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now makes his home. He was married May 7, 1840, to Elizabeth Maget, daughter of William Maget. To them have been born six children, but three of whom are living -William T., Ganum M. and Elizabeth J. Two children, James G. and Sarah M., died after reaching maturity, and Martha A. died in infancy. Mrs. Evans died Jan- uary 17, 1879. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Evans has held the office of township trustee and has filled other positions of trust in his township.
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B ENJAMIN F. JARED, the present sheriff of Wayne County, was born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, September 15, 1830. His father, John Jared, was a native of Tennessee, remov- ing from that State to Virginia, thence to Kentucky, and in 1836 located in Warren County, Illinois, where he lived till his death. Benjamin F. Jared lived in Warren County, Illinois, for a number of years, and in 1852 he crossed the plains to Califor- nia, where he engaged in mining. He re- mained on the Pacific Coast for six years, and in April, 1858, located in Wayne County, at which time he settled in Wright Township, where he was engaged in farming till his election to the office of County Sheriff in the fall of 1885, since which time he has made his home in Cory- don. August 15, 1862, he enlisted at Com- pany F, Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and was elected Second Lieutenant. He served until April 10, 1863, when he was discharged on account of disability. He participated in the battle in front of Vicksburg, and also at Arkansas Post. The Union forces captured 7,000 prisoners at the latter place, and Mr. Jared with his regiment was sent with them as guards to Chicago. Mr. Jared was united in marriage to Miss Sarah J. Davis, who was born and reared in In-
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diana. Eleven children have been born to this union, seven sons and four daughters. Politically Mr. Jared is a Democrat, he having cast his first vote for Franklin Pierce, while in California, in 1852. Mr. Jared has been a resident of Wayne County for twenty-eight years and during his resi- dence here has gained the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
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OHN R. CASSITY, one of Rich- man Township's foremost agricultur- ists, resides on the south half of sec- tion 22, about a mile south of Humeston, where he has a fine farm and a beautiful home. He is a native of Hendricks County, Indiana, born June 6, 1842, and is a son of David H. and Susan A. (Wingate) Cassity, both natives of Kentucky. When he was but an infant his parents moved to Putnam County, Indiana, where they located on a farm and there he was reared, remaining until he had reached the age of twenty years. When the war between the States was in progress, he, with the patriotism that ever animates his bosom, enlisted, Au- gust 26, 1862, in Company B, Seventy- eighth Indiana Infantry, but served only a short time, when he was discharged as unable to perform the duties incident to a soldier's life. Sometime after this he was drafted but for the same reason was not accepted by the authorities. He then rented land in the county of his nativity, until 1864, when he accompanied his father's family to Iowa, and located in Lu- cas County. The next year he was married and started for himself, tilling the reluctant soil until 1870, when he returned to Indi- ana and for a time engaged in farming in Putnam County. He spent three years and a half in that vicinity, when he came to Iowa on business, and while here felt so much regret about leaving this beautiful
State that he returned to Indiana, sold out and in 1874 located again in Lucas County, and two years later moved to Wayne County, where he has since lived. He at first settled on the east half of the northwest quarter of section 15, about where John Bullard's elevator now stands, in the town of Humeston. There he lived six years, and March 7, 1882, removed to his present home. He was married December 19, 1865, to Frances Q. Case, a daughter of W. R. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Case. To them were born six children-George W., born September 26, 1866, died July 13, 1868; Harvey, born July 6, 1869 ; Hermon, born November 23, 1871; Alvin B> born Janu- ary 13, 1878; Robert O., born March 19, 1881, and Bertie Ray, born June 29, 1883. Mrs. Cassity died May 31, 1886. Mr. Cas- sity is a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 228, A. F. & A. M., of which he- is junior warden, and is also a charter member of Wayne Post, No. 137, G. A. R. He, as was also his wife, is a member of the Christian church. He has held the office of town- ship trustee four years and that of town- ship assessor three years, serving in any position to which he is elected with effi- ciency, and has thus won the confidence of his fellow-townsmen, who know that his interest in the welfare of the township makes him a reliable and faithful officer.
OHN S. BULLINGTON, of the firm Merrick & Bullington, Lineville, Iowa, was born in Hancock County, Illinois, October 23, 1840, a son of Josiah Bulling ton, a native of Crawford County, Indiana, and an early settler of Hancock County, and also of Iowa. His mother died when he was a child, and he was bound to a man with whom he lived until he was sixteen years old, and in 1851 accompanied him to Davis County, Iowa. In 1857 Mr. Bulling-
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ton returned to his native county and worked there at the carpenter's trade until after the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. He enlisted in the defense of his country, and was assigned to Company A, One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry. He served three years, participating in many severe engagements, among these being the battles at Arkansas Post, Cham- pion Hill, Port Gibson, Black River and Vicksburg. The latter part of the war his regiment was mounted and took part in several cavalry raids. After the war he returned to Hancock County, and remained there until the spring of 1883, when he came to Iowa and located in Lineville. Mr. Bullington was married August 12, 1862, to Sarah N. Laundry, daughter of Eli Laundry. They have seven children- Samuel S., Ettie, Ida B., Cora M., Ella, John M. and Mintie E. Samuel is a resi- dent of Hancock County, Illinois, where he is working at the carpenter's trade.
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LLEN L. BRYAN, one of the enter- prising farmers and stock-raisers of Wayne County, residing on section 17, Grand River Township, was born in East Tennessee, March 1, 1837, a son of Al- len Bryan, deceased. Our subject was reared on a farm, his father being a farmer by occupation, and his education was ob- tained in the common schools. In 1851 he went with his parents to Mercer County, Missouri, where he lived till 1857. He then came to Wayne County, Iowa, and settled in Grand River Township, where he has since made his home. He is meeting with success in his agricultural pursuits, and has acquired a fine farm containing 207 acres, where he resides. Mr. Bryan was united in marriage, December 18, 1856, to Miss Sophia Duncan, daughter of H. B. Duncan, who is now deceased. Ten children were
born to this union of whom seven are still living-Arzona, now the wife of Gideon Evans; Mary E., Harvey B., Florence, Thomas, Ellen and William. Mr. Bryan was bereaved by the death of his wife, September 11, 1880. She was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Bryan and his daughters, Arzona and Mary, are members of the same religious denomination. Mr. Bryan is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
ICHOLAS CALDWELL was born in Portage County, Ohio, July 10, 1824, a son of John Caldwell, who is deceased, and a grandson of John T. Cald- well, who removed from Beaver County, Pennsylvania, to Portage County, Ohio, in the year 1808. Nicholas Caldwell remained in his native State till the fall of 1852, when he located in Berrien County, Michigan, remaining there till the spring of 1855. He then came to Wayne County, Iowa, set- tling where he now lives, on section 20, Clay Township, which was then a part of Wash- ington Township. He at once entered 400 acres of unimproved land, and being a me- chanic he built his own house. He im- proved and cultivated his land, and set out the first tree in Lewisburg. He worked at his trade for several years, but of late years has devoted his attention to farming and stock-raising, and has now an excellent farm of 385 acres. Mr. Caldwell was mar- ried December 2, 1846, to Abigail J. Curtis, a native of Madison County, New York, and a daughter of Reuben Curtis. Of the seven children born to them only three sur- vive-Charles N., Harriet A. and Lewis N. Charles married Jeanetta Surbaugh, daugh- ter of John H. Surbaugh, and has three chil- dren-Claude H., Maude A. and Clyde N. Harriet married Curtis L. Alexander, of Nebraska, and has one child-Harl M.
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Lewis married Lucy E. Surbaugh, and to this union have been born two children -Lee L. and Harry C. One daughter, Mrs. Sylvia Alexander, died at the age of twenty-nine years, leaving two children- Claud C. and Lloyd S. Mr. Caldwell has served his township as clerk, and as justice of the peace, beside holding other local offices, all of which he filled with honor to himself and his constituents. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity.
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B ENJAMIN F. SCOTT, grocer and provision dealer, Lineville, Wayne County, was born in Vermillion County, Illinois, February 25, 1837. His father, John Scott, was a native of Virginia, and when a boy went to Highland Coun- ty, Ohio. He located in Vermillion Coun- ty, Illinois, in 1836, removing to Knox County, in the same State, in 1839, where he still resides. Benjamin F. Scott, our subject, was married June 27, 1859, to Hes- ter A. Dukes, a daughter of Isaac Dukes, deceased. Three of the seven children born to this union are living-Charles Oscar, Emery J. and Rosco. Charles O. married Anna Laughlin, and is his father's part- ner in his present grocery business. Ben- jamin F. Scott served as a soldier in the late war, enlisting in Company F, Eighty- sixth Illinois Infantry, to serve three years. He participated in the battles of Perry- ville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Rome, Resaca, Kene- saw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, with Sherman to the sea, the battles of Bentonville and others of minor importance. The crown of his hat was shot off, and the hair cut from the top of his head at the battle of Perryville, and at Rome he caught a flying ball in his cartridge box. He lost his health while serving his country, having never re-
covered from the hardships and exposure he experienced during that time. He lo- cated in Mercer County, Missouri, where he followed farming till January, 1875, when he came to Lineville, Wayne County, Iowa, and ran a livery stable three years. He again engaged in farming, but finding the work of a farm too much for him, he aban- doned it and returned to Lineville, where he engaged in his present business in the spring of 1880. He has established a good trade, always keeping on hand a full line of groceries, provisions, crockery, queens- ware, glassware and everything usually found in a first-class grocery store. He carries a capital stock of $4,000, his busi- ness amounting to about $14,000 annually. He also owns a good farm in the vicinity of Lineville, and devotes some attention to dealing in stock. He has been a member of the council for three years, and has served on the School Board three years. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, lodge and encampment. He is also a mem- ber of the Grand Army of the Republic.
OSEPHUS MOORE, residing on sec- tion I, Walnut Township, Wayne County, was born in Monongalia County, West Virginia, in 1840. He was reared in his native State, and was there united in marriage to Miss Elzena Darrah, who was born in the same county as her husband. They are the parents of six chil- dren living-John E., Andy M., Elmira M., George S., Delilah E. and Anna A., all natives of Wayne County, Iowa. Their eldest son, William C., who was born in West Virginia, died April 1, 1882, aged eighteen years. He was a promising young man, and his death was a severe blow to his parents. Reason M., their fifth child, died at the age of two years, March 17, 1875. Mr. Moore served in the Union army
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about a year, during the last part of the war of the Rebellion. In 1865 he came to Wayne County, Iowa, his wife having come here with her father while he was in the army. His parents, Isaac and Nancy Moore, came to Wayne County in 1871. His father died in Missouri. His mother is at present residing in Putnam County, Missouri. Mr. Moore settled on the place where he has since resided in 1865, this land being en- tered by Henry Thomas, Sr. Mrs. Moore's parents, William T. and Delilah Darrah, came to Wayne County in 1864. They are at present residing in Kansas.
L. HENRY, residing on section 19, Washington Township, is a native of Shelby County, Indi- ana, born March 15, 1838, the third child of John and Hannah (Bailey) Henry, who were natives of Ohio and Kentucky re- spectively. They were the parents of nine children-Jerry, William L., John R., Eliza, Mary, Sarah, Jane, Rachel and Solo- mon, six of whom lived to maturity. Our subject was six years of age when his par- ents removed to Putnam County, Indiana, and three years later settled in Fulton County, Illinois, where he remained till seventeen years of age, his youth being passed in assisting on the farm, and in at- tending the common schools of Fulton County. He then came to Wayne County, Iowa, with relatives, where he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed till the breaking out of the war of the Rebell- ion. In- August, 1862, he enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and took part in the siege of Vicksburg, battles of Arkan- sas Post, Chickasaw Bayou, besides several skirmishes. After serving three years he was honorably discharged at Springfield, Illinois. He then went to Lucas County, Iowa, remaining there but a short time,
when he returned to Wayne County. In 1867 he bought eighty acres of wild land on section 22, Washington Township, on which he resided till 1877. He then located on his present farm, which at that time was a wild tract of land, entirely un- improved. His farm now contains 160 acres of highly cultivated land, a fine story and a half residence, and commodious barn and out buildings for stock. In connection with his farming and stock-raising, he has devoted considerable attention to contract- ing and building during the past few years. In the years 1884 and 1885 he was engaged in contracting in Kansas, where he met with excellent success. Mr. Henry was united in marriage, May 18, 1867, to Mrs. Martha I. (Clapp) Milner, a daughter of John Clapp, who was one of the pioneers of Wayne County. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry have been born nine children- Myrtie E., born March 8, 1868; Frank L., born June 14, 1870 ; Amy B., born Decem- ber 29, 1872 ; Charles A., born September 16, 1874; Jesse G., born October 6, 1876, died August 16, 1879; Cora A., born July 27, 1878; Mantie V., born October 26, 1880 ; Cecil M., born January 2, 1884, died Febru- ary 11, 1884, and William E., born Septem- ber 2, 1885. Mr. Henry is a comrade of Post No. 137, G. A. R., at Humeston. In' politics he affiliates with the Republican party.
ACOB BROWN has been a resident of Wayne County, Iowa, since 1866. He has taken an active interest in the local affairs of the county, and in Demo- cratic circles is a prominent and influential worker. In the years 1874-'77 he served as county treasurer, an office he filled with great credit and acceptance, his methodical habits and painstaking care eminently fit- ting him for public trusts and positions of responsibility. In his youth Mr. Brown
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worked at farming, and there learned the lessons of thrift and industry that have characterized his future life, and have made him the honored and useful member of soci- ety. When a young man he taught school several terms, his labors being in Grand River, Clinton, Howard and Jackson town- ships, Wayne County. Mr. Brown was born in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1841. He was the youngest child of Jacob Brown, who died of cholera in 1849. The year of his father's death he accompanied his mother to Decatur County, Indiana, and there he grew to manhood. In 1866 his mother came with him to Iowa, and died in Wayne County in 1874. Mr. Brown married Miss Ann Fordyce, a daughter of E. C. Fordyce, of Putnam County, Mis- souri. They have five children-Carl, Min- nie, L. Z., Fred and Cecil.
NDREW R. DUNCAN, section 31, Benton Township, was born in Blount County, Tennessee, October 21, 1834. His father, Andrew Duncan, moved with his family to Louisa County, Iowa, in the spring of 1844, and there died in June, 1848. Our subject was reared to agricultural pursuits, early learning the practical lessons pertaining to that industry, lessons which have been of use to him and have made him a successful business man. He came to Iowa with his parents when ten years old, and in the spring of 1867 re- moved to Wayne County, and the follow- ing fall located on the farm where he now lives, which contains 2161/2 acres of choice land. He is one of the representative farm- ers of Benton Township, his farm showing the result of having a thrifty and intelli- gent owner. Mr. Duncan was married January 20, 1859, to Catherine Johnson, a native of Monroe County, Tennessee, daughter of George B. Johnson, an early 33
settler of Warren Township, Wayne Coun- ty. They have had a family of six children but four of whom are living-Emma, Rosa, Ella and Leonard. Emma is the wife of George Bell, of Warren Township, and has one child-Edith. Mr. Duncan has served his township as trustee two terms.
OHN H. BROOKS, one of the old settlers of Wayne County, Iowa, now living on section 32, was born in Ad- dison County, Vermont, June 12, 1818. He was reared in his native county, where he received good educational advantages. In 1840 he went to Scioto County, Ohio, where he began teaching school the following winter, and has followed the teacher's pro- fession with marked success during the winter seasons from that early day, also several summer terms. He was married in 1842 to Hannah Rockwell, born in Pike County, Ohio, in 1824, a daughter of Ezra Rockwell. They have six children-Betsey, wife of Joseph Kerr; Lovina, wife of Henry Tharp; Samuel, living in, Union County, Oregon; Nancy, wife of Wesley Duskin; Dr. Ezra Brooks, of Seymour; and John, at home. The latter married Ella Givens, daughter of James Givens, of Seymour. Mr. Brooks came to Iowa from Ohio in 1856, and purchased his present farm, to which he removed with his family the following spring, buying at that time 200 acres, on which he made the first improve- ments. But little improvement had been made in this part of the township when he settled here. Wolves and various kinds of game were abundant. Keokuk was the nearest market, and to make the trip to that place required from eight to ten days, no railroads being in that part of the State at that time. Mr. Brooks's first house was a log cabin fifteen feet square, which for a time was also occupied by the family of
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Erastus Kellogg, who came from Ohio with Mr. Brooks, the two families comprising fifteen persons. Mr. Brooks's farm now contains 120 acres of highly cultivated land. He was the third applicant for a teacher's certificate in Wayne County, and the num- ber of terms he has taught in the county probably exceeds that of any other teacher. Both by education and temperament he is well adapted to succeed in his chosen pro- fession, and in an experience of forty-five years as a teacher he has had but eight cases wherein he found it necessary to re- sort to corporal punishment. He is well known throughout the county as a success- ful teacher, and an enterprising citizen. His father, John Brooks, was a native of the State of Vermont, where he died many years ago. Mr. Brooks is the only one of his father's family who settled in Iowa.
ESSE MARICK, of the firm of Marick & Bullington, furniture dealers and cabinet-makers, Lineville, Iowa, was born in Monroe Connty, Ohio, November 1, 1840. His father, Henry Marick, was a native of New Jersey, and in 1855 brought his family to lowa and settled in Jefferson Township, Wayne County, where he still lives. Jesse Marick remained with his parents till manhood, and then engaged in agricultural pursuits for himself until the fall of 1885, when he removed to Lineville and became associated with J. S. Bulling- ton, in his present business. He has always been enterprising and industrious, and has been successful in whatever line of business he has engaged. He has served his town- ship as trustee, clerk and assessor, and has always been a reliable and efficient public officer. Mr. Marick was married August 22, 1861, to Mary E. Hutchinson, daughter of Robert E. Hutchinson, a pioneer of Grand River Township. They have had five children, but three are living-Isaac
E., Clara E. and Marietta. Lucy E. died at the age of twenty-one years, and Au- gusta, aged two years. Mr. and Mrs. Ma- rick are members of the Christian Union, and are among the most esteemed and prominent citizens of Lineville.
HARLES W. BOLSTER, attorney and real-estate agent, Lineville, was born in Crawford County, Pennsyl- vania, December 25, 1851, a son of Rev. John W. and Mary A. (Harkins) Bolster. The father removed with his family to Kalida, Ohio, when our subject was quite young, and two years later located in Al- bia, Iowa, removing thence to Bethlehem, Wayne County, Iowa, in 1859, where he still resides, being now seventy-three years old and his wife seventy-one years of age. He was a minister of the Baptist denomi- nation, and was well-known throughout Wayne, Appanoose 'and Monroe counties of this State, and he was chosen to preach Lincoln's funeral sermon at the county memorial services. His wife is a sister of Captain Abram Harkins, who held the po- sition of postmaster at Rochester, Minne- sota, since the war till 1885 when he re- signed and removed to Dakota. Charles W. Bolster, our subject, entered the office of the Corydon Monitor in 1867 where he worked at the printer's trade almost two years. After working at his trade a short time in Garden Grove he returned to the printing office in Corydon. In 1873 he es- tablished the Lineville Tribune which he conducted two years. He then had charge of the Decatur County Journal at Leon a few months, when he went to Seymour and started the Seymour Enterprise, and after running it ą year he took charge of the Moulton Reporter, which paper he sold in 1877. He then came to Lineville and began the study of law and was admitted to the bar of Wayne County in 1879. He has
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since practiced law with good success, and in November, 1883, was admitted to prac- tice in the United States Courts. Novem- ber 25, 1875, he was married to Emma F. Prather, daughter of Dr. A. W. Prather, now of Oregon, who was a practicing phy- sician in Lineville for twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Bolster have had four children, three of whom are living-Oscar D., Mary and Eva. Mr. Bolster has held the office of mayor for three years, and was justice of the peace two years. He has been city attorney for the past three years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and also Odd Fellows order, lodge and encamp- ment, and a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Bolster is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
A. MORGAN, section 16, Wash- ington Township, is one of the most enterprising and successful farmers of Wayne County. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, September 27, 1836, a son of Daniel and Matilda Morgan. When he was thirteen years of age his parents moved to Benton County, Indiana, and a year later to Madison County, where he lived eighteen years. His early life was spent in assisting his father on the farm and in attending the common schools. He was married November 23, 1859, to Margaret M. Smith, a native of West Virginia, but raised in Madison County, Indiana. She was a daughter of William and Margaret Smith. In the spring of 1868 Mr. Morgan moved with his family to Fulton County, Illinois, where he lived two years, and in the spring of 1870 came to Iowa and lo- cated on the farm where he now lives, in Washington Township, Wayne County. He bought forty acres of improved land, the house being a log-cabin. To this he has added until he now has 120 acres of as
good land as the township affords, under a high state of cultivation, and his building improvements are noticeably good. He is a prominent man in his township and coun- ty; has held the offices of trustee, assessor and clerk. Was elected member of the Board of Supervisors of Wayne County in the fall of 1884, filling the positions with great credit to himself and to the satisfac- tion of his constituents. In politics he is a Greenbacker. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan are the parents of three children-Mary M., William A. and Daniel W.
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