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turned to Illinois, and after settling up his business went to Lawrence County, Mis- souri, and engaged in farming till the fall of 1868, when he moved to Appanoose County, Iowa, and located on a farm in Franklin Township, subsequently living in Pleasant and Caldwell townships. In 1872 he moved to Centerville, and worked in the coal mines until January, 1878, when he was injured by the falling of the roof of the mine, and was unable to perform manual labor for nearly three years. In the fall of 1884 he was elected constable of Center Township for a term of two years, and is serving in an efficient and satisfactory man- ner. He was married September 3, 1864, to Margaret E. Hall, of Springfield, Illi- nois. They have a family of five children -John R., William A., Elbert G., Caro- line A. and Eugene. Mr. Martin is a com- rade of John L. Bashore Post, No. 122, G. A. R., of which he is Sergeant-Major.
OSEPH GOSS, dealer in hard ware and agricultural implements, Centerville, Iowa, is a native of England, born in Manchester, April 28, 1834, a son of Sam- uel and Mary (Burrows) Goss. When he was seven years of age his parents came to America, and for five years lived in St. Louis, Missouri, and thence removed to Keokuk, lowa. His father was a brick- maker, and when twelve years of age Jo- seph began working in the brick-yard. In May, 1855, he removed to Centerville, and for two years engaged in the manufacture of brick. From 1857 to 1859 he followed agricultural pursuits, living in Center Township, and then was employed as a clerk in the general store of William Wit- tenmeyer, remaining with him nearly twelve years. In the meantime, from 1868 till 1870, he carried on a boot and shoe store for himself in addition to superintend-
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ing the business of Mr. Wittenmeyer, and then severed his connection with him and gave his exclusive attention to his own business. In 1871 he added a stock of ag- ricultural implements as another branch to his business, but in 1881 disposed of his boots and shoes, and has since increased his stock of hardware and implements. In 1873 he was one of the incorporators of the Appanoose County Bank, at Center- ville, which in 1884 was merged into the Centerville National Bank, of which he has been a director, and since 1885 has been vice-president. Mr. Goss has been a mem- ber of the city council two years, and of the School Board twelve years, having served as president of the latter body five years. He was married December 27, 1855, to Clara Brough. They have four children-Henry, Emma (wife of R. R. Vermillion), Ella and Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Goss are members of the Christian church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Republican.
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ARCHIBALD FRANKLIN THOMP- SON, attorney at law, Centerville, lowa, was born near Columbus, Bar- tholomew County, Indiana, January 15, 1850, the only son of William R. and Eliza- beth A. (Pyle) Thompson, both natives of Indiana, the former of Scotch-Irish and the latter of German descent. When he was six years of age his parents moved to Iowa and located on a farm in Walnut Town- ship, Appanoose County, where he was rearcd, attending the public schools. When sixteen years of age he attended Bellair Seminary, and when nineteen years of age graduated from Oskaloosa College. He read law with McCoun & Flick, attorneys of Bedford, Iowa, and afterward with Tan- nehill & Fee, at Centerville. He was ad- mitted to the bar at Bedford, Iowa, April
18, 1873, and in October of the same year located at Seymour, Wayne County. In August, 1880, he removed from Seymour to Centerville, where he is now enjoying a fair practice. In addition to his law busi- ness he has since 1882 given considerable attention to stenography, and is an expert, now giving instruction to a number of pu- pils. In 1874 he qualified as a pension at- torney and claim agent, and has a large patronage in that line, procuring and col- lecting pensions. In politics he is a mem- ber of the Greenback party. While living in Seymour he was mayor of the city two terms. In 1872 he was the nominee of the Democratic party for county recorder of Appanoose County, but the county being largely Republican, he was defeated, al- though he ran some 300 votes ahead of his ticket. In 1878 he was the candidate on both the Greenback and the Democratic tickets for clerk of the courts of Wayne County, and was defeated by only forty- nine votes. Mr. Thompson has been twice married. First in Bedford, Iowa, Novem- ber 8, 1870, to Lizzie Cook, from whom he was divorced in March, 1877. December 6, 1877, he married Ella McCord, of Sey- mour. They have one child-Hugh Le Roy. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are mem- bers of the Christian church. He joined this denomination in 1866,' and for four years was a minister, preaching in Appa- noose, Taylor, Page and Fremont counties, and still takes an active part in the work of the church. He is a member of Jackson Lodge, No. 42, F.& A. M. Mr. Thompson has traveled quite extensively in his native country, both East and West. In 1869 he went to the Rocky Mountains, and in 1870 to the British Possessions. In 1871 he traveled through Kansas, and in 1873 took a trip South, visiting Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Texas and Kansas, and in 1876 he took an overland trip to New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. In 1880 he
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visited Kansas, Colorado and Utah, and in 1883 took a trip to the East, visiting New York and other Eastern cities. In 1885 he went to the World's Exposition, at New "Orleans, by way of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida.
AON. JOSHUA MILLER, attorney at Centerville, was born in the year 1822, in Columbiana County, Ohio, a son of Rev. John J. and Elizabeth (Koontz) Miller, who were both natives of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. His father was an adherent of the Lutheran faith, his ministerial labors being confined to the western reserve in Ohio. He died in Stark County, Ohio, about the year 1826. The mother married again, living till 1847, when she died in Bartholomew County, In- diana. Our subject left his home at the age of twelve years, going to Louisville, Ken- tucky, where he began to learn the car- penter's trade, which he followed in that city till seventeen years of age. He then worked at his trade in Lawrence County, Indiana, about six years, when he went to the Ozark Mountains, Missouri. The fol- lowing year he went to St. Louis, and in the spring of 1846 he came to Iowa, locat- ing first at Farmington, Van Buren County, where he worked on the Croton Mills for some time. He came to Appanoose Coun- ty in the fall of 1850 and began breaking prairie land. In his youth his educational advantages were very limited, but by read- ing and private study he acquired a fair business education. At intervals from 1844 to 1855 he studied law when Hon. H. Tan- nehill became his preceptor, and in 1856 he was admitted to the bar at Centerville. He then engaged in the practice of law at Centerville, which he has since followed with the exception of about two years, which he spent in Colorado for his health.
While at Pike's Peak, Colorado, in 1860, he with others was chosen by the Territorial convention to formulate a code of laws. In politics he was formerly a Whig, and was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Appanoose County, since which he has voted that ticket. In the spring of 1856 he was elected justice of the peace and served one term of two years. In 1876 he was elected State Senator of the Fourth Senatorial District of Iowa. Mr. Miller was married July 8, 1844, at Leesville, Law- rence County, Indiana, to Rhoda A. Swind- ler of that place, who died at Centerville, March 15, 1883. Seven children were born to this union-Arthur M., a farmer of this county ; Sara E., wife of John F. Stephen- son, a farmer near Centerville; Frank, a farmer and coal operator ; Charlie A., civil engineer in the employ of the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company ; Lee L., of Centerville ; Henry R., a law student, and Anna, attending the Centerville schools. Mr. Miller has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1844, and has always held some position in the church, and at present is a class-leader. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Jackson Lodge, No. 42, at Centerville.
OSEPH P. SMITH, M. D., of Moul- ton, Iowa, is a native of the Keystone State, born in Westmoreland County, near the village of Donegal, August 27, 1828, the eldest of a family of eight chil- dren, of Valentine and Fanny (Phillips) Smith, natives also of Pennsylvania, of Irish and German descent. Inan early day his parents moved to Ohio, and settled in Tuscarawas County, later going to Will- iams County, where they both died. The youth of our subject was spent on a farm, and his early education was obtained in the
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common school, later attending the high school. He began teaching when quite young, and while engaged in this avocation began the study of medicine. He com- menced reading under the direction of Dr. W. C. Morrison, of West Unity, Ohio. He entered the Eclectic Medical College, Cin- cinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1852. He commenced his practice in Will- iams County. In the fall of 1853 he came to Iowa and located in Van Buren County, where he lived two years, and in 1855 moved to Blakesburg, Wapello County, and two years later to Milledgeville. In 1859 he lo- cated in Centerville, and in 1860 in Orleans, where he lived nine years. In May, 1869, he removed to Moulton, where he has since lived, and has built up a good practice. In addition to his professional duties Dr. Smith has devoted considerable attention to literature, and is an able contributor to a number of local journals. He was mar- ried in 1854 to Abigail Gast, of Van Buren County, Iowa. They have a family of four children-Valentine, Napoleon B., Joseph- ine and Flora B. Josephine is the wife of IV. J. May, and Flora, of B. F. Dye. N. B. is an attorney at Sulphur Springs, Montana. Dr. Smith is a member of the Odd Fellows order, Moulton Lodge, No. 297, and Prairie Gem Encampment, No. 80.
ANIEL WAGONER HARDMAN was born in Wayne County, Indiana, March 6, 1831, a son of Israel and Elizabeth (Wagoner) Hardman, natives of Kentucky and Virginia respectively, and of German ancestry. In 1855 he came to Iowa and settled on a farm in Udell Town- ship, Appanoose County, which is still his home. In politics he is a Republican. He has held the office of justice of the peace seven years, was a member of the county Board of Supervisors five years, and has
been secretary of his school district ten years. April 20, 1851, he married Eliza- beth A. Bailey, of Henry County, Indiana. They have six children -- Margaret Alzina, wife of J. F. Williams, of Kansas ; Sarah C.,. wife of James W. Gunter : Alice E., wife of D. F. McConnell ; Mabel, wife of S. D. Carr; Lillie A., wife of S. A. Carr, and William Edgar.
OSES A. FERREN, one of the prominent farmers of Johns Town- ship, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, near Uniontown, August 7, 1826, a son of William and Mary (Nixon) Ferren, natives of Pennsylvania. His paternal grandfather, William Ferren, was a native of Ireland, coming to America when nineteen years of age. His maternal grandfather, Moses Nixon, was of English ancestry. His father immigrated with his family to Van Buren County, Iowa, in the spring of 1852, and remained there one season, removing thence to Appanoose County the following year, and located in Johns Township, where he entered about 600 acres of land, 160 acres being timber. He improved his farm, and was one of the most prominent in advancing the interests of the township He subsequently sold his land in Johns Township and removed to a farm south of Centerville, where he lived until his death, which occurred Feb- ruary 5, 1865. His wife survived him until February 5, 1882, being at the time of her death seventy-six years of age. He was a member of the Presbyterian, and his wife of the Baptist church. He served two years as sheriff of Appanoose County, being the fourth one to hold that office in the county. Moses A. Ferren was reared a farmer, re- ceiving a limited education in the district schools. He accompanied his father to Iowa. He settled on 160 acres of land his
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father gave him, on section 30, Johns Town- ship, and began farming on his own ac- count. He lived twenty-one years in the log house he first built, and in 1876, he built "his present fine residence, which is one of the best in the township. He has now 400 acres in the home farm and also owns 160 acres adjoining in Wayne County, and 120 acres in South Fork Township, the same county. He has been an extensive stock- raiser, both cattle and hogs, but of late has made more of a specialty of cattle and Clydesdale and heavy draft horses. Mr. Ferren was married to Miss Nancy Ross, eldest daughter of H. L. Ross, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. They have a family of five children - Hannah A., wife of Abraham Hanna; Sarah D., wife of Peter S. Green; John M., married Etta True; William W., married Lizzie Jackson; Anna M. Mr. Ferren has served his township in many official relations and has been a re- liable and efficient officer. He and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist church.
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OHN ARVALT, one of the original thirteen who organized Johns Town- ship, was born in Bartholomew Coun- ty, Indiana, January 23, 1824, the eighth of a family of twelve children of Michael and Sarah (Tips) Arvalt, natives of North Car- olina, the former born in 1788 and the lat- ter February 22, 1791. The father was a farmer by occupation. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and died at the age of forty-eight years. The mother died De- cember 14, 1884, of cancer in the throat. John Arvalt was but twelve years of age when his father died. He remained with his mother until twenty-four years old, when he was married to Clarinda Acker- man, a native of Ohio. In the fall of 1849 he moved to Appanoose County, Iowa, and settled in Johns Township, near the present
home of Jesse Day, entering 160 acres, eighty of prairie and eighty of timber land. Eleven years later he moved to section 19, where he now lives, where he owns 160 acres of choice land well improved. Mr. Arvalt has served as trustee of his school district seventeen years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has been a class-leader over thirty years. In politics he is a Republican. His family consists of eight children-Francis M., Evaline (wife of W. M. Morland), Nancy (wife of L. A. Blair), William D., Mahala (wife of H. C. Wells), John, James F. and Charles.
BAGUE HOFFMAN, M. D., Moravia, lowa, is one of the oldest resident physicians of Appanoose County. He was born in Greene County, Pennsyl- vania, August 24, 1831, and passed his boy- hood on his father's farm, receiving a moderate education in the common schools. He followed school teaching for a short time, then entered the high school at Waynes- burg, Pennsylvania, where he was a dili- gent student. In the spring of 1852 he crossed the great Western Plains, spend- ing four years, with varying success finan- cially, in the golden State of California, during which time he made a trip to Sitka Island, off the coast of Russian America, now Alaska, returning to the home of his parents in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1856, remaining with them until the fall of 1857, when he came to the State of Iowa, and for several years lived in Unionville, Appanoose County, (except for about one year, which he spent in the new gold fields of Colorado), and there in Unionville he began the study of medicine under Dr. S. H. Sawyer, an eminent phy- sician and surgeon. He attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Cincinnati, Ohio. He began his practice
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of medicine in Unionville, Appanoose County, Iowa, where he was very successful, and made many friends, remaining there until January, 1865, when he removed to Moravia, Iowa, where he has since lived. He has an extensive practice, being well- known throughout the county as a success- ful and skillful physician and surgeon. Dr. Hoffman was married in July, 1859, to Miss Julia F. Roberts, of near Unionville. They have two children, a son and daugh- ter-Charles L. and Jessie B. Charles L. finished his education when quite young, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, married Miss Stella Spaulding, youngest daughter of Dr. Spaulding, of Mount Pleasant, and en- gaged in the drug trade in Moravia two or three years, when his health failed him; quiting drugs, he engaged in the land-trade with the Williamses, in Western Nebraska and Eastern Colorado and Wyoming. Jessie B., a bright and beautiful girl, still remains at home with her father.
OHN LAZELLE SAWYERS, M. D., one of the prominent young physi- cians of Appanoose County, is a na- tive of this county, born at Unionville, July 18, 1856, a son of Dr. Sylvester and Mary F. (Miller) Sawyers, both natives of Ten- nessee, and of English ancestry. His father is a leading physician of Appanoose Coun- ty, and very well and favorably known throughout the State of Iowa. He was educated in the district schools, and when eighteen years of age began the study of medicine with his father. During the summer of 1875 and the winter of 1875-'76 he attended the Chicago Medical College, and in the spring of 1876 entered the Ken- tucky School of Medicine at Louisville, from which he graduated the following June, receiving a gold medal for proficiency in all branches, and also the first prize for surgery. After his graduation he prac-
ticed with his father at Unionville until the fall of 1877, when he again attended the Chicago Medical College, from which he also received the degree of M. D. in March, 1878. Prior to this, in February, 1878, he was appointed physician of Cook County Hospital, obtained by competitive examination, and served as such eighteen months, the time required. By the unani- mous request of the Medical Board he re- mained in the institution three months longer, and in October, 1879, returned to Unionville and resumed his practice. In February, 1880, he started on a European tour, spending nearly two years in the old world, the most of the time in attending clinical lectures at the various hospitals of Vienna. He traveled through a greater part of France and Germany, visiting most of their important cities, and also made a trip through Switzerland and Italy. In June, 1881, he was called home by the severe illness of his father. After his father's recovery they practiced together in Unionville till 1883, when he located in Centerville, where he has a large and con- stantly increasing practice. Dr. Sawyers was married June 12, 1883, to Miss Jennie Drake, daughter of General F. M. and Mary (Lord) Drake. They have one child-Mary D. In politics Dr. Sawyers is a firm believer in the principles of the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge at Unionville, and chapter and commandery at Center- ville.
HARLES E. VROOMAN, publisher and editor of the Appanoose Iowegian, is a son of R. B. and Laura A. (Chap- lain) Vrooman, natives of the State of New York. They were married in Ohio, and resided in that State on a farm until 1860, when they removed to Fillmore County, Minnesota. Mr. Vrooman, Sr., there en-
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gaged in merchandising for two years. He then removed to Indiana, where he died in 1863. His wife yet survives in Toledo, Ohio. Their son, the subject of this sketch, was born April 15, 1848, at Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio. At the age of fifteen he entered a drug store, in which he was em- ployed for four years, with the exception of five months passed in the military ser- vice of the United States. In February, 1865, he enlisted in the Tenth Minnesota Infantry, and was employed as hospital steward until his discharge in June, 1865. In the autumn of 1867 he went to Ypsilanti, Michigan, and entered the State Normal School at that place. He remained there but one year, and then entered the law department at Ann Arbor, where, in addi- tion to his legal studies, he pursued the Latin scientific course in the literary de- partment. Graduating from the law de- partment in 1870, he located in Chicago for the practice of law. After a stay in Chicago of a year and a half (during which time occurred the great Chicago fire of 1871), he located in Schuyler County, Mis- souri, in January, 1872. In the autumn of the same year he was elected prosecuting attorney of that county, and to this posi- tion he was re-elected two years later, serv- ing four years in all. He was mayor of Lancaster (capital of Schuyler County) for three years, and public administrator of Schuyler County for two years. In the fall of 1882 he was nominated as the Green- back candidate for Congress from the First District of Missouri. His residence in Missouri continued until the spring of 1883. During these ten years he was con- stantly engaged in the practice of law, and was also an active participant in local poli- tics, attending all conventions, and serving on many important political committees. In the spring of 1883 he fixed his residence at Centerville, and established the Iowegian, to which he has since devoted his time, He
has had considerable influence in political matters since coming here, and in 1885 was a delegate to the State Republican Conven- tion. Mr. Vrooman was married Novem- ber 27, 1873, at Kirksville, Missouri, to Julia C. French. Their four children are named-Forrest F., Raymond R., Edwin E. and Ethel E. He is a member of the G. A. R. (was commander in 1885), 1. O. O. F. (representative to Grand Lodge and D. D. G. M. while in Missouri), A. O. U. W. (M. W. in 1886), and K of L. He and wife are members of the Christian church.
OBERT H. MILLER, farmer, sec- tion 28, Independence Township, was born in Columbia County, New York, July 19, 1824, a son of Simeon and Elizabeth (Bedell) Miller. In 1827 his par- ents moved to Cayuga County, New York, and there he grew to manhood. His mother kept a hotel in Victory and Con- quest Center and most of the young life of our subject was spent in the hotel business. He was married April 19, 1847, to Lucina Taylor, a native of Victory, New York, born September 28, 1825, a daughter of Nicholas and Anna (Shephard) Taylor. In 1851 Mr. Miller moved with his family to Shabbona Grove, De Kalb County, Illinois, and the following year he went via the overland route to California, where he spent three years in mining and prospect- ing. The usual fate of miners was his, a life of adventure, excitement and toil, with its ups and downs, now rich or about to be, and again poor. In 1856 he returned home, poorer than he left, and the same year came to Iowa, first making his home in Henry County. In 1857 he moved to Lee County, and thence in 1867, to his present home in Appanoose County. He owns a fine farm of eighty-five acres and in 1885 built a very convenient and com-
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fortable frame residence. October, 1864, Mr. Miller enlisted in the war of the Re- bellion and was assigned to Company B, Ninth Iowa Infantry, and served until the close of the war, participating in three hard-fought engagements. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have four children-Robert H., Jr., of Johns Township; Rosalinda, wife of Marion Sales, of Mitchell County, Kansas; Willard H., of Republic County, Kassas, and Mary L. at home. Two children are deceased. Their eldest, also named Rosa- linda, died aged six years, and Myron P. died at the age of two years.
ILLIAM R. THOMPSON, an early settler of Walnut Township, resides on section 18, on land he bought in 1856. He bought 230 acres of land, forty acres of which had been broken, and a small cabin had been built by the former owner, Mr. Elam. His farm now contains 250 acres, 180 acres being under cultivation and the rest being pasture and
timber land. He has a fine residence, and has made other substantial building im- provements. Mr. Thompson was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, January 10, 1824. His father was a native of North Carolina, and his mother, whose maiden name was Susannah Stillwell, was born in Shelby County, Kentucky. The parents were married in Kentucky, and subse- quently moved to Indiana, spending the rest of their lives in Bartholomew County. William R. is the seventh of eight children, six of whom are living-Silas and Archi- bald live in Bartholomew County; Mrs. Elsic Jackson lives in Virginia ; Mrs. Mar- tha J. Campbell, in Davis County, Iowa, and John, in Nodaway County, Missouri. Mrs. Lucinda Smith and James died in Indiana. William R. remained with his parents till manhood. March 27, 1849, he
was married to Miss Elizabeth Ann Pyle, a native of Franklin County, Indiana, born December 27, 1825. Three children were born to them-Archibald F., an attorney, of Centerville; Mary Ellen died Septem- ber 7, 1870, in the nineteenth year of her age, and Martha died in infancy. Mrs. Thompson died November 10, 1877. She was a most estimable woman, kind and loving as a wife and mother, and a thought- ful friend and neighbor. She had been a member of the Christian church thirty years. September 26, 1880, Mr. Thompson married Miss Elizabeth Ann Lain, who was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, January 24, 1842, a daughter of Sillick and Permelia (Arvalt) Lain, pioneers of Davis County, Iowa, settling there in 1848. Her mother died in 1854, and her father in 1872. She has two brothers and four sis- ters, viz .- Sarah Jane, the eldest, is in an insane asylum at Mount Pleasant; John M., George W., Mrs. Mary Headrick and Mrs. Matilda Taylor live in Davis County, and Mrs. Clarissa Jeffreys lives in Ellsworth County, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Thomp- son are members of the Christian church. In politics he is identified with the Demo- cratic party. He is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, Jackson Lodge, No. 42, Centerville.
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