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ARL MOORE, section 29, Washing- ton Township, postoffice Cambria, Iowa, is a native of Greene County, Pennsylvania, the eldest of five children of John S. and Mary (Hill) Moore, the others being S. H., William S., David (who died aged eighteen months) and Anna. He re- mained at home until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when with others he went out to fight in defense of his coun- try's flag. He enlisted March 27, 1864, and was assigned to Company F, Eighty- fifth Pennsylvania Infantry. He participa- ted in nine engagements, including the bat- tle at Appomattox, being present at the surrender of General Lee April 9, 1865. He was discharged at the close of the war and returned home. He was married July 5, 1868, to Elizabeth Burroughs. In Feb- ruary, 1869, he started for Wayne County, Iowa, accompanied by his parents and their family. They reached their destination in April and entered land in Washington Township, where the father died May 10, 1882. The mother is still living, making her home with her children. Mr. Moore now has one of the best farms in Washington Township. It contains 200 acres of prairie land and twenty-eight acres of timber and is under a good state of cultivation. His
improvements are among the best in the county, his residence being a pleasant story and a half house and his barn and other farm buildings comfortable and commodi-
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Ous. He is one of the solid substantial men of his township, and an enterprising sup- porter of all interests of material benefit. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have two sons-J. H. and S. G. In politics he is a Republican. He is an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Wayne Post, No. 137.
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HOMAS F. KING, druggist, Line- ville, Wayne County, was born in Whitley County, Kentucky, March 17, 1851, his father, Ambassador F. King, being a native of the same county. Our - subject has been a resident of Lineville since March, 1871, and was variously em- ployed after coming here till 1878. In the fall of that year he began clerking in Dr. Carlisle's drug store, where he remained till he engaged in the same business for himself in January, 1882. He is meeting with success in his business, and carries a full line of drugs, medicines, paints, oils, wall-paper, tobacco, books and stationery. He has a capital stock of $2,000, and does an annual business of $6,000. He was united in marriage September 1, 1878, to Miss Sidney I. Duncan, a daughter of John D. Duncan, a resident of Grand River Township, Wayne County. One daughter, Nellie G., has been born to bless this union. Mr. King is one of the re- spected citizens of the township, and has served very satisfactorily as councilman. He is a Royal Arch Mason.
AVID M. BRUNER, druggist, Clio, Wayne County, was born in Knox County, Illinois, July 22, 1846, his father, Hickman Bruner, being a native of Kentucky and an early settler of Knox County. David M. came to lowa with his parents in 1850, they locating in Appanoose
County. In 1852 they removed to Indiana, and in 1856 settled in Putnam County, Missouri. In 1857 the father went to Kan- sas and took up a claim. After living for several years in Mercer County, Missouri, the family went to Arkansas where both parents died. David M. Bruner, our sub- ject, passed his youth on a farm and re- ceived a good common-school education. He subsequently taught school for a time, and for several years followed farming. Ile came to Clio in 1882 and engaged in his present business in which he is meeting with good success. He keeps a full line of everything usually found in a first-class drug store, and by his close attention and accommodating manners to his customers he has succeeded in building up a good busi- ness. Mr. Bruner was united in marriage in 1872 to Lena E. Lathrop, and of the four children born to them three are living- Walter, Claude I. and Don F. Mr. Bruner „is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
AMES M. SULLIVAN, of the firm of W. P. Sullivan & Co., dealers in grain and stock at Lineville, Wayne Coun- ty, Iowa, was born in Whitley County, Kentucky, November 4, 1824, a son of Joseph Sullivan, who is now deceased. He came with his parents to Missouri in the fall of 1840 and later came to Wayne Coun- ty. In 1850 he went overland to California with an oxen team, working in the mines there for fourteen months. He met with excellent success in his farming operations and returned to Wayne County with over $3,000. In 1853 he engaged in the mer- cantile business at Lineville, his being the second store established at this place. The first brick business house in Wayne County was built by him at Lineville in 1864, and there he carried on the mercantile business till 1878, since which time he devoted most
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of his time to his present business. Mr. Sullivan was married in the fall of 1853 to Elizabeth J. Evans, daughter of William Evans, deceased. Of the seven children born to this union five are living-William P., Narcissa E., Nancy A., Mary I. and Joseph T. William married Mary E. Hel- ton and resides at Lineville, engaged in business with his father ; Narcissa married Erwin S. Buffum and has five children- James A., Hugh S., William, Mary S. and Myrtle. Nancy A. married William O. Mullinnix, of Lineville, and has one child- Beulah. Mary I. married William B. Lin- ton, of North Loup, Nebraska, and has two children-Lee Alice and Leander. Mr. Sullivan and wife, and their son William P. and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Our subject is a mem- ber of the Masonic and Good Templar or- ders, and hisson, William P., is a member of the Odd Fellows order. In his political views he affiliates with the Greenback. party.
OHN POTTER, of Seymour, was born in West Virginia in 1814, living in his native State till about five years of age. He then removed with his parents to Ohio, in which State he was reared to manhood, and married Rebecca Haslett, a native of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, she having been brought by her parents to Ohio when quite young. Four children have blessed this union, one son and three daughters, of whom only two daughters are now living. Their eldest child, Martha Jane, married Martin Blair and settled in Page County, Iowa, where she died June 19, 1876, leaving a husband and two chil- dren. Allen, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Potter, was born August 12, 1839. In 1861 he enlisted in Company I, Fourth Ohio In- fantry, and was killed near Spottsylvania, May 18, 1864, only a few days before the
expiration of his term of service. Mary C. Potter married Allen Scribner and lives at Napoleon, Ohio. Francenia C. Potter mar- ried Winfield Ferguson, who came to Iowa in 1872 and settled in Walnut Township where they lived several years. They then removed to Centerville, Appanoose Coun- ty, but are now residents of Somerset, Mis- souri. Mr. Potter has made farming his life work, which he has followed with suc- cess. The loss of his son induced him to give up farming and come to Iowa where his daughter resided. He has been a resi- dent of Iowa since 1873, and in the fall of 1874 settled on his present farm. Mr. and Mrs. Potter are members of the Presbyte- rian church of Seymour.
HENRY BREUER, residing on sec- tion 27, Clay Township, was born in Des Moines County, Iowa, the date of his birth being November 13, 1848. His father, Frederick Breuer, was a native of Prussia, Germany, born in the province of Westphalia. He immigrated to America in the year 1843, and settled in Des Moines County, where he engaged in farming and also worked for a time at his trade, he being a blacksmith, residing in that county till his death. Our subject was reared in his native county and educated in the com- mon schools. He was brought up on a farm, and has made farming his principal avocation through life, which he has fol- lowed successfully. He was married in 1868 to Miss Mary Wishmyer, a daughter of the late Frederick Wishmyer. Ten children have been born to this union, of whom the following survive-George, Amelia, Susan, Olga, Pearley, Sarah and an infant son. Mr. Breuer has been a resi- dent of Clay Township since the fall of 1870, when he located on an unimproved tract of land, which is still his home, although his
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land is now under a high state of cultiva- tion, with good residence and farm build- ings. He has always been an industrious and enterprising citizen, and by his own untiring efforts has acquired a good farm, containing 240 acres of land, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. As a citizen he stands high in the community in which he resides, and has filled with credit the offices of constable, township assessor, road supervisor, and has also served as school director. He is a mem- ber of the German Evangelical church.
OHN A. HILL, physician and sur- geon, Lineville, Wayne County, was born in Callaway County, Missouri, February 1, 1846, his father, Joel C. Hill, being a native of Kentucky, now living in Putnam County, Missouri. Our subject was reared on a farm and in his youth at- tended the schools of Kirksville, Missouri. When but sixteen years of age he entered the Union army, enlisting in Company G, Second Missouri Cavalry, and participated in the battles of Chalk Bluff, Pierce Mills, and many other engagements, his father be- ing First Lieutenant of his company. He was appointed Sergeant for his gallant ser- vices, but was sent to the hospital about that time and never served in that capacity. He was discharged for disability after serv- ing two and a half years, and now draws a pension. August 6, 1865, he was married to Margaret Doze, daughter of Victor Doze, who is now deceased. They are the parents of three children-Annie G., Vestie S. and Joel V. Dr. Hill began the practice .of medicine at Greencastle, Missouri, in 1868. He graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1869. In Jan- uary, 1874, he came to Lineville, Wayne County, Iowa, where he has since been en- gaged in the practice of his chosen profes-
sion, and has succeeded in building up a good practice, being well skilled in the knowledge of his profession. The Doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and a comrade of the Grand Army post at this placc.
B. KIRBY has been indentified with Wayne County for over twenty years, his residence being on section 5, Washington Township. He is a native of Monroe County. Indiana, the date of his birth being December 11, 1829, a son of Archibald and Mary Ann (Sedwick) Kirby, his father being born in Halifax County, Virginia, and his mother a native of Calvert County, Maryland. To his par- ents were born eight children-Eloise, H. B. (our subject), Rebecca, John, Joel A., James M., Letitia and Edward. H. B. Kirby was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools of his native county, where he remained till nineteen years of age. In the spring of 1847 he went with his father's family to Edgar County, Illi- nois, where he made his home till the year 1865. He then came to Wayne County, Iowa, locating on the land in Washington Township where he has since resided. His farm contains 207 acres of improved land under excellent cultivation. His fine two-story residence, which was erected in 1882, is one of the best in the township, built in modern style, and well furnished throughout. He has a good barn and other farm buildings for his stock. Mr. Kirby was united in marriage in October, 1855, to Judith A. Mayo, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Applegate) Mayo. To this union have been born seven children- John, Laura, Henry F., George, Letitia, Sedwick and Mayo. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby have been worthy and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church for over thirty years. He takes an active interest
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in the growth and advancement of his township, and in the cause of education. IIe has held the office of township trustee, and has served as school director. In pol- itics he casts his suffrage with the Repub- lican party. -
OHN GEORGE MILLER, one of the most enterprising and progressive farmers of Corydon Township, is a native of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, born May 7, 1822, a son of Balthaser Miller, who died when our subject was a child. Mr. Miller left his native country in a sailing vessel, in the spring of 1853, and after a voyage of thirty-three days landed at New York, June 14. He first went to Ohio, where he worked on a farm for a time, re- ceiving $13 per month. He remained in Ohio four years, and during the last year was sick with ague. After leaving Ohio, he went to Peoria, Illinois, where he found employment in a bakery, but soon went to work for a farmer at better wages. He at this time could speak but little English, but he met with much kindness from the fam- ily for whom he worked and from that time made good progress. After one year he rented the farm from his employer, which he carried on two years, and during the second year was married to Sophia Fitcky, who was also a native of Hesse Darmstadt. Four children have been born to this union of whom only two sons, Al- bert and George F., are living. Their two daughters are deceased-Rosa, who died April 13, 1881, aged twenty-two, and Emma, who died at the age of twenty years, January 3, 1882. From Illinois Mr. Miller went to Missouri, but soon after the break- ing out of the war he resolved to go North, and in 1862 came to Corydon Township, Wayne County, Iowa, when he settled on the farm in the southeast quarter of section 9, where he has since resided. His first
land purchased consisted of 120 acres, for which he paid $500, which he sold three years later for $1,600, when he bought ninety acres of his present farm. He has gradually added to his first purchase till he has become the most extensive farmer in his township, having now 500 acres of land under cultivation, and 300 acres of pasture land. He is quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, having gained most of his property through that pursuit, by his ex- cellent management and industry. In 1882 Mr. Miller visited Germany with his wife and sons, being absent about four months, the eldest son remaining there two years. Politically Mr. Miller is a Democrat, but votes independent of his party. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller were reared in the faith of the Lutheran church.
AMES HALL is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on the southwest quarter of section 4, War- ren Township, Wayne County. He has been a resident of Wayne County since 1858, arriving at Corydon May 10 of that year. The first six months he worked on the farm of William Kimple, who had come with him from Pennsylvania, when he leased the farm, which was located on sec- tion 16, Jackson Township, on which he lived about four and a half years. In March, 1879, he bought eighty acres of his present farm for which he paid $305, this investment exhausting his financial re- sources. His first dwelling was a small frame building, 16 x 22 feet, which was lo- cated about three-fourths of a mile from its present location. He moved this house with the assistance of his neighbors and their teams, but owing to a decline in the direct route, they were obliged to go around a distance of at least ten miles. Mr. Hall occupied this house till 1874, when he built his present commodious residence,
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his first house being now part of the resi- dence of P. M. Phillips. Mr. Hall is a na- tive of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1832. His parents, George and Martha Hall, were natives of the North of Ireland, both coming to America in 1819, before their marriage. The mother died in March, 1885, the father still living in Indiana County, Pennsylva- nia. Mr. Hall has three brothers living in Pennsylvania-Samuel, George and Hugh, and has also five sisters living, he being the only member of his father's family residing in Iowa. He was reared in his native State, and about a year before coming to Iowa he married Martha Kimple, daugh- ter of John and niece of William Kimple, before mentioned. Six of the eight chil- dren born to them are living-George S., born in Pennsylvania, March 24, 1858, still living at home; Mary J., Sarah Ann, Mar- tha Elizabeth, William H. and Lyman Leonard. James died at the age of sixteen years, and Glenn H. at the age of four years, his death resulting from the kick of a horse. When Mr. Hall came West the facilities for traveling were not such as they are now. He made the journey to Chi- cago, thence to Burlington, Iowa, by cars, purchasing in the latter place about 1,200 pounds of the necessaries of life, and har- ness, he having purchased a team and wagon in Chicago. He made the remain- der of the trip by team, his wife accom- panying him from Fairfield, to which place she had come from Burlington by stage. They were among the first settlers of War- ren Township, there being but few families when they came. Although Mr. Hall has been quite successful, now having a well-cul- tivated farm of 320 acres, he and his wife have had their share of trouble, their great- est affliction being the death of their chil- dren. Their youngest son, Lyman Leonard, lost his right arm by being thrown from a mower, July 21, 1885. October 15, 1873, 42
their barn was destroyed by fire, involving quite a heavy loss. Both Mr. Hall and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. Politically Mr. Hall has been indentified with the Republican party since its organization.
S OLOMON K. BLACK, the present efficient mayor of Lineville, was born July 7, 1826, in Bellefontaine, Ohio, his father, Joseph Black, being one of the pioneers of that State. He was born among Indians, and the greater part of his life has been spent among them. He came to Henry County, Iowa, in 1839, his father having settled in Burlington, Iowa, in 1836. He learned the blacksmith's trade when a young man, and has followed that avoca- tion for forty-three years. From 1854 to 1858 he lived in Mahaska County, Iowa, and in 1858 came to Lineville, Wayne Coun- ty, and with the exception of seven years spent in Webster County and one year in Keokuk County, he has since been a resi- dent of this place. He has held the posi- tion of postmaster of Lineville for six years. He carried on a general mercantile business in Mahaska and Webster counties in con- nection with working at his trade. While living in the former county he served as justice of the peace and constable, and in Keokuk County was also a justice of the peace. He has been twice married. June 18, 1855, he was married in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Phobe Andrews, daughter of Thomas Andrews, who is now deceased. Of the four children born to this union two are living-Orvilla and Ada. A son, Rob- ert, was killed by lightning in 1878, at the age of twenty-two years. He left a widow. whose maiden name was Angie Sears, and one child, Olive. Mrs. Black died June 22, 1876, and January 19, 1879, Mr. Black mar- ried Sarah Stroup, his present wife. Politi-
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cally Mr. Black was a Democrat prior to the war of the Rebellion, since which he has voted the Republican ticket. He takes a prominent stand in local politics. Al- though not a member of any church, he gives of his means to the support of the gospel, and all benevolent institutions. He is noted far and near for his liberality and generosity, having been always too much that way for his own good. He has been very successful through life, and is now the owner of a house and lot in Lineville, and a good farm in Grand River Township in the vicinity of Lineville. Mr. Black is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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W. LEWIS, editor and publisher of the Lone Tree Press, at Seymour, is a son of Seth and Celina (Woodworth) Lewis, natives respectively of Connecticut and New York. They were married in Illinois, and after a long residence in that State and Missouri, came to Seymour in 1882, where Mr. Lewis engaged in bank- ing and also dealing in lumber and hard- warc. The subject of this sketch was born at Lodi, De Kalb County, Illinois, August 8, 1860. He received a public-school edu- cation, graduating from the Chicago High School in 1877. He then entered Wheaton College, where he graduated in 1882. He then commenced the practical work of life, and has thus far performed double duty all the time. At first he taught school, at the same time working for his father at a salary of $40 a month. He thus soon saved enough money to start the Lone Tree Press, May 1, 1884, which has proven a success- ful venture, although his object was not to make money out of the paper, so much as for the advancement of the general in- terests of Seymour. He now devotes his days to the bank, and his evenings to news- paper work, displaying a most creditable
industry and capacity. Though young, he has shown that he is a successful business man. Mr. Lewis was married September 13, 1882, to Miss Nellie E. Hills, a classmate in Wheaton College. They have a daugh- ter, Evanelle, two years old. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the Presbyte- rian church. He is politically a Republican, and was a delegate to the State convention in 1885.
ILLIAM FRAME, a resident of South Fork Township, is a native of McDonough County, Illinois, a son of WV. G. and Louisa M. (Hopwood) Frame. In his youth he attended the com- mon schools, where he received a good ed- ucation, and has devoted part of his time since leaving school in teaching, a profes- sion he has followed with much success for thirty-five terms. He is at present engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is the owner of a well-improved farm on section 8, of South Fork Township, containing 180 acres of choice land. Mr. Frame has been twice married, his first marriage taking place June 20, 1880, with Rebecca C. Ailer, of Wayne County, a daughter of Jacob and Martha Ailer. She died December 4, 1883, leaving two children-Mary B. and Anson A. For his second wife Mr. Frame mar- ried Miss Laura J. Foster, of Corydon, April 29, 1885, she being a daughter of T. T. and M. J. Foster. Mr. Frame is a member of the Odd Fellows order, belonging to Promise City Lodge, No. 88. George W. Frame, brother to our subject, is among the successful teachers of Wayne County, aud is at present teaching in the grammar department of the Seymour schools. Hc commenced teaching at the age of nineteen years, and has followed his profession several terms in Iowa and Nebraska, with excellent success. He is a native of Mc- Donough County, Illinois, where he was
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born April 27, 1862. He was united in mar- riage, February 13, 1886, to Miss Viola Pumphrey, of Union Township, Wayne County, who is a daughter of Elijah and Orpha Pumphrey, of Wayne County. Both brothers are much respected citizens of South Fork Township.
P. STEELE, section 12, Union Township, postoffice New York, came first to Wayne County, Iowa, in 1853, when the country was new and settlers few. The following winter he taught a school of forty pupils from both States, Missouri and Iowa, in a log school- house on the State line at Lineville. In 1854 he joined a party of 119 for an over- land trip to California, and drove an ox team via Council Bluffs, Platte River, Salt Lake, South Pass, Bear River and Fort Hall. He worked in a mill in Sonoma County, California, and eighteen months later returned East via the Isthmus of Pana- ma and New York City. In 1856 he came again to Iowa, and settled permanently in Wayne County, where he has since lived. He bought the 160 acres where he now lives for $1,300, and now, after a residence here of thirty years, which have been filled with hard work, he has, as the result of his good management, a pleasant home, surrounded by a grove of thirteen years growth. In his early life he was a plas- terer, and for several years after coming to Iowa worked at his trade, visiting different parts of the county. He is a public- spirited, benevolent citizen, and has assist- ed materially in developing and improving his adopted county. He was born March 22, 1829, in Whitley County, Kentucky, and was reared in Putnam County, Indi- ana, where his father, Andrew Steele, died February 8, 1885, in the eighty-fifth ycar of his age. Mr. Steele came to Iowa a bach-
elor, and began life alone on his farm in a small house. After getting a start he be- gan to think of having a companion to share with him the vicissitudes of life, and accordingly, in 1858, took to himself a wife in the person of Luhama Querry, who came to Wayne County with her widowed mother. Their only child, W. P., was born September 19, 1859. W. P. Steele was reared in his native county, and was edu- cated here and in Quincy, Illinois. He . made a specialty of surveying, and was for some time employed to assist Burrus Moore. In 1881 he was elected surveyor of Wayne County, and is now serving his third term. He was married November 8, 1882, to Hattie E. Myers, of Quincy, Illi- nois. They have one daughter-Olive May. In politics the Steeles, father and son, affiliate with the Republican party, and are strict adherents to its principles.
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