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He has four sons and one daughter by his first marriage, and three daughters by his second union. Two of his sons served in the war for the Union-Henry C. and Ed- ward D., the former being captured at the battle of Shiloh. Both are now in Color- ado. Major Young has been statistical reporter of the Department of Agriculture for the past twenty years. As before stated, he is particularly successful in secur- ing pensions for those entitled to the same, his knowledge of military law and his un- tiring industry and energy rendering him especially adapted to this branch of busi- ness.
M. CORBIT, section 19, Wright Township, one of the enterprising and influential citizens of Wayne County, where he has made his home for almost thirty years, is a native of Madison County, Ohio, born June 17, 1832. His parents, Henry and Sarah (Mace) Corbit, were natives of West Virginia, and Ross County, Ohio, respectively. Four children were born to them, our subject being the eldest in the family, and the only one now living. The names of those deceased are- Elizabeth, Sarah and William H. Andrew, our subject, was reared to manhood on a farm in his native county, and in his youth received a common-school education. Hc was married in Madison County, Ohio, in April, 1854, to Mary A. Humphrey, a daughter of Norris Humphrey, who was born in New York State. The following year he left Madison County, and located in Jefferson County, Iowa, where he spent two years, and in March, 1857, came to Wayne County and located in Bethlehem. He was bereaved by the loss of his wife, who died in March, 1858, leaving two chil- dren-Henry S. and Sarah F. Mr. Corbit was again united in marriage, August 22, 1861, at Bethlehem, to Ermina Bolster, who
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was born in Crawford County, Pennsylva- nia, a daughter of J. W. and Mary (Har- kins) Bolster, her father a native of Allegany County, New York, and her mother of Pennsylvania, the latter being born on the same farm as Mrs. Corbit. Five children have been born to this union -Blanche, Morton C., May, Orie Etta and Charles Albert. The children have re- ceived good educational advantages, some of them being well qualified to teach school. Mr. Corbit is successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising. His land is under a high state of cultivation, and his residence, barn and outbuildings are com- fortable and commodious. In 1879 Mr. Corbit took a trip to Californina, and at the same time visited the principal cities of Ore- gon. In politics he affiliates with the Re- publican party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Both he and his wife are earnest members of the Second Advent church of Bethlehem.
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AVID KIRK, one of the prominent school-teachers of Wayne County, is a native of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, born March 21, 1819, a son of John and Jane (Mckinney) Kirk, natives also of the Keystone State, born in Mifflin County. When he was eight years old his parents moved to Clarion County, Penn- sylvania, where he lived until 1857. He was given a good education, attending the subscription schools and also having a pri- vate tutor. When quite young he com- menced teaching and has made this his principal vocation through life. He also studied law and was admitted to the bar in Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa. In 1857 he came to lowa and located in Wayne County. He was engaged in the practice of law with his brother, M. T. Kirk, of Corydon, four years. In 1862 he was
elected county superintendent of schools of Wayne County, a position he held two terms. Mr. Kirk was married May 2, 1844, to Margaret H. Rankin, daughter of Dr. John M. and Eliza (Laughlin) Rankin. They have had a family of eight children, seven of whom are living-Eliza L., Mary Jane, Sarah Margaret, Alice L., John C., Robert M. and Carrie M. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk are members of the Presbyterian church of Corydon.
ICHARD SWAIN, one of the enter- prising citizens of South Fork Town- ship, residing on section 2, is a na- tive of Long Clawson, Leicestershire, Eng- land, born June 15, 1830, the only child of Richard and Mary Swain. He remained in his native shire till eighteen years of age, his youth being passed in working on his father's farm. Such education as he re- ceived was obtained by study at home, and at night-school after his day's work was done. At the age of twenty years he joined the Wesleyan Methodist church, was ap- pointed class-leader at the age of twenty- four, and shortly after licensed an exhort- er. He was married May 29, 1853, to Sarah E. Carr, who was born September II, 1826, a daughter of John and Amelia Carr. Five of the seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Swain are living-Mary, Sarah, Richard, Clara and Lauretta. Eliza- beth died aged twenty-one months, and John at the age of twenty-one years and nine months. In 1857 Mr. Swain and fam- ily sailed for America, landing at New York, March 31. He immediately came to Iowa, locating in Wapello County, where he spent two years, removing thence to Jefferson County, where he resided three years. He came to Wayne County in the spring of 1862, when he bought forty acres of his present farm in South Fork
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Township, and has since devoted consider- able attention to raising and feeding stock. He has since added to his land till his farm now contains 240 acres of well-cultivated land. Mr. Swain has always taken an act- ive interest in the growth and advance- ment of his township, where he is classed among the best citizens. He has given his children good educational advantages, so that they are well fitted for any position in life. His son Richard is a graduate of the Western College, at Toledo, Iowa, and is at present attending the Theological Col- lege of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Swain has been a member of the annual conference of the church of the United Brethren in Christ since 1862. He was an itinerant for six years, and was a local preacher several years, and during this time has done much good for the Master's cause. In politics Mr. Swain affiliates with the Republican party.
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HOMAS BURLAND, proprietor of the Happy Hollow Coal Bank, Jackson Township, Wayne County, is a native of Somersetshire, England, where he was born October 14, 1835, a son of William and Mary (Williams) Burland. At the age of ten years he commenced working in the mines, which he followed in his native country until 1864. He then came to America, and for six years lived in Pennsylvania, four years at Schuylkill and two years at Pittsburg. He then re- moved to the State of Illinois, where he resided two years. He came to Wayne County, Iowa, in 1875, since which he has made his home in Jackson Township. Mr. Burland was married in April, 1877, to De- lilah Escuc, of Wayne County. Four chil- dren have been born to this union, three daughters and one son-Alice May, Nellie, Lydia Gertrude and William Thomas. Mr.
Burland is a practical miner having fol- lowed that vocation the greater part of his life, and by his fair dealings and good busi- ness management has met with success. His mine was the first coal mine which was worked successfully in this part of the State, and no accident has yet occurred in the mine. The air shaft is 2 x 5 feet, and the entrance 4 × 6 feet. About 100,000 bushels of coal is taken annually out of the mine.
F. PROTZMAN, merchant, at Beth- lehem, Iowa, came to Wayne Coun- ty in 1879 and was first employed as clerk for J. H. Rankin, remaining with him until he formed a partnership with C. A. Booth in the grocery business. In Novem- ber, 1882, they bought out F. Crathorn and carried on a general store until August 12, 1884, when Mr. Protzman bought the in- terest of his partner, and has since contin- ued the business alone. He has a complete stock of dry-goods, groceries, flour, hard- ware, boots and shoes, clothing, hats and caps, crockery, glassware, patent medicine, etc. The postoffice is kept in his store, William King being postmaster. Mr. Protz- man was born in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1835, a son of John H. and Sarah (Chillcoat) Protzman. He was educated in his native city, and when fourteen years of age began clerking for his own maintenance. He early devel- oped an aptness for bookkeeping and be- came an expert at the double-entry system. When seventeen years old he was employed as bookkeeper for a contractor on the Pan- handle Railroad at Leesville, Ohio. In the spring of 1856 he came to Iowa, and loca- ted in Birmingham, Van Buren County, where he clerked for Newell & Smith, dry- goods merchants and pork-packers, until the spring of 1858. In 1858 he started for San Francisco via the Isthmus of Panama,
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and thence went to Portland, Oregon, and was in business there fourteen years, when he returned East and went into the iron brokerage business in Philadelphia. The failure of Jay Cooke and consequent pan- ic involved him and he was obliged to give up his business. He then went to Connorsville, Indiana, where he was em- ployed as a bookkeeper until 1879, when he came West and located in Bethlehem. Mr. Protzman has been twice married. His first wife was Susannah L. Barr, who died in Portland, leaving two children-Louis and Eva. His present wife was Mrs. Ra- chel Morris, widow of William Morris, of Union Township. They have one son- E. Chillcoat.
OREN JOHNSON, the eldest child of Robert and Elizabeth Johnson, is a native of Jackson Township, Wayne County, Iowa, where he was born August 21, 1857. He was reared to the life of a farmer, his father being a farmer by occu- pation, and his education was received in the common schools of this county. He was united in marriage, March 10, 1881, to Margaret Glass, her parents, William and Mary Ann Glass, being residents of Mon- roe County, Iowa. Two children have been born to this union-Clarence and Bes- sie. Mr. Johnson is one of the enterprising citizens of Jackson Township, where he has a good farm, and is successfully en- gaged in farming and stock-raising. His father, Robert B. Johnson, is one of the early settlers of Jackson, Township, where he has a good farm containing 340 acres, all under a high state of cultivation. Rob- ert B. Johnson was born in Holmes County, Ohio, the date of his birth being June 30, 1826. When eight years of age he was taken by his parents, James and Margaret Johnson, to Hamilton County, Indiana, where he lived till 1854. He then removed 30
to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and in 1856 came to Wayne County, lowa, where he has since made his home. He was first married August 24, 1856, to Elizabeth Richardson, and of the six children born to this union only two are living-Loren and Glenn. Mr. Johnson was again married May 14, 1871, taking for his present wife Miss Harriet Kellogg. They have one son, William E.
MORACE E. GOODELL, section 21, Union Township, postoffice, New York, was born in Leicester, Worces- ter County, Massachusetts, February 28, 1835, a son of Joshua E. and Laurinda W. (Moss) Goodell, natives also of Massachu- setts, his father of Spenser, and his mother of Rutland. In August, 1838, his parents moved to Illinois, via the Erie Canal, Ohio and Mississippi rivers to Alton, Illinois, and located on a farm nine miles west of Carlinville, Macoupin County, paying $2 an acre for the land. H. E. Goodell was reared and educated in Illinois, living there until March, 1865, when he moved to Wayne County, Iowa, and located on the farm where he now lives. He bought 180 acres in 1864, on which was a double log house built by Mr. Bixler, an early settler who entered large tracts of land in Union Township. This house is still standing, an old landmark. He afterward bought a farm house partly built by John Chapman, who hauled the lumber and lime from Ot- tumwa, and when it was completed was the best house in the township. When Mr. Goodell settled in Wayne County every thing was new and his experiences at that time are related with thrilling interest by him. Great droves of cattle passed his house for Ottumwa, and one night 1,360 hogs from Taylor County were quartered on his farm. Mr. Goodell now has 580 acres of land in one tract with a good
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modern farm-house built in 1877. He is much interested in the improvement of live-stock in his section, and is one of a com- pany of ten men in Union Township who own two imported Clyde stallions. He has fine graded short-horn cattle, feeding annually from fifteen to twenty head. Wayne County furnishes few if any better examples of men whose success in life is due wholly to inborn force and ability, or whose word and honor stand as high as that of Horace E. Goodell. He is in poli- tics a Republican and has held several local offices of trust. He was married August 16, 1866, to Mrs. Sarah Brown, widow of Otis Brown, who died a soldier during the war of the Rebellion leaving two sons, but one of whom is living. Mrs. Goodell is a daughter of Burris Moore, an esteemed old settler of Union Township. She was born at Adams Mill, Muskingum County, Ohio, March 2, 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Goodell have three children-Carrie M., Lewis E. and Ernest E. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Goodell assisted in building the York church and Fry's Chapel before he was a member of the church, and is now one of its most active workers.
OHN W. GREEN, one of the old and respected settlers of Wayne County, is a native of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, born September 8, 1828, a son of John and Ellen Green. He remained in his native State till twenty-two years of age, his early life being spent in assisting his father on the home farm. He has been a resident of Iowa since 1850, in which year he located in Jefferson County, re- maining there three years, when he came to WayneCounty, locating on his present farm, on section 27, Wright Township, in 1866, which is under a high state of cultivation. He has a very fine orchard, and a comfort-
able and commodious residence, which was erected in 1878, and his improvements are among the best in his township. His farm contains 204 acres of excellent land, a large part of which is underlaid with coal. Mr. Green was united in marriage at the age of twenty-two years to Miss Dianna Shelley. They have nine children living-Melinda Jane, Oliver Perry, William Arthur, Maria Catherine, John Washington, Melissa Ann, James Monroe, Diana Lorette and Augus- tus Kamp.
E. JENKINS, farmer and stock raiser, residing on section 13, Wright Township, was born De- cember 12, 1833, in Putnam County, Indi- ana. His parents, Cornelius and Sydney (Wright) Jenkins, were both natives of Kentucky, the father born in Bourbon County. They had a family of ten chil- dren, eight sons and two daughters, our subject being the second child. His youth was passed in helping his father with the farm duties, and in attending the subscrip- tion school of his neighborhood, where he received but a limited education. When twenty-one years of age he came West, locating in Wright Township, Wayne County, Iowa, in 1855, where he bought eighty acres of land which he still owns, paying for the same by working out by the day. In 1857 he returned to Indiana, where he remained till 1865, when he again returned to Wright Township, where he has since made his home. He has a com- fortable and commodious residence, besides good barn and out-buildings, and his home farm now contains 240 acres of as good land as can be found in the township. Mr. Jenkins was married November 4, 1858, to Amanda Olive Herbert, a native of Dela- ware County, New Jersey, a daughter of Joseph and Maria (Anings) Herbert, Mrs. Jenkins being three years old when her
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parents removed from Borden Township, New Jersey, to Putnam County, Indiana. Mr. Herbert died February 14, 1886, at the age of seventy-seven years. His widow still survives. They were the parents of twelve children, Mrs. Jenkins being the third child in the family. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have five children-Candace, Oli- ver L., Carrie M., Bessie Olive and Jimmie Tilden. Mr. Jenkins and his wife are worthy and consistent members of the Christian church.
EORGE SIRES, residing on section 6, Washington Township, is one of the old and honored pioneers of Wayne County, having been identified with its growth and advancement for over thirty years. He was born in Jackson County, Indiana, April 9, 1820, a son of Alexander and Rebecca (Scott) Sires, the father serv- ing as a soldier in the war of 18 12. The grandfather of our subject, Joseph Sires served eight years in the war of the Revo- lution. He came to the Territory of Indiana in 1806, being one of the first pioneers of that State. Our subject's parents were married in Monroe County, Indiana, and to them were born nine children-George, Rosa, William, David, Thomas, Sally, Alex- ander, Betsy and John W., our subject be- ing the eldest child. When he was five years of age his parents returned to Mon- roe County, thence to Putnam County, In- diana, and in 1828 they removed with their family to Carroll County of the same State, where George Sires was reared to man- hood, his early life being spent in helping to clear the timbered land. The father subsequently removed to Richland County, Wisconsin, with his family, living there till his death. George Sires was married Oc- tober 24, 1844, to Mary Fitzer, a daughter of John and Mary (Woods) Fitzer, of Cass
County, Indiana. To this union were born eleven children-John F., Alexander S. (was a soldier in Company I, Fourth Iowa Infantry, and died at Chattanooga, Ten- nessee in 1864), James H., Martha Ann, Bruce, Robert R., Rebecca, U. S. Grant, George A. and two who died in early child- hood. In 1855 Mr. Sires came with his wife and family, which at that time consist- ed of five children, to Wayne County, Iowa, making the journey by team. He located on a tract of wild land in Washington Township, which he has since brought un- der fine cultivation, his home. farm now containing 237 acres of well-improved land. He has a good orchard, and comfortable residence and commodious barn and other out-buildings. In his political affiliations Mr. Sires is a Demorat of the old Jackson type. In religion he is an orthodox be- liever, indorsing the creed of the Free- Will Baptist church.
ILLIAM C. WALLACE, farmer and stock-raiser, Clay Township, residing on section 33, was born in Alleglieny County, Pennsylvania. His father, John Wallace, was also a native of Pennsylvania. He was a blacksmith by trade, which he followed in Pittsburg, Allegheny and other cities. In later
years he abandoned his trade, and re- moved to a farm, and in connection with his agricultural pursuits carried on a mill for several years. Our subject came with his parents to Iowa in 1846, they locating in Dubuque County, where he was reared to manhood and educated in the common schools. He left Dubuque County in the fall of 1869, since which he has been a res- ident of Clay Township. He is a success- ful farmer and stock-raiser, and is now the owner of a valuable farm of 240 acres under a high state of cultivation. His time is
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entirely devoted to his farm, which is among the best in the township. He has never sought official honors, but has served his township as trustee. Mr. Wallace was married February 19, 1873, to Miss Sarah Thompson, daughter of Samuel and Mar- garet (Bains) Thompson. They have four children-James M., Edwin A., Carrie M. and Laura E. Mr. Wallace's father died August 13, 1874, and his mother, Mrs. Martha (Cavett) Wallace died in April, 1880, both having been respected citizens of this county. Mr. Wallace and his wife are members of the Associate Presbyterian church.
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F. LE COMPTE, editor, manager and part proprietor of the Corydon Times-Republican, is a son of W. W. and S. A. Le Compte, who were natives of Maryland, of French descent. They were married in that State, where the father died in 1860, and the mother in 1885. The subject of this biographical paragraph was born September 24, 1846, at Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, and lived in that place with his parents until May, 1865. He then came to Corydon, where he was first employed at tailoring, and then by his half-brother, I. H. Meekings, in his dry- goods store. Later, he purchased an inter- est in the business, and was a partner of Mr. Meekings until they sold out their stock and retired from mercantile life. Mr. Le Compte commenced working "at the case " about 1870, having previously learned the printer's trade in Maryland. Two years later he became associated with Lewis Miles in the publication of the Wayne County Republican, with which he remained until its consolidation with the Corydon Times, in December, 1884. Since that date he has published the Times-Republican. Mr. Le Compte was united in marriage, December 27, 1870, with Miss Hannah,
daughter of William Miles, of Corydon. Five children have been born, three now living-Charles Edward (deceased), Will- iam Rollin, Clarence Leroy (deceased), Emily Coy and Nellie. Mr. Le Compte is a Republican, and while editing the Repub- lican was also, from 1875 to 1885, postmas- ter of Allerton.
OHN FERREL, farmer and stock- raiser, Benton Township, residing on section 35, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1822, a son of Edward and Rebecca (Rees) Ferrel, of whom the father is deceased. John Ferrel was reared on a farm, receiving his educa- tion in the rude log cabin subscription schools of his district. He came with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1828, where he lived till 1840. He then located in Athens County, Ohio, and in 1844 re- turned to his native county in Pennsylvania, where he was married in 1850 to Rebecca Rees, daughter of Thomas Rees, who is now deceased. This union was blessed with thirteen children, of whom nine yet sur- vive-Elijah, Henry, John, Jerry, Joseph, Andrew, Harvey, Lizzie and Mary. In the same year of his marriage, 1850, Mr. Fer- rel returned to Athens County, Ohio, with his wife, where they resided till 1855. He then removed with his family to Wayne County, Iowa, spending the first winter in Corydon Township, and in the spring of 1856 settled on the farm where he has since resided with the exception of one summer spent in Henry County, Iowa. He was bereaved by the death of his wife in 1874, and for his second wife he married Rebec- ca Hamilton in 1875, she being a daughter of John Hamilton, deceased. Mr. Ferrel began life for himself without capital, but in all his undertakings has been universally successful, and by his industry, combined
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with good business qualifications, has be- come possessed of a large property, being now the owner of 500 acres. When he first came to Iowa he lived in a log- cabin 10 x 12 feet in size. Snakes vere very numerous, and they killed a great number in their cabin during the sum- mer. The following fall Mr. Ferrel built a house sixteen feet square, and while away from home to get the brick for his chimney, snow began to fall, and when he reached home it was over a foot deep, and many of his chickens were frozen. Both he and his wife are members of the Chris- tian church.
A. REA, hard ware merchant at Cory- don, was born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, in 1858, and in 1868, when ten years of age, he came with his father to Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, so that the greater part of his life has been spent here. He was employed as a clerk for a number of years, and in 1876 engaged in business on his own account. The first hardware store was estab- lished at this place, in 1871, by Phillips & Lancaster, who carried on the business till 1875, being then succeeded by Russell & Selby, who sold out to Mr. Rea in 1876. The business was formerly carried on in a frame structure, 20 x 36 feet, but in the sum- mer of 1879 Mr. Rea began the erection of a fine two-story and basement building, 40 x 160 feet in dimensions, which was com- pleted in 1881 at a cost of $12,000. Mr. Rea uses all of this building for his own business with the exception of a part, 20 x70 feet, which he leases. Mr. Rea is one of the prosperous and enterprising young men of Corydon Township, and during the past few years has done much toward the building up of Corydon. In 1885 he erected another business block, 40 x 100 feet, the cost of this building being
about $6,000. Besides his own fine brick residence he has also erected several other residences in different parts of the city. The success to which Mr. Rea hasattained during so short a period proves that he is a man of remarkable business ability. Mrs. Rea was formerly Miss Irene Albertson. She is a native of Wayne County, Iowa, a daughter of S. H. Albertson, who died in Walnut Township in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Rea have three children-Mabel, Ernest and Nell.
LIAS JENISON, residing on section 7, Warren Township, Wayne County, is a native of Ripley County, Indiana, born in 1836. When he was six years old his father, Elias Jenison, died, his mother surviving her husband till about 1876, when she died at Ottumwa, Iowa. September 18, 1861, Mr. Jenison enlisted in Company A, Thirty-seventh Indiana Infantry, serving three years. He participated in the battle of Stone River, where his regiment lost 165 men, killed and wounded, and was also at the battles of Chattanooga and Chicka- mauga. During the battles of Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, the brigade to which his regiment belonged was held in reserve. The last campaign in which he participated was that of Atlanta, his term of service ex- piring soon after the fall of that Confeder- ate stronghold. On the close of his term of service, Mr. Jenison returned to Indiana, and in the spring of 1865 came to Wayne County, Iowa, locating on the east half of the northwest quarter of section 7, Warren Township, which he still owns. In the spring of 1882 he removed to his present farm, which is located on the south half of the northeast quarter of the same section, his home farm containing 123 acres of choice land. Mr. Jenison was first married to Mary Jane Hennegin, who died in Wayne County, leaving one son-Warren C. For
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