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and influential men, and in political circles is an earnest and indefatigable worker for his party. Mr. Lusher was married in 1866 to Miss Louisa Mitchell. They have four children-Frank, Ray, Ethel and Auria.
AMES A. LAWSON, section II, Grand River Township, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, August 19, 1842, à son of James Lawson, a native of County Armagh, Ireland, who came to the United States in 1840 and died in 1844. Our subject came with his widowed moth- er to lowa in 1855 and settled on the farm where he now lives. His mother, whose maiden name was Ann Mullen, was also a native of Ireland. She died in Grand River Township in 1874. Mr. Lawson was mar- ried December 15, 1864, to Mary J. Mc- Connell, daughter of William McConnell, of Wayne County. They have four chil- dren-Emma L., Annie M., William C. and Laura J. Mr. Lawson has been assessor of his township three years, trustee one year, and road commissioner one year. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics is a Republican.
JON. SAMUEL WRIGHT, section 25, Jefferson Township, is a native of Morgan County, Illinois, born Janu- ary 19, 1837, a son of George Wright, a native of Tennessee, who came to Iowa in 1855 and was the first county superintend- ent of schools in Wayne County. He was reared a farmer, remaining at home until his majority, and from 1858 until 1866 was a contractor in the United States mail service, carrying it between Princeton, Missouri and Chariton, Iowa, four years. He has been a member of the County Board of Supervisors, representing both Jefferson and Grand River townships. From 1874
until 1876 he was sheriff of the county, and in the fall of 1883 was elected a representa- tive in the Twentieth General Assembly of Iowa, on the fusion Greenback and Demo- cratic ticket. From the spring of 1877 un- til 1881 he published the Allerton News, disposing of it in the latter year. He is now devoting his attention to agriculture, having a good farm where he resides of 107 acres. He was married March 19, 1857, to Rachel J. Summerville, daughter of John Summerville. They have had ten children, eight of whom are living-Mrs. Maggie Reck, George T., John A., Walter F., Samuel L., Nora, Columbus C. and Jennie.
G. FRAME, one of the old set- tlers of Wayne County, residing on section 20, Wright Township, was born in Montgomery County, Ken- tucky, November 30, 1826, a son of John and Elizabeth (Yocom) Frame, natives of Kentucky, the father born in Clark County March 30, 1788, and the mother born in Montgomery County, a daughter of George and Rebecca Yocom. Our subject's grand- father, John Frame, Sr., was a native of Virginia, a son of David Frame, who emi- grated from Ireland to America in the year 1773, the latter being a son of William Frame. W. G. Frame, our subject, was the eldest son of six children, their names being-Jane, Matilda, Elizabeth, Nancy, William G. and J. A. William G. grew to manhood in Montgomery County, Ken- tucky, being reared on a farm, his educa- tion being obtained by attending the com- mon schools of his native county and study at home. He commenced teaching when nineteen years of age, to which profession he devoted most of his time till twenty-five years of age. He was married April 17, 1851, to Louisa M. Hopwood, who was also a native of Montgomery County, Ken-
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tucky, born October 20, 1830, a daughter of William C. and Parmelia (Fox) Hop- wood, the father born in Virginia and reared in Kentucky, and the mother a native of Clark County, Kentucky. They had eleven children born to them -William M., Emma E., J.W. (editor of the Corydon Democrat), Margaret Belle, J Albert, G. W., Louisa E., Owen L., Lyman A., Enos R., and Walter, who died at the age of two years. In 1851 Mr. Frame located in Mc- Donough County, Illinois, where he lived till 1864 when he came with his family to Wayne County, Iowa, and settled in Wright Township, where he now has a fine and well-cultivated farm containing 160 acres, with good residence and farm build- ings. Since coming to Wayne County he has devoted some time to his profession, having taught in this county in all nineteen terms. He has always taken an active in- terest in the educational matters of his county, and all his children have received good educational advantages, five having fitted themselves for teachers. In politics our subject was formerly a Republican, but now affiliates with the Greenback party.
COLONEL AARON WRIGHT was born in Orange County, Indiana, July 10, 1828. His father, William Wright, was a native of Kentucky, and when a child accompanied his parents to Indiana, they being among the pioneers of Orange County. Our subject was reared a farmer, remaining in his native county until 1852, when he came to Iowa, and for a year lived in Jefferson County, remov- ing thence in 1853 to Wayne County. He followed agricultural pursuits until 1858, when he began running a flour-mill, and in 1859 he built the Lineville mill, which was burned January 1, 1866. He rebuilt his mill the same year, and is still conducting
it, having a good trade in custom work and also does a general milling business. Mr. Wright was married in April, 1851, to Maria Riley, a daughter of Ezekiel Riley. To them were born four children, three of whom are living-James F., Minerva S. and Newton S. Mrs. Wright died in 1865, and he subsequently married Mary, daugh- ter of William McClurg. She lived but a few years, and he then married Permelia Campbell, who died in 1875. His present wife was formerly Mrs. Adelphia Lanc. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
ROUGHTON BRACEWELL re- sides on the north half of section IS, Warren Township, Wayne County, Iowa, where he has a valuable farm of 320 acres, on which he has made nearly all of the improvements. He was born in York- shire, England, March 28, 1845, the only child of Hartley Bracewell, one of the pioneers of Wayne County, having settled in Warren Township in October, 1854. Broughton Bracewell has lived in this township since coming here with his par- ents in 1854, with the exception of five years, during which time he resided in Cory- don. He was married to Miss Aman Sims, a native of Henry County, Iowa, and daughter of J. L. Sims, who settled in High- point Township, Decatur County, where he died in March, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Bracewell have eight children-Holly, John H., Margaret M., Emeline and Eve- line (twins), Esther, Edna and Lec. Hartley Bracewell, father of our subject, was also a native of Yorkshire, England, born in March, 1822, a son of John Bracewell, who resided in England till his death. He was reared to agricultural pursuits in his native country, and was there married to Marga- ret Broughton, for whose family name their
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only son is called. Mr. Bracewell left Eng- land with his family February 27, 1849, for America, landing at New Orleans. From there he went by river to St. Louis, thence to Greene County, Illinois, where he re- mained five years, when he came to Wayne County, as before stated in 1854, and for many years was one of the prominent farmers of Warren Township. He came to Corydon in January, 1869, and for three years was engaged in the mercantile trade with J. S. Harland. Since 1876 Mr. Brace- well has been cashier of the Wayne County Bank, which was organized in 1874. Both Harley Bracewell and his son Broughton are classed among the successful men of Wayne County; the latter owning beside his home farm of 320 acres 200 acres of land located in another part of the same township. In politics they ,affiliate with the Democratic party. Hartley Bracewell is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having been a local preacher of that denomination since 1845. Hartley Bracewell was accompanied to America by a younger brother, Henry Bracewell, who now lives at Allerton. Their father died in 1846, and in 1850 the mother and the remainder of the family im- migrated to America. There were five sons in this family, all of whom subsequent- ly became residents of Wayne County.
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AMES P. CALIFF, section 2, Howard Township, one of the pioneers of Wayne County, is numbered among the substantial and influential citizens of the township, where he has so long resided. He has acquired his property by long years of hard work and good management, and the respect and esteem in which he is held by his fellow townsmen is the result of a life of integrity and honorable dealing. Mr. Califf is a native of Sullivan, New
Hampshire, born November 23, 1823. a son of Nathaniel and Rhoda (Page) Califf, also natives of the Granite State. He was reared a farmer, receiving his education in the schools of his native State, living there until 1855, when he came to Iowa, and located in Wayne County, entering 160 acres of Government land on section 2, Howard Township. His first house was built on the south west quarter of section I, where he lived until 1875, when he moved to his present home. He has 280 acres of land in the homestead farm, all under cul- tivation and with good building improve- ments. Mr. Califf was married January 28, 1875, to America Blake, of Polk County, Iowa, daughter of Ambrose D. and Cyn- thia (Wood) Blake. They have four chil- dren-Alonzo P., John W., Charles W. and Gertrude L. Mr. Califf has been clerk of his township several years.
ETER DOWELL, owner and pro- prietor of the Dowell House, Sey- mour, Iowa, is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Wayne County. His father, Elijah Dowell, was a native of Scotland, born in 1794, and came to America in his youth, and married Polly Drum, of Virginia. Soon after his mar- riage he settled in Zanesville, Ohio, and subsequently lived in Licking, Knox and Delaware counties until 1855, when he came to Iowa with his family. He bought about a section of land, nearly all of which was in South Fork Township, and on this land his children settled. The parents sub- sequently returned to Ohio, where the father died in 1861, and in 1862 the mother came again to Iowa and made her home with her son Peter, later, however, going to Henry County, Illinois, where she died. Of a family of six children, our subject is the only one living in Iowa. In 1856 Peter
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Dowell returned to Ohio and married Ann Maria Ackley, who was born in Del- aware County, Ohio, in 1837, a daughter of George and Sarah (Weaver) Ackley. They have two daughters-Rose, wife of A. L. Haines, and Alice Belle. In 1872 Mr. Dowell removed to Seymour and built the first hotel'in that town, of which he is still proprietor.
OAH TUTTLE, section 2, Washing- ton Township, is one of the oldest pioneers of Wayne County and the oldest settler in Washington Township. He is a native of Pitt County, North Caro- lina, and was born November 3, 1830, a son of Benjamin and Gatsy Tuttle, who were born and reared in North Carolina. When he was but a child his father died leaving his mother with eight children-Abraham, Lewis, Telitha, William, Rebecca, Guil- ford, Noah and Marinda. When he was about six years old his mother moved with her family to Monroe County, Virginia, where he lived until thirteen years old, when they moved to Bartholomew Coun- ty, Indiana. His early life was passed on a farm and there were learned lessons of industry that were of lasting benefit to him. In 1851 the mother and two sons, Guilford and Noah, came to Iowa and lo- cated in Wayne County. He entered 160 acres of Government land in Washington Township, built a log house and com- menced to make a home, there being at that time only four families in Washington Township. Here he has lived thirty-five ycars, and has experienced all the hardships and privations of pioncer life, and has as- sisted materially in the transformation of the wild prairie into a country of prosper- ous villages and thrifty farms. He has in- creased his land until he now owns over 1,- 300 acres, the most of it well improved. His residence is a neat story and a half
frame and his farm buildings are commo- dious. Mr. Tuttle was married in 1855 to Miss Barbara Tease, of Lucas County, Iowa, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Tease. To them were born eight children, six of whom are living-Gatsy Ann, William, Joseph, Grant, Martha and Charles. Mrs. Tuttle died in 1872, and March 2, 1881, Mr. Tuttle married Miss M. Williams, daughter of Samuel and Susan Williams. They have one child-Rachel. Mr. Tuttle's children are among the most respected young people of Wayne County. His two eldest sons are married and settled on farms of their own. William, who was born December 14, 1859, was married April 8, 1883, to Marilda Williams and has one child-Jesse, born May 13, 1885. He has a fine farm of 120 acres, all well improved, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. Joseph also owns 120 acres of fine land and is a pros- perous young farmer. He was born Feb- ruary 14, 1862, and was married March 8, 1882, to Marietta Williams. They have two children-Edith Oneda and Bessie Naomi. In politics father and sons are Republican.
ILLIAM E. BRACEWELL, of the firm of Bracewell Brothers & Lumsden, dealers in hardware, stoves, tin ware and agricultural implements and also dealing in grain and secd, is a native of Illinois, born in Greene County, that State, August 17, 1855. His father, John Bracewell, is now a resident of Warren Township, having made his home in Wayne County, Iowa, since 1866. Will- iam E. Bracewell, our subject, came to Lineville in 1879, since which he has been engaged in his present business. This firm has met with excellent success, cach of the members being men of good business qualifications. They carry a capital stock of $8,000, and their grain business alone
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amounts to $25,000 annually. Mr. Brace- well was united in marriage, August 26, 1877, to Miss Iantha Snow, daughter of Lucius Snow, of Monroe County, Iowa. They are the parents of three children- Cecile, Winnie and Verne. Mr. Bracewell takes an active interest in educational mat- ters, and has served efficiently as school director for five years. Heis secretary of the agricultural society of Lineville, of which he held the position of treasurer for two years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. In his religious faith he be- lieves in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church.
OHN R. ALLEN, section 30, Benton Township, was born in Mason Coun- ty, West Virginia, January 16, 1824, a son of William Allen. In the fall of 1849 he came to Iowa and lived in Jefferson County till the fall of 1852, when he re- moved to Wayne County and settled in Benton Township, entering 240 acres of Government land. He now owns 387 acres of fine land, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was mar- ried September 3, 1846, to Sarah, daughter of David Edwards. They have had ten children, of whom nine are living-Lydia A., Margaret E., Charles V., William D., Mary, Elijah H., Tamer, Arminta and Alice. Heand his wife are members of the Method- ist Episcopal church.
Y. McCULLY, carpenter, and sales- man for the firm of Baker & Son, is a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, where he was born August 22, 1833, he be- ing the eighth in a family of nine children of Franklin Y. and Mary A. (Carpenter) Mc- Cully. When he was three years of age
he was taken by his parents to Kentucky, and eighteen months later to Jennings County, Indiana, where he lived till 1845. He then came to Iowa, and located in Wa- pello County, and in 1877 came to Wayne County, where he has since resided, most of the time since coming here following the carpenter's trade in Jackson Township. Mr. McCully was united in marriage, Janu- ary 25, 1854, to Rebecca Mace, she being a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, and a daughter of Simeon and Nancy Mace. Mr. and Mrs. McCully are the parents of twelve children, whose names are as follows- Mary A., Olive J., Amanda L., Jonathan F., William R., Lucinda M., Elizabeth H., Helen M., James B., Hannah J., Lydia E., Oliver M. Mr. and Mrs. McCully are earn- est members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and highly respected members of society.
SCAR G. ALLEN, residing on sec- tion 16, Warren Township, Wayne County, was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, March 28, 1835, and in the fall of 1836 he was taken by his parents to Greene County, Indiana, where his father died Au- gust 28, 1850. He is the youngest of ten children, the eldest of whom, Sarah, mar- ried Alexander G. Thompson, and is still living in Washington County, Virginia, two of her sons, William M. and Willey W., being now residents of Wayne County, Iowa. Mr. Allen was married in Indiana to Anna C. Miller, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, her parents being from near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. To this union have been born five sons and six daughters, of whom the following are yet living- Victoria J. (wife of A. M. Alcorn), Will- iam O., Samuel D., Lowell M., Anna E. (wife of W. L. Grimes), Oscar G., Alice J., Cora S. and Minnie D. Harry died at the age of eight years, and a daughter, Flora
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C., aged two and a half years. In 1858 our subject, Oscar G. Allen, with his family, together with his mother, and an elder brother, Isaac C. Allen, and his family came to Iowa, where the mother died in the fall of 1863. Isaac C. Allen settled in War- ren Township, where he died in June, IS85, his widow still living at the homestead. Oscar G. Allen settled on his present farm June 7, 1858, buying at first eighty acres, on which but little improvement had been made, his first house being made of logs. In 1862 he began dealing in fruit-trees, going to Des Moines, where he purchased about 4,000 fruit-trees and 3,000 grape vines, mostly of the Concord variety, his attention having been called to this busi- ness by an advertisement which he saw. Possessing naturally a taste for the culture of fruit-trees, this advertisement suggested an opportunity of engaging in the work, which, under his skillful management, in- creased rapidly, resulting in a very exten- sive business, gaining for Mr. Allen a reputation second to none in Iowa as a successful fruit-tree grower. The war of the Rebellion going on at this time, he took a load of enlisted soldiers to Des Moines, and at that time made arrangements for the purchase of the stock above mentioned, which he obtained in October of the same year, selling it to good advantage. He continued to buy and sell stock about two years before he began the production and cultivation of trees himself. In the spring of 1864 he began planting a nursery, although in 1862 he had set out about 300 apple-trees and 1,200 grape-vines, besides a number of cherry-trees. From 1864 till ISSo he continued to propagate trees, cul- tivating from twenty-five to forty acres of general nursery stock. He established a reputation for the excellence of his stock and its adaptation to the climate and soil of Iowa that kept out all competition, and most of the fruit-trees now in existence in
this vicinity were supplied by him, he hav- ing the principal retail nursery in this part of the State. He became thoroughly ac- quainted with all the details of his business, and this, combined with his well-known reputation for honest and upright dealing, secured for him a flourishing trade. In ISSO Mr. Allen began to allow his nursery business to decline, as he wished to be re- lieved of the responsibility attending it, and has now retired from that occupation. During all these years he has been carrying on his farming. He has a fine stock and grain farm, and one of the best fruit farms in Iowa. In 1881 his orchard produced 3,000 bushels of apples, none of which sold for less than $1 per bushel, and in 1885 he had about 4,000 bushels of apples, being as fine fruit as was ever produced in this State. His farm buildings are noticeably good, his barn especially being a model for con- venience, completeness and capacity. Mr. Allen makes a specialty of raising the Nor- man or French draft horses, in which he has been very successful. Politically he is a Republican, casting his first vote for Oliver P. Morton, the old war Governor of Indi- ana, his first presidential vote being cast for Millard Filmore in 1856.
TEPHEN VAUGHN, one of the pio- neer settlers of Wayne County, lowa, now residing on section 5, Grand River Township, is a native of Wayne County, Kentucky, where he was born February 14, 1826, a son of Rev. John Vaughn, who is now deceased. He passed his youth among the mountains of his na- tive State, and as there were no schools in his neighborhood, he received no educa- tional advantages. He was married in No- vember, 1846, to Mary J. Nicclaus, a daugh- ter of Abel Nicclaus, of Pulaski County, Kentucky, Mrs. Vaughn being a native of
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that county. In 1851 Mr. Vaughn came to Wayne County, Iowa, with his wife and two children, having but 10 cents in money when he reached his destination. Since coming here he has been eminently suc- cessful in his agricultural pursuits, and now owns a good farm of 127 acres, which has been acquired by the united industry and strict economy of himself and wife. They have had thirteen children born to them, of whom eleven still survive-Martha A., Elizabeth, Lewis F., George W., Charles WV., James R., John A., Jephtha D., Ste- phen A., Sarah F. and William F. Mr. Vaughn is a member of the Christian Union.
LVA HUMESTON, SR., the pioneer business man of the town that bears his name, is a native of Litchfield County, Connecticut, born April 15. 1815. He is the son of Abner Humeston, who died when the son was but three years of age. When very young he began working for himself, and in his youth followed vari- ous avocations, among others that of jewel- ry and clock-making, and, like the noted Jim Fisk, that of clock-peddling. He was married in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, to Miss Mary Northrup, and in the year 1840 they immigrated to Trumbull County, Ohio, where they lived until 1854, when they removed to Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, where Mr. Humeston en- gaged in the mercantile business, and con- tinued until the spring of 1864. He then set out for the State of lowa, arriving in Wayne County the 31st of May, coming all the way by team. He settled on the farm now owned by William McHenry, and built a house in Garden Grove, but in the fall of the same year moved to Wayne County, and has resided here since. Until the fall of 1872, he was engaged in agricult- ural pursuits, but at that time with his two
sons, Monroe W. and L. H., commenced the buying of grain, and in the spring of 1873, they built the first store-building in the present town of Humeston, and in which they opened the first stock of goods, the business having been carried on since that time by some of the members of the family, although sometimes associated with other parties. Mr. Humeston was elected a member of the Fifteenth General Assem- bly of the State of Iowa, and served with credit to himself and his constituents. He has served as treasurer of the District School Board over twenty-two years, taking a special interest in the cause of education. He was the first postmaster of Humeston, and kept the office in the depot building. He is one of the self-made men of the na- tion, and has always been noted as one of the foremost promoters of the interests of the town in which he lived. His wife died November 22, 1885. Their family consist- ed of seven children, five of whom are living-Daniel D., Susan B., L. H., Mon- roe W. and Alva, Jr. Clara died February 7, 1873, and Alice, wife of S. P. Newcomb, died January 23, 1880.
OSEPH HAYES, section 33, Jefferson Township, was born in Craven County, North Carolina, December 20, 1807, a son of John and grandson of William Hayes, who was of English de- scent, and settled in North Carolina in an early day. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and helped to build the fort near Newbern, North Carolina. His uncle, Abner Campbell, was captain of his father's company. His father died in North Caro- lina, and in 1823 our subject accompanied his mother to Posey County, Indiana, and settled in the woods, among the Indians and wild animals. They built a round log cabin, with puncheon floor and clapboard
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roof. In 1843 they left Indiana and re- moved to Platte County, Missouri, and in 1850 to Wayne County, Iowa, where he has since lived. The first five years they lived in Grand River Township, and then moved to the farm where they now live. At the time Mr. Hayes settled in Wayne County, deer and wolves roamed the prairies, and turkeys were plentiful. He has killed many deer, at one time killing two at one shot. His mill and trading point was two miles below Princeton, twenty-two miles distant. He has entered at different times SSo acres of land, at present owning only 200 acres. His homestead is one of the pleasantest in the township, his residence being large and comfortable, and his farm buildings convenient and in good repair. Mr. Hayes was married in October, 1832, to Nancy Cox, who died in 1857. To them were born nine children, six of whom are living-Abner, Robert, Ajax, Joseph, Mrs. Annie J. Edgmond and Mrs. Sarah E. Hughes. One son, Thomas B., died aged seventeen years, and one, John, lived to be fifty years of age. Mr. Hayes was married a second time, his wife being Mrs. Cath- erine Rockhold. She had one child by her former marriage-Barsha Rockhold.
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