A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa, Part 1

Author: Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 752


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BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 1


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Biography is the only true History. - Emerson. A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote generations .- Macaulay.


PREFACE.


UT of the depths of his mature wisdom Carlyle wrote, "History is the essence of innumerable biographies." Believing this to be the fact, there is no necessity of advancing any further reason for the compilation of such a work as this, if reliable history is to be the ultimate object.


The section of Iowa comprised within the limits of this volume has sus - tained within its confines men who have been prominent in the history of the State, and even the nation, for half a century. The annals teem with the records of strong and noble manhood, and, as Sumner has said, "the true grandeur of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual." The final causes which shape the fortunes of the individuals and the destinies of States are often the same. They are usually remote and obscure, and their influence scarcely perceived until manifestly declared by results. That nation is the greatest which produces the greatest and most manly men and faithful women; and the intrinsic safety of a community depends not so much upon that true and normal development from the deep resources of which proceeds methods as upon all that is precious and per - manent in life. But such a result may not consciously be contemplated by the actors in the great social drama. Pursuing each his personal good by exalted means, they work out as a logical result.


The elements of success in life consist in both innate capacity and deter- mination to excel. Where either is wanting, failure is amost certain in the outcome. The study of a successful life, therefore, serves both as a source of information and as a stimulus and encouragement to those who have the capacity. As an important lesson in this connection we may appropriately quote Longfellow, who said : " We judge ourselves by what we feel capa - ble of doing, while we judge others by what they have already done." A faithful personal history is an illustration of the truth of this observation.


PREFACE.


In this biographical history the editorial staff, as well as the publishers, have fully realized the magnitude of the task. In the collection of the ma- terial there has been a constant aim to discriminate carefully in regard to the selection of subjects. Those who have been prominent factors in the public, social and industrial development of the counties have been given due recog- nition as far as it has been possible to secure the requisite data. Names worthy of perpetuation here, it is true, have in several instances been omitted, either on account of the apathy of those concerned or the inability of the compilers to secure the information necessary for a symmetrical sketch; but even more pains have been taken to secure accuracy than were promised in the prospectus. Works of this nature, therefore, are more reliable and com- plete than are the "standard " histories of a country.


THE PUBLISHERS.


CONTENTS


GENERAL INDEX.


TABLE OF CONTENTS, 3


INTRODUCTORY,


.


11


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, -


13


COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY,


-


223


INDEX TO PART I.


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.


PAGE


PAGE


Abbott, Lyman ...


144


Boone, Daniel. 36


Booth, Edwin 51


Adams, John. 25


Booth, Junius Brutus. 177


Brice, Calvin S. 181


Conkling, Roscoe. 32


Cooley, Thomas Mcintyre 140


Cooper, James Fenimore. 58


Cooper, Peter. 37


Copely, John Singleton .. 191


Corbin, Austin. 205


Corcoran, W. W 196


Cornell, Ezra. 161


Cramp, William 189


Crockett, David. 76


Cullom, Shelby Moore. 116


Curtis, George William 144


Cushman, Charlotte. 107


Custer, George A. 95


Bailey, James Montgomery 177


Bancroft, George ... 74


Barnard, Frederick A. P 179


Barnum, Phineas T 41


Barrett, Lawrence.


156


Barton, Clara 209


Bayard, Thomas Francis 200


Beard, William H. 196


Beauregard, Pierre G. T.


203


Beecher, Henry Ward.


26


Bell, Alexander Graham.


96


Bennett, James Gordon .. 206


Benton, Thomas Hart. 53


Bergh, Henry. 160


Bierstadt, Albert .. 197


Billings, Josh. 166


Blaine, James Giliespie ..


22


Cleveland, Grover


174


Dow, Neal


108


Bland, Richard Parks.


106


Clews, Henry


153


Draper, John William


184


PAGE


Clinton, De Witt .. 110


Colfax, Schuyler. 139


Conkling, Alfred 32


Adams, John Quincy 61


Agassiz, Louis J. R.


137


Brooks, Phillips. 130


Brown, John. 51


Brown, Charles Farrar 91


Brush, Charles Francis. 153


Bryan, William Jennings. 158


Bryant, William Cullen. 44


Buchanan, Franklin 105


Buchanan, James . 128


Buckner, Simon Bolivar. 188


Burdette, Robert J. 103


Burr, Aaron ..


111


Butler, Benjamin Franklin. 24


Calhoun, John Caldwell. 23


Cameron, James Donald. 141


Cameron, Simon. 141


Cammack, Addison 197


Campbell, Alexander. 180


Carlisle, John G. 133


Carnegie, Andrew. 73


Carpenter, Matthew Hale. 178


Carson, Christopher (Kit). 86


Cass, Lewis 110


Chase, Salmon Portland. 65


Childs, George W 83


Choate, Rufus ..


207


Claflin, Horace Brigham 107


Clay, Henry. 21


Clemens, Samuel Langhorne .. 86


Douglass, Frederick 43


198


Depew, Chauncey Mitchell .. 209


Dickinson, Anna. 103


Dickinson, Don M. 139


Dingley, Nelson, Jr. 215


Donnelly, Ignatius. 161


Douglas, Stephen Arnold 53


Davis, Jefferson ..


Debs, Eugene V. 132


Decatur, Stephen 101


Deering, William


Dana, Charles A. 88


"Danbury News Man 177


Davenport, Fanny. 106


Arnold, Benedict .. 84


Arthur, Chester Allen 168


Astor, John Jacob. 139


Audubon, John James 166


Anthony, Susan B


62


Armour, Philip D .. 62


Allston, Washington. 190


Altgeld, John Peter. 140


Andrews, Elisha B. 184


Alger, Russell A. 173


Allison, William B .. 131


Adams, Charles Kendall. 143


TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.


PAGE


Drexel, Anthony Joseph.


124


Dupont, Henry.


198


Edison, Thomas Alva


55


Edmunds, George F


201


Ellsworth, Oliver.


168


Emerson, Ralph Waldo 57


Ericsson, John ..


127


Evarts, William Maxwell.


89


Farragut, David Glascoe


80


Field, Cyrus West.


173


Field, David Dudley


126


Jackson, Thomas Jonathan


67


Field, Marshall. 59


Field, Stephen Johnson.


216


Fillmore, Millard ..


113


Foote, Andrew Hull


176


Foraker, Joseph B.


143


Forrest, Edwin .. 92


Franklin, Benjamin 18


Fremont, John Charles ..


29


Jones, John Paul.


97


Fuller, Melville Weston 168


Fulton, Robert.


62


Gage, Lyman J.


71


Gallatin, Albert. 112


Garfield, James A 163


Garrett, John Work. 200


Garrison, William Lloyd.


50


Gates, Horatio


70


Gatling, Richard Jordan. 116


George, Henry_


203


Gibbons, Cardinal James.


209


Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield ..


77


Girard, Stephen.


137


Gough, John B


131


Gould, Jay


52


Gordon, John B 215


Grant, Ulysses S.


155


88


Gray, Asa .. .


Gray, Elisha. 149


Greeley, Adolphus W 142


Greeley, Horace ..


20


Greene, Nathaniel.


69


Gresham, Walter Quintin


183


Hale, Edward Everett. 79


Hall, Charles Francis.


167


McCormick, Cyrus Hall.


172


Hamilton, Alexander.


31


McDonough, Com. Thomas ..


167


Hamlin, Hannibal 214


Hampton, Wade


192


Hancock, Winfield Scott ..


146


Hanna, Marcus Alonzo ..


169


Harris, Isham G. 214


Harrison, William Henry 87 Miller, Joaquin. 218


Harrison, Benjamin 182


Harvard, John. .


129


Havemeyer, John Craig 182


Moran, Thomas


98


Hawthorne, Nathaniel.


135


Hayes, Rutherford Birchard. 157


Hendricks, Thomas Andrew. 212


Henry, Joseph. 105


Henry, Patrick .. 83 Hill, David Bennett 90 Hobart, Garrett A. . 213 Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 206 Hooker, Joseph 52


Howe, Elias.


130


Howells, William Dean 104


PAGE


Houston, Sam ...


120


O'Conor, Charles.


187


Olney, Richard.


133


Hughes, Archbishop John.


157


Hughitt, Marvin


159


Hull, Isaac .


169


Huntington, Collis Potter.


94


Ingalls, John James ..


114


Ingersoll, Robert G.


85


Irving, Washington.


33


Jackson, Andrew.


71


Jackson, "Stonewall "


67


Jay, John. .


39


Jefferson, Joseph


47


Jefferson, Thomas


34


Johnson, Andrew


145


Johnson, Eastman


202


Johnston, Joseph Eccleston. 85


Jones, James K .


171


Jones, Samuel Porter.


115


Kane, Elisha Kent.


125


Kearney, Philip.


210


Kenton, Simon


188


Knox, John Jay


134


Lamar, Lucius Q. C.


201


Landon, Melville D.


109


Lee, Robert Edward.


38


Lewis, Charles B ..


193


Lincoln, Abraham


135


Livermore, Mary Ashton


131


Locke, David Ross.


172


Logan, John A.


26


Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 37


Longstreet, James.


56


Lowell, James Russell.


104


Mackay, John William


148


Madison, James


42


Marshall, John


156


Mather, Cotton


164


Mather, Increase


163


Maxim, Hiram S.


194


McClellan, George Brinton ..


47


Miles, Nelson A.


176


Miller, Cincinnatus Heine. 218


Mills, Roger Quarles.


211


Monroe, James.


54


Moody, Dwight L


207


Morris, Robert. .


165


Morse, Samuel F. B. 124


Morton, Oliver Perry ..


215


Motley, John Lathrop.


130


" Nye, Bill"


59


Nye, Edgar Wilson.


59


PAGE


Paine, Thomas.


147


Palmer, John M.


195


Parkhurst, Charles Henry.


160


" Partington, Mrs."


202


Peabody, George.


170


Peck, George W.


187


Peffer, William A. 164


Perkins, Eli.


109


Perry, Oliver Hazard. 97


Phillips, Wendell.


30


Pierce, Franklin


122


Pingree, Hazen S


212


Plant, Henry B.


192


Poe, Edgar Allen


69


Polk, James Knox.


102


Porter, David Dixon.


68


Porter, Noah.


93


Prentice, George Denison .. .


119


Prescott, William Hickling.


96


Pullman, George Mortimer. 121


Quad,


193


Quay Matthew S.


171


Randolph, Edmund.


136


Read, Thomas Buchanan ..


132


Reed, Thomas Brackett.


208


Reid, Whitelaw.


149


Roach, John.


190


Rockefeller, John Davison.


195


Root, George Frederick.


218


Rothermel, Peter F


113


Rutledge, John.


57


Sage, Russell.


211


Schofield, John McAllister.


199


Schurz, Carl.


201


Scott, Thomas Alexander.


204


Scott, Winfield.


79


Seward, William Henry


44


Sharon, William.


165


Shaw, Henry W


166


Sheridan, Phillip Henry


40


Sherman, Charles R.


87


Sherman, John.


86


Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow 202


Sherman, William Tecumseh ..


30


Smith, Edmund Kirby.


114


Sousa, John Philip.


60


Spreckels, Claus


159


Stanford, Leland.


101


Stanton, Edwin McMasters ..


179


Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.


126


Stephens, Alexander Hamilton


32


Stephenson, Adlai Ewing .. .


141


Stewart, Alexander T.


58


Morgan, John Pierpont. 208 Stewart, William Morris ... 213


Morgan, John T.


216


Stowe,


Harriet


Elizabeth


Beecher


66


Stuart, James E. B.


122


Morton, Levi P.


142


Sumner, Charles.


34


Talmage, Thomas De Witt.


60


Taney, Roger Brooke.


129


Taylor, Zachary.


108


Teller, Henry M.


127


Mckinley, William ..


217


Meade, George Gordon. 75


Medill, Joseph.


159


TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.


PAGE


PAGE


I'AGl


Tesla, Nikola .. 193


Vilas, William Freeman. 140


Webster, Noah


Thomas, George H.


Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey 95


Werd, Thurlow


Thomas, Theodore. 172


West, Benjamin. 11:


Thurman, Allen G ..


Waite, Morrison Remich 125


Whipple, Henry Benjamin.


161


Thurston, John M. 166


Wallace, Lewis 199


White, Stephen V


162


Tilden, Samuel J. 48


119


Wallack, John Lester. 121


Whitman, Walt ..


Wanamaker, John 89


Ward, "Artemus" 91


Washburne, Elhu Benjamin. . 189


Washington, George.


Watson, Thomas E 178


Wilson, William L.


Vanderbilt, Cornelius


35


Watterson, Henry.


Winchell, Alexander.


Windom, William.


13-


Vest, George Graham. 214


Webster, Daniel .. 19


PORTRAITS OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.


PAGE


PAGE


Alger, Russell A.


16


Field, Marshall .. 117 Longstreet, Gen. James.


Allison, William B.


99


Franklin, Benjamin. 63


Lowell, James Russell.


Anthony, Susan B.


63


Fremont, Gen. John C. 16


McKinley, William.


Armour, Philip D.


151


Gage, Lyman J. 151


Morse, S. F. B.


Arthur, Chester A


81


Garfield, James A. 45


Phillips, Wendell.


Barnum, Phineas T. 117


Garrison, William Lloyd.


Porter, Com. D. D.


Beecher, Henry Ward


27


George, Henry 117


Pullman, George M.


Blaine, James G ..


151


Gould, Jay . 99


Quay, M. S.


Booth, Edwin.


63


Grant, Gen. U. S. 185


Reed, Thomas B. 151


Bryan, Wm. J.


63


Greeley, Horace ..


81


Sage, Russell


110


Bryant, William Cullen.


185


Hampton, Wade. 16


Scott, Gen. Winfield


Buchanan, James.


81


Hancock, Gen. Winfield S. 185


Seward, William H.


45


Buckner, Simon B.


16


Hanna, Mark A


117


Sherman, John.


Butler Benjamin F 151


Harrison, Benjamin


81


Sherman, Gen. W. T. 151


Carlisle, John G. 151


16


Hendricks, Thomas A


81


Stowe, Harriet Beecher.


Sumner, Charles 45


Clay, Henry.


81


Hooker, Gen. Joseph. 16


Talmage, T. De Witt 63


Cleveland, Grover.


45


Ingersoll, Robert G. 117


Teller, Henry M.


Thurman, Allen G.


SI


Cooper, Peter. Dana, Charles A.


151


Jackson, Andrew. 45


Tilden, Samuel J.


11:


Depew, Chauncey M. 117


Jefferson, Thomas. 45


Van Buren, Martin .. SI


Douglass, Fred .. 63


Johnston, Gen. J. E. 16


Vanderbilt, Commodore 99


Emerson, Ralph Waldo. 27


Lee, Gen. Robert E 185


Webster, Daniel 27


Evarts, William M. 99


Lincoln, Abraham. 81


Whittier, John G.


Farragut, Com. D. G. 185


Logan, Gen. John A 16


Washington, George. 45


Field, Cyrus W.


63


Longfellow, Henry W. 185


Watterson, Henry. 63


Wallack, Lester. 121


Whitefield, George


Toombs, Robert 205


Whitney, Eli .. 120


" Twain, Mark" 86


Tyler, John. 93


Whittier, John Greenleaf


Willard, Frances E.


Van Buren, Martin.


Vail, Alfred .. 154


Weaver, James B. 12:


Hayes, R. B ..


45


Stanton, Elizabeth Cady


Chase, Salmon P


99


Holmes, Oliver W 151


Childs, George W


99


Irving, Washington 27


Whitney, William Collins.


Tillman, Benjamin Ryan


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C


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CONTENTS.


PART II.


A


Abshire, Isaac, 391. Adams, Samuel H., 495. Adkins, Robert M., 607. Aistrope, Thomas M., 546. Aitken, David, 617. Allis, Otis E., 488. Allis, Samuel, 483. Anderson, August, 397. Angus, Wilham, 552. Anthony, James M., 353.


B


Bada, Richard F., 455. Badham, Amazon, 385. Bagley, A. G., 447. Bagley, Mary A., 302. Barnes, James E., 601. Baylor, Ransdell, 516. Bellatti, James L., 537. Berkheimer, Andrew, 498. Black, Charles W., 330. Bobbitt, Alfred R., 512. Bogan, William L, 415. Bowen, Henry, 526. Bradley, Robert J., 382. Brandt, J. B., 337. Bricknell, William W., 394. Bright, J. H., 347. Brown, Nathan, 426. Brown, Walter S., 564. Bruen, Charles E., 376. Buffington, Francis M., 379. Butterfield, C. D., 431.


C


Carter, James W., 398. Cavender, Bard I., 368. Chambers, Lansford, 492. Chantry, Allen J., 350. Cheney, Horace B., 359. Clark, Lebbeus, 337.


Clark, Robert J., 502. Cook, Amos E., 541. Cook, George R., 503. Cooley, M. F., 800. Cooper, John, 278. Cowger, E. F., 280. Cox, Jonathan U., 559. Cox, Richard A., 460. Crabb, Frederick, 384. Creamer, William W., 445. Criswell, James S., 452.


D


Dalrymple, A. O., 341.


Darling, George W., 595. Dashner, Francis H., 264. Davis, Stephen D., 442. Davis, William T., 374. Dean, Benjamin B., 576. Dean, L. P., 478. Dean, Seth, 342. DeLashmutt, W. C., 362.


DeSelm. David T., 519.


Doyle, William H., 569. Dunagan, Benjamin F., 329.


Dye, H. C., 377. Dyson, John, 482. Dyson, William, 490.


F


Eaton, William, 614. Edgerton, O. A., 331.


Estes, Edward C., 437.


Estes, Francis M., 549. Estes, George H., 608. Estes, Robert L., 535. Evans, Marion L., 336. Evernham, Henry, Jr., 528.


F


Fickel, Eli, 263. Field, Nelson C., 474.


Fisher, Austin G., 611. Flanagan, John G., 392. Foster, David L., 570. Fowler, Sidney, 474. Francis, James S., 256. Fugitt, William C., 312.


G


Galbraith, James F., 51I. Galbraith, Samuel, 500. Gaston, Alexander C., 477. Gaston, Ozro C., 465. Gaylord, William W., 410. Genung, Lewis T., 269. Gillilland, E., 378. Gillilland, Shirley, 545. Goode, Elisheba T., 420. Goodfellow, James K. P., 413. Gordon, Mike, 505. Goy, John, 464. Green, Henry A., 358. Greenwood, Charles G., 462. Greenwood, Winfield S., 324.


H


Hale, Charles P., 582. Hale, lohn, 390. Hall, William, 327.


Hatten, George T., 403. Hawley, Elijah R., 559. Hawley, H. E., 266.


Haynie, Paul, 561. Heinsheimer, David L., 517. Hiatt, Fred, 255. Holcombe, Samuel A., 423. Honeyman, John, 406. Houtz, William B., 594. Howard, Samson, 600. Hughes, Richard C., 589. Hutchings, Samuel B., 284. Hydringer, Andrew, 566.


TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART II.


J


Jackson, James C., 568. Johnson, Thomas J., 416. Johnson, William R., 466. Johnston, John H., 407. Johnston, William C., 261. Jolly, Arnold, 286. Jones, Graham F., 446.


K


Kayton, Thomas P., 571. Kellogg, Harriet M., 305. Kelly, John J., 480. Keyser, Christopher, 372. Kilmartin, Partick, 421. Kimberlin, Sherman B., 580. Kinney, Charles P., 361. Kochersperger, Jacob, 504. Kruse, John D., 241. Kuhl, Henry, 255.


L


Leeka, William, 298. Lewis, Winfield S., 523. Lindsay, Richard P., 247. Linville, Lewis G., 352. Loveland, F., 377. Lundeen, Carl, 413.


MI


Magel, Charles, 314. Magel, Conrad, 258. Magel, Henry S., 250. Magel, Mary D., 250. Magel, Theodore, 250. Malcom, Albert G., 308. Mann, Archibald, 556. Mann, Martha M., 558. Marsh, Oscar H., 618. Martin, Fred H., 520. Martin, James F., 363. Martin, James L., 553. Martin, Milton J., 422. Mason, Lynn K., 536. Mass, John J., 510. Matthews, William H., 293. McCartney, Herman, 532. McClain, Arthur, 497. McClenahan, Augustus, 476. McCoy, Casper O., 592. McCoy, James J., 381. McDonald, James H., 465. McGee, James, 399. McIntire, Joseph A., 319. Mckown, John B., 356. McMullin, Louis D., 373. McNew, Zedekiah, 320. Merritt, Rufus L., 481. Metelman, A. F., 354. Mickelwait, Wilbur W., 322. Miller, G. B., 451. Miller, Joseph M., 583. Mogridge, George, 514.


Morgan, T. O., 386. Morgan, William H., 369. Morgan, William W., 489. Muffley, Daniel C., 328. Munsinger, Albert J., 380. Munsinger, Charles, 384.


N


Neeley, Grant, 542. Nelson, Mortimer W., 242. Nims, D. B., 496. Nims, John W., 577. Nipp, Henry, 599. Norcutt, William H., 277. Notson, Lee, 409.


Oaks, Charles C., 402. Ogden, Charles N., 575. O'Neal, John T., 453, Otis, George T., 340. Otte, Jesse, 555.


P


Paddock, John D., 367.


Parker, John, 338. Parkhurst, E. N., 562. Paul, Daniel McF., 586. Payne, Moses U., 606. Penn, Alphonso V., 418. Phipps, Charles M., 588. Plumer, Cris, 4C4. Potter, Clayton C., 543. Powell, Francis M., 274. Pullman, George, 245.


R


Rankin, William S., 578. Reeves, B. P., 366. Rew, George T., 506. Rhode, Daniel T., 310. Rhode, Seymore T., 317. Ricketts, Samuel P., 253. Robbins, Frank, 290. Robbins, H. C., 282. Robbins, Joseph D., 395. Robinson, Lewis S., 602. Rodman, Leroy C., 457. Roenfeld, C. F., 596.


S


Saar, H. E., 401. Salmons, Randolph, 249. Salyers, Samuel S., 498. Sandiland, David, 522. Schafer, Luther A., 524. Schoening, Fred H., 605. Schoening, Henry E., 621. Searles, John W., 358 Sheldon, Walter B., 246. Shepard, Richard P., 459. Shockley, John C., 530.


Shull, Lott H., 335. Skerritt, John T., 593. Smith, Charles T., 565. Smith, Isaac, 603. Smith, James, 556. Smith, R. C., 469. Stephenson, Michael A., 554. Stewart, Thomas R., 422. Stiles, Leander, 291. Stone, John Y., 221. Story, David M., 295. Stroud, Alexander, 467. Stubbs, Benjamin F., 411. Stubbs, John H., 509. Summers, Harvey W., 364. Summers, James N., 615. Summers, Milton S., 434. Strahan, James M., 266. Swain, J. J., 438. Swarts, William C., 472.


T


Tabor College, 589. Tate, Rufus S., 479. Taylor, John, 551. Titterington, Thomas, 598. Tubbs, L. W., 306. Tubbs, William L., 585.


U


Utterback, J. H., 333. V


Van Kirk, John, 389. Vansant, William W., 287. Vaughan, H. W., 432. Vestal, Romulus S., 457. Viner, Joseph B., 581.


W


Wall, William R., 275. Warner, William W., 344. Washburn, Albert B., 529. Waterman, George M., 572. Wearin, Adelbert J., 450. Wearin, Josiah, 538. Wearin, Otha, 458. White, Walter B., 534. Williams, Leroy E., 573. Williams, Marshall J., 248. Wilkins, William A., 501. Wilson, James J., 521. Wing, O. S., 370. Winkler, Alpheus H., 346. Wood, Harry E., 424. Woodrow, E. R. C., 609. Woodrow, Edwin G., 611. Wortman, J. M., 620.


Z


Zuck, Jonathan S., 272.


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INTRODUCTORY


HE greatest of English historians, Macaulay, and one of the most brilliant writers and profound thinkers of the present centary, has said: "The history of a country is best told in a record of the lives of its people." This is a fact which is becoming more and more recognized as our people advance in education and intelli- gence, and our own great Emerson, whose name stands at the head of American writers of his day, in carrying forward and emphasizing the great fact expressed by Macaulay, says: " Biog- raphy is the only true history." It was for the purpose of gathering and preserving this biographical matter in enduring form that the design for this volume originated.


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPIIY.


Regarding the fore part of this volume, "Part I," which is devoted to a .COM- PENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY," but little need be said. The lives of the great men and celebrities of America are so inaccessible to the general public, and are so often in demand without being accessible, that it has been deemed wise to gather together a vast number of the biographies of our nation's greatest men and include them in this work as a fitting preface to the life histories and biographies of the local parties which follow and embrace the latter part of the volume. It is not given to all men to become great in a national sense, but the life history of those who do, makes up the history of our nation, and as such the history of their lives should be in every home and library as a means of reference and education.


COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY.


That portion of the volume devoted to a "COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY." or "Part II," is of the greatest value, and its value will increase as the years go by. In this department of local biography is carried out the object which led to the com- pilation of this work, in gathering together and placing in enduring form, before it becomes too late, the life history of those who have helped to build up this region and who have taken part in the progress and development in business, political, social, and agricultural affairs. The rank that any county holds among ... sister counties depends largely upon the achievements of its citizens. Some add to its rep- utation by efficient public service, some by increasing its manufacturing or commercial


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interests, and some by adding to the general wealth and prosperity in cultivating and improving its lands. To give a faithful account of the lives of old settlers and rep- resentative citizens of this region is to write its history in the truest sense. Each year, as it rolls its endless way along the mighty pathway of time, is thinning the ranks of those hardy pioneers and old settlers whose lives are so thoroughly identi- fied with this region. The relentless hand of death, pursuing its remorseless and unceasing avocation, is cutting down, one by one, those whose life histories should be preserved as a part of the history of the growth and development of this region. The necessity for the collection and preservation of this matter, before it becomes too late, is the object of this work.


Instead of going to musty records and taking therefrom dry statistical matter and official generalities, which can be appreciated by but few, our corps of writers have gone direct to the people, to the inen and women who have by their enterprise and industry, brought about the development found in this region, and from their lips have written the story of their life struggles. No more interesting or instructive mat- ter could be presented to an intelligent public. In this department, devoted to LOCAL BIOGRAPHY, will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an influence widely extended. It tells of men who have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence, and whose names have become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and records how success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells, also, of many, very many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way," content to have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy,-"they have done what they could." It tells how many, in the pride and strength of young manhood, left the plow and the anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's call went forth valiantly "to do or die," for the cause and principles they held so dear. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not be lost upon those who follow after.


Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treas- ure,` from the fact that it contains so much that would never find its way into pub- lic records, and which would otherwise be inaccessible and lost forever. Great care has been taken in the compilation of this work, and every opportunity for revision possible given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the publishers feel warranted in saying that they give to their readers a work with very few, if any, errors of consequence.




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