Biographical history of Page County, Iowa, containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with accompanying biographies of each; a condensed history of Iowa, with portraits and biographies of the governors of the state; engravings of prominent citizens of Page County, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families; and a concise history of the county, the cities, and the townships, Part 100

Author: Lewis and Dunbar, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis & Dunbar
Number of Pages: 946

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Dr. Aden F. Large, the son of William Large, began the study of pharmacy in the drug store of Dr. King at Bedford, Iowa; he then attended the Medical College at Lonis- ville, Kentucky, and was graduated from that institution. He then entered the Iowa City School of Pharmacy, where he completed the course of study; he was next graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa, in the winter of 1883-'84. During all these years of study he had been in practice, gaining practical experience in the art of healing. In 1881-'82-'83 he prac- ticed at Shambaugh, Iowa, meeting with suc- cess; he also followed his profession in Wortlı County, Missouri, and at Platteville, Iowa. He attended lectures one year beyond the usual course. In 1884 he located at Braddy- ville, Iowa, and his extensive practice is the best evidence of his popularity. Demands for his services are not confined to one small neighborhood, but extend over a wide scope

of country. He is recognized as one of the most skillful physicians and surgeons, and a practical pharmacist and druggist. He holds certificates of pharmacy from three different States, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. He also holds certificates of courses of special study, which he has taken in addition to the regular conrse. He is a man who keeps up with the times in reading and is well versed in the discoveries of the medical world and the opinions of the most learned physicians and surgeons of the day. His library contains the latest and best works of the ablest authors on medical subjects.

Dr. Large is a conscientious physician, and takes a genuine delight in his profession. By hard labor he has endeavored to place himself among those physicians who thoroughly un- derstand the science of medicine. He has inet with decided success in his profession, not only from a medical standpoint, but also from a financial one. Aside from liis high reputation as a physician he commands an extensive influence as a citizen. He is a worthy member of the Masonic order.

OSEPH A. REID, one of the prominent early settlers of Amity Township, is of Scotch-Irish descent, his ancestors having emigrated from Scotland to Ireland during the time of Cromwell. James Reid, his grandfather, married in Ireland, and within three months, in 1790, he set sail for Amer- ica; he first settled in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and thence reinoved to Kentucky, where he was among the pioneers; he after- ward went to Ohio, and in 1809 he settled in Greene County, Ohio. There he spent the remainder of his days engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and was a inan of strong

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principles and a decided, energetic character. He was the father of six sons: John, Robert, William, Thomas, Joseph and James, all of whom lived to rear families. Robert was the father of Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New York Tribune, and one of the most eminent of newspaper men of the present age. John Reid, father of our subject, was born in Penn- sylvania, but during his infancy was taken by his parents to Kentucky, where he grew to manhood; he received a common-school edu- cation and was well versed in the " three R's." He married Sallie Sterrett, and to them were born eleven children, of whom Joseph A. is the fourth. After his marriage John Reid settled in Greene County, Ohio, and spent the rest of his life in farming. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was a man of most excellent habits, and gave his children good moral training. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, as were also his wife and children. He died at the age of eighty- two years on the old homstead in 1870; his widow survived him six years.

Joseph A. Reid was born May 1, 1824, in Greene Connty, Ohio, about six miles from Xenia. April 5, 1851, he was nnited in mar- riage to Margaret J. Long, a daughter of James and Elsie (Boggs) Long. The Longs were an old family from Virginia, who settled in Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs Reid were born seven children: James H., who married Sadie Lorimer; John F., who married Margaret Mccullough; Julia E., wife of Archie Ander- son; Edward H., who married Mamie Mai- den; Anna L., wife of L. H. Goudy; Jane W. and William L.

Immediately after his marriage Mr. Reid removed to Muncie Indiana, and was engaged in the lumber business there for six years. In 1857 he came to Iowa and settled near Amity College, on land which he had bought of the college. His children, the danghters

as well as the sons, liave been educated at Amity College. He has taken an active in- terest in educational matters, and has been a trustee of Amity College for twenty-eight years, and is now president of the board. He is a inember of the United Presbyterian Church, and enjoys the confidence of his fellow-townsmen. He has served as County supervisor and also as township trustee. In his business he has been prosperous and now owns 240 acres of fine farming land. He is alive to all the political questions of the day, and formerly was a Republican. He was a strong Abolitionist and Union man during the war, and voted for Horace Greeley; he is now in favor of the third party, as lie is a stanch Prohibitionist, believing the temperance ques- tion the most vital of the day. Mr. Reid is a clear thinker, an interesting conversationist, and a man of pure principles and high pur- pose. His views are the result of a life of long and varied experience; his record is of the best, and his character and reputation are unspotted.

JOHN W. MCKINLEY, a prominent agri- enlturist of Amity Township, has been identified with the interests of Page County since the year 1858. His great-great- grandfather came from Ireland and settled in the southern part of York County, Pennsylva- nia, eighteen miles from Lancaster city, at a time long antedating the Revolutionary war; there are still some of the descendants of the original family living on the old homestead. They were Scotch Presbyterians, and the suc- ceeding generations of the family have always held to that belief. The great-grandfather, Ste- phen Mckinley, was born on the old farm, and the dusky Indian children were often his play - mates. He was too young to be a soldier in

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the war of the Revolution, but his brother David served in that conflict. Thomas Mc- Kinley, son of Stephen McKinley, was also born on the family homestead and spent all liis days there. He married Elizabeth Wil- son, and they had a family of nine children, who lived to maturity. Thomas Mckinley was a prosperous farmer, and lived to the advanced age of ninety-five years. He was a life-long member of the Presbyterian Church and a man of sterling traits of character. Steplien McKinley, his son, the father of John W., was born on the Mckinley home- stead and resided in that locality all his life. He married Jane Andrew, who was of Scotch ancestry. To them were born five children: Jolın W., Robert A., James W., Elizabeth J. and Rosina P. The members of this family are now widely scattered. Stephen McKinley was a quartermaster in the civil war. He was a man of fine constitution and of an act- ive, vigorons temperament. He enjoyed the confidence of all his fellow-citizens to a great degree. For three years he was County Audi- tor, and two terms he represented the county in the State Legislature. He was personally acquainted and on terms of friendship with the Hon. Simon Cameron. He was a Democrat, but during the excitement of the Rebellion he became allied with the Republican party. He had an active mind and took a deep in- terest in all the important questions of the day. He lived to the age of seventy-eight years.

John W. Mckinley, the subject of this biograpical notice, is the son of Stephen and and Jane (Andrew) Mckinley, and was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1825. He enjoyed superior educational advantages, at- tending both the common and select schools. At the age of twenty-two years he began teaching in York County and followed the profession many years. In 1856 he was

united in marriage to Margaret A. Mough- tin, a daughter of John and Mary (Smithi) Moughtin. Four children were born of this union, who have lived to maturity: Mary E., Maggie L, Joseph A. and James M. In 1858, as before stated, Mr. Mckinley came to Page County, Iowa, and settled at College Springs; there he taught school three years and afterward tanght several country schools. He served as Justice of the Peace twenty years, for two years was County Surveyor, and has held other towhship offices. Politically lie affiliates with the Republican party. He was an advocate of the abolition of slavery and was a stanch Union man. He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church, of which he has been deacon twenty- three years. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Amity College for twenty-five years. He is a practical farmer and has accumulated considerable property. During all the years he has resided in Page County he has enjoyed the respect and confi- dence of all who know him, and has made an enviable reputation.

ORYDON B. MCCLELLAND is numn- bered among the progressive citizens of the county of Page. In order to learn something of his ancestry we will go back to his great-grandfather, a native of Ireland and of Scotch-Irish descent. He emigrated to this country at a very early day and settled in Wetsmoreland County, Pennsylvania. His son, William McClelland, was a native of Pennsylvania. and a farmer by occupation; he married Martha Sharp and they had eight children born to them. Robert McClelland, their son, and the father of the subject of this notice, was born on the old homestead in 1815, and received a very good common-school ed-

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ucation. He married Nellie Kirkpatrick, a daughter of Thomas Kirkpatrick, of Law- rence County, Pennsylvania. Eleven chil- dren were born of this union, of whom Cory- don B. is the oldest. After liis marriage Robert McClelland engaged in agricultural pursuits in Lawrence Connty, Pennsylvania. In 1876 he removed to Ashtabula County, Ohio, and settled on a farm, where he died in 1885; he was a man of high principle and good habits, and deserved the esteem and respect which he constantly received. He was prominently identified with the public interests of his county, and hield many public offices. He died at the age of seventy years.

Corydon B. McClelland was born in Law- rence County, Pennsylvania, in 1837. He received an academic education and began life as a school-teacher in Mercer County, Penn- sylvania; he afterward followed his profes- sion in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri and Iowa. May 24, 1863, he was united in mar- riage with Jane S. McCartney, a daughter of William and Grace (Scott) McCartney. The McCartneys descended from Alexander Mc- Cartney, who came from the Highlands of Scotland to the Lowlands, and brought with him his sister Janet, about five generations from Mrs. McClelland, who was born int Scotland; her parents emigrated from Lan- arkshire, Scotland, in the summer of 1839, and after landing settled in Onio.

Mr. and Mrs. McClelland are the parents of five children: Robert A., Herbert L., Hat- tie J., who died in infancy; Annie G. and Adaline E. Mr. McClelland was engaged in farming in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and in 1869 he removed to Missouri and set- tled on a farm in Vernon County; the land was wild and unimproved, and he and his family encountered all the hardships of pioneer life. At the end of seven years he came to Page County, Iowa, and purchased a farm

west of Clarinda, on which he lived five years; he then came to College Springs, in order to give his children the advantages offered by the college. Robert A. was graduated in the scientific course in 1887, and Herbert and Annie are juniors in the classical course. The parents are members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church and Mr. McClelland is trustee, class - leader and steward; he has also been Sabbath-school superintendent for many years. He has been a member of the board of trus- tees of the college since his residence here, and is elected for two years to come. He was recently elected clerk of his township. He has been prosperons in business and has been able to give liis chiiidren excellent educational advantages. The family is descened from a long line of American pioneers and soldiers, and desevedly stands high in the community in which they reside.

ALPH H. HOLLAND has been identi- fied with the history of Page County since 1876, and is one of her substantial and progressive fariners. His remote ances- tors came from England and settled near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Ralph Holland, his grandfather, was one of the pioneers of Wis- consin and Illinois; he lived a good many years in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and was a farmer by occupation. He had but one son who lived to manhood, Thomas Holland, the father of our subject; he lived to be over ninety years of age, and died in Jo Daviess Connty, Illinois. Thomas Holland was born in the county in which his father ended liis days, and was a miner in the mines near Ga- lena, Illinois. He married Mary Hamilton, and they had born to them ten children : Ann, Elizabetlı, Ralph H., Thomas, Edwin, John,

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Mary, George, William and Enoch. Mr. Holland became a prosperons farmer, and was always very industrions and frugal in his habits. He was a man of a quiet nature, and although a strong Republican he took very little interest in active politics. He was care- ful and conscientions in the training of his children, teaching them strict principles of inorality, and to lead true Christian lives.

Ralph H. Holland, son of Thomas and Mary (Hamilton) Holland, was born Septem- ber 9, 1837, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, near Galena. He received a common-school education and worked on a farm through his boyhood; he was accustomed to working in the lead mines near Galena. In the spring of 1861 lie went to California via New York and the Istlimus of Panama, arriving at San Fraucisco in May. He engaged in prospect- ing and mining for gold at Virginia City, Nevada, and remained there nearly seven years, returning to his home the latter part of 1867, having been fairly successful. The following March he went to Omaha, and took the steamer up the Missouri River to Fort Benton, going thence by stage to Helena, Montana, where he resumed mining at Cove Gulch, twenty-two miles from Helena. He remained there until fall and came back to Jo Daviess County, Illinois. The next year he bought land in Minnesota, on the Red River, which he disposed of the following spring, coming to Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1870 he caine, with his brother Jolin, to Fremont, lowa, where he resided till 1876. In 1871 he was united in marriage with Hattie Rawden, daughter of Richard and Aurelia Bawden, old settlers of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Holland liave been born four children who have lived to maturity: Ralph, George W., Arthur B. and Samuel L. In 1876 Mr. Holland removed to his present farm, consisting of 250 acres of fine land

situated near Essex, and considered one of the most desirable farms in the county.

Our worthy subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has taken several degrees. When a resident of Fremont Town - ship he represented the people as trustee, discharging his dnties with ability. Politi- cally he is a stanchi Republican. He has endeavored to live up to the high inoral teach- ings and principles of his father, and enjoys the reputation of being a thoroughly upright and honorable citizen.

AMES BIRNEY LOUGHLIN, one of the leading citizens of Amity Township, has been identified with the business interests of Page County for the past thirty - four years. John Loughlin, his grandfather, was born in South Carolina; he married Mary Dalrymple, and to them were born eleven children. They removed from Sonth Carolina in 1808 to Ohio, and settled near Greenville. James G. Loughlin, his son and the father of the subject of this notice, was born in South Carolina in 1805; he was trained to the occupation of a farmer and received his education in the common schools, He married Ruth Russell, daughter of Judge Russell, of Fayette County, Illinois. Of this union three children were born: William P., John, Judson and James Birney. Immediately after his marriage Mr. Loughlin removed to Putman County, Illinois, where he resided from 1829 to 1858, when he came to Page County and settled at College Springs; here he was engaged in agricultural pursuits, although formerly he had been a merchant, and at one time he was interested in the nurs- ery business. He has always been a man of sterling principles and undoubted integrity. He is a devout member of the Congregational

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Church and for many years has served as deacon. He has ever been a friend to educa- tion and religion and has given liberally of his means for their support.

James Birney Loughlin, son of James G. and Ruth (Russell) Louglilin, was born in Putnam County, Illinois, where he attended the common schools and the academy. In early life he began the study of the nursery business and was soon able to embark in the trade for himself. In 1858 he shipped the first nursery stock to College Springs by steam boat to Forest City, Missouri, and thence by teams to College Springs. He has been successful in this enterprise, and he with his father and brother was the first to engage in the business in Page County. This firm introduced inany of the most beautiful shade trees and fine fruit trees in which this county abounds, and the value of this service to the people is not excelled by any other.

In 1863 Mr. Loughlin was united in mar- riage at College Springs, Iowa, to Miss Sarah Cross, a daughter of Rev. John and Lucinda (Hnlbert) Cross. Mr. Cross is a Congrega- tionalist minister, and was also an ardent abolitionist. To Mr. and Mrs. Loughlin have been born six children: Edna J., Judson, Harriet G., A. Burdette, Sarah A. and Ruth R. The inother of these children died, and Mr. Longhilin was afterward inarried to Mrs. L. A. Martin (nee Gibson). One child has been born of this marriage, James G. Mrs. Loughlin has one son by her first marriage, Cyril P. Martin, a student at Amity College.

Our worthy subject is still engaged in the mifrsery business; he has always carried a good, reliable stock, and has won the success which lis merit deserves. He is a niember of the board of trustees of Amity College, and has labored in various ways in behalf of this institution. His career in this county lias been one of honor and integrity, and he

ranks among the leaders of the community in which he resides. He and his wife are consistent members of the Congregational Church.

ILAS WHITE, a resident of Donglas Township, is entitled to a space in this record of the leading citizens of Page County, and will next claim our attention. His ancestors have an honorable right to be called American citizens, as they fought for American principles and American institu- tions in every war from the Revolution to the Rebellion. John White, the grandfather of Silas White, was born in Ireland, and emi- grated to this country when a young man of twenty years, just in time to engage in the war of the Revolution; he served all through that memorable struggle for liberty.

William White, the maternal grandfather, also served through that war. The father and two brothers of Silas White served in the war of 1812, one of thein being a Cap- tain. Three of his brothers, Shem, Paul, and Charles, were soldiers in the Rebellion, serv- ing all through that conflict, and receiving honorable discharges. This is a military record of which a family may well be proud, as no nobler ancestors can be found in the history of any nation.

After the Revolution John White, the grandfather of Silas settled on a farm near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and there he was married and reared a family of nine children : Thomas, John, William, Shortes, James, Betsey, Mary, Nancy, and Sally. The father was a strict Presbyterian and an elder in the church for many years. He died at the age of eighty years. He was a man widely known among the early settlers as a man of great integrity of character.

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William White, son of John White, was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was trained to the occupation of a farmer. After his service in the war of 1812 he was nnited in marriage to Polly White, his cousin and the daughter of William White. To them were born thirteen children: Daniel, Foster, Ruth, Jane, Shem, Silas, Paul, Theodore, Tabitha, Andrew, Jacob, Marthia, and Charles. They all lived to maturity, and all but two were married and reared families. This is indeed a remarkable record. After his mar- riage Mr. White settled on a farm in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; he had acquired a good education and tanghit school; he was also a surveyor; he was especially well read in history, and was a very intelligent inan. In his early life he was a Presbyterian, but in later years he became a Baptist. Politically he was a Whig, and later was an Abolition- ist, raising his voice and registering his vote against the crime of slavery. He was known . as a very just and honorable man, and was possessed of true dignity of character. He died at the age of seventy-three years, and his memory is cherished with affectionate regard by all his descendants.

Silas White, onr worthy subject, the son of William and Polly (White) White, was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1823. The first schools he attended were taught by his father; his yonth was spent on a farm, and he was trained in the details of agricnlt- ure. At the age of twenty-one years he re- moved to Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and embarked in the lumber business; this was at that time a very profitable enterprise, as he often made $10 per day. He purchased 800 acres of land in Clearfield County and cut off the timber, converting it into lumber; he continued in this business twelve years, and was very prosperons. He was nnited in marriage to Catherine Miller, the daughter

of Jolin and -- (McClaren) Miller. Mr. Miller was an Irish soldier under the English governinent, and was drowned when his daughter Catherine was a girl seventeen years of age. After the death of her husband Mrs. Miller removed with her family of seven children from Canada to Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. White have been born six children, all of whom have lived to be married and rear families. Their names are Mary, Edmond, Thomas F., A. Judson, Carrie E. and Elizabeth.

In 1859 Mr. White removed to Iowa and settled in Page County on a farın in Douglas Township. He now owns 120 acres of fine farming land clear of any incumbrance; an idea of the quality of the soil may be gained from the fact that eighty-two bushels of corn to the acre have been raised on it. The farm was granted to Mr. White's father by the Government on a land-warrant for his serv- ices in the war of 1812; this was finally deeded to Mr. White, and he lias converted the wild prairie into a farm of exceeding rich- ness and fertility. For seventeen years lie has been engaged in a suit with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, the company claiming that his farm comes within the boundary of their grant; but he has suc- cessfully combatted the suit in its various forms for years, and finally has been victori- ons, his claim being that when the grant was made to the railroad company, he was already in possession of it by virtue of the warrant issued to his father for his services in the war of 1812. His determination in the defense of his rights is to be admired, and all just and reasonable men rejoice in his success.

Mr. White was converted to the Baptist faitlı when seventeen years of age and became a member of the church at the age of twenty- two. In 1859 he was licensed to preach the

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Gospel; he was one of the founders and incor- porators of the First Baptist Church at Red Oak, Iowa, and assisted largely with his means in its building; he became one of the trustees and served in that capacity a number of years; he also preached there frequently and taught in the Sabbath-school. although he lived twelve miles distant from the chinrch. After 1872 he began preaching in his own district, holding ineetings in the school-house. He has labored faithfully and earnestly in the cause of his Master; lie was ordained a minister at Red Oak in 1862. He has dili- gently endeavored to bring up his children in the principles of right and truth, and to instil into their minds the truths of the Christian religion. He has served as Justice of the Peace for four years, and has acceptably filled many other township offices. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity, and was a Union League man during the war. Politi- cally lie is a stanch Republican, and is a gen. uine patriot in liis devotion to his country. He is in comfortable circumstances, and liis family are all well settled; they may well take pride in their father's example, and in having descended from a long line of Amner- ican pioneers and soldiers, and this noble record should be preserved for the many generations to come.

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Author: Lewis and Dunbar, Chicago, pub Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis & Dunbar Number of Pages: 946

Author: Lewis and Dunbar, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis & Dunbar
Number of Pages: 946