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T RANK M. HEMENWAY, M. D., a practicing physician of Clio, Wayne County, was born in Kent County, Michigan, July 10, 1847, a son of Rev. Samuel Hemenway. His father removed with his family to Whitesides County, Illi- nois, in 1856, and to Washington County, Iowa, in 1858. In 1859 he located in Henry County, Iowa, where he lived till 1866, when he removed with his family to Clark County, Missouri, residing there till 1886, when he broke up housekeeping and came to live with his son, Dr. Hemenway, of Grand River Township, Wayne County. Doctor Hemenway began reading medi- cine in Missouri. In 1868 he went to Kan- sas, where he read and practiced medicine, remaining in that State till 1878, when he returned to Clark County, Missouri. Hc then went to Keokuk, Iowa, and attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons on a review, he having graduated from that institution in 1876. He came to Clio in March, 1880, where he has since been en- gaged in following his profession, and has built up a good practice. The Doctor was united in marriage, March 17, 1868, to Miss
Rachel Frazier, a daughter of John W. Frazier, who is a resident of Clio. Of the three children born to Dr. and Mrs. Hem- enway, two are living-Kate and Dan. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
OHN HAYES, deceased, was born in Posey County, Indiana, March 10, . 1834, a son of Joseph Hayes, of Grand River Township. He was reared to agri- cultural pursuits and educated in the com- mon schools. He went with his father's family to Platt County, Missouri, in 1843, and in 1850 came to Wayne County, Iowa, where he resided till his death. In his younger days he worked at the trade of a carpenter and plasterer, and also followed farming. In 1862 he went to California by the overland route, remaining there till 1866, when he returned to his home in Wayne County. He was married Decem- ber 8, 1867, to Alice Hughes, a daughter of John Hughes, a resident of Clio. To this union were born four children-Mary L., Rosella P., Charles A. and Oscar C. Mr. Hayes died August 2, 1885. He was a kind husband and an affectionate father, and as a citizen he was highly esteemed for his sterling integrity and just dealings with his fellow-men. He was a member of the Christian church at Clio.
ILLIAM M. THOMPSON, pro- prietor of the Clio Hotel, at Clio, Grand River Township, was born in Washington County, Virginia, June 21, IS41, a son of Alexander G. Thompson, a native of East Tennessee, born in 1812, but now living in Washington County, Vir- ginia. William M. Thompson left his na- tive State and came to Mahaska County, Iowa, in February, 1869. He removed to
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Wayne County in the fall of 1871, locat- ing in Warren Township, where he fol- lowed farming till the fall of 1883. He then came to Clio and bought his present hotel, which he has since carried on with success. He is also manager of the Clio Lumber Yard, which is owned by the firm of Lewis & Co. May 30, 1865, he was married to Miss Cynthia V. Dills, a daugh- ter of Henry Dills, deceased, and a native of Tazewell County, Virginia, where she was born May 28, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have four children-Anna L., Julia A., Lottie Mc. and Oscar G. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, an organization in which he takes much interest.
TOHN A. SOUDER, farmer, Clio, Wayne County, is a native of Mont- gomery County, Maryland, where he was born October 23, 1822, his father, An- thony Souder, having been a native of the same State. He was taken by his parents to Ohio in 1828, they locating near Day- ton, where he attended the rude log-cabin schools of his neighborhood, receiving such education as was common to farmer boys of that early day. He came to Wayne County, Iowa, in the spring of 1855, having come to the State of Iowa the previous fall. He has made his home in Wayne County since coming here in 1855, and has witnessed the many great changes which have taken place during the past thirty years. He was reared a farmer, and has made agricultural pursuits the principal avocation of his life, in which he has met with good success. He is now the owner of twenty-six acres of choice land in Clio, besides which he owns a good farm con- taining 100 acres located in Jefferson Town- ship, Wayne County. Mr. Souder was united in marriage in the year 1844 to Miss Margaret A. Tabler, a daughter of
Jacob Tabler. Of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Souder only one is now living, a son, George W., who lives in Jefferson Township, near Clio. Mr. Sou- der has served as township trustee and also as school director. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episco- pal church.
MOS A. CLARK, section 9, Union Township, postoffice New York, is a native of Scott County, Indiana, born April 2, 1846, a son of Hon. David M. and Mary (Hamacher) Clark. In 1849 the family moved to Wapello County, Iowa, and there he was reared. He was attend- ing the Ashland High School at the time of the breaking out of the war of the Rebell- ion, and the school was discontinued on account of the enlistment of Prof. A. Hull and all his male pupils who were old enough. In 1864 Mr. Clark enlisted in the Forty-sixth Iowa Infantry. He was on squad duty at Fort Collier, Tennessee, several months, and while there a squad of their men were captured by a guerrilla band under General Forrest, and were never again heard from. After the ex- piration of his term of enlistment Mr. Clark returned to Iowa, and has since been engaged in farming and dealing in stock. He has a farm of 360 acres, on which he has lived since 1872. His residence, which is a model of convenience and comfort, was built in 1870, and remodeled in 1880. Mr. Clark is associated with his father in the stock trade, the firm of D. M. Clark & Sons being heavy buyers and shippers of live-stock. Their purchases are mostly made in Northern Wayne and Southern and Eastern Lucas counties, Russell, Iowa, being their main shipping point. In 1885 they shipped 120 car-loads of live-stock, valued at $100,000. Mr. Clark was married January 23, 1872, to Miss Christina Miller,
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a native of Fayette County, Ohio. Her parents, Hiram and Nancy Miller, moved to Batavia, Jefferson County, Iowa, and in 1869 to Wayne County, where they both died. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have two chil- dren-Claud and Ruby. In politics Mr. Clark is a Greenbacker. He has served his township as clerk and also as assessor six years. He is a member of Messenger Post, G. A. R.
()HN DOTTS, farmer, section 19, Wright Township, was born in Tus- carawas County, Ohio, December 3, 1839, a son of Philip and Drusilla (Shober) Dotts, the father a native of Carroll Coun- ty, Ohio, and the mother of Loudoun County, Virginia. John Dotts was the fourth child in a family of eight. He was reared to agricultural pursuits and edu- cated in the common-schools of his neigh- borhood. August 22, 1862, he enlisted in, the defense of his country in Company C, Eightieth Ohio Infantry, and with his regi- ment took an active part in the battles of Corinth, Champion Hills, and Jackson; was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and at the grand review at Washington. He was honorably discharged May 29, 1865, having served gallantly as Sergeant of his company. He then returned to his home in Tuscarawas County, remaining there till the fall of 1866 when he came to Wayne County, Iowa, where he lived in Union Township for two years. In 1868 he bought eighty acres of his present farm in Wright Township. His farm now con- tains 165 acres of land which he has brought under good cultivation. His two- story residence, which was erected in 1885, is one of the finest in the township. The size of it is 28 x 26 feet, built with all the modern improvements and furnished throughout in good style. Mr. Dotts com- menced life for himself without means, but
has through industry and perseverance gained his present fine property, and by his fair and honorable dealing has won the re- spect of all who know him. He is a com- rade of Messinger Post, G. A. R., of New York, Iowa.
L. SMITH, hardware merchant at Allerton, was born in La Fargeville Jefferson County, New York, in 1844, a son of William C. Smith, who was born at Deerfield, near Utica, New York, in 1817, and died in La Fargeville in Febru- ary, 1884. There were eight children in his father's family-Mrs. Caroline Tallman, of La Fargeville ; R. M., living at the same place ; J. M., at South Bend, Indiana : L. L., our subject ; Mrs. Ella P. Randall, of New York City; Mary J., at La Fargeville ; Charles W., died at Havre, France, in 1877, and Samuel G., of La Fargeville. The mother still lives at La Fargeville, where she was married, all her children being born in that place. She was a native of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, born at Sandisfield in 1815. L. L., our subject, was married in his native town to Miss Sarah R. Tarball, who was also a native of La Fargeville, born in 1842. They have two children-Maitland Lee, born in June, 1871, and Ellen Collett, born February 5, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have known each other from childhood. They were schoolmates together, and both taught school from the age of sixteen till twenty- one. They came to Wayne County, Iowa, in 1866, and settled on a farm in Jefferson Township, living there till they located in Allerton, in 1874, since which Mr. Smith has been engaged in the general hardware business. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Al- lerton. The latter is an excellent vocalist, and leader of the choir. She is a woman of great business ability, a skillful account-
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ant, taking charge of the books in her hus- band's business. Politically Mr. Smith is a Democrat, and has always affiliated with that party. Mr. Smith's ancestors were New Englanders. His grandfather, Rufus Smith, was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and died in La Fargeville, New York, in 1860, aged about eighty years.
STANDIFIRD, section 31, Warren Township, is one of the old settlers of Wayne County. He entered the west half of the southeast quarter of sec- tion 31 in 1856, and began its improvement in 1859, but did not settle on it until Decem- ber, 1860, and several years later he bought the east half of the quarter. He also
bought the northeast quarter of the north- west quarter of section 33, township 68, range 23, having now 200 acres of fine land. He was born in Ripley County, In- diana, in 1838, and in 1853 accompanied his father, William Standifird, to Wapello County, Iowa, and in the spring of 1854 settled in Davis County. His mother, Re- bekah Standifird, nee Broshar, died in 1869 William Standifird lived in Davis County until 1876, when he moved to Kansas, but in 1885 returned to Iowa and settled near Allerton. He died June 16, 1886, in the eighty-second year of his age. In 1862, July 26, our subject enlisted in Company D, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, and was ap- pointed First Sergeant, serving in that capacity until April 11, 1863, when he was promoted to Second Lieutenant. The first battle in which he participated was at Port Gibson, May 1, 1863; May 16 he was at Champion Hills, and the following day at the battle of Black River Bridge, where the Colonel of his regiment, William Kinsman, was killed. June 7, 1863, he was at the bat- tle of Milliken's Bend. Of about 119 men of his regiment to go into this battle half
were either killed or wounded. He par- ticipated in the siege of Vicksburg, and immediately after returned home on a leave of absence. He rejoined his regiment at Indianola, Texas, and remained in the service until continued sickness compelled him to resign March 28, 1864, at Matagorda Island, Texas. Soon after his return from the army he was elected and commissioned Captain of a company of State militia, which was disbanded when peace was pro- claimed. In politics Mr. Standifird is a Re- publican, casting his first presidential vote in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln. He was married October 4, 1860, to Annie Gray, a daughter of Robert and Margaret Gray, who settled in Warren Township in 1857, and subsequently returned to Medina Coun- ty, Ohio, where the father died. The mother now makes her home with Mrs. Standifird. To Mr. and Mrs. Standifird have been born eight children-Ida V., Lura I., William F., Maud I., Nettie B., Eidith M., Edward E. and Guy.
ILLIAM L. BULLIS, M. D., lo- cated at Allerton, and engaged in the practice of his profession in April, 1871. Doctor Bullis is a native of Brockville, Ontario, Canada, where he was born in 1845. He was reared in his native town and received the greater part of his education in the schools of Ontario. He began the study of medicine with an elder brother, Dr. C. S. Bullis, who is now de- ceased. In the year 1868 the Doctor en- tered the University of Medicine and Sur- gery at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1870 received the degrees M. A. and M. D. from that institution. During the win- ter of 1870-'71 he attended a course of lectures at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons at Kingston, Canada, coming to this place, as before stated in 1871, having
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pursued the study of medicine for a period of fourteen years. Doctor Bullis was united in marriage to Miss Anna J. English, a native of Belleville, Ontario, Canada, and this union has been blessed with one daugh- ter, named Bertha L. The Doctor is a man of great activity and enterprising energy, which added to his skill as a physician has secured for him an excellent practice.
UGH CONKLIN, one of the early set- tlers of Benton Township, now re- siding on section 3, Warren Town- ship, was born in Orange County, Indiana, in 1831, a son of Hugh Conklin. When he was nine years of age his father died, and his mother dying soon after he was thus left an orphan early in life. He was reared to the occupation of a farmer, but when a young man he engaged in the mercantile business for several years. He was em- ployed first as a clerk for Thomas W. Riley, and afterward became associated with Mr. Riley in his business. Mr. Conklin and Mr. Riley came together to Wayne County, June 13, 1857, and bought a farm in Benton Township, which they owned conjointly till about 1861, when Mr. Conklin sold his interest to his partner, and bought another farm, which he owned about one and a half years. After selling this farm he bought the farm in Corydon County, now owned by J. G. Miller, which he sold in 1866. He then went to Chariton County, Missouri, where he bought a farm, but soon after,disposing of this land, he purchased a tract of wild land, on which he built a house. . This land he also sold a short time later and returned to lowa and bought a farm of 320 acres located partly in Warren and partly in Benton Township, which he resided on from 1868 till 1882, since which he has leased this farm and resided on the place which he now owns and occupies, to which place he removed in order to give
his children the benefit of the schools at Allerton. Mr. Conklin was married May 27, 1862, to Elizabeth Weagley, born in Pennsylvania in 1834, a daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Crunkilton) Weagley. They are the parents of six children-Edgar L., Ella, Sarah, Winifred, Blanche and Claud Hugh. A daughter, Helen, died aged eight years. Mr. Conklin had to rely on his own resources carly in life, and from a poor boy has become through his industri- ous habits and untiring energy, a well-to-do citizen, having secured a competence for his old age. Samuel Weagley, father of Mrs. Conklin, was a native of Washington County, Maryland. He went to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he was mar- ried to Catherine Crunkilton. Of the ten children born to this union four are living, Mrs. Conklin being the only one in Wayne County. After his marriage Mr. Weagley went to Richland County, Ohio, thence to Callaway County, Missouri, and from there came to Wayne County, lowa, in 1859, where he lived till his death in 1864. His widow survived till 1873.
HOMAS J. RATCLIFFE, farmer and stock-raiser, section 1, Benton Township, was born near Smith- field, Jefferson County, Ohio, February 13, 1829, his father, Jesse Ratcliffe, being a native of North Carolina, now deceased. Our subject settled in Indiana with his father in a very early day, when that State was mostly inhabited by Indians and wild animals. He and his father removed to Van Buren County, Ohio, in the year 1852, and in 1853 our subject came to Wayne County, lowa. Here he settled on wild land which he had entered from the Govern- ment, and began the cultivation of his farm, which now contains 207 acres of well-im- proved land. Mr. Ratcliffe was united in marriage, February 5, 1853, to Jane A. Bos-
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well, a daughter of P. G. Boswell, who is now deceased. They have nine children- Maurice G., Edward R., Mary E., C. Archie, Jesse, William, Emma, Lloyd and Peachie. Maurice married Alice McMain, and has one child-Floyd. He is now living at Cambria ; Edward, who resides near Cory- don, married Luella Stroud, and has one child-Jerome. Mary E. married John C. Shipley, of near Allerton, and has three children-Daisy B., Jane A. and Laura M. Mr. Radcliffe enlisted in the war of the Re- bellion, but was sent back on account of defective hearing. Mr. Ratcliffe is one of the respected citizens of Benton Township, which he has served faithfully as road supervisor for fourteen years.
EARDI C. FULLER, section 10, Jef- ferson Township, was born in Ogle County, Illinois, July 25, 1844, a son of Charles F. and Jane (Simms) Fuller, his father a native of Ottawa, Canada, and his mother of New York, a daughter of George C. Fuller. His father located in Ogle County, Illinois, in 1824, and became one of its prominent citizens, making it his home until his death. L. C. Fuller remained in his native State until he attained his major- ity, and in July, 1865, came to Iowa and lived in Johnson County until 1881, when he moved to Wayne County and settled on the farm where he now lives. He is by trade a carpenter, an occupation he has fol- lowed for twenty-two years. Since coming to Wayne County he has given his atten- tion to agriculture and stock-raising, mak- ing a specialty of Poland-China hogs. His homestead contains 120 acres of valuable land, all tillable, and his improvements are among the best in the township. Mr. Ful- ler was a soldier in the war of the Rebell- ion, serving his country as a faithful and brave subject. He enlisted first in Com-
pany D, Thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry, and after the expiration of his term again en- listed and was assigned to Company I, One Hundred and Fortieth Illinois Infantry. He participated in the battles of Winches- ter, Marshall Hill, siege of Richmond, and others of minor importance. He is now a member of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic. He has a family of eight children- Amos P., Richard L., Eva J., Jesse J., Henry B., Cora B., John J. and Rosa B.
OHN R. McKINLEY, a practical and enterprising agriculturist of Rich- man Township, residing on the south- east quarter of section 21, was born in Cumberland, Guernsey County, Ohio, Feb- ruary 23, 1846, his parents, Willoughby and Elizabeth (Carter) McKinley, being na- tives of Ohio, and early settlers of Wayne County, Iowa. His father was engaged in the stock business while living at Cumber- land. John was reared and educated in his native county, although attended one term of the district school after coming here, and one term under R. A. Harkness, of Garden Grove. The family came to Iowa in 1863, John R. starting June 18 of that year with a drove of sheep, arriving in Wayne County on the 18th of Septem- ber, the family having arrived here the day previous. This place was then a wilder- ness, not a house nor any improvements between H. T. Morford's place and that of L. S. Clothier. The father made a settle- ment on section 21, of Richman Township, where our subject lived till reaching the age of twenty-three years. September 1, 1869, he was married to Hannah J. Davis, a daugh- ter of Thomas and Mary (Barry) Davis, of Noble County, Ohio, although she was reared by her grandfather, James Barry. They have four children-Oliver Willis, born October 28, 1870; Alice Orpha, born
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December 8, 1871 ; Willoughby, born No- vember 30, 1875, and Grace, born February 6, 1882. Mr. Mckinley is a member of Humeston Lodge, No. 61, K. P., of which he is chancellor commander. He is also a member of Chappaqua Lo lge, No. 121, I. O. O. F. In religious faith he is a mem- ber of the Christian church. He has served his township as clerk two years, and as jus- tice of the peace about one year.
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TSAAC G. DAVIS, section 9, Union Township, postoffice New York, is a native of the Hawkeye State, born in Batavia in 1855, a son of Friend and Mar- garet (Crowe) Davis. Friend Davis was born in Hampshire County, Maryland, in 1817. His parents, John and Elsie (Big- gerstaff) Davis, were natives of Virginia and immigrated to Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1821, at that time a heavily timbered coun- try, and their farm had to be literally " chopped out," the family living in a log house and living mostly on game till a crop could be raised. Later they moved to Sandusky Purchase, Marion County, Ohio, and there Friend Davis married Margaret Crowe, a native of Ross County, Ohio, daughter of Jacob Crowe, a pioneer of Ross County. He owned three different farms in Ohio, and in 1852 removed his family to Jefferson County, Iowa, and bought 120 acres of wild prairie land, for which he paid $500, and farmed in that county seven years. His wife died in 1859 and he married for his second wife Mrs. Elizabeth Noell, who died August 11, 1885, and he has since lived with his youngest son, Isaac G. A military spirit has been a characteristic of the Davis family. The grandfather of Friend, Joshua Davis, was a soldier in the war of the Revo- lution, his father wasin the war of 1812 and he and three sons served in the war of the Rebellion. He enlisted in the Thirty-sev-
enth Iowa "Gray-beard" Regiment and served three years. Of his sons, Jacob was a member of the Twenty-ninth Infantry, Friend of the Seventeenth Infantry and William of the Fourth Cavalry. Jacoband Friend died from the effects of disease con- tracted in the army and William was dis- charged on account of disease, the result of his participation in the Arkansas campaign. Of a family of seven sons but three, Will- iam, Robert L. and Isaac G., are living. Isaac G. Davis was married September 8, ISSI, to Minnie M. Burton, daughter of E. P. Burton, M. D. She was born in Wind- ham County, Vermont, and in 1868 accom- panied her parents to New York, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have two children- Hattie R. and Ernest. They have a pleas- ant home, the building and tree planting being done by Dr. Burton, of whom Mr. Davis bought it.
OHN MARKLEY, one of the well- known and highly respected old set- tlers of Wayne County, residing on section 19, Wright Township, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, October 25, 1824. He is the eldest child of Jacob and Marga- ret (Wallace) Markley, who were natives of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Their children were named as follows-John, Savilla, Mary Ann, Harriet, Marietta, Elizabeth, Jane and Joseph. Our subject was nine years of age when his parents re- moved to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and there he was reared to manhood, his youth being passed on a farm and in attending the common schools. He was married in De- cember, 1852, to Mary Jane Pumphrey, who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, a daughter of William R. and Eliza (For- syth) Pumphrey. Mrs. Markley died Oc- tober 5, 1883, leaving eight children-Hat- tie, Ann Eliza, Franklin H., Grant, Sadie,
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Cora, William and Charles J. Mr. Mark- ley followed farming in Tuscarawas Coun- ty, Ohio, till 1865, when he came to Wayne County, Iowa, locating on his farm in Wright Township, where he has since made his home. He has now one of the best farms in his township, containing 200 acres of land under a fine state of cultiva- tion. Mr. Markley is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bethlehem. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.
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TAYLOR WRIGHT, attorney at law and postmaster of Lineville, Wayne County, was born in Morgan County, Illinois, March 8, 1848. His father, George Wright, was a native of Tennes- see, from which State he came to Morgan County, Illinois, in 1827. He served as a soldier in the Black Hawk war. He came with his family to Wayne County, Iowa, in May, 1855, settling on raw prairie land in what is now Warren Township. He was the first superintendent of public in- struction in Wayne County, holding that office two terms, and also served as justice of the peace several years. He lived in Wayne County till his death, which occurred in 1864. G. Taylor Wright, our subject, was reared on a farm, receiving his education at the Greenridge school-house which was the first frame school-house in Wayne County. He came to Lineville in 1870 and began clerking in the dry-goods house of J. S. Saylors, where he remained four years, after which he was engaged in the hard- ware business with his brothers till 1878. He then began the practice of law and was admitted to the bar in September, 1879. He has built up a large practice which ex- tends throughout Wayne and Decatur counties, Iowa, and also Mercer County, Missouri. In June, 1885, he was appointed postmaster of Lineville and is still holding
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