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L. REMINGTON, section 19, Wash- ington Township, postoffice Cam- bria, Iowa, is a native of Pike Coun- ty, Illinois, born June 18, 1839, a son of A. R. and Wealthy Ann (Aldridge) Reming- ton, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Ohio. His parents had a family of fifteen children, twelve of whom they reared to man and womanhood-Or- son, Hannah, Jane, William, Alpheus, Jus- tin L., Sarah, Harvey, Mary, Adaline, Helen and Jeanette. When our subject was twelve years of age his parents moved to Stark County, Illinois, where they lived four years. In 1855 they moved to Coun- cil Bluffs, Iowa, and a year later returned to Illinois and lived two years in Knox County ; thence to Henry County, and two years later returned to Pike County, where they were living when the war of the Re- bellion broke out. September 15, 1861, Mr. Remington enlisted and was assigned to Company L, Tenth Illinois Cavalry, and served two years and ten months, partici- pating in many severe engagements and skirmishes, the more important being at Prairie Grove, Little Rock and Oakhill. He was discharged at Little Rock, June 30, 1864, and returned to Pike County, Illinois, but soon after moved to Stark County, liv-
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ing there until the fall of 1870, when he moved to Wayne County, Iowa, and lo- cated in Washington Township, on eighty acres of wild land. This he has brought under cultivation and has added to it until he now owns 250 acres, all well improved, with a pleasant residence and good farm buildings. His farm shows the result of thrift, industry and enterprise, and is one of the model farms of Wayne County. He has paid considerable attention to fish cult- ure, having two or three ponds stocked with fine German carp. Mr. Remington was married June 18, 1868, to Miss Emma Brown, a native of Stark County, Illinois, daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Murray) Brown, who settled in Iowa in 1849. Mr. Remington is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 137, Humeston.
OLOMON S. SAGER, the eldest son of Abraham and Emeline Sager, was born in Ohio, April 19, 1837. He was seventeen years of age when he ac- companied his parents to Iowa. He en- listed in the war of the Rebellion in 1862 in Company A, Thirty-first Iowa Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi ; was at the battle of Lookout Mountain, going up the mountain with Hooker, the battle at Missionary Ridge, siege of Atlanta, and with Sherman on his march to the sea; thence to Wash- ington, where he was in line at the grand review of the army. At the close of the war he returned to Iowa, and in the sum- mer of 1865 went to Morgan County, Ohio, and was there married to Ann Andrews, who was born in that county in 1835, a daughter of Lorenzo and Mary Andrews. Her parents still live in Ohio, her mother being a native of Morgan County, and her father of the State of New York. Of a
family of nine children, eight are living, Mrs. Sager being the only one in Iowa. After his marriage Mr. Sager settled down to a life of farming, at which he has been mainly successful, owning now a pleasant home, his farm containing 180 acres of finely cultivated land and his residence and farm buildings being commodious and com- fortable. Mr. and Mrs. Sager have four children-Minnie M., Joan, Lorenzo A. and Mary E.
ARON WEEKS, one of the old pio- neers of Wayne County, residing in Howard Township, on section 15, is a native of Westchester County, New York, born January 12, 1824, his parents, Jacob and Lydia (Hunt) Weeks, being natives of the same State. They had a family of ten children, our subject being the seventh child. When an infant he was taken by his parents to Orange County, and when he was nine years of age they removed to Fayette County, Indiana, subsequently re- moving to Henry County, Indiana. At the age of twenty-five years Aaron Weeks left Henry County, going thence to Clin- ton County, Indiana. In 1855 he came to Wayne County, Iowa, and entered 320 acres of land from the Government. Sep- tember 27, 1849, he was married to Susan Norman, who was born October 22, 1828, she being the fourth in a family of fifteen children of Rev. Stephen Norman and Frances (Prichett) Norman. She removed with her parents from Wood County, West Virginia, to Madison County, Indiana, when she was five years of age. Her maternal grandfather fought in the Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks have ten children living -Sarah J., Rebecca A., John, Enos, Lydia L., Albert, Lewis, Jacob, Edmund H., Win- fred A. Mr. Weeks has always followed farming, and has been highly successful in his agricultural pursuits, and has now a
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well-improved farm on section 15, contain- ing 460 acres, his land being well adapted to the raising of grain or stock. His large and commodious two-story residence is beautifully situated, and his barn and out- buildings are among the best in the neigh- borhood. Mr. Weeks has given his chil- dren good educational advantages, several of them having taught school, all being well fitted to fill any position in life.
R. HIRAM S. ROGERS, an old pioneer of Wayne County and one of the proprietors of the town of Seymour, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Fayette County in 1824. He was reared in his native county, and in the year 1847- '48 took a course of lectures at the Phila- delphia College of Medicine, which at that time was a new institution. The following year he began the practice of medicine in Fayette County, and in 1849 he came to lowa, locating at Salem, Henry County, re- maining there till 1851. He then removed to Menomonie, Wisconsin, where he had charge of the store for the extensive and well-known lumber firm of Knapp, Stout & Co., and was also the company's physi- cian. In 1855 he returned to Iowa, locat- ing at Corydon, Wayne County. In 1856 he was elected school fund commissioner, holding that office till it was abolished in 1858. In 1871 he came to Seymour, with whose history he has been identified since its beginning, and in 1872 he retired from the practice of his chosen profession. Dr. Rogers has been twice married. He was first married in Pennsylvania, to Eliza Rit- tenhouse, who died in Centerville, Iowa, in 1864, leaving two children-O. K. Rog- ers, who is now engaged in the drug busi- ness in Corydon, and Luella, who married J. A. Mize, of Des Moines. In 1866 the Doctor was married at Centerville, to Anna
E. Rose, a native of Ohio. This union has been blessed with three daughters-Nellie, Valona and Waynette, the latter being named for the county of Wayne. Dr. Rogers is one of the few surviving pioneer physicians of Wayne County. He came here when the county was in its infancy, and has been identified with its growth and progress for the past thirty years, and few men are more widely known in this county or more generally respected than Dr. Rogers for his upright, sterling char- acter. In politics the Doctor was formerly a Whig till the breaking up of that party. He then identified himself with the Demo- cratic party, voting for Stephen A. Doug- las in 1860, being a war Democrat of the most pronounced type. In 1864 he voted for Abraham Lincoln, but is now independ- ent in his political views, owing allegiance to no party. He is now engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business in Seymour, Iowa.
TERRY EVANS is a representative of the numerous family of that name, so well known throughout Wayne County. He was the second of thirteen children, and was born in Belmont County, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1820. He was reared in his native county, and there mar- ried, November 20, 1845, Fanny Roland, a native of Southampton Township, Bedford County, born September 8,1824. They re- mained in Pennsylvania until 1857, when in November they came to Iowa and located in Bloomfield, Davis County, where they lived two years. In the fall of 1859 they removed to Wayne County and settled on the farm Mr. Evans still owns, on section I, Walnut Township. He bought eighty acres of Nathan Douglass, which was wholly unimproved. His first residence was a cheap structure made of boards, in which the family lived a few months until he could
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build a more commodious house. The country at that time was a wild prairie, and at night the howling of wolves was dismal and frightful music, and during the day deer were often seen crossing the plains. Mr. Evans and his wife had many hardships to undergo in their new home, but their pa- tience and endurance were equal to every trial and their eighty acres was improved and added to until they owned nearly 800 acres, much of which has been given to their children. The wife who shared all his trials and helped to make the pleasant home passed to the home beyond July 16, 1882. Of nine children born to them, six born in Pennsylvania and three in Iowa, seven are living-Evan S .; Emily, wife of C. T. Guth- rie ; Daniel; Maggie; Mary E., wife of W. A. Gump : Sampson H. and Emanuel L. The eldest child, Letitia, died aged one year, and one died in early infancy.
ENRY C. GLENDENNING was born in Rush County, Indiana, Feb- ruary 2, 1837, his father, John Glen- denning, being a native of Brown County, Ohio. The parents located in Gentry County, Missouri, in 1841, and there our subject was reared till 1857. In that year he came to Lineville, Wayne County, Iowa, where he has since made his home. He has spent much of his time since coming here in the various departments of the mer- cantile business, and is at present holding the position of chief clerk in Carlisle's large general store in Lineville. He has served as postmaster and deputy postmaster of Lineville for fifteen years, and is at present township clerk which position he has filled for several years. March 8, 1870, he was married to Ellen Martin, daughter of George W. Martin, of Chillicothe, Mis- souri. Of the eight children born to this union only three are living-Cora E., Nan- nie E. and Ellen. Mr. Glendenning has
been successful through life, and besides his fine residence property in Lineville, owns a farm of 120 acres in Mercer County, Missouri. Few houses were in Lineville when our subject located here, and he has witnessed the many changes which have taken place during the past thirty years. He is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church.
ANDERS WALKER, section 12, Ben- ton Township, was born in Shelby County, Indiana, February 14, 1831. His father, Samuel Walker, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a pioneer of Shelby County, settling there when the country was infested by Indians and wild animals, and when his nearest white neighbor was five miles distant. He was a member of the Indiana militia in the early days, and barely missed being in the battle of Tippe- canoe by being absent on a foraging expe- dition. Sanders Walker was reared a farmer, and has made excellent use of the knowledge acquired in his youth. His education was limited to that obtained in the subscription schools in the carly days of Indiana, but he has by reading and ob- servance acquired a practical knowledge that has been of more benefit than that ob- tained in the schools. He came to Iowa in the spring of 1845, and lived in Jefferson County ten years. In the spring of 1855 he moved to Wayne County and bought the land which is now his valuable farm. This farm of 140 acres he has brought from a wild uncultivated state to that of ad- vanced cultivation, and in place of the rude buildings erected for his use at that time he now has a pleasant frame residence and large comfortable farm buildings. Mr. Walker was married in January, 1852, to Mary, daughter of James Rush. They have had five children, but four of whom, John J., George W., Libbie and Emma,
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are living. One son, James W., died aged twenty-eight years. He had married America Niday, and left three children- Benjamin S., John R. and George W. John, now of Bent County, Colorado, married Clara McCaulas, and has one child-Mabel M. George married Alice Tracy, of Ben- ton Township.
H. SHOWALTER, one of the suc- cessful and enterprising citizens of Wright Township, residing on sec- tion 16, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, January 28, 1818, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Hoffman) Showalter, the father a native of Frederick County, Vir- ginia, and the mother born and reared in Rockingham County, Virginia. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812. They were the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters, their names being as follows: Mary, Nimrod H., Sarah; John, George, Ann, William and Eveline. N. H. Showalter was reared to manhood in his native county, his youth being passed in as- sisting his father with the work of the farm. March 21, 1839, he was married to Sarah A. Shambaugh, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Shambaugh. Of the twelve children born to this union seven are living-Charles H., Ella V., I. J., James A., F. P., Joseph H. and Sarah A. In 1845 Mr. Showalter removed with his family to Putnam County, Indiana, and in 1846 settled in Greencastle, Indiana, where his wife died November 3, 1863. He was again married August 18, 1864, to Nancy A. Brown, a daughter of Samuel and Jennette (Burris) Brown, of Kentucky. They have six children of whom five are living-Flora Ethleen, Samuel Lee, Chinesa Alford, Ginette Roxey and Jemi- ma Nimrod. Mr. Showalter came to Wayne County, lowa, in 1872 and bought what is known as the Henderson Wright farm, in Wright Township, where he has
since resided. This farm contains 300 acres of good land in the township, with a com- fortable house, large barn and other farm buildings, in good condition. Mr. Showal- ter began life for himself without means, but by hard work, combined with good business management, he has acquired his present property, and is now classed among the well-to-do citizens of the township where he is so well known and respected. All his children have had good educational advantages, and have been started in life, the father giving to each both money and land, and all are meeting with success in life.
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NDREW CRAWFORD, deceased, was born in North Carolina, August 19, 1832, and died in Wayne County, Iowa, April 12, 1877. He was a son of Aaron Crawford, a farmer of North Caro- lina, and when quite small left his native State and accompanied his parents to Knox County, Kentucky, and when twelve years old, to Laurel County, in the same State. He received only a common-school educa- tion, his attendance being limited to the sub- scriptions schools of the early day. In 1854 he removed with his family to Put- nam County, Missouri, where he lived nine years, and in 1863 moved to Appanoose County, Iowa, and thence in the fall of 1875 to Wayne County and settled on the farm where he died and where his widow now lives. He was for many years a member of the Christian church, and was an upright, conscientious man, and perfectly honorable in all his dealings. He was liberal and be- nevolent and was ever ready to assist any who were in need, and his friends were legion. In his death his family lost a de- voted husband and father and the township a valuable citizen. Mr. Crawford was mar- ried December 4, 1851, to Lurinda Stans- bury, daughter of Samuel Stansbury, and a
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native of Laurel County, Kentucky. To them were born fourteen children, nine of whom are living-James W., a physician of Pleasanton, Iowa; Mrs. Jeanetta Berry, Susan R., Andrew M., Mary E., Jacob, Scevy, Dulcena E. and Cassie A. Samuel and Levi died after reaching maturity, and Lurinda Catherine, aged twelve years.
ARVEY M. DUNCAN, farmer, Grand River Township, was born in Whit- ley County, Kentucky, November IO, 1837, a son of Harvey B. and Eliza (Laughlin) Duncan. In the fall of 1841 his parents brought their family to lowa and settled in Wayne County, on section 8, Grand River Township, where the father died in 1861. They had a family of eight children, only three of whom, Harvey M. and John D., of Lineville, and Joseph A., of Custer County, Nebraska, are living. At the time of their settlement in Iowa the country was wild and uncultivated and was inhabited by Indians and wild animals, and from this state of nature Mr. Duncan has scen the county develop to its present state of populous towns and thrifty farms, and has done his full share in assisting in this development. He has always devoted his attention to agriculture and now owns a fine farm of 370 acres. In 1880 Mrs. Dun- can took up the study of bee culture as a science, and since then has devoted much of her time to their care, and with the as- sÃstance her husband has been able to give her has made it a perfect success. They have now an apiary of sixty stands, mostly Italians. This industry has proved a source of great pleasure as well as profit to them. He moved to Lineville in 1883 that his children might have the advantage of its schools. He was married January 19, 1862, to Sarah E. McMurtry, daughter of John McMurtry. She was born in Monroe
County, Illinois, in 1844, and accompanied her parents to Lineville, Iowa, in 1851, her father still being a resident of the village. To Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have been born eight children, three sons and five daugh- ters, of whom seven are living-John H., Maude, Della S., Eliza E., Hamilton L., Olive B. and Elizabeth E. One son, James WV., was killed by the kick of a colt when two years old. Mr. Duncan enlisted in the defense of his country in the war of the Rebellion, and served as a member of Com- pany H, Forty-sixth Iowa Infantry. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a charter member of Lineville Lodge. Mrs. Duncan is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
ILLIAM A. PRINCE, general merchant at Harvard, has been a resident of this place since Febru- ary, 1880, when he established his present business under the firm name of Allen & Prince, this being the second store of the kind in Harvard. In September, 1880, M. F. Allen retired from the firm, when Mr. Prince conducted the business alone till August 1, 1881. Willard Baker then be- came associated with him, the firm name being changed to Prince & Co. October 8, 1883, they were burned out, losing both building and stock, involving a loss of about $4,000 over the amount of insurance, which was $3,000. Mr. Prince immediately re- built and has since carried on a good trade. Mr. Prince is a son of Robert W. and Mar- tha Ann Prince, and was born in Jackson County, Indiana, August 5, 1846, but has lived in this county since 1856, coming with his father, who settled in Howard Town- ship in the fall of that year. He married Miss Lucinda C. Campbell, a daughter of William C. Campbell, an carly settler of this county. Mrs. Prince is a native of
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Keokuk County, Iowa, where she was born March 16, 1851. To Mr. and Mrs. Prince have been born four children-William R., born September 4, 1872; Flora M., born March 1, 1877 ; Francis W., born Septem- ber 18, 1881, and Tyle Carlisle, born April 15, 1886. Robert W. Prince was born in Indiana, February 10, 1824, where he was reared, and October 10, 1845, was married to Martha Ann Trowbridge, who died June 12, 1850, leaving two children-William A., our subject, and Maria Louisa, who is now the wife of R. I. Campbell, of Kansas. Jan- uary 5, 1851, Mr. Prince married Rebecca A. Hinkle. To this union was born one son-Jacob W., born February 15, 1852. He lives on the homestead of his father in Howard Township. He married Rebecca Bonnifield, a native of Mercer County, Ohio, and has one child-Ernest E.
IRAM T. MORFORD, a leading and influential agriculturist of Richman Township, is a native of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, born within half a mile of Sharon, December 10, 1843, a son of John T. and Esther (Hazen) Morford, both natives of the Keystone State. When he was about nine years old his parents re- moved to Mercer County, Illinois, where he was reared and received his education. He remained at home on the farm of his father and grandfather until in August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Second Illinois Infantry, under Colonel McMurtrie, and served with this heroic regiment until mustered out in June, 1865. With his comrades he partici- pated in the marches, campaigns, hard- ships and privations incident to a soldier's life, and played a gallant part in the battles of Resaca, Dalton, and the various engage- ments around Atlanta. June 22, 1864, he was wounded by a shell in front of the lat- 34
ter place, and was sent to the hospital at Chattanooga, and from there to Nashville, and thence back to Chattanooga, where he was in the convalescent camp during the winter of 1864-'65. In March, 1865, he re- ceived orders to report at Alexandria, Vir- ginia, and there embarking sailed down the coast, and around Cape Fear, rejoining his regiment at Goldsboro, North Carolina. After the surrender of General Joe Johns- ton the regiment went to Washington and participated in the grand review of the army. After his return from the service Mr. Morford engaged in farming, working by the month in Mercer County about a year. He was married March 26, 1868, to Miss Sophia Crosby, daughter of William P. and Elizabeth Crosby, natives of New York State, but later residents of Warren County, Illinois, where Mrs. Morford was born. Mr. and Mrs. Morford are the parents of eight children-William Kyle, de- ceased; Lycurgus Hazen; an infant that died; John Kinne; Esther, deceased; Roy Hiram, Carl Henry and Harry Jasper. Mr. Mor- ford is a member and Quartermaster-Ser- geant of Wayne Post, No. 137, G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican. He is a promi- nent and influential citizen of his township. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
OSES C. BURNET, west half northeast quarter section 8, War- ren Township, has a fine farm of eighty acres on which he settled in 1873. This land was purchased by his father several years prior to his settlement, but no improvement had been made, and his pleasant home and comfortable surround- ings have all been made by him. His father, John Burnet, was a native of Vir- ginia, but one of the pioneers of Iowa, set- tling in Monroe County in 1850, and later
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removing to Davis County, where he is now living. Mr. Burnet was married prior to coming to Wayne County, to Miss Julia Jones, a daughter of William A. Jones, an early settler of Davis County. To them have been born six children, all save the eldest born in Wayne County- Eva, Nellie, Amy, Rex, Zell and Reu. Nellie and Amy are deceased.
AMES TAYLOR was born in Knox County, Tennessee, near Strawberry Plains, April 5, 1819, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Steele) Taylor, the former a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the latter of North Carolina. James Taylor was reared in his native State till. 1833, when he went with his parents to Owen County, Indiana, and there engaged in farming. In the spring of 1845 he and his family immigrated to Iowa, and five years later was followed by his father's family. They located in Davis County, and in the fall of 1846 our subject went to the land office at Fairfield, and en- tered forty acres of land in Davis County, which he afterward traded for property in Troy, Davis County. He removed to Troy in October, 1848, and engaged in the boot and shoe business. Four years later he bought a carding machine which he oper- ated three years, and in the spring of 1856 he purchased a steam saw-mill which he set up in Davis County, running his mill here till the fall of 1860. He then moved his mill to the border of Decatur County, Iowa, remaining there until 1863. He then sold out, and the same year came to Wayne County and located in Richman Township, about three miles from Humeston, where he engaged in farming. He disposed of this farm in the spring of 1871, and with his son, W. J. S., purchased the steam grist-mill at Lineville, Wayne County,
which they ran for two years, when they erected the steam grist-mill at Humeston, which is now owned by the son, Mr. Tay- lor having disposed of his interest in 1880, since which he has retired to a great ex- tent from active business life. In 1880 he built the city hall block in Humeston, con- taining the opera hall, but has since sold the upper part of this building. Mr. Tay- lor was married July 13, 1841, to Elizabeth F. Steele, of Owen County, Indiana. They are the parents of seven children-W. J. Sylvester; Jane Hazeltine, wife of W. M. Veatch, living in Kansas; Elizabeth, wife of W. F. Chamberlain, of Colorado; Asilee A., wife of H. Stone, of Humeston ; Clara S., wife of J. R. Hendricks, of Kansas ; Henrietta, at home, and Addie M., teacher in the high school at Concordia, Kansas. Mr. Taylor is a staunch temperance advo- cate, and is at present lodge deputy of Humeston Lodge, No. 86, I. O. G. T. He is a Presbyterian in his religious views. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. His first vote cast was for General Harrison for President, and voted for James G. Grimes, the first Republican Governor in Iowa.
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