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rison, but was an ardent Republican after the organization of that party. He was a man of remarkable energy, and devoted to principle. Even on his death bed, during the time of the re-election of President Lincoln for President in the fall of 1864, he was at his request taken to the voting place at Corydon and, though unable to rise from his bed, deposited his last vote for the martyred President. Both he and his wife were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. The latter survived her husband until October 14, 1875, when she quietly passed away. Robert C. Garnes, whose name heads this sketch, married Miss Susan F. Boswell, a nativeof Virginia, and daughter of Opeachy Boswell, and to this union have been born four children-Hat- tie, Joseph C., Sumner R. and Mary. Robert C. Garnes served in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in August, 1862, in Company F, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry. He participated in the battle of Chickasaw Bluff, siege of Vicksburg, Champion Hills, Arkansas Post, and was in General Banks's Red River Expedition, his last engage- ment being at Fort Blakely. He served till August 15, 1865, never receiving a wound, but returning to his home with health impaired, and has since followed agricultural pursuits.
ILTON O. BARNES, the business manager and part owner of the Humeston New Era, is a native of Monroe County, Ohio, making his advent into the world March 13, 1858. He is a son of Josiah and Mary Elizabeth (Driggs) Barnes, both natives of the Buckeye State. In 1865 the family moved to Grundy County, Missouri, and while there Milton attended school in the town of Edinburg and at Grand River College. On leaving school he engaged in agricultural pursuits,
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which he followed until the year 1877, when he commenced teaching school in Daviess County, Missouri, and continued in that profession about three years. He then entered the Railway Mail Service as postal-clerk, and remained in the employ of the Government until the fall of 1885, when his services were dispensed with for politi- cal reasons, and removing to the town of Humeston he entered into partnership with Heck Sanford, forming the present firm publishing the New Era, one of the model newspapers of Southern Iowa. January 2, 1884, Mr. Barnes was united in marriage with Clara A. Sanford. They are the parents of one child-Sanford. Mr. Barnes is a member of the Humeston Lodge, No. 61, K. of P., of which he is the present prelate.
AMES R. GARNES, the eldest son of Joseph and Mary (Clark) Garnes, is a native of Clarke County, Ohio, where he was born May 24, 1835. He came with his parents to Wayne County, Iowa, in the fall of 1856, and now occupies the house which his father built in that year, located on section 7, Corydon Township. After the death of his father in 1864, his mother made her home with him till her death, which occurred October 14, 1875. March 27, 1862, he married Miss Nancy A. Pop- lin, born in Putnam County, Indiana, in March, 1839, a daughter of David Pophın. They have eight children living-Emma A., James F., Nellie B., Charles H., Sarah F., Maud, Pearl and Minnie. Two children, William W. and Edward H., are deceased. In August, 1862, Mr. Garnes enlisted in Company I, Fourth Iowa Infantry, his first engagement being at Chickasaw Bayou, December 28 and 29, 1862. He also par- ticipated at Arkansas Post, January II, 1863 ; siege of Vicksburg, from May 18 till July 4, 1863, and Jackson, Mississippi, from
the 10th till the 17th of July, 1863. He was discharged for disability January 25, 1864, and still suffers severely from pulmonary trouble, which he contracted while in the army, this being the cause of his discharge.
S AMUEL FRY, one of the old and well-known settlers of Wayne County, living on section 25, Washington Township, was born in Mason County, West Virginia, near Point Pleasant, the date of his birth being February 7, 1824. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Aumiller) Fry, were both natives of Shenandoah County, Virginia, the father born April 2, 1791, and is still living in fair health in New Haven on land where he settled seventy- four years ago. They had a family of seven children-Gideon, Christena, Absa- lom, Sarah, John, Elizabeth, and Samuel, who was the youngest child. His early life was passed in assisting on the farm and working in a mill, his education being ob- tained in the common schools and at home. He was married April 18, 1848, to Mary Zerkle, who was born and reared in Mason County, Virginia, a daughter of Michael and Catharine Zerkle. In April, 1857, Mr. Fry came to Wayne County, Iowa, and rented land in Union Township, on which he lived four years. In 1861 he came to Washington Township and located on eighty acres of his present farm, which he has since improved and added to by sub- sequent purchases till he now owns over 500 acres of as good land as the county affords, all well cultivated, with comfort- able house and farm buildings. His wife died August 26, 1862, leaving two children -F. R. and Mary Virginia. Mr. Fry was married a second time, in 1863, to Mary Ann Ball, who was born and reared in Fau- quier County, Virginia, a daughter of Ben- jamin and Nancy Ball. Mr. Fry is a good example of a self-made man, having com-
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menced life without means, but being pos- sessed of much energy and excellent busi- ness management has succeeded in accu- mulating a large property. He was elected county supervisor when one man was taken from each township, and after holding this position two years he resigned. He was again elected to the same office in 1874 and served three years with credit to himself and satisfaction to his party. He has also served in several of the offices of his town- ship. He has always taken an active in- terest in anything pertaining to the ad- vancement of education or religion, and it was due to his efforts that Fry's Chapel was erected. This was accomplished by the sale of the parsonage together with his soliciting, and giving about $600 of his own means, the chapel being built at a cost of about $1,400. Mr. Fry is one of the directors, and a stockholder in the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Corydon. He has been a member of the United Brethren in Christ denomination for over forty years, and is at present steward of his church. In politics he is a Republican.
AVID C. WALKER, railroad and express agent, Clio, Wayne County, was born in Greene, now Christian, County, Missouri, July 7, 1850, a son of John T. Walker, a native of Tennessee, now a resident of Mahaska County, Iowa. Our subject was reared and educated in Kenton, Missouri, and in his youth began clerking in a store. He began railroading in 1879 and since that time has been in the employ of the Rock Island Railroad Com- pany. He came to Clio in the year 1880 and took charge of his present office, where he gives entire satisfaction to the company. Mr. Walker was united in marriage, Sep- tember 12, 1875, to Miss Allie Moyer, a daughter of Richard J. Moyer, a resident
of Cherokee County, Kansas. Five chil- dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Walker, of whom three are living, whose names are given in the order of their birth- J. Gola, Effie L. and Charles William. Mr. Walker is one of the enterprising young business men of Clio, and during his resi- dence here has made many friends, winning the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
OHN L. THOMAS was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1821, a son of Will- iam Thomas, a native of Virginia, who subsequently settled in Ross County, Ohio, where he lived till his death. John L. Thomas was married in his native State to Susan M. Beckwith, by whom he has five children-Mrs. Ellen E. Grimes, Mrs. Mary Riggs, Mrs. America Howery, Alexander, and Mrs. Eliza Young. Mr. Thomas re- moved to Illinois in 1853, and in 1857 to Missouri, where his wife died in 1858. In 1859 he married Louisa A. Van Buskirk, and of the six children born to this union four are living-Olive J., Ira A., Alma and Meade. Their two eldest children, Mrs. Laura Rowan and Mrs. Belle Morrison, are deceased, the former leaving a daugh- ter-Luella. Mr. Thomas remained in Mis- souri till 1877, when he removed with his family to Wayne County, Iowa, and since 1878 has resided on his present farm lo- cated on section 11, Warren Township, just outside the limits of Allerton, buying the land from the Allerton Town Company. No improvements had been made on this land when purchased by Mr. Thomas, but by his untiring industry and excellent man- agement he has his farm all under good cultivation, and has erected a commodious residence and substantial farm buildings. Among other improvements he has a fine young orchard of eighty apple and cherry trees. His farm contains 201 acres, part of
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which is located on section 2, Warren Town- ship. Mrs. Thomas was born in Henry County, Indiana, January 30, 1845, a daugh- ter of Benjamin and Rebecca Van Buskirk, her parents being natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively. They removed to Mis- souri when Mrs. Thomas was in her ninth year, where her father died in 1873. Her mother died in Allerton in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are the only members of their respective families who are living in the State of Iowa. Both Mr. Thomas and his wife are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church of Allerton.
ALENTINE T. BOTT, section 18, Benton Township, was born in Mus- kingum County, Ohio, the date of his birth being December 7, 1838, a son of George Bott, a native of Germany, his father now deceased. He was reared on a farm in his native county, receiving a common-school education. He learned the carpenter's trade in his youth but has made farming the principal avocation of his life, which he has followed successfully in Ben- ton Township, Wayne County, Iowa, since February, 1859, when he located on his present farm. In 1861. he crossed the plains to Denver, Colorado, returning to Wayne County the same year. He served in the war of the Rebellion for three years as a member of Company F, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and participated in the battles of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Fort Gaines, Fort Blakely, Shreveport campaign, and was on a raid to Brownsville, Texas, be- sides taking part in several minor battles. He received an honorable discharge when he returned to his home, but with a broken down constitution, caused by the hardships and privations he had experienced while in the service. Mr. Bott was married Jan- uary 20, 1870, to Louisa J. Ellis, daughter
of William D. Ellis. They have four chil- dren-Mary, Viola J., Albert F. and Caro- line. Mr. Bott is at present engaged in general farming on his farm on section 18, which contains seventy-six acres of choice land. He and his wife are members of the Methodist church.
OBERT O. JOHNSON was born in Louisa County, Iowa, May 15, 1848, a son of George B. Johnson, who was born in Blount County, Tennessee, in 1816. His father, Francis Johnson, died when he was seventeen months old. George B. Johnson was reared in his native State, and there married Elizabeth H. Orr, who was also a native of Blount County. They were the parents of ten children of whom six still survive-Esther M .; Catherine A., wife of A. R. Duncan ; Francis E., of Ne- braska; Robert O., our subject; William M., in Nebraska, and John N. Though born and reared in a slave State, Mr. Johnson was opposed to the institution of slavery, and for this reason he left Tennessee for the free soil of Iowa, coming with his family to this State in 1842 and locating in Louisa County. Quite a colony came with him consisting of seven families, num- bering in all forty-nine persons, among whom were his mother, and elder brother, Joseph, and a married sister, Mrs. Joseph M. Moore, all of whom settled in Iowa. From Louisa County Mr. Johnson removed to Washington County of this State in 1863, coming to Wayne County in 1867, where he has since resided. Both he and his wife are members of the United Presby- terian church. Robert O. Johnson, whose name heads this sketch, spent his boyhood in Louisa County, remaining there till 1863 when he went with his father's family to Washington County, coming to Wayne County in 1867, settling in Warren Town-
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ship in the spring of that year. He is a farmer by occupation, and is the owner of a fine farm of 113 acres located on section 6, where he resides. He is the present efficient assessor of Warren Township, which office he has filled since the fall of 1884. His wife was formerly Nancy J. Duncan, a daughter of James A. Duncan, who came to Iowa and settled in Louisa County in 1842, where Mrs. Johnson was born in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Johnson have five children-Nettie M., George F., Rosa O., William F. and James C.
ILLIAM PETTY, lumberman, Lineville, Iowa, was born in East Tennessee, January 20, 1849, a son of Marion Petty. He was reared a farmer, receiving his education at the schools of New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, remaining in his native State until his ma- jority. In 1871 he came north to Mercer County, Missouri, and was employed by George & Donaldson, merchants at Cotton- wood, five years. In 1876 he was sent by the same firm to Allerton, Iowa, and con- tinued in their employ until 1878, when he began to work for Lewis & Co., lumber- dealers of Allerton. In 1880 he took charge of their yards at Harvard, Iowa, and in February, 1885, was transferred to Line- ville, Iowa. Mr. Petty is a man of good business ability, and by his strict integrity and close attention to business has won the confidence of his employers. He was mar- ried September 24, 1867, to Mary E. Pol- lard, daughter of John R. Pollard. They have had five children-Samuel T., Mary J., Martha A. (deceased), Howard and an infant son. Mr. Petty has held the office of township clerk and at present is a mem- ber of the village council. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, Lodge No. 210, and Encampment No. III, and of the Ma-
sonic fraternity, Lodge No. 183. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
FRANKLIN McGUIRE, farmer and stock-raiser, of Clay Township, Wayne County, Iowa, was born in that town- ship, the date of his birth being September 12, 1857, a son of Josiah McGuire. Our subject was reared on a farm, and in his youth attended the schools of his neighbor- hood, where he obtained a common-school education. He was united in marriage December 6, 1882, taking for his wife Miss Cynthia Surbaugh, a daughter of John Surbaugh, who settled in Clay Township in an early day, remaining there till his death. She was also a native of Clay Township. To Mr. and Mrs. McGuire has been born one son, named Adolph. Mr. McGuire has fol- lowed agricultural pursuits through life, and has been fairly successful in his chosen avocation. He is classed among the enter- prising young farmers of his township, where he has a fine farm of 160 acres of choice land, located on section 10, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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A. MICHAEL was born in Ripley County, Indiana, in 1856. In 1868 his father, Joseph Michael, removed with his family to Iowa and settled in Corydon Township, Wayne County, where he lived about eight years. In 1876 he removed to Monroe Township, where he still lives. In February, 1880, G. A. Michael left the farm and the life of a farmer and located in Har- vard, where he was employed as clerk for D. M. Thomas until April 1, 1883, when he succeeded F. M. Allen as postmaster, a po- sition he acceptably filled until February, 1886, when, owing to the change in the
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politics of the administration, he resigned, and was succeeded by D. M. Thomas, who was also the first postmaster of the place. Mr. Michael still has charge of the office, as deputy under Mr. Thomas, and is dis- charging the duties devolving on him with a faithfulness characteristic of his strict business integrity and methodical habits. Mr. Michael married A. L. Gardner, a daughter of Elijah Gardner, a resident of Jackson Township. They have two chil- dren-Ethel E. and Pearl.
APTAIN W. M. LITTELL, a real- estate and loan agent, residing at Corydon, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1835, a son of William and Cynthia Littell, the mother dying in 1853, and the father one year later. Our subject is of Irish descent, his grandfather having been born in County Armagh, Ireland, but coming to America before the Revolution- ary war, and taking part in the struggle for independence. The father served as a soldier in the war of 1812. Captain Lit- tell is the only member of his father's family who settled in Wayne County, Iowa, his first residence being at Promise City. He has been a resident of this county since 1857 with the exception of two years spent in Kansas. July 26, 1862, he enlisted at Corydon, in Company D, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, and in August, 1863, was promoted to First Lieutenant of his com- pany. He was made Captain January 14, 1864, and had command of the company from that time till the close of the war. During his three years' service he was never absent from his company for any length of time, participating in all the com- pany's marches and battles in which his regiment took part, including the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River (where his regiment led the charge), Milli- 23
ken's Bend (where his regiment lost heav- ily), and siege of Vicksburg. After the battle of Vicksburg his regiment was in the Gulf department till the close of the war. Of the six sons of his parents five served in the Union army. during the late war one of whom died in the service. Another, John S., was severely wounded, and subsequently became a Brigadier-General, and another son, Henry Clay Littell, died of disease contracted in the service. On the close of the war Captain Littell returned to Wayne County, Iowa, and in the fall of 1865 was elected sheriff of the county, which office he held four years, after which he was en- gaged in the photographer's business for seven years. In 1882 he was elected county clerk, holding this position one term. For his wife he married Nancy A. Glasgow, a daughter of James Glasgow, who came to Wayne County in 1856 from Adams County, Ohio. Mr. Glasgow had six sons who served in the army, all of whom served in lowa regiments, one at- taining the rank of Brigadier-General. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lit- tell four are living-Minnie M., Wilbert W., Chester C. and Otto O. A son, Law- rence, died at the age of fifteen years.
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ILLIAM HARTSHORN, de- ceased, was one of the representa- tive citizens of Wayne County. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, Decem- ber 7, 1823, and when a boy removed with his father's family to Liverpool, England. His father, William Hartshorn, Sr., was a well-educated gentleman, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, intending to en- ter the ministry of the Church of England, but changed his views and became a Uni- tarian. At the time of his death he was. professor of mathematics at the Mechanics' Institute, Liverpool. The subject of this
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sketch received excellent educational ad- vantages, attending the institute of which his father was a professor, and also took a thorough business course at a wholesale mercantile house at Liverpool. He came to America in 1850, and resided for several years in Pike County, Illinois. In 1853 he was married to Miss Mary Thompson, who was born in London, England, in 1828. Mr. Hartshorn came to Wayne County, Iowa, in 1855, locating with his family at Bethle- ham, and in February, 1861, removed to Corydon, where he died December 13, 1867. Aseditor of the Monitor, the first Republican paper in Wayne County, he became widely known for his able and earnest advocacy of that great political organization; and throughout the war of the Rebellion, the cause of the Union had no more earnest ad- vocate than he. The following, written at the time of his death, by one who knew him well, is a just tribute to his character and ability: " He came in 1855 to Bethlehem, in this(Wayne) county, and thence to this place in 1861, and shortly after started the Monitor, the first paper published in Wayne County devoted to the advocacy of the principles of the Republican party. As a writer he was eminently sincere, able and forcible; as a man, his convictions of duty and right were clear and strong, and his courage in maintaining them, unflinching; as a husband and father he was truly the bond of his house, to shield and defend the loved ones from the storms of the world; as a citizen he was patriotically attached to the interests of the country of his adoption, which he conceived depended mainly on the great principles of freedom, justice and humanity. His religion was to do good and live up to his convictions of duty and right; hence he was radically bold in the advocacy in the abolition of slavery throughout all this land, and desired that all men, everywhere, throughout the world should enjoy the inestimable boon of free-
dom; hence he was an ardent advocate of the equality of all men before the law, and the investment of the freedmen of the South with the ballot, as a security for their newly acquired liberty; hence he was the foe of all restrictions on the liberty of man based on race or color. Right boldly he battled for the right, 'as God gave him to see the right,' but he has fallen with his armor on. He did not live to see the full consummation he so ardently desired-he has left us his example.". At his death he left his wife, who still resides at Corydon, and five children, all of whom were under ten years of age. His children are-Kate, wife of George A. Hayes: William G .; John; Annie, wife of Prof. Charles W. Mar- tindale, and Emma. The fall before his death he was elected to the State Senate from the counties of Wayne, Lucas and Clarke.
F. MOSS, furniture dealer at Grain- ville, was born in Putnam Coun- ty, Indiana, in the year 1850, and May, 1852, his parents removed to Madison County, Iowa, and in February, 1854, re- moved to Monroe County, Iowa, where he was reared on a farm, his father being still engaged in farming on the same farm in that county. He engaged in teaching pen- manship for three years, after which he en- gaged in the mercantile business at Fred- eric, Monroe County, Iowa, which he followed about a year. He was married to Miss Mary M. Glass and to this union have been born three children-Earley, Clara H. and Roy. In 1875 he purchased a farm in Jackson Township, Wayne County, Iowa, in partnership with his brother, John Moss, and together they engaged in farm- ing, the farm being still occupied by the latter. W. F. Moss removed to Grainville in the spring of 1882, and since that time he has been engaged in the furniture business.
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This business was established at Grainville by Stine & Son, who sold out April 7, 1882, to Farnsworth & Moss. This firm contin- ued until September 8 of the same year, when Mr. Moss bought his partner's inter- est and has since conducted the business alone. He carries a large stock of furni- ture, and by his gentlemanly deportment and close attention to business has estab- lished a good trade. As a citizen he is much respected and is at present serving his township as assessor, having held this position four years by re-election.
OHN STECH, deceased, was born Sep- tember 5, 1824, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared a farmer, and in 1848 went to Seneca County, Ohio, and there married Caroline Crall, who was born in Maryland, March 22, 1822, her parents, Henry and Melinda Crall, moving to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1826. In 1854 Mr. and Mrs. Stech came to lowa driving a team from Ohio, and settled in Wayne County, entering eighty acres of Government land on section 14, Union Township. He built a log house with a puncheon floor, slab roof, and prairie-horse bedstead, and for a year used a bedquilt for a door. At this time deer roamed the prairies at will and wolves made night hid- eous with their cries, and our pioneers in their insecure dwellings often passed sleep- less nights for fear of these lawless maraud- ers. In 1863 Mr. Stech bought the farm of 120 acres where his family now live. He made additions to the house, built comfort- able farm buildings, and planted a fine grove, thus greatly enhancing its value. He died September 9, 1884, leaving a large circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn his loss, after several years of ill-health. His family consisted of four children-Re- becca J., Philip H., William and Mary, the first two born in Ohio and the last two in
Wayne County. Philip H. is a farmer of Wayne County, and William in Nebraska. Mr. Stech was a prominent member of the Odd Fellows order.
H. RITCHIE came to Wayne County, Iowa, about the year 1870, and since 1874 has resided on his present farm, on section 6, Warren Township, which contains 174 acres of valuable land. His father, John C. Ritchie, was born in Ten- nessee in 1809, where he was reared, and there married Elizabeth Duncan, by whom he had six children, and of the three yet living, J. H., our subject, is the eldest. John C. Ritchie removed from Tennessee to Iowa about 1848 and settled in Louisa County, where he lost his wife by death. He then married Margaret Duncan, who also died in Louisa County. By his sec- ond marriage he had one child, who died in childhood. His third marriage was consummated with Margaret A. Tedford, who still lives at the homestead farm in Warren Township, Wayne County, and of the seven children born to the last union five survive. He resided in Louisa County till 1868, when he settled in Warren Township, where he resided till his death in 1878. J. H. Ritchie, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Tennessee in 1837, and was about ten years of age when he came with his father to Iowa. For his wife he married Ann Moore, a native of Iowa, born in 1846, and daughter of Joseph M. and Margaret Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie have three children-Joseph C., Maggie M. and James O., all born in Wayne County. Politically Mr. Ritchie is Republican, his first presidential vote having been cast for Abraham Lincoln Mrs. Ritchie's father was a native of Ten- nessee, and was twice married, both of his wives being born in the same State, Mrs. Ritchie being a child of the second mar-
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