy ; Peter, liorn April
16, 1857, whose first wife was Mrs. Augusta
Kling, (his second being Mary Berg, her sis-
ter) and who lives in Phelps county, Ne-
braska; George, born in 1859, who died at the
age of two years; Mary, born July 2, 1861,

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who married William Berg, and died in 1885;
Frederick, born November i, 1864, who mar-
ried Ccrilda Newman, and lives in Highland
township, AV^apello county; Charlotte, born
November 2y , i856, who married Carey New-
man, and h\'es in Competine township ; George,
the subject of this sketch ; Philip, born Alay
21, 1871, who married Katie Ritter, and lives
in Competine township; Charles, born June
29, 1874, who married Minnie Ritter, and.
Ii\es'in Green township; Lincoln, "born Novem-
ber 14. 1876, who married }i'Iamie Ritter, and
lives in Keokuk county, Iowa; and Elizabeth,
born .Vpril 9, 1879, who died in infancy. Mrs.
George A. Saner died January ij, 1894.

George Sauer received his mental train-
ing in the public schools of A\'apellO' county,
and at an}' early age applied himself to agri-
cultural pursuits, which he followed all his life.
In 1894 he purchased 160 acres of land in
section 20, Competine township, on \\'hich he
has since lived. His place is under a high
state of cultivation, well supplied with water,
well fenced, and ecjuipped with good outbuild-
ings, si) necessary to successful farming. Mr.
Sauer is very industrious, and everything
about his place denotes capable management
and has an air of general prosperity.

George Sauer was united in marriage. May
20, 1891, with Theresa Meier, who was born
February 12, 1872, and is a daughter f>f
George and Elizabeth (Ritter) Meier. Her
father was born in Germany and now lives in ;
Benton township, Keokuk county, Iowa, at the ,
age of seventy-eight years. Her mother was i
also born in Germany, and is now living at the

age of sixty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Meier
have eleven children, as follows ; George, born
in 1858; Philip, born in i860; Charles, born in
1862; Katie, born in 1864; Fred, born in
]866; John, born in 1868; Theresa, Mr.
Sauer's wife; Emma, born in 1874; Matilda,
born in 1876; A\'illiam, born in 1878; and
Louise, born in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Sauer are
parents (jf six children, namel}' : Harry, born
June 2, 1892; Earl, born October 20, 1893;
Jj^valine, born August i, 1895; Blanche May,
bi.rn ZvLiy ly , 1897; Alice V., born April 9,
1899; and an infant, born March 2^, 1901.
Religiously, the family are members of the
Baptist church. Mr. Sauer is a Republican in
politics, and takes an earnest interest in party
affairs.

AVER STREICHER, a well known
farmer of Wapello county, Iowa, is
. located in Cass township, in section
I, township 'J2, range 15, where he
has owned and lived upon a farm of no acres,
since 1863. He was born in Baden, Germany,
November 17, 1832, and is a son of Naver
Streicher, .Sr.

Xaver Streicher, Sr., was born in Germany
and died in 1886, in W^apello county, Iowa,
where he foJlowed farming. He married
Margaret Hunn, \\\\o was born in Germanv
and died there while the subject hereof was a
hoy. They were parents of two children :
Xa\er ; and [Margaret, who married Philip
A'Ictt, and lives in Center township, Wapello
county, Iowa.

BENJAMIN F.

CYNTHIA A. SARAH A- OVILLA J.

MAHLON THOMAS. MRS. MARY THOMAS.

JOHN W.

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Xaver Streicher was sixteen years of age
when he came to the United States, and for
several years worked in New York City, in a
cigar factory and in a brick-yard. He then
went to New Orleans and worked on a sugar
plantation. One day while he and some com-
panions were in New Orleans, celebrating a
holiday by firing off a cannon, the gun burst
with the result that he was sent tO' the hospital
with a badly fractured ankle. He staid in the
hospital for six months, and came out a cripple
for life. He then left New Orleans with his
father and sister, going to Keokuk, Iowa, by
boat on the Mississippi River. His father
bought 40 acres of land, in 1861, on which he
located with his daughter, Margaret, while the
son went west tO' the gold fields oi California,
and remained there until 1863, when he re-
turned tO' Iowa. He located in section i , to\\'n-
ship 72, range 15, in Cass township, AVapello
county, where he now resides and owns iio
acres, after having given 80 acres to his adopt-
ed son. He is engaged in general farming
and raises considerable stock. He is a public
spirited citizen and has' a large number oi
friends and acquaintances in the county.

July 3, 1 86 1, Mr. Streicher was united in
marriage with Susan Killkopp, who was born
in December, 1834, and is a daughter of ^lar-
tin and Katrina Rose Killkopp. Her parents
were natives of Germany and upon coming"
to this ':(juntr\' settled in Ottumwa, Iowa, in
1857. Martin Killkopp was a farmer and fol-
lowed that occupation until his death in 1880,
his wife died in 1858. They were parents of
seven children, as follows ; George, deceased ;

John; Michael, deceased; Leonard, who was-
killed and robbed; Jaco)3; Katrina, wife of
Daniel Ritter, of Hedrick, Keokuk county,
Iowa; and Susan, wife of Mr. Streicher. Re-
ligiously, .Mr. Streicher is of the Catholic faith,
and his \\ife is a member of the Lutheran
church. Politically, he is a Democrat.

EXJA^vIIN F. THOMAS, who is en-
gaged in farming in Richland town-
ship, A\'apello county, Iowa, was
born in Warren countv, Indiana, in-
1839, and is a son of Mahlon and Mar_\- ( Sul-
lender) Thomas.

Mahlon Thomas was born in Maine and
reared in Ohio, where he followed farming for
several years. He then moved to Indiana,
where he was located until 1843, when he
came west to Iowa. He settled in Alahaska
count}', where he. resided until his death, in
18.99, ^^ the advanced age of eighty-si.x years.
Fie was a Republican in politics and was trus-
tee of his township a number of years. He
married Alary Sullender, who was born in
West Virginia, and is still li\-ing. They
reared the following children: C}-nthia A,,.
Benjamin F., Sarah A., Orilla J., deceased,
and John W.

Henjamin F. Thomas lived with his father
until 181)3, i'l which year he was married.
He then farmed for himself in Mahaska coun-
ty, until 1867, when he came to A\'apello coun-
ty, and bought his present farm in Richland
township in 1868. He owns the southwest

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quarter of section lo, and has a fine farm, most
of which he rents. He has a timber tract of
40 acres in section 16. Li 1889 he built his
present home, which is one and a' half stories
high and consists of six rooms. It is con-
venient in all its appointments, and makes a
very comfortable residence. Mr. Thomas was
joined in wedlock, in 1863, with Matilda A.
Picken, who was born in Ohio in 1839, and
they reared one daughter. Alfarata, wife of
AYilliam Bane. Mrs. Thomas died in 1873,,
and ^Ir. Thomas married, in 1876, Rachel P.
McCarroU, who died one year later. In 1879
he married Maggie A. Guthrie, who died in
1890, leaving three children : Carrie E., Ros-
coe B., and Gurley G. ; the last was a boy, the
offspring of a former marriage. In politics
Mr. Thomas is a Democrat.

On a foregoing page is shown a group
picture, representing the family of Mahlon
Thomas, the father of our subject.

COTT M. DICKINS, one of the prom-
inent young farmers of Competine
township, Wapello county, Iowa, is a
son of Hon. George W. Dickins, and
was born in Competine township, August i,

Thomas Martin Dickins, the grandfather
of Scott M., familiarly known as "Martin,"
was a native of North Carolina, where he was
born March 12, 1802. In 1806, he went to
Virginia with his parents, James and Mary
(Haskell) Dickins. Thomas Martin Dickins

married Elizabeth Staley, daughter of Malachi
and Elizabeth (Coons) Staley, and to them
Avere born the following children : Mary, who
was the wife of John Hooker, and died in
W'yandotte ccimty, Ohio, in 1847; James M.
and Thomas A., both of whom died of lung
fever. May 21, 1847; Catherine A., who was
the wife of J. B. Harmon, and died in Com-
petine township, Wapello county; Anthony,
who died in childhood, in Ohio; Malachi and
Harvey, of Competine township; Elizabeth;
George AV., and Hiram H., who died Novem-
ber 21, 1864. Thomas Martin Dickins formed
a second matrimonial alliance by wedding Mar-
garet A. Williams, and they became the par-
ents of two children, — Eunice and Dexter,
both of whom are deceased. Eunice was the
wife of Edward Durbin, and left a son, Jesse.
Thomas Martin Dickins located in Wapello
county, Iowa, in 1845, 3-"^ secured 320 acres of
land in Competine township. He finally be-
came one of the largest land owners in that
section of the state, where he lived until 1890,
when he died and was buried in the Dickins
cemetery.

George W. Dickins was born in AVyandotte
county, Ohio, September 18, 1843, and left
there with his parents in 1846. August 12,
1862, he enlisted for service in the Civil War,
in the ist Reg., Iowa Vol. Cav., served prin-
cipally in the Western army, and participated
in most of the campaigns of the West. He was
mustered out of service at Austin, Texas, Feb-
ruary 14, 1866. He was with the army of
60,000 men, sent to the Texas border to watch
Maximilian, the Austrian usurper, and Mar-

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473

shal Bazaine, of France, and remained there
until the collapse of the French scheme to es-
tablish a monarchy on American soil, and to
place ^Maximilian on the throne. Mr. Dickins
engaged extensively in farming, and was a
large dealer in cattle, fine draft horses and
hogs. He married Elizabeth M. Hawthorn,
June 2, 1864, and they had four children, as
follows: Wilbur T., who died in June, 1871 ;
Anthony, who died in infancy ; Ma;ry, who war.
born July 10, 1869, married O. E. Dickey, and
lives in Competine township; and Hiram H.,
who was born October 7, 1871, married Vinnie
Ulry, and lives in Competine township. Mrs.
Dickins died June 10, 1874, and Mr. Dickinr.
afterward married Martha C. Filer. Three
children have been born to thenr: Scott M.,
the subject of this sketch; Rella M., who was
born February 5, 1879, married C. A. Dickey,
and lives in Competine township; and Kate,
born May 30, 1881. Politically, Mr. Dickins
has always been a Republican, and has held
many township offices. In 1881, he was
elected to the 19th general assembly of Iowa,
and served in a most able manner. He was
again elected, in 1897, to the 27th assembly.
Both he and his wife are members of the Bap-
tist church. Mr. Dickins is a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is a
past commander.

Scott M. Dickins, the subject of this sketch,
owns 160 acres of land in section 8, Competine
township, where he is engaged in diversified
farming. He promises to become as well
known as his father. He married Mabel
C. Cook, a daughter of Hei-bert Cook, and

they have one child, — George E., who is now
eighteen months old.

Mr. Dickins attended Central University,
which is located at Pella, Iowa, while his wife
is a graduate of the Churdan High School.
They are both highly respected by all, and their
friends are mans-.

ERNARD SCFIMIDT, a well known
brick-maker of Ottumwa, Iowa, and
one of the prominent citizens of that
place, was born in Hanover, Ger-
many, Mav 27, 1844. He came tO' the United
States in 1867, and located in Ottumwa, where
he at once began to look for employment. He
secured work at his trade, that of brick-mak-
ing, and has continued at this ever since.

Bernard Schmidt ^vas married in 1866 to
Katrina Stuckleman, a daughter of Henry and
Margaret Stuckleman, who was born in 1843.
Her parents had six children. Bernard and
Katrina Schmidt were the parents of the fol-
lowing children, namely : Josephine, deceased ;
Garry ; John B. ; and Henry. Mr. Schmidt
married, secondly, Elizabeth Dunnebrink,
Augxist II, 1876. She is a daughter of Frank
Dunnebrink, and her union with Mr. Schmidt
has been blessed with 12 children, namely:
Frank; Herman; Mar}^, deceaseid; Katrina;
Ellen ; Dorothy ; Elizabeth ; Bernard ; Theresa,
deceased; Amelia, deceased; Joseph and
Paulus.

Mr. Schmidt and his family are members
of the Catholic church. The subject of this

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sketch is also a member of the Roman Cath-
oUc Protective Association. Politicahy, he is
a stanch Democrat. He is highly respected
in Ottumwa, where he has hosts of friends.

AAA'REXCE GUGGERTY. This gen-
tleman is one of the most extensive
l?nd owners in AA'apello' county,
Iowa. He is now practically retired
from business activities, with the exception of
stock-raising, in which he still engages. He
was born in County Meath, Ireland, April 15,
1832, and is a son of Owen and Julia (Riley)
Guggerty.

Owen Guggerty, a native of Ireland, died
at the age of fort}'-seven years. He married
Julia Riley, who' was born in Ireland, and died
in that countr}-, after having reached the age
of eighty-three years. This couple were the
parents of seven children, nameh" : Owen, de-
ceased; Patrick, who lives with the subject of
this sketch ; Bartholomew and Hugh, deceased ;
Margaret ; John, who lives at Jacksoaiville, Illi-
nois ; and Lawrence, the subject of this sketch.
Lawrence Guggerty came to the United
States in 1849, ^'"^d located in Dubuc|ue, Iowa,
in 1853. I'"" 1859 lis settled on a farm in Cass
township, AA'apello county. From 1857 until
the breaking out of the Civil War he was a
railroad contractor. During the war he
bought hnrses and mules for the giAernment,
and at the close of the conflict resumed rail-
road contracting, which he continued until
1885. In 1863 he settled on the farm in Cass
township, in section 31, township 73, range 14.

He now owns 1,425 acres of land in AVapello
county. A man of much practical knowledge
and executive ability, he has met with success
in all his undertakings. He. is a well-posted
man, and takes a deep interest in the various
topics of the day. While Mr. Guggerty is not
acti\-elv engaged in farming, he still gives
much time and attention to the raising of stock.
Pie built the first house in Eldon.

Mr. Guggerty was united in marriage with
Bridget Gillespie, in i860. She was born in
1 84 1, and is a daughter of William Gillespie.
Mr. and Mrs. Guggerty have nine children, as
follows: Margaret, who was born in 1861,.
married Joseph Manning, and is living in Ot-
tumwa; Julia, who was born in 1865, married
Philip Duffy, and lives in Oklahoma; John B.,
who was born in 1865, and lives at home;
!\Iary, born in 1867, who is alsoi at home; Pat-
rick, born in 1869, who lives in Cass township;
Bartholomew, born in 1871; William, born in
1873 '' Ellen, born in 1875 ; and Argus, born in
1877. The last four live with their parents.
. No public tmdertaking is complete without
Mr. Guggerty's assistance, which he always
willingly gives. He is very well known and
liked in A\'apello count}', where he has con-
stantly worked for the welfare of the com-
munity-.

O:\nNICK SCHLAGATER, who is
engaged in . agricultural pursuits in
Polk township, A\'apello county,
Iowa, has been located here since
1854, and is widely known throughout the

STEPHEN BARNES.

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477

county. He \\as born in Baden, Germany,
March 19, 1821, and is a son of Jacob Schlag-
ater.

Jacob Schlagater was Ijorn in Germany
and died there at the age of ninety-eight )ears.
He married Anna Wasmer, and they became
the parents of 14 children, of whom the fol-
lowing grew to maturity : Mary ; Magdalena ;
Jacob; Joseph; John; Fred; Andrew; Law-
rence, and Dominick.

Dominick Schlagater came to the United
States in the fall of 185 1, on the good ship
"Stevanus," having been forty-four da}S on
the A uvage. He was located in New York
City for two years, working at anything his
willing hands found to do. In 1854, he came
to Iowa and settled in Polk township, A\"a-,
pello county, on section 12, township 72, range
15, where he still resides and owns 160 acres
of land. He is engaged in general farming
and stock raising, and has raised some high
grade horses.

Mr. Schlagater \\'as united in, marriage
with Carrie Mott, September 15, 185 1. She
was born in 1829, and is a daughter of Jacob
and Mary (Gersbach. iMott. Her parents
were nati\-es of Germany; her father died in
1861, at the age of sixty-one ^■ears, and her
mother, in 1848, at the age of forty-six years.
They had seven children, as follnws ; Ag-gie ;
Caroline; Philip; Joseph; Edward: Richard;
and Bridget. Mr. Schlagater and his wife be-
came the parents of 10 children, as follows;
Mary Rosina, who was born October 8, 185 1,
and married Benjamin Hofman, a retired
brewer living in Ottumwa; John A., born De-

cember 24, 1853, ^"d died in 1885; Joseph
M., who was born November 28, 1855, and
lives in Leadville, Colorado ; Carrie E., who
was born February 13, 1858, married Frank
V'\)]). and ]i\'cs in Ottumwa; Seth, who \\as
born June 6, i860, and died in Denver, in
3883; Fred E., who was born December 26,
1862, and ]i\es in Odgen, Utah; Lucy L., who
was born Afarch 24, 1864, married A. O.
J<)hns(jn, and lives in Ottumwa; Wilhelmina
C, who was born December i, 1867, and died
January 20, 1882; Andrew B., who was born
November 19, 1870, and lives at home; and
Bridget, who was born in 1850 and died in in-
fanc}-. Religiously, the famil)- is of the Cath-
olic faith. Air. Schlagater is a Democrat in
politics, and served as justice of the peace for
fifteen, )ears,. a:ul as township trustee and
assessor.

•*—*■

TEPHEN BARNES, who conducts a
large grocery, feed , and flour store
at No. 902 \\'est :\rain street, Ottum-
wa, Iowa, is alderman of the sixth
ward. He was born in AVapello countv, half
a mile south of Ottumwa, .May 5, 18:4, and is
a. son of Stephen and Sarah (Johnson)
Barnes.

Stephen Barnes, Sr., came to Wapello
county in 1850, where he lived until 1885.
He is now living in Kansas. Lie married
Sarah Johnson and they reared eight children,
namely: Margaret Ann (Leighton), who
lives in Kansas; William Henry, a Baptist
minister of St. Louis, Alissouri; David, of

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Axtell, Kansas; Stephen, the subject of this
sketch; Juha, deceased; John, whu is a farmer
in Kansas; Elizaljeth, deceased; and Rosa
(Ivers), vvlio lives in Kansas.

Stephen Barnes, whose name heads this
sketch, was reared and schooled in W^apello
county. His first work was on the farm. Li
1880 he began clerking in a'store at Kirkville,
Iowa, known as the Kirkville General Supply
,Store, and there he worked nine years. In
1888 Mr. Barnes engaged in the grocery busi-
ness at Ottumwa i_,n Second street. He re-
.moved to his present location on West ?ilain
street in 1896. He owns a double building,
70 by 42 feet, in dimensions, and carries a
full line of general merchandise, excepting
dry goods. He employs three assistants in
the store, and does an immense business. Mr.
Barnes is a thorough business man, a good
manager and a man of sound judgment and
much executive ability. He is one of the lead-
ing citizens of the cit}- of Ottumwa.

Mr. Barnes married Elizabeth Roop, in
Kirkville. She was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa,
lo them have been born six children, namely:
Bertha and Lilly, deceased ; and Ota, Gertrude,
Howard and Helen, all of whom are at home.
Mr. Barnes owns a pleasant home on the cor-
ner of Second and Clay streets. He was elect-
ed cilderman from the sixth ward in 1899, and
was re-elected in 1901. In politics he is a
Democrat.

Fraternally Mr. Barnes is a member of the
L O. O. F., Lodge \o. 9; Independent Ordn-
of Foresters, and Fraternal Order of Eagles,
which was or^-anized January 15, 1931, with

James Gray as president. Mrs. Barnes be-
longs to the Rebekahs. In religious \'iews the
subject of this sketch is a l\iethodist. Mr.
Barnes is one of the most progressixe citizens
of Ottumwa, and is highly respected in that
community. His portrait accompanies this
sketch.

AMES F. ROBERTSON, one of the

leading agriculturists of Competine

townshi]), Wapello county, Iowa, was

born July 24, 1856, in Highland

township, and is a son o<f A\'illiam Robertson,

and a brother of George D. Robertson.

James F. Robertson was reared in his na-
tive county, where he attended the common
schools, and for many years assisted his father
on the farm. Mr. Robertson located on a farm
of 160 acres in Competine township, in section
19, township 73, range 12, and there he has
carried on general farming for a number of
years. He raises considerable stock of a high
grade, and takes great pride in the manage-
ment of his farm, which is veiy attractive in
appearance. He has had a thorough training
in farming matters, and, being a man oi per-
severance and energy, has made a success of
his chosen occupation.

Mr. Robertson married Nancy Brown,
August 28, 1878. She was born July 30,
1858, and is a daughter of George and Martha
(Gray) Brown, her father being a native of
Indiana. This union resulted in two children,
namely: Luella M., born April 22, 1880; and
Henry L., born August 6, 1881. Mr. Robert-

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son and his wife and children are all faithful
members of the Baptist church. Politically
Mr. Robertson is a Democrat; although he
takes a lively interest in political affairs, he
does not aspire to office. He may justly be
proud of his beautiful home, and feel that his
efforts have been well rewarded. He is an
honest, upright citizen, and his friends are
many.

OHN F. BEAGLE, a well-known resi-
dent of Polk township, Wapello' coun-
ty, Iowa, is engaged in general farm-
ing, and has a farm of lOO acres in
section 36. He was born in Hocking county,
Ohio., February 18, 1842, and is a son of Abner
Beagle.

Abner Beagle was born in W^est Virginia,
October 14, 1817, and died July 30, 1897. He
married Agnes Sponseller, a daughter of John
and Sarah (Conrad) Sponseller, who was born
December 30, 1812. John Sponseller was
born January 22, 1784, and served in the War
of 1812. Mrs. Sponseller was born May 5,
1783. Mr. and Mrs. Beagle had four chil-
dren, as follows : John F. ; David, born June
6, 1844; Harriet Ann, born January i, 1846,
who married Matthew G. Irvin, and lives in
Lucas county, Iowa; and Emily A., born
August 12, 1850, who married John F. AVhite,
and .died September 15, 1887.

John F. Beagle came to> Iowa with his par-
ents in 1853, and located in Wapello county
for the winter. His parents then moved to
Clarke county, Iowa, where they remained un-

til 1864. He returned that year to Wa-
pello county, and settled in Polk township, on
section 36, township 72, range 15, where he
now resides and owns a fine farm of 100 acres
of land. He enlisted at Osceola, Iowa, in
July, 1862, in Company B, i8th Reg., Iowa
Vol. Inf., and served in Southern Missouri un-
til he was mustered out in February, 1863. He
still possesses a testament given him by his
chaplain, and prizes it very highly. After
leaving the army he taught scho'ol for three
years, and then returned toi his farm, on which
he has lived for so many years.

February 26, 1865, Mr. Beagle was united
in marriage with Nancy Brooks, a daughter of
Absalom Brooks, who came toi Iowa befo-re the
opening of the "New Purchase." He was in
Wapello county at the opening and entered land
in Polk township, upon which he lived until
his death, in 1876, at the age of sixty years.
He was united in marriage with Susan Braden,
a daughter of James and Eleanor Braden, who
died in February, 1856. Nancy Brooks was
born May 18, 1848, in Polk township, near her
present home. Mr. Beagle and his faithful
wife have had seven children, as follows : Mag-
gie F., born November 29, 1865, who died in
mfancy; Absalom A., born February 11, 1867,
who married Alice B. Colvin and lives in Polk
township; Charles T., born June 5, 1870, who
married Lizzie Folgman and lives in South
Ottumwa; Flarriet Ann and Fred, twins, both
of whom died in infancy ; Eleanor, born De-
cember 28, 1879, who died, aged sixteen years;
and Udell Guy, twin of Eleanor, who died in
infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Beagle are untiring

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workers in the M. P. church, and he has served
continuously as superintendent oi Sunday-
school for many 3'ears. Fraternally he is a
Mason. In politics he is a strong Democrat.

ANIEL M. SACKETT, a well-to-do

farmer of Cass township, Wapello

county, Iowa, has a farm of 187 acres

and carries on general farming. He

was born in \Va}-ne count), Indiana, August

31, 1 85 1, and is a son of Alexander Sackett.

Alexander T. Sackett was born in New
York State in 18 19, and in 1854 came west
to Iowa, locating in Davis county. In August
1863, he enlisted for service in Company B
8th Reg., Iowa Vol. Cal., and served in the bat-
tle of Lookout Mountain. He was captured
incarcerated in Andersonville prison, and af
terward paroled. AA'hile he \\a3 on his way
home on parole, the steamer "General Lyons'
blew up, and almost all on board were lost
including Mr. Sackett. His wife was Cornelia
Gilbert, who was born in 1824, and was a
daughter of William and Mary Gilbert. The
following children resulted from this union:
Mary E., born in 1845, ^\■ho married Leonard
Kncx, and li\-es in Centerville, Iowa; Thomas
L., born in 1847, wIid married Amanda Piper,
and li\-es-in Nebraska; Emma E., born in 1849.
who married Joseph Peach, and lives in Cen-
terville; Daniel M., whose name appears at
the head of these lines; Jennie C, born in
1853, "^^''lo married Leander Terrell and lives
in Eddyville, Iowa; Charles J., born in 1855,

who lives in Nebraska; James A., born in 1857,
who lives in Columbia township, Wapello
county, Iowa; Clara C, born in 1859, who
married Thomas Carman and lives in Colum-
bia t(j\\ nship, Wapello county ; and William E.,
born in 1862, -who died in 1865. Mrs. Sackett
is now se\'enty-seven years of age and li\'es at
the home of her son, James A. Sackett.

In 1854 Daniel M. Sackett moved with his.
parents t(j Iowa, where he received his mental
training. He went from Davis to- Appanoose
county, and thence to Monroe county, where
he \\-as located until i860, when he moved to
Wapello count)'. He settled in Columbia town-
ship, lived there until 1881, and then went
to Colorado, where he worked by contract in
the mines for about six months. At the ex-
piration of that time he returned to Iowa and
bought a farm in Adair count)-, on which he
lived eighteen months. In 1883 he mo^'ed to
Cass township, A\'apello county, and located on
the farm on which he now li\cs, situated in
section 3, township 72, range 15. He owns
187 acres, and has one of the finest country
residences in AA'apello' countv.

In ]March, 1873, ^f''- Sackett was united
in marriage with Elizabeth Ann Conwell, a
daughter of Obadiah and Miriam (Heacock)
Conwell. Her father was born in what is now
Carroll county, Ohio, July 16, 1814, came to
Iowa in the fall of 1854, and located in Cass
township, A\'apello county, where he died Jan-
uar)' 26, 1875. Her mother was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, in January,
1818, a daughter of Samuel and Esther Hea-
cock, and died February 2, 1879. Mrs. Sack-

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ett was born May 15, 1853, and her union
with Daniel U. Sackett has been blessed by
the birth of four children, as follows : William
L., born December 18, 1873, who married
Ellen Eraser and lives in De Soto, Dallas
■county, Iowa, where he conducts a drug store;
-Claude C, born Jtme 29, 1875, who married
Mvrde Brooks, and lives in Laurel, Nebraska,
where he practices medicine; and Roy F. and
Ray L., twins, born March 15, 1885. Ray L.
died February 17, 1900, and Roy. F is livinp;
at home. In politics Mr. Sackett is a sup-
porter of Republican principles.

AMES J. ACTON, who owns 206 acres
of valuable land in sections 13 and
20, Washington township, Wapello
county, Iowa, is engaged in general
farming and stock raising. His career has
been marked by stirring activity, and he well
merits the success which has attended his ef-
forts. He was born in Washington township,
in 1848, and is a son of J. A\'. Acton.

J. W. Act(jn was born in Ohio in 1825, and
after growing to maturity moved to Indiana,
where he remained until 1841, when he located
in Van Buren county, Iowa. He came to \\'a-
pello county iu 1843, and entered land in
Washington township, where he farmed for
the remainder of his life. He died in this coun-
ty in 1875. He was united in matrimony with
Elizabeth Myers, who was born in Ohio, and
they reared the following children: Nancy J-.
deceased; Frances A., Mary, James J., Joseph

M. and John D. Flis second wife was Frances
]\Icl)a\itt, who bore him one son, Andrew ^I.
James J. Acton first attended school at the
old Union school house in Washington town-
ship, and resided on the home farm until he
was twenty-one \ears of age. Fle applied himi-
self to agricultural pursuits at an early age,
and now (jwns an excellent farm in Washing-
ton township, which he devotes to general
farming. He is engaged quite extensively in
stock raising, and has his farm well stocked
with horses, cattle and hogs of a high grade.
He purchased this farm in 1875.

When twenty-one years of age Mr. Acton
was joined in marriage with .Mary L. Pum-
phrey, wIkj was born in Jefferson county, Iowa,
in 1 85 1. They have seven children, as follows :
Henr^' E., a farmer in Neosho count}-, Kan-
sas; Elizabeth B., wife of Frank Hite, of Cen-
ter township, Wapello county; Frank S., who
is at home; Cora B., wife of J. \\'. Feebler;
Emnia C. ; Nellie and Guy. Politically Mr.
Acton is a Republican and takes an earnest in-
terest in the affairs of his party. He and his
family are faithful members of the Methodisf,
Episcopal church. A portrait of Mr. Acton
accompanies this sketch, being presented on a
foregoing page.

YLVESTER WARXl-.R was born in
Schoharie county. New ^'ork, No-
vember 21, 181 7, and died August 26,
1892. He was a blacksmith by trade,
having completed an apprenticeship of three
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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

went to Missouri, participated in the Black
Hawk War, while there, and then moved with
his father to Van Buren county, Iowa, in 1837.
He remained there until 1843, when he came to
Ottumwa, Iowa, staked his claim under the
homestead act, and finally received his patent
three years later, ■ August 8, 1846. He built
the first wagon made in Ottumwa, and with a
team of oxen made a trip to Des Moines, which
consumed many days. Supplies which could
not be raised at home and such necessaries as
hardware had to be obtained at Keokuk. The
country at that time was thickly populated by
Indians, and Mr. Warner often declared that
the best meal he ever ate was prepared by a
squaw. He was very sucessful in farming for
one of that day, and was well known and highly
respected throughout the county. He formed
a matrimonial alliance with Juliette Ford, who
was born in Cla)', Onondaga county, Ne\v
York, and they became the parents of nine chil-
dren, of whom the following are deceased :
Charles, born February 20, 1846, died October
3, 1849; Anna, born June 27, 1849, died Sep-
tember 18, 185 1 ; Sarah, born August 18, 185 1,
died September 18, 1852 ; and Jacob L., born
March 16, 1855, died November 19, 1856.

Ella, Juliet and J. L. were all born on the
old homestead in Center township, which they
now own. George E. resides at Agency City,
and Guy N. lives in Ottumwa, Iowa.

The Warner family is of German descent
and became established in this countr^• at
an early day, because of religious persecution
in the mother countr_\'. George Warner,
great-grandfather of Silvester AA'arner, was a

soldier in the Revolutionary War under Gen-
eral Gates. He built a house in the latter part
of the eighteenth century, which is still stand-
ing. His son, Jacob Warner, grandfather of
Sylvester, was born in a fort during the pro-
gress of the Revolutionary War. His wife
was also of Revolutionary stock, and came of
the Canada family, of Irish origin, which was
established in this country during the seven-
teenth century.

RTHUR AREINGDALE, a pros-
perous young farmer of AA'apsllo
county, Iowa, operates a farm of 480
acres in Center township. He is a
son of Richard Areingdale, and was born on
his present farm, in 1876.

Richard Areingdale, one oi the earh- pion-
eers of AA'apello' county, began working for
himself at the early age of sixteen years, hav-
ing learned the trade of a carpenter, which
has stood him in good stead on the farm, as
he has built many of his own buildings. He
came to AA'apello county, Iowa, at an eardy
day, and aided in opening it up to civilization.
He came into possession of the farm on which
his son is now located, in 1865, when onlv a
few acres were under cultivation. He built a
house, barn and other outbuildings necessary
to house his stock and grain, and placed nearly
all the land undeV cultivation. He fed his
grain to his stock, and dealt \e\-y extehsi\-e!y
in live stock. In recent years he has been
located at Ottumwa, where he is liviup- a re-

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tired life. He is a man who stands high in
business circles, and makes friends of all with
whom he comes in contact, both in business
and private relations. Richard Areingdale
was married to Mary Cisne, by whom he had
four children: Edward; Charles; Nora, de-
ceased; and Arthur.

Arthur Areingdale attended the district
schools in his early days, and supplemented
this with two terms in Penn College at Oska-
looSa, Iowa. He concluded that farming was
the most independent life to live, and he has
never had cause to regret following that occu-
pation. He is an industrious worker and an
excellent business manager, and has made a
success of it from the start. On August 3,

1899, he was married to Maggie Rowland, and
has one son, who was born November 16,

1900, and named Richard, after his grand-
father. In religious views, Mr. Areingdale is
inclined to be liberal. He is a Democrat in
politics.

W. MELCHER, a resident of
South Ottumwa, Iowa, located on a
tract of seven acres of land in sec-
tion 12, township 72, range 14, Cen-
ter township, Wapello county, Iowa, where he
began the business of tile making, in 1882, and
has found it a very profitable undertaking. He
commands the best patronage of any tile man-
ufacturers in this section of the State, his
business having grown to large proportions
from a very small beginning. He was born
in Germany December 2, 1842.

Mr. Melcher received his mental training
in Germany, and there learned the trade of
making fine pottery, having served an appren-
ticeship in one of the best factories in that
cotmtry. He came to America in 1866, and
finally settled in Des Moines county, Iowa,
where he worked at his trade until 1870. In
that year he moved to Ottumwa, Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa, and went into the business of making
stoneware, as a member of a firm. His rela-
tions with his partners were not harmonious,
and as a result the partnership was dissolved.
In 1882 he purchased his present tract of land
and began the manufacture of tiling, the land
being especially adapted for this purpose. He
began operations with a horse-power machine,
and continued thus until 1887, by which time
his business had multiplied in volume, making
it necessary for him to purchase an i8-horse-
power engine. He also bought a 30-horse-
power boiler, and one of the most improved
brick and tile making machines, and made other
desirable improvements. He has a capacity
for making 5,000 tiles per day^ and virtually
has all the tile trade of this section of the state.
He is a man of high moral character, and en-
joys the esteem and friendship of all with whom
he comes in contact.

Mr. Melcher was united in marriage, in
1872, with Caroline Dummler, who was born
in Galena, Illinois, and came to Ottumwa with
her parents in 1859. Her father was born in
Germany, and at the age of nineteen years came
to America. He lived here until his death, in
1869. Mr. and Mrs. Melcher are the parents
of seven children, namely: Fraiik, who died in

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

infancy ; Joseph H., born April 20, 1874; Mary
E., born October 25, 1876; John R., born Sep-
tember 22, 1878; Amy T., born July 20, 1881 ;
William A., born August 28, 1885; and Carl
N., born November 4, 1889. Politically, Mr.
Melcher is a Democrat, but is liberal in his
views and supports the man he deems best
fitted for the office.

MANUEL GOTLIEB HARSCH, a
farmer of Green township, AVapello
county, Iowa, living on section 10,
township 71, range 14, was born in
Morgan county, Ohio, December 28, 1861.
He is a son of Gotlieb Harsch, who was born
in Germany and came to America at the age
of fourteen years, settling in Morgan county,
Ohio, and later in Iowa, where he reached the
age of eighty years. Gotlieb Harsch served
three years in the Civil war, and while he
fought in many important battles, he was never
wounded.

When our subject, Emanuel Gotlieb Harsch,
was six years old his parents settled in Wa-
pello county, where they purchased a tract of
land in Green township. They lived there two
years and then bought another farm in Center
township, where they settled permanently. Mr.
Harsch attended the public schools of Wapello
county and remained at home until he reached
his twenty-third year. After his marriage he
rented a farm for two seasons and then bought
from his father his present farm in Green
township. He did not then locate on the farm,
but moved to Ottumwa, where for many sea-

sons he followed the trade of a painter and pa-
per hanger, and accumulated enough money to
put his farm in good condition. At the time
of purchasing the land it was in a wild state;
by much energy and perseverance he has made
it one of the most attractive farms in Green
township. A comfortable modern house, barns
and outbuildings have been erected, adding
greatly to the general appearance of the place,
and about 2,000 trees have been set out. When
the fruit trees are in bloom the picture is in-
deed a beautiful one. They bear each year
a goodly amount of apples, cherries, pears and
plums. Mr. Harsch is engaged in general
farming and stock raising.

The subject of this sketch was united in
marriage with Mary L. Hill, March 27, 1884.
She is a daughter of J. F. Hill, of Wapello
county, and was born in Clermont county,
Ohio, June 24, 1861. Two children have
blessed this union, namely : Eva, born June
21, 1886, and Earl, born August 13, 1888.

Religiously Mr. Harsch and his family are
members of the Congregatioral church. In
.politics he is a firm believer in the principles of ■
the Democratic party. He is a public-spirited ,
man and is highly respected in the coinmunity.

H. ABERNATHY, one of the
best known business men of
Blakesburg, AA''apello county, Iowa,
has been engaged in the mercantile
business there since 1879, and is very success-
ful. He is enterprising and progressive, and

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has always had the best interests of the town
at heart.

I\I. H. Abernathy was born at Agency, Wa-
pello count)^, Iowa, in 1850, and received only
such mental training as could be obtained in the
district schools. By the time he reached the
age of twenty years he had decided to engage
in some line of business, and as a result moved
to Blakesburg, where he embarked in the stock
lousiness, buying and shipping extensivel_\' fur
a period of four years. He conceived the idea
of entering the mercantile business, and in
1.879 established a store in Blakesburg, which
he has since conducted in a most successful
manner. He built a large store in 1893, and
has it well stocked with a complete line of
goods, such as one would expect to find rjnly in
a larger city. lie was appointed postmaster
by President McKinley, and erected a build-
ing which he fitted up especially for use a^ a
postoffice. It is conveniently located for the
public, and his daughter acts in the capacity
of assistant postmaster. In 1898 a bank was
established at Blakesburg, and he became one
of the stockholders and directors, and has since
continued as such.

In 1879 Mr. Abernathy was united in mar-
riage with Louisa Fritz, a daughter of Bene-
dict Fritz. The latter was born in Germany,
and was a young man when he came' to this
•country. The first few years of his stay here
were spent in mining in California, which
proved very successful. He came to Blakes-
burg, purchased land and conducted a general
store, becoming one of the to\\-n"s most pros-
perous merchants. Mr. and Airs. Abernathy

became the parents of four children, as fol-
lows: Achsa, born June 7, 1880; Clara C,
born December 26, 1882 ; an infant who died at
birth; and Moses AV F., born August 4, 1898.
Politically, the subject of this sketch was a
Democrat until Horace Greeley became a
candidate for president. He then became a
Repulslican, and is still affiliated with that
party.

AMES M. ELDER, f.,r many years a
prominent farmer of Highland town-
ship, AVapello county, Iowa, has been
a general merchant and lumber dealer
of Highland Center since 1892. He is a verv
successful business man and has made friends
wherever known. He was born in Decatur
count}', Indiana, June 30, 1845, and is a son of
William M. Elder.

William j\l. Elder was born near Stanford,
Kentucky, in 1812. and died at Greensburg,
Indiana, in 1876. He married Sarah Sellers,
who died in 1854. They became the parents of
nine children, seven of whom grew to ma-
turit)", as follows : America, Alar)', Sarah,
'korge AV., Henry H., Oliver Clay and
James AI.

James M. Elder was reared in Decatur
countv, Indiana, and in Xo\'ember, 1863, en-
listed at Greensburg, in Company H, 5th Reg.,
Indiana A'ol. Ca\'., in Sherman's army. He
went with hf> regiment into Kentucky and
Tennessee. In eastern Tennessee they partici-
pated in numerous skirmishes and engage-
ments in the spring of 1864, and fought at

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Resaca, Lost Mountain and Cartersville. His
regiment was captured wliile on the Stoneman
raid near Macon, Georgia, its captors being
Wheeler's ca\'alry. The privates were taken
to Andersonville prison and there remained
from -Vugust i until the following October,
when they were transferred to Charleston,
South Carolina, and from there to Florence.
With his compatriots imprisoned in the south-
ern stockades, Mr. Elder suffered the pangs of
hunger, cold, neglect and disease, and at one
time almost despaired of his life. In December
lie finally obtained his parole, was exchanged
with a sick contingent and sent to Annapolis.
He was mustered out of the service Septem-
ber 15, 1865, and received his discharge and
pay at Indianapolis. For two years after the
war he was unable to apply himself to any-
thing that called for physical exertion. At the
end of that period he was sufficient! v rec()\'cred
to attend to his duties on the farm. In. 1870
he moved to Highland township, Wapello
count)', Iowa, locating on section 4, later on
section 13, township 73, range 13, and there
successfully followed farming until 1892. In
that year President Harrison appointed him
postmaster of Highland Center, and this re-
sponsible position he filled worthily and faith-
fully until removed under the Cleveland ad-
ministration. AA'hen McKinley was elected
president :\ir. Elder was again the favorite of
his neighbors and was commissioned post-
master for the second time in 1897. He still
remains in that office, to the entire satisfaction
of the community. He is a stanch Republican
and has received the support of his neighbors

in being elected to office on several occasions.
He has been clerk and assessor of his town-
ship and also school director of the district in
which he resides. He is now rounding out his
second term of three years as a member of the
board of supervisors, and now finds himself
chairman of that body.

James M. Elder was united in marriage
December 12, 1857. with Lydia A. Pratt, a
daughter of Vactor and Valeria (Baldwin)
Pratt, and they are jjarents of two children:
Louis IT., who married Mabel Francis and lives
in Los Angeles, California; and Valeria L.,
widow of ].'\y Hull,— Mr. FIull died March
26, 1899, leaving her with one child, Leona.
Fraternally I.Ir. Elder is an Odd Fellow, a
member of the Modern AA'codmen of America
and a member of J. M. Hedrick Post. G. A.
R., Xo. .^24, of Hedrick, Iowa. His wife is a
member of the ilethodist Episcopal church
A portrait of the subject of this sketch is pre-
sented on a foregoing page.

RS. PHERRYBA PARKER, a well

known resident of Green township,

Wapello county, Iowa, has a fine

farm of 127 acres in section 7,

township 71, range 14. She is the widow of

J. .-V. Parker, and a daughter of Madison AA'ell-

man.

?i[adi=on AA'ellman came to AA'apello county,
Iowa, in 1843. first settling in Center township,
and Lhen in Adams township, where he owned
a farm between Kirkville and Fremont, on Bie

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Zedar Crpfk. The country was then full of
A'ilcl game and often wild turkeys were shot
:ro;n the door. The Indians were troublesome
it times, csijecially after receiving their pay,
it Agency from the government. On such oc-
;asions they always managed to procure whis-
cey in some way, and when on their way home
Aere in bad condition, by the time they reached
:he Welhrian farm. It rec|Lured great bravery
3n the part of the women in those days, espe-
:ially during the absence of the men, their only
•esource being to get down the gun and
ihreaten to shoot if the Indians did not pro-
:eed about their business. They were also at
.imes troubled with wild animals, the wolves
iometimes being exceedingly dangerous, and
:he women needed tO' be as skilled in the use
>f fire-arms as were the men. In 1852 ]\Iadi-
;on W'ellman owned a mill in Ottumwa, sawed
umber,- ground feed, and ran a carding ma-
:hine and turning lathe. While there Pherry-
ja Wlellman often went out in a skiff when the
"iver was high, and r(nA-ed on \\ hat is now the
nain street of Ottumwa. Mr. "W'ellman sold
lis mill in 1852, and moved c-nto- his farm,
ivhere he died at the age of thirty-t\\() years.
Pherryba W'ellman was united in marriage
A'ith J. A. Parker, who' was born in Worces-
:er, Maryland, in 181 1. His early education
.vas very good, as his father was a wealthy
nan, owning a large plantation and many
ilaves. His father, William Parker, operated
1 sawmill, and with the help of his sla\-es had
t running day and night, 'He shipped his
umber to Baltimore, then the best market for
t. The father of AVilliam Parker came to

this country early in the eighteenth centuiy
from England. J. A. Parker lived in his native
state until he reached the age of twenty-one
years, when he moved to the vicinity of Cin-
cinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio. He was en-
gaged in farming there for about ten years,
and then moved tO' Iowa and purchased the
farm on which his widow now resides. As his
health was not good he started for California
with ox teams. W'hile en route he strayed so
far from his team that he could not find his
way back, and was left entirely without pro-
visions. He wandered for many miles and
finally got to the mountains. He staked out a
claim and made a good strike, but soon sold his
claim and started for home. He deposited his
gold in a bank at Sacramento and received a
deposit check therefor, retaining in his pos-
session only a sufficient amount for passage
home. He returned home by boat and met A\ith
exceedingly rough weather on the voyage,
which consumed o^'er a month. When he ar-
rived he went to cash his deposit check and
was informed that the bank had failed, which
meant that he had lost all he had made. He
had been gone for two years, and after the
excitement of the trip was not content tO' settle
down to farming. He moved to Ottumwa and
was engaged in -teaming for a }'ear, when he
concluded to mo\-e back on his farm in Green
t(3wnship. He remained on this farm the re-
mainder of his life, with the exception of a
short period when he went as far as Omaha,
on his way to Pike"s Peak, but changed his
plans and returned home after clue considera-
tion. He died on his farm in 1890, and his

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death ^^■as a serious loss to the community in
which he had Hved for so many years. He
was a RepubHcan in pohtics, and, reUgiously,
a member of the Christian church.

]\Ir. and Mrs. Parker became the parents
of 12 children, of whom five survive, as fol-
lows: James Madison, born October 8, 185 1 ;
Charles, born October 30, 1853 J Sherman, born
April 7, 1865; Mamie, born September 11,
1873 ; and Lily AA'ave, born July 23, 1878.
B}- a former marriage Mr. Parker had two
children, — William, deceased; and Caroline,
the wife of Zephaniah A\''ood.

en s

lOHX SCH\\''ARTZ, a highly respected
farmer residing in Adams township,
Wapello county, on section 11, town-
.ship 71, range 15, is a native o-f Car-
man}- : before coming to this county he fought
with honor in the German army.

Mr. Schwartz was born in 1845, s^i'^d i'^-
mained at home, went to school and helped his
father until he was twenty years of age. He
then was drafted, placed in the 4th Regiment,
.'\ugusta Guards (named after the Queen),
for a period of three years, and saw much hard
service in the Austrian-Prussian AA'ar, during
which he participated in the three greatest bat-
tles (if that struggle. An instance of the dan-
gers incident to his three years of ser\'ice
is here gi\en. Upon one occasion he, with
others, was sent out to sp}- the enemy's posi-
tion. A'Vhen they approached the lines of the
enemy they divided into parties of four, each

going a dilSerent way. The party of which
yiv. Schwartz A\-as a member went through a
wheat field and ran across an Austrian sleep-
ing with two guns by his side. He was com-
manded to surrender, but refused to comply
without a fight. He was overpowered and
taken prisoner, but the}- had not proceeded far
upon their wa}- when they were subjected to the
fire of the enemy, t^\■o of the jjarty being shot
and severely wounded. Mr. Schwartz lav
d(iwn close to the ground, but the bullets fell
so near him on all sides as to fill his eyes and
ears with dust. Realizing that he would soon
be shot, he decided to take the chance of run-
ning under their deadly fire, slender as it
seemed to be ; but the balls sped harmlessly by
him. He escaped unscathed, and soon the com-
pany of v.-hich he was a member came to the
rescue. The company numbered 266 men, but
so \-igorous was their onslaught that they de-
cei\-ed the Austrians as to their strength and
forced them, 5,000 in number, to retreat. It
was a great achievement for so sinall a force,
and, upon establishing themselves on the Aus-
trian camping ground, so great was their re-
joicing that they spent the night in merry-
making. Reenforcements caine, and on the
following day the Germans followed in pur-
suit of the enemy, and engaged in one of the
fiercest battles of the war. In it 80,000 men
M-ere killed or wounded, and the fighting lasted
from two o'clock A. M. until eight o'clock P.
M. The Austrians were forced to retreat and
were followed for twenty-seven days. Upon
the day of battle the Germans were halted to
wait for rations, which did not arrive until

HON. GEORGE W. DIOKINS.

MRS. MARTHA E. DICKINS,

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497

three days later. Air. Schwartz was detailed
to get the rations and was happ)- in the thought
that he at least would soon have something to
satisfy his hunger, but his disappointment was
great \\hen he found there was nothing to be
had but hard-tack, which could not be eaten
until soaked in hot water. It was carried to
the camp, and a porridge made of it, and thus
many were saved from the peril of over-eat-
ing. Soon afterward the war was terminated,
and upon completing his term of ser\'ice Mr.
Schwartz returned to his home. In 1868 he
came to America with his father, his mother
having died in Germany. Coming west, after
their arrival, they located in Adams township,
Wapello county, Io'\\a, Avhere they cleared 25
acres during the first \\ inter. John Schwartz
remained with his father several }'ears, until
there was a division of the propert}-, of which
he did not receive his full share. However,
he did not complain, as he was yonng and in-
dustrious, and soon had a fine farm of 100
acres, — one of the best in the township, — and
also a good house, barn and outbuildings. He
has been engaged in general farming, and
feeds his grain 'to his cattle and hogs, from
which he deri\-es his profits.

August 29, 1872, Mr. Schwartz was united
in marriage with Margaret S. Smith, and 12
children were ]>orn : Mary J., born August 8,
1874, deceased November 7, 1880; Rosa E.,
born L.'^rch 31, 1876; Sarah ¥.. born October
16, 1870; Henry A\'., who was Ijorn January
30, 1 883, and died February 13, 1880; James
Udell, born June 12, 1881 ; Prince Carl, born
January 9, 1883 ; Laura H., born June 2, il

John J., \\ho was Ijorn August 27, 1886, and
died October 20, 1892 ; Ethel F., who was Ijnrn
August 14, 1888, and died June 12, 1895;
Luday V., ^^ho. was born June 13, 1891, and
died November 18, 1892; (iertie V., born Au-
gust 29, 1893; and Leo V., born September
21, 1896. Politically, Mr. Schwartz is a Dem-
ocrat, and has served two terms as supervisor
of his township, and two terms as school di-
rector. Religiously, he belongs to the Catliolic
church.

ON. GEORGE W. DICKINS, one of
the most prominent and influential
citizens of A\'apello count}-, I(n\a,
was born in A\'yandotte county.
Ohio, September 18, 1843, ^"^ left that state
with his parents in 1846. They came to Com-
petine township, Wapello county, and he nuw
resides on section 17, township jt,. range 12,
where he owns and manages a farm of 600
;:cres.

Thomas Alartin Dickins, his father, famil-
iarl\- known as "Martin," was born in North
Carolina, March 12, 1802, and went to \'ir-
ginia in 1836 with his parents, James and
Marv (Haskell) Dickins. When be was four-
teen \ears of age his parents died, and he \\as
liound as apprentice to a preacher, who eloped
with the wife of one of his parishioners, and
this released the }oung man from his articles
of apprenticeship. Taking advantage of his
freedom, he walked 100 miles to the Kanawha
salt works, where he found employment for a

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number of years. He finally journeyed to
Ohio, where he married Elizabeth Staley, born
in 1807, a daughter of Malachi and Elizabeth
(Coons) Staley. This union resulted in the
following offspring: Mary, wife of John
Hooker, who died in Wyandotte county, Ohio,
in 1847; James M. and Thomas A., both of
whom died of lung fever May 21, 1847; Cath-
erine A., wife of J. B. Harmon, who died in
Competine township, this county; Anthony,
who died in childhood in Ohio ; Malach'i and
Harvey, of Competine township ; Elizabeth ;
George W., the subject of this biography: and
Hiram H., who died November 21, 1864. Mrs.
Dickins died^in 1863, and was buried in what
is now called Dickins cemetery. Mr. Dickins
formed a second matrimonial alliance by wed-
ding Margaret A. Williams, and they became
parents of two children: Eunice and Dexter,
both of whom are deceased. Eunice married
Edward Durbin, and left a son, Jesse. Thomas
Ma.rtin Dickins came to Wapello county, Iowa,
in 1845, secured 320 acres in Competine town-
ship, and planted crops in the virgin soil. He
finally became one of the largest land owners
of this section of the state and lived until 1890,
when he died and was buried in the Dickins
cemetery.

George W Dickins enlisted August 12,
1862, at Davenport, Iowa, in the ist Reg., Iowa
Vol. Cav., and served principally in the west-
ern army, participating in most of the cam-
paigns of the West. He was mustered out
of the service at Austin, Texas, February 14,
1866. He was with the army of 60,000 sent
to the Texas border to watch Maximilian and

^Marshal Bazaine, and remained there until the
collapse of the French scheme to establish a
monarchy on American soil and to place Maxi-
milian on the throne. Mr. Dickins has al-
A\-ays been extensively engaged in farming, and
is a large dealer in cattle, fine draft horse's and
hogs. He has a beautiful home and capacious
and numerous farm buildings.

Mr. Dickins was united in marriage on
June 21, i8j4, with Elizabeth M. Hawthorn,
and they had four children, as follows: \Yi\-
bur T., v/ho died in June, 1871 ; Anthony, who
died in infancy; Mary, born July 10, 1869,
who married O. E. Dickey and lives in Com-
petine township; and Hiram H., born October
7, 1 87 1, who married Vinnie Ulry and lives in
Competine township. Mrs. Dickins died June
10, 1874, and Martha C. Filer became Mr.
Dickins' second wife. She was born Septem-
ber. 19, 1855, and is a daughter of Harvey and
j\Iary C. Filer. Three children have been born
to them: Scott M., born August i, 1876, who
married Alabel C. Cook, and lives in Com-
petine township; Rella M., born February 5,.
1879, who married C. A. Dickey and lives in
Competine township ; and Kate, born May 30,
1881. Politically Mr. Dickins has always been
a Republican and has held many township of-
fices. In 1 88 1 he was elected to the 19th gen-
eral assembly of Iowa, and in 1897 to the 27th
general assembly, and served in a most credit-
able manner. Both he and his wife are mem-
bers of the Baptist church. He is a member of
the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he
is a past commander. Portraits of Mr. and
Mrs. Dickins accompany this sketch.

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ALTER ABEGG, a gentleman well
known in the financial circles of
Wapello county, , Iowa, is cashier
O'f the Blakesburg Savings Bank,
which, under his careful administration, has
shown a wonderful increase in business during
the past )'ear. He has been engaged in farming
and stock dealing for many years, and owns a
fine farm of 200 acres in section 29, township
71, range 15, Adams township. He was born
on his present farm, February 10, 1868, and is
a son of "Jacob and Ann (Tubaugh) Abegg.
Jacob Abegg and his wife were born in
Switzerland, and after their marriage came
to this country, and located on the old home-
stead farm in Adams township in 185 1. They
were the parents of 10 children, as follows :
Benjamin; Henry; Jacob; William; Walter;
Bertha; Susan; Milly; Mary; and Libby. All
are living and are located in this county, with
the exception of Jacob, who went to Mexico
and was there murdered bv a Mexican.

AValter Abegg attended district school and
at an early age displayed an aptitude for math-
ematics, soon absorbing all there was to learn
in that school. He possessed natural business
ability, and at the age of eighteen years com-
menced buying and selling stock in association
with M. H. Abernathy, with whom he con-
tinued in partnership for twelve years, and
met with much success. At the age of twenty-
one years he took charge of his father's farm,
which he shortly afterward purchased, giving
his note in payment. He applied himself dil-
igently to his work, soon paid off his indebted-

ness, and was oil the highway to prosperity,
owning 200 acres of land as fine as can be
found in Wapello county. He remained on
this farm until his associates started the Blakes-
burg Savings Bank, which was organized on
June 18, 1900, by the following substantial
business men : A\'. H. H. Asbury, J. B. Mow-
rey, J. T. Hackworth, A. G. Harrow, T. D.
Foster and J. H. Morrell, all of Ottumwa; and
Heman Snow, J. S. Elerick, M. H. Abernathy,
C. N. Udell, David Jay, Paris Smith, H. F.
Derby, AA'illiam Fritz, J. T. De Hoven and
\\'alter Abegg, of Adams township. The of-
ficers elected were as follows : J. B. Mowrey,
president; David Jay, vice-president; and Wal-
ter Abegg, cashier. The directors are as fol-
lows : J. B. Mowrey, David Jay, J. H. Mor-
rell, W. H. Abernathy and Heman Snow. Their
choice of cashier was a wise one. Mr. Abegg
has had charge of all the affairs of the bank
in its dealings with customers, and each month
has shown an increase of business over the
previous month, until now the monthlv amount
transacted is twice that of the corresponding
month of ]yOG.

j\lr. /vbegg was united in marriage, Sep-
tember 10, 1890, with Jessie C. Smith, a
flaughter of Paris and Nancy Smith, both na-
ti\ es of Ohio, her father being a successful
farmer of Adams township. Three children
have blessed this union : Jacob, born March
7, 1893; Frank, born April 7, 1895; and Eu-
gene, born October 10, 1897. Politically, Mr.
Abegg is a Republican. In religious attach-
ments he is a member of the Christian church.

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X. UDELL, j\]. D., is a prominent
physician and surgeon O'f Blakes-
burg, AA'apello county, Iowa, wliere
he has been engaged in practice for
many years. He is wideh' known througho'Ut
this sectit;n of the state, and has taken a deep
interest in the affairs of the town and county.
He was born in a log cabin in Guernsey county,
Ohiii, in 1842, and is a son of Dr. N. Udell.

Dr. N. Udell was born in 181 7, and is a
son of John Udell, who was born in New
England and ser\-ed in the AA^ar of 181 2. The
father of John was born in England, but was
of French descent. Dr. N. Udell stands at the
head of the medical profession here, although
eighty-five years of age, and is an old pioneer
of this state. He became a member of the
Des Moines Valley Medical Association, and
the American Medical Association, and has
held the position of president of the former
body. He was elected a state senator in 1855,
and served his constituents most faithfully, be-
ing twice reelected to that office. He served
for three years as surgeon in the army, during
the Civil AA'ar.

Dr. C. N. L'dell received his early mental
training in the common schools, and, being
naturally of a studious mind, soon began to
read medicine in his father's office. He ac-
cjuired a fair knowledge of medicine, but re-
alized the benefits of a better education, and as
a result entered Hiram College in the AA'estern
Reserve, in Ohio^, where at that time James A.
Garfield was president of the facult)-. After
finishing a course there he attended Keokuk
^Medical College for two terms. Lie went to

St. Louis, where he took a polyclinic course,
and finally graduated at the school of medi-
cine at Louisville, Kentucky. He then began
the practice of medicine at Centerville, Iowa,
and remained in Appanoose county ten years.
Deciding upon Blakesburg as a larger field
for his professional work, he came here at a
time when there were t\\-o other phj'sicians
with whom to compete. His reputation at
Centerville preceded him and he soon became
the leading physician here, — the other two
lea\-ing in the course of twO' years. He estab-
lished an excellent practice, and is considered
the leading consulting physician jn the lo-
calit}^.

Dr. Udell enlisted as a private in the 3d
Reg., Iowa Vol. Cav., in 1861, and served
se\enteen months, \\dien the governor of the
state sent him a commission toi come home and
recruit a company for the 8th Reg., Iowa Vol.
Cav., which gave him the right to serve as i's
captain. AA^ishing a class friend to accompany
him, he tendered the captaincy to him, and it
was accepted. Captain AA'alden, who com-
mianded the company, upon his return from the
service, was elected lieutenant-governor, and
later served the people as a member of Con-
gress. Dr. C. N. Udell took the next position
in rank, that of first lieutenant,, and accom-
panied the command to the South. They were
in acti\-e service for three years, and were in
many hard-fought battles. AA'hile at Florence
the company was surrounded, and was obliged
to cut its way out. At Pea Ridge it lost 27
men, killed by General Pike's brigade of In-
dians, who also scalped the dead. At or near

LORENZO D. BAKER.

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503

Franklin the Doctor participated in an engage-
ment with Hood's army, in which 6,000 men
were kiUed and wounded. The company to
which he belonged was in the thick of the
battle, and followed Hood in his retreat, —
fighting' every day for a month or more. At
Pulaski they fought General Forrest's army,
n-hich had reinforced General AMieeler, and
the Union troops were forced to retreat. They
eot reenforcements from Murfreesboro, and
then the tables were turned, and the Federal
forces regained all the lost ground. For six
weeks the horses were not unsaddled, and the
men went to sleep with the halter straps iii
their hands, ready tO' mount at an instant's
notice. At Lost [Mountain while in the thick-
est of the fight. Dr. Udell \\'as taken sick with
cholera and sent to the rear, and thus he es-
caped capture, as his entire company was cap-
tured, and confined in Andersonville Prison
for nearly a year. Upon recovering, he wa^
placed in command of another company, and
served as captain until he returned home. Flis
company participated in 34 engagements, many
of them cavalr\' charges in which it was difficult
to tell friend from foe, and they \von a reputa-
tion in that, when surrounded li}- die enem}-,
they always fought their wav out in sume man-
ner, although it required fierce fighting'.

In 1868 Dr. Udell was united in marriage
with Harriet C. AA'ilson, a daughter of T. O.
and Mary (Cupp) AA'ilson, who were natives
of Virginia and Ohio, respectively. Air. A\'il-
son was a cabinetmaker by occupation, and also
a contractor, and moved to Iowa in 1856, being
one of the pioneers of his neighborhood. Dr.

and Airs. Udell became the parents of the fol-
lowing cliildren: Myrtle, who died in 1893;
Orrin, who died in 1900; Lola P., who is the
\\ife of Ernest Finney; Roy C., a government
clerk, residing in AA-^ashington, D. C. ; A'alena
H., the wife of Rex E. Davis; Zarelda; and
Alary G. Dr. Udell is a Republican in poli-
tics, but has taken but a passing interest iri
party affairs. He is a member of the Big Four
Old Settlers' Club, which comprises four coun-
ties. He has always been an enthusiastic w ork-
er in this club, and at a meeting held in Blakes-
Inu-g was selected as historian, — an office he
has filled with pleasing results. Fie is, and has
Ijeen for the past thirt3--two years, a member of.
tlie Christian church.

OREXZO D. BAKER. This gentle-
man owns 3f)5 acres of land in sec-
tions 22, 26 and 27, Highland town-
ship, AA'apello county, Iowa. Fie was
l)orn March i, 1845, in Chautauqua county,.
Xew York, and located in Iowa in 1857.

Samuel P. Baker, his father, was born in
New York in 1824. Fle married Jane AA'ood,
and they reared nine children, fi\'e of whom
reached maturit}-, as follows: Lorenzo D.,
James K., AA'illiam, Oliver and Lydia. Mr.
and Airs. Baker are now li^-ing in Frontier
count}', Neljraska.

Lorenzo D. Baker enlisted in the Ci\"il AA^ar
in 1861. He entered the armj' at Burlington,
Io\\a, and served in the 14th Reg., Iowa A'ol.
Inf., with which he remained eighteen months.

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He was taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh
and paroled at Alacon, Georgia. He was mus-
tered out of service at St. Louis, March 5,
1863. Li September, 1864, he re-enlisted in
the 4th Reg., Illinois Vol. Cav., at Joliet, Illi-
nois, and was discharged at Memphis, Ten-
nessee, June 15, 1865. He saw much active
service, but never received so much as a
scratch during all his service.

In J 8^9, in company with his father, Mr.
Baker located in Wapello county. He settled
on section 26, township jt,. range 13, in High-
land township, and in 1883 he bought his farm,
which consists of 365 acres of fine farming
land. Mr. Baker is eng'aged in general farm-
ing and is much interested in raising cattle.
He has always taken a deep interest in the
growth and development of the countv in which
he liA-es, and is always ready to assist in anv
enterprise which is for the advancement of the
communit}-.

In 1869, Mr. Baker married Mary Stough-
ton and they reared six children: Jessie L.,
Nellie, James, Samuel, William and Ellsworth.
Mr. Baker married, secondly, Sarah Dennis,
and they had one child, — E\'a. He formed
a third union by wedding, in February, 1893,
Rhoda McCormick, a daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Stevens) McCormick. Mr. and
Mrs. Baker are the parents of three children,
namely : Searle, AA'arren and Noel. They are
members of the Baptist church.

Politically Mr. Baker is a member of the
Republican party. Fraternally he is an Odd
Fellow. He has a wide circle of friends in the

community in \Ahich he resides, who will view
with interest his portrait that appears on a
foregoing page.

L. COHAGAX, one of the most pros-
perous farmers of Adams township,
A\^apello county, Iowa, is located on
sections 30 and 31, township 71, range
15, where he has lived since 1885. He was

born in Ohio, and is a son ol Thomas Co-
hagan.

Thomas Cohagan was iDorn in West Vir-
ginia, and was a son of William Cohagan, who
was born in Virginia, was engaged in farm-
ing, and lived to- a very old age. The ma-
ternal grandfather of Mr. Cohagan, James
Huff, was a soldier in the War of 18 12, and
his father was a Revolutionary soldier.

S. L. Cohagan was six years of age when
he accompanied his parents to Iowa, and set-
tled in Davis county, where he underwent his
early mental training. The schoolhouses were
primitive, and oftentimes there were no school-
houses, but any vacant room obtainable was
used. He spent his early manhood in farm-
ing with his father, and began sa\'ing the
money he made, which gave him his start when
he wished to buy a farm for himself. After
his marriage he rented a place, but finally pur-
chased a farm for himself. He and his sec-
ond wife acquired their present large farm in
1885. He is a hard and consistent worker,
and a clever manager, and has made consid-
erable money out of general farming and stock

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raising. He is a breeder of Sliorthorn cattle
and Poland-CIiina hogs. He has 100 head of
cattle, 125 head of Shropshire sheep, and 80
head of hogs, and feeds them all the grain he
produces.

Mr. Cohagan was first united in marriage
with Amanda Edwards, in 1869, and they be-
came the parents of the following children :
Bertha, born December 9, 1870; Bessie, born
March 12, 1873; Mary, born March 14, 1876;
Ellet, born February 20, 1880; and Thomas,
who was born in 1872, and died in 1874. Mr.
Cohagan was married, secondly, to Martha Jay,
February 13, 1883. Mrs. Cohagan's father.
Job P. Jay, married Rachel Commons, whose
father was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Cohagan
are the parents of three children : Orval, born
in 1884; Arthur, born in 1885; and David J.,
born in 1889. Mr. Cohagan has always been
a Republican in politics. He identified himself
with the M. E. church years ago, when the min-
isters came on horseback with their saddlebags
to preach. He has been an active member of
the M. E. church for the past thirty-two years.

HE DEVIN FAMILY name is one
which has been most closely identified
with the history of Ottumwa and
Wapello county for many years.
Thomas Devin, who came west and located
in central Illinois, in 1836, was born in the im-
mediate vicinity of H'agerstown, Maryland,
June 17, 1792. His grandparents were of the
Huguenots driven from France, who settled in

Ireland, and his father came to America and
located in Maryland.

Thomas Devin went as a young man to^ the
Ohio country, located near Beverly, Ohio, at
a place then known as Ludlow, and was there
engaged in the produce and commission busi-
ness on the Ohio' River, between Louisville and
Pittsburg. In 1833 he removed to Oxford,
Ohio', where his children attended school, and
he was engaged in mercantile pursuits up to
about 1836, when he removed tO' the vicinity oi
Decatur, Illinois. About 1839 we find him at
Pittsburg, Iowa, near which place he purchased
a large farm. Extending" his mercantile inter-
ests, he came to Ottumwa in i854,and built his
home, A\hich still remains in the family as the
property of his grandson, James C. Devin, and
is occupied by the Wapello- Club. His sons
had preceded him some 3-ears, and were en-
gaged in business. He died at Ottumwa in
1873, aged eighty-two years, and left large
landed interests in \\'apellO' and other Iowa
counties.

Mr. Devin was married at what is now
Lowell, Ohio, to Lucena Davis, \\'ho was born
near Lowell, and died at Pittsburg, Iowa, in
1846. A daughter was born to them who died
Cjuite young, but six boys were reared to ma-
turity, their names being as follo^\•s : John D. ;
Michael L. ; Thomas J. ; James D. ; George W. :
and William D. John D., of Seattle, Wash-
ington, who is now retired from active life at
the age of over eighty years, was an attorney,
and at one time engaged in business at Ottum-
wa. Michael L. was a farmer near Des
Moines, Iowa, and died August 6, 1899.

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Thomas J., born May 20, 1826, at McConnells-
ville, Ohio, has been for some years past in the
employ of the Chicago, BurHngton & Quincy
Raih'oad Company at Ottumwa. James D.,
born March 20, 1830, was an attorney and dieil
at Ottumwa in 1866. George W., who died in
Ottumwa, August 29, 1898, was born August
2."], 1832, and ■\^■as a soldier during the Rebel-
lion with the rank of major. William D., born
March 16, 1819, and died in 1886, was in busi-
ness in Cincinnati, and later on resided at
North Bend, Ohio. By marriage with his sec-
ond wife, Elizabeth B. Chambers, who died at
Ottumwa April 17, 1886, Thomas Devin had
a son, Brooks C, ^^•ho died at Ottumwa on
August 6, 1892.

The firm of Thomas J. Devin & Brothers
was engaged in business in Ottumwa in the
"forties." After its members induced their fa-
ther to come to Ottumwa the firm became
Thomas Devin & Sons, in 1856-57. In 1858
Thomas J. De^•in purchased his father's inter-
est, and conducted the business alone for one
year, when he \Aas joined liy his brother,
James. A year later they began wholesaling,
which they continued throughout the Civil
AVar, their trade extending over a large area.
In 1887 a fire destroyed the building and stock,
and the business was closed out to Garner &
Lawrence.

-Vs a fitting termination of this sketch of
Thomas Devin and his sons it \-\ya\ be recalled
to the memory of the citizens of Ottumwa that
the head of the family gave to the school dis-
trict the sightly location on which now stands
the Adams school.

RS. WEALTHY CLOYD, who re-
sides on a farm of 80 acres in sec-
tion 8, Adams township, Wapello
county, Iowa, was born in \{

Her parents were natives of New York. They
had a family of 11 children, and the father,
thinking he could better his condition finan-
cially decided to settle in a new country where
land could be obtained cheap. He removed
from New York to Michigan, thence tn Van
Buren county, Iowa, and in 1843, to AA'apello-
county, Iowa, where he bought some land in
Adams township. There he lived for a number
of years, highly respected by all who knew him.
The subject of this sketch married Caleb-
Cloyd. Caleb came to Iowa with his father in
1844. He was raised on a farm, and had but
slight educational advantages, having attended'
the primitive district schools only a few
months. Air. Cloyd boug'ht the farm on which
Mrs. Clo}'d now lives, and this, with the assist-
ance of his father, he cleared and began to im-
prove. He was a very successful farmer, and
when he died, in 1891, he left tO' his \\idow and
children a comfortable home and income. He
was a man of upright honest character, and his
death was sincerelv mourned by all in the com-
munity in which he lived. He was a kind and
loving husband and father, and a charitable
and generous neighbor. Air. and Airs. Cloyd
had fi\'e children, all of whom are living. Alan-
ford is a farmer in Adams township, A\^apello>
county; Caniline is the wife of Sanford Ross,
a farmer, of Davis county, Iowa ; Caleb S. is a
farmer of Alonroe county, Iowa ; Lee is a farm-
er of Adams t(jwnship, AA'apello county ; audi

ELIJAH JOHNSON.

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George is a farmer of Monroe county, Iowa.
Politicall)-, Mr. Cloyd was a Democrat. In
1856 he became a member of the school board
in his district, and served in this capacity for
a number of years. Mrs. Cloyd now manages
the farm which her husband took such pride
and interest in improA'ing- for so many years.
She is a woman of many estimable qualities,
and is highly esteemed in the community.

LIJAH JOHNSON, whose portrait is
herewith shown, is a prominent farm-
er of Agency township, Wapello
county, luwa, where he owns 1,200
acres of land. He was born in Morgan county,
Indiana, in 1838, and is a son of Nicholas and
Diadama (Henshaw) Johnson.

Nicholas Johnson was born in North Caro-
lina and was a farmer by occupation. He
married Diadama Henshaw, also a native of
North Carolina, and they reared nine chil-
dren, six of whom are now living, namely :
Isaac, Elizabeth, Elijah, Rebecca, Mahala and
Nicholas.

Elijah Johnson lived in Morgan county,
Indiana, until he was ten years of age, when
he came to Iowa with his parents in 1848, the
journey being made l3}- wagon, in two weeks'
time. His father located in Washington town-
ship, A\'apello county, and Elijah remained
with him until he reached the age of twenty-
five years. Ele then located on the south-
west charter of section 24, Agency township,
and in 1881 moved upon his present farm in

section 25, Agenc^' township. \Mien he first
came here he was in debt to the extent of
$800, but Ijy hard, energetic wf rk and the ex-
ercise of good judgment he wiped out all in-
debtedness and at the present time owns 1,200
acres of excellent farm land in A\^apello coun-
ty. In 1882 he built his present two-story,
eight-room house, which is of good appearance
and comfortably arranged. He rents most of
his land and is engaged in general farming.

?ilr. Johnson was united in marriage with
Priscilla Johnson, who was born in Ohio, in
1843, ^""^1 they reared the follrnving children:
C. E., W\ I., E. D., A. Z., D. W. and E. H.
In politics Mr. Johnson is a Republican, and
has ser\e(l as trustee of his t(jwnship for six-
teen vears. Both Mr. Johnson and his wife
are members of the M. E. church of Agency
Citv,

ENRY FRITZ is the proprietor of the
general store at Blakesburg, Wapello
countv, Iowa, which was established
bv his father at a very early da)'. He
carries a complete line of general merchandise,
— the largest line kept by any store in the town,
and enj()\-s the patronage of the leading citi-
zens of the vicinity. He was born in Adams
township, AA'apello count}', and is the third son
of Benjamin Eritz.

Benjamin Eritz was Ijorn in Germany, and
at a \'er_\' earlv age determined tO' seek a for-
tune in America. After completing his school-
ing he came to the United States at a time
when the gold fever was raging; contracting

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

the fever, he crossed the plains to the gold
regions of California. He mined and saved
for a few years, and after accumulating a suf-
ficiency to establish him in a safe line of busi-
ness, in 1857, he returned to the East. Be-
lieving the West afforded the best opportuni-
ties, he moved to Iowa, and his first invest-
ment was in a farm in Adams township, Wa-
pello county, — the old homestead which is still
in possession of the family. After improving
the land, building a house, and completing
every arrangement for settling down, he went
to St. Louis to marry a lady with whom he
had been acciuainted for some time. They re-
turned to the farm, and raised a family of four
sons and four daughters. Soon after his mar-
riage he decided to give up farming, as he was
better cpialified tO' be a merchant. He went to
Blakesburg, purchased a site, and soon became
the leading merchant of that prosperous town.
He kept in his store almost everything for
which there was a demand, and worked up a
large patronage. His trade \\ith farmers was
especial]}' large, and he traded with them for
stock and produce. AMien the hard times
came on he stood by the farmers, and kept them
supplied with \\hat they needed tO' live on until
better times should come, — nO' worthy cus-
tomer e\'er being turned away Id}- him. It is
doubtful if any other man had the number of
friends in the community that he did. He and
his wife died in Blakesburg.

Henry Fritz, as soon as he was old enough,
went into his father's store and clerked for a
few years, always saving a larg'e portion of his
wages, so that when his father decided to re-

tire he was enabled to buy the business. He
purchased the stock and store in 1887, which
were consumed by fire in 1895. He imme-
diately rebuilt, and now has one of the largest
general merchandise stores in Wapello county.
He has continued as a worthy successor of
his father, and is still doing the largest busi-
ness of the kind in the town.

In 1887 Mr. Fritz was united in marriage
with Milly Barnes, a daughter of Wright and
Ellen (Redding) Barnes. Her father was an
old settler of Wapello- county, and her mother
was a descendant of Governor Redding, of In-
diana. Two children blessed this union ; Ella
Fay, born January 7, 1892 ; and Ona May, born
July 18, 1896. Mr. Fritz has always been a
Democrat in politics. He is liberal in his re-
ligious views, and is a generous supporter of
all charitable vmdertakings in the community.

em K

S. PHILLIPS. This gentleman is

one of the retired farmers of Wapello

county, Iowa, and makes his home in

Agency City. Mr. Phillips was born

in Anderson to-wnship, Hamilton county, Ohio,

September 21, 1822, and is a son of James and

Eliza (Douglas) Phillips.

James Phillips \\as born in Hamilton coun-
ty, Ohio, and during his active business career
followed the occupation of a farmer. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Doiiglas, and they reared the
following children : J. S. ; James and Jane,
deceased ; William, who- is a ranchman and
butcher in California; Charlotte and Luther,

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deceased ; and America, wlio is a farmer li\-ing
in Lake county, CalifoTnia.

J. S. Phillips, the subject of this sketch,
lived in his native county for a number of }'ears.
He moved to- Indiana, and in 1839 settled in
Van Buren county, Iowa, where he remained
until 1843. He moved to Wapello county soon
after, took up a claim in section 27, Agency
township, and after making extensive improve-
ments on the place lived there until 1856. He
built a i6-by-i6-foot cabin, and carried on gen-
eral farming. In 1856 Mr. Phillips bought his
present farm in Pleasant township, and in the
fall of that year located there. Pie now owns
140 acres of fine farming land in Pleasant
township, and his son AVilliam conducts the
home farm. Since 1881 Mr. Phillips has made
his home in Agency City, where he lives a re-
tired life, after many years nf unceasing labor
at agricultural operations. He has numerous
warm friends in \\'apello^county, where he is
known for his honest and upright dealing with
all his fello\\- men.

Mr. Phillips married Sallie Moss, who. was
born February 11, 1825, in Tennessee. She
died December 13, 1890. To them were born
12 children, of whom those li\ing are as fol-
lows: Francis, a farmer li\-ing in Nebraska,
who served in the Civil A\'ar, in the 13th Reg.,
Iowa Vol. Inf. ; Amelia, who also li\'es in Ne-
braska; Jane; Georg-e, who is employed by the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com-
pany, and whose home is in Ottumwa ; ^lary ;
William ; Ella ; Douglas, who lives in Boone
county, Nebraska ; and Emma, who lives in
Agency' Citv, Iowa.

Mr. Phillips is a Democrat in politics. The
people of his toxMiship ha\'e shown their con-
fidence and trust in him by electing him to
\'aric'Us township offices. He has sers'ed as jus-
tice of the peace and township trustee, and has
acted as clerk of the school board in Pleasant
township. Fraternally, Mr. Phillips is a mem-
ber of the ]\Iasonic order.

RS. CAROLINE HA X A WALT,
who for many 3'ears has been a
\\ell known resident of j\gencv
township, AA'apello county, Iowa,
was born in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1834.
Her maiden name was Caroline Sprague. In
company with her father she moved to \A'apello
county, in 1845. They located in A\'alnut
Gro\-e. where she lived until 1849. She then
removed to Agency City, and two vears later
was united in marriage with ^laj. John Beach.
Maj. John Beach was born in Gloucester,
Massachusetts, February 22, 1812. He was
app(iinted a cadet at West Point, and graduated
in the class of 1832, at the early age of twentv
)-ears. He recei\-ed a commission as second
lieutenant in the 1st Reg. U. S. I., under Cap.
Zachar)' Taylor, who subsecjuenth- became
president of the United States. Upon the
death of General Street, in 1840, i\lajor Beach
received the appointment of agent to the Sac
and Fox Indians. He filled this office with
much credit to himself and to the government,
until 1847, wben he was obliged to resign, as
his hearing had become seriouslv affected.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

From 1847 until 1863 he -was engaged in mer-
cantile pursuits in Agency City, and from the
latter year until, the time of his death devoted
himself to literature. He died August 31,
1874, at two o'clock, A. M., at the age of
sixty-three '\'ears. He was a member of the
jMasonic order, and acted as deput)' grand mas-
ter of Iowa. His death was sincerely mourned
by all in the community, where he was held in
high esteem. Major Beach and his \\-ife reared
four children, namel}' : Augustus and Frank-
lin, deceased; Edward, who is manager of
Barr"s clothing house in St. Louis, Missnuri :
and Frederick N., who lives in Milwaukee,
AVisconsin, and is acting- as manager oi Gimble
Brothers' clothing house.

December 2, 1876, the subject of this sketch
was united in inarriage with her present hus-
band, John Hanawalt, a carpenter, who has
hved in \A'apello -county since 1870. -Mrs.
Hanawalt has 1i\-ed in her present home, which
is the first brick house erected in Wapello coun-
ty, since 1849. She is an active worker in the
]\Iethodist Episcopal church. She is a lady of
many estimable qualities, and her friends are
manw

ILLIAM DENXV, postmaster of
the village of Dahlonega, and act-
i\'eh' engaged in mercantile busi-
ness in that place, has been a resi-
dent of A\'apello county, Iowa, since 1881. He
was born in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1859, and is a
son of Benjamin and Martha (Brooks) Dennv.
Benjamin Denn)- was born near London,

England, in 1823. Fle came to the United
States when twenty-one years old, and located
in Keokuk county, Iowa. There he still re-
sides, engaged in farming. He married Martha
Brooks, who was born in Ohio in 1831, and
they reared the following children : George,
who is a farmer near Hedrick, Iowa ; Rachael,
who married T. J. Williams; Samuel, who is
a farmer in Ida county, Iowa; AA^illiam, the
subject of this sketch; and .Mice, who married
Arselus Sykes, of Ida county, Idwa.

AVilliam Denny, whose name heads these
lines, left Hedrick in 1881, and located in
Dahlonega, where he clerked for six months.
He then entered the mercantile business with
; AA'illiam Anderson. They conducted a general
store for one and a half years. Mr. Denny
opened his present store in 1886. In 1901 he
completed a new two-storv, frame .building-
60 feet loug and 20 feet wide. He carries a
full line of groceries, rubber goods and hard-
ware. Mr. Denny treats all his customers
with fairness and is honest and upright in all
his dealings. He owns a farm of 155 acres
in sections 4, 9 and 16, and in addition is the
possessor of 40 town lots, and three houses,
which he rents.

i\Ir. Denny married Mary A. Goehring,
who was born in Dahlonega township. They
have been blessed by the birth of the following
children : Benjamin L., who assists his father
in the store; Thomas F. ; \A'. Burton; Philip
H. ; Leslie D. ; Mary R. ; and Victor S.

Politically, Mr. Denny is a Democrat. He
has served as postmaster of Dahlonega since
January 2^. 1894, He has served as clerk of

LAFAYETTE DUDGEON.

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his township for the past fourteen years, and
no public enterprise is undertaken without his
assistance. Mr. Denny belongs to the Wood-
men of the World, Camp No. 302.

AFAYETTE DUDGEON, son of An-
drew and Elizabeth Dudgeon, was
born in 1857, '" Knox count}', Ohio.
The Dudgeon family moved to A\'a~
pello county, Iowa, in 1865, and purchased of
S. Ravi 320 acres in section 14, Competine
township. On this farm "Lafe" remained un-
til he attained his majority. Having accpiired
a good education, he taught school from 1879
to 1886. In 1882 he wisely and fortunately be-
came the husband of Mary E. Scott, a daugh-
ter of Jesse and Elizabeth Scott, who were
pioneers in this locality, — ha\ing located in the
township in 1843. M''- Dudgeon made his first
purchase of 80 acres, and has from time to
time acquired additional land, until now he
is the possessor of considerabh' more than the
average farmer, which ownership represents,
an unusual degree of wealth for a compara-
tively young man, not \et fortv-five years of
age. He is a type of the model farmer, and
his sturdy manhood and sound information on
all social and governmental cjuestions has made
him a leader of men.

In observations made in this county no
farm was visited that revealed a higher state
of cultivation, or was nearer to the top price
of farm valuations than Mr. Dudgeon's. It is
bountifulh' supplied with running water and

wells, and is well fenced and impro^-ed. It has
upon it the best stock barn in the county, al-
though it is not, perhaps, the largest. It was
built in 1894. The design, for room and con-
venience, is ideal. The center entrance from
the NNC^t approach is 16 feet wide, with stalls
to the right and granaries to the left, and hay
lofts above. Elere and there are noticeable
many late patterns of ornamental steel fix-
tures and other artistic finishings, \\hich gi\-e
the interior a prett)' and substantial appear-
ance. Around the front acre-lot enclosure are
30 maple trees, and a large tank of 30 barrels
capacity fed from a never-failing well by wind-
mill power, is so placed that stock in three
different lots may drink their fill in long, cool
draughts. To the careful observer it seems
that not even a suggestion could be offered
b}- wa}- of improving the plans for the easy
and expeditious care of stock. At present the
farm contains about 500 Merino sheep, an in-
dustry which engages the proprietor's almost
exclusive attention. ]\Ir. Dudgeon has attract-
ed much attention Ijy the acti\ity he has shown
in recent campaigns on reform lines involving"
the questions of money, land and transporta-
tion. In 1892 he accepted the nomination for
county supervisor, tendered him by the Peo-
ple's party, in the face of certain and inevitable
defeat, and his earnest and eloquent speeches,
made during the few weeks preceding the elec-
tion, were commendable efforts. In 1893 he
responded, being called upon to run for the
legislature, and again his stirring speeches
marked the sincerity of the man and won many
accessions to his party's vote. In 1896 he

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

was again nominated by the Democratic party
for the legislature, and added materially to the
strength of that ticket by his vigorous can\-ass.
As in former instances, he accepted the nomina-
tion from a sense of duty and for the sake of
the principles embodied in the platform upon
which he stood. He was thrice a delegate to
state conventions. Mr. Dudgeon is a frank
and pleasing speaker, and gains friends among
his audience. He is one of Wapello county's
most enterprising business men. He and his
family are members of the Baptist church at
Competine, which has the finest country edifice
of worship in the county. He has for years
been the superintendent of his Sunday-school.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudgeon have two children:
Winfield S. and Millie Ellen, who is eight years
of age. He is a Mason, holding membership
in Martinsburg Lodge, No. io6, A. F. & .\.
M., of Martinsburg, Iowa. His portrait ac-
companies this sketch.

man, and has always assisted in any move-
ment which is for the good of the community
in which he resides.

Henry Leighton was united in marriage
with Oral Gardner, and they have reared one
child, — James. Mr. Leighton is a Democrat
in politics, and is at present serving as trustee
of Dahlonega township.

ENRY LEIGHTON. This gentleman
is one of the well known residents
of Dahlonega township, A\'apello
county, Iowa. He was born in Oma-
ha, Xejjraska. in 1873, and is a son of .\. C.
Leighton.

Mr. Leighton, the subject of this sketch,
was reared in Ottumwa, Iowa, and since
1896 has managed his father's farm of 380
acres. It is considered one of the best farms
in the township, and is kept in excellent condi-
tion. Mv. Leighton is a thorough business

V. BARE, a resident of Agency town-
ship, Wapello county, Iowa, is at pres-
ent living in section 2t,. He was born
in Licking county, Ohio, in 1825, and
is a son of Thomas and Catherine (Xiljel)
Bare.

Thomas Bare was a native of Pennsylvania,
and was, by trade, a blacksmith. He died when
J. V. was but a small child. Thomas Bare
married Catherine Nibel, and their union was
blessed b)- the birth of 12 children, J. V. at
this date being the only living child.

J. V. Bare lived in his native county until
he reached the age of seventeen years. In
1842 he removed to Inwa. and in 1846 located
in Davis county, Iowa, where he bought a farm
on which he lived until he removed to AA'apello
county. In 1865 Mr. Bare bought a farm four
miles north of Ottumwa, and on it lived for a
period of thirty-two ^-ears, engaged in carrying
on general farming. In 1897 he located on his
present home farm in Agency township, ha\'-
ing owned it for over twenty years. He carries
on general farming, and is highly successful.
Mr. Bare is considered one of the best farmers

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in the county, and is well known in the com-
munity in which he lives.

The subject of this sketch was united in
marriage with Caroline Burldialter, wlio was
born in Ohio in 1838. She is a daughter .jE
Adam and Ehzabeth (Young) Burkhalter.
Adam Burkhalter was born in Germany, as was
also his wife. They came to the United States
in 1833, and located in Ohio'. In 1856 Mr.
Burkhalter removed tO' Davis county, Iowa,
where he died two years later, his wife having
died in California in 1876. He and his \\ife
reared six children, of whom these sur\-iving
are: Mrs. E. B. Vogel, of Ottumwa, Iowa;
Caroline, the wife of J. V Bare; Charles, an
astrc'nomer and teacher in Oakland, California ;
and Mrs. Mattie Martin, of A\'ashington.

Mr. Bare has one daughter, — Rachael, —
by a former marriage. Politically, he is in-
dependent. His wife is a member of the Meth-
odist church.

ORMAN RENO, who first came to
A\ apello county, Io^\■a, in 1854, has
a fine farm in section 12, Pleasant
township, and is engaged in general
farming and stock raising. He is well kno\\n
throughout his section of the county, and has
been very successful in his work. He was born
in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1836, and
is a son of John and Rebecca ( Cowell ) Reno.
John Reno was born in Beaver county,
Pennsylvania, in March, 1813, and has always
been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He
fifst married Rebecca Cowell, who was born in

Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and they reared
three children : Norman, the subject of this
biography ; Elizabeth and Benjamin, deceased.
His second wife was Elizabeth Barris, b}'
whom he had 11 children, namely : Ludlovf
B. ; Lorenzo D. ; Susannah; John S. ; Lucy;
Willis; Francis M. ; Catherine, deceased;
Clara ; Milo and Dora.

NoTman Reno was se\'en years of age
when he moved to Indiana with his parents,
and in J 854 came to AA'apello county, Iowa,
where his father located in Pleasant township.
He resided with his parents until 1857, and
then went to Southwestern Missouri and fol-
lowed the carpenter's trade until the Civil A\'ar
began. He then returned home, enlisted in
Company E, 3rd Reg.. Iowa Vol. Cav., in
1 86 1, and served until the close of the war.
He endured much hardship and was in the
battles of Gun 'Town and Tupelo, ^lississippi,
and fought against the raid of Price, and in
that of AA'ilson. He received an honorable
discharge at Davenport, Iowa, and located on
his present farm in Pleasant township. He is
engaged in general farming" and stock raising
of all kinds, and owns 700 acres in the town-
ship. He is one uf the substantial and influ-
ential men of the community, and has a large
circle of friends.

Norman Reno was united in the bonds nf
matrimony with Elizabeth Gillis, who was born
in Pleasant township, and they reared two
children, — Cora and Alaria, deceased. ]\Irs.
Reno died in 1871, and Mr. Reno was united
in marriage, in 1S72, with ^Matilda Smith, who
was I'lirn in W^apello county, Iowa, in 1853.

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Four children resulted from this union, as fol-
lows : John E., a farmer in Pleasant town-
ship ; Hilary E. ; Frank H., a farmer of Pleas-
ant township; 'and Effie G., who is living at
home with her parents. Mr. Reno is a Re-
publican in politics, and serAed on the county
board one term. He served on the school board
for abO'Ut twenty years, and is now a township
trustee.

L. TROUT, a veterinary surgeon,
farmer and stock raiser of Dahlonega
township, Wapello county, Iowa, was
born in Tazewell count}-, Illinois, in
i.'^5o. He is a son of Mathias and !\lary (Ire-
land) Trout.

IMathias Trout was born in McMinn coun-
t_\-, Tennessee, and was a farmer and veterinary
surgeon. Pie died in 1893. He married Mary
Ireland, who was also a native of Tennessee,
and they reared the following children : Kate ;
Melvina; Dr. A. W. ; Imogene; and H. L., the
subject of this sketch.

H. L. Trout, whose name opens these lines,
was reared on his father's farm. He attended
the Tremont High School, and the veterinary
school at Pekin, Illinois, for three months. He
has been a veterinary surgeon since he was
fifteen years old. March 3, 1896, Mr. Trout
bought a farm known as the J. V. Bare farm,
in Dahlonega to\\nship. This farm consists
of 160 acres of well improved land, and is in
section 5. Mr. Trout carries on general farm-

knowledge of farming matters, and takes great
pride in the management of his property.

Mr. Trout married Elizabeth Owens. She
was born in Tazewell county, Illinois, in 1855,
and is a daughter of Jolin and Martha (Lack-
kind) Owens. John Owens was born in Mc-
Minn county, Tennessee, and his wife is also
a ijative of that comit)-. They were the par-
ents of several children, whose names are :
Georgine; Adolphus ; Laura; Emma; Eliza-
beth; Stephen; and John. Mr. Trout and his
wife have reared the follcjwing children :. Ger-
trude, who married Charles C. McCoy, of
Center township, AA'apello county; Luella (Mc-
Clung), who lives in Dahlonega township;
and John, and Nina B. \\ho are at home.

Politically, ^Ir. Trout is a Democrat. He
has served as trustee (if the township, and is at
present a member of the school board. Fra-
ternall)-, he is a member of the Knights of
Pythias. He has many friends in Wapello
count}-, where he has become well known and
is highly respected.

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ing and stock raising.

He has a -thorough

OHX M. WTLSON, who has for many

years been a prominent farmer and

sti;ck raiser of Wapello county, Iowa,

is now making his home with his son,

Hamilton C. He was born in the northwest

part of Pennsylvania in 1823, and is a son of

-Vlexander Wilson.

Alexander A\'ilson was born in Westmore-
land county, Pennsylvania, and was a farmer
and miller by occupation, who owned three

MR. AND MRS. ADAM DECKER.

WILLIAM J. DECKER.
CORA E. DECKER. ELIZABETH DECKER.

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farms in Pennsylvania. He lived tO' reach the
remarkable age of ninety-nine years and six
months. He was joined in matrimony, with
Jane AlcCombs, who- was born in Indiana coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, and they reared the follow-
ing children: Allen; Hettie ; Hannah; Jane;
Elizabeth ; Robert : Mary ; Alexander ; John
]M. ; and Jemima A.

John M. A¥ilson was reared on a farm, and
early in life learned the trade of a miller. At
the age of nineteen }-ears he commenced boat-
ing on the Alleghenv River, and followed this
line of work for about fifteen years. He left
Pennsylvania in 1855, moved to Iowa AN'ith his
wife and family, and located on Gro-ve Creek
in Jones county, where he lived for nine years.
In 1864 he came to Wapello county, and first
stopped in Ottumwa. He rented a farm in
Richland township two years, and in 1866
bought his present farm in section 26, where
he successfully carried on general farming and
stock raising until 1900. He now resides with
his son, Hajuilton C, who purchased the home
farm. A\'ith the exception of two winters spent
in California, he has lived in AA'apello county,
Iowa, continuously since 1864.

Mr. Wilson formed a matrimonial alliance
with Jane C. Guthrie, who \\-as born in A\'est-
moreland county, Pennsylvania, in T823, and
died in 1898. They reared the following chil-
dren: Marv O. (Kitterman), of Richland
township; Chambers, deceased; Thomas A., a
merchant in California; Hamilton C, a farmer
of Richland township, who married Lucinda
Shepherd, who was born in Ohio in 1854;
George Allen, superintendent of the \A''apello

county poor-farm; Ida J., wife of John Shep-
herd,-of Richland township; C. Etta (Berry),
of Arizona; and an infant named Lincoln.
Mr. Wilson is a Republican in politics, and has
served as justice of the peace for twenty years,
and for seven years on the school board of his
township. Religif)usly, he belongs to the Pres-
byterian church. He is the founder of the VA^il-
son Presbyterian church, of Richland town-
ship, erected at a cost of between $1,200 and
$1,500. Pie has been an elder of the church
for fifteen years, and has been liberal in its
support.

DA?>I DECKER, one of the well-
known residents and farmers of Wa-
pello count}', Iowa, is living on a
farm of 218 acres of land in Com-
petine township, section 28. Pie was born in
Indiana in 1844, and is a son of William and
Lydia (Baney) Decker.

William Decker was born in Penns_\lvania,
in 181;. He married Lvdia Bane\', who was
also a natixe of Pennsylvania. She died when
! Adam was but four Axars old. She was the
mother of four children, narael_\' : John, Da\-id,
Adam and Elizabeth. William Decker mar-
I ried, secondl}-, }\Iar_\- Houdxshell, and to them
were born two children, — Eydia and Jacob.
Adam Decker enlisted in the (^ivil War in
I iS'.iJ. Pie entered Company E, 17th Reg...
Iowa Vol. Inf., at Competine. He remained
with this regiment some time, and after being
mustered out at St. Louis, Alissouri, by a gen-
eral order from the war department, to enable

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

him to go into the marine service, he enhsted
for a term of three years in the First Alissis-
sippi Marine Brigade, commanded b)^ General
Ehiott. He was chiefly emplcyed in doing
scout duty on the Mississippi. He was at the
siege of Vicksburg, and in a number of other
important engagements. The command was
mustered out by general order at Vicksburg,
in 1865.

After returning from the army Mr. Decker
went into the ■ Rocky Mountains, where he
drove an ox team as a freighter. He was at
Cheyenne before the advent of the railroad,
and has been all over the western country as
a frontiersman. While in charge of a wagon
train he was attacked by a band of Indians
and narrowly escaped death. He has also
freighted on the overland trail between Utah
and Idaho, and had much practical experience
of the rough and dangerous life of a plains-
man.

Mr. Decker located in Iowa with his par-
ents in 1858. They lived on a farm in Com-
petine township. Mr. Decker bought his pres-
ent home farm of 218 acres in Competine
township, on section 28, township ';/2), range
12, and there he is engaged in the tilling of the
soil. His land is well improved and kept in
excellent condition, and constitutes one of the
most attractive farms in the township.

In 1872 Mr. Decker married Editha Sny-
der, a daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca Sny-
der. She died at the age of twenty-five years.
Mr. Decker then married Nancy J. Glenn, who
was born in 1849, a daughter of James and
Annie Glenn. Three children have blessed

this union, namely : Elizabeth, who was born
in 1877; Cora E., born in 1880; and William
J., born in 1883.

Mr. Dexter and his wife are members of
the Christian church. In politics he is a Re-
publican. He has served as trustee of his
township for nine years, as school director and
as secretary and treasurer of that board for
eighteen years. He is a public-spirited man,
and takes a deep and active interest in all pub-
lic enterprises which are for the good of the
community. On preceding pages are shown
portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Decker and
of their children, Elizabeth, Cora E. and AA^ill-
iam J.

RA WILSON, a highly respected resi-
dent of Wapello county, Iowa, is en-
gaged in farming in Richland town-
ship, where he has resided for many
years. He was born in Indiana, in 1833, and
is a son of David Wilson.

David Wilson was born in AVashington
county, Pennsylvania, June 23, 1785, and was
eight years of age wlien he moved with his
parents to Ohio. He afterward located in In-
diana and was engaged in farming until 1852,
when he came to Iowa. He stopped six weeks
in Des Moines county, and then moved to Rich-
land township, Wapelloi county, and took up the
farm on which Ira Wilson now resides. He
had previously purchased a farm of 280 acres,
on which he resided at the time of his death,
in 1863. He was a Republican in pohtics, and
served as trustee of the township one term.

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525

He married Margaret Conaway, who was born
in South Carolina, and they reared the fol-
lowing- children : Charles, Hannah and Henry,
deceased; Ira; and Lucy, deceased.

Ira Wilson was eighteen years of age when
he accompanied his parents to Iowa, and here
he lived with his father until after his mar-
riage. He then purchased a portion of his fa-
ther's farm, on which he has since resided. He
carries on general farming and has raised some
stock. He has lived a life of great activity,
and success has attended his efforts. He is a
man of high character, and is held in the high-
est esteem wherever known. He has lived in
this county since the spring of 1852, and has
formed many warm friendships in that time.
Mr. AA'ilson was united in luarriage with
Letitia Brown, who' was born in Pennsylvania
in 1836, and they have reared the following
children : Joseph, of Ottumwa ; Laura ; Lettie ;
Elmer, who lives at home; and Benjamin F.
Mr. Wilson is a Republican in politics.

DAVIN P. STEWART, engaged in
general farming in Washington town-
ship, Wapello county, Iowa, is liv-
ing on section 10. He was born in
Logan county, Ohio, in 1853, and is a son of
James and Nancy ■(Whiteley) Stewart.

James Stewart was born in Ne\\- York in
1806. In, his youth he went tO' Ohio. Pie
moved to Iowa in 1857, and located in Mahaska
county, where he lived until 1861, and then
settled in Wapello county. He died in 1877.
Mr. Stewart married Nancy Whiteley, who

was born in Clark county, Ohio, in 1820. Her
death occurred in 1862. They reared the fol-
lowing children, namely : Andy, a farmer
living at Lincoln, Nebraska; Kitty iVnn, the
wife of Cyrus Ray, of Missouri; Esther, the
wife of Ernest Otto, of Holt county, Nebraska ;
Joseph and AA'ilson, of Boone county, Ne-
braska; EdvA'in P., the subject of this sketch;
Laura, who lives in Xoble county, Indiana ;
Nancy, whoi lives in Pleasant township, AV'a-
pello county ; and Edie, whO' lives in Boone
county, Nebraska.

Edwin P. Stewart, ^^■l^ose name heads this
sketch, has 60 acres of well improved farming
land in Washington township. He is engaged
in general farming, and is making cpite a suc-
cess of this occupation. Mr. Stewart married
Nellie Stangland, who was born in Noble
county, Indiana, in 1865, and they have reared
three children, namely: Ernest, born in Noble
county, Indiana ; and Gladys and Lena, born
in W apello county, Iowa.

Politically, Mr. Stewart is a firm believer in
the principles of the Republican party. Re-
ligiously, he is a Methodist. He has a wide
circle of friends in Wapello county, and is al-
ways a ready supporter of any worthy cause,
or any measure whicli tends to advance the
welfare of the people in the community.

-VVID THOMAS EVANS, a prosper-
ous farmer residing in Richland
township, Wapello county, Iowa, was
born in California, in 1861. He is
a son of E. J. and Mary (Edwards) Evans.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

E. J. Evans was born near Cardiff, North
A\'ales, in 1840. He came to the United States
when he was twenty-four years old, landing in
New York, and afterward located in Pennsyl-
vania. He was engaged in miining for a num-
ber of }-ears. In 1858 Mr. Evans went to Cali-
fornia, making the voyage by way of South
America. Pie lived in California five A-ears,
and after accumulating $8,000 returned to
Pennsylvania. His next location in the West
was in Illinois, and in 1863 he settled in Iowa.
He named and laid out the town of Enter-
prise, the postoffice of which town is Beacon,
where he bought 160 acres of farming land.
Mr. Evans, died in 1885, and his death was
much mourned bv all w ho knew him. His wife
was JMary Edwards, who was born in North
Wales. They reared three children, namely :
T. F. ; David Thomas ; and JMary E., who mar-
ried a Mr. Jones.

David Thomas E\ans was but four \ears
old when his parents settled in Iowa. He re-
mained M'ith his father until his death. Mr.
Evans settled on his present farm in Richland
township in 1886. Pie owns 255 acres of land
in sections 2 and 11, where he carries on gen-
eral farming and sheep I'aising. He is very
successful, and is well known in the countv.
A man of energy and good busi-tiess abilitv,
he has made much headway in his chosen oc-
cupation, and is among the foremost farmers
in his vicinity.

Mr. Evans was married to Hester C. Smith
in 1885. She was born in Mahaska countjr,
Iowa, in 1863. Two children resulted from
this union, namely : Harry S. and Edward J.

In politics Mr. Evans is a Republican. Fra-
ternally, he is a member of the Knights of
Pythias.

gentleman

OBERT T. ISRAEL, a

whO' has filled many positions of trust
in this county and in other places
where he has resided, is a prominent
farmer of W^ashington township, AVapello
county, Io\va. He was born in this county,
February 19, 1856, and is a son of Moses C.
and Ruth (Brownfield) Israel.

Moses C. Israel was born in Butler county,
Ohio, November 20, 1820, and at an early day
located in Iowa and entered a claim. He is a
very successful farmer, and owns about 300
acres (jf land in A\'ashington township. He
married Ruth Brownfield, a native of Pennsyl-
vania, and they became parents of the follow-
ing children : Joseph A.; Mary; Robert T. ;
Hiram J.; and George P. He was 'originally
a AA'hig in politics, and voted for AA^illiam
Henry Harrison, but since 1844 he has been
a Democrat, having voted in that year for
James K. Polk. Religiously he is a Baptist.
Robert T. Israel attended the public schools
of A\''ashington township, and lived with his
father until he was twenty-three years of age.
In 1889 he located in Salida, Colorado, , and
was deputy postmaster there for five and a
half years. He was also baggage master for
the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad at Salida
for two and a half years. He was deputy
Lhiited States marshal during the railroad
strike of 1894, and then returned to Wapello

H. C. HUMBERT.

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529

county in the fall of that )ear, and located on
his present farm in Washington township. He
is engaged in general farming and st( ick~
breeding, and makes a specialty of breeding-
hogs.

Air. Israel was united in marriage with
Louisa Gonterman, who was born in Jefferson
count}', Iowa, in 1858, and they ha\'e reared
two children, — Alta and Carl. In politics he
is a strong supporter of the Democratic party.
He and his faithful wife are members of the
Alissinnar)- Baptist church.

C. HUMBERT, mayor of Agency
City, AA'apello count)-, Iowa, whose ;
portrait is shown on the opposite "'
page, is a prominent carpenter and
contractor of his vicinity.' He was born in
Pennsylvania, April 22, 1827, and is a son of
Jacob Humbert. '

Jacob Humbert was born December 31,
1799, in Pennsylvania, and died there in 1881.
He was engaged in agricultural pursuits
throughout his entire life. He married Hester
Cremer, a sister of ]\Iaj(ir Cremer, deceased,
will) \vas born in Somerset count}-, Pennsyl-
vania, August 2(j, 1807, and died December
25, 1886. This union resulted in the fnlh.iwing
offspring: H. C, the_snbject of this sketch,
and Aaron, deceased, wlm were twins : Samuel ;
John ; Josiah, Adam ; Jacob ; Rebecca ; Harriet
and Michael, deceased.

li. C. Plumbert lived in Pennsylvania uiitil
he reached the age of thirty years, and fol-

lowed the trade of a carpenter during his early
career. Pie came west to Iowa in 1857 and
located in Agency township, AVapello county,
where he purchased a farm and followed farm-
ing and carpenter work. He resided upon this
propert}' until 1896, when bn removed to
Agenc}' Cit}' and purchased his present home.
He is following carpenter work and contract-
ing- and owns se\-en lots and three houses in the
town. He is now ser\-ing his f(jurth successive
year as ma}-or of Agency City, and has gi\-en
general satisfaction as the' town executive.

Mr. Humbert was joined in marriage with
Lydia Deitz, ^^-ho was born in ^enns^-l\-ania in
1824. Politically he is a strong supporter of
t!ie Republican part}- and has s(r\-ed as town-
ship trustee, treasurer and as president of the
school board of the township. He is a veteran
of the Civil W ar. In 1862 he enlisted in Corn-
pan}- E, 22(1 Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., and became
captain of the company. He A\-as in the siege
I'j.ijf \'icksburg and served until 1863, when he
receixed an honorable discharge on account of
])!ior health. He is a member of the Grand
Arm}' of the Republic. Fraternally he be-
li.ings to the Masonic order. In religious at-
tachments he is a faithful member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church.

SA.VC T. FLINT, for many years a well-
known journalist, is located on a farm
in Washington township, Wapello
county, Iowa. He \\as born in But-
ler county, Ohio, .\pril 18, 1839, and is a Son

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

of Jospeh H. and Rebecca (Aljraham)
Flint.

Joseph H. Flint was born in Maryland, and
was four years of age when taken by his par-
ents to Indiana. There he was reared and
mentally trained, and afterward engaged in
teaching school. He became a minister of the
Baptist church and followed that vocation
nearly all his life. He moved to Iowa, and
during the winter of 1841-42 lived in Fair-
field. He then moved to Locust Grove town-
ship, where he remained until the spring of
1843, when he located in AVapello county. He
took up a claim half a mile east of Eldon, in
\\'ashington township, where he lived until
1866, and then bought what is known as the
Knight farm in Washington township. There
he resided until his death. May 22, 1871. He
married Rebecca Abraham, who was born in
Butler county, Ohio, and they reared the fol-
lowing children: Isaac; A\'illiam, of Jefferson
county, Iowa; Wilson F., who lives in Texas;
Rebecca, wife of Edward E. Thompson, of
California; and Susanna, wife of Z. T. Knight,
of Washington township. He was a Demo-
crat in politics and was elected to the State
legislature from A\'apello, ' Jefferson and Van
Buren counties in 1846. He was county judge
from 1858 to 1862, serving in that capacit}-
for two terms. His service in the State legis-
lature covered five terms.

Isaac T. Flint attended the public schools
of Washington township, and in 1857 attended
school for a year in Ottumwa. He resided at
liome until he was nineteen }'ears of age, and
then was married. He was engaged in the

newspaper business for a period of fifteen years,
and for a time Avas identified \\ith Capt. S. B.
Evans, on the Ottumwa Democrat. He was
connected with the Ottniira'a Times, and then
with the El Paso Times for three years. In
1899 he purchased his present farm, and re-
moved to it in the spring of 1900.

In 1858 Mr. Flint was united in marriage
with Anna Thomas, who was born in Wales,
and they have one daughter, Mrs.' L. J. James,
of ^Mexico, where her husband is a merchant.
Air. Flint is a Baptist, and preaches in the
church of that denomination in A\'ashington
township. He is a man of high principles, and
has alwa3's exerted an influence for good in the
affairs of the township and count}^

(

A:\f.ES M. ABERNATHY, who comes

ot a prominent old family of Wapello

county, Iowa, is an influential farmer

of Richland township, wdiere he now

owns 174^2 acres of land. He was born in

Richland township, AA'apello County, Iowa, in

1S52, and is a son of John A. Abernathy.

John A. Abernathy was born in Virginia
in 1795, and when fourteen years of age went
to Ohio, where he resided for three years. He
then located in Indiana, and resided there un-
til 1847, when he came to AA^apello county,
Iowa, and settled at Agency City. He con-
ducted a hotel there until 1851, when he moved
to ^Richland township, where he lived until his
death. He married Lucy Schaffer, who was
born in Virginia, and they reared five children,

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531

as follows : James M. ; Elias ; Sarah C. ; Fran-
cis M. ; and Randolph. He was a Whig in
politics, and in religion a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, and an active church
worker.

James M. Abernathy lived with his father
until 1874, and during his early life attended
the public schools in Richland township. He
then spent four years in Blakesburg, Iowa, and
in 1878 returned to Richland township, where
he has since followed general farming and
stock-raising. In 1890 he purchased I74/^
acres of land in section 19, on which he now
lives.

Mr. Abernathy \\'as united in marriage with
Sarah Comstock, who was born in Richland
township, July 27, 1859, and is a daughter of
the late Dr. A. B. Comstock. Dr. Comstock
was born in Franklin county, Ohio, near Co-
lumbus, Alarch I, 1818. He came to Iowa
April 9, 1837, crossing the Mississippi at
Fort Madison into what was then Wisconsin
Territory. He came tO' Richland township,
Wapello county, in the summer of 1843, i"
which season the county was opened for settle-
ment. There were at that time 24 families be-
sides his own in the township, and probably 400
inhabitants in the county. He married, June
17, 1838, at Bentonsport, Van Buren county,
lowa, Sarah Ann Sullivan, who was born at
Sweet Home, Missouri, July 2, 1821. His
first vote was cast for Harrison in 1836, and
he always voted the Republican ticket after
the formation of that party. He represented
his county in the first legislature convened in
the State. He had two sons in the Civil War,

one of whom was wounded in the foot by a
musket ball. Dr. Comstock was educated at
Augusta College, Kentucky, prepared for his
profession in the office of his father. Dr. James
Comstock, at Hamilton, Ohio, and then fol-
lowed the practice of medicine for twenty-five
}ears. For one year after coming here he
was one of the only three physicians in the
county. During his later life he farmed and
raised stock.

James M. Abernathy and his wife have 11
children, all of whom are living at home, as
follows : Anna ; Frank ; Bell ; May ; Augustus
H. ; Carrie; James H. ; Lucy A. ; Ruby; Paul;
and llieodore R. Mr. Abernathy is a Re-
publican in politics. Fraternally he is a mem-
ber of the Odd Fellows, and belongs to Kirk-
ville Lodge, No. 47. Religiously he and his
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal
church.

ENJAMIN F. CHISMAN, a pioneer

settler of Wapello county, Iowa,

owns and cultivates an excellent farm

of 90 acres in Columbia township.

He was born in Dearborn county, Indiana,

October i, 1834, and is a son of James M. and

Mary (Canfield) Chisman.

James M. Chisman was born in Virginia,
and was a farmer by occupation. He removed
to Indiana at an early age, and there followed
farming until 1850, when he removed to* Iowa.
He located in Polk township, Wapello county,
\vhere he purchased a farm and cultivated it
the remainder of his life, dying there in i

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife,
who was born in Lidiana, and came of New
York parentage, died in 1889, at the age of
seventy-fi\e years. ReHgiously they were
Methodists. Mr. Chisman was a Repubhcan
in poHtics. They became the parents of the
following children: Benjamin F. ; Curtis;
Noyes; Alfred; Cornelia; Calvin; George;
Frances .V. ; Zora ; and AA'illiam.

Benjamin F. Chisman received a meager
education in the common schools of Wapello
county, I(jwa, and remained at home with his
parents until he was twenty-one years of age.
He then started life for himself by working in
a grist-mill operated b}- Hamilton Olney, near
Columbia church, and received a salary of $14
per month. He then married and received 80
acres of wild land from his father, which he
cleared and otherwise improved. He built a
small home, in which he lived until the break-
ing out of the Civil War. Wishing to serve
his country, he enlisted in Company B, 36th
Reg., Iowa Yo\. Inf., under Capt. E. L. Joy,
of Ottumwa. He served with honor for three
^'ears, when he was honorably discharged at
Davenport, Iowa. He returned to his farm,
resumed agricultural operations, and remained
on that place until 1874. Wishing to engage
mere extensiveh' in l3usiness, he sold this prop-
erty to his brother Curtis, and purchased 170
acres i:f land, which forms a part of his pres-
ent farm. He has added to the original pur-
chase, and at one time had a tract of 280 acres
of o-(;(i(l farminp- and grazing land. He is
engapxd in di\-ersified farming and stock-rais-
ing, and when in tlie prime of life succeeded

in accumulating a goodly share of this world's
goods, enabling him to spend his declining
years in peace and comfort. He has always
been a hard-working man, honest and iipright
in all his dealings, and well merits the success^
which has been his reward. He is a man of
pleasing personality, and has many \v3rm
friends in the township and county.

Mr. Chisman was united in marriage, in
1858, with Elizabeth A\'olf, a daughter of B.
D. A\'olf, who settled in Wapello county in
1855. Previous to that time Mr. W'oli and
family were residents of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs.
Chisman became the parents of four children,
as follows : H. AA'esley, who died in infancy,
while his father was in the service of his-
country; Lida, wife of Wells Chapman; Sadie,
who married George E. Jenkins; and Frank
W., who married Nellie Dunkle. Politically
Mr. Chisman is an unswerving Republican.
He and his wife are faithful members of the-
Methodist church. Fraternally the former is.
a member of John AA'ilcox Post, Grand Army
of the Republic.

OSES C. ISRAEL, a progressive
and influential farmer of AA'apello-
cr.unt)-, Iowa, o\\ns about 300
acres of land in AA'ashington town-
ship. He was born in Butler county, Ohio,
near AIiddleto\\n, November 20, 1820, and is
a son of Thomas Israel.

Thomas Israel was born in \"irginia in
1777 and located in Ohio when a young man,.

CHARLES PETER BENNETT.

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535

trading along the Ohio River. He married
Christiana Deem, ^ho \\as born in Ohio, and
the}- reared the following children : Ellen,
]\lary, John, William and Joseph, all deceased;
JMoses C; and Lucinda, who resides in Indi-
ana. A half-brother, George, was killed while
serving in the Civil War.

Moses C. Israel lived in Ohi(j until he
reached the age of six years, and then moved
to Indiana with his f)arents, where he remained
until 1849. He moved to Iowa in the fall of
that year, and located in Van Buren county.
He came to Wapello count)- in 1854, and pur-
chased a farm in A\'ashington township, — the
north half of the northwest cjuarter of section
IT, — the one on which he now li\'es. He
has always followed farming, and has met
with good results. He is a man of pleasing-
personality, and has a large number of friends
throughout the county in which he has lived
for so many years.

Mr. Israel was united in marriage with
Ruth Brownfield, who was born in Pennsyl-
vania and went to Indiana with her parents at
the age of ten years. She was born in 1825,
and is now enjoying life at the age of seventy-
si.x years. This union is blessed with the fol-
lowing children : Joseph A. : !\Iary : Robert
T. ; Hiram J. ; and George P Moses C. Israel
was a AAH-iig originally, and voted for William
Henry Harrison, but since 1844 has been a
Democrat, having voted for James K. Polk in
that year. Religiously he is a member of the
Baptist church.

Joseph A. Israel, the oldest son, now re-
sides in Denver, Colorado', and is tax collector

for the Colorado Southern and Cohjrado Mid-
land railways. He is a Democrat in politics,
and while a resident of Wapello county was
elected to the State legislature. He served as
United States marshal of Colorado during the
scc(,nd term of President Cleveland. He also
served in the Colorado Senate.

HARLES PETER BENNETT, a

prosperous farmer of Columbia

township, AA'apello county, Iowa,

\\hose portrait is herewith shown,

was born in Ohio in 184S, and is a son of De

Witt and Sarah ( Nunnemaker ) Bennett.

De \\ itt Bennett was a carpenter and fol-
lowed that trade cpite extensi\'ely for many
)'ears. When Charles Peter Bennett was but
six months old his father mo^-ed to AA'apello
couni)-, Iowa, and was located near Kirkville
for the first two years. He then purchased a
farm southeast of Kirkville, in Richland town-
ship, where he spent the remainder of his life
in farming". Upon first coming to this county
he followed his trade and built the first grist-
mill in Ottumwa. He was an excellent work-
man and erected man}- of the substantial
buildings in the vicinity of Kirkville, some of
which are standing to-day as monuments of his
workmanship. He married Sarah Nunnemak-
er, and to them were born nine children, name-
ly: jMargaret, Catherine, Jane, Peter, Melissa,
AA'illiam, Eliza, Lucy and George. In relig-
ious belief they were Lutherans for several
years and later Presbvterians. ?ilrs. Bennett

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is still living at Kirkville, Iowa, at the age of
seventy-seven years.

Charles Peter Bennett attended the com-
mon schools of Wapello county, and then
worked with his father for several years at
carpentering. Being the eldest son, the care of
the farm devolved upon him, and consequently
his life work has been farming, which he has
found very remunerative. He owns the old
homestead, in addition to which his wife owns
a farm of io6^ acres. His attention is de-
voted to general farming and stock raising,
and he is meeting with great success. He has
been much interested in breeding fancy ponies,
and has a fine black pony stallion, the sire of
many valuable ponies.

On March 6, 1890, Mr. Bennett was joined
in marriage with Lydia Shawver, who was
born in Ohio. In political affiliations he is a
Democrat, and takes an earnest interest in
party affairs. He possesses many fine qualities,
is honest and upright in business transactions
and is very popular in his vicinity.

J. GARDNER, one of the repre-
sentative farmers of Columbia town-
ship, AVapello county, Iowa, is en-
gaged in general farming and stock-
raising and owns a valuable farm of 200 acres.
He was born near Alontreal, Canada, February
21, 1850, and is a son of John R. and Amelia
(Barrington) Gardner, both natives of Can-
ada, and of Scotch descent.

John R. Gardner and his wife lived in Can-

ada all their lives. He was a farmer by
vocation, and for many years was a justice of
the peace', being known as "Sc[uire" Gardner.
He died in 1894, at the age of seventy years,
and Mrs. Gardner died in the same year, at
about the same age. They were members of
the Presbyterian church. He was a Liberal
in politics. They became parents of 10 chil-
dren, namely : A. J. ; William T. ; Susannah ;
Elizabeth; Thomas B. ; John R. ; James;
Amelia; Margaret; and George W.

A. J. Gardner was mentally instructed in
the provincial schools of Canada, and also at-
tended Huntingdon Academy. His first work
after leaving school was in Huron county,
Michigan, in the Saginaw district, where he
engaged in farming and lumbering. He re-
mained there until 1875', and then came to
Iowa, and settled in Wapello county, near
Eddy\'ille. He first purchased a small farm,
which he later sold, and purchased his present
property, in 1886, of James Anderson. Since
locating here Mr. Gardner has devoted all his
time to general farming and stock-raising,
making a specialty of the latter branch. He
keeps on an average 60 head of cattle and
about 40 head of hogs, and is very successful
in this line.

In 1878 Mr. Gardner was united in matri-
mony with Jennie Buchanan, of Monroe coun-
ty, Iowa, by whom he has five children, as fol-
lows : Edna M. ; Walter E. ; Clara B. ; Ralph
AA". : and Elmer R. In religious belief he is a
Presbyterian. He is a stanch supporter of the
principles of the Republican party, and is now
serving his third term as trustee of Columbia

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township. He is a candidate for county super-
visor at the next election. He is a man of
high character, and enjoys the respect of his
neighbors and his many friends in the county.

IRAM J. ISRAEL, a representative
farmer of Washington township,
W^apello county, Iowa, is located on
section 10, and owns a farm of 127
acres. He is a good manager, and by hard
work has made a great success of farming. He
was born in AA'ashington township, Wapello
county, Iowa, October 4, 1849, and is a son of
Moses C. and Ruth (Brownfield) Israel.
Moses C. Israel is an influential farmer of
Washington township, a record of whose life
may be found elsewhere in this work.

Hiram J. Israel received his mental train-
ing in the common schools of Wapello county,
where he first attended Elm Grove school. He
lived with his father until he was twenty-two
years of age, when he started out to make his
own way in the world. He first purchased a
tract of 40 acres in section 10, AVashington
township, where he has lived since his mar-
riage. He worked hard and has since increased
his holdings to 127 acres, located in sections
10, 20 and'2i. He has followed general farm-
ing and stock-raising and success has attended
liis efforts on e\'er3' hand. In 1899 he erected a
two-stor)-, lo-room house, which adds greatly
to the appearance of his farm, and is one of the
best country homes in this section of the county.
George P. Israel, the youngest brother of

Hiram J., now farms the old homestead in

Washington township, and his father, ^Moses
C. Israel, lives A^ith him; he married Xora
Peebler, who was born in , W^arren county,
Iowa, and they have two children : Maggie
R., aged ele\'en years; and Charles S., aged
eight years.

In 1881 Pliram J. Israel was joined in
marriage with Augusta Vass, who was born
in Washington township, in 1864, and is a
daughter of J. C. Vass.^ They have reared
four children, — all living and at home, — their
names and ages being : Ira, nineteen years ;
Fred, fifteen years : John, ten years ; and Ada,
four years. Politically Mr. Israel is a Demo-
crat, and has served on the school board of his
township a number of years. He and his wife
are faithful members of the Missionary Bap-
tist church.

AMES H. R. SPILMAN, one of the
leading agriculturists of Washington
township, AA'apello county, Iowa, has
a farm of 146 acres of valuable land
in section t,3, and carries on general farming
and stock-raising. He was born ia Indiana,
in 1855, and is a son of Thomas F Spilman.
Thomas F Spilman was born in Campbell
county, Kentucky, in 1821, and followed farm-
ing most of his life, although he kept a drv
goods store in Indiana for a number of years.
On October 15, 1S44, he was united in mar-
riage with E, Ann McCullough, who was born
in Kentucky, Novemlier 29, 1821, and ])olh
no\\- make their home with their son, James

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H. R. They became parents uf the following
children: AVilliam H., born August 20, 1846;
John 3,1. H., born in ]\Iarch, 1849, '^"•^^ Sarah
D., born December 5, 1S52, both deceased;
James H. R., born August 25, 1855; and
George C. H., born April 15, 1861.

James H. R. Spilman mo^'ed to Iowa in
1865, and located in Alarinn count)-. In 1885
he came to AA'apello county, where he spent ( >ne
}-ear at Eldon. He then moved to Ottumwa,
wliere he followed ci\'il engineering and build-
ing f(jr se\-eral years. In 1892 he located im
his present farm in section 32, AA'ashington
township. He has followed general farming
and stock-raising with much success.

Air. Spilman was united in marriage with
/vnna Baker, deceased, and they had tw<j chil-
dren : William and John. Eliza Dodson, who
was born in Davis county, Iowa, in 1852, be-
came his second w ife, and they have seven chil-
dren : (jussie ; Fred ; Anna ; Zoe ; George : !\Iar\- ;
and L. Air. Spilman is a Republican in poli-
tics, and is ser\'ing as a member of the county
board of supervisors. In 1886 he served in
the capacity of count}- sur\-eyor in a most cred-
itable manner. Fraternally he is a member (if
the Odd Fellows and Knights of P}-thias.

<..»->

"YRL F KRUEGER is a well-known
farmer and horse breeder, of Dahl-
onega township, AA'apello cnunt}-,
Iowa, and has tw-o of the finest stal-
lions in the state. Fle was born in Wapello
count}-, Iowa, .\ugust 15, 1869, and is a son
of J. G. and A. E. (Martching) Krueger.

J. G. Krueger was born near Frankfort,
Germany, in 1824, and came t(j the United
States when thirty-five years of age, landing
at Xew York. He came to A\"apello count}-,
Iowa, in 1859, and has resided here since that
time. He was in the music business for a
number of years, but is now a retired farmer.
He was united in marriage with Miss A. E.
Alartching, who was born near Frankfort,,
Germany, and they reared the following chil-
dren: Louisa, wife of Air. Rose; Alary (AIul-
ler ) ; J. G., Jr., who' resides in Ottumwa ; Dora ;
J. Henry, deceased; and Carl F.

Carl F. Krueger was reared in Dahlonega
township, and has been engaged in farming-
most of his life. He now runs his father's
farm in section 9, and carries on general farm-
ing. He is a trackman and breeder of fancy
horses. He has some of the finest-bred stal-
lions in the United States, among them being
Shadeland Athlete and Xevier. Shadeland
Athlete, Xo. 29,695, was foaled July 10, 1895,
small star, 15^ hands high and weighs 1,125
pounds. He is high styled, and shows high
Cjuality and an easy, pure, trotting gait. He is
inbred to one of the greatest stallions that
ever lived, .the mighty Onward, X"o. 1,411,
through two of his greatest sons, Shadeland
Onward, Xo. 6,010, and Onslaught, X'o. 3.744.
His breeding combines tw-o of the greatest
mares, Dolly, dam of Onward, and X'ettie
Time, dam of Shadeland Onward. Air. Krue-
ger has refused, an offer of $1,600 for this
horse. He also has the trotting-bred stallion.
Xe\'ier, X"o. 29,650, with a record of 2 -.2^1 over
a half-mile track. He stands i5>4 hands

J. S. WELLMAN.

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high and weighs 1,200 pounds. He is inljred
to the founder uf the American trotter, Ham-
bletonian. No. 10, on a MambrinO' and thor-
oughbred foundation. Mr. Krueger has made
a great success of this branch of his business.
He owns at present 20 registered head of
horses.

RS. .MINERVA AA'ELLMAN is the
\\id(iw of J. S. A\^ellman, whose
portrait accompanies this sketch.
Air. AA'ehman was born in Green
township, Wapello county, Iowa, — being one of
the first white children born in the township, —
and there spent his early days and grew to man-
hood. He was a blacksmith and wagonmaker
by trade, and at an early day took up a claim
and made that place his home through life.
He was public spirited and gave a tract of land
from his farm for a cemetery. It has since
become known as the Wellman cemetery, and
in it, by his request, he was buried. He was a
patriotic lad and when old enough enlisted in
Company D, 7th Reg., Iowa Vol. Cav., in
March, 1862. The regiment was sent to quell
the Indians in the AA^est, who were very troub-
lesome during the Civil AA'ar. AA'hile located
at Topeka, Kansas, he contracted typhoid fever
and was discharged from the army because of
disability on February i, 1863. He returned
home, and upon recovering his health enlisted
in Company B, 36th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., and
got south as far as Helena, Arkansas, where
he was stricken with epilepsy and again dis-
charged from the service. Coming home he

helped recruit a company and joined a 100-day
regiment, at the expiration of which period of
service he returned. He went south to Nash-
\ille, Tennessee, to work for the government
in the wagon and blacksmith department, and
while there was conscripted just before the
battle of Atlanta, n whch he was wounded.
He was again discharged and returned home,
wliere he again tonk up his trade as a black-
smith and wagonmaker, which he followed all
of his life. Religiously he was a Baptist. In
politics he was a good Republican and served
as justice pf the peace many years. He was
also a school director and took an earnest in-
terest in educational work in his town. J. S.
AA'ellman died June 23, 1876.

January i, 1865, Air. AA'ellman was united
in marriage with Alinerva George, the subject
of this sketch, who was born in }iIonroe county,
Iowa, and is a daughter of Lewis George.
Lewis George was born in Delaware county,
Ohio, January i, 181 7, and was reared on a
farm. He applied himself to study at every
spare opportunity, and qualified himself to
teach in the district schools of his native coun-
tv. During the remainder of his stay in Ohio
he taught school during the winters and in the
summers worked on the farm. Having laid by
sufficient means, he came west in 1851 with
his family, to take up land in Iowa. He was
accompanied by several other families, and
made the journey overland in wagons. They
f(:)rded streams, and on new roads doubled
their teams. AAHien they got fai-ther west
there were no roads whatever, but only In-
dian trails. Thev located in Alonroe countv.

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Iowa, about six miles from Albia, and there
he purchased and entered about 640 acres of
land, on which he founded the town of George-
town, named in honor of the founder. In
1853 he received a commission as postmaster,
in which capacity he served until his death. In
185 1 he began to haul lumber from Keokuk,
with which to build a house, and his wagon
was the first to make a roadway to that city,
where before there had been only Indian trails.
He built a fine home, for that early period, and
died in it in 1859. He was very public spirited
and Georgetown felt his loss greatly. He was
united in marriage with Samantha McCreary,
a daug-hter of James jMcCreary. The Mc-
Creary family has been established in this coun-
try for many generations, and a history of the
family, written by one of its members, and
read before a family reunion held in celebra-
tion of the birthday anniversary of George W
McCreary, is herewith given, as follows :

"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen :
Doubtless most of you ha\'e some time or other
met some one who was determined to relate
to you from whom and where they descended.
I am not going to exempt myself from this
class. You have heard of the first families of
Kentucky, South Carolina and Georgia, but
there are none more distinguished than the first
families of Virginia, from whom we are de-
scended.

"I find that George AlcCrearv was born in
the north of Ireland, in 1752, and was one of
that strong and rugged type of manhood
known as Scotch-Irish. He came to this coun-
try at the beginning of the Revolutionary A\'ar.

AA^e first find him at York county, Pennsyl-
vania, where, on May i, 1776, he enlisted in the
colonial army, served eight months as a private
and afterward was promoted to be a sergeant.
He served part of the time under Captain
Reed and Colonel Gilland. He took part in
all the skirmishes in eastern Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, was in the battle of Long Island
and was taken prisoner at the surrender of
Fort AVashington, November 16, 1776. His-
tory states that this was one of the most severe
blows that the American army received dur-
ing the early days of the war. After the ex-
piration of his term of service we find him back
in Virginia, Loudoun county, bordering the
Potomac Rver, one of the most fertile valleys
of the East. There he remained until about
the year 1801, and then settled in Ohio, in what
is now Morrow county, at a time when things
were all but pleasant. There are no new places
remaining in this country that can compare with
the small inducements then existing for one ta
lea\-e a settled country, as Virginia was at that
time, and come over into Ohio, where there was
ndthing but the wild forest, swamps, chills and
lexers, and last, but not least, our fast depart-
ing brother, the red man. But with all the
inconveniences of the early days, we find a
sturd}' lot of descendants, and one grandson,,
who is with us to-day, and has related his early
life in southern Ohio. Some of us here to-day
remember what AA'ood and Sandusky counties
were twent}' or thirty years ago, and realize'
what a picture he can draw of the same con-
ditions in ^Morrow county sixt}- and sixtj'-five

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"The colonial George McCreary applied
for a pension on January 14, 1834, at the age
of eighty-two years, and was placed upon the
pension roll April 3rd of that year, drawing
$40 per annum. He drew a pension from
March 4, 1831. He died in Knox county,
Ohio, in 1842, and was buried at the Chester
burying ground. The following children con-
stituted his family : Thomas, Nancy, James,
Mary, Benjamin, Elizabeth, William and
Sarah.

"Benjamin JMcCreary was born in Loudoun
county, Virginia, in 1791. He married De-
borah Mathews, December 31, 1812, in Licking
county, Ohio, where both died in 1866. Their
son, John, married Emily Brown. George
married Elizabeth George. Nancy married
her cousin, John McCreary. Ruth inarried
Noah McVev. first, and, secondly, C. Mc-

Cracken. Si

married E. M. Alb.vorth. Ezra

died at sixteen years of age. Asa married
E. Williams. Eliza married Eli Sible.

"James McCreary, the father of George
McCreary, who is with us to-dav, married
Mary Holt for his first wife, for his second
wife, Paga Holt, and for his third wife Paga
Clapp. They moved from Ohio to the Black
Rock reservation in Illinois, then moved to
Ottumwa, Iowa, near the Des ^Moines River,
where they died and were buried in the Ottum-
wa burying ground. He was the father of 24
children. The record of part of them is as,
follows : Joehile married and two of his chil-
dren are living at som'e place in Nebraska.
George W. McCreary married Mary Hayden
March 3, 1836; his second wife was Marilla

Stickney, whom he married October i, 1861.
Charity married Mr. Leyman. Samantha
married Mr. Sanford, now living at Speed,
Kansas. Even married May Bishop. Thomas
married Polly Roland. Minerva married a
Mr. McKinley. Mary married Mr. Mattice.
Jeret died when eighteen months old.

"Thomas ]\IcCreary, the son of the orig-
inal George McCreary, was born in Loudoun
county, Virginia, and moved from there to
Brooke county. West Virginia. He had a son,
William McCrear}', who was born in 1802.
William McCreary had one son, William
Miller McCreary, who was also born in Brooke
county. West Virginia, and is now living in
Centerville, Iowa.

"George W. McCreary, whose birth we arc
celebrating, was born July 4, 181 2, and as
abo\'e stated, married ^lary Hayden. Their
children are eight in number and are as fol-
lows : Roselta, Hayden, Alfred, Vinal, Jane,
Samantha, George and Nable Wortha. They
married as follows : Roselta married Amos
Ladd. Hayden was married at Mar}'s\'ille,
California ; there is no record of his wife.
Samantha married Louis Housholder. George
is not married. Jane married Jacob Klink.
Alfred married Sarah Jones. Vinal married
Elizabeth Muir. Nable Wortha died when
nine years of age.- The sons and daughters
from these marriages are nearly all here to-
day and withe lilt doubt will be able to account
for themsehes before we take our departure.

"The deaths as nearly as I could get them
are as follows : Mary McCreary died Febru-
ary 28, '185 7. Nable AA'ortha died October 17^

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1861. Roselta died December 16, 1882. Hay-
den died about 1888 or 1889. Alfred died
March 16, 1899.

"1 also find that James IMcCreary, m}-
great-grandfather, served chiring the War of
1812. He took part in the l:)attle of nortliwest-
ern Ohio, and I find that a few da}'s before
Perry's \ictory, in 1813, General Harrison was
urging Perry to hasten his work nearer Erie
and Put-in-Bay, and hurry to his assistance
up the IMaumee River, which the latter prom-
ised to do, but before he could do so Harrison
had achieved a success at Fort Aleigs, where
James McCreary was wounded, and from
which point he returned home.

''I have found that there are a number of
JMcCrearys throughout the countr\-, and while
I have not positi\e proof that all of them are
■descendants of the IMcCrearys of Virginia, still
the_\' all claim kinship. Some of the most dis-
tinguished are: General D. B. IMcCrear)-, of
Erie, Pennsylvania ; ex-Congressman and ex-
Governor Thomas B. jMcCreary, of Richment,
Kentucky; Mrs. Chalfaut, of Washington, D.
C. ; ex-City Treasurer of Philadelphia George
D. McCreary, as well as George W. McCreary,
who afterwards changed the spelling of his
iiame from 'ea' to 'a,' making IMcCrary, and
Avho was secretary of war under President
Ha}'es. John McCreary, of North Twenty-
fourth street, Omaha, Nebraska, is a half-
brother to George W ]McCreary, and a son of
James McCreary. He married a Miss Cravton,
sister of John A. Crayton, and had a family of
seven children, — six boys and one girl.

"Benjamin McCreary's son, George, was

born April 19, 1816, in I\nox county, Ohio,
and died in February, 1847. He married
Elizabeth George, and the}- were the parents of
three children, — Mar\-, Benjamin and Davis
Ai. Da\-is yi. is now a resident of Findlay
and A\'as born August 3, 1845. He married
Sarah J. Sanders June 29, 1877. Their son,
Charles, is now a resident of Massillon, Ohio.
"It was during the early days of the Revo-
lutionar}- A\'ar that our ancestrr, George Mc-
Creary, came across the sea and made his home
among" a much oppressed nation, but we do
not find him sitting idly bv, but see him putting
on the cross of .Vmerican independence, and
throwing off the \'oke of British tyranny. As
previously stated, we find him taking part in
the battle of Fort AA'ashington, and it was
tliere that he was taken prisoner. Fort Wash-
ington, on the east side of the Hudson, was
held by Colonel Magaw and General Greene
and was surrendered to General Howe. The
capture of Fort Washington Ai'as one of the
n:ost terrible blows that befell the American
army during the whole course of the war. It
was there that our ancestor saw one of the most
horrible things witnessed in his life. Plowe
had demanded the surrender of the force or all
would be put to the sword, but after the sur-
render, he ordered his troops not to put any
of the prisoners to the sword, but the ignorant
Hessians, who thought they were fighting
heathens, put to death several of our soldiers.
( ITo\A-e, a good natured general, once said in
England that they could not enlist enough
soldiers to subdue the Americans.) Washing-
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AVashington, viewed the whole affair, and in
one of his notebooks said that the murdering
of soldiers under his own e^es, — and he
powerless to do anything, — was the most heart-
rending thing he exer witnessed."

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. AVellman became the
parents of four children, as follows : George
Vi'.. who was born in Monroe county, Iowa,
April 24, 1867; Charles A., who w-as born in
Wapello county, Iowa, August id, i872; Ada
M., born in Lucas count}--, Iowa, September
10, 1869; and A. J., who was born at George-
town, Monroe county, Iowa, April 28, 1875.

ARVAIS PAIS, a prominent grain
dealer of Eddyville, AVapello county,
Iowa, was born in AA'urtemberg, Ger-
many, March 5, 1831, and is a son
of Pelix and Theresa (Eppe) Pais, who lives
in Germany all their li\'es. They were parents
of nine children, all of whom are deceased, with
the exception of Garvais. The father was a
grain and stock dealer in German}-, and at one
time was quite w-ell-to-do, but met with re-
verses and lost nearly all he possessed.

Garvais Pais attended the schools of his
native country, and at the age of twenty-two
years came to America, landing in New York
City, March 14, 1853. He proceeded to To-
ledo, Chio, where he expected to meet his
uncle, v.-ho had located there, but upon making
inquiry found that he had died a short time
previously. He remained in Toledo one }ear,
and went thence to Indianapolis, Indiana, later

to Dayton, Ohio, and still later to Lebanon,
Ohio. In the spring of 1855 he came to Iowa,
and settled in E(ldy^■ille, where he engaged in
work as a brick-mason and stone-mason, a
trade w-hich he had learned in the old countr\-.
He followed this in Eddyville for twelve years,
and then accepted a position in Cheney's dry
goods store as a clerk. Afterward he worked
for Pish & AA'hiteman, in the same capacit}-, for
ten years. He next engaged in buying and.
selling grain and produce, at which he con-
tinued until the spring of 1873, when he went
to Colorado. After remaining there a short
time he returned to Eddyville, and was en-
gaged with the Iowa Central Railroad Com-
pany, as freight and baggage man, until 1885.
He then entered the grain business, which he-
has followed since that time. He is consid-
ered an expert in his line and although he
has met with some reverses he is considered.
a good business man. He is honest and
upright in his dealings, and has won the con-
fidence of his felliiw citizens. Mr. Pais was
one of the original stockholders of the company
which built the bridge over the Des Aluines
River, in 1856. This was the first bridge
across that stream, — the passage previous to-

that time ha\ing been effected b}- ferr}-.

In 1 85 5 ifr. Pais was united in marriage
with Prederica Hensel, who was born in Han-
over, Germany, and came to America in 1854.
The marriage took place at Burlington, Iowa,
December 31, 1855, and the following children
were born to them : Prederick AA". ; Emma ;
Lucy; Minnie; Addie; and Plora A^ Pred-
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Eddyville, married Belle Y. Young, of Ro-
chelle, Illinois, and they have a son, Garvais,
and an adopted son, Oscar Biddle. Emma is
the wife of Charles Johnson, of Union, Iowa,
and has a son, William W. Lucy is the wife
of Frederick Lenkell, and has a son, John F.
Minnie is the wife of Ira E. Reed, of Den-
ver, Colorado, and has four children, as fol-
lows : Glenwood ; Truman ; Thomas ; and"
Garvais. Addie is the wile of J. T. Lynch,
of Clarksburg, West Virginia, and has two
children, — Graham and Winifred. Flora V.
married Edward E. Bettrell, of Washington,
Arizona. In politics Mr. Fais has been a Re-
publican since the Civil War, but is now in-
clined to be independent. Fraternally he has
been a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows.

AMUEL A. SHAWVER, the well-
known grocer and baker of Eddy-
ville, Wapello county, Iowa, was
born near Philadelphia, Ohio, and is
a son of Samuel and Melinda S. (Shober)
Shawver.

Samuel Shawver was born in Ohio, and
there received a common school education.
Early in life he engaged in agricultural pur-
suits, a vocation he followed the remainder of
his days. In 1853 he moved west with his
family and settled in Columbia township, Wa-
pello county, Iowa, where he purchased a farm.
He was a man of more than ordinary intelli-
gence, a kind neighbor and excellent citizen,
and was held in the highest esteem. He mar-

ried Melinda S. Shober, who was born in Vir-
ginia, and they became the parents of the fol-
lowing children: John; Margaret; Charlotte;
Lydia; Lucinda; Gideon; and Samuel A. In
religious belief they were Lutherans. Samuel
Shawver was a Democrat in politics. His
wife died in 1888, at the age of seventy-eight
years.

Samuel A. Shawver attended the common
schools of Columbia township, Wapello
county, and remained at home until he was
thirty-eight }-ears old. Upon his father's
death he inherited a part of the home farm,
which he cultivated a short time. He then
went to California and engaged in the wheat-
growing industry, in which he was very suc-
\ cessful. He remained west about five and a
half years, and in 1877 returned to Eddyville,
Iowa, and accepted a position as clerk with
F. AV. Fais, the grocer. He subsequently
bought out his employer's business, including
a first-class bakery, which has proved a paying
investment. He employs four people the year
through, and finds a ready sale for nearly all
of the output of his bakery in Eddyville and
the vicinity. He is one of the progressive and
enterprising business men of the place, and has
made many friends throughout this section oi'
the county.

In 188 1 Mr. Shawver was united in mar-
riage with Belle Totman, a daughter of Simeon
and Christina (Oldham) Totman, pioneer set-
tlers of Mahaska county. This union has been
blessed by the birth of two children, — Fred
and Geneva. In political belief Mr. Shawver
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tor. He has served as assessor in a most ac-
ceptable manner. In 1885 he was made a
member of Eddyville Lodge, No. 74, A. F. &
A. M., and is a member of Oskaloosa Chapter.
He also belongs to the Ancient Order of United
Workmen. Religiously he is inclined to be
liberal in his ideas.

ETER FRANCIS, a prominent citizen
of Eddyville, AVapellO' county, Iowa,
\\ho is engaged in the wheelwright
business, is one of the pioneer set-
tlers of this thriving town. He was born in
Marshall county, West Virginia, 10 miles
south of Wheeling, March 30, 1828, and is a
son of Emanuel and Sabra (Crow) Francis.
Emanuel Francis was born in Maryland,
while his wife was a native of Pennsylvania.
They lived in West Virginia most of their
lives, and there Mr. Francis followed black-
smithing during his early manhood ; but the
latter years of his life were devoted to farm-
ing. He served in the 12th Reg., West Vir-
ginia Vol. Inf., during the Civil AA'ar. He
died in 1899, aged ninety-nine years. His
wife died in 1864, aged sixty-two years. Four-
teen children were born to this couple, 11 of
whom reached maturity, and nine of whom are
now living, as follows: Peter, the subject of
this sketch; Edward; Samuel; Srhith; Joseph
T. ; Eliza; Ellen; Martha; and John Knox.
Emanuel Francis and his wife were Presby-
terians. Mr. Francis was an old-time Whig,
and later joined the ranks of the Republican
party.

Peter Francis attended the common schools
of West Virginia, and when a youth learned
the trade of a wagon-maker. This he fol-
lowed in his native state for some time, and in
185s he left home. He reached Eddyville
April 10, 1855, and there he has since li\'ed.
With the exception of fourteen years spent in
railroad work and in a sawmill, he has always
worked at the trade of a wheelwright. He is
a very fine workman, and before wagon-mak-
ing machinery was introduced he made many
wheels by hand. He now devotes most of his
time tO' general repair work.

Mr. Francis married Mary Raymond, in
1848, and to them have been born eight chil-
dren, two of whom are now living, — William,
of Ottumwa; and Edward M., of Albia. Mr.
Francis is a Democrat in political belief. Fra-
ternally he is a member of the Masonic order.

\A'. De long, a gentleman
prominently known as postmaster
of Eddyville, is proprietor of the
Eddyville JJ'cclcly Tribune, a pub-
lication that has a large circulation throughout
Wapello county. He was born in Wilming-
ton, AVill county, Illinois, and is a son of C. A.
and Sarah M. (Fletcher) De Long, both of
whom were natives of Ohio.

C. A. De Long was a portrait artist and
followed that profession all his life. He
moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he
lived for a period of thirty years, and then
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1882. Mr. and Airs. De Long became tlie
parents of five children, of whom three are
now hving, as follows : F. K. and L. S., of
Alinneapolis ; and A\'. \\'., the subject of this
biography. Fraternally C. A. De Long was
a Mason. Mrs. De Long died in 1873, at the
age of fortjr-nine ^•ears.

W A\' De Long \vas a pupil in the grade
and high schools of ]Minneap(jlis, Minnesota,
and early in life developed an ambition to be-
come a scenic artist. He studied the art of
scenic painting in several of the best schijols
of this country. He spent four }'ears in study,
mastered the art and followed this vocation in
different parts of Iowa with much success.
He located in Edd_\ville in 1881, and was its
mayor from 1893 to 1894. In, 1897 he pur-
chased of Jacob Kussart, Jr., the Weekly
Tribune, which he has since edited and pub-
lished. He is a clever, versatile and well-in-
formed writer, and makes his paper attractive
from e\-ery point of view. He has much in-
fluence in the community, and through the
medium of his paper does what he can to fur-
ther the best interests of the county. His
i aper not only has a large circulation in Wa-
pello count)-, but in Alonroe and Mahaska
counties as well. In July, 1897, he was ap-
pointed postmaster of Eddy\-ille, and re-ap-
pointed in Januar)', 1901, ha\'ing served in a'
nK.is: creditable manner. He is a Republican
ii! politics, and an earnest worker for party
success.

W. A\' De Long was united in marriage,

in 1883, with Laura J. Watkins, a daughter

of John and Emma Watkins, of Eddyville, and

they ha\e three children : Gene ; Gladys ; and
Marjorie. Religiously Mr, De Long is liberal
in his \'iews. Fraternally he is a member of
the A. F & A. jM. and Knights^of Pythias.

ILAX BOLIBAUGH, one of the

leading, influential farmers of

Columbia township, AA'apello coun-

t)', Iowa, was born February 7,

1853, in this county. He is a son of Aaron

and Perneda ( AA'hitehead) Bolibaugh.

Aaron Bolibaugh was born, reared and
schooled in Indiana. He left his native state
in 1 85 1, and settled in AVapello' county, Iowa,
\\here, three \'ears previously, he had entered
134 acres of land. He has since purchased 80
acres more in Wapello county and 240 acres
in Alahaska comity, — making a total of 454
acres of highly cultivated land. He is recog-
nized as one of the principal farmers in the
count}-. He married Perneda Whitehead, a
nati\-e of Indiana, and to them were born the
following children, namely: Isabel; Alilan;
A\'illis; Emma; Clara; Aurilla; OUie; Delia;
Grant ; and Charles. Airs. Bolibaugh died in
1 89 1, aged fifty-eight years. Air. Bolibaugh
still resides on the old homestead.

Alilan Bolibaugh attended the common
schools of \A'apello county, Iowa, and after
his school days were over engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits. He remained under the par-
ental roof forty-four years, and in 1896 settled
on his present farm, which then consisted of
74 acres of finely improved land. Air. Boli-

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55'

baugh Ims added to this until now he owns 134
acres. He is engaged in general farming and
stock raising, in which he is very successful.
He has hosts of friencjs in the vicinity, and is
a public-spirited man.

illLLIAIM S. PELHA?*!, who con-
ducts the largest general merchan-
dise store in Kirkville, AA'apello
county, Iowa, has been located in
the county since the opening of the "New Pur-
chase," and has been the proprietor of his
present store for the past twenty-two years.
He was born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1838,
and is a son of B. C. Pelham.

B. C. Pelham was born in Ohio and reared
m. Illinois, near the city of Springfield. Pie
was a cooper by trade, and \\'as engaged in
farming the latter part of his life. In 1843 '^^
came to Iowa with his famih' and stayed at
the home of General Street, at Agency. The
family was among the \'er\- first to make a
settlement in AA^apello county, and later sta}'ed
with Mr. Eddy. B. C. Pelham was united in
matrimony \\ith ^liss B. Sinnard, and after
coming to Iowa they located ir the southwest
part of Mahaska county. Air. Pelham nioxcd
to Richland township, Wapello county, in 1849,
and remained there until his death. He and
his wife reared the following offspring: AA^ill-
iam S. ; Abraham, deceased; Amanda; Aslsury
L., and Charles AA^

AA'illiam S. Pelham li\ed in his native state
until 1843, ■when he moved to Iowa with his

parents. He lived at home until he was of age
and after the death of his father assisted his
mother jj)- managing the farm. He started in
the mercantile line in Kirkville twenty-two
years ago, and prospered from the first. He
carries the largest line of general merchandise
in the town, including dry goods, boots and
shoes, groceries and hardware, and well merits
the large patronage he receives. He is an ex-
cellent and wide-awake business man, and iS'
one of the most public spirited citizens of the
town. He owns several gold mines in the'
Black Hills, South Dakota.

In 1862 Air. Pelham was imited in mar-
riage with Miranda Ruble, who was born in'
Lee county, Iowa, in 1845, and they have four
children: Lottie A. (Johnson), who lives in,.
Oklahoma; John L., who is at home; Alinnie;.
and Barton O. Politically the subject of this
sketch is independent, and has served as trus-
tee and as a member of the school board of his
tf)wnship a number of terms. A picture of Mr.
and Mrs. Pelham accompanies this sketch.

OHX ^l. FISPI, who is one of the pio-
neer settlers of Ed(l_\'\'ille, AA'apello'
count}-, Iowa, was born in Underbill,
A/ermont, Aiay 24, 1815, and is a son
of Dr. Samuel and Eunice (Elliott) Fish.

Samuel Fish was born in Sandwich, ^lassa-
chusetts, in 1782, and was a young child when'
taken l)y his parents to Bru'nard, A'^ermont. He
was educated in the subscription schools of that
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course of study in the Hanover Medical Col-
lege, of Hanover, New Hampshire, and then
practiced at his profession in the vicinity of
Barnard. Later he moved to Underhill, Ver-
mont, then to Thornton, New Hampshire, and
practiced, and then went to Boston, Massa-
chusetts. In 1842 he moved to Missouri, and
in 1844 to Van Buren county, Iowa, where he
practiced about two years. He next moved to
Eddyville, where he spent the remainder of his
life in practical retirement. He was a scholar
and an exceptionally well-educated man. He
married Eunice Elliott, who was born in
Thornton, New Hampshire, and they became
the parents of six children, two of whom died
)-oung. Those who grew up \\-ere : Erasmus
D., born January 13, 1813, \vho helped to lay
cut the town of Eddyville, with Dr. Ross and
]\Ir. Eddy, of Eddy's Trading Post fame;
John M.; Benjamin F., born March 21, 1817,
who is a member of the Fish Wagon Manufac-
turing Company, in Michigan; and Mary A.,
born February 22, 1829, who married A\'illiam
H. Dunlap and now resides in Keokuk, Iowa.
Religiously they were members of the Congre-
gational church. Dr. Fish died in 1849, and
his wife in 1878.

John ^I. Fish attended the common schools
of Vermont and N^ew Hampshire, and was a
pupil in the X^ew Hampshire Academy. ,\fter
he left school he clerked in a store at Goffs-
town. New Hampshire, for about two years,
and then moved to .\lton, Illinois, which was
considered \-ery far west. The trip was made
in 1836, from Goffstown to Nashua by stage.

to Lowell Via the Boston & Providence Rail-
road, to Ne\v York City by railroad and thence
to Albany b}- boat. He then took the railroad
to Shenectad}', the Erie Canal to Buffalo and
made the trip to Cleveland by boat. The trip
fiom Cleveland to Cincinnati was made by
stage, and from the latter city to St. Louis by
boat. He then crossed the river to Alton.
The whole trip consumed twenty-seven days,
and cost him $78. He was engaged as a clerk
for one year at Alton, and then embarked in
the hotel business, conducting for one year
what is now known as the Alton House. Ho
went from there to Sand Hill, Missouri, and
six months later to Tippecanoe, Missouri,
v.here he was engaged in mercantile business
for a period of ten years. In the meantime his
brother, Erasmus D. Fish, had moved to Ed-
dyville, in 1843, ^'i"^^ opened up a store, which
John M. purchased in 1846. He did not,
however, locate there until 1852, when he went
into partnership with Mr, Dunlap. This part-
nership continued until 1856, when he sold
out to Mr. Dunlap, and purchased the land
at what is now known as Fishville, situated
about 17 miles from Eddyville. This property
he leased to outside parties for a royalty of
one cent per bushel for coal, and thus received
L handsome income. He later leased success-
ively to the Dudley Coal Company, of Ot-
tumwa, for one year, the Leighton Coal Com-
pany, the IMahaska Coal Company, H. B. Fos-
ter, Mrs. H. B. Foster, and, in August, 1901,
to the Garfield Coal Company, for a period of
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he has devoted his attention to looking after
his interests, and at one time owned consider-
able farming property.

In 1843 Mr. Fish married Alary Ann For-
sha, a native of Missouri, and the following
children were born to them : Mary E. (Horner)
of St. Louis ; Elizabeth ; Henrietta, deceased ;
William, of Union county, Iowa; Lottie, de-
ceased; and William, who died in infancy.
Politically Mr. Fish was first a Democrat, then
a Whig, and finally a Republican. While in
Alissouri he served in the capacity of post-
master.

DAM W BELL, a pioneer settler of
Wapello county, Iowa, who was for
many years engaged in agricultural
pursuits, is now living a retired life
in the town of Eddyville. He was born in
183 1, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a son of
Nathaniel and Celia (Wright) Bell, the former
a native of Ohio and the latter of North Caro-
lina.

Nathaniel Bell followed farming for many
years in Indiana, where he was a pioneer set-
tler of Putnam county. He moved west to
Wapello county, Iowa, in 1846, and settled in
Center township, four miles northwest of Ot-
tumwa. There he remained until he died, in
1877, at the age of seventy-two years. He and
his wife became the parents of the following
children : Martha ; Elizabeth ; Lucy A. ; ;\dam
W. ; Sarah M. ; Benjamin F. ; Thomas J. ;
Cerissa; and Ellen. They were members of
the Christian church. Mrs. Bell died in the

early "seventies," at the age of about sixty-
seven years.

Adam \V. Bell received his mental training
in the common schools of Indiana and \\'apello
county, Iowa, but is practically a self-educated
man. He remained at home until he reached
the age of twenty-three years, and then started
in life for himself. He rented land the first
year, and then purchased a piece of raw prairie
land in Appanoose county, on which he lived
for eighteen months. He sold out, moved
back to AVapello county, and bought a farm of
160 acres, a mile southeast of Chillicothe.
This he improved and cultivated until Febru-
ary, 1900, when he moved tO' Eddyville, where
he is now spending his declining years in the
peace and comfort of retired life. At one time
he owned 420 acres, and this, with the excep-
tion of the original 160 acres, he divided
among his children. He contends that his wife
was a large factor in helping to make and save
the means with which this land was purchased,
and the children should benefit by the fruit of
her industry. He has ahvavs been a hard-
working man, and has been honored as an up-
right citizen by those who best know him. His
advice has been sought in matters of public
interest, and he has always added his influence
and support to enterprises tending to benefit
the community.

In 1854 Mr. Bell was united in marriage
with Nancy E. Goodwin, a daughter of Rolla
and Hannah Goodwin, who settled in AA'apello
county, Iowa, as early as 1852. Mr. and Mrs.
Bell became the parents of two children :
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township, Wapello county, by whom she has
three children, — Minnie, Ethel and Bessie ; and
one who died young. Some time after the
death of his wife Mr. Bell married Mary I.
McGlothlen, of Wapello county, to whom four,
children were born, as follows : Adda ; Lucy ;
Buckley; and Nellie A' Adda married Har-
vey Shahan, of Ottumwa, and has four chil-
dren: Erville; Alma and Elma (twins) ; and
Gladys. Luc}' married Dudley Fagerstrom,
of Page county, Iowa, and has four children :
Frank ; Paul ; Grace ; and Fay. Buckley mar-
ried Dilla McFadden, and has three children :
Floyd ; Audrey ; and Harold. Nellie V. mar-
ried A. \y. Oxander, of Oskaloosa, and has
two children, — Marguerite and Gertrude. Mr.
Bell wedded for his third wife Mary E. Sha-
han, of i\Ionroe count}-, Iowa. In religious
belief they are members of the Christian
church. Politically Mr. Bell is a stanch Dem-
ocrat, and held the office of justice of the peace
in Cass township for a number of years. He
is strongly opposed to the liquor traffic, and is
not in favor of placing a license on anything
tending to destrov souls.

EVI LORE, a prominent agriculturist
of Wapello ciiunty, Iowa, owns and
operates a fine farm in Columbia
township. He was born in Cumber-
land county, Pennsyh-ania, in 1857, and is a
son of ^Michael and Barbara (Landis) Lore,
liotli natives of Pennsyh-ania.

]\Iichael Lore was reared to agricultural

pursuits, which he followed in his native state
for several years. Upon coming to Wapello
county, Iowa, he rented land, which he culti-
vated for some years. After his return from
the war he purchased 62^ acres of land,
which he subsequently traded for 160 acres in
Appanoose county, Iowa. This farm he lived,
upon for four years, and then sold it and moved
to Lincoln county, Kansas, where he purchased
a farm of 160 acres. After cultivating this
tract for a period of five years he sold it and
moved to Missouri, where he is now located.
In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, 36th Reg.,
Iowa Vol. Inf., and served with credit until
the close o<f the Civil war. His union with.
Barbara Landis resulted in the birth of seven
children, as follows: Elizabeth; Henry;
George; Levi; Mary; Ella; and Lillie. :\lrs.
Lore died in 1869, at the age of about- forty-
four years, and Mr. Lore afterward married
Elizabeth Williams, oi Columbia township,
W^apello county, Iowa. After her death he was
married to a !\Iiss Crispen, by whom he had
two children. Religiously he and his family
are Alethodists.

Levi Lore received a common school edu-
cation, and then moved to Appanoose count\-,
Iowa, with his parents. He remained there
for seven years and then left home and worked
in Wayne count)-, Iowa, for two years. He
returned to Wapello county, Iowa, and worked
en a farm, b}- the month, until after his mar-
riage, and then purchased a farm of 84 acres,
in 1889. He has since been located on this
farm, and is successfully engaged in general
farming and stock raising. Pie is a good'

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557

manager and has made many improvements
on. his farm, which is neat and attractive in ap-
pearance. He has a good farm house, barn
and other outbuildings so necessary to suc-
cessful farming.

In 1888 Mr. Lore was united in marriage
"with Delila Dotts, a daughter of Philip Dotts.
The latter was born in Carroll county, Ohio,
February 5, 1834, and was a son of Thomas
and Delila (Kindle) Dotts, the former of
Alaryland and the latter of Virginia. His
parents were pioneer settlers of Carroll county,
Ohio. Philip Dotts came to A\'apello county,
Iowa, in 1855, where he engaged in farming,
and still owns a valuable farm in Columbia
township. In 1855 he was united in marriage
vcith Margaret Shaw\'er, a daughter of Sam-
uel Shawver, and they reared the following
children: Gideon; Jane; John H. ; Etha M. ;
Delila; Alice; Thomas B. ; and Nellie M.
Ivlr. and Mrs. Lore are parents of two* chil-
dren,— Philip and Lillie. Politically Mr.
Lore is a Detaocrat, and has held several
township offices. Fraternally he is a member
of Kirkville Lodge, I. O. O. F.. in which he
has filled all the chairs; and of the Brother-
hood of American Yeoman.

HARLES H. STUBER, a prominent

farmer of Columbia township, AA^a-

pello county, Iowa, was born in AA'a-

pello county, December 3, 1855, and

is a son of Abraham and Mary (Bowen)

Stuber, the former a native of Germany, and

the latter a native of Missouri.

Abraham Stuber was one of the pioneer set-
tlers of Wapello county, Iowa. He was born
on the River Rhine, in Germany, January i,
183 1, and is a son of Peter and Catherine
(Gehres) Stuber. Peter Stuber was a wagon-
maker by trade, in addition to which he fol-
lowed farming in his native countr}-. He came
to the United States in 1837, landing in New
York City, and thence went to AA'ayne county,
Ohio, where he lived between two and three
years. He next located in Pike count3^ Ohio,
vihere he settled on a farm and remained until
October, 1846. Then he moved to AA'apello
county, Iowa, where he purchased a claim of
160 acres two miles southwest of Chillicothe.
This tract he cultivated rmtil 1849, ^^■hen he
died at the age of fortv-six ^-ears. Peter and
Catherine Stuber were parents of the follow-
ing children : Abraham ; Peter, who died in
the army: Catherine; Philip; Charlotte; Fred;
AA'illiam ; and two who died in infanc}-. In
religious attachments, they were Lutherans.
Mrs. Sluber died in 1882, at the age of seventy-
six \'ears.

Abraham Stuber attended the common
schools, and lived at home until he was twenty-
two years old. L^pon the death of his father,
he took charge of the homestead propertv and
kept the remainder of the familv together. He
started in business for himself li\- purchasing
40 acres in 1853, and later sold out and moved
to Chillicothe, where he resided some time. He
then rented a farm for five \'ears. In 1862, he
purchased 150 acres of his present farm, and
added to this until he owned about 500 acres;
at the present time, howe\er. he owns but 283

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acres. In 1853, he married Mary Bowen, a
daughter of Peter Bowen, a native of New
York, and they became the parents of the fol-
lowing children : Amanda E. ; Charles H. ;
Abraham F., deceased ; George P. ; Laura E. ;
and Emma and Ella, twins — Emma died when
a few months old. In religious belief, Abra-
liam Stuber is a Baptist. Politically, he is
affiliated with the Republican party, and has
held a number of township offices.

Charles H. Stuber, the subject of this rec-
ord, received but a common-school education,
and remained at home until he reached his ma-
jority, when he started in business for him-
self. His first purchase was a tract of 80
acres, — a part of his present farm, — and he has
added to this from time to time, until he now
owns 200 acres of \'aluable farming land. This
he devotes to general farming and stock rais-
ing, in which branches he has made a success.
He resides in a modern dwelling, erected in
1895, which adds greatly to the general ap-
pearance of the place. The main part of the
house is two stories high, and 16 by 28 feet,
in dimensions, with an ell, 18 by 18 feet in
size; there is also a wing of one story, meas-
uring 16 Ijy 17 feet. It is a model house in
every way, and is supplied with all the con-
veniences.

In 1877, Mr. Stuber was united in mar-
riage \\'ith Phoebe L. Blackman, a daughter of
George Blackman ; she was born in Vinton
county, Ohio, and died February 21, 1901,
aged forty years. Three children blessed this
union : Clara, who was born in September,
1878, and died the same year ; Estella, who was

born in July, 1882, and died in February,
1900; and Charles E., who lives at home. Mr.
Stuber also reared Fred Stuber Bowen, who
was left an orphan at the age of eleven years.
Fred was born April 4, 1875, at Chillicothe,
Iowa, and is a son of William and Catherine
(Stuber) Bowen; he graduated from the Eddy-
ville High School. He taught school three
terms, and then studied in the office of Dr. F.
E. Vance. He graduated from Rush Medical
College, Chicago, January 21, 1901, and is
practicing medicine at Eddyville, Iowa. Mr.
Stuber is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
cliurch, of which he is steward; he is also cir-
cuit steward. Fraternally, he is a member of
the Modern Woodmen of America. In poli-
tics, Mr. Stuber is a Republican, and has been
school treasurer of Columbia township since
1886.

A picture of Mr. and Mrs. Stuber and fam-
ily is shown on a preceding page.

ILLIAM A. AVAUGAMAN, who is
the owner of a truck farm and is
engaged in raising small fruit in
Columbia township, Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa, was born in Armstrong county,
Pennsylvania, January 26, 1854, and is a son
of Andrew and Rebecca (Truby) W^augaman,
Ijcth natives of Pennsylvania.

Andrew Waugaman was reared to agricul-
tural pursuits, followed that line of work in
liis nati\'e state all his life, and died in the vicin-
ity of Kittanning, in 1894, at the age of eighty

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years. Elis wife died on the old homestead in
1883, at the age of sixt}--three years. They
were parents of the foUowing children :
Alichael T., George W'., Philip H., ^^'illiam
A., Sarah J., Samuel E., Amanda and one
who died iji infancy. They were members of
the German Reformed church. In political
belief the husband was a Republican, and held
numerous township offices.

William A. W'augaman received a common
school education in Armstrong county, Penn-
syh-ania, and remained at home until he was
eighteen years of age. He then learned the
trade of a blacksmith, serving an apprentice-
ship of three years, and then moved to Iowa,
where he was engaged in repa\iring county
bridges in Washington, Jefferson, Lee, Henr}-
and Louisa counties for a period of four years.
He followed the trade of a carpenter at Eddy-
ville for one year, having moved to that town
in 1883. He then spent two years on the Iowa
Central Railroad as bridge builder. He pur-
chased a house and five lots, which he later
sold, and bought his present farm of 53 acres
in Columbia township, a mile and a half from

Eddvville, in i^

He has since devoted his

attention to raising small fruit, sweet potatoes,
melons, etc., in which he has met with good
results, ha\-ing found a ready market for his
produce in Ottumwa and vicinity.

In 1878 yiv. AVaugaman was united in
wedlock with Ella Bicktord, a daughter of
Cornelius and Eliza ( Rierdon ) Bickford, Imth
natives of Ohio. This union was blessed ])y
the birth of six children, namely : Jessie, de-
ceased ; John B. ; Anna ; Frank ; Bertha ; and

Hazel L. In religious belief the family is
Congregational. Fraternally Air. Waugaman
is a member of Day Lodge, Xo. 26, I. O. O.
B., and of the Modern Woodmen of America.
He is a stanch supporter of Republican prin-
ciples.

org

who is engaged in agri-

OHN DIBLE
cultural pursuits in Columbia town-
ship, AA'apellO' count}-, Iowa, was born
in Westmoreland count}-, Pennsyl-
vania, in i860, and is a son of Zephaniah and
Catherine (Moore) Dible.

Zephaniah Dible was born and reared in
the Keystone State, where he was \-ariously
employed until the Ci^-il War began. He then
became an engineer on one nf the boats run-
ning on the Ohio River. He followed this
line of work for a number of years, and in
1869 removed to Iowa. He settled in JMonroe
countv, near Albia, where he remained until
he nidVed to Wapello count}-, where he en-
gaged in farming. In 1880 he moved to
Sedgwick count}-, Kansas, where he purchased
a farm, which he operated until 1896. In that
}ear he sold it, moved to Missouri and en-
gaged in prospecting and mining. He mar-
ried Catherine }\Ionre, and to them were born
three cliildren, as follows: John; Alar}-; and
Harr}-. After the death of his wife he was
again married, this time to Clarinda Stodghill.
Their marriage took place in 1870. Three
children were born to them, namely : James ;
Blanche ; and Frank.

y(3hn Dil:)le, the subject of this sketch, re-

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNT Y

ceived limited instruction in the cumnion
schools of Monroe county, Io\va. AMien a
3'oung boy he worked at farming fur some
time by the month. In 1875 he settled in
Wapello county, Iowa, where he farmed until
1890. He then purchased uo acres of land,
which he has devoted to general farming and
grazing purposes. He owns 240 acres of fine
land in Thomas county, Kansas. He is at
present living with his w ife's parents, on their
farm in Columbia township.

In 1885 Mr. Dible married Laura E. Stu-
ber, a daughter of .Abraham Stuber. Two
■children ha\-e blessed this union, namely : Alin-
nie M. ; and Leula R. I\Ir. and Mrs. Dible are
members of the Baptist church, in \vhich Air.
Dible is a deacon. Politically he is a strong-
Republican, and is at present serving as presi-
dent of the school board. Socially he is a
member of the Modern AA'oodmen of America.
Mr. Dible is well known and highly respected
in the community, and his friends are man v.

HOMAS STODGHILL, ex-sheriff of
Wapello county, Iowa, is engaged in
agricultural pursuits in Columbia
township. He was born on the place
v>here he now lives, August 21, 1863, and is a
son of Christopher and Martha (Crook)
Stodghill, the former a native of Virginia and
the latter of Ohio.

Christopher Stodghill moved from Vir-
ginia to Ohio in 1855, and settled on the ijrop-
ert}- now owned by his son, Thomas, which he

purchased of R. AI. Gibbs. It originally con-
sisted of 160 acres, but as he continued to pros-
per in his business he added to it, until at the
time of his death he owned 640 acres of fine
farming land. He engaged in general farm-
ing and stock raising, and kept a fine grade of
cattle, hogs and sheep. He died June 26,
1876, at the age of fifty-seven years. His
union with Martha Crook resulted in the birth
of the follov.ing children: Andrew; Thomas;
Henry; George; and Emma, who became the
\\\ie of Henry Lammes. Mrs. Stodghill died
December 16, 1897, at the age of seventy years.
Religiously they were members of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. By his first wife,
Rachel Swope, i\Ir. Stodghill had six children,
lour of whom are living, namely: Nancy J.;
Charles ; Alice ; and James. Those deceased
are Clara and Isabelle.

Thomas Stodghill attended the common
schools of AVapello county, and at an early age
applied himself to farming. He then engaged
in railroad construction on the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Ouincy Railroad, after which he
went to Marshalltown, Iowa, and worked in a
canning factory. He subsecjuently returned
home, and for two years was engaged in a
stone cpiarry at Dudley. He then conducted
the affairs of the home farm for his mother,
and in addition to^ farming bought and sold
cattle and hogs luitil 1893. In that year he
was elected sheriff of Wapello comity on the
Republican ticket, having been an active
worker in that party. He assumed the duties
of his office on January i, 1894, and served
two terms in that capacity. In 1899, upon the

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563

death of his mother, he returned tO' the farm
and purchased the interests of the other heirs.
He is now sole owner of the old homestead,
consisting of 240 acres of choice farming land.
He deals extensively in cattle, horses and
hogs, and feeds on an average 150 head of
cattle. He is a vevy prominent business man,
and in addition to the property above men-
tioned owns an interest in the telephone com-
pany at Salida, Colorado. Frater»nally he is a
ilason and a Sir Knight of 2\Ialta Command^
ery; and a member of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks.

E. AAaLLIAMS, a resident of
Keb, Richland township, Wapello
county, ]owa, whi.>se portrait is
herewith shown, is superintendent
of the Keb coaJ mine, a position he has filled in
3. most efficient manner for a period oi eight
years. He was born in South AVales in 1844,
and is a son of AV. E. AVilliams, Sr., ^\ho was
born in South AA'ales, and was a coal mmer.

\V E. AVilliams, the subject of this sketch,
came to the United States in September, 1869,
landing at New York Cit)-. He went to St.
Louis, and for two^ years was located in New
Pittsburg, St. Clair county, ?iIissouri, engaged
in the mining business. He moved to Sand
Creek, Indiana, where he was occupied in cnal
mining for seven years, and during that time
was promoted to be inside boss. He later mined
fi\'e years in Fountain county, Indiana, then
. moved to Grape Creek, Vermilion county, Illi-

nois, where he remained one year, and sank a
shaft for a Chicago company. He then came to
KirkN'ille, Iowa, and worked in the mines seven
}'ears. In 1892 he moved tO' Iveb, where he
worked two^ months as a miner, and was then
promoted to be outside boss. He was still later
promoted ti.i the position of superintendent of
the mine, in w hich he is displaying great abil-
ity, being an expert in all the details of bitu-
minous coal mining. The output of the mine is
about 600 tons per day, and an average of 225
men is employed. The coal is of a high grade
and sold to different railroads. The mine is
what is kn(jwn as a dry mine, the main shaft
being 63 feet deep, and the vein from four to
five and a half feet thick.

In 1872, Zvlr. AA'illiams was united in mar-
riage with Phoebe A. Xowling, whO' was born
in Indiana, and died in 1886. In 1889 he mar-
ried Alargaret Loyd, who was born in South
AA'ales. He is a Democrat, in politics. Frater-
nally, he belongs tO' the I. O. O. F., K. of P.,
and B. P. O. E., of Ottumwa, Iowa.

ENJAIMIN F. OGDEN, deceased, who
was a prominent pioneer settler of
AA^apello county, Iowa, and a promi-
nent educator of his dav, was living
on a farm oi 349 acres in Columbia township,
at the time of his death. He was born in
Maryland, in 181 1, and was a son of David
and Mar)' (Deems) Ogden, both natives of
Pennsylvania.
David Ogden left his nati\'e state at an

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

early age, and located in ?\Iaryland. He was a
cabinetmaker by trade, which lie followed in
Maryland, and later moved to Leesburg, Vir-
ginia, where he followed his trade for several
years. He then moved to Ohio, and afterward
to Keokuk, Iowa, where he died November 29,
1863. His wife died in 1811, at the age of
twenty-nine years, \\hen Benjamin F. was an
infant. Mr. Ogden married a second time,
wedding Elizabeth Crow, by whom he had sev-
eral children. He was a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church.

Benjamin F. Ogden, the only child born to
his parents, received his earl}- mental training
in the public schools oif Virginia, and then took
a complete co'urse in Leesburg College, at Lees-
burg, Virginia, from which institution he
graduated \\ith ho-nors. He then began teach-
ing school in Virginia, and subsequentlv fol-
lowed that vocation in several states in the
South. Previous to the war he taught school
on a large plantation in Louisiana, on which
several hundred s]a\'es were employed. This
did not pro\-e to his liking, as he was a strong
AboJitionist, and as a result he returned north
and taught school in Pennsylvania. It was in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that he met and
married Mrs. Hannah (Supplee) Frame. In
1865 they came west to Wapello county, Iowa,
\\'here he was already the owner of a farm of
349 acres, in Columbia township. He died
July 30, 1874, and his farm was divided among
his heirs, Airs. Ogden receiving 185 acres of
the land and a fine old-fashioned brick house.
The tract is the finest grade of bottom land,
and makes one of the best pieces for farming in

the county. In his political belief, Mr. Ogden
was a stanch Republican.

Airs. Ogden was born in Pennsylvania, and
is a daughter of AVilliam and Louisa Supplee,
both natives of Pennsylvania. Her first mar-
riage was to Thomas Frame, in 1852, by whom
there was one child, Mary Frame, wife of Ed-
gar Ogden, O'f Mahaska county, Iowa. As a
result of her union with Mr. Ogden four chil-
dren were born, as follows: George 'D., de-
ceased, who left twO' children, Stella and
Blanche; David, deceased; Charles S., who
married Nellie B. Young, and resides with his
mother; and Rebecca, wife of Charles W. Sulli-
van, O'f Ottumwa, Iowa, who has two children,
Edith and Ruth. Mrs. Ogden is a woman of
many estimable traits O'f character, and has nu-
merous warm friends in the community. Mr.
Ogden was not a member oif any church, and
was not liberal in his belief, as that term is
generally applied, but was a man who- loved to
be good and to do good, from a high sense of
justice to his fellow beings, rather than from
fear of a hereafter. He had, however, an abid-
ing faitli in a supreme being.

A. A\'EBBER, a gentleman well
known in W^apello' county, is engaged
in agricultural pursuits in Columbia
township. He was born in Ottumwa,
Iowa, September 8, i860, and is a son of Jacob
H. and Anna N. (McGinley) Webber, the for-
mer a nati\-e of Chester county, Pennsylvania,
and the latter of Butler county, Pennsyl\-ania.

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565

Jacob H. Webber at an early age learned
the trade of a bricklayer, and was engaged in
contracting for many years. In 1858 he came
west to Burlington, Iowa, and one year later
to Ottnmwa, Iowa, where he engaged in the
bricklaying and contracting business. He erect-
ed many of the substantial brick buildings of
the city, which now stand as monuments to
his memcry. He is remembered ])\ many of
the older residents oif Ottumwa as an upright
and honest citizen, and a man who alwavs did
as he agreed to do, even at the penalty of losing
on his contracts. In 1870 he moved to Eddy-
ville, where he purchased a farm, the work on
which was superintended by his wife, as he still
continued at his trade in Ottumwa. He died
in 1892, at the age of seventy-five }'ears. Mr.
and Mrs. Webber were the parents of 10 chil-
drai, as follows : Alice C. ; Elnora Z. ; John ;
William ; Florence, the inventor of }\Irs. Potts'
Cold Handle Sad Irons, who married J. H.
Potts, for many years a member of the firm
of Potts Brothers, dry goods merchants of Ot-
tumwa; George; Frank; Linnie, deceased, the
wife of FI. G. True, of Eddyville ; and Lorena
and Loren A., twins. In religious belief, yir.
AVebber was a member of the Christian church.
Mrs. Webber died in 1894, at the age of sev-
enty-five years.

L. A. Webber attended the common schools
of \A'apello county, Iowa, and at an early age
turned his attention to> farming. Thinking to
better his condition in life, he worked as a
brakeman on the ChicagOi, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad for a period of three years, when he
became disgusted with the work and returned

to the old homestead. He applied himself to
farming with such a good will and energy that
he soon paid off the indebtedness on the prop-
erty. His parents lived with him until Death
called them to their Heavenly reward. He still
owns the old homestead, and has added 266
acres tO' it, making a total of 366 acres of good
bottom land. He is engaged in general farm-
ing and stock raising, devotes niuch of his
time to the latter industry, and makes a special-
ty' <vf Poland-China hogs.

July II, 1888, Mr. Webber was united in
marriage W'ith Lyda Nichols, of Eddyville, a
daughter of Mrs. Mary Leper, and two chil-
dren ha\-e been born to them, — Lorena AI. and
George W. Fraternally, Mr. Webber is a mem-
ber of the Modern Woodmen of America. In
political attachments, he is a Republican, and
takes a deep interest in public affairs.

HOM.-VS J. NEWELL, deceased, for

man\- years was one of the foremost

agriculturists and land owners of

AA'apello county, low-a. He was born

in Ashland county, Ohio, near Columbus, in

1830.

Thomas J. Newell recei\-ed his early mental
training in his nati\-e state, where he remained
until 1849. ^" that year his parents located in
AA'apello county, Io^\•a. where the elder Newell
entered 39 acres of land in the northwest quar-
ter of section 15, in Columbia township. On
this land Tlmmas J. Newell lived for forty-si.M
years, his father ha\'ing died one year after his

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

remo\-al tO' Iowa. His mother departed this
life in 1875. Mr. Newell inherited 15 acres of
the land on which his father settled, and it was
but a short time until he had accumulated
■enough money to purchase the interests of the
other heirs. Being a ver)- industrious man, he
made rapid prcjgress in his chosen occupation,
and from 1875 until the time of his death, Au-
gust 19, 1900, he acquired 679 acres of land,
besides paying a debt of 500. He gave 93 acres
of this land to his son Samuel, who alwa}'s re-
mained at home with his parents.

Mr. Xewell married, in 1854, Margaret A.
Arrington, a native of Springfield, Illinois, and
to them were Ijorn 13 children, of whom the
foll<j^\-ing reached maturity : Columbia ,\. ;
Leirnie; Rhoda; Belle; Lydia; Arminda; Flora
-and Laura, twins; Samuel; and Rule. In po-
litical belief, ]\Ir. Newell was a Democrat until
his last vote, when he voted the Republican
ticket. Fie held several tOAvnship offices, and
-was honored and respected wherever known.

RNOLD E. JOHNSON, a prominent
farmer of Columbia township, AA'a-
pello county, Iowa, lives on govern-
ment lots 2 and 3, section 7. He was
born on his present farm .\ugust ij, 1862, and
is a son of Arnold and ]\lary (Arans) John-
son, both natives of Holland.

Arnold Johnson came to America in 1847,
landing at New Orleans. He immediately
thereafter located in A'apello county, Iowa, and
■settled upon the land in Columbia township

which is now owned by his son. The tract
contained loi^ acres, and tO' this he added 40
acres of wholly unimproved land. He set to
work improving the land and fenced it in.
He built a log' house, which he later replaced
b}- a frame dwelling, which was destroyed by
fire in 1879. The following year he erected
the present substantial nine-room house. He
also built a barn and other (.outbuildings, and
made the jiruperty one of the best improved
farms in the township; He ^^•as one of the
most prosperous farmers of the community,
and had a large number of friends. He sold
his farm to his sou, Arnold E., April 23, 1892,
and died on Alay 16 of the same year, at the
age of se\'enty-two years. He was three times
married, his first union being with Mary Arans,
Ijy whcni he had the following children : Mary ;
George: Nellie; Louisa; Dora; Adrian; Annie;
Elizabeth; Lizzie; and Frank. Mrs. Johnson
died on ]^Iarch 15, 1873, and Mr. Johnson was
married to Jennie Nixon, who died six weeks
later. He was later married to Annie Cramer,
who died in 1892. In religious belief, he was
a Reman Catholic. Politically, he was a Dem-
ocrat, and ser\-ed on the school board.

Arnoldi E. Johnson attended the common
schools of A\'apello' county, and at an early
age applied himself to farming, which he has
followed all his life. He is engaged in general
farming and stock raising, and prefers Short-
horn cattle and Poland-China hogs. His fann
is well watered and under a high state of
cultivation.

In 1890 Mr. Johnson was united in mar-
riage with Martha J. Brown, who^ was born

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October 23, 1868, and is a daughter of David
Brown, a record oi whose life may be found
in this worl<, under the title of W. A. Brown.
This union resulted in the birth of two children,
Helen, born June 19, 1892; and Wilbur E.,
born October 26, 1896. In politics, ^Ir. John-
son is a Democrat, while in religious attach-
ments he is a member of the Catholic church.
He is a member of the Modern AA'oodmen of
America, and holds a policy in the Des Moines
Life Insurance Company.

LBERT J. A\'ARREX, one of the lead-
ing agriculturists of Pleasant town-
ship, \\'apelloi county, Iowa, resid-
ing' on section 21, has a farm <if
233 1-3 acres, and is engaged in general farm-
ing. He was born in Washington township,
Wapello' county, ]\Iay 21, 1859, and is a son nf
Washington J. and Belinda (Xewhouse) A\'ar-
ren.

Washington J. A\'arren was born in Ross
county, OhiO', September 11, 1828, and has
been located in Wapello' cnunty, Iowa, since
1850. — living in Washington township. He
answered the call of his country for trijops in
1863, ''•iif^ enlisted in C(l^lpan^■ E, Twenty-sec-
ond Regiment, Liwa Volunteer Infantry. He
went with his regiment from Ashland toi Inwa
Cit)-, w'lere thev remained a short time at Camp
Pope. From there the regiment went tO' St.
Louis Barracks, and thence tO' the front, at
Rolla, Missouri. He was in a number of en-
gagements, the principal ones being tho'Se O'f

Mississippi Springs, Port Gibson, Black River,
and A\'inchester. He participated in the siege
Oif Vicksburg. At the battle of AVinchester he
was shot through the left knee, and was sent to
the Iiiispital. After recovering from his severe
vvound, he again joined the regiment and re-
mained ^\•ith it until the close of the war. He
was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, in Feb-
ruary, 1865. On November 15, 1849, he was
joined in wedlock with Belinda Newhouse, wha
was born Februaiy 21, 1828, and was a daugh-
ter of William and Annie (Ritchie) Newhouse.
They had eight children, as follows : Anna,
Sarah, Emma, Eva, Albert J., John R., George
W"., and Nellie. Mrs. AA'arren died ]\Iarch 4,
1894, in her sixt3--seventh vear, and was buried'
at Ashland.

Albert J. AA'arren was reared and schooled
in AA'apelld county, Iowa, and at an early age
began farming. On June 5, 1890, he married
Etta McGuire, who was born January 30, 1859,
and died August 10, 1891, leaving one child,
Lela M., who died when six months and four-
teen days old. On May 9, 1897, he was united
in marriage with Alarv Dennis, a daughter of
Alexander and Miriam ( Reed ) Dennis, and
tlie}" reared twoi children, Isal B., and [Marietta.
On May 17, 1900, Airs. AA'arren died, at the age
of thirt3'-six years, and is buried at Alartins-
burg, Iowa. Air. AA'arren is a faithful member
of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics
he is a strong supporter of the Republican
party, but, being a very busy man, has had little
time to de\( ite to political affairs. He has, how-
ever, served faithfully and well in the capacity-
of school director.

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

AVID NEWELL, deceased, was for
many years one oi the influential
farmers of Columbia township, Wa-
pello county, Iowa. He was born in
Ashland county, Ohio, June 24, 1842, and is a
son of Zachariah and Lydia (Slieler) Newell,
tlie former a native of Ohio', and the latter a
native of Pennsylvania.

David Newell received his education in the
common schools of Iowa, his parents having
located in this state when he was a small boy.
His father settled on the home place in 1849,
and remained there all his life. David Newell
inherited 53 acres of the land, and engaged in
agricultural pursuits. He soon added 40 acres
to this farm, — making a total of 93 acres of
land. Mr. Newell was one of the most enter-
prising citizens of Columbia township, and his
death was keenly felt in his vicinity. To him-
self and wife were born the following children :
Thomas T. ; Benjamin R. ; Lydia. T. ; Cassie
Melinda; and Mary L. In his religious views,
Mr, Newell preferred the Methodist creed. He
died July 9, 1900.

Mrs. Newell still lives in Columbia town-
ship, in a neat little cottage adjoining the old
homestead. Her son, Benjamin R. Newell, in-
herited this property, and there he carries on
diversified farming. He was born March 5,
1865, and attended the district schools of Co-
lumbia township. Being the youngest son, the
care of his parents devolved upon him, and
thus, upon the death of his father, he inherited
the home farm. There is an abundance of good
water on the place, and everything is kept in
excellent condition.

September i, 1895, Benjamin R. Newell
married Florence Newbold, a daughter of W.
F. Newbold, whoi was a native of Indiana.
Three children ha\'e blessed this union, namely :
Blanche L., aged eight months at the time of
her demise; Albert E., aged three years; and
Ne\'a M., aged one year. Benjamin R. Newell
is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of
the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 47, of Kirkville;
and of the M. ^A^ of A., Kirkville Camp,
No'. 4186.

Among the

HARLES A. HOWELL
well-known farmers of Columbia
township, Wapello county, Iowa, is
the gentleman whose name heads
these lines. He was born in Madison county,
Iowa, November 8, 1854, and is a son of
Benoni C. and Jane A. (Williams) Howell,
the former a native of Indiana, and the latter
a native of Kentucky.

Benoni C. HoA\ell, a veteran of the Mexi-
can and Civil A\'ars, received his early mental
training in the common schools of Indiana.
He learned the trade of a carriagemaker, which
he followed in that state for a number of years.
In 1852 he moved to Madison coimty, Iowa,
where he worked at his trade until he entered
the Union army. Mr. Howell enlisted in May,
1862, in Company H, 23d Reg., Iowa Vol.
Inf., and took part in the siege of Vicksburg,
the battle of Missionary Ridge, and in several
other engagements. He was discharged from
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lie returned to^ Madison county, where he re-
mained until 1866. He removed tO' Mexico,
iMissouri, and engaged in the sawmill and ma-
chine business. He remained in that town
until 1869, when he returned tO' Iowa and lo-
cated in Maha.ska county, near Fremont, A\-here
he purchased a farm. He lived there until the
time of his death, which occurred November 3,
1896. Toi him and his wife were born the
following children : Aaron ; John F. ; Charles
A., the subject of this sketch; Benoni C. ; and
Emma J. Mr. and Mrs. Howell were memljers
of the Methodist church of Fremont, and were
influential in helping tO' build its place of wor-
ship. Mr. Howell held the office of sheriff of
Madison county for a number of years. In po-
litical opinion, he was a Rqxiblican. His wife
died at the age of forty-fonr years.

Charles A. Howell attended the common
schools O'f Madison and Mahaska counties,
Iowa, and of Mexico^, Missouri. He engaged
in farming after his school days were over,
and moved later to* Macedonia, Iowa, where he
went into the livery business. He then returned
to Mahaska county, and farmed on the old
homestead. He continued this until 1898,
when he sold out and purchased 80 acres of
land in Columbia township. There he has de-
^•oted his time toi general fanning and stock
raising. He has 75 head of Poland-China hogs
and is especially interested in Hereford cattle.
Mr. Howell is a man of much energy and abil-
ity, and his success is well earned.

In 1879 the subject oif this sketch married
Amelia Stevens, a daughter of Carlos and Be-
linda (Eldridge) Stevens. Carlos Stevens was

a nati\'e of Vermont, and his wife was a nati\-e
of New York. She died September 19, 1898,
aged sixty-six years. Mr. Stevens, who made
his home with Mr. Howell during the last years
of his life, died September 10, 1901, aged sev-
enty-six years. Seven children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Howell, namely : AA'alter C. ;
Jesse R. ; Benoni C. ; Stevens C. ; Leah A. ;
Emma J., deceased; and a child who died in
infancy.

Mr. Howell and his wife attend the Meth-
odist church. The former was made a Mason
in 1876, having then joined Toleration Lodge,
Xo. 236, of Fremont, Iowa. Politically, he is
a Republican.

RS. JANE GARDNER, who super-
intends the work upon her farm in
Columbia township, Wapello' coun-
ty, Iowa, is the widow Oif Joseph
Gardner. She has a very pleasant home, and,
being a good manager, has made a success of
farming.

Joseph Gardner, who was a native of Ire-
land, when fifteen years of age came tO' America
with his parents in 1834. He landed at New
York, worked about the docks there for some
time, and in 1844 came toi Iowa. He settled
in Columbia township, where he purchased a
farm, 'a part of which is now owned b}' his son,
William B. He was thrice married, his first
union being with Clarissa Nogle, by whom he
had the following children : Elizabeth ; James ;
John ; and Lydia. He was next married to
Eliza Black, and thev had one child, ^^llliam

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B. He was then married to Mrs. Jane Johnson,
the subject of this sketcli; no children were
born to them.

Mrs. Gardner has been twice married, her
first union having been with Joseph Johnson,
deceased, \Aho' was one of the pioneer settlers
of AA'apello county, Iowa, having located in
Eddyville in 1854. He was born in County
Derry, Ireland, and was a son oi John and
Xanc}' Ann Johnson, both natives of Ireland,
\\here the}- alwaws lived. Joseph Johnson came
to the United States, landing at Philadelphia,
and soon afterward located in Ohio, where he
lived about five years. He there met and mar-
ried Jane Conley, daughter of John and Mary
(Robison) Conley. He engaged in ciuarrying,
and was foreman of a stone quarry in Ohio.
He left that state, stopped at Oskaloosa, Iowa,
for three weeks, and then proceeded with his
wife and bab}- to Edd}'ville, where he remained
for nine years. During this time he was en-
s'asred in the stone business, and afterward rent-
ed a farm now owned 1j}" Mr. Gordon, on which
he lived for three years. He then purchased
the farm A\'hich is now uwned by his widow.
It contained 53 acres, and he added an adjoin-
ing 86 acres. There was an old Ing shanty on
the property, into which, after repairing it, he
moved with his family, and there the)' lived
for nine years. He died in 1877, at
the age of fortA'-seven years. 3ilr. and ^Mrs.
Johnson became the parents of eight children,
seven of whom grew to maturit}- and are now
living, as follows: John; Hugh; Mary; James;
Nancy A. ; Joseph ; and Ella J. ■Mr. Johnson
was a member of the Presbyterian church.

Political!}', he was a Democrat, and a strong
supporter of party principles.

Airs. Gardner well remembers her first visit
to Ottumwa, at a time when there \A'ere but two
log- houses where now is located a beautiful
and prosperous cit}'. After the death oif her
first husband, she was united in marriage with
Joseph Gardner, who lived but three years after
their marriage. She built her present five-room
house in 1888, a xery comfortable dwelling,
with a large porch which adds greatly to the
general appearance of the place. She is an in-
telligent woman, with a good understanding
oi business principles, and, as before mentioned,
has met with success in conducting the affairs
of her farm. She has a large number of friends
in the communit}' in which she has lived for
so many years. Religiously, she is an Episco-
palian.

TTO BRE-MHORST, the oldest gro-
cer of Ottumwa, Wapello county,
Iowa, first located here in 1871. He
was born in Prussia, Germany, Alarch
II, 1846.

He was reared in his native country until
he reached the age O'f eighteen years. He has
jjeen engaged in the grocery business since he
was thirteen years old, when his father died.
His mother died in 1880, having given birth
to six children, of whom Otto was the only one '
to- come to this country. In company with a
party of six young men he came to this coun-
try and located in St. Louis, Missouri, where he
spent a couple of years as a grocery clerk.

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Having distant relatives in Lee county, Iowa,
he moved thither and engaged in the grocery
business in the town of St. Paul. His employer
also owned a farm, and Mr. Bremhorst divided
his time in working on it and in the store,
and thus recovered his health. He came to
Ottumwa, Iowa, December ii, 1871, entered
the employ of H. C. Grube in the grocery busi-
ness, and continued with him for a period of
fourteen years. He then engaged in business
for himself, and since November 19, 1888, has
occupied his present quarters at No. loi South
Court street, the building being owned by Mr.
Grube. He carries a complete line of staple
and fancy groceries, flour, etc., and up to 1897
handled a large amount of feed. He ships
flour by the carload, and has an excellent pat-
ronage in this line, making a specialty of the
"Gold C^oin" and "Owatonna ' brands. The
building is 120 feet deep, and he has added to
it in the rear, to secure sufficient room for the
business. Seven people are employed in the
store, — four of them being members of his
family, — and two or three delivery wagons are
kept busy all the time. He is a very progressive
man and an excellent manager, and the sum
total of business transacted in 1900 exceeded
that of 1899 by over $5,000.

Mr. Bremhorst was united in marriage, at
Ottumwa, with Catherine Ostdick, and they
are the parents of eight children, as follows :
Catherine, wife of Henry Stoessel, residing in
Minnesota; Herman, who is head man in his
father's store; Henry, who is also employed in
the store; Lena; Amelia; Mary; and Leo,
who drives one of the delivery wagons used

in his father's business. Politically, the subject
of this sketch is a Democrat. In religious be-
lief, he is a Catholic. For the past twenty-six
years his residence has been at No. 1005 North
Court street.

ENIAH DIMMITT, a gentleman of
high educational attainments, is su-
perintendent of schools of Wapello
county, Iowa, and is serving as such
in the most efficient manner. He has great na-
tural' ability as an instructor and received train-
ing in high class institutions for educational
work. He was born in Highland township,
Wapello county, Iowa, in 1864, and is a son of
the late Beniah Dimmitt, Sr.

Beniah Dimmitt, Sr., settled in Highland
township, in 1844, having come from Indiana.
He was a prominent farmer and stock-raiser,
and lived here until his death in 1875. He was
married here to Elizabeth Padgett, who was
born in Pennsylvania, in 1827, and is now liv-
ing in Ottumwa, at the age of seventy-four
years. This union resulted in the following off-
spring: Austin; Laura; Olive; Lincoln; Ben-
iah; Samuel; Tolbert, and Lada. Austin died
in 1884, at the age of about thirty years. Laura
resides at Ottumwa with her mother. Olive
died in 1886, having been married, in 1885, to
George Phillips, who was formerly county su-
perintendent of schools and is now located at
Ottumwa, in the employ of the C. B. & Q.
Railroad Company. Lincoln resides in Dahl-
onega township, Wapello county. Samuel re-

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sides with his wife on the old family homestead
in Highland township. Tolhert is employed in
the main office of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, at Chicago, Illinois. Lada is de-
ceased.

Beniah Dimmitt was reared in this county
and attended Mrs. Peck's Normal School,
where he completed a four-year course in 1885.
He then followed the profession of teaching
four or five years in Wapello county, after
which he was superintendent of schools at Rich-
land, Keokuk county, for three years. He re-
signed to attend the Iowa State Normal School
at Cedar Falls, from which institution he was
graduated in 1894. In that year he went to
Hopkins, Missouri, where he served as princi-
pal of schools for five and a half years. In
1899 he was elected superintendent of schools
of Wapello county, Iowa, succeeding Joseph
Parks, and this office he has since filled in a
most creditable manner. In the summer of 1896
he spent some months in psychological work in
Clark University at Worcester, Massachusetts,
and has also held positions as instructor in vari-
ous institutes during the summer. He stands
very high in his profession, and is one of the
most highly esteemed citizens of Ottumwa. He
resides with his mother and sisters at No. 318
West Maple avenue, Ottumwa.

In politics Mr. Dimmitt is a Democrat, al-
though his family is mainly Republican. Fra-
ternally he is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows ; a Mason, belonging to
the Commandery, K. T., at Ottumwa, and to
Moila Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of St. Jo-

seph, Missouri. He is a member of the State
Teacher's Association. A portrait of Mr. Dim-
mitt accompanies this mention of his life.

OHN S. KRIEGH. This gentleman
was born in Knox county, Illinois,
January 11, 1854, and is a son of
John and Margaret (Hayes) Kriegh.
He is living in section 23, township ']2, range
12, Pleasant township, WapeUo county, Iowa,
and is actively engaged in the tilling of the soil.
John Kriegh was born in Washington
county, Maryland, January 5, 1822, and his
death occurred in Knox county, Illinois, at the
advanced age of seventy-six years. In 1851 he
was united in marriage with Margaret Hayes,
who was born in 1823. They were the parents
of seven children, namely: Maiy; John S.,
the subject of this sketch; William; Maggie;
Ida; David; and Alice. In 1854 Mr. Kriegh
moved to Knox county, Illinois, and settled on
the farm which was his home for forty-three
years. He was brought up in the Lutheran
faith, and was a Christian in the truest sense
of the word. His death was sincerely mourned
in Knoxville and that vicinity, where he was
known for his many amiable traits of char-
acter and his kindness to all. A man' of re-
tiring disposition, gentle and hospitable, he won
for himself many lifelong friends.

John S. Kriegh married Eva Allen, Sep-
tember 6, 1878. She was a daughter of John
and Lydia (Epperson) Allen. Her union with

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577

Mr. Kriegh was blessed by the birth of eight
children, namely : Frank ; Harley ; Fred ;
Mary; Alice; Harry; James; and John. Mrs.
Kriegh died June 26, 1897, and was laid to^ rest
in the Carter cemetery, west of Bladensburg.
On December 25, 1899, Mr. Kriegh married
Elizabeth Swank, and in less than a year her
death occurred.

Mr. Kriegh is now li^-ing with his children
on his farm oi 150 acres. His two' eldest
daughters act as housekeepers, and the house
is well managed by them. Mr. Kriegh is en-
gaged in general farming. He is a conscien-
tious man, o>f upright, honest principles, and
is held in high esteem by the citizens of Wapello
county. He belongs tO' the lodges of the Wood-
men, Odd Fellows, and Royal Neighbors. In
ix>litics, j\Ir. Kriegh is a Democrat. He has
served as township trustee, road supervisor and
school director.

RS. MARY ANN RENFEW, wid-
ow of the late John Renfew, re-
sides on a farm of 160 acres of
land in Gre'cn township, W'apello
county, Iowa, in section 18, township 71, range
14. She was born in Maryland, and is a
daughter of William and Catherine Graves.
William Graves was an Englishman, and came
to this country early in life, following the trade
of a bookbinder. He worked in New York
City some time, and then removed tO' Maryland,
where the subject of this sketch was born.
Shortly after removing to Maryland his wife

died of the cholera, and his death occurred
shortly afterward. Mary Ann Graves, the sub-
ject hereof, was left an orphan at the age of
nine years. Until the time of her marriage she
was obliged to work out in order to support
herself. She married John Renfew in 1843.
John Renfew was born in 1819, in Berks
county, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Isaac
Renfew. The grandfather of John Renfew
was a native (jf Ireland, and taught school dur-
ing the winter months, working at his trade
the rest of the year. His soil Isaac was a
wea\-er by trade, and he, tooi, was a native of
Ireland. In 1850 John Renfew settled in Jones
count}', Iowa, where he remained for a period
of three vears. He then returned tO' Pennsyl-
vania, but, not finding the place to his liking,
remained there only a short time and then
came back to Iowa. He settled in Eddyville,
where he made shingles and followed the trade
of a carpenter until 1858. He then bought 40
acres of land in Green township, on which he
lived for twelve years. Hie sold this land and
bought the homestead on ^\■hich his wife now
resides. Mr. Renfew died in 1883, and his
death was sincerely mourned in the community.
He was a Democrat in pohtics, and a member of
the Christian church.

V. TINSLEY, the genial proprietor
of a large hotel and livery stable in
Blakesburg, Wapello' coimty, Iowa,
was born en a farm and is one of
eleven children. He was born in 1829, and is

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

a son of F. J\I. Tinsley, whO' is a nati\'e of Ken-
tucky. F. M. Tinsley followed farming foT a
number of years, and is now living in Blalies-
burg, where he bought a home, having settled
in Wapello county in 1849.

A. V. Tinsley, the subject of this sketch,
was reared in the district schools of his native
county. His father's famih- was large, and his
father was obliged to gi\e the children onh' a
limited education, because he needed their as-
sistance on the farm. Mr. Tinslcs' was always
a co-nscientious buy, and Ijy paying strict atten-
tion to business he gained a practical knowledge
^^■hich has alwa}'s been of great benefit to. him.
In 1889, after leaving the farm, he built a livery
stable in Blakesburg. This was the first busi-
ness of the kind established in the village. The
building is 42 1d}' 92 feet in size, and is stocked
with all kinds of carriages, buggies and hacks,
necessary to run such a business. In 1899 i\Ir.
Tinsley built a large tAvn-stor}- hotel, 42 bv 32
feet in dimensions, which is a \'erv popular re-
sort for the traveling public. Mr. Tinsley has
also increased his work Ijy engaging in the ma-
chine lui.-jness with his son Charles, and in this
they have been \ery successful. Mr. Tinsley
is one of the best business men oi Blakesburg,
and his opinion is often sought on affairs that
pertain tn the advancement of the village and
its surroundings.

The subject of this sketch was united in
marriage with Julia Rowe in 1873. She is a
daughter df John Rowe, who is a carpenter.
Four children have resulted fnm this union,
and their names are : Fannie, born December
2fi, 1876; Maggie, born March 19, 1878;

Paulina, born September i, 1879, '^^''''O' is the
wife of Howard Woodford, of Blakesburs--
and Charles H., born August i, 1881. In poli-
tics, .Mr. Tinsley is a Democrat, and has held
the ofBce of constable for fourteen years. He
attends the Methodist church.

NDREW J. HICKS, Jr., a prosperous

farmer oi Green township, W'apello

county, lo'wa, who lives on a farm of

80 acres in section 8, township 71,

range 14, is a nati\'e of Green township. He

was boTn Octoljer 7, 1865, and is a son of A. J.

and Mary (Luther) Hicks.

A. J. Hicks, .Sr., is a native of Indiana.
There he received his mental training, near
Lafayette, and in 1861 removed to Iowa. He
purchased a farm in Green township, and from
time to time has added to this land until he now
owns 213 acres. This land is in a high state
of cultivation, and constitutes one of the finest
farms in the township. Mr. Hicks carries on
general farming and stock raising. He mar-
ried Alary Luther, who was born in Indiana.
They reared the following children : Joseph ;
Marilda; Alargaret ; and A. J. Politically, ;\Ir.
Hicks is a Democrat, and has held se\-eral
township offices.

A. J. Hicks, Jr., the subject ol this brief
biograph}'. received his early instruction in the
commfju schools of Green township. His was
the li;t of the a^'erage farmer bov, as he re-
mained under the parental roof until he reached
his majority. With the exception of two years

J. F. BIZER.

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581

spent in Nebraska, he has hved in \\'ai)ellu
cuiint}- all his life. From the time he started
ont t<j make his own way in the world until
1899 he rented farms in Green township. In
1899 he bought 40 acres of land, which, in
connection with 40 acres owned Ijy his wife,
makes up his present farm. His success has
been the result of his own exertion, as he left
his father's home without a dollar in his pos-
session. He is now considered one (jf the most
progressive farmers in the tow nship.

r\lr. Hicks was united in marriage with
Maria Reed, a daughter of Benjamin and De-
lilah Reed, pioneer settlers of Wapello county.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hicks ha\'e Ijeen born three
children, — Estella, Benjamin and an infant,
deceased. Mr. Hicks casts his A-ote with the
Democratic party, and has been honored b)' re-
ceiving the votes of his fellow citizens \\hich
elected him to several of the township nffices.
He is a member of the Modern AA'oodmen of

America.

« » »

F. BIZER, a prosperous and pro-
gressive farmer of Wapello county,
Iowa, operates an excellent farm in
sections 4 and 9, township^ "ji. range
14, Center township. He has one of the best
and most modern farm houses in the \'icinity ; it
is two stories high and 2,2 by 56 feet, in dimen-
sions, and the barns and other outbuildings are
in keeping with it.

O. P Bizer, father of J. F., was born in
Ohio, and died in Wapello' county, Iowa, at the
age of seventy-three years. He followed farm-

ing nearly all his life, although he worked on a
steamboat on the Ohio' Ri\-er for some time,
running from Cincinnati to New Orleans, and
then up the ri\-er, to St. Joseph. He folhjwed
this work for five seasons and in 1850 mo\'e(l
to Iowa, and settled on a farm in Center town-
ship, \A'apello county. This he cultivated until
1869, when he purchased the farm m.w oper-
ated by his son, one mile west of the former.
He was a man of high standing in the commun-
ity, and his adx'ice in matters of public interest
was highly \alued. He was count)' supervisor
at the time the court Ik ;use was built, and served
on the building committee, of which he was
made chairman. Being a man of great public
spirit and fine personality, his death was
monrned ])_\' his neighbors and fellow citizens as
a Ifjss to the community. He married Margaret
Booth, wh(;se grandfather belonged tC' the no'-
bility of England, but came to this country to
escape an unpleasant matrimonial alliance, fos-
tered by his parents. Pie showed his sterling
qualities b}' carxing out an honorable place for
himself in this country.

J. F. Bizer was Ijorn in Oct(jber, 1856, and
came with his parents to this farm in 1869. It
was then \'tx\ little impro\-ed. There was a
log house upon the ])ropert}', which was re-
placed in 1875 by a fine, modern home, — one of
the best farm houses in the count)-. In 1895
O. P. Bizer built a two-stor\- barn, 42 b\- ^2
feet in size, with a l^asement running under the
whole of it. He set out many small trees, —
which he has seen grow to magnificent propor-
ti(,ns, — and prided himself on the fine appear-
ance of his farm. He also set out a good or-

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chard of various kinds oi fruit, which bears
heavily. He had good outbuildings, and his
entire farm was well fenced.

J. F. Bizer has had this farm rented for the
past twenty-four years. He is engaged in gen-
eral farming and dairying, and has an elegant
herd of about 50 head O'f thoroughbred Hol-
stein cattle. He was united in marriage, in
1 88 1, with Flora M. Farmer, and they are the
parents of three children, namely : Edna, born
March 12, 1883; O. P., born August 19, 1885;
and Joseph, who was born August 10, 1888,
and died at the age of three years. The subject
of this sketch has always been a Democrat, but
is liberal in his views. His portrait accom-
panies this sketch.

OSEPH FRAXKLL\ HILL, a well-
known farmer O'f Green township, AA'a-
pello county, Iowa, living on a farm of
80 acres in section 21, toiwnship 71,
rang"e 14, was born in 1838, in Clermont coun-
ty, Ohio, six miles from the place ^\'here Gen-
eral Grant \\as born. His father, John Hill,
who \\'as a nati\'e of Pennsylvania, died in
Iowa, at the age O'f sixty-twO' years. Mr. Hill's
ancestoTS came from Germany and settled in
this country in the early colonial days. They
were tillers of the soil.

Joseph Franklin Hill attended the common
schools of his native state. In 1864 he enlisted
in the 184th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., at Camp
Chase. His regiment was sent south to- do> duty.
After the war was over Mr. Hill returned to

Clermont county, Ohio', and in 1873 moved to
AA^apello county, Iowa, settling on the farm
which he now owns, in Green township. He at
once began clearing the land and improving it
generally. It has now reached a high state of
cultivation, and he has one of the most com-
fortable homes in the county. Mr. Hill built
a house and a number, of outbuildings on the
place, and everything about the property pre-
sents a neat and attractive appearance. Mr.
Hill has an old horse, twenty-nine years of
age, which he keeps and cares for just because
it helped him tO' make his farm what it is.
This is but one instance oi Mr. Hill's kindly
character, and many similar ones might be
mentioned.

In 1858 Mr. Hill married the daughter of
Thomas S. Donley. She was born in Ohio
August 20, 1840. Thomas S. Donley was born
in Kentucky, and \\'hen a boy moved tO' Ohio,
where he died at the age of eighty-four years.
He married Mary Patterson, a native of Ohio,
who also' reached the age of eighty-four years.
She was a daughter of John P. Patterson, and
her grandmother, a highly educated woman,
was a famous physician of her day. \[r. and
Mrs. Hill have five children, as follows : Susan
Frances, wife of Newton AA'ilson, who resides
in South Ottumwa; Mary Louisa, wife of E.
G. Harsch, of Green township; Dora C, wife
of A!\-in Kendall, of Ottumwa ; Josie Elizabeth,
wife of ^Vlfred Marts; and Sarah Ethel, who is
at home.

Mr. Hill has been reelected clerk of Green
township, an office he has filled in an able man-
ner for a number of terms. For nine years he

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583

acted as secretary oif the school board, and un-
der his administration one of the l^est school-
lioiises in tlie townsliip was erected, and the
term was lengthened to^ a duration of seven
months. Politically, Mr. Hill is a Democrat.

OHX PARKS, a pioneer settler of Rich-
land township, Wapello county, Iowa,
whose home is now in Kirkville, ^\'as
born in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1832.
He is a son of Thomas and Elsie (Burley)
Parks.

Thomas Parks was born in Pennsyhania,
and at the age oi thirty years moved to- Ohio,
where he farmed. In 1839 he located in Van
Buren county, Iowa, and in 1845 settled in
Richland township, this county, where he pur-
chased a farm. Politically, he was a ^\'hig,
and later in life a Republican. He died at the
age of eighty years on. his home farm in Rich-
land township. Pie was one of the pioneer set-
tlers of the county, and did much to assist in
the progress and development of the communi-
ty. He married Elsie Burle)-, and they reared
the f( llowing children: Nancy, Mary, Joseph,
Ellen, Clinton, and Stewart, all deceased; Em-
ily ; Joshua and Agnes, both deceased ; John ;
and James.

John Parks, whose name heads this sketch,
was six years old when his parents located in
Inwa. He received his mental training in the
country schools, and assisted his father on the
farm. He followed that occupation until a few
vears agoi, when he retired from active life and
took up his residence in Kirkville, \\-here he

now lives. Mr. Parks married Lydia Witten-
myer, whO' was born in Vermilion count}-, Indi-
ana, in 1835. The record of their children is as
folli)ws : Marv, deceased: Sarah Ann, who mar-
ried C. Brown, and now lives in Richland town-
ship ; Jonathan ; X. S. ; Jane ; A\'illiam ; and
Rose.

Mr. and Mrs. Parks are members of the
Methc'dist church of Kirkville. Politically, the
f(.:rnier is a Republican. He is widely known in
Wapello county, and is deserving of the confi-
dence repiised in him by all.

ILLIAM HIRST, a highly respected

farmer of Richland township, \A'a-

pello county, Iowa, was born in

Yorkshire, England, in 18 19, and

is a son 1 if Thomas and Phoebe ( Greenroyd )

Hirst.

Thomas Plirst was born in Yorkshire, Eng-
land, in 1777, and was a son of John and ]\Iary
(Pearson) Hirst, botli natives of England. He
was a weaver !)}• trade, but later in life engaged
in farming, which he followed until his death,
in 1868. His union with Phoebe Greenri:i}'d,
who was burn in Yorkshire, England, resulted
in the Ijirth of the following" children: John;
Ann; William;, Joseph: James; Benjamin;
Mary; Sarah; Alice; Louisa; and George.
James came to the P'nited States and located in
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he li^'ed until his death,
in 1897. Pie was a machinist, and was the in-
ventor of the Hirst nidtor, of which he was als( j
the manufacturer.

William Hirst came to the United States

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

in 1S47, ^t the age of twenty-four }'ears, and
landed at the port of Xew York. He then lo-
cated in Ohio and li\-ed there until 1850, when
he came west to Iowa, locating in Burlington.
LTp to that time his \\ork had been that of a
shoemaker. He moved toi A\'ap€llo county,
Iowa, in 185 1, and \\'as located at Ecldyville
until the fall of that year, when he settled on
his farm in section 21, Richland township,
\\here he now owns 160 acres of valuable land.
He lived on this place until 1892, when he
mo\'ed with his wife tO' his present home in
Kirk\ille, where he li\es a retired life, having
rented his farm. He is a Republican in politics,
although he cast his first vote for Franklin
Pierce. Fie also \()ted f(jr John C. Fremont.
He has ser\'ed as a director of the school board
in his district for a number of )-ears.

Mr. Hirst was first married to Eliza Ker-
sha\\-, whO' died in 1861, having given birth to
the following children : Sarah A. ; Thomas, a
farmer in Richland township: James, a black-
smith at Ottumwa ; Martha; John, a blacksmith
of Ottumwa; Lincoln, a blacksmith; and Will-,
iam, deceased. i\[r. Hirst married a second
time, — wedding Elizabeth J. ^McNair, who was
born in Knox county, Ohio', in 1838, and they
have one child, Rosella, wlm married David
\\'illennner, a farmer in Richland township.

FORGE T. GOUDY. This gentleman

stands high among the foremust

farmers of A\ a])ello countw Inwa.

He resides in Pleasant tuwnship, his

farm of no acres being located in sections 7

and 8. Air. Goudy was born in Dahlonega
township, AA'apello county, in 1864, and is a
son of Andrew J. and Rachel ( Kight) Goudy.
Andrew J. Goud_\- was born in Virginia,
September 19, 1823, and died February 15,
1887. He was a cooper and sa-wyer, and his
early life was spent in Ohio. In 1852 he
moved tO' \A''apello' county and located in Dah-
lonega township, where he lived until 1867.
He then bought a farm in section 6, Pleasant
tow nsbip, and that place was his home until his
death occurred. His wife was Rachel Kight,
who was born in Ohio, January 18, 1828, and
died Decemlier 2, 1887. The)- reared the fol-
lowing children: James F., born June 17,
1848; Sarah E., born March 10, 1851; Hilary
L., who was born November 19, 1854, and died
October 16, 1855; Xancy A., born August 16,
1857; Rhoda v., born April 25, 1861 ; George
T., born April 5, 18:14; Cordilla, who was born
July 53, 1866, and died September 18, 1896;
and Verdie, born October 12, 1870.

George T. Goudy was but twenty-two years
old at the time of his father's death. From
1889 to 1892 he rented a farm in Pleasant
township, and in 1892 bought the farm which
he now owns. Air. Goudy had a thorough
training in agricultural matters, and much of
his success has been due to this fact. He is a
man of shrewdness and much business ability
and his career has been a vtry successful one.

A!r. Goudx- was united in marriage with
Xora Timonds, a native of Pleasant township,
will! was born February 19, 1868. She is r\
daughter of James Timonds, a prominent farm-
er of Pleasant township. Air. and Airs. Goudy

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are the parents of three children, — James C,
Harry T. and Mary I. Mr. Goudy is a liiem-
ber of the Repubhcan party, in which he takes
a deep interest. His \\-ife is a member of the
Christian church.

LBERT LONG. This gentleman
lives on sections 13 and 14, High-
land township, Wapello county,
Iowa. He owns a farm of 120
acres, which he keeps in a fine state of cultiva-
tion. Mr. Long was born in Franklin county,
Indiana, November 2, 1851, and is a son of
Emanuel and Alatilda J. ( Da^'idson ) Long.

Emanuel Long was born in Lebanon coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, in 1822. He married j\Ia-
tilda J. Davidson, in January, 1850. They
were the parents of 12 children, eight of whom
reached maturity. These are : Albert ; John,
who married ]\Iary Dimmitt, and is li\'irig in
Dahlonega township ; George, who married
Kate Miller, and is also li\-ing in that town-
ship; Erie ]\I.. who married Emma A. Lane,
and resides in the same township ; Theodore,
who married Mar}- Bemer, and lives in Taylor
county, Iowa; Chester R., who married Annie
Ankrom, and is living in Council Bluffs, Iowa ;
Miranda, who is the wife of John Reynard, of
Osceola, Iowa; and Mattie A,, who is now
teaching school in Center township.

Emanuel Long died No\-ember 19, 1895,
in his seventy-third year. His widow married
Rev. J. B. Hill, a superannuated Methodist

minister, who at one time was presiding elder
of the Ottumwa district. This old couple are
now living at their ease in Agency City.

Albert Long, the subject of this biograph}',
removed to Iowa in 1869. He located in Dah-
lonega township, Wapello count}-, where he
hired out by the month to Benjamin Randall,
a well known farmer of Center township. He
worked by the month for seven years, and after
his marriage moved onto one of Mr. Randall's
farms in Richland township, and later bought
his present home farm in Highland township.
There he carries on general farming. He has
had a thorough training in operating a farm,
and has been very successful.

;\lr. Long was wedded to ;\Iary F Lane
a daughter of L. D. and Elizabeth ( Springer)
Lane, March 2, 1876. Ten children were born
to theni, of whom fi\e are now living; the rec-

] ord is as follows : Glennie, born July 18, 1877,
died February 25, 1878: I\'y A., born .\ugust
2, 1879, died January 19, 1893 ; Virgil E., born
September 9, 1881. died August 24, 1884 ; John
D., born February 5, 1885; Albert, Jr., born
February 21, 1888; Blanche G., born May 28,
1891; Ruth E., born July 25. 1893; X^orton

I R., born February 18, 1896; Ralph \\'., born
March 21, 1898. died .-\ugust 17, 1899; and
M\rtle, born OctolDer 10, 1900, died ^March 24,
1901.

Mr. Long and his wife are members of the
Methodist church. Fraternally, yiv. Long is
an Odd Fellow. Fie records his \ote with the
Repul^lican party. He is well known and,

\ highh' respected in Wa])ello county. On a pre-

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ceding page is shown a picture of Mr. and Mrs.
Long and family, reproduced from a photo-
graph taken in the fall of 1901.

LANDER POWELSON is a well

known resident of A\'apello county,

Iowa, and is located in Pleasant

township, where he is engaged in

general farming, and rents most of his farm.

He was born in Ohio in 1838 and is a son of

Abraham and Rachel (Connor) Powelson.

Abraham Powelson was born in Virginia
in 1 81 2, and was a farmer by occupation. He
located in Ohio when a lad, and lived there
until his death. Pie was united in marriage
with Rachel Connor, who was born in 1814,
and they reared eight children, as follows :
Lewis ; Martin V. ; Leander ; Lovina, deceased ;
an infant, deceased ; Delilah ; Elmira and Ir-
win.

Leander Powelson engaged in farming at
an early day, and then followed the trade of a
carpenter in Ohio, where he li\ed until 1861,
when he located in Jefferson county, Iowa. In
1866 he came to A\^apello county, Iowa, and
settled in section 36, Pleasant township. He
enlisted from Batavia, Iowa, in 1862, in Com-
pany D, 19th Reg., Iowa \"oI, Inf., under Cap-
tain AA'right, and served nine months, when he
recei\-ed a wuund in the left leg, above the
knee, in the battle of Prairie Gro\-e. He was
kept in the hospital from December 7 until
April, and was then discharged at Springfield,
^Missouri. Pie returned to AA^apello count}-.

and for three months was located at Ottumwa.
He then lived in different parts of the coun-
tr}' and followed his trade of carpenter for a
number of years. In 1866 he Ixjught his pres-
ent farm of sixty acres in section 12, Pleasant
township, and located upon it in 1870. He
followed general farming for many years, but
now rents most of his land. In 1894 his house
and barn were destroyed by fire; later in the
same year he erected a seven-room, two-story
house, in which he now lives.

Air. Powelson was united in marriage with
Mary E. Smith, who was born in Wapello
county, Iowa, in 1848. Her father was one
of the early settlers of the county, and is still
living at the advanced age of eighty years.
Mr. Powelson is a Democrat in politics and
has served as justice of the peace, trustee,
clerk and school director of his township.
Fraternallv he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow.

A. BROWN, a well known farmer
and stock raiser, residing in Co-
lumbia township, Wapello county,
Iowa, was born in Columbia town-
ship, a mile and three-quarters southeast of his
present farm, June 17, 1849. He is a son of
David and Eliza (Forester) Brown, the father
a native of Virginia, and the mother, of In-
diana.

Da\'id Brown moved to Indiana with his
parents when a small hoy, and settled in John-
son county, where he grew to manhood. He
was a farmer, and owned a small tract of land

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589

there, which he disposed of and then moved
to Missouri. In 1846 he came to Mahaska
county, Iowa, where lie took up a claim and
remained for two years. He then disposed
of his claim and moved to Columbia township,
\Vapello county, on the farm now owned by
Philip Dotts and his son, Gideon Dotts. He
entered this tract of 160 acres, on which he
made many improvements and which he put
under a high state of cultivation. He added
to his original entry until he had a farm of
upwards of 640 acres, and was at one time
considered the wealthiest farmer in the town-
ship. He was industrious, honest and upright
in all his transactions, and stood very high in
the community. His union with Eliza Forester
resulted in- the following offspring; Catherine,
Martha, Lewis V., Barbara Ellen, Rachel E.,
W. A. and George W. and Jackson, twins.
After the death of his first wife he married
Barbara Foglesong, a native of Indiana, by
whom he had four children, as follows: Alary
Jane, Florence, Mack L. and Mattie. Air.
Brown was a member of the Lutheran church
and helped to erect a church at Eddyville. Po-
litically he was a Democrat. He died in Alay,
1900, at the age of eighty-three years.

A\'illiam .\. Brown received a common-
school education in Columbia township, AA'a-
pello county, l<jwa, and remained at home un-
til he reached the age of twenty-one years. He
engaged in farming for himself, and in 1882
made his first purchase of land, — a tract of 40
acres. This he subsequently sold, and pur-
chased a tract of 155 acres of Alexander
Black, which is his present homestead. The

farm is devoted to general farming and stock
raising. He raises good crops of corn, wheat
and oats, and in stock raising — makes a spe-
cialty of high-grade hogs, — always keeping on
an average 45 head of the Poland-China breed.
His farm is well adapted to raising stock, as
it is well watered by springs and also by
Kavanaugh Creek, a small stream that seldom
runs dry. He has made a great success ui his
occupation, and stands \\ell in the county in
which he has lived all his life.

Air. Brown was united in matrimonial
bonds in 1878 with Maretta Chapman, a
daughter of W'ells Chapman, a native of Ohio,
where she was born May 12, 1855. She came
with her parents to Missouri, thence to Illinois,
and in 1872 to Iowa, settling in Mahaska
county. The parents of Mrs. Brown now re-
side in Monroe county, Iowa, where they own
a farm. This union resulted in the birth of the
following children; AVilliam L. ; Ida AI., de-
ceased ; Mary Ellen ; Minnie Esther, wife of
AA'illiam S. Hindman, of Mahaska county;
Elizabeth; Bertie L. ; and Edna AI., deceased.
In political \-iews Air. Brown is a Democrat.
Fraternally he is a member of Day Lodge, Xo.
26, I. O. O. F., and of the Alodern AA'oodmen

of America.

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OHN AIURRAA' This gentleman is
one of the prominent farmers li\-ing
in Pleasant township, Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa. He was born in Ohio in
1839, and is a son of Adam ami Charit\' ( El-
liott) Alurray.

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Adam Alurray was born in Virginia, where
he Hvecl ah his Hfe. He was a blacksmith and
farmer ])y occupation. He married Cliarity
Ehiott, a native of West Virginia, and the)'
reared 12 children, namely: Margaret; John:
Andrew, deceased : William ; Fanny, deceased ;
Simon; Alary E. ; George and Andy, deceased;
Elliott, who lives on a farm in Ohio: Thomas,
A\ ho is a farmer in Pleasant township ; and
Catherine, deceased.

John }ilurray lived in his native county
until 1862, when he enlisted in Companv C,
C)4th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and served until the
close of the war. He saw se\'en da3-s' con-
tinuous fighting at the battle of Stone Ri\'er,
and also took part in the battle of Perry ville,
having marched two days and nights to reach
the battle-field. At that time one canteen of
water served for two men. At the close of the
war Mr. Murray returned to Ohio, where he
remained for one )-ear. In 1866 he made a jour-
ney In Wapello county, Iowa, where he re-
mained for two }-ears with his uncle, AVilliam.
In 1867 he married Catherine Campbell, who
was born in Pennsyh'ania, in 1839. They
located on the Dennison farm and continued
there until 1870, when they moved to Xewton
county, Missouri. After living in that county
three years, they returned to Wapello countA'
and took up the farm which Air. AInrrav m.iw
owns and conducts. It consists of 118 acres,
and is in section 10, Pleasant township. Mr.
Alurray is engaged in general farming and
stock raising. He is a public-spirited man, and
takes a deep and acti\'e interest in local afifairs.

His union \\'ith Catherine Campbell re-

sulted in four children, as follows : Charity,
who lives at home : Alary, who married Charles
Parker, and li\'es in Knox county, Alissouri;
Josephine ; and Essie, who married Charles R.
Ingram, and li\es in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Air. Alurray is a member of the Republican
party. He belongs to the Grand Army of the
Republic, and he and his wife are members of
the Alethodist church.

IXCOLX DIAIAIITT, a prosperous

farmer residing in Dahlonega town-

shi-p, AA'apello county, Iowa, was

born in Highland township, AA^apello

county, in i860. He is a son of Beniah and

Elizabeth (Padgett) Dimmitt.

Beniah Dimmitt was a native of Virginia.
After lea\-ing his native state he removed to
Pennsyh'ania, and later to Indiana. From
there, in 1844, he came to AA^apello county,
Iowa, where he died in 1875. All of his life
he followed farming and stock raising. He
married Elizabeth Padgett, who was a native
of Pennsyh'ania. Five of the children born
to them are now li\'ing, namely : Lincoln, the
subject of this sketch : Beniah, who is school
superintendent of AA'apello county, making his
home in Ottumwa ; Laura ; Samuel ; and Tol-
bert, \Aho li\'es in Chicago-. Those deceased
are 01i\'e, Austin and Lada. |

Lincoln Dimmitt received his schooling in
his native county. He lived on his father's
farm until he had reached the age of twenty-
seven }'ears, when he located on his present

L. T. CRISMAN.

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farm in Dahlonega township. He now owns
133 acres of land in the north half of section
12. For fifteen years he dealt extensi\ely in
horses. At present he is engaged in general
farming and stock raising. Mr. Dimmitt is a
man of much thrift and energy, and his success
has been due entirely to his own efforts. He
takes an acti\'e part in local affairs and readily
lends his assistance when any new movement
for the good of the communit}" is started.

Mr. Dimmitt married Mar)- M. Robertson,
who was born in Wapello count}- in 1862. She
is a daughter of \A'. AI. Robertson, of Ottum-
wa. Mr. and Mrs. Dimmitt have reared six
children, namely: Carrie C, Lena, Xoble,
Earl, LeRoy, and an infant. ]Mrs. Dimmitt is
a member of the Methodist church.

The subject of this sketch has always been
a member of the Republican party. He has
held various township offices, and filled them
in an able manner.

T. CRISM.-VX, a prominent resident
of Ottumwa, fowa, whose portrait
is herewith shown, is at the head of
the firm of L. T. Crisman & Com-
pany, contractors and planing mill operators.
This firm transacts the largest' business of the
kind in the county, and has erected many Ijuild-
ings in Ottumwa and other towns in this sec-
tion of the state. ^Ir. Crisman was born in
Morgan county, Illinois, June 28, 1866, and is
a son of Washington and Frances (Scott)
Crisman.

Washington Crisman was of Pennsylvania-
Dutch stock and was a butcher by trade. He
served in the Ci\il War for two years in Com-
pany B, 27th Reg., 111. Vol. Inf., and was
wounded in the service. This wound caused
ill health and finally resulted in his death on
July 31, 1872. His wife was Frances Scott,
who originally came from Kentucky, and \\'ho
died January 7, 1897. They were the parents
of one son and four daughters, as follows : L.
T., the subject of this sketch ; Mrs. J. X. Law-
rence and Mrs. A. C. Thorne, of Ottumwa,
Iowa; 'Mrs. R. C. Butcher, of Hennessey, Ok-
lahoma ; and Mrs. H. S. Ball, of Oklahoma.
.\fter the death of her husband, Mrs. Crisman
was united in marriage to B. H. [Meier, by
whom she had two sons : John H. and Ahdn,
both of whom are in the employ of }ilr. Cris-
man.

The subject of this sketch lived at home un-
til he reached the age of fifteen years, when he
began .to work for his living. He began to
learn the trade of a carpenter, but at the age of
eighteen years left his native town and traveled
around for some length of time. He hjcated
in Ottumwa in 1886, and completed his ap-
prenticeship to the carpenter trade, which he
has since followed. He began general con-
tracting in Ottumwa in 1889, first being alone,
and then in partnership with James Clifton,
for two years. This firm was dissolved in
1892, and he continued alone until 1897. when
he became associated with his present partner
Robert McMasters, ha\-ing an office at Xo. riT'
East Main street. Thev have since followed
contracting, and in March, 1899, purchased the

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planing mill at No. 314 West Main street,
' which they are operating in connection with
their other extensive business. It is the oldest
mill of its kind in the city, and was started
about nineteen years ago by J. E. Dietrich &
Son, who were succeeded by Dietrich & Capell.
Under Mr. Crisman's capable management the
business has been increased, and the plant en-
larged; about 17 men are employed in it. The
building is 36 by 100 feet in dimensions, and
general mill work and planing are carried on.
The office is located in an adjoining building,
in the rear of which are kept glass, paints, lum-
ber and other materials, as the demand justi-
fies. At the present time there are about 50
people on the pay-roll of the company. The
firm has built many of the large buildings in
Ottumwa, has erected a bank building at Kel-
lerton, Iowa, and other important buildings at
various places. Mr. Crisman has been a very
successful man, and all that he has accom-
plished has been through his own efforts.

He was united in marriage with Bertha
Kiefer, of Eldon, Iowa, and they have two
sons : Verne B., aged seven years; and Charles
A., aged two years. He has a fine home on
Morrell street in the Janney Addition, built by
himself. In politics he is a Democrat, and in
the spring of 1894 was a candidate from the
Sixth Ward for alderman. Fraternally he is
a ]\Iason, and belongs to the B. P. O. E. ; Royal
Arcanum ; AA'oodmen of the AA'orld ; A. O. U.
W., with its side degrees; and Fraternal Order
of Eagles. His wife is a member of the Con-
gregational church.

a gentleman who

ILLIAM GIFT
bears an honorable record for serv-
ice in the Union army during the
Civil AA'ar, is a well known farmer
of Green township, AA'apello county, Iowa, and
owns 118 acres of land in sections 11, 14 and
23, township 71, range 14. He was born in
Washington county, Tennessee, April 9, 1828,'
and is a son of Adam Gift.

His grandfather, also named Adam Gift,
was a native of Germany, and came to this
country at an early period. An old German
pipe which he used to smoke, which he brought
to this country, is still in the possession of his
descendants, and is prized very highly. Adam
Gift, AVilliam's father, was born in Pennsyl-
vania in 1795, and was engaged in farming.
He married Sarah Smith, who was born in
Maryland; her father was a Revolutionary sol-
dier, and lived to reach the advanced age of
ninety-six years.

AA'illiam Gift was two years of age when
his parents moved from Tennessee to Mary-
land, where they lived until he was eight year§
old, and then moved to Pennsylvania. At the
age of twenty-twO' years, he moved to Jefferson
county, Iowa, where he began saving from his
earnings, and there laid the foundation for his
present handsome competency. AA'ith a little
money he purchased 40 acres of the farm now
owned by him, in 1865, but got credit for the
most of the purchase price. By degrees he
paid off the indebtedness and gradually added
to his holdings until he had 200 hundred acres
of farming land, all of which is under a high

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state of cultivation. He has built excellent
barns and outbuildings, and is ^•ery success-
ful in carrying on general farming. He also
owns considerable realty in Ottumwa, and has
a great deal of personal property. His good
fortune in a business way has resulted solely
from his individual efforts, and to his untiring-
industry is due his high standing in the com-
munity.

Mr. Gift enlisted in Company G, 30th
Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., in August, 1862, under
Captain Cramer and Colonel Torrence. The
regiment went to St. Louis, thence to Helena,
uj) the Yazoo River to White River, where
they captured a number of Confederates, and
thence to Young's Point. The division of the
army to which the regiment belonged was then
ordered to dri\-e the Confederate troops from
the Mississippi Rivei", which it did, crossing
the river and pursuing them through Raymond
to Jackson, Mississippi, and then to Black
River. At the battle of Champion Hills
Mr. Gift was in the reserve forces on
the extreme right. The regiment then
went tO' Vicksburg, where he was sent
with a detachment of his regiment to
guard a flour mill and grind corn for the army.
After holding it for ten days they were sent
back to the regiment and Mr. Gift was detailed
at headquarters. He participated in the charge
at Vicksburg, and was afterward sent back to
his regiment, which was ordered to drive Gen-
eral Johnston from Jackson. By a forced
march they quickly arrived at Jackson, where
he was again put on the reserve, in full view
of the fight and storming of the fort. After

this they camped at Walnut Hill, then returned
to Memphis, and thence to Paint Rock Station,
where his regiment remained until early the fol-
lowing spring. He was present at the battles
of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.
The fighting there was very severe and last-
ed over seven hours, during which time four
bullets passed through Mr. Gift's clothes, one
striking him in the neck. In the hot fighting at
.\tlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864, under General
Sherman, Mr. Gift was wounded. The next
day the Confederates were driven to Rome.
Mr. f iift participated in all the engagements of
this army, and then accompanied General Sher-
man on the famous march to the sea. On
reaching Savannah they camped for a few da^-s
and then w-ent to Thunderbolt station, from
which point they took an ocean xoyage to Bu-
ford, consuming several hours. They then
went to Raleigh and fought General Johnston,
but soon received information of the surrender
of General Lee. They went from Raleigh to
Washington, participated in the grand review
and then returned tO' Davenport, Iowa, where
the regiment was mustered out.

Mr. Gift was married in July, 1856, to
Catherine Walmer, a daughter of Jacob Wal-
mer, who was born in Lebanon count}', Penn-
svlvania, in 1796, and died January 5, 1863.
The following children blessed this union :
Sarah J., who was born May 2, 1857. and
lives in Kansas ; Joseph, who was born Janu-
ary 25, 1858, and now holds a position in the
St. Louis Linseed oil mill; Charles A\'., who
was born November 18, i860, and is a locomo-
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April 8, 1866, is married and lives in Tha}-er,
Kansas; Elizabeth, who was born xYpril 4,
1869, and is at home; Ada C, born July 20.
1873; and Ray A\'., who was born Alarch 11,
1876, and assists his father in operating the
home farm. Politically ]\lr. Gift is a strong-
supporter of the Republican part}-.

pS. ELIZABETH J. BURTOX,
widow of George R. Burton, for
man}- years a resident of Wapello
county, Iowa, is li\-ing- on the farm
in Center township, in section 34, township
72, range 14, which she and her husband first
settled upon in 1883. Mrs. Burton's maiden
name was Elizabeth Janett Lindsay, and she
was born January 12, 1855, in Xew Yorh
State. Her parents were AA^illiam and Jeanette
(Henderson) Lindsay, both natives of Scut-
land, \vhere they were married in 1848. They
came to America in 1852, settling in St. Law-
rence count}-, Xew York, and in 1856 moved
to Wisconsin. There they remained until
1874, when they came west to luwa. They
-were parents <if 11 children, as follows:
George,. Susan Ala}-, Elizabeth Janett, Chris-
tina, David H., William, Francis, Emma M.,
Etta, Llo}-d, and one who died in infancy. In
religious belief they were both spiritualists, but
formerl}' belonged to the Presbyterian church.
Wi-. Lindsay died Xo\-ember 26, 1899, ^t the
age of se\-ent}-f(jur }-ears, and his wife died in
June, 1889, aged sixty vears.

Elizabeth J. Lindsay came to Iowa with her,

parents in 1874 and in 1875 was united in mar-
riage \\-ith George R. Burton, their entire mar-
ried life being spent in Wapello covinty. Air.
Burton was born December 9, 1850, in Ohio,
and his death occurred in Wapello county, N^o-
vember 30, 1889. His parents settled in \A'"a-
pello county in 1852, where they were well
known and highly respected, for many years
being the most prominent family in their sec-
tion. Air. Burton's father was a farmer, as
were his ancestors before him, therefore he was
well trained in agricultural matters. He pur-
chased the farm of 120 acres in section 34,
tow-nship y2. range 14. in Center township,
in 1883, and since his death his wife has suc-
cessfully managed the place. She also owns
another farm of lOO acres in Center township.
Five children w-ere born to- Mr. and Airs.
Burton, the record being as follows : Anna
L., born February 4, 1876, died Alarch 29,
1876; William H., born A'larch 5, 1877; David
E., born October 10, 1878; George F., born
January 31, 1880; and Charles Alfred, born
September 22, 1882. Airs. Burton is a woman
of refinement and learning, and is much loved
in the community. She is a member of the
Christian church.

OSEPH RUFFIXG, a well known

farmer of Green township, Wapello

county, Iowa, li\-es on a farm of 91

acres, in section 2^, township 71,

range 14. He was born January 15, 1855, in

Indiana, and is a son of Jacob Ruffing.

DR. W. W. VANCE.

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599

Jacob Ruffing was a native of Germany
and early in life came to America, where he
followed the occupation of a farmer during
his active career.

Joseph Ruffing was a small child when his
parents removed to Wapello county, Iowa.
There he received his mental training in the
country schools, and early in life began to
work for himself. He worked on many of
the neighboring farms, and graduall\' earned
enough to give himself a small start in the
world. He purchased the land which is now
his home, for the greater part of which he
went into debt. He bought the tract owned In-
N. C. Peters, in 1893, when.it was all brush-
land, — with no improvements whatever. Since
that time he has cut many hundred cords of
wood from it, for which he found a ready
sale in the city of Ottumwa. The brush he
piled up and burned, and he now has fully 60
acres in a fine state of cultivation. In i8()4
Mr. Ruffing built a frame house, 16 Ijv 28 feet,
in size, and in 1900 he added a wing measuring
14 by 16 feet and another wing, 5 by 12 feet
in size. He also built a large stable, and
built a wire fence around the farm. ^Ir. Ruin-
ing raises staple crops, and has plenty of stock.
He also set out a gond sized orchard,
which bears considerable fruit each year. He is
a self-made man in the truest sense of the
word, and has earned his success. l]y virtue
of his upright character and strict integrity,
he has won an enviable place in the community.

In 1883 Mr. Ruffing was united in marrriage
with Mary Rouch, a daughter of Philip Rouch.
Philip Rouch, who was a native of Bavaria, af-

ter coming to America, followed farming the
remainder of his life. His daughter, Mary, was
born in Da\is count}-, Iowa. Her union with
]\lr. Ruffing resulted in the birth of these chil-
dren; Sabina D., who was born No\ember
8, 1883; Afar}' A., who was born February 3,
1885; Joseph L., \vho was born July 14, 1888;
Plenry B., who was born September 2, 1894;
and A. F.. wln) was born Na\-'ember 7, 1900,
and died November 9, 1900. Mr. Ruffing is a
Democrat. in politics. In religious faith he is
a Catholic.

R. A\' A\'. VANCE, whose portrait is
here shown, is one of the prominent
dentists of A\'apello count}- and is a
member of the firm of Vance &
Vance, of Ottumwa. He came to Ottumwa in
1896, and soon acc^uired a large and profitable
practice. He \\as born at Carthage, Flancock
cinmty, Illinois, in 1859, and is a son of John
R. and Isabelle (Ogilvie) Vance.

John R. Vance had four children by his
wiia Isabelle Ogilvie, as follows: W. W".
Louis 1\I., a jeweler of Hastings, Nebraska
Mrs. William AIcBurney, of State Line, Utah
and Mrs. Albert S. Ataxwell, of Beatrice, Ne-
braska, \vith whom the mother now makes her
home. John R. Vance had three children Ijv
a former marriage, nanieh'; Jerome, Da\nd A.
and Mrs. A\'. L. Wilkrd. David A., the sec-
ond son, was the father of Dr. AV. AA'. Vance's
partner. He was engaged in the practice of
dentistry from 1868 to the time of his death,
July 7, 1882. He was a soldier in the Civil

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\Var, having enlisted from Terre Haute, Illi-
nois, upon the first call for volunteers, in i8f)i.
Jerome, the eldest son, is a farmer located at
Guide Rock, Nebraska. ]\Irs. W. L. W'illard,
a willow, is at present in Chicag'o, educating

her daughter in music.

Dr. \y. W Vance was primarily educated
at Carthage, Illinois, and studied dentistry
with his half-brother, David A. Vance. The
family removed to AA'estern Iowa, where his
father engaged in farming in Adair county,
and later all moved to Kearney, Nebraska,
where the father died at the age of sevent}'-
fi\'e years. W. W Vance completed his dental
studies there and engaged in the practice of his
23rofession in partnership with David A. Vance,
which firm lasted until the death of the latter,
in 1882. He then continued the business alone
until 1896, when he came to Ottumwa, Iowa.
For two years he practiced in partnership withi
Dr. Armstrong, and then continued alone until
his nephew completed his study for the profes-
sion, when he was taken in as a member of the
firm. The latter had been associated with him
a number of years before entering the Chicago
College of Dental Surgery, from which he
graduated in 1900. The firm of Vance and
Vance is one of the leading dental firms of Ot-
tumwa, and they have well ecjuipped office
rooms. Dr. Vance stands high in his profes-
sion, and has won the confidence of all with
whom he is accjuainted.

Dr. Vance was united in marriage with
Florence Dildine, and they have five children,
as follows: ^larie. Earl D., Lillian, Charles
R., and Howard ^I. In politics, the Doctor is

a Rqjublican. Fraternalh', he is a member of
the Elks ; Royal Arcanum ; Knights of Pythias,
formerly belonging to the Uniform Rank of
that order at Kearney, Nebraska, with which
at Ottumwa he expects again to affiliate. He
served as president of the Nebraska State Den-
tal Society, and is a member of the American
Dental Association ; the Iowa State Dental So-
ciety, and the Northern Iowa Dental Society.
He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
He has a pleasant home at 224 North McLean
street.

H. FETZER was born in Clarion
county, Pennsylvania, December
20, 1840, and was married in
Clarion to Henrietta Clark, De-
cember 24, 1863. Prior to that time he en-
listed in June, 1861, in the loth Reg., Pennsyl-
vania Vol. Inf., and was discharged for dis-
ability in December, 1861. He had been ad-
mitted to the bar in Clarion county in Feb-
ruar}^, 1861.

Mr. and Mrs. Fetzer came to Ottumwa
December 25, 1868. They have had children
born to them as follows: John C, born June
13, 1865, in Clarion, Pennsylvania; William
H., born Septeniber 13, 1867, in Clarion, Penn-
sylvania; Sallie, born in Ottuma-a, September
20, 1869, died in January, 1870; Wade, born
in Ottumwa, November 22, 1879. John C,
the oldest son, is a resident of Chicago and has
control of all the real estate owned by the
Cyrus H. McCormick family, and is an hon-
ored citizen of that city. \\''illiam H. is man-

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ager of the McSherry Farming Implement
Company, of Middletovvn, Ohio. ^Vacle, who
is a resident of Chicago, represents the FideHty
& Casualty Company, and is with W. A. Alex-
ander & Company, of Chicago, All the sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Fetzer are first-class business
men and held in high repute in business and
social circles.

Mr. Fetzer was admitted to the bar of Wa-
pello county on motion and recommendation of
Hon. E. L. Burton, in 1869. Mr. and Mrs.
Fetzer are held in high esteem by the people
of Ottumwa, among whom they have lived so
long. They, as well as all their children, are
members of the Presbyterian church.

OHN EDWARDS, a highly respected
resident of Green township, Wapello
county, Iowa, is located on a fine farm
in section 11, township 71, range 14,
which is adapted mainly to fruit raising. He
has been exceedingly successful, and has a
home of which he may justly be proud. He
was born in Granville, Licking county, Ohio,
December 14, 1842.

The Edwards family was established in this
country in the seventeenth century, poming
from England. They located in Massachu-
setts, where they held religious services im-
mediately after landing in the wilderness.
They sang and prayed, and their only neigh-
bor, being unaware, of their presence, heard
them as he was out looking for a cow and, not
seeing them, thought they must be angels

singing. He made an investigation, and great
was his surprise and jo}- to find he was to have
new neighbors. They founded the town of
Granville, Massachusetts, which is now of
goodly size. The parents of John Edwards
were natives of Licking county, Ohio, where
his grandfather settled at an early day, and
founded Granville.

John Edwards was reared in his native
county and there received his intellectual train-
ing. He assisted his parents in their work
until he reached the age of twent3'-one years,
and in the spring of 1864 enlisted in Company
C, 135th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. He then went
with his regiment tO' Camp Chaye, where, after
a week, they were ordered to Martinsburg.
West Virginia, to guard government stores
and do patrol duty.

After two months of guard duty at Mar-
tinsburg they were awakened one night at mid-
night by the long roll, and orders were given
that they were to take the supplies the}' had
been guarding to Baltimore, Maryland. They
loaded wagon after wagon of stores, until they
had a train of wagons five miles long, and Mr.
Edwards was one of the force detailed to
guard the train on a forced march to Baltimore.
When the mules gave out they were compelled
Lo leave the stores along the road, and when
they reached the Potomac the Confederates
were close upon them, and forced them to ford
the river, as they could not delay long enough
to make pontoons. They finally arrived at
their destination with but half the stores they
started with. After resting a week they were
ordered to Maryland Heights, where they were

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surrounded by Confederate troops, and de-
tained for two months. Their only water sup-
ply was a small spring, inadequate for so large
a force, and finally provisions ran short and
caused great suffering. Good hard-tack proved
a luxury, as that which they receiAcd was very
worm}', and only a part of it was fit to be
eaten. They were finally relieved, returned
home and were mustered out at Camp Chase
in September, 1864. Air. Edwards' health
\vas greatly impaired by the privations suffered
and he was unable to do any work for a period
of eighteen mouths. He then purchased a team
and bought and sold butter and eggs for a
number of years. Several years afterward he
conducted a warehouse at Gaysport, Ohio, col-
lecting butter and eggs for market. He next
had charge of a railroad warehouse for about
four years, and finall}-, in 1885, with what he
had saved, purchased his present farm in
Green township, Wapello county, Iowa, where
he has since resided. He makes a special-
ty of fruit raising and is meeting with fine
success.

September J4. 1876, Air. Edwards was
united in marriage with Sarah Green and they
had one son, Can-ge L., wlm was born June
19. 1877, and died of consumption August
14, 189'.. Politically the subject of this sketch
has always been a Republican, and cast his first
vote fur Abraham Lincoln. He was raised
a Baptist, l;ut does not like the creed of that
church, belie\-ing rather in following after
Christ, and doing as he thinks Jesus would do
if He were on earth. He has held a number
of township offices, having served eight years

as road superintendent, and four years as
school director. In 1867 he became a member
of jMyrtle Lodge, No. 350, I. O. O. F., at
Granville, Ohio.

AAIUEL J. MYERS, a veteran of the
Ci\'il war and a prominent farmer of
Columbia township, Wapello county,
Iowa, was born in West Point, Lee
county, Iowa, April 2, 1840. He is a son 01
Lewis and Sarah A. (Taylor) Alyers, the
foi'mer a native of Pennsylvania and the latter
a native of Virginia.

Lewis Myers left Pennsylvania when a
voung man, and settled in Illinois. He lived
there for a short time, and then moved to
Iowa, where he was engaged in farming for a
number of years. He was a carpenter Ij}- trade
and spent some of his time working at that
trade. His last days were spent in Chillicothe,
Iowa, where he had been li\'ing in retirement.
He was twice married, first to Elizabeth Alin-
nough, by whom he had the following children :
Alary A., AVilliam, Lewis, Jacob, Alartha, Ann
E., and Elizabeth. After the death of his first
wife he married Sarah .V. Ta}-lor, and they
were the parents of the following children,^
namely : Samuel J., the subject of this sketch ;
George H. ; Sarah J. ; and Josephine. He was
a Uni\ersalist in religious views and a Demo-
crat in politics.

Samuel J. A I vers attended the common
schools of his native county, and after lea\'ing
school worked on his father's farm until the

MR. AND MRS. J. H. MoDOWELL AND FAMILY.

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Civil War broke out. Ele enlisted in Company
C, 17th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., under Captain
Archer, of Keokuk, Iowa. Ele served for three
years and three months, six months of which
time he was confined in Andersonville and
other Confederate prisons. He was discharged
at Davenport, Iowa. Mr. Myers engaged in
agricultural pursuits after leaving the army,
and this has been his occupation ever since. He
also does some carpentering work. He owns
sixt\- acres of good farming land, and takes
much interest in improving it. He is an
energetic man, and the neat and attractive
appearance of his home speaks well for his
efforts.

In 1865 Mr. ]\Iyers married Rachel E.
Brown, a daughter of David Brown and a sis-
ter of W. A. Brown, a sketch of whom appears
elsewhere in this work. Nine children ha\-e
resulted from this union, namely: Minnie M.,
Sarah E., Jennie L., Mary, William A., Lewis
D., Eva, Rachel and Frank. Mr. IMyers is
liberal in his religious views. Politically he
is a Democrat and while he does not as-
pire to office he takes a deep interest in local
politics.

H: McDowell, one of the pros-
perous farmers of Pleasant township,
Wapello county, Iowa, was a pioneer
settler of the county, and has been lo-
cated on his present farm on section 17 since
1843. I^e is widely known throughout the
■county, and enjoys the highest respect and es-

teem of his fellow citizens. He was born in
Kentucky, in 182 1, and is a son of John T.
:\[cD(iwell.

John T. McDowell was born in North Caro-
lina, and always followed agricultural pursuits.
He was united in marriage with Miss G. Har-
ring, who was born in North Carolina, and
tliey became the parents of nine children, of
whom but t«-d are living, — J. H. and James T.
J. H. ^McDowell was but four weeks old
when his parents ^lo^'ed from Kentucky to
Indiana. There he lived tmtil he reached the
age of twenty years, following the trade of a
cooper during his early life. He came west to
Jefferson county, Iowa, in 1842, and in 1843
moved to Wapello county, Iowa, where he toi ik
up a claim, entering it at Fairfield, in 1845.
He improved this claim of 120 acres and has
lived upon it since he first located in this county.
He was always industrious and frugal, and is
now enabled to spend his declining years in
comfort.

J. PI. ?\IcDowell was united in marriage
with Hilary A. Fisher, who was born in Indiana
in 1829, and to them were born 10 children,
as follows : ^lary, wife of H. L. Dickens ;
Lizzie, deceased; Sarah E., who married
Charles Widger; Eliza (Allen) ; Martha, wife
(if A. Yeager; John T. ; Amanda, deceased;
William; Hiram, who resides with his father
and conducts the affairs of the farm ; and ;\lin-
nie, wife of F Hanna. INIr. McDowell is a
Republican in politics. Religiously, he and his
wife are members of the Christian church. A
picture of Mr. and Mrs. ]\IcDowell and family
accompanies this sketch.

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AV. RIGGS, a prominent resident of
Eddyville, Wapello county, Iowa,
is engaged in the milling business,
which he has carried on here for
many years with great success. He operates
a plant, modern in all its details and has a very
large patronage. He was born in Derby, Con-
necticut, June 6, 1826, and is a son of Star B.
and .Vlmira (Short) Riggs, who were natives
of Connecticut, and moved to Cleveland, Ohio,
in 1828. Star B. Riggs located on a farm in
Cuyahoga county and cultivated it until 1837.
He then moved to Warrick county, Indiana,
and engaged in farming, a vocation he fol-
lowed the remainder of his life. His wife died
in that county, and he died in Eddyville in
1891, aged eighty-nine years. They were the
parents of the following children : A. W.,
George M., Alfred S., Ellen and Frederick,
deceased, Samantha, Frederick, Ellen and Ir-
vin. In religious belief they were Congrega-
tionalists. In politics Mr. Riggs was a Whig.
A. AA'. Riggs received his mental training in
the public schools of AA'arrick county, Indiana,
and worked on the home farm until his mar-
riage. He then engaged in farming on his
own account. In 1855 he moved to Iowa and
located at Mount Pleasant, and in 1865 came
to Eddyville, where he has since been engaged
in his present line of business. He has a roller-
process mill, which he substituted for the stone
burr in 1891. It is provided with three im-
proved Barnard rolls, and has a capacit)- of
35 barrels per day. He also does custom
grinding and has met with success in his work.
In 1849 ^^1'- Rib§'s was united in marriage

with Martha A. Spelman, of Boonville, Indi-
ana, and they became the parents of eight chil-
dren, as follows : Eva B. ; Isaac S. ; Herbert,,
deceased; James H. ; Cora E. ; Ernest S. ;
George D. ; and Ellen, deceased. In 1870 Mrs.
RiggS'died and in 1873 Mr. Riggs was united
in marriage with Lina Armstrong, of AA'apello
county, Iowa. Mr. Riggs is a member of the
Congregational church. He is a Republican
and has held several township offices. He
served in the capacity of councilman and city
treasurer.

R. EDGAR M. KNOX, a well
known osteopathic physician of Ed-
dyville, W^apello county, Iowa, was
born in AVaverly, Missouri, in 1866,
and is a son of Joseph and Emily (Leasure)
Knox.

Joseph Knox was a carpenter and joiner by
trade. He was a native of Indiana, and re-
moved from there to AA^averly, Missouri, where
he followed his trade. He died when Edgar
M. was but eight years old and his \\'ife died
six years later. They left a family of five
children, namely : AA^illie Belle, who married
Albert Munn, of Kirkville, Missouri; Edgar
M. : Samuel J.; Frank J..; and Mary A., who
married .Albert Bell, of Montana.

Dr. Edgar M. Knox was reared in Alis-
souri, where he attended the common schools
(if his native town. Later he entered the Kirk-
ville Mercantile College, from which he was
graduated with honors. He then entered the

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American School of Osteopathy, which was
founded by A. T. StilL Dr. Knox took a two-
years' course at this institution and was grad-
uated in 1900. He was located in Nebraska
for a short time and then removed to Eddyville,
where he has since remained. He does a thriv-
ing business in this new way of treating dis-
eases, and has had some flattering testimonials
since he located in Eddyville. He has met with
good results financially, and has been success-
ful in every \vay.

On June 4, 1900, Dr. Knox was united in
marriage with Macy Gray, of Eddyville. She
is a daughter of Henry Gray, a farmer of Co-
lumbia township, Wapello county. Dr. Ivnox
is liberal in his political \'ie\\'s.

OSES O'BRIEN, deceased, who was
one of the representative agricul-
turists of Wapello county, Iowa,
was located in section 29, Keokuk
township, where his widow and her family now
reside. He was born at Vinegar Hill, County
Wexfird, Ireland, August 15, 1826, and was
a son of Michael and Catherine ( Doyle)
O'Brien, who lived and died in Ireland.

]\Ioses O'Brien came to the United States
from the Emerald Isle in 1854, landing in
New York City, where he remained until the
following year. He then moved to Galena,
Illinois, and afterward to New Boston, ^Mercer
county, Illinois, and for a time worked on a
ferryboat. He sa\ed his earnings, which he
decided to invest, and then moved tn ]\Iount

Pleasant, bjwa, where for ten }'ears he was
connected A\'ith the as}'lum for the insane lo-
cated at that place. In 1866 he moved to
Wajjello count}-, Iowa, and purchased 40 acres
of land in Keokuk township. To this he added
from time to time until he had over 200 acres
i<f finely improved farm land at the time of his
death. He was a hard worker and improved
much of his land himself. He was an honest
and upright man. and his death was mourned
l)y his friends and neighbors, who warmly es-
teemed him for his many kind and charitable
acts. Pie was a self-made man in every sense
of the term and owed whatever success he at-
tained t(i his own individual efforts.

Mr. O'Brien was first married August 15,
1857, to Bridget Brannan, a native of Kil-
kenny, Ireland, by whom he Uad six children,
as follows: [Michael, Edward, Richard F.,
Thomas J., Mary C, and Anna, who died when
she was about eighteen months old. After the
death of his wife, he formed a second union,
marrying ^tary Finn, a daughter of James and
Mary (R>'an) Finn, both natives of Ireland,.
who came to America and settled in Canada.
By this union }Jr. O'Brien had the following
children: James Patrick, born July 24, 1873;
Moses J., born October 19, 1876; Julia A.,
born Februar\- 2^,. J878; Joseph L., born Sep-
tember i(), 1880; ^largaret E., born October
:4, 1882; William D., deceased, born Septem-
ber 13, 1884: Elizabeth J., born December 13,
1885: and Josephine ]\osa, b<jrn August 74,
1888. ?\lr. O'Brien died February 19, 1901,
after a short illness with pneumonia. In re-
ligious belief he was a de\'Out Catholic, as is

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his entire family. He was a Democrat in pol-
itics, and tO(jk a great interest in the affairs
of his party. He was serving as township trus-
tee at the time of his death. ^Irs. O'Brien is
a woman of many estimable traits of character,
and has many friends in this localit)'. She still
follows farming on tlie property latel}' operated
by her husband, and is assisted Ijy her son,
Moses J.

OHX DAX'IELS, a prosperous coal op-
erator, who conducts a shaft on the
AA'allace farm, two miles south of Ot-
tumwa, was born in S(.iuth Wales,
March lo, 1876, and is a son of John and
Elizabeth (James) Daniels.

John Daniels, the father, was born in South
Wales, and came to America in 1879, landing
at New York City. He first located in Illinois,
where he engaged in coal mining and later
moxed ti) Iowa and settled in Ottumwa. There
he has since remained and is at present
engaged in mining with his son, John. He ac-
Cjuired a complete knowledge of mines while
living in South AA'ales, and is considered an
expert miner. He and his \\-ife were the iiar-
ents of the following children, namely : Mar\',
Elizabeth, William and John. Mrs. Daniels
died November 3, 1894, aged thirlv-seven
A'cars, four months and five (la^-s. In hi.s re-
ligious A'iews John Daniels, Sr., is liberal.

John Daniels, whose name o])ens this
sketch, obtained his schooling in Illinois. Since
coming to Ottumwa he has been actixel}- en-
gaged in operating coal mines, having acquired

his knowledge and training from his father.
He is an expert in all the details of mining,
being competent to take charge of either bi-
tuminous or anthracite mines. In 1899 he
leased the A\'allace mine, two miles south of
Ottumwa, and this promises to become a pay-
ing investment. He is at present devoting
much of his time and energy to getting the
mine in shape, so as to be able to increase its
capacit}'. The coal mined is of a high grade
and Air. Daniels has no difficulty in disposing
of all the output in the city of Ottumwa.

In 1897 Air. Daniels was united in mar-
riage with Alabel Tanner, of Ottumwa, and
the}' have reared two children, namely: Liz-
zie and Alabel. In political belief Mr. Daniels
is a stanch Republican. Fraternally he is a
member of the Fraternal Choppers of America.

AMES E. PARR, a highly respected
farmer residing in Competine town-
ship, AA'apello county, Iowa, has a'
well improved farm of 170 acres in
section 19. He was born in Shelby county,
Ohio, in 1857, and is a son of Philander and
Lucy ( AA'ren ) Parr.

Philander Parr was born in 1832, in Ohio,
and died in 1867. He wedded Lucy AA'ren, a
daughter of Edward and Lucy AA^ren, who was
born in 1835, and died in 1868. Philander
Parr and his wife were the parents of seven
children, five of whom are now living, namely:
Lucretia, who was born in 1855, and married
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James E., the subject of this sketch; Philo E.,
who was born in 1859, married Nellie Moore,
and lives in Champaign county, Illinois ; Mary
A., who was born in 1861, married John
Maxon, and lives in Logan county, Ohio; and
Louie, W'ho was born in 1863, married Henry
Sunderland and lives in Champaign county,
Illinois.

James E. Parr removed from his native
place to Champaign countv, Illinois, and in
1892 settled in Competine township, Wapello
county, Iowa, where he has lived ever since,
engaged in farming and stock raising, in which
he has been highly successful.

Mr. Parr was united in marriage February
19, 1885, with Sarah E. ]\Ierrill. She was born
April 23, 1864, and is a daughter of Richard
and Elizabeth (Rowe) ]\Ierrill. Her death oc-
curred jXIarch 16, 1901. Four children result-
ed from this union, namely : Roy, born Jan-
nary 16, 1887; Earl, born !\Ia\' 4, 1891 ; Myra,
born October 4, 1894; and Hazel, born July
31, 1897.

~Sh. Parr is a Republican, but does .not
aspire to political preferment. He is a public-
spirited man, and his friends in the county are
manv.

ICHARD M. \\TLLI.\MS, one of the
most successful farmers of Pleasant
township, Wapello county, Iowa, has
a fine farm of 105 acres, located in,
section 22. He was born in McCracken coun-
ty, Kentucky, April i, 1850, and is a son of
Philip and Nancy Williams.

Philip ^^'illiams came of Revolutionary
stock and was born near Clarksville, ^lontgom-
ery county, Tennessee, July 15, 1797. In 1812
he enlisted in the arm\' to fight against the
Indians. January 8, 181 5, lie sounded an
alarm on his drum in one of the regiments at-
tached to General Jackson's army at New Or-
leans. His discharge from the army that drove
the British from American soil, for the second
time, is now in the family, and prized as a
precious relic. It reads as follows :

"Nashville, :\Ia\' l.'ith, 1815.
"I certify that Philip Williams, a drummer in my
division ot Tennessee Militia, haS performed a duty of six
months in the service of the United States, that his good
conduct, subordination and valor under the most trying
hardships entitle him to the gratitude of his country, and
he is hereby honorably discharged.

"William Carroll,

" Major General Second Division,

"Tennessee Militia."

^Ir. Williams returned to his home and in
1849 was united in marriage to Nancv AA'ill-
iams, who was born September 28, 1820, and
in January, 1822, was taken to Calloway coun-
ty, Kentucky, by her parents. Two sons and
three daughters blessed this union, all of whom
are dead but Richard AI. By a previous mar-
riage with a Aliss Henderson, who later died,
there were several children, of whom ex-Sheriff
W. H. AA'illiams is the only one now living.
Air. AA'illiams moved to AlcCracken county,
Kentucky, with his family, and was there elect-
ed a magistrate, and later, sheriff of the coun-
ty. He was afterwards a pilot on the flat-
boats, until he became too old for service. He
died August 11, 1868.

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Richard ]\I. AMlliams was reared in Afc-
Crackeii county, Kentucky, and at an early age
located in Wapello county, Iowa. No other
ambition actuated him than to succeed in his
chosen \'Ocation of farming, and it may safely
be said he is satisfying his desires in this re-
gard. His farm is fertile and well managed,
and is stocked with cattle and horses, whose
conformation indicates tliat their origin is in
the best strains of blood.

Mr. W'illiams was united in marriage Au-
gust lo, i88o, with Clara B. Hill, a daughter
of James and Eliz'abeth (Hamlet) Hill. Two\
children have blessed their union, namely :
Euna .\. and Lettie M. In politics Mr. Will-
iams has always been a Democrat. He has not.
endeavored to be an office-seeker, and only to
meet the requirements of good citizenship has
he consented to run for a political office. He
has, however, shown his personal popularity by
being elected township trustee and clerk and
school director of his district. Fraternally he
is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Ma-
sonic order.

RS. ELIZA B.( LYONS )PICKEX,
widow of James E. Picken, of
Richland township, A\'apello coun-
ty, Iowa, was born near Pittsburg,
Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1847, and
is a daughter of Robert Lyons.

Robert Lyons A\as born in Ireland and
came to the United States in 1833. He land-
ed in New York City and located in Pennsyl-
vania, where he resided until 1852, when he

moved to Niles, Ohio. There he remained until
1857, and then moved west to Iowa. He and
his family came here by boat from Ohio, going
down the Ohio River, thence up the Mississippi
and Des Moines rivers, to Ottumwa, the voy-
age consuming three weeks. He later moved
to Albia, Iowa, where he resided until 1862.
He enlisted in that year, in the 37th Reg., Iowa
Vol. Inf., — known as the "Graybeard" regi-
ment,— and died a short time after enlisting.
He was a Democrat in politics. He married
Sarah AVray, who was born in Ireland, and
they reared eight children, as follows : James-
and Mary, twins; Samuel, Esther, Eliza B.,
Katherine, Robert, and William, deceased.
After the death of her husband, Mrs. Lyons
and a son purchased a farm in Richland town-
ship, AVapello county, on which she located
with her children. She is still living and re-
sides in Ottawa, Kansas, aged eighty-nine
years.

In 1869 Eliza B. Lyons was united in mar-
riage with James E. Picken, who was born in
Harrison county, Ohio, in 1837. His father.
Alpha Picken, was born in Harrison county,
Ohio, and married Jane Anderson, who was
also a native of that county, and the}' reared
the following children : Mathew, Malilah, Su-
san, Nanc}', James E., Matilda, Benjamin .\.
and Alpha. James E. Picken came to AA^apello'
county, Iowa, with his parents in 1846, and
located in Richland township. After his mar-
riage with Eliza B. Lyons they continued to
Hnc in Richland township, where he carried on
general farming and stock raising. In 1886
they located on the northwest cjuarter of sec-

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tion 24, where he resided until his death, on
• September 15, 1892. He was a Republican in
politics. Mrs. Picken now resides on the old
home farm in Richland township, and owns
240 acres of valuable land. She is a business
woman of considerable ability, and a good man-
ager. She became the mother of 12 children,
of whom four are living. Her children were :
Eugene, deceased; Nellie and Fred, twins, both
deceased; Mary and Esther, deceased; Grace,
who is at home ; Helen and James, deceased ;
Robert and Beulah, twins, both of whom are
at home ; Matthew, who is also at home ; and
Irma, deceased. Nellie lived to be twenty-six
years old. She married Eugene Harp, of Illi-
nois, and left two children, — Helen and Nellie
A. Mrs. Picken and her children are members
of the Presbyterian church.

B. HELMAN, one of the leading ag-
riculturists of Pleasant township, Wa-
pello county, Iowa, lives in section
36, where he owns and cultivates 200
acres of land. He was born in ;\shland county,
Ohio, in 1838, and is a son of David and Eliza-
beth (Smith) Helman.

David Helman was a native of Center coun-
ty, Pennsylvania. He followed the occupation
of a farmer all his life. He married Elizabeth
Smith, who was also a native of Center county,
and they had nine children, of whom four are
now living, namely : Mary, Irene, Da\-id, and
J. B., the subject of this sketch.

J. B. Helman was reared and schooled in

his native state. He enlisted in 1861, in Com-
pany C, 42nd Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and served
his country until the close of the war. He
took part in the siege of Vicksburg, the battles
of Franklin and Nashville and other engage-
ments. In 1865 he received his discharge from
the army and afterward moved to Iowa, in
1866. He bought his present tract of 200
acres, and is engaged in cultivating a well
stocked farm, whose general appearance speaks
well for its owner's thrift and energy.

Mr. Helman was united in marriage with
Lydia Smalley, who was born , in Ashland
county, Ohio, in 1840. She died in January,
1873. Six children resulted from this union,
namely: Frank O., deceased; C. E., who is a
Methodist minister at Caldwell, Idaho; ^A^ W.,
deceased ; David, who lives at Warren, Ohio ;
and Benjamin and Mary E., deceased. Mr. ,
Helman married, as his second wife, ^Maggie
A. Gremland, who for many years prior to
her marriage was the efficient postmistress at
Batavia. She is a nati\'e of Pennsylvania.

In politics Mr. Helman is a Republican and
takes an active interest in local affairs. He is
always willing to assist in any public undertak-
ing and is a man who commands the respect
of all who know him.

T. KNIGHT, who is extensivelv en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits in Wa-
pello county, Iowa, has a fine farm of
328 and one-third acres, in Vashing-
ton township, \\here he lives in section 13. He

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was born in Agency township, Wapello county,
Iowa, on what is now known as the old Rail
farm, }\Iarch i8, 1847, and is a son of G. W.
Knight.

G. W. Knight was born in Maryland and
moved west to Agency township, A\'apello
county, Iowa, in 1843. He remained here
until 1849, when he went t(; Indiana. He was
united in marriage with Maria Miller, A\-ho
died when Z. T. Knight was a youth. They
reared four children, as follows : Henry, wIki
died in the army during the Ci\il A\'ar ; Mar}-
E. ; Jane, deceased; and Z. T., the subject of
this sketch.

Z. T. Knight \\as about two years of age
when he was taken l)y his father from Agenc\'
township to Indiana, where he received his
mental training and grew to maturity. He
lived there until the fall of 1868, when he re-
turned to A\'apello county, Io\\-a, and located in
Washington township, where he has since re-
sided and followed farming. He has lived on
his present excellent farm in section 13 for
the past twent}--seven years. He follows gen-
eral farming and stock raising on a large scale,
and handles only a high grade of stock. His
farm is well watered, highly cultivated and
equipped with all the outbuildings necessary to
successful farming. He has a comfortable
residence, and his place presents a neat and at-
tractive appearance.

Mr. Knight was united in marriage with
Susan Flint, who was born in AA'ashington
township, AA'apello county, Iowa, May 31,
1853, and is a daughter of Joseph Flint, de-
ceased. Mr. Flint was an earlv settler of Wa-

pello county. This union resulted in the birth
of the following children: Olaetta (James),
of Jefferson county, Iowa; Grace; George;
Everett : and Raymond. Politically Mr.
Knight is a Democrat and takes an earnest in-
terest in party affairs. Religiously he favors
the old school Primitive Baptist church.

EUBEX HODSON, who is among the

foreuKjst agriculturists of Wapello

cunt}', Iowa, resides in section 3,

Washington township. He was born

in Washington township March 4, 1849, ^'""^^

is a son of Jesse Hodson.

Jesse Hodson was born in Indiana and in
1848 located in Henry count}', Iowa. One
year later he settled in V>'apello county. He
fp.rmed in Washington township, and also fol-
lowed the occupation of a miller. His death
occurred in 1857, and he was sincerely mourned
Ijy all who knew him. He married Anna Bales
and they reared three children, whose names -
were Penina, ]\Iary Jane and Dayton. Mr.
Hodson married, secondly, E. J. Vass, who
was born in North Carolina, and they reared :
Louisa ; Reuben ; John, who is also a farmer in
\A'ashington township; Eunice; Ruth; and
Mary.

Reuljen Hodson lived oil his father's farm
until he reached the age of twenty-seven years.
He then bought his present farm in section 3,
and has lived there since that time. He en-
gaged in the stock business for three years in
jMissouri, but with that exception has never

W. H. DIMMITT.

MRS. CLARA M. DIMMITT.

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been in an)- business other than farming. His
farm consists of 120 acres of fine land, which
he keeps in a splendid state of cultivation.
He has a thorough knowledge of agricultural
matters and that, coupled with great energy,
has brought him much success.

In 1887 Air. Hodson was united in mar-
riage with Mar)' E. Nicholson. She was born
in Lee county, Iowa, and her death occurred
iu 1897. Tw(j children resulted from this
union and their names are : J. L^iin and Edna.
Politically j\Ir. Hodson is a Republican and
takes a deep interest in local affairs. Relig-
iously he is a member of the Alethodist church.

illLLIAM H. DEAniITT, an exten-
sive land owner in Dahlonega
township, \\'apello count}-, Iowa,
lives in sections 14 and 15, on a
farm of 276 acres. He was born in Wapello
county in 185-1, and is a son of A\'illiam j\I.
and Matilda (Padgett) Dimmitt.

William 'SI. Dimmitt is a nati\-e of Indiana,
and located in Dahlonega township, in 1848.
He bought a farm in section 10, and there
farmed for se\'eral, years. He now lives a re-
tired life in the city of Ottumwa. He married
Matilda Padgett, who was a native of Indiana.
They reared the following children, namel_\' :
William H., whose name heads these lines;
Robert C. ; [Mary B., who married John Long;
John; Philana; Clidena, deceased; and Fred.

William H. Dimmitt lived on his father s
farm until he reached the age of twentv-se\'en

years. He then rented his present farm in sec-
tions 14 and 15, and later on purchased it.
Lie has carried on general farming, and is
highly successful. He is also engaged in
stock raising. ]\Ir. Dimmitt is a conscientious
worker, and takes great pride in the care and
management of his large farm. The general
appearance of the place speaks \\ell for its
o^vner's thrift.

Mr. Dimmitt was united in wedlock with
Clara Belle Miller, who was born in Dah-
lonega township in 1857. They have reared
the following children : Norman, who is at
home ; Irene, who is attending high school at
Ottumwa, Ljwa; and Ernest H. Politically,
Mr. Dimmitt is a Republican, and has served
as trustee of the township two terms ; he is now
serving on the sch(jol board. ]\Irs. Dimmitt is
a member of the Methodist church, in which
she is an acti\'e worker. In 1890, ;\Ir. Dim-
mitt erected a comfortable two-story house, of
seven rooms. He is ^vell known in Wapello
C(junty, and is one of the county's leading citi-
zens. Portraits of Mr. and Airs. Dimmitt ac-
company this sketch.

ILLIAAI M. ALLBAUGH, a resi-
dent of Columliia township, AA'a-
pello county, Iowa, is one of the
progressive farmers of the western
section of the county. He was born December
9, 1854, in Louisa county, Iowa, and is a son
of Samuel and Mary (England) Allbaugh,
both of whom were natives of Ohio.

Samuel Allbaugh received a thorough train-

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ing in agricultural matters. He followed this
pursuit in Carroll and Vinton counties, Ohio,
where he rented land. He removed to Louisa
county, Iowa, in 1852, where he purchased a
farm of 130 acres of land. This he operated
until 1869, when he sold out and removed to
Mahaska county. He resided in that county
until his death, which took pk'.ce in 1897, at
the age of sixt}--five years. His wife died one
year later, aged sixty-seven years. They were
members of the United Brethren church. To
them were born the following children : AVill-
iam ^L. ; James L. ; Mary E., who married H.
C. Martin and lives in Tacoma, Washington;
and Harvey C.

A\'illiam M. Allbaugh attended the common
schools of Louisa and Mahaska counties. He
remained at home until he reached his ma-
jority. From that time until he was twenty-
seven years old he worked during the summers
and remained under the parental roof during
the winters. In 1881 Mr. Allbaugh purchased
80 acres of the land which now forms a part
of his farm, and later added 42^ acres. This
last piece was bought from John L. Anderson,
of Sheridan, Iowa. Mr. Allbaugh has greatly
increased the value of his property by erecting
a large, nine-room house, of modern style. He
has made extensive improvements on the place,
and has one of the handsomest homes in the
township. He devotes his time and energy to
general farming and stock raising. He has
over 75 head of Poland-China hogs, and pre-
fers Shorthorn cattle.

In 1882 Mr. Allbaugh was united in wed-
lock with Lorena L. Webber, daughter of Jacob

Webber, a pioneer contractor of Ottumwa.
Two children have blessed this union : Loren
and William I. In political belief Mr. All-
baugh is a Republican. He and his wife are
members of the Baptist church. Air. Allbaugh
is a member of the M. AV. of A., and of the
Knights of Pythias.

RED J. FIXK, a prosperous farmer of

Wapello county, Iowa, is located on

the southwest quarter of section 24,

Richland township, where he carries

on general farming and stock raising. He

was born in AA'urtemberg, Germany, in 1861,

and is a son of Jacob Fink.

Jacob Fink was born in Germany in 1831,
and while a resident of that country followed
weaving. In 1859 ^''^ ^^'^^ united in marriage
with Christina Schweigert, who was born in
Germany. They came to the United States in
1870, on a boat with 1,000 passengers, the
vo}-age consuming three weeks. They landed
at New York and then went to Tazewell coun-
ty, Illinois, where he and his family have since
resided. They reared five children, as follows :
Fred J., Kate (Davis), Henry, Jacob and
Anna.

Fred J. Fink lived at home until he was
fifteen years of age, since which time he has
earned his own way in the world, always fol-
lowing farming. He resided in Illinois until
1896, when he moved to AA''apello county, Iowa,
where he purchased his present farm in the
southwest quarter of section 24. He carries on

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general farming and has raised some stock.
He has ahvays been a hard woriver and well
merits the success which he has gained.

Mr. Fini< was married in 1887, in Illinois,
to Maggie M. Young, who was born in Taze-
well county, Illinois, in 1870, and is a daugh-
ter of David ^'oung, who was born in Illinois,
and follows farming. Seven children have re-
sulted from this union, as follows : James,
Minnie, Ruth, Charles, Harrj^, Mabel and
George. They are all living at home. Mr.
Fink is a Republican in politics. He belongs
to Lodge No. 103, M. \A'. of A., of Ottumwa.
His wife is a member of the Presbyterian
church.

HOMAS K. ARMSTRONG, an ag-
riculturist well known to the resi-
dents of Richland township, Wapello
county, Iowa, has an excellent farm
of 120 acres in section 22. He was born in
West Virginia in 1838, and is a son of John A.
Armstrong.

John A. Armstrong was born in \A''ashing-
ton county, Pennsylvania, and was a carpenter
by trade. He died in 1 861, at Wheeling, AVest
Virginia. His union with Mary Simpson, who
was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, resulted
in the birth of nine children, of whom those
now living are: Margaret (Gibson) and Wil-
iam, residents of West Virginia; Thomas K.
and Andrew, who resides in Wheeling, AA'est
Virginia.

Thomas K. Armstrong lived in his native
state until he reached the age of twenty-eight

years. Pie came to Iowa in 1866 and located
on his present farm in section 22, Richland
township, AA'apello county. In 1862 he en-
listed in Company D, 12th Reg., Va. Vol. Inf.,
and served until the close of the war. He saw
hard service throughout the conflict and was
present when General Lee surrendered to Gen-
eral Grant. He is possessed of a sturdy con-
stitution, and the hardships endured and pri\'a-
tions suffered did not impair his health ; he was
not sick a single day. He has carried on gen-
eral farming and stock raising with much suc-
cess, and has a well improved farm. In 1891
he built his present ii-room, two-story frame
dwelling, provided with all the conveniences
known to the modern farmhouse.

Mr. Armstrong was united in marriage
with Mary Terell, who was born in AA^est Vir-
ginia in 1837, and they reared six children, as
fallows : Jeremiah, deceased ; John, a farmer
in Richland township; Thomas H., a farmer in
Agency township; Emma; Bert, who lives at
home; and an infant, deceased. Politically
Mr. Armstrong is a stanch supporter of the
principles promulgated in the Republican plat-
form.

ILLIAM Z. DAVIS, a highly re-
spected farmer of Richland town-
ship, Wapello county, Iowa, lives
in section 18, where he owns 165
acres of land. He was born in South Wales
in 1836, and is a son of John Davis.

John Davis was born in South Wales, and
followed farming until his death, at the age

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

of eighty-seven years. He was the father of
five children: Ehzabeth (Davis), deceased;
WiUiam Z. ; Ann ; John ; and Henry, deceased.

W'ilHam Z. Davis came to the United States
in 1863, landing at Xew York City. He then
located in Mahaska county, Lj\Aa, where he
purchased land and lived until 1887, when he
moved to Wapelbj C(junt)-, and settled on his
present farm of 165 acres in section 18, Rich-
land township, where he has since remained.
He was a coal miner until he located on this
property, and miw gi\'es his attention exclu-
sively to farming. However, there is a mine
on his farm, which is operated by his sons.
The vein is five and a half feet thick, and the
shaft is 43 feet deep. Mr. Davis has made a
success of farming, and is well thought of by
the citizens of the community.

Mr. Da\'is was united in marriage with
Margaret Phillips, who was born in South
^Vales, and is deceased. The}' were married
in Wales, and their union was blessed by the
birth of nine children, as follows : John ; Le-
titia; Daniel; Henry; AMllie; David; Albert;
Frank : and Margaret, deceased. Mr. Davis is
a Republican in politics. Fraternally, he is a
member of the Lrdependent Order of Odd
Fellows.

RS. REBECCA J. CRE?\IER, who
is located on a fine farm in \A''ash-
ingtoai to\vnship, AA'apello' cnunt)-,
Iowa, was born in Pennsylvania in
1S42, and is a daughter of D. P. Cremer.

D. P Cremer was born in Pennsylvania,

where he lived until 1844. During his early
life he was a blacksmith by trade, and later a
farmer. He came to AA/'apello' county, Iowa,
with his family in 1844, and located in Wash-
ington township, where he died at the age. of
se\'ent)'-seven years. He was a Republican in
politics, and a member of the Methodist Episco-
pal church. He was first married tO' Elizabeth
Yonkin, who' was born in Pennsylvania, .and
died in 1845, ^t the age of twenty-six years.
The}- were the parents of four children : Adela,
deceased ; Theodore, who' died while serving in
the army, as a member of Company I, ist Reg.,
Iowa Vol. Cav. ; Rebecca J. ; and Eglinton.
Mr. Cremer's second wife was Nancy McClara
(deceased), by whom he had one child, Eliza-
beth. By his third marriage he had two chil-
dren,— Lincoln R. ; and J. Harry, of Eldon.
Rebecca J. Cremer has lived in Wapello
count}-, Ljwa, since 1844. On November 20,
1865, she was united in marriage with Richard
Cremer, who \\-as born in Cook county, Illinois,
January 11, 1840. tie was brought to Wapello
county by his parents in 1840, and located in
Washington township. He was a farmer by
occupation, and was very successful. He
served three years in Company M, 3rd Reg.,
Idwa Vol. Cav., during the Civil War, and was
discharged at Davenport, Iowa. He returned
to AA'ashington township after the war and lo-
cated on the farm now 0A\-ned by Mrs. Cremer,
where he resided until his death, in 1881. He
was a Republican, and a member of the I\Ieth-
odist Episcopal church. He and his wife reared
four children, as follows : Charles A., who lives
at home ; Leonora, whoi married George AA^

ALFRED CARR.

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Warren, a farmer of Washington township,
and has three children, — Da\'i(l, Harold and
Raymond; Blanche, who married A\'. Morri-
son; and Ethel, who' married a Mr. Alunroe,
and lives in Washington township. Airs. Cre-
mer owns 200 acres of excellent farming land,
and has met with much success in conducting
it. Religiously, she is a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church.

EORGE RYERSOX, who is engaged

in farming and mining in Richland

township, A\'apello county, Iowa, is a

native nf Schuyler count}', Illinois,

and was born in 1858. He is a son nf George

and Wealthy (Tigert) Ryerson.

George Ryerson was a farmer b}- occupa-
tion. He died when his son George was but
two years old. His wife was Wealth}' Tigert,
who was a nati\e of Illinois, and they were
blessed with five children, namely : Airs. Clara
(Beckwith) ; Asenath ; John; Orilla ; and
Georg'e.

George R\-ersiin, whose name appears at the
opening of this sketch, lived in Illinois until he
leached the age of twent}-t\\d }'ears. He then
moved to Rnva and located in Afonrce coupty,
where he lived until he settled in AA'apello coun-
ty, in January, 1882. In 1889 he rented the
AVaddell farm of 120 acres in section 16, Rich-
land township, and leased the AA'adcIell mine
for a period of fifteen }'ears. The mine which
Mr, Ryerson operates is called a dry mine ;
there is a shaft 140 feet deep, and the vein is

five and one-half feet thick. The output is
about 25 tons per da}-. Air. Ryerson employs
from [2 tO' 14 men to assist him at the mine
and in the timber. In addition tOi mining, Mr.
R}erson carries on general farming, and also
raises cattle, horses and mules. He has been
\ery successful, and employs everv minute of
the dav in performing duties of some kind.
He is a self-made man, and has just cause to
be proud <ti his success.

Air. R}'erson married Sarah Runnion, who
was born in Knox count}', Illinois, in 1859.
They have three children, namely: Elsie; Ber-
tha; and Orville. Ailr. Ryerson is a Democrat
in politics. He belongs tO' the Improved Order
of Red Alen, Tribe No. 19; Odd Fellows,
Lodge X(j. 47, of Kirkville ; and to the Forest-
ers Court, AA'apello, No. 14.

LFRED CARR, one of the most pro-
;;;rc'isi\-e farmers of Washington
lownshij), A\''apello county, Iowa,
whose portrait is herewith shown,
is engaged in general farming and stock rais-
ing, and has a fine farm in section 25. He was
born in Washington township, in 1859, and is
a son of Alfred Carr, Sr.

.Alfred Carr, Sr., was born in England in
iSji), and came to the L'nited States, when
twenty-eight years of age. He married Lucy
Reed, who was born in England, and they lo-
cated in AA'apello county, Iowa, where both
died when the subject hereof was young. He
was a farmer ])}• occupation.

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Alfred Carr was reared in Jefferson coun-
ty, Iowa, by Joseph Burbage, and lived with
the latter until he was twenty-one years old.
He then went to Wayne county, Iowa, where
he rented land and farmed for four years, and
afterward spent one year in Eldon, Iowa. He
bought his present farm of 80 acres in 1887,
and has since then resided on it. He is en-
gaged in general farming and stock raising,
keeps only a high grade of stock, and has met
with great success.

Mr. Carr was united in marriage with
Millie J. Finney, who was born in Jefferson
county, Iowa, and they have one child, — Arthur
McKinley, — who was born October 11, 1900.
The subject of this sketch is a Republican, and
served as president of the school board. He
was also road supervisor for six years.

RS. MARY A. (CARR) ARNOLD,

who is well known to the residents

of Richland township, ^Vapello

county, Iowa, is the widow of

George W. Arnold. She ^^•as born in Butler

county, Ohio, in 1823, and is a daughter of

John and Ruth (Bell) Carr.

John Carr was born in Kentucky, and at an
early age applied himself to agricultural pur-
suits. He came to Iowa during the latter part
of his life, and subsequently located in Kansas,
where he died. He married Ruth Bell, who
was born in Maryland, and they became the
parents oi 13 children, of whom those living are
as follows : Samuel, a well-known farmer of

Wapello' county, Richland township ; William ;
John; Alexander; Frank; and Mary A.

Mar)' A.- Carr was united in marriage with
George W. Arnold, in Union county, Indiana,
in 1845. He was born in Union county, Indi-
ana, in 1825, and shortly after their marriage
they came to Iowa and settled on the farm
now occupied by Mrs. xVrnold. Here he farmed
until his death. He was a valued member of
the community in which he lived, and his death
was a loss sadly felt by his fellow citizens.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold reared the following chil-
dren: Elizabeth and David M., deceased;
James M., of Ottum\va, Iowa; John C, de-
ceased; Thomas J., deceased; George W., of
Ottumwa, Iowa; Ruth, the wife of John H.
Fugate, who resides on the old homestead,
which he farms; and William F., deceased.
Religiously, i\Irs. Arnold is a member of the
Christian church. She is a woman of many
estimable equalities, and during her long resi-
dence here has established numerous warm
friendships.

HARLES L. SMITH. This gentle-
man is descended from one of the pio-
neer families of Wapello county,
Iowa, and is now one of the leading
farmers of the county. He was born in Green
township, \A'ai)ello county, Iowa, in 1874, and
is a son of A. \A' and Mary Ann (Brown)
Smith.

A. \y. Smith was born in Kentucky in
1852. Early in life he located in Wapello
county, and is now a prominent farmer of

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Adams township. He married Mary Ann
Brown, who was born in Van Buren county,
Iowa. They were blessed with five children,
namely: Fred; Minnie; Willie; Luther; and
Charles L.

Charles L. Smith attended the public
schools of his native township, and later as-
sisted his father on the farm. With the excep-
tion of three years spent in Kansas, he has lived
in Wapello county all his life. March i, 1901,
he located on his present home farm, which is
the north half of the northwest quarter of sec-
tion 33. He is engaged in general farming.
Mr, Smith was married tO' Nettie Shepherd, a
native of Wapello' county, whO' was born in
1873, a daughter of William Shepherd.

Politically, Mr. Smith is a Democrat. Both
he and his wife are members of the Presby-
terian church. Although Mr. Smith is one of
the young farmers of the township, he is ^'ery
well known and is held in high esteem by all.
A man of much business ability, active and of
strong determination, he promises to become
one of the foremost men in the countv.

ASHINGTON J. AVARREN, a vet-
eran of the Civil War, in which he
bore an honorable record for ser\'-
ice, is a highly respected farmer
of Washington township, Wapello county,
Iowa. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, in
1828, and is a son of David and Sarah ( Jones)
Warren.

David Warren was born in Pennsylvania

in 1795, and went tO' Ohio when a young man.
He followed farming throughout his life, and
was a very prosperous man. He was united in
marriage with Sarah Jones, who was born in
Ohio, and had one child, — Wilsey, — by a for-
mer marriage. This union resulted in the fol-
lowing offspring: Margaret; Mary; Eliza;
Sarah; Washington J.; Marion; Jane; Simon;
Joseph ; Jane; and Alice.

Washington J. Warren , resided in Ohio
until he \\as twenty-one years of age, and was
quite young when he applied himself toi agri-
cultural pursuits. He moved to Iowa in 1850,
and in June of that year settled in Pleasant
township, where he lived for one year. He then
purchased a farm in section 10, AA'ashington
township, where he lived until he entered the
arm}'. He enlisted in 1862, in Company E,
22nd Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., and served two and
a half years, when he was discharged because
r,f disability from a wound received in the left
knee. He participated in the battles of Port
Gibson, Black River Bridge; Jackson, Missis-
sippi : and in the siege of Vicksburg, and saw
much hard fighting. He was discharged at
Dax-enport, bwa, and returned home. He is
engaged in general farming and stock raising,
and keeps a high grade of cattle, hogs and
horses. His farm is well improved and equipped
with good, substantial farm buildings. He is
now living a retired life, and makes his home
with his son George.

At the age of twenty-one years Mr. AVarren
was united in marriage with Miss B. New-
house, who was born in Delaware county, Ohio,
in 1828, and they are the parents of six chil-

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dren : Anna, wife of Peter Henks ; Emma,
wife of .Vndrew Giltner ; Eva, wife of George
Cremer ; Alljcrt ; Joliii; and George. Mrs.
Warren died in iS(j4. In politics, Mr. Warren
is a strong supporter of the principles advo-
cated by the Republican party. Fraternally,
he is a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. He is a faithful member of the
jNIethodist Episcopal church.

OHX C. VASS, a well-to-do farmer of
Washington township', Wapello coun-
t\-, Io\\'a, came to this county in March,
1849, '^'''d has since resided on his
present farm. He was born in Stokes county,
North Carolina, in 1832, and is a son of Vin-
cent and Mary ( Cosoner ) Vass.

Vincent Vass was a blacksmith by trade,
although he fallowed farming all his life. He
came tO' Wapello C(junty, Iowa, in iMarch, 1849,
and purchased the farm now owned by his son,
John C, on which he li\ed until his death. He
married 3,Iar\' Ccsoner, who Vias born in North
Car( Hna, and the}- reared the following chil-
dren : Garriah and Parthenia, deceased ; Lydia ;
Emily, deceased; Mary; Reuben, deceased;
Mary ; John ; and Thomas.

John C. \'ass attended the common schools
(if Hendricks count}-, Indiana, and at an earl}-
age began farming. He moved west to Iowa
in i8_|9 with his parents, who settled on the
farm which he now owns. He succeeded his
father in the ownership of this farm, and is now
engaged in general farming and stock raising.

He is a good business man, and is meeting with
success. Honest and upright in all his dealings,
he has gained the respect and good will O'f all
with \vhom he has come in contact.

Mr. Vass w-as united in marriage in 1855,
with Sarah Bearden, who is deceased. By her
he had one child, Mary J., w-ife of Edward
Hendricksoii. He married a second time in
1867, wedding Mar}- Sullivan, w-ho was born
in Union county, Indiana, in 1840. They w-ere
the parents of 12 children, of w-hom those living-
are as follows: Mrs. Augusta (Israel) ; Henry;
Oscar ; Erastus ; Cora ; Laura ; William ; Ma-
mie ( Inard) ; Frank; and Bessie. Edward and
Charles are deceased. Mr. Vass is a Republi-
can in politics, and in religious attachments is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

IE
id

OSEPH JEWETT, a prosperous farmer

living in Richland township, AA'apello-

county, Iowa, on a farm oi 97 J4 acres

in section 30, was born in Yorkshire,

England. November i, 1824. He is a son of

James and Mary ( Lether) Jewett, both natives

of England.

Joseph Jewett worked in a worsted factory
from the time he was eight years old until he
w-as tw-ent}--two years oi age. In 1854 he emi-
grated to the United States, and located in
Sadsbury^-ille, Pennsylvania, where he lived
for five years. He then removed tO' Canada,
w here he made alpaca dress goods for ten vears,
after which time he returned to Pennsylvania.
He took up his residence in Philadelphia, which

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627

place was his liome until his removal tO' Wa-
pello^ county, Iowa, in 1880. After removing to
Ioi\va he settled on his present farm. JMr.
Jewett is a successful farmer, and is highly re-
spected in W^apello county, where he takes an
active interest in all local affairs;

;\Ir. Jewett was united in wedlock with
Leah Jenkinson, November 4, 1848. She is a
native of England. Mrs. Jewett wc irked in a
worsted factory for 17 years, for a firm in Hali-
fa.x, Yorkshire, England. She began at that
place when a little past eight years of age. "Sir.
and Mrs. Jewett have reared one child, Will-
iam, who lives at home. Mr. Jewett and his
wife attend the Meth(xlist church. Politically,
the former is a Republican.

NOCH L. DEAN is a prosperous and
influential farmer of Washington
township, \\'apello county, Iowa,
where he owns a fine farm in section
I, on which he has resided since 1878. He is
engaged in general farming and stock raising,
and stands high in the esteem of the residents
of his community. He was born at Fairfield,
Jefferson county, Icwa, m 1849, ''•"'^^ ^s a son
of Elijah and Plarriet (Chilcott) Dean.

Elijah Dean was born in Pluntingdon coun-
ty, Pennsyhania, October 2, 1807, and lived
there until he removed to Iowa, in 1840, and
located in Jefferson county. He was joined
in hymeneal bonds, in Pennsylvania, with Har-
riet Chilcott, who was a native of Huntingdon
county, in that state. They became the par-

ents of six children, as follows : Marshall, de-
ceased; Ageline; Melissa J.; Miriam C, de-
ceased; Amanda; Enoch L. ; and Ruth. Elijah
Dean died 3,1a)- 16, 1879, aged se\'enty-two
years, and Harriet ( Chilcott) Dean died Feb-
ruary 13, 1900, aged eighty-four years.

Enoch L. Dean was ime year of age when
his father removed, in 1850, fmm Jefferson
county, to Wapello count)', where he received
his intellectual training. He located upon his
present farm in 1878. Flis place is highly im-
pri \-eil. well fenced, and su])plied with good
outbuildings.

Mr. Dean was united in marriage February
18, 1878, with Frances Ella Riggs, who was
born in Belmont county, Ohio, in February,
1 84 1, and is a daughter of R. H. and Jane
(Hare) Riggs, the former a native of Mary-
land, and the latter of England. This union
resulted in the birth of the following children:
William H. ; Eliza; James H. ; Richard H. ;
Ella; Sarah Ann; and Isaac H. Mr. Dean is
a Republican in politics, and in religious views
a Baptist.

HARLES 31. D. SHARP, a promi-
nent farmer of AVashington tnwn-
shi];, Wapello' county, Iowa, has a
fine farm in section 26, and follows
general farming. Fie was liorn in Jefferson
county, Ljwa, in 1846, and is a son of John J.
Sharp.

John J. Sharp was born in A\'est Virginia,
January 12, 18 1(), and was a miller and black-
smith In' trade. Fie came to Lnva in 1837, and

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located in A\'apello county in 1843. He settled
ni Dahlonega township, and later in Jefferson
county, lo'wa. He moved to Ottumwa in 1849,
and kept a hotel there until 1853. He was
united in marriage with Catharine Parsons,
who was born in West Virginia in 181 7, and
died in 1857. Air. and Mrs. Sharp reared the
following children : Celia Ann ; J. PL ; Charles
M. D. ; John E. and Penelope, deceased ; and
Amanda M.

Charles M. D. Sharp was born in Jefferson
county, Iowa, but attended the public schools
of \\'apelIo county. He resided with his par-
ents until he \\as twenty-two years of age.
He then went to li\'e in Worth county, Mis-
souri, and later moved to Mercer coimty, where
he followed farming for eight years. He re-
turned to Eldon, Iowa, where he spent
two years and then located on his pres-
ent farm in sections 26 and 35, Wash-
ington township, where he owns 120
acres. He carries on general farming, and also
operates a coal mine located on his premises,
the coal being as fine as any to be found in the
county. The shaft is 39 feet deep, and the vein
is three and a half feet thick. He sells his coal
at Eldou, where there is a good demand for it.
• Mr. Sharp was united in marriage in 1869
with Julia A. Cummins, who was born in Wa-
pello county, lo^\'a, in 1847, on the former's
present farm. She is a daughter of E. M.
Cummins, deceased, who entered the old home-
stead farm and came to Wapello county in
1843. -^I''- ^ncl Mrs. Sharp became the parents
of two children, namely: Rachel jM., who mar-
ried George Myers, and lives in Eldon, Iowa;

and Robert J., who lives at home. E. M. Cum-
mins, the father of Mrs. Sharp, married Rachel
Stapleton, who' was born in Kentucky, and they
reared eight children : Elizabeth ; Daniel ;
John, deceased; Ephraim I.; Robert; Julia;
Emma L. ; and Mary B. Mr. Sharp is a Demo-
crat, and was trustee of his township six years.
He served on the school board for a number of
years, and is now its secretary. Fraternally, he
is a member of Eldon Lodge, Noi. 28, I. O. O.
F. Religiously, he and his wife are members-
of the Primitive Baptist church.

FORGE W. GOFF, one of the pro-
gressive citizens of Washington
township, AVapello county, Iowa, is
engaged in farming, and owns a fine
farm of 130 acres in sections 13 and 14. He
was born in Pennsylvania in 1846, and is a son
of Peter and Rebecca (Brownfield) Goff.

Peter Gc-ff was born in Pennsylvania, and
at an early age applied himself tO' agricultural
pursuits, which he followed in his native state
until 1849, when he removed with his family
to Wapello county, L_wa. He was joined in
marriage with Rebecca Brownfield, who was
also- born in Pennsylvania, and they became the
parents O'f the followiiig offspring: Ruth, wife
of .\. \. Cain, of Washington township, A\'a-
pello connty ; Margaret, wife of I\I. AA'. Strick-
land; Mary E., of the same township; Charles,
^vho lives in Alississippi ; and George AA''., the
subject of this sketch.

George AA' Goff was but three years of age

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when broaght by his parents from Pennsylva-
nia to AVapello county, ^\•here he has lived
practically all his life. He began tilling the soil
when a young man, and located on his present
farm of 130 acres in W'asliington township in
1 87 1. He carries on general farming and stock
raising, and keeps a high grade of cattle, hogs
and horses. His farm is modern in all its ap-
pointments, and is excellent condition for prof-
itable operation.

Mr. Goff was united in marriage with Lu-
cetta P Hand, who v/as born in Xew Jersev in
1846, and both have many friends throughout
the township in which the}- live. They are
members of the Missionary Baptist church. In
politics, jNir. Goff is a strong supporter of the
principles set forth in the Republican platform,
and has served efficiently as trustee of his town-
ship. Fraternally, he is a member of the Xew
Hope Lodge, A. F. & A. ]\I., of Eldon, Iowa.

EORGE W. CREATFI, a prominent
farmer of A\'apello county, Ir.wz^
owns 500 acres of land in Washing-
ton township, and fnlows general
farming. He was born in Madison count}-,
Ohio, in 1838, and is a son of George Creath.
George Creath was born in Pennsylvania
in 1803, and moved to Ohio' when a \-oung man.
He was there married to^ Nancy West, who was
born in Ohio, and the\' nioxed to Henr_\' count}-,
Indiana, in 1841. They came to Iowa in 1850,
and settled in Jackson township, Van Buren
county. He followed farming until his death,
in 1853. He and his -wife had tweh-e children,

namely : Margaret ; AA'illiam H. ; Martin C. ;
Elizabeth A. and Alary J., deceased; John AA". ;
rieorge AA. ; Lncy; one who' died in infancy;
Nanc}' A. ; Sarilda ; and Elsie.

George AA'. Creath came to AA'apello county,
Iowa, \\-hen nineteen years of age, and in 1858
located on his present farm. He enlisted in
1861, in Company F, 4th Reg., Iowa \'ol. Inf.,
and ser^'ed until the close of the war. He was
at the siege of Vicksbnrg, and participated in
man}- hard-fought battles, sharing in all the
engagements of his regiment. He was dis-
charg-ed at Da^'enport, low-a, and then returned
tO' his home farm in AA'apello county. He is
engaged in general farming and stock raising,
although he rents a considerable portion of his
land. He is xer}- successful in a business way,
and is regarded as one of the most substantial
and influential men of the township.

In 1865 Air. Creath was joined in wedlock
with Melissa J. Myers, a daughtei" of Reuben
Al}-ers, who came tO' AA'apello county in 1843
and entered the farm i-iow occupied b}' Air.
Creath. He died in 1900, at the age of eighty-
four years. Mrs. Creath was born in AA'apello
Count}-, and by her union with Mr. Creath has
had the follow-ing offspring: lona G., wife of
An(lre-\v Acton; Affie B., wife of Thomas
Black; AA'illiam E., a ]-)hysician at Ottumwa ;
and Thomas M., who lixes at home. The sub-
ject of this sketch is a Republican, and cast
his first ^-ote for .Abraham Lincoln. He has
Ijeen a member of the Alethodist Episcopal
church for more than fort}' }-ears. Fraternallv,
he belongs tO' the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and the Grand .Arm}- of the Republic.

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HARLES V SPRLXGER, who was

engaged in railroad work for many

\'ears, located on a farm in section

y, ^\'ashington township, Wapello

coiintv, Iowa, in 1899, and is now successfully

engaged in agricultural pursuits. ITe was burn

in Agency City, AVapello coimty, Iowa, in

1 86 1, and is a son of George Springer.

George Springer was born in Baltimore,
AIar\ land, and came to Io\\a about 1850. locat-
ing m Wapello county. He was united in mar-
riage with, Jane Conawa}-, who was born in
West V^irginia, and they reared six children,
namely: John; Julia and James, deceased;
Ella ; Fred, deceased ; and Charles V.

Charles V Springer lived in Agency town-
ship, where he A\as born, until he \\as eleven
years of age. Since that time he has made his
own li\'ing, his father having died when the
son was \ oung. He located in Eldon, and was
employed In- the firm of Hard & Myers for fiye
years. He then went to Ottumwa and worked
for the Cooper-Hammond Company, and was
afterward em])l(;)ed as a brakeman on the Chi-
cago, Burlington & Ouincy Railroad for three
}'ears. He ran a train for twelve years (jn the
Ivliddle Division of that road, and enjoyed the
good will of the officials above him. In 1899
he located on his present farm in sections 0
and 16, Washington township, where he is
meeting with good results in general farming
and stock raising. He has a handsome, two-
stor)-, i2-ro(jni house, which he built in 1899,
and which compares fayorabl}- with any other
farm house in this section.

In 1889 ^'fs- Springer was united in mar-

riag"e, in AA'apello county, with Belle Foster,
^\h0' is a daughter of Thomas Foster, de-
ceased. Wr. Foster was an early settler in
\\'apello county and entered land in Washing-
ton township. This union resulted in the fol-
lowing offspring : Foster ; Benjamin ; Ruth ;
James; and Daniel. Mrs. Springer is a faithful
member of the Alethodist Episcopal church.

R. S. H. S.VWA'ERS, a gentleman well
known in professional circles in Wa-
pello county, Iowa, has been engaged
in medical praccice at Eldon, Iowa,
since 1890. He has a thorough mastery of the
science of medicine, and has displayed such skill
in the treatment of cases as to gain the confi-
dence and patronage of his fellow citizens. He
was born in Unio«\'ille, Iowa, April 16, 1861,
and is a son of Dr. S. Sawyers.

Dr. S. Sawyers was born in Tennessee, in
February, 1831, and when a )'oung man came
to Iowa. He married Mary Miller, also a na-
ti\e of Tennessee, and they reared 1 1 children.

Dr. S. FI. Saw}'ers attended the public
schoiils of Uni(m\-ille,^and supplemented his
early mental training with a co'urse in Parsons
C(. liege, at Fairfield. He attended Rush Medi-
cal College, in Chicago', Illinois, and was gradu-
ated with the class of 1887. He then practiced
f(;r two years in Centerville, Iowa, and in 1890
Icjcatecl in Eldon, where he has since resided,
and has established a lucrative practice.

Dr. Saw}-ers was united in matrimony with
Miss M. Rizer, who was born in Illinois, Janu-

MX,

SMITH M. HANSHAW.

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ary 28, 1873, and they ha\'e reared two chil-
dren,— AHce E. and Ray L. Dr. Sawyers is
a Repubhcan. Fraternah)-, he is a member of
New Hope Lodge, No. 224, A. F. & A, M.

MITH i\I. HAXSHAW. a gentleman
of considerable prominence at the bar
of A\'apello county, whose portrait is
herewith shown, is engaged in prac-
tice at Eldon, Iowa. He was born in Harrison
county, Ohio, in 1833, and is a son of Smith
Hanshaw.

Smith Hanshaw was burn in Virginia, and
went to Ohio about 1823, where he engaged
in farming. He married Mai-y Stewart, who
was born in Virginia, and they reared the fol-
lowing children : Lovinia ; Harriet : William
R. ; Elizabeth A. ; John ; Richard H. ; Smith
i\I. : Vail; Stewart: and Eliza J.

Smith M. Hanshaw attended' school in
Ohio, and came to Iowa in 1854. locating in
Van Buren county, and later, in Jefferson coun-
ty. In 1865, he came to A\'apello county, where
he has since lived. He first mad6 his home
at Eldon. During the early part of his life he
followed farming and later studied law. He
first engaged in practice at Ashland, Iowa, and
was justice of the peace in Washington town-
ship for five years. He was admitted to die
bar at Otumwa, and located on his present farm
in 1890. He rents his land. He has a law
office at Eldon, where he is a member of the
well known firm of Hanshaw & Daugherty.
He has great natural ability as a lawyer, is

well read, and has established a large clientage.
He has the utmost confidence of his clients, and
is a highly respected member of the community.
■\Ir. Hanshaw was united in marriage in
Belmont county, Ohio, with Alary Creighton,,
who was born in that county, in 1835, and is
deceased. V,v her union with Air. Hanshaw
she had the following children: Mary E. ;
Sarah O. : Eliza J.; Emily G. ; Harriet E:;
Harrison V.. deceased: Thomas E. ; AA^illiam
R. : and Lorena. Air. Hanshaw's second wife
was Sarah (AA'ile}-) Baker, who was born in
Indiana, in 1853. By her union with Charles
Baker (deceased), she had one child, — Charlie
Baker, of Ottumwa. The subject of this
sketch is a Democrat in politics, and has served
on the school board of his township for a num-
ber of years.

OSEPH EARL LAXGFQRD, who is
now living on a farm near Ottumwa,
in Center township, AA'apello county,
Iowa, was engaged in various
branches of business for many years, and has
led a life of stirring acti\ity. He was born
Februar\' 10, 1826, in Tioga cnunt}-. New
York.

Mr. Langford attended the puljlic schools
of his nati\'e county, and at an early age began
assisting a cousin in business, continuing thus
until 1846. He then became associated ^^■ith
others in construction work c n the Erie Rail-
road. In 1849 I'lS turned to a seafaring life,
and shipped on board a whaler. He crossed the
Equator several times and went around the

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world, by way of the Cape of Good Hope ; on
coming- home he rounded Cape Horn. The
Ufe on the whaler was one of the greatest ex-
citement, as whale catching is always attended
by great danger. When a whale was sighted
he was always the one called to man the boat
when they set out for its capture. Their ^•lJy-
age was very successful, as they captured 36
whales during the season, the produce being
3,600 barrels of oil and 45,000 pounds of
whalebone. Their larg'est catch was in Behring
Strait, the whale measuring' 90 feet in length,
and yielding 180 barrels of oil. They re-
turned home in the latter part of 185 1 , after an
absence of almost eighteen months. He re-
turned to railroad work and took contracts for
the construction of new lines in New York
State. He came west and built the road froni
Racine, Wisconsin, west to the Mississippi
Ri\-er. After he completed the road to the
Mississippi he built a levee in the American
bottom, on the Illinois side. His next venture
was the construction of a road in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan. AMien the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy construction began he
took a contract to build a part from Ottum.wa
to the ^Missouri River. He also worked on the
line from Fort Madison to Farming-ton. He
next engaged in the manufacture of artificial
stone, and put in most of the trimmings on
the best houses built in Ottumwa at that time.
He remained at this business for five years, and
then had the misfortune to lost his entire plant
b)' fire. He did not rebuild, but instead set-
tled on his present farm, to enjoy the remainder
of his life in peace and comfort in the com-

panionship of his family. He is a man of
sterling qualities, and has many stanch friends
throughout the county.

Mr. Langford was united in marriage, in
1867, to Nettie Graves, whose father, A. L.
Graves, came to this county at a very early
day and whose life's history is recorded else-
where in this work. The following children
blessed this union : J. E., Jr., thirtyAthree years
of age, who is a mechanic by trade and lives
in Ottumwa ; Estella, wife of L. L. Andefson,
of Trinidad, Colorado; Earl L., aged twenty-
three years, who is married and lives in Ot-
tumwa; Leola, who received a good education
and is now occupying a position as teacher in
the grade schools in Ottumwa ; and Nettie,,
who has just graduated from the Ottumwa
High School. Mr. Langford is a Democrat in
politics, and in religious views favors the
Methodist church.

DWIN BETTERTON, one of the most

extensive farmers of AVashingtoii

township, \A'apello county, Iowa,

owns 410 acres of valuable farming

land in sections 19, 20, 21 and 28. He was

born in AA'ashington township Januarv 3, 1840,

and is a son of AA^illiam Betterton.

William Betterton was born in Washing-
ton, D. C, in July, 1801, and lived there until
he was nineteen }'ears of age. He then moved
to Maryland, subsequently tO' Pennsylvania,
then to Indiana, and finally, in 1837, to Iowa.
He located in Washington township, Wapello-

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county, where he lived until his death. In early
life he followed the trade of a shoemaker, but
was engaged in farming during most of his
career. His wife was Mercy Longly, who was
born in Pennsylvania in April, 1802, and was
married in that state. Twelve children were
born to them, namely : Elizabeth ; Rebecca ;
Frances; Mary; Minerva; Lucinda, Garner;
Edwin; Hettie ; and three who died in infancy.

Edwin Betterton first attended school in
Van Buren county, Iowa, as there were no
schools in Wapello county at that period. He
lived on the old homestead until he was twenty-
six years of age, and then located on his pres-
ent farm in section 21, where he has since re-
mained. He has been very successful in farm-
ing, and has added to his original tract of land
until he now owns 410 acres. He is engaged
in general farming and stock raising, and his
farm is highlv improved in every respect. He
has a comfortable home and substantial out-
buildings.

Mr. Betterton was first married to Mary
Burbage, a daughter of James Burbage, of
Agency. She died in December, 1861, without
issue. Mr. Betterton's second wife \\as Mrs.
Mary (A\'eaver) Carmack, who was born in
Hancock county, Illinois, in 1840. B}' her
union with A\'. P Carmack, ]\ Irs. Betterson had
one child, Ella C, who married N. M. Moore,
by whom she has three children, — Maud, Kittie
and Louise. Politically, Mr. Betterton is a
Democrat, and has served as trustee, clerk, and
as a member of the school board of his town-
ship a number of terms. Mrs. Betterton is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

HOAIAS M. THORXBURG, a pro-
gressive and enterprising citizen of
Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, is
engaged in dairying, in which line of
business he is meeting with much success. He
was born at Keosauqua, Van Buren county,
Iowa, November 17, 1850, and is a son of
Lewis W. Thornburg.

Lewis W. Thornburg was born October 26,
1820, and his early life was spent at home in
assisting his father. In those days but limited
advantages were afTorded by the district
schools, and his education was mainly self ac-
quired. At the age of twenty years he mar-
ried and moved to Iowa, then a territor}',
where he engaged in carpentering and under-
taking. He later engaged in merchandising,
W'ith the accumulations from his work he wtnt
into the lumber business at Keosauqua, Iowa,
and had a flourishing trade, being one of the
leading- business men of that town. He was
generous to a fault, and was ever ready to aid
a friend, and this admirable C]uality cost him
dearly. He signed notes for other men and
was called upon to pay them, which made it
necessary to sell his business. He paid the ob-
ligations in full, and had enough left to buy
a tract of 12 acres of land near the city of Ot-
tumwa, where he was engaged in gardening
and fruit raising until 1896. He is now living
a retired life in Ottumwa, where he has a great
man}- friends and acquaintances. He comes
of an old Quaker famih". His great-grandfa-
ther, Isaac Thornburg, when ninety-four years
ot age held a reunion with 340 of his descend-
ants, and upon that occasion read a poem of

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his own composition, without the aid of spec-
tarles. A high sense of honor and fair treat-
ment to their fellow men seems to have char-
acterized this family, as far back as there is
any record. Lewis A\'. Thornburg has been a
Republican since 1856. He joined the Lide-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows in 1852.

Thomas J\I. Thornburg remained at home
until he reached the age of twenty years, and
acquired a good common school education. He
then accepted a position in the lumber ^'ards
of E. A. Gibbs & Compan}-, being employed
in the office. He continued to rise steadily,
and in his twenty-fifth year was head sales-
man in the yards. He next engaged with J.
]-[. ;\'Ierrill & Compan_\-, with which company
he remained for a period of six years. He
then accepted a similar position in the emplov
of C. \y. Major & Company, and remained
in their employ for ten 3'ears as foreman and
salesman. His health failing, he relinquished
that position in 1897, and established a Jer-
se)' milk route in Ottumwa, which has proved
to be a very profitable enterprise. He has a
large list of customers to who-m he supplies
Jersey milk, and has won the confidence and
,!>r,od will of the citizens of Ottumwa to a re-
markable degree.

Li 1872 ;AIr. Thornburg was united in mar-
riage with Mattie J. Collins, a daughter of ."vu-
gustus and Eliza Jane (Kincade) Collins, who
were of Scotch-Irish descent, although the
famih- has been established in this country for
man)' generations. Augustus Collins was a sol-
dier in the Ci\-il \A^ar, belonging to Company
F, f)5th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and was in the

battle of Gettysburg and many other important
engagements. He was finally taken prisoner
and incarcerated at Andersonville, and died
one year later from the treatment there re-
ceived. His son, George, enlisted as a drummer
and «ent through the war, taking part in 17
diflierent engagements ; he was promoted on
several occasions, the last time to a captaincy,
because of the capture of a Confederate flag.
Eliza Jane Kincade, wife of Augustus Collins,
came of a wealthy Ohio family, — all her
brothers being lawyers. She was of Revolu-
tionary stock. She died October 18, 1901, aged
sevent\--four years. Mr. and Airs. Thornburg
have one daughter, Helen Collins, born in Ot-
tumwa, Xo\ember 16, 18S5. In politics Air.
Thornburg is a Republican. He belongs to
Camp Xo. 3 1 , AVoodmen of the AA'orld, of Ot-
tumwa. Religiouslv, he is a member of the
Alethodist Episcopal church.

ORRIS ULAIER. This gentleman
is the owner of 280 acres of very
valuable farming land in Green
township, AVapello county, Iowa,
\A-here he has li\-ed for a number of vears. He
was born m Germany, in 1825, and there re-
ceived his early mental training. At the age
of twenty-five years he came to America and
sought employment from railroad companies,
and worked in that connection for a number of
years. He also farmed, and by strict economy
managed to save enough to give himself a small
start in the world.

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In 1 85 5 r\Ir. Ulmer bought 80 acres of un-
cultivated land in Green township, going into
debt for the greater part of it. Being a care-
ful manager and a hard working man, he sunn
had the 80 acres paid for, and purchased 40
acres more. He built a comfortable home,
fences and all necessary outbuildings, and grad-
ually increased the farm In' purchases from
time to time until no\\- he jiossesses 280 acres
of the finest farming land in AA^apello county.
Instead of being a borrower of mone\-, he is
now a lender to those who applv. Air. Ulmer
is a man of wide knowledge in farming- mat-
ters, and also takes an acti^■e and deep interest
in the Cjuestions of the da^-.

Mr. Ulmer was united in marriage with
Victoria Edleman, who \\as b(irn in Germany
in' 1826. She came \\4th her parents to this
country, in 1847, ^"d resided in Philadelphia
until her marriage. Eight children were born
to this couple, and those living are as follows :
Erederick ; Elizabeth ; Charles Henry ; Ala-
tilda; and Paulina. Air. Ulmer 'has ahva}-s
been a member of the Democratic party. The
family are members of the Catholic church.

OSEPH B. C.VRAIAX, a ]>r(,sperous
agriculturist, residing in sectiem z~ ,
Pleasant township, W^apello count}-,
Iowa, w as born in Columbiana coun-
ty, Ohii), Alarch 5, 1845, ''•"'^l is a son of Ed-
ward and Alary (Clark) Carman.

Edward Carman was born in Alercer coun-
t}', New Jersey, in November, 1802, and died

on the place now owned b}' his snn. When
eighteen years (jf age he started afoot for St.
Louis, walking all the w a^' from New Jerse}- to
that trading- post. He averaged 45 miles a da\-,
and when he failed to cb\'er that distance con-
sidered himself lacking in energy and spirit.
Before he settled permanently in Iowa he made
four trips to St. Louis, always walking the en-
tire distance, something that would certainlv
appall the most hardy and venturesome in
these da^-s of rapid transit. He left Ohio with
his family and resided in r)ninc\-, Illinois, for
several months, and then moved to Iowa,,
stopping at Keokuk. Erom there the journey by
wagon was resumed to Wapello county, Iowa.
Pleasant township took the fancy of the land-
seekers, and August 17, 1846, they settled upon
the farm now owned by Joseph B. Carman,
■\\hich was chosen for a home. Edward was a
plasterer and bricklayer, and until i85ri. when
' he sustained an injur)-, he devoted himself to
: that trade. From that time until his death, in
j 1875, 1''^ remained upon the farm. He helped
to no small degree in opening up and de\'elop-
ing- A\"apello county, and endured man\- hard-
ships in making- an anchorage in the new county
for himself and family. He often rode 40 miles
to the mill located at Bonaparte, and was fre-
Cjuently compelled to wait there three \yeeks
at a time for his grist. In those days the neis'h-
liors established a custom of taking turn about
in going to Keokuk, 'j}, miles distant, there to
lay in a supplx' of groceries, and, especiall}-, of
salt. Air. Carman was always ready ^vhen
called upon, and generally came back \\ith his
wagon loaded. AVhile peaceable and slow to

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take umbrage, he was firm in maintaining the
respect due him, and he permitted nO' man to
trample on his rights. Here is an instance of
this phase of his character. From the opening
of the county and for years after Mr. Carman
became one of its citizens, there was a great
deal of contention in regard to claims. Sc[uat-
ters made much trouble, and one of them at-
tempted to settle on the Carman land. There
was no contro\ersy over the affair. The set-
tler simply got his trusy rifle, and the intruder,
seeing determination and a keen eye back of
the gun, packed up his effects and left that im-
mediate locality. He was a good man behind
a gxm, and an excellent huntsman. He was
united in marriage, in 1835, with Mary Clark,
Avho was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in
1812, and was a daughter of Hugh and Eliza-
beth (Fishel) Clark. She died in 1871, on the
home farm. To this union nine children were
born, as follows : Elizabeth ; Charlotte ; Julia
A. ; Mary O. ; Joseph B. ; Edward ; Margaret,
deceased ; Thomas C. ; and Emma.

Joseph B. Carman came to Pleasant town-
ship, Wapello county, Iowa, with his parents
at a very early age, and has always been en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits. He owns and
cultivates 85 acres of land where he lives, and
is alsO' possessed of 800 acres of land in Colo-
rado. He is a practical and methodical farm-
er. In 1864 he enlisted in the 7th Reg., Iowa
Vol. Inf., and was a member of Company F.
He was in all the battles of the Atlanta cam-
paign, and sustained injuries on three different
occasions, — the most serious being at the battle
of Dallas, Georgia, where he was hurt by the

recoil of a cannon. Before being mustered
out of the service, he was commissioned second
lieutenant, but through some mishap the papers
never reached him. His discharge was issued
in 1865, at Davenport.

In 1874, Mr. Carmen was united in mar-
riage with Nancy L. \A'iIey, a daughter oi John
and :\Iaria (Warder) Wiley. Her father was
a native of Virginia, and moved to^ Ohio^ at
the age of three years. From there he went
to Illinois, thence to Missouri, and finally lo-
cated in Competine township, Wapello county,
Iowa, in i860. Joseph B. Carman and his wife
ha\'e had five children, as follows : Florence
E., deceased; John E. ; Lawrence W. ; Laura;
and Mary Helen. Mr. Carman is a member
of the Free AVill Baptist church, while his
wife has adopted the tenets of the Christian
sect. Both husband and wife are held in the
highest esteem by their neighbors, and lead fru-
gal, industrious and blameless lives. Mr. Car-
man is a good business man and has a fine farm,
taking especial care of his fruit-growing, —
particularly of his peaches. In politics, he has
always been a Republican. AVhile he has not
sought office, the office has sought him, for
when a young man he was elected trustee of
his township, and in 1900 he was the census
enumerator for the same locality. There is
one little incident which occurred when Mr.
Carman was three years of age, that he likes
to dwell upon. One day there came to his
father's house three Indians. They wanted
something to eat, and the boy's mother pre-
pared it for them. After eating a hearty meal
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hand on the lad's head and grunted : "Ugh,
Big Chief." He afterward learned the Indian
w as a son of the great chief, Keokuk. In his
lifetime, Mr. Carman has visited 41 different
tribes and remnants of tribes of Indians.

EWIS SiWNGLER, a prosperous

farmer of Green township, A\'apello

county, Iowa, has an excellent farm

of 200 acres located in section 30,

township 71, range 14. He was born on this

farm in 1853, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah

( Standerford) Spangler.

Samuel Spangler was born in Zanesville,
Ohio, and at an early age began steamboating
on the river at $13 per month. He, continued
with his employer at the same wages for a
period of seven years, and each year laid by a
portion of his salary, until he was twenty-one
years old. He then married and moved west, in
1853, to Wapello county, Iowa, where, in the
spring of 1849, he had purchased the farm on
which his son is now located. This tract of
land was thickly covered with brush, and he
immediately set about clearing it, and put in
crops as it was cleared. He was blessed with
bountiful crops, and soon had his farm nicely
fenced, a good farm house erected, and also
other buildings necessary for housing his stock
and grain. His success continued, and in 1875
he was enabled to replace the old house with a
new one of comfortable size, in which to enjoy
himself during his declining years. He was
not permitted to enjoy it long, however, as he

was taken with typhoid fever, in 1877, and
died; his wife was also stricken with the same
disease and died seventeen days later. He was
held in the highest esteem by his fellow men,
and A\as always an excellent provider for
his family. His family was e\'er fore-
most in his mind, and each year he
scrupulously set aside two bins of wheat,
sufficient to keep his family in bread
for a year, and never sold it until his next crop
was assured. Thus he was never caught out
of wheat by a failure of crops. He was united
in marriage with Sarah Standerford, who was
born in Pennsylvania, and they became the
parents of eight children, as follows: Lewis;
Alary, wife of Joseph Proctor, of Adams town-
ship ; Susan, who is still at home ; George, who
died at the age of six months ; Clara, who is
the wife of Clayton Smith, of Adams town-
ship; Alice, who' died at the age of nine years;
Charles, who died at the age of thirty-one
years ; and Laura, who is living at home.

Lewis Spangler took the home farm upon
his father's death, and purchased the interests
of the other heirs. He has a fine farm of 200
acres and the same business ability character-
izes his transactions that marked his father's
in that he uses good judginent in farming, and
in laying up a portion of his earnings. He
rebuilt, after his own ideas, the barn erected
by his father, greatly enlarging it and making
it one of the best arranged barns in the coun-
ty. He has about 35 head of high grade cat-
tle, which he feeds with the grain raised on the
farm, and also seven head of horses, which are
used in the' farm work. He is a prosperous

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man, and is popular among his fellow citi-
zens. •

Air. Spangler was united in marriage, in
1879, with Laura E. .Vrnold, and three children
were born to them, namel}- : Sannuel W , borji
January 18, 1880: Elma, Ijorn June 29, 1883;
and one who died at birth. Mrs. Spangler died
in 1887, and on March 26, 1890, Mr. Spangler
was united to Ella E. Berr)-, of Adams town-
ship. He has always been a Democrat, and is
serving as township trustee. He is liberal in
his religious ^■iews.

OHX O'BRYAXT, a pioneer settler of
AA'apello county, Iowa, located in
Pleasant township in 1849. He was
born in Pike county, Ohio, September
4, 1 8 19, and is a son of Joseph and Sallie ( Bar-
ker) O'Bryant. The O'Bryants who founded
the family in this country came from Ireland
at a \-ery early period. The Barkers came
from England, and both families settled in
Virginia. Joseph and Sallie (Barker) O'Bry-
ant were' the parents of six children, namely :
Lemual : Parmenus ; La\-inia ; John; Alelinda;
and Harriet.

John O'Bryant, the subject of this sketch,
was \ erv young when his parents sickened and
died, both within the same year. This threw
him upon his own resources at an earl\- age,
but being a boy of much determination and
energy, he set out resolutely to battle with the
world, confident of success in the end. In 1849
Mr. O'Bryant removed to Wapello county and

located in section 20, Pleasant township. He
owns 160 acres of fine farming land, which he
has always kept in a state of high cultivation.
He has met with much success in his chosen
occupation.

Mr. O'Bryant married, in 1849, Mahala A.
Col\-in, a daughter of Solomon and Easter
(Mason) Colvin. This marriage took place in
Scioto county, Ohio. Three boys were born to
Mr. and Airs. O'Bryant, namely: David Mor-
rison, deceased; Lemuel; and Cassius LeRoy.
The last two are living in the neighborhood in
which they were born, maintaining the family
reputation for industry, and enjoying the es-
teem and respect O'f all who know them.

Politically, Mr. O'Bryant is a Democrat,
and although he has never sought political pre-
ferment, he has served as township trustee, and
also in the capacity of school director. He and
his wife are members of the Presbyterian
church.

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AFAYETTE S. GOSXEY, who lives
in section 36, Polk township, Wa-
pello county, Iowa, was born in Ken-
tucky, December i, 1841, and came
to Iowa in 1864. He is a son of Bartlett and
Mar)' H. (Hopkins) Gosney.

Bartlett Ciosne)- was born in Kentucky, Sep-
tember 2, 1805, his father being a Virginian,
who located in Kentucky in 1795. Bartlett
moved to Iowa in 18C14, and died September 4,
1870. He married Alary H. Hopkins, who was
born June 17, 1804, a daughter of Samuel
Hopkins, a Virginian, and died May 3, 1847.

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They were parents of the following children :
Rachel ^l., born January 4, 1828, who is the
widow of Thomas Baker and lives in Kansas ;
William W , who was born April 23, 1830, 1
and died June 28, 1831 ; Xancy P., born May '
5, 1832, who married Robert H. West, and
lives in Greenfield, Iowa; J^Iaria L., born Jan-
uarv 2^, 1835, who married William H. Smith
(deceased February 24, 1876), and now li\es
at Elliott, Iowa; George W., born }ilay 8,
1837, who died IMarch 26, 1890; Alary E.,
born January 7, 1839, who married H. EI.
Tobias, and lives in Assumption, Illinois ; and
Lafayette S. Mr. Gosney took a second wife
in the person of Rachel B. Hopkms, a sister of
his first wife, and they had one child, Amelia
B., who was born December 20, 1S48, and died
August 8, 1876.

Lafayette S. Gosney came to Inwa in 18^4,
after working in Illinois the previous summer.
He enlisted in the Confedei'ate service in iSi'ii,
in the 2d Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifle-
men, Major Cameron commanding. He served
eighteen months and was captured near AA'est
Liberty, Kentucky. He was paroled, but never
exchanged. He is now living in section 3'i,
Polk township, where he owns t20 acres nf
land. He is engaged in farming and carries a
stock of general merchandise. He is a success-
ful business man and stands high in the es-
teem of the citizens of the community.

December 21, 1865, Air. Gosney was united
in marriage with Malinda Van Cleave, wht.i
was born August 27, 1842, and was a daughter
of Albert and Massa Van Cleave. Her father,
who was a native of Kentucky, came to Iowa in

1849 and died April 2, 1886. Her mother was
a native of Ohio and died in 1874. Air. and
Airs. Gosney had the following children:
Eleanor, born December 11, 1866, who married
Harry Ri ise and lives in Polk township ; Lo-
rena, born December 10, 1868, who married
Henrv Alartin and lives in Center township ;
Bartlett, born February 11, 1871, who lives
at home; Albert, born June 16, 1873, who lives
in Polk township ; Harold, born June 14, 1875 ;
Georgia, born February 5, 1878, who lives at
Cripple Creek, Colorado, where she is a cash-
ier in a large clothing store; Alary Pearl, boni
February 19, 1SS2, who is bookkeeper for AV.
P Chisman, a feed and flour dealer at Ottum-
wa, Inwa; Ray, born July 28, 1884; and Car-
lisle, born June 4, 1886. Airs. Gusnc}' died
September 19, 1889, and Air. Gosney married
Airs. Minnie Smith, a widow, August 31, 1893.
He is a Democrat in politics, and has served as
township trustee.

VRAIAX G. DIXSOX, who has
been engaged in agricultural pur-
suits in A\'apell(j county, Iowa, since
1870, is located on section 36, town-
ship y2, range 15, Polk township, where he
owns 60 acres of land. He was born in
Sweden, December 30, 1849, and is a son of
Gustav Dixson.

Gustav Dixson was born in Sweden and
died there in 1891, at the age of seventy-five
years. His wife, Alargaret, died in Sweden
in 1892, at the age of seventy-three \ears.

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They had six children, as follows : John,
Sophia, Charles, Johanna, Harman G. and
Francis. John lives in Kansas. Sophia li\'es
in Stockholm, Sweden ; for faithful service as a
housekeeper for twenty-five years, she was pre-
sented by her wealthy employers with a hand-
some medal. Charles lives in Sweden. Jo-
hanna'is a widow, residing in Springfield, Mas-
sachusetts. Francis died at the age of twenty
years, while on the ocean, en route to this
country.

Harman G. Dixson came to the United
States in 1869, and located on a farm near
Dudley, Columbia township, Wapello county,
Iowa, in 1870. The first year, however, he
spent in Illinois, where he worked by the
month. Upon moving to Iowa, he followed
farming near Dudley until 1892, when he
moved to his present farm of 60 acres in Polk
township. He follows general farming and
has been ^-ery successful. He has won his way
to a position of prominence in the community
and has established many warm friendships.

December 25, 1872, Mr. Dixson was joined
in matrimony with Mary M. Fox, who was
born March 23, 1855, near Terre Haute, Indi-
ana, and is a daughter of ]\Iichael and Mary
(Hampton) Fox. Her father was a native of
Ireland, and came to the United States in an
early day. He died in 1863, lea\'ing his widow
with four small children. His wife was born
January 13, 1836, in Ohio, and died April 13,
1894. Their children were as follows: Mary
M., wife of Mr, Dixson; Catherine; John F.,
who lives in Kansas City, where he is pastor
of the First Congregational church ; and Hat-

tie, who lives in Monroe county, Iowa, and is
the wife of James Miller. Rev. John F. Fox,
sun of A'lichael and Alary Fox, was a boy when
taken to raise by a neighbor. He was taught
carpentering and worked at his trade until
twenty-six years of age. Craving an educa-
tion, he went to Valparaiso, Indiana, where he
graduated from the normal school. He then
attended a theological seminary at Chicago,
Illinois, and there obtained a license to preach.
He is a man of great attainments, and is in
constant demand as a lecturer. He is presi-
dent of the Kansas Christian Endeavor So-
ciety, and moderator of the Congregational As-
sociation of that state. Mr. and Mrs. Dixson
ha\-e two adopted children : Bert M., who was
born October 7, 1879, and was adopted at the
age of thirteen months; and Flattie T., born
January 3, 1886, who was adopted at the age
of three and a half years. They are consist-
ent and hard workers of the M. P. church.
Fraternally Mr. Dixson is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Political-
ly he is a stanch supporter of the Republican
party.

J. OLDHAM, a prosperous business
man of Eddyville, Wapello county,
Iowa, is a prominent stock dealer.
He was born in Mahaska county,
Iowa, October 29, 1857, and comes of a prom-
inent old family of that county. He is a son
of Abram and Sarah A. (White) Oldham,
and a grandson of Robert and Nicey (Bolli-
baugh) Oldham.

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Robert Oldham was born in Kentucky, and
his wife in Nortli Carolina. They moved to
Indiana at an early date, and settled in Shelby
county, where he was engaged in agricultural
pursuits. In 1848 he sold out, moved to Iowa,
and purchased land in Mahaska county, which
he cultivated the remainder of his days. He
died in September, 1887, at the age of seventy-
nine years. His wife survived him two years,
and died at the age of seventy-eight years.
They were the parents of ten children, of whom
Abram was the next to- the oldest.

Abram Oldham spent the early part of his
life as a farmer in Mahaska county, Iowa, but
later moved to Eddyville, where he engaged in
mercantile business. This he followed several
years, and built up a thriving trade. He died
in 1894, at the age of sixty-four years. He
and' his wife were the parents of 10 children,
as follows: R. J., Lizzie, Jasper N., Frank,
A. L., J. S., Ida M., Effie J., Charles and John.
Mr. Oldham was a Republican, and served in
township offices and on the school board.

R. J. Oldham attended the public schools of
Mahaska county, Iowa, and remained at home
until he was twenty-one years of age. He then
purchased a farm, which he cultivated, and
engaged in stock raising, — a business he has
followed throughout his career. He has met
with great success and handles on an average
30 carloads of cattle a year, besides feeding
about 200 head ; he ships principally to Chica-
go. He is a hustler in every sense of the word,
and has established a very prosperous busi-
ness.

In 1893 Mr. Oldham was united in matri-

mony with Sarah B. Moore, a native of Indi-
ana, and they have two children, — Mary and
Thomas. Fraternally he is a member of Eddy-
ville Lodge, No. 74, A. F. & A. M. ; Hiram
Chapter, R. A. AL; and De Payne Command-
cry, K. T., of Oskaloosa. Religiously he is
inclined to be liberal.

RS. ELIZA H. (DAVIS) LEWIS,
a highly respected resident of Cen-
ter township, Wapello county,
Iowa, is the widow of AVilliam
Lewis. She was born in Tazewell county, Illi-
nois, November 27, 1826, and is a daughter of
William and Jane (Fades) Davis.

\Wlliam Lewis, deceased, late husband of
Mrs. Lewis, was born in Kentucky, i\Iay 15,
1810, and married Eliza H. Davis in Illinois,
August 21, 1845. .-Vfter her marriage, her
father gave her 80 acres of land in Tazewell
county, Illinois, and on this she and her hus-
band lived until they came to Iowa. They lo-
cated on her present farm in Center township,
Wapello count}-, in 1856. and there Mr. Lewis
resided until his death on December 20, 1891.
Politically he was a Republican. Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis became the parents of the following
children: Mrs. S. E. McLain ; Mrs. O. Bare;
Abner Alonzo, who resides in Ottumwa ; Mar-
tha A.: John F,, a farmer of AVapello county;
Joseph C, of Ottumwa; Charlie; Nellie L. ;
' and Lincoln L.

William Davis, father of Mrs. Lewis, was
born in eastern Tennessee in 1802, and died in

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1868. He married Jane Eades, who' was born
Januar}' 22, 1805. Their marriage occurred
J\iay 14, 1822, and in 1824 they removed to
TazeweU county, Ihinois, and settled in Elm
Grove, where both cUed. They reared nine
children, of whom three are now living, as fol-
lows: Thomas J., of Tremont, Illinois; John,
of Almena, Kansas; and Eliza H., the sub-
ject of this biography. Both belonged to the
Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Davis died,
at the age of eighty-four years, lea\'ing eight
children, 55 grandchildren, and 75 great-
grandchildren.

Mrs. Lewis has a fine farm of I58;>:4 acres
in Center township, a portion of which she
rents. She is engaged in general farming,
and has met with great success. She is a
woman of man}- excellent qualities, possesses
good business ability, and has a large circle
of friends and acquaintances throughout the
count}-. She is a member of the United Breth-
ren church.

AMES TIMOXDS, lor many years a
prominent farmer of Pleasant town-
ship, Wapello county, Iowa, has li^•ed
a retired life for the past six years, but
still cwiis a farm of 325 acres in the to\vnship.
He was b<u'n in Penns^■lvania, in 1827, and is
a son (if Andrew Timonds.

Andrew 'I'lnnnids was born in ^Maryland,
and became a \-er\- wealth^• man. He was
killed when James was two \'ears of age. His
union with Miss Frazee resulted in the birth

of the following children : Ophelia ; Barbara,,
deceased ; James ; Susan ; and Sc[uire.

James Timonds learned the trade of a sad-
dle making at an early day, and lived iu Penn-
sylvania until he reached the age of twent}'-
two years. In 1850 he went to California by
way of Cape Horn, the trip consuming 177-
days. He made several stops in South Amer-
ica and met with some eventful experiences on
the way. Although there was small-pox on
board his ship, he luckily escaped the disease.
He operated a sawmill for three years in Cali-
fornia, and then bought a gold claim, \\hich he
worked for about si.x months. After spending
four years in the West he returned to New
1 "^'ork City, and then went tO' Pennsylvania,
where he engaged in farming. In 1854 he
came to Iowa, and for two years hauled goods
from Keokuk to Des Moines, after which he
rented 400 acres of land in Agency township,
A\'apello county, for one year. He was then
engaged in threshing at Libertyville f( ir seven
yetirs. When the Ci\'il War broke out he
went to St. Louis, Missouri, and worked in a
government shop at harness making. He went
to Tennessee, where he made harness for a
quartermaster, and \\as recognized as the best
saddler in the western di\'ision of the armv,
and at one time made a saddle for General
I\Iiller. Upon the close of the war he returned
to AVapello county and bought his present
farm, in 1866. He made harness and collars
for ten years, but, finding he could not take
care of his trade, he relinquished it and en-
gaged in farming exclusivel}^ During the
past six years he has lived practically a retired.

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life, although he still owns the farm of 325
acres in Pleasant township, where he lives.
He is an excellent business man and has ac-
cumulated a handsome property, which will
permit him to spend his declining years in com-
fort.

Air. Timonds was united in marriage with
Eliza J. Groves, who was born in Harrison
county, Indiana, in 184J, and the)- ha\'e the
following children : Laura B. ; Nora ; Mrs.
Opha Thomas ; Kate ; James, deceased ; Net-
tie; and Cora. Politically Air. Timonds is
affiliated with the Republican part}-.

iRS. CATPIERINE MURRAY, a
highly respected resident of Pleas-
ant township, Wapello county,
Iowa, has lived in that county since
1843. She was born in Harrison county,
Ohio, in 1820, and later lived in Coshocton
county, whence she removed to Iowa, in 1841.
Mrs. Murray is the daughter of Samuel
. and Elizabeth ( Shuss ) AVhitmore. Samuel
"W'hitmore was born in Alaryland, in 1795, and
was a miller and farmer by occupation. He
married Elizabeth Shuss, who was also' a na-
tive of Maryland, and was born in 1800. Of
the 12 children resulting from this union those
living are as follows : Catherine, the subject
of this sketch ; Mrs. Fleming, of North Da-
kota ; AVilson ; French ; George ; and Melissa,
who married A. Murray.

Catherine Whitmore was united in mar-
riage with John Murray, who was born in Vir-

gmia, in 1810. Early in life he learned the
trade of a tailor, which he followed for a num-
ber of years, and later pursued the occupation
of a farmer. Fie was a Democrat in politics.
His death occurred in 1S78. In 1841 Air. and
Airs. Alurray moveci to Iowa, and settled in
Jefferson county. In the spring of 1843. at
the opening of the "New Purchase," the}- en-
tered the farm on which Airs. Alurrav now
lives. It is the southeast quarter of section
10, and is one of theJDest farms in Pleasant
township. Since her husband's death Airs.
Murray has conducted the farm with much suc-
cess. There is no better known resident in
the township than Airs. Alurray. She has
always been deeply interested in the progress
and development made in the ^-icinit^- of her
home, and is highly thought of in the com-
munity. Mrs. Alurra}- is a member of the
Methodist church. Fler friends in the county
are legion.

J. WERTZ, a well-known black-
smith of Bladensburg, Pleasant
township, AA'apello county, Iow?a, was
born in Warren county, Iowa, in
i860. He is a son of George and Sarah
(Alartin) AA'ertz.

George AA'ertz was born in Pennsylvania,
and followed the trade of a blacksmith for
forty-four years. He worked at his trade in
Bladensburg for a number of years, and in
1879 moved to Keokuk county, Iowa, where
he resided at the time of his death, in 1880.
He married Sarah Alartin, who is now living

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

in Ottumwa. She was born in Illinois. Nine
children resulted from this union, of whom
those living- are as follows : Elizabeth ; John :
Arminda; H. J.; C. C. ; Anna; and Clara.

When H. J. AVertz was five years old, he
went with his parents to McDonough county,
Illinois, where he lived for thirteen years. He
then returned to Bladensburg, where he har,
since lived, engaged in blacksmithing at the
stand where his father so long followed that
trade. Mr. Wi'ertz is a skillful mechanic, and
does a large and lucrative business. He
opened his present shop January 14, 1899.

Mr. A\'ertz married Mary C. Jones, who is
a native of Ohio, and was born in 1865. They
have one son, Albert R. Politically Mr.
Wertz is a Republican. He belongs to the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge Xo.
198; and to the AA'oodmen of the AA'orld,
Pike's Peak Camp, Colorado Springs, Colo-
rado. He and his wife are members of the
Christian church. Mr. AA'ertz is well known
in AA'apello comity, and is considered a man of
upright and honorable character.

.V}>IUEL KITTERAIAX, a gentleman
whn is e.-vtensively engaged in farm-
ing in AA'apello county, Ljwa, is lo-
cated in section 2^, Richland town-
ship. He was born December 31, 1845, in
Illinois, while his parents were en route to
Iowa. He is a son of Henry and Abigail (In-
low) Kitterman.

Henr)^ Kitterman was born in Virginia,

and when a youth \vas located in Indiana with
his parents, where he lived until he came to
Iowa in June, 1846. He was a farmer by occu-
pation, and had the ability to make almost any-
thing he needed on the farm, — such as wagons,
shoes, etc. He married Abigail Inlow, who
was born in Virginia, and they reared the fol-
lowing children : Philip ; Middleton ; Samuel ;
AA'illiam H. ; James H. ; George AA'. ; Christo-
pher C. ; Elias; Jerome; Lincoln; Mary J.;
Lydia A. ; and Hettie. He and his wife located
in Keokuk county, Iowa, on the Skunk River,
where they lived until 1853, when they came to
AA'apello county, and settled in Highland town-
ship. Henry Kitterman died in Elk county^
Kansas, in 1877, at the age of sixty-one years.

Samuel Kitterman resided in Highland
township until he was fifteen years of age. He
then enlisted for service in the Union army, in
Company F,. 7th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., and
served three years and seven months. He
went through the Atlanta campaign, saw much
hard service throughout the war, and acquitted
himself with credit. He was discharged at
Davenport, Iowa, and then returned to his
home in Wapello county, where he lived on the
old homestead until February, 1868. He then
moved to his present farm in Richland town-
ship, where he has 80 acres of highl)' improved
land. Pie is engaged in general farming and
has met with success in his work. He is one
of the substantial men of the communit\', and
is held in the highest esteem ])y all with v.honi
he is acquainted.

Mr. Kitterman was united in marriage with
Mary O. AA'ilson, a daughter of J. M. AA'ilson.

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a prominent farmer of Richland township. She
was born in Pennsylvania, in 1847, '^"'^^ 't^^"
union with j\Ir. Kitterman has resulted in 'the
birth of seven children, all of whom are now
living, as follows: Jennie (Crawford), of [Mis-
souri; John PL, a blacksmith, of Ivirkville, A\'a-
pello county ; George G., shipping clerk for the
Haw wholesale hardware company, of Ot-
tumwa: Samuel A., assistant superintendent of
the county farm ; Ola, who married AA'illiam
Young, a farmer of Kirkville, and Orin A., and
Atla R., both of whom are at home. ;\Ir. Kit-
terman is a Republican, and has been justice of
the peace in his township for a number of
years. He served on the school board for nine
years. He is a member of Cloutman Post, No.
69, G. A. R., of Ottumwa ; and of Podge No.
278, I. O. O. F., of Highland Center. Relig-
iously, he and his wife belong to the Presby-
terian church.

RS. EDMOXIA :M. HANNA,
widow of the late Joseph G,
Planna, is living on the west half
of the northeast quarter of section
18, i:i Pleasant township, A\"apello county ,
Iowa. She was born in Ohio in 1849, ^^'^d is
a daughter of John and Jane (Welsh) Cole.
John Cole was a native of Ohio, and a
farmer Ijy occupation. He married Jane
Welsh, a native of Penns_\-lvania, and they
reared the following children: Edmonia j\I. :
William F. ; Idella U. ; Virginia; Maggie B. ;
Phoebe E. ; and Lulu V.

The subject of this sketch received her

early mental training in the common schools of
her native count}-, and at the age of sixteen
years accompanied her parents to Illinois.
Tl:ey lived in that state until 1876, when they
removed to Richland township, AA'apello
county, Iowa, and later to Pleasant township.
Edmonia AI. Cole was united in marriage with
Joseph G. Hanna, who was born in Indiana, in
1833- He lived in Indiana until 1849, when
he Ic cated in AA'apello C(;unty, and settled on
the farm \\hich is now the propertv of Airs.
Hanna. It consists of 80 acres of well-im-
proved land in section 18. Air. Hanna was a
successful farmer, and followed that occupa-
tion up to the time of his death, which took
place in 1900. He was a, man of honesty and
mtegntv, and his demise was sincerelv
nicurned in the community. In politics he was
a Democrat, and to(jk a deep interest in local
affairs.

Air. and Airs. Hanna reared three chil-
dren, whose names are Genevieve, Sadie and
Sage, — the last two being twins. Airs. Hanna
rents the land which she owns. She is a mem-
ber of the Adventist church of Bladensburg,
and is a well-known resident of Pleasant town-
ship.

EORGE ALLE.A AMLSON, superin-
tendent of the County Farm, was
born in Clarion county, Pennsvlva-
nia, April 9, i85r), and is a sun of
John AI. and Jane C. (Guthrie) AA-'ilson, now
residents (jf Richland township', AA'apello coun-
ty. The same year of his birth, his parents re-

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moved to Delaware county, Iowa; he came to
Wapello county in 1866, and was married
j\ larch 31, 1880, to Mary E. Parker. He has
held township office and performed the duties
to the satisfaction of his neighbors. It is, how-
ever, in the position of superintendent of the
county farm that George Allen A\'ison has
made' his mark; he was appointed superintend-
ent in 1895, ^"tl was last appointed in 1901.
There has never been a county farm superin-
tendent who has given better satisfaction to the
people of the county than ^Ir. AA'ilson. In all
his duties he has been ably seconded Ijy his wife,
who has executive force of the kind that is re-
quired by a superintendent. There are no abler
men nor women for such duties than ]Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson.

Two views of the AA'apello county farm
buildings are in this volume; thev are excellent
representations. Mr. and ]\Irs. AA'ilson have
had three sons born tO' them: Ralph P., born
April 19, 1883; Chester A., born September
26, 1886; and John M., born August 2, 1891.

EBB

UTI-IER M. CARPEXTER, one of the
leading agriculturists of Richland
toavnship, Wapello' county, Iowa, is
located on the southeast quarter of
section 36, \vhere he owns a valuable farming
property. He was born in Licking county,
Ohio, -in 1834, and is a son of Benjamin Car-
penter.

Benjamin Carpenter was born in Pennsyl-

vania, in July, 1790, and li\'ed there until 1802.
He then moved \\-ith his parents to Ohio, where
they cut their wa)' through six miles of forest
to the farm on which they located. He re-
mained there until he came to Iowa in 1850,
and located on Luther M. Carpenter's present
farm in Richland township. He subsecjuent-
ly purchased the northeast c[uarter of the
same section, and resided there until his death,
Decanber 28, 1853. He \\as a Republican, and
a member of the Alethoclist Episcopal church.
He married Sophia Searle, who was born in-
X'ermont, in 1791. They were married in 1819,
and reared the following children : Thompson ;
Harriet ; Charles ; Lemuel D. ; Alary ; and
Luther M.

Luther M. Carpenter attended the public
schools of W^apello county, and has followed
farming all his life. He married Margaret
AA'alker, ■ who- \\-as born in Delaware county,
Ohio, in 1835; she is a daughter of James
AA'alker, who was born in Ohio in 1809, and for
many years followed farming in ^Missouri,
where he died July 2, 1876. The following
children blessed this union : Marcellus, of Fair-
field, Iowa, who became a physician, and mar-
ried ]\Iargaret Junkin; AValter A.; Ina; and
Eva. Air. Carpenter carries on general farm-
ing and stock-raising, and makes a specialty of
heavy horses of high grade. He is a Republi-
can, and has served on the school board of his
township. Fraternally, he has been a Mason
for more than forty years, and belongs to
Lodge Xoi. 16, of Ottumwa. Religiously, he
^nd his wife are devout members of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church.

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C. STECK, attorney-at-law, was
born September 12, 1852, in A\'est-
moreland county, Pennsylvania; his
parents were Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F.
Steck, whry were of good old Pennsylvania
stock. A. C. Steck was educated in the com-
mon schools and took a course in the local acad-
emy, and afterward graduated from the law de-
partment of Michigan University in 1872. He
read law with United States Senatoi" Cowan,
one of the most eminent of Pennsylvania law-
yers, as his preceptor. He was deputy in each
one of the offices at the AA'estmoreland county
•court house and was held in high fa\-or by all
the old residents. Mr. Steck was admitted to
practice in the \'ari<ius courts of the county and
came to Iowa in 1875, opening an office in Ot-
tumwa; his progress was rapid and well de-
served; he was elected count}- attornc}' in 1886
and re-elected two years later ; in one of these
election contests he carried every township in
the county and nearly every voting precinct.
This indicates to some extent the esteem in
which he was held by the people without re-
gard to party.

In 1900 Mr. Steck was nominated for Con-
gress on the Democratic ticket against his pro-
test, and ran about 1,400 votes ahead of his
party ticket. In this contest he was pitted
against Hon. John F. Lacey, a man of national
reputation. Mr. Steck was never a candidate
on his own motion but on each occasion was
nominated by the people.

Mr. Steck was married in 1878 to Ada
Washburn, daughter of Erastus Washburn, at
■one time county auditor, an old settler held in

high repute by every one. There were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Steck : Alice ( ]\Ioss j ; and Dan-
iel F., Jr., named f(jr his-grandfather; the latter
is nuw a student at the State University of
L iwa, at Iowa City. Mr. Steck has been a resi-
dent of Ottumwa for twenty-six years ; during
that time he was for three years general coun-
selor fur the Colorado Coal & Iron Company,
with headquarters at Pueblo. For the past
eight A-ears he has been the .senior member of
the legal firm of Steck & Smith, the latter be-
ing the Hon. J. J. Smith, who was state senator
fr(jm Wapello county for four years, and is one
of the leading- lawyers of Southern Iowa.

A. C. BROWX, a prominent resi-
dent of Richland township, A'a-
pello county, Iowa, is located on
his fine farm of 140 acres. He
was born in Wapello count}-, Iowa, in Novem-
ber, 1853, and is a son of Plugh Brown, a well
known resident of Ottumwa, a record of whose
life appears on another page of this volume.

AA' A. C. Brown attended the public
schools of Richland township, where he was
born and has resided all his life, with the ex-
ception of two years spent in Ottumwa. He
took a collegiate course in Oskaloosa, and
started out in life with a good education. He
has 140 acres in the northwest cjuarter of sec-
tion 26, and carries on general farming and
stock raising.

Mr. Brown was united in marriage with
Miner\-a Whitcomb, who was born in Center

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township, Wapello county, in 1853, and is a
daug-hter of Farnum Whitcomb, an early set-
tler of this county. Two children were born
to bless this union, namely : Alice, who- lives
at home; and Frank F., deceased. Religious-
ly, the family are members of the Presbyterian
church. In politics, Mr. BrO'wn is a Democrat.
He was president of the school board three
years, clerk of the township for two years,
treasurer of the school board eleven years,
township assessor two years, and' is now the
TJemocratic nominee for member of the county
board of supervisors. Fraternally, he belongs
to Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F., of Ottumwa ;
Camp No. 103, M. W. of A., Ottumwa; and
Ottumwa Lodge No. 129, K. of P.

AJ. WILLIE CUTTER WYMAN,
a well known and successful busi-
ness man of Ottumwa, comes of
an old Ne\\' England family. On
both sides oi his father's and mother's families
he is descended from the earliest settlers of
Massachusetts, the members oi the old Bay
State colony. The AA'yman familv came to^
America from England in 1634. Some of
them were officers in the English army, and
were among those who organized the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company, of Boston,
in 1638, — the organizers being chiefly officers
^vho were members of the Honorable Artillery
Compan)', of London, before they came to this
country, either to settle or as officers in the
English army. For generations, members of

the Wyman. family have belonged to this com-
pany, and ]\Iajor Wyman holds a commission
in it. His father was Edward Wyman, Jr.,
a Boston merchant and capitalist, and his
mother's maiden name was Mary Anna Doyle,
of Salem, Massachusetts, where the subject of
this sketch was born.

Major Wyman received a liberal education,
attending the Boston Latin School, a military
academy, and other New England educational
institutions, of the best class. He was ap-
pointed a captain's clerk in the United States
navy, in 1870, and was later promoted to be
acting admiral's secretary (ranking as lieu-
tenant in the navy), and after serving in the
North Atlantic, AA'est Indian and European
fleets, resigned in 1874. He came to Iowa
the same year, located in Ottumwa, and two
years later engaged in business with J. Prugh,
— the firm consisting of Mr. Prugh and him-
self, and being known as J. Prugh & Company.
Upon the death c-f Mr. Prugh, some years lat-
er, Mr. Wyman continued the business. They
are importers and wholesale dealers in Crock-
er}-, china, etc., and the concern is one of the
heaviest of its kind in the state.

Major Wyman has always been a Repub-
lican, as his father and his grandfather on both
sides wete before hini. He has been cjuite ac-
tive and influential in the politics of his state.
His military ancestrj^ and training led him to
take an interest in the Iowa National Guard,
with which he has been actively associated for
fifteen vears, or more. He is now servinar his
seventh term as military secretary to the Gov-
ernor of Iowa, which is longer than anv other

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651

man in the United States ever held this posi-
tion. He had previously served as first lieuten-
ant, acting- as regimental adjutant and quarter-
master, and as brigade quartermaster. He
is one of the best known and most
popular military men in the state. Ma-
jor A\''yman is a Thirty-second degree
Mason and Knight Templar, and a Knight
of Pythias, besides belonging to other
orders. He is a member of the society of the
Sons of the American Revolution, and is either
a member of, or eligible, to membership in,
nearly all the colonial societies. His people held
various military and ci\'il positions. One of
his ancestors on his mother's side was assistant
governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, un-
der Governor Winthrop. He belong'S to the
Episcopal church. Mr. Wyman was married,
in 1876, tO' Alice Prugh, a daughter of his late
partner. They have one son, — William Charles
\\'vman, born in 1882.

OHX M. McELROY, a prominent
farn^ier of Center township, Wapello
county, Iowa, was elected county com-
missioner in November, 1900, and is
serving in that capacity in a most creditable
manner. He was born in Fayette county,
Ohio, April 6, 1857, and is a son of T. G. and
Esther K. (Kerr) McElroy, and a grandson of
Ebenezer and Sarah (Ghormley) McElroy.

Ebenezer McElroy was born in Pennsyl-
vania, and after his marriage moved with his
wife to Fayette county, Ohio, in 1817. He

bought a farm upon which he made man}- im-
provements and there lived until his death.
John i\I. McElroy and his father were born in
the same house on this farm. T. G. McElroy
was born in Fayette county, Ohio, Ma_\- 29,
1827, and was reared and schooled there. He
always followed farming, and in 1864 enlisted
in the army for one hundred days. He was
killed in a wreck at Lees Creek, Ohio, Febru-
ary 4, 1865, and his widow now resides in
South Ottumwa. To them were born six chil-
dren, as follows : E. E., an attorney of Ot-
tr.mwa; R. N.. proprietor of McElroy's restau-
rant in Ottumwa; J. F., an inventor and manu-
facturer of car heaters at Albany, New York;
Mary E. (Duncan), of Fayette county, Ohio;
John M. ; and H. N., a farmer who came to
Wapello county in 1888, and resides in Rich-
land township.

John M. McElroy was reared in Fayette
county, Ohio, and attended the district schools.
He has ahva^-s been engaged in agricultural
pursuits, and in 1884 came to Wapello county,.
Iowa, and located in Center township. He
bou.ght 184 acres of land in section 32, origin-
ally entered by a !\Ir. Bower, which had on it,
at the time of purchase, a small log cabin with
one small window. He also owns 22 acres
adjoining this, in Keokuk township, and town
lots in Ottumwa. He has since erected a good
residence and barns, a \\indmill, has fenced the
farm, and at the present time has it tmder the
highest state of cultivation. For some Aears
he was not located on any highway, but in 1894
a township line road was built between Keokuk
and Center townships, thus giving him a good

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

public road. He has always taken an active
interest in keeping tile public roads in good
repair, as well as in all enterprises which tend
to promote the general interest of the com-
munity.

]Mr. McElroy was joined in marriage, in
18S2, in Faj'ette count}-, Ohio, with ]\Iary Ellen
Milner, who was born in Highland county,
Ohio, and is a daughter of John and Priscilla
( Ballard) ]\Iilner, who now resides near Wich-
ita, Kansas. The subject of this sketch and
his wife have seven children as follows: ^Ia\"-
na Kate, who is attending school at Ottumwa :
Robert O. ; Nellie; Esther; Fred; Mar)-; and
Ruth. !\Ir. !\'IcElrov is a Republican, and takes
an earnest interest in the affairs of the party.
Fie and his famih- are members of the Presby-
terian church, of Ottumwa.

RANK AA'HITCOMB, a prosperous
farmer of Center township, Wapello
coimty, Iowa, is located in section i,
township J 2, range 14, where he owns
143 acres of land, which has been in the family
■possession since 1843. He was born on the old
family homestead October 13, 1855, and iS a
s(jn of Farnum and Nancy (Fox) Whitcomb.
Farnum AA'hitcomb Avas born at A\'hite
River Junction, Vermont, in 1810, and moved
to Iowa in 1839, settling in Jefferson coimty.
He remained there until 1843, and then moved
with his family to Center township, Wapello
connty, where he acquired a tract of land from
the government. He cleared the land and as
time went on made great improvements. He

built a nice home and excellent barns and out-
buildings, and developed the property into one
of the most valuable farms in this section. He
' continued tO' li\-e on this land until he met death
I 1)}- an accident, in 1895. Longexit)- is one of
I the most prominent characteristics of this fam-
ily, one of his uncles having lived to reach the
great age of 108 years. His father, David, who
was b( >rn in New Hampshire, lived to be ninety-
six years (Id. The family tree shows the fam-
ih- tO' have originally come from A\'ales, before
the Revolutionary war. Four brothers estab-
I lished it in this cc<untr)'. One of them located
in Massachusetts, two others in Vermont, and
the fourth in New Hampshire. The great-
great-grandfather of Frank Whitcomb was a
major in the Revolutionar}- war, and he had
: three br(;thers who also participated in that
; war. Nancy ( F(jx) Whitcomb, the mother of
Frank Whitcomb, ^\-as of English descent, al-
though her ancestors for many generations
' have been located in the United States. Her
j people also' lived tO' old age, — her mother hav-
ing died at the age of ninety years. Nancy
I (Fox) AA'hitcomb died in 1896, at the age of

seventy-six years.
\ P'rank AA'hitcomb spent his early life with
his father in clearing the homestead property,
erecting buildings and making other improve-
ments, and brought the land up to its present
high state of cultivation. The property was
1 justly divided upon the death ■ of the father,
the farm falling tO' Mr. AVhitcomb. He follows
general farming and his affairs are in a tHriv-
ing coaidition. He is a man of pleasing person-
alit\-, and has manv friends in the countv.

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In 1 88 1 Mr. A\'hitcomb was united in wed-
lock with Elizabeth Bizer, and they have three
children, as follows : Grace A., born July 7,
1887; C. Maxwell, born June 22, 1889; and
Mildred, born February 19, 1896. In politics,
Mr. Whitcomb stanchly supports Democratic
principles, while in religious belief he is a Meth-
odist and an active member of the church.

REDERICK METZGER, a prosper-
ous farmer residing in AA'apello ci;un-
ty, lov.'a, (jwns and cultivates a farm
of 160 acres in Center township, in
section 2, township ji, range J4.

Martin Metzger, his father, was born in
1805, and lived to reach the age of eighty
years. His wife died in 1869, at the age of
sixty-two years, having given birth to two sons
and four daughters. One uf the sons is lo-
cated in Kansas.

Frederick [Metzger was born in Germany
and came to the United States in 1854. He
lived and farmed in Ohio fcr about twelve
years, and in 1867 came west t(. Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa. About 1881 he purchased his pres-
ent farm from William Dickson, \\\\o had him-
self purchased uf his father, his father having
bought the place from "s\\\ Thom]js;in. He
has made many improvements on the land, and
erected good, substantial farm buildings and
a fine barn, the dimensions of which are 48 by
70 feet. He has been very successful in farm-
ing, and has made many friends throughout
the county.

Mr. Metzger was united in matrimony
with Carrie Harsh, of Ohio, and they had nine
children, as follows : Charles, who died at
the age of twent)--one )'ears; William B., who
was born in 1865, and is a Irreman on the Chi-
cag( (, Burlington & Quincy Railroad ; Eliza-
beth, wife of Oscar Fleming; Jennie, who li\'es
in Denver, and is the wife of Charles Ci.ile;
Edward, who holds a clerical position in Ol-
tuniwa; Albert, who is a fireman on the Chi-
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; Clara,
wife of 3,Iartin Lyon, of Salt Lake City, Utah;
Harry, who works on the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad; and Carrie, who died at
the age of thirteen years. Mr. ]\Ietzger is a
liberal Democrat. In religious attachments he
is a member of the Lutheran church.

C. WYCOFF, a prominent and influ-
ential farmer of Center township, Wa-
pello county, Iowa, is located in section
I, township 72, range 14, where he has
a tract of 131 acres. He was born January 11,
1859, in Richland township, within a mile of
his present residence, and is a son of AA' B.
A\'ycoff.

A\' B. W'yciff, a record of whose life ap-
pears elsewdiere in this work, purchased the land
on which his son, J. C, is located, in 1862, of
r.. Frazier, AVilliam Martin having first entered
it. Wv. AA'ycoft" made great impro^-ements upon
it, built the fine large house, together with out-
buildings and barns necessary to house the
stock and grain raised on the place. After

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placing- it under a high state of cultivation, he
disposed Oif it to his son,, J. C. WycOiff.

J. C. W)-coff's education was limited toi the
public schools, but he received sufficient learn-
ing to become an efficient clerk, which occupa-
tion he followed in Ottumwa for> three years.
He then went to farming and met with much
success during the fifteen years he pursued that
work. He next engaged in the real-estate busi-
ness in Ottumwa, at which he continued until
the purchase of his father's farm, and since that
time has industriously folloiwed agricultural
pursuits with good results. He has nearly all
of the land under cultivation, and has made his
main success in this business. He is possessed
of many high traits of character, for \\'hich he
has the admiration and esteem of all with whom
he is acquainted.

Mr. Wycoff was united in marriage, in
1884, with Laura S. Spry, an estimable lady,
by whom he had one son, born in July, 1885.
He was joined in marriage with his present
wife, Mrs. Maggie (Logan) Harris, in April,
1899. They have one son, Howard L., who
was born April 19, 1900. Mr. Wycoff is a Re-
publican. He belongs to the Methodist Epis-
copal church.

a^a

RIER S. AATLSON, a prominent repre-
sentative of the agricultural class of
Wapello county, Iowa, is a self made
man in all that the term implies. He
began for himself at the age of eleven years,
and after a long period of industry and saving
has accumulated a handsome property. He

has an excellent farm of 400 acres in Center
township, in sections 10 and 15, township ji,
range 14, and is engaged in general farming
and stock raising. He was born July 22,
1838, in ■Monroe county, Indiana.

The Wilson family is of Irish descent, but
has been located in this country for many gen-
erations. The father and grandfather of Prier
S. Wilson were born in Kentucky, and were
farmers. Prier S. AVilson came to AA'apello
county, Iowa, in 1849, '"'^•^ remained but a
short time when he went to Van Buren county,
Iowa, where he stayed until 1852, when he
came to Wapello county again. He followed
the occupation of a farmer in a successful man-
ner, and in i860 purchased 120 acres of land,
where the old home now stands. To
this property he has since added from
time tOi time, until he now possesses
400 acres of fine farming land. In 1862
he built his first house, the large barn,
the dimensions of which are 50 by 100 feet,
and other outbuildings for the protection of
cattle and housing of grain and corn. About
eighteen Aears ago, he built another house,
35 by 40 feet, in size; and twelve years ago,
a third house, measuring 28 by 30 feet. The
last residence he now occupies.- He rents the
others when they are not occupied by his chil-
dren. His farm is under a high state of cul-
tivation, and produces from 3,000 to 4,000
bushels of grain, and he handles a large num-
ber of cattle and hogs. He has made a grand
success of farming, u'hich goes to show that
farming oft'ers better opportunities today than
many of the over crowded avocations. He has

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also engaged in the real estate business for
some time past, buying and selling farms, and
in this branch he has met with equal success.
He is a man of high honor and integrity, and
his fair treatment of others has gained him a
desirable reputation wherever hz is known or
has had dealings.

In 1858, Mr. Wilson was united in mar-
riage with Mary Stephenson, and five chil-
dren have blessed their union, namely : Nancy ;
Laura E. ; Albert D. ; E. M. ; and T. H. ; all
except T. H. Wilson, are now living, and the
sons are following closely in the footsteps of
tlieir father, whose example thev are striving
to emulate. Both are in a prosperous condi-
tion. In politics, Mr. AMlson is a Democrat,
and for eighteen successive years he has been
reelected a director on the school board, — hav-
ing taken a great interest in the educational
resources of his neighborhood. In religious
views, he is liberal, but of high moral char-
acter, and believes in deed rather than creed.

H. GREEN, who is efficiently

serving in the capacity of engineer

of No'. 4 mine of the Phillips Fuel

Company, lives in the village of

Phillips, where he owns two acres of land.

He was born in Ohio in i860, and is a son of

Henry Green.

Henry Green was born in Wales, where he
was a mine worker. In 1830, he came to this
country, where he followed that line of work
at various places. He was superintendent of

a mine in Southern Ohio while the Ci\-il War
was in progress, and when General Morgan
made his celebrated raid through Ohio, Air.
Green started north with his wife and baby,
A\'. H. He enlisted in the service and followed
General Morgan, driving him out of Ohio.
Twice did Mrs. Green and her son ha\'e to
leave their home, to escape capture during the
raid. She was also a native of AA'ales, and was
married before coming to this country. They
had eight children, all of whom are now living
and doing well.

W H. Green was reared on a farm, and
in 1 87 1 moved to Kansas, ^vhere he received a
meager common school education, the best the
country afforded at that time. He worked on
the farm most of the time, and then began to
learn the trade of an engineer, with a gentle-
man who learned the trade in Wales, and was
one of the best machinists of his dav. After
serving- time with him, he worked a while with
John Peak, also a finished machinist and en-
gineer, who came from Wales. Subsequently
he worked for the Kansas & Texas Coal Com-
pany, who were extensive coal producers, hav-
ing mines in Kansas, Missouri and Texas. Mr.
Green worked in different states for this com-
pany, and in 1891 came to Wapello county,
where he has been in the employ of the Phillips
Fuel Company. He is engineer of No. 4 mine,
the best producer of the company, in which are
employed from 60 to 80 men throughout the
year. He has charge of the hoisting, which
is done by a 40-horse-power engine, which,
brings about a ton of coal up froan the mine
at one time. He has never met with a serious

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accident in his work, and has been very success-
ful, standing high in the esteem of his fehow
workers and his employers.

On January 30, 1891, I\Ir. Green was
united in marriage with Jemima Williams, a
daughter of J. C. Williams, of Otumwa, who
came to this country about thirty-five years
ago. Mr. AVilliams had a brother who served
in the Civil War, and was killed in battle.
Three children were born to bless this union,
as. follows: John, born October 25, 1894;
Bertha, born October 7, 1896; and William,
born September 21, 1899. 'Politically, Mr.
Green is liberal, and was originally a Demo-
crat, then a Populist, and is now a Democrat,
trying always to vote for what he considers
the best measures and the best men. He was
reared a Latter Day Saint, and believes in
Mormonism without polygani}-. He lielongs
to a labor union, and is a member of the Li-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows.

\COB RTiA}iI is a prosperous farmer
living on 29 acres in Center township,
Wapello county. Iowa, in section, 11,
township "J?., range 14. He purchased
this land in 1875, ^i""^! immediately after built
a very fine farm house. He now has one of
the most ^•aluable farms of its size in the t(jwn-
ship.

Mr. Ream ^^•as born in Harrison county,
Ohio, June 20, 1835, and at the age of four
years was brought to Iowa ];)y his parents, who
settled in Van Buren county. He remained

at home until he reached the age of twenty-
one years, and was taken intO' partnership with
his father, this association lasting until 1859.
His father lived to reach the age of seventy-
seven years. In 1859 Jacob Ream started
west, for California, his main object being to
see the great western country. He started in a
party bound for the west with four }'oke of
cattle, and went first to Omaha, and from there
across the plains, the trip consuming about
three months' time. They were troubled lit-
tle lay the Indians, as the tribes were at war
with each other. He was engaged in ranch-
ing in the Sacramento Valley for nearly three
years, and accumulated 1 1 yoke of oxen, ^ith
which he hauled lumber from the coast to the
interior. On one of his trips they stopped
for the night in one of the numerous valleys,
and as it was dark they could not see the
poisonous shrubs which grew there. The cat-
tle ate of this and all died but two yoke. They
were compelled to lea\'e their loads behind,
as they were about 100 miles from the market,
and Mr. Ream started back to his home. He
recei\'ed assistance and returned for his lum-
ber, but upon arri\-ing there found that it had
all been taken away, and thus he lost what
amounted to his accumulations for ^■ears. He
concluded to return to his Iowa home, which he
did, \yy water, Ijeing accompanied by his wife
and t^\■o children. He came to Wapello county,
Iowa, in 1872, and in 1875 purchased his pres-
ent farm. He commenced building the same
year, and has since added to his house until he
has one of the best farm houses in the town-
ship. In 1885 lie built his barn and outbuild-

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ings, and has made wonderful improvements
on the land. He has made a specialty of fruit-
groAving, and raises many berries. He set out
an extensi\-e orchard of a large \-ariet\- of
fruit, and it now bears abundantly. He also
found coal on his place, and mined for several
years, but it is now being mined I)}' others.

Mr. Ream was married in California, and
has the following children : Charles, born
May 26, i860; Carrie, born April 5, 1862:
William, born August 30, 1865: Malie. a rail-
road conductor, born .\ugust 26, 7867; Xellie,
born December 12, 1871 ; Johnnie and Jennie,
twins, born December 16, 1875; and Goldie,
born August 7, 1888. ;\Ir. Ream is a Dem-
ocrat in politics, and served as supervisor ten
years, and as school director many terms. He
was reared a Presbyterian, but joined the
]\Jethi;dist church when it was organized in his
neighborhood.

AAIUEL AIcCOLLOUGH, a highly
respected farmer of Dahlonega town-
ship, Wapello county, Lwa, has been
a resident of Iowa since 1851. He was
born in Pennsyl\-ania, December 7, 1831, and is
a S(jn of David and Alary (Rice) McCullough,
David McCollough \\'as born in Marxland. He
married Alarv Rice, who Avas a nati\'e of Ire-
land, and they reared the following children :
John, Sarah, ]\Iary Jane, and Thomas, all of
whom are deceased; Samuel, the subject of this
sketch; Margaret (McClure), deceased; and
Hannah ( Thompson ) .

Samuel ^McColIough was nineteen years old

when he left his native state. In 185 1 his par-
ents moved to Richland township, A\'"apello
county, lo'wa, where the father bought a farm.
Air. AlcCollough lived on this farm until 1895.
In 1 90 1 he bought a farm of 91 acres in section
3, Dahlonega township, and there he carries on
general farming. He is a man of much thrift
and energy, and has always been ver)- success-
ful.

Mr. AlcCollough married Aliss A. E. Kirk-
patrick, \\ho was born in Illinois, and died in
1 89 1, and they had eight children, namely:
Mary Jane (Hardesty) ; Ida May (^Hamilton),
who died in 1890; Thomas H. ; Eunice N., who
died at the age of sixteen months ; Ina R.
(Auld); Alnggie j\f. (Johnston); David H.,
who died in 1895 ; and Batey Z., Avh(j was born
November 12, 1888. Air. AlcCollough is a
Prohiljitionist; he has served as trustee and
clerk of Richland township. He is a member of
the Presbyterian church. He is a man of up-
right, honest character, and his friends in W'a.-
pello county are many.

LI HARSH Al AX, one of the most ex-
tensive land owners and farmers of
Wapello ci :unty, Iowa, is located in
Columbia township. He was born in
Preble county, Ohio, .April 20, 1845, ^i^d is a
son of Peter and Susannah (Shear) Harsh-
man, and a grandson of Peter Harshman.

Peter Harshman, the grandfather, \\as born
in Rockingham count}-, Virginia, and was an
early settler of Ohio. He was an agriculturist

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by vocation all his life, -owned a great deal of
property in Preble county, and was a very pros-
perous man for those days. By his first wife he
had the following children : Joseph, John,
Sarah, Moses and Peter. After her death, he
formed a second union and had seven children :
Letta, Christina, Mary, Hattie, John, Martin,
and Samuel. Mr. Harshman died in 1871.

Peter Harshman, father of Eli, was born in
Ohio', and there reared to the occupation of
farming. Li 1852 he moved to Pike county,
Illinois, where he was engaged in farming the
rest of his life, — being, like his father, a very
prosperous man. At the time of his death he
owned a large estate. His union with Susan-
nah Shear resulted in the following ofifspring :
Listen ; Noah ; Perry ; Eli ; Martin ; Daniel ;
Sarah ; Anna ; and two whO' died in infancy.
Mr. Harshman died in 1890, at the age of sev^
enty-seven years. He was a member of the
Christian church.

Eli Harshman moved to Illinois with his
parents and there attended the common schools.
He remained on the home farm until the age of
twenty-one years, and then engaged in farm-
ing on his own account. Being very successful,
he was soo'U in a position tobuy land, and while
in Illinois became the owner O'f several farms.
In 1892 he decided to try his fortunes in Iowa,
and located in Wapello- county upon the farm
which is his present home. It consists of 717
acres in Columbia township, which he pur-
chased of F. R. Manning, of New York, — half
of it being under cultivation. He also owns
another farm of 340 acres in the same township,
and at one time had a half section of land north

of Ottumwa, in Dahlonega township. His
farms are well watered and provided with good,
substantial farm buildings, all in good repair.
He has been engaged in general farming and
stock-raising with much success. He built his
present seven-room house upon coming tO' the
county, and has made many other valuable im-
provements since taking possession of his prop-
erty.

In 1869 Mr. Harshman was joined in mat-
rimony with Frances Taylor, of Pike county,
Illinois, and they took Emmett H. Hill, a
nephew, to raise when he was nine months old.
They have treated him as a son, and are giv-
ing him excellent educational advantages. Re-
ligiously, they are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church, of Eddyville. Politically
Mr. Harshman is a Democrat.

CAMPBELL JANNEY is president
of the Janney Manufacturing Com-
pany, an establishment well known
throughout the United States for the
manufacture of farming implements. He has
spent his life since the early "eighties" in the
manufacture of farming implements, and in
April, 1898, came to Ottumwa from Muncie,
Indiana, and established the extensive plant
which is devoted mainly to the making of ma-
chinery, especially adapted to the planting and
handling of corn.

The officers of the Janney Manufacturing
Company are : G. Campbell Janney, president ;
M. H. Janney, vice-president; Calvin Manning,

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treasurer ; W. R. Daggett, secretary ; and Will-
iam A. Work, counselor. A force of from 150
to 200 men is employed in the plant, — mostly
first-class mechanics, — and all the work is su-
perintended by the subject of this sketch. The
plant was moved tO' Ottumwa because of its
excellent location in the center of the great
agricultural district of the United States, and
most of the sales are made to jobbers in the
corn belt. The establishment is a very exten-
sive one, and consists of many large and sub-
stantial buildings. The power house is ample
in size and equipped with a 125-horse-power
Corliss engine, with marine tubular boiler, and
both power and light are generated and carried
throughout the plant by the latest improved
type of Sprague electrical machinery. The
machine shop is 100 by 150 feet in dimensions,
and is supplied with all machinery best adapted
to turning out the product. The blacksmith
shop is 100 by 50 feet in dimensions, and is
supplied with punches, bulldozers, furnaces and
a complete set of machines for the goods pro-
duced. The foundry is 75 by 150 feet in di-
mensions, and is equipped with two Whiting
cupolas, the latest improved, with smelting ca-
pacity of 20 tons per hour. The main build-
ing, in which are the erecting shop, woodwork
and painting department, wareroom and offices
of the company, is 50 by 250 feet in dimen-
sions, and two stories high. All the buildings
are of the latest type and designed with a vievi'
to convenience, and comfort of the employes.
The pattern house is equipped with a fire-proof
proii vault. Pattern 25 by 60 feet in size, and
also has four ovens and coke sheds. The fac-

tor I is located on the main lines of the Chi-
ago, Burlington & Quincy Rairload to the
south, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway to the north, and has switch connec-
tions to all points in the city on other railroads.
Although the company manufacturers all kinds
of farming machinery, a specialty is made of
the Janney Common Sense Corn Husker and
Shredder ; the Janney Common Sense Triple
Geared Grinding Mill; and the Janney Com-
mon Sense Corn Planting Machinery.

Mr. Janney was born in Virginia, but for
many years was in business in Indiana. His
present business has been his life work, and he
has met with great success.

J. ERSKINE, who is located on a
farm of 120 acres in section 12,
township 72, range 14, Center town-
ship, is general superintendent of
the mines of the Phillips Fuel Company. He
has been engaged in this line of work since
early manhood, and has a thorough under-
standing of it in all its details.

Mr. Erskine was born in Dubuque county,
Iowa, March 25, 1863, and when ten years old
came tO' Princeton, Iowa, with his parents.
One year later he went to work on a farm,
performing a man's work. At the age of fif-
teen years he went tO' work at mining at Rapids
City, Illinois, and worked thus two years. At
the age of seventeen years he accompanied his
father to Washington Territory, where they
v^'ent up into the mountains about 50 miles from

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Seattle and staked a claim, with the intention
of mining- gold. They had gone in to the
mountains many miles further than any man
ever had been before, carrying their tents and
provisions on their backs, as the trail was too
steep for pack-mules to make the ascent. They
staked their claim near a creek, pitched their
tent under a large pine tree, and then turned
the creek from its course to the \'icinity of their
claim, so as to w ash their gold when they had
mined it. Strange as it ma}- seem, the creek
imdermined the pine tree under which they had
pitched- their tent, and at night, while both
were asleep, the tree fell and killed the father.
The son was left in a terrible predicament,
having- gone 50 miles int(j the mountains, and
being left alone with his dead father. The
only course open to him was to bury his fa-
ther and make his way as best he could back
to civilization. He gathered together some 50
pounds of provisions, bedding, etc., — all they
had in the world, — and began his 50-mile
tramp through the wild mountains, without a
trail to fi:llow. Fnr a Ijoa' (if seventeen vears
he displayed wonderful courage and stamina,
and acc(riuplished the return journey in two
days, — a feat which ^vould have taxed the
abilit}' of a matured man to the utmost. Ar-
riving at Seattle with his pack, but having no
money with which to get home to his mother,
lie was in a sorry plight, but Providence inter-
vened for him. The boy interested the captain
of a l)iiat in his story, and the latter did not
doubt his veracit)' and gave him permission to
Avork his passage home. Another man step-

ped up to him and said : 'T have been over
nearly the same route, and if vou made it as
you say, and I believe you, here is a $5 gold
coin to help you, as no man has ever before
made such time over those mountains. It is
all of 50 miles, and for a boy to brave it out
and walk it alone deserves reward." Finally
he received aid from the I.O. O. F. lodge at
Seattle, whose members knew that his father
was a member of that fraternal organization.
They paid his passage home, and in after years,
when he became old enough, he joined that or-
der and has since been a good member. Ar-
riving- home, he went to work tO' support his
iijorner ana little brothers and sisters, and did
it faithfully until the children were old enough
to help themselves. His close application to
his work received merited reward in promo-
tion, and at the age of nineteen years he re-
ceived a position as driver boss, which he held
until 1885. In that year he came to Iowa,
and for two years occupied different positions,
ser\-ing as track layer and then as pit boss.
He finally came to Ottumwa in the Coal Pal-
ace year, and accepted the position of pit boss
for the Hawkeye Coal Company, with which
he remained until 1892. He sank the shaft
for the Phillips Fuel Company, and for seven
years served in the capacity of pit boss. Dur-
ing the past two years he has been general su-
perintendent, and has met with success in his
work.

Mr. Erskine, in 1885, married Etta Jones,
a daughter of J. N. Jones, an old settler, who
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have three sons : Frank, aged fourteen \ears ;
Everett, aged eleven years ; and Clyde, aged
six \'ears. Mr. Erskine is an Odd Fello\\-.

OHN H. DAILEY, a prospenjiis farm-
er of Pleasant to-wnship, Wapello
county, Iowa, has a fine farm cf i6o
acres in section 22. He was born at
Bladensburg, Pleasant township, November 3,
1856, and is a son of Jacob Dailey, Jr.

Jacob Dailey, grandfather of our subject,
immigrated from Ohio to Jefferson county,
Iowa, in 1838. In 1843, he was in Wapello
county at the opening (jf what was called the
''New Purchase" : the opening took place on
Ma}' 1st of that year, but he with others took
time by the forelock, got into Wapello county
the night before, staked out his claim and en-
tered it the next day.

Jacob Dailey, Jr., father of our subject,
was born in Ohio, April 9, 1827, and always
followed farming. He was united in mar-
riage, November 9, 1853, with Angeline
Wright, whO' went with her father, Thomas
AVright, and his family from Ohio- to Illinois
when three years of age. Two years later she
went with them to Jefferson county, Iowa,
where they remained about si.x months, and
then came to Wapello county, Iowa. Plere
Thomas Wright entered a quarter section of
land at the same time Jacob Dailey took up his
claim. When they first attempted to enter the
"New Purchase'' before the opening, thev were
driven back Ijy the patrol, or dragoons as they

w ere called, setting fire to the tall grass, thus
keeping intruders out of the territor}'. He
brought his family with him, and built a log
house, covering the logs with the bark stripped
from them. One side was left open, before
which a fire was kept burning to keep off the
mosciuitoes and wild animals. The first night
the women and children were left alone and
they were not a little alai;med when disturbed
from their. sleep b\' the barking of the dogs,
who ran intO' the enclosure fi ir a place ( if safety.
L^piin looking outside to discover the cause,
they saw a number of ra\-enous gra\- wolves
snapping a.nd snarling in the timber not far
away. The land was situated in sections 15;
and 22, Pleasant township. In 189?'), Thomas
Wright died at Agency Cit)- at the age of sev-
enty-eight years, after \-ears of honorable re-
tirement from active business. His M'ife, Ala-
hala Wright, still survives him and is enjoying
the best of health at the age of eighty-three
years. Mr. and ^Irs. Daile}- became parents
of 1 1 children ; Jililton, who died December 1,
1856; John PL; Mahala Jane; Wycliff, who
died March 10, 1803; Plenr}-, who died Oc-
tober II, 1865 ; Melinda A. ; Eunice Belle, who
died January 11, 18(19; Edgar; Stella, who
died Ma}' 15, 1872; Freddie; and Roy. Fred-
die, while with a bridge gang of carpenters,
was killed \)\ the cars i,n January 14, 1901.
Melinda A. married AA'illiam Bowman and re-
sides at Ottumwa.

John PI. Dailev was reared and educated
in Pleasant township, AA^apello county, and has
lived there all his life. He has been \'erv suc-
cessful in a business wa\' and has a ^'aluable

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

farm of i6o acres. It is highly improved, the
buildings are of the best, and everything about
the place evidences the careful and methodical
farmer. He is engaged in general farming
and stock raising, and has a high grade of
stock.

Mr. Dailey was united in inarriage Novem-
ber 25, 1880, with Nancy C. Harman, a
daughter of B. J. and Sarepta (Cobler) Har-
man. Her father was born May 15, 1828, in
Harrison county, Ohio, and came to Jefferson
county, Iowa, May i, 1842. Her mother died
August 9, 1 90 1. Mr. Harman moved to Wa-
pello county, Iowa, and owned 195 acres of~
land, 80 acres of which had been entered by
his father. He and his wife had three chil-
dren, who lived to maturity : Harvey, Nancy
C, and Clara. Mr. and Mrs. Dailey became
parents of the following children: Ollie D. ;
Raleigh B. ; Jacob F. ; John B. ; Cleo; and
Clyde E., who died at the age of two years.
Mr. Dailey is a Free Mason and an Odd Fel-
low. In politics, he is a Democrat.

A:\IES F. KNOX, one of the efficient
trustees of Center township, and one
of the well known farmers of Wa-
pello county, Iowa, is living on section
31, township 72, range 14. Fie \\as born Oc-
'tober 19, 1856, in Davis county, Iowa, and is a
son of A\'illiam and Sarah E. (Hair) Knox.

William Knox was born in Ireland, and
lived there until he reached his majorit^•. His
wife was also a native of that countrv. They

were married in New York, and after their
marriage removed to Ohio, and in 1850 entered
land in Lucas county, Iowa. They made a
few improvements upon the property. After
a short residence there, Mr. Knox settled near
Belknap, Davis county, where he lived for
some years. While in Davis county, he served
for three years in the Civil War in the Iowa
regiment of infantry called the "Gray Beards."
In 1866, he located in Wapello county, having
bought some wild land in Ccxiter township,
west of the river. There he engaged in farm-
ing and stock raising. He died in Center
township, November 4, 1884, and his wife died
June 20, 1894. To them were born five chil-
dren, namely : Joseph, who was a farmer in
Jones county, Iowa, and died in 1880; Mar-
garet, who married William A. Carter, of Ne-
braska ; Eliza, who married D. C. Peck, of Ne-
braska; AVilliam, who died in Davis county^
aged eleven years; and James F.. the subject of
this sketch.

James F. Knox was reared on his father's
farm in Center township, AA'apello county,
whither his parents had moved when he was
but nine years old. He received his mental
training in the common schools of Center
township, and learned the occupation of a
farmer. He has followed farming and stock
raising all his life, having formerly owned and
lived on the 58 acres adjoining his present-
home place, which he still owns. In 1893, he
bought a well improved farm of So acres from
George Alillard, and there he has successfullv
farmed ever since. He is a man who inspires
his fellow men with confidence, and thev have

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663

elected him one of the trustees of the town-
ship. Pie has held the office since 1899, and
fills it in an able and creditable manner.

]\Ir. Knox was united in marriage in Cen-
ter township, with Hannah M. Scully, a daugh-
ter of Thomas and Hannah (^McDermutt)
Scully, born in Massachusetts. Her parents
were natives of Ireland, and came to ]\Iassachu-
setts early in life. Mr. and Mrs. Scully settled
in Wapello county. Iowa, in 1856, and their
death occurred in Center townshi]). To them
were born : James, John, x\nn, ^Iar\- and Ed-
ward, all residing in Center township ; Patrick
and William, who reside in the state of \\'ash-
ingtcn, and Mrs. Knox, who was the youngest
child.

Mr. and Mrs. Knox were the parents of
five children, namely : Joseph ; Anna ; Sarah ;
Eva; and John. Mrs. Knox, who was a de-
voted wife and hiother, departed this life at
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, ^lay 17, 1901. ^h.
Knox has been actively interested in local poli-
tics. He is a member of the Republican party.
He has been prominently identified with the
growth and development of Center township,
and is a man of fine principles. He is well
known in Wapello county.

HARLES D.FULLEX was born July
8, i860, at Agency City, Iowa. His
father, John Fullen, an honored citi-
zen of the cO'Unty, was married to
Maggie Sage, of Jefferson county, in 1858, and
immediately afterward the young couple re-

moved to Agency City, where Mr. Fullen be-
came identified with the Burlington & Missouri
River Railroad, afterward the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy Railroad ; he was also a prom-
inent and extensi^•e dealer in stock and grain
and was largely interested in the implement
business. John Fullen died January 2, 1901 ;
his wife died in 1886.

Charles D. Fullen, the subject of this sketch,
attended the public schools at Agency City; the
Iowa Wesleyan Uni\'ersity, at Mount Pleasant,
and graduated from the law department of the
State Cniversit}- of Iowa, at lo-wa City, in
i 880. After graduation, he came to Ottumwa
and was here a short time and then removed to
Fairfield, and was in general practice there until
January i, 1894, A\hen he was appointed by
President Cleveland, United States district at-
t(:rne_\' for the Southern District of Iowa, a po-
sition he held and honored for four vears, re-
tiring in 1898, on account of the expiration of
his term of office. During his incumbency,
more important cases were tried b}- him in the
United States courts than at any other period
of these courts in Iowa. He was \ery success-
ful and left a record which has never been and
probably ne\'er will be ecjualed. He moved to
Chicago and practiced there until August i,
1901, when he removed to Ottumwa. During
his residence 'in Chicago, ]\Ir. Fullen enjoyed a
\er}- gcdd practice and was engaged in yew
important litigation, but all the time there was
present with him and familv a desire to return
to Iowa, and especially to AA'apello countv,
among relati\-es and friends. In legal ability,
he is nut excelled in Iowa. His experience as

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a lawyer has been greater than most others ; he
has al\va)'s had the confidence of the courts and
the people and enjoys the respect of the people
O'f Iowa.

]\Ir. Fullen was married in ^Xlount Pleasant
to Anna B. Julian, December 5, 1881, and to
them two chikh'en have been born : Julian,
born May 2^. 1883; ^"d Donald, born Decem-
ber 15, 1888. Julian is a member df the high
school, and Donald is a student at a subordinate
school.

Mr. Fullen is not a violent partisan but is a
man of profound convictions and has never
been backward in expressing them ; he was
made a member of the Democratic state com-
mittee in 188!), from the First Congressional
District, and in 1890 was made chairman of the
Democratic state central committee, in which
position he served four _\-ears. In those times
Democracy was able to win some ^Tctol•ies in
Ii.wa, notably so in 1890, when six Democrats
were elected to Congress, the only time in the
state's history when a majority (jf the delega-
tion from Iowa in Congress were Democrats,
and also in 1891, when Horace Coies was re-
elected g(A'ernor of the state after one of the
hardest contests with the Republican party;
these successes were principally due t(.i the
splendid courage of ]\Ir. Fullen, contending
against great otlds, and the wonderful organ-
ization ]^y school districts which he was able to
build up and thoroughly command. During the
time he served as chairman of the state central
committee, Mr. Fullen came in contact with
some of the most distinguished men of the
Democratic party in the East and \vas recog-

nized as a rising and intellectual young leader
of the party in the AA'est, but since the campaign
of 1896 he has not hesitated to' make known his
dissatisfaction with his party on the silver ques-
tion, and continues- to urge upoai his party a dif-
ferent pO'sition fliereon. Mr. Fullen profited by
these experiences and has contributed to the
Democratic ]5artv of the nation whenever his
services were recjuired.

Mr. Fullen has always been warmly at-
tached to the people of AA'apello county and was
never satisfied until he made his residence per-
manent among them; here is where his father
and mother li\'ed, and here are all his relatives,
as well as the warm friends of his youth and
those of sturdy manhood. He has formed a-
co-partnership with his kinsman, C. C. Ayres,
in the legal business at Ottumwa; the firm is
known as Fullen & Ayres, and is growing
e\-ery day in public esteem and favor.

AXIEL F ;\10REY,* a prominent and
influential business man of Ottumwa,
Iowa, is a member of 1"he firm of
Alorey & ^I}'ers, tobacco manufac-
turers, and is treasurer and manager of the
Ottumwa Brick & C< instruction Company. He.
was born in Ulster county, Xew York, in 185 1,
and is a son of John and Cornelia /v. (Freer)
2\]oreA', natives of Xew ^'ork state

Daniel F ]\lorey attended the common
schools of Ulster county, Xew ^^irk, and re-
mained at home until he reached the twen-
tieth )'ear of his age. In 1871 he came west
t(; Ottum\va, AA^apello count)-, Iowa, where he

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665

first engaged in the manufacture of cigars witli
Paul Emalang, this partnership continuing
.about one year. He was then associated with
various men in the same line of business until
1887, when Ira A. M\'ers became his partner.
From a small beginning, the business has had
a wonderful growth and at the present time
60 men on an average are employed, having a
large wholesale trade. About 1892 Mr. Moray
became interested in the Ottumwa Brick &
Construction Company as an investor, and in
1897 was 'elected treasurer and general man-
ager, an official capacity he has since main-
tained. This company carries on an extensive
business, manufacturing building brick, side-
walk and sewer cement, dry pressed brick, hol-
low brick and blocks, drain tile and flue lin-
ing, hand-made sand moulded stock brick, and
vitrified street paving.

In 1879 ^'^^'- Morey was joined in mar-
riage with Emma J. Graves, a daughter of D.
W. Graves, of Ottumwa, by wh(jni he has
four children : Bertha G. ; Maude A. ; Nellie
C. ; and Daniel F., Jr. In political belief he is
a Democrat, but has never sought political
preferment. He is a member of the Wn-
pello Club and Y. M. C. A. Religiotisly INIrs.
Morey and daughters are members of the Con-
gregational church.

ILLIAM J. NEIL,- * a prosperous
ranchman and horse dealer of
South Ottumwa, Wapello county,
Iowa, owns a ranch in Keokuk
township, and a large ranch of 1,120 acres in

Logan count)', Kansas. He was born in Co-
lumbus, Ohio, June 14, 1853, and is a S(.in of
Daniel and Elizabeth ( Wilson j Neil, the form-
er a nati\e of England, and the latter of Ire-
land.

Daniel Neil, who was a veterinary surgeon,
at an early age engaged in buying and selling
horses. He came to the United States and lo-
cated near Columbus, Ohio, where he engaged
in the fruit-growing industry. In 185O he
mo\ed to \\'apello county, Iowa, and purchased
a farm in Green township, but later disposed of
his farm property and moved to Ottumwa,
where he operated a flouring mill and a trans-
fer line. He successfull}' followed these
branches of business for several years, and
then located on a farm, where the latter days
of his life were spent. He was a sijldier in
the Civil War, having served in Company A,
7th Reg., Iowa Vol. Cav., for three years.
He married Elizabeth AA'ilson, and the}' have
the following children: "William J.; Hugh;
Margaret J., whO' married James ]\IcCuen, of
Ottumwa; Nellie, wife of Frank C. Baker;
Daniel ; and Lizzie. In political belief he was
a Democrat, while in religious attachments he
was a member of the Church of England.

William J. Neil attended the common
schools of AA'apello county, Iowa, and re-
mained at home until he reached the age of
twenty-one vears. At the age of twenty-two
years he purchased a farm, which he operated
for about two years, and then engaged in buy-
ing and selling horses and mules. He ^^'as
subsequently engaged in the grocery busi-
ness in Ottumwa for two vears, and then

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

sold out and worked for the American
Manufacturing Company as collector. After
remaining with that company a short time,
he again turned his attention to bu}'ing
and selling horses. He went to South Da-
kota, where he ^\•as employed in a govern-
ment survey in 1883, and then returned to Ot-
tumwa, where he purchased the stock and
grocery trade of John Maddigan and also that
of Thomas Gibbons, who became his partner
in business. After one year he sold out and
accompanied John B. Ennis to Kansas, where
he incorporated the town of Monument, and
organized the Monument Town-Site Companv,
of which he became president. He also con-
ducted a general stoi'e, edited the Monument
Weekly, and, while there, was in the real es-
tate business, as agent for the Union Pacific
Railroad Company. He purchased 320 acres
of land, engaged in raising, buying and selling
wheat, oats, etc., and also in stock-raising.
He remained in Monument about nine years,
and then returned to Ottumwa and opened a
grocery store, which he conducted about two
years, when he again went to attend to his
interests in Kansas. He is still interested in
raising, buying and shipping grain, and in this
enterprise has met with fair success. In 1897
he purchased a farm of 280 acres about five
miles from Ottumwa, which he converted into
a horse and cattle ranch. In the buying and
selling of horses, mules and cattle he has a
partner, George AA'. Blair, and they do an ex-
tensive business, keeping on an average of
150 head of stock, which they ship to Eastern

markets. In political belief Mr. Neil is a Re-
publican, but has never sought political pre-
ferment.

HARLES C. PALMER,* a promi-
nent stock raiser and cattle dealer of
Eddyville, Wapello county, Iowa,
was born in Morgan county, Ohio,
in 1845, '^I'^'J is a son of Jesse and Ellen
(Eaves) Palmer.

Jesse Palmer was reared and schooled in
Ohio, and when a young man learned the car-
penter's trade and also that of a millwright,
which he followed until 1861. He located in
Muscatine county, Iowa, in 1854, and in Aug-
ust, 1855, moved to Eddyville, AVapello coun-
ty, Iowa. He later purchased a farm in Ma-
haska county, on which he carried on farming
until 1866, when he moved to Monroe county,
Iowa. There he purchased a farm which he-
is still operating. He and his wife were born
in Ohio. They became the parents of 10 chil-
dren, of whom five are now living, namely :
Charles C. ; Hannah A.: AA^ R. ; O. C. and
Jesse. Politically, he has shown preference
for the Republican party.

Charles C. Palmer attended the common
schools of Mahaska and Wapello counties, and
remained at home until he reached the age of
twenty-one years. He engaged in farming,
and also bought and sold cattle and hogs. He
has followed this occupation since, devoting
most of his time to stock. Besides owning and
conducting his own farm, he has two feed

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667

yards in Eddyville, where he feeds and handles
on an average 500 head of cattle annually, —
besides what he buys on the outside. He is an
extensive shipper of hogs, and for the past
nine years has not missed shipping at least
three car-loads of hogs per \\eek, to^ John Mor-
rell & Company, Ltd., at Ottumwa, Iowa. The
fnost of his cattle are shipped toi Chicago,
Illinois. He is an expert judge of stock and a
good buyer and shipper, and consequently has
no trouble in securing the patronage of the
farmers of Wapello-, Mahaska and Monroe
counties.

In 1872, Mr. Palmer was' united in mar-
riage with Martha J. Vance, of Monroe county,
and five children were born to them, of whom
four are now living, namely : E. M., wife of
S. L. Lemmoo, of Eddyville; F. A. ; L. P. ; and
Roy. In politics Mr. Palmer is a stanch Re-
publican, but has never aspired to office. Fra-
ternally, he is a member of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen.

MANUEL AV MOORE, * a prominent
and influential farmer of AA'apello
county, Iowa, came to this cnunt}- in
1873, and has since been located on
his farm of 200 acres in section 18, Competine
township. He was born in Clark county, In-
diana, August 31, 1826, and is a son of James
and Eliza (Wayman) Moore.

James Moore was born in Tennessee in
1795, died in 1848, aged fifty-three years, and

was buried in Clark county, Indiana. He was
united in marriage with Eliza Wayman, a
daughter of Emanuel and Mary Ann (Patter-
son) Wayman, and they reared eight children,
as follows : Emanuel W. ; Mary Ann, who
married William Ring, and lives in Indiana;
AA'illiam H., who is married, and lives in Ef-
fingham county, Illinois; Nancy M., wife of
Jesse Willis, of the same county; Ann ]\L, wife
of Gideon Lashbrook, of [Missouri; Reason,
who married and lives in Indiana; Margaret
E., who married Simeon Schoonover, and lives
in Louisville, Kentucky; and John W., who
married Kate Gross, and lives in Effingham
county, Illinois. Mrs. Moore died in 1867,
aged about sixty-five years, and was buried at
Bloomington, Indiana.

Emanuel W Moore was reared in his na-
tive county, and at the age of twenty years en-
listed at New Albany, Indiana, for services in
the Mexican AVar. He was a member of the
2(1 Reg., Ind. Vol. Inf., and was discharged
July 3, 1847, having participated in the des-
perate battles fought under General Taylor at
Brazos on the Rio Grande, Monterey and
Buena Vista. He sustained but one slight in-
jure He is now one of the few pensioners
of the Mexican A\'ar, living. In 1863, he
joined the Indiana Legion, at Sellersburg-, In-
diana, an organization formed for protection
against Morg'an raids, which was subject to
call by its officers. Three times they were
called into the field. Mr. Mfx.ire came to Iowa
in the spring of 1873, with his family, and lo-
cated on the farm on which he now lives. He
has alwa^'s been a farmer, confining his ener-

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

gies to raising grain and stock. He is \-er}'
successful, and stands high in the community.
}.lr. ?iIo(.ire was united in marriage Maich
27, 185 1, with Clorinda 'R. Wells, a daughter
of James and ^XLnria (Thompson) Wells.
James Wells was a son of Francis Wells, who
\\as born in North Carolina and moved to Li-
diana, where he died in 1869, at the advanced
age of ninet3'-two years. His wife, Flannah
(Howells) \A'ells, was born in North Carolina.
James Wells was horn in Indiana in 1806, and
died in 1874, in Labette county, Kansas. His
wife Maria (Thompson) Wells, was a daugh-
ter of Jcjshua Thomjison, who was born in
North Carolina, and settled in 'Indiana, where
he died in 1876, aged ninety-two years. Maria
(Thompson) Wells was born in Indiana in
1814, died in 1879, and is buried in the Dick-
ins cemeter)', in Competine township. To
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel W Aloore were born
10 children, of whom six are living: Eliza-,
beth M., wife of Peter Bottorf, now a widow,
living in a cottage on the old homestead; James
W , who married Fann}- Bottorf, and li\-es in
Competine township: Rella Z., who married
A\'illiam Mowre}- and lives in Kansas; George
E., who married Lurie C. Reed, and lives in
Kansas: John H., who married Nellie Gould,
and lives in Evanston, Illinois ; and Charles H.,
■who married Mary Ellis, and lives on the home
farm. Clara Jane, ]Mary Ann, Calla T., and
Laura May are deceased. l\Ir. Moore and his
wife celebrated their golden \\-edding anniver-
sary March 27, 1901, and six children, ten
grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a
large number of other relatives attended, mak-

ing a joyous occasion. Religiously, they are
Baptists. He is a Republican, in politics, while
fraternally he is an Odd Fellow.

OHN W SCOTT," who has been en-
gaged in contracting- and building in
Ottumwa for many years and with
great success, resides just beyond the
city limits, near the cemetery. He began with-
out any prestige or means, but depended upon
his own resources, and success has crowned
his efforts.

]Mr. Scott was born in Scotland, August
, 16, 184S. and came to this country alone, at an
'early age. Fie located in Chicago, Illinois,
where he learned the bricklaying trade. Being
of an ambitious temperament, he was not con-
tent until he was in business for himself, and
scon began contract work. He stayed in Chi-
cago for ten years, with varying success ; find-
ing Indianapolis a growing city, he decided
about this time to move there. He built many
of the largest building's there at the time,
among them the residence (jf General Harri-
son, the Bengal Hotel, the English kitchen, the
electric power license, and the Cullery manufac-
turing plant. He moved to Ottumwa, when
it began to assume the proportions of a citv,
and soon became its leading contractor and
builder. The class of work which he has done
in the city had been of the highest, including
three ^vard schools, and the Sax, A\'ood, Ex- .
change and HofTman buildings. In fact, he has
recei^'ed the major portion of contracts for the

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669.

larger buildings of the city. The character .of
his work and his close application to his busi-
ness have gained for him a prestige enjo3red
by no other contractor in this locality. For
the past two or three years, he has had con-
tracts for the construction of sewers, and at
the present time employs from 13 to 15 men
and five teams in that branch of his work.

Twenty-five )-ears ago, Mr. Scott was
united in marriage, and has eight children, all
of whom are living, as follows : William ;
John; Walter; Albert; Maggie; Agnes; Delia;
and Martha. Religiously, Mr. Scott is a strong
believer in the old Presbyterian faith, to which
his forefathers adhered.

LMER G. ALLEN, * who ably fills the
position of postmaster in the village
of Munterville, Polk township, Wa-
pello- county, Iowa, is also engaged in
mercantile pursuits. He was bom January i,
1865, and is a son o-f John and Annie (Gately)
Allen.

John Allen was a native of Ireland, and was
born in 1830. He died in Marshall county,
Iowa, in 1869. He came to the United States
at an early day and settled in Iowa. He mar-
ried Annie Gately, who was a native of Iowa,
and who died in 1870, aged thirty-eight years.
To them four children were born, as follows :
Joseph ("r., whO' was born in 1855, and died in
1896; John, who died in 1881, at the age of
twenty-two years ; Winifred, who was born in
1861 and died in 1870; and Elmer G., the sub-
ject of this sketch.

Elmer G. Allen was left an orphan at the
age of two years. He was taken into- the home
of Enos Lewis, who reared him as his own son,
for which too- much credit cannot be given to
this gentleman. Enos Lewis was born in In-
diana, March 6, 18 17, and came to Iowa in.
1849. He located on a farm in Polk township,
where he owned 160 acres of land. He married.
Reljecca Lewis, March 31, 1842. She was born
SqDtember 26, 1819, and died September 28,
1893. To them were bora two children : AA'ill-
iam, who was born December 31, 1846, and.
died April 23, 1862 ; and Martha, who was born
July I, 1855, and died April 13, 1856. Enos
Lewis was engaged in farming during his
active career, but in 1899 he retired and is now
living with his foster son. Mr. Lewis has
made his home with Mr. Allen for the past
eleven years. He is now eighty-four years
old, and still retains his mental and physical
faculties unimpaired by his advanced age.
AA'hile not a member of any church, he gives
liberally toward the church in his localitv. His
wife was a member of the Methodist church,
Mr. Lewis has a great fondness for children.
He is held in the highest esteem by all who
know him.

Elmer G. Allen married September 24,
1890, Flora Smith, a daughter of Xenophon
and Minnie (Folgman) Smith. Slie was born
March 26, 1872. Her father was a native of
L.iwa, and died in December, 1882, aged thirty-
seven years. Her mother, who was a native
of Germany, is still living, aged fort3'-five
years. They were the parents of seven chil-
dren, namely: William R. ; Charles S. ; Par-

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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY

minew; Flora; Nellie M. ; Frank; and Alta M,
Our subject and his wife have six children,
namely: Gertrude, born January 20, 1892;
Hubert, born December 3, 1893 ; Ivan L., born
September 11, 1895; Wanda, born June 7,
1897; Mai-gie, born February 14, 1899; and
Murel M., born January 3, 1901.

On September 15, 1899, Mr. Allen received

his commission as postmaster, under the Mc-
Kinley administration. This position he fills
in a creditable manner. He is also engaged in
mercantile business. Prior to going into this
business he was engaged in farming and buy-
ing stock. Mr. Allen is a Republican in poli-
tics, and takes an active interest in local af-
fairs.

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