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Mr. Kraut was married in Philadelphia in 1859, and had four children by this union: Anna, wife of Thomas Smith, living in Da- kota; Edgar, Simon and John, all farming in Cass county.
The mother died in 1857. Her age was thirty-two years.
Our subject married his present wife, Miss Mary Conchet, in 1870. Both Mr. and Mrs. Krant are members of the Evangelical Church. In politics he was formerly a Greenbacker. He is an industrious and well- to-do citizen.
HARLES H. BRYANT, physician and surgeon, Corning, Iowa, was born April 24, 1857, at Sycamore, Illinois, and is the eldest of four children, three sons and one daughter, born to Dr. William W. and Cordelia E. (Sheldon) Bryant. The parents were natives of Massachusetts, of Puritan stock, but moved to Sycamore, Illinois, in 1856, where they have since remained. Our subject belongs to a family of physicians; his grandfather was also a physician and he has a cousin and an uncle who are practicing medicine in Iowa.
The Doctor's elementary education was received in the graded schools of Sycamore, and at an early age he began the study of medicine under his father, so that at the age of nineteen he was prepared to enter the Chicago Medical College, where he was grad- uated in the spring of 1879. The following six years he spent in practice with his father at Sycamore, and in May, 1885, he moved to Corning, Iowa; the Doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Corning, having filled all the chairs of King Arthur Lodge, No. 173; in political matters is a staunch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party.
He was married at Sycamore, Illinois, March 27, 1878, to Miss Lottie V. Harring- ton, a daughter of George Harsha; her mother died when she was but an infant and she was legally adopted by her grandfather
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Harrington, taking his name. This union was blessed by one child, a girl, Claire, who only lived to be a comfort to them for three years when she passed away. Dr. Bryant, while yet a young man, has endeared himself to the people of Adams county, and no one enjoys a more lucrative practice than he.
0 L. JONES, a prominent business man of Carbon, was the second child born in Quincy, then the county seat of Adams county, lowa, his birth having oc- curred June 22, 1855. His father, John W. Jones, a pioneer of this county, located liere in 1854, and is still a resident of Adams county.
John W. Jones was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, February 9, 1822, son of Jepntliah Jones, born in Virginia, son of Jolin Jones who was a soldier in the war of 1812. The Joneses originally came from Wales and were among the first settlers of Baltimore, Maryland. The mother of John W. was Martha Poland, a native of Hampshire county, Virginia, and a daughter of Samuel Poland of New Jersey.
In 1853 the Jones family took boat at Wheeling, Virginia, for Burlington, Iowa; thence by stage to Mount Pleasant, where the father and brother of John W. had come the fall before. In March, 1854, John W., in company with L. V. Ritchie, came to Adams county, and the former subsequently went to Council Bluffs and entered land for Mr. Ritchie and himself. Jephthah Jones and his wife came to this county in 1858. The father died liere in 1865 and the mother, in 1888, the latter at the age of eighty-six years. They had reared a family of nine children, seven of whom are living at this writing.
John W. Jones was married in Marion county, Virginia, May 18, 1843, to Jane Jonst, daughter of Peter Jonst and Margaret his wife. She died in Virginia, in 1851, of cholera. February 7, 1854, he wedded Mary Wolf, a sister of Judge Barnett's wife, and by her had two children: B. L., the subject of our sketch, and Salona, who is deceased. His second wife died in March, 1859. In May, 1862, he was united in marriage with his present wife, Clara, daughter of William Lockwood, a pioneer of Adams county. This union is blessed with five children, namely: Clara, Lillian, Frank Eathel, Bessie and Jolin Cleveland. John W. Jones lias filled many local offices of trust; was county As- sessor in 1858, and for a number of years served as Justice of the Peace.
B. L. Jones received his education in the common schools of Polk and Adams coun- ties, completing his studies at the Baptist University at Des Moines. He then began teaching, in which profession he was engaged for some time. In 1878 he turned his at- tention to agricultural pursuits in Lincoln township, and in 1883 came to Carbon and engaged in his present business.
He was married, in 1876, to Ella J. Hall, who was born in Pennsylvania and reared in Iowa, daughter of William and Mary Hall. They have two children : Willie P. and B. L., Jr. Their second born, Ruby May, died at the age of two years.
Politically Mr. Jones is a Democrat and is identified with the best elements of his party; he is a member of the Democratic Central Committee. During President Cleveland's administration he was postmaster of Carbon. He is a notary public and does all kinds of legal business; he has been active in educa- tional matters, and is now serving as a mem- ber of the school board. In short, every good cause calculated to promote the best interests
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of the town and county receives from him a hearty support.
OHN L. NEILL, a farmer of Douglas township, Adams county, first arrived here in 1856, when a boy, and is, there- fore, one of the best known citizens. He was born in Des Moines county, this State, near Burlington, in 1843, when Iowa was a Terri- tory. His father, John Neill, deceased, was born in county Down, north Ireland, Marclı 12, 1812, and came to America when a young man, and becoming one of the first settlers at Burlington, when there were but three log cabins in the place. He opened a farm near there, and later engaged in the grain trade, shipping the first car-load from that place; also dealt in live-stock, etc. He married Mrs. Lucinda Boyd, whose maiden name was Ladd; she was born in Indiana, a daughter of Christopher Ladd, wlio built one among the first log houses in Burlington. . He and his sons owned a large portion of the town site. He moved to Adams county in 1855, settling upon 320 acres which he had pur- chased near town from Jude Lowe. In the spring of 1856 he bought 220 acres more,- all wild land. He and his two eldest sons, Henry and John L. (our subject), with three hired men, broke ninety acres the first season, during which time they lived in a board shanty which they had built, and where Mr. John L. Neill was cook, and had charge of the "Hotel de Neill " In the fall they built a log house sixteen feet square, on sec- tion 23, and there the family of parents and seven children, and hired men and hired girl, all lived, and sometimes strangers, arriving cold and hungry, were also welcomed to the best the house afforded. Mr. Neill, the father,
opened here a large farm, bought stock, which he drove to Eddyville and Ottumwa, 140 miles distant. It required three or four weeks to drive the hogs to that point; cattle were driven twelve to fifteen miles a day. They hauled their dressed hogs to St. Joseph, Missouri, when the market was better for dressed meat. Engaging in the mercantile trade on the old farm, Mr. Neill sold goods to the best settlers. Later he started a store at Red Oak, where Henry and John L. had charge, hauling their goods from Council Bluffs, St. Joseph, Des Moines and Ottumwa. Some time afterward the father and John L. engaged in trade at Hawleyville, Page county, and still later did an extensive business at Villisca. The father was a good business man and financier. He was a self-made man, politically a Democrat, and was a valuable man to this county in early days. Hedied at Villisca, in 1875; his wife had in December, 1869. They had fonr sons and three daugli- ters. namely: Henry, now in the livery and money lending business at Santa Ana, Cali- fornia; John L., our subject; Samuel, of Douglas township, Adams county; Julius, of Kansas; Emma, wife of James Preston, of Rock county, Minnesota; Ida, wife of Samuel Leach, of Springfield, Nebraska; and Ella, who died in 1861, at the age of twelve years.
Mr. John L. Neill, whose name introduces this sketch, was a lad of thirteen years when he came to Adams county, where lie was brought up on a farm, and still follows that noble calling, farming, now owning 662 acres of land,-all in one body and mostly bottom land; eighty acres are in Page county. His pasture is in blue-grass and clover. His resi- dence is a good one, of modern style, 26 x 36 feet and two stories high, with porch. The barn is 44 x 72 feet, and there are the other outbuildings necessary for good farm manage- ment. Mr. Neill keeps fifty horses, from
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thoroughbred Clyde and Norman down, 150 head of cattle of good grade, etc.
In 1863 he crossed the plains and moun- tains with team to the Pacific coast, leaving the Missouri river April 16, and arriving at Portland, Oregon, September 18. He went to San Francisco by water, and thence by the Nicaragua route to New York. In 1881 he went with his family on a visit to Santa Ana, California, where he bought and sold some real estate, with profit. Thus he has spent two winters on the Pacific coast.
Mr. Neill is a Democrat in his political views, is a successful business man and a use- ful and popular citizen.
He was married at the age of twenty-five years, to Miss Eliza Hollis, a lady of intel- ligence and of a good family, born in Indi- ana, a daughter of Ed Hollis, who was a well-known early settler of Page county. Her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Neill have six chil- dren, namely: John Edward, who married Ada Hollingsworth, has one son, Ralph E .; Anna Stella, Cora May,. Grace Blanch, Belle and Willie.
ILLIAM H. ELLENWOOD, one of the prominent farmers of Washing- ton township, section 29, Eureka postoffice, was born in Henry county, Illinois, May 20, 1840. His parents were Morris and Susannah (White) Ellenwood, both natives of Ohio. The father was a farmer; was hack- driver and mail carrier after coming to Illi- nois, owing to the loss of an arm. He came to Illinois from Washington county, Ohio, about the year 1838, and settled on a farm in Henry county. He died in Henry county, Illinois. His wife is still living with general health fairly good. She is still an honored resident of Henry county, Illinois, is well
known and highly respected as an old settler. Her father, Rev. William White, was a inin- ister of good standing in the Methodist Epis- copal Church.
Our subject began assisting in the support of the family at about the age of fourteen years. Agriculture has been his business all his life. He farmed in Henry county, Illi- nois, until 1870, when he moved to Adams county, locating on the farm where he now re- sides; it was then raw prairie. He bought 120 acres of ridge land. His house, 16 x 26 feet, one and a half stories high, is located on the road leading from Carbon to Mount Etna. He has a nice location, commanding a view of the surrounding country. He has an orchard of three acres and raises small fruit as well. The farm is adapted well for a stock farın, being well watered.
Mr. Ellenwood was married in 1863, to Virginia Cole, daughter of Asa and Rebecca Cole, of Washington county, Ohio, now of Henry county, Illinois. The father was a very thorough farmer, well and favorably known as an honest and upright citizen. He is still living, an honored resident of Henry county, Illinois. His wife died April 17, 1891, at the age of sixty-six years.
Mrs. Ellenwood is the oldest in a family of eleven children, nine of whom are still living. Mr. and Mrs. Ellenwood are the parents of sixteen children, three of whom died in in- fancy. The others are, Edward J., married to Emina Anderson; Ard, deceased at the age of twenty-three years; he went West and took possession of a claim in Banner county, Nebraska; he made a visit home and on his return to his claim he took sick and died June 21, 1889; Elmer, married to Ida Powell; Majesta, wife of John Powell; Maud, wife of A. B. Schofield; Lucy R., wife of Rod- man Hathaway; Virginia, William S., Ben- nett G., Olive L., Martha B., Leonard and
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Lillie B. Both parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In politics our subject is a Republican; lie is also a member of the Farmers's Alliance. He is a highly esteemed and valued citizen.
OSEPH CARL, one of the prominent citizens and fariners of Lincoln town- ship, section 36, Carbon postoffice, was born in Adams county, Ohio, August 9, 1844. His parents were Andrew and Nancy (Wal- lace) Carl, both natives of Ohio. The father was a miller by trade; hie ran a mill in Adams county for many years, and followed that calling from the early age of eigliteen years. He took part in the late war as priv- ate in Company G, Thirty-seventlı Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was over age and enlisted for garrison duty and de- taclied service. He served for more than one year. He was never wounded nor taken prisoner, but was discharged for disability; lie came home and died in about a year, in 1865, at the age of fifty-four years. He was a deacon in the Baptist Church for many years, and was well known and universally respected. He lived in Des Moines county
since 1851, and died there. His wife is still living at the advanced age of seventy-six years.
These parents had six children, five of whom are yet living; our subject is third in the family. He began life for himself at the age of twenty-one years. Farming was his business. He came to Adams coun- ty, March 7, from Dakota, having lived there for nine years. He owned a farın there, and bought land on which he now re- sides of T. B. Kenyon; there are 175 acres, fifteen of which are in timber; 160 acres are improved and in good condition. He raises corn, hay and oats, has an orchard and a nice vineyard, and raises small fruit as well. His house is pleasantly located and commands a view of most beautiful and fertile country. He raises stock of all kinds, and is numbered among the progressive, worthy and well-to-do citizens of the township.
Mr. Carl has held township offices, but has little taste for official position. In his public life he lias given a reasonable degree of satis- faction. He is progressive in his views and favorable to the enterprises which promote the best welfare of the community. He is a member of the I. O. O. F .; in politics a Republican and a worthy and well esteemed citizen.
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