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 44
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freighting goods. From there he removed to Illinois, and then went to Saline County, Missouri, where he engaged in shipping stock until 1876, when he went to Washing- ton Territory, where he spent one year. Hle then came to Shelby County, Iowa, and bought his present farm, which was im- proved. Hle now owns 480 acres, and has one of the best stock farms in Shelby County. IIe has a good two-story residence, a commodious barn and two windmills. He has a grove of thirteen acres, one of the best in the county. Everything manifests the excellent management and industry of the owner. Mr. Bacon was married October 28, 1875, to Miss Emeline Miller, of Poweshick County, Iowa, a daughter of Jacob Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have three children- Tuda, Alice and Richard M. Mr. Bacon gives his support to the Democratie party. He is a man yet in the prime of life, and has gained an enviable reputation socially and financially in the county.
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B ENTON C. CUSTER is one of the suc- cessful and enterprising citizens of Fair- view Township. Ile was but a babe when his father, Henry Custer, whose history will be found on another page, came to this county; here he has lived for thirty-five years; his youth, spent amid the wild surroundings of pioneer life, was occupied in farin work and in attending school. Arriving at the age of manhood he was married January 1, 1879, to Miss Laura McGee, who was born at Big Grove, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; she is a daughter of William and Eda (Hnf}) MeGee; the father is a native of Indiana, and the mother of Illinois. Our subject came to his present farm, which is a portion of the old homestead farm, in 1879; he now owns 320
aeres of well-improved land, consisting of rich bottom lands and timber. Custer's Grove is on this farin. He built his present house in 1878; it is a fine frame building of modern style, and well furnished; it is well located on an excellent building site, surrounded by a grove of native trees. Mr. Custer is engaged in general farming, making a specialty of tlie better breeds of stock. Ile and his wife are the parents of five children-Grace E., Ger- trude G., Eva E., Eda Inez and Glen Dale. Ile is a Republican, and a strong one. Though but a young man he has gained an enviable reputation in the county, and is one of her best citizens.
ANIEL WATTERBURY, of Fairview Township, seetion 16, was born in Onon- daga County, New York, February 3, 1842; he is a son of Stephen Watterbury, (deceased). Ile was eleven years of age when his parents came to Shelby County; he grew to manhood on the old homestead, spending his time on the farm and in attending school. During the late war he went to the defense of his country; he enlisted October 14, 1863, in the Ninth lowa Cavalry, Company M, Colonel C. Trumbull commanding the regi- ment. Company M was organized Septem- ber 2, 1863, and was composed mostly of men from Wapello, Lee and Shelby counties; they went into eamp at St. Louis, Missouri, and were there for some time; they were or- dered on seouting expeditions into Missouri, and acted as a safe-gnard to the Union infan- try for awhile. Their heaviest engagement was probably at Clarendon, Arkansas. The regiment was at Duval's Bluff from June 25 to June 29, 1864, and in August of the same year had had some sharp engagements with the enemy. Mr. Watterbury was taken
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prisoner in Searcy County, Arkansas, Sep- tember 6, 1864, by Captain Reyburn's men, of Shelby's brigade; he was held three days and paroled; he went to St. Louis, Missouri, via Iron Mountain. December 25, 1864, he was sent by boat down the river to old Browns- ville, Arkansas, where he joined his regiment; he was then engaged for several months against the bushwhackers; he was honorably dis- charged February 3, 1866. After his discharge he returned to Shelby County and engaged in farming in section 21, Fairview Town- ship, where he lived until 1844, when he came to his present home known as the Mc- Keig farm. Mr. Watterbury now owns 340 acres of well improved land; the farmn lies two and a half miles from Corley Station, and is one of the best in the township. He was married in September, 1872, to Miss IIannalı McKeig, a daughter of Wesley McKeig and Salina McKeig. By this nnion two children have been born-Virgil and Effie Maud. Our subject is a Republican, a member of the U. S. Grant Post, of Avoca, a member of the Masonic Order, Mount Nebo Lodge, No. 297, of Avoca, and a member of the I. O. O. F., of Avoca. He-is one of the solid men of the county.
APTAIN D. C. COOPER, of the firm of Abbott & Cooper, grain dealers, Shelby County, Iowa, was born in Kill- ingly, Windham Connty, Connecticut, Octo- ber 17, 1834. He is a son of Calvin and Harriet (Kies) Cooper. Calvin Cooper was the son of Calvin Cooper, Sr., a Baptist min- ister of the gospel, of English ancestry and Puritan stock. The mother was a native of Connecticut, and a danghter of William Kies. D. C. Cooper is the only son of six children; his youth was spent in attending the common
schools, and his education was finished in the West Killingly Academy. In 1854 he re- moved to Illinois and engaged in farming for one season. He returned to his native State and was married to Miss Theresa Adams, of Windham County, Connecticut; she is a daughter of Arba and Rachel Adams, natives of Connecticut. In 1855 Calvin Cooper and family removed to Burean Connty, Illinois, and in 1856 D. C. Cooper followed them and engaged in farming, which he continued until the late war. In February, 1862, he enlisted in the Sixty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company E, serving in Virginia until he was made a prisoner of war at the surrender of Harper's Ferry, where he was paroled and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago; there he was ex- changed January 10, 1863, and ordered to Kentneky, serving as mounted infantry in the eastern part of the State, and also in western West Virginia. In August of that year he was ordered to Lexington, Kentucky, and was there included in the organization of the Twenty-third Army Corps, which formed a part of the Army of the Ohio under General Burnside, who afterward occupied East Ten- nessee. Captain Cooper took part in many active engagements; among the most noted are the siege of Knoxville, Blain's Cross Roads, and Dandridge. After the siege of Knoxville he suffered the hardships of the next winter's campaign, probably the most severe endured by any troops during the war. In March he was discharged as Orderly Ser- geant from the Sixty-fifth Illinois, at Knox- ville, to assist in the organization of the First United States Colored Artillery, and was commissioned as Senior Second Lieutenant. During the summer of 1864 the regiment was engaged in building fortifications. Mr. Cooper was promoted to Senior First Lientenant in the fall of 1864. After the surrender of General Johnson the regiment, then at Ash-
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ville, North Carolina, was ordered to Knox- ville, thenee to Chattanooga, to garrison the town and relieve northern troops. Lienten- ant Cooper was ordered to Lookout Mountain as Captain of Company II, and was in com- mand there during the military ocenpation of that point. He was honorably discharged in the spring of 1866, and returned to Bureau County, Illinois; there he was occupied with teaching and farming for five years; during this time he was a member of the board of supervisors for two terms. He was elected to the office of superintendent of the Bureau County Infirmary, filling the position with credit to himself and the satisfaction of the publie for nine years. In 1850 he resigned his position and came to lowa, settling in Shelby County, in the town of Shelby. There he opened a grain business in partnership with Mr. S. D. Abbott. At the beginning of the business Mr. Abbott resided in Illinois. This business relationship has continued up to the present time, and the firm of Ab- bott & Cooper are well known as honorable, reliable business men; they do an extensive business, their elevator having a capacity of 15,000 bushels. Captain Cooper is also one of the hardware firm of D. C. Cooper & Company, which business is managed by his son-in-law, Mr. B. L. Watson. Besides this mercantile business, Captain Cooper has superintended the improvements of about 500 acres of land which he owns in Shelby Township. In 1882 he was elected a mem- ber of the council of the town of Shelby and served six years; in 1885 he was elected supervisor of Shelby County, and served three years, during the year 1888 acting as chairman of the board. At the present time he is mayor of the incorporate town of Shelby. Hle is one of the charter members of the Diek Yates Post, No. 364, G. A. R., and was for two years its commander. He is a mem-
ber of Silentia Lodge, No. 371, A. F. & 1. M .; of Princeton Chapter, No. 28, Princeton, Illinois; he is one of the charter members of Mount Zion Commandery, No. 49, and was captain general under the dispensation. Captain Cooper and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church at Shelby.
ESLEY MCKEIG .- One of the well- known, early pioneers was Wesley MeKeig, who came to Shelby County in 1855 from Fountain County, Indiana, with his wife and two children. He was married in Indiana to Salina Aberanthy. When he came here he settled in section 16, Fairview Township, where he improved an excellent farm and lived until his death. The farm contained 110 aeres, of which twenty- five aeres were timber land. Wesley MeKeig and wife reared eight children-Samantha, wife of Thomas Long; Hannah, wife of Dan- iel Watterbury; Lizzie, wife of Joseph Eustis; John, Charles, Alna and Alva, who are twins. Mr. MeKeig was a strong, robust man, well suited to undertake the hardships of pioneer life. He was a Republican. lle died in April, 1874, and his wife passed away in the same month, one week previous. John W. MeKeig, of Fairview Township, was born July 20, 1861. He is a son of Wesley Me Keig, and was reared on the old homestead. He received his educa- tion in the district schools of Shelby County. When his parents died he lived with R. Custer for several years. He was married December 27, 1882, to Miss Maggie McConnell, who was born in Rock Island County, Illinois. She was a daughter of James and Sarah Me- Connell. Mr. McConnell died in Ilarlan. Mr. MeKeig has a good farm of 120 acres near Corley; he has a good honse, and stables for stock, and a windmill; everything shows
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the energy and industry of the owner. He is a Republican and a member of the Anti- horse-thief Association of the township. Mr. and Mrs. McKeig have two children-Daleand Harrold. They are both in the prime of life, and have the prospect of a long life of pros- perity and happiness before them.
P. HACK was born in the Hoosier State, Fountain County, October 20, 1853. Ifis parents were Albert and Mary IIack, natives of Kentucky and Indiana. In the autumn of 1854 the family came to Shelby County, and settled in the northeast of section 16, Fairview Township, where Al- bert Hack improved a farm and made a home. He improved fitty-two acres and owned 180 acres. IIe died June 29, 1859, aged thirty-one years. He left a wife and four children; two of the children are living -H. P. Hack, and Hannah M. Preston, wife of O. A. Preston. The two children not liv- ing were John, who died at the age of eight- een months, and Margaret, who died at the age of nineteen years. Mrs. Hack still re- sides on the old homestead where she first settled when coming to Iowa thirty-four years ago. H. P. Hack grew to manhood on the old home place, and remained there until he was twenty-three years old; his youth was spent in farm work and in attending the dis- triet school. Arriving at the age of man- hood he was nnited in marriage with Miss Phobe S. Williams, of Fairview Township. She is a daughter of John and Lornhamah Williams. Mr. Hack located on liis present farm in 1877, and has improved the wild prairie land until he now has it under excel- lent cultivation. IIe has a good comfortable frame honse, and buildings for stock and grain. His farm is located one-half mile
sontheast from Corley Station. Mr. and Mrs. Hack have one child-Venie, aged eight years. One child, Lulu, died in infancy. Mr. Hack is a Republican. He has been called to serve in most of the township ofli- ces; he has been township clerk for two years and assessor for two years; he has also served on the school board, and acquitted himself with credit in all these offices. He is a mein- ber of the Masonic order, Mount Nebo Lodge, No. 297, Avoca. IIe is the present secretary of the Anti-horse-thief Association of Fair- view Township. Mr. Hack has always lent his hearty support to all public enterprises, and is one of Shelby County's honorable, up- right and reliable citizens.
H. BELL is one of the intelligent, wide-awake and well-known citizens of Fairview Township. He came to Shelby County, October 1, 1873. He is a native of Illinois, born in Menard Connty, February 14, 1846. IIe is a son of Robert and Lydia (Davis) Bell, both natives of Ken - tneky. Robert Bell was but six years of age when he was taken to Illinois, where he was reared and lived until his death, which occurred March 15, 1880. His wife still resides in Menard County. By this union seven children were born, of whom G. H. was the second and the oldest son. The father was a farmer, and our subject spent his youth at farm work on the homestead and in attending the common schools. He was afterward engaged in agricultural pursuits in his native county until 1873, when he de- cided to cast his lot in western Iowa. He came from Illinois to Iowa with a team and located on wild prairie land in Pottawattamie County; in 1875 he moved to Shelby County, and was one of the first settlers in the neigh-
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borhood where he has since lived, and im- proved his farm until it is now under a good state of enltivation. He has a good frame house, situated on a natural building site overlooking the surrounding country. There are good stables and barns for stock and grain; there is also an orehard and grove. Everything bespeaks the thrift and prosperity of the owner. Mr. Bell has also improved another farm in Shelby County. Mr. Bell was married April 2, 1874, to Miss Ellen Abernathey, of Putnam County, Missouri. She came to Shelby County when she was two years old; she is a daughter of Kellom and Elizabeth (Penner) Abernathey. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have two children-Corda A., born April 17, 1875, and Ely F., born April 1, 1879. Mr. Bell is a Democrat and has ever taken an active interest in his party. lle has been called to serve as a member of the school board, and was elected assessor in the fall of 1888. lle is a member of the Anti-horse-thief Association, No. 35, and is also vice-president. Mr. Bell is a member of the Evangelical Association of Harlan, as are also his wife and daughter. Religion and educational enterprises have always found a liberal supporter in Mr. Bell. IIe is still in the prime of life; he is genial in his disposi- tion, honest and upright in business, and has the respect and confidence of all who know him.
C. MANSFIELD, proprietor of Spring- dale Farm, Shelby Township, is one of the carly settlers, having come to the county in 1872. He is a native of the Buck- eye State, boru in Harrison County, Septem- ber 22, 1847. He is a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Shimers) Manstield. Mr. Mans- field was reared to farm life, and was educated
in the common schools. During the late war he was one of the first of the many gallant patriots to go to the defense of his country's flag. He enlisted January 27, 1862, when but fifteen years of age. He was in the Seventy-fourth Ohio Infantry, Company G. He was first under fire at Gallatin, Tennes- see, and was in the battle of Stone River, and was wounded December 31 by a gun- shot in the right leg. Ile was confined to the hospital at Nashville, Louisville, and Quincy, Illinois. IIe rejoined his regiment at Murfreesboro. He took an active part in the Tullahoma campaign, in the battle of Chickamauga, the siege of Chattanooga, and the campaign of Atlanta, when he was under fire four months. He went through the Carolinas to Washington, and was present at the grand review. He was honorably dis- charged at Louisville, Kentucky, and mus- tered out of the service at Camp Denison, Ohio, in July, 1865. He then returned to Harrison County, where he remained one year. He then went to Illinois and lived in McLean and Logan counties until 1867, when he came to Mahaska County, Iowa. Here he lived until 1872, when he settled on the land which is his present home. It was then wild and unimproved, but to-day Springdale Farm is one of the finest in the county. There is a good house, barns for stock and grain, and a grove and orchard. A strong, pure spring supplies the stock with water. Mr. Mansfield has twenty-six head of thoroughbred short-horns of good pedigree, that cannot be excelled in the county. June 24, 1871, Mr. Mansfield was married to Miss Sophia E. Coffin, of Oscaloosa, Iowa, a daughter of Samnel Coffin, Esq. They have four children-Elizabeth Ann, Flora E., Nel- lie G. and Mary Clyde. Mr. Mansfield is a Republican, and a member of the G. A. R., Dick Yates Post, No. 364. He has ever
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shown a public spirit, and is among the forc- inost in every laudable enterprise. He is still in the prime of life, is genial and hos- pitable in his disposition, honest and upright in his dealings, and has the confidence and respect of all who know him.
F. CHRISTOPHIER, proprietor of the Shelby harness shop, is one of the live, active business men of the
town. IIe is successor to J. C. Garinong, who was in business some time at the same stand. The harness business was started in Shelby by William Campbell and passed through several changes previous to Mr. Garmong's owner- ship. The present proprietor carries a full line of harness goods, such as will be found in a first-class harness shop. He does a trade of $2,500 to $3,000 per annum. W. F. Christopher is a native of Germany; he was born August 21, 1853, and is a son of John and Mary Christopher. The family came to America in the fall of 1864, landing at Castle Garden, New York. They settled in Sche- neetady County, New York, where our sub- ject grew to manhood; he passed his youth in farın work and in attending the common schools. At fourteen years of age he began the trade of harness-making at Glenville, New York; later he worked at Amsterdam, New York, and finished his trade at Utica, New York, in the autumn of 1874, when he re- moved to Kansas, where he spent some time. He went to the Black Hills during the gold excitement in 1875; in July of the same year he came to Shelby and went to work at his trade. After a time he accepted a position in Council Bluffs, where he had charge of one of the largest shops in the city, C. Beekman being the proprietor. In 1882 he bought the interest of the proprietor of the Shelby har-
ness shop and took charge of the business. HIe is a thoroughly practical workman and a good judge of the stock used in his business. IIe was married December 31, 1881, to Miss Mary Sandal, of Council Bluffs, Iowa. They have two children-Williamn and Albert. Po- litically Mr. Christopher is a Republican; he served in the town council four years; he is a member of the I. O. O. F., Canopy Lodge, No. 401, and has served as treasurer several years. Though but a young man he stands high politically and financially.
D. ABBOTT is one of the well-known business men of Shelby. He came to the town in 1882. Ile is a native of Monroe County, New York, born September 30, 1835. lle is a son of Calvin and Char- lotte (Clement) Abbott, natives of Vermont. They were the parents of eight children, our subject being the youngest of five sous and three daughters. He lived in his native county until he was seventeen years of age, spending the time in farm work and in attending school. Ile finished his education at Hanover, Indiana, and then taught eight years in Kentucky. There he was known as the Yankee schoolmaster from the North, and on account of his firm Union sentiments, so antagonistic to the rebel sentiments, he returned to the North, to Burean County, Illinois. He settled at Mineral, and engaged in teaching and farming. In 1874 he en- gaged in the lumber and grain business, and continued this until he came to Shelby. Mr. Abbott was married in Spencer County, Ken- tucky, October 8, 1863, to Miss Indiana Henry, a lady of intelligence, a daughter of David and Hannah (Brown) Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott have four children-Homer, Edwin Hardy, Hannah May and Clement
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Henry. They have given their children the advantage of a good education at Oberlin College in Ohio. Mr. Abbott is a strong Republican, and in Burean County, Illinois, served as county supervisor. He is one of the active, working members in the Presby- terian church at Shelby, and is an elder of the same. He has always taken an active interest in the Sabbath-seliool work. Any enterprise that has for its objeet the eduea- tional and religious advancement of the county meets with his hearty support.
G. OSBORN, Township Trustee, eame to Shelby in the spring of 1877. Hle was born in Bedford County, Peun- sylvania, July 5, 1826, a son of Christopher Osborn, who was a native of the same county, and whose ancestry goes back to William Penn's colony to Pennsylvania, when the first Osborn came to this country. The mother of our subjeet was Mary Grillith, of German and Welsh origin. Mr. Osborn was reared in his native county, and passed his youth in farm- ing and attending the common schools of that day. Arriving at the age of manhood he was married to Rosanna Foster Jannary 23, 1851; she was born and reared in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Ben- jamin and Hannah Foster. Mr. Osborn lived in Pennsylvania until 1856, when he removed to Koseiusko County, Indiana. In June, 1857, he went to Knox County, Illinois, where he lived until 1868, when he came to Iowa, loeating in Johnson County, near Iowa City; here he lived until he came to Shelby. The first year he lived north of the town three miles, then he bought land and built where he now lives. He has a good one and a half story house, located on a fine building site, from which one has a fine view of the town and | and unimproved, but he has brought it up to
surrounding country. He has a grove and orchard, and everything indicates the thrift and wise management of the proprietor. He owns forty-one acres in the town limits. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn have five children living- Mary Frances, wife of Henry Foster, of Bird City, Kansas; Lemuel E., who is a farmer and lives four miles in Harrison County; William P., a photographer of Shelby; Wesley E., a farmer of Woodbury County, Iowa; Sarah Belle, at home. Mrs. Osborn and three of the children are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Osborn is a Republican, easting his vote first for Zach Tay- lor. He has served on the council, and was elected township trustee in the fall of 1888. He is honorable and upright in business, and the family are esteemed and respected by all.
ILLIAM KLEEB was born in Green County, Wisconsin, May 16, 1851, and is the son of John and Barbara Kleeb, whose history will be found elsewhere in this work. Ile was the oldest of a family of eleven children, and until his sixteenth year he resided iu Fayette County, Iowa, working on a farm and attending the common schools. In 1867 he came with his parents to Shelby County, and settled in Washington Town- ship. In October, 1879, he was married to Miss Julia F. Wheeler, daughter of Monroe and Mary E. (Washburn) Wheeler; she was born in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Au- gust 19, 1855, and came to Iowa in 1879. They are the parents of four children- Arthur W., Blanche E., Ilarry W. and Gladys L .. After Mr. Kleeb's marriage he settled on a farm of eighty aeres in seetion 34, Grove Township, and has sinee made this his home. When he bought the land it was unenltivated
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a high state of cultivation, and has erected large and comfortable buildings. He has purchased the adjoining eighty acres, so his farm now contains 160 acres. Mr. Kleeb is energetie and enterprising, and stands in the front ranks of Shelby County's farmers. He affiliates with the Union Labor party, and has held the office of school director. The family are numbered among the respceted and worthy citizens of the county.
B. OLSON, a native of Norway, born April 6, 1848, is the son of Barry and Jorena (Torstenson) Olson. When he was eleven years old his parents came with three other children to America. At the end of one year they came to Mahaska County, Iowa, New Sharon being the postoffice. They purchased a farm where they resided until 1875. In 1873 T. B. came to Shelby County and purchased of the railroad company in section 3, of Lincoln Township, a fractional forty acres of unimproved land; the nearest neighbor at that time was two miles distant. Here he erected a small house in which he lived until 1883. In the meantime he liad bought an adjoining forty acres; in 1883 he purchased his present home in section 13, Douglas Township, which was but partially improved; he has since placed it under good cultivation and made many improvements. He was married March 23, 1872, to Miss Stena Larson, a danghter of Lars and Stena Larson; she was born in Norway, Feb- rnary 25, 1852, and came with her parents to America about the year 1864, locating first in Henry County, Iowa, and afterward re- moving to Mahaska County. Here she met Mr. Olson. She died March 19, 1885; she was a good wife and mother, assisting her husband through all his early life in the hard-
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