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down the Ohio River, then up the Missis-
up a true gentleman. He loved bisfriends and was ever found true to them under all . sippi to Fort Madison, lowa, going from circumstances. He possessed great energy and skill in his profession and Ins business relations, and made whatever he undertook a success. He believed in the divine in- spiration of the Bible, regarded it as the word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith ; and during his last sickness, his 1 mind and thoughts were centered upon the great plan of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, and his personal interest in the Blood of Atonement. He prayed himself, persistently, and requested his friends to pray that his sins might be all pardoned, and that he might realize his acceptance and adoption into the family of God, and fully enjoy the comforting hope of a blessed immortality and eternal life. there by stage to Iowa City, where he spent the winter of 1847. The following spring he went to Grant County, Wiscon- sin, where he operated a saw-mill on the Little Platte River for eighteen months. In the fall of 1849 he returned to Vir- ginia. In 1850 he removed to Marshall County, Illinois, where he resided about five years. He came to Knox Township. Clarke County, lowa, May 17, 1855, and settled on 160 acres of land, which he had entered the year previous. He then built a log cabin 16 x 22 feet, the logs being taken from Long Creek, which was con- sidered one of the best houses in that part of the county at that time. This house is still standing, and is now used as a stable. He built his present residence in 1866. He has now 310 acres of fincly-cultivated land, with good farm buildings, his barn being one of the best in the township. In size it is 36 x 50 feet, 16-foot posts, stone basement, and is well arranged for the convenience of stock, and for hay and grain. He devotes considerable attention to the raising and feeding of stock, and has some fine speci- mens of thorough-bred and high-grade cat-
ILLIAM FORD, one of the suc- cessful farmers and stock-raisers of Knox Township, residing on sec- tion 9, and an old and respected pioneer of Clarke County, was born in Harrison County, West Virginia, December 8, 1824, a son of Elisha and Nancy (Feul) Ford. The father was born in East Virginia, a , tle. He was married in the fall of 1849 to son of Henry Ford, who was also a native of East Virginia, of Irish ancestry. Mr. of John and Maria Dillon. They have and Mrs. Elisha Ford were the parents of twelve children-eleven sons and one daughter-their names being James Henry, . Frederick. During the war of the Rebeli- Polly, William, Isaac, Abraham, Jacob, Peyton. Thornton, Alphous, Joseph, Elam and George. William Ford was reared to manhood in Virginia, receiving a limited education in the subscription schools and by study at home. At the age of nineteen years he began learning the tauner's tradic, serving an apprenticeship of two years, living some time at Hagerstown, Mary- land. He then returned to Virginia, and a
Sarah Dillon, of West Virginia, daughter nine children-W. S., Mary, Jennie, Jose- phine. Loretta, II. G., Myra, Katy and ion Mr. Ford enlisted in Company B, Eighteenth lowa Infantry, and served twenty months. He received an honorable discharge at Little Rock, Arkansas. He was elected county supervisor under the old law, and has also served under the present system, with credit to himself and to the best interest of his county. He has helt , most of the town offices of his township, and is one of the most respected men of short time after started on a western trip, Knox Township. He is one of the self-in the
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men of Clarke County, beginning life with- out means, and by his own industry and good management has acquired his prosent fine property. In politics he was formerly a Republican, but now affiliates with the Greenbach party. He takes an active in- terest in all things that are for the advance- ment of his county, and is one of the pio- neers who has assisted in building roads, schools and churches.
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ARON S. JOHNSON, dealer in real estate, Osceola, and one of the pio- neer business men of Clarke County, was born in Spencer, Owen County, Indi- ana, September 20, 1836. Ilis father, Da- vid Johnson, was a native of Virginia, born at the base of the Monongahela Mountains, and during his carly years was a noted hunter, the bear being his favorite game. Ile was by occupation a farmer, which he followed the greater part of his life. He was twice married, his first marriage taking place when he was but fifteen years of age. lle was married to his second wife, Frances McDaniel, in Indiana, she being a native of Stokes County, North Carolina, our subject being the youngest child of this union. The father was one of the carly settlers of ludiana, remaining in that State until his death, at the age of seventy-four years. Aaron S. Johnson, our subject, passed his boyhood days on the farm, receiving his education in the com. mon schools of his native county. He re- mained with his parents till reaching his majority, and in the spring of 1857 went to Kansas. In July of the same year be came to Osceola, Clarke County, Jowa, where he followed farming for two years. At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion he culisted in the Sixth lowa Infantry as a member of the band, and was at the hard- lought battle of Shiloh. Ile was mustered
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out in 1862, but re-enlisted iu 1863, and for five months was with the Forty-sixth Iowa Infantry as First Orderly, and was sent south to Tennessee and Alabama. Ile was in the service nearly three years, when he was honorably discharged. lle then returned to Osceola, and for several years he was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness. He then engaged in his present busi- ness, which he has since followed with suc- cess. lfe was married in 1864 10 Miss Maria E. Middleswart, of Clarke County, lowa, and to this union has been born one daughter-Fannic C. Mr. Johnson was Provost-Marshal for Clarke, Union and Decatur counties for one year. For many years he was a notary public. He has served as school trustec and as council- man of the city of Osceola.
FICHAEL FLYNN, one of the lead- ing agriculturists of Liberty Town- ship. residing on section 21, is a native of County Limerick, Ireland, horn in 1837, a son of William and Mary (Hart- net) Flynn, who remained in their native country, Ireland, till their death. They were the parents of ten childern, of whom our subject was the seventh child. At the age of eighteen years, both of his parents being dead, he came to America, landing in New York in November, 1856. From there he went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvani., working on farms in the vicinity of that city for six years, and later lived in the city of Pittsburg. He was married in 1865, to Catherine Mam, who was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1843, a daughter of George and Harriet (Proc- tor) Mann, both of whom are deceased. They have a family of eight children, all living at home --- William, Mary, Katic, Ellen, John, Annie, Maggie and Agnes. Mr. Flynn came to Clarke County, lowa,
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and settled on part of his present farm in ! three children, of whom one is living, a son, February, 1866, commencing on 140 acres, 1 named Landis L. Mr. Stoner has made farming the principal vocation of his life. and has devoted considerable attention to stock-raising, in which he is still actively engaged. He has met with success in his agricultural pursuits, and is now the owner of 320 acres of well-cultivated land, besides eight acres of timber land in Madison Township, and an eighty-acre farm in Adair County, Iowa. aboat twenty acres being ander cultivation, and a log cabin erected. He has prospered beyond his expectations in his agricultural pursuits, and has now one of the best farms in this part of the county, containing 436 acres, all of which is well improved and under high cultivation. Mr. Flynn came to this country a poor boy, being at that time $50 in debt to his brother, who had furnished him with meansto come. The debt was soon repaid, and a life of industry, fru- gality and good management, has made him one of the well-to-do citizens of the county where he makes his home. In his political views Mr. Flynn is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Catholic church at Woodburn.
ENRY A. STONER, one of the suc- cessful agriculturists of Madison Township, residing on section 32, was bora in Delaware County, Indiana, Septem- ber 1, 1838, a son of Philip Stoner. His father was a native of Ohio, and a pioneer of Delaware County, Iowa, having located there with his family in 1848. He still makes his home in Delaware County. Heury A. Stoner grew to manhoo Fon the home farm, receiving his education in the common schools of his neighborho ol. He was first married in March, 1860, to Emeline Ash- burn, a daughter of George W. Ashburn, and of the four children born to this union only two survive-George S. and Frank. Mr. Stoner came to his present farm in ! Madison Township, Clarke County, in 1870. where he was bereaved by the death of his wife in May, 1871. For his present wife he married Hannah E. Fivecoat, daughter of George Fivecoat, of Madison Township, his marriage taking place in December. 1873. By his second marriage he has had
FAMES P. HALLOWAY, residing on section 10, Liberty Township, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1815, his parents, Isaac and Catharine (Percel) Halloway, being na- tives of New Jersey. His maternal grand- father with his twosons, John and James, served as soldiers in the Revolutionary war. The parents of our subject were married in Washington County, Penusy !- vania, and were among the first ten fami- lies who settled in Mercer County. living there till their death, the father at the age of seventy-one years, and the mother sev- eral years earlier. James P. Halloway was brought up on a farm, and in his youth received a good education. llc had de- termined to have a college education, but circumstances compelled him to change his plans before he had completed his col- lege course, when he engaged in teaching school, following that profession for several years with marked success. March 21, 1837, he was united in marriage to Mary Jane Barnes, born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. April 1. 1818, and of the eleven children born to this union nine grew to maturity -Mrs. Martha Ann Burt.s. of Wapello County; John G., of Liberty Township; Melissa, wife of J. H. Barker was killed in a cyclone in Gould County, Nebraska, in April, 1864; William James,
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of Medora, Warren County, lowa; Meres County, Illinois. He came to lowa in the spring of 1857. living in Wapello County till the following fall. when he engaged in the coal business at Ottumwa. January 1, 1858, he bought 160 acres of land located five miles west of the city, where he oper- ated a coal mine until 186 ;, and in the fall of that year purchased hotel property in Ottumwa, and for a short time carried on the hotel. He then engaged in farming in connection with mining coal. In 1875 he disposed of his property in Wapello County, coming to Clarke County, where he bought a farm of 120 acres on section 10, Liberty Township, which he still owns and occupies. Mr. Halloway in his twen- tieth year united with the Presbyterian church, and for thirty years he was an elder in that denomination. After coming to Clarke County, there being no Presby . terian organization in his vicinity, he united with the Methodist church, and later be- came licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal church, and has since devoted his life to good work, laboring early and late for the Master in Rock Island, Wapello and Clarke counties. C., of Greene County, lowa, enlisted in Company H., Thirty-sixth lowa Infan- try; Ralph E., also served in the same company till the close of the war, now lives in Mahaska County; Ina, wife of William E. Connor, of Ottumwa; Mrs. Emma Young, of Lucas County, and Mrs. Minnie M. Trumbo, of Liberty Township. Herbert C. died aged eighteen months, and Minnie Rose was drowned in Wapello County, aged sixteen months. The chest son, John G., enlisted in Company D., Fif- teenth lowa Infantry, September 27, IS61. and served his country thirty-eight months. He was wounded in the right hip at Pittsburgh Landing, and later was taken with typhoid fever and confined in the hospital at Keokuk. Ile rejoined his regiment at Vicksburg after the surrender of that city, and was in the campaign against Johnston's army. He suffered from sunstroke in July, 1864, and the following November received an honorable dis- charge, and is now residing on section 10, in Liberty Township. He was married September S, 1863, to Lida Seeker, while on detached duty at Keokuk. Six children were born to this union, of whom five still survive -- Mrs. Cetta Trumbo, Bertie L., Jessie E., Mary J. and Willie. A son, James, ITCHELL L. EVANS, proprietor of livery stable at Murray, Clarke County, was born in Appanoose County, Iowa, September 3, 1851, a son of William G. Evans. He was reared to man- hood on a farm in Clarke County, his cdu- cation being obtained in the common schools of Washington Township. In 1878 he re- moved to Ward Township, where he fol- lowed farming till coming to Murray in 1882. Mr. Evans was united in marriage gan mining coal. In 1855 he was engaged : April 16, 1878, to Miss Margaret J. Robin- son, her father, Erastus Robinson, being a resident of Ward Township. Clarke County. is deceased. For his services to his country John G. Halloway receives a pension. He was bereaved by the death of his wife, August 25, 1880. James P'. Halloway, the subject of this sketch, came West with his family in October, 1846, and made his home in Rock Island, Illinois, remaining in that city till the spring of 1848 when he pur- chased ten acres of land ten miles from the city, located on Rock River, where he be- as superintendent by the New York Coal Company at Pleasant Valley, and later be- came superintendent of the Davenport ! Two children have been born to this union Coal Company on Green River, in Henry , -- Maude A. and Mabel J. Mr. Evans estab-
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lished his present business on coming to Murray, being associated with his brother, Marshall O. Evans, until December 1, 1885. He then bought his brother's interest, and has since carried on his stable alone. Ile keeps on hand a number of fine horses and buggies, and vehicles of different kinds for the accommodation of his customers, and by his strict attention to business anl his gentlemanly deportment he has built up a good business, which is steadily increasing. Mr. Evans is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
C. MCINTIRE, attorney at law, Osceola, Iowa, is a native of Indi- ana, born in Ohio County Septem- ber 22, 18.16, the second of a family of four children of Daniel and Elizabeth (Clark) McIntire, his father a native of Indiana and his mother of the State of Maryland, both being of Scotch ancestry. His father is a clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal church, and during the boyhood and youth of our subject was a member of the In- diana Conference. In 1870 he removed to lowa, and is now a resident of Osceola. C. C. MeIntire was educated in his native State, attending first the common schools and later the Asbury, now De Pauw Uni- versity, from which he graduated in 1868. He then began the study of law with Judge Downy of Rising Sun, Indiana, and was admitted to the bar in 186g. Ile lo- cated at Sullivan, Indiana, where he re- mained two years, and in the spring of ISTI came to lowa and opened an office for the practice of his profession at O-ccola, being associated with 11. C. Ayres until 1875. Ile then practiced alone until 1877 when the present firm of Melntire Broth- ers was formed. Mr. Melntire was mar- ried in 1375 to Miss Hattie Chickering. They have two children-Jessie May and Delbert Paul. Mr. Melniire is a member
of the Masonic fraternity, and has taken the Knights Templar degrees. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church.
"THOBIAS TELLER, one of the active and enterprising agriculturists of Washington Township, was born in Schenectady County, New York. December 12, 1830, a son of W. I. and Catherine (Mc- Clain) Teller, his parents being natives of New York State, the mother born in June, 1796. They were the parents of cight children, six sons and two daughters, of whom six are still living. The parents immigrated with their family to Ilinois, in 1854, and settled in Whiteside County, where the father died in May, 1860. After his death the mother returned to New York, and later went to Vermont, where she remained till her death in 1884. Tobias Teller, the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood in his native county, and received his education in the village schools. He accompanied his parents to Illinois, remaining there till 1859, when he crossed the plains for California with an ox-team, being on the way six months and cighteen days, and while there was engaged in mining. Hle enlisted in the service of his country in the Fourth California In- fantry, and was sent to Puget Sound to relieve some regulars who were stationed there. He was afterward sent to Foit Yuma, in Southern California, where he was discharged in September, 1864. Hle then returned to Illinois, going thence to Washington, D. C., where he re-enlisted in Company A, United States Veterans, and was sent to Winchester, Virginia, where he was engaged in burying the re- mains of those who were killed in the battle of the Wilderness, which at that time were principally bones. He was mus-
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tered out at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, as First Sergeant, being dis- charged in 1865. After the war Mr. Teller returned to Illinois, where he worked at the carpenter's trade. In 1868 he was married to Mary Holden, a native of New York, and they have had born to them two children-William B. and Charles Rov. After his marriage Mr. Tel- ler settled in Sterling, Illinois, where he followed carpentering. In 1871 he removed with his family to Clarke County, locating on a farm of eighty acres, on section 15, Washington Township, which he still owns, occupying this land till 1881. He then removed to the farm where he has since made his home, and in connection with his general farming he is devoting con- siderable attention to stock-raising. mak- i ing a specialty of cattle and horses. Mr. Teller has served Washington Town- ship as clerk, assessor, and school treasurer. He was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors of Clarke County, in ISS1, which office he still holds, having been re- elected in the fall of ISS4. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Osceola Lodge, No. 77. and the Royal Arch Chapter, No. 23.
dren-Jessie M., Daniel P. and Margaret T. In 1855 Mr. Rogan settled in Mar. quette, Wisconsin, where he resided till 1866. when he traded his property in that place for 210 acres of wild land in Knox Town- ship. Clarke County, Iowa, which he has since improved and brought under a high state of cultivation. His house is comfort- able and commodious, and is surrounded by beautiful shade trees, and his out-build- ings are in good condition. In fact the whole surroundings indicate the thrift and care of the owner. Mr. Regan takes an active interest in educational matters, and all his children have received good educa- tional advantages. His daughter, Mar- garet T., has taught school for twenty terms. In his political affiliations Mr. Regan is a Democrat.
TATILLIAM H. JOHNSON was born in Morgan County, Indiana, Janu- ary 18, 1844, a son of Thomas E. and Lydia (Davis) Johnson. His parents came to lowa in 1861, and settled in Jack- son Township, Clarke County, where his mother died. His father is now a resident of the village of Woodburn January 15. 1862, our subject enlisted in the defense of his country, and was assigned to Company I, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry. He soon after went to the front, his first battle being Shiloh, where his regiment and company lost heavily. His Colonel and Captain were wounded, and his Lieutenant, Robert Hamilton, was killed. On account of fail- ing health Mi. Johnson was discharged in Regaining his health he again enlisted, and was assigned to his oldl company, but was again taken sick, and did not recover in time to take part in any active service. He was discharged May 6, 1265, and has since engaged in agricultural pursuits. Heowns
FIEREMIAH REGAN, an enterprising and progressive farmer and stock- raiser of Knox Township, residing on section 30, is a native of Cork, Ireland, where he was born June 15, 1824, a son of Daniel and Jessie (Bowen) Regan. He was reared in his native country. remain- ing there till 1847, when he immigrated to | the summer of 1862, and returned home. the United States, locating first in Massa- chusetts. He was united in marriage Angust 17, 1850, to Miss Catherine Dunlea, who was a native of Cork, Ireland, she be- ing a daughter of Jeremiah and Hanore (Foley) Dunlea. They have three chil-
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a good farm of 120 act . on section 34. Jackson Township, wh se he has lived since his marriage. He was married in the fall of 1865 to Roberta Laval, dugh- ter of Joseph Laval, of Wayne County. They have four children-Franklin A., Sylvia, Calvin B. and Robert S. Mr. : November 10, 1864. Mrs. Holloway was Johnson is a member of Post No. 385, G. ' A. R. He and his wife are members of 1 the Methodist Episcopal church.
HOMAS W. HOLLOWAY, of Woodburn, a dealer in coal, street commissioner, and conducting a diay- age and express business. has been a resi- dent of that place fourteen years. llc was born in Alabama, June 2, 1844. Ilis pa- rents, Samuel and Mary (Reynolds) Hol- loway, were natives of Virginia, and sev- eral years after marriage made their home in Alabama. His father was a shoemaker by trade and was one of the pioneers of Ottumwa, where he located in 1846. Two years later he moved to Polk County, and in 1858 to Newburn, Lucas County. In 1859 he went to southeastern Nebraska to select a home. While at Falls City, Rich- ardson County, at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Mary J. Henry, at the age of nearly sixty years, he died. His widow survived him eleven years, and died in Dal- las County, Texas. August 12, 1862, Thomas W. volunteered in defense of the Union, in Company E, Thirty-fourth lowa Volunteers Infantry. He participated in the battle at Haines' Bluff, the defense of Vicksburg, under General Sherman in December, 1862: was at the capture of Fort Hindman and Arkansas Post; was detailed with the guard to take prisoners to St. Louis and from there to City Point, Virginia, for exchange; was in the cam- paign against General Marmaduke ; was at the siege and capture of Vicksburg, and
later in the Thirteenth Corps under Gen- cral Banks at New Orleans; while there was accidentally injured, necessitating his discharge, October 16. 1853. Returning to Lucas County, Mr. Holloway married Miss Sarah, daughter of Joseph Mumford.
born in Maryland, November 21, 1848, and came to lowa at the age of ten years. Her mother died in Maryland; her father lives in Jackson Township. In IS6; Mr. Iloilo- way took his widowed mother with him and went to Texas, and engaged in farming in Dallas County, where, as stated before, his mother died in 1870. In 1872 he returned to lowa and made his home at Woodburn. He owns a fine residence and four city lots, also eleven acres of land adjoining the city. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway have five children -- Ida May, born August 28, 1866; Effie D., born December 13, 1867 ; Ollie B., born March 4, 1870; Mary E., born De- cember 31, 1873, and Addie L., April 25, 1882. Mr. Holloway is a member of G. A. R. Post No. 385, Woodburn, and is junior vice commander; is a member of Unity Lodge, 212, A. F. & A. M .; also a member of the School Board.
7YATT ADKINS was born in Pu- laski County. Kentucky, and died at his home in Hopeville, lowa, August 30, 1882, aged seventy-four years and cleven months. Mr. Adkins passed his youth in Pulaski and Wayne counties of his native State, receiving such education as the schools of that early day afforded, but being a man of considerable reading he kept himself well posted as to the affairs and workings of his country from its rise through its growth, its struggles and de- velopment, till the time of his death. He was a great reader of the Bible, especially of the New Testament and Psalms, and
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would often repeat entire chapters with- out. perhaps, ever casting his eyes toward J. K. Cornell. The entire services were deeply impressive, and were largely at-
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the book. His father, Elder Owen Adkins, was quite a prominent minister of the Bap- . fended, there being, perhaps, more aged tist church, laboring both in Kentucky and people present than were ever known at a funeral in Hopeville, and especially was this true of the old settlers and pioneers, men and women with whom he had met. labored and worshiped for more than a quarter of a century. Thus another of the grand old pioneers who came carly and " possessed the land," and gave to Clarke County formation, prestige and honor, has passed from her borders, and the bounds of mortal life, to the great land of light and glory. Indiana, where he died in 1853. His an cesters were of English descent, coming to America in an early day. His grand- parents were natives of Virginia, and were the parents of a large family. After their marriage they removed to Hawkins Coun- ty, Tennessee, then a Territory, where, about the year 1790, they, with two of their children, were massacred by the Indians. Wyatt Adkins was ever a pioneer, having lived in an'l aided in the carly settling and developing of Indiana, Illinois and lowa. Hle came to Clarke County in 1856, making this his home till his death. As a citizen FIGBERT E. RANKIN is a native of Jeffries County, Tennessee, born June : 28, 1831, a son of Thomas and Caro- line Rankin, natives also of Tennessee. where they spent their lives. When four- teen years of age, Egbert left his home and went to South Carolina, and was employed as a farin band until his majority. He after- ward clerked in a store four years, and then was employed as traveling salesman for a cotton firm a short time, when, in 1856, he was married to Miss Mary Mims, a native of Edgfield, South Carolina, After his marriage he settled on a cotton plantation, where he lived three years, and in the fall of 1865 moved to lowa and lived in Lucas County until March, 1861, when he opened a store in Ottawa, Clarke County, remain- ing there until 1853, when he moved his he was proud of Iowa as a State, and espe- cially as regards her noble part borne in the suppression of the great Rebellion, hav- ing sent every son he had who was ofl enough to bear arms to his country's de- fense. He himself, although fifty-four years old, was in two campaigns in Missouri. Hc was an ardent supporter of the amendment of our constitution, for the suppression of intemperance, remarking when he had voted, that it was the " proudest and grand- est vote of his life." As a Christian and worker in the church he was zealous, de- voted and untiring. being a member of the Christian church for forty-three years. As a neighbor he was obliging. sociable and true. As a husband and father he was kind and indulgent, though firm and rather strict in his paternal discipline. No man , stock of goods to Osceola. continuing the had a greater desire to see his children i mercantile business until 1867, when he succeed and do well in the great battle of sold out. He had in the meantime devoted life. He always rejoiced in their successes, considerable attention to dealing in horses, especially in their efforts to be good and and after selling out his store he gave his honored citizens in society and the world. Lentire attention to this business until i8;G. In his financial dealings with his fellow- : when he bought a farm in Lucas County, men he was always prompt, and at the time , which he superintended, his family, how- of his death owed no man a dollar. His ever, still living in Osceola. He was elect-
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