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wife died April 30. 1855, and he was my- ried to Mrs. Sarah Dobson, his present wife, by whom he has had three children -- Sarah Elizabeth, Winfield Scott and Charles E. The father is a member of the Mission- ary Baptist church. hu politics he is a Republican. At the commencement of the late war a company was formed for the protection of the border, of which Mr. Hen- drick was chosen First Lieutenant. They were marched to Allensville, Missouri, when the rebels fed, and the company returned home. In 1861 it was organ- ized into a regiment and ordered to St. Joe, and while there participated in the battle of Lexington. On May 28, 1864, Mr. Hendrick enlisted in Company H, Forty- sixth Iowa Infantry, and was ordered with his regiment to Memphis, Tennessee, where he was engaged in guarding railroad. Ile was discharged September 23, 1864. Heis a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, belonging to Post No. 189. He has served as postmaster for several years. Four of his sons were soldiers during the war of the Rebellion. William P. was a member of Company B, Eighteenth low? Infantry, and died at Springfield, Missouri, in December, 1862; Daniel D. was killed at Allatoona, Georgia. October 5, 1864; Isaac and James belonged to a Missouri regi- ment, and served till the close of the war.
ANDALL BATES was born in Syra- cuse, New York, January 13, 1831. 2 son of James and Amanda ( Yarington) Bates. When he was fourteen years of age his parents moved to Illinois, and in that State he grew to manhood. He came to lowa in the spring of 1856, and located at I lopeville, where he lived until the fall of 1877, when he was elected treasurer of Clarke County. He then moved to Osce- ola, and assumed the duties of his office the
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following January. Ile was an efficient, ' Regaining his health. he again enlisted in reliable officer and was re-elected three times, serving eight years, his last form ex- piring January 1, 1886. Mr. Bates was married in August, 1856, to Harriet L. Wilson. She died leaving six children, but two are living. In September, 1882, Mr. Bates married Sarah J. Fink. They have two children. Mr. Bates is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
186.1. in Company B. Forty-sixth Regi- ment, and served until the close of the war. April 4. 18;0, he was married to Mrs. Martha Lavalle, widow of Newton Posten, and daughter of Henry Lavalle. She was born March 22, 1845. Her first husband was a member of the Thirty- ninth lowa Volunteers, and died in the Atlanta campaign, leaving two children- Etta, wife of Enoch Luger, and Linna, now deceased. After marriage Mr. Erb lived a short time in Union Township, Lucas County. then moved to his present home. He owns the homestead of his grandparents, forty acres on section 16. In all, his property contains 180 acres of land. with a fine residence. Their children are Nellie, Phebe, Mary E., Edna, Louis, Ofis, William, Josephine, deceased. Mr. Erb is a member of the Masonic fraternity; affili- ates with Unity Lodge No. 212, at Wood- burn, and Davenport Post, No. 385, G. A.
SAU A. ERB, residing on section 21. Franklin Township, was born in Rich- land County, Ohio, April 4, 1841. Ilis father, Christopher Erb, now lives in Wa- bash County, Indiana. His mother, Eliza- both (Buckingham) Frb, died when Esau was but thirteen days old. He was adopted by his maternal grandparents. Esau and Eliza Buckingham, then residents of Richland County. In ISso they became settlers of lowa, and in 1851 pioncers : R. In politics he is a Republican. of Green Bay Township, Clarke County. Shortly afterward they settled on section 16, Franklin Township, where they passed the greater part of their lives. The grand- JEORGE W. FOUCH, the youngest son of Isaac and Eleanor Fouch, was born in the State of Indiana, August 21, 1845. When he was nine years of age he came to Clarke County, and was mostly educated in the common schools, and later attended a select school six months, taught by J. H. L. Scott. He then lived on a farm until i878, when he came to Osceola, and was associated with J. C. Harrison in the grocery and boot and shoe trade. Ilere he continued for six years, since which time he has been col- lecting and discounting paper, and to some extent, buying and shipping stock. Dar. ing ine great grasshopper scourge in Kan- sas, Mr. Fouch, in company with Dickin- son Webster, went to Kan-asand purchased father died at the age of eighty years; his widow surviving him four years. They reared a large family -- James W., who lives in Franklin Township; Joshua, a resident of Green Bay Township; Eliza Janc, McAllister, in Washington Township; Mrs. Alice Holmes, Great Bend, Kansas: Mrs. Mary Gafford, Dakota; Mrs. Sarah Hirwool, Rd Oak, Iowa; Elizabeth, de- ceased, mother of Esau; Wilson; Mrs. 1 Urith Taylor and Mrs. Margaret E. Boser- man. Mr. Erb, the subject of this sketch. was given a good education. He learned the saddle and harness trade in Osceola. August 4, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Eighteenth lowa Volunteer Infantry, served under General Steele, and in Feb- ruary, 1863, was discharged for disability. , Ijos hogy, fattened and shipped them to Chi-
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cago; is a member of and stockholder in the . with J. M. Ball as partner, which business Ciarke County Farmers' and Mechanics' he followed for eight years. After this he Society, of which he was vice-president . was appointed deputy sheriff, under J. M. three consecutive years, and liter, was made president. Mr. Foach isalso a mom- ber of Lodge No. 95. 1. O. O. F.
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Ballou, serving in this capacity four years, He was then appointed Government store- keeper, at Atlantic, lowa, and remained there until the office was abolished. In 1883 he was again appointed deputy sheriff, un- der E. E. Rankin, and upon the election of j. C. Bonar, was re-appointed. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have three daughters - Della, wife of Edwin Sperry, Sophronis. and Nellie May. Mr. Williams belongs to the Knights of Pythias. He served as vice-president of the Clarke County Agri. cultural Society.
3HR W. WILLIAMS, deputy sheriff 11: of Clarke County, was born in ? Coshocton County, Ohio, May 15, 1842. llis parents, James and Sarah ( Wil- son) Williams, were also natives of Ohio. When he was four years of age his mother died. Ile remained with his father until he was thirteen years old; then came to Clarke County with Garner Hunt, with whom he lived until the outbreak of the civil war, He then enlisted in Company 1, SAAC FOUCH was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, January 11, 1804. He was the eldest of twelve children --- seven girls and five boys. Only three sur- vive. His father, James Fouch, was a Virginian by birth, and was born in Lou- doun County. His mother, Elizabeth (Baty) Fouch, was a native of the same county and State. After living there sev- eral years they moved to Indiana, where they both died. Isaac was reared on a farm and remained in Kentucky until he reached maturity. In 1826 he married Eleanor Saunders who was born in Flem- ing County, Kentucky, in iSoG. After marriage they settled upon a farm, and af- took command of his company. and was ; terward moved to Indiana, remaining there until 1853, then came to Henty thence to Chicago, thence to Durchport. ; County, Iowa, and later to Clarke County, settling in Ward Township, where he purchased a farm on the prairie. He still owns this farm which consisted of 700 acres before dividing with his children. He resided on the farm until 18so when he moved to Osce da where he built a com- fortible brick residence. Mr. Fouch is Fifteenth Regiment, lowa Infantry, which belonged to the Army of the Tennessee. IHis first engagement was at the battle of Shiloh. In the early part of the battle he had command of a squad of sixteen men, who carried ammunition from the boat. He lost six of the sixteen men. He par- ticipated in the battles of Atlanta. Corning, and the siege of Vicksburg. Just before the battle of Atlanta he was promoted to Second Lieutenant. He had charge of thirty-seven men, and came out with seven. He was in the famous march to the sea, and was then ordered to Washington for the grand review. Here Mr. Williams then ordered to Louisville, K alucky. where he was mustered out in June, 1865. having served three years and seven months. 11 . then returned to Osccola. In 186; he married Miss Eliza Mc Donald, of Keokuk, lowa, and a native of Virginia .. After his return from the wor he ch- gaged in agricultural pursuits two years, then came to Osceola all started a livery, . now eighty-two years old and his wife is
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eighty. They have lived together sixty Years. Light of their nine children lived to maturity-Emily, Margaret. James, Mary, Roany, Sarah, George W. a. home with his parents, and Matilda. Mes. boach is a member of the Christian church. Both enjoy very good health and are able to wait upon themselves and do some light work.
1968 he removed to Decatur County, lowa, and bought 200 acres of wild land in Franklin Township, which he improved. In 1995 he left his tarin in Dec .tut County and came to his present farm in Green Bay Township, Clarke County. Ilis farm c. n- tains forty acres of choice land, and is located a half mile west of Weldon. He has a good story-and-a-half residence, which was erected in 1883, furnished in comfortable style. Besides his farm in Clirke County he still owns his Decatur County property. In politics he casts his suffrage with the Republican party.
ILLIAM A. STANDISH. residing on section 33, Green Bay Town- ship, is one of the enterprising and intelligent citizens of Clarke County. He was born near East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. April to. 1820, a son of William H. and Mary (Rice) Stand- ish. The father was born in Massachu- FTOIIN MUSSELMAN, is a native of Maryland, born November 13, 1817. In his infancy his parents, John and Christina Musschan, moved to Pen- sylvania, remaining in that State until 1829. They then removed to Darke County. Ohio, where they lived until he was about seventeen years of age. In 1834 they went to Elkhart County, Indiana, subsequently returning to Darke County. Our subject was married in Elkhart County, Indiana. to Miss Keziah Odell. After his marriage he moved to Lawrence County, Missouri, and there his wife died. They had a family of five children-William A., Daniel M !. , Nancy M .. Elizabeth C. and Samuel G. In 1816 Mr. Musselimin returned to Ohio and there married Miss Sarah Spencer, and to them were born eight children, two som and six daughters-J &n .1 .. Williams L., Sarah K., Mary E. Anna T., Emily 1., Harriet O., Margaret H. In 1850 he went t : Randolph County, Indiana, and ci;ht years later came to lowa and entered 120 setts, a des. endant of the notel Miles Standish, who came to America in the May- flower. Our subject's parents had a family of eight children, William A. being the second son. The names of the children are as follows-Charles. William A., Si- ranas. Miles, Mary, Julia, Malachi and Daniel. William A. was reared in his na- tive county till fifteen years of age. when he went with his parents to Auburn, New York. When sixteen years old he com- menced to work at the blacksmith's trade, assisting his father, who was a blacksmith by occupation. In 183; he went to Dela- ware County, Ohio, where he followed blacksmithing till 1855. Ile was married February 20, 1842, to Catherine 1. Bil- lingsley, a native of Z newville, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel and Cuth rige Ho !! Billingsley. They have seven children living-Albert, Horace, Samuel, Lambert, Cicero, Mary, James F. and Jenny. In 1865 Mr. Standish engaged in the mercan- tile business at Powell County. Olio. re- acres of land in Clarke County, and it the maining there till the till of iso. when he ' same fha bought forty acres of timber removed to Marshall County, Illinois, loca- kal : djening, which is his present farts. ting near New Rutland. In the pring of , Mr. Muselman has been a prominent ant
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influential citizen of Fremont Township, and is honored and esteemed by all who know him. In ISSo he lost his eyesight from some unknown cause, but otherwise is in good health, and is active for one of his years.
EORGE BUMGARDNER, retired merchant of Osceola, is a native of Harrison County, West Virginia, born near Clarksburg. March 28, 1836. His par- ents, John and Susie (Woods) Bumgardner, were also natives of Virginia, remaining in that State till their death. They were the Liam Kennedy of the First National Bank. parents of six sons and three daughters, of whom our subject was the sixth child. He passed his youth in his native State, receiv- ing his education in private schools. At the breaking out of the war of the Rebelhon he enlisted in Company B, Third Virginia Cavalry, and participated with hisregiment in the battles of McDowell, Virginia, Cross Keys, Slaughter Mountains, second battle of Bull Run, and other engagements and skir- mishes. Ile subsequently joined the Sixth Cavalry, and after the close of the war his regiment was sent across the plains to fight the Indians, Mr. Bumgardner remaining in the service till mustered out with his regi- ment in March, 1866. Mr. Bumgardner was captured by the rebels November 28, 1864, and held prisoner about three months, ! cine and taught school a year, and in 1867 when he was exchanged, and rejoined his regiment at Harper's Ferry. After serv- ing about two years as Quartermaster of his regiment, he was discharged, and re- turned to his home in West Virginia. I the following spring. 1867, he came to
D R. PHINEAS TURNER, section 20, Troy Township, was born in Mus- kingum County, Ohio, March 26, 1827, a son of Isaac and Priscilla (Banning) Turner. He pursued his medical studies under Dr. Phillis Cooper, of Rockville, ! Ohio. In 1866 he moved to Tazewell County, Illinois, where he practiced medi- came to Iowa and located in Afton, Union County. A year later he moved into the country, and taught school in connection 1 with attending to his medical practice two years, and in isto located on the farm where he now lives. He owns 120 acres of Clarke County, Iowa, and in 1859 he was : valuable land, and devotes the greater part
united in marriage to Mrs. Barstow, a of his attention to farming and stock-rais- daughter of David Norton, who came to , ing. He was married November 7, 1851. Clarke County, Jowa, from Ohio in an early dav. Mr. and Mrs. Bumgardner have two children living-john D. and Georgie. Mrs. 1
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marriage. In 1870 Mr. Bumgardner cu- gaged in the general mercantile business. which he carried on for three years, when he sold out to William Christy. He then engaged in the publication of the leta Baptist, being associated with Elder A. Robins. His connection with the paper was severed when it was removed to Des Moines, the name of the paper being then changed to the Baptist Deacon. Mr. Bum- gardner has since been engaged in dealing in stock and real estate, in which he is mec !- ing with fair success. He has a fine resi- dence in Osceola, which was built by Will- His residence is well furnished, and he and his family are surrounded with all the nec- Cessary comforts of life. Mr. Bumgardner is a member of the Masonic fraternity, be- longing to the lodge and chapter. He and his wife are members of the Bapast church.
to Ann Maria Fleming, daughter of Abaer and Mary Ann Fleming. The former is deceased, but the latter is a member of Dr. Turuer's family, and is now seventy-eight
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years old. Dr. and Mrs. Turner have five children-Mrs Mary J. Carnes, Mrs. Min- nie .1. Cone, Obed H., Fannie M. and Otis 11.
T-TILLIAM J. YOUNG, an enter- prising and progressive citizen of Knox Township, residing on sec- tion 21, was born in Warren County, Ohio, August 6, 1847, a son of Peter and Eliza (Whitaker) Young, the father a native of New Jersey, and the mother born in Cler- mont County, Ohio. They were the parents of seven children -Margaret, Elizabeth, John, Naomi, Alfred, William J. and Samuel. : Our subject lived in his native county till eight years of age, when he went with his parents to Knox County, Illinois, and there he was reared to manhood. He attended the common schools during his youth, com- pleting his education at Abingdon College, of Knox County. During the late war he went to the defense of his country's flag, enlisting February 14, 1864, in Company A. Fourteenth Illinois Cavalry. He partici- pated in the battle of Kenysaw Mountain, and in General Sherman's campaign. Ilc was in all of Generals Stoneman and Cook's engagements in which the Fourteenth took part. Mr. Young was captured by the rebels at Atlanta, and was first taken to Athens, thence to Andersonville, where he was confined for five months. After endur- ing all the hardships and privations known only to those who were confined there, he was removed to Charleston, and thice weeks later to Florence, and after being confined at the latter place eight weeks he was paroled. In December, IS64. he was taken to Charleston, thence to Annapolis. Maryland, where he lay in a hospital for many days at the point of death, but through the kind and attentive nursing of the Sisters of Charity he recovered, and in January, 1865, returned to his home, when
he was taken with a relapse, and for many days his life was again despaired of. He received an honorable discharge at Camp Chase, Ohio, in April, 1865, when he re- turned to his home in Knox County, Ili- nois. In 1866 he went to southwestern Missouri, returning to Knox County in 186), remaining there till 1870. November 2.1, ISto, he was married to Louisa Hen- dricks, who was born and reared in Knox County, Illinois, a daughter of William and Amanda Hendricks. They have six children -Charlie. Loyd, Bessie, Albert, Rolla and Oscar. Mr. Young removed to Vermillion County, Illinois, in 1870, and after residing there four years came to Clarke County, lowa, when he settled on his present farm in Knox Township, which contains eighty- five acres of well-improved land under a high state of cultivation. He has a com- inodious and comfortably furnished resi- dence, and good farm buildings for the accommodation of his stock, and in his general farming and stock-raising he is meeting with success. Mr. Young is a. member of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic, and is commander of Knox Center Post, No. 189. He has served efficiently as clerk of his township. He is a consist- ent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has by his fair and honest dea !- ings won the confidence and esteen of all who know him.
VERY L. SCOTT, dealer in agricult- ural implements, was born in Rome, Onei la County, New York, April 10, 1831. His parents, John and Serena (Jack- som Scott, were natives of the same State. Mrs. Scott died in New York, and in 1851 her husband removed to llinois, where he remained until his death, which occurred in August, 1865. Avery L. was reared an I educated in his native State. He carly
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learned the carpenter's trade, which be fol. lowed several years. In the spring of iseshe came to Clarke County and purchased some land in Ward Township, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. The farm, which he still owns, contains 160 acres, mostly seeded down to grass, and well stocked. In 1881 he was elected sheriff of this county and served two years. . At the expiration of his term of office he engaged in his present business on the northeast corner of the public square, where he keeps a full stock of wagons, buggies, reapers, mowers. plows, barrows, etc. In February, 1860, Mr. Scott married Miss Mary L. Babbitt, of Mercer County, Illinois, and a native of New York. They have eight children -- Frank L., residing in Nebraska; Helen, Alice, Walter, Leonard, George, Edward and Gertrude. Mr. Scott is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 77.
R. ALBERT C. LANDIS is one of the rising young physicians of Hope- ville, and bids fair to rank with the highest among the medical men of Clarke County. Doctor Landis was born in Green- castle, Indiana, August 3, 1854, his father. Annanias Landis, being a native of Augusta County. Virginia. He was reared on a farm, and received his elementary educa- tion in the common schools of his neighbor- hood, later attending the Troy Normal at Troy, lowa. He came with his parents to lowa in 1850, they locating in Davis Coun- ( 1869, when he came to Osceola, Clarke ty in the fall of that year. Our subj ct, after completing his education, followwel the teacher's profession about ten years. teaching most of the time in lowa. II : went to Minnesota in 1877, returning to lowa the following year, when he locate ] in Hopeville, and had charge of the schools . partnership with George Grassel for one at that place for four terins. He graduated . year, when the latter disposed of his inter- from the lowa College of Physicians and est to a brother-in-law of our subject,
Surgeons at Des Moines. Mirch 4. 188 ;. beginning the practice of medicine . April 1. of the same year, and by h's strict attention to his duties, he is succeeding well, build- ing up a good practice. The doctor was united in marriage to Miss Lola G. Burns, March 4, ISSO.
B BARCLAY F. GARRETSON, one of the oldest pharmacists of Osceola, was born in Stark County, Ohio, May 10, IS39, a son of Pierce and Sarah (Myers) Garretson, who were natives of Yok County, Pennsylvania, and Maryland re- spectively, the mother being reared in the city of Washington, Maryland. They were carly settlers of Ohio, the father dying in that State in 1874, the mother now making her home in Creston, Iowa. They were the parents of four children, three sons and one daughter, of whom three still survive. B. F. Garretson passed his youth principally on a farm, receiving a rudimentary educa- tion in the district schools. He subsequent- ly attended Mount Union College, Ohio, where he took a complete course, gradu- ating from that institution in 1861. He was married the same year to Miss Melis- sa D. Grant, of Stark County, Ohio, and to this union have been born four children, of whoin their only son, Franklin P., is de- ceased. The names of those living are --- Minnie Lenore, Martha and Melissa. Mr. Garret soon followed farming principally ti !! Coranty, lowa, and soon after formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, J. 1. Grant, in the dry goods business, which continued two years, when they sold out their bu. iness. In iszt he bought the drug tradeof J. S. Draper, which he carried on in
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named J O. Grant, who disposed of his in- discharge at Nashville, Tennessee, Decein- terest in the business to N. P. Garretson, : ber 10, 1864, when he returned to his home of Burlington, Kansas, a brother of our sub- jet, since which the firm has been known as B. F. Garretson & Co. Mr. Garretson takes an active interest in educational mat- ters, an | has served as a school director some twelve years. He is a member of the Odd Fellow'sorder, and is also a Knight of Pythias. Mr. Garretson was reared a Quaker in religious faith, but is now an act- ive member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
WILLIAM S. LUCE, an enterprising and industrious citizen of Knox Township, residing on section 3, is a native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he was born December 27, 1840, a son of William and Huldah (Rugers) Luce, the father being. a native of Maine, and the mother born on Cape Cod. William S. was the third of a family of nine children. When two yearsold he was taken by his par- ents to Maine, they locating near Bangor, where they made their home for twelve years, when the family removed to Stark County, Illinois. Our subject passed his youth on a form, receiving a common- school education. He lived with his par- ents in Stark County till the breaking out of the war, when, October 10, 1861, he en- listed in Company K, Ninth Ilinois Caval- ry. He took part in the engagement against General Price, a' Waddch Farm, Arkansas, where he was wounded in the left shoulder by being struck by a rifle ball, which uvfitted him for duty for six months. lle was at Cotton Plant, Arkansas, Tupel. Mississippi, Guntown and Franklin, Tenn- esce. The Ninth Illinois Cavalry was noted for the hard fighting in scouting and guarding, and for a time was engaged in guarding the Memphis and Charlestown Railroad. Mr. Luce received an honorable
in Stark County, Illinois, where he re- mained till 1870. Ile then came to Clarke County, lowa, and after living a year in Green Bay Township, he settled on section 8. Knox Township, where he spent one voir. He then removed to section 10, of the same township, where he resided four years. In 1875 he bought 120 acres of his present farm on section 3, which he has since improved and brought under excel- lent cultivation. He has added cighty acres to his original purchase, and now has a valuable farm of 2oo acres, and is suc- cessfully engaged in farming and stock- raising. Mr. Luce was married December 9, 1861, 10 Jane McVicker, of Bureau County, Illinois, who died September 21, 1882, leaving seven children - Charles, Minnie, Leon, Archibald, Alice, Elgie and Elva. Mr. Luce is a comrade of Knox Center Post, No. 189, G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Christian church, and a respected citizen of Knox Township.
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