USA > Iowa > Shelby County > Biographical history of Shelby and Audubon counties, Iowa. Containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with accompanying biographies of each; portraits and biographies of the governors of the state; engravings of prominent citizens in Shelby and Audubon counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families. A concise history of the counties, and the cities and townships > Part 33
USA > Iowa > Audubon County > Biographical history of Shelby and Audubon counties, Iowa. Containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with accompanying biographies of each; portraits and biographies of the governors of the state; engravings of prominent citizens in Shelby and Audubon counties, with personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families. A concise history of the counties, and the cities and townships > Part 33
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He is a son of Oliver T. Chase, a native of the same county and a son of Seth Chase, a deseendant of William Chase, who was one of three brothers who came from England in 1670 and settled in Brattleboro, Vermont. During the latter part of the last century the Chase family settled in Otsego County, New York. The subject of this sketeh is one of the ninth generation. His father, Oliver T., followed farming in New York until he emi- grated to Iowa in 1880. IIe was married in 1843 to Miss Philena Walling, a native of New York, born in Columbia County. She was a daughter of Ebenezer Walling. The ancestors of Mr. Chase, on the paternal side, were from England, and from Holland on the maternal side. Ile and his wife were the parents of three children, all of whom survive -George B., of Dawes County, Nebraska; Daniel W. and Newton II. As before stated, the family came to Harlan in 1879, where the father died March 24, 1882, at the age of sixty-four years. Mrs. Chase still lives in Harlan. They were both members of the Baptist church. Mr. Chase was an old-line Whig, but upon the organization of the Re- publican party he cast his suffrage with that party. Daniel W., the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm and received his educa- tion in the eominon schools. Hle lived with his parents until he reached his majority. Ile was married December 4, 1871, to Miss Malissa Bornt, a native of Otsego County, New York. By this union one child was born-Etta M. Chase. Mrs. Chase died July 29, 1875. In the fall of 1875 Mr. Chase took a trip through the west. February 8, 1876, he was again married to Miss Nellie Cady, a native of Ypsilanti, Michigan. By this marriage two children were born-Kitty Belle and Rosalie. Mr. Chase engaged in the grocery business when he came to HIar-
ANIEL W. CHASE, groeer, of Harlan, came to Shelby County in the fall of 1879. He is a native of New York, born in Oneida County, November 10, 1849. lan, and has built up a large and profitable
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trade. He is the leading grocer of Harlan. Mr. Chase occupies the corner store in the Opera-House Block, and carries a large stock of groceries and queensware. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church. IIe is a Republican.
AVID B. SHELLER, of the firm of Sheller & Phelps, real-estate, loans and abstracts, at Harlan, was born in Carroll County, Illinois, September 6, 1853. He is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Butterbaugh) Sheller, both natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry. Mr. Sheller was reared on a farm, receiving a common-school education. He resided with his parents until he was twenty-three years old. In December, 1875, he came to Iowa, and accepted a posi- tion in the Dallas Bank, of Dallas Centre, Iowa, where he remained until March 22, 1880; he then came to Harlan and formed a partnership with J. I. Myerly, and engaged in his present business. In Jan- uary, 1882, Mr. J. W. Harrod became asso- ciated with the firm, which was then known as Myerly, Sheller & Harrod. The business was thus continued until the following June, when Mr. Myerly withdrew, and the business was continued by Sheller & Harrod. Jan- mary 25, 1887, Mr. Harrod withdrew, and Mr. Sheller continued alone until the follow- ing November, when he took Mr. D. Phelps as a partner. The firm is now known as Sheller & Phelps; they transact a successful business, principally in abstracts, loans and real-estate. Mr. Sheller was married No- vember 6, 1880, to Miss Theda Allen, a native of Wisconsin, and a daughter of W. T. and Julia Allen. Mrs. Sheller is a mem- ber and zealous worker in the Congregational church. Mr. Sheller is a member of the A.
F. & A. M., Parian Lodge, No. 321; Oli- vet Chapter, No. 107; Mount Zion Command- ery, No. 49; and Lebanon Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, No. 8. Ile has been sec- retary of the Shelby County Agricultural Society since 1885, and is now secretary of IIarlan Business Association, and secretary and treasurer of Western Iowa Poultry and Pet Stock Association.
BON. M. K. CAMPBELL, Cashier of the Shelby County Bank. In looking through the histories of the body of re- sponsible men of the country, the men who turn the wheel, we find that the majority of them either lived until early manhood, or else through boyhood, upon a farm. So it will seem that no fault can be found with the influence that early communion with Nat- ure has upon the full years of manhood. M. K. Campbell, the subject of this biography, has been found well equipped and fully equal to the duties that have devolved upon him, and Shelby County has not been the loser thereby; her interests have been identical with his since 1873, when he came to Shelby County to live. Mr. Campbell was born in the Buckeye State, Belmont County, Novem- ber 1, 1837; he is a son of William and Mary (Kerr) Campbell, who were formerly from Pennsylvania, and of Scotch descent. When only a small boy he came to Iowa with Will- iam Ramodge, with whom he made his home until he went into the army. He first set- tled in Jasper County, engaging in various pursuits; he attended the Central University, Pilla, Iowa, and taught school for a time. At the breaking out of the civil war he re- sponded to the call for defenders of our na- tion's flag. He enlisted July 14, 1861, in the Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company
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B. After the regiment was organized at Burlington, they went to Keokuk, and then to Missouri, where they remained until the following spring, when they went south. Mr. Campbell participated in the following bat- tles: New Madrid, Missouri, Iuka, Corinth, and the expedition down the Yazoo Pass; during this march, in the spring of 1863, he contracted a malarial fever, which unfitted him for duty for the rest of his term of serv- ice. He was honorably discharged in Ang- ust, 1864. Ile returned to Jasper Connty, and was married September 6, 1864, to Miss Mary E. Currier, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of Rev. Joshua Currier. He en. gaged in the mercantile business until he came to Shelby County, in the aatumnn of 1873; he then settled upon an unimproved tract of land in Lineoln Township, one and a half miles from Harlan, where J. HI. Lewis now lives; here he improved a farm of 160 acres, and resided until 1881, when he re- moved to Harlan. IIe then engaged in the land business for a short time, and in De- cember, 1880, he aided in the organization of one of Shelby County's solid institutions, the Shelby County Bank. He was chosen one of the directors, and in August, 1883, he was elected cashier of the bank, and has since held this position. In 1876 Mr. Campbell was elected by the Republican party to rep- resent the counties of Shelby, Cass, Adair and Audubon in the Sixteenth General As- sembly, serving one term. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were the parents of three children, one of whom survives-Carl C., who is being educated at Grinnell College; Gracie died when four years of age, and Fanny, at the age of nineteen years, while attending Tabor Col- lege. Mrs. Campbell was called from her husband and children to her last rest, in Feb- ruary, 1882. She was a worthy member of the Baptist church. Mr. Campbell was united
in marriage to Miss Bertha Todd, of Tabor, Iowa, September 27, 1884; she is a daughter of the Rev. John Todd. Mr. and Mrs. Camp- bell are both active and worthy members of the Congregational church. Politically Mr. Campbell lends his support to the Republi- can party.
HARROD, ex clerk of the Shelby County Court, has been identified with the interests of the county since his residence here, which began in July, 1871. He was born in Knox County, Ohio, July 12, 1843, and is a son of John and Rachel (Veatch) Harrod, natives of Pennsylvania. The former was born in Washington County, and is a son of Michael Harrod, of English ancestry; the latter was born in Greene County-a daugh- ter of Nathan Veatch, of Scotch descent. Jolin Harrod settled in Knox County, Ohio, in 1814, where he claimed a farm from ont the heart of the forest; here he remained to the end of his earthly career, follow- ing agricultural pursuits. He departed this life May 26, 1879 at the age of seven- ty-two years. Ile and his wife were the parents of eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, and eight of whom still survive. Mrs. IIarrod still lives on the old homestead, at the advanced age of eighty- three years. H. Harrod, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools; he re- mained with his parents until his majority. In 1865 he came to Iowa, and settled on a farm, that was unimproved, in Poweshiek County. where he remained until January, 1871. He then came to Shelby Connty, and settled in Shelby, engaging in general mer- cantile business; he followed this alone for a year and a half, when his brother became as-
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sociated with himn, and the firm was known as Harrod Brothers. This firin continued until the summer of 1876, when they sold out. H. Harrod then occupied himself in dealing in stock for about one year, at the end of which time he returned to his home, and cared for his father and the home farm until the death of his father; he settled the estate, and returned to Iowa in 1884. He purchased 240 acres of improved land in Lincoln Township, section 22, and followed farming until he was elected clerk of the court, in the fall of 1886. He has attended to the duties of this office in connection with his farm work, directing special attention to stock-raising. Mr. Harrod was married Sep- tember 27, 1868, to Miss Harriet L. Shearer, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Jolın and Sarah (Snell) Shearer, both of Ger- man descent. They were the parents of four children-Charles E., John Sherman, Mary L. and Ada E. Ile and his wife are mem- bers of the Christian church. Charles E. and John Sherman are also members of the Chris- tian church. Politically Mr. Harrod attil- iates with the Republican party. When residing in Shelby he was appointed post- master under President Grant's administra- tion, and served for two years.
WIGHT TERRILL, farmer and stock- raiser, section 1, Harlan Township, is the oldest living settler in the eastern part of Shelby County, Iowa, having come here in August, 1853. He is a native of Ohio, born in Lorain County, July 8, 1830. He is a son of Horace J. and Minerva (McNeal) Terrill, natives of Connecticut. · Dwight Terrill's grandfather was the first set- tler in Ridgeville Township, Lorain County, Ohio, and an aunt of his was the first white
woman who settled in Ridgeville Town- ship. His parents were reared and married in Lorain County, and there reared their own family of thirteen children, of whom eight still survive. Dwight was fourteen years old when his family removed to the Territory of Iowa, and settled in Monroe County, where he made a claim ; here the mother died. The father died in Sullivan County, Missouri. When thirteen years of age, our subject started out to seek his own fortune; he worked on a farm in Monroe County for two months, and then went to Ray County, Missouri, where he worked on a farm, receiving from $8 to $10 per month for his labor. He then returned to Iowa, and engaged in various occupations until his marriage to Miss Louisa Tinsley, in February, 1853. Miss Tinsley was a native of Indiana, and a daughter of Thomas Tins- ley, who was among the pioneers of Iowa. The following fall Mr. and Mrs. Terrill re- moved to what is now Shelby County, and took a claim, which they purchased at the first government land sale. Mr. Terrill after- ward entered 120 acres more, which he began to improve. Mrs. Terrill died September 23, 1853. Mr. Terrill was again married, No- vember 15, 1854, to Miss Catherine Bowman, a daughter of Leonard Bowman, who was a native of Pennsylvania; he drifted west with civilization, and settled in Iowa; Bowman's Grove is named for him. Mrs. Terrill was born in Elkhart County, Indiana; her father died in June, 1877, at the age of eighty-three years. Mr. Terrill resided upon his farm, which he improved and sold in 1862, and removed to Cass County, Nebraska; here he resided four years. He then went to Taylor County, Iowa, and settled on a farm on the Missouri line, half of the farm lying in Mis- souri; here he resided for eight years and sold out, and returned to Shelby County. Here he purchased his home farm of 320 acres; it
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is well-improved and is in a fine state of cul- tivation. Mr. and Mrs. Terrill are the parents of four children, three of whom still survive -Asa, of Taylor County, Iowa; Minerva, (deceased), wife of Charles Gish; Daniel, of this county, and Leora. Politically, Mr. Terrill affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a self-made man, and by his industry and exertion has accumulated a large property, which he uses to the best advantage in sur- rounding himself and family with all the comforts of life. In the late civil war he enlisted April, 1863, in the Second Nebraska Cavalry, Company F, and served in northern Dakota. He participated in one hard-fought battle with the Indians. He served nine months, and was honorably discharged in December, 1863. Ile was mustered out of the service at Nebraska City.
ORENZO D. SUNDERLAND, farmer and stock-raiser, Harlan Township, is one of the oldest settlers on the east side of Shelby County. He is a native, of Ohio, born in Fayette County, June 24, 1825, and is the son of Francis D. and Permelia (Knight) Sunderland, natives of Virginia, who came to Ohio at an early day. The father died when Lorenzo D. was an infant. At the age of six years he was taken to the home of one Nathan Coffman, with whom he lived until he grew to manhood. March 12, 1849, he, with several friends, made up a company to go to California. They went to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they organized, and started with mule teams, May 1, 1849. One hundred and four days were consumed in crossing the plains, in which time they encountered storms and Indians, with whom they had considerable trouble. They landed at Auburn, on the north fork of the Ameri-
can River. They started with 104 men, and reorganized twice on the journey, and arrived in California with four teams. Their tent was the second one pitched in that part of the country. On his arrival Mr. Sonderland engaged in mining, which he followed sue- cessfully until the next June. He then re- turned to Ohio by way of the Isthmus of Panama and New York, being the first per- son to bring gold from California mines to New York. The gold dust was taken to the mint at Philadelphia and coined. Mr. Sun- derland still has the receipt from the govern- ment for the gold. He remained in Ohio some time after his arrival, and then went to Howard County, Indiana, and purchased 160 acres of land, with the intention of farming it. Ile was married June 29, 1851, to Miss Mary E. Lucas, a native of Ross County, Ohio, and a daughter of the Rev. Richard and Mary E. (Kirkendall) Lucas, of German descent. After his marriage he sold his farm in Indiana, and removed with his father-in- law's family to Champaign County, Illinois. Here he purchased eighty acres of partially improved land, and resided upon it for one year. In February, 1852, he went to Kains- ville, now Council Bluffs, and then came to Shelby County and entered eighty acres of good land. He built a cabin and made some hay. In the spring of 1854 he removed his family to this place. He afterward entered 240 acres of government land, and has en- gaged in agricultural pursnits. He now owns a landed estate of 780 acres of improved land in a high state of cultivation. He has also assisted his children to procure homes of their own. Mr. and Mrs. Sunderland are the parents of ten children, of whom eight are still living-Nevada Errett, wife of William II. Errett; Leroy and Leora Sunderland; Nancy JJane Errett, wife of Z. T. Errett; Juliette Bates, wite of Abner Bates; William
Mary. E. Sunderlands
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L. D. Sunderland.
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Sunderland; Lucy Firebaugh, wife of Frank Firebangh; Belle Westrope, wife of O. D. Westrope; C. N. Sunderland and Ida May Sunderland. Leroy and Leora Sunderland were twins, born June 23, 1855, and both are now dead. Leroy died when he was one and one-half years old, and Leora died when she was seventeen years, eight months and seventeen days old. Mr. Sunderland was the first school director in the county. In 1864 he was elected sheriff, and served one year and a half. He was deputy sheriff for several years. He was one of the promoters of the Agricultural Society, and has been a director since its organization. He is a charter mem- ber of the Farmers' Alliance, and was its first vice-president. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., IIarlan Lodge, No. 264. His politi- cal sympathy is with the Democratic party, having cast his first vote for Lewis Cass. Mr. Sunderland makes a specialty of Pole Angus stock. He now has a herd of thirty- two head, of which six head are full-blooded.
ILLIAM B. McGORRISK, grain dealer, Harlan, is a native of Illi- nois, born in La Salle County, Octo- · ber 31, 1857. He is a son of E. J. and Mary McGorrisk. E. J. McGorrisk was born in Ireland, County of Armagh. He came to America when about sixteen years of age, and settled in Montreal, Canada, where he studied medicine and afterward practiced his profession for a time. He went to Galena, Illinois, where he practiced awhile, and then settled in Seneca, Illinois. Here he married Mary, daughter of Jeremiah Grotty, a pio- neer of La Salle County, who built the canal from Joliet to Peru, Illinois, and also laid ont the town of Seneca. He was a native o- Cork, Ireland, and after coming to this eoun -
try resided in Maryland until he removed to Illinois. Mr. MeGorrisk's parents moved to Iowa in 1858, and settled in Des Moines, where the father practiced his profession. William B. passed his youth in this city, at- tending the public schools, until the death of his mother in 1870. Hle then went to Seneca, Illinois, and remained there for four years. He then went to Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, and graduated from this institution in 1882. He had no settled occupation until 1883, when he engaged in the grain business, which he followed successfully for two years in Harlan. At the end of this time he sold ont, and was away from Harlan until January, 1889, when he returned and purchased the elevator known as No. 1. Mr. MeGorrisk was married September 19, 1887, to Miss Harriet M. Hunt, a danghter of Daniel and Harriet M. Hunt, of Avoca, and a native of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. McGorrisk are the parents of one child-Anna IInnt ' McGor- risk. Mr. MeGorrisk is a member of the Roman Catholic church. In his political thought and action he is independent.
ENTHUS BILLETER (deceased) was one of the pioneers of Shelby County, IIe was a native of Kentucky, born in Elkhart County, September 12, 1820, and a son of Levi and Mary (Patterson) Billeter, of Scotch ancestry. He was reared on a farm, and remained with his parents until he was eighteen years old, when he began work for himself by splitting rails. When he was quite young the family removed to Ohio, and then to Clay County, Indiana, where he grew to manhood. He was married in 1840 to Miss Susanna Beauchamp, a native of In- diana, and a danghter of David Beanchamp, who came from England to the United
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States. After his marriage Mr. Billeter set- tled on a farm near Terre Haute, Indiana, where he resided until 1856, when he emi- grated to western lowa. He first settled in Harrison County, and then removed to Ne- braska, but did not remain there long on account of the Indians. In the spring of 1858 he came to Shelby County, and bought 160 aeres of unimproved land. He had ser- eral head of oxen which he fattened and sold to pay for his land; after the payment was made he had three cents left, but by hard work and close attention to his business he soon had the farm under good cultivation. His father settled in Harrison County, and remained there the balance of his days. He added to his land until he had 360 aeres in a high state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Billeter were the parents of seven children, who still survive. Susanna died at the age of eighteen months. The other children are -Sarah, wife of Byrum Helm, of Taylor County; Mary, wife of L. L. Jarvis, of Har- lan; Jackson, of Brown County, Nebraska; Levi Penthus, William II. and John. Mr. and Mrs. Billeter were members of the Dunkard church. Mrs. Billeter died May 14, 1873, aged fifty-three years; Mr. Billeter departed this life November 6, 1886, at the age of sixty-six years. Levi Billeter, son of Penthus Billeter, was born in Ilarrison County, Iowa, December 3, 1856. When he was two years old his parents came to Shelby County. He was reared on a farm, and re- sided with his parents until their death. Ile received his education in the common schools. Ile was married August 26, 1886, to Miss Effie MeAnelly, a native of Iowa County, Iowa, a daughter of Moses and Mary Mc- Anelly, who came to this county in 1881. After his marriage Mr. Billeter settled on a part of the old homestead, where he has a fine farm of eighty aeres. Mr. and Mrs. Bill-
eter are the parents of one ehild-Earl Raymond. Politically Mr. Billeter affiliates with the Democratie party.
EV. WILLIAM McGINNESS is one of the prominent pioneers of Shelby County, having been identified with its history sinee 1856. He is a native of Ken- tucky, born in Campbell County, September 25, 1814. He is a son of William and Mary (Mitcheltree) MeGinness. The father was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Samuel MeGinness, who came to this country with eleven brothers and cousins, and settled in Philadelphia. Here Samnel MeGinness followed the trade of a baker until the beginning of the revolutionary war, when he enlisted in defense of his adopted country; he served five years and six months under General Washington. The father of our subject, William MeGinness, was reared in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was there married to Mary Mitcheltree, a dangh- ter of George Miteheltree, who came from County Tyrone, Ireland, when Mary (Mrs. MeGinness) was a young lady. William MeGinness and wife resided in Pennsylvania until after the birth of two children, when they emigrated to Nicholas County, and thence to Campbell Connty, Kentneky, in 1811, where they resided until 1817. They then removed to Switzerland County, In- diana, and afterward to Hancock County, Indiana, where the mother died in 1831 and the father in 1833. They were the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters, of whom William is the youngest. Our sub- jeet was reared to farming pursuits, and re- sided with his parents until their death, when he inherited the home place. Here he lived nntil 1837, with the exception of one year
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spent on the Ohio River. In March, 1838, he started west, coming up the Mississippi River and landing at Pine Creek. He set- tled in the Blackhawk purchase, then Wis- consin Territory, which was organized into Fowa Territory the following fourth of July. Afterward he took up a claim in what is now Linn County, and broke and improved fifty acres, which he sold in 1839. William McGinness was married May 2, 1840, to Miss Mary Donehoo, a native of Clayborn County, Virginia, and a daughter of John and Keziah (Yehne) Donehoo. In 1839 Mrs. McGinness's parents moved to Iowa. After lis marriage William McGinness engaged in the saw-mill business, and in 1844 he removed to Wapello County, Iowa, where he took a claim, which he improved and sold, and again entered 200 acres of wild land in Adams Township. Here he built the third cabin in the township, and improved the place, and resided upon it until 1852. Ile then started west, going to Kainsville, now Council Bluffs, with four yoke of oxen, which were stolen from him. He there bought a claim and sold it, and rented land, and earned the money with which he bought his present farm in Shelby County. The farm contained 140 acres, and cost $6.60 per acre. In the fall of 1856 Mr. McGinnis moved into the cabin on his place, which already sheltered one family, and thirteen people lived one winter in this cabin, 12 x 14 feet. Here Mr. McGinness has since resided, improving his place, and making a comfort- able home. In 1858 he was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal church, which he joined in 1833. He is one of the pioneer preachers, and has held services in thirty-five school-houses, in the old court- house, in the present court-house, and in the churches. He has organized three classes. He has been present at the celebration of our
national independence, July 4th, since 1838; at that time there were only three people to celebrate. In 1861 he went to Central City, Colorado, and returned the following fall. Mr. and Mrs. McGinness are the parents of ten children-two sons and eight daughters. Eight lived to maturity, and five still survive -Mary, Emily, Sarah (deceased), Henry M., John A., Nancy J. (deceased), Ellen, Hattie, and one child who died in infancy. Mr. McGinness has served in local offices of trust and responsibility. Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party; he was formerly an old-line Whig, and cast his first presiden- tial vote for Scott.
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